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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER
TO PLAY IN HONGKONG.
Vincent Richards, the American professional lawn ten-- nis player, who is to appear against local exponents of the game at the Chinese Recreation Club on Tuesday after-
OUR FOOTBALL COMPETITION.
PRIZE OF $50 WEEKLY.
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LOCAL FOOTBALL.
THREE KOWLOON TEAMS.
The following have been select-
in their match against South China ou Saturday on Kowloon Ground, kick-off at 4.15 Wood: Jones, Caveille; Hedley, Sims, Baldwin; Pile, May, Vickars, Miles, Muir.
RUBBER RESEARCH PROVISION.
LEGISLATION INTRODUCED AT HOME.
LEVY ON MANUFACTURERS,
17, 1927.
POWER STATION.
SINGAPORE'S NEW PLANT.
A SHARPSHOOTERS UNIT.
OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL RIFLEMEN.
The following Hongkong Police Reserve order is issued to-day by the Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, the Capt. Superintendent of Police:
It is proposed to form a Sharp- shooter Company in the Police Reserve similar to that already in formation in the Shanghai Police Force.
Applicants for membership of this company must be skilled rifle shots. No other qualification is necessary. There will be no drills or parades.
THE OFFICIAL OPENING. Added interest was lent to the London, Nov. 16.
formal opening of the new muni- In the House of Commons theeipal power station at Keppel first reading was taken of the non-Harbour, Singapore, Inst week, by party Rubber Industry Bill, to pro-the announcement of H. E, the vide for the collection of a con-Governor (Sir Hugh Clifford) that tribution, from rubber manufacthe term of office of the President turers in Great Britain and North of the Municipal Commissioners Ireland, to the funds of the (Mr. R. J. Farrer). had been extend Research Association of Britished three years, beyond the normal rubber and tyre manufacturers. dute of his retirement, and His Ex- Mr. Campbell, (Conservative), cellency's warra tribute to Mr. in introducing the Bill, said that Farrer and to municipal progress in by it rubber research would be Singapore. entirely in the hands of those in-
The opening ceremony consisted terested in rubber. The Govern-of speeches by His Excellency and ment's diminishing subsidy to the Mr. Farrer before a representative Research Association would expire gathering in the high tension in 1929, and the Association was switchroom of the power station,terested please write in the first anxious to he firmly established and the turning of a wheel in the instance to the Adjutant, Polico financially by then. The proposed turbine room by His Excellency,
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The company, will be an Inter-
Special facilities will be given to members to make use of the rifle range and rifles and ammunt- tion will be provided if required.
Will all gentlemen who are in-
(Sgd.) G. B. Hartford,
D. S. P. (R).
Adjutant.
funds would be exclusively spent who thus severed a silken ribbon to Reserve, Central Police Station. in research.
which a gold bangle for Lady Clif- The total cost was fixed at ford was attached. Unfortunately £15,000 annually, to cover all Lady Clifford was unable to be pre- expenditure, which was to be met sent owing to indisposition. by a contribution of 1/25th of a Mr. Farrer, in welcoming His Ex- penny per pound on all raw rubber cellency, said that that ceremony and I spent two years in Ceylon, retained for use in Britain,
marked a step forward, not only in of which Colombo is the principal The Bill was based on thethe amenities of the town, but also, town, and I have no hesitation in Cotton Industry Act of 1923, which it was hoped, in facilities for indus- saying that both those two great provided for the maintenance of trial development. The power Oriental cities in matters muni- the Cotton Growing Association. station was designed by Mr. Frecce, eipal Ing far behind the Muni- : Mr. Campbell said he only knew of Mesars. Preece, Cardew and cipality to which Mr. Farrer has of two large firms who disagreed Rider, the generators were by Me- rendered such valuable servicef with the Bill in principle.
tropolitan Vickers Electrical Co.,
In (Applauses).
addition .to boiler The Bill will be limited to five the
by. Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., the switch gear some measure a Haroun al Ras- that Mr. Farrer has been in years-Router.
by Reyrulle and Co., the engineeringchid, the Father of his People, and work, foundations, and all the underground work was done by the of him I feel that I can say what Carlyle anid in one of hia Municipal engineering department, the architectural work by the Muni moments of inspiration, "Blessed cipal Architect, and behind them is the man who has found his all was Mr. E. W. P. Fulcher, the worka. He need ask no other Mr. Farrer is Municipal Electrical Engineer, who blessedness." had played the part of a successful solver of a jigsaw puzzle, it having Kowloon 2nd. v. University.
been necessary to bring the power Advices received by the local station into use long before it was -The following have been select Japanese Consulate show that incompleted. ed to represent the Kowloon 2nd. spite of a tendency towards the They had now two 5,000 k.w. sete In the event of no reader forex in their League match against low rate of interest the financial and one 2,000 kw. set, and they had easting all twelve matches, a príze of $25 will be given to the reader the University on Saturday, on market during October in Japan already ordered another set of morning to open the first instal- South China Ground, Happy was still far from being satis-10,000 kw., owing to the growth of mont of the electrical power station, which at the present time who sends in the greatest number of correct forecasts; and in the Valley, kick-off at 2.45 p.m.factory to minor merchants and the lead.
Since over-pro- In conclusion Mr. Furrer remark-can produce something over 7,000 event of two or more readers send. Angus; Dodshen, asco; Bliss, manufacturers.
duction is apparent in industry.ed that the Latin line, "Homo sum; kilowatts, " and which, when the ing in an equal high number, the Hartley, Nicholls; Reed, Easter brook, Spary. Clark, Coates.
measures for control of the humanum nihil a me alienum puto," new machinery already on order is prize of $25 will be divided.
Reserve:-Blacklock. J
relations between supply and de-might be applied to His Excellency obtained, will produce a further in a Malayan rendering: "A Mala- supply of 10,000 kilowatts, the mand, are contemplated.
Manufacturers of such mer-yan you are; nothing Malayan do present consumption being in the chandise as muslin, cement and deem foreign to your sympathies." neighbourhood of 4,200 kilowatts. Experience all over the world has cotton piece goods recently (Applause.)
shown that, when once you get electricity popularised, it spreads
p.m.
"Hongkong Telegraphed to represent the Kowloon 1st XI offers a prize of $50 to the readers who send in twelve correct for casts of the results of the English and Scottish Football League matches (to be played on Saturday next, November 19th) set out in the Coupon below. No goal acores are required; only forecasts show- ing wins or draws.
The competition is in accord- ance with the rules published in the Telegraph during the weeks August 29-September 24.
"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH" FORECAST COMPETITION.
Matches to be played on No- vember 19th:--
Preston Port Vale
DIVISION IL (SOUTH).«
DIVISION 1.
Middlesbro. Wednesday Birmingham
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Liverpool Leicester Arsenal
DIVISION IL
Bristol C. Grimsby,
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Brighton Torquay
Plymouth Q. P. R.
DIVISION IIL (NORTH). Southport Tranmere
SCOTTISH DIVISION.
36, Nathan Road, Kowloon.
Falkirk Queen's Park v Hearts
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Rangers Hibernians Aberdeen
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ABAQUERIA FILIPINA
'LEADING TOBACCONISTS
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Kowloon "R." v. Moslems,
The following have been select- ed to represent Kowloon "B" versus Moslems on St. Joseph's Ground, kick-off at 4.15 p.m. on Saturday:Angus; Cowherd, Til- lery: Hirst, Ross, Fremaux; Whitley, Roberts, Dunnett, Mur- phy, Pearne,
INTERPORT SHOOT.
ANOTHER PRACTICE FOR LONGKONG MEN.
About twenty-five Keen riflemen in Hongkong have signified their intention of attending the prae- ticè shoot on Sunday in connection. with the Interport contest against Shanghai and Singapore.
After the shoot, the committee will sit on Monday to select the twelve men to represent Hongkong, it is understood.
Shanghai fired yesterday, scor- Lincolning 945 points, and Hongkong will Darlington
fire off on November 27th. The date of the Singapore shoot is unknown at present..
Strike out the teams which you think will lose, but make no marke in respect of matches which you think will be drawn.
All claims must reach this office not later than Wednesday follow. ing the date on which the matches are played. No prize will be awarded for which à claim has not' been made..
Before sending in your coupons," mark your forecasts on the "dupli- Keep cato list given below. your duplicate lists and com- pare them later, with the pub- Hished results of the matches and
TENNIS CHAMPION.
Mrs. R. E. Tottenham, who for if you find that you have eight or the second year in succession is more correct send in a claim for the lady tennis champion of the also won the the prize.
Colony. She has Mark your envelopes "Football" LR.C. ladles' singles champion- on the front and write your name ship, as well as the ladies doubles. (without address) on the back of with Mrs. Miles as partner and
has reached the final the envelope.
JAPAN'S TRADE.
FIGURES FOR OCTOBER.
with the situation, the authorities
füture.
so completely the round peg in the round hole that to draw him out of it prematurely would be a crime against the public of Singapore. (Loud Applause.).
"We are assembled here this
arrived at an agreement to reduce The Governor and Mr. Farrer: their production, and, to cope His Excellency expressed his after the manner of a snowball. was The harnessing of electricity adds sanctioned on October 29th the pleasure at opening what establishment of the third Imperial after all only the first instalment so enormously to the amenities of Silk Corporation which is expected of what he felt sure would be a life in every branch, and it 60 to open business in the near still larger power house in the extraordinarily lightens human future. He also expressed the re-labour, that its introduction, once Japan's export trade during the gret of Lady Clifford at being un-familiarised, becomes an essential October quarter aggregated Y169,-able to be present owing to un in- of life. 090,000, resulting in an excess of fluenza "cold.
The Miracle of the Kettle. "I am very glad to be able to export over import by Y39,000,000, face the Municipal Commissioners
"I remember when "I first re- which compared with that of the this morning with what the an- preceding year showed a decrease cients called an equal mind, turned to England on leave from of Y11,000,000. But, generally His Excellency continued." A West Africa I brought with me an speaking, the trade situation has most immediately after my arrival exceedingly intelligent native ser developed, seeing that the adverse in Singapore the Commissioners vant who had never left the Coast trade returns up to the October waited upon me in a deputation before, and on his return to the. quarter from the beginning of the and put forward certain proposals Gold Coast he told his wife all the current year, amount to Y170,000,- with reference to the prolongation marvels that he had seen, and 000, which compared with the of the term of office of their Presi- she, as behoves a wife when her same period of last year shows a dont, Mr. Farrer. They told me husband is telling her matters of that the matter had been fully con- fact, believed him implicitly until decrease of Y182,000,000.
During the
quarter, sidered, and already decided, but he came to the statement that one. Japan's China tradé amounted to they asked me to go into the mat put a peg Into the wall, and, after Y42,000,000, resulting in antor afresh, the objection being that, due period the kettle, boiled. excess of export over Import by Mr. Farrer-incredible as it may (Laughter.) When she was told ¥22,000,000.
celebrate his 55th this particular fairy tale zhe, who The share market is stationary; birthday in the spring of the com- had been boiling water all her rice, silk and cotton yarn markets ng year, and, by a provision which life and gathering fuel wherewith are weak. Foreign exchange is is new since my days, an axe ap to boil it, decided that his veracity unfavourable, while industrial and parently falls upon the career of could no longer be accepted. Un
The modern Malayan Civil Ser- fortunately there was no electrical financial circles are gradually `on.
vant when he turns his 55th birth power station at Accza at that the road to readjustment.
day and decapitates that career.
same
TAIKOO RIVALRY.
EUROPEANS MEET CHINESE AT SOCCER.
seem-will
"It was represented to me that time, but some years later I went a small power to Lagos, where Mr. Furrer's activities in connec station was in existence, and tion with the Municipality had been of a peculiar character, and where a much larger one was that the big works which he had erected during my term of office. been largely instructed in in On the first day of my arrival my augurating were still in progress servant appeared and naked per and would not be completed for mission to bring his wife into my another period of three years, and office that she might believe the By the margin of one goal to it was suggested that the Civil miracle of the kettle and thereby nil, the Chinese Talkoo Club de- Service exists for the. Colony establish his credibility once and feated Taikoo Club in a friendly rather than the Colony for the for all. (Laughter.). match on the H.K.F.C. ground yes-Civil Service, In common with all terday. The game wAS never Civil Servants 1 resent anything the self-bolling kettle, the self. "Even in far away West Africa taken too seriously, a number of which is calculated to retard pro-lighting stove, the oven that hakes the players apparently making motion-yon a Governor staying without fuel, are all becoming their first acquaintance with the on after his sixtieth year
tors.
game, or at least had severed their (laughter)-but I promised to look the ordinary necessities of life, previous association long since. into the matter afresh, and by the and I foresee the time when the The Europeans scored once with mail which arrived last Friday I power station which we are in a drop kick, but this was disallow-received a dispatch from Secratary this morning will be enormously ed, and the only goal legitimately of State approving the recom- expanded. I should like to add netted was scored by Chul Kwong-mendation which has put for- my personal tribute to the gentle- young for the Chinese in the first ward, with the unanimous support men who have been mentioned by half. The game proved most en-of my Executivo Council, that an Mr. Farrer in his opening speech. joyable, very pleasant feeling exception should be made in the A work of these dimensions in case of Mr. Farrer, and that his any part of the world cannot be. exlating throughout.
Mr. K. E. Grieg, the general term of office should be prolonged undertaken without an immense manager of the Talkoo Dockyard: his birthday in the coming year. Interest on the part of those who, for a period of three years from amount of energy, keenness, and was among the interested, specta (Loud Applause)
from its inception to its com pletion, undertake to supervise it. I congratulate everybody concern- The prizes offered by Dr. Rud-" of
sity of St. Andrews from 1922 to Mr. Farrer's service to the town and Rider, the consulting en- yard Kipling, rector of the Univer- "Had I known as much shouted from Messrs. Preece. Cardew 1925, for compositions on the in-of Singapore, and the work which gincers, to the Commissioners Auence of the democratic idea on he has done as President of the their President, and all the officers the spirit, work, and outlook of the Municipal Commissioners, as I of the Municipality whom Mr individual of a generation hence, know now, I should not have Farrer has named, and I feel sure have been awarded as follows: hesitated to tell the deputation that you will all join with me, as First prize £50, Donald R. that I would be prepared to keep citizens of Bingapore, in express- Morrison, B.Sc., of Buckhagen: Mr. Farrer in office for a pro- ing our gratitude to them for the second prize, £30, Charles Crails longed period. I have recently very notable public service which Cunningham, of Dundes,
pasitell the great town of Madras, they have rendered,” (Applause).
MARK AND KEEP THIS DUPLICATE the mixed doubles in partnership
LIST. DO NOT FORWARD IT TO US.
IT IS PRINTED FOR YOUR CONVENI- ENCE SO THAT YOU MAY KEEP A RECORD OF THE FORECASTS YOU HAVE Brighton
SENT IN:
Middlesbro
Wednesday Birmingham"! Bristol C. Grimsby
v. Liverpool
Leicester
Arsenal
3. Preston
Port Vale
Torquay
Southport
with her husband.
Tranmore Falkirk Queen's Perk Hearta
v. Plymouth,
v. QP.R.
7. Lincoln
7. Darlington v. Rangers V.Hibernians
7. Aberdeen..
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