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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1929.
QUEEN'S THEATRE THE WORLD SPORT
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT
FOR 2 DAYS ONLY
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and
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IN
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. AT ALL PERFORMANCES USUAL PRICES.
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"THE DOVER ROAD"
A comedy in 3 Acts by A. A. MILNE,
6th, 9th, 11th, 12th & 13th April, at 9.15 p.m/
50% of the profits will be given to
THE
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THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL
Saturday 16th, March at 8.15 p.m. When 50% of the Gross Takings Will be Given to the above Institution, The Following Gentlemen Have Kindly Conaonted to be Patrons on This Occasion.
The Hon Mr. R.A.C. North Secretary for Chinese Affairs
The Hon Bir Shouson Chow, Et.
The Hoo Dr. E.H. Kotowali, O M.G.
The Hon Dr, S ̧W. Ts'o, 0,B,E,
Blr, Robert Ho Tang, Kt,
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SHAMEEN FOOTBALL.
of
LAWN TENNIS.
GOLDMAN BEATS LAWRIE
IN OPEN SINGLES. ·
THE WATSON. SHIELD ́FINAL.
The last match of the season was played on the Shameen Foot-i In the only match in the Opon ball ground on Thursday after-Championship yesterday L. Goldman, noon when IMS. Seamew won who has only recently returned from the Watson Shield by defeating Shanghal, played off his second round the Shameen Sports Club by one tle with J. G. Lawrie in the Open goal to nil in the final.
Singles and won in four sets, the last going to fourteen games before a do- claion was reached.
WILH
It was an excellent match to watch and a fitting end to a very auccessful везвор. There very little to choose betwen the two sides and the Seamew were certainly lucky to get in the win- ing goal. Shameen, on the other hand, Was decidedly unlucky throughout. First of all," owing to severni recent transfers they lost a number of their best men just before the final. Then again in the match the Seamew played their usual very robust game and seemed to be favoured time and agah by luck. In the first half Shameen missed scoring by a few inches on several occasions,
The game Was throughout extremely even; there was no store at all in the first half and it was about ten minutes after resuming that Seamew managed to put in their one and only goal from a melee just in front of the Shameen Kon!,
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The Results.
The results of yesterday's games were as follow:
Open Singles.-L. Goldman beat J. G. Lawrie 6-4, 6-9, 1-0, 8-0.
beat Licut. Col. Wyatt 6-2, 6-3.
Club Championship.-G. W. Sowell
Handicap Singles "A"---J. A. Sum mers (rec. 2/6) boat D. H. Hazell (owe 16/1) 6-1, 6-4; Lieut. D. Smith (rec. 2/0) beat W. L. Dunbar (Ser.) 6-8, 6-2, 6-2,
Attractive Matches,
CITY BUS SERVICES.
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lakhs vis-a-vis the previous year - such reduction being due to the In- come from sale of property, loss payments towards the completion of the Peninsula Kotel.
There appear to be no further items calling for explanation, and I trust that shareholders will ap prove of the appropriations recom mended by the Board. The financial situation does not warrant the distribution of à dividend for the year under review, and approval of the Board's recommendations will have the effect of considerably strengthening the Company's posi tion.
Hongkong Hole! Site.
MR. A. G. M. FLETCHER KNIGHTED.
Amongst the Birthday Honours List was included the name of Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher, former Colonial Secretary of Hongkong, who was made a Knight Bachelor. The now knight is at present Colonial Secretary of Ceylon, a post held by Air Cecil Clementi prior to his appointment as Governor of Hongkong.
With regard to the disposal of the old Hongicong Hotel alto (North Block) and No. 16 Dea Voeux Road, your Board gave care- There were several club matches ful consideration to the matter of played off, Sewell qualifying to rect McEachran in the semi-sual of the developing these aites, and financial Club Championship by
facilios were available for recon. defenting Lieut. Col. Wyatt in two sets. Me-struction purposes, but in view of Enchran received a walk over from all the circumstances, your Board Owen Hughes, who has retired from decided to dispose of the property. It was considered that on the open- the tournaments.
ing of the Peninsula Hotel, Kow- loon, the Company would be in vas- session of an up-to-date establish- ment replete with all the most conveniences offering a nuperlative degree of comfort to guests. The financial "lock-up" in land alone, in connexion with a reconstructed Hotel on the old Hongkong Hotel site (North Block), would heavily militate against the erection of an | establishment capable of compari
son with the Peninsula Hotel.: Handicap Singles "D."-W. A. Ste-Moreover the South Block--con- wart (rec. 5/6) beat J. M. Norris
taining the present Hongkong (rec, 4/0) 9-7, 6-1.
Mixed Doubles.-L. Forster and Hotel-appears adequate to cope class of Mrs, Stark (owe, 15) beat J, Barrow with the volume and The Shameen defence was and Miss Hancock (ree, 3/6). 6-2, 0-1; patronage its centralised location brilliant, and Lay, the goalie, Lieut. D. Smith and Mrs. Smith tow attracts.
It is unnecessary for me to ex- made some splendid saves. "Ling-4/6) received a walk over from Mr.
Ler into a lengthy dissertation on ker, at right back, and Rasmussen and Mrs, J. N. Owen.
the merits of the Peninsula Hotd. at right half, both played out-
as shareholders and the general standingly good games. The
A series of attractive tennia public have had adequate op Shameen forwards, however, were matches will be played on the Chinese portunity of gaining first-hand in- somewhat weak and did not seem Recreation Club ground to-morrow formation by visiting that establish- to come up to their previous high afternoon, when the Club will enter ment, Rewarding the financial standard-the two outsides es-tain a team from the United Services benefits to be derived from this pecially missing many opportun- Recreation Club, as well as an ex- Hotel, I am pleased to inform you ponent of repute from the U. . . that the measure of patronage ac- The teams were:
Milwaukee.
corded thereto is very gratifying, of that year) the Company ran at ILM.S. Senmew, Chapman;! The Chinese will play a team of six and endorses the action of your service from the Hongkong Hotel
TRIBUTE BY PRINCE Forrest, Horn; Leeson, Goodman, of their strongest men against a com- Board in embarking upon a project to the Race Course and subsequent. Grimsdell: Thompson, Smith, bination drawn from
OF WALES. Among the which gives the Colony an up-to-y Look up a regular service to Re- Cécil, Mitchell and Alderman. members of the U. S, R. C., who will date establishment capable of fal- Pulse Bay via Pokfulum..
Shameen Sports Club.-A. T.be represented by some of the best
Government Approached.
London, Mar, 11. The Prince of Wales, spealding at Lay: J. Linaker, Nogeizig;, R. players in the Colony. The hosts will filling the requirements of the most
Later, in the year 1923, your the Institute of Transport last night, Rasmussen, Brown, O. Friessner; be represented by M. K, and M. W exacting, and of handling the heavy
in touch with the paid a glowing tribute to Major Grant, E. H. Shekury, F. E. W. Lo, Ng Ste-kwong and Ho Ka-lau,volume of transient traffic carried
by the passenger steamers which Company was
Government with a view to obtain. Segrave's great achievement. Lammert, Ges. Duncan, Jr. and Horace Lo and Iu Tak-cheuk.
At the same time a match will be virtually, berth at its door-way.
in a concession for an exterisian of The Prince said.-"Major Segrave played between Commander C, D, GINI,
their motor bus service from Happy had already two years ago put up a M.S. Senmow have not only of the U. S. S. Milwaukee, and T. won the Watson Shield this sea Honda, the holder of the Singles I am pleased to be able to state Valley to Kennedy Town. Little record, and it was not as if he was son, but they have also come out Championship of the Colony. Com that, during the year under review, encouragement was received, ow-aw to the game. He knew what it was, at the top of the League, not mander Gill played during the beet's your Company was successful in ing to the fact that the Government He left in country with a car h having last A single match. visit to Manila and made a great Im-btaining a concession for the ex-were of the opinion that the time had, never been able to try out. I H.M.S. Tarantula won the Shield presalon..
tension of its motorbus services had not then arrived for the institut sure all of us take of our hats to
fing The Club match is due to start at through Queen's Rand from Tai tion of a service of this description him very brave man, and a very last season, when the Shameen
sportsman. Wo In 1924-Stubba Road being then sympathise with him that the only Sports Club were at the top of the 2.30 p.m. and the slugles at 3.30.
Hang village to Kennedy Town. Although this service was initiated ander construction-your Company thing which marred his Leagne.
in the beginning of the last quarter approached the Government with a triumph was that his opponent was of the year under review, we were view to obtaining permission to run killed. I am sure we will sympathiss not in a position to run a full-time its buses vin this road to Repulse with Major Eegrave, because he must service until the early part of Bay, and again brought up the sub- have felt it more than anybody.
of the Queen's Road British Wireless. January of the current year. I am ject
whilst the latter WOR not enter- pleased, however, to be able to state route, and that this new venture proved a Buc- suggestion cess from its inception, and the tained (for the same renson as measure of support accorded to it previously given) nevertheless, in bears cloquent testimony to the the General Strike of 1925, the fact that there was a crying need for what I may term a "de luxe" bus service through the central part of the city.
.itles.
Ifachfeld.
* LOCAL HOCKEY,
Owing to various postponements and to the unfortunate. fceldent to JMS. Moth has not been possible to complete the League this season and only two teams
The following will represent the have played the full 12 matches. However, even if all the teams had Hongkong Hockey Club first eleven it would in their match with the Somerest completed their games
on the U.S.R.C. not have altered the position of Light Infantry IM.S. Seamew at the top of the ground at 5.15 pm on Wednesday W. K. Tait, W. Woodward, J. League. The table is:
P. W. D. LF.A. Pts. Rodger, A. A.-Dand (captain), E J. R. Mitchell, J. E. Noronha, H. Y. Parker, R. K. Valentine, G. E, R. Divett, G. R. Vallack and C. C. Francia.'
Scanew Cicala
12 75 0 29 7 19 12 3 4 5 16 20 10 Shameen S.C. 9 I 4 17 13 9 Lusilano R.A, 114 1 6 22 30 0 Moth
7 2 4 1 18 7 8 Tarantula Moorhen
9 2 4 8 9 13
8
8 2 '1 5 9 18
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TENNIS IN CANTON.
LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS.
Mrs. C. E. Watson on Thursday won the final of the Ladies' Singles Open Championship of South China by defeating Miss Virginia Blick by two sets to one-6/3, 5/7, 6/3- on the courts of the Chinese Citizens Athletic Association In the First Public Park, Canion.
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The second team, to meet the Punjab Regiment on the Marina ground at 5 p.m. on Monday, will be-R. W. Sapsed, R. R. Todd, L. F. Nicholson, A. J. W. Ashby, A. Botelho, E. R. West, A. N. Other, W. A. Nowers, G. R. Vallack, A. A
Dand and T. J. Price.
THE WATERLOO CUP.
SIX TO ONE AGAINST WINNER.
London, Mar. 15. In the Waterloo Cup final course, A. Gordon Smith's "Golden Sur- prise" beat H. Bell's "Bassoon,"
Belting was to G to 1 against the
Mrs. Watson was absolutely at the top of her form and played a really brillant game; had she not done so, she might well have lost the winner-Router, match, for Miss Bliels is a tennis player of no mean ability, having held a States Championship in the U.S.A. before coming out East.
Miss Blick played a very strudv game throughout, but was beaten by the accurate placing of her op ponent, who time after time won points with brilliant shots down the side lines or lobbed over her hoad.
ARNE BORE AGAIN.
Automotive Transport.
Shareholders will doubtless have
instoreo (in February and March
SEGRAVE'S FEAT.
сал
After the Motor-Boat Record,
only
gron
Daytona Beach, Mar. 18. Major Serrave is leaving for Miami tramways, in common with other to-day to compete with Mr. Garwood services being dislocated (In fact for the motor-boat speed champion there were no trams running, owship, the world record for which is ing to the police authorities having at present held by Mr. Garwood's notified the Tramwaye Company of "Miss America," namely 92 miles as read with interest leading articles the possibility of riots taking place hour.
Major Begravo's boat là the "Atla and correspondence appearing in if the tram service was continued) the local press during the past few this Company ran a regular service England"-Reutor's Americas Sar- weeks on this subject, and whilst between Binke Pier and Happy vice I am naturally dieinclined to make Valley via Queen's Road East, thus any statement possible of con- giving facilities to the community troversial Interpretation, I deem it in those particular districts, requisite to trace in brief the facts relating to the inception and sub- tion of the tramway. service, sequent growth of the bus services general dislocation of the Bus or operated very efficiently I think I vice on the Kowloon Peninsula took may fairly eny-ly your Garage place, and this Company, in one night, transported the whole of its Department,
of
Charged with having murdered Coincidentally with the resump her three-months'-old child by
drowning it in three inches water in a bath, a woman at Notts Assizes was found not guilty and éfscharged
In the year 1918, one of the en- fleet of buses to Kowloon, and,
At a cost of £3,000 choir terprises your Company had in within its limitations, carried on a hand was the construction of the service there for a period of two vestry, committee and muniment Repulse Bay Hotel, at which time days, which service I may in-rooms will be built at Chelmsford the motor ronde of the island were cidentally add. was largely instru-as a memorial to Canon Lake, sub- very limited, and in fact the "round-mental in breaking the Kowloon dean of the Cathedral and for 34
years rector of the parish; the-island road was then still un- Bus strike, der construction, it not being_por- sible to motor further than little Hongkong on one alde of the island and Shaukiwan on the other,
For these services your Company) received the thanks of the Govern ment, and again the matter of a regular service through Queen's such service. In this instance tho Road was touched upon but vetoed Company's request was granted, Offer to Companies. by the Government for the reasons and, as I have already mentioned, previously given, that is to say, not only has the service in question The opening of this road to that in the Government's considered been inaugurated, hut, I am pleased traffic synchronised with the open opinion the time had not arrived to to say, it is wording satisfactorily ing of the Repulse Bay Hotel, and warrant a service of that descrip and the support accorded to it has boon such as to make it necessary it became imperative for this Com- tion. ESTABLISHES ANOTHER
In 1926, your Company was ap for your Board in the course of the pany to find some regular means of SWIMMING RECORD. transit in order to meet the public proached by a large property owner next few months to materially In demand for cheap and expeditious at Pokfulum with a view to increase the number of vehicles on the Suva, Mar. 15, transport between the city and the augurating a regular service to route.
It is a matter of regret to your In the municipal sea baths, Arne south side of the island. In these Felix Villas via the University, and, Borg swam 660 yards in 6 minutes, circumstances, your Managing after consideration of the matter, Board that they are not in a posi- 57-2/5 seconds,
world's record. Director approached the local con- such service was inaugurated and tion to recommend a distribution in Reuter.
cerns engaged in that particular in fact guaranteed against lones by respect of the working of the past class of business, but I regret to the applicant during a period of year, but I may say that the Com any he received very alight on three years, but I am pleased to pany appears now to have weatherd. 60 couragement. notwithstanding the state that since. the Inception of the difficulties of the past four time prepared to subsidise such to it rendered unnecessary any re-tinuous augmentation of its re..
serves, Is in a strong position to
to- Companies against a loas on work-course in this connexion,
day.
With the opening of the Penin sula Hotel heavy capital paymenta stages at least a motor bus service In 1927, this Company again a cease, and the cash revenue of the would not prove profitable.
Government on the Company being considerablo, A Despite all efforts in this direc- pranched the T. Lay the Doubles. This year, open events, cups will be put up for the tion, no support was forthcoming, matter of the Queen's Road Service, material reduction in the indebted events were also held for ladies and ladies events by the American and it therefore became necessary particularly having regard to the news to our bankers should not be a though the Shameen Lawn Tennis Association. These will be held by for this Company to inaugurate fact that the Company had been in matter of great dificulty. Con motorbus and motorcar receipt of petitions from the resequently I have every hope that the Club did not manage to retain either the winners for one year, a small its own of the men's events, they have been replica being given personally to service, and six bases were ordered sidential Chinese community Company will revert to a dividend- well served by their lady members, the winner each year.Our Own, and arrived in the Colony on the each end of this route requesting distributing basis. In the nea Mrs. Watson and Miss Hogg who' Correspondent..
28th January, 1822 In the first, the Company to inaugurate some future.
Mrs. Watson, together with Mrs. Geoffrey Agutter, already holds the South China Open Championship for the Doubles which they won last work when they defeated Misa Wong and Miss Tang Chi-ho.
Owing to overcrowding.
Last year was the first in which patients are to be transferred fact that your Company was at that this service, the support accorded years, and, as a result of the con
the Open Champlonshins for South China were played and at that time there were only men's singles and doubles, both being won by mem-
from North Middlesex Hospital, Edmonton, to schools at Enfield,
bera of the Shameen Lawn Tennis have secured both the Open Ladies' Club, Mr. J. S. McEachran winning Champlonships,
the Singles and together with Mr. A. As in the case of the men's
ing covering a reasonable period-
it being understood that in the early
Another Application,
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