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THE CELEBRATED LANCASHIRE COMEDIAN
and
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IN A SERIES OF PANTOMIME AND BURLESQUE ITEMS;
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AT ALL PERFORMANCES USUAL PRICES.
THEATRE ROYAL.
THE HONGKONG AMATEUR
DRAMATIC CLUB will present
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 MINERS' FUND.
BOOKING AT ANDERSON MUSIC CO.
from '23rd March.
Prices: $3, $2 & $1.
HARMSTON'S CIRCUS
AND
ROYAL MENAGERIE
Situated at MONGKOK (KOWLOON) Last Few Nights.
Last Few Nights.
Positively Last Performance Sunday 16th MARCH A SPECIAL GRAND GALA PERFORMANCE?
Will be given in Ald of
THE TUNG'WAH HOSPITAL Saturday 16th. March at 9.15 p.m. When 50% of the Gross Takings Will be Given to the above Institution. The Following Goutlemen Have Kindly Consented to
hu Patrons on This Occasion.
The Hon Mr. R.A;C, North Secretary for Chinese Aflatra
The Hoo Sir Shouson Chow, Kt.
The Hon Dr. R.H. Kotewall, O M.G.
The Hon Dr, S,W, Te'o, 0,B,E,
Sir Robert Ho Tong, Et.
And The Directors of THE TUNG WAX HOSPITAL.
PRICES AS
USUAL
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“RICKSHAW" BRAND
CEYLON TEA Cheapest and Beat
From all loading Compradores.
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Be Guided by the Quality-Not the Price,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1929.
THE
WORLD SPORT
SHAMEEN FOOTBALL.
THE WATSON SHIELD FINAL.
The last match of the season was played on the Shameen Foot- ball ground on Thursday after noon when H.M.S. Scamew won the Watson Shield by defeating the Shameen Sports Club by one goal to nil in the final.
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LAWN TENNIS.
GOLDMAN BEATS LAWRIE
IN OPEN SINGLES. In the only match. In the Open Championship yesterday L. Goldman, who bas only recently returned from Shanghai, played off his second round tio with J. G. Lawrie in the Open Singles and won in four nela, the last going to fourteen games before a de- elalon was reached.
CITY BUS SERVICES.
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lakhs vis-a-vis the previous your such reducilon baing due to the in- come from sale of property, less payments towards the completion of the Peninsula Hotel,
There appear to be no further: Hems 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 a dividend for the year under review, and approval of the Board's recommendations will have the effect of considerably strengthening the Company's post- tion.
Hongkong Hotel Slle. With regard to the disposal of the old Hongkong Hotel site It was an excellent match to
(North Block) and No. 16 Des Voeux Road, your Board gave caro- watch and a fitting end to a very
There were several club matches ful consideration to the matter of верном. There anccessful very little to choose between the played off, Sewell qualifying to meet developing these sites, and financial two sides and the Seamew, were McEachran in the semi-final of the facilities were available for recon- Club Championship by defeating struction purposes, but In view of cortainly lucky to get in the wi-Lieut. Col. Wyatt in two sets, call the circumstances, your Board ing goal, Shameen, on the other Eachran received a walk over from decided to dispose of the property. hand, was decidedly unlucky Dwon liughes, who has retired from throughout. First of all, owing the tournaments;
to Reveral recent transfers they Just a number of their best-men just before the final. Then again in the match the Soamew played their usual very robust game and seemed to be favoured time and again by luck. In the first half, Shameen intered scoring by a few inches on several occasions.
The Kan was throughout extremely even; there was ho score at all in the first half and it was about ten minutes after resuming that Seamew managed to put in their ene and only goal from a melee jual in front of the Shameen goal,
The Results.
The results of yesterday's games were as follow:
Open Sngles.-L. Goldman beat J. G. Lawrie 6-4, 6-3, 1-8, 8-0.
Club Championship, G. W. Sewell boat Liout. Col. Wynti 6-2, 0-3.
Handicap Singles "A."-J. A. Sum: mers (rec 2/6) beat D. H. Hazel! (owe 25/1) 6-1, 6-4; Lleut, D. Smil
rec, 2/0) beat W. L. Dunbar (Scr.)
6-8, 6-2, 6-2.
Attractive Matches,
It was considered that on the open- ing of the Peninsula Hotel, Kow- loon, the Company would be in noa- session of an up-to-date establish- ment replete with all the most conveniences offering a superlative degree of comfort to gucats. The in land alone, financial lock-up"
It is unnecessary for me to en- ter into a lengthy dissertation on The merits of the Peninsula Hotel. as shareholders and the general
thia
in connexion with a reconstructed Hotel on the old Hongitong Hotel site (North Block), would heavily militate against the erection of an establishment capable of compari- con with the Peninsula Hotel. Handicap Singles "B.-W. A. Ste Marcover the South Block-con- wart rec. 5/6) bent J. M. Norrlataining the present Hongkong | (ree. 4/0) 9-7, 6-1.
Mixed Doubles.-L. Forster and Hotel-appears adequate to cope Mrs, Stark (owe 15) beat J. Barrow with the volume and cings of The Shameen defence was and Miss Hancock (rec. 3/0) 6-2, 6-1; patronage its centralised location brilliant, and Lay, the goalie, Lieut. D. Smith and Mrs. Smith (ow attracts. made, some splendid saves. Linn-4/0) received a walk over from Mr. ker, at right buck, and Rasmussen and Mrs. J. N. Owen. at right half, both played out- games. The standingly good
A series of attractive tennis public have had adequate op- Shameen forwards, however, were somewhat weak and did not seem matches will be played on the Chincat portunity of gaining first-hand in- the financial to come up to their previous high Recreation Club ground to-morrow formation by visiting that establish
afternoon; when the Club will enter-ment. Herding standard-the two outsides tain a team from the United Services benefits to be derived from pecially missing many opportun-Recreation Club, as well as an ex- Hotel, I am pleased to inform you ities.
ponent of repute from the U. S. S. II.M.S. Seamew.Chapman; The Chinese will play a team of six Forrest, Horn; Leeson, Goodman, of their strongest men against a com- Grimsdell: Thompson, Smith, bination drawn from among the Ceel, Mitchell and Alderman.
members of the U. S. R. C., who will Shameen Sports Club.-A. Tbe represented by some of the best Lay; J. Lihuker. Nogeizig; It playors in the Colony, The hosts wil Grant, B. II. Shekury, F. E. W., Ng Sze-kwong and Ho Ka-lau, Rasmussen, Brown, 0. Friessner: be represented by M. K. and M. w. Lammert, Geo. Dunean, Jr. and Horace Lo and Iu. Tak-chouk.
At the same time a match will be Hachfeld.
played between Commander C. C. Gill, of the U. 3. 3. Milwaukee, and T. Honda, the holder of the Singles Championship of the Colony. Com mander Gill played during the fleet's visit to Manila and made a great Im- pression,
The Club match is due to start at 2.30 p.m. and the singles at 3.30.
The teams were:
H.M.S. Searew have not only won the Watson Shield this sen- son, but they have also come cut at the top of the League, not having Just R single
mate H.M.S, Tarantula won the Shield Jast
senson, when the Shameen Sports Club were at the top of the League.
Owing to various postponements and to the unfortunate accident to 1.M.S. Moth it has not been passible to complete the Lengue this season and only two teams; have played the full 12 matches. However, even if all the teams had completed their games it would not have altered the position of H.M.S. Seamow at the top of the League. The table is:
Susnew
Milwaukee.
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 new knight is at present Colonia) Secretary of Ceylon, a post held by Sir Cecil Clementi prior to his appointment as Governor of Hongkong..
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SEGRAVE'S FEAT.
TRIBUTE BY PRINCE OF WALES.
that the measure of patronage ac-instance (in February and March corded thereto in very gratifying, of that year) the Company ran a and endorses the action of your service from the Hongkong Hotel Board in embarking upon a project to the Race Course and subsequent which gives the Colony an up-to-ly took up a regular service to Re- date establishment capable of ful pulse Bay viu-Pokiulum,
Government Approached.
London, Mar, 18.- filling the requirements of the most
The Prince of Walon, epoqking at volume of transient traffic carried Later, in the year 1923, your the Institute of Transport last night, by the passenger steamers which, Company was in touch with the paid a glowing tribute to Major exacting, and of handling the heavy
Government with a view to obtain Segrave's great achievement. virtually, berth at its door-way.
Automotive Transport.
I sure all of us take off our hats to
sportaman, We
in a concession for an extension of The Prince said, "Major Bograva their motor bus service from Huppy had already two years ago not up a I am pleased to be able to state Valley to Kennedy Town, Little record, and it was not as if he was that, during the year under review, encouragement was received, ow to the game. He knew what it was. your Company was successful in ins to the fact that the Government He left this country with a car he obtaining a concession for the ex-were of the opinion that the time had never been able to try out. tension of its motorbus services had not then arrived for the institu-
fine
can only through queen's Road from Tal tion of a service of this description, him very brave man, and a very In 1924-Stubbs Road being then sympathise with him that the only. Ilang village to Kennedy Town.
marred his .KTERİ Although this service was initiated under construction-your Company thing which 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 sympathise not in a position to run a full-time its buses via this road to Repulse with Major Segrave, because he must
of Bay, and again brought up the sub have felt it more than anybody,— service until the early part
of the Queen's Rond British Wiralean.
latter whilst the The following will represent the January of the current year. I am ject
pleased, however, to be able to state route, ard
шал not enter- Hongkong Hockey Club first eleven that this new venture proved a suc- suggestion in their match with the Somerest cess from its inception, and the tained (for the same reason
on the U.S.R.C. Light Infantry
the the General Strike of 1925, the bears eloquent testimony to ground at 5.15 p.m. on Wednesday measure of support accorded to it previously given) nevertheless, in
LOCAL HOCKEY.
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After the Motor-Boat Record.
Daytona Beach, Mar. 15. Major Segrave is leaving for Miami -W. K. Tait, W. Woodward, J. fact that there was a crying need tramways, in common with other today to compete with Mr. Garwood P. W. D. L. F, A. Pts. Rodger, A. A. Dand (captain), for what I may term a "de luxe" bus services being dislocated (in fact for the motor-boat speed champion- .... 12 75 0 20 119E J. R. Mitchell, J. E. Noronha, service through the central part of there were no trams running, aw ship, the world record for which is
12 3 4 5 16 29 10 H. V. Parker, H. K. Valentine, the city.
ing to the police authorities having at present held by Mr. Garwood's
Cicala Shameen S.C. 9 4 1 4 17 13 9 Lusitano R.A. 11 4 1 6 22 30 9 Moth
7 2 4 1 13 7 6
Tarantula Moorhen....
0 2 4 3 9 13
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B 2 1 6 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, Canton,
G. E. R. Divett, G. R. Vallack and Shareholders will doubtless have notified the Tramways Company of "Miss America," namely 92 milos az
C. C. Francis.
I am naturally disinclined to make Valley via Queen's Road East, thus
read with interest leading articles the possibility of riote taking place hour.
Major Segrave's boat. is the "Miss The second team, to meet the and correspondence appearing in if the tram service was continued, Punjab Regiment on the Marina the local press during the past few this Company ran a regular service England"Reuter's American Sor ground at 5 p.m. on Monday, will weeks on this subject, and whilst between Blake Pier and Happy vice. be:-R. W. Sapsed, R. R. Todd, L. F. Nicholson, A. J. W. Ashby, any statement possible of A. Botelho, E. R, West, A. N. Other, W. A. Nowers, G. R. Vallack, A. relating to the Inception and sub-tion of the tramway service, drowning it in three inches of Dand and T. J. Price.
sequent growth of the bus services general dislocation of the Bus Berwator in a bath, a woman at Notts operated-very efficiently I think Ivice on the Kowloon Peninsula took Assizes was found not guilty and may fairly say-by your Garage place, and this Company, in one lascharged.
night, transported the whole of its
SIX TO ONE AGAINST ·
WINNEIL
con- giving facilities to the community
Charged with having murdered Coincidentally with the resump her three-months'-old child by troversial interpretation, I deem it in those particular districts. requisite to trace in brief the facts
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THE WATERLOO CUP. Department.
In the year 1918, one of the en- fleet of buses to. Kowloon, and,
cost of £3,000 a choir ferprises your Company had in within its limitations, carried on a. At 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 roads of the island were cidentally add was largely instru-ins 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,
For these services your Company der construction, it not being por- sible, to motor further than little received the thanks of the Govern- and Shaukiwan on the other.
Belting was to G to 1 against the Hongkong on one side of the island ment, and ugain the matter of such service. In this instance the winner.- Reuter.
London, Mar. 15. In the Waterloo Cup final course, Mrs. Watson was absolutely at the A. Gordon Smith's "Golden Sur. top of her form and played a reallyprise" beat H. Bell's "Bassoon." brilliant game; had she not done 50,, she might well have lost the match. for Miss Blick is a tennie player of no mean ability, having held a States Championship in the U.S.A. before coming out East.
Miss Blick played a very sterdy 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 hend.
ARNE BORE AGAIN.
ESTABLISHES ANOTHER SWIMMING RECORD.
Suva, Mar. 15. In the municipal ses baths, Arne Bore swam 000 yards in 6 minutes,
world's record. 57-2/6 seconde, a Reutor.
patients are to be transferred from North Middlesex Hospital, Edmonton, to schools at Enfield.
Offer to Companies.
regular service through Queen's
Road was touched upon but vetoed Company's request was granted, by the Government for the reasons and, as I have already mentioned, The opening of this road to previously given, that is to any, not only has the service in question. that in the Government's considered been inaugurated, but, I am pleased traffic synchronised with the open opinion the time had not arrived to to say, it is working satisfactorily ing of the Repulse Bay Hotel, and warrant a service of that descrips and the support accorded to it has been such as to make it necessary it became imperative for this Comlion.
pany to find some regular means of In 1926, your Company was ap-for your Board in the course of the 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 transport between the city and the augurating a regular service to route...
It is a matter of regret to your south side of the island. In thess Felix Villas via the University, and Board that they are not in a posi
your Managing after consideration, of the matter, Mrs. Watson, together with Mrs.
circumstances, Director approached the local con-uch service was inaugurated and tion to recommend a distribution in Geoffrey Agutter, already holds the
cerns engaged in that, particular in fact guaranteed against loses by respect of the working of the past South China Open Championship
class of business, but I regret to the applicant during a period of year, but I may say that the Com- for the Doubles which they won last
say he received very slight en three years, but I am pleased to pany appears now to have weatherd week when they defeated Miss
Owing to overcrowding, 60couragement notwithstanding the state that since the feception of the difficulties of the past four Wong and Miss Tang Chi-ho.
Last year was the first in which
fact that your Company was at that this service, the support accorded years, and, as a result of the con the Open Championships for South
time prepared to subsidise such
serves, is in a strong position to- Companies against a long on work to it rendered unnecessary any re-tinuous augmentation of Ita re
day. China were played and at that time
ing covering a reasonable period course in this connexion.
With the opening of the Ponin- there were only men's sligles and
it being understood that in the early
sula Hotel heavy capital payments doubles, both being won by mem- bera of the Shameen Lawn Tennis
stages at least a moter bus service
In 1027, this Company again apcesso, and the cash revenue of the would not prove profitable. Club, Mr. J. S. McEnchran winning
As in the case of the men's. Despite all efforts in this direcproached the Government on the Company being considerable, a the Singles and together with Mr. A. T. Lay the Doublen. This year, open events, cups will be put up for the tion, no support was forthcoming, matter of the Queen's Rond Service, material reduction in the indeboled- by the American and it therefore became necessary, particularly having regard to the nas to our bankers should not be a events were also held for Ladies and ladick events 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 difficulty: Con- Club did not manage to retain either the wispers for one year, a amoll its own motorbus and motorcar receipt of notitions from the re-requently I have every hope that the of the men's events, they have been replica being given personally to service, and six buses were ordered aldential Chinese community at Company will revert to a dividend- well served by their lady members, the winner each year. Our Oun and arrived in the Colony on the each end of this route requesting diatributing bagia In, the near
26th January, 1922. In the first the Company to inaugurate some fature. Mra. Watson and Miss Hogg who Correspondent. ·
have secured both the Open Ladies' Championships,
Another Application.