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NAVAL BOXING.
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GRAND OPENING NIGHT
SATURDAY, April 13th.
at 8.15 p.m.
W.R BANVARD'S
ENGLISH COMEDY COMPANY
in
"A CUCKOO IN THE NEST"
direct from the Aldwych Theatre, London
Hong Kong repertoire will include:-
"ROOKERY HOOK"
"THARK"
**THE RINGER”
Edgar Wallace's GREATEST, Thriller. "OTHER MEN'S WIVES"
"DIVERSION"
"THE FANATICS" Watch for further announcements in Dally Papers. Booking, at Mautrio's and Star.
Prices $3, $2 & $1.
which the Commander-in-Chief of
Salling conditions were much better warships in harbour competed for a the China Fleet Amateur cham- silver cup presanted by Lady plonship tournament, there being over whitt, wife of Sir Reginald Y. Tyr-sixty entrants from warships at pro
BL, K.G.B., D.8.0., D.G.L., sent in harbour. The
14, tournament has been revived after a long period and it is hoped that from now on it will become a regular event. The Art round contests wore held yesterday there being two sessions at the Royal Naval Theatre on the Praya. The finals will be decided at two further sessions to be held to-day.
the China Station,
The first six boats to cross the
Onishing line were as follow.
1.
11.M.S. Kent's galloy. Time 1 hr. 4715 mins
2. II.M.S. Suffolk's 1st. cutter.
2 hrs, 1 min. 20 secs.
3.1... Suffolk's and whelor.
4. H.M.S, Suffolk's lab whaler,
G. H.M.S. Suffolk's 2nd, cutter.
6. H.M.S. Kent's 1st whalar.
Competitors yesterday showed con- siderable keenness and while many were novices soma extremely good
A similar race was held on Thura-fights were seen. day for a cup presented by Sir Re- shiald Tyrwhitt for senior officers, the Titania obtaining first and third pinces and the Berwick second place.
When the saling race started thero enabled the was a fresh breeze which ended competing boats to make
good way over the triangular course which started from the Tamar; from thero south of Nos, 7 and 8 huo,a, to buoy 56, onwards to Cust Rock buoy and back to the starting point,
Eight of the fights in the afternoon came in the welterweight class. L S. Bleaker (Hermes) put up a good show against A. B, Webb (Hermes). The latter placed his blows well and ran out a deserving winner, though Bleaker was not disgraced.
A. B. Turner (Hermes) and A. B. Harley (Marazion) started at a fer- rific pace and an early knock sut looked likely, Earner was given the verdict when the fight was stopped In the third round, Jiarley having put upa plucky show.
During tho .courso of the race 'ono of the boats came to grief, colliding with a junk and, it is believed, strain- ing a plank causing a leak. No one was injured, however, and the boat Stoker Harding (Suffolk) and A. returned anfely to the Naval Yard.
B. Murray (Suffolk), were ovenly Entries were sent from H.M.S. matched, the contest providing little Kent, H.M.S. Suffolk, II.M.S. Corn-in the way of interest until the last Tall and H.M.S. Berwick, there round. when both showed moro enter- being 20 boats competing in all.. prise in attack. The verdict went to
Harding.
LAWN TENNIS,
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H. D. RUMJAHN TO MEET COUSIN IN SEMI-FINAL.
H. D. Ramjahn qualified to meet his cousin and doubles, partner, S. A. Rumfahn, in the semi-final of the Open Championship singles by de- fenting Lim Peng-chin in the fourth afternoon, the round yesterday
intch, which was characterised by faulty play on both sides, going the full distance. On the form shown by both players, neither deserved to gul on far as he did.
Rumjalin was particularly erratic in the first set, and by trying to force the play he lost valuable points. His drives were mostly hit outalde or into the net, while, his placing was faulty. Even in the later part of the game he failed to show anything like the form displayed in his match with
M. K. Lo.
Two Knock Outs.
Above are two good snapshola of the Rugby football match at Happy Valloy in which
the Navy defeated the Army by 20 points to 6. The Club meet the Navy on Monday even- ing, when a fine tussle should be scen. (Photos: Moe Cheung).
A. B. Trimmings (Hermes) got the OUR BERLIN LETTER. listen to the exemplary perform-] BIRTH-RATE HIGHER. decision over A. B. Clarko (Titartin) who was disqualified in the first round....
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There was little to choose between A. D. Weatherhoad and Stoker Tucker, both of the Titanla. Tucker .showed up well in the later stages and secured the verdict in a close fight.
A. B. Newstead (Hermes) put up a game fight against Stoker Harvey (Kent). the gong saved him. Harvey ran out He was almost out when the winner, his opponent retiring, in
the second round.
Marine Hurst (Suffolk) had the advantage of height and reach over A. B. Young (Titania) and proved a good winner, although his opponent did not lack pluck .attack.
Boy Fullick (Kent) knocked out A. B. Perks (Hermes) in the first round, this, fght ending the welter weight preliminaries.
The University champlon was novor
The Catchweightæ., at the top of his form, and with tho
Hard hitting characterised the bout exception of a few brilliant flashes was never playing anything like between A. B. Adama (Titania) and
Like his op-
A. B. Bullen (Suffolk), the first of championship tennis. ponent he was invariably hitting wild-the patchwelghts. Both men took a ly, putting easy shots into the not good deal of punishment. Bullen was or outside the court. Both were declared the winner of an interesting exceedingly faulty with their services, bout
A. B. Swann (Hermes) knocked out double falls being one of the main features of a most uninteresting Marine Sillence. (Tamar) in the
second round.
The last fight of the afternoon session was between A. B. Ward (Kent) and Marine Clarke (Berwick), Ward got the decision, Clarke Being disqualified,
match.
The final score was, 1-0, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 0-2 in favour of Rumjalin.
There was only one "Club" match, this being in the Mixed Doubles event, Lieut. and Mrs. D. Smith, whose handicap is minus 4/6, beat H. V. Parker and Miss D). Stanion (minus 2/0) in straight sets, the scores being 6-4, 6-2,
LOCAL RACING.
ENTRIES FOR THE THIRD EXTRA MEETING.
There are nine events on the pro- gramme for the third extra race meet ing of the Hongkong Jockey Club to be held at Happy Valley next Satur- day. The principal event is the Second Aggregate Stakes, over one mile, for which there are thirteen en-
tries, including Christmas Chimes, the winner of the First Aggregate Stakce. The following are the entries for
the non-handicap events:
The Evening Houts,
ANOTHER CENTENARY
CELEBRATION.
In almost all countries there are associations which cultivate inter- national relations in the domain of archaeology.
A
OFFICIAL FIGURES FOR THE
PAST YEAR.
ances' of his choir, an opportunity of becoming acquainted with all im portant choral works. His greatest achievement in this connexion was the uptiring care bestowed on the compositions of Johann Sebastian
The year 1928 will go down as Bach, above all on that sublime work į of the "master of the masters," the the period when an improvement wonderful "Pasalon according to St. set in in the birthrate of England and Wales, following the unpre- Matthew."
codented fall during 1927, when the number of births registered
In 1928 600,267 babies were was the lowest on record.
The historical importance of Siegfried Ochs as a Bach conductor
One of the oldest of these is the German Archaeological Institute, which was founded in the year 1825 Was to have been again specially on the "Instituto di Corrispondenza demonstrated, in a few weeks' time. archeologica," and the hundredth He was the first who ventured to horn compared with 654,172 in anniversary of its foundation will alve the St. Matthew Passion music 1927. This, however, does not bo celebrated by a gala session in once more without cuts and it was compare very favourably with the the 21st to him that the task of conducting record number registered during the German capital on
the bi-centenary of this, the grand-the past decade, 957,782, nearly April, 1929.
ost of all musical compositions on a million, in the year 1920.
The number of deaths (exclud- Leading scholars from all coun- the Passion, had been entrusted,
Tho Passion according to Sting still-births); states the Ro tries will assemble on this occasion and deliver addresses on the most Matthew was performed for the gistrar-General's return, issued important excavations of recent first time in March, 1720, under the last month during the year was yesra. Professor Kurunietle and leadership of Bach himself. In 160,440, making a death-rate 0.6 Professor Buscher from Athens will March, 1829, Felix Mendelsohn- below that for 1927, the number
revived the musical in that year being 484,609, deal with the newest finds in Eleusis Bartholdy
The natural increase of popu«. and on. Samos, Makridi Bey will de- beauty of this work of absolute'
ovor scribe the latest interesting ex-formal perfection and now, after cavations in Stambul and Arduino two hundred years, death has cam-lation by excess of births Colasanti, the Director General of pelled the most important Bach deaths was, therefore, 199,827, the Roman museums, will report conductor of our times to lay down compared with the average annual on the archaeological treasures of his baton. At the conclusion of the increase in the preceding five activities of memorial celebration for Siegfried years of 243,621, The Infant his country; the northern countries will be repre- Ochs which took place in the mortality rate for the year In sented by addresses to the esseni-Philharmonic Hall, the scene of his England and Wales was 65 per bluge by Professor Poulsen of most famous performances, In the 1,000 live birthe, which is the best Copenhagen on the progress of the presence of a vast throng, the recorded, the previous lowest Greco-Danish excavations in Kaly-melancholy C minor of the last being 69-during the year 1923, don and, by Professor Haakon chorus in "St. Matthew's Passion"
Marriages solemnised during .Norway on the echoed through the hall. Shetelly of
the year totalled (according to a ornamentation of the Oseberg ship,
Siberian Cold in Berlin.
provisional estimated) 902,810, 48- while German scholars, among
compared with 308,370 in the pre- This figure is ceding year.
In the last Welterweight fight in the first round A. B. Perryman others Professor Dorpfeld of Ber- Arctic temperatures have pre- (Hermes) beat Marine McKechnto (Kent).
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lin, Professor Obermaier of valled In Central Europe during the In the Middleweight Claas, first Mudrid and Professor Junker of last few weeks and Berlin lay right lightly lower than that of the round, Stakar Taylor (Berwick) beat Vienna, will give details of the rein the centre of this unusual spell preceding year, but it is still well A. B. Francia (Sterling); A. B. Hal-sults of exploration in their special of cold. The people of Berlin have over the later post-war years. combo (Sterling) beat E.RA. Jenner departments.
not experienced such cold for two The record number of marriages (Titania); Stoker Lavender (Hermes) beat A. B. Dabbs (Hermes); Boy Boer
The reception of the men of learn-hundred years; the mercury anak in any year during the decade (Cornwall) beat A. B, Bowers (Bering from all countries will take to the fantastic level of from 27 to Was In 1920, the number then be--
12 degrees below Centigrade in 379,982.
The deaths registered during Lightweights: Tel. Sears (Hermes) place in the Pergamon Museum (80 to 10 Fahrenheit) and the
collected in the most remarkable accidents occurred the last quarter of the year num- ware 21,901 beat A. B. Brien (Sufolk),
Featherweights: Boy Charko (Saf- Near East in the course of the last in the Gorman capital. Uncounted bored. 115,639, and folk) beat A. B. Bambridge (Hermes), fifty years. The inspection of the burst water pipes, broken street more than in the preceding quar-
Bantamweighta: Boy Gilkam (Suffolk) beat A. B. Roberts (Her famous "Great Altar" and of the car tracks, gan tragedies, trafic re-ter, but 877 less than in the cor many other antique works of art cidents in terrible numbers, explo- responding quarter of 1927. In- In the second round of the Wel-dating from a period of important aions and fires, which were only ex-fluenza was stated to be elthor terweights, A, B, Turner beat A, B. historical events and a description tinguished with considerable dif- a primary or contributory cause
per cent., of the total, Wobb; A. B. Trimmings beat Btoker of these treasures by Professor cuity, followed one another in un-of death in 1,727 cases, or 1.49 Harding; Stoker Ilarrey boat Stoker Wiegand, the well-known Director broken succession. Tacker; A. B. Perkes beat Marine of the State Collections of Anti-The supply of fuel to the capital
food-stuffs quities, will be the principal item in came to a standstill and huge April Stakes-One Mile,
the programme of the celebration quantities of Sunshino, Duke of Normandy 11, Catchweights, second round: A. B. Duke of Milan, Szatmar, Rummy, Hallen beat Blarine Godden (Kent), which will last for several days, frozen, so that there were once Pink Pearl, Papaya, Pumpkin, The who received a bye in the first round; The traditional task of the hundred more "queues" standing in front of Ptarmigan, The Jungle Book, Hall A. B. Swann beat A. B. McKinney year old Institute that of making the coal and potato merchants's Pint, Alderley, Inca, Heretofore, Falso (Hermes) who received a bys in the known archacological facts will be shops, Just us they stood during fulfilled at the meetings of the In- the war when the Germans were so Alarm, Armony, Sopron, King's first round,
Middleweights, secand Parade, Bronze Idol, Charleston,
round: ternational Congress on Excavya short of food, N
On the other hand the normal The following" will represent the Second Aggregate Stakes-One Mile. Stekor Taylor beat Marine Huntley tions during the second half of
Monterey Bay, Bake of Chantilly, (Kent) who received a bye in the April when the German capital will crowd in the streets had completely senior eleven of the Hongkong Hockey Grand Tattoo Eve, Blus World, Town first round; A. B. Halcombe beat Lo
once again justify its reputation as vanquished. Ios rinka closed their Club in their match with the Hinge Hall, San Francisco, Pickle, The Stoker Day (Kent) who received a
a scat of International scientific re-gales "on account of excessivo cold," Own Scottish Borderers at the US.
at 0.15 WE for even the sport-loving, and on Wednesd
Tait, Pheasant, Chesapeake Bay, Hunting-hye In the first round.
hardened youth of Berlin were no Tal
Botelho
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The ring was made and greeted by
Death of Biegfried Ochs, longer able to lear with the R.. Stag, Sunning.
the officials of the China Floot Box-
severity of the weather god. But Noronha, Il, Owen Hughes,
(captain), R. D'Agullar Plate-Once Round (About|ing Association, who are also respons
Valentine, At the beginning of February the he gained the complete sympathy 7 Furlongs 55 Yards.).
sible for the excellent arrangements
German musical world suffered the of the entire coming generation
The second eleven to meet the that have been made,
King's · Own: Boottish Borderer's Monterey Bay, Blue Danube, The
The judges where Licut. Commdr. loss of one of its most important in Berlin for he used the city
and Jamaica, Sunshine, Duke of Chantilly. Bremner Lout. Alexander, personalities through the untimely fathers to close all the schools second eleven at King's Park on Buster, City Hall, Town Hall, Im- Lieut, Dalison was the roforee. death of Professor Siegfried Ochs, very much against the wishes of the Monday at 6.15 will be
authorities. Howell, J. E, Henry, L, F. Nicholson portal ffall, Ban Francisco, The Phes- Those present included Lieut. C. who founded the famous Berlin higher educational Bant, Monk, Chesapeake Bay, Hun- C. Hardy (Flert recreation officer), "Philharmonic Choir more than Except for a short period of milder (captain), R. H. Todd, L., A. B. Dun- tington, Mount Elburr, Duke of Mel Commanders II. G. Byron, Porter, forty years ago and was, until weather the cold wave hung over can, A. J. W. Axltby, A. R. Botelho, rose, Young Pretender, Thunderbolt, Stanley and Figgins, the latter being Flying Stag, Erin's Isle, Ace of the President of the Association, and quite recently, actively engaged in Germany and the German capital W. A. Nowers, R. K. Valentine, T.
the State College of Music; it is less for more than two months and the J. Price and . Whitley, Spades, May,
Comdr. Phillips.
than a year since he celebrated his whole external appearance of human seventieth birthday when his activity was in the grip of this un-
'Playing at King's Park yesterday afternoon, the K. B. S. F..P. A. met and defeated the Hongkong Hockey Club "A". team by 6 goals to 2.
Chefoo, Apr. 6.
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vitality and vigour were remarkable. usual manifestation of nature's The following appointment was For four decades Biegfried Ochs power. Even the Carnival the made by the Secretary of State for Li Yuan-hung'a former Wargave the Berlin public, as well, as end of the ball season, was "frozen the Colonies during the month Minister, Wu Kwang-ein has pro-musicians and amateura from all in" while it really ought to mark ended Jan. 31 Hongkong: Brett,
Miss V. N., Nursing Slater, ccoded to Japan,-Reuter.
parts of the world who came to the charge to Spring.
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