FAREWELL DINNER TO MR. BLACK.
LONG ASSOCIATION WITH HONGKONG FOOTBALL.
SPLENDID PLAYER.
tiny of football in Hongkong, Mr.
will be the guest of honour ́at 'a
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
PRESIDENT WILSON PASSENGERS.
WHO'S WHO AMONGST THOSE ON BOARD.
RECENT SHANGHAI
OUTRAGE.
FOREIGN COUPLE HELD UP BY SOLDIERS.
Among the prominent passen- gers on board the President Wilson Hisembarking at Hongkong or WRIST WATCH TAKEN. the following:
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1929.
"MOTH" PLANES' SUCCESS.
DETAILS OF SOME RECENT
› ACHIEVEMENTS. The following telegrams have been received by Messrs. Arnold & Co., Hongkong, from their principals, the do Havilland Aircraft Co., London:
The Very Idea! POWELLS
am home on leave from the Enst," writes "G.O.," to a London paper, "and seeing a reference to: the efforts of the Post Omee to discover insufficiently addressed letters give you
the following example: Some years ago my little Erstwhile full-back of the Hong-Manager for Japan for the Sun
Mr. A. E. L Robertson!
Shanghai, August 2.
son had presented a purse at keng Football Club, a keen sports Insurance Ofter, Ltd., of London.
Information concerning an out- July 8.-The result of the King's loent subscription for a charity. man who has in the past five years Mr.
råge upon two foreigners, a man Gap Air race, which je over a dis- The acknowledgement (merely a played a not unimportant part in
Dieng Liang-bing.
and a woman, for which Chinese tance of 1,170 miles round Great card) was alldressed to him sim- the administration and organisa-Manager, Asiatic Oversens Co soldiers were responsible, was Britain, produced a wonderful deply Downham, being the name of
at Shanghai.
Mr. Hang Shu-liang-Secretary, Robinson, manager of the Asiatic and reliability of the "Moth" light six months after posting we re- supplied yesterday by Mr. E. C.monstration of the performance our house in the Nilgiris. Some
tion Burent, Ministry of Agricul took place on July 29, the woman, machine was a 100-hp military sent to Downham, Norfolk, Down ure and Mining. (Kwangehow),
Miss Blake, an employee of the Scout, the Maths secured second, ham, Essex, und finally sent to Among the prominent passen- gers on board, who are in transit company, being subjected to in-third, fourth, and fifth places res Downham, Nilgiris. The address. Through Hongkong are the follow-wrist watch.
dignities and robbed of a gold pectively. One Moth, with a per- was hardly legible owing to the fectly standard 100-h.p. Gipsy en-number of postmarks, but is kept ing:
Mr. J. S.
Miss Blake, many will recall, gine, completed the course at an Culbuth-Mining
as a record." was at Nanking during the Nan-average of 118.7 miles an hour, engineer with the Renguet Con-king Incident of March; 1927, and wich is easily the fastest time for Holidated Ming Company of
A light aircraft, Sixteen Mundin, .Assistant General obliged to remain within the Bri- Gipsy Moths started and fourteen tish Consulate which was hourly finished, but the retirements were threatenedl with attack by soldiers not due to mechanical failure. The and frenzied mobs. At that time special trophy for private owners Miss Blake which was
had the very watch Sying their own machines Wax taken from her
an won by Moths with second, third, July 29.
fourth,Afth, and sixth places The recent outrage was com- respectively. mitted in broad daylight in Chin- Mr. Culins Brittlebank.-Interese territory. Mr. Robinson and July 12.The sealed Gipsy nationally known globe-trotter, on Miss Blake, in rickshas, were pro-engine which is now engaged in a his tenth trip around the world. creding along a road, the visibility reliability tour has already covered Mr. Brittlebaik is a retired cotton of which extends for more than a 44,000 miles in 500 flying hours, broker of Charleston, South mike, when they encountered a party The tour, was stopped for two Carolina, U.S.A.
of seven or eight men dressed as weeks in order to exhibit the soldiers.
engine at the Aero Show, but the seals left unbroken. The tour will be continued afterwards. The engine has been running perfectly.
F. W. Binek, of 11. M. Dockyard the Agricultural Productà. Inspecs Petroleum Company. The incident aeroplanes. Though the winning ceived the card, which had been dinner to be given by the Hong- kong Football Association at Lane Crawford's this evening, on the éve of his departure for England.
Native of Cornwall.
A native of Torpoint, Cornwall. Mr. Iluck was an enthusiastic footballer almost from the time he was big enough to kick a ball. As a very young man he gained his place in the Torpoint team, soon -coming under the eye of the County
selectors as one
of the finest amateur backs in the West Country. His first County emp was not long in coming and he played regularly in Cornwall County mateles för a series of
Manager.
Mr. Paul C. Hartnl.Manager of the Fisk Tyre Company, en route to Manila, on a business' tríp. -
Mr. Janica Corey-With re- search staff of U.S. Rubber Com pang en route to Sumatra vin Slagapore,
for 24 hours on that occasion was such
.
Mr. and Mrs. Johy W. Campsie | and Mr. John W. Campste, 35- The soldiers intentionally bar Mr. Campsie is a retired publisher rod their way pretending that of Beverly Hills, California, on his the rickshas had run into them. serund trip urnund the world, the Mr. Robinson, who speaks the author of many books of travel, Chinese language, grasped the They are en route to New York situation at once and instead of City. Mr. Campsie, Jr. is
showing indignation or resentment nected with the Security First wisely decided that an effort to pacify the men would be the best National Bank of Los Angeles,
course to pursue.
California,
Con-
Comdr. Raymond G. Thomas United States Navy, ea route Manika. With Comdr. Thoms are his wife and son.
Mr.
George F
Lenders
July 23--Captain Broad,flying a Gipsy Moth plane, won first, place) at the international Aerobatic Con test meeting bell at Heston Aero- drone, which was organised in connexion with the Aero Exhibi- tion. The competitors included the latest English Scouts, high- powered German Fighters, light aircraft, etc. There were about 10,000 spectators present, includ- ing many distinguished foreign
A conversation followed in the midst of which one of the men attempted to remove a gold ring from Mr. Robnson's finger. Mr. Robinson countered with a humor. ous remark which further pacified | visitors,
tieneral Representatives Carrers the soldiers, London.
Mina Blake, who was in the
Mr. Ollie H. Morris.--Oil genin-ricksha just behind that of her BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. years. When Jaler; his team turn- gist en route to the Dutch East companion, suddenly called ou ed over to the Devon County As-Indies on business, via Singapore, that one of the men was attempt- sociation, Mr. Rack gained Devon County honours as well,
From 1904 until the outbreak of the WW', he transferred his allegiance to Plymouth Argyle, then in their early days as a pro- fessional side. Principally he played with the second eleven, kut he was frequently asked to turn out for the Senior X1 18 201 amateur, of course, and in These games he was associated with some of the finest players in the past generation.
numerous devasions, he partnered W. Brown, the Aston Villa and England full-back, and later Crabtree, another famour
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WORKERS' GAMBLE.
MATSHED.
IMPROVEMENTS.
A discordant note ia struck by that a letter addressed "The Medi- a Mortlake reader, who states cal Officer, H.M, Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Broadmoor," was return- ed to him after a fortnight marked Not Known," But why blame like a little joke on the part of the Post Office? It sounds more
one of the inmates.
A Police order issued to the Barnsley Force states:-"A cou stable when off duty shall wear his trousers either in the house or in the street."
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The chief may go And all below
not
Would gladly all his pince;
His work be done Sn well that none The slightest loss could trace.
The second too,
And so on, through The juniors on the list;
They all might play Till Judgment Day.. And none of them be missed.'
But there is one
Whose work is done. As though it were but play;
And Super-men
Are worried when The Office Boy's away
= #
CO-Sterday."
"Poor old Bill is very ill, He asked to see the fire-escape yes.
"The fire-escape?"
"Yes, well-the parson."
A
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Dr. Augusto P. Villalon-Chiefing to detain her gold wrist MESSRS, MACKINTOSHI & Physicit, "South Islands Hospi-watch. Almost at the same time tal"-at Cebu, Philippine Islands,
all of the men produced knives.
Mr. Robinson courageously
The many customers who have jumped from his vehicle with the intention of fighting off the sol- visited the well-known establish-
How many are there who know diers, whereupon the entire gangment of Messrs. Mackintosh' und took to their heels. Mr. Robinson Co. Ltd., during the last few why we have three leopards on gave chase and after a run of weeks, have doubtless noticed con- our Royal arms and not lions- POLICE RAID CONTRACTORS about one tile suceded in run-siderable activity in the reorgan! the traditional beast of England? ning the exhausted soldier into ration of the appointments of the Or what is the difference in
and the hands of a policeman on point store. This has all been, in the heraldry between a lion doty. The soldier
Well, at Crecy, it was arrested preparation for the arrival of leopard? but before this threw away his knife. An
was done he special stock fixtures which have seems, the AMA were three been made to Mackintosh's speci- scarlet lions on a golden fleld, vestigation is being made by the cations by Messrs. Frederick but by Henry the Fifth's time authorities and hope wns
ex-Sage and Co., Ltd., of London, they had become golden leopards pressed that the lost watch will whose export manager visited the on a scarlet field. In those days he recovered.
Colony same time ago.
people thought little of changing Upon entering the store, one is thought that golden liona on colours and devices. One King at once impressed with the scarlet looked nicer than scarlet spaciousness made possible by the lions on gold. Another thought employment of these ultra-modern that he would have his lions look- stuck fixtures, the beauty of which ing full face at the enemy from is that the whole of the contents his shied. are on show all the time, Not only is the general effect greatly
A fantan party conducted in contractor's matshed at Wongnci- thong was broken up in a raid by police officers from the Wanchai Station last night.
This was in consequence of a England fullback Roth were riport made by the contractor who playing for Plymouth Argyle complained of his men having been those days, having renched the abs from thely work owing to veteran stage. Mr. Black travelled gambling. all over the country with the Argyle, and remembers some thrilling ganzes at the Dell, Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hot spar, Millwall, Leyton, in the days af old Southern League when Vivian Woodward was with the Spurs, Charley Buchan with Layton, and Fanny Walden with Northampton.
In Hongkong. When the war came to upset old associations, Mr. Black was sent by the Admiralty to Hongkong. He had almost decided to retire from netive football, but after he had been kicking the bull around a hit, he was induced to don the blue and white hoops of the Hongkong Football Club, This was in 1915 when Kowloon and the Chineso- lean were just 'coming into their stride.
The Club, however, could felt a very fine side at that time an will be seen from the list players below;
Two men who admitted that they were the keeper and croupier respectively of the gambling school, were fined $50 each. Five
ther
Chinese who were also arrested during the raid were fined $1, or three days,
WATER LEVELS.
FOR WEST, NORTH, AND EAST RIVERS.
Somewhere about this time to talk of the
The following table, compiled enhanced by these fixtures, but knights began The croupier's stick, the beans by the Board of Conservancy glass counters and a new lighting leopard, a strange hybrid between used as counters, and a sum of Works of Kwangtung, shows the system achieve a most modern and the lion and the pard, and then $6.47 found abandoned on the
and there he was adopted as a water levels in English feet on typically "mannish", atmosphere. gambling table during a stampede the West, North and East Rivers on Page 7 of this issue, Messrs. knew not what kind of a beast In an advertisement appearing device. But the poor artista caused by the entry of the officers, on the dates named: were confiscated.
Mackintosh and Co., Ltd., claimi toho might be. In despair they have one of the most modern meu's decided he must be exactly like wear stores in the Far East. hi sire the lion, and to dig- Having seen the big improvements finguish between them heraldical- effected, we can certainly endorsely they agreed to paint the faces that claim.
of lions always in profile and those of leopards full face, Thug did the British Lions become leopards!
́LACK OF FAITH.
MAN REPROVED FOR USE OF HAMMER.
A man, charged this morning with street fighting, pleaded that he had used a hammer to keep his aggressor at bay, and was reproved by Mr. E. W. Huntilton for his want of faith. "Legally, you Jack Rodger; McCubbin, Black; should run away and let the pollec Chassells, Stewart, Railton N. protect you," his Worship ob Itobinson, Stalker Walker, Pen-served.
of
nell, McTavish, N. A. Croucher The mun was cautioned, while and Peter Tod,"
another defendant, who was des ined as being the aggressor in the affair, was fined $5.
This team kept together for five years and they carried nearly everything before them though they never succeeded in winning the league and shield in the same Benson. The Shield trophy was three times captured. In 'Black's opinion, the Club team as constituted at that time is the the best British side which has About 34,250 feet; upset price,
been seen in the Colony. There are those who will disagree with him, who will point to the Kowloon team which won the league and shield against very severe com- petition. Be that as it may, the Club had a very fine side when Mr. Black went home in 1920.
Hard Worker, He returned in 1925 to find things changed great deal. The Club were not the old force, whereas Kowloon had become a senior team with a history and the Chinese were at the pinnacle of their form. Just 'once or twice since his return, Mr. Black has turned out for the Club, but in the main he has devoted himself to the administrative side of soccer, coaching the weaker clubs to a certain extent, lending the benefit of his long active experience of football and footballers in every
At the PW.D. office on the 26th will be offered for sale. They are: instant four lots of Crown land
Kowloon Inland Lot
$32 063.
2212.-
Kowloon Inland Lot 2213.— About 8,845 feet; upset price $14,144.
Kawion Inland Lot 2214-About 21,000 feet; upset price, $10,500. New Kowloon Inland Lot 1268. About 6,324 feet; upset price, $9,486.
possible way. He has taken an active interest in the destinies of the Club, the Kowloon F.C., and both Chinese teams, while he was elected a member of the Council of the HK.F,A. and in that cap- acity had done a great deal of ex- cellent work, being one of the pioneers in the effort to put foot- ball control on a proper footing,
the
To-night's function football fraternity'a tribute to Mr. Black's all round support of the game in this Colony, and he will be given a rousing farewell.
Aug. 8 Aug. 9.
26.7 27.3
8.2
K.5
Shiubing
Taingyuen
15.4
16.5
5.2
4.9
Shamshuf Sheklung
"You look worried, Mac.".
"I was just thinking what its going to cost to have my fur coat remodeled this Autumn."
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Here is a leason in road man-
10, Ice House Street.
END OF SEASON.
REDUCTIONS
IN
WASHING SUITINGS.
SHORT-ENDS and REMNANTS, Itrespective of cost, have been
· locked out and marked
at $17,50
per Suit.
There cloths include— .
PALM BEACH, SICILLEAN, MOHAIR and other Washing Suitings--
Divally $25.00 and upwards,
This offer is only open for one week, so call to-day and let us show you the selection.
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might learn with profit. There is a small motor 'bus, owned and run by Indians, which plies for hire fn Durban, and on the back 18 EL notice in large letters, "Please excuse our dust."
J
Willesden Man-I've been un- employed for weeks, but I fell into work yesterday.
Man at Willesden-The last time I heard from the Guardians was two years hence,
Wife at Willesden-My 'usband, Awkins, is the only friend I've got, and a good friend too.
Dental expert at Whitechapel
set County Court-Not one
of false teeth in a thousand fits in the first instance.
North London Woman-1 want separation from my husband for mental cruelty. Magistrate- What do you mean? Woman- He slays out at night and does not tell me where he goes.
"Fish and slips," said Sir Ernest Wild, the Recorder at the Old Bailey, London, when he was told that a man in the dock was a fishmonger and a bookmaker.
LETTER GOLF SOLUTION.
Here Is the solution to the puzzle on another page.
BOLD, HOLD, HELD, HERD, HERO.!
We have made during the last few weeks so many improve- ments in our store that we are almost tempted to describe it an a new store.
The latest type of Sage's stock fixtures have replaced the old ́ones, new glass, counters have been installed, the whols Hghting system re-designed and another fitting room added in aur Talloring Department; many other alterations have been made to ensure that we have the most attractive and convenient Men's Wear store in the Far East,
No fuse, no bother, no commotion whilst you make your purchases-just the efficient personal, service which you hava learned to associate with a frm of our standing.
We feel sure that after the visit which we so cordially invite, you will share our justifiable onthusiasm.
MACKINTOSH'S
MEN'S WEAK SPECIALISTS,