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TENNIS TOURNEY.
S. A. RUMJAHN WINS HIS FIRST TIE.
A welcome resumption of the ten- nis championships was made yea terday, though the results failed to yield anything in the way of the unexpected.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25,
1931.
CINEMA NOTES.
LAUGHS AND LEGS IN
"GOLDEN CALF*** Capacity audiences are enjoying "The Golden Calf." Fox Movietone comedy, which in the current produ tion at the Queen's Theatre.
Hailed as one of the best comedies
THEATRE ROYAL
ART
and
S. A. Romjahn came into the of the year, "The Golden Caif" also Mrs. BOTTLE
arena for the first time, and dis- has hafa kizen unsunily tuneful posed of Iu-Tuk-chenk in straight song numbers and spectacularly sets, though the second was touch-staged ensembles which add material. und-go, and only a typical recoveryly to its entertalament value. on his
part allowed the ex-cham pien to save the match from going the full distance. Ju put up an amazingly good show, but Rumjahn never wavered from his set rules of attack and defence, and so ran out winner by merit of his stendliness as much na anything else.
Sue Carol in seen and heard first
a prim, prudish secretary to the my Jack Muthall, Greenwich Village advertising artist. To win his love. when he fails to pay the slightest attention to her, she transforms her. self into a dashing beauty and be- comes Mulhall's model destined to make him famous,
Brendel, famous comedian, is i Swedish cartooniat in the production and also contributes a novelty song number that is guarantee:1 to cure even a bluebird of the blues. Mar- White: Richard Keene and Paut are also featured.
A. L. Sullivan conceded but four gamea in the two sets necessary for his disposal of D. M. MacDougall, and Ng Sze-cheong eliminated H. Owen Hughes in a straight match. the scores beinx 6-4, 6-4. Feroz All, #representative of the Kowloon 1. T. C., engaged W. N. Petchage in an "Anybody's Game", and final- ly lost after capturing eight games in two sets,
Ho Ka-lau and Yew Man-kit, to- gether with F. H. Kwok and H. N. Chan qualided for the arcond round in the doubles championship, both winning with ease.
The full results were:
Open Singler,
S. A. Runjahn beat lu Tak-bruk, 6.2, 9.7.
W. N. Petch beat Feroz Ali, 6-4, 6-4. Ng Szecheang bent 11. Owen flughes, 6-4, 6-4.
A. L. Sullivan beat D. M. Dougall, 6-2, 0.2,
Open Doables,
Mac-
to Kalau and Yew Man-kit beat J. 11. Anderson and E. Grimble,
0-1, 6-3.
F. 1. Kwok and H. N. Chan beat A. D. Johnson and J. D. Ainger, 0-2, G-2,
To-day's Matches.
The programme for this afternoon 15 as fultos
Open Singles.
A. H. Kunjahn v. D. W. Deane.
Horace Lov. D. S. Green.
E. C. Fincher v. R. Chon,
E. Zimmern v. Surg. Com. Harkins,
M. Kinoshita v, Luk Ding-cheung. W. C. Hong v. P. Grose.
Open Doublen.
H.
Ng Kam-chuen and Tsai Ping-nam r. A. C. I. Bowker and W. M. Barton. Club Championship.
A. L. Sullivan v. R. M. Henderson.
W. A. Tufton r. A. B. Raworth.
SHAMEEN FOOTBALL.
THE WATSON SHIELD COMPETITION.
Shameen, Feb. 24. The Watson Shield, donated by Mesars, A. S. Watson & Co., is com. peted for annually and is open to teams from H. M. ships of the West River Rotjila and any teams of Sha- a knock-out mren residents. It'
to the F. A. competition, similar Cup at Home. The winners hold the Shield for a year, members of the team being presented with re- pilcas, The present holders 11. M. 8. Tarantula.
There were two Watson Shield matches played here yesterday, H. M. S. Cicala defeating II. M. S. Moorhen and H. M. S. Tarantula de. fenting H. M. S. Moth.
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In the first match, Cical were well
to the fore in the first half, having registered a lead of three clear goals at the interval. On re- suming, the Moorhen pulled them-i selves together and in pressing their opponents' goal the Cicala right beck, in trying to intercept a hot, turned the ball into the net. another Shortly afterwards, in melee, he headed a second through his own goal. Full time found score at three goals all, so that ten minutes extra time each way had to be played. The first ten minutes elapsed without further score, but two minutes from the final whistle. Gical scored to win the odd goal in seven.
the
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The second natch was a much better display. Tula opened the score in the first ten minutes, Moth getting the equaliser very after.
Tula again took the lend but Moth evened up quickly to make the half-time score two all.
After the change-over, Moth had by far the better of the exchanges, being in Tula's half throughout and on several occasions being very un- lucky in not scoring. Two minutes from time, Tulu broke, nway for Mannering to beat the backa and put them in the lead with, the odd goal in five.---Our Own Correspon- dent.
THE PRINCE'S TOUR.
The Prince of Wales and Princo George, who last night reached Valparaiso by aeroplane, received the Honorary Citizenship of Vina del Mar.
Today, the Prince of Wales led
in polo team in a mutch ngahust ́ai selected Chilean team. British Wireless,
"True to the Navy."
Let's go Clara Bowl These who snapped up the entertainracat treat
7, 10, 13 and 14 March
at 9.15
11th March
at 5:15
Booking at Anderson's From March 2nd
RAIN AND FOG.
The Royal Observatory reports
the "It" girl offered at the Central that the anticyclone has weakened Theatre last night had an hilarious and is now central to the east of Moderating monsoon evening. Clara has more "it" than Shanghai.
she ever showed before in "True to along the 5.E. coast of China and the Navy". Surrounded by a dozen
or more love-smitten navy gobs, she over the North China Sen. Local forecast; -N.E. winds, fresh to shows what is good for the male ego.
moderate: generally overcast; None of the boys make any headway with the
"Redhead" until Fredric warmer: some light rain and fog March, the name handsome hero who inter stole her heart in "The WBJ Party", lands right. Then Clara gets atosto of her own fickleness,
True to the Navy" would be a good atory even without Clara Bow, With Clara flashing her "It" smile, it's an all-around entertainment. Harry Green, the funny man of "Kiblizer" and "Honey" is a riot of laugh-making crack and pantomime, and the rest of the east looks on it ought to.
Clara,
rendition, "The attain symphonic Rhapsody in Blue," in all its moods and with all its symbolism, has beco recorded in "King of Jazz" by Paul Whiteman as music, and atmospheriz- ed visually by John Murray Anderson, director.
In all its lavish musical nubibera girl a sodn-fountain
"King of Jazz", the Universal extra- Harry Green's drug store, makes "It" vaganza which comes to the Central
In
a big business. All the sailors from Theatre on next change combines a the battleships in the harbour flock previously unapproached sound-track to the drug store for ice-cream sodas with the ultimate in beauty, and a smile from Clara. She plays them all, collects the souvenirs, and: saya goodbye with a smile. She has become as a part of Paul Whiteman's
So identifled has "The Rhapaily"
New York impresario especially sign- ed by Universal to direct "King of Jazz", was faced with the necessity of visualizing it pictorially.
a special boy-friend on every ship and mustent existence that Anderson, tho manages to keep them separated until the whole foot, and all her specials, drop anchor at once.
She is sunk Then she meets Fredric March, woman-killer gunner'a mate, and marches to the altar with him over the prostrate forms of half a dozen other smitten swains.
Anyone familiar with the music will Appreciate the magnitude of Ander. son's task, but he surmounted it in his usual pretentious way. A huge piano, Clare's singing voice is one of the forty feet long and seven feet high, big features of "True to the Navy" was constructed to contain the entire She croons "There Is Only One who Whiteman orchestra. Then a beauti Mallers to Me" as nobody else could.ful tree was built of crystal, and every It's no wonder all the sailors believe Instrument used in the band, moulded ber when she says it. Clara looks on a gigantic scale, was built into marvellous as she sings the number. the net. Thin was all coloured in Then the She sings with her voice, with her various shades of Blue. eyes, with all her personality. And celebrated Sisters "G". the dancing Clern Bow's singing in all the more rensation of Europe, and the Holly- delightful because it is a surprise wood Beauties, an organization of the talent.
love-lient girls in Almland, selected by Anderson, were costumed with the Russell Markert dancers in Allee Because the production was Long hailed as the outstanding, Blue. masterpiece in jazz music, George photographed in Technicolor, several Gemhwin's immortal "Rhapsody in distinct shades of Blue were desired Blue" has been both pictorially and for Andersen's contrasts, and so the musically transferred to the acteen. Whiteman boys were dressed in royal
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