AT THE KING'S TO-NIGHT.
Pricos
Orchoutra
Stalls
and
Drown
Cirolo
$6.00
ncluding
Tax!
1
HEIFETZ
Pricos
THE
HONGKONG
FANLING GOLF.
STARTING TIMES FOR SUNDAY.
TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1931.
9.00 C. B. thegs & R. 11. Dowler. 9.10-1.20 a.m. Reserved for Cham
plonship.
9.26 H. K. Hepburn & A. B. Raworth. 9.50 A. 1. Minson & F. A, Merry. 9.5 L, G. S. Dodwell T. R. Chassels. 9.40 J. E. H. Cugan & O. E. C. Marton or K, S. Robertson. 9.45 A. D. Stewart or D. G. Bruce & A. B. Purves or C. H, Holmes. 9.50 . W. Franks & I. W. Shewan. D.LG W. C. Shields & A. C. 1. Bawker 10.00 I. H. Geare & D. M. Mac-
Dougall. 10.05 G. R. Horridge & 4. H. Ander
Front
Stalls
$4.00 Back
Steln
$2.00 (Including Tax.)
non
10.19 C. W. F. Bonker & W.
Denham. 10.15 R., Law & F. A. Redmond..
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will give One Recital Only on Friday 4th December at 9.30 pm.
COMING TO THE CENTRAL SHORTLY!
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A GREAT MAN •
A TRAGIC LOVE!
Constance BENNETT
THE COMMON LAW
She wracked her life to
to build a coroor for him?
NEW GRILL ROOM
HONGKONG ...HOTEL
OPENING
5th December, 1931.
ON THE OCCASION will be held
A DINNER DANCE tunder auspices H.K. W.G. & M.C.I...), at 8.$0 pan. Under the Dis tinguished Patronage of Hia Excellency Governor and Lady Peel. the
RESERVATIONS
AT THE
HONGKONG
&
PENINSULA
HOTELS
AN AUSPICIOUS
OCCASION
Opening 5.12.31
HONGKONG HOTEL'S NEW GRILL ROOM
THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.
There are, only three Air Mail Routes from Europe to the East and they all use Wakefield's Castrol Motor Oil-the product of an all-British
firm.
MARSEILLES TO SAIGON
'AMSTERDAM TO BATAVIA
CROYDON TO DELHI
FORTUNES FROM WHEAT.
U.S. EXPECTS TRADE REVIVAL.
New York Nov, G. The frat real shens of improving trade sinco the false start Jast spring are now being noted here.
Rising wheat prices are regarded as an omen of better times because impoverished farmers in the West Will at last have money to buy goods the East. from depressed manufacturers in
An improvement in the steel in- dustry was forecast with the return to work of several thousand mex at Pittsburg and several largo plants are resuming on a part-time
(0,20 G. W, Reeve & H. W. Daukes.basis, due to orders Trom railways
G. and motor roanufacturers..
10.24 42. A. A. Macfadyen &
Thanterson
10,28 E. Stone & J. P. Shorry. 10.32 F. C. Young & C. Webb. 10.30 W. R. Vallance & A. D. fun-
phreys.
10.40 A. V. Greaves & C. Thwaites, 10,44 G. T. May & II. T. Buxton, 10,48 A. Sommerfelt & D. S, Rub. 10.52 . M. Giddy & L. Brown. 10.56 D. S. Edward & G. B. S. Thon
son.
vett.
11.00 T. Grant & El. Hampton, 11.04 S. S. Perry & W. G. Ferimer. 11.08 ., Priestley & F. H, McBean. 11.12 T. Low & J. R. Hinton. 11,16 E. Lewis & E. des Voeux. 11.20 . Wateshin & G. G. Johnston. 11.24 J. S. Dykes & S. T. Bui. 11.28 W. D. Barris & C. E. R. 11.32 J. MacKnight & W. A. Stuart, 1130 V, Gordan & J. R. Lanyon, 11.30 A. M. Parker &C. Mycock. 11.44 A. D. Brawn. & N. K, Littlejohn, 1148 P. Morrison & S. J. I. Fox. 11.82 1, G. Allison & C. F. Byde 16,56 1, C. Grover & K. R. Ronards. Noon, Mundvacchin & D. Black. 12.81 A. Pierev & J. J. French, 12.48 T... Newbigging & F.
Black.
212 L W. Dulley & T. 11. U, Highet. 12.16 . Lyon & W. Rigg. 12.20 C, B. Johnson & J. W. Alobas-
Ler.
"LAWN BOWLS IN HONGKONG."
INTERESTING BOOKLET
APPEARS.
Soaring wheat has brought op Limism to Chicage and better busi- ness conditions to Kansas City, while Cleveland (Ohio) has regis. tered its first business increase of any importanco in over a year,
According to the Chicago Board' of Trade. the total wheat sales in Chicago to-day
80,000,000 Ishels.
War
While profit-taking made the price 1 cent. under yesterday's rales, fortunes were made by brokera, who bought whent at 50 rents bused a month ago and sold to-day at 65.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE GUTTED.
THE WORLD'S OLDEST
THEATRE DESTROYED.
Rome, Nov. 28. A fire broke out in the Bolngeon opera house enrly this morning and, fanned by a high wind, sprend rapidly, defying All | attempts of the city's fire brigades, supported by troops, to get under control. By noon, the conflagra-j tion, which had been started by, a short circuit, had completely prutted the building, destroying]; many old manuscripts and tapes- tries, the whole damage being; estimated at 8,000,000 lire.
There has just been published, at the modest price of one dollar. an extremely interesting the The Bologna opera house, com- booklet on "Lawn Bowls to Hong-pleted in 1756, was the world's kong." Compiled by "Hobt. Mac-oldest operatic stage and bad been Whirter." it comprisen, in the the scene of many triumph of six main, matter written in the generations of opern stars. author's characteristic narrative form for the South China Morning Post.
The activities of the Hongkong Lawn Bowls Association and the Colony's various bowls clubs are given. whilst included also are the records to date of the Asso- riation's corapetitions, together with the scores and names players in connexion with the Interport games between Hong kong and Shanghai. A detailed
index adds to the value of the publication.
For the first time, there is thus produced a complete record of the lawn bowls history of the Colony the compilation of which has ment considerable research.
Any profits arerging from the sale of the booklet will be mitted to St. Dunstan's.
LOCAL FOOTBALL.
PROBABLE TEAMS FOR TO-MORROW.
re-
NEW SPANISH FLAG APPROVED.
PURPLE STRIPE ADDED TO REPUBLICAN COLOURS.
Madrid, Nov. 28. The new Spanish Bag, which adds a purple stripe to the red and yellow of the monarchlat colours, was officially approved tu-day by the Constituent Cortes when it an overwhelming passed, with majority, a supplementary article the of the constitution laying down
purple-red-yellow
the national colour scheme.
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At the same sessions the Cortes adopted a provisional clause of the constitution, providing that, while all Spanish presidents must be elected by popular vote, the first president will be chosen by the Constituent Cortes. December 7 was set apart for the balloting.
EXCHANGE RATES.
Previous Day. Yesterday.
Paris. Geneva
.803, .17.7/16
14%
17.9/32 14.3/10
.18%
.101
192
Kowloon's first team the Argylls will be:-Gurevitch; Lon- don, Martin; Hedley, McKelvie, Bliss: Innson, Gillot, Timberlake. Berlin. Duncan. Bickford. Reserves: Oslo.. Dominy and Bryant.
Helsingfors. Athens..
270 The Kowloon 2nd XI, v. the Navy has been selected as follows: Shanghai.
Buenos Aires...40% Nicholls: Wells, L. Williams; I. New York.. Greenberg, Gilchrist, A. B. Wil Amsterdam.. liams; White, Whitfield, Simpson, Stockholm
Eastman. Reserve: M. Vienna
Madrid. The Police team against the Bucharest. Borderers will be: Fraser; Per-
Hongkong Brussels. kins. Brittain; Thorpe, Channing Milan Bowman; Cornwall, Hudson, Copenhagen. Moss. Shepherd and C. Pile. Prague... Reserves: Jessop and Williams. Lisbon. The following will represent the Rio.
Reserves in their match Bombay against the Argylls on the Cha- Yokokama. tham Road ground, K.O. at 2.30 Montreal p.n.-Bradbury: Sloan and Krilo- Silver (spot) vaky; Hooper, Puncheon, Sloan; Farrow, Smith, Reid, Railton, and Fowler. Reserve:-Tavlin.
80
18%
262%
40%
..1/10% ..3.304
.8.13/32
.18
1/10.17/32
3.38
8.11/32
18.3/10
.20
20
10%
40
676 .1/4.3/10 .24 :00
670
.18.
1/4.15/10
24 85% 18.3/16
.115
100% 4% ..1/0.3/32
114
100%
444 1/6.3/12
.2/11
2/14
31 Á
3.01 .19.7/10
10 12.5/16 (forward) 19%
British Wirclean.
Passengers who arrived from Home Booking is now open at Anderson by the P. and 0. as, Rawalpindi in- Muste Co, for the forthcoming pro Mr. Kelman, Capt. T. G. Lewis, Mr. cluded Capt. F. Mooney, Capt. and duction of "Miss Hook of Holland" by R. Andrewes, Mr, G. E. C. Marton, the Hongkong Philharmonie Soelaty as advertised elsewhere in this paper,
and Lieut.-Comdr, and Mrs. M. G.
Seven performances will given, the Marriott.
opening night being on Friday, Docem.
ber 11 at 9.15 p.m. Children will bo Mr. C. J. Chisholm, chieftain of the charged half price admission to all Selangor St. Androw's Sockty, has sents. Intending patrons are request-come to Hongkong for his health. In ed to book early.
his place Dr. G. G. McGregor, na senlur past chleftain, presided at the St. Andrew's celebration.
Sir Henry and Lady Pollock ra- turned to Hongkong by the Rawal.
pindi yesterday. With his return to
The Royal Observatory reporte
the Colony, Sir Henry again becomes that the antioyelona ta 'now central "the Benilor European Unofficial mem- | to the, north of Hankow and is be- ber of the Legislative Council,”
TO-NIGHT'S
Great Boxing Event
All the Famous Boxers in
THE FAR EAST
at the
Annual Open Royal Naval and Royal Marine Boxing
Championships
At the CITY HALL
16*********
Atkey Judge
Rowles
Morris
Begbie
Davies
Warnes
Lake
Farrar
8.45 p.m.
FIGHTS
COME AND SEE
AMONG OTHERS
*****QOGO
16
Heavy-weight and Light Heavy-weight Champion ATLANTIC FLEET 1929
Heavy-weight Champion of the ROYAL NAVY 1940.
Light Heavy-weight Champion of the ROYAL NAVY 1928, CHINA FLEET Champion 1930.
Middle-weight Champion of the ROYAL NAVY 1930. Welter-weight Champion of HONGKONG 1931.
1
Welter-weight Champion of the CIUNA FLEET 1930.
Wolter-weight Champion of the MEDITERRANEAN and ATLANTIC FLEETS 1822.
Welter-weight Amateur Champion of the ROYAL NAVY, 1930. Runner-up of the Amateur Welter-weight Championship of ENGLAND 1930. I. S. R. A. Welter-right Champion 1980.
Light-weight Champion of HONGKONG 1950. Light-weight Cham- pion of MEDITTERANEAN and ATLANTIC FLEETS, 1920.
Bantam-weight Champion ATLANTIC FLEET 1927. Amateur Feather-weight Champion CHINA FLEET 1930.
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