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SHAMEEN FOOTBALL
LEAGUE.
KEEN MATCH ENDS IN DRAW.
Shameon, Dre. 29. An Interesting League match was seen here yesterday when 1.M.S. Tarantula met Shameen Sports Club in their return match at the season. In the absence of Pote-Hunt lo the attack
and
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1931.
MOTOR PUMP THEFTS.
TWO MEN SENT TO
PRISON.
Appearing on remand before Mr.
SILVER DOWN IN
NEW YORK.
HONGKONG MARKET
DEAD.
Silver has agala slightly declain-
Schofield at the Central Police ed in New York, which reports a Court this murning on charges of drop of 1/8th on a dull market. burglary and theft of Duro electric motor from 355, Lockhart Rond, two young Chinese were sen- tenced to prison terms.
In London, the quotation is un- changed, small business being re- ported. After the officin fixing. The defendants were remanded the market ruled ensy, Amerien be- from Monday in order to enable, g inclined to sell. the police to arrest a third man said to have been the principal
The Hongkong dollar remnina | offender, but it was stated this unchanged, with the market dead,, morning that although the two as it also is in Shanghai. defendants gave the police every assistance, they were unable to locate the wanted man.
SUITCASE WEDDINGS.
PRIMATE ASKED TO STOP THEM.
Detective Inspector Rozeskwy informed his Worship that the de- fendants were unknown to each other until they were introduced by the third man, who had offered
The question of marriages them employment. On the night of their arrest the third man had gone Jashionable. London churches for a ricken whilst the first defen-couples who have no residentiul dant was given the motor to hold. qualification in the district is being It was whilst the principal man was considered by the ecclesiastical an hway that the detective appeared thorities, following complaints and arrested the first defendant, made by vicars.
In
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The third nun had apparently con The matter is receiving the al- the arrest and immediately distention of the Archbishop of Can- appeared from the district.
terbury Dr. Lang
His Worship remarked that the There is no doubt that suitense offence was a acrivus one, but na marriages are increasing. An in-1 defendants had helped the police spection of the register at any fn- and as both were quite young, he shionable church will show that ac would make the sentence light. commodation addresses are given in The first defendant, who commit-many cases to obtain a licence. ted the theft by climbing on the The same address is given time shoulders of the second, was after Lime. In some cases it in the given two months' hard labour and serper's house; in others an botel the other six weeks' imprisonment, in which a room has been rented and a bog put in for the necessary period,
Mellatchin in the defence, Sha- GOVERNORSHIP COSTS.
meen Gelded a somewhat wenken. ed side, while Gerrard baving to drop back to the defence. further weakened the attack. In the
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DETECTIVE RETIRES.
THE MAN OF A HUNDRED VOICES.
opening stages of the game TULA "Purchase of a Daimler Limousine pressed hard and were definitely | Double-six car, Singapore, $18,000," on top, the Shameen defence doing
Well-over-22.0007form!AT well
to keep their goal intact. Surely the gubernatorial dignity Towards the end of the first half should be secure in that. The TULA obviously weakened
Colonial Estimates for 1932 draft Bi Shanven took charge of the gume, contained, at page 139, the item giving the TULA defence
Bungalow. Bel Retire. un-
Rebuild xious time but without scoring question in the House of
$80,000" which led to
fed to a Throughout the whole
of Commons. the of
The question was withdrawn 4B econd half the exchanges were the item has been deleted from the with ability to change his voice.
fairly even with alternating raida,
occasions.
that the item was included in draft
And then there is the Sea Belle
seven years of service.
WAR ON DIPHTHERIA,
+
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Recommended by medical specialists as the safest measure guarding against infectious diseases.
FOR THROAT CLEANSING AND GARGLING IZAL DISINFECTANT CANNOT BE BETTERED.
Recommended prescription for IZAL gargle:—
5 drops of IZAL in a tumbler of tepid water, to which has been added a large pinch of salt.
IZAL is to be obtained from all local chemists in the following sizes;-8 az, bottles, quert, 1⁄2 gallon, 1 gation, 5 gallon tins, and in 40 gallon cnaka.
Agenta:-
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SERVICES TENNIS.
day January 5 and the first round tics are to be concluded by Wednesday tha:1318, The second round by the 2IME" while dates for the third and subso-
ANNUAL TOURNAMENTS OF quont rounds will be announced later.
THE U.S.RC.
Matches will be doclded in three sets in each of the tournaments, even
insufcient.
London, Dec. 29. Known to criminals all over London as the man of a hundred voices, Inspector Keen of Scotland, Yard has retired after twenty-th Services Recreation Club reserve the right to cancel any wont The annunt tonnin turn ments of in the final rounds. The committee are due to be commenced early in the for which they consider the entries He is a keen master of disguise New Year with entries for each event
closing on January at 6.30 p.m. On several occasions he was su There will be seven events in all,|
open singles, a The Sun Life Assurance Or., of ladies' singles open, men's handicap Canada advertises that
from and singles, Indice doubles Jaupary 1 next their offices will be and singles and mixed doubles. situated on the 2nd Floor, Gloucester,
The tournaments will start on Tues- Building (South East Cormer),
ter'a Special Service.
to
I both sides being unlucky on several / Estimates," but the fact remains successful in aenuming roles that including a men's
A goalless draw was Estimates submitted to the Logis.he was invited by criminala the most result of a well-fought game which was per- acute. haps the fastest and most evenly contested match of the season. II. On pages 75 and 70 of the Shumeen are still an undefeated Colonial Estimates for 1932 the sito, having played ten matches, cost of the Governor's yacht for | winning seven and sharing the the year is given as $101,060 and]
points on three occasions.
this presumably does not Include the cost of launches to and from the be 310 loss of shore. There would prestige if this expensive yacht few occasions that it is necessary were disposed of finally, for on the for His Excellency to travel by sen a vessel could be chartered porarily from the Straits Steamship Company or some other organisa- tion.
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Other matches of interest play- ed of late were Tarantula v. Moth, when the former won
3-1: Shameen v. Moth, which ended in a draw of -1; Lusitano Club v. Tarantula, niso a draw of 1-1; Seamew v. Moth, which the former
won 4-1.
The League table now reads aa follows:-
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pto. Shameen S.C. 10 7 3 0 20 10 17 Moth
10 4 3 3 19 17 LI 14 3 3 4 10 14 9
Cicain
Seamew
Tarantuls
Lusitano Moorhen
1 3 2 2 15 12 8
7 3 2 2 13 13 8
90 3 6 11 32 3
50 2 3 0 10 71 --Our Own Correspondent.
FOOTBALL.
POSTPONED ARMISTIC DAY MATCH.
A very Interesting game has been arranged and will be played an New Year's Day on the Hongkong Football Club's ground, when the Combined Services will be pitted against the ront of the Colony.
Two strong teams have been chosen and a strenuous game may be ex- pected.
It will be recalled that this fixture
was to have been played on Armistice
Day, but owing to the weather the
tem-
Govt. House Bedrooms. Again quoting Colonial, Estim- utes, this time for 1931, we find at page 134-"Government 1louse. Construction of additional bed- rooms above the supper room, $53.- 000. $33,0
13,000 of this amount has actually been expended this year. We are not pro
prepared
that to say the accommodation at Goverment House was fully adequate before these alterations were undertaken, but other occupants have found it sufficient even in times of prosperi-; ty. That beautiful gateway to Government Huvsc Domain-with- | out walls on either side and entirely useless as a gate-cost $6,500.
H.M.S. CORNWALL LEAVES.
RELIEVES BERWICK AT SHANGHAI,
H. M. S. Cornwall left Hong-
game had to be postponed. In some kong early this morning for Shang. respects it was well that this was so, hai, in the ordinary course of re for the interlude bas allowed players | llefs.
to find their form and give the public The naval authorities state that
a better exhibition,
His Excellency the Governor has kindly consented to be prescrit.
The kick off will be at 3.30 p.m.
FANLING. GOLF,
MIXED BOGEY AT. XMAS.
there is nothing unusually signi- ficant in the premature departure of the cruiser.
More than two months ago, whon the relief programme was being drafted, it was arranged that the Cornwall was to take the place of the Berwick, when the latter re- turned I home In January.
The Cornwall was scheduled to leave Hongkong the first week in January, but owing to the calling Ten paira entered for the Mixed of the Berwick up the Yangtze, it. Bogey competition over the Christ was decided to despatch the Corn- mas holidays, which resulted in a wall a fow daye, earlier.
tie between Mrs. Redmond and P.
S. Cassidy and Mrs. Creeldy und
J. B. H. Cogan. They carda of five down.
returned
ENGLAND-AUSTRALIA
AIR MAILS.
DIRECT FLIGHT VERY SHORTLY
London, Dec. 29.
The following will represent the Club de Reercis in their League Match against the Hongkong Crlaket Clubi 2nd XI, on Saturday, January 2nd, 1932, at King's Park, at 2 pan. sharp: II. A. Alves, Dr. A. P. Guterres, M. F. It la expected that the Auş- Pinna, J. H. Figueiredo, L. Guterres, tralian National Airways expori- A. P. Pereira, F. J. Remedios, G. A. mental direct flight to Australia Guterres, A. Prata, F. Fl. Carvalho will foavo. England with mails on and A, N. Other,
6th January-British Wireless.
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