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ERROL FLYNN
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ALEXIS SMITH
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"GENTLEMAN
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um
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Directed by RAOUL WALSH • Screen Play by Vincent Lawrence -
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DANGER, LAUGHTER and TROPIC LOVE... by the authors ef "Matiny On The Bounty"
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EATRE
́COMBINED SERVICES ENTERTAINMENT
"XMAS
Presents
CRACKERS"
A BUMPER MUSICAL SHOW Featuring
JIMMY PICKARD'S
CHINESE SYNCOPATORS
with
MARIE ERLEIGH
RAE HAMMOND. OTTO FOORMAN
and
THE SWING BAND
of tho
2nd Bn., W. YORKSHIRE regt. ALL THIS WEEK AT 7.30 P.M..
(LAST PERFORMANCE →→ SATURDAY, 28th DEC.)
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4 SHOWS, DAILY
At 2.30, 5.15; 7.15 & 9.15 p.m.
M-G-M'S MILLION-THRILL MUSICAL HITS.
"DU BARRY WAS A LADY”
RED SKELTON
IN TECHNICOLOR Starring:
• LUCILLE BALL
GENE KELLY
TOMMY DORSEY arid his Orchestra
COMMENCING ON SUNDAY AT 12.30 P.M. ONLY
HUMPHREY BOGART IRENE MANNING
in "THE BIG SHOT"
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1946.
YACHT CLUB
CHRISTMAS
REGATTA
Home Soccer Results
of soccer games
London, Dec. 25.
Results played to-day are:
The following are full pub- lished details of the 2-day Re- gatta being held at Kellet Inland Arsenal this week-end: -
1
Ladles' Race
Aston Villa Tlackbu
Holton
Chelsea
Everton
*
This will be held at 10.10 am. to-morrow. All entries so for re- ceived have been accepted and fur- ther entries can be taken at Kellet Island up to 10 a.m.
Individual Sweepstake Race
Grimsby Leeds United fihomeid U Stoke City Sunderland
Nirmingham Hradford
This will be held in 14-ft. dinghies | Burnley ni 10.15 to-morrow. Entries for Bury this can be accepted up to 10 am. nt the Club house.
・・ Whafers' Pulling Racó Owing to the exceptionally largeį number of entries the first four heats of the wholer rowing will be held fo-day starting Tut 3,30 p.m. The first four boats in each heat will go into semi-finals at 10.15 and 10.45 to-morrow and the first four boats In each semi-final will compete in the Omul race at 11,45 to-morrow,
Star Class Series
Owing to the number of entries It will be necessary to hold four heats and a finn. The first two boats from Ileats 1, 3 and 4 and the winning boat In Jicat will take part in the final, Delaily from the draw for Heats and times of starting are as follows!
Heat I Start Sat.
10a.m.
Saller
Vernun
Doukin
Overs
Wilkinson Franks
7 Statning
2Teal 31 Baturday 72
noon. Putfick Pratt
Andrews
Ayten Meck
Heat I Raturday 2.30
10.
Ilonces
McLeod Lapper Thrombot Boward
G. Gardner Walton K.
Heat IV Sunday 10.13
a.m. Walton A. Sedgewick Chiell
Furlong
Wheeler
Coote Str. Couchman
Team Race m 14t6. Dinghies
Eight teams of six boats will cumpete for the R.N.S.A. trophy. All the dinghies have been divided Into four groups and detalls of the dinghy groups and of the draw are as follows:
Coventry
First Division
Second
Manchester C. 1dlitwall Nowcastle Newport County West Ham U.
Aldershot
Third
Bournemouth Brighton
ristol Rov Crystal Painea
1 Portsmouth
Huddersfield Blackpool
Manchester U. Preston NE. Derby County Charlton.
3 Middlesborough
⚫ Brentford
Liverpool Wolverhampton
Division
3 Swansea Town
1 Leicester City
3 Noite Forest
4 Sheffield Wed.
Tottenham
4 Plymouth Argyle
1 Chesterfieta
2 West Bromwich
Fulham
Luton Town
Division South
• Port Vale
.
o. Norwich
1 Exeter City
2 Walshll
6 Torquay Vișted:2
XMAS FOOTBALL RESULTS
International Charity Cup Competition
China
I'ortural
LANALIZA NAKAGAIN UNITÉ
Orien Monelleld Northampton Notia County Queens Park Watford
(First Round)
3 England
4 Scotland
ON
CENTRSPURNINGUNGEN
Cardiff City
2 Reading
2 Bristol City
Swindon Town
1 Ipswich
4 Southend United 10
Third Division North
Carlisle United
Chester
Crewg
Doncaster It.
(intentiend
Halifax Town
Hartlepools
Oldham
lochdale
Southport
4 Barrow
2 Rotherham U.
3 Dartington
5
Wrextinm
2 Accrington
1
Bradford City
@Hull City
2 New Brighton
I Stockport
6 York City
8 Lincoln City
Scottish A Division
Tranniere
.
Celife
Third Lanark
Each group will have a racing flag af its group colour on the yard. The first Henf will be held to- morrow starting at 2 p.m. the 2nd)
on Sunday starting at 10.10 a.m. and the final which will con- sist of the first two from each Heat, will start 2.20 p.m. în Sunday.
All hoats in each team count to- wards
The the team score.
first boat scores 21 and so on downwards, the team winning the highest score being the winning team. In the event of two teams obtaining the same number of points, the team with the highest placed boats wins. Dinghy Draw
Group
Commandos.
Royal Air Force Civilian A
Navy II
Heat II Navy I Civilian D· Dockyard
& Tamar Army
Blue Green Ellack Cossack Blue
Areiaut Bermuda I ...Red"
Tyne II
Heat 1. Red Yellow
Green
Blue Green Red
Yellow Dinghy Groups
Yellow Commodore 11 Bonaventuro I Duke of York I Stonecuiter IV Venerable I Veryan Day
Nabralcher · Adamant V Stonecutters III Adamant 1
Glory I
Tyne I
Duke of Yurk II Venerable 1 Stonecutter I Adamant 11 Glory II
Green Cossack Cockade
Green Contest Adamant IV Alert Веветчев
Glory II Bermuda II Yellow Commodore I Adamant VI
Fort Langley Whalers' Trevessa Race This race starts at 10 a., on Sunday.
Trevessa Trophy
Queens Park 5 Clyde
-Beuter.
Correspondence
Barristers and Solicitors
(To the Editor UK Telegraph)
Sir.-Concerning "Barristers and know. Solicitors". 1 should like to whether it is correct that barristers' study the law for three years and solicitors five years.
If this is so (and I am told that I um correct) it is pecullar why the man who studied the law for five years cannot appear the High (Court, whereas the three year man
rany,
During the last 12 months or so 1 have seen a solicitor one or two lick- ing the daylights out of Crown coun- [nel and barristers in case after caso, and I for me will also holy Cain If ever I get into trouble in a criminal case (knock wood!) and cannot get the particular solicitor I want to de- fend me.
HURRAR
boats being round Kowloon Rock Onishing at Kellet Island. Further entries for this race can be accepted up to half an hour before the start. Life boats will be towed to the starting point at Channel Rock and back to their ships after the finishing at Kellet Island.
Whalers Trevessa Race
the
A race for Service whalers under the same conditions 13 for Trevessa Trophy race which Is for Full detalls of this race. and the ships life boats only, will be hold conditions and rules for boats have over the same course starting at 2 been widely circulated to all ship om. on Sunday. owners and agents, Boats may be
Rubber Dinghy Race
pulled and sailed at the some time. Entries will be taken at the Club Start will be at 2.15 pan. on Sunday, on Sunday morning for the race in starting line bking ncur Channel rubber dinghies which takes place at rock and the course for the life noon on Sunday,
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SERVICES PERSONNEL ARRIVE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
arrived home for Christmas from away and in their homes for India and the Middle East to-day, Christmas.
Formony, was their first Wireless messages had been sent Christmas home for many years, on ahead by the officer commandbig This large number arrived in the the troops and the organization ther: Ranchi; which: docked three worked so amoothly that the men and a half hours late because of log. bogan, disembarking - ten minules Two thousand and two hundred But special........ arrangements werd after the gangways had Baked tha ¡British Servico men and women I made to get the men and women | shore and ship—Reuter,
Southampton, Dec. 24.