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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1931.

"THRILLER"

BY A BOY OF NINE.

Desperadoes and Dukes,

HERO WITH A FIST OF TWO. WINDOW POWER.

THE CHINA MAİL.

ENGLAND TRIUMPHS OVER SCOTLAND

SCOTS GOLF WIN.

In the annual golf match yaster- day on the Fanling, golf course, St. Andrew's Society beat St. George's Society by 24 points to 16. The detailed scores were as follow, the names of the Scottish players being given first:-

Singles.

I. W. Showan boat A. E. mixed reading is seen in the Liasamund and 4 ..... combination of ancient and A. B. Stewart beat L. G, S.

Dodwell & and 4 modern detail.

5 and 3

It is not truc, even in this mechanical age, that all modern boys want to make engines and run garages. Some are still left He brings Ruritania up to date. K. MacFarlane lost to F. J. de Rome 4 and A who crave for literary fame. by supplying the nobility with c. C. Stark lost to C. W.

For example, Muster. Hugh "powerful Brooklands cars" and Booker 6 and 4 Lloyd Jones, only son of Major dial telephones, and showing the K. S. Robertson lost to I.

Newton W. Lloyd Jones, attached to the Grand Duke as a progressive R K. Hopburn lost to Royal Hospital, Chelsen. He is agriculturist whose will, read in E. J. R. Mitchell G and 4 just nine, but he has written ai the public square, includes the D. Forbes halved with short story a short "blood," bequest of 73,000,000 hens." A. H. Musson as they say in publishing circles But the good old Balkan spirit is D. J. Gilmore beat N. L

Smith 2 up -full of derring-do and couched there just the same; there is no

ID. G. Bruce beat H. in language which, in one Hothing mealy about the hero's Pooley 3 und 2 young, shows a startling. apti- violence when the villain draws T. R. Chansela beat A. C. I. tude for the tricks of the liter-up in his limousine beside the Hry trade.

His mother showed it to me,. writes a correspondent to the Evening Standard.

It is a romance of love and fighting in one of those handy Balkan States discovered by An- thony Hope, where everyone talks German and the beautiful princesses are delivered, against their will, to unpleasant Counts from whom they are. after ap palling adventures, rescued by ineligible but dashing young, strangers.

man

Man With a Lean Face, Now thrillingly Master Hugh plunges us straight into the thick of the plot! Right away we get the villain, "a tall thin lean brown fuce with a which matched illy with his long palé hands and weak taper fing- cra," standing on the counter of a low tavern in the capital and addressing the conspirators:—

"Brothers," the fanatic, (for so he wax) said "Brothers, now is our chance. The pig-dog, the verdannt Kritz is very poor. He has only a few thousand marks left. We must rise now, then we will smash the pigs. "Now my brothers (he changed his voice)

He Cuftervago quick." clapped his hands and the men departed..

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Brooklands him

racer and

sauces F.

Bowker 3 and 2

M. Macdougall beat A. B. Raworth 3 and 2 J. S. Maclaren lost to "How dare you insult me?" C. E. Holmes 3 1

And Ivan snapped.

"Meet me to-J. Stuart lost to J, W. morrow at dawn, cur, and take Franks 4 and 2 that for your insolence."

A. B. Purves bent A. D. Humphreys 4 and 3...

"That" was a straight blow}R.°C.

C. Law beat J. L. which crashed through the win Shellshear 2 up.... dows of both cars and took the D. S. Robb beat E. D.

Matthews 1 up fat man on the nose.

S.. J. 1. Fox lost to C. B. Even Rupert of Hentzan could}' Johnson up ..... hardly have hit through two J. A. R. Selby beat B. D. panes of non-splinter glass and Evans 3 und 2.......

A. found his man's nose with such WN. Buyers lost to

'Sommerfelt 1 up amerring accuracy.

On the Trial.

This Ivan was a rare fellow, with brains as well as two-win- dow-power fists. Annoyed to

Paints.

LOSE AT BOWLS.

St. George's Society beat St. An- drow's Society by the narrow mar- gin of 7 shots-59 to 52-in the annual Lawn Bowls contest play- or at the R.A.K. Yacht Club yea- terday.

Scorce:

St. A. SL G.

St. George's. Vernal

14

Creasy

Croucher

1

14

Southorn

1%

(Skip) Heads

1

112

8

蹁

20

Rink No. 1.

10

comwoll

St. Andrew's Currie Roid

16

20 21

16

24

2. 13

WIN FOR ST. GEORGE'S.

Columbia

ORGAN SOLOS

5623-Little Pul

Terence Casey

McFarlane Ramsay

18 (Skip) .16 Shots Total Shots Total

3

A substantial lead in the morn- ing enabled the St. George'a Society to defeat the St. Andrew's Society in an enjoyable yachting 4 contest, salled from the R.H.K. Yacht Club yesterday. Details of the racing follow:-

Morning Race.

Course: Club Line West to East, Channel Rocks (P), Kowloon Rock (P), Mark on Line (S), Cuat Rock Mark Boat (S); Club Line West to Eust. Distance: 6.5 miles, St. George's.

DB260—Moonbeams Dance ...Terence Casey

DB262-Nautican-An Organ_Roll,

DB277 Wayside Rose-Frederica,

Quentin Maclean DB298—Wedding Märch (Mendelssohn),

Quentin Maclean

Velazco

Terence Casey

DB 85--La Colondrina--The Swallow,

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St. George's.

Rink No. 2

St. Andrew's Hamilton Greig

Hodges

Gouldborne

1

Carpenter

Maughan

www

Bonnar

MacFarlane

Yacht Salled by

P'tion Pta.

15

15

Why Wonder (F. J. Pearce) Bluejacket (Capt. Lochner) 3

4

16 Speedwell (Capt. Bolt)

1

16

Lola (M. I. De Ville)

8

16

Total

21

A DINNER

Yacht

Sailed by

P'tion Pta.

Wings (T. H. K. Shaw)

5

Boojum (R. Grieve) ..... Adanac (Capt. Anstruther) 6 Wendy (R. Sutherland) ...

DANCE

2

7

3

7

2

18

(Skip) ....17 (Skip) ....18 Heads

Shots Total Shots Total

T. S. Whyte-Smith beat

:

G. W. Sewell 3 and 2.

Singles points ...

Fourballs.

1

-

11% 9

Points.

St. A. St. G.

10

2

2

find the villain "seranading" Shewan & Stewart beat" Lady Felicin, he wounds him Lissonan & Dodwell with one of his "brace of silver- 6 & 5 mounted automatics;" and then Stark & Macl'arian beat de the great mind, working rapidly,

..

deduces as follows:-

"That rascal who serenaded you must have left a trail of blood

I will follow it."

Rome & Booker 2 &1

Hepburn & Robertson beat

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2

St. Andrew'A.

Total

Afternoon Race, Course:-Club Line West to East, Channel Rocks (P), Cust Rock Mark Boat (S), Kowloon (5); Club Line East to West. 8 Distance: 6.6 miles.

(in aid of the H.K.W.G.

& M.C.L. Charities)

will be held on

SATURDAY, December 5, 1931,

at 8.30 p.m.

UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE OF

His Excellency the Governor and Lady Peel.

IN THE HONG KONG HOTEL on

the occasion of the opening of the new Grill Room.

During Dinner the Hong Kong Hotel Band will play selections. DANCE MUSIC BY KINDNESS OF RONNIE TRUE AND

HIS BAND.

TICKETS.

Dinner and Dance

Dance only

People must shew their tickets when booking tables. To be obtained from Mrs. J. D. LLOYD, 406, The Penk, Mrs. SIMPSON, THE UNIVERSITY, and from the HONG KONG and PENINSULA HOTELS,

St. George's. Yacht Sailed by Wings (F. J. Pearce)

P'tion Pts.

5

I

B

R

13 Boojum (Capt. Lochner)

Adanac (M. L. De Ville)

15 Wendy (Capt, Bolt)

16

Newton & Mitchell 1 up Forbes & Gilmore lost to Musson & Smith 3 & 2 Bruce & Chassels lost to Pooley & Hawker 4 & 2

15

Total

16

Morning Ruce

2

17

10

14

10

Total points

2

19

14

2

18

10 !

18

Yacht Snited by

21

17

Rink No. 3.

St. George's

0

beat

21

2

Which he does, and identifies Macdougall & MacFarlan the "seranader.” But menn- halved with Raworth & while somebody has killed the

ILoimes

Purves wicked Baron and Ivan's arrest Stuart &

Franks & Humphreys for the crime brings in the mod-

G & 4**** ern touch again.

LAW Robb beat Shell- sbear & Matthews 3 & 1 Fox Selby lost to

& Johnson Evans 1 up

bent. Sommerfelt & Sewell 0 & 1

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Of course, Ivan escapes from prison, in time to suppress a re- Left alone, he chuckled wicked-volution by dialling for the Air Whyte-Smith & Buyers ly to himself and said, very low, Force with his left hand while almost under his breath, "Then he mowed the rebels down with I shall marry Lady Felicia," his right; whereupon the Presi-

Mrs. Lloyd Jones mentioned dent gratefully rewards him with! that Hugh (who. was away at the hand of Lady Felicia. school in the country) picked up his knowledge of how these ro- mantic desperadoes talked from the impartial study of Scott and modern thrillers. His little als

Singles

Grand Total St..A.

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N | |

2

2

13.

.0

11% 0

24% 15

I congratulated Mrs. Lloyd Jones (whose husband is the nuthor of a book on Kenya and a history of the King's African November Handicap brought for- Rifles) on her son's vivid ima- tunes to Irish Sweepstake ticket- ter naturally regards him as agination, and inquired what he holders in all parts of the globe, hero and passes him the mar-intended to be when he left of which the £30,000 in first prizes malade with the remark: "O. K. school. Mrs. Lloyd Jones

chief!"

plied:

re-were apportioned AB feliowa: Eleven in England, four in Scot- The Villain's Limousine, "He says he would like to be a land, oné in Ireland, two in Canada The influence of our author'spawnbroker."

and one in South Africa.

NEWS FROM HOME the field when North Drift and Hot

AND ABROAD.

Springboks Defeat Neath.

CAMBRIDGE WIN.

Neath, Saturday: The Springboks defeated Neath by 8 pts. to 3 In their Rugby tour of Wales.

-Reuter

*

*

# Oxford Win.

London, Saturday.

In the annual Inter-Varsity Re- lay Championships Cambridge Uni- versity defeated Oxford by four events to three.

*

North Drift

--Reuter.

1

2

3

The Test Match.

E. B. Roed

A. Cameron

S. T. Willamson

21

33

P'tion Pta.

UN

1

J. Bentley

F. Sutton

(Skip)

Heads

Bt. Andrew's.

B. Wylie

A. Stevenson

St. Andrew's.

18 Why Wonder? (T. II. R.

.24 (Skip) ....18

Shots Total Shots Total

Shaw)

Bluejacket (R. Grleve)

Speedwell (Capt An

struther)

Lola (R. Sutherland)

Total.......

Morning Race

Total points ......

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

E. Stone

1

1

1

1

3

1

England

3 Scotland

(M. P. Harrop, A. G. Orme)

Our Sports Diary.

LOCAL CRICKET-To-day--R.E. II.Q. S.W.B. at Sookunpoo at 2 p.m.

Saturday-League -Navy v H.K.C.C.; C.5.C.C. v. Royal AT- tillery; K.C.C. v. I.R.C. (F.); League IL-Police v...R.A.S.C. I.R.C. K.C.C. V.

(F.). FENCING To-day-Hong Kong

Club Meet at

at 5.10 p.m. HOCKEY-To-day-Hong Kong Hockey Club II. v. Borderers at King's Park at 5 p.m.; Radio Sports Club v. V.M.C.A. ÎI.

Wednesday-Hong Kong Hockey

Club

v. Borderera on U.S.R.C. ground at 5 p.m.

-Reuter. Bun led, and not for another mile!

Brisbane, Yesterday,

Fencing At the conclusion of the second were they seen again. When three furlongs from home North Drift, day's play in the Test Match be- Signifer, Pard and Redeswood tween Australia and South Africa emerged leading, Signifer enden- the visitors were 824 runs in ar- voured to flounder past North Drift rears with seven wickets in hand.

Scores:-- into the lead but the mud beat him and the horses passed the post in

Australia-1st Innings. the same order. Castle Bagot was,

W. M. Woodfull, l.b.w., b

Vincent fifth and Scard Roy sixth.

Time: 2 mins. 52 4/5 seca. North Drift's win is one of the biggest 'coups of the season. He is, owned by a Sheffield bookmaker. Lord Bill was left at the post.

The result of the Manchester'

Friday Hong Kong Hockey Club "A" v. H.M.S. Tamar at

King's Park at 5P..

Cup-

76

W. H. Ponsford, e Mitchell, b

Bell

19

GOLF-Thursday - Second Round of the Railway (Ladies),

226

D. G. Bradman, 1.b.w., b

Vincent

A. F. Kippax, c Cameron, b

Vincent

笑

¡S. McCabe, c Vincent, b Morkel 27

H. C. Nitschke, e Cameron, b

Bell

Saturday--Royal Hong Kong Golf Club Captain's Cup

Sunday-Royal Hong Kong Golf Club Championship First and Second Rounds and Captain's Cup. BOXING—Friday--koyal Navy Championships at the Theatre Royal at 0 p.m. inter

RUGBY FOOTBALL-Wodnes- day-Kowloon Y. Club "A" at King's Park at 5 p.m.

6

R. M. Oxenham, b Bell

1

W. A. Oldfield, not out

56

C. V. Grimmett, b Bell

14

T. M. Wall, b Quinn

14

H. Ironmonger, b Quinn

2

Extras

'8

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP.

Total

450

Kowloon Golf.

Bell

Morkel

Quinn

BOWLING ANALYSIS.

0. M. R. W.

Vincent

MacMillan

South Africa~~~ist Innings.

S. Curnow, b Ironmonger

Manchester Classic.

Manchester, Saturday.

The race for the Manchester

November Handicap resulted an under:-

· Signifer

Pard ...

Won by half a length; same dis-

tance between second and third.

Forty-one horses ran.

Betting:

8 to 1 agst North Drift.

66 to 1 agat. Signifer.

40 to 1 agst Pard,

With clouds flying in showers on- to one of the biggest crowds" ever gathered at Castle Irwell, forty-one horses struggled through a ses of mud, allpping, stumbling and re- covering as they anddenly found a patch for a Br footing. They then disappeared wraithlike in tha mists which hovered like a cloud over the course. A mist obscured

Maurice CHEVALIER Smiling Lieutenant

The

A Gunamixent Picture [COMINGKINGS.

to rain-Reuter.

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W. J. Woolley

.85

A. G. Senton

.86

11

J. Litton

90

J. A. J. Christy, b Wall-

24

J. J. King

:01

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48

E. C. Fincher

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H. B. Cameron, st. Oldfield, b

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C. G. Anderson'

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