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KINGS THEATRE

SHONGKONG'S FINEST

AN ALL-BRITISH - FILM WEEK!

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15, & 9.30 p.m.

ANOTHER BRITISH SUCCESS!

RALPH LYNN

IN

THE CHANCE OF NIGHT-TIME"

A

Even Funnier than "Rookery Nook"

with

WINIFRED SHOTTER, SUNDAY WILSHIN

Directed by

HERBERT WILCOX and RALPH LYNN

A BRITISH PICTURE.

THURSDAY. ONLY

BY SPECIAL REQUEST RE-SCREENING OF

"BED

AND BREAKFAST”

with

JANE BAXTER, RICHARD COOPER.

Directed by

WALTER FORDE

A BRITISH PRODUCTION.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

BY SPECIAL REQUEST RE-SCREENING OF

A WARM

CORNER

with

LESLIE HENSON

CONNIE EDISS, HEATHER THATCHER

Directed by

VICTOR SAVILLE,

A BRITISH PRODUCTION.

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE

Tel. 25313.

COMING TO THE KING'S

HEIFETZ

PRICES:

ORCHESTRA

STALLS

AND

DRESS

CIRCLE

$0.00

(INCLUDING

TAX).

THE

WORLD - RENOWNED.

THE CHINA MAIL.

CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP

ANSTRUTHER SHOWS LADIES YACHTING LINCOLN CITY DRAW

FINE FORM.

Scores 48 and Takes

7 Wickets.

MEEHAN COLLECTS 50.

CHAMPIONSHIP.

Siskin and Eunice Register Wins.

FOURTH OF SERIES.

At Sookunpoo yseterday the

Yesterday's races for the Ladies' Royal Engineers defeated the H. Q. Championship of the Yacht Club, Wing. South Wales Borderors by the fourth of the series, resulted

as follow:

104 runes.

For their victory the Engineers Course:-Channel Rocks (S), Mark were in no small way indebted to on Line (S), Kowloon Rock (9), Chan- the all-round ability of Lt. nel Rocks (S); Distance: 7.4 miles. Anstruther, who, besides being un- defeated with 48 to his credit, cap- tured 7 wickets for 25 runs to dismiss the Borderers' for the low total of 68.

Scores:

Royal Engineers.

Cpl. Meehan,

Church

Thompson, b

50 20

0

20

48

Spr. Whitfeld, c and b Mullane Sergt. Buckle, b Church'

Col. Skinner, c and b Jones

Lt. Anstruther, not out ...

Lt. Col. Marsden, e Haruden

b Jones

S. G. Jordan, b Joncs Sergt. Savell, b Church Spr. Holmes, b Mullane

Extras

"H" Class.

[Started at 3 p.m.)

Diana (Mrs. Bingham) Colleen (Miss Nasezen) Rolla (Mrs, H. G. Sheldon) Skin (Mas T. C. Mackie) Argulla II (Mrs. Pearce). Dorothea (Miss Blake) ...

LUTON TOWN.

Cardiff Face Stiff

Hurdle.

F.A. CUP SECOND ROUND.

The following la the draw for the Second Round of the English F.A. Cup to be played on Satur day, December 12:-

Scunthorpe

Rangers.

London, Yesterday. Queen's "V.

Lincoln v. Luton,

Park

Crewe or Galnaborough v. Thames or Watford.

Darwen or Peterborough Y

Total -P'tion Pis.

12

Cheater.

5

12

"T", "Y" & "G" Class. [Started at 3.05 p.m.]

Daphne (Miss M. Stokes)

4 Ailsa (Bira. Lambert)

290992

Total Ption Pts.

7 34

3

40

1Why Wonder (Mrs. Fowkes) 17 Wings

6

28

Total for 8 wkta, dec. 172

7 Bluejacket (Mrs. Adams)

Boojum (Mrs. G. Pickering) Speedwell (Mrs. Stewart) Eunice (Mra, Rose)

Did not finish.

Capt. Mitchell and L/Cpl. Gros-

venor, did not bat.

BOWING ANALYBIJ.

0. M. R. W.

Church

18 5 63 3

Thomas

4 0

23 0

Mullane

9 1

41 2

Jones

8

0

31

8

Tyler

2 0

19

0

H.Q. Wing, S.W.B.

L/Cpl. Mullane, b Anstruther

Our Sports Diary.

LOCAL

33

CRICKET Saturday-League LNavy Y. Hong Kong Cũ; Civil Service C.C. v. Royal Ar- tillery; K.C.C. v. L.R.C. (F.); League II-Police v. LR.C. v. K.C.C. (F.).

KOCKEY-To-day--Y,M.CIA. v. H.M.S. Berwick at King's Park at

R.A.S.C.;

To-morrow-Hong Kong Hockey

Club

Y. Borderers on

ground at 6 p.m.

U.S.R.C.

Friday-Hong Kong Hockey

Club., "A" v. H.M.S. Tamar at

11.

Lt. de Winton, e Skinner, b

Anstruther

1

D. M. Thomas, e and

b

5 1.2.

Anstruther

0

FLt: Tyler,

Skinner, #

b

Anstruther

0

Lt. Col. Raikes, C Skinner,

b Anstruther

6

King's Park at 6 p.m.

Capt. Gottwaltz, not out

41

GO

1 F-Thurstly- Second

Cpl. Church, b Jordan

0

Sgt. Haruden, c and b Jordan

Round of the Railway (Ladies).

1

Pte. Pole, e Skinner, b Jordan

1

Dmr. Jones, C Marsden,

Anstruther

4

0

3

68

Dmr. Smith, 5 Anstruther

Extras

Total

BOWLING ANALYSIS.

Anstruther

Holmes

Jordan

Meedan

0. M. R. W.

12 4 25

+2 0 9 0 10 7 21 8 2 0 10. 0

Cup

Saturday Royal Hong Kong Golf Club Captain's Cup.

and

Sunday Royal Hong Kong Golf Club Championship First Second Rounds and Captain's Cup.

BOXING-Friday-Royal Navy Championships at the Theatre Royal at 9 p.m.

RUGBY FOOTBALL-To-mor- row-Kowloon v. Club "A" at King's Park at 5 p.m.

V

FOOTBALL,- Saturday-Fire! Division Police v. Borderers; Re- srelo V. Navy: Kowloon Argylls; Club v. St. Joseph's; Second Division University.v. 12th Batty; Kowloon v. Navy: Argylla Club; Borderers v.

BOOKMAKER'S RASHAO.C.; Third Division-it.A.F.

WAGER.

Five Pounds a Week for Life.

AGAINST GOLD METER.

A bookmaker has just laid a man

pound a week for

five

to half

crown A

against

B

horse winning-and has lost,

London

The заув д

message. race

was the 4.45 at Pintefract on October 8. The horse was Gold Meter. The circumstances of the

v. RE Radio y. St. Joseph's.

New Brighton v. Hull.

Fulham v. Yeovil Petters..

Tranmere v. Bristol Rovers.

Burton v. Gateshead.

Nowark or Halifax v. Rotherham

or Accrington,

Bath v. Crystal Palace. Carlise v. Darlington.

Tunbridge Wells Rangera or Brentford v. Norwich.

Cardiff v. Coventry or Clapton Orient.

Brighton v. Barrow or Doncaster. Northants v. Southend.

Bournemouth or Northfleet V. Blyth Spartans.

Aldershot v. Crooktown-Reuter.

THE H.K.R.A. TO HOLD

SUPPER MEETING.

Thursday's Function at the St. Francis.

REFEREES UNPOPULAR 7

At the last monthly meeting of the Referees' Association it was de- cided to hold a "Supper" Meeting inį December.

Arrangements have accordingly| been made to hold this "Supper" Meeting in St. Francis Hotel at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday.

Mr. R. K. Duncan has kindly con-| sented to speak on the subject of "Why are referees unpopular?” and| Mr. J. W. Baldwin has consented to: reply on behalf of the referees.

In order to make the meeting a success the co-operation of all re- ferees is eolicited.

JACK DEMPSEY TO

FIGHT?

Winner of Carnera ·

Campolo Bout.

40 PER CENT, OFFERED.

New York, Nov. 26. Jack Dempsey will be seen'in a ring battle in Miami in February if the former heavyweight cham-

THE MAMAK HOCKEY pion of the world is sincere in his

TOURNEY.

Positions at End of November.

R.C.S. HOLD ADVANTAGE.

The following is the Mamak

bet were these: Business was slack. Tournament table to the end of

It was the last race and the book-November

PRICES:

makers who had had a fairly good

FRONT

day, were inclined, to overshout the

odds in order to encourage tardy]"

STALLS

$4.00

BACK STALLS

$2.00

(INCLUDING

TAX).

OF THE VIRTUOSO

WILL GIVE ONE RECITAL ONLY

1

ON FRIDAY, DEC. 4th, AT 9.30 P.M.

FLAN NOW OPEN.

BOOK EARLY.

溅

Goals

P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts.

2 4

8

2 1.0 1 3 1 20 0 4

4 0 0 1 2

backers. One bookmaker went so 'n.E. & R.G.S. 2 20 0 7 1 far as to offer £5 a week for life to St. Andrew'a 821 0 28. Gd. against Gold Meter. To his Radio S.C.2 1 0 1 C.B. Assoc... 1 1 0 0 surprise the bet was taken.

Gold Incogniton Meter was not regarded as having Police much chance, and the bookmaker R.A.S.C. decided to stand by his bargain. The race started-and finished with T. Weston, the jockey, romping home by a clear length victory! The starting price of Gold Meter was eight to one-but the rash book. maker found himself confronted with the greatest pay-out of his career. He has now consulted an Insurance company as to the best means of meeting his abilities. An expert estimated that if the lucky backer wore forty years of age the bookmaker, to buy an an aulty bringing in £5 a week for life would have to pay £4,885. If the backor Is Afty, the cost is reduced to £3,746.

"BIG"

BILL TILDEN

COMING TO HONG KONG

come-back plans and will listen to the overtures of the Madison Square Garden Corporation.

Jimmy Johnston, the new Gar- den. boxing executive, recently na- nounced that he is prepared to offer Dempsey 40 per cent. of the receipts for a bout with the win- ner of the Primo Carnera-Victorio Campolo heavyweight struggle scheduled for the Garden on Nov. ember 27 in the interests of the Jewish Federation.

To Disens Bout.

Johnston said he expects a visit from Dempsey shortly to discuss probabilities for such a 'bout. The former champion, his exhibi- tion tour of the Far Wast com 2pleted, is on a hunting trip in Wyoming now, Johnston said, add- ing that Dempsoy is expected in Chicago soon for a visit with George. F. Getz, member of, the Illinois State Athletic Commission, Dempsey's proposed return will be discussed at this meeting..

Some time ago it was revealed that the Garden, contemplated hav- ing Max Schmeling defend his heavyweight championship in a bout against Mickey Walker in Miami. Johnston said recently, howover, that if he is successful in Inducing. Dempsey to accept 40 per cent of the receipts for a Miami battle he would schedule the event as one of two leading up to a title bout next Summer,

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1981.

PENINSULA HOTEL

SIR ROBERT AND LADY HO TUNG'S RECEPTION

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2nd, 1991.

HEROSE ROOM" having THE

been reserved for the above occasion, the management beg to inform their patrons that the USUAL SERVICE will commence only at 9 o'clock p.m.

IN connection with the RECEPTION

it is desired to advise that a special service of MOTOR CARS will be in readiness to convey GUESTS to and from the Star Ferry Wharf and the Peninsula Hotel be- tween 3 & 8 p.m.

THE HONG KONG & SILANGHAI HOTELS, LTD..

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19

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$3.00

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Pigeons

All specially selected.

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TO-DAY & TO-MORROW AT 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 P.M.

"Fanny

With her children desert- lag fame for the altar, Fanny Cavendish, 65-year- young Empress of the American Stage, defies doctors, to embark on s world tour, to keep alive. the name of the nation's® "Royal Family of Broad- way", the Cavendishes! The tour may mean “last cur-" tain" for stagedom's grand old lady!..

See HENRIETTA CROSMAN

as one of

THE ROYAL FAMILY

OF BROADWAY

A Paramount Picture