THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 18, 1940.
LEADERSHIP OF TORY PARTY
BIG ADVANCE OF MISS ANN TYLOR
HONG KONG CRICKET CLUB appeared to have a stronger team on paper than Kowloon Cricket Club, but their win by 5% sets to 3% yesterday at K.C.C. flattered them. On the day's play K.C.C. should have won 5-4.
London, To-day. The Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, in a letter to Mr. Neville Chamberlain, states that DS Prime Minister of a National Government comprising the three parties it would be better for him not to undertake the leadership of any one political
Be that as it may, Club have a use- party, and Mr. the hope that Mr. Chamberlain's ful team which should do, considerably leadership of the Conservative Party | better on fast courts. will remain undisturbed.-Reuter.
Churchill
expresses
· AIR FRANCE RESUMES
LONDON SERVICE -
Miss
made Tylor has
rapid strides and yesterday practically carried Goldman through throa sets.
Fay was impressive though still er- ratic and Mrs. Andrews was good in spasms, especially in service. Pearce London, To-day. and Miss Armstrong are the weak link, Air France resumed the air service though they managed to settle down between London and Paris yesterday to the conditions--a thin drizzle and a afternoon, and bookings, for all ser- slippery court-and won 11⁄2 sets. vices are being resumed to-day.
Teddy Fincher gave a good all- An Imperial Airways liner left Eng-round display, but Mrs. Williams is Ernie land for Karachi yesterday morning obviously short of practice, according to schedule,
Fincher and Mrs. Kevan did fairly and arrange- ments have been made for the flying- well, but Burnett and Miss Harker, boat to refuel at Rome and Brindisi. deputising for Guest and Miss Stokes,
were outclassed.
-Reuter. •
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE
K.C.C. "A" v H.K.0.0..
E. C. Fincher and Mrs. Williams (K.C.C. "A")..
Zimmern For the visitors. Mrs. made a promising debut and her hard hitting on the forehand and her willingness to go in and volley, proved of great assistance to Zulauf In beating Hung and Mrs. Choy. Zulauf hit very hard off the ground and made the best of his opportuni- ties.
Gray and Mrs. Sweeney played well enough, but although Mrs. Sturgeon good did her best and played some ground strokes, she was very badly supported by Mackay,
C.R.C. v K.C.C. “B”
At Causeway Bay, Chinese Recreation Club beat K.C.C. "B" by 7 sets to 2.
Lea Wal-tong and Mrs. Chiu Chun-chiu (C.R.C.)..
6 2
beat E. Zulauf and Mrs. A. Zimmern beat S. A. Gray and Mrs. Sweeney 6- 2 beat N. A. E. Mackay and Mrs. Stur-
geon
6 3 Paul Kong and Miss Yeung. Wai-bun (C.R.C.).
lost to L. Goldman and Miss A. Tylor beat B. C. Fay and Mrs. L. R. An-
drewes
30
75
beat Gray and Mrs. Sweeney beat Zulauf and Mrs. Zimmern beat Mackay and Mrs. Sturgeon
0- 4
6- 2
6-1
beat T. A. Pearce and Miss J. Arm-
strong
W. C. Hung and Mrs. Choy (C.R.C.).. 1 lost to Gray and Mrs. Sweeney
16.
E. F. Fincher and Mrs. Kevan (K.G.C. | lost to Zulauf and Mrs. Zimmern 2- 6 "A").
beat Mackay and Mrs. Sturgeon
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lost to Goldman and Miss Tylor, beat Fay and Mrs. Andrewes
2- 6
6- 4
POSTPONED
drew with Pearce and Miss Armstrong G. C. Burnett and Miss B. Harker
8 6
(K.C.C.
The match between University and U.S.R.C. was postponed. `.
2- 6 2- 6
It is notified for general information that under new Defence (Finance) | "A"), Regulations published in the United lost to Goldman and Miss Tylor Kingdom.
(1) all orders by residents of Hong Kong for sale of securities in the United Kingdom
(2) all coupons sent from Hong Kong for collection in the United King- dom
must be accompanied by declarations (a) that they are owned by residents
of Hong Kong
(b) that no enemy interest is involved, Such declarations by sellers will suf- fice for a United Kingdom bank
or
broker if the seller in Hong Kong is known to them. Otherwise such de- clarations should be confirmed by a local British bank.
lost to Fay and Mrs. Andrewes
lost to Pearce and Miss J. Armstrong 4.0
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PROMISING DEBUT
OF MRS. ZIMMERN
In the absence of Mrs. Enid Lit- ton, who was indisposed, Chinese Re- creation Club dropped two sets against K.C.C. "B" in the other match, at Causeway Bay,
Most impressive home pair, on ex- tremely slippery courts and under poor conditions generally, were Paul Kong and Miss Yeung Wal-bun.
The latter has improved ́some- what and in addition to her crisp groundstrokes, she has now a very useful volley.
Experienced Kong was always in the
U.S. WAR INDUSTRY
WASHINGTON, TO-DAY. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, TOLD THE PRESS YESTERDAY THE GOV ERNMENT WOULD ASSIST PRI-
VATE INDUSTRY IN EXTENDING
AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES; THE GOV- MENT MIGHT EVEN CONSTRUCT NEW FACTORIES BUT WOULD NOT OPERATE THEM.
In order to avoid a bottleneck due to the limited capacity of the machine- tool industry the President said the Government might take over machine- tools which foreign individuals had
In the case of securities for which the register is in the United Kingdom and which are on the market in Hong Kong the registrar in the United King- right place at the right moment.
Lee Wai-tong and Mrs. Chiu play- dom may give effect to any transfer
chop emanating from Hong Kong only if ed a slow game in which the the documents are accompanied by de- predominated and under the prevail-ordered.
anding conditions, this paid. It is pro- clarations signed by transferor transferee or by a local British bank blematical as to the measure of suc- cess these methods would bring on a hard, fast court.
that
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(a) all persons having an interest in the securities, both as transferors and transferees are resident Hong Kong
(b) no enemy interest is involved.
H. R. BUTTERS, Financial Secretary,
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hong Kong, May 18, 1940.
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Mrs. Choy, who partnered Hung, is a virtual novice but, although nervous, played a plucky game.
Shortly before President Roosevelt
Congress to remove the existing legis- lative limit of 6,000 planes in the Army Air Corps as the first move to- wards building up the force to 50,000 planes. Reuter.
spoke, the War Department asked
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