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SEQUEL TO CITY GUN DUEL

Committal proceedings against Wong Kai Lap and Wong Chun Wah, alleged to have been concerned in an armed robbery and subse- quent gun battle in the heart of the City on Sept, 30, were commenced before Mr. George She at the Central Magistracy yesterday af- ternoon.

HOTEL STRIKE OVER

London, Oct. 15. The eight-day strike of. London hotela is over. By a

·Bottlement reached tonight, representatives of the hoteis and restaurants involved agreed to full recognition of the National Union of Gen- eral and Municipal Workers, who undertook to secure the resumption of work forth- withRouter.

Curse Of The Peking Cups

Wong Lap, who was originally accused, was discharged owing to the lack of evidence.

Inspector White is conducting the prosecution

Wong Wing Kit, Manager of the Tradewinds Company Limited said that on Sept. 30, at about 11.40 am he was seated in his private office at Room 333 Wary Hing Building, and floor, with his assistant manager, Wong Sun Po. First and third accused entered the office, preceded by Pong Sik Yiu, a friend of witness, and the office boy. Chiu Fong. First ac cased had a gun pointed at their backs and warned witness not to make a noise. He then ordered

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CESAREWITCH RESULT

Newmarket, Oct. 16. "The Cesarswitch, which iona run here today, was won byk Monsieur L'Amiral, Ford Transport was second and Geofrey's Lady was thirdlivi Twenty-seven horses run,

The betting was 83 to 1 on Monsieur L'Amaral, 100 to Z on Ford Transport and 100 m. 6 on Geoffrey's Lady. Wity was favourite at 9 to 13. The racS was won by three quarters of a length One and a half length separated the second and third.--Router alg

Soccer Refs.

Meet

third accused to search all pre- A talk on football was given by sent, except the office boy. Third Mr. J. MacKelvie, Vice President accused took from witness a Mido of the Hong Kong Football Acro- watch and $12, in cash. He was ciation, at the fortnightly meet- then told by first accused to opening of the Hong Kong Referees the safe. About $3,300 were taken Association in the Gloucester Ho-

tel yesterday

therefrom

Tra

THE A.A.A.

Jumping,

SERIES

St. Louis, Oct. 16.

By Harold M. Abrahams) and Held athletics →→ running hurdling and throwing have been practised Harry The Cat" in Britain for hundreds of years. National Breechen hurled the St. Championships have been held for exactly 80 Louis Cardinals to the years. Since the year 1880 amateur athletics world baseball cham- have been organised by a central body, the pionship with a courage- Amateur Athletic Association. The rules un-ous job of relief pitching der which athletle sports have been practised for a 4 to 3 decision over in Britain for three generations have been the Boston Redsox in adopted in America and on the continent of the seventh game of the Europe, and were accepted by the Internation world series.

al Amateur Athletic Federation when that In a thrill-packed finale, that body was founded in 1912.

dwarfed the six previous games

All amateur athletic meetings in Britain are for interest, the Carda pulled it out of the fire with an eighth governed by the rules of the AA.A. Indeed inning un engineered by Enos any boy or man who participates in events un- Slaughter's daring base running, der rules not recognised by the Association is Slaughter simply outsped the Redsox defence, scoring all the liable to be prevented ever from competing way from first bass on Harry under AAA rules. He would thus be debar Walker's double over Johnny red from national, district, or even club cham Peaky's head into left centre

Few thought he had a chance pionships, and possibly for ever from any into make it but he rounded third ternational competition. If his offence were under full steam and slid under not too heinous however, he might be rein-Cher Partce with the run that stated and become eligible once again for allant $2,796 to each Redbird.).

Score: 100 000 Boston 100 000 200-30 these events.

010:020 010-49 1 St. Louis

Batteries: Ferris Dobson, Klin- ger, Johnson and H Wagner: Parteo, Dickson, Breschen 2nd Garagiale, Rica.

440 hurdles (402 metres). 53.8 sec. KERANA metres High Jump 5 ft 5 in. (1,856) Long Jump 24 ft 216 in (7,378) Pole Vault 18 ft 91⁄2 in. (8,899) Weight 471b, 87202 (21,646 kgs.) Discus 112 ft 10 in (43,64 Hammer 172 ft 0 in. (52,431) Jais, records mede in Brie

As he left the office, first ac-

Mr. Mackelvic related some cused told witness that he could recognize him and warned him amusing incidents which occurred At Headquarters there are the 120 hurdles (109.8 metres) 14.5 not to raise the alarm or make in his carreer both as a footballer various committees finance, et any report to the Palica: As soon and an official of the Association championship, publications etc. as first and third accused left, and stressed that in his experience There are three district associa witness raised the alarm. First there were two things which any tions forme North. Midlands and South, as well as county associa- accused threatened him by point footballer should avoid ine the pistol at him. A chuse The first was "playing the man" tions. Last and most important of all, there are the athletic clubs. continued along Queen's Road, instead of the ball He had Those clube elect members to the Vancouver, Oct. 16.

down Pedder Street and then in known numerous instances where various committees of the AAA The mysterious disap- to: Des Voeux Roden joined a player had been hurt playing steel, the three districts; and the

Seven or eight policemen pearance of the Shang-in. First accused ran up the lane the man instead of the ball counties, so that the whole basis hai French millionaire at the hack of Jardine's building. The other was the very com- banker, Henri Bar, is in but before doing so, turned and to Hyer or playing pointed his pistol at witness to the whistle." He knew of many the news for perhaps the Police officers continued the chase matches lost through fais failing last time unless the and witness next saw accused and stressed that there were times under arrest in Pedder Street when the referee, no matter how of the Wone Sun, Fo gave corrobore-impartial he might be, missed in supposed curse Peking cups appears tim evidence, after which hearing cidents.

was adjourned till Oct. 28 at 2.80 again.

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Henri Bar's... · 2017 Claude, has come to Vancouver to claim $500,000 treasure that his father shipped from Shanghal. The trea sure includes the cups which are said to have been stolen from the Peking Palace in the early 1900s during the fall of the Chinese Dynasty Some have attributed a curce to them...

Bar's luggage

pam

Goering Cheats

Gallows

brought in.ed

teur Athletic Association Organ

These are

Past Champions

of government is democratie bain by Athletes born in Britain the Amateur Athletic Associn any of her athletes have accom- tion is concerned only with male plished better performances when athletes Women have their own competing abroad: Association the Women's Ana ised on very similar lines. There are many hundreds of clubs in Britain, for track and field sthic ties are extremely copular. In the winter months, there is cross The final game of a series be country rimining, and in the sum tween 42 Cdo. (L) and HMS.tember) events are held on the

maer season (from May till Sep "Armada" took place at Chatham track Many of the large bus Road on Monday. The Camrdandos.

ness houses and factories have were defeated 31 Play was own sports clubs, but in the fairly fast and extreme deler main clubs are local affairs. All mination on both sides was the Universities have their own vious. The first goal came from clubs, as do all the schools though Armada very early in the game schoolboys are encouraged to take through Streater. The Commands

SOCCER

|

Beautiful Game

Dickson hurled a beautiful game after giving one run in the first inning while his mates slammed Bob Ferriss from Hill In a two-run fifth inning ouf- burst

The Cardinals, tied the game in the second when Whitey Kurowski led with a double, reached third on an infield

and Olympic champions in the to Ted Williams. In the fifth, Britain has had many world outscored, or Walters and left past. Forty years ago Alfred the flock fell on Ferriss with Shrubb held every world running four hits, putting two scores record from 2 miles (3,2 km.) to one hour, Sixty years ago a very great runner, W. G George, who (1.8 m.) in 4 min 12 secs became a professional ran a mile record made in 1886 stood for 80 At the 1924 Olympic Games years, ja Puppe Britain had three victories Erie hiddell (who lost his life in the war as a medical missionary in China) won the 200 metres, Douz

across From the second through to the seventh inning, only two Boston playofa reached

basere

Terry Moore made the great l'est.play of the series on the fifth, to spear long. Pinky Hig rins smash near the left cen terfield wall.

Breecher relieved Dickson in the eighth and quelled the last.

Tight wing.SK Murray, who London Tracks myself was lucky enough to win Inning, retiring the last three qualised by a shot from the part only in Junior events mares Lowe the 800 metres, and 1-ditch Boston rally in the last Hepri Bar disappeared from the

came tearing in from the wing. The subscription to a club the 100 metres, the only occasion batters in succession with pay- British freighter Samwaler" en

Armada again pressed and obtain very small In most cases the on which a European athlete has ing and winning runs already route from Shanghai to Vancouver

(Continued from Page 1).

pays his own travelling won this event Lote repeated his ed the lead through Kirk Play athlete pay last Spring At the time, the

A handful of witnesses in the then was fairly even until the rpenses and has to buy his shorts, success in the 800 metros at on the bases. But diminuitive ship's officers said they believed

still Commando left-back handed in vests and running shoes. If he Amsterdam in 1928 Lord Burgh Lefty was not his wizard self. he had fallen overboard in heavy execution chamber were sens, but it seems that they mut waiting for Jodl and Seyas the Penalty Ares kauns his club county or national ley. President of the Amateur The Sox blasted him for two tered darkly, about a jing suppos- Laquart to be pronounced dead Thompson took the spot kick colours he will be presented with Athletic Association and in char tying the runs in the eighth on edly caused by the agate cups in when the body of Goering was ƒ and mada no mistake, Tho gama vest, shorts and coat bearing of the organisation for the 1948 à double of the rightfield wall was clean and sporting, typical iese colours. Also his travelling Olympic Games in London, won by Don DiMaggio, He relieved the 400 metres Burdles. Two suck Dickson after the first two Sox BOS; In Landon there are cinder' ran- |cesses, were gained at Los Angeles Two Army chaplains stood of the previous four matches be and other expenses will be paid.

Teams: LAWS

| bleg tracks in many of the parks the 800 metres and the 50 kilo batters, both pinchhitters, had half turded toward the three ween the two teams.

been struck out Associated freshly painted gallows, from

where athletes can train for a low metra walks and two successed at

Preas two of which hung the two

bayment. Many of the big business Berlin bodies at the end of the tightly

houses have sports grounds for stretched ropes.

Fieir workers, but very few have cinder paths mostly there are grasstracks. There are not so many tracks in other parts of the "country" as in the London ares, but the situation is improving and the new town planning will make adequate, provision for recreation. Most municipal authorities al- ready, mrovide some form of re-

They pointed to a series of mis. haps which had befallen the ship on its trip from the Orient. There was bad weather, injury to al longshoreman; sudden insanity, of a crew member, jare

Reports at the time of the elder Bar's disappearance said that he carried three jade necklaces around his neck. His son said, however, there had been no such articles in his father's collection.

Claude Bar, laughed at the theory of the curse on the cups: He said he and his pretty wife of three months are not worried. They plan to either return to France or settle to America with the treasure-Associated Press,

RADIO

42 Cdo, (Lt.) Hazel Davis, Mason Melanen, Pitman, Coga bel Murray Cummer. Fowkes, Haig, McMasters.eba Salon

H.M.S. "Armada" Green; Birch, Gommand; Sargeant, Robinson, Tuck; Reed, Thompson, Kirk, Thompson, Streater,

GROUNDS RE-ALLOCATED

Big Bare Feet Beyond at the far end of the behind which rested the remains room was a black canvas curtain of eight other political and mill- tary chieftains of the most ter rible despotism the world has witnessed since mediaeval times. The Recreation Grounds.com The chapinins were reading mittee met yesterday in the Coun- from prayer books. The guards cil Chamber under the Chalman- get the stretcher bearing Goering's ship of the Hon. Mr. V. Ken. Most body down between the first and of the grounds held by clubs in second gallows, Gooring's big bare pre-war time were re-allocated. feet stuck out from under the bot The tennis courts, formerly allot tom end of an ordinary khaki ted to the Nippon Club, were blanket. One blue silk pajamaed given to the Education Depart arm hung over the side.ment.

coloured United States Army

creation ground

Week-End Sports Gossip

Football

following is the soccer programme for this week

SATURDAY, OCT. 19, 1946 First Division

There are plenty of competi tibur in Britain in peace-time. In normal times every echool has 144 R.M. Commando a Sing Tao sports meeting. There are many (Navy grd. Causeway Bay at inter-school and inter-county 4.45 pat) matches for schoolboys and Referee:C. P. O Bagers, schoolboy championships covering. the whole country, County dis- & LS Sparrow. trict and national championships

for culors (16-19 years) and

seniors are also held, himsel

The national championships, held annually at the White City stadium,have always been open

The Colonel in charge ordered The Polo ground at Boundary ZBW Hoar Kong broadcasting the blanket removed. As the blan Street was allotted to the Army, on a frequency of 845 ilocycles ket came off it revealed to the who (by mutual arrangements) and from 12.30 to 1.15 pm, 7.80 witnesses and Allied correspop-will allot certain dates for the 4, 8,30 pm, and 9.15 to 11.00 dents the face of a freebooting. Royal Air Force, ***at to amateur, Mihletes from all parta p.m. also on 9.52 megacycles. political racketeer still contorted H.E.TAMI

12,30 pm Daily-Frograming Bummary

“Romance and Whythm" 12.47.Coleman Hawkina mud. Hier

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1,30

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Orchestral Interlude

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3. Fardo Almeny and Argentina Orch",

in "Pickel andom”--

Hal Lorenad

at the Broadcast Becretary

with Col

of the world. Each July (except, with pain of the last sgomising taking speed, heading for Furth, of course, during the two world moments.AMERA where there are two airfields. METR

many "champions from They covered him up quickly Both fields were dark and the few overeas were welcomed.Then and this Nazi war lord who, like attendants did not seem to know Britain Cha two or sometimes a character out of the days of the anything nonsual going on. The three inte Borgiss, had wallowed in blood convoy turned toward Erlanger demepr and beauty, passed beyond the where there is another, altfeldig spear canvas, curtain into the black Military police barew up read olymp pages of history that mark the blocks throughout the grea, and tou end of the Hitler era

Secret Destination

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Lincamen Leung Yak-Tong

Navy vs. 45 Commando C

(Navy grd, Causeway Bay at

3.80p.m

Refere-Lac F. Roberts, Linesmen F Barretto and" S. D. Sparrow.

- LClub-grdú, at; 4.45 pm,

Referee E N. Bulloc Linesmen RK vier and

Lawerence.

Second Division.

(Club ged, at 8.80p/m)

London, Oct. 15." Follow is the result of the Lancashire Bugby Cup, semi- final. Oldham 7 Wigan ZI Reuter.

› Members of the Kowloon Bowl- ing Green Club are playing the Subscribing Members... on Satur- day, commencing at 3.15 p.m.

a spe

The following have been chosen 1/6 Commanda on Sunday, an to represent the: B.AF against

Navy. Ground Causeway. Bay, al 4.45 pm Fope; Sinclair and pounior, fonderoon (Cut) tinh man and Burns, Beech. Stickland, Lord, McKinnon and Even

Kildare and CDL,

Linesmen

and D

Eastern

“Kwong Wab.

(Navy and Causeway Bayḥat 8.80 p.m.)

lonal matches, and the pionships and the Referee: Chan King Tin FA

normal times, 44 R. M. Commando va. Dock?

athletes yard RCA (St Joseph's and bent, parts Happy Valley at 3.80 p.m.)

CLA

Hetent

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England.

Shin Ming and

Commando,

Causeway Bay at

Leung, Lük dibag

1946

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protected chy, military

Drandinizing.