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EVENTS.

To-day. (April-24)

Lammert's Auction Sale of Fur- niture, Station Hotel, 18.30 am.

Hong Kong Cricket Club Tennis Tournament:-

Open Singles:

Semi-final: C. A. 1. Rumjahn 2.

S. A.. Rumjahn.

Handicap Singles "B":

Gordon (owe 3/0) v. Rodger (owe 3/3) or Ferguson (owe 3/6).

Woninck (owe 1/6) . F. U. Jen. aen (ree. 5/0).

Handicap Doubles:

T

Stabb and Lee (ner.) r. Green and Green (owe 15). Mixed Doubles:

Mr. and Mrs. Sayer (owe 170) E. J. Dowley and Mrs. Dowley (rec. 3/0) or . E. Holmes and Miss Taylor (owe 1/6).

R. Stock and Miss A. E. Lang (ser.) r. Mr. and Mrs. R. M, Wood (rec. 3/6).

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1931.

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日肆十月肄年登世佰玖仟登英 Price

PEN PICTURES OF

AMERICA.

IV.--LOS ANGELES AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

OLD SPAIN, NEW AMERICA, DESERT,

SEA AND PALMS.

[BY J. E. SEWELL}

Los Angeles, a city of nearly a Los Angeles is a large shipping million and a half people is the centre, and. from the Los Angeles | centre of Southern California. Allharbour, San Pedro, ships are parts of this Western playground, that holds so many people with its beauty, glamour and romance, can be easily reached/from Los Angeles. Southern California, often rèfer

Armstrong and Mrs. Keary (owered to as the "Land of Sunshine," 15) r. C. C. Stark and Mre, Stark is the largest pleasure resort in (ser.) or Mr. and Mrs. Blaker (res the world and people come there 2/0).

from, all parts of the world just to see it, but many stay and make their homes there.

Queen's Theatre: "Whoopee.” World Theatre: "Iwang Tien Poh" (Chinese film),

King's Theatre: "Tom Sawyer." Central Theatre: "The Boudoir Diplomnt."

loaded for all parts of the world with fruits, oil (both crude and refined), and manufactured articles ture industry is one of the largest in the world, and Los Angeles is the centre of it. But frait grow ing and shipping contribute largely to the prosperity of the port which supplies all the Northern States. with winter vegetables,"

Los Angeles, with her suburbs, must be one of the largest cities in the world. Not in population but in the area which the city covers. This is due to the safety precautions

People in California will never admit that it ever rains but I have Majestic Theatre: "Carser.". Dances: Tea Dance. R.K. Kotol, seer immenso quantities of dreach Dances. Hong Kong Hotel, Penin-ing dew fall there many times. To sula Hotel, and Hotel Coil. the visitor, the Californian res that must be taken as high build- European Mail-Inward: Europe deni, il it happens to rain, willings cannot get the foundations

Siberia (Chichibu Maru);

via

Europe ria Siberin (Rajputana). use the Hong Kong expression, that they need.

Siberia This weather is so unusual."' you (Comorin), 8.30 p.m.

Ontward: Europe

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Saturday,

(April 23.)

Anzac Day; St. Mark, E. and Lammert's Auction Sale of Fur- niture, Station Hotel, 10.30 a.m.

University Graduates Associa tion Dinner, Lane, Crawford's Restaurant..

Indian Recreation Club: Open ing of New Chubhouse by Mr. A. et Areulli, 3 p.m.

Hong Kong Area Sports Board "Athletic Meeting, Sookunpoo.

Cricket: University 11. R.A., Pokfulam,

Queen's Theatre: Whoopee." World Theatre: Hwang Tien Poh" (Chinese film).

A Place of Beauty.

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Many interesting trips can he arranged from Los Angeles. The The semi-tropical climate is de-

great American desert is practically lightful and stimulates the growth

on the outskirts of the city, and of all kinds of luxuriant and its anges and resorts are becoming In every increasingly popular. lovely plants which beautify both the rities and the country. Les direction are places to go to, and Angeles has lost none of its natural

things to do. Beautiful Santa beanty. by the arch, of progress, Barbara and exclusive Montecito and in many instances Mother

are to the north where you will see Here the large orange groves. Nature has been improved upon, as in Hong Kong, by man's skill. The quite a large percentage of the name, means, of course, the city world's citrus fruits is raised and

of Angels, and it surely lives up

Santa

| prepared for the market. to its high sounding title! The Monica, Venice. Redondo Beach,

King's Theatre: "Tom Sawyer" streets of the city are bordered and Loug Bench stretch in con

Central Theatre: The, Boudoir Diplomat."

with large lawns, palm trees and tinuous succession along the shore Nower beds. Nature's lavishness of the Pacific Orenn. Long Beach in where one of the largest auto- Majestic Theatre: "Career."

seems to have reflected itself even mobile assembly plants is located. Dances: Ten Dances, H.K. and

in the business buildings and Santa Monica, Venice, Ocean Park Peninsula Hotels: Dinner Danoes, Peninsula and Repulse Bay Hotels a motor tour through the city will and Redondo Beach are the places European Mail:-Outward:revent many novel and ingenious where Los Angeles playe. Here are found large pleasure parks where Europe i Siberia (Empress of

I have goen ice all sorts of exciting and clever Canada) 10.m.: Europe in Suez types of shops. (Rajputana) 10.30 a..

cream parlours built to represent rides, such as the wall of denth, an Eskimo igloo, refreshment stands giant slides and speed boats, can be had. Here, also, are large public that look like gigantie oranges,

the younger and bakerien like Dutch windmills, dance halls where with their sails turning in realistic people go for amusement.

Many people call these dena, famed for its Tournament of Roses, and Altadena are com manner. displays outlandish but in my opinion they give the city a charmmunities of unusual wealth and that in refreshing in contrast with beauty. Riverside, with its noted the usual, stern and forbidding

Sunday, (April 28.)

Third Sunday After Easter. Queen's Theatre: "Billy The Kid."

Queen's Theatre: "Whoopee." World Theatre: "Hwang Tien Poh" (Chinese film).

Mission

Past.

atoried

its Inn and sunshine, under wide spread palm trees, are within a few hours drive from Los Angeles.

King's Theatre: Tom Sawyer."atmosphere that most American Spanish Missions that, bask in the Central Theatre: "The Benson architecture instills. The residents have got away, to some extent, from Murder Case."

Dances Tea Dance at Repulse the usual business coldness that is

typical of American cities. Bay Hotel.

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