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London, Aug. 28. Baron Gottfried von Cramm is, I hear, to make a bid for his third European lawn tennis title at the Swiss championship, which open to-day at Lucerne. +

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To-day

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14.

Anniversaring and Holidays.— Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

(Special Air Mall Served)

London, Ang. 28. Air Vice-Marshal. R. P. Mills, After Fred Perry he has the best C.B., M.C., A.F.C., has been appoint.

Auctions-Lammert's Bale ot record of any player of the year. ed temporarily as Director of Postage Stamps, Sales, Roam, 5.15 He won both his. Davis Cup sing Fostings Air Ministry, Vice Air D · Miscellaneous Househoid les against France. and secured Commodore C. T. Maclean, GB. Furniture,

295 Prince Edward Road. (top floor), 11 am.

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the French title in June at Auteuil, and the German at Ham-D.8.0. M.C., who will take up his

dew duties as Air Öfkeez Com burg early in Ausgust

Christian Boussus, dentien, and manding, Royal Air Force, Middle Brusnon are going to Lucerne Fast, about October. 1994. from Paris. Mlle. Payot is defend- ing her title, but she will have no easy task, as France's second and third ranked women, Miles. Rasambert and Adamoff, will be among her rivals,

BILINGUAL

Air Vice-Marshal R. P. Mills joined the Royal Flying Corps from the Royal Fusillers in August, 1912. During the War he commanded wings of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force in France and England will send no official in Italy, and besides receiving the team, but I understand Miss Joan Military Cross was twice mention Ingram, who gave Miss Helen jed in despatches and received Jacobs so hard a match at Wim- several foreign decorations. He bledon, and Miss Pat Hughes are was also awarded the Air Force possible starters.

Cross for services in connection with the War. Subsequently he was employed on Atr Staff duties I glanced yesterday at Sn

t Headquarters, Royal Air Force, article in "Le Figaro." It amus-India, and as Deputy Director of | Ingly described the young foreign Organization. Air Ministry. On

diplomats in London who lunch relinquishing the latter post and dine "au Saint Jame's (xic) September, 1926, he was again Club."

posted to Headquarters, Royal Ar Switzerland, it generalised, was Force, India, and in March, 1929 the only country in Europe, where was appointed Chief Staff Officer one ate worse than in England. at that Headquarters. He was By comparison American food promoted to the rank of Air Com- though clinically hygienic, was modore in July 1929, and in the ambrosia.

New Year Honours List-1930- Was The Parisian lightness with made Companion off the Order which the writer deplored our

of the Bith mysterious gastronomic insensibi

ty-this, too, in the face of ณ bounteous nature which had pro- vided us with unrivalled meat and fish and vegetables-caused me to look to see whose name stood at the bottom of the columh.

It was Mr. Harold Nicolson's

NEW YORK IN LONDON

London had a touch of New York about it on Saturday night,

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King's:-"Springtime For Henry' Queen's: Wild Gold" Central: "Heads We Go! Oriental:-"Madame Butterfly” World:"Allas French Gertle" Alhambra:-"The Ninth Guest" Majestic:"The King Of The

Arena"

Star: "The Women In His Life"

Dances Garrison Lecture Hall, 8.30 p.m.

Meetings Council of Hong Kong Hockey Association. St. Andrew's Church Hall, 5.30 p.m.

Kowloon Union Church General Committee, 5.30 p.m.

Miscellaneous

V.D.MA. Committee Meeting, St. Andrew's Church Hall, 9.30 p.m.

Morning Meeting at Helena May Institute, conducted by Rev. J. E, Higgs.

Whist Drive on board HM.S. Tamar, 8.45- p.m.

Moon:-VIII Moon 8th Day.

Principal Mails Anward from America by Famp of Japan, and Pres Harrison.

Outward Air Mail for Europe by Somali, 5 p.m.; Steamer, 6 pm; for America and Europe via Siberia by Pres. Jackson, 5. p.m

Social Functions - Mixed Whist Drive at Kowloon

AIR STAFF IN IRAQ ·· Wing Commander H. K. Thorold. L.SC., DFC. A.F.C. who has been 70 (Bomber commanding No. Transport) Squadron, 18 ΠΟΥ cupointed for Air Staff (operations Cricket Club,. 9 p.m.. duties at Headquarters, Iraq Com.

Sports mand, Hinaldi, vice Wing Com Meetings. Hong Kong Hockey mander R. D. Oxland, O.EE.

Association Council Meeting - (St. Andrew's Church Hall), 5.30 p.m.

Wing Commander Thorold has 1920, a good deal of

The first performance of "Black- had, since birds of 1934" brought the atmos- service on the staff, has been phere of Harlem to the Coliseum-through the courses at the Staff

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Tides:—High at 1254; Low at

„SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15.

Anniversaries and Holidays.—

In the gallery as well as on the and Imperial Defence Colleges and 6.29 and 17.44. stage.

has served at the Air Ministry, Incidentally, the intricacies of Educated at Marlborough, he serv American slang caused some dimed as a pilot in the PNAS. in culty to the programame compliers. France and the Dardanelles. The "Gob" is

roughly the American L.F.C. was awarded him in 1921 equivalent for "matlow"; but four for service during the Nasiriyeh Feast of the Seven Dolours of lively singing and dancing sailors operations, his other decorations Our Lady. were anounced

The DS

Auctions-Lammert'a Four being gained during the Great

Bale War.

Radio Sets and Accessories, etc.. Coincidentally, a large number

Sales Room, 10.30 a.mn. COLOURS OF MARINE CRAFT of genuine "gobs" from the U.S. cmiser Minneapolis, which

Amendments have been made to rived at Gravesend on Saturday, ¦ paragraph 2020 (clauses 1 and 23 were busy making their first ex-et KR. and A.C.I. and are as plorations of the West-end.

Cobs."

"SILENCE NIGHT"

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follows:-

All RAF. power-driven marine craft wil be painted as follows, decks and rubbing stakes. being

The new regulation prohibiting the sounding of motor-horns within left bare:- five miles of Charing Cross came in- to force at 11.30 last night. The silence spell lasts till 7 am.

Full-Black (Home and Mediter- ranean Commands); white in tropical waters)

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King's: "Springtime For Henry”.... Queen's:-"Wild, Gold” Central:-"The Only Girl" Oriental:-"Madame Butterfly" World:-"Alias French Gertle" Alhambra:-"The Ninth Guest" Majestic-"The King Of The

Arena"

Star: "The Women In His Life"

MiscellaneoUS Tombola for Servicemen and families, Garrison Lecture Hall.

Bathing

7.30 p.m

Bt. Andrew's Club

Actually the silence was observed Upper deck woodwork at present by the majority or motorists. long before that time. Throughout the painted, including hoods, dodgers, evening, in fact, drivers of private funnels, ventilators, masts, SEC cars, taxis, vans, and buses battleship grey (Home and Medi-Picnic.a 3.30 p.m. "rehearsed" by driving without terranean Commands); white (in using their horns. Even at the tropical waters).

pedestrian crossings there were no Deckhouses and upper deck warning sounds, and overtaking woodwork at present varnished was done silently.

The silence was particularly im-opal varnish: pressive in the quieter streets such Harley-street, Wimpole-street,

and Mayfair

Water-line, 2n, white band. Below water-line, solution, anti- fouling red.

Normally in these streets, where The RAF. Identlitation marks, there are numbers of cross-roads, 12in. in diameter, will be painted motorists sound their horns fre- on the bows..

quently.

Last night, however, most cars

and taxi-cabe slowed to a snail's

Moon:-VIII Moon. 7th Day.

* Principal Malls Outward for Europe via Suez by Fushimi Maru 9.30 am.; for America and Europe via Siberia by Taiyo. Maru. 5 p.m.

Sports

Lawn Bowls.-Senior Division: Civil Service C.C. v. Craigengower “A”: Craigengower “B” v. Kowloon Docks R.C.; Police R.C. v. Club de Recreio; “Junior Division: Craigen- gower C.C. v. Civil Service C.C.;

pace at the corners and while the driver, disconnecting" the electio Indian R.C. v. Yacht Club; Club driver looked round the corner horn. "I am.so absent-minded- de Recreio v. Police R.C.; Football

Club v. HK. Electric.

see if the xty was clear.

At Piccadilly Circus, just before it's the only way I can obey the 11.30 crowds gathered to see the regulations,” he explained.

Suprise 6.09 am Bunset-6.29. "fun." But there was nothing After 11.30 the silence now pn. much to see. While the theatres officially imposed-continued. But. Tides:-High at 12.01 and 23.4T and cinemas were emptying, soon there were some exceptions Six Low at 5.32 and 17.18. after eleven, there was a little hoot horns were heard in Shaftesbury- ing but nauch less than usual. avenne at 11.45, and there were

As 11.30 struck a young man in

several a aports cai, blew, a last farious blast on a piercing electric horn- te mark the last moment of free dom.

aquare.

offenders in Leicester-

perienced, difficulty in refraining Mobile police and A.A. patrols from touching the horn button, mingled with the home-bound instinctively, many had theatre traffic to see how there learned to signal their approach he car shortly before the half hour gulations worked. It was evidenta cross-roads by switching their

that," while some motorists ez head lights on and off.

Another young man stopped his

and busied himself, with a screw

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