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To-day's Race Tips

(BY "The Owl")

RACE I

Mountain View

Stopwatch Shamrock

RACE 2

Able Amazon Night Star Bobmak Star

RACE 3

Liberty Bay King's Warden Gladiator

RACE 4

Electron The Dualin Able Warrior

RACE 5

Tiny Star Wadebridge Valley View

RACE 6

Wild 'Cat

Gold Sovereign The Gorilla

RACE 7

Royal Scot Silversmith Boolat Buy

RACE 8

Rose Evelyn Hopscotch

"The Hero

RACE 9

Strathroy Holiday Eve Yo Ho

RACE 10 Herod "Hetman

King's Jubilee

RACE 11

Royal Consort Thunder Bay

Tyne

RACE 12

Sadko King's Bounty. Mistake Bay

Daily Double

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23 Anniversaries und Hoilday's --- St. Ethelbert, King (a,618).

Cinema's

King's. "O'Shaughnessy's Boy." Queen's: Shipmates Forever." Oriental: "A" Night At The

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World-Chinese Picture. Alhambra: "His Night Out.". Majestic: She Gets Her Man." Star: "The Big Broadcast 0:

1936."

Entertainments.-Rehearsal, H. Singers, "Bing Ye (Bach), H.K. Union Church, 5.30 p.m.

Meetings, Kowloon Chess Club at Central British School, 5.30 p.m. Miscelaneous Rotary Titan. Hongkong Hotel; Ladies Sewing Boe, Matabed Church, 10 a.m. to noon; V.D.MA. Working Party. St. Andrew's Hall, 3 p.m.

Social-Bridge, Mah Jong and

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Sports...

Badminton-Men's Doubles, Y. R. C. Club de Recreio; Kowloon Tong v. St. Andrew's “A”.

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Billards. Senior Championship, M M. da Silva v. Chan Kai-yin (K.C.C.), 8.30 p.m.; R. Engineers v. Civf-Service; Prison Officers Garrison Sergeants; Catholic Union V Naval Dockyard Police; St Patrick's v. Dockyard R.C.; Fust- llers v. Chief and Petty Officers.

Racing.-Annual Race Merting (Happy Valley), 11.30 ani.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26.

Anniversaries and Holidays. Ash Wednesday. St. Victor, An- choret. The Holy Season of Lent begins.

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King's: She Couldn't Take It." Queen's: "Ship Cafe."" Oriental:-"Wings In The Dark." World: "Chinese Picture" Alhambra: His Night Out," Majestic: "She Gets Her Man." Star: "A Cup Of Kindness,'

Dances.--Tea Dance at. Cheero Club, from 5 to 7.30 p.m.

Entertainments.—Chgero Club Concert, "The Eight, Cornwallians," 9 p.m.

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Miscellaneous. — Claims

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Religious-"The Stations of the Cross" in Catholic Cathedral, 6,30 p.m.; St. Andrew's Church Lenten Bervice and Address, 6 p.m.; St. John's Cathedral Lenten Service, 5.30 p.m.; Dr. Reichelt addresses Meeting at Fao Fong Shan Chapel, Bishop's House, 6 p.m.

Social-Whist Drive, Sailors' Home and Beamen's Institute, 40 Gloucester Road, pm,

Sporta Badminton. "Men's Doubles, Ellot Hall "B" v. Fire Brigade; Talkoo R. C. v. St. John's; Club de Recreto "A" v. Chinese R.C.

Billards Senior Championship, Lam Cho-cha v. Andrew Tse (Club' Lusitano), 8.30 p.m.; Junior Cham-. pionship, L. T. Yung v. F. E. Suva (8ports Club), 8.30 p.m.

Football-Second Division, Royal Navy v. Royal Engineers (Cause- way Bay), 4.15 p.m

Hockey. Second Battery, H, K. S. R. A. v. Recreio (Marina Ground), 5 p.m.; East Lancashires v. Hong Kong Hockey Club (Shamshulpo Camp), 5 p.m.

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