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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1938.

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PRIZE MEETING

OVER HUNDRED PRESENT AT SPOON AND PRACTICE SHOOT

In spite of the rain during the morning, and the threat of fur- ther showers later, by far the largest attendance at the mid-week shoots was the feature of the Spoon and Practice Shoot which took place. as usual, on the Army Ranges at Kowloon City yesterday- afternoon.

REMARKABLE INCREASE

(Continued from Page 1)

While the light and clarity of the atmosphere were all that could be desired, a strong and variable wind varying between four o'clock and seven o'clock. kept scores on a low level, in some cases entirely wrecking them. To add to the dis- comfort of those taking part, rain was experienced at intervals, for- tunately not heavy enough to in- terfere seriously with shooting.

Another feature of the shoot was the large influx on the Aring- points of new members from the 2nd Bn. The Royal Scots, and al though every available target was fore increased by

MOBILISATION BILL'S WIDE SCOPE

FOREIGN MAILS

Ordinary air mail letters may be poated in the ordinary posting boxes at Kowloon Fest Office and General Post Office. They should be clearly marked "By Air Mail" and bear sufficient postage. In- suficiently prepaid letters may be taxed with double the deficiency or forwarded by Steamer Service, at the discretion of the Post Office.

and

Tokyo, March 9. It and when the national mobilisation R. is approved by the Diet its provisions will bo Air Mall Services to Shanghai, Nanking. Tringian, Tientsin extended to Korea.

Pelping are temporarily suspended. ·· Formosa, South Saghallen, Kwantung, and

Letters and Postcards for Europe and South America leased territory and mandated islands in the South

Pacific, are forwarded "via Siberia" if so superscribed. Government officials revealed to- day.

With the unanimous passage of the extraordinary military budget yesterday, the Lower House has now devoted its undivided atten-

to tion

consideration of mobilisation bili.

INWARD MAILS

From

Por

Dao

the

Shanghai and Swatow Bangkok and Swatow Shanghai

Kanchow.

10th Mar.

Kalgan

10th Mar.

Hector....

1th Mar.

Amoy

10th Mar.

The debate has been expedited y the Chamber's decision to thrash the controversial points Canada, U.S.A., Japan and Shang~

of the Bill out by frank exchange jot "opintan between Parliamen-

members..ip were received from tarians and Qicers and men of the 2nd Bat-Cabinet, talion. The Royal Scots, which Reuter), unit only arrived in the Colony at the beginning of the new year,

Individual membership

there- 295 between

In use on the larger range, the those dates, and only yesterday firing-points were crowded, and nine further applications reached firing did not cease until much the Honorary Secretary, making a total of 304, so far received for 1938.

later than usual.

The winners of the spoons awarded at yesterday's shoot were as follows:

members of the private sessions.-

BADMINTON

Straits and Manila

hal-Vancouver, B.C., date 19th February

U.S.A., Canada. Japan and Manila

Seattle, date, 13th February Japan and Formosa......

Talma... Scharnhorst

Emp. of Russia....

10th Mar,

Pres. Jackson. Suwa Maru.......

11th - Mar.

11th Mar,

date.

Imperial..

Airways Plane

11th Mar.

Haruna Maru...........

11th Mar.

Air Mail by Imperial Airways

Direct Service "London 3rd March.

Straits and EUROPE via Nega-

LAST NIGHT patam (Letters and Papers) Lon-

Recreio Ladies Beat

The Rest

It will thus be seen that at the time. Le within nine present

There was only one match down S.R. (b): P.O. J. C. Swan, R.N. weeks from the beginning of the (nett): S/Cdr. J. R. Hill, R.A.O.C., year. Individual membership has for decision in the Colony Open

not Doubles Badminton Championship

don date 10th February ................. Air Mail by "Pan-American Air-

Direct ways

Service" - San Francisco date. 2nd March Shanghai and Swatów.... Japan .......

Straits and Manila Straits and Manila

Pe. K. G. Ryan, R.A.O.C., and grown to such an extent

tu pass that and, as expected, resulted in a Manila S.S.M. W. Street. R.A.S.C. (handi- only to equal, but

win for P. H. Wong and C, Au Japan standing on December 31, 1937. cap spoons).

The following

of lover F. H. Kwok and G. A. Smith table 5 interest:-

5.R. (a):

Geary, Bdsm. G

Dmr. (nett);

R. Bolingbroke, 1/Midd'x. FL. Cpl. Maghar Singh, H.K.P., Bdsm. A. Veryard, 1/Midd'x. R.. and Pte. C. 12th MARCH P Basto, H.K.V.D.C. (handicap

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LIVERPOOL SERVICE "TEUCER" Baila 21 MAR., for Barra, Liverpool

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spoons).

INDIVIDUAL FULL MEMBERSHIP

Date. Na of individual Total No.

full members. enrolled.

1/1/38

by scores of 15-7 und 15-9.

The match was played at Club

Straits

Manila

Calcutta and Straits

de Recrélo, but chief interest of Java and Manila....

the evening was centred ол the Manila ....

encounter between the Recreio Straits and Europe via Suez (Let-

Pan-American

Airways Plane Cheklang... Helyo Maru Agamemnon Conte

11th Mar. 19th Mar.

13th Mar.

12th Mar.

Biancamano-

19th, Mar.

Neptuna

19th Mar.

Malacca Maru

13th Mar.

Anshun

13th Mar.

Prometheus....

18th Mar

Shirala....

15th Mar.

Tilsadane.

16th Mar.

Emp. of Russia.

16th Mar

17th February and Parcels-London date, 10th Feb. Ranpura ..........

"206 *

206

Ladies and three pairs "drawn from the Rest, which resulted in

ters and Papers) London, date

London

275

469

388

864

a win for the home, team by eight sets to one.

Australia and Manila...

310

Full scores are:-

368

562

444

$20

Japan and Shanghai..

M. Miss

Silva and Miss O. Saigon Ribeiro (Recreio beat Mrs. G. T. Calcutta and Straits

692

1,168

On Page one in this issue will be 1/1/37 found an article dealing with the 1/1/38 phenomenal growth in individual 1/3/36 full membership during the last 1/3/37 few weeks, and this increase augurs

1/3/38 well for the success of the forth-

9/3/38 coming prize meeting, which His

*The subscriptions paid in 1935 Stokes and Miss M. Griffiths 21-8: Japan and Shanghai.. Excellency the Governor has been held good until 31/12/36. hence beat Miss U. Khoo and Miss W. Straits kind enough to signify his inten-there was no fall in membershin Cheung 21-19: beat Mrs. S. W. Shanghai

Clark and Miss Sammers 21-3. tion to attend, on the first two on January 1 of the latter year.

Miss M Xavier and Miss M. days, if his engagements permit,

Ribeiro (Recreio) beat Mrs. while on April, 10. His Excellency will be present for some of the The programme for the meeting Stokes and Miss Griffiths 21-11: events, and April 11, will be on will be distributed to all concerned beat Miss Khoo and Miss Cheung the ranges for most of the day. by the end of the present week. 21-9; beat Mrs. Clark and Miss

His Excellency has also kindly and it is particularly requested Summers 21-14. consented to, distribute the prizes that any member who desires to at the conclusion of shooting on receive a copy, should inform the the last day of the meeting, Mon- Honorary Secretary at once. either day. April 11.

in writing or by telephone.

The leading scores made yesterday afternoon were as follows:-

S.R. (b)

200 Yds... 500 Yds. 800 Yds. Aggregate Ass'n. Nett Nett Nett.

2323382****88*

Miss A. C. Remedios and Mrs. M. Castro (Recreio) beat Mrs. Stokes and Miss Griffiths 21-18; beat Miss Khoo and Miss Cheung.21-13: lost to Mrs. Clark and Miss Sum- mers 23-24;

Japan

17th Mar.

Kitano Maru.......

17th MAT.

Marechal Joffre..

17th Mar.

Sphinx......

18th Mar.

18th Mar

15th Mar.

19th Mar,

gist. Mar.

Hosang..... Kaisar-I-Hind.

Bhutan..... Glenshiel.

Teucer....

OUTWARD MAILS

REGISTERED AND PARCEL MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertised to close at or before 9 s... registered and parcel mails are closed at 5 p.m. on the previous day.

For

THURSDAY

Samshui and Wuchow Amoy and Shanghal..

Kongmoon

YACHTING RACE Swatow and Bangkok..

*Straits and Calcutta

Miss Crawhall Wilson Haiphong

The

Scores Win

sweepstake races of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club sailed yesterday afternoon resulted in a win for Widgeon (Miss Craw- hall Wilson).

Detailed results were as follows:

Straits and EUROPE via Marseil- les-due Marsellles, 8th April, and London Parcels due Londot date. 14th April

Swatow and Amoy...

Per

Date and Time.

Thursday, 10th

Kongao.. Taiyuan.... Kwelyang..

8.15 AM

8.30 AX

8:30 AM

10:00 AM

Parcela 15. Á

Noon

2.00 PM

Tal Lee...

Kumsang. Canton

Ord

GP.O, & K.P.O.

Par.

1.00 PM

Reg.

2.46 PM

Rector..

Ord.

3,30 P2C

Hong Ping..

1.30 PM

G.P.O. & K.P.O.

Reg.

*.30 PM

Urd,

3,07t

3.30 PM

4.30 M

Air Mail for "K.L.M. Airways Ser-

vier"due Amsterdam, 20th Mar. Hector.............. @watow, "Shanghai and Tientsin... Taksang............

Emp. of Russia.... Scharnhorst.....

Score

H'cap.

Nett

1-P.O., J. C. Swan

scr.

98.

2.—Mr. H. W. Cory....

3.-Mne. P. G. Heather ... 2

4.-Cd.-Gnr. A Moody..... SCI.

5:-Cpl. F. E. C. C. Quah... 2

6.-C.P.O. G. H. On..

89.

St. P. Hale 8-S/Cdr. J, R. HI

SCI.

83+

9.--P.O. H. Richards

10. Pte. W. O'Connor

31,

11-C.S.M. R H. Challis

.29

12.-Surg.-Lt. J. B. Mackie scr

13.-Capt. F. A. Milliken ...

14.-Pte. K. G. Ryan

85+

- Mixed Classes-Started at 14:45 Manila

Finished Corr. Pos Shanghai

17.37.35 17.36.38 2

17.40.13 17.40.13 8

1.Bdsm. G. Geary........

S.R. (a)

(Mr. Drew Wilkinson). Nereid I

2.-L/Cpl. R. Langford 3.-Sit. E. Stephens .... 4.--Dmr. R. Bolingbroke... 8 5. Capt. R. T. Guscott... 9 6.-L/Cpl. T. F. Baker...... 3 7.Sit. D. Matheson' 8.-L/Cpl. J. M. Xavier... 9 9-Cpl. Maghar Singh 13 10-Bdsm. A. Veryard..... 12 31-Pte. C. P. Basto

13 -Denotes the winner of the "nett" spoon. t-Denotes the winner of the "handicap

79+

122

*78

(Mr. R. Stock). Kittiwake

· 26

75+'

75+

Ailsa

20-

621

spoon.

All the above competitors used the 1914" rifle.

ន ៖ ភ ន គ គ គឺ អ នក

ន គ ន ឥ៩ ឌ៩៩ ឆ ឆន

888

NOTE: The handicap of each winner has been reduced by one

point as shown. This procedure, applies to all S.R a and "SR. (b) Spoon Shoots.

AUSTRALIAN

TENNIS TOUR

Melbourne, March 9.

Four Australian women tennis

ENJOYABLE CONCERT

players, Misses Hopman, Stevens, Under the distinguished patron- Coyne and Wynne, left "yesterday, age of HE.. the Governor, Sir on a five months' tour abroad. "

Colleen

(Rev. E. D. A. Staunton). Dorothea

17.45.09 17.39.351 7

(Lt. E. F. Stanley, R.N.). Gull..

17.42.15 17.37.01 3

17.44.19 17.39.051 6

(Miss P. M. King). Jean...... 17.43:12 17.37,584.4

(Col. G. C. Gówlland). Teal, D.NF. (Capt. S. del Court).

17.44.14 17.38.034 5 (Mr. R. M. Firth). Heron. D.N.F. (Miss V. A. Buckley). Widgeon....... 17.40.23 17.33.154 1

(Miss Crawhall Wilson).

TABLE TENNIS

MATCH

Chinese Y.M.C.A. Win

Air Mail for Wuchow, Kwellin, Kweiyang and Chungking by the "C.N.A.C. Airways Direct Service." C.N.A.C. Plane

FRIDAY Samshut and Wuchow....... "Swatow and Tentsin. Swatow and "Shanghai... Air Mail for Slan, Lauchow and Chengta, etc. (via Hankow) by the "Eurasia Airways Service" (To further" points by surface transport as Services permit), Kongmoon

Formosa

Holhow

Japan and Europe Via Siberia Bangkok

Air Mail for “KLM. Airways Ber- vice"-due Amsterdam, 22nd Mar. Manila Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South Africa. Aden Egypt and Europe via Marseilles-due Mar- seilles, 9th April ............................ The following are the scores:- Straits and Calcutta....... Lai Shin-kong beat R. Goldman

The Chinese YMCA defeated the European YMCA. in a table tennis match last night.

Tal Hing Yunnan Kiungchow..

Earasia Plane On Lee...... Hongkong Maru.. Kwangtung...... Haruna Maru.... Proteus

Suwa Maru....... Malayan Prince..

Suwa Maru...........

Talme.

falu, and U.8.A. by the "Pan- American Airways Direct Service" | Pan-American --due San Francisco, 19th March

Geoffry Northcote, HE. Sir Percy 21-18, 21-8; Poon Sal-ying beat J. Airmail for Manila, Guam, Hono- The party will arrive in England Noble and HE. Major General A. Anderson 21-10, 21-11; Poon Sal Jon April 17 and will immediately W. Bartholomew, the Hong Kong itong beat W. J. Ashton 21-6, 21-7; compete in the Brighton Tourna-Singers gave a very enjoyable con-1C. Brandt lost to Poon Sal-on 7-21, ment. They will also play in the cert of part songs and sea shanties (8-2; Mak Yu-sze beat W. Lamford English Hard-court Championship at the China Fleet Club Theatre 21-4, 21-18; Lai Bhul-hong beat

E. Sweetman 21-18, 21-17; Wong Shanghai ̧. in Bournemouth, after which they last night.

Shu-wing beat J. 8. Greenberg will participate in various other

21-10, 21-17. tournaments in England.

From May 2 to 12 the players will compete in the French Cham- plonships to be held in Parle

Some of the items, like Elgar's "Feasting I Watch" have pre- viously been rendered with great success by the Bingers, and the

1.5

Shortly after 2 p.m. yesterday, a Kowloon bound ferry was

week later the party will take part new items on the programme were leaving the Star ferry wharf, a

in the Wimbledon competitions.

From July 8 to 17, the Australian women players will take part in the international championships in Germany(Transocean).

also well received.

Chinese, in trying to board the, Miss Prue Lewis, Prof. Ettore- vessel, missed his footing and fell Pellegatti and Mr. E. O'Nell Shaw into the harbour."

excellent instru-` rendered also mental numbers./

He was rescued by the ferry's sailors..

SATURDAY

8watow and Amoy Japan, Canada, U.S.A., Central and South America and *Europe via Victoria B.C.--due Victoria B.C.,

Airways Plane

Conte

Cremer...

Blancamano.......

1st April and *Europe via Siberta Pres. Jackson.....

*Superscribed Correspondence Only.

*5.00 M Kowloon P.0. Reg. 10th 3.00 PM Ord. 10th 5.00 PM Q.P.0.

Reg. 10th 5.00 гM Ord. 11th 8.00 AM

Priday., 11th

8.15 AM 8.30 AN

10.30 AM

G.P.O. & L.P.O.

9.00 AM...

Reg. Ord.

9.30 AM.

10,0 AM 10.30AM

10.30 AN

3.30 PM

3.30 PX

| Q.P.C. & R.P.O.

Reg Ord...

4.30 PM 8.0 PM 1.00

G.P.O.&KP.0. Reg. 8:00 PM Ord. 5,30 PM Par. 11th 5.00 PM Ord, 12th H.30 AM

Kowloon P.0. Reg. 11th 6.0 PM Ord. 11th 8,00 PM 0.2.0. Reg. 11th 50 ZX- Ord. 18th 6 10 AM

Saturday, 12th

9.30 AM 10.30 AM

Parcals. 3.00 F Reg. 4.15 PM 5.00 14

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