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HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMERS RIFLE

JON TIG OM MOTO GẠO CANTON MA CAO TAN

TRAVEL

THE

SHORT

SAFE

SEA

WAY

by the

British Line

CHINA NAVIGATION CO. LTD.

CANTON LINE

From Hong Kong; 8 A.M. only. (No sailing on Sunday)

"A.M; only.

From Canton:

(No sailing on Sunday)

MACAO LINE

From Bong" Kong

Work day &.00 3. Kinakan 8,30 p.m. Sul Tai

St Tri

Saturday

SUNDAY

$0.50 m. Kimban 8.30 pm. 9ui Tai

*EXCURSION.

From Macao

3.10. Bul: Fai 1.00 .. Elsahan 3,00. But Tai 4.30 p.m. Sul Tal 1.00 m. Einahan 5.00 p.m. Kinaba

Note:-Ail vaanels equipped with Wirslers, QUEEN'S BUILDING, CONNAUGHT ROAD Telephone 2010I

Triestina

Lloyd

NEXT SAILINGS

To SHANGHAI

Conte Rosso"

26th Mar.

To ITALY

"C. "Biancamano

ASSOCIATION

MEMBERSHIP STILL

GROWING STEADILY

Surg.-Lt. J. B. Mackie Easily Wins Nett Spoon At Shoot

NEXT SUNDAY'S PROGRAMME

At the mid-week Spoon and Practice Shoot held by the Hong Kong Rifle Association on the Army Ranges at Kowloon City yes- terday afternoon, Surg.-Lieut. J.B. Mackie, H.K.N.V.F., easily won the nett spoon in the S.R. (b) class with the fine score of 99 points, which included for the first time for many weeks past, a brilliant possible" at 600 yards

Conditions on the whole were favourable, for the wind was stead both in strength and -direction, while the light, though dull, was constant throughout.

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INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY TOURNAMENT

THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1938.'

FOREIGN MAILS

Air mall letters may be pasted in the ordinary posting boxes. They

| should be clearly marked “By Air Mail" and bear sufficient postage. İn- | sufficiently prepäld letters may be taxed with double thé deficiency

or forwarded by Steamer Service, at the discretion of the Post Office. »

First Round Games Mail Services to Shanghai, Nanking. Tsingtan, Tientsin and

This Afternoon

annual

The first round of the International Tournament of the

Felping are temporarily suspended.

Letters and Postcards for Europe and South America Hong Kong Hockey Association are forwarded "via Siberia" if so superscribed.

will be decided this afternoon. All matches will start at 5 p.m. sharp. England will meet Wales on the U.S.R.C, Tround.

Portugal will be opposed to China on the Sookunpoo ground.

INDIA'S TEAM

Taiyuan.

INWARD MAILS

From

Per

Due

Terukuni Maru...

24th Mar.

24th Mar. 24th Mar.

Airmail by "Imperial Airways Ramzan (K.IT.C.); Data" Ram Direct Service"-Londen date, Imperial (Rajputs)" and Kishen Singh 16th March. (H.K,S.R.A.); M. H. Hassan (Radio), Japan

14th Mar. 24th Mar.

Shanghai and Swatow In their match against Ireland U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Manila on the Police Training School (San Francisco, date, 23rd Feb.) Pres. Cleveland. ground, India will be represented Japan and Shanghai......... by the following:-

Alrways Plane Jeypore.... Gulam Rasul (Rajputs and M. R. Air Mail by "Pan-American Air-" Between 80 and 90 members of shooting belog concurrent with Mauk (K.I.T.C.); Lieut. Sawal ways Direct the Association took part in the that for the Spoon Shoot. Three Khan (Rajputs), Gurbachen Singh-

Service"-- San Fan-American Francisco date, 18th March

Airways Plane shoot, and as will be seen below, team Aze

also taking Radto). Lieut. Pritam Nath (Raj- Amoy

Sirdhana. the spoon-winners were as follows: place, as well as revolver and clay-puts), Pyara Singh K.LT.C.) and Canada, USA., Honolulu, Japan &

SR. (b):-Surg.-Lt. J. B. Mackie, bird events. H.K.N.V.F. (nett): Cpl. W. Nunn, In view of the imminence of the RE. and Cpl. R. C. Butters, prize meeting, it is thought possible R.AS.C. (handicap spoons). S.R.that the number of members at- (a): L/Cpl, T. F. Baker, 1/Midd'x. tending the shoot on Sunday next R. (nett); Pte. A. H. Cox, 1/Midd'x. will be larger than ever before, R., Pte. V. M. Hammond. Hong and for this reason shooting will Kong V.D.C.. and Pte. H. Howe. commence between 8.20 am and |1/Midd'x. R. (handicap spoons).

Special Two Months' Round Trip Tickets At Reduced Rates

To BOMBAY

COLOMBO

SINGAPORE..

£44. £41 £18

£25

£21

£22

£19

£13

£11

£ 6

SHANGHAI ....... £13.100 £9

ROUND THE WORLD tickets issued at Special Reduced Rates in connection with all Trans-Pacilie & Trans-Atlantic Conference, Lines. .THROUGH TICKETS TO LONDON 93 days Special facilities for despatch by train of heavy baggage with liberal free allowance.

INTERCHANGEABLE RETURN TICKETS with the Dollar Lines on every favourable conditions.

"ITALIA" & "ADRIATICA" LINES Agents for the sale of through and independent tickets to North, Central & South American Ports and to all Mediterranean, Levant & Black Sea Ports.

LLOYD TRIESTINO

P.Ü. Box 143. Tel. Addr. "Lloydiano” Telephones 32982/3. Canton Agents-DODWELL & CO. LTD.. Shameen.

FOR SALE

NEW LAIDLEGHORN EGGS

From The Early Sound Leghorn Farm Tai Po Market, New Territory,

Sole Agents 2-

HUNG CHEONG,

(Tel. 67108).

KOWLOON.

65, Nathan Road,

The programme for the shoot on Sunday morning next has now been issued to the Honorary Secre

taries of all amliated units and clubs, and if any member of the Association" has not yet seen a

Partaub (Kumaons).

་

CULTURED PEARLS

25th Mar. 24th Mar.

Shanghai (Vancouver B.C., date 5th March)

Japan

Emp. of Japan.... Atsuta Maru...... Toyama Maru........

95th. Mar.

26th Mar.

25th Mar.

Japan and Shanghai.

Bangalore...

25th Mar

Straits

28th Mar.

Straits

28th Mar.

6th Mar.

16th Mar.

Straits

3.30 a.m., and not at 8.40 am. as Cause Big Slump In Japan.

Value Of Real Pearls straits and EUROPE via Nega-

stated in the programme of shoot- ing for that morning.

The result of the Spoon Shoot

(BY AIR MAIL)

16traits

held at Stonecutters last Saturday A string of pearls that, ten years was as follows:-SR. (b) P.O. Hagu.

worth £10.000 would was Richards, RN. (handicap spoon). probably fetch about E2000 in the

astraits

In the S.R. (a) series there were auction rooms to-day, states Japan and Shanghai. not enough competitors to warrant correspondent the award of a spoon. There will

de no Spoon Shoot next Saturday,

Standard."

the

Evening Air Mail by "Imperial" Airways

One of the main causes of the

Direct Service"-London 19th March '"

Sarpedon... Eumaeus.

Bhutan...

Nojima Maru. Conte Rosso......

Behar...

patam (Letters and Papers) Lon-

San Francisco.

don date 24th February

Haiphong

Katori Maru.............

26th Mar.

Eskbank..

26th Mar.

Canton... Scharnhorst.....

25th Mar

97th Mar.

27th Mar.

date. Imperial

Airways Plane

27th Mar.

Anhul...

27th Mar.

Mutmam.

28th Mar.

La Plata Maru...

28th Mar.

Mausang.

[Calcutta and Straits...............

Tilawa.

Jean Laborde

19th Mar.. 30th Mar.

the permission of the in view of the shooting on Sunday decline is the flooding of the mar-shanghai and Amoy

morning.

copy, he should apply without de- lay to his club or unit representa- tive, and in the case of members of the China Fleet. to Lieut. R. F. Jenks, R.N.. H.MS. Medway.

With Council, the retiring Honorary

Individual full membership of Secretary is presenting a special Prize List of 100 prizes, divided the Association is steadily growing. equally between those shooting although naturally, not in the with the S.R. (a) and S.R. (b) spectacular fashion which was the rifes, and for which no additional | case recently. It is now 718, com- entry fee is being charged, all pared with 388 on January 1.

The leading scores made yesterday afternoon were as follows:-

S.R. (b)

200 Yds. 500 Yds, 600 Yds. Aggregate

Nett

Nett Nett

Score

88888888888888

គគគតដតឥតខាតឥឥន្ទ ។

ket: with cultured pearls. In com-Straits petition with wild" pearls, as the Straits and Holhow cultured pearls merchants insist Japan.... on calling those pearls produced Calcutta and Straits. without the help of man,

A typical instance is a double Saigon necklace of pearls bought for £31,500 in 1929. Four years later the owner, needing money after the slump, decided to pawn the larger of the two rows. She received £4000. As the market

Tisadane

OUTWARD MAILS

Peth Mor.

REGISTERED AND PARCEL MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier was still than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails declining, she never reclaimed the are advertised to close at or before 9 a.m., registered and parcel mails

Ass'ni

Nett

H'cap.

1. Surg.-Lt. J. B. Mackle scr.

33"

99*

pearls, and they were sold by aue-

2.-C.P.O. G. H. Grimin

tion in a big London sale room

3.-Lieut. R. F. Jenks.....

scr.. 31

for £500,"

4.-Sjt. V. W. Cooper .....

5.-E.R.A. W. E. Haynes.....

ECT.

6. P.Q. C. Clark"....... 7.-8. F. E. Russell

8.-L/Cpl. R. Langford ...

9.P.C. Charan Singh

10.-Cpl. W. Nunn

92+

11.-0/8jt. R. Colbourne...

12. Cpl. G. Puran Singh... scr.

13-Mne. P. G. Heather... 1

14. Cpl. R. C. Botteriss... 8

· 30

891

All the above competitors used the "1914" rifle.

S.B (a)

1.-L/Cpl. T. F. Baker ...

33"

91*

2-Pte. A. H. Cox".....

80+

3. Sjt. E. Stephens......

4. Cadet G. J. P. Carey... 5

took it. reluctantly, for £800.

5.-Dmr. R. Bolingbroke...

" 85

6.SJt. D. Matheson...... 7 -Capt. R. T. Guscott... B 8.--S; Comdr. J. R. Hill... -

81 -

9.-Pte. V. M. Hammond... 11

81+

10-L/Cpl. G. W. J. Geary 6 18-Pie. B. Howe

225

70+

*---Denotes the winner of the "nett" spoon.

are closed at 5 p.m. on the previous day.

For

Por

Date and Time

Thursday, 24th

Chung Ôn... Solviken..

8.15 AM 8.30 AM

G.P.O. & KP.O. Reg.,

THE

BLUE FUNNEL

LINE

REGULAR AND FAST 】 PASSENGER SERVICES ||

FREIGHT AND

LONDON SERVICE

"AENEAS" Faila 6 APRIL, for Marseilles, London,

LIVERPOOL SERVICE

"CYCLOPS"

Rotterdam & Ginagow

Sails 21 APR for Havre, Liverpool,

Bromborough & Hull

NEW YORK SERVICE "GLAUCUS" Sails 7 MAY, for Boston. New York,

Philadelphia and Baltimore, via Cape of Good Hope

PACIFIC SERVICE(via JAIBEN, KÖBE, MAGUTA & YOKOHAMA)

"TALTHYBIUS" Sails 14 APR.. for Victoria, Vancouver

&Seattle

INWARD SERVICE

"SARPEDON"

“RUMAEUS"

25 WAR, From U.K. via Btraits 28 MAR., From U.K. vin Straita

"PROTESILAUS" 3 APR, From Europe via Straits

4 APR, From U.K via Strafta

"CALCHAS"

Specially reduced fares are quoted for cargo stanmers with

limited passenger accommodation

For freight, pakage rates and information apply to

Butterfield &. Swire,

Tel. 30333.

Agenta,

t-Denotes the winner of the "handicap" spoon, NOTE: The handicap of each winner has been reduced by one point as shown. This procedure applies to all SR. (a) and B.R. (b) Spoon Shoots,

JAPAN'S DAVIS CUP TEAM

YACHTING RACES

The complete necklace would probably have fetched between

£8000 and £9000. Today. £5000) would probably buy the whole think.

I asked an importer of cultured pearls what a necklace equivalent to that, in cultured pearls, would cost. He said £1000,

800-IT COST €3500

A dealer told me of a man from Cuba who brought to London small, pink pearls necklace for which he paid £3500 a few years ago. He wanted to sell it and in- vest in diamonds.

THURSDAY Samshul and Wuchow

Swatow

Air Mail for Stan, Lanchow and Chengta, etc. (vla Hankow) by

the "Eurasia Airways Service" (To further.. points by surface transport as Services permit). Kongmoon Swatow Amoy

FRIDAY

Swatow and Shanghai............. One of the big pear! brokers Air Mail for Slan, Lanchow and

Chengtu, etc. (via Hankow) by the "Eurasia Airways Service" (To further points by surface transport as Services permit). Kongmoon

I heard of one woman whose pearl necklace, insured for several thousand pounds, was stolen. The Insurance company chose to re- place the pearls under valuation. Formosa

Eurasia Plane Tal Lee..... Selstanger Tjisaiak......

Sinkfang.

urd..

9.00 AM 9.30 AM 10.00 AM

3.00 PM

5.00 PM

Friday, 25th

8.30 AM

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

Eurasia Plane On Lee.. Canton Maru.......

Rag. Ord.

9.30 AM 9.30 AM 10.00 AM 10.30 AM

: 10.20 AM

Reg. Ord.

12.30 PM

and she recelevd about one-tenth swatow, Foochow and Tientsin...... Yochow........ of the amount for which she had air Mall for "ELM. Always Ser-

| insured them.

vice"-dat Amsterdam, 3rd April. Terukuni Maru She bought no more pearls but Straits, Sandakan, Ceylon, india, E. invested the money in a modern

oil painting which may one day be as valuable as her pearls once were.

કર્મ

&. S. Africa. Aden. Egypt and Europe via Marseilles-due Mar- seilles, 20th April...... Japan, Canada U.S.A.. *C. & 8* Fifteen years ago cultured pearls

America, & *Europe via Victoria were practically unknown.

ΕΤΟΣ

B.C.-due Victoria B.C., 14th April generations, the Chinese had toyed

*Europe via Siberia..... with the idea of placing a foreign Straits, Ceylon, India, Aden, Egypt body in an oyster, to make it pro-

and Europe via Marselles-due duce a pearl. They were never Marseilles, 27th April... successful.

More recently, the, Japanese Class expérimented. The pearls they will arrive here today by the fourth Championship series and produced were rarely of a good welyang and Chuncking by the Terukuni Maru on their way to sweepstake races of the Royal shape, and they had a bluish tinge Europe.

DUE TODAY

The Japanese Davis Cup team

"H" Class Resail Yesterday

The resil of the "H"

Hong Kong Yacht Club were held No public exhibition will be ar-yesterday afternoon. ranged as the Hong Kong Lawn Detalled results are as follows: Tennis Association has only just "H" Class-Started at 14.40 been informed of their arrival,

Finished Corr. Pos. Pts. and the weather at the moment plana ... 16.08.28 16.08.28 4 6 is so uncertain.

(Mr. N. W. Dimsey). Tamia Abe is acting as manager Colleen... 18.10.03 18.05.48 2 .8 and coach of the team. The two

(Rev. E D. A Staunton).

players travelling with him are Aerial ... 16.09.03 16.04.48. 1 Fumiteru Nakano, of Hosel Uni- (Mr. C. D. A, Rosa). versity, and Yasumino Kuramitsu. Dorothea 16.09.33 16.06.43 3 of Kwansal University,

(Mrs. L. Drummond).

leave

Artemis

"A" Class-Started at 1445

Finished Corr. Pos. 16.18.28 16.18.26 1

(Mr. G. G. Wood).

Jira Yamag will travel, to America direct and wil

Japan in June.

Mr. C. J. Tacchi, Hon. Secretary

of the HKLTA, is trying to 308s....16.20.39 18.20.30 6 obtain a Hong Kong C.C. court for (Capt. Northcote),

the use of the Japanese players Redshank. 16.20.23.10.20.23 5 should they desire to have a knock-up this afternoon.

RECREIO SNOOKER

CHAMPIONSHIP

(Capt. . H. Bower), True Blue ...... 16.19.54 16.19.54 3

(MBS J. L. Smith). Kittiwake..... 18.18.52 16.18.52 2

(Major W. H. Postle). Painted Lady 16.20.03 16.20.03 4

A. P. Pereira (278) defeated P. A. (Capt. M. T. L. Wilkinson). Yvanovich (193) in the final of the Jean ........ 16.21.00 16.21.00 7

(COL G. C. Gowlland),

1. Connaught Road, C.

Bnooker Championship of the Club

de Recreio yesterday evening.

Teal

... 18.2451 16.24.31

that made them easily disting- uishable. But in 1921 the first few

Manila

Air Mall for Wuchow, Kweilin,

1.00 PM

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

Terukuni Maru...Ord.

13.45 ru

Reg.

J.30 PM G.P.O. & E.P.O. Parcel: Noon Bog.

Pres. Jefferson... d.

Bangalore........... Emp. of Japan...

"C.N.A.C. Airways Direct Service." C.N.A.C. Plane

cultured pearls were shipped west- Airmail for Manila, Guam, Hono- wards that could really compare with ordinary pentis. The tech-

Jala, and U.S.A. by the "Pan- American Airways Direct Service"| Pan-American nique was improved, and the method of using two oysters to

-----due San Francisco, 2nd April Airways Plane make one pearl was developed

...co SATURDAY

An expert told me that he can distinguish between pearls and cul Air Mail for "Imperial Airways tured pearls by minute differences Direct Service" due London, Imperial apparent only to the highly-train- 3rd April

Airways Plane ed eye-almost by a sort of in-Air Mail for “Australia by Imperial stinct.

Airways Service"-dae Darwin, Imperial There is,

30th March. however, testing machine which infallibly reveals Samshut and Wuchow... whether a pearl is cultured or

Manila, Australia and New Zealand not, no matter how fine it may be. via Thursday Island-due Thurs- One is installed in the laboratory. day Island, 6th April.

In Hatton-gardon, EC., of the Shanghaf Diamond and Pearl Section of

Kongmoon

the London Chamber of Com-Formosa, Shanghai and Japan.. Swatow, Amoy and Foochow (via

Amoy)

merce.

(Capt. 8. del Court). Mixed Classes---Started at 14.50 Alisa

16.32.40 16.32.48 2 (Mr. R. M. Firth),

Gael

.............. 16.33.01 18.20.51 1 (Col. 8. Smith),

1.46 PM

2.30 PM

G.P.O. & K.PO. Reg. Ord.

~ 4.15 PM

5.00 PM 4.30. PM

Kowloon P.O, Heg. 25% 5.00 PM Ord 25th 6.00 pи 0,2,0,

Reg. 15th 5.00 PM Ord. 26th 6.00 AM Kowloon P.Q. Heg. 25th 5,00 PAI ird, 95th 5.00 PM G.P.U.

Reg, 15th 5.00 2M Ord. 28th 8,00 AM

Saturday, 26th

B. Ord

GP.O. & K.P.O.

8.00 AM

9.00 AM

G.P.O. & K.PO.

Airways Plane Tai Ming...........

Reg. Old,

8.0°F AM

9.00 AM

Atsuta Maru........ Conte RORBÓ...... Fook On............ Kator! Maru..

8.15 AM G.P.O. & K.P.O. Bog. Ord.

845 AM

Van Heutsz.....

**Superscribed Correspondence Onis,

10.30 AM 9.30 AM 10.00.AM 10.80 AM

10:30 AM

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