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LAMMERTS' AUCTIONS

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE

HE Undersigned have, received

instructions

to sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION

Wednesday, the 6th March, 1940 commencing at 9.30 a.m.

at Kowloon Naval Depot

OLD AND SURPLUS VICTUAL- LING STORES

Comprising:

Clothing, including Blankets and Berge and Duck, etc., Remnants, Electro Plate, Cutlery, and Table Linen, etc., etc.

SPORTS

& GENERAL

CAER CLARK Saturday's Home Soccer And

AND BRAWN CUP HOCKEY

SAINTS ASSURED. OF RUNNERS - UP POSITION

BRITISH SCHOOL Central British

CENTRAL fully extended Association in their Caer Clark Cup

Saturday. encounter on holding the CBA. Ladies down to one goal, scored by Miss B. Parsons shortly before the inter-

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RUNNERS-UP

Rugby Football Results

LONDON, Mar. 3 (Renter)— The following are the results of the Home Regional foosball and rugby matches played yesterday:

SCOTTISH CUP

Ayr 2 Kilmarnock 2 Third Lanark 3, Dundee 1. Hearts 4, St. Johnstone.0. Raith Rovers 3. Celtic 0. Morton 5, St. Bernard's 0. Rangers 2, Alloa 2. Arbroath 0. Dumbarton 2.' Dundee U. 1, Partick 1. Stenhousemule 4, Hamilton 1. East Flie 1. Clyde 0. Airdrie 3, Queen's Park 1. Aberdeen 0, Albion Rovers 1. Hibernian 4. Falkirk 0, Motherwell 3. Kings Park 2, Queen O'South 4. St. Mirren 1.

EAST MIDLAND Doncaster 3. Lincoln 1. Notts C. 4, Notts Forest 3. ARGONAUTS' WIN

Rotherham 1, Sheffield Wed 1. ARGONAUTS, newcomers to

WESTERN the Brawn "Cup Ladles' Hockey

Chester 0. Portvale 3. Competition, reached wishin n point of the Junior League cham-Stockport 4, Crewe 1.

ST. ANDREW'S LADIES assured themselves of the runners-up posion in the Caer Clark Cup with a convincing' 7-0 win over Recreio Ladies at King's Park Mrs. P. Bliss (3), Miss H Reld (3) and Miss F. Wong scored the goals,

On view from Tuesday, the 5th pionship as a result of their 3-0 Stoke 3. Wrexham 1.

March, 1940.

Terms of Sale: As detalled in

Catalogue,

win over Central British School at. King's Park on Saturday. The goals were scored by Milės C. Xavier (2) and Miss L Mathias.

"Y'S" "SUCCESS ON THE C.B.A. ground. ****

LAMMERT BROS Ladies juntors team beat St. An-

By Appointment, Auctioneers

to the Admiralty.

PROBABLES

TEAM SELECTED

INTERPORT TRIAL UNINTERESTING

drew's Ladles juniors by seven

another goals to nil in

Brawn Cup match, Mrs. V. Fowler (5), Mrs. Moss and Miss 8. Russell scored the goals.

•POINT LOST RECREIO LADTES juniors challengers for the

runners-up position in the Brawn Cup, lost iL valuable point when they shared two goals with C.BA. Ladles juntors. Miss M. Campos opened the scaring for Rectelo in the Arst half and Misss P. Baxter scored for C.BA, in the second half.

The first Interport hockey trial, first half. JA Soares (Colours), held at King's Park yesterday G.H. Fowler (Colours) and Sgt. morning, faled to produce any Homburg (Whites) in the second high standard of hockey, and behalf. yond some occasional good play

PLAYERS OVERLOOKED

at

NORTH-WESTERN Blackburn 1. Bury 2 Carlisle 1, Barrow 0.

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NORTH-EASTERN

Halifax 2, Bradford C. 2. Middlesborough 2. Hartlepools 0.

SOUTH" “D” ·

Bournemouth 1. Watford 1. Clapton O. S, Brighton and H. 1. Crystal P. 2, Norwich C. 0. Reading 4, Queen's P.R. Į. Southend U. 2, Aldershot 2.

SOUTH *** Brentford 1, Chelsea 1. Fulham 1, Arsenal I. Millwall 4, West Ham 0. Portsmouth 1. Charlton A. 3. Tottenham 4, Southampton 1.

FRIENDLIES

Football League 4, All-British XI 4.

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SATURDAY'S CRICKET

KOWLOON C.C. WIN SENIOR LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP Forcing a draw against Caub de Recrelo, last years Senior League Champions, Kowloon Cricket Club won the Senior Cricket League Championship

од Saturday by playing out time, with 56 for 5 wickets, after" Recreio had de clared at 150 for seven wickets.

Government Facing A Defeat

PUBLIC FEELING

· IN AUSTRALIAN BY ELECTION

MELBOURNE, Mar. 3 (Reuter)— The Government faces certain de- feat in the by-election at Corio, Victoria, which is considered a test of pubile feeling and an in- dication of the direction of the political pendulum at the Federal election later in the year.

LATEST FIGURES

The latest figures are:-J. J. Dedrian (Labour). 23,760, J. T Smith, Government Party). 19,942 and G. 2. Oday (Communist) 1.- 305.

ARMY. WON Craigengower, requiring to beat

Politicst commentators em- Army in their match at Sookun- poo in order to remain in the phasise that Australia's stand be running for Senior League honours, side Britain is not an issue of the hit up 180 runs all out after being election, but Labourites are com- set 187 to win and lost an excit-promisingly opposed to the des-" patch of Australian troops overseas ing match by seven runs.

In the Second Division, Indian and any kind of military com- Recreation Club, leading in the pulsion. League Table, dropped two points, being held to a draw by Craigen- gower. Cricket Chub at the Valley. The following are the results:

FIRST DIVISION

AT KING'S PARK, Kowloon Cricker Club drew with Club de

They maintain that a strong- ly defended Australia, plus direct economic alá to Britain in foodstuffs and munitions, is the best contribution · Australia ..can offer to the Allied cause.

Recreto, Recreto 150 for 7 wkts. ANNUAL EXHIBITION

OF PAINTINGS

SAY

MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1940.

Gordon's

...and know what you're drinking/

GORDON'S

DRY GIN

DISTILLERY, LONDON.

NO COLOURING MATTER

NO INJURIOUS INGREDIENTS

SWEEPING "MOPPING - UP BY CHINESE FORCES NEAR NANNING HIGHWAY

KWÉILIN, Mar., 3° (Central)-Chinese forces on the Nanning- Pinyang highway have passed Szetang in their sweeping “mopping up" operations against the Japanese near Nannar.

One unit is battling with a Japanese detachment to the north of Shektengling. "Another unit has reached Santang, north of Nan- ning.

dec. (LG Gosano 23, E L Gosano 36, W. A Reed 49 not out, R, E. Lee & for 62), K. C. C. 65 A preview was held at St. John's for 5 wkts, (D. J. N. Anderson 27 Cathedral Hall yesterday afternoon not out).

of the annual exhibition of paint- AT SOOKUNPOO, Army beatings by members of the Hongkong Craigengower Cricket Club by six Working Artists' Guild, which will FUES. Army 188 for 8 wkts,dec. be open to the public as from 10 (Capt. Grose 99, Capt. Skipwith am. today.

A large number of paintings, į 44. Sgt. Webb 23, G. Winch 4 for

On the Shangse Sector,, south (cently decided to launch an attack 24), Craigengower 180 (E. Zim- both done in traditional Chinese of Nanning, a Japanese force was on Chungmow, between Kalteng retreated toward and Chengchow in Honan, some men 41, A. R. H. Esmail 24, E A. style as well as in westem style, beaten Lee 30; A, K. Ismall 21. Sgt. Den- are shown, and the majority of Pingchib,

the work is good, Many of the reasonably Ser 4 for 40, Holmes 3 for 34),

AT THE VALLEY, University pictures on sale are

Oxford 1, Oxford Cand Combin- I drew with Civil Service Cricket priced...

ed F.A. 1.

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Liverpool 5 Southport 1. New Brighton 4, Llandudno. 1, Cardiff 1, Newport 1. Blackpool 1, Newcastle 0. Huli 4, Grimsby 2. Manchester C. 3, Burnley 1. Oldham 4. Bolton 2. Preston 0. Manchester U. 0. Rochdale 1, Barnsley 5. Sheffield U. 1, Huddersfield 3. Chesterfield 4, West Bromwich 0. Darlington G, Army XI 2. Leeds 7, York 0.

by Partap Singh, Nerala Singh, Unfortunately overlooked by the Shah Wall and W. A. Heed, pro- selectors for the Probables team duced very little of interest, " were Shah Wall, who played very

The selectors of the team to well

right-wing and sent meet Macko, however went im- across good centres on the few mediately to work with the game occasions he was fed the ball. over and those a team for Missed also were R. J. Reed, who second trial game Probables was tried out at left-back," when against the

RUGBY UNION Rajputana Rifles his true position is right-half. Battalion XL to be played this and MH. Hassan, who has not Guy's Hosp. 0. London Hosp. 6. Friday, probably at the Navy been shaping so well of late be-Rosslyn Park 12. Wasps. 3, ground, King's Park

cause of illness.

PROBABLES TEAM The team selected follows:-

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V.M. Benwell and T. Lock- hart(goalkeepers); V.C. Bond, Datta Ram; Lt. G.W. Hook, WA. Reed, and N.B.M. Whit- ley; S.A. Fowler, Lt. Pritam Nath. Sgt. Homburg: Nerain Singh and Partap Singh.

TRIAL GAME

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THE TEAMS

The two teams in yesterday's triai game lined up as follows:

WHITES: U. B. Souza: V. C. Bond, Datta Ram; Lt. G. W. Hook, W. A Reed. N. B. M. Whitley, S.. A. Fowler, P., O. Gemmell, Sgt. Homburg, Nerain Singh and Par- tap Singh.

COLOURS: T. Lockhart; J. Gonsalves, R. J. Reed; R. Mar- The trial game between Colours ques. M. H. Massan, A. M. Alves: and Whites, ended in a 2-all Shah Wall, Lt. Pritham Nath, The goals were scored G. . Fowler, E Fowler and J. A. by Partap Singh (Whites) in the Soares.

tin W.

TRAINING GALLOPS

The following times word clocked during the morning gallops

at the Race Course-

Dis- 1st tance Qr. 1 34

2nd

Qr. Q 1.08.3 1.40.2

3rd 4th Last

Qr.

1 42.4 1.18.4 · 1.53 3.22

GI. 31.4 30

1 39 115 1.50.2 2.21.4

31.2

1 31:4 1.09 1.43.4 2.15.1

1

31.3 1.09 1.44 2.16 32

Just In Time

Rising Star.............

Discovery Bay

Rob Roy

Laughing Girl

Tornado Star

Boolat Bay and Lovely Kid

Jober

Criffel

Venus Bay

Macquarie River

New Star

··Commencerment Bay and frim

Hughber

Vanity Fair

3.8 1 40.3. -1.14.3 1.45.3 2.15.3 30,

4321, 1,05.1 1.35.3

1 31 1.00.2 1.30.3

1.08"

·1 38.1 1.15

..."Albury

Pumelo

Nancy Lee

Smiling Time.

Avon and Hillsboro Bay

"L'cashire Chap and West Lake

Cockleroi

Bronze ArTOW

34

Club. University 174 for 6 wkts. dec. (K, Y. Tam 31, J. Tsui 23, N. C. Ben Gupta 22, W. 8. Gegg 44 not out, R. Fenton 4 for 41), C. &. C. C. 146 for 7 wkts. (W, B., Colledge 70, D. McLellan 32, G. Hong Choy 4 for 48).

SECOND DIVISION

AT THE VALLEY, Craigengower Cricket Club drew with Indian Recreation, Club. C. C. C 2nd XT 101 (T. Lock 29. W. Lam 24,

Political

and

.

time in the middle of this month, according to a Chinese intelligence

ATTACK PLANNED LOYANG, Mar. 3 (Central)—A report. Japanese military conference re-

Motive

Behind

"!

Labour Strikes In S'hai: A Warning

Issuance of military and other

- 1

A Chinese unit penetrated into Lowang station. on the Lunghai ↑ Rallway, fast of Kaifeng, on Mon- ozy. R killed a number of Jap- anese guards and damaged the radlway track there.

VILLAGES IN RUINS

SOMEWHERE IN WEST SUI- notes, the collection by exorbitant YUAN, Mar, 3 Central-Prac

tically áll villages in the vicinity taxes, manipulations by scrupulous merchants and against of Linho, southwest of Wuyuan in covered by the Chinese, are in ruins, according to a Central 'News correspondent who toured the

M. B. Abbas 3 for 39, A. el Area Communist Organ's the 1-treatment of labourers by West Shiyuan, which has been re-

14

6 for 36), I, R. C. 2d XI 93 for

Aberavon 30, London Hosp. 5, Bath 0, Newport 9. Cardiff 11, Llanelly 9.

Cross Keya 16, Royal Air Force East Midlands 3, United Hosp. Gloucester 11, Bristol 11. Neath 9; Swansea 3.

9 wkts. (M I. Razack 30, A. M. Omar & for. 30).

Comment

CHUNGKING, Mar. 2 (Reuter) "AT COX'S ROAD. Club de Re The labour strikes in Shanghai crelo 2nd XI beat Kowloon Cricket

are seen here "outwardly 2n 2nd XI by 32 runs. Recreio 2nd XI economic struggle but actually a 157 (A. M. Prata 33, J. E. Noronha political fight against the Japan- 32, A. V. Gosano 33, B. D. Lay ese and Chinese traitom,” says the 3.5 for 35. E Curtis 3 for 40), su Jua Ji Pao," off.cial organ K. C. C. 2nd XI 125 (F. J. Lay of the Chiness Communist Party: 34, G. A. Guterres 6 for 44, A. V.

11.

A WARNING.

the capitals.

"These strikes aim at warn- ing foreign businessmen against their co-operation with the Japanese and Chinese puppets.

"

CLOSE RELATIONS "The labourers of the China General Omnibus Company, anract

area.

He reported that there is only a small Japanese force in Wuyuan, which is encircled by the Chincije.

ANTI-WAR FEELINGS YINGTAK. Mar. 3 (Central)--- the Wing On Textile Company Anti-war feelings among the Jap have a long revolutionary history. anese rank and file in the Kwang- Their activities have very close Oxford University 16, Coventry 18. Gosano 3 for 18). Penarth 0; Bridgend 14.

In a leading article this morning relatioris with AT THE VALLEY. Police Re-

the other anti-tung Front are spreading, accom

ing to Chinese intelligence reports. ele- Torquay 17, Army 3.

creation Club beat. Civil Service under the title "Meaning of the Japanese and anti-traitor Cricket Club by seven wickets, C, B. Shanghai Labour Strikes" the ments in Shanghai C. C. 2nd XI 67 (C. Pope 3 for $1, H. Communist daily declares: "The Danbrowsky 4 for 11), Police R. Clabour strikes in Shanghal are 143 for 9 wkts. (P. E, Loughlin aimed against the theft by the

C. Pope 20, W. L. Clarke Japanese of food products from Central China, their indiscriminate 36, G Almalle 6 for 357.

LANCASHIRE CUT Barrow 5, Wigan 5. Broughton 7, St. Helen's 26. Leigh 6, Liverpool 5. Oldham 5, Rochdale 15. Swinton 7, Salford 0.

Widnes 10, Warrington 7.

38,

LIGHT BLUES WIN Russian Troops Enter

UNOFFICIAL BOAT RACE -LONDON, Mar. 2 (Renter)--Cam- bridge today won the unofficial Boat Race over the old Olympic course at Henley by 41 lengths in a hard race in which Oxford were expected to do better,

OXFORD IN LEAD

Viborg As Finns Leave

Wrecked And Smoking City

HELSINGFORS, Mar. 2 (Havas) - By sheer weight of numbers, the Russians have, forced back the last, Finnish line in front of Viborg and are now entering the city itself. The. Elns:are withdrawing to their Third Line of Defence in the Mannerheim Line.

The Finnish centre is still firmly established in the second line of defence in the Mannerheim Line, while at Talpale the first line is intact...

over the roads to the interior.

T

A secret organ of the Japanese Chinese and "We hope

Army'a Alti-War Leagun has been established in the hospital for foreign" businessmen in Shang- "

wounded soldiers at the 'former ha! will improve the ving

Vientong Military College, Canton." conditions of Chinese labour- ers and accept their demands. It was recently discovered by the "At a time when Wang Ching-Japanese gendarmes. Three lead... wel is planning to establish his ers were arrested and subsequently puppet regime, the labour strikes executed and a large quantity of In Shanghai give a serious blow to anti-war literature was seized. the Japanese and Chinese trai- toze."

INCREASE IN CIVIL ESTIMATES

Anti-war agitation, it is report» ed, is also brewing among the Japanese in Nanning, Kwangsi Hainan Island, Swatow and other

'areas.

CHINESE AIR RAID

SHUMCHUN, Mar. 3 (Int'l)- Japanese munition dumps were blown up and petrol tanks were

A supplementary civil estimate set afire by Chinese air raids last £1,802,500, which was issued week at Hohow on the West River recently (No. 50, Stationery Office, about 40 miles west of Canton. 6d.), increases the total provided Defence. Works were also bombed in supplementary estimates to and damaged by a squadron of six

Chinese planes. 1939 to £3,700,2005.

The Secret Service, Home Office,

and

After dodging heavy ground fire,

Oxford went into the lead at the start, when they were strok- ing 21 to the Light Blues' 19, but Cambridge soon se tied down and

Three Red hospital trains with skirts of Viborg this morning after drew into a lead of 1/4 length.g

Oxford were throwing up a good 20,000 wounded officers and men an attack from three points.

are now travelling slowly down the Smaltaneously with this suCCESS, deal of water and Cambridge, row Isthmins to Tallinn (Estonia) as Red planes bombed the ares be ing steadily and smoothly, went &

National ・・・ Service, & export Whampoa 20 miles east of Canton length ahead. After 1/4 mile the there is no more room for casual-hind the port, cutting off supplies Land Registry, May 61 Labour, the Coatse planes later flew to

ties in Leningrad hospitals, Cantabs were slighdy over a length The main islanda facing Viborg

The Finnish nag at present is credits, public buildings in Great and bombed provision stores and Britain, and rates on Government | harbour works. Beavy damage was have been turned into Soviet for still ring over the ruined town.

property are mulnly responsible inflicted in these raids STEADIER CREW da tresses and big guns are now ham-

AIR BASH BOMBED/ for the extrista,

While parsing the northern zut- Looking by far the steadier

HELSINGFORS, Mar. 2 (Reuter) The £400,000 for the Secret | crew Cambridge increased their mering the Finnish positions.

The order to Finnish troops on Flankh planes on Friday bomb-service brings themed as the Chinese Bembers were skista o of Canter on return to their, lead; Oxford were rowing slightly the western end of Karelian 1sthed a Soviet air base, a transport estimate to £1,100,000. The £150-subjected to anti-aircraft gun fire mus to fall back from the second centre and a Soviet military train. 000 required for the Home Office but succeeded in reaching home At the 1/2 mile mark Cambridge to the third lines of defence, was in the interior of the country and is in respect of a grant in aid to without lces. were leading by about 1 lengths, given this morning mod when they were awoking 32.

Going ahead to a three lengths lead Cambridge were seen to be in no danger of being overtaken, though: Ox- ford spurted and reduced the lead to two lengths. /^[

..". LEAD INCREASED Cambridge again mcreated their

1. 39 1.13

1.47 2,20.3 33.3

2. 35.1 1.08.3 1.40

31,2

1 31 1.01.2 1.31.2 2.00

28.3

¿ 39 1.11 1,42

31

30.2

30.1

1,34

28.

35

1.09

1 37.3 1.12

1:50.4 2.24 1.42 1.46.2 2.16.2

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33

30

1

40.3 1.15

1.45.1 2.14.3

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in front.

1. 40 1.17

1.52.3 2.23

1.19.2 1.56 2.20

42 35 1.09.3 1.44 2,14.4 30.4

30.2 33

39 1.14 1.45.3

31.3

32

1.03 1.32.1

29.1

short.

37

1.15 1.51

2.21.2, 30.2

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1.25 205

2.40 35

38 1.13.1 1.45

36.2 1.10

37.3 1.12

31.4 1.41.1 2.11.2 30.1 1.45 2.15.3 30.3 43 1.23.2 1.59.2. 2,33 32.3 36 2.11 1.43 2.13 30: 35 1,08 1.36 2.03.2 27.2

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Smashing Through

37. 1.18 1.49.3 2.20.1

30.3

32.2 1.03.3 1.40.3 2.10.1

29.3

38.2 1.15.2 1.47.2 *.

32

37.2 1112 1.40.2

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Hopeful Star

36.3 1.12 1.48 2.193

31.3

Rose Evelyn

37.

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1.12 1.44.2

32.2

38.3 1.15.1 1.483

33.2

Dekk and Some Hope-

34 1.09.

1.12 1.49 1.44

2.20

31.3

2.21

Gay Pter

36 1.12 1.45 2.14

37.3 20

last year, from Putney, to Mortlake by four lengths

Golden Cow

Glog

Rowan

Longdon.".

A Green Tume

Bea Urchin

Derby Day Silver Wings and

Bose Emily

Heetle View

White Diamond

The Russiane gre, using many heavy tanks in the advance along the Terijalci, railway

The new-Finnish lines north of Viborg, are based on natural ob stacles and the lakes in the east of the Isthmu

in the fighting zone itself a num- the "Central Committee for Re-

ber of ferce air battles occurred,

contribution to the unemployed fund, and expenses

fugess, and is equal to half: the THREE AIR RAIDS

expenditure incurred for foreign LONDON, Mar, 3 (Reuter)— refugees in the United Kingdom

air raid by voluntary organizations repre-expenses, Helsingfors had three warnings this morning when 36 sented in that body... Sovie: bombers, escorted by three Increases in Land Registry ex-incurred in connexion with the tighters flew over the city, penditure are due to appropria Military Traming Act, 1939 and No bombs were dropped, but tions in aid of the anticipated the National Service Armed lead, to four lengths, and with 1/4 The Russians are attempting to after the enemy planes had gone deficiency in receipts from stamp Forcesy Act, 1939, after economie's encircle Viborg from, three points the sound of bombing was heard tees. #110,444, less £64,464 est-have been made of £440,000 in and have been casting fresh masses to the north.

mile to go were leading by about Ave lengths.

Cambridge, rowing very nicely, finished 4 lengths ahead, a

Cambridge, won the Boat Race

ENCIRCLEMENT ATTEMPT HELSINGFORS, Mar. 2 (Reuter)

of troops and mechanised units

into the battle all day.

*** mated, avings in other directions various directions. the > The Ministry of Labour and The item of £200,000 for export Other Finnish towns in south-west were bombed today National Service requires suta credits is made up of £182,000 for and for a time communications of 2525,000 for appropriations in deficiency is appropriation in pid": OUTSKIRTS OCCUPIED

interrupt aid, plus an additional sum of and £13,000 required for pay- LONDON, Mar. 2 (Beuter)The with Helsingfors was

235.010 for salaries, incidental ments under guarantees. Soviets occupied the southern out-ed.