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PATRICK WONG MAKES BRILLIANT COME-BACK: WINS COLONY SINGLES
BADMINTON TITLE
Generous Gift
From Africa Au Forced To Baseline
SHANGILAI, Apr 22 (Reu- ter)-Mr. Llu Foo
"Halen,
eventy five-year-old Chi- nese resident of Johannes- berg, contributed £900 to the Chinese National Government. states the Sinwanpao. Mr. Llu, a
of Melhsien, native Kwangtung Province has lived in South Africa for over 40 years.
Assembled In Secrecy
ARCTIC SUPPLIES FOR BRITISH
And Is Out - Played
PATRICK H. WONG RECAPTURED THE COLONY MEN'S SENIOR SINGLES BADMINTON TITLE when he defeated C. Au, last year's runner-up, in three good games which ended 13-8, 8-15. 15-2, at the Club de Recrelo last night. Both players belong to the Chi- nese Y.M.C.A
There was a large gathering present including Mr. Justice R..E. Lindsell, and Mrs. Lindseli, and the Rew J. R. Higgs President of the Hongkong Badminton Association.
He won Wong and Au, having been part-fore play was resumed, ners in the Men's Doubles' Cham- the first point, and another-but plonship which they captured in just crumpled up after that and 1937-38, played the same type of Wong carried the game home to game, but Wang, by his wider ex. win easily by 15-2. perience and greater physical re-.. serve, out-played Au by forcing the latter to the baseline and tak ing advantage of a weak return to dodge him, with a toss over the LONDON, Apr. 22 (Reuter)-Mr. net Leslie Burgin, Minister of Supply, Au was specially dangerous at disclosed today that the Arctic the net and Wong had no easy equipment for the British forces task in keeping the faster player in Norway were assembled by on the baseline and it was only British and Canadian manu-after the middle of the second set facturers in absolute secrecy with that the new champion's better in a month and distributed to stamina stood him in good stend Army depots at the General Staff's over his quickly tring opponent. request within a matter of hours.
FORCE ISSUE
He added: "No Forc. has :been 30 splendidly supplied within so short a time. It speaks well for the manu- fatcurers. bath at home and In Canada."
The equipment included special supplies of clothes. skiboots, show- shoes, ledge, arctic tent, wood. burning cooking stoves and a host of other "explorer material,"
Wong. It will be recalled won the Men's Singles and Men's Doubles (the latter with C. E. Chung) when first Colony. championships the
He was run- were held in 1938. ner-up in both the Singles and Doubles (the latter with Au) in 1937-38, He did not take part in last year's tournament and made a brilliant come-back yesterday to in the championship for the
second time.
JUNIOR TITLE
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The Men's Junior Singles cham- pionship was won by W. Gilles, who beat N. Smith 15-12, 15-4 m Au started off brilliantly and two straight sets, Gilles was un- completely out-played Wong earlydoubtedly the steadier and better in the first set when he led 8-4 at
player, and although Smith one stage before Wong managed to brought off some brilliant shotë, force the issue to eight all, Au he seemed too erratic to be suc Air Mall by "Air France Direct Service" rallied and bringing off some real-cessful in tournament play,
date, 17th April. “......... ly pretty cross-court placing car-
Smith was very shaky at the
Canton ried the set to win by 15-8.
start and Gilles was leading 10-Java and Manila, In the second set Au again start before the younger player got set. Shanghat. ed of brilliantly and led 3-0 be-Smith then produced some really Shanghai, Amoy and, Swatow
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Mr. Ernest Shackleton, son of fore Wong quite got into his stride.excellent play, which included the famous Polar explorer, and The game, at this stage, was very many beautiful smashes and tricky Mr. 8. F. smuthe. a member of closely contested ang it was with net play which somewhat baffled three Mount Everest expeditions, the greatest difficulty that Wong Gilles, and he brought the game assisted in the selection of the managed to bring the score to 7 to 11-all before Gilles altered his Tight material.
all, each point being won or con- tactics and captured four more ceded only after prolonged rallies points to Smith's additional one. in which both players exerted Gilles was at his best in the themselves to the utmost limit of second set and was leading 11-love
PRETTY CHINESE their physical energy. Then Au before Smith rallied and forced
WOMAN SAVED FROM HARBOUR
A young and pretty Chinese woman aged about 22, was admit- ted to the Queen Mary Hospital yesterday evening in an uncon- scious state and suffering from the effects of immersion.
Inquiries revealed that the wo- maz, whose identity is unknown, was rescued from the harbour off Western Street, by the crew of passing launch..
It was not possible to ascertain,
began to weaken and Wong steadi- the pace point by point to. 14-4. ly forced the pace eventually win-losing the last and deciding point ning 15-8.
only after straining his energy to Au was now completely tired out the utmost, Gilles better stamina and there was a long interval be- serving him well
Two Registry INDIAN FOUND
Weddings
The wedding took place at the Registry yesterday. before Mr.
T. S. "Whyte-Smith, Registrar. of Marriages, of Mr. George Heniy
in the circumstances, whether the White, engineer, of No. 18 Shan woman had jumped into the water Kwong Road, and Miss Dorothy in an alleged attempt to commit Mary White, of No. 8A.Hankow suicide, had fallen in accidentally
or was the victim of foul play.
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Muriel Gordan. Cameron.
Mr. Whyte-Smith also officiated at the wedding of Mr. Lee Tak- yee, teacher, of No, 45 Haiphong Road, and Miss Ho Look-yee, of No. 17 Canton Road.
- ANNOUNCEMENTS The following forthcoming mar- rlages are announced:
An Inquest was held at the Cen- tral Court yesterday, Mr. H. G. Sheldon sitting as Coroner.
Li Chung-man, dresser on duty on the night in question, said that it was about 10.20 p.m. when
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A verdict of suicide, while of urisound mind, was recorded.
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an old and officient" member yes- TOKYO, Apr, 22 (Reuter)-Twoterday with the death of Constable hundred-and-fifty-thousand fewer Wu Chin, who was attached to the bables were born in 1938 than durPiracy Prevention Department. Continued from Page 1
ing previous years and the au
Constable Wu had been with the presentative was informed The thorities have decided on a series Force for more than 15 years. He waiting list in the North" exceeds of measures aiming to fight the dropped." dead suddenly at his some 3,000 names and B2 the rising infant mortality.
home, No. 299 Portland Street, t équipment used in Shanghai is of The preliminary steps will con- 18 am, yesterday. Belgium manufacture, the questionsist of firstly, compulsory examina- of supplies becomes even more tion, in every three months, of alt
WESTERN FRONT acute than in the Colony.
children born in 1939;
Becondly, Governors of all pre-
PARIS, Apr. 22 (Router)—A War that it is the lack of telephone refectures will appoint examining communique states that there was ceivers that is holding up the ex-
for each school activity of our patrols to the east tention of lines were fatly dis. Physicians, one counted by the official interviewed, district, totalling about 20,000, and of the Mosells who said: "Those gadgets
Thirdly, 30,000 licensed nurses are readily obtained from anywhere. and midwives will assist them
Reports current in Hongkong
Mr. B. V. Todd reported to the It is the specialised type of ex- Finally, 100,000 advisers on in-police that while driving alons change" apparatus that is hard to fant care will be enlisted to give Castle Peak Road on Bunday he and had a collision with an oncoming get, and that is what is holding up advice regarding the care the expansion of our system,” feeding of babies.
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