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GOOD SOCCER MATCHES

THIS WEEK-END

South China Strengthened By Lau Hing-choi's Return

BY "PILAT"

A full programme of football matches are down for this week- end and good soccer should be seen.

*An even game is premised when Navy meet Middlesex on the Causeway Bay ground. Both teams are quite well-balanced though I think Navy have a slightly better attack,

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SPORTS & GENERAL

SPORTING

FIXTURES

TODAY

WAITRESS BRINGS $1,000

CLAIM FOR" ALLEGED BREACH OF PROMISE

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A BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT BETWEEN TWO CHINESE -PARTIES WAS, BROUGHT BEFORE MR. JUSTICE WILLIAMS AT

THE SUMMARY COURT YESTERDAY,

The plaintiff was So Mul, waitress, residing at No. 8. Tai Ping Shan Street, who claimed $1,000 damages from Ho Lai-chuen, re- siding at No. 130. Pak Bo-Street, second floor..

Mr. D. McCallum appeared for the plaintiff while Mr. S. Ng- Quinn was for the defence.

CROSS-EXAMINATION

BASEBALL, ¡ -- Mohawks . South- China (Caroline Hil) 3.30 p.m. FOOTBALL---First Division: Navy

v. Middlesex (Causeway Bay), South China v. Kowloon (Caro line H); Club v. St. Josph's (Club) 4.45 p.m.; Second Divi alon, South China v. Kowloon (Caroline Hill); Club v. Engi- neers (Club) 3.15 p.m.; Third The particulars of the claim who was pointed out as the 'de- Division, RAS.C V. R. A. F. were that on Nov. 15, the defen-fendant's wife.

dant and the plaintiff verbally (Happy Valley); 24th RA, V. South China will meet Kowloon Hsu King-sing, Lo Wai-kuen; Shell (Sookunpoo) 4.45 p.m. agreed to marry one another with-

Mr. Ng-Quinn: Was there any in a reasonable time which had at Caroline Hill today delding a Chung Tung-sum, Sin Yau-sang, Simals v. International (Happy

Valley); Engineers v. 38th R.Apromise the plaintiff, on Nov. 28 yes, when he proposed to me to since elapsed. Relying on this arrangement between you and the very strong eleven.

V. K. Hyul, Yu Hop-hing and C: T.)

defendant as to your support?- The attack has been considerably Tsao.

(Sookunpoo) 3.15 p.m.

allowed the defendant to seduce strengthened by the inclusion of South China-Tam Kwan-kon; LAWN BOWLS.-First Division:

leave the job he said he could her, whereupon she becaine Chan Tak-fa),

Tsang Chung-wan. Lee Kwok-wal;| Kowloon Docks v. Cralgengower, pregnant.

help me. The defendant how Kowloon have not yet decided on Iau Hing-chot Lam Tak-po, Tse-Indian R.C. v. Civil Service, Re-refused to marry her.

In fact he said he could help their line-up.

Kam-hung: Lau Chung-sing. creto "B" V. Kowloon B.G.C.; Chan Tak-fal. Lee Wai-tong, Chow

In the witness box, So Mui said you in the extent of $20 a month Second Division. Kowloon. B.G.C. that she obtained employment in you could not make both ends Man-chi and Lee Shek-yau.

V. Hongkong C.C., Kowloon Tong

meet-Yes. v. Civil Service, Kowloon C.C. the Tat King Cheung. Restaurant St. Joseph's:-S. Trang: A. J.

as an apprentice waitress. It was

Witness said that when they ar- Kowloon F.C.. Police R.C, V. TAI-

at this restaurant that she first rived at Macao they went straight koc. Friendly games, Recreio Reserves p. Kowloon F.C., Kow.came to know Ho La-chuen, who to the boarding house and that had been quite a régular cus-she trusted the defendant as a Toon BG.C. v. Prison Officers;

gentleman when she stayed in the SWIMMING.—Colony Champion ships. Men's 100 free-style; Wo men's 100 tree-style. Men's 100 back-stroke, Fancy Diving. Men's 880 free-style, Men's 200 free-style relay, Women' free-style.

On the Club ground, the home team will entertain St. Joseph's and an interesting game should re- sult with the latter probably run- | ning out the winners. Rertsen Hussain, V. Costa: Munson: Fer-

and Adam Bone, who have signed up for the Club, may be turning out for this match.

NEW PLAYERS

andes. and Lan Wing-kwong; Liu wat-chuen G. Maher, D-Leon- ard, J. Gomes, and S. Cruz.

Club Odell Eardley and E. Strange: Skinner, Forrow and

Included in the Saints' eleven are Gow: Wilson, Scott Fowler. Bick- two new players, Munson and Liu!

ford and Riertsen. Kwai-chuen, the latter being a fast and tricky player.

Two senior games are down for

tomorrow.

On the Boundary. Street ground Kwong Wah will be at home to Sing Tao who should take full points

Eastern, aspirants fer champion- "ship bonours this year, should overcome the Royal Fects at Caro- line Hill.

Chung Yung-sum, Cheung Kam hol and Hau Ching-to, who signed up for Sing Tao a week ago, are re-transferring to Eastern.

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TEAMIS

The following are some of the. probable teams for the Week- end:

Eastern--Lau

Hin-hon; Kong Sing-king, Y. S. Yen; 8. C. Liu,

Royal Scots:-Duncan: Nay- smith, Fraser; Parnaby, Falconer, Clark; Woods, Marshall, Hossack, Walker and Gilroy.

| Navy-Glas: Roughley, Honiwill; | Honeywell, Croft, Britt, Phippens:

Allison Bourne

and

Hendy, O'Regan

Kowloon:-A. Lapsley; Ulrich, Williamson. Whitfield; Maxwell, Hutchison: Prescott, Santos, D. Blake. Jackson and V. White.

GOLF STARTING TIMES

The Royal Hongkong Gott Club starting times for Fanling, morrow are as follows:-..

OLD COURSE

a.m.

9.16 R. J. K. Walker, J., B. Harri-

son

SOLDIER FOUND 9.20 A. W. Bourne, w. Howitt.

HANGED BY HIS NECK-TIE

The circumstances of the death

in a hotel in Jalan Besar nf a. European soldier, who booked a room and gave instructions that he was not to be disturbed, form- ed the subject of an inquiry held before the Singapore Coroner," Mr.

a. Porter, recently,

The soldier WAS Lance- Bombardier James Henry Simpson, of an anti-aircraft battery of the Royal Artillery. A photograph of a Chinese girl, whom the police have been unable to trace, and several dancing coupons, were among the articles, belonging to the dead man, which were found in the room.

Wong An Hee. the assistant тапакет of the hotel, said that Simpson. who was in civilian. clothes, booked a room at 4.30 p.m. oh. Sept. 7.

He described himself as A soldier, and after siening the re- gister was shown to one of the

rooms.

"STANDING QUIETLY'

"He paid $3. which was the tee for one day, and tolu me that he wanted to sleep, and shoila" not be disturbed. I showed him to nis room.

I did not see him again unt the following afternoon, when a frightened room-boy Informed me that a European was standing. quietly in one of the rooms, and that he did not know what was the matter."

Witness proceeded to Simpsons todm and dperca the door with a key, and found the s nanging from a look, “

He went to the Rumah Misket Police Station to make a report.. Bimpson had never previously been to the hotel.."

Major Francis Edgar Hugonin stated that Simpson belonged to the battery he commanded and was his pay clerk.

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“GOOD. SOLDIER":

"He was perfect y good sol dier, Three months prior to his death, Simpson had been a pati ent in the General Hospital, and as he still (looked very ill when? he was discharged, I sent him to ∙Blakan Mati on "three weeks leave"

Witness

added that Simpso was last seen in camp on Sept. 3,

and since then he had been absent. without leave AMA ENERMAN

The Coroner reserved his fina

tina-

TOMORROW

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You consider

He suggested that she should same room with him. leave her employment, and follow- Mr. Ng-Quan: ing his advice, she left her work, that what a modest young lady Continuing, So- Mul said that should do, to go to Macao with on during a conversation the de- the defendant? No, but I couldn't fendant said that his wife had come back to Hongkong myself. dled, and that he would marry her The heating was adjourned to

Oct. 16.

(witness as a tin-fong wife. She consulted her mother and later FOOTBALL

First Division: told the defendant that she would Kwong Wah v. Sing Tao (Bounmarry him according to law. dary Street), 4.45 p.m.; Eastern V. Royal Scots (Caroline ), 4.45 p.m. Second Division: Kwong Wab

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Why British Fighters Are

Superior

For instance, It is possible for a

FASTER FIRING

HONG KONO.

FAMOUS POET PASSES

of lyrical poetry.

fighter is of necessity approaching

LONDON, Sept. 27 "I went to Macao with the de-

head-on during an attack.

(Reuter)- v. Sing Tao (Boundary fendant with the permission of

Mr. William H. Davies, the famous Looked at contrariwise, the post-poet, died at the age of 71 at his Street), 3.15 p.m.; Ordnance 7. my mother. The defendant said Giving reasons for the remark-tion is not reversed. Our bombers Gloucestershire home yesterday. Royal Scots (Caroline HN), 3.15 to me: I am going to marry you able successes of British fighters with their power-operation multi- p.m.; Kit Chee v. Police (Club as tin-fong wife, but the cere- In recent combats with invading gun turrets are a very different After an adventurous life he ground), 4.45 p.m.; Service Corps monies will have to be carried out German planes, the Sunday Tunes proposition for German fighters. taken up by Mr. Bernard Shaw, started to write poetry and was v. 30th R.A. (Sookunpoo). 4.43 later-You will be my woman in Air correspondent writes: p.m. Third Division 25th R.A any case, He then asked me to

The Hurricane and v. 20th R.A. (Club ground), 3.15 have connexion with him. I gave single-seater fighters are arthed power of 7,200 rounds per minute most place in the hearts of lovers. Spitfire Wellington to bring to bear a are Since then he has held the fore- pim.; ASA. v. 12th RA. (Chat in because his premise was so de- with eight fixed machine-guns from six machine-guns upon 1 ham Road), 3.15 p.m.; 7th RA fintte that I believed every word each, and these have a total rate fighter attacking ir certain direc- to-

v. Medicals (Sookunpoo), 3.15 he said.

of fire of 9,600 rounds per minute, tions. "We left Macao in the afternoon' all focused at a point 250 yards in of the next day. After we came front of the machine,

The big escorts of fighters given back. I saw him continuously.

The Heinkel 111, the Dornier 215, The Messerschmitt 109 fighter to the German bombers have "I didn't tell my mother about and the Junkers 88 bombers, Ger-relies on one cannon and four proved remarkably ineffective, Our' the incident till Feb:18 when she-many's three chief types used in machine-guns, two-of-them-much fighter plots go for the enemy came out of the hospital. She the raids on Britain. are each de- slowed up by the necessity for in- bombers and Ignore the fighter noticed something wrong and I let fended by three movable machine- terrupter gear to enable the bul escorts as much as possible. her, know. She said I was guns, each with a rate of fire of lets to pass between the blades of

A weakness which has shown it. Hongkong Univeralty will meet pregnant.

1,100 rounds per minute; but not the airscrew. Thus the total rate self in the Messerschmitt 110 two- the Lingnan University in a track Witness also stated that between more than one can be brought to of fire is not more than 3,300 motor escort fighter is that, if meet on the Pokfulam ground on her return from Macao and the bear on a target, at any given rounds per minute.

pressed in a dive, tall futter, 18. Oct., 10 and some good athletics, time when she discovered she was moment.

The Two-motor Messerschmitt 100 liable to develop to such an ex- pregnant. she had intercourse should be witnessed.

Hurricane or fighter can bring two cannons and tent that sometimes the whole of with the defendant more than Spitfire 19 attacking one of these two machine-guns to bear in an the tall surfaces have come adrift. three types its weight of fire each attack with a total rate of 2,400 A Hurricane or a Spitfire can She learned later that the de- second is 160 rourids, and in the rounds per minute. In action two easily outdive a Messerschmitt 110, rendant would not marry her. She same time the enemy can reply cannons have proved less effective and so reach the escorted quarry gathered this when she received a with a mere eighteen rounds fired as an armament than the eight before the enemy fighters can do letter brought to her by a woman at a much smaller target, for the machine-guns of our fighters. anything to prevent it,

9.24 T. E. Pearce A. Sommerfelt. 9.28 F. A Mott, B. L.

Groome.

9,32 I. H. Geare, E. G, Price. 9.36 Comdr. Hole, J. Linaker, 9,40 G, C. Worrall, D. Baker

Carr.

9.44 F. D. Hunter. Surg. Car

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9.48 Lt. Col. Way, Major Ander-

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TRACK MEET

ON OCT. 10

It will be interesting to note that prior to the occupation of Canton by the Japanese these meets used to be an acnual affair between 10.00 Major Mackenzie Mator Hongkong University and different

¡Canton universities.

9.52 A. Mabb. R. L. 5. Webb.

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