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PAGE 2-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

Rotarians Hear Interesting Discourse On The Growth And Development Of Radio

MR...JUSTICE CRESSALL BRINGS FLAG- & GREETINGS FROM JAFFA-TEL AVIV

Addressing the Hongkong Rotary Club's Weekly tiffin meeting -- yesterday on the subject "You and Your Radio," Rotarian M. N. Ka- kusen gave a highly interesting account of the growth and develop- ment of radio and pointed out the fact that radio has "brought into our lives new interests and new knowledge that were beyond grand- father's wildest dreams."

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Rotarian Dr. Arthur W. Woo was in the Chair and introduced Visiting Rotarians Mr. Justice P. E. F. Creställ (JaMa-Tel Aviv) and Eugene A. Turner (Tsingtao),

Rotarian Mr. Justice Cressali presented Rotarian President Dr. Woo with the flag of the Jaffa-Tel Aviv Rotary Club, saying that he had been charged by the President and Members of that Club to con- vey to the Hongkong Rotary Club their most cordial greetings and extend to the members of the Rotary Club in Hongkong a cordial "Invitation to visit the Jaffa-Tel Aviv Rotary Club, should they chance. to be in that part of the world.

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SPORTING

FIXTURES

TODAY SHA

SWIMMING. European Y.M.C.A.

Swimming Practice (530-7 pm). TENNIS. Colony Champion- ships. Upen Doubles, semi-final -Tsui Wai pul and Tsui Yan- pul v. G. W. Sewell and D. M MacDougall (Stand Court),

WATER-POLO. — European Y. M.

TOMORROW

SPORTS & GENERAL

Annual Area Athletic Meet

MIDDLESEX REGT. LEADING

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1941.

POLICE, MACAO DRAW FAST HOCKEY MATCH

(Our Own Correspondent)

MACAO, Apr. 27-IN A FRIENDLY ENCOUNTER AT TAPSEAS THIS AFTERNOON, THE HONGKONG POLICE drew with the Macao Hockey Club in a hockey match which was replete with "action. Featuring plenty of fast and clean play, the game ended score- less and was excellently umpired by Mr. T, Hodge, and Mr. N. Wat- ham, Hongkong arbitrators.

Home Soccer Programme

LONDON, APË, 29 (Renter)—The following are the football fixtures. for Saturday. May 31

INTERNATIONAL” MATCH Scotland v. England.

LONDON CUP Chelsen v Queen's Park Rangers, Arsenal v Tottenham.

FOOTBALL LEAGUE (SOUTH)

V. Southampton, Brighton v. Watford, Luton, Y. Portsmouth. Norwich v. Southend. SOUTH REGIONAL LEAGUE Aldershot V Fulham, Crystal Palace v. Clapton Orlent, North- ampton . Millwall, Reading v. West Bromwich Albion, Westham v. Brentford. „

The 1st Battalion, Middlesex Re-

The Police defence proved a stumbling block to the aspirations giment, winning the Discus Throw and placing well in beth Shot Put of the local forwards who spolled many scoring opportunities by

Bournemouth getting offside in their over-enthusiasm. The local constantly and Hammer Throw, took the C. A. v. Middlesex Regiment lend yesterday at the end of the players were the more aggressive but time and again their efforts to ("Y" pool), 7.15 pm.

first day of the annual Area penetrate into the Police circle fell to naught. Athletic Meeting at Nanking Bar- The visitors took the mitiative in an open position but the latter

and Teja Singh broke through the was pulled up for sticks, Chamracks. **

A low Standings at the conclusion of Macao defence but Laertes Costa minutes later F. Angelo was also . Mixed Doubles, final.-P. K. Hoct the day's events were: 1st Bn.. easily cleared. The Police follow-penalised when about.. to score. and Miss Ulian Khoo (Univer Middlesex Regt., 27 pts. 2nd Bn.ed up this attempt with a steady Half-time" arrived with the scare- sity) v. K. W. Choy and Mrs Royal Scots, 24, 8th Coastal Regt.. barrage of some duration against sheet blank. Castro, 8.30 p.m. Men's Junior RA, 23, 1st HK. Regt., HKSRA, the local citadel with no result,

In a breakaway Macao came Singles, final-T, S. Young (Chi-22 5th AA Regt. R.A. 21, 2/14

BADMINTON, Colony

plonships (At Kowloon C. G),

– NORTH REGIONAL LEAGUE SECOND HALF

Barnsley v. Chesterfield. Black- Soon after resumption, the three pool. Manchester City, Bradford nese Y.M.C.A.)" v. A L. Fisher Bn, Punjab Regt., 15, 12th Coastal close to scoring when G. Si Indians in the Police forward line v. Rotherham, Bury v. Oldham, Kowloon CC). 9 p.m. Men's Regt. R.A 13, 8/7th Bn. Rajput short-passed to R. Angelo who was combined neatly to bring the ball Halifax v. Middlesbrough, Man- Senior Doubles, final. -P. K. Regt, 9, and Combined Small Hool and B. Chew (Univer-Units, &

The meeting will be continued

REGIONAL MATCHES Chester v. Stoke City, Doncaster v. Mansfield Town.

into. the local goal area, but Nar-chester United v. Liverpool, New- wan Singh was checked by the castle v. Leeds, Preston về Black- sity) v. R. Choy and K. B today and will close tomorrow 1st, 12th Coastal Regt. R.A., 2nd whistle for a technical foul

burn Rovers. Rochdale v. Wrex- Low (University), 9.30 p.m.

hami. when HE Major-Gen. A. E. Gra- Time: 8 mins 48 2/5 secs.

A close-range shot by Alex close for sect will present the prizes,

Putting the Shot: Won by 8th Alroa was brilliantly saved by Hongkong Jockey Club's Fifth

Coastal Regt. RA TI ft. 10 ina, Naranjan Singh at goal. Soon THE RESULTS Extra Race Meeting. 12 noon.

2nd Bn. Royal Scots 10 ft. 1 ins., After Rothwell provided a little WEST REGIONAL LEAGUE SWIMMING,

Results yesterday were: European YMC.A.

2nd, 1st Bn, Middlesex Regt. 65 ft. excitement before the Macao goal

Bristol Cityy. Cardin City, Tug-of-War Semi-final (1107 ins., 3rd. Individual best: One but the combined efforts of Alma-Lovells Athletic v. Bath City. Swimming and Water-polo Prac-

stone): 12th Coastal Regt., R.A. Abdul Rahman (8th Coastal Regt., da and Ritchie cleared the danger, tice (5.30-8.30 p.m.).

beat Middlesex Regt. by two pulls RA) 38 ft. 7 ins.. L/c. Lane (R.

The last few minutes' saw the TENNIS Colony Champion- to none. 8th Coastal Regt. R.A Scots) 36 ft, i in.

home team striving hard to score. snips, Club Championship, anal beat 5th AA. Regt., RA. by two 440 Yards Relay: Heat 1: 8th during which Naranjan Singh eta -C. H R. Uxlade or F.W. Carter pulls to rione.

Coastal Regt. RA. 1st. Combined fected some brilliant saves. The v. R. E. Guest or M Nach

Discus Throw Final: Middlesex Small Units, 2nd Time: 47 secs., ball was at the Macao end when (Stand Court).

Regt. 215 ft. 2 ins.. winners, HK. Feat 2: 5/7th Rajput Regt. 1st, the final whistle intervened, Regt, H.KSRA., 2nd Individual Middlesex Regt.. 2nd. Time: 47

THE TEAMS best: Pte. Lever (M'sex Regt.) 115 secs. ft. 7 is.. L/C. Wookle Regt.) 99 1. 7 ins.

Rotarian Eugene A. Turner told bringing in weak, unnatural sound Hongkong Rotarianz he had visited emanating from nearby stations. and carried greetings to the club In those days, the radio audience here from Rotary Clubs in Stan consisted of a few dyed-in-the-RACING. Entries Chengtu, Chungking, Tsingtao and wool fans set with earphones glued the Outperts Rotarians meeting in to their heads, ticking a

whisker" Shanghai

and possibly twirling The President, Dr. Woo, announ-coils that had been wound by hand. ced that Rotarian Vernon Walker, With reception equipment rare, who had been 1 and in hospital and reception poor, it was only for a considerable length of time, natural that broadcasters should had now returned home and was have failed, in those carly days of feeling much better.

radio, to look upon it as the great The President also reminded means of popular entertainment, members of the election of officers education and news-dissemination for the coming year and of the that it has become. They consider- Initiation of new members to take ed it primarily as a potential means place at the meeting on May 13. of point-to-point communication, Rotarian P. S. Cassidy introduced similar to the telephone, the tele- the guests, who were Messrs. C. graph and the wireless Blaker, F. C, Clemo, J. Fitz Henry and W. Vosmeer.

SPEAKER'S ADDRESS

Rotarian Rakusen

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SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS

FRIDAY, MAY 2

TENNIS. - Colony Champion

ships, Handicap Doubles, final. C. H., R. Oxlade and A. H. Barwell (-15.2) v. L. M. Lloyd and A. D. Humphreys (3.6) or R. H. Blake and HC Knight (-3.6) (8).

SATURDAY, MAY 3

But scientific progress has changed all that Radios became į Imore efficient and less expensive.

The crystal detector was replaced LAWN BOWLS First Division.

To a great extent, the life of our by the vacuum tube.

Earphones

that the entire family could listen

¡at once.

times lies in the hands of our en were replaced by loudspeakers so gineers, our inventors and our men 'of science. Progress in the arts and selences has been dependent upon, and has gone hand in hand with the invention and perfection of scientific Instruments:

Many outstanding Inventions in radio engineering have contributed towards making radios the fine in- Musical progress was, to a great struments they' are today. In 1926 extent, dependent upon the deve- cket power was introduced, re- lopment of instruments capable of sulting in the elimination of dry producing and reproducing it. In batteries. In 1928 the manufacture the same way, iterary progress has of sets to operate on alternating gone hand in hand with mechani: current was begun, and built-in cal improvements in printing--bet- loudspeakers became regular fea- ter presses," the papers, new type tures of radio sets.

faces.

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With 1929 came the first practi- We have seen the cinema develop cal and successful application of from an ancient flicker to a new automatic volume control. Up to art form. largely through the in-this time, tubes had been extremely provement of photographic equip- | fragile=in fact they had to be ment and photographic technique. transported with the greatest of

YOUNG, CROWDED LIFE ¡care,

The same thing holds true of

Recreto "A" v. Cralgengower " Civil Service v. Kowicon. C.-C.; Indian Recreation Club 7, Po-

lice; Kowloon Bowling Green Club "B" v. Recreio. "B.'; Kow- loch Docks v. Kowloon Bowling Green Club "A". Second Divi- sion Recreio v. "Hongkong Cricket Club: Kowloon C. C. v. Kowloon Tong: Gralgengower v. Prison Officers; Kowloon Foot. ball Club v. Hongkong Football Club Third Division-Craigen- gower v. Kowloon Bowling Green Club: Hongkong Football Club v. Kowloon Footbalį Club; Police Y. Indian Recreation Club; Hongkong Cricket Club v. RA

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RECREIO RINKS FOR SATURDAY

POSSIBILITIES RECOGNISED radio's young but crowded life. The By 1830 tubes had been developed | quality and value of radio's offer- that were so rugged they could be

The following will represent Club ings could be no greater than the shipped mounted in the receiver de Recreio in the various divisions Instruments. which reproduced sockets. By 1932 radio mantrae at the Lawn Bowls League on those offerings and made them turers had come to recognise the Saturday, May 3:- avaliable to radio listeners every-International aspects of radio and

where.

FIRST DIVISION

its great possibilities. Public in- "A" Team:-J. Luz, C. E. "Mar-

In other words, the development terest in foreign short-wave pro-ques, J. F. V. Ribeiro. C. G. Silva of radio as a medium for the dis-grammes received Its first great im- iskip); L. F.. Xavier, C. Roza- semination of entertainment and petus in this year with the wide- Fereira, F. V. V. Ribeiro, F. X. Silvą information has been measured spread construction of sets capable (skip): E. X. Soares, H. A. Alves, and furthered by the development for bringing in foreign stations sa- J, E Noronha, R. F. Luz (skip): of finer receiving equipment. in tisfactorily.

"B". Team:-C. M. Siva, C. H. this respect, we are especially for In more recent years, radio Basto, J. C. Remedios, J. J. Basto tunate to live in an age of great manufacturers have gone on to skip); D. C. Alves, T. A. Machado. scientific pregress.

give listeners. even greater refine- E. Souza, B. Easto, (skip); C. Vas, For through this progress, we ments in radio reception. Truly A. M Xavier, A. M. Rodrigues. A. P. have accomplished in a few short we live in a remarkable age, when Guterres (skip). years what took countless centuries in the development of the older man can construct almost superhu-

art forms.

"CAT'S WHISKER”

iman instruments that are capable EL

SECOND DIVISION

Barros. F X. Monteiro, C.

of reaching qut and plucking faint M. Alves, O. P. Remedios (skip); vibrations from the other and A. J. Osmünd, A. V. Barros." F. A. Twenty years ago, most of the transforming them in our home Xavier, J. R. Soares (skip); J. D. radios in operation-and there into the rich tones of. our Remedios, F. J. A. Marques, A. F. were very few of them-were' crude, favourite speakers, Yocalists or Noronha, J. A. Remedios (skip)." homemade affairs barely capable of comedians.

THIRD DIVISION

ADVERTISEMENTS similar progress in the construction Xavier, M. A. Carvalho (skip); L

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

And progress in the perfection G. A. Pinna, F. H. Carvalho, M. of this receiving equipment has E. Pinna, F A Yvanovich (skip); necessarily been accompanied by F. Sequeira, J. O. Remedios, H. M.,

A. Rozarlo, E.. A. B. Alves. M. Men- Rotarian Li Tse-fong thanked jdonca, M. Alarcon (skip). the speaker.

of broadcasting equipment.

Draft Programmes and Entry HONGKONG JOCKEY

Farms for the Fifth Extra Race Meeting to be held (weather permitting) on Saturday, 10th May, 1941, may be obtained from the Secretary's Office, Exchange Building; the Club

House.

CLUB

MACAO COCKTAIL

PARTY

(Qur Own Correspondent). MACAO, April 28-Local residents largely attended a cocktall party at the Pan American Airways pavilion

Classification Lists this evening on the occasion of the

AlterationsTM

Alterations and additions to Happy Valley; the Hong Kong classification lists, dated, March 23, Club; the Sports Club; and the 1941, are as follows:-

fourth anniversary of the inau. guration of the Trans Pacific Cup- per service to Macao.

Hosts were Mr. C. Bames, local airport manager, and Mrs. Barnes,

Stables, Shan Kwong Road, Angel Of Glory, Bona Vacantk, and Mr. R. Thompson, Panair radio-

Entries close at 12 o'clock Bugle, Mountain View, Prairie logist NOON on THURSDAY,

May, 1941.

By Order,

B. BROWN,

Isti

View, Royal Sovereign. Tien Tien, Vanguard to "B" Class.

Corvette, Double Dutch, Gay Fox,

Googly, Seventy Six Streamlet to Hat, Subpoena, Banspot, Trade

"C" Class.

A Blossom Time, Flying Fortress, Strathalbyn, Tobaccoship Wow, Secretary zadderday to "D" Class

Beauford. Harmony

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Wind, Tropical Love to "E" Class,

CHINA PONIES

World Fair View to "A" Class: Blue Feld, Hopeful Star Lovely. Btar, High View to "C" class

..

(M'sex

Two Mile Relay: Heat 1: 8th Coastal Reg. RA, 1st. 5/7th Raj- put Regt. 2nd Time: 8 mins. 471/5 secs. Heat 2: 1st Middlesex Regt.,

*

Hammer Throw; Won by 2nd Bn. Royal Scots 210 ft 2 ins.. Mid- dlesex Regt. 178 ft. 24 ins. 2nd. Best Individual; Pte. Wallace (R. Scots) 114 ft. 4 ins.. L/c. S'ater (R. Scots) 95 ft 10 ins

· MIDLAND CUP FINAL Leicester City v. Walsall. LANCASHIRE CUP (SECOND ROUND) Everton v. Barnsley. SCOTTISH SOUTHERN LEAGUE

Albion v. Dumbarton. Hearts v. Queen's Park, St. Mirren v. Third Lanark.

The teams were as follows:--- H.K. POLICE:-Naranjan Singh; Man Singh, Blackburn; Leslie, MACAO ELC.: -Almada; Costa,. Gough, Haywood; Teja Singh, Basto: Ritchie. Alex Arosa, J. Narwan Singh, Jaspir Singh. Par-Silva; F. Nolasco, G. Silva, P. An- ker and Rothwell,

gelo, Albert Airosa, R. Angelo.

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