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ROTARY CLUB TIFFIN:

BANKING NOT WITHOUT ITS LIGHTER SIDE: INTERESTING

SPORTS

South China Return: Successful Tour

虬

SOUTH CHINA ATHILEXIC ASSOCIATION returncil to the Colons!

PAPER BY W.HE. THOMAS after a successful one-month tour of the Straits Settlements, dur

An interesting paper entitled "The Lighter Side of Banking" was read yesterday at the weekly tiffin meeting of the Hongkong Rotary Club by Rotarian W. H. E. Thomas.

Rotarian Thomas said, in part: I have called my paper "The Lighter Side of Banking" as I wish to show that a dull occupation such as I follow has its lighter moments and that a banker is none the worse in his profession if he has a sense of humoor, the pose session of which adds plquarey, to life in all. Its- aspects.

Bakers as a class, as well đề the profession, have to suffer all great deal of criticism from time to time, some of which I admit may be justified but a good deal of which is not.

CHUNG SING GALA

WEDNESDAY JULY 9, 1941. CHINESE WOULD MAKE EXCELLENT EXPLORERS -SIR HUBERT WILKINS

"

V.R.C. TEAM WIN

Among the guests at the weekly tiffin meeting of the Hongkong OPEN RELAY Rotary Club yesterday, was the noted explorer, SIR HUBERT WIL- Ing which they played, on an average, one game in three days.

KINS. In all they played. 17 matches of which they won 12, last two an open relay, & V. R. C. trio, com-

Competing for the first time in.

Called upon to speak, Sir Habert said that it was quite an un- and drew three, - including the charity match against Combined prising A. K. Rumiahn (back),

expected and great pleasure for him to attend the meeting. He Selangor on June 27, which had to be abandoned due to a riot,

had visited many Rotary. Cubs in other parts of the world and was Lee Wal-tong, captain of the standard here due probably to the Charles Huang (free-style), had Luis M. Remedios (breast) and

an Honorary Member of at least 2 such Clubs. team, was in grand form "bag-hot climate and strange grounds. little difficulty in overcoming their travels visited 70 countries, and Secretary, read a letter received He had in the course of his Rotarian T. B. Jackson, Hon. ging" 19 of the goals, with Chan

RECORD OF TOUR

nearest rivala, the Chinese Y. M. Chine was the 71st. Tak-fal claiming 11.

That the tour was a great suc-C. A. "A", beating the latter by he had not, unfortunately, had the "Somewhere in England thank- In Japan: from Captain T. V. Adams, from According to bee Wai-teng. Hau cess in so far as results were con- about 15 yards in the Open 15 opportunity to visit a Rotary Club ing Hongkong Rotarians for the King-ging Chow Man-chi and cerned can be seen from the re- metres Medley Relay race at the as the Japanese had suspended Mobile Canteen bearing the name Lau. Chung-sang were at their

cord of matches appended below: Swimming Gals held by the Chung the reciprocal service which was of their Club, whlon visited three best, but Hu unfortunately was May.

sing. Hathing Club, West Point, last the foundation of Rotary. jured in the Kuala Lumpur.

imes wieldy the area, he was 24 drew with B'pore Combined night,

The Chinese be considered to be commanding to distribute cakes game and since then took no fur-

Clanese 2-22

There was a large crowd present a people who would make excel- and ginger pop among 230 young ther part.

best Combined Singapore 3-0. and they were treated to some lent exploterk They could take soldiers with an Insatiable appe- 27 lost to 8'pare Combined Ser-keen swimming.

advantage of every condition and tite for much refreshment. vices. 2-4- beat Combined. Kuala Lum- of the Club, presented the prizes.

Mr. K Cheuk-hung, Chairman still be able to carry on in their

GUESTS WELCOMED customary manner. pur Chinese 3-2.

Explorers were just such people

Quests welcomed at the meeting Chan Bhek-put, swimming couch and he could point out as an were Messrs. D. Lx Ballantyne D. of the club, acted as referee, as example of a man with a mind. Oleffe, Lt. A C. L Gasper, sisted by Kong Chur-wah and to be an explorer a LiverpoN., Mesur Neckelmann, Caper. Tone Bit-fat as time-keepers, and Trishman he had known, by name Crabbe, Appleyard, G. Peterquin, Ng Chi-man as judge.

Fred Hobson,

J. W. Tomkinson, CT Bailey and Following are the results.

Town private, affair.” The re- cipient's ceniment was "Don't worry, I'm just as ashamed of my salary as, you are r There was a legend any young days that the Scotsmen were The latter usually comes from caught goung by laying porridge The stiffest competition received disappointed, would-be borrowers traps and waving a pair of breeks by the visitors were in their mat- who take refuge in high sounding at the foot of the Gramplans and ches in Singapore and in Kuala phrases such xg "the need for then, after

Lumpur. The standard In other a period of taming, credit expansion when times trated into Bankers and taken on matches did not reach the same are bad" and generally finish the staff. It was further stated up with "and Mr. Baltor, what are that if one shouted out "Mac" in the Banks doing about it."

the office nearly every head would

The answer, as far as they are be raised.

concerned is generally "nothing."

as it is certainly no function of the

MAHOMMEDS & MACS

On 迅 recent Inspection trip

Banks to bolster up au trading of mine in one of the Branches. against doubtful security, in other words to throw goud money after

bad,

"GLORIFIED PAWNBROKING“

Then

one

I pointed out that in the Securities for Safe Custody Register on the loose-leaf principle, some of the лames were out of alphabetical often heurs the ex- order I later heard the Scuts- pression that banking is nothing man in charge of the Department but "glorified pawnbroking." There say to his Clerk, "Mr. So and So may be something in that. At what d'ye mean by mixing up the least. certainly 1 the view held, Mahommeds among the Macs?" by many cilents. At a Branch I A story is told of a Bank clerk was stationed at, a sportsman tried who travelled up to town every to raise a loan on a bicycle pos-day on the Metropolitan Railway sessing only one gond tyre and he which was notorious for its over- was quite hurt when the proposal crowding and strap-banging. was not entertained.

&

The Bank Manager in his ex- perience. sees

lot of human nature in all its aspects: some pt it brave and upright in adversity: some of. It very ugly; and a good deal of what may be termed "the Beamy side of life.

It is no wonder that sometimes he becomes a little suspicious, cy- nical disillusioned towards the end: of his days.

The Company bad a box for complaints and he dropped a letter in which merely read: "Your Fallway is 3,000 years behind the times." The Com- pany wrote to him for an e- planation and he replied: "Three thensand years Balaam sat on his ass. I have never been able to do the same since I have used your Ball- way."

In Tientsin during the troublous times when evacuation was a re issue one of my clients in the für trade who halled from New York came into my office and sald he had a favour to ask of me.

I enquired what it was and he sala: 1 vant to send a cable to my wife in Ammurica "What

One point is sometimes lost sight of. The banker is not trading entirely with his own or his firm's money as in the case of a merchant: he trades with other people's money. Im other words, he occupies the position of a trustee and, as such, must exercise additional caution in all his transactions. At a busy Branch, he is called upon to take innumerable decisions code, like. OK. don't worry" he re- during the day and any slip on plled. his part is likely to be taken ad- vantage of in the grim struggle.

EXTRA CALLS

You would be surprised at the extra calls outside the usual bank- ing routine, made upon the bank. er's time. Women are the chief offenders in this respect. The amount of free advice one is ex- pected to give dealing with births. marriages and deaths and even matrimonial differences, would make the mouths of my friends in the legal profession; water,

I think the underlying motive is, in most cases, to save the usual: 6s. 84 fep, or its equivalent in local currency, but sometimes it is a Case of pure friendliness and in 11s way a compliment

One attractive young matron in Peking some years ago once asked me to look after her two-year-old baby while she had her bair shingled. I drew the line at that, although she assured me he was very good and gave no troubje. TROUBLESOME TOURISTS Particularly troublesome at times are the tourists, over rates of ex- change, Especially was this so in the old silver days when violent; fluctuations took place; and you can imagine the difficulty of try- ing to explain the intricacies, of exchange to say an old lady from the Middle West, whose banker in her-Home-Town had told her that she would get two to one" in Me- *xican dollars for every Gold' dol- Flair,

One deur old soul used to come } in each day and enquire "What Is the Bank squeeze. today?" I re tired hurt from the unequal, con-

test

To tarn to one's early days, I my banking career in, ane big-Joint Book Banka in

My services were user-

be worth £40-a-yent,

Bootels Banks were non- had parou, and, used

ed to print

sort of a message?" I asked him. "On something cheap from your

We did our best for him. The Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo thanked the speaker.

SPORTING

FIXTURES

TODAY

25

30

31- beat Selangor State 3-0: June.

2 beat Kusía Lumpur Cham

plons 4-2.

4

beat Combined Perak 3-2.

&

beat Ipoh Combined Chinese! 3-0.

10

beat Combined Perak 3-0,

14

beat Combined Penang 2-0.

lost to a team from Penang 15 beat Fenang Indians 4-1.

Fred was one of these people Willems. 150 metres Opany mediay relay: 1, who would approach a newcomer V. R. G; 2; Chinese Y M. C. A and aap him on the back and call "A": 3; Chinese Bathing Club him by his first name. He had Time 1 min, 38.5 secs,

not minded at all this show of

100 metres member breast-familiarity. r Hubert said but stroke (men) 1, Chan Bo-yeung: wàs rather astonished to dee Fred beat Penang Combined Ser-Chan Chek-psi; Chan Chung-yin, accord. the sumie treatment the

Time 1 min 31 secs.

day after to a visiting Arch- bishop.

1-3,

21

vices 11-0.

28

27

beat Penang Chinese 2-0. drew with Selangor Combined

BASEBALL, U. S. S. Tulsa, v. 18

Roya; Engineers, 5.25 p.m. MEETING. --- Annual, of the Hong- kong Football Association, Bank of Canton, Bldg.. 6.30 p.m. TENNIS. — Third Division: C.C.C. v. C.D.R., 9.CAA. v. AIT.C., I.R.C. v. K.T.G.C.A., K.IT.C. .K.C.C.. H.K.UT.C. v. C.R.C. (1).

TOMORROW

54!

TENNIS. Fourth Division: K.I. TTC. v. A.TC., C.R.C. v. P.OR.C. (1). P.OR.C. (2) v. J.R.C., C.C.c v. F.C. I.R.C. v. C.BA.

SATURDAY, JULY 12

60 metres members' free-style (ladies): 1 Miss Ip Chot-man; 2

1-1 (abandoned due to riot). Mia Li Nga-mül; 3. Miss Lauk s 30 drew with Negri Sembilan ho.

State 4-4.

July

4

Time 42 secs.

50 metres members' "B" class free-style (men): 1, Mok Cheung; beat Singapore Combined Ser-2 Fung Sing; 3. Chan Sum-yuen; | vicea 1-0.

4, Pung Kwok-choy. Time 87 secs,

In all the 17 matches, South. China scored 52 goals against their opponents 21.

ROYAL NAVY SOCCER REPRESENTATIVES

Reproaching Fred for his having allowed himself such familiarity with so distinguished a figure, he was met with the reply "Now that I know, I will have to call him Archief"

MAJ.-GEN. GRASETT

NEW SONG IN CHINA'S WAR-TIME

CANȚAL

Recently, Chen- Lin-fu, Minister of Education, composed a song entitled. "Resistance." It is as fol-

"Are you not citizens of China? Are you not a Chinese with hot- blood? The time for life or death has come. Are you going to offer resistance or to wait for death?

"Restet! Resist! Rise!. Itsel

60 metres members" "A" class Present also at the meeting was free-style (men) 1. Ng Tsun His Excellency the General Officer Rise for the sake of the Inde- man: 2, Ngat Sik-cheung: 3. Wong Commanding. Major General A. E. pendence of the people, Blood may Ping-kl.

Grasett, D.8.0.. MC., who, ad- be shed and heads may fall, but. 100 metres members' breast-dressing the Rotarians, said that the last territory must be recover- stroke (ladies): 1. Miss Chu Wel- he had been flattered and very ea and the national humiliation ching: 2. Miss Lau Woon-to: 3 much pleased to have been made must

be wiped Save the na- Miss Luk 91-ho. Time 1 min 47 an Honorary Member of the Ro- tion, save the people, save our

tary Club and had made up his aelves! The responsibility reats en- mind on learning of his transfer tirely on you and on me. that he would not go away with- out attending another

meetings.

of

"Resisti Resist! Let the people do the their best to the bitter end!"

While quite sorry to leave his friends here. Maj.-General Grasett

BASEBALL. U.S.S. Mindanao V. H.B. Baseball Club, 2.15 p.m.; H.K.B.C. v. S.Ċ.A.A., 4.30 p.m.

Lieut. Commander . 9. Hugh- secs LAWN BOWLS. First Division: Jones and Able Seaman W. M. Recrelo "A" v. Kowloon C.C..[Glover have been appointed the Kowloon Docks R.C. v. Cralgen-Royal Navy representatives on the gower, Clvl Service v. Police Council of the Hongkong Football R.C., Indian R.C. v. Recreio "B".Association for the coming season. Kowloon B.0.0. "B" v. Kowloon secuted, while Mr. J. M. D'Almada B.G.C. "A" Second Division: Remedios appeared for defendant,000,000 worth of the Chinese Mill-time for him to leave it to some- Recreio: v. Kowloon Tong, Kow- loon C.C. v. Prison O.C., Crai- gengower v. Hongkong F.C., Kow- loon F.C. v. Tatkoo RC. Thira

Division: Craigengower v. Kow- loon F.C., Hongkong, F.C. v. In- dian R.C.. Police R.C. v. Recreto, Hongkong C,C. v. Hongkong Mer tric.

Gala. Dance I. Aid Of Bomber Fund

SUBSCRIPTIONS TO SINO WAR BONDS Up to date, a total of NO313

tary Supply Bonds have been sub- scribed to by Chinese in Hong- kong, according to the latest re- turns of the Hongkong National

sald, he was on the balance, quite Sykes Wins Billiards

glad to go and felt that it was

Challenge Match

ané else to "pick up the bricks I

Accepting a challenge from H. have scattered about the place."

Jackson, Dockyard champion, tole quite certainly as a retired old CA billiards champlon, won

With the war over, he would match of 500 up, L. Bykes, Y.M. War Bonds Committee.

general wish to revisit

a place ne game at the "y" on Monday More than 1,500 units are wolf-where he could enjoy such plea- The Government Inter-Depart-citing subscriptions with untiring sant company as he experienced night by a score of 600-300. Sykes ment Swimming Gala and Dance efforts. One of the largest indivi- here at the Rotary Club.

received a handicap of 50

a

game.

in aid of the Bomber Fund will be dual subscriptions is NC$32,000 Rotarian Lam Ming-fan, in the Playing SUNDAY, JULY 13

2 consistent held at the European Y.M.C.A. made by Mr. Lam Pul-sung who Chair, substituted for the Prest-Sykes scored breaks of 22, 29, 18. BASEBALL. ----- U. B. B. Tulsa

v. pool on Friday, July 11. at 9 p.m. 'sold a part of his gold and silver dent Rotarian Robertson, who 22, 35, and 53, while Jackson's best Hongkong, Baseball, Club, 10 am. Admission la. $1.50.

ornaments for the purpose.

efforts were 20, 51, 28 and 34:

PLAYER'S

was down with the fla

Right out

in Front!

CLIPPER

AIM OP CODNOT