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Land for "Ladies 9 hole course" It was acquired in 1916 after 4 years negotiations and in 1919 more land was acquired and a further 9 holes were laid out making with the above nine holes, what was then termed the "New Course". In 1928 further land was acquired with the intention of lengthening the second nine holes of the New Course but in 1929, this idea was abandoned. Instead in 1930, further land was acquired and nine new holes were made and inserted between the second and third holes of the New Course. Thus the old ninth became the eighteenth, and the 9 holes that had been the last nine of the New Course were turned into a separate "Relief Course".
The reconstituted New Course was formally opened on November 2, 1930, by H.E. The Governor (Sir William Peel).
The office work for the Club was originally carried out by voluntary labour; later the accounts and some of the Secretarial work was done by Chartered Accountants; in 1924 a paid Secretary was appointed, but the accounts were looked after as before; finally in 1928 the Club Office was opened.
The Royal warrant referred to above is worth producing. It is dated from Downing Street, September 1, 1897, addressed to the Governor, Sir W. Robinson, and signed by John Bramston for the Secretary of State. The document reads:
* Sir
With reference to your despatch of the 20th of July, addressed to the Right Honourable the Lord Chamberlain the Earl of Lathom, I have the honour to inform you that on your application being laid before the Queen, Her Majesty was graciously pleased, in view of your recommendation, to give Her permission to the Hongkong Golf Club being called "The Royal Hongkong Golf Club".
The Kowloon Golf Club, though not by any means an old institution, has an interesting history which should be recorded here. We must first take our minds back to the days before the Great War, when we find the United Services Recreation Club playing over a private course of nine holes which had been constructed in the picturesque surroundings of King's Park, in those days more of a park than it is to-day. When the war broke out, the U.S.R.C. membership naturally dwindled, with men going on service, more members for the golf section and funds for upkeep of the course; an invitation was issued to the Kowloon Cricket Club and Bowling Green Club for their golfing members to participate. The King's Park course was still in use shortly before the Government took over the area, in 1923, for the laying out of the sports grounds that now cover most of the allotment; and it was in 1923 that the laying out of the Kowloon Golf Club's sporting nine-hole course near Kowloon City was commenced. This lies partly on military land and abuts on the shooting range: a necessary "hazard" which members have now apparently become used to.
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Land for " Ladies 9 hole course It was acquired in 1916 after 4 years negotiations and in 1919 more land was acquired and a further 9 holes were laid out making with the above nine holes, what was then termed the " New Course " In 1928 fur- ther land was acquired with the intention of lengthening the second nine holes of the New Course but in 1929, this idea was abandoned. Instead in 1930, further land was acquired and nine new holes were made and inserted between the second and third holes of the new Course. Thus the old ninth became the eigh- teenth, and the 9 holes that had been the last nine of the New Course were turned into a separate " Relief Course ".
The reconstituted New Course was formally opened on November 2, 1930, by H. E. The Governor ♦ Sir William Peel ).
The office work for the Club was originally carried out by voluntary labour; later the accounts and some of the Secretarial work was done by Chartered Accountants; in 1924 a paid Secretary was appointed. but the accounts were looked after as before, finally in 1928 the Club Office was opened.
The Royal warrant referred to above is worth producing. It is dated from Downing, Street, September 1, 1897 addressed to the Governor, Sir W. Robinson, and signed by John Bramston for the Secretary of State. The documeny reads:
* Sir
With reference to your despatch of the 20th, of July, addressed to the Right Honourable the Lord Chamberlain the Earl of Lathom, I have the honour to inform you that on your application being laid before the Queen, Her Majesty, was graciously pleased in view of your recommendation, to give Her permission to the Hongkong Golf Club being called "The Royal Hongkong Golf Club.
The Kowloon Golf Club, though not by any means an old institution, has an interesting history which should be recor- ded here. We must first take our minds back to the days before the Great War, when we find the United Services Recreation Club playing over à private course of nine holes which had been cons- tructed in the poituresque surroundings of King's Park, in those days more of a park than it is to-day. When the war broke out, the U. S. K. C. membership naturally dwindled, with men going on service, more members for the golf section and funds for upkeep of the course an invitation was issued to the Kowloon Cricket Club and Bowling Green Club for their golfing members to participate. The King's Park bourse was still in use to shortly before the Government took over the area, in 1923, for the laying out of the sports grounds that now cover most of the allotment and its was in 1923 that the laying out of the Kowloon Golf Club's sporting nine hole course near Kowloon City was commenced. This lies partly on military land and abuts on the shooting range: a necessary" handelsap " which members have now apparently become used to.
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