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YACHTING IN HONGKONG.

(Continued from Page 12.)

They are good cooks, and have that natural cleanliness and tidl ness, which is essential in any well runt boat.

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THE HONGKONG®

CHRISTMAS MAILS.

TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1931.

PARCEL MAIL TO CLOSE ON

cember.

CORRESPONDENCE. CONSIGNEES' NOTICES.

THE EAST ASIATIC CO. LTD. COPENHAGEN.

on the

gods are to be left in the Godown, All broken, chafed and damaged where they will be examined by Mesmes. Anderson and Ashe 7th November, 1931, at 10 a.m.

All claim against the veanel must be presented to

the Undersigned- before the 11th November, 1031, or they will not be recogninest."

No Fire Insurance will be effected. Bill of Lading will be countersign-

ed by

The admirable Crichton himself

(Continued from Page 5.) could not outshine Chinese boat

FRIDAY AFTERNOON. boy, when his master is sympatho-

Football Association, being unable to The Motor Vessel, The scenery out there is magni- tie and treats him well.

The Postmaster Gonorai an-play a friendly match against the cent. Doubtless most of you havo There

Camaraderie" nounces that the Christinas parce Association's refusal to sanction the having arrived consigneos of cargo

United Borvices on account of your

"MALATA" apont what the

Americans call amongst people who go down to mail for the United Kingdom wili match, is an insult, not only to the are hereby informed that all goods "good money", to visit beauty spote, the sea in ships", Junks and same closed in the General Post visitors, but also to the local Chinese are being landed and placed at their and enjoy the scenery, but I doubt pane almost invariably give way to ice at 6 pm. on Friday the uth never occurred to your Association. risk into the hazardous and/or extra whether 6 per cent of those pre-yachts racing, and one often gets and a due in London on 11th De-Your Association's refusal to Hane-hazardous Godown of The Hongkong sent have any knowledge of these friendly hall, and n grin, from

tion the match is a sed commentary and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co. beautiful Eastern waters.

a weather beaten elversman who

The Postmaster General would on the friendly co-operation between Ltd, where delivery can be obtained The remedy, I suggest to you is sticks his Celential thumb in the be glad if parcels intended for your Association and the Chinese as soon as the goods are landed. to take up yachting and get away air, and calls "Tal Yut".

thia mail were posted as early as Football Club. And as far as the No claims will be admitted after the from confined spaces and hot, garo The courtesy of the Naval and possible and not, as usual, on the Chinese Cluba are aware no expres.roods have left the Godowns-and-all- lino pulluted roads. You will then Merchant ships, even

slon of regret has been expressed by goods remaining undelivered after the in narrow day of closing the mail, be able to agree with the bont aai-waters, is also proverbial.

The raton of postage on parcels or on behalf of your Armeintion with 6th November, 1931, at 4 p.m. will bu

subject to rent. lor when he remarks "I pity the A steamer meeting a line of addressed to the United Kingdom reference to the abortive match.

devils who have to stay yachts strung out in a race poor

22 Such, then, is the, Chinose are as follows: 8 lbs. $1.80, 7 lbs. Clubs case, and, on the facts, we are will whore on a grand day like this."" alter course or reduce speed.

$8.20, 11 lbs. $4.50, 22 lbs. $8.10. to submit that it was unfair for your and Tribute to Boat Boys,

yachtamen reciprocate by causing

Council to find, as it did, that the I would like to pay a tribute to

the minimum of inconvenience.

promoters of the Interport "acted Heckptall Smith calls sailing the sized bonts, was tribbed from Ber-Wrongly" in not communicating earlier the skill and devotion of our paid not oldfashioned method of pro- muda where it has been used for with your Association, and that bands, that is the Chines bont boys. Coming aa they do from the and the winds, and, he adds, n

mlsion known to man-the sails centuries.

the League Management Committee only acted "hastily and without care- Experiments in wing designs for ful consideration" because of the junk and aampan fraternity, they have the traditions of the sea in range sport in the twentieth cen-aproplanes have given new Idens shortness of time at their disposal."

to designers of sail plans, and some their blood. In fair weather and

tury.

of the freaks of to-day may be con- his letter to your Chairman dated 18th 23. Mr. Lo has sent us a copy of foul, they do their utmost in racing

Racing Yacht Erolation. and cruising. Even at the end The best in hull and anil designsidered orthodox in the near future. October, and a copy of your Chair

The Royal Hongkong of a hard day, when weary and from the cntamerans of the sunny Club han just adopted a new 20 As Mr. Lo himself, stated, he wrote Yachtman'a reply of the following date. Hoaked to the skin, they will work neas to the fishing craft of the square metro design by Johann that letter entirely on his own initia- with a will to Improve the position cold North Sea has been used in Anker, the famous Norwegian devo, but we are directed to state that. of their boat in a race.

the evolution of the modern In cruising yachts, when an en-racing yacht.

algner, and I look forward to some buying sudied it carefully, the Chinese gine is installed, they somehow nc-

Clubs are prepared to submit the In recent years the Murconf Rig, very keen racing in this class. quire an uncanny knowledge of the or Bermuda

The design of these boats is right whole matter to arbitration on the Big, which is up to date, with lone "overhangs, turma net out in Mr. Lo's letter, nud innards" and moods of a marine to-day

clean lines and the modern high arbitrator.

Lo abide loyally by the findings of the motor.

Found racing rig for moderate and narrow Bermuda Rig. Their

24. The Clubs request a satisfac- performance against classes will be interesting to see above enumerated, because they hope Rond, one of the new streats on

our present tory explanation of the incidents

The naming recently of Jaffe Time does not permit me to deal to be convinced that no insult towards the Prayn East Reclamation, re- with the rules of yocht racing but them was intended. In conclusion. will any that I

A calls the public servant 25. The Clubs hope that your As.

whose know of nothing more exciting sociation will find it possible to co

name will be perpetunted, Mr. than the five minutes interval beoperair with thr Federation. We Daniel Jafe. Although he left tween the preparatory and

there to paint out that the Shanghai the Colony soon after the close starling pans In a yacht race.

Football Association In is similar of the war, Mr. Jaffe will be re- The rules of the rond un defined position to yourselves, and has ex-membered in connexion with the in the Merchant Shipping Act, and perienced no difficulty in offering co-constraction of the Tylnm Tuk re-

aporation with the Federation in servol the Y.R.A, rules, are in force, and to reach the ne as the recand sun

Khnasthal Row, with good way on, calls for sul and judgment. A Bol nf other men are all trying to do the same at the same time in a paratively small area.

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20. As regards Resolution (a), we directed to point out that the promoters of the Interport are the Federation, and that the Federation com-is not a party to the dispute between

your Association and the Cluba, -

Popular With Ladles, Yacht racing has become an popular with the ladies, that this year they will have nine champion- ship raves during the season, On several occasions the Indies have need as a team against the men, and have given a very Hood count of themselves.

27. Further Whether the promoters are the Federation, or any of the Chinese Clubs who were your mem-

era. are directed to

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protest against the finding that they acted wrongly in not communicating earlier with your Association.

28. The Clubs do not know upon what evidence your Argociation came to that finding. But telegrams and documents could bu produced, which will substantiate the facts stated in to read this paper. I doubted paragraph 6 (e), which will show that

When Mr. McPherson asked me

final

arrangements

for

the

whether it would be of general fit the terest to the Club, and I have to Malayan tean's visit to Hongkong thank you for listening so patient-were concluded only on Saturday the Hy.

19th September, and the South China Athletic Association wrote the first letter to you on the 21st September, which was the earliest time any party ciation with regard to the Interport

Competition With Cathedral.

could communicate with your Asso-

In the course of a few remarks in which he expressed the Club's thanks to the speaker, Rotarian match. Dean Swann roused much laughter 29. The Clubs will be glad if your when he said: notice with in- Association would reconsider Resolu terust that yacht racing started at tien (a) and allow the Clubs to send about the same time as St. John's their representative to place all the Cathedral because. I have noticed materials before you, so that your that we have been in competition Council may reconsider and review ever since. I think it is quite this Resolution. likely that the first yacht race look place on a Sunday.

Anniversary Celebration. Members then considered what form the celebration of the Club's anniversary in December should take, and it was finally decided, on the proposition of Mr. P. S. Cas- sidy, serouded by Mr. B. Wylie. that a dinner should be held at which the Charter should be pre- sented, to be attended by members, their ladies, ned guests, with some thing in the nature of a cabaret show if time permitted.

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An officer attached to the Public Works fepartment, Mr. Jaffe ar eived in Hongkong in 1902 as an assistent engineer and was inter en executive engineer. He was appointed a special engineer of the second section of the Tylam Tuk scheme when that underlak ing was begun in 1912, and left the Colony ori leave in 1918, but died while in England.

On

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