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AT THE KING'S TO-NIGHT.

Pricos

Orchoutra

Stalls

and

Drown

Cirolo

$6.00

ncluding

Tax!

1

HEIFETZ

Pricos

THE

HONGKONG

FANLING GOLF.

STARTING TIMES FOR SUNDAY.

TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1931.

9.00 C. B. thegs & R. 11. Dowler. 9.10-1.20 a.m. Reserved for Cham

plonship.

9.26 H. K. Hepburn & A. B. Raworth. 9.50 A. 1. Minson & F. A, Merry. 9.5 L, G. S. Dodwell T. R. Chassels. 9.40 J. E. H. Cugan & O. E. C. Marton or K, S. Robertson. 9.45 A. D. Stewart or D. G. Bruce & A. B. Purves or C. H, Holmes. 9.50 . W. Franks & I. W. Shewan. D.LG W. C. Shields & A. C. 1. Bawker 10.00 I. H. Geare & D. M. Mac-

Dougall. 10.05 G. R. Horridge & 4. H. Ander

Front

Stalls

$4.00 Back

Steln

$2.00 (Including Tax.)

non

10.19 C. W. F. Bonker & W.

Denham. 10.15 R., Law & F. A. Redmond..

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will give One Recital Only on Friday 4th December at 9.30 pm.

COMING TO THE CENTRAL SHORTLY!

A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

A GREAT MAN •

A TRAGIC LOVE!

Constance BENNETT

THE COMMON LAW

She wracked her life to

to build a coroor for him?

NEW GRILL ROOM

HONGKONG ...HOTEL

OPENING

5th December, 1931.

ON THE OCCASION will be held

A DINNER DANCE tunder auspices H.K. W.G. & M.C.I...), at 8.$0 pan. Under the Dis tinguished Patronage of Hia Excellency Governor and Lady Peel. the

RESERVATIONS

AT THE

HONGKONG

&

PENINSULA

HOTELS

AN AUSPICIOUS

OCCASION

Opening 5.12.31

HONGKONG HOTEL'S NEW GRILL ROOM

THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.

There are, only three Air Mail Routes from Europe to the East and they all use Wakefield's Castrol Motor Oil-the product of an all-British

firm.

MARSEILLES TO SAIGON

'AMSTERDAM TO BATAVIA

CROYDON TO DELHI

FORTUNES FROM WHEAT.

U.S. EXPECTS TRADE REVIVAL.

New York Nov, G. The frat real shens of improving trade sinco the false start Jast spring are now being noted here.

Rising wheat prices are regarded as an omen of better times because impoverished farmers in the West Will at last have money to buy goods the East. from depressed manufacturers in

An improvement in the steel in- dustry was forecast with the return to work of several thousand mex at Pittsburg and several largo plants are resuming on a part-time

(0,20 G. W, Reeve & H. W. Daukes.basis, due to orders Trom railways

G. and motor roanufacturers..

10.24 42. A. A. Macfadyen &

Thanterson

10,28 E. Stone & J. P. Shorry. 10.32 F. C. Young & C. Webb. 10.30 W. R. Vallance & A. D. fun-

phreys.

10.40 A. V. Greaves & C. Thwaites, 10,44 G. T. May & II. T. Buxton, 10,48 A. Sommerfelt & D. S, Rub. 10.52 . M. Giddy & L. Brown. 10.56 D. S. Edward & G. B. S. Thon

son.

vett.

11.00 T. Grant & El. Hampton, 11.04 S. S. Perry & W. G. Ferimer. 11.08 ., Priestley & F. H, McBean. 11.12 T. Low & J. R. Hinton. 11,16 E. Lewis & E. des Voeux. 11.20 . Wateshin & G. G. Johnston. 11.24 J. S. Dykes & S. T. Bui. 11.28 W. D. Barris & C. E. R. 11.32 J. MacKnight & W. A. Stuart, 1130 V, Gordan & J. R. Lanyon, 11.30 A. M. Parker &C. Mycock. 11.44 A. D. Brawn. & N. K, Littlejohn, 1148 P. Morrison & S. J. I. Fox. 11.82 1, G. Allison & C. F. Byde 16,56 1, C. Grover & K. R. Ronards. Noon, Mundvacchin & D. Black. 12.81 A. Pierev & J. J. French, 12.48 T... Newbigging & F.

Black.

212 L W. Dulley & T. 11. U, Highet. 12.16 . Lyon & W. Rigg. 12.20 C, B. Johnson & J. W. Alobas-

Ler.

"LAWN BOWLS IN HONGKONG."

INTERESTING BOOKLET

APPEARS.

Soaring wheat has brought op Limism to Chicage and better busi- ness conditions to Kansas City, while Cleveland (Ohio) has regis. tered its first business increase of any importanco in over a year,

According to the Chicago Board' of Trade. the total wheat sales in Chicago to-day

80,000,000 Ishels.

War

While profit-taking made the price 1 cent. under yesterday's rales, fortunes were made by brokera, who bought whent at 50 rents bused a month ago and sold to-day at 65.

GRAND OPERA HOUSE GUTTED.

THE WORLD'S OLDEST

THEATRE DESTROYED.

Rome, Nov. 28. A fire broke out in the Bolngeon opera house enrly this morning and, fanned by a high wind, sprend rapidly, defying All | attempts of the city's fire brigades, supported by troops, to get under control. By noon, the conflagra-j tion, which had been started by, a short circuit, had completely prutted the building, destroying]; many old manuscripts and tapes- tries, the whole damage being; estimated at 8,000,000 lire.

There has just been published, at the modest price of one dollar. an extremely interesting the The Bologna opera house, com- booklet on "Lawn Bowls to Hong-pleted in 1756, was the world's kong." Compiled by "Hobt. Mac-oldest operatic stage and bad been Whirter." it comprisen, in the the scene of many triumph of six main, matter written in the generations of opern stars. author's characteristic narrative form for the South China Morning Post.

The activities of the Hongkong Lawn Bowls Association and the Colony's various bowls clubs are given. whilst included also are the records to date of the Asso- riation's corapetitions, together with the scores and names players in connexion with the Interport games between Hong kong and Shanghai. A detailed

index adds to the value of the publication.

For the first time, there is thus produced a complete record of the lawn bowls history of the Colony the compilation of which has ment considerable research.

Any profits arerging from the sale of the booklet will be mitted to St. Dunstan's.

LOCAL FOOTBALL.

PROBABLE TEAMS FOR TO-MORROW.

re-

NEW SPANISH FLAG APPROVED.

PURPLE STRIPE ADDED TO REPUBLICAN COLOURS.

Madrid, Nov. 28. The new Spanish Bag, which adds a purple stripe to the red and yellow of the monarchlat colours, was officially approved tu-day by the Constituent Cortes when it an overwhelming passed, with majority, a supplementary article the of the constitution laying down

purple-red-yellow

the national colour scheme.

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At the same sessions the Cortes adopted a provisional clause of the constitution, providing that, while all Spanish presidents must be elected by popular vote, the first president will be chosen by the Constituent Cortes. December 7 was set apart for the balloting.

EXCHANGE RATES.

Previous Day. Yesterday.

Paris. Geneva

.803, .17.7/16

14%

17.9/32 14.3/10

.18%

.101

192

Kowloon's first team the Argylls will be:-Gurevitch; Lon- don, Martin; Hedley, McKelvie, Bliss: Innson, Gillot, Timberlake. Berlin. Duncan. Bickford. Reserves: Oslo.. Dominy and Bryant.

Helsingfors. Athens..

270 The Kowloon 2nd XI, v. the Navy has been selected as follows: Shanghai.

Buenos Aires...40% Nicholls: Wells, L. Williams; I. New York.. Greenberg, Gilchrist, A. B. Wil Amsterdam.. liams; White, Whitfield, Simpson, Stockholm

Eastman. Reserve: M. Vienna

Madrid. The Police team against the Bucharest. Borderers will be: Fraser; Per-

Hongkong Brussels. kins. Brittain; Thorpe, Channing Milan Bowman; Cornwall, Hudson, Copenhagen. Moss. Shepherd and C. Pile. Prague... Reserves: Jessop and Williams. Lisbon. The following will represent the Rio.

Reserves in their match Bombay against the Argylls on the Cha- Yokokama. tham Road ground, K.O. at 2.30 Montreal p.n.-Bradbury: Sloan and Krilo- Silver (spot) vaky; Hooper, Puncheon, Sloan; Farrow, Smith, Reid, Railton, and Fowler. Reserve:-Tavlin.

80

18%

262%

40%

..1/10% ..3.304

.8.13/32

.18

1/10.17/32

3.38

8.11/32

18.3/10

.20

20

10%

40

676 .1/4.3/10 .24 :00

670

.18.

1/4.15/10

24 85% 18.3/16

.115

100% 4% ..1/0.3/32

114

100%

444 1/6.3/12

.2/11

2/14

31 Á

3.01 .19.7/10

10 12.5/16 (forward) 19%

British Wirclean.

Passengers who arrived from Home Booking is now open at Anderson by the P. and 0. as, Rawalpindi in- Muste Co, for the forthcoming pro Mr. Kelman, Capt. T. G. Lewis, Mr. cluded Capt. F. Mooney, Capt. and duction of "Miss Hook of Holland" by R. Andrewes, Mr, G. E. C. Marton, the Hongkong Philharmonie Soelaty as advertised elsewhere in this paper,

and Lieut.-Comdr, and Mrs. M. G.

Seven performances will given, the Marriott.

opening night being on Friday, Docem.

ber 11 at 9.15 p.m. Children will bo Mr. C. J. Chisholm, chieftain of the charged half price admission to all Selangor St. Androw's Sockty, has sents. Intending patrons are request-come to Hongkong for his health. In ed to book early.

his place Dr. G. G. McGregor, na senlur past chleftain, presided at the St. Andrew's celebration.

Sir Henry and Lady Pollock ra- turned to Hongkong by the Rawal.

pindi yesterday. With his return to

The Royal Observatory reporte

the Colony, Sir Henry again becomes that the antioyelona ta 'now central "the Benilor European Unofficial mem- | to the, north of Hankow and is be- ber of the Legislative Council,”

TO-NIGHT'S

Great Boxing Event

All the Famous Boxers in

THE FAR EAST

at the

Annual Open Royal Naval and Royal Marine Boxing

Championships

At the CITY HALL

16*********

Atkey Judge

Rowles

Morris

Begbie

Davies

Warnes

Lake

Farrar

8.45 p.m.

FIGHTS

COME AND SEE

AMONG OTHERS

*****QOGO

16

Heavy-weight and Light Heavy-weight Champion ATLANTIC FLEET 1929

Heavy-weight Champion of the ROYAL NAVY 1940.

Light Heavy-weight Champion of the ROYAL NAVY 1928, CHINA FLEET Champion 1930.

Middle-weight Champion of the ROYAL NAVY 1930. Welter-weight Champion of HONGKONG 1931.

1

Welter-weight Champion of the CIUNA FLEET 1930.

Wolter-weight Champion of the MEDITERRANEAN and ATLANTIC FLEETS 1822.

Welter-weight Amateur Champion of the ROYAL NAVY, 1930. Runner-up of the Amateur Welter-weight Championship of ENGLAND 1930. I. S. R. A. Welter-right Champion 1980.

Light-weight Champion of HONGKONG 1950. Light-weight Cham- pion of MEDITTERANEAN and ATLANTIC FLEETS, 1920.

Bantam-weight Champion ATLANTIC FLEET 1927. Amateur Feather-weight Champion CHINA FLEET 1930.

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