1936-09-26 — Page 12

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY,

1936. SEPTEMBER 26,

HONGKONG TAKES TO REAL CRICKET "TESTS"

CRICKET FIGHTING IS LATEST CRAZE

SPECIAL TO “TELEGRAPH”

THIS is the story of a queer form of sport flourishing hitherto all un- suspected in our midst.

The sport of cricket-fighting.. like every other thing Chinese, has had a long history behind it. For all proved to the contrary, that ancient Confucius may also have known of it, and not miss- ing a fine opportunity for im- pressing his followers, may have commented, as he held one of these insects, freshly gory from

fight, in his hands, on astonishing fact that it was still able to sing in the midst of ad- versity,

the

Whatever the etreuustances from which It has derived in origin, that staging of fights between pairs of trained crickets is another old cus- tom-and a decidedly pupular one with our Chinese friends, by whom It is regularly organised Into a Colony-wide tournament.

RADIO BROADCAST

News and Announcements

From London RECORDED PROGRAMME

From Z. B. W. on n wavelength of 355 metres (346 kilocycles):

4-7 p.m. Chinero Studio Concert. 7 D.ME. The Band of 11. M. Cold- stream Guards.

Tales of Hoffmann-Selection (Ol fenbach): Colonel Bogey March (Al- ford): Youth and Vigor (Lautensch- lager): Air de Ballet: (Cullirhoe; (Chaminade); Pas Der Cymbales Chaminade); Old Panama (Alford); The Standard of St. George (Alford).

7.30 p.m.

Light Opera and Musical Comedy..

Countess Maritza-Selection (Kal- man)....Marek Weber and his Or- chestra: Song--Arendy in ever Young The Arsadians" (Moncklon).....

Voen! Winnie Melville. (Soprano);

and her llussar

Picture shows the method bj tejich the crickets are reped into action by being tickied with a little horse- Gems-Viktor Light Opern Com-

to

Jurir brush. (Photo: Mee Cheung).

International Missionary Conference In 1938.

held since

Correspondence

"WIRED WIRELESS".

CRITICISM

(Abra seleer The Town Talk

pany Vaudeville Theatre (Ellis)....

chestra;

Or. Song-Love will find a way "The Maid of

Mountains") the (Fraser Simson)....Helene Esserman (Suprano).

Time. Weather and an-

The again. Sole Mio...Ferera and

Grace

D.m. nouncements.

8,03 p.m. A Variety Programme, The third niceflug of the Jn 1) The faith by which the churches

Piano Solos-Jan Klepura Film Melodies....Fred Stein: Song-Lost; ternational Missionary Council is live, (2) The evangelical witness of (3) The inner life and

A. Melody from the Sky Sam be held at angebow in 1938, the church,

(4) The

Browne (Baritone); Organ Solos- when more than 100 delegates, re-trength of the Clareh

M. Cinema Memories... Quentin presenting

200,000,000hurch's relation to its environment. about

for cooperation i I live witnessed buffalo Bghts in

Christians in Asia, Africa, Europe The necessity

To the Editor of the Telegraphi MacLean: Song-Lost my Rhythm. between Christian forers, and have plctured or Indo-China,

and Amerlea will attend,

my better published Lost my Music, Lost my Man. Sir.-In Only two meetings of the Inter-i

Dinali related to me cock or bull fights in

Miller: Vocal-Life begins other countries, admittedly as full

The theme of the conference will national Missionary Council have last Saturday, I touched on the

Flanagan und Allen; Instru- 1910, The first. of excitement as could be. Latterly, behe upbuilding and maintenance been

purchase, by Also, I hart viewest those trials of of the younger murches is it prict, held in that year to mark 100 years proposed

Remain? gorile-ke strength Ist the L.ro Theatre, but it reinsins for the ship Wwe Wren Christian fel at ginus potestant missions, was Government, of a Paalubi,

Two years of preparation at liburgh, where Dr. J. R. Mott sin machine", which I believe The King Steps out").

He has the Government itself, not the Moore (Soprano);

Instrumental...“ will be needed as the conference will was elreted

Lazy Bones. Eight Plano Ensem- Broadcasting Com-j review the world situation as far as been connected ever since with the Hongkong

Travel Alone.... Leslie ble: Song--I Coumell which is in constant session! the Kingdom of God is concerned,

mittec, is to operate.

Hutchinson Orelicstra

Falling The subjects for review will be: 2 working organisation.

Since the Budget has been Leaves... Ambrose and his Orches- published, it is unlikely that the tra; Vocal-Chloe (Song of the Government will withdraw the vote. Swamp) Trail. The

The Radio Three: Vocal and as it is always pleasant to be The Sunset

23172 able to say 1 told you so", I propose Billies; Orchestra-Wah Hoo....The to put on, record the objections 19 Original Hoosier Hot Shots. the scheme from the viewpoints of the tuxpayer and listener, so that when the Government confesses to its fallureas it is bound to do ini the long run-these objections muy perhaps be remembered.

ventiveness of our Chinese friends here in Hongkong to dish up the exquisite thrill to be derived from watching a pair of insecta engaged in mortal combat.

t

We do seem to lose some sense of proportion descending from man to insect, but each according to his preferment,

Ordinarily beloved of Chinese schoolchildren. as. I Imagine 1 must be also of all young people fleeing from the cares of the class- room, the wonder of cricket-fight-

serious attention ro ing is thin

from elder ceives

people. Thou- sands of dollora are won or lost at meeting on the outcome of these Aghts, this being about the only occasion I can recall when 'betting is spontaneously admitted into the sporting complex of (Chinese friends.

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which

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New Prosperity Coming to

Canton & Hongkong

DIVERSION OF YANGTSE VALLEY TRADE FROM SHANGHAI Anglo-Chinese Parleys For

The Loop Line

The Government's "Objects' and i

art

9 p.m. News and announcements from London.

9.20 p.m. Hawaiian Music, Love Song of Tahiti; Samoan Loye Song: Lullabyland The Music of the Blue the Lallables; Underneath Hawaiian Skies; Sweet Hawaiian Dream Girl; Hawaiian Paradise

9.45 p.in. Dance Orchestra from the Hongkong Hotel Grill Room,

10 p.m. Big Ben from London. 12 midnight. Close Down, NOTE: There will be a relay from the Lee Theatre (Chinese) from Z. F. K. on a frequency of 640 kilo- candi-ryeles from G-11 p.m.

Reasons"

Climatic conditions in Hong kong

notoriously bad for rudio, but this chiefly affects recen- tion of distant stations. The Local Station is powerful enough to be received everywhere in the Colony whatever the atmospherie tions.

might

1

be some

"In A Persian Garden" Song Cycle

FINANCIAL INTEREST Naturally with the financial in- a cricket of good derest involved, fighting quality can become a prized! possession for the owner, in which

is true that reception is dir it becomes event

Acult in a few localities, and if it TO-MORROW'S BROADCAST 2 very mucti pampered Insert indeed, and An

were a fact that any considerable

area, abject of unremitting care. Nothing INKING of the Canton-Kow-more convenient transportation, well-populated

c.g., Happy but the best is good enough for it.

loon Railway with the Can-outs for expurt and impurt, he valley, were so affected, then there

jointed out, had to pass through For a home it is ensconced in the

wisdom in the hollow interior of a bamboo etem ton-Hankow Railway in Canton Hongkong, and the British Colony Government's proposal.

In prac- any is also particularly con- is being discussed in Nanking will thus reap advantage regardless tice, however, it reception at

SACRED SONG RECITAL venient for carrying about. For between Mr. Chung Kia-ngao, of whether goods traffic stops Arst point is difficult, the "dead" zone is

10.30-11.30 am. Morning Service foodt rely only that which

few hundred Canton or goes on straight to

square yards in from the Union Church. Minister of Railways,——and Hongkong nourishing; and here we come to

Faren "only" and "good receptionis 11:30am-12,15 pm: Morning- REAL ESTATE BOOM? the strongest diet ever invented by officials of the British Embassy,

obtainable immediately outside it Service from the Hop Yat Church man for insect. Meut particles) it is

In mercantile circles here, it is in any case, difficulty is mainly ex-(Chinese). learned from Chinese

anticipated that the bulk of goods perienced in these zones with re- sicamed in rice, boiled herba, and

12.15 p.m. "Concerto in A Minor" sources,

from the Yangtse Valley and

ception from distant broadcasts for Planoforte and Orchestra (Grieg Later on the, negotiations may be! Central China will be shipped to Therefore, the Government's excuse Op. 10) played by Ignaz Friedman

as the Mayor. i

Hongkong for export via the shifted to Canton,

of climatic conditions rendering the Mr. Tseng Yang-pu. was the forineri

of Railways, aid Vice-Minister

must fuil. understands the situa- thoroughly

to walt: is not necessary tion. It for the arrival of Sir Hughe Kisat- British chbull-Bugessen, the new ambassador. it is held, before the negotiations start.

I suspect also something stronger f What- pep in a cricket is the nim. ever the food selected, it contains all the vitamins necessary for us. taining a cricket on its six (or is it more? I haven't counted) Irgs fur a fight to the death if needs be. THE TOURNAMENT It was a contest between Ping Pong's "fancy" and Mr. Pong

"Champion" Ping's

I had the pri vilege of viewing the other day. With some fly other people in a roum we perspired freely but cheer- fully in the name of a good sport. Whole stacks of bamboo tubes ench containing a cricket was brought,

Mr.

. in addition to the two now being

gingerly deposited into

*

n

glazed

clay pot measuring a feat across, which serves as an arena for the combit. Three little Pigs".

AGREED IN PRINCIPLE Both the British and Chineseg Authorities have agreed in princi-

Cauton-Bankow Hallway, as Hong-purchase of this machine necessary and the Orchestra conducted by Phl-

kong has steamship connectionS with'ull parts of the world. Ware- house and transportation business there will thrive, and real estate in Kowloon will rise.

the

to

Finance

Hippe

Gaubert,

A Short Recital by 12.18 p.m. Fritz Krelsier (Violin).

Bands.

The vote! covers presum- 1. A May breeze ("Songs without Lon- 2. the ably

cost of

machine Words") (Mendelssohn); the The termini of the two railways only. Wires are needed to bring the denderry Air (arr. Kreisler): 3. Mar- in Canton are separated only by Ave | service subscribers and, Iguerite (Rachmaninoff, arr. Kreisler). miles, and a bus service is connects believe, must be laid apart from

Time and Weather. The

Inter- future telephone wires, to avoid

1.03 p.m.

Music by Military' the two stations. loop

line will probably be conference, While it is true that as man subscribers as desired can be ple that the two rallways should structed on the outsitirts of

La Source Ballet (arr. Winterboi- lapped off one pair of wires, this be connected for mutual benefit, city.

Intermezzo tom); Hobomekto meuns, at least, that one pair must (Reeves); Wedding of the Rose be kid to each district in

the (Jesset); Medley of Scottish Alrs; Colony, while, if the service

The Bells of St. Malo (Rimmer);, be operated on both sides of the Semper Fidelis March (Sousa). Harbour, this argues the Inying of Where is the a submarine cable. money coming! from to lay maintain this system of wiring?

but the project fell through eight months ago owing to the opposi. tlan of Gen. Chan Chai-long. When Sir Frederick Leith-Ross,

Adviser Economic

to the British was in Canton, he told China

said Treasury.

Mr. Pong Ping. We clutched our press representatives thu money ghly and looked fearfully would be benefited by this through round for the big bad wolf, until trame, which means cheaper and assured that this was only sporting

to mean that Mr. Pong Ping

sect to the tune of three hundred

then sure. It could make ju eric-

Novelty Treasure Hunt To-night|

and

1.30 p.m. Router Press, Local: Weather, time and announcements.

1.10 p.m. Malcolm McEachern The Government has not made (Bass) and the Light Opera Com- public, the charge which it proposes pany..

jarguing his utter faith on his in-wrought in must people, it make BUSH PICNIC BY OUR ce lost, so to pay for the in- rosch): The doilurs. Other. bets were quickly kot very sore. It made Mr. Ping

taken up, and soon there had re- .cumulated a few hundred dollars as

sudden squared up excitedly

Pong's insect bounce into activity, It

to make for the service, but every Vocal Gems-Line Dumiino (Cavil- subscriber H 11 potential radio Her); Songs-Danny Deever (Dam- Witch of Bowden stitution and maintenance of this (Smith); Vocal Gems The Waltz service, the Government is divert-Dream (Strauss); Song-In Praise of ing possible revenue from broad- | Ale (Cedrle Sharpe).

ANTIPODEANS Novelty is apparently the stakes. It looked as if we were in against the whisk, and was droit keynote of Australian and New casting proper.

meet his intended opponent, who, Zealand Association activities similarly, had been enjoined to cut this year.

business,

for some good spart.

CHIRRUPED!

ly turned round the other way to

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pay.

is

Clientele

2 p.m. Light Orchestral Music. Midnight Rose (D'Erlanger); Ber- ceuse (Jornefelt); Praeludium (Jar- that obvious

the cost nefelt): A Night on the Waves (Fin- But instead of coming to blows

out the cackle and settle down to Following upon the successfull 11 the directly they were brought into con

only system will

benish Waltz) (Koskimas). The Merry month, thefor tact, those two erickels put

their

No-one who had not previously Mystery Picne lust beads together and song, or chiri

scribers can be obtained for each Fantasia (Lumbye); Merry Vienn seen these crickets fight could have Association is holding a Mutor-Car Justiced if a large number of sub- Middies (Brooke); Dream Pletures

Is this dairlet wired.

likely? Waltz (Melsül). ruped after their kind, for all the imagined the ferocity packed into Treasure Hunt to-night.

2.30, p.m. Clues have been placed in certain think not, because:

Close Down. world like a pair of lovers. But

Jess on an inch of insect and now the Commitice presiding over the

(a) The Telephone Company has 4-7 p.m. Chinese Programme. given an unbridled suttet in a com- parts of the mainland, Cars will

7 p.m.

"Symphony No. 7 in A contest soou brought them to re-

to the death. The offensive Start from the Police Pier, Kowloon, tried it out and failed to make It son. With a whisk designed from weapon, so my Chinese friends say, at 45 p.m. to-night and will search

Major" (Beethoven. Op. 02) played (b) Subscribers would be able to horse hair tufted to the end of a

(Continued on Page 5.) Is in a pair of what they describe for the first clue. long slender stick, Mr. Ping Pong

"teeth" which become

onwards, the rupidity listen to the local station only. Any inter- From then

who is interested enough to touched his hopeful" on its aten-locked with the opponent's pair in with which they complete the cir-one nae of feelers. Being touched on a

vas something cult of clues will depend upon their want to listen at ull, would, if they radio sets, plus the ordinary the fight. There

hearteners licence to enable them ure Chinese, also sensitive

hus that ellect spot

intensely human-like in the way in Ingenudly in deciphering the clues..

Canton, etc., demonstrate; while the hours Participation in the Treasure Hunt Shanghai, Nanking, which these insects grappled and alternatively threw each other over. is not limited to members of the especially when the local station is which the local staiton broadcasts Finally,

Mr. Ping Pong'a cricket Association, and ot welcomic. broadcasting in English, while non are most unsuitable for their pur- also want to hear other post. As every subscriber to "wired broke tooth and began a mad Parlies of four or more must provide Chinese

such as Manilu,.or the wireless is a potential purchaser scamper round the arena. He who their own ears, but the Association is stations

or of a radio set lost. It would be the runs away, lives to fight another arranging for conveyances for smaller short-wave European stations,

course, in time, we may have Eng- last straw If the Government went got Hisit

Chinese programmes into trade. Perhaps the committed will

TESTS ANSWERS Current Affairs

jiro

~4420$

want to

s

fo

ut

to the old sayingpooled envelopes, which must simultaneously, but to operate these of the Hongkong Club might note

by sundry polting with this be opened until 11 pm. If through the wired wireless" would this, us Government od ng trades- that very minute to renew the com- given to the driver of bat; but he was visibly tiring, and for merey's sake they at length took they fail to find all the clues before mean a duplication of service wires in such case, be classed ne trades-

p.m., the sealed orders will in- to every area, as one set could not men!

Distribution of Benefits him out of the bowl, when the restruct them where to proceed to the carry both programmes.

(c) The areas where reception over Quite apart from the inerita ar sult of the fight was settled beyonɑ { inceting spol, which will be one of the air is difficult are, so few and demorits of the proposal, is it right sum of public. Not long afterwards he gave up the beaches along the Castle Peak small that subscribers from thein that such large

when money should be spent for the bene- the ghost, whether from a broken road. Coffee, served in Australian would be negligible.

fit of the relatively Yew,

Bo many is required in or sheer exhaustion is not bush style; will wind up a typically

His carcass

is going money pitched was drain, An inconsiderate

(1)

5 |(11)

3 {(21)

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day, according

The run-away was brought back,

(2)

2 (12)

4 ((22)

3

(3) 1 (13)

3 (23)

2

(4)

5 (14)

4 (24)

2

(5)

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2 (25)

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all dispute.

(0)

4 (10)

(26)

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(8)

1 (18)

4 (28)

certain. down

(0)

5 (10)

G (29).

3(20)

4' (30)

But then there were 99 other sport it needs be!

|(10)

Antipodean moonlight picnic.

Trade Conditions Trade in this Colony

this

Participants are advised to take through a difficult time, yet the directions by legitimate broadcast- nel on the part of Mr. Ping Pong, bathing costumes and, if possible, Gourment proposes to compete ing7. A Blattnerphone, for example

150 ellzens." Why not their own cups or "pannikins." really,

latter are of equipment. The radio Charges are $1 for gentlemen, 50 with dealers in, and distributors of, would bencil a much great number

ILADIO FAN 90. crickets in hand for a whole day's cents for ladies, Latter, however, already handicapped enough, for money to buy one?

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