1937-04-30 — Page 19

YANKEES DEFEAT SENATORS

St. Louis Cardinals Trim Cincinnati Fitzsimmons Wins

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Spectacularly

New York, Apr. 29, Washington again were beaten to day, the Yankees winning four to two, nine hits to six. New York had

homer one error. Lewis Washington was of little help.

for

LIQUOR LICENCE

REFUSED

AMPLE FACILITIES IN WANCHAI BOARD CONSIDERS

THREE CASES ·

Liquor licences were considered by

the Licensing Board at the Sessions held in the Legislative Council Cham- ber this morning. The followed up- plications were dealt with:

Publican's Ogilvie, Alexander Licence at Adelpha Cafe, 320, Hen- nessy Read-Refused,

Andrew Peter, Tkachenko, Res- Inuant Adjunct Licence, at Tkachenko Restaurant, 3, Hankow Rond, ground York's homer for Detroit was noor-Granted until next Sessions In- offset by Cleveland's heavy hitting

November. circuit drive, the and Trotsky's Indians emerging victors twelve to three. Detroit hit seven times and committed one error. The Indians hit thirteen and were faultless in the feld.

With nineteen hits, which yielded twelve runs, Chiengo easily mastered St. Louis Browns, Stratton pitching and keeping the eight hits scattered.

Itain kept the Athletics action with Boston.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

out

of

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Luiz Antonio Vieira Ribeiro, Rea- faurant Adjunct Licence, at Jublice Tea Room, 392, Lai Chi Kok Road

to Postponed pending enquiry whether the military will put the bounds if the Ten Room out of licence is granted.

The Board comprised: Hon. Mr. R. A. C. North (Chairman), Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster, Messrs. T. A, MIL- chell, C. Champkin, J. L. McPherson, J. M. Wong and W. G. Harrison (Clerk). Mr. C. G. Perdue, Deputy

New York Giants whipped Chica-1.G.P., represented the police. go, Whitehead hitting two home runs

and Fitzsimmons adding a

Morcover, Fitzsimmons Is

third. credited

STRONG OBJECTION

When the first application was

with the pitcher's victory, for he called, Mr. Perdue said he would add

allowed only five hits and

single Fun. Glants counted times.

not

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nine

In an eleven inning battle, Boston emerged with the spoils, snatched from the Phillies. Fifteen hits the Braves smacked out, and six runs they counted, including Cuccinello's

hit

thirteen homer. The Phillies'

and scores four. There were no

errors.

beat St. Louis Cardinals caslly Cincinnati, six to one, though they to The only hit safely five times Reds' eight.

The Pittsburgh-Chicago encounter went thirteen innings, the Pirates eventually scoring the winner after hitting thirteen to the Cubs' twelve. Chicago had three errors-Reuter.

Recommend Privy Purse Of £110.000

Also Allowances For Heir To Throne

London, Apr. 30, It is understood the Civil List Committee report recommends that £110,000 should be granted for the King's Privy Purac, which is the same as in previous reigns, but would increase the allowances to the Duke of Gloucester from £25,000 to £35, 000.

Princess

that It is recommended Elizabeth-should-receive- £0.000 When until she is 18 years of age. she reaches her eighteenth

Rose would re- Princess Margaret ceive £6,000 annually, it is recom- mended.

year,

If a son is born to Their Majesties, Princess Elizabeth's allowance would be the same as her younger sister's. namely, £0,000 when she reaches her eighteenth year-Reuter.

Sunken Ferry Safely Moved

Salvage Operations

Facilitated

After a fortnight's intensive work and experiment, the salvage party from the Kowloon Dock succeeded in raising the Star Ferry Night Star from its bed of mud alongside the Hongkong wharf last night.

the

to the report already submitted that the police considered the granting of a licence inadvisable and strongly objected to It.

The Chairman added that there was n letter from the Commodore saying he thought it was inadvisable, from the naval point of view, to m

of licences in crease the number Wanchai. A letter from the General Officer Commanding was to the ef- feet that he considered the number of in-bound premises existing were sumelent for the troops."

the

Mr. P. 11. Sin accompanied Mr. Ogilvie, and, on his behalf, said the applicant was a Scotsman, resident here during the past 20 years, during which time he had been directly or indirectly connected with hotel busi- ness. During the past eight years, up to July last, he had run Airlie Hotel and held an adjunct licence for five years up to Novem- ber Inst. He had hired premises Wanchal for the purposes of run- ning the Adelpha Cafe, which he hoped to open soon. The ground for the Application was that the China Fleet Club was the only place where liquor was sold at pli

ni

hours and was the sole Club

were

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, APRIL 80,

'Hongkong Clipper' Takes Gown To

Film Star

PARCEL ABOARD FOR STAR OF “GREAT ZIEGFELD”

THE

Mr. B. Greenberg, Hengkang Manager of M. G. M. hands commander of "Hongkong patronised specially by

express parcel to Capt. La Porte, the Navy. The Adelpha was two miles

Clipper" for carriage across the Pacific to Miss Rniner. away from the Club. At the moment they only adjunct licences nt the Wanchal. Only two now Ilcences had been granted in that area in recent years and one had since been withdrawn, no European holding a licence there at all.

LIFE SAVINGS

fe

Applicant was Investing his savings in this place and depended on for his living. The Reence would be a boon to those who de- sired to drink after football without going to town for it, and would-be- especially popular in view of the forthcoming Coronation crowds..

HE first cargo ever received for carriage from Asia to America by air mail was a parcel addressed to Miss Louise Rainer, the Metro Goldwyn Mayer star who won the Motion Picture Academy Gold Cup for 1936 for her acting in "The Great Ziegfeld."

The parcel, which left Hongkong by the "Hongkong Chinese gown, Clipper," contains an exquisitely wrought presented to. Miss Rainer by Metro Goldwyn Mayer (China) Inc., in appreciation of her fine acting in "The Good Earth," shortly to be shown here.

The parcel was handed per- sonully to Capt. La Porte, com-

In reply to Mr. Alabaster, Mr. Sinmanding the "Hongkong Clip- agreed that two other persons were per" by Mr. B. Greenberg. more or less financing, the Adelpha..

Mr. Sin agreed that the Airlie had Manager of the Hongkong office been forced to close down owing to cf M.G.M. indebtedness. It was proposed there would be no bar, but tables, at the Adelpha. They would expect mixed customers. If the Cafe was put out of bounds by the Services, it would damage the business to a certain ex- tent. The eating house licence had been granted by the Urban Council, subject to would hardly be worth while cun ning the Cafe without a licence. The Chairman remarked that there were in the neighbourhood three hole!- keeper licences and four adjunct licences.

alterations. some

Mr. Perdue repeated that the pollte opposed the application.

ENOUGH ALREADY. Mr. Sin: I understand the police oppose every application.

not

the of

FC-

The "Bill of Lading" carries the notation, countersigned by Pan American Airways, that it is the "first Airway Bill ever made out to cover a trans-Pacific air express shipment from Hongkong to the United States."

R.A.F.

Collide In

Planes

Air: 5 Killed

London, Apr. 25.

The collision of two Royal Air Force bombers to-day involved the deaths of five men of their crews,

Three machines were flying in formation near Alethwold on the Norfolk Suffolk border when the propellor of one caught the tall of the leading machine.

Both fell almost instantly, one bursting into flames. The other the Elver landed partly in Whiffey-Reuter Bulletin Ser-

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vice.

One Fatality Last Week

Colony's Traffic Accidents

In the Colony of Hongkong, includ-

ing the Island, Kowloon and the New ot 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 24, there Territories during the week ending were altogether 50 trafic accidents; as the result of which one person was killed and 17 persons were in- jured.

and

The person killed, a Chinese malc, aged 25 years, died as the result of! injuries received through falling from a moter lorry whilst in motion.

Of the persons injured, 11 were! pedestrians, who were either walk- ing or running across the

the rond vehicles.

Thran struck by

Three were framear passengers were

red while alighting from moving tram-

rider and motor

ก cars. A bicycle lorry passenger were injured as the resuit of collisions between vehicles, One lorry passenger was injured through falling from a moving motor larry.

and

Of the 50 accidents, 14 were colll- sions between vehicles; 26 were

between vehicles collisions pedestrions; and 10 accidents were due to other causes. Numbers and type of vehicles Involved:

Private motor car

Motor lorry

Publie motor car

Motor bus

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10 3

The Chalinon: Not quite. They oppose it on the ground that there. are enough Ilcences in Wanchal.

Mr. Alabaster: There used to be Tidal pressure was utilised to raise

yesterday some publicán lleences without bars The

low tide

LO the that area, but owing afternoon the deep end of the hulk in Was secured to stout beams, Inshed deliberate policy of this Board they in were

afterwards only allowed together across two big lighters.

the fairly large buildings like the hotels. rise As the tide began to

The Chairman said there was enormous pressure forced the wreck from its mud bed. At the same time cedent for departing from that polley. Members of the Board refused the huge floating cranes were used to

because rise the fore part of the vessel at application

Board, hut previous policy of the. the shallow end of the wharf.

successfully mainly on the objections of the. The operation was

If a temporary llcence completed at 11.30 p.m., un hour and Services,

were granted it might only be a half before full tide. Immediately the vessel left the harbour bed it was scinded later, with financial loss to

the applicant. from dragged 200 yards out

RUSSIAN APPLICATION wharf and was then again lowered.

In the case of Mr Tkachenko's The entire operation was completed by midnight and was so weil per- application, the pollen opposed on formed that important trans-harbour the ground that there were a mun speak English.

ANOTHER CASE cables, on which the ship was lying, ber of licences in, the vicinity and Russian of that applicant was a

When Mr. Ribeiro's application were undisturbed.

known. He had was called, it was stated that his now lying on the bed whom little was 1

to the The ferry of the harbour, free from all sur- come here less than three years ago premises were adjacent

Its present and was running a bakery and con- Shamshulpo Comp and that the rounding obstructions.

military authorities had unofficially fectionery Business, will allow steel pontoons to nosition

In reply to questions by the Board, stated that they would put the place be floating on either side, so that it

quite

easily raised for applicant said, through his daughter, out of bounds if a liquor licence were granted, because it might lead can be conveyance to the dockyard. on the that he had previously done similar

business with brother at Shanghai to actual indiscipline and would other side of the harbour.:

A fifteen-year-old schoolboy, who Work on salvaging the ship was and hoped here to cater mainly for certainly offer competition with the complicated whilst it was alongside the Russian community who had fre- canteen.

Mr. Ribeiro said his premises were suddenly ran across Queen's Road quently requested vodka or. drink the ferry wharf becouse of

so near to camp that there was un- Central this morning, had a narrow with their meals,

Further escape from death. The Board decided to grant a likely to be any trouble.

The boy, Lee Kom, was struck 'by. licence until November when they more, he was already in competition

deport-a car driven by Dr. Shin, who was would consider how the house had with the canteen in other

oroceeding towards the city when ments. been conducted In the meantime.

the accident occurred.

the

of the wharf and the many

ent cables crossing the har bour at this point.

The ferry aank on the afternoon of April 14 following a collision with the Meridian Star. Over 200 passen- gore were aboard when the collision occurred, but the ferry was rushed buck to the wharf all were all landed safely.

Mr. Perdue, did not press an ob Jection on the ground that applicant spoke little or

The Chairman said the Secretary would be instructed to get a definite no English, Mr: statement from the military authorit- Alabaster remarking that a number les, when the application would be of Japanese licensees ulso could not again considered,

Tramcar

Bleyele

Tricycla Ricksha

BOY STRUCK BY MOTOR CAR

Dr. Shin attended to the youth's Injuries and then conveyed him to the Government Civil Hospital, His condition is not regarded as serious,

1937.

E RADIO BROADCAST

Recorded Operatic Recital By C.B.R. Sargent HILDA ARNOLD: CELLÓ

Radio Programme Broadcast by Z.D.W. on wavelengths of 355 metres (845 k.c's), 31.49 metres (0.52 m.c's.).

4-7 p.m. Chinese Programme.

7 p.m. French Music. Violin Solo-In Fille aux Cheveux de lin (Debussy, arr. Hartmann). -Aupres

de Yehudi Menuhin; Songs -Apr

I'lle- mn Blonde (Chant populaire de-France); Le p'tit Quinquin (Des-

Vocal Jean Sorbler; rousseauxPRES

Gullbert ....Yvette

C'est le (Discuse); Planoforte Solo-Jurdins (Debussy)....Mark la BOUS plule Hambourg; Songs-Clair de Lune (Paul Verlaine and Gabriel Faure); Lied (Catulle Mendes and E. Cha- Mme. J. Bathori (Mezzo- Cheric

brier) Songs-Reviens

(Cyrleroy); Colombella (Pierlas).... Tino Rossi (Tenor).

7.30 p.m. Stock Quotations and Hongkong Exchange Market Report.

7.35 p.m. Nat Gonella and His Georglans.

Fox Trot--Sugar Rose; Fox Trot- Sing me a swing song: Slow Fox Trol-Lazy Rhythm; Quick Step- How'm I doin'?; Fox Trot-Jealous; Slow Fox Trot-Sophisticated Lady: Fox Trot Some of these days; Fox Trol-After you've gone.

8 p.m. Time, Weather and An- nouncements.

8.93 p.m. A Recital by Malcolm McEachern (Bass).

The Witch of Bowden (Ogilvie and Smith); Danny Deever. (Damrosch); Speed! (Flotsam and Jelsom).

8.15 p.m. From the Studio.. A Hilda by Violoncello Recital Arnold.

Sonata in G Minor....J. B. Loell- let: Largo-Allegro-Poco allegro- Adagio Allegro.

8.30 p.m. Alfredo Campoli and His Orchestra.

The Knave of Diamonds (Steele); Love in Idleness-Serenata (Mac- Beth); Penny in the slot (Ashworth, arr. Hope); Your heart called wine (Edgar Lewinnek--Hayon); Vienna in Springtime (Leon-Pelos!).

8.45 p.ni. "La Traviata" (Verdi)-- Prelude, Act 1, Pinyed by Toscanini and the New York Philadelphia Or- chestra.

8.50

p.m. From the Studio. The Eighth of a Second Serles of Gramophone Recitals by the Rev. C. B. R. Sargent.

9.30 p.m. London-News and An- nouncements,

9.55 p.m.

Celeste Octet.

The J. II. Squire

de Ballet Valse Bluette-Air (Drigo); Andante Cantabile (Tschal- kowsky, arr. Willoughby); Memories

of Chopin (art. Willoughby).

10.15 p.m. London-Big Ben. Variety and Dance Music, Orchestra Sweet Memories; Ro- mantic Waltz Medley Trot--When Eddie Car- roll and His Music; Fox n Lady

South.

of

Swing;

Gentleman down dy Foster and His Kings nk: Vocal-Clavelito Del Genit Tral To Raquel

Meller; Fox Mary, with love....Al Donahue and His Orchestra; To you. Sweetheart.. Orchestra Henry King and Hi Banjo Solo-Medley....Tarrunt Bal- ley: Vocal-Melodrama of the Mice Fox Trols Flotsam and Jetsam heart; You Talking through my heart;" came to my rescue....Henry King

Orchestra; and Hla

Orchestra Smoke gets in your eyes.. Carroll Gibbons

and His (Plano)

Boy Friends; Vocal-If I should lose you Turner Layton; Waltz-Give me your hand....The B... C. Dance Orchestra.

11 pm. Close Down.

4.30-5.45 p.m. (approx). Addi- tional European Programme_from ZE.K., en n Frequency of 640 Kilocycles, and on Z.B.W. on Frequency of 31.49 Metres (9.52 m.c's.).

A Running Commentary by Frank V, Read on the Finals of the Open Singles Tennis Championship of the Colony, between H. D. Rurnjahn and S. A. Rumjahn, to be played on the of the Hongkong Stand Court Cricket Club. (By courtesy of the Committee of the Hongkong Cricket Club).

Japanese Blamed For Rail Wreck

But Two Russians To Die For Crime

Moscow, Apr. 20. The Military Collegium of the Supreme Court has sentenced to death two accused, and others to long terms of Imprisonment, on charges asking out of a rall disaster in which there were a number of casualties at Kras- noyarsk, Biberia,

News of the tragedy was only made publle to-day.

The court announced that the were accused two principal named Dmedov and Stet, They. with accomplices, are alleged to have acted under the direct orders of Japanese Intelligenco wreck.- agents to cause Router.

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