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SEVEN-A-SIDE RUGGER TOURNAMENT

Preliminary Rounds 'Next Wook-

for the

The preliminary rounds seven-a-side Rugby Tournament will be held on the Club ground at Happy. Valley on Monday, February 20 and Thursday, March 3. There will be six games each day commenclog at

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1938.

Czech ArmyETTERS TO THE Latest A.D.C. SOONG MAY

Chief Warns His People

Any Attack Would

Bo Quick And Brutal

Prague, Feb. 23. General Luwig Krojci, Chlef of

EDITOR:

To The Editor,

Hongkong Telcgrapli,

Sir,-Along with the prescriptions In yesterday's Telegraph I've read all the other recipes for success, but I have never had the pleasure of meet- ing anyone who had the courage to admit that "inluence" had anything to do with it.

our

4 p.m. The charge for admission to Staff of the Czecho-Slovakian army,

I've heard all these tules of hard any stand on these days is fifty cents, told the press to-day that Czecho-work, sleepless nights, concentration,

est of it, but service men in uniform at half price Slovakia must be prepared for saving and all the and it is hoped that there will be a "brutal and quick attack by motorised have never known anyone who would Inrge gathering of spectators to watch forces, assisted by an air force, wit-Elve anyone else credit for making him what he Is. If you go through the football, The draw la os tol-out warning,"

the formulae, you'll and that He said they must organise them most successful business men to-day lows:

First Round-Scoforths "0" v. relves so that they can dufond them-made their "pic" out of money which Malayan Prince (1), 24th. Heavy selves without aid, since allies would was left them by someone else. Bty. v. Royal Scots "A" (2), 20th, be unable to assist them in the first

All these stories of poor but honest Heavy Bty. v. Chub "A" (3), 5th.A.A. days of attack.

form Inds who worked themselves Bdo RA. v. Police (4), Club "D" v. However, he said that the construc-from oller to president of the road R.E. (5), Civil Service v. Smail Units tion of fortifications on the frontiers are mostly "bunk. (0), Herald v. Middlesex "A (7), had "made such progress that pro- Royal Scots "B" v. Middlesex "Bspective enemies would do well to (8), Ryes, H.MS. Tomar and Small reflect whether an attack would be Ships, Adventure "B", Seaforths "A" worth while."

Butterfield and Swire, Adventure: Among the measures contemplated "A." Suffolk, Seaforths "B" Hongkong Bank

and is a proposal to move the Sicodo muni-

tions works from Pilsen to a more Second Round. Tamar and Small central position-Unlied Press, Ships v. Adventure "B" (9), Sea- forths "A" v. Buiterfeld and Swire (10) Winners (1) and (2) (11); Whiners (3) and (4) (12), Winners (5) and (0) (13), Winners (7) and (B) (14), Adventure "A" v. Suffolk (15) and Seaforths "B" vi Hongkong Bank (10).

These ties will be played as

Monday

follows:-

4.00

Thursday

(D) (14)

(8)

4.20

(2)

4.40

(7)

5.00

(4)

(12)

5.20

(3)

(13)

5.40

6.00

(0) (6)

(10)

(10)

Ties (0) and (15) will be played off on the Navy Ground at Causeway Boy on Friday, February 20 us H.MS. Adventure will be at sen next

week.

Squash Matches Postponed

CHARGED WITH SALE OF PROPAGANDA

Hankow, Feb, 24. Mr. Pu Wu-chlu, proprietor of the Five Continent Bookstore in Wang Ping Street in the International Settlement in Shanghal, was arrested by Japanese pialnetoltics men, accom- panied by Settlement police, on the morning of February 22, on & charge of selling periodicals of an alleged He is now anti-Japanese nature. detained for inquiry, a report states. The Kuo Kwang Publishing Com- Inter- pany was also searched by national Settlement police.--Central News,

MANILA SHARES

office:

Owing to the unexpected move-Autamok ments of H. M. Ships, four of the last Atok eight players remaining in the Bagulo Gold Tournament had to leave the Colony Coco Grave

Benguet Consolidated on February 19 and 20.

Consolidated Mines

Business Dene

K. T. PENNEBAKER, -

Show Is Big Success

"French Without Toars”

Finely Porformod

years.

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AGAIN JOIN GOVERNMENT

Latest Hankow Roport

Possessing all the virtues of a good light comedy-u mwy plot, fast and

Hankow, Feb. 24. amusing dialogue, half a dozen or more attractive characters, an up-

Active participation in the roarious closing curtain/French Chinese Government by Mr. T. Without Tears" provides an ideal medium for the talented flongkong. Soong is widely believed, A.D.C, which accordingly offers one following his arrival here from of Its"

Its most

entertaining productions Hongkong. of recor

recent Last night's initial performance was rumours of disagreement within His arrival has served to dispel

an outstanding success. Something

the approaching

When first-night

Soong record

family. audience was present to give the play Madame Chiang Kai-shek and a rousing reception. The players re-Mr. H. H. Kung recently visited acted favourably to this welcome sign Hongkong, reports were circula- of incrented interest and gave a show ted that they were trying to which, judged by the amateur singe standards, Was almost without persuade Mr. Soong to "forget blemish. The comedy, brilliantly past differences and to come to written, lends itself to good perform-Hankow"----Reuter. ances, and in every case, the players enhanced their reputations as first. class performers of light comedy, "If we had raided the place hatf So vante is the plot, if such it an hour later, there would have been can be termed, that one can leave

A miner, Tong Kun-tai, 23, em- two additional charges of distilling the theatre almost unaware of what without a licence and being in pos- precisely has taken place, but one played at Shing Mun, suffered in-

juries yesterday when he attempted, session of dutiable spirit," said does not quickly forget the many

to remove an old dynamite charge Revenue Officer J. L. Stephens when comic and witty lines which con- prosecuting Ho Kau, 20, before Mr. tinually project themselves from the which had failed to explode. The 2. A. A. Macfadyen at the Kowloon dialogue, nor can one be unappre-charge exploded without warning. Magistracy this morning for the pos-clative of the several sly and subtle session of an illicit still and ferment-thrusts made at two of Britain's most

honoured institutions the ing material.

Royal Navy

and the Diplomatic Service. play has charm and a fast tempo, both qualities being given their full value by the Hongkong players.

ILLICIT STILL DISCOVERED

in

Mr. Stepherus said he had ralded an unnumbered hut in Homunitn Wednesday night, and found that the fermenting material had just been placed over a fire but as yet no wine had been distilled.

A fine of $100 or two months hard labour was imposed.

GANDHI CLAIMS

SMITH-WRIGHT'S HIT

E. G. Smith-Wright has done an

excellent job of work in producing this London stage success with such i polish. That he also carns the acting honours-in-chief is further testimony

to his

It is a studied, versatility. competent performance which would do credit to anyone. In whatever

while Smith-Wright is on the stage Wardha, Feb. 23. the show cannot fall Mahatma Gandhi in a statement to He is surrounded in this instance Reuter, expressed The following business done gueto with the Viceroy's statement regard-

dissatisfactionby an exceptionally able cast, all of tions were received after the close ofing the dispute with the Bihar and

whom share

unstinted congratulations the morning gesalon by Swan, Cul- United Provinces ministries, saying MacAlister,

for a meritorious production. Donald by experience, profung bertson & Fritz from their Manlia that the right of examining the coses has become a light comedy performer of political prisoners belongs to the of particular charm and quality.

Sheilah

lah Mackinley cups all previous Prices in Peros responsible Ministers.

The Government's duty was to performances, and makes every entry advise the Ministers, and to leave and exit a notable event. Prue Nell, the latter free.

opportioned a part not without its Nevertheless Gandhi said he was cfficulties, offers an Interesting inter- glad the Vleeroy had left the doorpretation. H. L. Duncan is an assured open, and he hoped Congress would success, and plays a drunken acenc leave Ministers a free band to judge with commendable skill, One finds for themselves if they were satisfied it hard to detect flaws in the work of with any of the assurances they had Claude Burgess, although his part is received.—Reuter Special,

by no means straight," and calls for some ingenulty in acting. A. II. Delcourt gives a brilliant study of a volatile French professor, Peter Nicholson a well modulated, if trife nervous, study, and Fay Grossman, reaped to a comparatively insigni- relegated

part, makes what she

con of 1. Everard Harding has one entrance

and well nigh steals the show! The has been studiously re-

play hearsed, as the A.D.C. shows always are, and is such a successful produc- tlon-that-it-deserves-a-full-house at every performance.-S.A.G.

VICEROY WRONG ay he appears, one always feels that

It in expected that these competi-Demonstration tors will all return about the middle Parncalo Cumaus of March and it has been decided to San Mauricio postpone the remaining matches Suyoc accordingly.

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ANTI-COMINTERN PACT HAS NO SECRETS

Tokyo, Feb, 24. Questioned by a foreign correspon- dent whether there was anything behind the Anti-Comintern Pact between Japan, Germany and Italy. a spokesman at the Foreign Ofco declared there was, no secret agree- ment behind the pact, the text of which had already been published.

The spokesman said the pact only stipulates co-operation among the three powers for suppressing Comin- tern activities. He said there was no other stipulation, nor was there a provision for Italian and German support of Japan's action in China- Reuter.

ROBBERY CASES

FOR COMMITTAL

Charged with robbing Pun Cheong- yeo of two pieces of cloth at No. 04 Lockhart Rond, ground floor, on February 22, and with having used violence to Chan Kwai, servant, two men, Lo, Kuen, 20, and Szeto Chi, 40, appeared before Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at the Central Magistratey this morn- Ing. They were remanded for a week on the application of Detective Sub-Inspector W. N. Darkin, who stated that the case was for commit.

tal.

RECORD

SUGAR

CROP IN 1938

Washington, Feb. 23.

It is esimiated that the sugar crop for the year ending August 31, 1938, I will be a production of 29,300,000 tons us compared with the previous record in 1937 of 20,200,000 tons. Consump- tion, it is estimated will be 20,012,000 tons; which will be 354.000 tons above the 1937 record. United Press.

GENERAL PERSHING SERIOUSLY ILL

INJURED BY BLAST

COMING WEDDING ANNOUNCED

The forthcoming wedding is ac- nounced of Mr. Peter Ronald Ward,

In H.M.S. Phoenix, Miss Ruth Marianne Goldring, 605 The Peak.

an officer

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SPORT ADVTS.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

ANNUAL RACE MEETING, 1938. 10, 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 26th February, 1938.

DI

On Saturday 10th, Monday 21st, Tuesday 22nd and Wednesday 23rd February, the first bell will be rung at 11 ad, and the first race will bo run at 11.30 am. On Saturday, 26th February, the first bell will be rung at 1.30 pun. and the first race will be run at 2.00 pm.

The tin interval will be after the fitih race on the Arst four days of the Meeting.

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MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURES. Members are reminded that they and their ladles MUST wear their badges prominently

displayed throughout the Meeting.

No one without a badge will be admitted to the Members Enclosure. Badges admitting non-members to the Members' Enclosure and Club Rooms at $10.00 per day including tax-or $40.00 including tax for the Meeting (ladies $0.00 and $20.00 respectively) are obtainable through the Secretary upon introduction by a member, such member to be respon- albic for all chits, ele.

Badges admitting Members' Enclosure will NOT be on sale at the Race Course.

to

The Secretary's Office, 1st floor, EXCHANGE BUILDING, (Tel. 27794) WILL CLOSE AT 10.00 a.m.

ON THE FIRST FOUR DAYS, and

at 12.00 NOON ON THE FIFTH DAY.

A limited number of timins will be obtainable each day at the Club House, provided they are ordered ja advance from the No. 1 Boy, Tel. 21920.

On ne pretext will children be permitted in either enclosure during the first four days of the Mecting. No amahs will be allowed on the Fifth Day;

PUBLIC, ENCLOSURE.

The price of admission to the Public Enclosure is $2.00 per day including tax for all persons Includ ing ladies, and is payable at the Gale.

Soldiers and Sailors in uniform are admitted to the Fubile Enclosure at $1.00 per day including tax.

Bookmakore, Tic Tac men, ele, will not be permitted to operato within the precincta of The Hong Kong Jockey Club during the Race Meeting.

Tins will be obtainable in the Restaurant In the Public Enclosure. SERVANTS' PABEES

Passes for Servants will be issued

of application to the Secretary, 1st floor, Exchange Building.

Any persons found lottering with Servants' passes in their possesalan will forfeit the same and will be removed from the Enclosure,

By Order,

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary. Hongkong, 14th February, 1838.

HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB

Tennis Tournament

Matches: arranged for the wook 28th February/4th March oro posted in the Pavillon, Every effort must be mailo to play of tlon on the days, niluttod.. Com- politors are requested to consult the list daily, in case of any alteration Any reference to ties should be made to the-Hatch Secretary, Mr. T. C. MONAGHAN

New York, Feb. 25. General Perating, Commander of the American expeditionary forces in the Great War is still seriously 11, will complications of theumationa and heart-dieerBar Peuter Duties Tell No 189340, 15

Jel, 28151.

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