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NANCY

·HM--- IT SAYS COUNTESS VANGILD IS

DUE IN TOWN

TODAY!

OH, DEAR!--- WE MUST GET TO KNOW

HER-WHAT A

SOCIAL CATCH !;

Thursday,

YOO HO0--- FRITZI!

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

WELL---IF IT ISN'T EFFIE FLANAGAN!---

By Ernie

WHY EFFIE--- I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE SCHOOL)

DAYS.

FEB-20

March 23, 1939.

Bushmiller

DON'T LAUGH, FRITZI -- BUT I'M A REAL COUNTESS NOW ---I MARRIED COUNT

VANGILD-- CAN YOU IMAGINE?

CONTINUED ---

Henry Cotton, Britain's Greatest Golfer

Harder To Interview

Him Than A Cabinet Minister In England

(By George Kirksey, "United Press"

Staff Correspondent)

London, Mar. 10.

Henry Cotton may be the world's greatest golfer or the most misunderstood individual of the links.

And while everyone wonders which of these stories are correct, tall Henry goes quietly about his business making perhaps more money than any other golfer.

America wants Henry to pay it at visit this summer and cross clubs with her best playera. But Collon, necording to the latest reports, wants $10,000 in cold cash and a round pr** trip ticket on the Queen Mary,

SPORTS MEETINGS

Army And La Salle College Sports Postponed

The Army Athletic Meeting which

I tried to get to see this mystery man of the links for several days but it's as hard getting a personali interview with the King of England. Cotton is like a Cabinet Minister. you want to see him or make a book- ing with him, you first must get lawas to have been held to-day on the touch with his secretary and present Boundary Street ground, has been the necessary credentials you postponed to a later date owing to the state of the ground. It is hoped

never see him.

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After several tries, it was obvi-that all those who had been invited ous Cotton did not want to speak to to attend will be present on the reporters.

day which will be notified later for the holding of the postponed cham- dt's strictly put up or shut up with plonships meeting.." Henry. If you want to talk to him,

ONE LANGUAGE ONLY

The St. Stephen's College annual there's only one language he under-athletic sports will be held at Stanley stands the melody of linking coins on Saturday, March 25, commencing or the crackling of bills. Perhaps that's why he had made more money at 2.10 p.m. Mrs. Heu Ti-shan will from golf than any British profes-distribute the prizes at 5.30 p.m. sional in history. He is worth close Buses leave the Vehicular Ferry Pier to £100,000 has a magniflernt home at 1.30 p.m., and will return at 5.45 and one of the best golfing jobs in p.m. and 0.15 p.m. the British Isles.

"Lost"

"year" he didn't win ̄n-single major British going title and yet he is considered the supreme shooter. in the land. He is the

only pro over here who can get. £100 for short course of instruction command 200 to £200 for an exhibition, picking his spots and naming his

Control Of Ball

First Essential

(Continued from Page 8.)

own terms on a take it or leave it these were ball-game adepts recruited

from other sports. Such men

are

Henry Cotton

He is in a class by himself.

WEATHER DELAYS

Clipper Now Due

On Saturday

Owing to the bad weather condi- tions, the Imperial Airways plane due here yesterday afternoon from Bang- kok with mail from the United King, dom and Australia, will not now arrive until this afternoon.

Experimentai Flight

basis.

A few weeks aga he played a week rare to-day und, with more and more) at a music hall for £300, was held schools adopting the game as a regu- The Boeing Clipper, making its over a second week for £450 and far winter pastime, they will soon turned down a third.

became unknown.

ANOTHER SIDE

Weak wrists are a definite draw But, there's another side to Henry. back and exercises should be adopted He plays more charity matches than regularly to strengthen them, such any of his fellow professionals. He as patting a tennis ball with a two- when out walking: or never has thne for anything except Inch stick his work-golf. He is one of the running about the home lawn with best instructors in England and when a hockey-stick und cricket-ball.

he plays on Sundays with a mem- Some men wear rubber wrist ber of his club (Ashridge Golf Club) he never necepts a fee and sometimes bands, but I do not recommend the gives away instruction he could sell continual use of these. But do not for much money:

British Girl Athletes Must Be Beautiful

A team of "perfect" British girls to be selected by the Women's Amateur Athletic Association to take

İs

part in the Olymple Games

Kapylo, Finland, next year.

af

DARTS LEAGUE

So determined pre the authorities Recent Matches Played

get the best available British

team that special coaching will start

In Local Competition

Darts

this spring, and "talent scouts" are

The following are the resulla of matches already watching possible candidates, played recently in the "."

Women selectors will see most of League: the, likely candidates at the Indoer Whitehouse championships at Wembley on May Taylor

13.

Imperial "A"

Gribble

Howo

Feminine types will be chosen, Pearson and the girls will be advised to take care of their looks as well as their training.

01

M.T.I. "A

Mitchel Smith

Кесная

Moare

Wilkie

M.T.D. "B"

1 Moore

1 Stonnell

Prest

Bassan

ghest score-Taylor 08, R.A.G.B. (GC) "A" "We hope open 23 summer card school for women athletes, and we Little are looking round for sultable edinan

Honsell place," an official of the W. A. A. A. Punneil sald. Many of the most promising: girls are school teachers or students, And they will be able to spend their summer holidays In training."

TWO MILLION SPECTATORS An Olymple village is being built ut Kopyla. Two thousand players and athletes will be accommodated in 30 new houses.

2 King

Highest score-Hansell 121.

M.T33. "A"

Mitchell

Keenan Moore

Smith Wilkie

Imperial "A"

2 Howe.

Gribbla

0 Pearson

0 Taylor

2 Willehouse

B

Imperial "g".

Highest score-Koconn 125, M.T.D. "A'

On a hill just outside the Stadium Dyer 2,000,000 spectators will be able to smith watch the marathon race,, which will Callagan. be staged round a five-miles course. Clare

U.S. COMMODITY PRICES

Dec.

LATEST CABLED QUOTATIONS

New York, Mar. 22. New York Cotton

Opening

0.18/18

Closing

8.17/17

7.08/96 7.96/07

7.84/63 7.50/00

7.30/57

May

July

Oct.

Dec

Jan.

March

Spot

March

-7.54/54 7.50/50

7.53 N 7.00/01 7.50 N-

8.02 N

15.83 N May

15.00/77 15.84/86 Sept.

15.80/80 15.87/00. 15.80/70 15.88 N To-day's Sales:-2,150 tons. The Inst Notice day for Rubber is March 29th.

Chicago Wheat 0734/677% 08/08-

New York Rubber

March

Sept.

Tuesday's

May

July

Chicago Corn 4734/47% 494/40

Sept,

50/50%

May

6044/61%

July

012/01

Oct

second experimental flight from San Francisco to Hongkong with mail, May has also been held up by heavy July weather. It was due to arrive here on Friday, but will not now come until Saturday.

SUMMER SERVICE

Imperial Airways' New

Timetable. Imperial Airways notify that their nuke the mistake of trying to use existing schedule between Southamp He is highly disliked in some quar- stick of more than, say 20 to 22 ton and Hongkong and Sydney win ters and is a hero in others. He bo- oz. in order to make up for weak be altered in a summer timetable. came a here when he broke Ameri- wrist muscles. ca's strangle-hold on the British

Practise bitting a stationary ball Open title in 1934. Before that, the without giving "sticks" and also title had been making annual trips your flick shols (minus bull, of across the Atlantic for more than a

decade.

On the links, Cotton is best des cribed as a "Hamlet of the Golt. Course." He is tragically serious. Once he was unable to control his nerves when things went wrong. Now he may seeth inside but seldoin does make a display of his temper. To understand Cotton, they say,

The chief alteration is that cast- will arrive here one bound liners day enriler than at present, namely, on Tuesdays and Fridays instead of The course. and with plenty of space. of days of departure from Hongkong,

Wednesdays and Saturdays. there will be grumbles in the home Tuesdays and Fridays, will remain circle) before a long mirror.

unaltered.

WEEK-END CRICKET

you have to go back to his early Hongkong Cricket Club

days when he gave up cricket to learn golf; of how he learned every basic principle of the gume from a nurled old Scotch professional; of how he made clubs as a* youth,

And Volunteers XI's

The following will represent, the

played in a converted garden beHongkong Cricket Club In League hind his father's London home and cricket matches against the Craigen- served under three different profes-gower C.C. on Saturday: gionals before he set out on his own,

and

The summer timetable comes into operation with the service leaving Southampton on April 16 arriving here on April 21, and with the service from Hongkong leaving on April 11.

AIR SERVICES

Arrivals and Departures

Of Planes

Outward

For London, Australia, British

convinced and determined to make 1st. XI (home).-H. Owen Hughes Countries and Europe: Imperial Air-

a fortune.

(Copt.), D. Bryan Gower, J. H. Fox, ways 7 a.m. March 24 Imperial Air-

He has made two trips to America. M. F. L. Haymes, J. L. Iisley, L. D, ways 7 a., March 20. --- One was in 1929 to study, Iron play Kilbee, G. P. Longfeld, K. A. Munro, under Tommy Armour. And again W. G. New, J. L. C, Pearce and T. A Honolulu. Boeing Clipper 0.30 am. in. 1931, when he was left off the Pearce. Ryder Cup team. He was a failure

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For U.S.A., via Manila, "Guam,

March 25,

21-

For Chungking, Sion, etc. Eurasia

tournament player there. His 2nd. XI (away)-E. J. R. Mitchell friends say he was sick. They also (Capt.), C. W. E. Bishop. D. G. Day, and C.N.A.C. service indefinite. T say that next time he goes he G. E. R. Divett, N..P. Fox, R. M. M For France, vla Hanol; Air France will achieve his ambition of proving King, II. J. D. Lowe, A. K. Macken-0.30 a.m. March 20.

he's master of the world's courses, zie, D. O. Parsons, J. E. Potter and

But Henry is riding high, wide and D. S. Robb.

hundsome now. And he won't go to

America" unless he gets plenty of

manry. To do otherwise would be

too much of a gamble, and Mr. Cot-

ton laqus chrewd man.

AMOUR SPELLING BEN (seo page 7)

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millepeda millimetre condant

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From Franou a slá Manoli, Ale France, 1280 March 23, MAXTON

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Marshall

Welle

0 Black

3 Dodd

Highest score.

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Tut-ankh-Amen's Tomb May Not be Disturbed Again

BIN a tomb in the Valley of the Kings] was removed, and the breathles at Thebes, Egypt, are the bones workers saw the gleam of gold. An- of the 18-year-old eighteenth dynasty other linen shroud was, rolled puck. king, Tut-ankh-Amen.

Before their Jay a heavily guided Peacefully they lie, possibly never come, 9ft. long, shaped like a statue. to be disturbed

FACE OF SOLID GOLD can tell the world, for the tomb no more than is

The lifelike face of the "statue" known already of that Pharaoh who

was a solid plece of gold. Various fighest finishes-Funnell 204, Lumby ruled Egypt 3,000 years ago.

All the arts known to men, every objects in the sarcophagus were re

postponed for a year, scientific instrument, have been used, mover, and the work of opening the

extract from the tomb the utmost coffin was

Meanwhile Lord Carnarvon, who had Information It con

give of the

been character of that virtuous youth, the

instigator of the opening of toinb, had

had died. BRC in which he lived, and the social life of the Egyptians of his day.

100, Haaro 91, Littlo 88,

Highest scores:-Litfie

11

133, Davis

King 132, Poole 131, Waterworthi 178, Prest

| 127, Keenan 125, Itanseil 155.

TRAFFIC MISHAPS

Car Overturns_And_ Lorrics Collide

to

the

the

Then

tho came the news that

afternoon. Howard Carter and Mr. Arthur Mer resumedy, however, work was

and the tomb was stripped.

It was on a day in November, Egyptian Government had put ob- 1022, that three men, suspecting the afacles in Mr. Carter's way. He and location of a tomb in the rocky hill- his collaborators, in protest, refused side of the valley began to probe. to carry out any more scientifle work, While driving a car In the New

They were Lord Carnarvon, Mr. on the tomb. Territories yesterday William Wong, of 239 Lockhart ton, Lord Carnarvon died Road, skidded on Talpo Road near Castle Peak Road, and ran into the years ago; Mr. Carter died recently; Gold, precious stones, amulets and' -

Mr. Merton lives. embankment. The car turned over on its side.

No-one was injured, but the car was damaged.

Lorries Collide

same pu

who

Sir

charms to carry the dead; king to the other world, which were found TREASURES FOUND

in the tomb, are now in the museum at Calro. There, are about NOD They opened the tomb and as the articles a collection which rivals the work progressed through many attraction of the Pyramids and the 074/674

Another minor traffic accident months, the world waited each new Sphinx. 08/08 occurred in the Shamshulpo district discovery. Even Individuale

What of this curse of the Pharaohs 68/684 yesterday afternoon. A military had little interest in things of the that is talked about so often? Mr. Sales:-1,098,000 bushels. lorry, driven by Lance-Corporal past gasped at the apparently un- Howard Carter laughed at it,

Hilis, of the 1st. Bn. Middlesex ending list of treasures which were Ernest A. Wallis Budge, who dup up 47%/48 Regiment, was going along Cheung brought to light,

many mummies, did not believe in 49%/40% alia-wan Road when it collided with As a result of the archaeologists' Yet as many as 20 deaths are salt 50/50%) another lorry, privately owned, work the world learned the secrets to have been due to the "curse."

which came out of Feiho Street of the by-gone age of Tut-ankh- But the experts do not believe in 0134/61% The fronts of both vehicles were Amen.

the "curse," or they would not de- 01%/02 slightly damaged, but one one was The contents of the tomb disclosed liberately run into danger. 6274/03 hurt.

how an Egyptian king ilved, his magnificence while on carth, his pomp though dead. In the tot were found charlots, sacred books. furniture, food, and even, in sym- bolic. form, the servants who were to do the king's blading in a future

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Above are a group of enthusian lio gymnasts from the tongkong University. Photo shows them doing the "Pyramid,—Photo by Lo Ping-pat-

Jife

The last operation of all was the fting of the ton-and-a-half granite ld of the sarcophagus.

Bell Recast By Paul Revere

Newington, N. II. When the village church bell was erneked in 1770, it was taken to Bos- Tho 3000-year-old mummy was ten and recust and mended by a man disclosed. A linen shroud, some-named Paul Revere. He was palet in what discoloured but well preserved, timber from the town forest.

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