History of the Ladies Recreation Club - Hong Kong

1924

Tennis at the Club for Mrs. Peggy Beard and her friends

1923 - a memoir

Colonel H. Owen Hughes
- "The Ladies Recreation Club 1883-1983"

"I do recall being in the Final of the Mixed Doubles with Helina Calvert (the sister of Lady Stewart Taylor). That must have been in 1923 and I think the event was won by commodore Worthington (Secretary to commodore Grace) and Primrose Grace, youngest of the Commodore's daughters. They were known as Miss Grace, Disgrace and Miss Deameanour!"

1924

Cheltondale,
286 The Peak,
Hongkong, July 22nd. 1924.

Sir,

I desire on behalf of the committee of the Ladies Recreation Club, of which I am President, to ascertain from the Gevernment, whether they would consider a loan of the sum of $4,500 (four thousand five hundered dollars) for the purpose of putting the Club House of the L.R.C. in a good state of repair...

... I have pleasure in enclosing the club's last audited account & would point out that since the date of this, owing to our having raised the subscription, & the fact that tennis balls are now paid for by members themselves ...

Hoping for a favourable reply.
Yours faithfully,
Mary J. Hancock.
(Mr. R. Hancock).

New Trustees 1924:

Denis Henry Blake
Mary Isabel Hancock
Harry Owen Hughes

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1928-10-03 Daily Telegraph

"Two baskets full of ginger root, onions and lettuces were produced in Court as evidence this morning, when two chinese were charged with stealing vegtables from the garden of the Ladies' Recreation Club... The men were arrested at 5:30 this morning. One of the defendants was an ex-banishee, who had complete his term of banishment. "

1929

Widening of May Rd (LegCo report)

Sub-Head 24. $75,000 - Widening May Road from Tram Station to Conduit Road. This provides much-needed motor access on the Mid-levels and constitutes the natural continuation of the road now in preparation from Garden Road to MayRoad

Year	President	Secretary	Treasurer
	President	Hon. Secretary	Hon. Treasurer
1920		Dorothy Digby
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925	Mrs. Russell Brown
1926	Mrs. Russell Brown
1927	Mrs. Russell Brown	Mrs. Craig	Mrs. Adams
1928	Mrs. Hancock	Mrs. Craig	Mrs. Adams
1929	Mrs. Etherington	Mrs. Sommerfelt	Mrs. Comrie