By: British North Borneo Herald
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Scenes from the past: Sports at the Jesselton Padang in 1915. - Pic for illustration only.
16TH NOV 1938
IT had almost become a proverb amongst the complacent residents of Sandakan that “on Charter day it never rains,” but after this year the proverb is no more. True the Water Sports were held in gloriously fine weather throughout, but such weather only made people come down to the land sports on the padang in the afternoon optimistic and unprovided for the downpour that ruined the later events.
The ladies arrived in their summery lovelinesses, and had in consequence to rush for the pavilion as the first proceedings for breaks in the rain to allow them to get to their cars in safety.