TWO PONIES OF AUSTRALIAN
EU TONG-SEN
GO LAME
(By "RAPIER”)
Misfortune dogged the foot-
CATHOLICS' PEACE RALLY
Melbourne, To-day.
Sixty thousand Catholics attend-
er for peace.
THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 29, 1939.
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The gathering STOP PRESS
steps of Mr. Eu Tong-sen yester-ed a rally here marking the climax day morning when his two sub- of the Pope's month of pray- scription griffins, Ascot Vale and Smiling Thru, which were entered for the Smugglers Plate and Green Island Handicap res pectively at to-day's meeting,
both went lame.
Ascot Vale, taken out by Mr. W. G. Poy, went lame after completing its second quarter mile gallop. Mr. Poy dismounted near the six furlong post and led the pony back to the stable.
could be
fervently cheered every utterance by speakers that war avoided by the will of the peace- loving masses of the world.
Mr. R. G. Menzies, the Common-
to forward to the Governments of wealth Prime Minister, undertook Great Britain, the United States, and also to the Vatican a resolu- France, Germany, Italy and Poland
tion declaring that war was not inevitable and appealing for a friendly discussion on international problems and to end the armament race. Reuter,
Smiling Thru, crack subscription griffin which went lame last Octo- ber, suffered another relapse. It was taken out by Mr. C. Encarnacao for a quarter mile gallop in com- pany with Gallant Marshal, but after completing the gallop it was dis- covered that the pony was again lame. The jockey dismounted, and the pony was led back to the stable. | day.
M. GAFENCU WELL AGAIN
Bucharest, To-day.
-
ing to the papers here on Sun-
The Turkish Minister here has left for Ankara to take part in the preliminary parleys which are intended to
prepare the ground for M. Gafencu's forth- coming visit to the Turkish capi-| tal.
M. Gafencu will arrive in An- M. Gafencu, the Foreign Minis-kara on June 11. It is not ex-) ter, who suffered from a slight in- |pected that any changes will be disposition on Friday, resumed made in the programme for his his duties on Saturday, accord- visit to Turkey. - Trans-Ocean.
The No. 7 Typhoon Signal was lowered at 10.39 a.m. to-day.
According to the Royal Observatory, the typhoon is stationary or travelling very slowly about 100 miles south-east of the Colony. It is apparently filling up.
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Mexico City, To-day.
A cheque for one million dol- lars, the first of nine similar annual payments to foreigners whose land was expropriated under Mexico's agrarian deve- lopment programme, will be handed over in Washington to- day.
Joint American-Mexican Com- missions which are estimating the final amount payable for the seized land are at present in recess. Some sources suggest that insurmountable difficulties have
been encountered, but Mexico is complying with the spirit of its agreement with the United States.-Reuter.
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WHITSUNTIDE FLOCKING TO FRANCE
Paris, To-day
The Whitsun holidays in Paris this year were again characterised by a mass exodus of Parisians from the capital to the seaside and provinces and a corresponding mass influx of visitors from Eng- land.
Many thousand visitors from the British Isles arrived in the French capital and seaside resorts on the French side of the Channel.
London, To-day. Acting upon information re- ceived, New Scotland Yard took special precautions against terroristic activity during the Whitsun holidays, guarding in- dustrial plants.
Special precautions are be- ing taken in London and Scar- borough, where attempts are feared
on oil-tanks. Trans- Ocean.
NO REPORT YET
London, To-day. Sir William Seeds last night had Since the relatively low price his conference with M. Molotoff.
not yet reported on the outcome of level in France induced exception- ally large numbers of British holi--British and French Notes are still London circles point out that the day-makers to come to France this being considered by Stalin person- year for the Whitsun holidays, the ally, Trans-Ocean,
Channel steamer services had to be
doubled and the 'plane service from Croydon to Le Bourget had to be trebled for the holiday traffic.
On most railway lines from French Channel ports to Paris the regular service had likewise to be doubled or trebled.-Trans-Ocean.
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