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NOTICE TO MEMBERS
Seventh Extra Race Meeting
Thursday, 12th June, 1947
OPOSTPONED FROM SATURDAY, TTU JUNE 1947)
The First Bell will be rung at 2.36 p.m. and the first race will we maan at 3.80 p.m.
may be obtained at the Excliange Building, also (82.40)
Lantag Un Vie
Through numbers 18 races-$14) Office of the Treasurers, 1st Floor, tickets for the Special Cash Sleep Handicas. The latter may also be purchased at the Branch Offee, Nathan Rast. Koivion.
SPECIAL CASH SWEEP ON LANTÃO HANDICAP, The Sale of Cash Sweep Tickets on the above will close at
11 am on Thursday, 1th June 1917.
The DRAW will be held at the Race Course at 12.30 p.m. on Thursday, 19th June 1917.
SHEMNERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE. Members are reunited that they and their ladies MUST wear their batizes primuknently displayed throughout the Meet-
NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE.
Badges admitting ston-members to the Members' Enclosure and Club Rooms at $10 inchuling tax are oblainable through the Secretary n the written or
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Badges admitting to Members Enclosure will NOT he on sale at the RACE COURSE.
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The Treasurers' Commendare Offier will close at and the Secretary":"Uffice al' 11.45 a.m.
Ilma, Exchange Building.
- A limited utmsher of tiffins will be obtainable at the Club House: provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Bay (Fet. 27818).
NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'S PREMISES DURING THE MEETING.
PULI ENCLOSURE,
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Bookmakers. Tie Tar men, etc., will not be permitted to operate within the precinels of The Hong Kong Jockey Club during the Haer. Meeting,
Refreshments will be obtainable In the Restaurant In the Pubile Enviosure,
SERVANTS PASSES.
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RAMADIER WARNS STRIKERS "We Will Act With All The Means Which The Law Places At Our Disposal"
Mobilization Under War-Time Powers?
Paris, June 10. Premier Paul Ramadier told the French National Assembly tonight that if the striking railroad workers failed to heed his appeal to return to their jobs, "we will act with all the which the law places at our disposal."
means
The Premier's statement was interpreted as a threat to mobilize strikers under emergency wartime powers which are in effect until July
1.
It was the first time in the kers union to call off the strike, four-day-ol strike of 500,000 both of which went unheeded, railway workers that M. and then he cited a letter hc Randter Blad threatened thement this afternoon to the Gen. of Labour "requisition" by which he crud. Feral Confederation ed the Paris bakery workers (GP) in which he told strike recently,
Cennfærerston that
economy and the ability the frane were endangered by the strike.
M. Ramader lengthly review. ed measures taken by the Gov- croment in face of the paralyze ing nu strike, eundemned unkn leaders for refusing theis
national
White the Premier was speak.
to accept ng, leaders of the ratiway men's e-run and lends of the responsibilities and
CGT
terateri that he would not met. It was reported that a de
"
negolitate with them "ander egaloon from the CGT wond
work An immediate audietve "I repudiate any fest of force with M. Ramadier.
M. Ramader did not ask the between the Government and the workers and appeal only to the Assembly for a vote of
Cuti- wistform of the rattrond men,fidence.- United Press.
Ramushier said. "Bel
would be a sign of weakness if Hje Government did not accept its ronpaisibilitleg.
IL
*** wolf met with a means that the law places jour disposal. We will go to the very end. but we wish to hope that the hem approaches when mur appeal wil he beard.
Three Appeals The Premier said he had maile two appeals to the radway wors
500,000 Hungarians To Be Voteless
Strike Spreads Buring the day the strik
in spread. movement continued with fifty mower stations still mat of commission following the on festion of the Government's e promis, wage proposals by
the
lenders of the Gas and Electricity Warkers Pederation.
CONSCIENCE
London, June 10.
A minor wave of conscience han hit British travellers,
Siz towels returned recently In the Great Western Rail. road, "were today joined by a seventh, Nicely washed and accompanied with thanks and many apologies by a note say- ing. "Returned after few years," it was found in 12 compartment of a Bristol.to. London train.— Reuter,
They All Want To Be Govt. Servants
Rome, June 10. More than 2,000 Italian automobile club em- ployees struck for hour today throughout
one
Communist the peninsula demand-
Charges Refuted
Sintes had entered into seeret
Premier,
Ing their inclusion in the state civil service with! resultant social security benefits.
Four
Uruguayna
Federico
Emilio Frugani. Minister to Italy, told the For. I Washington, June 10.
Carb sign Minister, Count The State Department today Sforza,
Uruguay tortay that denied Communist charges made would raise it, legation to an in Budapest that the United Embassy probably by autumn.
Cardinals, suggestirenla with the former Tedeschihi. Raffaele kosal.' Ferenc Ghiseppe Pizzardo and Neola
Canal, forming a special com A Communist paper said that misjon for administration 1. an exchange of letters between Holy See property, today issuvil Nagy and the Undersecretary a decree of wage boosts of State. Dean Acheson, last Vatican employees because of
March promised the increased living January and
costs. American assistance to Hung Family bonuses will be doubled nry under the Truman doctrine, ¦ and food increased,
Hungarian Nagy.
for
A State Department spokes- The United States Ambassa. man who made public the two dor, James C. Dunn, conferred
letters snid! that any allegn-with the Foreign Minister,
tions of any secret agreements Count Carlo Sforza, at noon.
信した workers in the Pas made by Acheson were untrue. Sforza will make a radio talk
suburbs of Rucit and St. Germae pointed out that Acheson's to the United States tomorrow. came out and later gas and letter was dated March 3-nine Uricity workers
Marseil
1
joined the growing power strike, French newspaper pågristors Buscaband with M Pierr dae, the Minister of Information, the sibility of reduction newsprint supplies because of the nilway strike--now in its fourth day.
British Troops
monthly.
The New Industry and' Com- days before President Truman merec Minister. Giuseppe anncneed his doctrine of pro-Togni, today ordered gasoline viding assistance to govern. allotment cuts for ministerial musts resisting totalitarianism and public automobiles to save Acheson's letter made no 30,000,000 litres of Kusoline mention of any assurance of American assistance to Hung- ary. In general it traced post- war American-Hungarian rela tions and said that "the good- will which the American per ple feci for the people of 204tungary will not be diminished."
British troops were called in aid British travellers Stranded in France owing to the railway the
*}},
-- United Press.
Thr first group tif British traveller. Ieft Paris i nine Army vehicles today.
Firmance Minister, 31.
The Hague, June 10. Robert Schuman, has had
Live The British Air Ministry has conferences with the Governor of granted Holland permission Budapest, June 10.
wus
Premier Lagos Dinayes scheduled to present to the Nu. tional Assembly today "plans to deprive over 500,000 Hungarians of their right to vole, including those win obstructed his govern. mento's three-year reconstruction plyn.
Premier Dinnyes will give the Assembly the new government's legislative prograuvine, which is
10
The Halinn Central Statistics
Institute catimated on the basis of reports from
municipalities that "Italy's population was 45,- 646,000 on December 31, 1946, not including Venezia Giulla and Zara Cy whose combloed po pulations were 1,028,395 1942-United Press.
the Bank of France in the lause the British Royal Air Force Government
18 hours. A new devaluation of trip at Tengah, 14 miles north of the frame before the and of the Singapore, the Dutch State Avin. year may ensily heeone unavail-tion Service announced today.-- atle.
observers believe.--Rouler, *Reuter.
COINCIDENCE OR
already approved by the Council SOMETHING MORE?
of Ministers,
The electional bill disenfran- chising over 50 per cent of the
London, June 10.
nation's 5,000,00u voters had been A sleeper writhed and tossed in the tolls of a one of the three minst controver dial issues to be debated. The others were plans to nationalise four of the largest banks and in. plementation of a three-year plan designed to bring the living stan. dard to the 1031 level.
Jusic Minister. Istvan Ries said the proposed electoral law would bar from voting
those gulity of past crimes against de mocracy, thore tonvleted in fu. lure of obstructing or sabotuging the three-year plan and all per sons returning to Hungary from the west since January 1. The Voting uge also is to be raised from 20 to 22.
Sinal fry Nazi collaborators will have their voting right sus
pended for three years. United
Press.
nightmare, then awoke with a start and wearily wiped the perspiration from his face. "Whew!" he said. "I'm glad that was only a dream," and went back to sleep. He had dreamed that his best friend stepped in front of a cruising automobile and was killed. The next day his friend did downstairs or to vomit on
in front of a passing certain future occasion,
step
in
Defeats In Ho. Of Lords
London, June 10. The Government was today defeated in the House of Lords where the Conservative opposi- tion, who have a big majority, curried an amendment to
the
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there a gelentific explanation for be sick when the time comes." committee stage of the bill to- ach a dream? What Is He meaning?
Is may predispose me to trip or to against the Government on the
"
The
Government was
de- when
May Be Super-Normal day when the bill is discussed
All these he called "normal in detall---provided that the) Scientists probing the
my precognition," But some types, Minister should not give to the steries of the human mind have as in the dream elted, fall into Transport Commission aid or long heen fascinated by
"pre "ostensibly super-normal" cate-direction whose effect might b cognition," or awareness of angories. These, he said, are in. to reduce the Commission's re- event before it happens. Not eluded in "psychic phenomena venue unless the Minister gave everyone has experienced 11 If the incident under in such direction in the interests "dream come true" as vivid as vestigation really happened in of national security, the example given, but many such a way that it cannot be have heard of such Incidents explained as normal, it must be feated a second time from friends they trust.
then considered super-normal, Lord Addison refused to necept Explanation Sought he sald,
the Opposition amendment Perhaps there ja selentific "There is very good evidence provide that the Transport Com- explanation, Prof. C. D.-Broad, for the occurrence of auch mission Instead of the Minlater teacher of moral philosophy at super-normal events," he said, of Transport should appoint its Cambridge, discussed the pro- "One part of the evidence con- own executives.
The amendment was corried- blem at considerable length dar-slats of sporadic cases, such as The British Government axing a week-long series of serious dreams, reported and carefully by 76 votes to 20. plained to Parliament today its lectures an scientific aspects of investigated. Another part con- Thear defeats are not regard latest effort to bring home to paychical phenomena, mentalists of results of carefully deed as having any constitutional Poles in Britain that they must telepathy, and go on over BBC's vised and controlled experiments algnificance-Reuter. either return to Poland, er join extremely highbrow Third Pro-with eards and drawings.
Poles Must Work Or Go Home
the Home
London, June 10.
for
Buch
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"SUSPICION
ANTAGONISM”
to
the Polish Resettlement Corps, gramine.
"I do not think anyone, not and go to work.
He suggested the possibility hopelessly biased, epuld feel Defending, the deportation to that
like much doubt of the accuracy of the explanation, the British Zone of Germany of Einstein's theory of relativity, these investigations." 500 Polea who refused to choose | lay in a new conception of lime. He recognized, however, that [eliker, course, Mr. Chuter Edle, Prof. Broad saw precognition there was no universally accept-
explanation Secretary, warned as falling into two categories.ed the 5,000 members of the for- One type was easily explicable. phenomena,-United Press. mer Polish Armed Forces that For instance, astronomers could the same fate awaited them un-foretell an eclipse with accuracy
DENIAL less they made up their minds down to the minute or second
Canberra, Juno 10. } qulekly,
when it would occur and tho
An Australian Government Mr. Ede made it plain that exact spots from which it could spokesman te denied a story the part of Russians willing the 'process of demobilising the be observed.
the "Sydney Sun" nesa
on
New York, June 10, Mrs. Efennor Roosevelt today observed in hor dally syndicated the column: "The people of United States are more thun willing to try to work with the Russians if they recognize
work side by side with | remaining units of the Polish Or, he said, "for instance, If reporting that the Commander of other forms of Government and
Armed Forces, "cannot be held I decidos, today to travel to the United States Pacifle. Fleet, ways of life. up,” and he emphasised that if London tomorrow, I expect to Vice Admiral Lewis Denfeld, had n Pole did not want return find myself travelling tomorrow, assured
featured in
ac-
"However the constant Commonwealth tivity of American Communists to Poland, yot would neither and such expectations are Minister of Defence that the U.S. who evidently get their financial take work in Britain In the generally fulfilled.”
Navy will protect Australia from support an well DR Resettlement Corps, "the Britláh Sometimes, expectations, are aggression.
political direction from Russia Government cannot take any borne out even against the wish The spokesman said that such crentes suspicion responsibility for him, or allow of the persons concerned. decisions could only be reached at antagonism here and him to remain in this country."- "For instance," he said, "if the highest political and govern-other countries as well."--Unit- Router.
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