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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
NOTICE TO MEMBERS:
Second Race Meeting,
Saturday, 26th February, 1949.
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There are nine races, the First Bell will be ring at 1.30 n.m. The first race will be run at 2.00 μm) and the last at 6.09 p.m,
MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE. Members and questa are reminded that "ther, and their fadles MUST wear their badges FROMINENTLY DISPLAYED througout the Meeting.
NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE THE MEMBERS ENCLOSURE. |
WILL DE
DE ADMITTED TO
Badges admitting non-members to the Members'
Enclosure 310 and Club
at Rooms
Including.. (air, ron all l able through the Secretary on the written or personal intwo duction of a Member, auch Member, to be responsible for all chits ete.
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Badges admitting to Members Enclosure will NOT be on sale at the RACE COURSE....
The Treasurers' Compradore Office will else, at 1-11 *.m. And the Secretary's Office at 11.45 am. Both Offices at in: Floor, Exchange Buliding, .
A limited number of fins will be obtainable at the Club House provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel, 27818).
NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'S PREMISES DURING THE MEETING. A
- PUBLIC ENCLOSURE..
The price of adilan. to the Pablle Enclostive. In its including tax for all persons including ladies, and is payable at the Gate,
Bookmakers, Tio Tac men, etc. will not be permitted to operate within the precinct, of The Hong Kong Jockey Club during the Race Meeting.
Refreshments will be obtainable in the Restaurant in the Pubilo Euctosare.
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SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS DENIED BY STEWART
suggestion that ho "had "mado "serious" allego. tions against Flowers, the vary mìớn Whồ là 'alleged to have helped him out of his pro- dicament by supplying money to straighten out the books of the Club, was denied by the accused in the witness stand during the Dock- yard Larceny trial yesterday.
of the
The accused George Robert Stewart, denied that
Flowers had been a help in that way, Stewart, clerk employed by The superintendent the Admiralty at the Royal Naval Dockyard, Is standing trial on four counts of larceny by clerk of servant, two counts of falsification of accounts, and four alternative counts
of simpla larceny involving about $18,000.
ton, Superin-
lockyard, who was tot a Com modore at that Ume, Stewart went on, spoke to Jaques and him. He asited accused if there was anybody in the office who new anything about cashier's office routine... Jaques told the Commodore-that accused had a position
in the cashier's officer in Landonderry. Mr. R.3. Wigginton,
Stewart stated that he was tendent of the Dockyard Police, then asked to take charge of the went into the witness box yes-cashior's office. terday to undergo cross-
Accused then stated that -in examination by Mr. Chen. Ho disclosed that it was possible for superintendent of the Dockyers Jure. 1948, It was declded by the Stewart, after he had been sus- that the Dockyard Club should pended from the Dockyard, to be re-opened, At the election in through the gate on signing his oft officers for the club. home in a book.
Mr. Brown, of the Dockyard was proposed as treasurer, but, de clined. Mr. Stevens, the assistant cashier, also declined, accused continued.
Agrads On Jób
Continuing,
Stewart cold Brown then proposed that he should be treasurer. to which Stevens seconded, Accused sold he
agreed to take on the job, The opening of the club, proper took place in August 1946, he arlo
Far East Fleet C-In-C Arrives For Short Visit
Asked if he knew there was amenting to be held, when he stopped Stewart at the aete on September 8, witness said he did not know, nor did he know
Stewart was going to eting. Ho, however, had orders
then from Captain Monk,
the chairman, not to allow Stewart in that day, he stated.
Wlaginton further revealed that, when he went over 10 Stewart's house in Kowloon with regard to the letter sent by ac cused to the Commodore, stating that several, persons in the club owed lum money, Stewart told by the treasurer on the bar Patrick Brind, the new Com- him that they were Mr. Jaques, sie würd to make certain pur-mander-in-Chief of the Bri- assistant civil secretary of the chases that had to be made, tish Far East Fleet, arrived in Club, Yip the No. 1 boy and ↑ Stewart sold that the members Hong Kong yesterday morning Wong the No. 2 boy. One hundred of the club eventually knew that in HMS Alert.
Captain Salier, accused went wint on, then decided that large sums of cash, should be carried
Vice-Admiral Sir
E. J.
dollars, $60 and $20, respectively. he and. Flowers, the bar steward, He landed at Queen's Pier at 11
was owed by them, he said.
Witness stated he understood at that time that Stewart had len: money from the Club's funds to the said persons.
Wigginton agreed that ofte: reading the letter he got the im- pression that Stewart was trying 10 minke amends.
.H. Woodhead, Assistant Superintendent of Police, then euve formal evidence, after which WE. Jaques was recalled for further cross-examination by Mr. Chen
M. M. Heenan ther, announced the conclusion of the case for the prosecution.
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Opening Address
After inspecting the guard of honour, drawn from HMS Tomar Dampler and Alacrity,, „Admiral Brind was driven to Government House to make his ometal call on the Governor.
carried large sums of money. a.m. where he was received by Thoy came to borrow money Commodore C.L. Robertson, from Flowers and him,
Stewart further disclosed that, As a result of this, he went to a Mr. Kitchell, and told him about the matter. Mr. Kltchell told him that he would lend him the money to replace that taken. The following morning, however, Kitchell said that he was unable to do so.
The Royal Marine Bond was in attendance.
In the alternoon the Governor returned the call on HMS-London, Blewart further stated that to which the Commander-in- prior to this, he had agreed with Chief's flag was transferred. Flowere to make an appointment Major General. F.R.G. Mat with, the Club's auditor.thews, the General Officer Com- AS und
told
ing address to the Jury, after afterwards.
afternoon.
Admiral Brind
Inspects Guard
BM-Vice-Admiral Sir K.J. Patrick Brind, 'Commander-la. Chief of the British Far East „Fleet, Larrived in Hong Kong yesterday, from Bingapore In HMB Alert: Before making an official call,òn' the "Governor, · Admiral, Belnd... Inspected s Guard (above), drawn, from HMB Tamar, Dampler, and Alacrity at Queen's 'Plar-("China Mail" Photo),
Spiritual Understanding To Cure World's Ills
Trouble and strife are distinct threats to the peaco of the whole world. For that reason people should attempt to attain a full and real spíritual understanding of each other, såld Pandit Rishi Ram, Indian educationalist, now on a visit to the Colony.
Pandit Rishi Ram arrived here on Thursday by the
$s. General Meigs from San Francisco. He is on his way book to India after a tour that has lasted two years, taking him through Europe, the West Indies, America and Cana- 'da.
TW
Merry Chase After A Bicycle
A young man hired a bi cycle from a shop at .303 Ta! Nam Street on Tuesday and rode all. When; the master of the shop, found that there was no sign of the return of either man or bicycle, he reported to the Shamshulpo police the next morning.
Just he had left the station after making the roport, he saw
the young man. Questioned, the.
youth said that ho left the bleyelo at the function of Boundary Street and Wong Chuk Street the pro vious day while he went to visit the lavatory and when he' (came out, the bicycle was gone.
Questioned
further. at the station, he' said that the loft it at a' friend's house. He led a dotec- tive to the Wing Sang Dairy Fam at Nathan Road and was there.told that his brother. had gone off with
12.
There was nothing for the de tective to do but to wait for the brother's return., On..the slaggen.. tion of the young man, the detec Liye..wont back to the station, the young man promising to locale.hix brather that afternoon.
He kept his word and took the detective to 188 Sai Young Chol Street, first door. The brothor was there, but not the bleyele, which, the brother, sald, was it a hut ot Grampian
Road in Kowlcon
Oly
The bicycle had apparently boon idismantled, for the brother pro- duced a headlamp and a dynäinu, which were' attached to it at the time of hire.
Finally at Grampian Road, the blcycle was found..
All went back to the station, where the two brothers were charged with larceny, and receiv Ing respectively.
At Mr. W. A. Blair-Kerr's Court at Kowloon yesterday, tho younger of the two brothers Illu Shell-yan, pleaded guilty to the charge of larceny. The elder Liu do denied that he had anythiha to with it. He just borowed "It" from his brother for a ride, da' säid,
He was told to take the icycle do his aunt's place at Grampian
Road and he did. Why the plcyclo was stripped of the headlamp and dynamo-and the name of the shop on it painted over, he did not plain.
Both were fined $250; orasİX weeks in default.
Work Of Tenancy Tribunal
Flowers, was alleged to have manding, Hong Kong Air In London, he lectured on dian Recreation Club. The sub-
..accused that... there was Commodore A.D. Davis, nothing to worry about, and that Omeer Commanding, also paid Indian culture, and philosophy, leet of his talk will be "India's he could produce the money, for official calls on the Commander- and in Switzerland, in Sep- Part In The New World Order."" the auditor for Stewart-Stewart In-Chief. Their calls were ne-
Since the appointment of Mr. Chen then started his open- could pay him back. the money turned by Admiral Brind in the tember, 1947, he attended the All Interested aro Invited to
the International Pe
Peace Workers attend.
Mr. W. H. Latimer, on Janu- which Stewart went into the wit-Stewart further stated that hel In the evening a cocktail party Conference at Geneva.
During his stay In the Colony, ary 18, as its permanent Pre- defend to testify on his own had to accept the money from was held at 8, Bowen Road, by In an interview last night and Messner Advanteident, the Kowloon Tenancy
Flowers at that time.
Commodore Bobertson in Fonour Pandit, Rishi Ram said that the must of H. L. Tribunal has heard, and dis- andAllmaaltaui, He leaves by posed, of, approximately). 20 During the course of his evi- Accused, continuing, satd, that of the Commander-in-Chief. dence,
ee, Stewart mentioned that he from that date Flowers knew Admiral: Brind will leave for most urgent need of the worlton Tuesday,
born in Londonderry,
iqwards a batter spiritual under- ern Ireland, in 1921, end Northeast used could not mention Shanghai, on Friday noxt in HMS today is for all men to strive
anything in the Committed about Londoni..
standing of each other. left school at 14 to go to work at which may have been going on a hardware
in the bar,
The airplane,
radio- Seven Years modernventions have brought
För Armed
Wan
he
Continuing nectised ctated that After further polence had
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Robber
and other
the world together from the physical point of view, but that was not sufficient. In, this dimeult of fostering a perfect
blonding, between the peot!
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Defendants Amend Their Pleas
applications, one of which oc- cupied three days, filed in 1940 and 1947.
Expressing full confidence that, within the next month or so, the terrific back log-of-applications- would be
worked there for four or veeef, given. Stewart was, cross- Ychte,
receiving 15 shillings examined by Crown Counsel.
Tribunal set to work on new ap- weck. In 1989 he joined the 'Ad- Serious Allegations
plications within a reasonable miralty as a clerk for 23 17s Ba Mr. Heanan put to accused that i
time, Mc Latimer told the "China a week.
Iin this evidence in chief he had
Mall yesterday that the present Later on, Stewart went on, he made serious allegations against
ples of the world, India could went to England on n Govern- Flowers, the very man who ment training scheme. He eventu helped him out of his predica serious offence
Remarking that it was a make an important contribution, Five men charged with in-culty is to contact the parties to applications filed in 1946 (and which culled he said........
Umidating a taxi driver at ally, returned to Ireland,
1847. andment in 1947, to which Stewart for a heavy sentence, Mr. Jus
Kimberley Road last month, Another' difiqulty, sald ; the worked there till 1044. In 1945, replied in the negative tice Williams (Pulsne Judge),the Dayanand Divinity Collr before Mr. A. D. Scholes at experienced by the magistrated
Pandit Rishi Ram was Principal amended their plea yesterday | President, is the same as that he took up a job with the Ad- Stewart further denied that it yesterday sentenced Man Kanege Lahore, from 1934-1944, and miralty cashier's
office,
was *mainly on the Information
namely, to get opposing soliciters Kowloon, Stewart further said he was af n bar boy at the Clab that he allos Man Tang to seven years in 1930 attended the World Cont
to fix dales that are mutually later transferred to Hong Kong attacked Flowers that Flowers hard labour and 12 strokes of press of Faiths in London, as
Defendants, represented by Mr. convenient. by the Admiralty as a clerk in
has..
been altering har pecounts the cane.
delegate from India.
C.A.S. Rues, were Chon Yuen-Askeremo la being mooted to the civil secretary's office. He
Man Kan, who was arraigned Arrived in Hong Kong in March reply to a question, decused
told the court th
court that the only thing at the opening of the Criminal He was invited as the first chai, Chu Kam-shul, So Fak get the hearing of old, applica- Smith took over from Flowers Sessions Yesterday, had pleaded Gandhi Tagore lecturer to the Wei, Wong Kang-wol, and Wong Hons expedited, and when, it gets Three weeks after he prived, as regards the bar was the bar guilty to a charge of robbery by Union of South Afrien by the Pilig-chong. The first defendant working, the existing back log Tie continued,
Gandhi-Tagore Lectureship: Trust was addtionally charged with as-will be a thing of the past. From "there was an un-stock, which was checked by him two or more,
9 said the President, op- ру Mr. A. Hooton, Crown Counsel, Durbon, and in 1847 made his sault.
pilestions
will be heard, within fortunate, car accident in which and Mr. Jaques. the cashier, the assistant cashier Asked why, if he was so
was existed by Detective Inspector, C. second visit to Europe when he Complainant in the case was comparatively short Umb. and the clerical pillçer of the pzatianed
with the sauvillas Dowman, represented the Crown was elected to the Council of wie Choi Fuk-zam who eald that Since his appointment, Mr. "Admiralty were involved. The Flowers, accused did not report Mr.
1846.
חני
then
Clerical officer, who had travel- '; Stewart réplied, that he dia ber00ton said that the-rob- World Union of Peace Associa- defendant hati abused. him abditieke ding inat as 'mogistrate en
committed by three tions. Was
ed to the Colony with him, died in fact bring-up the matter to then, two of whom were armed
with pistols, · `After gaining ad-
Boundary Street, they had herded
Tomorrow, atm, and
the following moral The other the notice of the Clubs in Decommission to the 1st floor of No. 24 Rishi Rain will speak of the In- iwn were detalncił so the hospital her:1947. with serious, Inturies
Stewart was
was at length cross
At the same time, he continued examined on the question of the the occupants into a cubicle. the chief civil secretary of the procedure of putting down EC- Dockyard was in hospital with counts and the relationship be
tween the bar accounts and they
pay that the
Stood Guara
Accused had,
I had stood mard of
over
Salesman
against Lantao Island farmer
Kimberley Road because he was three occasions, *Including the new driver, employed during hearing of committal proceedings the taxi strike.
Mr. Scholes remarked then this charge of murder. from the evidence he had heard. it was quite
dbylobato him that It had all been in incident spring- Ing from
om strained nerves
warned Ho
Itha Velefendants, however the
about heavy
Awards
The awart of the King's Police ean and Fire Services Medal (for
·Gallantry).. to Acting Deputy
result of this was, that Jaquez). The trial will continued at 16hose in the cubicle while the BPOM na the defendants were boung Chiet Omeer Harold Tiplady and
Hent on ')
and be, were the only European a mon Monday, cloff of the office.
‚keep san. “watch a boát,
The gorg Cecaped with fever Pleads Guilty years. On the assault count
other two men -- ransackød - the i premises,
lery and about $420 in cash,
ever in the sum of $250 for two the Orst defendant was cautioned Accused was arrested the next A respectable young sales and discharged. day on board a has, after being man from Annum, "French Identified by Complainant. gà Indo-China, pledded – gúlity ut' The two pistols which had been Kowloon yesterday to being behind on the premises, when they in possession of a forged vac- estored, One was found to be cinalion certificate on board In working order.
the Wing Sang on February 10.
24 Charged With Larceny the robbers overe left Of Diesel Oil
DIVIDEND RECOMMENDED NCC Directors of
Atatmeeting of the the China Provident Loan and * The v'defendant, Xam "Kang-| Mortgage Company Limited yes- sang, said that he was in a furry lordoy, the Board.lockled; subject to get to Formon to be, with his to audit, to recommend to the
and Kowloon Wharf and Go-Church Council, was held at Stable to get any passage. He dividond of 75 cents a share and meeting for nominations to certificate for $38, in order to be annual general meeting hat a
sigk father and had bought the Shareholders of 6) fotherff down: Company
Andrews, Kowloon yesterday.
Twenty-four men ware charged at Kowlpon yesterday with the Inroony of/500 gallons diesel oll from the launch Cormorant, the bil-being the properly, of the Hong Kong
le case was remanded one werk upon application, by Delec" tive
Inspector Scragg
the
the
MEETING AT ST ANDREWS
Station
Oficer Wong Wai-tsol, of the Hong Kong Fire Brigade, was published in the Government Clarette yesterday... -
The names of members of the
awarded Restrong #Service":
Polico
the
were also published yes- terday; They are Chief In- spector: Ts'o Chi-on, Inspector: Hon-yin; and Lance Bergeant Lo Chlu Tsun-ki, Sub-Inspector Pun
Tak-hol
The fov, John Ogilvie did not know that it was a Bonus of 60 cents a share hoed by Mr. Justice Reynolds
serious offence."
Declared, free of tax, for the "Gallery Malay Was (chairman, Hon. Secretary Mr...P.Horwood Detective Bub Inspector R
pd Hons Treasurer Mr G.B.Sorage, procuting, said that de-l- o chreurua presided at the meeting rendant
The newly elected represen that he "hid
„Lives of''the Board Fof. Trus
And the ¿Diocesan Conference
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JUDGMENT
$68.50 and costs was award-
Judgment in the su
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