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ss. General Gordon may call at Macao on Pacific cruise
Reminders
Today
HK Rotary Club, closed meeting, Hoof Garden, HK Hotel, (2,30 p.m..
Talk on "Chinese Bronzes" by Dr. T. K. Cheng, YMCA, Duddell Street, 3. p.m. European YMCA, Bridge Drive, 9
p.m. Exhibition of Selected O Paint
ings, Jacobean Roo, HK Hotel, 10 an. io p.m. Comment on well-known English poems by Mr. E. Blunden, British Council library, Glou- contor Bldg., 5.30 p.m. The Brooks Clùis, final meeting, Green Rooru. Peninsula
Hotel, 6 p.m. HK Football Association, Counell meeting, Prince's Bldg., 5.30 p.m.
Kowloon Union Church Womens
Guild meeting, 10.13 a.m. HE Light Orchestra rehearsal, 15. John's Cathedral hall, 6.45 Cheero Servicos Club, whist drive,
p.m.
7.30 p.m. Nine Dragons Services Club,
Whist Drive, 8 pm: Bully Tingle's Boxing instructions, 8 p.ni.
Coming events
TOMORROW
(By Our Harbour Reporter)
Shipping, history will be made in South Ching within the next few weeks, it plans to send the American President Line 12,000 ton transport Generajį Gordon. to, Macao, as part of her trans-Pacific tour cruise come into offoct.
If the plans eventuate, American tourists may be
able for the first time to visit the Portuguese colony, stay overnight and return to the ship anchored a few miles outside the harbour -after an extensive Island tour.. The General Gordon, due to arrive in Hong Kong on May 1, may call at Macao front Manila. She will then' visit Hong Kong, thence to Okinawa -recently
opon tourists by SCAP.
thrown
10
permission of
The APL Hong Kong Offee sale! yesterday whon approached that they have not received advice re- garding the proposed plans,
made a remarkable trip to Macar but had to anchor three miles out- side. Lighter service handled the transfer of cargo. probably farries will be utilized to The informants assert that most take the tourists from the General Gordon to the shore, Accommoda- tion overnight will be provided to prepare the tourists for an exten- sive Island tour on the following day, they sald.
According to these "old hands”. According to a report, schedules this is not the first time plans have of the General Gordon have been been made to link Macao with altered for this tion of Menone; but no men-Hong Kong in the Orient tourist
made.
trade.
Manila announcement dis- closed recently that the liner would include the Portuguese colony as
port of
of call in her itinerary of the trans-Pacific cruise beginning April 20.
It further
reported that fares from Monile to Macue would be US$50 first-clues and US$25 third-class.
Toc H meeting. 50 Macdonnell
Road, 8.30 p.m. Nine Drugons Services Club,
The announcement Dance, 8 .. Women's Sectiim European by the APL Manila. Office.
YMCA, Whist Drive, 10 am. {
THURSDAY
the
was made-
Another report from a local
on
source declared that original plans Kowloon Rotory luncheon, Punin- to send the General Gordon to
sala Hctol, 12:30 p.m.
Macao this trip had been can- Y's Men's Club, luncheon, Roof celled, pending the completion of Garden, HK Hotel, 12.45 pan. arrangements. The informant be- | IK International Women's Club, leved, however, that the visit
Whist Drive for Services, 730 would be made on the next trip. p.m. Nine Dragons Service Club, HK
Band Call, # p.m.
FRIDAY Recital, St. Joly's Cathedral, 1.15 pm. *
Dragons Services Club,
Organ
Nine
Tombola, 8 p.m.
Out at sea
They declared that some time equipped with modern amenities ogo last year, a special river vessel
from a de luxe Ilner from Hong was chartered to tako tourists
Kong to Macno for an overnight spjourn. They could only identify the liner as one flying, a foreign flag
Midget triplets
in Court
д
The usual large Monday crowd yesterday were treated Veterans of the Hong Kong-to an unusual sight when thre Macao route remarked that the midgets,
man and LWO ocean-going liner would have to women, anchor tome five to seven miles Mr. Hin-shing Lo with causing were charged before They recalled that some time is an obstruction in Ewo Street
on Sunday. ocean-going freighter
outside the shallow harbour..
1948.
on
Treasure ship case; accused says woman donated for temple
Hearing of the treasure ship case, in which 53. year-old Mrs. Ho Hon-bun was alloged to have been cheated out of more than $10,000 in monoy and jewellery by three men, con tinued,bofore Mr. James Wicks at Kowloon yesterday.
The three men, who shared eight charges of lar- ceny by trick, obtaining money by false pre tences and conspiracy to defraud, are Tsoi Man, alias Ho Chun-tin, aged 34, Ip Ching- ping, aged 30, and Lau Tak, alias Wong Wah, oged 42.
All defendants are repre- sented by Mr. S. V. Gittins, instructed by Mr. J. C. Ste- wart.
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stones worth mars than $40,000,- 000 had really come into the harbour, and that she had pro- mised defendants 20 per cent au commission when the ship was all her.
Last witness At yesterday's hearing Mr. Git,
All three were less than three feet in height.
THE CHINA MAIL," TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1950.
"Nutcracker," one of the two pedigree balls acquired by the Dairy Farm in Scotland.
Texas
exas Company buys
land at Tsun Wan
The Texas Company (China) Limited yesterday
bought the plot of land at Tsun Wan, ad jacent to their present storage installation, at a Government public auction.
Pedigreed bulls bought by Dairy Farm
Two young bulls. of high pedigree have been acquirep by the Dairy Farm Co. and will soon arrive here.
They were bred by well-known breeders at Cumnock, In. Seot- land, and were shown al. Ayr last month. They were bought by the Dairy Farm representà- Live at the sale which followed the Show.
One of them, "Nutcracker," won second prize at the Show and was bought for 700 guineas, which is believed to be top price for the Far East. His dami, a noted pilze-winner, is a ment- ber of the 50,000 Pound Club. The other. ""Nomineê," bought for 500 guineus.
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The General Manager of the Dairy Farm told olir reporter. that the object of purchasing the bulle was for the Improvement of the herd. Both bulls, he said, have. D noteworthy background as regards yield and butter and fat content of milk, which qualities would be perpetuated in their progeny. Their pedigrees. also show longevity and stgming,
Ayrshire helfers, are being this
The bulls, together with 10 ped out on the "Benatiow." The consignment will be the third the Dairy Farm Company has hind from the United Kingdom The plot, known as Tsun Wan Island Lot No: 25, this year. The fourth and fingi "Cly has an area of 344,300 square feet, and was to the und of the
at month, sold at the upset price of HK$447,590, Includes some highly pedigreed
helters There were no other bidders.
of both Ayrshire and Friesian breeds, together with b A condition of sale is that The Chiap Hua Manufactory, number of pedigreed pigs, gilt: the purchasers must, within 48 who bought an adjacent lot from and boars of the large white months after sale, spend not Government
about six months breed. less than HK$1,000,000 on the
ago, Intend to build " new fac- land in ruteable improvements.
tory on the two lots. Another condition' is that via land is being sold as an inlund paid by Government in case of lot, and ne compensation will be
A condition of the sale is that within 24 months the purchase‡3 120,000 on the lot in rateable lui- must spend not less than HKS
The annual Crown Rent is
any future reclamations adjold-provements, * ing the area.
Buyers must also provide their HK$284. own waler supply.
Annual Crown rent is HK$3,-
952.
The Texas Company and they are buying the land for the pur- installations
pose of extending their storage
Another Indusicial lot was sold
They were Chan Sal-kwap, Chan Sal-king and Chan Sal-sing and cach was
21 years of age. They also claimed to be triplets and their physical characteristics Kowloon Inland Lot No. 6088,
at the Government public aud- tion yesterday.
To Eur
were very similar.
Kwa Wan Road, with an area Five other Chinese who wera of 8,000 square foot, was sold #f charged together with them were the upset price of HK324.000 to coch fined $1b while the three the original applicant, the Hong midgets were cautioned.
Kong Chip Ina Manufactory Sub-inspector Yuen said that a Limited, one of the, biggest steel tant had been pitched on a vacant works in the Colony. plot of ground in Ewo Street and the three midgets were the chief attractions of show, A large
of the crowd had gathered, blocking up the streat for traffle.
Bidder's mistake
Before the sale was closed ja Chinese bidder, unaware of the fact that the let was for indue- trial purpose only, made a bid of $1,000 above the upset price. and the original ed his offer to see cant fals-
The three midgets spoke in Cantonese and pleaded guilty but added that they had to earn their Hiving.
When the position was explain- After the Court had cautioneded to the bidder, he withdrew, them they were carried "piggy and the auction started afresh, by their und there being no bidder, tho back from the court
lot 'was knocked down at the up-.) set price la le original applicant!
attendants.
Three killed in Rangoon celebrations
Under the charge of obtaining; money by false pretences, defen- dants were alleged to have ob- tained $1,500 from Mrs. Ho, a Buddhist worshipper, on Decem- ber 14 at the Rodo House, Taipong called Lau Tak, third defen-ended today, The casualties were
Calpedant and the last witness, to the Road, by falsely pretending
witness stand.
that
Canton extends free imports of foreign cotton
Foreign, manufactured co- ton will be permiitën to be Imparted to, Canton duty-free until the end of September, acornacular "Wen Wel to the pro-Cum-
mun Pad" Yesterday.
or
It added that the extension
the, previous deadline har Been Uranted to facilitate the operation of private and Gov. ernment-owned textile mills and to
These production.
same newspaper cald that JMP$206,705,000 in credit toang has been allocated to silk-worm breeders to pro mote
alik production in South China
A loal of 110,000 ounces of raw silk are expected to ba produced next season."
Regulations on pleasure craft
Small mechanically-propelled craft used exclusively tor pleasure
'must in purposes future be in charge of persons holding modifed local cert ficates of competency as mas ter and engineer.
It was officially announced yes- torday that this new regulation will be enforced from July 1. [Copies of the elementary syllabus drawn up and examination forms may be obtained"from" the Senior Marine Officer (Licensing Office). Marine Department.
The mouth whistle, used by certain, craft for sipialling pur- poses, has been banned by the Marine Department.
Pago. 3
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
NOTICE TO MEMBERS
FIFTH RAGE MEETING
Saturday, 29th April, 1950-
There are to racon, the First Ball will be rung at 1.30 pm, and the First Race will be run at 2:00 p.m.
Through Tickets (10 acre 820) may be obtained at the Office of the Treasurers, 1st Floor, Telephone House, also tickets for the Cash Sweep on the last race as wall as the Special Cash Sweep for the "Kwangtung Handicap schaduled to be run on 7th October, 1950. Cash Sweep tickets on the last race and there for the "Kwang- tung Handicap may be purchased also at the Club's Branch Omar, No. 382) Nathañ. Road, Kowloon.
MANBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE. Members and goestu aru Yeminded that they and their ladies MUST wear their badges PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED through- out the Meeting.
NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS ENCLOSURE,
or.
Badges admitting Ladies not in possession of Bronches or Sepzon tickets and gentlemen, non members of the Club, to the Members' Enclosure and Club Reomo at $10 Including tax, for Ladies Gentlemen ard obtainable through the Secretary on the written or personal Introduction of Mamber, auch Member to be responsible for all
vizitore Introduced by him, and for pay. ment of all ohits, ela,
Badges Admitting to Members' Enclosure will NOT be on sale at the Race Coutes.
The Trassurera Comptadors Office will close at 11.00 am. and the Secretary's Office "at 11:45 am. Both Offices at fat Floor, Telo phone. House.
A limited number of timing will be obtainable & 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,
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.
The price of admission to the Public Enclosure is $ in. cluding fax for att parsons Including ladies, and is payable at the Qafe.
BOOKMAKERS, TIC TAC MEN, ETC, WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO OPERATE WITHIN THE PRECINCTO OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB DURING THE RACE MEETING.
MEALS, AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE OBTAINABLE IN THE RESTAURANT IN THE PUBLIC' 'ENCLOSURE.
SERVANTS' PÄSSES. Bervants' passen will be lauad to private box holders, only, who ara requested to diatributa 'kheri with discrimination and to endorsa their chame on the paras Holders of such passes are not permitted in the Members Enclosuba "except for pasu. ing through on their duties and must remain in their employers' standa.
By Order,
An oficial announcement saldi man that in future no self-propelled vessel will be certified for licens ing purposes unless it is provided with a robust and strongly audible type of sound signal aparatus.
Surveyors have been notified that the mouth' Whistle will not 0964-be-accepted...
EARTH REPORTED TO
BE GETTING WARMER
Montreal, April 17.
A six-nation expedition to Canada's largest and bleakest Arctic island believes its muskog wastes may tell them whether the earth is getting warmer and its water supply shrinking.
Their findings, added to evidence from other parts of the world pointing
to a new trend in the weather, may be the key to several major scien
tific problems.
Rangoon, April 17. Three_people were killed and 33 people were injured here in four days of water-throwing-« traditional part of the Burmese New Year celebrations, which much smaller than in previous if complainant had a ship loaded
years. Lau, who said that he was a and jewellery delalter writer and fortuna taller heavy rains,
The festival, ushered With money
in by stroyed in a typhoon in her re said that be first met Arst and downpour, which
ended in another vious life and that she would get second defendants in Shumchur Rangoon streets.
hielt flooded many her treasure ship back if she paid
to After four days of
The party or 18 or 20, Cann-from here (to Baffin Island in, tion, may heho scientia's reach $1,500 for the purpose of burning where he was asked by them
come to Hong Kong to assist in street processions with decorated dian, American, British, Fin-May.
conclusions which may have a 55 paper.
of telling
complainant's cars, worshippers crammed the nish and Norwegian scientists, The island is the fifth largest big effect on world economy.
pagodas dressed in colourful new accompanied by a team of in the world and is more than Col. P. D. Baird, who fendants' story, she came to be told him that she once was poor
Witness said that complainant costumes.-Router.
Swiss mountaineers, will fly twice the size of the United manded Canada's famed 1946-
Exercise Muskox in the "Hudson lieve that her treasure ship futt
that she had promised to
structure of its virtually unexion,which will be away from pairing of a temple as an act of
plored interior expected to May until September. devotion to Buddhism. After ar-
Samers nfd "Ice""caps, faltendy rangements had been made com- pininent December 10 at the Lucky Hotel Ba
Battery Strept
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On February 10, complainant. testified; that after hearing der
the fortune.
and
of gold, Jewellery and precious donate some money for the re
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efendant said that complainant him to well, the Jewellery on
Halety and
April Criminal Sessions
to commence today
Com?
Kingdomination of the glacial Bay area, will lead the expedi;}
whether the retreat of
Air photos takan Baird, announcing the expedi observed in Alaska and Norway, tion on behalf of the Arette Insti is a worldwide phenomenon, fute of North America, sald mapa with possible effects on felimate were being repared from all photographs taken in 1948 and Weather men puzzled | 1949, 1950 ch
and water reservoirs.
mild weather in Eastern North Much or the research work
Two charges of murder and one of rape, in addi- tion to the usual crop of arms cases, are to be heard during the April Criminal Sessions, The sessions, the list of ser behadi grid that later on he which contains 32 cases in all,
Lou Wan-sau-possession, of America, and "sub-zero tempera- tures pi? the usually" balmy Cana- paid the money to one Chan Pine
Lau Won-ling-possession- for the regniring of Lo Fau Shan begins today, when pleas will
salon of dian West boast have puzzled weather min on chockfig rew Temple in China. Out of the deal, be taken in the following order arms and immunition.
Lat Sun Ip Ful(1) posses- cords, may, found a defilte trend defendant said that he received in the Supreme Court:
sion of arms and ammunition; (3) toward warenér Winters" had sat $500 as optimission,
conspiracy to rob.
arms.
be batting out of peopilar ice pub, home, 100 milge -þylko, zdrrounded by flat or manlly fothing" "ground, and lying Want of the -> BM fuland's supply" Malign an LI Moon, Chan Hung-po-Shits any reaching Spiltabere. Te party chler maciologist wounding with intent.
North of Norway, ning mouth in W. E. Ward, de, the scleralite and Chan Chal-man wounding the year instead of three 30 years Industrial rendrell department of
permanently frozen the United
sub Arette is charge hectic regions
The Arctic regions of Canada, This information, Tumper with which comprise fame 23 pur tenu
country
Mek Hing. Wu Wai allas Ho Hearing was adjourned until
Ling, Fung Tat-chi alias Lau Fel, April 28 when Mr. Gitting Will Fu Cheung alias Wis Takews, take a final address."
Fung. Wo allas Fung Woo, Leung Sing aling, So Yin, yong Ngau- with latent alins Wong Ngau, Mak Lam atlas .Nip Chiu-kong-(1) pomerston rabsdil Mak Lum, Li Hong allos Hồ of forged Banknotes; (2) ifttering melting. Kwan, Lain Leng alias Lans forged document
Commodore Brownfield
visiting Macao
Wan breach of deportation org Tak hillar (1) robbery that brought back by ders,
with aggravation; (2); possçesion. "Chun-Ming alin Ah-Boumpora of an imfation firarm on appre- session of arms and ammuntilon.mension for ans
GARRESTON. Brownfeld, (-)
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RN, accingebied by Mrs Brown armM, MARA GRITATAUT |Held Jeft: Hong Kong for? Macao
yesterday to pay an oftela) vfall. Ting-lewni---possesalók:
The CommodoreInts in HMB and ammunition.
Aleurity commanded by:
mander H. S, Barber
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