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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
NOTICE TO MEMBERS NINTH RACE MEETING Saturday, 21st Octobor, 1950
There are ten races,, the First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the First Rate will be run at 2.00 p.m.
Through Tickets (10 Races $20) may be obtained at the Compradore Office of the Traáuurère, 'tit; Plöör; Tálaßhone House, alas tickets for the Cash Sweep on the last race.
To avoid congestion at the Club'e Officers at Tolobhona House, non-members are requested to purchase their sweep tickets at the Club's Branch Officeé atš—-
6. D'Agullar Street, Hong Kong
882, Nathan Road, Kowloon,
MEMBERS DADGES AND ENCLOSURE
Members and guests are reminded that they and their ladies MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the Mesting- A MANO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS ENCLOSURE.
Badges admitting tadion, not in possessiori of Bröcöhes, jor Berean, tickets and gentlemeni, non-member of the Club, to' tha Members Enclosure and Club Roams at $10.00 per day including tax, for ladies or gentlemen are obtainable through, the Recretary on the written or persopal Introduction of a member, such member to bo responsible for all visitors Introduced by him, "xhd for payment of all chits at
Badges admlijng to Members Enclosure will NOT be on sale at the RACE COURSE, DRUGE PRO
The Branch offices, and the Treasurers” Compradore Office will clogo, at 11:00 p.m., and the Begrotary's Office at 11.48 a.m. Tha Trensurora Compradora Office and the Secretary's, Office, åre altuatedjatiipt Floor, Telephone, House.
lub
Correspondence
The Editor takes via rexpofizĺdli lity for views expressed in letters
and by correspondents,
by no incans necessàrily agrees with theih.
SINO-BRITISH
ORCHESTRA
Sir,-1 feel that the music- loving section of the cummunity will be, interesteci to know that the Sino-British Orchestra has commenced rehearsals for the forthcoming winter sunson, und once again the Orchestra will give a series of 4 subscription concerts during the Season 1 in, October
boln December, March and April,
Kowlooiland Hong Kong.
The Orchestra is forlunate this year In having in its ranks some very fine players. Interest in keen, and the Orchest
Committed Orchestral
jooks forward to
a most successful.
Sety which confronts the,
A difficulty Orchestra
the best possible,
to briery year in s
to all sections of the music-lov ing public at prices within
of all, is thur of nance. reach
of ad,
In addition, to normal.
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1950
Inland Revenue Dep'
issues annual report
A Hot total of HK$38,817,595.66 in tax was col- lected by the Inland Revenue Department during the 1949-50 financial year, according to the Department's annual report,
The total was HK$1,182.-. 404.34 short of the original es- timate of HK$40,000,000. This was entirely due to the con- centration on investigation.
Record
rateable
value
For a short period during th year the activities of the Depart- montavéto concentrated on inves tigation work reiller than on
the result tha sesament, neventons: fell just ove $1,000.00 short of the estimate. This, short fall will of course, beAs a result of a revaluation of the tenements in Hong made up in subsequent years.
h Kong Kowloon and the arrears islands, the total rateable
Owing to
ྃ་ ྴ་
Personalia
Mr and Mrs. Terdley; Messrs. Pau Lang, Voong Minh, Ly Chu Kỳ Long and Châu Toan lett Hong Kong for Saigon yes. terday by Air France.
•
The Dean and Mrs. A. P. Rose end their chlidren ore due fa return here, on October 24 by the RMS Corfu.
t
•
Mr. W. S. Henchan arrived in Hong Kong yesterday from Japan by the mv. Pyrrhus.
Vicente Singlari, Philippine Consul General, in Hong Kong, retumed from his holiday in Manila yesterday by Philippine Air Lines. He was accompanied by his wife and child.
•
Mr. Francja Kondall, Inter
CONFIAB the value of the Colony, on April national: Spies co-ordinator of
shortage of sanding, staff
there, are still canaldegabte, at 1947-48, pasaments (bulcand,
roats with a lacüginumber, ef
19 1950, was a record, of
HK$130,601,772 as compared huppine Air Lines, returned to
with HK$95,058,817, OH. April
ind particularly under Profits 1949, according to the (1940-50 gnnual report of, the of this bosition, Rating and Valuation Depart however exponiturs such as printems
fadmore apparent than ment, music and reatSame, thousands of cusThe Increase is molly due to certain instruments, ote in crder have not been assessed, but from the permitted increase in the
perform the Buest, angie the preliminary scrutiny to adequately, it is always necessary which they have olihren nubiced rents of controlled business pre- there, is mises and the large number of who in new, and resphaltueted, buildings Profesafonni musicians have to be passion an It is pre that the oiginal completed and brought into as-
to
flonal
tax
the choire before the Orchestral opening o
Hong Kong yesterday by PAL. Mr. Kendall left for Manila about a week ago,
Amendment to Jury Ordinance pässed into law
'The Ordinance to amend the Jury Ordinance, 1 887 amonded to incorporate the recommendations of the Select Committee, was passed into law by the Legislative Council yesterday. The Attorney General, Mr. J. B. Griffin, moving the adoption of the report of the Select Com- mittee, said the Committee found a weakness existed in the original Bill which required remedy before enactment.
The weakness was that while to jury service and upon em- the Bill sought to place obliga-| ployers of such persons, it, foiled tion upon persons probably Hlable to afford any machinery whereby. persons could satisfy themselves. as, to their qualifiention; for, Jury service in so far as
as possession of sumclent knowledge of English is concerned, and this despite Is the fact that the Bill provided for amendment of the Ordinance. in so far as to make it possible for prosecution to result for failure to make a return to
the Registrar of the Supreme Court.
Vargas coriceded victory
Rio de Janeiro, October 10..
Group Oficer Budderby, Chief Principal Matron for the Middle East and Far East, Royal Air Force Nursing Service, arrived! here yesterday from Singapore
"A completely satisfactory by. BOAC an a visiting tour of
solution of the problem I have the Far East.
President Enrice Gaspar Du- described is not easily found, Accompanied by her Alde-de- |
said Mr. Grimly. "It is perhaps Deer Sudderby far, of Brazil, today conceded Impossible bồ to do. But recom- to the Government's mendation which appears to Tak by Group Victory Whithet at Cuptalh Worrall,
nder Kai Tak, and Wing in jus week's Presidential summarised In paragraph, 5. of Clicor, Kaj. Tak. Commander Read, Chief Medleat elections
to engage a number of profesi 15 eptiles in sessment during the period under Camp Katatlan Com- opponent. Tit. Getúlio Vargas,) Arata in acceptable solution is
illesp
Commissioner
either raislog Committee
review. added, the report, was not justified,, conta mission charges, which would recept on the grounds of casting
The inecase table, shows the within suit in concerte not being
in the revaluation made for April the reach, of all (thereby defent-net, wide as possible in the first distribution of the rateable values ing one of our principal ghjestn),
Opinion 1:2950 as compared with April 1, BULIMISHA which 1049 or appealing for the patronage. of total amount of thoru interested in seeing that the may be collected, an these arrears
sle is brought withir for the two years of assessmen Sinest the reach of all.
and 1948-49 ammints, toil of Victaein.. EO.CD3,130. (2) Rosa (98, lebend .. 2.664,78% haji 1047-48 An individual apprcech
not
than more been
made to those who have so
revoie al-New Kuwioon...
8.G4D,336 kindly become, patrons in past
ready charged for these two
Total ....... ‚D5.OGR.GIF. 130,301,772 During the year under review In view of the section 61 of the Inland Revenu $10,262.643.92, an average Ordinance. it will be. necessary
$1,605,220.32
Valuation
1940-1950
Valuation 1030-1931 Ca,ba,ino
17.816.383
27.969,635
12,637,628
pared with $3,000.000.com: Kowloon 20.000.JPO
years and to others who, it is years of some parts the net, revenue from rates wos
thought, would olso, this year, wisu to become patrons. It is felt, however, that there are others (individuals, business houses, etc.) who are interested and who would wish to become patrons of the Orchestra and ¦ subscribe to it expenses. All who ure so interest.
of
a month us com-
to clear off the 1947-48 arrearspared with $1,247,302.29 a month
1851 before March
or the right for the preylous financial year. to tax will
lapse
except in cases The refunds of rates in respect. of fraud or, wilful evasion. It i
of vacant tenements.. valuations hot thought, however, that cancelled, and tenements not ed are cordially invited to com-large amount of tax is involved, rateable amounted to $17,158.06. municate with any of the follow-
the total amount
W. A. Blair-Kerr, Legal Department, Suprotno Court.
Dr. R. J. Jenkins, Room 713, Edinburgh House.
S. M. Burd, 5th floor, Windsor House.
Mr. A. Braga, C/o Sir Elly Kadoorie and Sun, St. George's Building,
Names of patrons (unless they express a desire to the contrary) would appear, on all the Orches- tra's programmes throughout the year; and, in return for each $100 อง of donation, a patron would entitled to one Subscriber's Sea- son Ticket (two seats specially reserved at each of the series of four concerts) free of charge, At the end of the Season, patrons receive an account of the finances of the Orchestra during the Sca- 550 21
For those who feel that they cannot, afford $100 to become patrons. special arrangements have made, as in past years, for "subscribers." A "subscriber," on application to any of the above- mentioned, and on payinent or $40, will be issued with a sub- scriber's
scaron ticket (thereby cattling the holder to two seats at each of the series of four con- certs). Subscribers and polrond have priority of accommodation specially reserved for them.
L'am, Sir,
Yours faithfully,
-
W. A. BLAIR-KERR.
LAW BREAKERS Sir The Public pro war that it is an offence to take dogs from Hong Kong to Kowloon, ni from the latter district to the New Territories, or vice versa. have been warned that the smuggling of any breed
02
of dog into the New Territories from other parts of the Colony
as a breach of the regulation pro- mulgated for the purpose of con <rolling, preventing, minimising and cradicating the "spread of
ut well underst
Tax Business Profita
Tax
estimated This sum was mainly, accounted
During her atay in this Colony.
Ini a message to Dr. Vargas, the Chief Principal Matron will the Labour and Social, Progres- visit the military and naval hos- sive Party candidate, who is now ritals..
tepping the oil by nearly two to unc. President Dutra sald he would personally... transfer his: powers to the President-elect on January 31.
She is leaving next Tuesday for hors, Headquarters, in Middle East.
Summary Jurisdiction Ordinance
the
the report.
All proposals for amendment as contained in the report have been embodied In a complete re-cast of the Bill and..na.co re-cast the Bill has accompani the
report.
As no re-cauti ni material amendment posed; the Bill was 'reprinted and published in the Gazette of September 22."
At the second reading of the Bill, because of the substitution;
it
The Minister of Justice, Senhor Dias Fortes, today denied rumourd that troubid wig, brewing in Brazil, Perfect, order. prevailed throughout the country, lie said.
was reconsidered clause by Upolletal figures in the elec- clause in committee, after which It was put up for third reading Hons.
today", gave
Vargas deposed, from a 15-year virtual and carried unanimously.
The Acting: Colonial Secretary, aictatorship in 1945, a total of Mr. R..R. Todd, seconded oil the 2.087,678 votes compared to 1-
The Supreme Court (Sum-239,639
Government)
Funds for U.S. Federal
The Net Revenue of the Defor by cancellations in the cases
votes, for Dr. Eduardo niotions. of tenements under reconstrue-mary Jurisdiction) (Amend Gonez, the leader of the National, made up as follows:-- partment totalled. $41.740,690.83, tiun; very little of it was in resment) Ordinance 1950, which Democratic Union: 1,007,665 votes
raises the litigatioh amount for
for Dr. Christiano Machado, Ahel pect of unoccupied, premises. Corperation Pronts
It represents 0.001 per cent of from. $1,000 to $5,000 coming party, and 7,278 votes, for. Senor.
Social Democrat $20,368,892.01
the gross revenue froin rates under summary jurisdiction,
Jao Mangabeiro, the Socialist 8,247,963.63 against 0.17 per cent for the pre-had, 1ts, arst reading the candidate. Complete omelat re-
ceding year.
Legislative Council, yesterday. $28,617,055.68
This Attorney General, Mr. J B. Gettin,, explained that the 4.057,921.14
principal urdinancy
f. 1873 187,203,95
to provide u lesa casily and more 1,437,533.24
expeditious procedure where the 4,563,008.14
subject matter af litigation does not exceed $1,000. This limitation cf. $1,000 has existed slice, the cagctment of the ordinince 77 years ago..
Total Profis Taxes Salaries & Annui
fles Tax Personal Assessment Interest Tax Property Tax
Tetal Taxation $38,813,024.30 Estate Duty
2,036,060.41
Grand Total.. $41,740,690.83
UN advance in North Korea continues
(Continued from page 1)
Revenue from Estate Duty way "The possibility of hicreased $930,060.44 in excess of the es- chemy troop activity in the stag- Himate. The total short-fall on fug ureas sent B-29 Superforts of the whole of the Department the U.S. Air Forces deep into therefore was only $230,309.17 North Korea today. which is little over one-half of one per-cent of the total estimate,
Bail granted in Treasury cheques case
wast
sults are not expected for about three weeks, because of communi- cations dillculties-Reuter.
FRESH FISH PRICES
agencies cut
Washington, October 10.
The US. Bridget Burgau an- nounced today that it has 12- duced funds for 31 Federat agencies by a total of US$580,- Frish. fich urernga prices realiando.nt: 271,335 for the fiscal year end
Hou: Fiah Wholesale Marketing next June 30, including Kennedy Town, yesterday were cuts of US$50,000,000 cacli för
First quality Average:
Having regard to the change in the value of money. pid Mc. Grifin, consideration, has been given to the desirablity, of InSA creasing the lumit, so that a wider Yellow Crycker range of cases may be dealt with Mud Creaper in the summary jurisdiction of dingo Fish the Supreme Court, and the less White Pomfret (large). costly, and more expeditious pro- Ancas Bole (large)...
Macsa Bote (mall) cedure may be made applicable to Golden Thro PATTUA. They also bombed the 1 this wider, range, my Angul bar : :| Hent_Grant,
Horse Benet, (mall) Conger. Pike ...............
"Medium bombers struck for the second consecutive day at Kanggye, just South of the 41st
training and storage The motion,,, seconded. by, thys area at Chinnago where In-Acting Colonial Secretary, Mr. A. creased activity has been noted. K. Tod, was carried unanimous-
"Operating bombed
around the clock, ty. E-26
transportation in the poi moto b
Sinanju, Hangnam and Wonsan areas while fighters, attacked troop movements
Ball of $600 each was grant-North, Kurcan capth of the
ed to three persons by Mr. James Wicks at Kowloon yes, terday, The trio, Yeung Kuai-wing, mechanic, aged 35 Lea. Kam-shi, agod 31, and Helen Cheng, aged 34, were charged with importing un- manifested cargo.
far The application. ball was made to the Court by Mr. P. A.
ot Pyong
K in the arcs North of Thirty-ix Superforts.drop- Red generally bombe laually, with excellent, resulla, Highways and rail,lings, Igad - | ing North, from, Pyongyang, tq
attacked
face
20
price prico irits calty
1.85
$1.00 . $1.38
-1.70
2.30
1.60
2.50
2.10
1.6
1.43
16
1.50
137
1.10
1.2
1.50
1.90
1.18
DO
'Bed Den Bryam (large) 1.00 Hair Tall
1.60
SA
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Death for possession of bombs, use of arms
....(Continued from paza 1), 1 Governor' in Coilíell may consider "In similar situation other coun- desirable in the public interest, thien have by law. imposed labill-But while, such is the case ty for sentence of death for any section 3, (3) of the Ordinance
I have where. By emer tinlawful possession of arms..
contains a special continued
is proposed for this Colony to stipulationi flights
ghts over areas around
enact an emergency regulation.gency regulation an offence is cap'tal. "Saveral
edding regulation 110A to the made punishable with death, such ral flights, of Superforts L. Vine, the trio's legal repre-rain bombed selected bridges in and the text of the amending reproval of this Council.
Emergency Principal Regulations provision shall require the ap the, central area as part of the toop and supply chemy
between and
Constal
B-20 crown low,
Eentative.t that.
It was alleged that, the trio | such campaign to neutra, i gulations made by the Governor
had
Sunday Imported certain
uwmanfested
certain
InCouncil, are incexed to the
Honourable Members.
ECA and for relief in occupied)
areng ; -"་་་་་༩
The Bureau was required to mako the cuts by, the recent lay in which Congress ordered non- military expenditures to be reduced by at least US$530,000,000
was $75,000,000 in Federal grants to hospital construction.ad save In relief in 2:00 because the wdr ill
The Burebu
arcas
D
Korea bad increased the dollat available to Japan, sald
the
on
ECA, the Bureau
the US$50,000,000 cut had be made in line with the genera more restrictive polley requi by Congress.-Asraelated Pre
Nationalists drop food on mainland
Taipeh,, October 11. Chinese Nationalist-trans- port planes on the night of
it is in conformity w October 10 dropped: 24 tons of
rables to all parts of the Colony," amount, or United States Treand Easter date Order of Business
now, before requiremént, that the resolution / Behind-the. Communieron
the event of the. Police hp- prehending an offender, the anim- al should be impounded. for period, uf- three months: Cost of upkeep of the animal should, pald by the owner, and 'In de- fault of payment the animal des- troyed.
All, defendants were remanded damage on a
for seven days.
boxcars at
niles East of
with this rice to famine-trickten areas
now before Council is moved, or Curtain" on the mainland, tro qury «cheques,. The cargo was "Alded by
I now do to the effect that the Chilhoso Air Force Headquat found in an incoming: Trans
"ff, will be sign that thò pro- Emergency Principal.· (Amend, ters spokesman announced Asiatic Air Lines aircraft.
radiating from Eyongyang Ond pored roguation, 116A does not go ment): (No. 2) Regulations; 1950, here today. At the time the cargo was gland by Coplan the sofar as to make any unlawful be approved.
that 10 The spokesman said: discovered, it wa 56
was not registored
of arma punishable Sims, of on the aircrafts cargo manifest.
scored heavy with death....
Furthermore, section 3 (3) of American-bult: Commando planer Jards and
the. Ordinance requires that this additionally dropped six tona, or 14
"But the fellations, da, provide Council by its resolution shall Nationalist propaganda pamphlets "Targets, for F-80.
that the patrying or possesion specify the date upon which the and figs to be used in yester Shooting any boob, grenade, mine or other regulations should come into force, agy's undercover Doublo. Tenth Stare, included military buildings
calebration at the anniversary of and vehicular traffic, near Sisak, amilar apparatus shall on con
terms The Pubish
my of the resolution the founding of the Nationalist Sorghung-ni Yugudong inds Koon on Inletment be
Government 39 years wen Several runs were made on sult, with death and the, regula propose that they
come into Tie planes ranged dyer Central artillery
and South-China positionvi, United Fressions also provide that any un- operation on October 20.
lawful
from Choking use or attempt to use drms,ammunition, or explosive
South of Shanghai, to "If the resolution, be, passed Frovince, substance shall be punished with then I emphasise that our and after Kwangtung Province North of death
October 30 the uninwful passes, tha-Indo-Chind border. sion of a grenade or the unlawful Nationalist Intelligence 1
reports use or attempt to use, arms, not-published here today cinlined that withstanding, that death, or jujury
million people faced "star the person or injury, to provation along the flooded. perly does not occur, can result River valley, the tradition
**Sorrow. upon a schichce of death being imposed upon ad offender, upon North of
Nankin
The official report éà We ìïúm- ber of deaths front rabies to date fi twenty-human, 10 and animal. 10. Have likely contributory, of fenders ever witnessed the prohly- ing death of a person dying from
while on the subject of law- breakers, will a few so-called sportsmen note that the partrilagd seasoit opens on Monday 10th October, and not before, Sports men will not shoot on Sunday. 15th! Any person, whether Bus
Russia to send grain to Europe
Financial conference.
Geneva, October 10. Russia has depinted its ruddi Dess to gutato harhany sided in Washington treaty to supply West European
· Washington: October 1kg
besalligi with large lount of gratis.
a valid Game Licence, or
WA. limited number of fitting will be 56täinabia at the Club House provided they are pedored, in advance from the No. 1 Doy (Tal. 27818).. AFE NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'Best and his game 1
PREMISES DURING THE MEETING,
"PUBLIC" ENGÇÕSUME
The price of admission to the Public Enclosure 13 $3,00,inalud Ing tax for all persons including ladies, and is payablo at the Cato. BOOKMAKERS, TIC TACCINEN) ETON WILL NOT BE PER. MITTED TO OPERATE, WITHIN THE PRECİNOTE OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, DURING, THE RACK MERTING. MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE OBTAINABLE IN RESTAURANT IN THE BUSSIRAENCLOSURE. ANAR
URVANT
who
ridges on Sunday, 15th,
15th, rhound bus Executive Secretary Gunnar Mr. Hugh. Galtökélt, Béillsa
licence Myrdal DE
Yours
TRO BONO FUBLICO,
FOOD AND FUEL
4mic Comted Nations Minister of Economie - Affulfi
COSTS W
The food and fuel index for the work ended. Ootrbor.37, fanied by the Labour Ome, words
-Mics: and Flour):7%, sakkies -Vereinbleki, 110 entisan 2) “Háit - Cabbage, D3 | chaty |
9110,7 colly,
Tek,C0%, catty
Bali Hinh D
·Phh+ `G.C 'calts
Pork;- G$ calty
| Plewwood;- 30!
Bomb Card
for Eurobe conferred, yesterday, for 18 of Monday night that minutes with the U.S. Under- a Soviet Union would attend an Seeratury of State, Mr. Karen international conference höre en November 14 to
Webb, about world finan work out details
clal problems. rking Later, Mr. Galtshell Hold, ro for eleven months to arrange an sorters they discussed quite all European mehna to get cas
Me, Myrdal, bet been working
-woul
snurmber of problems in trade parts of st Sworld
Union South East
the bithaipat supplier: He said they
Soviet prices of raw
"In fadition it will be seen that the
regulation supulates that; a prosecution for art, offence under the regulation alall not be la stituted except with the consent of the Attorney General;
Implication
Sküfrémant öt dansent should á' the Táệte:
W
liis Tõlívfetiðn üfter-trial By Jury:| EPS
before the Supreme Court Fi
Indefinitely
that the Com Premier Fel-wi had admitted that munist, China, was short d least 1,000,000 tons of foodatún
"I have indicated that the through the floods, which hid dato of commencement, bas i nade. an estimated 130 million to Lay, October, 20,,Ik prayinen people Hondeless-Reuter. for by the resolution before this Coungligatio i mulalière ben
ho-duration prevision. Thus
tiile cuvotulich be "beeptable, sp continue in foros indennitaly,-
CZECH CARS FOR RED CHINA