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CHINA * MAIL
Pigeons May Race From
FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1969.
Bootblack Steals $59
From
HK To Formosa Tourist
A 400-mile pigeon race from Hongkong to Formosa
may be held later this year.
The Secretary of the Hongkong Pigeon Associa-
tion, Mr L. B. Poon said this today.
Me Pown maid he had received from the informal tetter Racing Pigeon Association in Taiper saying that they Intended
hold such a race.
Me K. S. Kinghorn to be
at Ibour and an Commissioner Comulusioner of Maw.
Mr D. M. Sellers to act as Deputy Commissioner of Labour mal Depty Commissivet Mines.
of
V.
Mr G, C. Hamilton and Mr P. B. Willums to be Priaripal As- Fisim:t Colonial Secretaries: Mr 1. M. Lightbody, Mr W. Diefietson, and Me D. B. Jordan to be Assistant Cofersial Seere. taries.
The Taiwan association used if there were any regulations in Hongkong against such an event,
also asked Mr Poon to be their steward in Hongkong and be ready to set the pigeons free on the race on their arrival in Kai Tak.
would Alleggelber there Drs Yu Chi-chto, Wang Wah- 100 pigeons taking part in ting. Liu Tak-Fan, Orr Wing-vent. Mr Poon vale,
Chiu-Jung its
the
Who Owns
Letters To The Editor
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OBSERVEN.
Mr Chow
The Tourist Industrywered by attempting to talk |local businesmen into buliding St The Tourist-slation uxury hotels, comparable with heidig annuel meeting
certain hotels in London, New Wednesday but their report tells York, etc. one very little and as for the facts and figures most local connected with the people
Sir, With reference to E travelling public would be very interested to know where they Glasson & P. Burr's malicious assessment of Mr N. T. Chow's A 14-year-old boy
who stole came trmu.
the activity may I ask Certainly don't believe
whether 539 from a tourist, Mr C. C.
hotels would oaree with them. thore really is any difference be Girardot, yesterday, at Hankow After all, if there is an abun- tween him and the rest of the Ioad was remanded for seven
dance of tourists and shortage English-writing so-called Alm day by Mr J. Dargan at Kowloon Juvenile Court this hates them why is everyone critics in Hongkong.
Although often enough just morning for possible admis scrambling for bookings,
only pirating confirmed bookings as much bothered and annoyet rion to a training center, from other hotels at the airport, as refreshingly surprised by his Inspector S. L. Fung told the arranging to have their connec-vitings one has to acenis" that Magistrate that while Mr Girar-lens check
the air mandfest, he at least nor the courage (and dot was walking along Hankow enlisting the ald of employees of 01 Course A extraordinary Road, Ave shoeshine boys ap- certain airlines and even their tenacity) to express some highly proached him and pestered him alr hostesses on the plane itself subjective and controversial To have his shoe shined. in the desperate rush to obtain views, which certainly, are not They surrounded him and pull-bookings, at the expense of other arrived at in the same hap- ed at his clothes. He turned into hotels?
hazard and nonchalant way in There are still no claimants Peking Road and entered a shop. During the existence of the which the paid film critics seem
for the two homing Just then parter-by told him Tourist Association, no attempt to produce their drivel. pigeons which landed on a one of the shoeshine boys hedhur. been made to find out from the people whose livelihood it ship 50 miles north-cast picked his pocket.
Meanwhile the boy was arrests, what exactly they want the of Taiwan a few days ago ed for being an unlicensed hoc- Tourist Association to do for and which are now in the black and brought to the police them. The obvious way would $40 was have been to have formed the A sun of custody of the Society for station.
anils connected with the Prevention of Crueltyd on him. He admitted be various
had inken the money from the to Animals.
pocket of a European in Hankow Road.
These
Birds?
By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER
Конд yanı.
The Hongkong Pigeon As- Chan Ti-te te be Medical OM-
Drs Lily Mary Veronleation is also sponsoring as Internationa! Pigeon Left at 35 You and Lau Hour-pien to be
Mr H. M. Howell, Steretary of Wema Medical Offers Miss Blue Pool Bund In two months' time when the association wel- rung to be
the Society, told the China Mall comes pigeon-owners from
to send their this morning that he had written over the world
to the Military Pigeen Awoel- birds for Training prior to a rare from Macao t, Hongkong, Jon in Taipel by airmail pester-
iday,
Bella
Skter (Psychiatric).
Nursing
Mr W. D. Orchard resumed tely as Picheries OBeer, and Mr Yu Yal-sum, reased to act an Fisheries Officer.
Mr H. Tarraner to be Sendor Surveyor of Ships.
Awarded ED
all
Reserve Of Officers Hogg Defence Force has
Ching-you Cupt, formerly of the lingkong - m has been posted to the Royal Hoptong Defence Force Raseren af Chriss, the Govern- men Chazette notified today.
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In view of the ward of the EU, the award of the Enslen Metal to Capt Fox, then Lil Fox, was maticellent, the Govern- ment Gazette added.
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In his letter, he said, he gave the Taipei association; the hum- bres of the twu pigeons and any Ensked them if they have [claimants,
are
Exhausted
even
#
Mr Rowell said the birds were
night from Tokyo probably on la Taipei and had run into
trung head-wind or storm before they became ex hausted and landed on the ship. The distance frein Tokyo 10 Taipei is over 1,400 miles. There few islands in between but they are not on the beźline. Mr L. B. Poon, Sceretary of the Hongkung Pigeon Association said this morning that a well trained bird can normally fly distance of 300 miles overland. If the flight is over water, and non-stop, the pigeon would grow less confident of itself and might be able to fly only a third of that
The money
recovered
given back to the tourist.
Texaco Road
Reconstruction
10
There certainly is an abun- dance of lousy flims on show in Hongkong, but where is the erllig who ever dares to call these de- piorabilities by their proper name? Inslead we seem to have an inflation in "masterpleees",
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The Macro Electric Lighting Co, Ltd, reported is net prößt of $828.404 for the year ended November 30, 1858, of the annual meeting of the company this afternoon.
From the Filos
25
years AGO
A dividend of $1.20 a share on 400,000 shares was deelated
the SCM Post's 25 THOM and the amount to be carried years ago column: "A prize forward to the next neenust offered by the Gentlewoman was $203,215.
for the best definition of a lady The meeting was presided
the following was won by by Mr A. de Barros Pereira, in effort: To be a lady
means, the place of the Chairman, Mr rightly, to be a gmtlewoman F. J. Gelllon, who was absent.
who shows hy her every word Mr Y. C. Liang was re-elected and action, sweet and gentle director and Lowe, Bingham dignity, with a gracious charm and Matthews were re-elected or manner. A woman whose nudilors.
heart is pure and true, who is tender towards all suffering, who sympathises with those in trouble, and is ever ready, to give that which costs her some effort and self-denial,
Girl Stole Purse, Spent $32
work
"A ladly thinks derogatory, and no ono is deemed 100 Tow to receivo courtesy and kindness. She la pure and good in every detail
in sorrow
Au eight-year-old girl who stole of life, a brue friend and a
a puran containing $49 from a 'ministering angel' neighbour and spent $32 on and sickness"", sweels, toys and Weats at the olnema was remanded for
Dar- seven daya by Mr can
Kowloon Juvenile Court this morning pending a
At yesterday's meeting of the report from Die probation Finance Committee, a vote of officer.
$189,755 was approved for the purchase of Albany, one of Inspector S. L. Fung said that the oldest residences in long-
her house.
punse was missing.
Li suspected the girl because
on
the
she was then playing toolpath. But the girl refused
to admit the offence.
-Jater, Four days
the girl's elder brother asked her about the purse and she admitted sterling it. She told her brother spent most of the she had money.
ABOUT
make the
200 workmen, the A majority of them Haltions joined in one of the biggest clen Bghts the Colony has ever seen.- The fight took place in Masera Logan and Amps Sloneyard in Tokwawan, Kowloon City.
travel into committees, and cach That makes one wonder would then have reported via whether these critics (n) full.
the Executive i spokesman was Director on the needs of the the most modest demands a render is entitled to have towards particular ection and thus co-
his paper, (b) know their subject ordinated Into a comprehensive as they pretend to know, (c) are !picture.
The inference being that the just extremely naive or (d) have additional lucrative interests to Executive Director appears to utilise at that juncture, than just | consider his job to be one to write for newspapers. As the publicity locally and abroad and China Mail is ilked for its enter-on July 7 complolunt, L Pire kang. The buildings are to be nothing to do with organisa-taining character and its attitude on, left her purse in a chair co demolished, and the present
the footpath not to take things more perlous Waterloo Road and
outside No. 39 tonal comunitmonts.
We hear the Executive Directhan they actually are why not
went into proposal of Government is to tueorporate the site in the Public tor echoing the cries of certain for once allow Mr Chow to cross
Gardens,
Jo as to Work
Later when she came out the Gardens a self-contained whole, will beght early in airlines for bigger and better his pen with that of the perman- September on the reconstructionuitets. Most hotels in Hongent critic in reviewing a certain and widening of a section of kung are never fully booked ex-alm? This would at least provide Texaco Road from Castle Peak cept for four months a year, and him with a sportsmanlike chance Road to Sha Tsui Road, In The
even then have probably 10 per he so far has been unable to Tsuen Wan brea of the New cent room vacancies at the end enjoy. Or is it cs Glasson Be Territories.
of each day. The rest of the year Burr seem to four already About 100 feet of the road a few hotels have about 30 per crime to have an urge to become
be reconstructed la
in leent vacancies, and the rest 50
a correspondent? macadam. Provision has been per cent vacancies ar UVL made for a dual
P.S. To bring Pasternak into carriageway, higher them that.
these considerations is the height Normal hotel investment la de-
of snobbishness. tral reserve of six feet and jeigrod to get your money back footpaths 13 feet in width. over 30 years. The terrine The road project is part of salesmanship carried out by air- the general development plan lines of the Tourist Assocation for the Tsuen Wan area, which is indeed dangerous and it is includes
proposed resellie-ndsteading the publie, cpecially ment estate and factory al Tal those who believe them.
We hear of rich tourists. A: Wo lau.
The reconstruction work, ten-far as can be seen the bulk
which are culled for the tourists who come to Hong in today's Government Gazette, kung tre American, of the kind will take about six months to who have saved up for n complete,
round the world before retire- ment and are travelling on strict budget. Hongkong is in- cluded in their itinerary as a cheap "shopping centre." They or three days, stay here two
Icasi expensive mostly at the hotels they can find. It is only a bed they want, not luxury Intels. Americans have realised are invited in lothat the price you have to pay time to time for rest and water. (day's Government Gazelte, for
in the United States does not
distance.
During the fight, there are the dangers of attack Irem stronger and bigger birds, he said.
Found Injured
As a matter of fact, one of the Livo pigeons in Mr Howell's care was found Injured in the stomach when handed over, Mr Poon said.
Only on
Figeons ny
Occasions tio rate distances of more
than 1,000 miles, he added, and
then it must come down from
1,000 miles, he said,
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The beeline between the two points was 5,400 miles but it was said that the bird could not Ay acrass the Sahara Desert, and made a detour that brought the total distance to 7,000 miles.
ench 24 feet wide, with a con-
ders for
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MISLED CINEMAGOL.
A Contrast?
Sir, I wander if M N. T. of
Chow saves all the letters and about him for his scrapbook or not?!? If so, the letter of Messrs E. Glasson und P. Bur (well done!) would be quite a contrasting piece of collection, wouldn't it?
JILL L
Mr Chow's Reply Sir, I hate to clutter up correspondence colume I
your
with my childish views, but request you in pass this bit of information to Messrs E. Glas-
on & P. Burr,
Those critics who rapped Be Old Man & The Sea," in- cluding Bosley Crowther, C. A. Grenier and Leleune, Cynthia Peler John Dyer (lo name but a few) must have intentile in- telligence tou.
Real Alm criticism is based on logical analysts, not hazy cen- eralisations, Grandinse but
It takes about a week to do the demolition of the old have to be paid elsewhere. At Redifusion and Cabic & Wireless the high price of land in the Mr Poon said the world's re-buildings at Hennessy Road. Colony, the rates they wish to cord distance overland covered The bulldings Are being pay wouldn't give much return by a pigeon was held by a bird pulled down to make way for on capital outlay, by stock belonging
the Duke of the sale of the land by public market levels. Wellington.
auction. The demolition work As a lover of Hongkong, generalised terms like "genius," The Duke released his bird In expected to start in have to admit that I cannot see "superb," "brilliant," "mangmin- from Ichat Iste in south-west month's time and lake
without about what Hongkong has to offer the cen," ele, employed Africa. It inter arrived in Nine two weeks to complete.
rich tourist, that he cannot from the support of concrete reason- Elms, London, after 55, days,
a pleasure point of view obtain ing or analytient judgment, are raer home. He would hardly meaningless and should be re- come half way round the world served for publicity boys. for cheap shopping. If he I said the picture is "un- should come, he will be on one imaginative and platitudinous," of these cruises but with few and 1 did make an effort to
analyso f exceptions, he lives on board.
усгу (admittedly Perlups the taxpayer and all sketchity) it; and I do hapo South
those interested in the tourist these good gentlemen would do America, suspenties since 1954. buelness might require that the the rame to bock up their. de- will be resumed with Comet 4
Exceutive was jetliners, starting January
Directór and the fence of the flim. 25, Tourist Association will in next year, it was announced in
It is difficult to answer those future perform their function in personal longest
over London 3h0
criticisms; hollow Jast
night. water covered by a pigeon was weekly services
Twice a practical way,
ridicule always defies comTM plarated 150 miles flown by a pigeon from London calling at Madrid,prophetic utterances
And please Jel's have lessment. released from un Alled warship Labon, Dakar, Recife, fuo
trom the Who Wouls my viewa? May I to reach land during the First Janeiro, Montevideo,
de Executive Director until he he also ask this question: Who Buenos discovered the size of the probwants their views? Is anyone in World War, Mr Poori sald. Aires and Santiago.
[lem, welch certainly will not be The world's pigeon racing
pooition to speaic for the record is 500 miles for world
public? champion birds only, Mr Poon added.
150 Miles
The date of the record June 1, 1845.
distance
Technical Education Committee
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The following oppointed to be Members of the Technical Standing Committee
Education Vocational Training, the Government Gazette notified to
day.
on and
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Mr Anthony Fuller "aptiy" described the picture as a mos- terpiece; I do wish Mr Fuller, too, would back up his verdict -with-a-real-analysis (apart from his superlatives) of the
Alm,
N. T. CHOW,
Fire Damage Sir-On the front page of your Late Final issue of yester- day date you have stated that the damage of stock in the base nem state of our company was estimated at' $200,000,
I wish to place on record that such information was not given
by us, and oven at this writing we are unable to determine the extent of damage since up to a Inte hour last evening the Fire | Brigade were still in possession of all the storerooms situated at the basement of Alexandra
House.
E. J. M. CHURN, ·
1. Managing Director,
Union Trading Co., Ltd.
Replies:
Yue: No adhérens, no algnza- bure. If you care to rubanit a letter which conforms with our conditions we shall be picusett to consider it for publication--Ed.
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Council Members
It all began with a Hakka stone dresser and a Ningpo compatriot, contesting who should have possession of a slab of granite whose shape. сапа veniently leuls itself to quick formation an Important paint when it is considered that wages are regulated by output and a scale of picework payment pro- valls.
Mr Kwok Chan ceased to be a Member of the Executive Coun- ell consequent upon the return to the Colony of Mr M. W. L2, the Government Gazette notified today
For 20 minutes the fight ruged Mr K. S. Kinghorn has been before the Police stopped 14. appointed provisionally to be 023 Omcial Member Legistative Council.
of the
Twenty-three were injured,
17 being defined in hospital,
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