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LOCAL RACING NOTES: SHORTAGE OF PONIES FOR"
EXTRA MEETINGS.
THREE CUPS PRESENTED.
[BY ARGUS.]
At a meeting of the Stewards of the Hongkong Jockey Club, on Thursday night, it was definitely decided to hold, at any rate five extra meetings this year. The dates already fixed are:
First Extra, Saturday, April 3rd Second Extra, Saturday, May 1st. Third Extra, Saturday, June 5th. Fourth Extra, Saturday, October 2nd. Fifth Extra, Saturday, November 6th. At the moment there are less than 40 ponies that are likely to be available for the first three extra meetings. After the "break, however, it is hoped that other ponies will be available, in which case it is quite probable that the Stewards will decide on holding at least one more meet ing during the year,
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THE FIRST EXTRA. The programme for the First Extra con
MR. R. GRIMSHAW HONOURED.
HONGKONG F.A. DINNER AND PRESENTATION.
There was a pleasant function ất the Hongkong Hotel Last night, when tho Hongkong Football Association held a dinner in honour of Mr. R. Grimshaw, the President of the Shanghai Football Asso ciation, who was passing through the Colony on the sa Suwa Maru, and con- tinues his vorüge Home to-day.
The dinner was
to demonstrate the appreciation of the Hongkong Football Association of Mr. Grimshaw's efforts in entertaining the Hongkong Interpert Football team when they were in Shang hai.
THE UNEASY SITUATION AT
CANTON.
THE LATE DR. SUN YAT SEN.
ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH.
OBSERVANCES IN HONGKONG.
[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.]
General Chiang Kai Shek has not left. (PROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.).
Canton na has been stated in some quar Yesterday, March 12th, being the first ters, but future developments may neces anniversary of the death of Dr. Sun Yat sitate his doing so. Sea, first Provisional President of the anti-Bolshevistic Section, of the Kuomin
The Right Wing, or Republic of China, all Hongkong and Chitang, is doing everything possible, to oust nese newspapers observed it with special him, including the promotion of mutiny editions or by special references, and by and sedition among Chiang's command. suspending publication for a day, which So far, the sudden departure of Captain
means that there will be no Chinese cows. papers this morning, the 13th. Many Chinese schools in Hongkong also closed for the day, some holding memorial ser-
vices.
Aw Yang Lin. neting Director of the Navy; the resignation of Comrade Seminoff as Director of the Navy; and the order from Moscow to remove the
Communists. fieadquarter from Cariton
In addition to the guest of honour, there
The Hongkong Chinese Y.M.C.A. Day elsewhere have been recorded. Whether were also present at the dinner the four. School, in honour of the late Chinese or not all these will lessen the opposition teen Interport players, namely Messrs. C. patriot and leader,. yesterday morning against General Chiang and the Chinese Rodger, Wyane, Wheeler, Mitchell, Jinvited as their principal speaker at the Bolsheviste in Ewangtung remains to be 'Stewart, Bristowe, Charlesworth, Hum berstone, Gosano, Butler, Macklesworth, Brittain. Howard and Hayes. There was also one representative. frem every Club affiliated to the E.K.FA, present, as well, as Mr. J. McCubbin and Mr. W. E The second and third events (or possibly Hollands, who accompanied the Hongkong second and fifth) will be divided into "A"Interport team to Shanghai in the capa- and Handicaps over the 6 furlong
tains six events.
The first event is a furlong race for subscription griffins which have not won the first prize beidg. #400,
course.
A Polo Scurry (3 furlongs) for genuine pole ponies, to be ridden by playing me
bers of the Polo Club is another event on
the card, prizes for which are $200 to the winner; $100 to the second and 850 to the third:
The First Aggregale Stakes is down for decision also. The conditions are the sarne as last year.. With the exception that the weight is 148lbs. in place of 146lba, with the usust penalties.
There is a race for griffins from the 2 mile post (distance 1 mile 165 yards). winner to receive, in addition to the stakes, a Local Option Cup," generously
given by Mr. B. D. Beith.
The last event is a 1 miles handicap. open to all China ponies. Here again the winner will receive a "Local Option Cup," kindly presented by Mr.. B. D. F., Beith.
Draft programmes will be available to day in all probability. The foregoing details were courteously supplied to me by Mr. C. Bernard Brown, Secretary to the Hongkong Jockey Club.
LADY SEVERN CUP.
A feature of the coming extra meetings will be a competition for & Cup, kindly given by Lady Severn for Novices, who have not won 5 races. Marks will be awarded as follow: Win.1 points; second 2 points third 1 point. The Jockey, who has the highest aggregate number of points at the end of the season will be come the possessor of Lady Sovern's Cup.
"Fresh blood is badly needed among the. local jockeys; and it is hoped that the generous, offer of Lady Severn will en courage more of the younger set to ride. at the extra meetings.
Unless fresh blood is found, there may well be a shortage of jockeys this season. Among those, who were riding last year, we have lost Mr. E. L. Davies, Capt. Oxspring "had Mír, A. W. Buck, while Mr. F. W. Pollock is shortly going Home on leave. In addition, the naval duties of Lt.Cdr. Thompson may prevent his being seen in the saddle as frequently, as in
former year5.
FEES FOR LADIES.
The Stewards of the Hongkong Jocker Club have decided that at future meet¦ ings at Happy Valley ladies will no longer be admitted free of charge...
Each member will be entitled to two free tickets for ladies, but admission carda in excess of that number will cost $5 each "In the public enclosure, the fee for ad-
mission, will be $1, irrespective of sex.
THE FANLING HUNT. Prospects with the Fanling Hunt, bow- ever, are still bright. On Sunday, there will be a point to point race, over a course of about 4 miles. Over a dozen entries have been received and there will be prizes for the first heavyweight and first lightweight home.
The meet is at 10.30 at Annandale, so that these desirous of being present should leave Kowloon by the D. 15 train.
REY. FATHER VÄLTORTA.
TO SUCCEED THE LATE BISHOP POZZONI.
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Mr. G. T. May, President of the 'H.K, city of managers.
Football Association, was in the chair, and during the eccuing, on behalf of the H.
Interport team, he presented Mr. Grimshaw with a souvenir of the occa- sion, to mark "the esteem of the local
Association.
The gift to Mr. Grimshaw consisted of A small silver shield, bearing the names of all the members of the Hongkong later port"Football teant and the names of those who accompanied them.
Mr. May, in proposing the health of Mr. Grimshaw, paid him a high tribute and referred to his keen interest in foot
ball, and also thanked him on behalf of
the local Association for the interest he had taken in our local players while at Shanghai.
memorial service, Mr. Hin Wong, a former seen director of publicity of the Military Government in Canton when the late Dr. Sun first established himself at that city but an opponent to Dr. Sun's later political policy and doctrines.
Mr. Wang recalled that more than 40
years ago, the man who later became the Father of the Chinese Republic was also a student in one of the Hongkong schools, and said that there was no reason why he might not be addressing one of the future Presidents of the Republic at the Hongkong Chinese Y.M.C.A. School After eulogising, for his honesty, energy. unselfishness, and patriotism, the late Chinese leader, Mr. Wong quoted the last will of the late Dr. Sun, calling upon all his fellow country to work with all their might to complete the Revolution he had started and to believe in his three people's doctrines. Mr. Wong, however, said the simplest three people's doctrines, to him,
were that "I, you, and he; or we, you, and they constitute the peoples of this world, and that if I help you, you help Mr. Grimshaw suitably replied, refer bin, and he helps me, and we all help ring to the Interport match between one another, we shall be able to cena- Shanghai and Hongkong, and he complete this world revolution-the changing plimented the Hongkong players on the of earth into Heaven, the Republic of good game. they put up on that occasion, China into the Kingdom of God." remarking that the match was moat keenly contested, enthusiastically and cleanly played and resulted in a very close vié- tory.
KF.A. and the Interpart team. Other toasts drunk included that of the
POSSESSION OF BOMBS.
FURTHER REMAND AT THE CENTRAL MAGISTRACY.
At the Cential Magistracy a week ago, an unemployed Chinese fitter and twn Chinese women were remanded on a charge of possessing' two bombs.
OBSERVANCES IN CANTON.
The Executive Committee of the Kuo- mintang have for some time past beer organising what is described as "a nation-wide observance of the anniver. sary. In Canton the observances are to extend over a period of six days.
Yesterday there was a memorial ser- vice on the East Parade Ground and by order of the Nationalist Govern.. ont flags on all official buildings were half-masted and a three minuter silence was required to "be" observed by the people, the signal being given by a gun on the Hill of the Goddess of Mercy.
Defendants again appeared, before Mr. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy yes
A feature of the meetings is the reading terday, when Detective Inspector Tof Dr. Sun's last will and testament and Murphy, whos-in-charge of the case, the acclamation of a string of watchwords applied for a further remand of one week which are set out by the Central Execu- He said that there were further develop tive of the Kuomintang as follows: ments in regard to the case. those were was not divulged, and no evidence was taken. Defendants were re- manded.
What
WELL-KNOWN SHANGHAI MAN
MISSING.
A TRAGEDY ON THE RIVER.
SAMPANAN'S STORY.
overboard..
(a) Forget not our late President. (b) Continue our late President's re-
volutionary watk
(c) Support the All-China and Kuomia
tang Congress,
(d) Support the Kuomintang. (e) Support the Nationaliat – Govern-
ment.
(0) Down with the Counter-Revolu-
tionista.
() Down, with Militariam (h) Down with Imperialism. (i) Realise our late President's Last
WjIL (Long live the Kuomintang of China. (k) Long vet
National Revolution. “
EXCHANGE AND CANTON.
The night Wing, or anti-Reds, are hop- ing for the return of Mr. Hu Han Min, whom General Chiang and others sent to Moscow as "High Commissioner some time ago and the return of Mr. Hu will naturally mean the departare of General Chiang..
What is worrying the Left Wing or Bolshevists in Canton is the slow issue by General i Tsai Sum of the ith Army of a statement repudiating the circular de nouncing General Chiang Kai Shek sm posed to have been published. by officers of the 4th Army Corps.
PICKETS STOPPING THE EXODUS
TO HONGKONG.
FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.]
The exodus from Canton during the last few days, including families of leading officials and army officera, who deem it wise to make for safety, is being stoppel by the strike pickets enforcing the "anti- imperialist boycott, apparently under instruction from the Kuomintang head. quarters. The picketing of routes by which several thousand men and women have gone to Hongkong and Macao in the last few days, has been strengthened by 150 pickets who, following similar orders effective in Canton, are "only allowing departures in exceptional cases.
CANTON WORKERS' DEMANDS.
[FROM OCR CHINESS CORRESPONDENT.]
The Strike Committee in Ganton has succeeded in causing dissatisfaction among the workers of the Canton Hos- pital and Canton Christian College, two of the larger Christian institutions still headed by American missionaries. The workers of these institutions on March 9th an increase of presented demands for wages, ranging from 30 to 60 per cent., in aduition to the usual requests for bet ter service conditions and the like, in- cluding pay for holiday observations.
It is understood thai there will be no
difficulty with the question of better conditions, and only the increase in wages just now may present a difficulty which the managements "cannot readily over-
come.
MILITARY SITUATION IN CHINA.
POSSIBLE EFFECTS IN CANTON,
[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT]
By those acquainted with local polition- military developments in South China, the military fortunes of the contending
factions in North end Central China will
CANTON'S INTERFERENCE WITH THE MAILS.
Grave anxiety has been felt since Saturday, says the N.-C. Daily News of
much affect the Canton situation. The Fernie, who has not been seen since noon Tuesday with reference to Mr. W. L.
of report of the fall of Imran,
Governor of Hunan, Chao Heng Ti, at Changsha, while outwardly favourable to on the day in question. This anxiety is heightened by the fact of a sampan man
the Kuomintang, who are siding with the who.plica his boat from the Wetmore
"Christian General," Feng Yu Hsiang, against Wu Pei Fu, whom Chao' supports, Road Jetty bringing to the River Police the story of a foreigner having engaged
may mean that the Hunan mercenary. his services to take him to some point be-
commander, General Tan Yen Kai, a "yond the Customs 'Hulk in that section Seldon has anything proved more former Military Governor of that pro- of the river, and after placing 60 cents patisfactory in gauging the trend of vince and now a carpa commander and on the sent of the sampan having game for the movements of curreneics have in army back to Hunan and leave the pre- international relations than exchange, Minister of War in Canton, may lead his The position with regard to Mr. Fernie most cases been found to represent the Sent Canton regime without that measure is causing the utmost apprehension to prevailing sentiment of the politicians as of immediate support, should the Right his friends. After having been in the interpreted by the bankers and financiers or anti-Red factions take up war again A telegram has been received from service of Messrs. Butterfield & Swire for Noting this, anys the N-0. Daily News against the Reda. Milan, the headquarters of the local about 15 years, he left this firm at the of March 9th, it is of the first importance Catholic Mission, that the Holy Father beginning of the present year and join to draw attention to a improvement in Pope Pius XI. has been pleased toner in the firm of Messrs. 4. L. Anderson may be described as of unusual interest, ed the Stock Exchange, becoming a part the Hongkong dollar yesterday, one that nominate the Very Rev. Fr. Henry & Co. on Mr. Anderson's retirement. A for in a day it has risen in relation to Valtorta to be the Vicar Apostolic of the few days ago it was announced that he Shanghai-currency to the extent of about Roman Catholic Church in Hongkong, in had retired from the firm, and it was five-sights. At the same time, however, ENERGETIC PROTEST BY FRENCH succession to the late Bishop D. Pozzoni.
generally understood that he had come to telegrams from Canton reaching business the conclusion that stockbroking was not houses here in the afternoon suggested The Very Bev. Fr. Henry Valtorta was his metier, and it was learned that he no change in the situation, and so most born on the 1883 at Carate (Milano, was to rejoin Messrs. Butterfield & Swire. people have been at a loss to account Italy). He studied at the Theological The fact that he has not been seen since for the rise in the commercial barometer. University of Milan, was ordained in Baturday, coupled with the sampan
We cannot dare to interpret it, where The French Minister, to-day addressed 1007, and arrived in Hongkong in Octo man's story, has naturally led to the others more experienced in finance offer ber, 1007, when he was assigned for work
a Note to the Waichizopu, in which, after Do solution, but we may hope for the calling the Intter's attention to the fact in the New Territory, the Subprefectures
graveat fears.
best. There have been conversations pro- that the Birike Committee in Canton re- of Po-On, Weichow, and Hoifung. He
ceeding between Canton and Hongkong, contly detained mail matter and that has been also Military and Naval Chap-
and the recent action of the Commissioner Russians, assuming the guise of inspec of Customs certainly had a salutary effect tors, examined postal matter, declar on at least one aspect of the worked that such an incident not only of the strike pickets Perhaps "it may created considerable inconvenience to not be too much to hope that the sound foreigners as a whole, bat proved commercial elements in the southern port detrimental to the control of the have at last found ways and means to service. He requested the Waichiaopu overcome the money-making pickets and to take steps immediately to put an end to induce the Canton Government to take to the practice and to see that there be no a more liberal view of its duties than recurrence of similar incidents has hitherto been the case.
Canton.
Jain to the Roman Catholics at Hong- ROBBERY AT THE UNIVERSITY. kong, and is now Rector of St. Margaret's Church, Happy Valley, Father Valtorts STUDENT'S ROOM ENTERED.
is a member of the Education Board of the Colony. The fact that he is a good A student residing in Ellott Hall, at linguist and a
man of considerable the Hongkong University, has reported scientific attainment should contribute to the police that sometime between the materially to a successful career in the 9th and 10th inst some person entered high office to which he has now been ap his room and atole a Remington type jointed..
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