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DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS.
TO-DAY,
Docambar 30)..
Legislative Council Meeting, 2.30-
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Sandakan Light & Power: Co. (1922), Lid. Meeting, 12 noon.
Hunting: Fanling. Hounds. Most, Hunters Arras, 3.13 p.m.
Hockey Club v. Borderers. Union Church Kowloon, Sunday School Troat, 3 p.m.
Opening of Tuberculosis Ward, Kwong Wah Hospital, by H.E. the Governor, 11 am.
Central Theatre :---"Tabu,”
King's Theatre: ness; »
Queen's Theatre:
'Patrol."
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Star Theatre: Blues,"
World Theatre Nights."
Monkey Busi
Awful Powers"
Of Jockey Club.
THREE FAMOUS PEERS SUED BY
TRAINER.
LIBEL ACTION BY MAN WHO WAS WARNED OFF.
Lord Ellesmere, Lord Harewood, The Dawn and Lord Rosebery, stewards of the "High Society Jockey Club, were defendants in a libel action begun before Mr. Jua tice Horridge and a special jury in the King's Bench Division on. De cember 27.
New York
Majestic Theatre: "Derelict.". Tex Dances at King's Restaurant and Hong Kong Hotel: Dinner Dances at Repulse Bay Hotel and Peninsula Hotel.
THURSDAY,
(December 31.}
Messrs. Weatherby and Sons, of Covendish equare, London, and the Tomer newspaper were joined with the Jockey Club stewards 28 de fendants, against all of whom the plaintiff, Mr. Charles Chapman, racehorse trainer, "of Lavant, Sussex, claimed damages.
Now Year's Eve. Social Evening and Watch Night Service, Union Church Hong Kong.
Hockey: Radio v. University. China Light & Power Co., annual
Great interest was shown in the general meeting, St. George's Build-ense and the public gallery and the ing. 12 noon.
Queen's Theatre: "The Dawn Patrol."
Central Theatre:"" Tabu. 19 King's Theatre Monkey Buris
ness.
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Star Theatre: "Let Us Be Gay." Warid Theatre: New York Nights,"
Majestic Theatre: "Derelict" ́ Ten Dances at King's Restaurant and Hong Kong Hotel."
Peninsula Hotel Rose Room, Signor Genaro Bonavita, Italian Operatie Tenor..
well of the Court were crowded. Lord Harewood, Lord Rosebery and Lord Ellamere had sents at the solicitors' table...
Sir Patrick Hastings, K.C., opening the case for Mr. Chapman, described it as "one of the most serious libels that one could pos- sibly imagine."
In 1830 the stewards of the Jockey Clab warned Mr. Chapman off the President's Danes at Craigea-course-an action which, carried'} Kower Cricket Club; Carneval with it the most awful consequences: Daners at King's Restaurant, Hong
Kong Hotel, Peninsula Hotel and to a person so treated." Repulse Bay Hotel.
FRIDAY,
(January 1.)
New Year's Day.
BROADCAST TO THE
WORLD."
maa, the trainer, the Stewards of the Jockey Club (Lord Ellesmero acting for Lord Zetland) after farther investigation satisfied themselves that a drug had been administared to the horse for the purpose of the race in question.
They disqualified the horse for this race and for all future gutes under their rules, and warned' C. Chapman, the trainer of the horse, off Newmarket Heath. Sir Patrick continued
"I suggest that those words mena and can only mean, that Mi. Chapman was warned off the cours for administering a drug to" Don Pa. The defence is justification and privilege, but there is no sug- gestion by any of the defendants that the words are true, if what I say is their only meaning is correct. You may wonder why in those gir qumstances the stewards came to publish them and you will have to be told something about their powers and duties." TRAINED FOR TWO DUKES.
Mr. Chapman had trained race- horses for the Duke of Norfolk and the Duke of Richmond, and Don Pat was a horas which he trained for Mr. Rowe. It was quite a good horse, but difficult to rido.
On September 29, 1930, the Ste-
Referring to the running of Don Cricket-University Past . Pre-wards of the Jockey Club broadcast Pat in the Bedfont High-weight sent, Hong Kong C.C. Navy. to the world. by communicating Handicap, Sir Patrick said there
Football Services . Civilians with all the news Club ground), 3.30 p.m.
distributing was no suggestion that Mr. Chap- Golf Royal Hong Kong Golfcentres, certain words which con man was in any way, & party to Club New Year's Meet.
tained the alleged libel. Sports-Kowloon C.C. Children's Patrick read the publication, which
sports.
Steeplechasing. Fanling Hunt
and Race Club (Kwanti),
Chinese Chamber of Commerce "At Home," 3 p.m.
Queen's Theatre: The Man In Possession,"
World Theatre: (Chinese film).
King's Theatre:
ness,
***Deception "
Monkey Busi-
Star Theatre: "Let Us Be
Central Theatre: "Dirigible Majestic Theatre: "Derelict." Ten Dances at Hong Kong Hotel and King's Restaurant. Dinner Dances at Peninsula Hotel and Hong Kong Hotel.
was as follows:-
Patrick was Sir giving drugs to the horse. Sir not concerned with questions about who did it, if it was done, but so far as Mr. Chap man was concerned he was no party to it and bad only a small bet on the horse..
The acting Stewards of the Kempton Park Second Summer Meeting. Major Mark Wayland, Sir, William Cooke,, and the Hon. T. Egerton, met on September 13 "I am not going to suggest that to receive the result of the ex any of the stewards have acted in amination which they had order any sense other than perfectly Patrick. ed to be made of Don Pat after honestly," added Sir winning the Bedfont High-Weight "But I am going to suggest that Handicap.
those gentlemen who have placed upon them an awful power do not (Continued on Page 4)
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