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ATTRACTIVE RACING PROGRAMME
Seventh Extra
Meeting At The Valley
An attractive programme for the Seventh Extra Race Meeting of the Hong Kong Jockey Club has been arranged for Saturday, September 26. First saddling bell is at 1.30 p.m. and the meeting will com- mence promptly at 2 p.m.
The programme which includes ané classic for Australian ponies, is as follows:
1. Big Wave Bay Handicap.- Winner $550 Second $250. Third $150, For China Ponies, "A" Class. Winners of $5,000 or more in stakes barred. January, 1936, stree 151
Entrance $5.
Jockey Allowance.
Six Furlongs.
2.--Island Bay Handicap--First
Section.-Winner -$450.
Becond
$200. Third $100. For China
.. Ponies. "C" Class.
ante Entrance $5.
Note:-One Entry
made for
Jockey Allow
Six Furlongs.
only will be
Island the
Bay Handicap Races Nos. 2 and 7). Entries will be divided into First and Second Sections ar the discretion of the Handi- cappet,
3.-Corroboree Handicap.-in- ner $450. Second $250. Third $150. For Austrailan Ponies, "A" Class. Jockey Allowance. Entrance Five Furlongs
4.-Tweed Island Bay Handicap. Winner $500. Second $225. Third $125. For China Ponies, "B" Class. Jockey Allowance. Entrance One Mile.
U. S. BASEBALL
Double Win For The Pirates
New York, Aug. 30. The following were the results of to-day's Major League baseball encounters:—
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston Pittsburgh
R. H. E.
2 3 I 4 11 0 Thompson homered for the Braves.
Philadelphia: Cincinnatti
8 is 3 6 12
1
New York Chicago
Moere bomered Glants.
Brooklyn
6 12 2
1 7
◊
for
the
3
7
St. Louis
10
0
1
J. Martin
homered for the
Cardinals.
1
.2
Boston Pittsburgh
3. 8 Bru Baker homered for the Pirates.
Philadelphia Cincinnatti
3 в ง 4 11 1
"New York
Chicago
8 15 2 B 11 1 Lelber und Ott homered for the Glante and Cavaretta iwice
JJ
12
(ot the Cubs.
$5.
Brooklyn St. Louis
3
2
9 7 2
AMERICAN LEAGUE
$5.
St. Louis Washington
4 12
5 11
$400.
$100.
Second, For China Jockey Allow-
One Mile.
Detroit
5.Junk Bay Handicap-First
Section.-Winner
$175. Third Pontes, "D" Class.
Entrance. $5. ance.
Note: One Entry only will be made for the Junk Bay Handi- cup Races Nos. 5 and 9. En- tries will be divided into First and Second Sections at the discretion of the Handleapper. "! B.-Vaucluse Handicap.-Winner $450. Second $250. Third $150. For Australian Ponies. -"B" Class Jockey Allowance. Entrance $5. Five Furlongs,
7-Island Bay Handicap.-Sec- ond Section.-Winner $450. Sec- ond $200. Third $100, For China Fonics, "O" Clas«. Jockey Allow- ance. Entrance $57 Six Furlongs. 3. Clear Water Bay Handicap.- Winner 5:00. Second $175. Third $100. For China Pontes. "E" Clags, and Subscription Griffins of this Club of this Secson that have not won a race at Race Meetings of this Club. Jockey Allowance. Entrance 15. Half Mille.
9-Junk Bay Handicap-Second Section-Winner $400. Becond $175. Third $100. For China
Ponles. "D" Class. Jockey Allowance. En-
rance $5. One Mile.
Dally Double Event:-Fifth and Beventh Races.
Entries close at noon on Thurs- day, September, 17.
LAWN BOWLS BY FLOODLIGHT
The Hong Kong Electric R.C. will open their new floodlit bowls green for an official try-out on Thursday. By experiments it has been proved that the game is enjoyed just as much as being played by day, pro- vided that the lights are arranged properly.
If the try-out la successful, games will be played every Thursday night with other clubs. For the benent of those who do not play. the swimming pool will also be it
up for use.
MOTOR RACE
Philadelphia
5
8 i 15 ! R. Johnson homered for the Athletics.
Chicago
New York
7
# 18 2 Dickey homered for the Yan- kees.
Cleveland Boston
2 3 2
3 9. 2
* 8
St. Louis
Z Washington
7 8 1. Kress homered for the Sena- tors.
A1
Detroit Philadelphia
T
0
2
B
2
Chicago New York
Selkirk Yankees.
Cleveland Boston Bruter.
1 3
1
4 3 1 homered for the
t
5 8
KHO SIN KIE BEATEN
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Final Of Swiss Tennis Championship
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1936.
Matricide By CLUB FOR
Girl Of 17
PARENTAL CRITICISM
RESENTED
America Shocked
America has been deeply shock- ed this week-end by a "modern youth matricide" in which the 17-year-old Gladys MacKnight resentful 0 parental criticism. brained her mother with a batches while her
friend, 18-year-old Donald Wightman held the wo
man's arms.
It was not an ordinary crime. Tis principals are above the aver- age in social position and intel- ligence. Mrs Helen MacKnight. the 17-year-old mother of two girls. Gladys and Glenna, uged eight,
civic was active in the affairs of Bayonne, New Jersey, a
women's clubs. member of
and
of one
highly regarded in the community Her husband. Mr. Edgar W. Mac- Knight, is the successful superin- of the General tendent Cable Company's plants, which employs 500 men.
from Gladys had
graduated high school in June. Her chiss 1 mates said she was popular and ilked to enjoy herself. Donald Wightman has been her companion for years. He graduated
from high school six months earlier, studying music and singing in a choir and on the radio... His mar- riage with the girl was regarded as a question of time,
Mrs. MacKnight had been some- what concerned at their intimacy. and sometimes had stormy scenes
MEN ON
THE DOLE
Amenities Provided By Ratepayers
LIFE WITHOUT WORK
Hidden away in the purileus of a northern industrial idwn of Eng- land, where black brick scowls its malediction, upon sordid dwellings,
“SHOPPING DAZE" Last Census
A NEW DISEASE
Why Women Keep On Buying
STORES USED AS A CLUB
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Many modern women suffer from a new disease called "Shopping" Daze."
is a demiparadise for "down-and-round the stores or buying things
outs,
Its inmates owe no thanks to pay the way. Charity, for they They owes no debt to Labour, for Their home is they do not work.
municipal lodging house.
Ita title is as cheerless as, its as- pect; but one night within its walls has taught me more than Rawdon Crawley taught the world--how to live well on next-te-nothing, and no consequences.
per to spend hours wandering
she does not need at the moment,
Gives Italy
43 Millions
Soldiers In Colonies Not Counted
10,000,000 ABROAD
On April 21, 1934, there were 42,438,104 Italians resident 111 Rome. This is the figure revealed
0.
EFFECT OF 1930 NAVY CUTS
Socialist Blow Now Felt
OTHER COUNTRIES
AHEAD
BY HECTOR C. BYWATER, The Navy's 13 cruisers of the 10 000-ton County class have long been objects of severe criticisin on account of their Inadequate protec- tion.
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This the quasi-scientific name for that urge in the woman shop-uy the first provisional statisties the national census held in
In spite of their great size and Italy on the night of April 21, Italy's Labour Day, and the birth-large complement nearly 700 of
Acers and men-they carry да vertical armour, and their only de- fence against gun-fire is a deck 1in to 3in thick.
Scientists of the shop counter have discovered this from long ob- servation of the woman shopper. They have also come across many other interesting facts
'Bus conductors, for instance,
day of Rome.
This figure, however, does not include the soldiers and workmen
on
service on that date in East Africa, Libya, and the Dodecan- nese Islands, whose number is not revealed for military reasons, nor used to wonder why, in a half-fully persons who were temporary bus. all the passengers sat on the nearside. They found it was the lure of the shop window.
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It is display which Arst attracts the woman shopper. But when she enters the shop this according to two experts I interviewed, is what she does, writes a correspondent.
First she tends to turn to the
My cubicle-fellows numbered 450. More than 300, I was assured, draw the "dole" with more or less re- gularity. The remainder eke out age pension or pay their "ticket" with the many proceeds of the right. It has taken all the inge nimble brain. writes a correspon-nuity of the display artist to break her at this habit. Then she takes a circular course, if the showroom architect allows ft.
dent.
About 400 are permanent and contented inmates. They might weil be. For 6s. Bd. a week they enjoy most of the amenities of civilisation; and, so long as the Bs. Bd. is forthcoming. they can re- main in situ' by "seven-nights nine times nie."
They may come and go as they wish, at all hours of the day and
with her daughter. Gladys calling night. The facilities include cheap
her mother 'old-fashioned."
arms,
During a stormy argument on the question of the girl's visit to beer garden Donald entered the room and seized Mrs. MucKnight's The daughter picked up 3 hatchet and struck her on the head with It. According to the story told later to the police, she hit her mother five times, boy" encouraging her..
A
the
GIRL'S CALLOUSNESS neighbour who had heard Mrs. MucKnight scream came into the yard asking what was the matter. but Gladys told her "It's all right. Mother has Just cut her finger. Please go away."
The two then pulled the kitchen table over the body, so that it would not be visible from the door or windows, went upstairs, washed their hands, locked up the house, and departed in the MacKnight
COL.
When caught they were ariving almlessly about, but Gladys told the police that she had been urging Donald to come back and face the music and that he had been
threatening to run the car at bigh speed into a telegraph pole and kill them both. Several times they had stopped while she "kiss- gó him" into doing what she wanted,
food and
free cooking. smoking rooms, free newspapers, a library baths and lackers.
SMALL ACCOUNT For all this my night's accoum would have been a small one but for the attentions of a bookmakers runner..... &
FOND OF A CROWD One of the shop designer's great est problems is to keep the flow of shoppers even and to prevent them from congregating in one spot. The woman shopper likes a crowd
She expects the shop to be brightly and elaborately decorated and goes first to the most colourful
counter.
She wishes to be left alune to roam among the counters and in- sists on handling the articles which interest her:
absent from this country but who would be back in Italy before th end of July.
steel
These ships are being recon. structed in rotation, and the Cum- berland recently came out of dock- yard with her after freeboard re- duced and a certain amount of extra armour protection."
Meanwhile, other navles have The number of soldiers and steadily developed and improved workmen serving in Italy's Afri- this type of vessel, The latest for- can and eastern Mediterranean eign examples are true armoured possessions on April 21 may ho es- cruisers, greatly superior to our timated at about 500,000. This ships even after, reconstruction. In figure brings the present total the case of Great Britain a corres- population of Italy to just under ponding development has been im 40.000.000, compared with 41.761.- possible, owing to the 1930 London. 1000. compared
with 41.781,671 at Treaty concluded by-the then So- cialist Government. This treaty the preceding census of 1931.
completely stopped the building of heavy cruisers for the British Navy. while leaving every other Power free to construct such vessels.
INTERESTING DISCLOSURE. In this connection an interesting disclosure can now be made. Two Northumber-
10,000,000 Italiana Abroad There has been. therefore, an increase of the Italian population c about 2,000,000 in five years, which makes an average of 400,000 per annum. The number of Ita- Hans living in foreign countries. is estimated at about 10,000,000. On 10,000-ton cruisera, the eve of the proclamation of the land and Surrey..were projected Fascist Empire, there were 53.000,- by the Conservative Government 000 Italians living in this country in 1929 and duly ordered. Al- abroad. The population of though the fact was naturally cor- and the Italian colonies and posses- näential at the time. these ships slons is not included in this figure.
were of an entirely new design and Rome is the largest city of Italy
were, indeed. intended to be our with 1,178.401 inhabitants, against arst armoured cruisers of the post- just over 1.000.000 Ave years ago.
war period. In all-round fighting 17.2 increase of
per cent.
power they would have been a Milan, the most important Indus-match for any cruisers afloat. trial centre. Is the second largest
Her domestic instinėt for neat- ness make her shy of disturbing a meticulously arranged display. Aan It was his acquaintance, however, woman is much more likely to se- that led me to discover a glimpselect a pair of atockings from an artistically disordered counter than from a too-tidy case.
of how the Other Half lives.
The light was fading behind the gloomy chimney ranks as I enter- ed the lodging-house doors. The cubicles would be closed until 8, except for special cases, but might use the public rooms.
THE STRONG-WILLED Usually women prefer to be mer- assistants. These Ived by women
I did. In the smoking room were 40 men of all ages and shapes. In all degrees of
are expert mind readers, and can place their customer almost at a glance into one of the following Categories: sartorial disarray. One of them was trying to catch the blaring of a loud-speaker, but could only tune in to the snores ut a bearded tramp.
The remainder were more pre- occupied. They were" engaged in passing from hand to hand a tat- tered copy of the latest newspaper.
evening
"How did you do?" my neighbour exuded from behind a black-out of Pungent "shag." "Haven't had bet," I replied.
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BOOKMAKER'S ' AGENT The omission, to my cost, was 2001 rectified. I was introduced to Frank police quest'ons as to one of the younger members of the thek exact relations brought traternity. He was, 1 learned, prompt angry answers which con- drawing the "dole," so that he had vinced the police of their truth. time and to spare for his unofficial Questioned by the police Gladys | employer a local bookmaker. He gave an amazing demonstration had two colleagues who, like him- of coldness. With complete non-sell, were cach drawing a single Lucerne. Aug. 30. chalance the trim girl, physically unemployed man's benefit. Be- Kho Sia-kle." China's leading hardened by much basket ball and tween them they had a full-time tennis player, made a big, but tennis, sat swinging one leg over job-looking after 400 people, an unsuccessful effort to-day to win the arm of her chair, puffing in-all. "Shilling each way? Thanks the Swiss national tennis cham-numerable cigarettes, nodding her very much"—and I would be paid pionship when in the final round sandy head as the policeman at the second house on the left he carried G. de Stefani, the am-talked and coolly weighing every down the street opposite and round bidextrous Italian Davis Cupper to question before answering.
to the right—at 6.30. ove sets before losing. The scores,
I was not paid, having chosen were 8-1, 2-6, 2-4, 6-4, 6-4 in favour of Stefani
the wrong end of a six to four pos- Under. separate questioning, sibility. But two hours remained This is the second time during Donald, who had at first tried to before the start of greyhound rac- the last two months that Kho and shield the girl and assume the fulling, and I had time to seek new ac- Stefani have met in the final of abisme himself, broke down and quaintance.
HARD HEADED
national tennis championship. At told the truth, and it was not The next was in the opposite Noordwijk in July they contested until he was taken to her and camp. He took instead of laid the the Netherlands championship pleaded, "I have old the truth odds for a living. He, too, lived at when the Italian won in straight why don't you," that the police got the sets of 6-1, 6-3, 6-4.
Those who like to hesitate over their purchases.
Shortly after the ships had been
city, having also reached the mill- voted the Socialist Government
l'on mark, with 1.114.104 inhabi- tanta,
There are 20 other Italian cities. whose population exceeds 100,000 Naples. Turin ana Genoa, have all more than 500,000 inhabitants.
came into power. One of its first acts was to suspend all preliminary work on the new ships, and in January, 1930, both were can- doubt the Admiralty celled, No pointed out the special importance The increase in the population of of the two ships and the Navy's Naples, hitherto regarded as the
urgent need of such vessels, but most prolific Italian town. has
the Government turned a deaf ear been surprisingly small, being now to all protests. 876,094, against 839,390 Ave years ago-an increase of 4.4 per cent. Of the remaining 17 big Italian the mainland. three in Sicily and one in Sardi-
Those who preter to be swayed by "sales talk."
Those who will not buy unless cities. 13 are they are advised not to.
in
VOCATIONAL INFORMATION
SOUGHT
At the same time the Socialist Government cancelled four out of the eight destroyers which had been voted by the previous Parlia ment. This action subsequently compelled the Admiralty to ganise the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla out of four new and four old de- stroyers, thereby seriously impair ing its tactical emciency.
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or-
"The last class, though few tonia. number make en interesting study," I was told by the manager
The main purpose of the last of one large store. "They are so forceful that they will buy against census of the population was to the saleswoman's advice just to
collect the necessary Information show how strong-willed they are." regarding the various occupations Women prefer a shop where they and professions of the Italian peo- can sit down, write a postcard, tele-ple. The forms which were dis- Since agriculture, and farming phone; have tea. Some of themtributed to each head of family to constitute the main occupation in treat certain large stores as a club,
I contained. In addition to the this country, particular care has where they meet their friends and usual questions concerning the been taken in drafting questions lebar.
members of his family (number. concerning this branch of activity. age, sex. relationship, etc.). de- The authorities should now be la they are inside the selling expert talled queries on the kind of job possession of valuable material to and "shopping daze" do the rest.
This is all to the good, for once
reluge from the iniquities of the means test.
I met men of varying ages who had never worked or who did not intend to work if they could help it; men who had refused, work; men who had given up work. There relatives. But always there was the were" men living apart from their
stare income provided by the State
At the other end of the scale, there were those whose pride, pa- adoxically, had led them to the lodging-house. Their old age pen- sion was their stand-by, and there was no hope or prospect of a liv- taxpayers' expense. "But
Ing in the industrial scramble. But the story, which they were satis" | the dole doesn't mean much tied was true
an honest penny. might be turned to me," he vouchsafed. "It gives It had taken hours. during me lodging, that's right. But it was
in the gutter-an' odd job might which the Bayonne police were Goodwood that paid for this new
pay a week's ticket. One man had convinced they were dealing with pair of Boots, and I got a week's order to avoid the humiliation of wandered from hiä Devon home in one of the coldest persons they food out of Newmarket." had ever tackled.
Another a young man again... being pointed out as an old age Captain
rensioner. His income, augmented. McGrath explained: was equally candid. BALLOON, RACE
"I would go by honest means, reached £2 a She is hard-headed, knows what to work willingly if they made me," she wants and goes after it." Only he said, "but if it's a choice be- Officials cherished no illusions as and youngest among the
once in the long questioning had tween here and a summer camp to the quality of those whom they Warsaw, Aug. 30. German aces, added another The start of tue 24th Gordon she shown the least sign of then I stay here. I can make a bit
supervised, triumph to his meteoric career by Bennett Race took place on Bunday hysteria, and that was when she between times of signing on, and it winning the race with an average afternoon on the Mokotow Aero-onee blurted out: "I'll never forgives me something to bet with speed of 90.1 kilometres on Auto-drome in presence of the President set mother's face as she lay there unlon, thereby breaking the former of the Polish Republic, members of on the floor."
the Government, and many for- Both youngsters were formally record of 88.7 kilometres.
Rosemeyer's performance was alieign diplomata.
This time Kho played very much better and all but won his first
Industry foreign national singles title
Freiburg, Aug. 30. The
German motor again scored a victory in Germany's Mountain Grand Prix Race, the most difficult track in Europe, the Schauinsland Race.
Bernd Rosemeyer, Germany's most successful race driver this year,
Ranter.
charged with murder and
Te
or course, the horses don't always turu up. But if anything goes wrong-well, the Casual's rouma the corner."
The
..
week.
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neft of the really poor." said one "We are here chiefly for the be- to me. "We have our prices, and there is no reason why a million- aire should not come here as long as he pays them. Consequently. "THE CASUAL”
we have hundreds of lodgers who casual" an ever-present use the place only as a way to escape an investigation into their means. The majority have al- ways lived on the dole and there is. no reason why they should do any-
the more remarkable since it is the Only 11 of the 12 entered hal-manded without ball for the first time he has taken part in a loons started the Spanish bal-Grand Jimy.
loon failing to appear. Two hours Meanwhile the quest'on how race, on this route.
before the start, the German Am-best to deal with them and the refuge in case of emergency was bassador, von Moltke, christened whole problem of parental re often under discussion. As
with the three German balloons which will intionship
younger cooked our supper of "scraps" and take part in the race.-
generation has become the chief, foreign eggs, on gas supplied by the Transocean News Service.
topics of discuss'on.
Corporation, we spoke of it as a thing else."
Another Autounion car driven by Delius was second, while the third Italian price was gained by the
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