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IST' RACE
Betty Lot
Solo-Mark Lassie
Outsider:-Sprinter.
2ND RACE
Flying Knight
Aeroplane
Filibuster
Outsider:-Gypsy.
3RD RACE
Amarant
Pay Day
Ply Love
Outsider-Orkland Bridge.
4TH RACE
Empress Delight
Shun Lee
Easy Golug
Outsider:-First Alnmn.
5TH RACE
Dominion Day
Jeep Leo
Flying Arrow
Outsider:-Ascot Beauty,
6TH RACE
Chief Witness
Belle Fontaine
Possibility
Outsider:--Frostylight.
7TH RACE
Skymaster
Vagabond King
Lovely Lady.
Outsider: Norse Queen.
RACE
BTH
Reputation.
Good news
Speed Wheel
Outsider:-Radioiron.
9TH RACE
Hongkong Siutze
Sportsmaster Madame Butterly
Outsider: Jennifer.
10TH RACE
Pleasant Valley
Rose Emine Lily
Outsider:-Sunshine.
1ITH RACE
Rowangien
Lucky Jane
World Peace
Outsider:-Poker Face.
12TH
Somo Fun
Brivisto
Colonin
RACE
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EDITORIAL
・For the Proprietor of
HONGKONG TELEGRAPII, For and on behalf of
BOUTII CIUNA LOENING POST,
inter and Publisher-
The
Today's Weather: Moderate or fresh rusty Easterly winds; ́cloudy; with rain developing later,
Hongkong Telegraph.
SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1949.
Communists Launch Assault On Taiyuan
FIERCE FIGHTING SAID
TO BE
BE IN PROGRESS
Nanking, Apr. 16.-Chinese Communists were reported to have launched a heavy assault on Taiyuan, while an uneasy peace held sway along the Yangtse.
Taiyuan is nearly 600 air miles Northwest of Nanking. It is the capital of old- Marshal Yen Hsi-shang. The government's mili- tary news agency said two Red army groups (about 150,000 men) Mili attacked Taiyuan. Fierce fighting was reported in progress. tary observers said the attack apparently had no relations with the general curb on other Communist operations.
This was taken in this capitul
These terms, including punish- criminals" and ment of "war recognition of the armed forces
+
years.
of
While
Way
the
The "Shimmy's
$1,000,000 -- Damages Claim
Denver,” Colaiado: /Apr. 15 Miss GULA Gray. former guess of the jass danog krawo sa "shimmy”. han Drog suti for $1,000,000 hate sepinas. the Columbia' Pictures Corporation, denn
She claims that the core poration has hurt her that much by "stealing her life story. The salt claims that Columbia's film “Glida“ ~which starred Rita Hay- worth and Glenn Ford- ziole not only bar Hia but also her "shimmy".
story
#himmy" is.
la. mentioned
In
sult <na of
congmainly
the
rythmics! shaking and shivering of parts of body synchronised and per- formed to personalised and syncopated musical rhythm and accompanied with ap. propriate songs"-Heuter.
Summer Weather For The Holidays
200,000,000 population South of members Peiping to rein-seventies for the first time
10 hasten
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was
an
Most siste holiday towns enjoyed unbroken sunshine,
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Tel: 27880
HOME FOOTBALL
RESULTS
League Leaders
Do
Well
London, Apr. 15.-All the leaders in the English Football League had a good day today in the first of the Easter holiday matches. Portsmouth won at home, Southampton won away, as did Swansea, while Hull beat Gates head. Rotherham, current leaders of the -northern section of the Third Division were
held to a draw by Doncaster.
Japs Living Beyond Their Means
POLICY-MAKER'S ADMONITION
Tokyo, Apr. 15-SCAP's lop economic policy-maker, told the Japanese people today that Japan has been living
beyond its
means.
'far
Mr Joseph M. Dodge, SCAP's highest financial Full resulta Ds cabled by opponent who played good bnd adviser, reminded the people minton but could not last the in a statement today that pace and Lim took the second they have suffered severe enme comfortably.
Ructor follow:
FIRST DIVISION Blackpool 2 Arsenal
Bolton W.. Burnley. B
Adverppol
0
Manchester
Derby C. Huddersfeld Manchester C. Chelsea Newcastle U. 1 Middlesbro Portsmouth 3 Birmingham Preston
Stoke Cily Sunderland 0 Aston Villa
2
SECOND DIVISIÓN Blackburn
2 Cardin C. Chesterfield 1 Sheffield W. Fulham Grimsby Lincoln
Luton Town
0
A
Oel Tien-hock of Malaya won losses economically and ter- hin third round match, beating ritorially sà a result of war Arve Lossmann of Denmark, by and the situation aggra- 118-11 and 15-4. Hock had this in winning
0
ittle
difficulty
vated by the large gain in
0 match, after he had overcome a population every year.
Despite this, he said, there 1 strong challenge by the Dane in
1 the first set. Bock led 0-0 but seems to be astonishingly little
Lossmann levelled at 7-7 and comprehension
among
the
Nothing should
the score went to 11-11 before Japanese of the real situation of Hock took the next four points their country,
have been expected, as
as a result I in a row for the set.
0
Hock played brilliantly in the second game and led 3-0, 6-1 Southampton 1 and 9-2-Reuler. 0 Barnsley Notts Forest 2 Bradford -queen's F.E. 2 Flymouth A. 1
2 Brentford Tottenham
THIRD DIVISION, West Ham U. 4° Lelcester C.
SOUTHERN
THIRD DIVISION, NORTHERN
Barrow
Chester
0
1
of the war, but a long term of hardship and self-denial but the been has continuously | nation
living beyond its means.
There has been a
a general disposition in the Japanese Go- vernment to accede to any
RETAINS HER demand to spend more and
TITLE
more
more, and to attempt to spend every source of income than once. Too much of this Heliopolis, Cairo, Apr. 18spending has not been put to Ellen Muller Breiss of Austria productive use.
JAPAN'S LOSSES DE retained
1947 women's her world folls championship at Mr Dodge, declared that any Hellopolis yesterday, by taneasurement of direct or in- ing Keren Lachman, Don-direct losses resulting from the mark, 4-3, 1-4, 3-2, in the final. war will
show. that clearly In the semi-finals of the Japan cannot afford to dissipate men's epce team
Sompionships, ita capital. It has
10-0 severe
physical Egypt beat
and economie and Sweden beat Belgium 0-7 damage,
Breiss
financial dislocations. and antered the It has lost its empire
Ellen
Keren
Mulle Lachman
finals
suffered
Josses
and
- Did
and
.
of raw
by defeating Jacqueline with that has lost great invest-
and sources 0 Egission, France, 4-1, 4-1 and ments
France, 9-1 materials, production and trade. o Renco
Charlike,
Also there has been a loss of the
that influences
empire brought to bear on other con- tiguous trading areas.
1
Mansfield T
Z
Southport
2
N. Brighton
1
Stockport C. 1
Rotherham U. 0
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2
14-1-Associated Press.
Crowe A. Darlington Doncaster R. Hull City Oldham A. Traumere R-0-Wrexham York City 1 Rochdale
SCOTTISH LEAGUE "A" Division
1
Clyde
Gateshead 0 Halifax T.
Albion
2
Reuter.
A. NASTY
LITTLE TYPE
Japan's population has been increased by repatriation and concentrated to its home-land, and there is a large net gain in population every year.
of the "Any realistic view old boy threw a glass decanter economie problem suggests a which full of water at the sheriff who rough and rocky road,
Glasgow, Apr. 14.-A 18-year
(Marshal Yen, famed as the "last of China's warlords", long has run his own show at Taiyuan, capital of Shansi province. The Commun- ists have vainly tried ta. conquer him for more than 30 he pays lip service to the government, the Reds evidently rogard him as a separate problem, outside the sphere of the current peace negotiations.)
London Swelters On the quiet Yangtze, the .It also broadcast an article to indiente, what
London, Apr. 15. The Communists were reliably re- saying, "All roads lead south to reason for his delay.
Control Yuan Today, the ported to be demanding un- the Yangtae for the three pow opposed crossings as proof of the erful field armies now stream-President, Mr Yu Yu-len, and sun greeted holidaymakers Control Yuan today as the temperature in the good faith government's
soared into in ing southwards to ilberate the the parly
and Legislators, who London peace talks Fighting had ceased
Aldershot 4 Norwich C. are going to along
big the
river
Notts C. that the Yangtse.
Nationalist peace this year.
By 3 p.m. the Bournemouth 2 divides Red North China from. It declared these armies were force the
Northampton Reading the Nationalist South.
being greeted with Elfs baga delegation, delayed their depar
Swindon 1. Leyton O. embroidered, "Speedy Crossing ture, expecting to contact Metherokee was at 73 de Brighton of L
Excler C. the Yangise," and that ecun- Huang when he arrived today. grees Fahrenheit, the warth-Bristol R.
is not known now when est day since last September wall as a strong indication that the try-people were setting
Swansea T. Lips It government had yielded to the markers and sprinkling. the Mr. Yu Yu-jen and his group and the hottest April day Newport 0. 2
Port Vale 4 Bristol C. the will go to Peiping. the com- | dusty roads
for three years.
Southend U. I Ipswich T. peace terms which munists have been demanding march-Associated Press.
Before midday, traße One report in the capital to-
Watford 2 Walsall since January.
day said that Mr Yu hopes to streaming along the main roads
·PEACE SPECULATIONS
contact third party friends" out of the capital at the rate Nanking, Apr. 15-Specula- when he reaches Peiping. These of nearly 18,000 vehicles
secret are said to include Marshal L hour. while at London stallons and government under Com-tion about the Pelping
Na- Chi-sen, leader of the Kuomin-extra trains were expected to munist leadership, now evidently peace talks between the
tang Revolutionary Committee, be put on to cope with the long
one of the queues of travellers. are being discusserl in detail in tionalists and Communists ran
Mr Shen Chun-ju, the secret negotiations in Pel-wild again today when the Na-
ut Leadcru
the Democratic Thousands took advantage of tionalist
delegate, Mr peace
and Mr Ma Yen-tau, the cheap day trips to Brighton, ping.
League 10
"London-by-the-Sea," The report that the Reds nowHuang Shao-hsiung, failed
and other South Coast resorts. economist... were-demanding-free crossings arrive back in Nanking for the well-known Chinese Communist Britain's ins evidence of sincerity led to accoml successive day.
expects also to have an Mr Huong had been expected belief that they were trying to
Communist
DAY IN OPEN AIR prevent
from here to report to President Interview with the the government
crowds throughout stalling on details of the peace Tsung-jeu as the Felping talks Party Chairman, Mir Mao Tse-
Holiday ended in informal 12-day phase jung-Reuter-AAP, conditions
the country spent the day in the tage The Peiping radio lent colour and began in a
open alr, in the parks and on COLD YUAN SLUMPS Some sources were quick to to this belief, broadcasting that
the beaches. Temperatures in non-arrival 28 raft service was now complete interpret his
resorts renched over 70 a new crisis in the Shanghai: Apr. 15. Despite many
during the from farthest Manchuria down indicating to Pengu, 108 miles Northwest jittery peace negotiations but the spate of optimistic reports degrees Fahrenheit
of the afternoon, claimed as local re- of Nanking.
were no reliable reports regarding the progress
neuce conference, China's In-cords. for the time of the year. The King and Queen, spending flated gold yuan currency ex-
at the
Lodge, Royal perienced a record slump of 40 Easter
curren- Windsor, were enjoying a quiet percent ugainst foreign cies and goki today.
weekend. The King sat in the The latest gold yuan decline grounds in the sun, the Queen, coincided with the record in with Princess Elizabeth, the
The boy then lifted a glass Earthquake Damage walked crease in the Shanghai Municip-Duke of Edinburgh and Princess
Seattle, Apr. 15.-OMelal Copenhagen, Apr. 15. al Government's cost of living Margaret,
vesterday placed the services Teoh airline Continental index, which at 16:140 repro- across the Park.
of detective who grappled with the figures Seng khoon,
his hand In the damage in the Pacific northwest sents a rise of 344 percent for
struggle. It was thought a earthquake at $15,000,000, Thera the period of 15 days over the were booked to capacity
eight deaths and and the were fractured bone was index figures of 3,402 on March Northolt and London Airports. Malaya, won his third round boy hurt
Easter visitors from abroad in match in the Danish bad- steepest climb cluded 50 Norwegians visiting minton championships here detective was taken to hospital, than 30 persons were injured.--
when he beat John-Reuter, This is the
elvic since the index was introduced Newenstle-on-Tyne. They were today
reception this
party Nygaard. of Denmark, 15-8 the Elver n the basis for in 1945. as payment of wages and salarles. evening as the biggest
In the second set, Nygaard led observers here to from Norway to visit the city and 18-15.
10-1-and 11-2 but Kloon drew EUROPE'S SUNSHINE. - In living
as indisputabile Coats
n burst ofwarm level at 13-13.- In Europe
of warm evidence that the value of gold
Khoon now meets Dave Free- In Europe a burst
holder of the yuan was depreciating jot
the fourth British tític, in much faster rate than its pre-sunshine, today greeted Euro man, American
as the CNC peans enjoying the year's Drst decessor, known
holiday in town or countryside, round, (Chinese National currency).
Freeman won his third round Unlled States dollar, on the lakes or at the seaside. The
at around 10,000 Many places in Western Europe match, beating Poul Christensen which stood
of Denmark by 15-3 aat 13-8. A faird twenty-four hours earlier sour-reported warm sunny weather.
while
Freeman was given In Paris, the temperature at Ito 123,000 this mornin per5 p.m. was 23 degrees Cen-
young Dane and All Rokl bar touched
expresses out of fight by the ounce, as compared with 4,000,- tigrade.
Paris were doubled and It was after the match, the American
srid:
"It was a surprise to me. 000 yesterday evening..
chaques estimated that at least 150.000 Christensen is is most promising For sales Dgainst
afluyer secctors of all four dated tomorrow, United States left the city for the holiday,
was quoted at From dollar tonight· 140,000 and gold bars at 7,200,-Berlin people." 000 gold yuan-Reuter.
there
Nathan Road Traffic Plan
corridor THE concrete cum - grass
which, by an net of the Traffle Kow- through Department, now runs Jon's main thoroughfare from Salisbury Road almost to Haiphong Road, has become the butt of humour, both gay and pelulant. Residents In the. Mody Road district find it nothing less than nuisance-an
obstruction. unnecessary Motorists are divided in opinion, but the majority tend to regard the black and white wall as a hazard rather than a help. Fundamentally the "corridor" is design- ed to keep vehicular traffic moving at a quicker, but safer pace than when Nathan Road possessed no Buch obstruction: It was also intended to beautify the road. The idea can be sald to have succeeded in the first place, and failed miserably in the second. Traffic to and from the Star Ferry undoubtedly. is better regularised since the wall was darc-devil erected. It has eliminated driving, with dangerous cutting in and out which characterised the movement taxis in this parti of cars, bakes and
"corridor" made "cular area before the
offers alao, Ils appearance. And it few safeguards for pedestrians, who now have only two lines of traffle at one time to negotiate, and who are provided on the way neroRA. with safe refuges As a practical effort to rationalise the heavy movement of traffe in Nathan Road the wall possenses Its points. But its weaknesses are all too apparent; · In: culling off vehicular traffic travelling north toward Mody Road, the wall denles -ready access to a number of residential. vicinity, avenues and byoways In that
necessary and to reach them. It is now for the motorist eliher to take the long
H
the route along Chatham Road or run whole length of the wall in Nathan Road to and then turn right, thereby having double back on his tracks. The division of Nathan Road into two-lane trafic both prac- north and south is rational and ticable. It works well and could well existing limit be extended beyond the
But more care ін with advantage. needed in spacing the breaks in the wall
turny. right-handed which permit
in
If the Peking Road warrants a break wall to allow south-bound traffic to turn,. absorb its so too dues Mody Road to north-bound cars. And if, later on, the decides to extend Traffic Department the wall as far as Austin Road, it will be very important to take into considera- tion spacing of the divisions. Kimberley Rond must be protected to allow ingress to traffe moving north and so too must important subsidiary thoroughfares such as Granville and Cameron Runds. These are essential links to heavily populated wherein, also, re residential areas, contained taxicab garages, and no traffic regulating scheme should permit these the cut off from arteries being main road. A subsidiary question arises from this plan: whether it is wise to permit private car parking so close to the Salisbury-Nathan Ronds turning as at present. The car park on the Eastern side of the Peninsula Hotel is not menace, but it could be described as a hazard, and one that is not at all neces- Anry. Overall the Nathan Road trafic Asseta. than scheme possesses Habilltles, but
of its. nspects warrant further consideration, and possibly modification.
more
some
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Finanelal to this big Jump since the war.
day
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to church
at
grammed troms
BADMINTON
Malayans Still Winning
The two Malayans, Wong and underground trains to reach Peng-soon and Law Telk-hock by the forest and lakes gurround-clashed in the third round. An Ing the city. In hot sunshine uneventful match was won Inndreds sat on the cafe terraces Wong by 16-4, and 15-9, Doth to men played perfect badminton won Wong Kurfurstenzamm in the
without difficulty. watch the "fashion_parade."
In the the Brat game fairly easily and York revelled New
of the year, went into a 14-4 lead in the balmiest weather
and second before Law fought back but in parts of Missouri Rome, Apr.. 15-Franco Minnesota, people were digging and took the score to 14-9 be- fore Wong won the next point Aluti, a 20-year-old customs out through deep snow.
In Jerusalem, the Holy City for the game and minich. guard, was held la custody to-
BRILLIANT PLAY Jay while the police dragged now split between the Arab and Good Friday
of Ong Poh-lim Lake Albano, near here, for the Jewish forces, body of his 24-year-old fiancee, passed almost unnoticed, but a
of the. Christian reached the fourth round few members Elconera Saracini.
at Denmark, It was alleged that five shots community crossed to the Old 17-4 and 15-1 victory
Mogena Koclle, were fired at the girl as she City to allend services.
to. the shore was swimming
In Dacea, India, hailstones as who yesterday defeated another after being thrown into the big as duck eggs killed scores Malayan Chan Kon-leung,
Koello led 5-2 and 14-12 in water from a rowing boat yes of birds and smashed windows
a torrential ralastoret.the first game but Lim, play- tordny.
during The Pope's summer palace gale tore the thatched roofs Ing brilliantly, lovelled at 14-14 winning the set. Lim stands on the shores of Lake off cottages and sent them whir-before
now on top against Albano-Reuter.
Ting away in the air-Router.
was
Malaya with over
an
1
had just sentenced him to 28 will severely, test the strength, imprisonment the character and loyalty of the Juvenile court here today for people."
Knys
volver."
United States old has cushion- "assaulting a police officer by
with a rc. ed the early part of the road, threatening him
but it is time the Japanese begon the to face the unalterable facts of. The sheriff, ducked and
their decanter, narrowly nissin his
and organiso own life bend, dented the wall surfa as themselves to meet their own Fluss fragments flew about the problems.-Reuter. court.
tumbler
д bul
court officer knocked it from his hands. A
Reuter.
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