1929-05-24 — Page 9

FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1929.

Sport Columns

RACING

JOCKEY AND THREE HORSES KILLED

BLACK DAY AT CHELTENHAM

....... Cheltenham Steeplechase meet- ing on April 17 was marked by a series of mishaps culminating in the death of the jockey, F. Stokes,

who

riding. Arosa in the WITH Tewkesbury Hurdle Race.

his last few strides and won an ex- citing race. Hunter's Moon was fourth and Walter Gay fifth.

The winner's' time was 1 min. 39 4-5 sec.

NEW GRIFFINS

LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS CLOSES ON MAY 31

The Hong Kong Jockey Club announces that it proposes to close the list of subscribers for subscription griffins on Friday, May 31.

What exactly happened is not clearly established, but at the third hurdle in the race the horse stum- bled, and throw Stokea. It ia sup- posed that the horse rolled over on his rider who was picked up uncon- scious, and on arrival at the ambu-date. lance station on the course found to be dead.

was

The day's mishaps began with the first race, which Sir Peter Grant

Lawson's horse, Northern Linnet, was easily winning when he charged into the last fence and broke his neck.

This left the way clear for the favourite, Fortissimo, who, however, broke a leg at the last

fence, and had to be destroyed. In the second race Thistabel fell heavi- ly at the first hurdle, and also broke

his neck.

London, April 30.

King's First Victory At Newmarket to-day, the King senred bis first victory of the sea- when the Thurlow. Welter

son

Handicap *'RS won by Magnum Bonum Jee Childs up) by a head from Good St. Anthony, amid en thusiastic applause.

2,000 Guineas

Members are requested to send in their application before that

LAWN TENNIS

LOCAL PLAYERS DEFEAT

SINGAPORE VISITORS

Yesterday afternoon Ng Sze- kwong and M. W. Lo (Hong Kong) proved to be too good for Khoo Hooi-bye and Ong Ee-kong (Singapore) in their doubles ten- nia match at the Chinese Recrea-

tion Club.

was

J. DOS CALDOS

SENT JAIL ON SERIOUS CHARGE

EMPLOYEES VICTIMISED

THE CHINA MAIL,

IRRITATED · MASTER-

SCHOOLBOY ALLEGED BEING HURT BY BIRCH

"HOT TEMPERED MAN"

"REDS" "AVOWAL

25 CANDIDATES TO PREACH REVOLUTION

MEASURES ADVOCATED

The Labour Correspondent of à Home paper writes:--

programme.

The prolonged case against J. A case in which Sub-Inspector C. dos Caldos, who has been in cus- Lourensz. of Pasyala, charged tody since March 27, in connection Abraham Pieris Suriapperària,

The Communist Party of Great with six charges against him of head teacher of Udugaha Walpola Britain, which is putting forward larceny of money, obtaining Government Vernacular School, 25 candidates at the General money by false pretences and with having caused hurt to a stud-Election, has issued its election fraudulent conversion of money,ent named Ramanayaka Kankana

concluded before Mr. T. S. malage Sumanaratna, with a cane, In this the doctrine of class Whyte-Smith, at the Kowloon came up for trial before Mr. J. against class is frankly preached. Magistracy yesterday afternoon. Wilmot Perera, Police Magistrate of It is stated that the Communiets

The accused who was found Gampaha, recently.

aim at "the overthrow of capital- guilty on two charges of obtain- Mr. Ralph Dereniyagala, instruct-ism and the establishment of a ing money by fraud from would-ed by Mr. D. C. Wirstunga, assisted revolutionary workers Govern- be employees, against their fidel-by sub-Inspector Lourensz, con-ment as a means to the establish- ity, was sentenced to two months ducted the prosecution, while the ment of a Communist, society."

defended by Mr. hard labour, his Worship remark- accused was

It is openly confessed in the ing that he did not think accused

progranime that the party is tak- was the principal character in the

ing part in the elections "ав я series of frauds. He believed ac-

Father's Accusation

means of exposing the hollow Sub-Inspector Lcurensz stated sham of Parliamentary demo- the dupe of a Filipino who was that a man named Peeris Singhocracy," as a means of preparing manager of the bogus firm accus-rame to the police station on Janu- the workers for the task of insti- ed had been connected with.

ary 17 and complained that the ac tuting a dictatorship over the em cused had caned his son Sumanar-ploying class, and as a preliminary to the building of Socialism and The boy told him that he was caned the elimination of classes.

cused's claim that he had been

WOMAN SPY'S FATE

"

CLEVEREST GERMAN AGENT

·FOUND INSANE

"THE BLONDE LADY"

A woman described as Ger- The local players took the first many's cleverest War-time spy two sets rather easily for 6-3; 6-2, and known as the "Blonde Lady but the Singaporeans improved in of Antwerp" has been admitted to a Berlin lunatic asylum, accord- the third and gave their oppon- ents a stern struggie. They tooking to a message to "Le Journal." this set by 6-3.

The fourth set was also keenly contested, and there was gomie Excitement when, with the scores 5-3 in favour of the Hong Kong men, the Singaporeans took the next game. They were unable to Dhold Ng and Lo for long, how- ever, and the next game decided the match, the final set going to the local players for 6-4.

London, May 1. In the Two Thousand Guineas Mr. Jinks (owned by Major

McCalmont) won by a head from

Cragadour. Gay Day was third one and a half lengths behind.

From a good start Barbizon and Gay. Day led from Glastonbury, Reedemouth, Cragadour, Kattlin' the Reefer, Walter Gay and Mr. Jinks. At the bushes Gay Day, Cragadour, Walter Gay, Rattlin' the Reefer, Reedsmouth and Mr. Jinks were almost in line. In the dip Cragadour was slightly in front of Gay Day, Mr. Jinks and Hunter's Moon. Mr. Jinks challenged in the last hundred yards and reached Cragadour's head. The latter strug gled gamely, but could not resist Mr. Jinks, who forged ahead with

LONDON'S NIGHTS

CHANGED FASHIONS IN ENTERTAINING

HOCKEY

The following will represent the Machue Gun Company, H.K.V.D.C. (in Whites) against the M.G. Co., Somerset L. I. on Thursday at 5.30 p.m. at Sham- shuipo:--

N. S. Loe, H. V. Parker, G. A. L. Plummer, R. M. Wood, E. J. R. Mitchell, T. S. D. Whitley, H. Owens Hughes, G. E. R. Divett, V. W. L. Stanion, C. C. Franeis, E. C. Fincher.

as

She was also known to the Docteur and to the British as French Secret Service as “Mlle. le

"Mrs. Captain Heinrichsen."

The woman was of remarkable

beauty and was the cause of more than 300 spies in the pay of the German Secret Service being shot.

to cross the Swiss frontier from One night she was attempting France when she was questioned by a French soldier and two Cus- toms officials. She shot them and escaped across the frontier.

She appointed hundreds of agents who, without knowing it, were watched by others she had appointed.

VOLSTEAD FARCE

"PLEDGE" REVIVED IN

"DRY" COUNTRY

Speldewinde, instructed by Mr. Evan Koch.

etna on his back with a cane.

Es he had failed to work a sum in He fell when he re- arithmetic.

Dorothy Gulliver

The old-fashioned Temperance "pledge," with its famous blue- ribbon, is being revived in the United States, although for more ceived about two cuts. The accus. To-day's parties are smaller and than ten years the country has ed picked him up and caned him less extravagant. Fire hundred been legally "dry."

again. people is the largest number usually

The Women's Christian Tem-

The accused said that during an entertained at a private dance. At perance Union is beginning a cam-examination be found

the boy dinner parties six

paign among American boys and "copying," courses Are

He asked him not to usually served and red or white girls and is seeking to obtain a do so. He found him "copying" wine and champagne as well

million signatures to the "Youth's again and made him change places cocktails and liqueurs.

Roll Call."

with another boy. After the test Boole, the president of the union, bad the same answers, which were In a long statement. Mrs. Ella he found the boy and two others ignores such incidents as the wrong. After being caned, the boy sinking of the "I'm Alone" and continued his work in the school hibition agents, but supports the severe. the killing of a woman by pro that day. The caning was not Jones Law penalties against bootlegging of with its maximum

five years' imprisonment and a £2,000 fine.

LESS SOCIAL ACTIVITY

There was less entertaining before

Only two private "stunt" parties Lent this year. The King's illness have been given within five years at and the consequent national

one famous London restaurant. anxiety, followed by the epidemie One of these took place the other of influenza and colds, and the long day when twelve naval officers gave period of bad weather, had all

1 party. The centre of a large been reflected in less social activity. round table was filled with water on Apart, however, from these im- which floated miniature battleships mediate causes, there was less enter- and cruisers. The other dinner taining on a large scale, and it was was given by railway magnates, of a different kind from that of and on this occasion a model train twenty-five years agu. It was then ran round a track laid on the table, the rage to give "freak parties." and was loaded with salted almonds These were flamboyant affairs, at and olives. which often as many as eighteen courses were served and seven or eight different kinds of wines. One

of the most remarkable of these affairs was given about twenty-five years ago by a millionaire, Mr. George Kessler.

Nowadays it is left to clubs and societies to introduce a novel note

into their festivities.

London restaurant managers are unanimous in their opinion that the modern restaurant with its dinner dances, cabarets, conjarers, skaters, He decided to give a dinner party and bands, has been responsible for in a Venetian setting. With only twenty-four hours' notice, the centre The management nowadays provides courtyard of a London hotel was the "stunts." made watertight and flooded to a depth of six feet. A large gondola

was built, and in this thirty guests were served with dinner 08 it

HOMICIDE CHARGE

ALPINE TOURISTS' LACK OF

Place for Caning Cross-examined, the accused sald that the Director of Education had passed some departmental rules dealing with the punishments to the boys. They were to he eaned. in the palm of the hand. He ask ed this boy to stretch out his hand. He refused to put out his hand. Then he gave him a cut on the left apper armi The boy then held his According to the Geneva news-hand in line with his thigh. Then papers, Germany will provide the he aimed at the hand and the cane first instance of an Alpinist be-struck the thigh. He gave him ing made responsible for the ac- three cuts on his hand when he had cidental death of a companion his hand in line with the thigh. while mountaineering.

All the three cuts missed his hand.

PRECAUTIONS

the difference in entertaining. A year ago a German student When he gave him the cut on his

"This is a good restaurant, floated. The waiters were all isn't it?" said the customer to dressed as gondoliers.

the waiter who had brought his order,

named Eratz, while climbing the Matterhorn with two friends, Walter Behm and Werner Eicher, slipped over a precipice and was never seen again.

Measures advocated are: Declaration of a Workers' So. cialist Republic;

Debt;

Repudiation of the National

Nationalisation without Com- pensation;

Workers' Control of Foreign Trade;

Control by Workers of Fac- tories;

Independerice of all Countries now controlled by Britain.

"Preparation for the coming of the Revolutionary Workers' Gov- ernment is the present work of the Communist Party," says the programme. A programme for immediate militaney is put for ward and includes demands for the unemployed, the repeal of all anti-working class legislation, wage demands, agricultural work-- ers' demands, housing, education, and "support for the rights of sol- diers and sailors."

The 25 Communist candidates. are to be nominated in consti- tuencies where prominent mem- bers of the Labour Party are standing.

Miss Smarte: "Well, I maintain that women can do anything men can,"

Mr. Kewt: "Oh, no, the auc- tioneer's business is one a woman cannot go into."

Miss Smarte: "Nonsense, a woman would make every bit as good an auctioneer as a man."

Mr. Kewt: "Just imagine an unmarried lady getting up before a great crowd and exclaiming: Now, gentlemen, all I want is an offer.'

The editor of a small provin- the sudden entrance of an excited eial newspaper was disturbed by young man who commenced to stammer indignantly:

"Look at this report of my S-8-speech at the election m-m-meeting!" he burst out. "You've m-m-made me look an absolute f-f-fool!"

"How do you mean?" asked the surprised editor.

"W-w-why," went on the other, "I actually s-s-said. 'I p-p-protest' against the flagrant a-s-spenders of the Government-and your r-r-reporter has made me 'suspenders' !"

say

do not believe his explanation as to how he happened to cause the injuries deposed to by the Doctor.

“Quickly irritated

arm the end of the cane might have "The accused appeared to me to alighted on his shoulder blade. The be a hot tempered man who gets boy did not fall down.

irritated on the least provocation. The Magistrate, found the accus-I carefully watched his demeanour ed guilty and fined him Rs. 25, in the witness-box, and this was the The judgment is as follows:--"In impression he left on my mind. On this case, the accused, who is the his own showing, when the boy re- head master of a school, is charged fused to stretch out his palm at his with voluntarily causing hurt to the request he appears to have got ir- complainant, who is a pupil of the ritated and struck the boy on his At this time enormous private

school. On the evidence I am sa arm and thigh. I am, however, of danees were the order of the day.

tisfied that he did cane the boy as opinion that the accused was not Ont of the last of these was given if you order a good cup of coffee, It is believed that this action be detected the boy adopting dis aétuated by any malice towards the by Mme. de Bittencourt. She you get the best cup of coffee in will have a salutary effect on in- honest tactics. I would not have boy, as the father tried to make out. entertained 1,500 guests and spent the world, and-

experienced German tourists, taken much notice of the matter In fining the accused Rs. 26, '1 hundreds of pounds in magnificent "Yes, I believe it. I ordered a many of whom lost their lives in had he administered a few mild have taken all these circumstances floral decorations.

SMALL steak,"

the Swiss Alps every year, eats, considering the age of the boy. into consideration."

1,500 Guests

"Yes," replied the waiter. "If you order a fresh egg here, you get the freshest egg in the world.

The Public Prosecutor of the Reich has now brought a charge of homicide against Behm and Eicher on the ground that they had no knowledge of mountain- eering and had not taken proper precautions.

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