1930-10-17 — Page 7

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1930.

CASH SWEEPSTAKES.

No Privilege To Jockey Club.

STRONG APPEAL UNAVAILING.

Legislation · Only Remedy,

At the meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday, a strong -appeal was lodged by, Unofficial members for reconsideration of the Ordinance to amend the Gambling Ordinance in regard to the limitations set on the sale of sweep tickets in Hong Kong.

His Excellency the The appeal was, however, unavailing.

THE

members. They are allocated for the maintenance and upkeep of the the social and recreative sides of clubs' activities. The majority of the members are men of small means. They are clerks and others. pf their class for whom club sub- scription fees, must be kept down to a minimum. But for the occasionul addition of revenue derived from the commission out of cash sweops, the elub committees would be sorely put to it to find the means for ordinary Will any- recurring expenditure. one be found denying to the com- munity, the means of sustaining irrepronchale chuls in Hang hàng: I cannot imagine of any in this Connell who would do so.

No Special Privilege.

His Excellency the Governor: " must congratulate my honourable friend Mr. Braga on having been

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Governor said that the Government. felt compelled to issue condi- fortunate enough to come in contactNegurolam, (Karmala); via Siberla all Goods remaining undelivered after i

tions which would minimise the evils which have existed in the past. There was no question of any special privilege to the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

PROS AND CONS OF THE MATTER.

It appears to us that the

. If it whole point is whether the system of tickets. is wrong or not. is, it should be abolished altogether without any exception; otherwise the Government would, with the aid of law, perpetuate what 13, in its view, wrong.

In moving that the Bill be read a, with us. second time, the Attorney-Gellerai said: Sir, 1 rise to move the reading of aB to second amend the Gaming Ordinance, 1891.

That Ordinance has happily proved sufficient to prevent the organisation in the Colony of lotteries generally; but in so far as its provisions prohibited sweep stakes on horse and pony races it appears to have been in advance of public opinion with the result that it has been generally ignored. As long as such sweepstakes were small affairs voluntarity restricted to groups of members clubs, they the parti- afforded amazement to vipants and though illegal by statute they did not lend thentselves to grave abuse.

If, on the other hand,

No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown, and (Hakine Maru); Dutward for the 23rd stunt will be subject to All claim against the vessel müst be presented to the undersigned en or before the Un proku Europe via Marseilles (Hakone rent.

or they will not be recognized.

Maru) 6p..

with only the clean and ideal side Were things of these. lotteries.

Government would have taken any

To-morrow - Inward

from exactly as he stated I doubt if the

action at all. Unfortunately the inspector-General of Police, in the America aut ports and Europe via (President Fillmore); course of his official duties, has Siberia come into contact with the other Outward for Europe via Siberia side of the picture. I think the (Shinyo Mara), 5 p.m. :...

Lammerts Auction. speech or the Attorney-General

October 20-At 13, Hankow Road, clearly shows there are abuses as

All broken. chafed, and damaged whore they will be examined on the Goods are to be left in the Godowns, 23rd instant at 10 am. by our sur- veyors, Mess. Roddard & Dougins.

No Fire Insurance has been effect- Bill of Lading will be countersign- ed by

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a result of this system, and whether Kolono, valuable household furnled we are to allow letteries at all istare, 11 a.m. a matter which I sometimes doubt, but there is no question of their on under the being allowed to go present system.

Miscellaneous, To-day-Dance and Presentation of Billiard prizes, R.E. Theatre, 8.30 p.m.

October 18-St. Andrew's Church Bazaar. 4 p.m..

The particular point 1 must em- it is not wrong, then it would be phasize is this: it is not the tickets

October 26-Bridge and Mah or the issue of tickets in themselves difficult for the Government to justify the differentiation. The best that should be madic illegal, it is Jong Drive in aid of H.K.W.G. & the abuses which arise in the sale.L. funds. Peak Club, 9.30 p.m. October 21-Lee Theatre; "The phases Chinese opinion which we have con- sulted considers that tickets should of these tickets that are be allowed, subject to control by which cannot easily be dealt with. Royal Navy Ashore and Afloat," 9 the police in regard to the percent is easy to say that the system P..

October 21-Public lecture can be legalized., subject to certain tage of commission to be charged,

sweep conditions and control of Folice, but the maximum amount of a stake to be allowed, and hawking of 1 defy anyone to kill the abuses to which the Attorney-General referred tickets.

within the bounds of practical poli- ties, and therefore Government is

The Hon. Dr. 3. W. Tso Faid in part:-

I quite agree, and I believe it The growth of these sweepstakes, it the unrestricted carrying with

is the general opinion among the sale of tickets, has led to abuses Chinese, that of the two systems of a sweepstake, namely, carrying out in recent years rendering netion Some of of some kind nevéssary.

the issuing of tickets or the signing the prontalers of these sweepstakes by members or subscribers of the

have forgotten the

chub of their names to numbers on existence of the Gambling Ordinists, the latter system would in- ance, others have thought apparent- volve more trouble and even len

itself mere easily to abuses. Since ly that police permission over-rode the provisions of the law.

appear to

On more than one occasion individual mem- bers of socialy have approached the police for permission to break the law on the plea that part of the re ceipts would be devoted to charity.

Buyer Liable To Fines. The abuses are being dealt with elsewhere mach on the lines that it is propoved to adopt in dealing with them here, that is to say by restrici ing as far as possible the particip- ants in clubs sweeps to club mem- bers by the abolition of tickets generally.

An exception is made in the ease of sale of tickets on the course to a race meeting persons attending because it is felt that such persons attending a race meeting though not necessarily members of the club organising the race in connection with which the veep is held are at any rate lending it their.support by their presence and accorded its privileges by admission to its enclo-

sures.

sweepstakes are to be sanctioned

at

BOOSTING CUPID.

FAIRY GODMOTHER SCHEME IN PARIS.

Seeking new ways of boosting Helena May Institute by Father marriage and easing the declining Finn, 5.30 p.mi.

compelled in regard to the issue of JAPANESE IN LATIN these shares or lotteries, to issue conditions which will minimize thei evils which have existed in the past.

CHARACTERS.

PROGRESS OF MOVEMENT.

movement in

birth-rate problem, the French Gov. ernment has introduced a kind of love lottery whereby, in specified cases, a girl who takes a man to the

altar will have 10,000 francs, (about

$80), paid into her bank account."

In this way the Government will provide "dots"-the traditional marriage dewry of the French girl Further Discussion.

-in instances where the girl has When the house went into com-

not been able to save up the neces The Romanzi mittee, the following clauso came

Japan, which has for its objectsary money herself for the purpose, in for some further discussion:

"Except in the case of pari the utilisation of Roman letter or where the parents have been too The "dot" tradition still holds mutuel or cash-swep tickets sold for expressing Japanese symbols, por lo "endow" her.

moilern French life.. by the club organizing the race is gaining great headway, accord-

good, in on the premises of the race course ing to Dr. A. Tannkadate, of the

Thrifty, far-seeing French youths, by law the method by which the

during the meeting at which the imperial University of Tokyo, and be carried out is sweepstake is to

result of the precedent like their forefathers, baulk at ae-

cepting a wife who immaterial provided safeguards such

established by Mustapha Kemal, in bring a gondly sam to the family those mentioned by my hon.

Turkey, the reform la expected to menage, and it is fairly true to say the Bill colleague be inserted in

be officially recognised in the

that a girl who has not a dowry Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga.

Orient before long.

has little chance of making a good matter how The Hort. Mr. J. P. Braga, said

marriage match,. no inter alia:-

sweet, how pretty or how capable as

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As regards race-sweeps it is matter of common knowledge that in the Colony, as elsewhere, for a number of years the privilege had been granted to a limited number of recognised cluba and associations of standing of running cash sweeps in connection with pony racing in Hong Kong, under well-defined restrictions and limitations very properly and adequately imposed by the Police Department.

ex-

race takes place to parsons a

tending such meeting, no tickets shall be sold; but, subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), the chances shall be allocated only to members or subscribers of the club conducting the sweepstakes, who shall sign their names to numbers on lats in the premises of the club to which they belong." Amendment Defeated...

The Hon; Dr. Kotewall proposed the deletion of the above clause. The Hon. Tao seconded: ・・ The amendment was defeated.

IRISH FREE STATE.

BAN ON TWO LONDON PAPERS

REVOKED.

ST

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not able to

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who W38 Dr. Tanakadate,

getting the responsible for

a house-wife she may be. League's Intellectual Co-operation interested in the

Godfather to Cinderellas. Committee

languages Romanisation of all

For a long time the Government which do not use the Latin charac-has been aware of this and, with the ters, has just made a trip from

Paris to Turkey by aeroplane, help of private donors, has estab though he is well past seventylished a fund which will enable the years old, in order to study on the Government to become godfather to spot, the workings of the Kemalist the Cinderellas of France. decree supplanting Arab charac

all

Under present arrangements, the scheme is confined to certain arron- dissements of Paris, but it is hoped It will soon be extended.

ters by Latin letters.

Turkey is faced with the same

Under the terms of the dowry, as problems that have been encoun As far. I am dware, there has

tered in Japan,. Dr. Tanakadate

laid down by the Department of objec-

to be never been any flagrant case of a.

Public Assistance, gizla breach of this special privilege.

Two further books have been explained. Virtually every

tion advanced against the in- This happy state of things is

banned in the Irish Free State, plainable. The fact, is that in

Commercial years of age, be poor, exercise a grounds. mental It is felt that this limited sale

almost every case the committee of under the Censorship of Publications novation was based upon senti- eligible must be between 21 and 30 groups and educators were almost regular profession and must present mixed and Act. This brings the total number ure of tickets will not be open to the these associations

of books banned to dale up to 17.

unanimous in favouring the idea themselves before the mayor of the district in which she lives. Each The first list of books placed on

Inasmuch 15 virtually abuses which have shown them-composed. of both the older and selves where an unrestricted though younger members of the respective

Japanese characters were taken girl must prove her claim that she illegal sale has been tolerated. As societies on whom the self-imposed the index was published only two

There are certain precautionary from the Chinese, Dr. Tanakadate can marry if she gains the dot issued to the illegality of what has been duty has been observed to zealously

The prohibition orders

rules whereby the guarantee for the sentimental reasona done in the past I should point out comply with the Police regulations.

may be deep-seated against the English weekly news-argues that there should be

payment of the money "that under the principal Ordinance

papers, the People and the Empire every person who buys a lottery

Moreover, it has been in the in- News, have been revoked, as the galcat adoption of Latin charac-waived in the event of the marriage

not taking place." The Japanese language

The capital available to the De ticket is liable to a fine of twenty- five dollars, and every person who terest of such associations to main-Minister for Justice has received as-tera in Japan.

partiment thus to enable the love selis one or has one in his possessiontain the honesty and Integrity of surances from the proprietors that, with a view to sale, la liable to a their clubs, and the few race fine of forty times that amount. move that the Bill be read a second time.

Chinese-Views.

The Hon. Dr. Kotewall, addressing the Council, said in part:

A Boon To Clubs.

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months ago.

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in future, an unduly large propor-present commonly set down in I lotteries are invariably conducted | tion of space why not be given to the Writing; sald Dr. Tanakadate is a dream of midinettes and others to But for this publication of matter relating to mixture of Chinese character come true produces an annual

There is one sub-section in the Bill

without reproach. scrupulous regard for honest deal- crime. ing, these race lotteries could never have enjoyed the publle confidence

Three steel barges, each of 1,000 which, I think, the associations cantons, built by Messrs. John Samuel

In no case do the White and Co., of Cowes,

claim for them.

which are Ideographs, and interest of about 38,000 which Japanese Kang letters, which are means that the successful candi-

The characters phonetic signs.

dates for the dot are necessarily restricted.

mous number of 53,000, of which

have reached, in China, the enor

In time, however, it is hoped that Isle of all but 12,000 are more curios other benefactors will aid the scheme

now before this Council, which has proceeds of the lotteries find their Wight, left Cowes for Lages (8,000 hardly ever seen. To transmit a given rise to much concern in the way into the pockets of individual miles) for service in Nigeria.

It is section 18

mlads of many. (1) (b) which says that "except in the case of pari-mutuel or cash- sweep tickets sold by the club or- ganising the race on the premises of the race courae during the meet- ing at which the race takes place to persons attending such meeting, pa tickets shall be sold."

Numerous representations have been made to my honourable Chi nese colleagues and myself by social and sporting cluba which have for years been ruinings sweepstakos In connection with the annual races, polating out that the proposed sub- section would in effect prevent them from conducting successful sweep- stakes at all. It has also been pointed out that the sub-section. gives undue advantage to the Jockey. Club, which has so far been the only club that has organised horse and pony races.

Amendment Asked For. Certain public institutions which oting Sweepstakes

have been con

have put forward the argumen

reason for the rete

ticketsystem,

of the prose of the

tickets have the mast b

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that this reasoning

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STEAMERS' MOVEMENTS

telegram in these characters one and so help the Government to must number each and every one bring more romance into the lives of them. Each message is there of poor working girls of the French fore a cipher. According to Mr. capital. Yang, former Chinese Minister of 100 Education, ito: translate Chinese characters into a telegra phic message would take an expert two hours, in which time the

The CF.S. R.M.S. Empress of message could have been carried Canada arrived at Yokohama on seventy milca by automobile, or October 17 (Fri.) at 8 am, left" from London to Paris by sera Yokohama on October 17 (Fri) at plane. 1 p.m., and is due at Hong Kong The original movement for the en October 28 (Thuts.), a She transliteration of Japanese charac leaves Hong Kong for Manila on tera: Into Roman letters started October 23 (Thurs.) at 6 p.m...

The CP.S. R.M.9. Empress of several centuries ago, according to Dr. Tabakadate. The Jesuits Asia arrived at Shanghai on De- transcribed such books as "Heike tober 17 (Fri.) at 8.80 a.m., leaves monogatari into Laila characters, Shangbai on October 18 (Sat) at and at a later date Dutch travel 5.80 am, and fa due at Nagasaki lers took up the reform. With the on October 19 (Sun) at 11 a.m. advent of Dr Hepburn's Japanese Shalenvas Nagasaki on October English dictionary the Roma 19 (Sun) at 10 p.m. Jikwal Society was founded in 1880 Then Professor originated the Nipponaiki

approved by to the

the Society,

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came the move

Remat Hiromekwai" ence. Dr.Tanakada edes in the League of Nations a powerful Instrument for the universalisation of the use of Latin letters, so that

the problem of acquiring a know

oup of Industri ledge of foreign words will bo 1905, which developed in-greatly simplified.

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