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Backers Have Bad Time Amour

At Ascot Meeting

Ascot, June 19. France made ample amends for her many costly Ascot defeats when restaurant owner M. F. K. Schmitt's four-year-old Souverain cantered away with the Gold Cup, the premier award of the four-day Royal meeting, run over a dis- tance of two and a half miles.

In glorious sunshine, before the King, Queen and the Princesses and the biggest crowd of the meeting. Souverain (starting at six to four) scored a four lengths' win over the 11 to 10 on Cavourite Chanteur.- Chanteur, sweating hudly the paddock, dig not took his

best.

the

In front until halfway up

straight. But when he made his challenge to Chanteur, that race Was over.

Superbly ridden by the French Jockey, M. Lutlieron. who won the King George VI Stakes over this Ascot course last October, he did not get in

The Aga Khan's Field Day, starting at 20 to one, was three lengths nway third of six run- ners.

The Derby runner-ups, the Aga Khan's grey colt Migoll, enaily landed the odds of one to

"Ty" Cobb's fute laid on him in the King

Troubles

Edward VII Staken over

one

ang a half miles, to become one

of the castest winners of the meeting. Migoli now looks like

BLACK WOOL

Sydury. June 19.

A miniature bale of black

"Sambu woal skorn from

at

the pet lumb of five-year-old Prince William of Gloucester, cldest son of the Duke of Gloucester, realised £350 the wool auctions fodeff, --

The proceeds will po to un Australian Legacy Cỉnh which in caring for former service- man's children-Reuter,

Propre Upset

DISTINCTIVE

PORTRAITURE

ASIA STUDIO 10 Ice House Street,

NEW ECONOMIC PLAN

Chang Chun's Proposals Approved In Nanking

Paris, June 19,ke To

French tennis circles today felt insulted by the fact that Yvon Petra, French holder of the

Hang On

Wimbledon singles title, For A Year

was seeded only seventh for this year's Wimble-

don

Monday.

beginning

next

Washington, June 19.

General Eisenhower

the

It was pointed out that in the today denied reports that

he is resigning as past the defending champion hormat was accorded the top-Army Chief of Staff at least for the rest of this "We do not mind the English year, although he con-

seeded spot.

breaking down tradition," one French official anid, "but we do firmed that he had been not like to be insulted as a result offered the post of Presi- dent of Columbia Uni- versity in New York.

of it."

Petrahen asked Gloucester

Chasing Middlesex

London, June 19.

for his opinion, sald: I am rather din- Appaluted, but then that is not Important. I must be in good form and show them again that

} can win.**

Petra niided that, hia

own

chances apart, Jack Kramer, of the United States, was his choice, but he thought Juroslav. Drobny, Gloucester, chasing Middlesex of Czechoslovakia could easily looked did against France in the Davis cricket championship. well set for another win at the | Cap Europena Zone semi-final in

their Prague.-Reutef. close of play today, in match against Worcestershire,

Close of second day's play

The chief of the War Dc.

partment Public Relations Or- fice, Major General F. L. Parks, said: "General Elsenhower has directed me to say that he has no intention of leaving his pre- ont assignment during the cur- rent year.

"In determining any activity upon which he duties as Chief of Staff, would like to utilise his

NEW MINES

London, June 19, Since July 1, 1946, 103 noie coal mines have been opened in Britain, Afr. Emanuel Shinwell, Minister of Fuel and Power, told the House of Commons today.

that

Mr. Shinell added most of them were drifte or amall miner-Reuter,

Shanghai Race Club

Claim Fails

Tyrus 1. Ty" Cobb, heave becoming favourite for the last hard for the English county | reach the final if he played as he embark at the conclusion of his the Executive Yuan.

Reno, Nevada, June 19.

Pench

hitting

"George whom many sports experts call the greatest outfielder in Ameri- en tebal history, today files) pult for divorce,

classic, St. Leger, Ho fluently did he win today. with mixed luck. Odds of four

North country horses met

to 11 were laid on the Duke of Roxburgh's unbeaten colt,

ncurca were:-

he

en

Land Reform And

Cut

Subsidies

1

Nanking, June 20. Premier Chang Chun's new economie plan, sub- mitted to the State Council for approval tąż day, provides reforms at the "proper time," a new foreign exchange rate and inflow of over- seas Chinese remittances.

ed

CHANGCHUN TO BE CONCEDED?

It also provides for the raising of customs duties, direct salt taxes and institutions "under the export and import joint control" system which allows an exporter to use foreign exchanges obtained from his exports to buy merchandise to import.

a nine- The plan includes point land reform programme based on the principle of "and to tillers" which cuta land ren- tals by 25 per cent. It accks the

of establishment Shanghal, June 20.

collective agricultural An appeal by the British farms and more Chairman of the

Board of experimental stations, the can- Directors of the former Shang struction of irrigation canals, hai Race Club for the return of the development of cattle-rais- future the Klangwan courae to the ing and village handicraft. mightị Club has been turned down by The plan restricts State-own- railways, enterprises to

(Continued from Page 11 The Race Course was sold by large-scale hydro-electric planta, holds the situation in Manchuria the Shanghal Race Club to a steel and iron factories, mines can be remedied.-United Press. ergles In something connected Japanese commercial firm in and airfields.

Tientsin Attack with publle service of a non- 1939 for CN$760,000 to be paid

Civil aviation and telephonic

Tientsin, June 20. - political nature..

in three installments. However, commmunications are specifical-

Nationalist troops last night "One suggestion that he has the third installment of ly within the scope of private beat off a Communist attack on received was Irem a certain CN$360,000 was not paid to ownership; member of the Board of the receiver but depoalted by The plan restricts importa to CNAC in using for six dally Trustees of Columbia Un- the buyer in the former Korean productive tools, machinery, raw round-trip passenger flight be Iversity that he consider the Bank under the name of the re- materials and laboratory, equipween Tientsin and Peiping.. Presidency of that University,ceiver due to the fact that the ment and accks the requisition Fighting lasted several hours. but he is not in a position to dis- receiver had left the city following of private.capital abroad. An unknown number of Rod Cobb, now a major stock.

The Yorkshire-trained Gros.

elsa the matter at this time," ing the outbreak of the Pacifie The plan provides for pro irregulars were repulsed before holder in a famous soft drisk ridden by Gordon Richards,

Major General Parks said that War.

duction loans on easy terms and they reached the airstrip four estranged won the Brittania Stakes over

Elsenhower, in

for means of directing idle miles outside the elty." Another frem his wife for several years. I seven

any The Race Courne was At Ilkeston: Derbyshire 327 now ravaging Northern Chahar, General

also any sold by the firm to a Japancao capital to productive channels. furlongs, although op Worthington 130, Revill 78, Chlace province bordering on case, would not consider His wife filed suit for divorce posed by 26 opponents-the Eliott 09) Leicestershire 104 Outer Mongolia, according to engagement

It cutlaws speculation, mar pulsed from her husband in Redwood argent field of the day.

"until after his bank and was taken over as Gros Pupe six for 30. Gladwin four crived here today. City, Cal., about four months started at the nice price of 100 for 38) and 26 for three.

News despatches re- superlors have released

bun enemy property by the Chinese ket manipulations and the use from his present duties."—Ren. Government after V-J Day.. 6. She asked for a $1.500,- to seven, which pleased

of an official position for lingulahed jurisdiction over the The appeal for its return was vote tenefit, but urges the Burning and looting, the band ter. At Cardiff: Glamorgan 412) on property settlement. The followers of the champion joc-] (Janes 192); Esanx 216 (Graz: 18 reported to have put to flight

made on the ground that the tubʻishment of stock exchanges sut was later withdrawn with

500 households, of the

Athens, June 20,

It makes a clearcut division buyer had falled to pay thu an announcement that n settle-

58); and 54 for two. ment was being arranged. The

At Oxford: Middlesex 175 first attacked on June 11.

Poliyata Banner, which they The United States Ambassador, third installment and that the between business operations The day's racing, ended with and 219 for seven

Mr. Lincoln McVeugh, and the contract be nullifled,

and those of government banks Earlier, complaint fled in the district

(Compton a great win by the crack Irish 70);

As refugees move out to Greek Foreign Minister, M. Con- the British Chairman submitted and sold that the present four Oxford court her said the

University property

972

wards Tolun, the bandits are agreed sprinter, The Bug. He had been (Keighley

stantin Tsaldaris, today signed the to the defunct Alien Property government banks under joint Rettlement BA beei

99. Donnelly 84,1

pitshing in the same direction American agreement to aid Greece Administration a similar re-administrative office, should be claimed that Communist "human apon. His terms were not dis.stated to be a doubtful runner Young six for 1057.

and not thought to be fully At,

reorganized and possibly morg- elused.United Press.

At Harrogate: Yorkshire 164/ with the Intention of attacking in a Foreign Ofice ceremony,→ quest which was, nut gronted-ed under the Finance Ministry's Nationalists out of the centre of so he started at the generous

the Tsenglan Banner. prices of 11 to 10 agalnai in the Cork and Orrey.Stakes, run over six furlonga..

Cobb, all-time American

At Worcester: Worcestershire

League great, charged his wife Anehluss, to take the two-year-i 172 and 221; Gloucestershire 218}

Charlie Lombard Cobb, with Three years separation. The Cobb were married in Augusta, Georgia, on Aug. 7, 1908.

company. has been

FIGHTING BACK

Atlanta, Georgia, June 1D."" Fighting back from a three- hole "eficit with just six-holes to jury, medalist Grace Lenczyk

old Granville Stakes of Ave furlongs, but this supposed cer- tainty never looked like wining. the race going to Arlo Star,

which won - very cleverly.

key.

Great Win

many

The Bug was fit enough to toy with his opponents and win by four lengths from the 20 to 1 outsider Cul De Sac, with

and G8 for two.

At Guildford: Sussex 301;

Surrey 186 for sever

At Nottingham: Keni 1836 and 462 for five declared 13 for three; Nottinghamshire

Bandits Active In Chahar

Nanking. June 19. Bandits, extimated to number

140, Reddick 1:49. Simpson 70). 1.000, chiefly Mongellaria,

(Wilson

and 73 for three; Gentlemen of Ireland 92 (Robinson 36).

Alx

Central

over

are

troops

Chinese Government fur have gathered 23 miles north of Toll. which is located in Chakar, to check the

balita Reuter.

At Manchester: Lancashire Eastern 270 for five declared and 83 for1 one; Cambridge University_191 (Price four for 48).

At Southampton: Hampshire (Eagar

f Newington, Connecticut, ar- heavily backed Closeburn, rid- 434 for nine declared

Mombasa

vented to the semi-bus todus den by Gordon Richards, start. 6d. Hill 68) North Disturbance

in the women's Western Opening at two, to one further half 294 for six (Cox 65, Timmy (8). golf tournament here.-United a length away. Press.

Detroit, June 19. Jimmy Demarest, whose. 1947 golf earnings exceed US$15,500 in cath, added the silver-plated Alex Smith trophy to his win- nings with three under par, 69, which gave him medal honors in the 20th annual Professional Golfers Association tourney with a score of 137.-United Prens.

RADIO

ZBW Hong Kong broadcasting on a frequency of 845 kilocycles from 12.30 to 2.00 pm, and 6,30 to 11.00 p.m., and also on D.62 megacycles in the 31 metre bund from 19.30 to 1.16, 7.30 to 8.30 and. 9.15 to 11.00 pm. B.K.T.

12.30 p.m.-Delty Programme Summary. 12. p.r.--Fila Memorien.

Backers have taken a hiding during the meeting and

they

are looking for some well fan-

Reuter.

Tientsin, June 20.

from

The British destroyer, HMS cied winners to come to their Black Swan arrived here ald tomorrow: otherwise, nettl- Hong Kong yesterday ing day will be heavy.Reuter, courtesy call-Central News.

On

SPORTS CRITICS UPSET AUSTRALIANS

Sydney, June 20.

The tabloid "Sydney Daily Mirror" has printed a hot attack on English sports-critics who, it said, "use the slightest pretext to rave and and snivel about what they call lack of sports- manship."

Other Australian commenta were, however, critical of the Australian tennis players with-

1.00 pm.New. Weather Reportan drawal from the Queens Club

Announcements.

1.20 p.m.--Orahestral Interlude,

1.16 p.m.-Maxine Bullivan (Vocal) and Turner Larton (at the Plano). 1.36.p.m.-B... Transcription Bervice

"Grand Hotel, Albert Bandier and Palm Court Orchestra, with Chady

Ripley (Vocal).

2.00 11.m.--Close Down 4.30 p.m.-Tines of Not-BoYong-Agà.

4.4.-Jandon Relay: Parliamentary

Summary: Culoniej Affaire.

7.00 12.tudios Unit Requests, Bernie Kaoti aling-R.A.F. Port Detach (8,60 μm.-Landon Relay: World News; (8.10 p.m.-Landun - Relayı · Hume "Nawi

ment, Kowloon...

from Britain..........

8.18 pm

Transcription Berris Cikaaleat Plano

"gbort and Bwvet","

8.30 p.m--Stullo:

eftal Clifford Huntsman.

9.81 p.m... Tradscription Berke

**Flying Ylait" Part 2. A. Rudlo

Travelogue based upon

Cottrell's fight, la Australia,

tournament after the draw had been' made and John Bromwich had eliminate one player

some

Leaving The Holy, See

one:

The Mirror" Bald. in a

Vatican City, June 18. M. Jacques Maritain, French sports page editorial, that be- cause of their withdrawal, the Ambassador to the Holy See and Australians had been "alander-

of the best known

toy ed and traduced by a pack of

Catholle philosophers, may pointed Vatican.

shortly carping critica" and

quit his post at the out, "surely they have. say in training and tournament Order of Pius IX by the Popo Maritain was given the Grand play before the big event" (the

On · June 2. Vatican quarters Davis Cup).

pointed out that this decoration The "Mirror" sold that there about to leave the Holy Sce..

is ganerally given diplomala had been criticism during the

Maritain's reported replace.

-"Frustration"

+

Mombasa, June 20,

#

One thousand infuriated na- tives seeking "Mumiyani" na! tires who sell human blood for healing purposes storted local fire station and injured three Europeans and several police during the night.

Mumiyani natives are report- ed to wylay passers-by during the dead of night. They allt the throat and collect the blood, which is supposed to be won- drous healing qualities.

United Press.

Central News.

later

Escape Complex Lost The "Graf Spee"

London, June 19.

The "escape complex" of the commander of the "Graf Spee" "cost him his ship and a major naval victory, it was shown by the text of a dispatch sent to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty on December 30, 1939 by Rear- Admiral H. Harwood, published today in the "London Gazette,"

The dispatch minutely detailed the action and am- bush off the River Plate where the German pocket-battle ship "Graf Spee" was scuttled seven and a half years ago today.

the Tientsin airfield which the

aortic at 1 am, was

United States

Marines

re-

re-

airteld on June 18. No Marines were on the field at the time of the attack-United Press.

Szepingkal Losses

Pelping, June 20.. Chinese press today

The

to bomba" helped

Szeplngkal,

blast the

currency department.

Press reports said Rod suleide The plan is based on the economic reform resolution squade loaded with high ex-

hurled adopted by the

themselves Kuomintang's plosives

positions Central Executive Committee against Nationalist last March, which was written blasting a patch b Chen Li-fu.-United Press. troopers-United Press.

Plan Approved

for storm-

New Threat

Tientsin, June 20. White Nationalist column Nanking, June '20.. continue their counter drive The State Council today ap- along the Tientsin-Pukow railį, proved Premier Chang Chun's way southward of Tientsin,- á economic plan without new threat looms from the changes and acnt it together north-cast where a strong Com= with the February economic munist force is reported to ha measures to the National massing in the coal mining area Economic Council for further re- of Kalping, 86 miles northeast view and implementation. of Tientsin, along the Pelping

Mukden railway.

Rew

The Economic Council will draw up technical and detalled Fighting of undisclosed pro- measures for carrying out the portions is said to have already economic plan,

begun last night In this sector. Admiralty

"The "Gazette" Included an problem of gaining range in face

Amending the National At the same time, Communist chart of the action, of 11-inch gunfire," he said.

Economic Council resolution reinforcements are reported to A mob became obsessed with I fred, etc.

showing where salvoes were Herwood said after 'Speo turn for abandonment of the subsidy be moving from central Hopel the notion that some Mumlyanis

ed away

from the action "her system, the State Council asid province to join with the forces Admiral Harwood concluded commanding officer were hiding in a fire atation. that "the main impression is of little offensive spirit and did not partially and specifically laid the northern sector of the Tien- displayed the system should be continued of General Nien Yung-chen In They attacked the station from the adequacy of all sides. Strong police reserves training" regarding enemy tactics. tunilles.

our peacetime take advantage" of her oppor- down the following six points: tain-Pukow railway, where no arrived in the nick of time as

1. Subsidies for coal mines, noteworthy developments have "The most salient point, is that]

should be discontinued; શાક nighting (which) had the effect of bring.

the defenders were about to be 'Spee' closed overwhelmed.

on

Gunnery

The "Grat

Spee's" 11-inch

no

2. Subidles for rallway còm-

occurred overnight.

Roflecting the general pessim- In addition to the injured, ning both the eight-inch and is gunnery was good but her smali munications should be CN370,-em over the situation here, an exodus of wealthy Chiness from fire engine was wrecked by the inch guns of the cruisers into of guns were inaccurate. She had 100,000,000; stone-hurling mob. United feative gun range at once and so

3. Subsidies for postal com- North China cities and porta by an exceptionally high degree of Prens

avoided for us the most difficult did she steam at higher speed 100,000,000 monthly;

manoeuvrability....At time mulcations shoula be CN$10, air for Shanghai and Hong

Kong has started. 4. For telegraphic com than 24 knots.... The enemy

Economic Blockade":" CN$4,000,000,000 smoke screens were good.but not munications,

According to Informed obsar- entirely effective as they did not monthly;

vers, it is becoming increasing- rise. high enough."

5. Subsidies for public utility evident that the economio, Harwood said: "Perhaps the tea in Shanghai and Nanking blockade of North, China's most Interesting part 'was the should be discontinued com major commercial centres such mixing of delay Action and direct pletely;

Agriculture Bill In Commons

effective through splinter action."

be discontinued.

explosive shells," of which, he 6. Subsidies for the National as Tientsin and Pelping is the said, direct action was the most Resources Commission should He stressed the need for in- The problem of a new peace creased protection, saying: "There plan was not brought up in the must always be a tendency for a Council as expected. United

cruisor to desire increased pro-PresN. tection and this must generally be resisted because Increased wolght cute down manoeuvr- ability."United Press.

PALESTINE INQUIRY

prime objective as tho Com- munista continue their relent- less thruster to sever this city's flimsy links with the hinterland. Despite desperate endeavours of the railway authorities to maintain some semblance – ut. commurledtions, fresh anbɑtuiro "of the newly restored lines:Is being discovered' dally, ""upset- ting the resumption of traffic in every direction

The latest Communist destruc tive activities have cut the Pei- ping-Mukden railway in the heart of the coal mining region

London, June 20. The Agriculture Minister, Mr. Tom Williams, moving the second reading of the Agriculture Bill in the House of Commons today, recalled the severity of låst winter and the unparallel- ed spring floods which cost the country 4,000,- 000 head of sheep and reduced the wheat last English cricket and Rugby ment an French Ambassador to

acreage by half a million. league tours of Australia, and the Vatican is M. Vladimir next winter, nature not even ment on the part

"We have no assuranco that, nuded:-

"It was a inagnificent achievo d'Ornesson, who "Perhaps it is that In Eng Vatican post until Italy declar- made for itself this year," he acres of wheat of the 2.500.000 held the break the disastrous record it and workers to plant 1,000,000

of farmers U.S. POST FILLED

Jerusalem, June 20. and being in the doldrums in

The United Nations Speula!] Washington, June 19, Committee on Palestine visited most branches-of-sport, critica ed war on France in June, 1940. sala

President Truman beres planned.

today the Dead Sea this morning and United Press..

Mr. Williams outlined in do- The long and bitter winter named a New York banker and inspected the potash works there,

former Rhodes Scholar, Mr. They are expeated to on anybody. The Innocent ac-

ing coal movements, this has ters and the means Government hidrs who lost 25 per cent of Secretary of State. tion of players, are magnified Japanese raw silk production in took to alleviate them by the their total of hill sheep."

also cut off the arrival of cour Reliab'o sourcen said "

At and misinterpreted by these May: totalled 10,749 bolts, repre- application of emergency DAY-

It is understood that Mr. closed mesting lost hight these grains, from Manchuria on frustrated intellects.

canting an increase of 220 bates menta under the Agriculture extensive drainage and flood con- at present held by Mr. John ceived for the parents of theed pand on for sustenance

Government la undertaking Saltzman will take over the post Committee discussed a petition re which the masses in Hopel de The "Sydney Daily Telegraph" over the previous month, the Bill.. deplored the Australian, with- Ministry of“ „Agriculturo and He said "The disasters Justi trpl measures, he said, adding Hilldring of Chief of the State Trgun Zval Leumi members sen. Meanwhile, in preparation for Printed and published for the drawal editorially, and said, "we Forestry announced today. propriators, the Newspaper don't want to why the Cup and

fled exceptional measures such that 1,014,000 had been con- Department's Division of Oc-tenced to death for participating possible Communiat attacks, de

In the Aare Prison attacks. It is feheen 1:at --Chinwangtag, ather May production brings the total as compensation payments, to tributed from all parts of the cupled Areas Affairs. Enterories Limited, by WALTER JAMES KEATED, Windsor Hours, leave bad reputation behind," raw silk output since January to farmers for their stocks, and world for agriculturo rellar. Mr Helldring's resignation cot own whether any decision famous coal port, are being

-Associateg-Prom, Tang #6,040", baten,—Noutor,

crop losses,

United Press. Hong Loa

Is expected shortly.—Router,, was reached United Press strengthened:-Router gentis-9,

9.30 pm-Studio A Variety Programms

by Phyll Bix"

| 10,00, p.m.—Tandon' Relay: News

10,10 p.m.-Weather Report.

10:11 pm,ley from the H.K. 101

of Fred Carolo "and" Mia ""Grippe Dance Orchestṛe.,

11.00 pm-Cjosé', Down:

with a general feeling of frus- tration are willing to take it out

Tokyo, June 20.

1

tall the effects of natural diņas"} brought catastrophe to his far Charles 'Saltzman, as Assistant Jerusalem later Face. Felten to near Kalpløg, Apart from halt-,

today.