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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

NOTICE TO MEMBERS

SIXTH EXTRA RACE MEETING

SATURDAY, 29TH MAY, 1948,

The first Bell will be rung at 1,30 p.m. and the first raco Will be run at 2.00 p.m.

MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE. Members and guests are reminded that they and their Tadles MUST wear their badges PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED throughout the Meeting.

NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE

Badges admitting non-members to the Members' Enclosure and Club Rooms at $10 including tax are obtainable through the Secretary on' the written or personal introduction of a Member, such Member to be responsible for all chits vie.

Badges admitting to Members' Enclosure will NOT be pale at the RACE COURSE.

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The Treasurers' Compradore Office will close at 11.00 a.m. and the Secretary's Office ́at 11.45 a.m. Both Offices at 1st Floor, Exchange Building.

·A limited number of tiffias will be obtainable at the Club House provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 27818).

・ NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'S PRE-

MISES. DURING THE MEETING,

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.

The price of admission to the Public Enclosure is $3 including tax for all persons including ladies, and is payable at the Gate.

Bookmakers, Tie The muni ato. ' will not be permitted to operate within the precincts of The Hong Kong Jockey Club during the Race Meeting.

Refreshments will be obtaliable in the Restaurant in the Public Enclosure.

SERVANTS' PASSES

THE CHINA MAIL, SAT URDAY, MAY, 20, 1948.

DIFFICULTY OF PRESENT CORRESPONDENCE

YDAY SHIPPING

Some of the difficulties with which present day shipping is faced were mentioned by Mr. D. F. Landafo at the meeting of the Indo- China Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. meeting yesterday. He also said that owing to the occupation of Hong Kong and the consequent interruption, in the normal management of the Company it was not possible to embark on a comprehensive building programme when the war finished.

An additional factor had After charging" these sums and been the uncertainty of the all ether known abilities there political situation In China is a balance available for appro. and its influence on the future falls to be added the balance of

£96,066, to which priation of of trade and shipping.

£24,891 brought forward from Supporting the chairman were last year. Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo, Hon. Mr. N.

It is proposed to allocate £10,-

O, C. Marsh, Mr. T. S. William-000 to the Floating Staff Pro- son and Mr. R. Frost, et Jarding vident Fund, us

was done last Matheson & Co. Ltd, the General year. This, you will notice, has been treated as an Appropriation

Managers.

The Chairman sold;—

these dificulties”

we have been

of our operating account as vestments us

of

Ex-SMP's Lament Jexouse - - for, the Commissioner'i re, the force Sir,Would you be kindtatement enough to insert this letter in being understrength in the branch, when ˆ.ho your cztecmed Imper. In the European 20.5.48 issue of the China Mall Had a number of competent and Mr. D. W. Macintosh, Comunis fully trained men at his command, sioner of Police gave an interview but ruthlessly dispensed with

their services,, to press representatives and when

presumably will questioned re, the strength

through sheer prejudice. It of the

that Le recalled

in December European Branch stated that "We tend January 1948, about 46. are short of about 80. Twenty-04: ferred from Felestino be trane Municipal Police arrived in Hous Palestine while the Kong to take up positions Inn other thres will come from_Eng-|Bal land" On the strength of the very much depleted Hong Kong

Police Force. We were given above statement I cannot see any

year agreements with no "pra- and posted mize bus prospects," to various stations' where we got down to cleaning up the debris of Japanese occupation and organla ing the proper working of the varlous districts and staflons, In the meantime the permanent

Aided

Ammunition

Theft

stall of

one

the Hong Kong Pollca

(Europeans) had already gone home on recuperation leave were in the course of being sent home as the exigencies of the service permitted. Wo of the S.M.P. had foregone our recupera- tlon leave with the object of re- The maximum penaltics of habilitating ourselves and famil- two years and a year hardies in the position which we had

Inrcenty.

were

Ectory. We conilnue, how Current Assels at £689,078. With from Stonecutters on Feb. 9.

In

In my speech last year I re- rather than an item of recurring does not expense and therefore ferred to the various problems appear in the Profit and Loss Aclabous, respectively, on theheld for years and, been trained of transition from war to peace, count as it did last year. There charges of alding and abetting for. After strenuous, months of many of which are still with us is a further provision of £205.000 though much has been done dur- to cover depreciation

and possession,

passed work the Hong Kong Pollen took of invest ing 101 to re-organise the Com-

all in.

on Chan Ylu alias Kun Tau, on some semblance of an organts- odd-job coolie od force. Knowing the position pussy's affairs so as to meet the tents resulting from the fall

the market value of gilt edged 30-year-old changed and changing situation sec

securities. This brings the book living on board an unlicenced the force was in with regard to the European Branch Imagine our brought about by political and e

value down to their market value sampan, by Mr. W. H. Latimer

dismay when everyone of us o economle developments and the

as at 31st December. After pro- at Kowloon yesterday.

ceived our marching orders as restrictions which these have

On defendant pleading guilty from February 28th 1947 with no Imposed on the

ofviding for the proposed dividends movements

8% in the Cumulative Pre-to the charges of aiding and other explanation than “On“ ter- commodities and the resumption terred Ordinary Shares and a labelling Li You, Li Fuk-chuen mination of agreement.” of normal commercial relations 10% dividend and 10% bonus and others in the larceny of 244 Soveral of us had already sub- throughout the Far East. I think on the Deferred Ordinary Shares boxes containing 86,780 rounds of mitted our applications for ina that we had reason to hope that amounting to a total of £64,405 38 ammunition and 480 rounds clusion on the permanent staff;: the year 1947 would produce the remains

balance 1

of of 455 ammunition at Stono- but were all turned down with some relaxations but in retrospect £21,492 to be carried forward. cutters Island on Feb. 9, and of

ou any Justidablo reason. We cannot see any striking develop. Turning to the Balance Sheet, receiving the ammunition,

Det. were all given a certificate of ment in our favour. Despite the value of the Fleet is increased Sub-Insp. W. B. Scragg with. able to keep our small feet fully £736,741 following the pe-drew the substantiative charge of service with conduct. "VERY

GOOD." Shore

We know from good authority und remuneratively employed qulation of now tonnage,

Accused was arrested as stand

the that on the

abolition of Extra- £30,000, and I hope you will regard theme Equipment at £1,152, In: result of continuing inquiries into territorial rights in Shanghal, the theft of the ammunition ease of the ex S.M.C. employees £1,548,434

and the

War brought up in the House of aver, to bear the burden of very the proposed

Questioned, defendant said that Commons when it was decided appropriation high operating costs which affect

he was

8 was approached on Feb. to Renewals Special Repairs and

be absorbed that th

they would all aspects of ship management and, under the inflationary cond: Reserve stands at £71,957. This hire two sampans. He hired the various Colonial Forces and De

and mentioned in boats belonging to Li Yau

my

partments as far as possible. Ap tions throughout the world and reserve,

parently this did not include, the the Far East in particular, show speech tast year, should soon be Fuk-chuen and went with

Stonecutters Island at Hong Kong Police Force, party to

Just eliminated as this work is almost no sign of diminishing.

Sundry

p.m. on Feb. 9. He helped why the services of the S.M.C. completed.

Creditors

the men to remove the ammun! Police were dispensed with Is” d amount to £915,139, which is a tion from the store-room and requestion which only the Commis considerable increase оп the As you will see from their their gure shown for

calved only $10. the previous

sloner of Police or probably the the Directors have con-year. This is chiefly due to bills ofendant played a much larger and I think calls for an explana report,

čan answer Secretary tinued their policy of disposing of for conversion and reconditioning part than the two men convicted tion in unecariomical and obsolete units not yet settled, of the fleet and the prunt over the Sundry Debtors and Debit on: April 2. He had two bool value which has accrued to Balances to £556,478 18 chiefly vlous convictions for larceny. the Company in the disposal of due to balances in the hands of these ships has been credited London Attorneys

and Agents, ALLEGED OFFENCE Stip Replacement Account, arising from the sale of various

INVOLVES GIRL been vessels during 1947. applied to the initial weiti'uf

Among the shareholders present Defence counsel. Mr. Morcus dawn of new tonnage. With tue were Messrs. R. Frost, R. C. da Silva, representing Wong Tak Political Diatriba? new tonnage acquired during the Simpson, D. S. Robb, K. A. Mason, yan, of No. 173. Island Road,

Sir,I turned on the radio just year the Fleet, though small, now H, Sidbury, I. F. Aucott, D. A charged with a serious offence after 0,30 last night and immedi

18-year-old averages 9 years of age and has MacLennan, J. A. Morrisin, E. S. involving s

git, ately the speech in progress. WAS an average book value of C. Brooke, Chan Wing, R. Cor- opened his case yesterday at Cenover 1 telephoned ZBW to enquire

16.11.00. per gross ton. This is belt, E. L. McDougall and N.V.A.tral Magistracy.

|(a) who The speaker was, (D) satisfactory and WC must now Crotcher.

Evidence was given by a girl whether look forward to the future and Mr. N. O. C. Marsh was un- friend of defendant's sister and, in this colony, and it is the there is any censurship to the repincement of deficiencies animously re-elected a director of after cross-examination by In which exlar in our more import the Company and Mr. A. Ritchie spector Galvin, for the prosecu-case for speakers on the 85C ant trades. Decisions regarding and Mr.

speeches D. S. Robb were refion, hebring was adjourned to beforehand to be vetted by the building are very dimeuli at the

appointed auditors, present time and the costs ara

which

New Tonnage

In turn has

such as to deter many.

Like other Liner Companias we must build ships to stay in business and, after very careful

placed an

consideration, your Directors have. order with Masers. fot

William Denny and Brothers

a new vessel

for the Calcutta-

Japan Line. The inability of

6%

The Increase in

DSI Scragg told the Court that Colonial

June 3.

KIDNAPPING AND MURDER CHARGES

the situation | view of Drewhich has now developed... I only hope that the ox Palestine: Police who arrive here are given better) treatment than that which batail the cx. S.M.P.

X.S.M.P.

have to be submitted

censors? My informant abid it was Monseigneur Fulton J. Sheen and added in a voice filled with awe the said person's scholastic

With regard qualifications.

my second query his reply was that he did not know as he was only, the announcer,

My first protest in that at the end of the broadcast, the anc nouncer saw it to. comment on

shipbuliders to ma

make quotations Evidence of arrest was given by Dot. Sub-Inspector the speech which surely is not

which will not be subject to vio- before delivery lent fluctuations

forward

is a serious deterrent in the for- mulation of any more building programme.

I now turn to the accounts. The balance of the ship's working ac- count is £277,128 which com- pares favourably with the pre- vious year but it will be recalled that for part of 1948 the flost was under requisition.

Investments and Transfer Fees amount to £67,491, making

D. H. Taylor when committal proceedings against Chan Tam-kam (30) on the charges of the murder of Fung Ki and the kidnap- ping of Siu Tak-hong, at Lau Fau Shan Village- on March 11, were continued before Mr. W. H. Latimer at Kowloon yesterday.

four men

one of his duties, and his fervent appreciation. both invoice, and choice of words was particularly distasteful to people who did not

Fullon find Monseigneur

but

radly lacking In

the

Sheen's broadcast of Chris and in the spirit of of all 201

· Also: DSI Taylor said that he re- of the men who were armed went just of two selected

a churchman using Interest celved a report from Siu Tal-up to "catch a man." He waited to hear on Investments, Profi on sala ofchl, owner of the Tal Foong outside the Kiln and, (after 'the christianity as a cloak for: broad- had left, he threw a casting a political diatribe, leaves letter over the wall of the Kiln, an unpleasant

taste in one's [ By appointment, allegedly con- mouth and calls for protest from tinued the statement, defendant

A NON-COMMUNIST.

A

Lime Kiln at Lau Fau-Shan, fotal of £344.619 at the credit of at 11 p.m. on March 11 that

his son. On

Siu Tak-hong had

alleged leader.

the Profit and Losa Account. the debil side General and Tele- been kidnapped, and that a mat a man from Ha Chuen vil- graphic Charges amount to £5, foki, Fung Kl, was murdered. lage the following day and told 282, Floating Staff Pensions have Witness arrived on the scene him that the ransom was $5,000, increased to £19,263 following

the following payable at pm, the day follow. the introduction of the new Penat 12.15 a.m. sion Scheme. In this connection. morning, and found that the ing. The next day he was told that $5,000 could not be raised I should emphasise that our com-

doud man had been shot and was.counter-offered

$8,000. mitments for Pensions are heavy through the left shoulder at Tils was refused by Li Ping, the because of the greater number of close range. officers in the Company's service On March 15, continued wit- Continuing DSI Taylor said In former years. This situation ness, he went with Det-Set, Chiu that, prior to the statement, the will adjust itself in time.

Sum, Det. Cpl. Lau You and Det. Police was unaware of negotia Reserve for Claims and Taxa- Lal Wu-yik to on unnumbered tions being conducted between tion has been increased to £30, bouse at Tai Kiu Village, nor Siu Tal-chi and the kidnappers.

present Hable to

to Un

Un Long where they saw the Defendant was charged on March Kong -but-in-addition-will-now-be-as-murder-and-kidnapping, defen- sessed by the Malayan Union on dant denied all knowledge of the our Straits earnings. As 1948 affair."

000. We are at and Calcutta, accused. Questioned about the 17 in the presence of Mr. Fraser,

Bervants' pauze will be fed to Private Box holders. tax in Hong -ONLY-who-are-requested-to-distribute-them-with-dluckimination and to endorse their names on the passes, Holders of such passes are not permitted in the Members' Enclosure except for wsing through on their dutie bal' murk remain in their om- Bloyers' stands.

RIP KIRBY

ANT CLUSE FROM

·STAHLOCK'O BARRISTER

'SIR

BY ORDER,

B. A. Blong, Arig, Secretary.

PLENTY THE STARLOCKS

ARE CHILOLESS, HE

has been taken in most casqa as At 10.45 pm. the same day, the Basic Year for Assessment accused elected to make on the inception of Taxation voluntary statement, after

1 Legislation, your Directors have had been cautioned,, in which he ronsidered It prudent to Incrasso allegedly stated that he want to the Reserve to allow for. taxation | Lau Fou Bhan with four other chargeable on 1940 and 1947 pro men at 8 pm, on March 11. Two Ata

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THERE IT: 16/ QUITE A PILE

·OF MARBLE, EH V --

LOCKS OSMERTRIO,

Div. Supt. New Territories.

Hearing war adjourned to 12 noon on June 1,

BURGLARS SENTENCED

Tam 'Pak-hung (44) was 'nen« tenced to three years':hard labour by Mr. W.H. Intiner at Kow- loon yesterday on to counts of burglary and two of larceny, while Tom Kwan (35) received one year and nine months for burglary, larceny and possesion of instruments fit for an siulaw- ful purpose.

Det. Sub-Inspetton W.ɑ.... Mor rison said that frnt, defendant was arrested by detective at 1.30 am on Mar. 24, A. genrefi of 584 Canton Road," ground floor.

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