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NOTICE TO MEMBERS

Third Race Meeting,

Saturday, 12th March, 1949

There are ten races, the First Boll will be rang at 1.30 The first race will be run at 2.00 pm; and the last racs at 6.20 p.m.

MEMBERS' BADGES, AND ENCLOSURE. Members and guests are reminded that they and their Ladles MUST wear their badges PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED througout the Mosting.

NO ONE WITHOUT`A BADGE WILL HE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE.

are

Badges admitting noa-members to the Members' Enclosure and Club Rooms at $10 including tax

oblain- able through the Secretary on the written of personal intro- duction of a Member, suck Member, to be responsible for all chits etc.

Badges admitting to Members' Enclosure will NOT be on salo at the RACE COURSE,

The Treasurers' Compradoro Office will close at 11 am and the Secretary's Office at 11.45 am. Both Offices at 1st Floor, Exchange Bullding.

A uimited number of tiffins will be obtainabis at the Club House provided they are ordered in advance from the Nu. i Boy (Tal. 27818).

NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'S PREMISES DURING THE MEETING.

PUBLIO ENCLOSURE,

The price of admiss.n to the Publio Enclosure $3 Including tax for all persons including ladies, and is payable at the Gate.

Bookmakers, Tic Tac men, eto, will not be permitted to operate within the precincts of The Hong Kong Jockey Club during the Raco Bleeting,

Refreshments will be obtainable in the Restaurant in the Pabllo Enclosure.

SERVANTS' FABDES.

holders

Servants' passen, will be issued to Private · Bor ONLY, who are requested to distribute them with discrimina- tion and to endorse. Lidir names on the passes. Holders of such passes are not permitted in the Member Enclosure except for paming through on their duties and, must remain in their employers' standaardje

·BY, ORDEIL.

G. D. BROWN,

Secretary.

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1949.

Two-Hour Nightmare Skymaster's

Gale Wrecks Town

Brisbane, March 2.

A 120-mila an hour cyclone, with torrential rains, struck Gladstono and other Queensland coastal towns today, killing four people and injuring many and wrecking hundreds of homos.. Damage to property at Gladstone is estimated ba- tween Austr. £300,000 and £400,000. An eye- witness said that Gladstone lived through a two-hour nightmare.

these last

two

Lucky Break

New York, March 2.

A Bombay-bound DC-4 Skymaster, with 33 people aboard, hit ground wire In- stallations but landed cataly at Gander, Nowfoundland, last night, Trans-Continential and Western Airline today.

sald

The plane, with 24 passon- gers and a crew of nine, was making an Instrument land- ing approach to the field when it struck the wires, the Company sald, It had left

here LaGuardie Field re-

you.. terday afternoon. ·

At the height of the storm, swept Europe two churches and a convent days. Heavy snowstorms follow- crashed to the ground and roofs ing the gales were ripped off more than 60 houses.

Many people were injured by dying Iron, glass and roofing fragments, and 900 found them- selves without homes.

blocked country road and delayed rail traffic in Czechoslovakia.

Elsewhere, Europe covering from the damage and fooda. Hall and snow fell in Parte today

* Bunny after

France

was "mletra!", which

morning. Southern swept by

tonight

Officials of the

company wald that

arrangements are heing made for the passon.

Router.

NORTH ATLANTIC PACT ISSUES ALL SETTLED

Washington, March 3. Tho U.S. Socrotary of Stato, Mr. Dean Acheson, in- dicated today that all major issues involved in writing the North Atlantic security treaty hava. boon settled.

The seven countries drafting the pact, However, have not yet determined what other nations should be brought in as original signers, he disclosed. The question of inviting Italy is receiving es pecially careful study.

(In Copenhagen, diplomatic lands and Luxembourg on informants said that Denmark Thursday and possibly ugain may formally accept on Thurs- carly next week to try to wind day an invitation to talk on up details of drafting.

The treaty will commit the Atlantic the projected North

United States and all other mem treaty.)

ber nations to resist an attack Mr. Acheson told a news con against any one of them, but each ference that he does not know country will decide what steps it

any outstanding difference on will take in fullling the com

Of

Fourese de continue, the distant

Later the cyclone swept North- |-wards and

Rockhampton Several small

were sunk

Rome Ballo reported there, and

power was cut off.

a day-long snowfall In Naples, Roots

torn off houses and accompanied by were

Kirong tales. many people were injured.

Gales are also blowing in Barl In Maryborough, South .of Glidstone, floods were two feet and Foggia, In Southern Italy, deep in the streets.

In Europe. West Germany to- day reported 24 dend and Injured in the gales which have

PLANES NEVER CAME BACK

it said.

Cairo sail Reports from

stopped today sandstarm

at Farouk and El Mazo nying airports on the fringe of the de- sert outside Cairo, upsetting the schedules of British Overseas Airways, Trans-World Airlines and European Atrilnes.

Six people are reported dead in-gale accidents in Belgiuin.

In Britain, foods estimated to have caused £500,000 worth of the East England

Canberra, March 2,

Aus- Mr, Arthur Drakeford, tralian Air Minister, today told Parilument that his Department) damage in Is Investigating the failure to return home of two aircraft re- cently allowed to leave Aus- tralku.

He expects to meet with the Ambassadors of Britain, France, Canada, Belghum, the Nether-

BANGKOK MOVE TO SETTLE FRICTION

Bangkok, March 2.

The creation of a six-man Commission to settle the friction between the Army and the Navy, which caused last week-end's bloodshed in Bangkok, was announced today.

The announcement was made Luang Kach Songgrom com-

Italian Issue

BAO DAI HENCHMEN MURDERED

Saigon, March.2. Two of the supporters of Bao Dal, ex-Emperor of Annan, have been assassinated.

They are Tran

Dinh Hanh, brother of Tran Dinh Que, phy~ sician and adviser to Bao Dal, and Cao Hun Thoung, Vice-President of the Vietnamese National Rally,

group of small parties.

The assassinations were carried Handler capital of Annam, French Indochina.

Un Guy, father of Bun Hoi,

Mr. Acheson said he hopes t make the text public before it well-known chemist now living is signed.

In France, was carried off along Chairman Connally of the with his family. Bonate Foreign Relations Com-

tu

mittec

that

had

it should

declared carilor Tran and Cao were lending

not be made Nationalists not

connected with

public until after algning, lest Dr. Ho Chi Minh's Vietminh some unforeseen question arian) Party.. and cause trouble.

Bao Dal, who is returning to While not commenting directly on Mr. Connaily's

Indochina as head of the state view, Mr.

of Vietnam this month, is ox Acheson said that before the

pected to reside in Hue. text is released, it will have to be agreed to by all the countries |

Meanwhile, in Paris, the French involved. He thereby appearedi

Cabinet today approved the crea- the probability rule out

otion of an elected Territorial As- county of Norfolk are receding, by Major-General Serisdimanded the Army in their raid some unforeseen issue coming up.sembly in the autonomous Indo- but some snow fell, Some parts Dhanorach.

On the question of Italy, Mr.

Republie newly apprinted on the Government police station Acheson declined to go into Chinese of North England report four commander of the Army forces on Saturday night after a detail. The Ambassadors and he

any China. broadcast announcing a new Gov-have been discussing the pos- The Assembly will have two

sibility of other nations joining in sections, confused

French ned Cochin- the project, he said. and the Chinese, which will sit together, Italian matter is still under dis- the official Government spokes- cussion.

man told reporters,

inches of snow.

The Thames food peril In in the Bangkok area.

London has eased and the river

One of these is reported to be disable at Tel Aviv, while the the location of the other is not' has returned to itu normal known, he said.-Reuter.

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The Dhanarachi's

rald caused appointment removes from direct shooting between control of any Army formations police before the main Army Lieutenant-General Luang Kach and Navy street battles. Songgram, the extremist or-

Today, the city in quiet but ganiser of the Army group which

are still without an answer to Ieturned the present Premier,

two key questions: Marshal Pibul Songgram, to the leadership in Slum in November, 1947.

Luung Kuch Songgram is said

Whether

the "Free Tha!" elements, selling off the fighting. had any prearranged support for

Portugol's Port Nations which appear rea. sonably sure of early invitations are Norway and Denmark and probably Iceland and Portugal. From other informants It is

an apparent attempt to over-learned that new and unexpeel- throw Marshal Songgram's mili» | ed

or

opposition has arisen to making Italy one of the original

to have been the focal figure in tary mether the fighting was signets.

of Cochin-

It will be asked for advice on the future constitutional status of Cochin-China.-Reuter.

Court Upholds Right To Expel

the recent rupeo scandal 'in- 2. volving allegations of foreign ex- the outcome of the long-stand- But it is reported that a com- change frauds in Army overseas ing Army and Navy tension, promise may be worked out buying. The rupee scandal made touched off by the Army's killing whereby Italy can adhere to the l him an important gure of con- of a Marine at the height pact immediately after the other tention in the Pibul Songgram Saturday night's tension nations have signed ft-Associat-Court today held that the Aus-

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WHAT- IS THAT

Sydney, March 2 The New South Wales State

tralian Returned Servicemen's League is lentitled to expel a member because he is a Com- munist ог

Communist sympathiser.

The Court dismissed the suit of Arthur Bergeest, of Sydney, the expelled member, against his ex- pulsion. The case was an appeal against the decision of a lower court, confirmed by the State Supreme Court. The original had decided that one of the rules of the Longue, forbidding conduct unbecoming a gentleman or subversive of the objects of the

Judge

League.

Was not synonymous

with Communism,

The State Court consists of the Supreme Court sliting in a full court, It is the highest judicial body of the Slate.-Reuter.

By Lee Falk and Phil Dovis

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