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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

NOTICE TO MEMBERS Double Tenth Race Meeting Saturday 8th & Monday 10th October, 1949

On the First Day, Saturday, 8th October, the First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. pod the First Race will be run at 2.00 p.m. on the Second Day, Monday, 10th October, the First Bell will be rung at 11:30 am. and the First Race will be run at 12 noon. - The Tiffin-interval-will be after the Fourth-itace (150 p.m.).

Through numbers (22 Racce— $44.00) may be obtained at the office of the Treasurers, 1st Floor, Telephone House, also tickets for the Special Cash Sweep on the "Kwangtung Handicap" to be run en Eth October, 1949. Tickets in the special Cash Sweep on the "Kwangtung - Handicap" may be purchased also at the Club's Branch Office, No. 222 Nathan Road, Kowloon,

MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE

Members and guests are rentinded that they and their ladies 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 Booms at $10 each day, including tax are obtainable through the Secretary on the written personal introduction of 'a" member, cuch member to be responsible for all chita, eta A

Badges admitting to Members Encicsure will NOT be on sale Si thE RACE COURSE.

The Treasurers' Compradore Office will close at 10 am the First Day, and at 9.30 am. on the Second Day. The Secretary's Office will cless at 11.45 am. The First Day and at 10 am. of the Second Day. Both Offices at 1st Floor, Telephone HousO.

Aimited number of timing will be obtainable at the Club House provided they are ordered in advance from the toe. Boy (Tel 27818). ING CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'S PRE- MISES DURING THE MEETING.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.

The price of admission to the Publie Encinaura is $3-each day including tax for all persons including ladies, and payable at the Gatenics

BOOKMAKERS, TIC TAC MEN ETC, WILL NOT BE PER- MITTED TO OPERATE WITHIN THE PRECINCTS OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB DURING THE RACE MEETING. MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE OBTAINABLE IN THE RESTAURANT IN THE PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.

SERVANTY PASSES.

Servants" passes will be issued to private box bolders only, who are requested, to distribute them with discrimination and to en- derea their names on the piases: Holders of such passes sen, not par mifted in the members. Eociospre, except for passing through on Piscines und Emuat romain in their employers standa

BY ORDER,

D. I PROPHET,

Asty, Secretary,

THE CHINA-MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1949.

Stampede For The First Prize

The Jockey Club offices in Telephone House, were swamped by a last-minute rush to buy Kwangtung Handicap Sweepstake tickets yesterday. Tickets sold by closing timňa totalled 2,020,- 000ma.record in Hong Kong. The fest prize is worth $916,272. The Handicap will be rua tó× day at the Race Course-"China Mell” Photo.-

CORRESPONDENCE

the

is act

ware

the

No Indication Of Sabotage

In

Chak Sang Disaster

Chief Doop Sea Diver W. R. Bailey of Kowloon

Docks, who surveyed the ill-fated British

camer Chak Sang, yesterday told the Marine Personalia

steamer

Mr. J. Andre Fouet left for Salcon yesterday by Air France,

Court of Inquiry investigating the explosion that he found nothing to indicate sabotage. Witness was replying to a question by the Court

whether he could tell the cause of the ex- Miss Tabo Hoan-young and plosion, being an authority on explosives.

Bailey declared that he made two inspections of the wreck beginning on Septem

ber 9.

From his surrey, witness said, he would imagine that the ex- plosion occurred on the starboard side between the No. 1 and No. 3 holds treen decks.

Receding visible evidence of the blast, Bailey said that in area the upper deck was blown up over to the starboard side and curled up just forward of the bridge.

The port side of this deck was was partially affected. Immediate. ły. below the 'tween deck had been bicwn down into the No. 1 and 2 -00 the starboard side. The bulkhead between the Nos

bolds

Brooks said that a few minutes after the explosion he was anti- fed by the Marine Department that a ship had blown up in the Goods Dangerous

Anchorage, somewhere near A-15 busy. The ship was burning.

(Continued on Page 183

Diocesan

Centenary Bazaar

Miss M. C. Knight will of

•

Mrs. Huang Yan-feng left for Hanoi yesterday by Air France.

Departures from the. Peninsula Hotel during the past two days included riGeld. Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Sic, Mrs. K. T. Suo, Mrs. C. Y. Hou, Mrs. M. Craig, Mrs. D. Fleeson, Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. R. Farrell, Mrs. L Chu Messrs. J. W.

W. Shepherd, LA Mondek. W V. M.

G. S. Ray

Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Mer.

EF. Sims, E. S. Parmin- ter, F. K. Shofner, A. Bufogle, N Rosefelt, T. I. Morse, J. F. Notely, M.B. Williamson, Lauris Marks, FLE. Renfro, K. C. Fallon. O. E Krause, RH. Saunders, W. R. Brucker, A Campbell, and D. C

Lee.

Among the new arrivals at the

Peninsula Hotel during the last 1 and I holzie was blown forward ficially open the Diocesan two days were Mr. and Mrs. into the No. 1 held by bulging Centenary Bazaar at St. Michael Lee, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. tearing and shearing

from the Paul's College, Macdonnell Conway, Mr. and Mrs. To

applies bath in the hold and tween decks" he added.

The baldhead on the after end of the No. 2 'tween deck

was

Road, at 11 am. today. It will Mr. and Mrs. A. Shahbaz

A Logan F. Y. Sre. M. Price- remain open until 8 p.m.

man, I. Sasayama, S. R. Perren, C. E

M. McDonaldi Foss used-

A TE. Sander, Razak Martin,

The proceeds will í be principally for Evangelistic, me-1 blown back into the boiler roam. dical, educational and "ather Duncan Lee . Cavell, R. R

The deckhead in the boiler charitable

Geoo, F. K Shofaer and E. S. purposes IN South

Parminder. room was blown, down. This was China and Hong Kong.

continuation of the tween decks. The ship's pide was buckled In previous years. exit of the

five Chuches,

St. Stephen's, St Mrs. Alice S. T. Chang, Messrs. Diving Suit Disintegrated Paul's St. Mary's, All Saints and E P. Ladbroke, A. D. Bennett,

Holy Trinity's, held their own Cheung Yiu-chung. Siu

*

Hok-

Story False Of Robbery

The Edber takes no responsibility for views expressed in letters by correspondents, and by 'ne means necessarily agrees with them.

Medical Service?

The fact that only two out of derations do not touch the medic-a ec gratulate the 13 chemists and dreggists al profession, who do not suffer Sir, wish to your correspondent Medico shops in the colony are kept a by H.

But the prescription is another on his uncertified but most laud-little busy in filling doctors' pre-

scriptions shows that many off matter. Whatever the reason, the

In the way of cargo, there annual bazaars at different times chos, and M. Phillip left for able claim of treating on average our doctors either all their own patients are beginning to ask for of 10 charity casts a day, and prescriptions have assistants then and they will continue to

were a few empty 50-gallon of the year for the sole benefit Bangkok yesterday by BOAC. also give Dese

drums in the No. Z hold and of their respective churches and "free medicine; doing it for them without bene- get them in spite of what this from me." If there are

Medico" wöl say in the - several drums in the No. 1 acid, for making up their deficiencies

Mr. Y. J. A Turrier left the "like "A Mey mare

for the year's charitable works. doctors

surely of checking by a qualifed A

Chemist That there are a vast Press,ning his refusal if and when will have a tough time

which also seemed empty. 3

yesterday As a partai Celebration of the Colony

far South: there would have been no pubilists and draggisis only challenged. of "drug-deniers" over explaining

A peculiar thing which he e-

Africa. He flew to the United dencuncements of our practioners

perienced

during the survey was Diocesan Centenary Year is Kingdom yesterday by BOAC. of this noblest of noble profes

The

of the that the diving weights matter of abuses of Chinese Reform show that it does not pay to el de dealers and nurses which he | yello

turned South China, the five churches and sions,

from the normal tead rally together this year (or a Association

have charists and druggists shop" would

Among those who left the Col- needed to waste its time in form when the majority of drug busi- mentioned is something for the colour. The diving suit was cover-joint bazaar, and their respective

make joint ony for the United Kingdom be done by being just police to see that the law is en-ed by some red substance. It has Church-members сап ing a special sub-committee to Less

forced and

the doctor no less disintegrated since.

presentations of stalls for the yesterday by BOAC were: Mr. investigate, and report on this drug-dealer, and engaging

The Court requested witness to safe of various kinds of gouds, Yamashita, Miss A. A. Cage, Mr. qualified Chemist to qualify for than the public should co-operate. embarrassing question of over-

the former becomes just a waste Miranwhile, the overnight queue hand the suit over to the Govern- cummodities and wares.

N. Spence, Mr. A. C. Scott, Mra charging, etc.

of hard-earned

at the free

free clinics will continuement to be analysed. thaney.

Local commercial arms, public D. Scott, Mr. Sasayama, I take it that "A Medico" does until some plans are accepted by Could you tell the Court the

Saunders and Mr. Robert Pun. The Chinese Reform Associa-

the chemists free not include the

SUNCA Į RAL

all the different parties concerned

cause of the

being an companies, and other individual

members

the have. tou asked for only fire ret ruggists, shops when he men- to see that this "social stigmas authority on explosives?-1 found in an exaerulle, constions and con

this number burstedico" is

Perhaps is but tioned "drug-dealers."

is eliminated only doubled

as long as Civil

indicate sabotage. nothing to

tributions in different shapes or no War forces them upon us rather that no

There were bodies in the fascle forms also provided free medication as "A weli. This is

a most drur-dealers are allowed to

keep

than do nothing, until nature indeed

head, witness said. He extricated one badly burned corpse The There will be a tea and re laudable example for the Medic in their premises or sell poison- takes it own course when condi- al Profession, but how many cus drugs by retail unless licens- tion across

border settles others could not be reached befreshment department run by a doctors in our congested colony ed by the government, and not down to mahle the refugees cause of the platings which re-ful force high-spirited young

Charged with giving the issued for such pur-go home, thus solving another

volunteer workers from the five police false information and in the matter of free service for roses unless they have a quali- one of Hong Kong's problems for quire a lot of cutting through

with larceny by servant, Wong "chemist and registered

and 13,

Kowloon Docks tug Pauline, said! Those who have the interests Wai-lok, aged 19, was fined. It is not too much to ask of the that he was alongside the ss of their less fortunate brethren $100 or one month on the false charge. "A knows of any drug- couple of

of hundred doctors each Baluchistan at Kowloon Wharf dispensaries, chemists and to take on the extra burden of when he saw the explosion at the time to visit the stalls may months on the larceny charge, at heart, but who cannot afford information charge and three or the indiscriminately to

pharmacies to but that he must wait to be ask-

a

number}

send their donations to The Dio self-medication ed for one, certainly pred otherwise, without a registered Tung Wah and

or of free prescriptions; while the Too Dangerous To Beach cesan Centenery Bazaar, or to its the sentences to be consecu

other bospitals When he arrived on the scene?

Hon English Secretary, c/ctive. oce with Is not a patient who has

patient who has paid his doctor's written authority, then and clinics to extend their hours there were a few mumed miner Bishop's House, who will grate Yung King, aged 13, who was

pald tus!

* he should report them to the and services; and the civic bodies explosions after the first one, fully acknowledge them in due charged with riding and abetting. consulation fee entitled to

course. Medical Department or else he and employers should see to their which he described as violent.

Wong was given the same san- written prescription from his

tences. would heuself be guilty of aid- own members and employees so Because of the darkness -and doctor in return, should he need

Detective Sub Inspector Ci Watches Found Pope hold Mr. Hin Shing-lo at oral or external medications? ing and

and abetting an offence."

grumble about 47 N the queres In many of

of the presumably

am sure the advanced countries

than sociation works for

Aboard Plane for the social doned capacity of Hong Kong's "little" Colony of almost 2 welfare of the community. Its medical service. G00,000 muen abused souls, it is

actions are

by public initiated

for once, wish every siccest For its boldness in tack to the practical and comprehen- etically, the doctor will give

for all ling prescription Written

counterpart is yet hibernating, 7 civic-spirited body like the Be medications when a needle is not needed for its introduction on or feel that it has. dave the prole-form Association whith, regard into the sickened human body, tarian, including myself, a great fest of the eventual outcome, acts Could it be possible that A service and certainly justifies the as a challenge to us all Medico's" patients did not ask support of all common people. I

prescriptions of oral man all for itu

see eye to eye with "A Medica' licence

Medico"

is

fied and

has never

ggist

2:2

the needy. That "A refused cription for oral medication is

to give a written is c, retailing poisonous 20 to re te patients,

another highly laudable example,

more our

thought

Lov

the po

A.J. S. McKenzie, master of the Churches.

10.30 p.m.

that they do not have to rush bad weather, he could not proceed Why nese Reforma-As-† charge to becomes pablic] at full spoed to the burning ship.! at about

the already over-bur-

He reached the scene 11.05 Pan

There was no sign of anybody aboard the Chak Sang. He was in Office by radio telephone.

usually taken for granted hopintout problems, while its sive scheme put forward by the sunstant touch with the Head!

tion

due to the fact that?

"HIPPOCRATES! HELP".

་

M. L

Indo-Chinese Society SI,---I shall be glad if you will publish the following:

It has come to my mind sever-

WAX

At Kai Tak

XS

Central yesterday said that on October 18 at 3.30 p.m. a police constable who was on duty in Wanchai saw a crowd of people. standing at Luard Read

the constable went up to see the matter. When be

pipe approached the crowd he defendant tied to a

The constable questioned Wong with wires. and was told that he had been robbed by three men, one armed with a knife.

water

Os Thursday morning, when a CATC plane was due to leave for was carried He found the master of the Kunming, a search Chak Seng and all the officers, out by revenue oficers of the except the chief engineer, aboard crew's baggage at the Eat Tale the ss. Nowrooz A survivor was Airport. In the possession of Wan Hsiung-chow, a radio operator, picked up. by the St. Bernard.

Witness told the Court that he 400 gold plated wrist watches asked whether it was valued at about $8,000 were found. possible to beach the burning Before Kowloon Court yester- Admits False Report ship but advised that it would day, the radio operater

Wong was taken to the police? with be too dangerous.

charged

exporting McKenzie explained that the watches without a permis He station and after further en- quiries had been made admitted goose chase trying to gel profession by his amusing coal times that since Asia had be

shackled before the Chak Sang of $20 estreated by Mr. J. Wieks!

false report could be towed away. Only one However, another man appear- peoples of Asian countries nearer and nearer becomes

the ship ed before the Court when ter India and China; two great low boat could pus

by reputation and from past ex-

Deriences, "A Medico" writes

such prescriptions in code only, and undest handed over to his

Free Patients.

Sir, Your Correspondent

assistants, it would only be a Medico betrays himself and his

$2,4,

the

the prescriptions, filled elsewhere) Hessian which, would have been Bun to emerge, the need for the chain to the buoy had to be un failed to appear, and had his ball the police that he had made a

wild

or even deciphered by another passed as an after dinner joke if doctor.

not such an important that "A Medico's charges for lic of Hong Kong. injected medications have been

It has

The

Could it not be again possible bearing for his patients, the pribe | countries of 'Asia, have remains stern first Because of the exist. radio operator's name was called 118 Johnson Road and on the 1. little exorbitant to put it mildly, id though I am not in the con- occurred to me many a time that fue 25 at sufficient to tow the Chu Chan-tab-watch dealer foki of Ham Sing Drug Store

seek the "nurses, qualihed or

·

the

to

Wong then took the police to..

stairways, sexped defendant was ed friendly for ages. It, therefore, ing weather conditions that would out by the Court's Interpreter found

and claimed that be was the

who was a First defendant: that prove dangerous. Moreover, one

owner of the watches. He was Indo-Chinese Cultural Institu

*Stole $225 worth of medicine be formed in Hong vessel properly.

Company. the Cathay Watch The nearest beaching place was

As a result, a charge of export from the store and second sided

and abetted him. I

ing unmanifested cargo was pre-j

tion may Later,

RECORDED CONCERT

Medical sub-com- so that his patients must need malice of the Chinese Reform Ind it is my opinion Kong. check

up on him by asking for Association a prescription for the stuff he in- after reading the public state

that Stonecutters Island Between the began to feel. ments in both your esteemed since other jected or will inject,

countries of Best buoy and the beach there were ferred against him. At this stage. Journal and the other Press in Asia have also been gaining tree four to five ships at anchor. Mr. S. Ng Quinn who was to have reason, "Agam, for: the same

it possible that that's what Chinese, that they intended forced Mediico's" patients to appeal 20: that each physician dom; and have of late been tak=| There was very little clearance i appeared for Wan, represented! ing their proper place in the space. If the Chak Sang went Cho and pleaded guilty on his services of in addition to the existing num comity of nations, and have be out of control during the towage behalf.

The Kowloon Gramophone So- ber of private and charity pati- KENT to

their full play

In Court, Chu testified that he clety's classical recorded concert part

the it would be dangerous for the

was the owner of the watches. Hef will be held at 8.15 p.m. today at with the help of drug ents be good enough to provide doors of such an organisation | other ships in the

all 25 soon as they became aware of free service for no one that must be open to nationals of

Terrific Heat

said he handed 400 watches to the Doctson Boys' School the radio operator to be delivered the high charges but low cost p five patients each day?" The re the countries of East Asia. Hong

The programme

Will Include: Witness asserted that the ex-o the friends at Kunming Wan Overture-Hansel His certainly quisite medicine, they hope, will Kong has become a cosmopolitan the medication? foolish to assure that patients da be equally generously supplied city or Colony, and it would be plosions occurred in the No.1 gave him a receipt and he, in (umperdinck) Concerto in E

pant writters prescriptions Whether

free of charge by the pharmacies in the fitness of things if this hold. The flames reached the turn, gave Wan two notesand

Flat Meier (Mozart), Carnival of the doctors and

mastheadlight. the Colony became the head words or more off the ship the produced before the Court.

Even at 100 The receipt and two notes were Animals (Saint-Saens), Shoep much more so bragging about it

I have yet to see a right-mind- pharmacies will do so is a mat- of

of such an Institution ed person willingly push him- ter between them and the con- I would therefore desire to heat was terrific.

May Safely Graze (Bach) Symphony No. 2 in D Major self and

place this humble suggestion, for

(Beethoven) all the Chinese Reform ken into the abyss of Anancial least of despair. Surely, any sick man, in his.

right mind, would want

They did, however, countries of East Asia (1 mean through the plates. He added kandsome his doctor to give him the neces-pay Janesor

tribute to

Philip- that he had an idea that the far- injections if he needs them, number of physicians who are pines, Malaya, F. L

not

sary

The watches were ordered to be On the port side, about two or returned to the watch dealer.

drag his family with science, ovie, which nobody what it is worth, before the pub-three feet above the waterline, MEDs any control norte spirited paponais of the holes seemed to have been burni

CA Inida, China, JayJaya,

and not entrust life and health already doing or willing to be Sumatra, Siam, Burma, Pakistan Ward end of the to quarks, unless it be for des- of further service to

it commends itselt to Looy. If

2H his

steamer was

declared that thei

JUNK MASTER FINED

pérate lánancial reasons, and the undoubtedly very lage is Ceylon, etc) residing in this Com Sector, R. O. Hughes in A total fine of $4,800 was fact that no one likes to be bit- the less than a dozeni make a start in this direction, are was, so intense, that the risposed on a 38-year-old junk|| ten twice at the same places pharmacies was plainly implied The establishment, of an invit of the ship.could be seen like an master, Leung. Ping-yau, of

The unsatisfactory service ren- them, steps may be taken to fare s

by

this

elp to

164 Nathan Road, second floor, will help

Torate

ate X-ray photograph. ped better understanding behreen S1 Bugh was en route to the at the Marine Court yester

and strengthen

the Yaumati Typhoon Shelter when day on charge of harbour of of fellowship between their he saw a terrife, vivid flash fences.

༩༥.

and Gretel

and

COWBOY OUTFITS.

Cowboy salts just received from America, complete with:

Cowboy suit

ropa

hat

holster

belt

Kerchief

small

medium Large.

Admittedly, it is dangerous practice of some drug-dealers in when they stated that the doction like selling poisonous drags directly tor's private dispensary if stopped to the public even without doe-abruptly would be a serious countries topps prescriptions, but surely hindrance to the public while the bonds

Defendant, who pleaded guilty You can get these in sizes it is not much more dangerous loss of income to the doctors is respertise Governments, a thing followed by a heavy dull than for e doctor to give out comparatively a

so essential in helping to res

to resplosion, tette m

all three charges of medications filed by untrained The Ledical profession, if store, peace and goodwill in this The fire was so intense that her ass barse gear, ma ci auring and unqualified assistants.

only world for the good of considered as a profession

of humanity. equld not approach anywhere] declaration and embarking pas-i M. PARWANI hear the ship. The ship was lit sengers at a port other than that Perhaps it is net common is as much ealed as other

up by the fire, which occurred of the Colony, was on bail of knowledge that the qualified man tradesmen to AEREE whatever

Only a limited quantity was ro who fills prescriptions

For pervice Chan Hon-choen was. yesterday simult

simultaneously with the flash,|$4,000,- pr for the mistakes of rendered, they may charge what committed for trial by Mr. Hin between the bridge and the fore Leung was arrested on October) selves, so get your mult-carly,

to pay when, shing Lo at Central on four counts?

5 by the Marine Police. Aboard virtue for

of their

on your own of robbery.

were, of a vivid his junkt were 177 passengers, 165 THE EVERGREEN, training and greater experience there the many who tELC

Morrison conducted the orange colour, he said he obtained his clearance.

more than were declared when the prosecution.

Fire Officer's Evidence He was fined $500 on the first when a doctor insists on having charge much less would only Defendant, were charged with

Divisotal Officer R. H.-J. Brookscharge, plus $20 for each extra His prove that the law of supply and ribbing four boxi drivers between

is ac- the traffic can

COLTS, which is only SCERT ver, you are

rect

you

tensive "

than the average, doctor.

castle.

The

his prescriptions enstriped demand creates the situation wisich June 11, and June 17 of various of the Fire Brigade was the first) passenger, making a total (setj

own unqualified: Jand assistants, can these be trusted to "free economical system is possums of money. De eodant was

able check on the dosage, etc?

Correct All these cont armed with a toy pistol

to

to give evidence at the resumption 33.330 $500 on the second charge of proceedings yesterday,

and $500 on the third charge.

300: Nathan Road,

Phone $9042

ZONE PEICE ONLY)