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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

NOTICE TO MEMBERS FIFTH RACE MEETING Saturday, 29th April, 1950

There are ten races, the First Dell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the Firet Race will be run at 2.00 p.m.

Through Tickets (10 Races-$20) may be obtained at the Office of the Treasurers, 1st Floor, Telephone House, alao tickets for ths Cash Sweep on the last race as well as the Special Cash Sweep for 1He "Kwangtung Handicap" scheduled to be run on 791 October, 1950. Cash Sweep tickets on the last rpcs and those for the "Kwang- tung Handicap" may be purchased slap at the Club's Branch Dice, No, 382 Nathan Road, Kowloon.

MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENOLOSURE.

Members and guests are reminded that they and their indies MUST wear their badges PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED through- out the Meeting.

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

are

Badges admitting Ladies not in posacsalon of Brosches 'or Season tickets and gentlemen, non members of the Club, to the Members' Enclosure and Club Rooms at $10 Including tax, for Ladies ሰኞ . Gentlemen

obtainable through the Secretary on the written-or-personal-Introductiop.cf. a. Member,.auch_Member_to_ba responsible for ali visitors Introduced by him, and for pay- ment of all chils, oto.

Badges admitting to Members' Enclosure will NOT be on sale at the Race Course.

The Treasurers' Compradore Office will close at 11.00 a.m. and, the Secretary's Office at 11.48 a.m. Both Officós át 1at Floor, Tele. phone House.

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

NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE PREMISES DURING THE MEETING.

the Gate.

PUBLIC 'ENCLOSURE. ·

CLUB'S

The price of admission to the Public Enclosure is $3 in- cluding tax for all perións Including ladies, and le payable at

BOOKMAKERS, TIC TAC MEN, ETC., WILL

NOT BE PERMITTED OPERATE WITHIN THE PRECINCTS OF THE HONG KONG JOOKEY CLUB DURING THE RACE MEETING.

TO

MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE OBTAINABLE - IN THE RESTAURANT IN THE PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.

BERVANTS PASSES.

`Servants' "passes will be lesuad private box holders only, who fa requested to distribute them with discrimination and, to andersa thair namos on the passes. Holdera of such pines are not permitted in the Members' Enclosure." except for para- Ing through on their duties, and, müss, remata, la shair, employers' standa.

26 COFFEE $4.75 PEP ILTIN,

By' Order,

8. A. ELSAP,

Secretary.

LETONA

Setting the Pace

BETTER VALUES

· for

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1950.

Correspondence

The Editor takes no responsibility for views expressed in letters by correspondents, and by no means .with them.

OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Sir, I would like to support whole-heartedly W's letter in the "China Mail," April 13, on our Loggi Government and equally to disagree with your footnote on the lack of constructive criticism in that letter.

an

to

"You, Mr. Editor, complain of the absence of constructive cri ticism in W's letter; perhaps you do not realise that since 140, both in the papers, on the plat- form, in Council, there have been floods of really constructive crit cism of Government and all its ways. What has been the result?

Mercly an outpouring of soft soap, which, like the action of the snake on its vletim, leaves objectors paralysed-with disgust and a feeling of Impotent wrath. You ask for constructive Bug- gestions. An obvious one: Government charge a $5 stamp on every registration card taken

OUR LOCAT GOVERNMENT

Sir,-1t is apparent that the writer of your editorial appear- Ing on April 11 and, presumably. the footnote appended to my letter in the issue of the 13th- in which the lack of constructive. criticism on my part is deplored a nowcomer to this Culony, for only

une possessed boundiess naivette of the arrival would be so rush as to deseelbo the waller of verbosity attendant upon the passage of tha Budget Hill, as a "dokuty.”

now

in the

Crashes of new British jet planes

London, April 13.

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Two of Britain's latest Jat planes, the Mutebr and Vampire, crashed today, The pilots wore killed.

The Mateor dived to earth 400 miles an hour at Yox. ford, Buffolk,

At

The Vampire crashed in Green, flames at Bhimbey near Godalming, Surrey, dur ing, a freak thunderstorm.

it was the secand :Melaar crash this year.

Na Vampires have ornabod in Britain this year, though one did in the South West of France.

An explosion in the expori- mental section of an sicoraft Restory near Gloucester today injured goven men, some of them seriously, it was officially Bangunced.

The factory in owned by Gloucester Alroratt Cam the

which

manufactures pany. Matter jet fightara: The in. jured men are understood to burned have been kanaly when a fusi tank exploded,

They were taken to hospital and

oxygan konts were rushed from Bristal. Damage to the buliding was very slight and productise has not been inter. rupted, the statement added.

ftauter.

GOVERNOR

VISITS KOWLOON The Governor visited Sentury Department offices, public markets and various catabilaments under the central of the Urban Council in Kowlson and New Kowloon on Thursday.

feeling in

Anti-Russian

Peking reported

Anti-Russian rosentmont runs high among the

Chineso in Peking according to several ex- porienced European observers who recently orrived in Hong Kong from that city. The observers all with many years of experience in China, told the "China Mail" that though an armed revolt or internal revolution seem- ed impossible at the moment, Soviet Russions were regarded with more contempt than for- eign soldiers who were in Peking after the end of World War II.

One said that when the first 100 Russians arrived in Peking several months ago, they were dressed in rags, and for days visited the Chinese shops buy- ing soap, clothing, personal to -send effects and presents home.

He added: "The Chinese have never gotten over this arsi im- pression.

"lere," they would say, "are the representatives of the greatest Socialistic nation in the world They come to China, which has been in the throes of a civil war for

more than a decade, and they buy things which they could not, obtain la Russia."

In addition to the original "1085

BILLA another observer of face," that the behaviour of the Soviel citizens in Peking was "resented."

He added:

"Every wook-end they have loud, drunken parties. The

Chinese can't help thinking that they are worse than the Eure- peans who were in Peking before the y folle 194

in Peking generally do not

them.

"For example, about the middle of March, the railway station and many klocks of the adjacent are were cordoned of. People were told to keep off the strecía.

"We still don't know just whe arrived on that day. It was rumoured that it was the Vietminh Leader, Ho Chi-ruinh.

KAI TAK TOPICS

Pan American World Airways has the largest and the best ofco at Kal Tak airport since construction of the air lues' new ofce building near the airport's control tower was completed a week ago.

A two-storied concrete build- ing, the new office his four large rooms on its ground floor, while is mainly occupied by the air- Ines cargo and freight depart- ment,

The four rooms are: a custom

In-bound a temporary locker, storage room, an out-bound earpo 05 airport "Those who tried to find out by working space and looking at the hotel register fall-trame aurpervision officc. ed. They found that the dignitaries were registered by a number, not

A nome,"

The observers said: "Give the Chinese people time. They car hatidle their own allie, and wil know how to do away with the Russians when they waut, just a they did in 1927."

Russian planes in Shanghai

The cargo and freight depart- ment is hended by Mr. H. Pleren, PAA's local cargo supervisor,

On the Arat floor Mr. M. Deutch, PAA's Operations Mana- ger, occupies one of two office rooms.

The other office room is oc- cupied by the despatch depart ment which is headed by Mr. R. Johnsen.

With the opening of its now office building'et Kai Tak, PAA antipates that in the very near future the airline will be able to receive and deilver cargo.at the airport.

Apart from the new office buliding, PAA also maintains two other offices at Kal Tok.

construct It is impossible anything until the ground is first cleared, and the crying need in Hong Kong is to destroy the dead wood-the accumulation of de- cades that clutters up every department. Одо Government

Wabstor desives a “dobate" as had high hopes of the Ross Com-

a "contention is words; | Argum mission, but what is it that im- mediately strikes the eye in the ment; tilsausaion, in a logblom new Budget the usual annual tive assembly and whereas this Increase in personal emoluments may be so in the legislative of "our obedient servants which assemblies of more enlightened now reach

unprecedented communities, the debute" bo percentage of the cost of Govern- tween our Uneficial representa-.

tives and their opposite numbers ment.

the Officials, consists invariably of protests by the Unofficials; the presentation of long-prepared speeches the Officials and the passage of the Bill under discus sion without further argunsent.. at no une are the Uneficials given the opportunity of refuting any argument put forward by the Officials, who have the last say, "Debate," moreover, implies that the debaters meet an equal termas with an equal chance of seeing their opinions prevoll. farcical legislative assembly with which Hong Kong is burdened, Let the Unailicals and, therefore, the

fald public, are denied equal repre-

Farmers, the observers sentation and have no chance of

have boon perhaps the most dis- winning, for their opinions are qut. Expense of this tax, all revutually over-ruled before they

Sir Alexander was particularly illusioned of the Chinese people venus $10,000,000. A concession

re are presented. Is such your edi interested in the areas set aside

"Before the Communists came, might be made to genubile re.

A British master mariner sidents of not less than two years, torial understanding of a "de-by Government for the respolile the Communists told them tha

batc?"

squatters. He spent some ment by charging 12 to them and $5 to

time in examining the houses be cach would have his own land and

week by this others. Compare this revenue and with the expense of collection

ing erected in Ifomuntin by the would be able to provide for him who reached Hong Kong early Committee for the Relief and Re-l wees, the communists have steamer Heinrich Jessen from

"However, tho tax. proposed ridiculous Neon

habilitation of the Kowloon City made no attempt to break up the Shanghai confrmed the pre- Here the estimated revenue is

fire victims.

large landowners, and the num-sence of Russlan planes and put at about $250,000 and look at

He displayed a very keen in- the army of inspectors' needed to

Poking was increasing every day in the metropolis. Committee the

Declining to bd identified A considerable crowd of curious prasent at Kỏi signs in the Central and Eastera

publicly, the Informant added spectators were that business was practically at Tak yesterday morning when Tyrone tunities for squeeze the tax holds t

standstill when he left.. Prices they learnt that Mrs. oyl!

extremely "Very often the Communists tel) | were

loy because Power was due to arrive from older Chinese that they are no merchants evidently wanted to Manila at about 1 pm. interested in what they think. dispose of their goods, even at. To those who had no idea of

Power's

arrival the to buy Mrs. "On several occasions, I have a loss, to obtain cash

curiosity over the VIP was oven The master anarlaer was one of are not interested in any one over heard Communist officials say: "we Government bonds or pay taxes.

crowd of Press photographers 15. They are too old to learn the the same, to evacuees who had greater when all of a sudden a

nt the airport. Shanghai to Tientsin where they much food.""

Philippine Air in Poking are not boarded the Heinrich. Jessen for down from Foreignora molested or Interfered with the Colbuy, reaching here. en Lines aircraft, almost everyone

Wednesday, observere cald, however

side the airport's restricted area their movamonta out

The Russians were all' un rushed to the nearest polit out- of the city formed and though the informant just to take a look at Mr Tyrone are rigidly restricted. Many foreign representatives could, tot estimate the number Foter's wife," have come to Peking within the bt believed "there are lots and Inst four months, however, people tots of them around,"

Houses requisitioned.

So far as the absence of con- etructive criticism from my lot- tor is concerned, may I suggest that you might do well to per use the ales of the "China Mall" for the past three years or 80 constructive criticism, teditorial.

the Danish

A Scandinavian "13kymaster" made a good landing with three of her four motors in service Coming Iran Europe, the DC-4, yesterday morning. developed propeller trouble while above the Colony.

Her caplein had to cut off one of the aircraft's four motors in

incosure up the mass of Nego for therein you wlil And, sufcient/ereal in what was being done by ber of famine reports coming into] Japanese type "Zorg" aircrat order to be on the Bnic slic. districts. What glorious oppor-1 Unoficiul or otherwise, tu delight! many of the problems of reseltlo, at the time we left the elfy."

The Registration Card tax has additional advantage of reaching everybody who has the privilege of residing in Hong Kong and not allowing the wealthy refugees, by ways that are dark" to dodge it and leave it to the unfortunate 40,000 to pay up.

Olie

ever

und discussed

ment with Mr. David Chen and your soul, but you will NOT find other members of the Committee

single instance in which Government has made use of that said an official release yesterday.

SACRED CONCERT criticism, or even, in the ma

acknowledged of } cases, jority

The Cholr of the Swatow sata.

their I am sccused of falling to offer Christian Church will present a

church, 25 newly bulit

Prat constructive criticism, but in fact, Pecial Sacred Concert at the letter of which you complains Avenue, Kowloon, at 0.30

p.m. offered the only really construce today.

will that

include Spoclat pumbers - will Another tax, easily, collected, is tive suggestion one on every person registered in bear fruit in this Colony, to wit: vocal ond string quartets, bass

sojos, plano any hotel or boarding house that, that the Chambers of Commerct and soprano by reason of being a post-war and other Interested organis- violin solos by prominent artists, one, does not come under the tions should band themselves to-among whom will be the Rev. W.

Riobard Ting. This would get at gether to protest to the Home Blackstone, Control Act. these places which have the Government the present inequit Orloff, Lily Lee and others.

able system of Government; for Admission will be free. audacity to chargo up to $80 a day for a room.

you may rest assured that by no other means will the people of The reply of Government to Hong Kong, British as well as ever acblovo the any suggestion seems to be the non-British, dificulty of collection. Neither of right of an elected Government thereby, the ability to make whatever unlike

these two presents any dimeulty and opinions count in our local

Too old

i principles of our new regime, o. ¡ travelled all the way by rail from perived as Mrs. Power stepped

to de us

and

the

V.

Mrs. Tyrone Power visits Hong Kong

or expense -most-of-the-present. taxes.councils, Unlike your leader

And that leads me to a cognate writer, but perhaps very much like some of his colleagues, we subject.

have seen enough of the present The Reform Club talks a hel- Government to be convinced that Miss Lindo Christian, better known as Mrs. Tyrone

how con juva lot about Constitutional Re- criticism, no matter form-which is probably why it structive, is neither welcomed nor obedient ser- gels so little support in spite of wanted by "our the fact that the Colony is crying vents" regardless of whenco it out for Reforma.

comes. Time may teach your

Why can. Singapore get Re-writer the same lesson. forms and Hong Kong can't? Singapore acts whilst Hong Kong talks. Why, Instead of occasional-

ly bleating to a few Hong Kong

Youre falthfully,

LECTURE ON CHINESE BRONZES

(Debaton in the House of Com people here, have wo na Commons, even the great ones, follow mittee in Parliament who will the some lines us here and the take up Hong Kong affairs with Government also lise the last the Home Government? Not a worth as well as the omvilotent, week passes without an airing of vote-Ed). affairs from Singapore or Malaya, and the Singapore Government actually listens to, and acis upon, the Straits suggestions from members there. Ifero wa are treated with a patronising smile and told that obviously the Hea venbarn know that is better for

Dr. T. K. Cheng will give a us than we can possibly know lectura on "Chinese Bronzes" at ourselves. Let the Reform Club 3 p.m. on Tuesday at the YWCA, do something about the prying Duddell Street. . need, for jerking our semimorie bund Government, bagi la life, by doing more talking in London Ipstead of here, and there would be no need to moon about lack of support. We are all crying, qui for Reform of Government and getung, nowhere.

CLAMSH

WIE (PONDER

Dr. Cheng recently conducted the British Council lectures 04 "Chinese Clyllisation.

Before returning to China last year he traveled extensive ly in Europe and America lecture júg on mány," "joferesting sube jects.

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Power, wife of the celebrated film actor, ar- rived from Manila by Philippine Air Lines yesterday accompanied by Mr. William Gal- lagher of the Twentieth Century Fox Motion Picture Corporation,

Despite the long air journey, Mrs. Power stepped down from the PAL aircraft looking very charming and fresh, She wore a blue frock over which she had a white matern

To match her ity apron. apron, she wore a white hat and a pair of white shoes.

two months,

aftor

that Mr. Power is expected to go to New York where he will ap pear on Broadway.

Ten-day visit

·

Personalia

They are living, in houses re-t quisitioned by the Chinese. Com-

Mr. Edmund Blunden will read munists from foreign and Chinese

some well- and comment on residents of the city,

at...the himself was known English poems. The skipper cjected to give place to eight British Council ibrary on Tues His house is in the day at 3,30-p.m.-- Russions. Footing area.

M. Simpso Professor R. K. Asked about the activity of the Russians, the skipper said they will give a Centenary Lecture. did not fraternise with the popula- on William Wordsworth ton nor the foreign community British Council liberary on April

"We just don't get together...124 nt 9.30 p.m. can't tell anything more about

at the

Mr. and Mrs. N. Brown, Miss

the Tussians who stayed in my M. Brown Miss H. Edown. Mr. house do not even mix with the and Mrs. J. B. Kito, Mr. and Mrs. other Russians in town. They Hunstort, Marlos P. J. Percocic, seemed to be an exclusive group, Messrs. M. A. K. Halliday

Malor Froishman lett Hong Künit he declared.

also confirmed the for the United Kingdom yester The master also

type day by BOAC. appearance of Japanese planes, which he identifed nå

ZAID

fighters.

Mosste, W. G. C. Butcher, L. V. The aircraft used to fly in four Davies, Ng Bing-hing, Miss Yuen Yur-fun, and Miss F. N. Simonoff or fives of practice fights over were among those who left for Shanghai. Their whole body is

by Qantas Sydroy Yesterday painted red and be no insignias ampire Always. of any kind.

They skipper said he believed they were piloted by Chinese par sonael because the formation

Mrs. Power is expecting a

Mrs. Power plans to stay here baby during the arst week of

ber, this she revealed at a for 10 days during which she Press conference which

look expects to learn more about the place in her suite at the Peninsula Orlont hotel five hours after her arziyal. She will go to Bangkok, and somed "amateurish.

before returning to Mr Power who is an amateur Indonesia painter, was married to Tyrone Manila. She plans to spend four weeks on her South East Asia Power last year in Rome.

Since her inarriage, she has tour. She is visiting this part of received offers to appear in many the world for the Ant time.

Asked what "the thinks about Alms. However, because each offer meant separation from her Hollywood romances, Mrs. Power husband for three or four months, skid that there one has very little she decided not to accept the privacy.

Mrs. Power who, is a Mexican offers.

Explaining the reason of turn, citizen, bas spreared in three ing down the offers, Mrd. Power motion platures, although the hap said we don't think it is right not yet made her debut in Holly for us to be separated for suche painting and acting the 'n Tong period.”27008.

Ethel Moller's whereabouts still a mystery

tures from the Peninsula Departures

Hótal on Thursday Included Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Etakorn, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lin, Mr. and Mrs. @do Mesa, Miss Alico. Webb.: Messce. 8. Johnsen, G. Tangen- Anderson A Sherman, D Calvill and H. R. McAleney,

Among the new arrivals at the Pocinsula Hotel on Thursstay were Dr. and Mrs. J. Gray, Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Brown, Miss E. More Miss 5. K. Wong, Mesars. A. 6. Pearce, Le Divo Where is the Ethel Molles? Dehroughe, R. R. Dorrick Late in February the Ethel Sankh, E. 3, Walls, 5. Patalane, Moller's alster chip, Elsis. Otterstrom and A. I regby. Moller, arrived Hong Koris

riddiod... with

Mr. Power wore a white wools alp quite a linguist as the harbour

pagre Messrs. C. F. Shèo, I al

Bammes,

2 timmer, M. len sweater with a black skirt as able to speak and write Dutch than 40 shell holes.

German, Spanish, Itailan he resolved her reporter visitors, French,

Nationalist planes had caught Sisteck, S. K Woud, J. Marée- Apologizing on behalf of her and English 20 Chusband who is presently augag During her stay here she has the little freighter in the seldomi Ito S. D. Tectors and U-1 ed in making a time in Buble Bay, so definite programme excest used Communist port of Hinghwa Cantos left Hong Kong for Bank- about a few hours' drive from this she wishes (id: to the whole and streted the ship in a day-long Kok yesterday by CFA

Among those who left master of the Elsie, Moller Manlie. Mr. Power said, that Colony which the saltia very he What the Ethel Möller had) Colony yesterday for. Singe Evrone Power: Is worklow very ay may always wanted

fascinating"

to visited

hard on location, Pal don't think he will have Hong Kong sher sald, and it is entered Hinghwa harbour the CBA were Mesure, Limo so viel Hong Kong, the sole to limen to people for best day The Ethel Moller has Graf & Gray A added,

edyke as to the best place to see not been heard of sinceregnear Laighidurray and R. R. Deyir

Hablonalist authority ta vainey Mrs. A M Macailty Jolt Huaz The shooting of the Him in The best way is to carve and ago

do admit that they lays Bay Kong on a round trip to Japan "The Philippines will take, ahout the country for yourök. “

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