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Jockey Club Annual Carnival
TODAY'S RACING SELECTIONS
By "Rapier"
-Norsema#-
Lin Fa
Debonair
RACE 1
Outsider:-Easy Money.
RACE 2
Shun Lee
Corrib
Belle Fontaine
Outsider:-Liberia Ship.
RACE 3
The Lioness
Crackerjnek
Goodwooki
Outsider:
Winged
Killara.
RACE 4
Sans Atou!
Jorrocks
Outsider:-Southeast Wind,
RACE 5
Inspiration
Dynamic View
Century
Outsider:-Adorable Atalanta.
RACE 6
The Tigres
Thunderjet
Autumn Leaf
Outsider:-Pegasus.
Concord
RACE 7
Gold Medal
Prince Dahlin
Outsider:-Rowanien.
Shun Fung
RACE 8
Honey Dow
Rasber
Outsider-Rowangles.
RACE 9
Straight Flush Merry Uncle Exquirite Love
Outsider: Jericho.
By The Turf”
Norseman
Lin Fa
Debonair
RACE 1
Outshlert-Copper
Fairy Feet
RACE 2
Corrib
Sportsmaster
Outsider: Alrs and Graces.
RACE 3
The Lioness
Killara
Crackerjack
Outsider: Goodwood.
Jennifer
RACE 4
Glamour Butterfly
Chief Witness
Outsider: Winged.
RACE 5
Dynamat View
Tonyber
Century
Outsider: Inspiration,
RACE 6
The Tigress
Thunderjet
The Stranger
Outsider:-Autumn Leaf,
RACE 7
Chinese Mackerel
Prince Dahlia
Howanien
Outsider: Concord
RACE 8
Honey Dow Sparkling Eyes Shun Fung
Outsiler-Rasher.
RACE 9
Straight Flush Squadron Leader Fleetmaster
Outsider: Jericho.
RACE 10
RACE 10
Wodonga
Stratocruiser
Beckenham
Rose EmTES
Wodonga
Outsider: Stratocuiser.
RACE 11
Ben Lawera
Alrfeld
Radiotron
Outsider:Souvenir
Beckenham
Outsider:-Dominion Day.
RACE 11
Huntmaster
Ben Lawers Dawn
Outsiders-Trade Wind.
COMMENT OF THE DAY
A
Established 1845
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1951.
Their Labour Was All In Vain UN
Railways Dispute Settled
MEN GET WAGE INCREASES
London, Feb. 23. Railwaymen and the State-owned British wage Railways reached agreement tonight on
six hours before a threatened claims barely nation-wide strike.
After day-long talks, the Railway Executive agreed to the men's demand for wage increases worth a total of about £12,000,000,
But strike calls were out for tonight at many key rail centres and it was not known whether the agreement had been reached in time to prevent widespread week-end stoppages over the British transport system.
Earlier this week deadlock had been reached on a second of increases totalling offer
£6,250,000.
Pte. James R. Dial Jnr. of Indiana of the 7th Cavalry Regiment (left) and PFC. Ardent Law- rence of the 8th Engineer Battalion seen as they milk a
cow that they found somewhere in Korea. They thought that they had a good find, but they were told afterwards by a Medical officer that they could not drink the milk as it was probably con- taminated-London Ex- press Service,
Another Avalanche Disaster
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Forces Run Into Artillery Barrage
OPPOSITION BY REDS
STIFFENS
Tokyo, Feb. 23.
The defenders of the battered South Korean capital of Seoul today fired the heaviest Communist artillery barrage of the month-old United Nations offensive as the Americans pushed forward seven miles on the central Korean front.
Golden Star Hits Wharf ·
The Star, Ferry's Goldon Star, laden with people going to work, crushed into the side of the ferry wharf on the Hongkong side of _the_barbour___£bla_morning......
at about 8.40.
Although the incident caused considerable CX- ellement, no olla was i Jured and tho Golden Star appeared to be un-
damaged. The ferry successfully manoucvred alongsido and discharged the passengers.
United Nations forces captured the communi- Approach Made cations centre of Pyongchang, on the central sector, and advanced through mud and quagmires four miles north beyond the town.
But in other parts of the rain-sodden front the Communist resistance to the Allied advance stiffened on the third day of "Operation Killer."
in a
The Communists used Russian-type 122-mili- metre howitzers and light and heavy mortara duel with American guns on the outskirts of Scoul today..
with every
An American officer on the but we hit back Han River said: "Though they weapon we had." fired
more stuff at us then I Australian troops moving have seen in a long time it was forward on
the flank of the Canadiana reached their ob. He the Communist shells Jective just before dark. landed only in the general area Soon afterwards they earma
Are and of the American concentrations, under
pulled back Communist opposition in the sightly to bettor defence Hoongsong area was reported to positions for the night. — Reu- have alowed down the United ter Nations advance early today and Staff Officers admitted that the momentum of the offensive had slackened
REDS' CASUALTIES “
Washington, Feb. 123,'
To Peking?
Lake Success, Feb. 23. Diplomatic sources said to- day they believed that the United Nations Good
Offices Committee on Korea had made " an approach the Chinese Government
through Swedish Minister in Peking.
Confirmation
to
the
of the report could not be obtained from the Good Offices Committee 1- self, however, which was main- taining the stricter silence. Neither could United Nations officials confirm the report.
Apart from India,
Sweden is the only other
non-Communist country with top-rank
diplo- marie representation in Peking. The Good Offices Committed consists of dr Namolish En- tezam (Persia), Mr Sven Graf-.
(Sweden), and Dr Padilla
Total Communist-casualties 1,772050. (Mexico).
Korca reached an estimated Pyongchang was entered by 624,000 on February 20, the
None of these three could be reached immediately for con- firmation-Reuter.
about accidents
STOP PRESS
amletions
making
total
on American tank wad infantry Army reported today, combat team which mot no The breakdown of all enemy for eight months of resistance and pushed on to a losses point four miles north of the fighting shows that the Chinese
Rods lost LOWEL
This drive beyond Pyong-killed and wanted. 185,000- chang spearheaded a.general 21,000 from disease, cold weather advance of up to 8,000 yards and along a 15-mile section of the such as frostbite, In an effort to stop the strike
Milan, Feb. 23. centrat front Though movement the unions and Rail-
deop Chinese casualties 200,000.
Korean force have The North mud slowed the advance, tile way.Executive agreed tonight to
Rescue squads were dig- Communist resistance was re-lost a total of 418,000 men since Issue a joint manifesto appealing
June 25, the Army calculated Rain ging today for a 70-year-old ported in this area. to the men for normal working
The new wages will give an woman and a peasant of 40 Sco Furies and Fireflies from This casualty gure is made up immediately and for the "fullest
of an estimated 242,000 killed railway support in the great tasks which average increase
killed by an the British light aircraft carrier, a half believed and workers of seven
and wounded, 40,000 non battle He thead."
Theseus, hit rall installations and per cent,
avalanche which atruck the and equipment in and near the casualties and 138,000 prisoners
of war. village of Courthoud, in the west coast port of Chinammpo. The Army said the figure for Rhemes Valley, Northern Italy, about 25 miles south- east of Mont Blanc.
By conceding the full demands, increased Jis the Executive original wage offer by nearly £3,000,000 over the figure agreed after hearings by court of Linquiry,
Britain's New Crisis
COAL shortage, doubts whether the miners will be able to reach the extra production target which the Prime Minister has set, and a railway strike which threatens to disrupt the communications are country's main combining to present a grim imme- diate future for Britain. Moreover these deficiencies und industrial troubles occur at the worst possible time of the year, when harsh winter conditions make severe demands on the morale of the people a morale. which must of certainty suffer the more if the ordinary facilitics of light, power and warmth are to be denied. Apart from the effect the latest crisis has on the living comforts of the nation it must also seriously impede the country's new defence programme. Coal, being the life-blood of Bri- tain's industries, and the railways the channel through which that life-blood runs, the disruption of either must have grave repercussions on factories, workshops, and homes. Not unnatural- ly the nation will want to know who is to blame for the present perilous state of affairs. The government must provide the answer. The heroic pro- gress figures issued during the past twelve months concerning the in- creased production of coal are made to appear futile today when it in officially admitted that Britain's coal shortage is worse than ever before. It raises again the question: just how wise was the government to export coal when home 'needs were so great, and when the authorities must have, known that importations of coal could not possibly. make good the difference between the normal-requirements and those, govern- ed by defence necessities. If the government's cool production figures have not been fictitious no blame can be attached to the minern for the. txisting
and inadequate supplies stocks, even though it is true there is
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to
Executive an- The Railway nounced tant It will not be able to bear the whole cost of the wage rises even with economics and greater efflelency expected froin the ment
FARES TO GO UP
It will ask for authority to raise farca and freight rates,
The unions signed on agree- ment with the Railway Execu- live acknowlodging the "im- perative" need for eliminating waste of manpower and in- creasing efficiency.
This had been a condition of the earlier wage offers.
HINGE OF THE LINE
The
the
1
lish rail network more than CONFESSES TO Ours and the deep mud, which pires arrived last week
5,000 railwayinen were already on strike and more than 20,- 000 were "going
"going slow".
MURDER
A car
bogged down the Canadians' stationed at Nicosia-Reuter, vehicles.
Pats" were The "Princess under The
will concession
fire throughout early to- affect
Berlin, Feb. 23, some 450,000 workers but will
crash victim, Karl day and by nightfall they were mean higher travel costs in Howth, 66, lying on what he reported to be facing two bat- talions of Communists dug in on Britain and heavier transport believed to be his death-bed,
Important hill northwest of costs for British industry, has confessed to a 30-year-old
Hoengsong. The basic wage rates for murder, an Berlin news
East
They climbed the muddy, pre- railwaymen will now be £. paper reported today,
the razor- cipitous slopes of Hewth, who lives in Thurin back ridge to fight it out with 25. Gd. per week in the pro- vinces and 25. 58. dd. in gia, was injured in a motor ac
hilltop London. This is an
increase
the
defenders.
Prevents
Test Cricket
Heavy overnight riin left the middle of the Melbourne cricket ground waterlogged and the two captains, Brown and Has sett, decided there could be no play-before lunch today in the Arth ̈ Test match. *-*
It was still drizzling when the captains made their inspec- tion.
An announcement was made that another inspection would
2 o'clock (12) nooi HK Time), but the general impression was there would be no play today.
The Connoisseur comes to
CALDBECKS
Red Korean prisonera was reached by actual count American battleship
The casualty estimate for the Missouri's 16-Inch guns throw- Chinese Communist forces does Avalanches also crashed into Ing_ne-ion shells blasted the not-include any prisoners ef-war; the-nearby Grisanche Valley Songjin area on the northeast The number has been small but but no casualties were reported. coust.
reports from Korea unofficially i In the Bologna-Modena area
Hoengsong today became the estimate the number at over 800, of the Appenines, two big land- hinge of a 30-mile line eastward Total American casualties an- sildes were threatening several which is rapidly being pushed nounced through February 18 Eranil villages whose inhabitants northward.
were 40,132. Up to date, casualty have been evacuated.
Only a week ago Hoenggong figures from non-American units Smaller landslides were re was the Chinese Communist base comprising the United Nations
in the
regions
of for their last desperate drive to force are not availablo here.-be carried out ported
within four miles of the key Associated Preas. Piacenza and Vicenza.
The one-week a relative shortage of manpower in
old floods in general from city of Chochon. the Ferrara Province worsened
Infantry Canadian
of
RAF Pilot Killed the mines. The government, therefore.
today after the Reno River, Princess Patricia's Regiment of
Nicosia, Cyprus, Feb. 23. must take the responsibility for the
swollen by recent heavy rains, the British Commonwealth Bri-
A Royal Air Force pilot was As the London agreement hurat lis dykes, which were gale pushed forward today in a
Jet Vampire situation. There is evidence of a
hilltop advance a few killed when hilltop to was announced 800 drivers and built to check its water. CB-
fighter based on Nicosia crash- lamentable lack of foresight in
fremen Sheffield and 250 More than 60 square miles of miles west of Hoengsong.
chester said that they farmland were reported to be requirements,
Though the Communist resised and burned yesterday near timating the nation's
near Manchester
tance was light, the advance Morphou, northwest of Cyprus, would go ahead with a week- under water.--Reuter. with the result that much-needed conl
gained less than 2,000 yards airport sources stated today. end strike whatever happened.
Eight Royal Air Force Vam- because of the torrential down- has been exported to the detriment of
At other points in the Eng-
to be the country's interests; possibly to its. security. Simultaneously the Socialists have confronting them the danger of a widespread railway strike which, if it eventuates, will cripple Britain's trans- But in this case there is portation. room for some sympathy for the government. The strike, though not "wild cat" in origin, is in defiance of an award made by an impartial tribu- nal and is, in consequence, reprehen- sible. It is but another example of how a Socialist government, having been helped to power by the workers, can subsequently be embarrassed by its The Australian supporters. Labour Government suffered similarly and the cumulative effect of its ap- parent inability to prevent strikes led as much as anything else to its defent at the last elections. Mr Bevan, the Labour Minister in Britain, is doing his utmost to resolve the current dis- pute and because of his high standing among the rank and file of the Socialists he may succeed where others of his colleagues would foil.
Quick Bottlement of the dispute could vastly ease cho
ground of disloyalty, it Bituation, but the overall
announced tonight, picture would only be slightly rolloved. It seems certain that Britain cannot.
Fuchs. German until he-be- was entericed avoid a grave crisis that will strain, the
come. British, lart month to 14 years Imprl courage and resources of the nation to
Bonment. A commitico sat the utmost. It will surprise no one if
last December to advise the the country, having found itself able
Home Secretary what action to to dispense with Marshall Afd, finds
Jako
about his chizenship. The AttornAY General, Bir it necessary once again to make an
An offfeer sold this evening: Harties Shawcrons said at the appeal for asaletance from the United'
hearing that a revocation of cel part of the Act which the Canadian are in good
nationalised road transport. heart and are fighting well.” Statea so that Britain can get on with
Fuchs' baturalisation“ was-con- The Government defeat: wasi Another Canadian officer mid: sidered mot from the point of only located because, the bull two are holding our own quito the task of helping to bolster the de-
view for further punishment had not oflolally been sponsored Ricely. The Chinese gava uE A fences and soqurity of Western Europe.
but in the public interest Reus by the Conservative oppostion. lot of small arma, sind, machines Fran fire and tweed socne, mortare
own
In a Gallipoli-like, scene, the
rates applying before last Bep- that he killed an 18-year-old girl | Canadians hauled themselves up of 10 shillings weekly over the cident. Then, he told the police when trying to rape her the tember when lower paid menfell and hit her head on received a small rise.
the
4
the Klippery alopes through n hall of fire to within grenade distance of Chines throwing Today's agreement back dated stone.
Her body was found in a long- the
Communists concealed in the Increases to new
ly Thuringian forest at the time low scrub and dug in strongly. beginning of the year-Reu-
but the police found no trace of Now Zealand artillery direct- her killer. Now they have 20-ed fire close in front of the as- opened the investigation raulling Canadians, but officerz Reuter
...did not dare call for air support because of the proximity of the apporing troops,
ter.
Fuchs Forfeits Citizenship.
London, Feb. 23.
has
“Technical”
Lato today the Canadians swung from their frontal amault Defeat For Govt. and won high ground overlook-
Ing the ridge.
cama
London, Feb. 23,
The Canadians' fight began The Home Secretary
The British Labour Govern this morning when a patrol led made an order depriving the ment, out-voted by 242 votes to by Lieutenant- Nick-Constance,
the House of Commons of Lethbridge, Alberta, atom spy, Dr Klaus Fuchs, of 284 In his British citizenship on the today on a privately introduced under fire from a machine-gun. was bill, can retrieve the defeat ad The Canadian patrol.com- the bill has still to go through | mander, reported to his battalion several stages. '.
commander, The only caminity. The Government. is expected from last particular encounter to organise its supporters to was, Constance himself. who ensure that it is not Anelly was soaked to the skin when
be fell into an ky stream. passed.
The bill's purpose is to extend the acopo tett to private enter prise in road haulage. A
The: Government wanted the bill killed because it would
Reuter
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CALDBECK
Later; however, the battle MACGREGOR & Co LY? became savage as the battallon moved forwart Into the sauit...
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