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COMMENT" OF

THE DAY.

Death Penalty

TRE parlamentary

THE

togoniats for

the

hbolition in England of the death penalty have finally the got their way. but result of the non-party vole in the House of Com- mons most inevitably raise misgivings in the minds of many people.

It can be i

expected these misgivings will be pla-pointed in the "considered statement

the consequences

انا

which

will flow from the vote," which the government has promised to make early date.

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It is noteworthy, however, that although the free vale went against the govern- ment, the Premier really accepted its validity us an expression of will for the abolition of capital punish

It remains to be seen whether the House of bo similarly

nent.

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All Swedish

were virtually sealed off today by the thick band of ice running the length of the country's sea- board.

A team of Ice-breakers will make a final attempt tomorrow to clear the more powerful of 36 vessels in Stockholm harbour out to open sea before the port finally closes until the spring thaw. Few of the ships blocked in Goteburg are likely to be able to break through the ice to the North Sea.

through

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for rescue

An ice-breaker meanwhile managed to break The free vote was employed

to the isles of the Stockholm Archipelago, in 1948 when the House

A narrow isolated for the past week, with food and fuel supplies. of Cominure, by majority, and against the Further south.

two-day Serbia, wishes of the then Labour government, approved ahoil-earch has revealed no trace of been

a Swedish cargo vessel with five tion of the death penally persons abcard, which disap- for an experimental period, peared after leaving

The House of Lords | island on Sunday last. but the overroile that

and island was today linked to the threw out the vital clause mainland by 15 miles of lee.

Arrivals and sailings at the Criminal in the

Justice Bill. Seemingly they could port of Hamburg were reduced do the same again, and the today to ships proceded by ice- freeze-up abolitionists may not yet worsened, threatening to seal the have won the battle.

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EISENHOWER VETOES

SWEEPS ARE RUN ·

AND DRAWN

By George Liu

Most of us splurge occasionally on one of the few forms of legalised gambling in Hongkong the $2 cash sweep ticket.

But how many know precisely what happens behind the scenes from the time a ticket is brought |

SELECTIONS

By "Rapier"

Brivisto Mainsail II

RACE JA

Orange Beauty

Outsider:-Sky Horse.

RACE 1

Jemima P.

Flying Dutchman

Anniversary 19.

Outsider Pot O'Gold.

RACE 2

Gay Sire Señorita

Henrietta

Outalder: Probability.

RACE 3

to that exciting moment when someone realises Amapola that the piece of paper in his wallet has won him Tumbleweed a fortune?

Twelve "intelligent and well-informed" sources weird and which were so gave me varying answers wonderful that I finally decided to seek out the facts for myself.

The Arst step seemed obvious. I called up Mr A. E. Arnold,

the of Secretary

Hongkong Jockey Club-and got my first surprise.

have

the

The dramatic moment of a sweepstake is, however, at the "draw".

bar-

For a special cash sweep a sec- tion of the immense public hall The Jockey Club, I was told. at Happy Valley is cordoned off. has nearly nothing to do with Behind the barrier stond three

copper-coloured This is in the globular the sweepstakes.

Treasurers, handa of the Club

rels, flanked on

helicopters have and

Messes Peat, Marwick, Mitchell large blackboard and put into use

and Company, who keep the desit, records, supervise and do most operations.

Air Force planes

of the work in the "raws, and Yugosiny

of responsibility atse bomb an lee dam that

carrying out all the calculations. has formed on the Morava river

The masses of numbers and Bt

case the threat Varvarin to

sees on the of foods.

dollar signs ane official Jockey Club sweepstake turning

result sheets and other records punctually for their annual

seem to symboliac an extremely at Burbate spring rendezvous

Spain,

complicated system to the un- de Franco, Southern

mathematically minded. But less be to reported today were

than half an hour's explanation swooping into houses in search

a patient young official of of warmth and shelter,

the accountancy firm proved just The birds, bewildered at And-bill, passed by both houses by

of congress, 19 exempt the opposite. Here is how it also seen natural gas producers from works for a "big sweep."

Swallows,

The whole Baltic Sea may Ing sunny Spain in the ge!

frozen over within 72 hours ley

weather, were

of

GAS BILL

Washington, Feb. 17. President Eisenhower to day vetoed a controverslai

ponics to

V. I. P.

Outsider: Trado Wind.

RACE 4

Charleroi

Misty Law Golden Branch

Outsider:Winsome Stag.

Helicon

RACE 5

Treasureland

Icefteld

Outsider:-Old_Tyre.

RACE 6

Blondie Atomic Caesor

Outsider: Hiawatha.

RACE 7

Emperor Delight Pegasun Cover Girl

Outsider:--Sultan.

RACE 8

Vendetta

The Kangaroo

Outsider:-Free Success.

RACE 9

Fidra Beautiful Lio. Kentucky Lady.

Outsider:Beautiful Phoenix:

Invincible one side by a a spacious

Immediately before the cordon Behind the is the Press desk. reporters throng optimistically- minded members of the public all holding lists of numbers in their hands.

After

Snowy an inspection of the "works by a delegation of re- porters, the signal for the stort of draw is given,

of Strings

numbered marbies are poured into the

The frst barrcle.

string containing the exact number of bo drawn for is poured into a small barrel. The priend THE SPLIT-UP

*****Fitet of qu_the total sum of

all the numbers for the money from all tickets sold to

tickets are poured into the In doing so, he condemned the public....including the last other two barrels one string to

representing "a very jono pārchased by the Jockey | a barrch persons

on the second small segment of the old Club (the one ticket which con

never win)... is added up. to had sought who ausity,

From this the Hongkong Gov-atting bear four numerals cach, starting from "0000", and con- emment celms 23 percent as tinuing upwards. These figures "urther their own interests by

first four num- betting tax. The Jockey Club agy quesuorabic acivilius,”

bers on a ticket. takte 28 percent of the balance present the

the third The marties on as commission.

three numbers string carry The remainder, after deduct-

from "000 10

"999," ench, from 40 percent for unplaced but

is split qualified ponies,

These represent the last three thus: 70 percent for the winning

numerals on a sweep ticket. 20

per-

THE SHAKE-UP pany's sweep number,

and 10 cent for the runner-up

control.

Au there is no improvement in circling street bragidra-France-direct interest of the colonies in weather conditions, port Presse. the aubject will be meteorological authorities fore- quickened.

to

with

of

as

to

of

thren-

frozen

ac-

The colonies cast. have always based their:

The Meanwhile,

regions lawn of justive and code of Larch and Kaub, some way up

those procedure on

the Rhine Valley, were variations tened with floods England,

wuter caused Lorges suit local conditions:

umuinte below Mainz. and capital punishment is

The cold and snow, which are practised in the colonies

expected to continue, have kept today.

children from schools in many centres short of coni supplies, and led to delays of up to eight hours in train schedules between West Germany and Berlin.

uf the death Abolition

pennity in England would not automatically involve Its abolition in the colonies, but it might well stimulate local agitation to that end. A

government British

of the when the same has been accommodated in England.

COLDEST DAY

Yugoslavia today suffered its coldest day of the winter on temperatures fell in many places might find it difficult, on to mimus 34 degrees centigrade, the grounds of logle, to In Belgrade, thermometers re- trosty minus 23 deny popular demand gistered

14 from a colony for abolition degrees centigrade. The regions 1he country striken most death

aentence. of

demand severely by the cold wave were

Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia,

Packs of famished wolves roaming were reported to be

te of the through parts

in country In the village scarch of prey. of Vraniste, near Pristima, It was reported that a pack of ten hungry wolves tore into 201 enormous bear and devoured 8.

have Floods

isolated localities, especially in southem

be one

of the

NOT TO SEEK

ABOLITION

Singapore, Feb. 17 Leaders of Singapore's three political parties all sald today hey were taking no action to bring about aboinion of hung- the colony murder in ing sor because of britain's decision.

Minister, acting thief Mr Lam yew Kock, suía government had given no 10 sideration

the Reuter,

The

government

Observers

to

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By "The Turf"

RACE IA

Gallont Knight Orango Beauty Amusement

Outsider:Midget.

RACE 1

Jemima P. Flying Dutchman Moonrush

Outsider: Cornet,

Gay Sire

Zerimar Curtsey

RACE 2

Outsider:-Full-of-Spirit.

RACE 3

Tumbleweed Amapola

V. I. P.

Outalder: Scrabo.

Charleroi

RACE 4

Golden Branch

Skylon

"Outsider:-Winsome Stag.

Helicon

RACE 5

Treasureland'

Diamond Dahlia

Qutsider: Flaming Wheel.

RACE 6

Atomic Caesar

Dutch Courage

Blondia

Outsider: Desert Gold.

RACE 7

Emperor Delight Ma Cherie Matador

Outsider:-Avion.

Vendetta Kerrera

RACE 8

Free Success

Outsider:-The Kangaroo.

Cacsar

Fidra

Lavirence

RACE 9

Outsider:Apple Pla

TODAY'S TEASER TIP

for the 9th race

This bed is very uncomfortable The fepser up for the last meeting" was How Do 1 Know, which was withdrawn at the last minute and did not stort,

THE SPIES KNEW PLENTY

Maclean 35 evidence

was

Chicago, Feb. 17.

men's disappearance - the two With a deafening roar, at-

for almost Ovo years before Mr Wilbur Brucker, Secretary turning tendants

at a Moscow that producing them by mu v Man buring the Sekase percent for the third pla

Once, twice, of the Army, sald today Take, for example, the cash sweep on the Pearce Pivoted barrels.

three times-and once in the Guy Burgess and Donald Mac- press conference is a "startling task Memorial

direction Last year. There

for good Ican, former British diplomata reminder of the grim 1951, head," he said-Router. sold Opposite

Hled to Russia in 1,529,000 tickets

the who Laps at measure. Three were

most "know about some of our are of the containers bottom bringing the lotul sum of money

and with to $3,058,000.

muttle three closely guarded secrets secret of priceless value to the Com-

Bangkok, Feb. 18. fied ponies, whether starters cr not, numbered 101,

The first-fixing the number munist conspiracy."

Mr Brucker, who

ad- Two overloaded buses crashed CALCULATIONS

of the horse is brought to a A terrorist gang fred on a Baked W invesügule. British

steward of the Club who calls dressing the Executives Club of head-on 36 miles from Bangkok patrol army

Chicago, described Burgess and today, killing 19 persons and It out. The second and third

an undetermined tre Cost To Consumers follows: Limassol tonight as a big

then brought by

"prize pieces of injuring

Ono driver fell guiled a military store on the

and mimber. 25 percent betting tax $ 754,500 marbles are

of the deceit waterfront..

aparato attendants to an official The bill would exempt na-

28. percent

treachery which have so long asleep at the wheel, Club's treasurers, who of the

The sleepy driver fled after turai gos producers-mainly Jockey Club

been of the

principal characteristics

the ocident. The bus Wes en $ 642,180 cells out the number Texas and Oklahoma

COFITUASION

of Communist tactics,"

to $1,406,080 drawn ticket. Total

that the Russians route the capital-United The fact Cirect — om

Subtracted from the grand Besides the four staff members regulation.

discialmed any connection with Press. leaves $1,651,320. of Pent, Marwick, Mitchell and this of the Focs

bill Бау

its total,

representative of the Forty percent of this (for un- Co., and enactment would cost consumers

operations the about 800 million Gollars (about placed ponies) comes to $660,- Jockey Club, who act as super-

528....which, divided equally visors of the £280 million) yearly in higher

101 ponies, gives each three atowards in charge of cash among gas bills...

drawn but unplaced ticket the sweeps are present. They are, at present, Mr D. Benson, Mr sum of $6,839,88,

and the Hon. J. F. Macgregor $980,702, is The remainder,

S. N. Chau. divided as follows:

Numerous recorders are pre- First prize: 70 percent $693,555.

sent taking down the results Second prize: 20 percent $198,158,

are later Third prize: 10 percent 99,079. individually. These

and checked

counter-checked The race-by-race sweeps are

before the official results 020 run on exactly the same prin-

jasued. except that unplaced

The "small sweeps" are run on identical lines but on a smaller scale.

There were no casualties. Soon after the fire began, ter- city dung two bombs outside the Puolte Works Department build- ing. They caused no casualles and only slight damage-iteuer,

a of

Vancouver, BC, Feb, 17.

members Five' crew Canadian government survey

Its supporters say the margin ship were

a tiny rescued from sand cf the northern coast of of profit on natural gas is small compared with that made by the British Columbia today, sume

Une interests which carry the 38 hours after their vessel sanky companies and the pipe- in a near-blizzard,

gas from the oldúcids.

Captain Herbert Dale-Johnson of Vancouver and four crew-

The companies deny they are

men were flown from the island operating a monopoly in naturalciple,

to Vancouver, almost six hours gas and maintain that federal ponies are awarded $100 each after they were spotted regulation would discourage ex-Instead of receiving an equal

ploration for new gas-Heuter. share of the 40 percent. United Press.

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