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FAN LING HUNT AND RACE CLUB,

THE

WHERE will be a Point-to-Point on SUNDAY, 6TH APRIL, at 3.30 2.3. At POTTS' BUNGALOW,

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HONG KONG 'JOCKEY CLUB.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1930.

AWARDED 50

3.

Cross Words,

WEATHER REPORT. virile race to whom every new The Robert Dollar Co. regrets to

calamity is but a fresh spur to announce the death of Mr. K. L. If those of our renders who dorive. determined effort. It is true that Yesterday's weather report, fore-ether communities, including Hong O'Hoy their Compradore. The amusement from solving the cross cast and remarks, issued by the Kong, did not fail, in Japan's funeral will be held Friday afterword puzzles published daily in our.

THE THIRD EXTRA RACE GOLD & PRIZE Obavatory at 6.30 p. friendship and furnished her with noon. April 4, at which time the columns have been more than tismal-

MEETING will be hald (Weather Permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY 01 SATURDAY, But APRIL, 1930, Commencing at 2 P

The First Bell will be Rung st 1.30 EM.

MEMBER'S ENCLOSURE Members are notified that they and their Ladies must wear their Hadges prominently displayed.

No one without a Badge will be

HONG KONG CRICKET CLUB.admitted to the Member Enclosure.

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OOKING for RESERVED BEATS to witness the Semi-Final matches of the Open Championship Singles and Doubles will open at Messrs. Morris & Co. on MONDAY, 7ru APRIL Subject to weather conditions the following dales baro beru arranged

TUESDAY, 9th April E. O. & EF Fincher. Winners of 3rd Rd match. WEDNESDAT, 9th April S. A. Bamjan

t. T. Honda.

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THURSDAY, 10th April E. C. Fincher

Winner of 4th Rd match. FRIDAY, 11th April O. A. L. Bamjohn J. A. E. Cassambhoy v S. A. & H. D. Runjabo,

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THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEET

ING will be held in the BONG KONG CRICKET CLUB PAVILION on TUESDAY, 15TH APRIL, 1930, st 5.30 PM.

BUSZKIJA:

To receive the Report and Statement

of Accounts for 1929.

To elect Officers and the General Committee for the ensuing year. To receive antries for the League (N.B. Owing to the delay in the calling of this Meeting, it is neces rary that Clabe submit their en trie at this meeting).

Goneral.

By Order,

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THE HONG KONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LIMITED.

Badges admitting Non-members to the Atembera Enclosure and Club Rooms 4t $5.00 for Gentlemen and $2.00 for Tadies, are obtainable through the

Ezcarar upon introduction by Member, such Member to be responsible for payment of all Chits, de

to

Badges admitting Members' Enclosure will not be on sale at the Race Cours.

Members can obtain, upon application to the SECRETARY, Badges (limited to. Two) for the Free Admission to the Member's Enclosure of Wires, Lady relatives and Friends. Names must be stated when applying.

On no prstart will Children be permitted in their Enclosure during the Morting.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE ·

The Price of Admission to the Public Enclosure is $1.00 for all Fermons including Ladies, and is payable st the Gate.

Soldiers and Sailors in Uniform sre admitted Half Price.

Bookmakura, Tie Tac Mes, etc. will not be permitted to operate with the Precincts of the Hoss Kora JOCKEY CLUB dering the Race Meeting. By Order,

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ON AND AFTER MARCH 31, 1930

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The 68th Annual Issue

UP THE

stated:-

Pressure is high from Korea to the North of Japan and low over Western China. Moderate mon- soon along the S.E, Coast of Chins and over the N. China Sea. Coastal fog.

Local Forecast winds moderate; generally cloudy.

DEATH.

O'How The Robert Dollar Co. regrets to announce the death of Mr. K. L. O'Kör, their Com- pradore. The Funeral will be held on Friday afternoon, April 4, at which time, the Company's Office will be closed. [$250

Editorial and Business Offices: 11, Ice House Street. Tel. Central 12. Night Editor Wanchai Office):

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The Daily Press.

HONG KONG, APRIL 4, 1990,

and without grudge, and, what is material assistance without stint Company's Office will be closed.

ly exasperated recently, we tender more, Hong Kong-as Mr. E. R.

apologies. By an unlucky mis HALLIFAX, the Colonial Secretary,

Americans smoked 119,038,811,560 chance, a wrong set of clues was so happily phrases it, accounted sigarettes, last year, 13,000,000,000 it was very soon evident that no

attached itself proud to have been able to more than in 1999. This was more thing would come right. The to a puzzle and, of course, afford some assistance to the people

matter has been now satisfactorily adjusted--we hope-and readers so tions without being provoked to use: inclined max resume their media- unnecessarily cross words as a re sult of a compositor's carelessness."""

Pianist's "Nerves."

The

came

Journey's End."

Attempts have been made, especi ally by German Nationalists, to create ill-feeling against the Eng lish by spreading reports that 15,00 illegitimate children of fathers who ware with the British Forces of

of Japan in the hour of their great than 1,000 for every man, woman need. Such assistants was timely and child in the country. and, without doubt, must have spread of smoking among women is operated indirectly as a not Hair largely accountable for the increase, portant contributory factor in the rebuilding of one of the world's official declare. · great expital cities, But in the final analysis, it was sheer grit and hard work that gave back to the to the talking screen, it served,

When In Old Arizona" people of Japan a new and better aside from being credited a master next Friday, one of the most suc At the Star Theatre, Kowloor, Tokyo, healed of the hurts and ly contribution to sound, a means cessful of modern plays will be pre- bruises inflicted by the earthquake of bringing to the world a hitherto sented by Mr. R. B. Salisbury's. and holocaust of that fateful unknown screen player, Salidad Company. Journey's End" is September day in 1923. And so, Jiminez. She is of Castilian birth, powerful drama dealing with the after nearly six and a half years and had been a stage player in her war, and has out with tremendous. of resolate labour and the expendi-native country. The first showing muccess all over the world. Mr.. ture of a stupendous sum of money of the picture was followed by re- Wingrove, the advance representa a new capital rises from the ashes peated inquiries for information tive of the Salisbury Company, in of the old. The spectacle arouses about her. It was Raoul Walsh forms us that crowded houses have. an instinctive impulse to salute whe lifted her from obscurity. His ren the play in India and the with respect and admiration the faith in her ability is proved by bis Straits Settlements, and no doubt race which once again has proved insistence that she appear in the it will be equally popular in this the inexorable law regarding the Fox Movietone picture," The Cock Colony. Booking opens at Moutries. survival of the fittest in the coemic Eyed World," which is promised and at the Star Theatre to-day, and acheme of things. The people of for next Japan have fully merited the con- Theatre.

week by the Queen's the play will be presented for about gratulations of the civilised world mond Lowe, and Lily Damits are reproduce an article by Mr. R. C Victoria McLaglen, Ed-five nights. One page I to-day we cat alone upon the fine courage di- also featured in this Stallings-An Sherri in which he explains why played in the face of a calamity derson story.

he wrote the play. of unparalleled magnitude, but also upon the successful completion of the gigantic task of rebuilding one

Rhine Soldiers. of the great cities of the world.

Sir Thomas Beecham's habit of Within the narrow limit of half conducting from the memory led to a century Japan has contrived to an extraordinary incident at the align herself in the very forefront Royal Philharmonie concert at the of the Great Powers. She has be Queen's Hall, London, last month. come a factor to be reckoned with Alfred Cortot, who seemed in In a recent issue, we reproduced the in all the political and economic doubt as to a Debussy prelude, np Occupation, had been left unprovid- correspondence exchanged between councils of the world. But what peared so nervous at Sir Thomased for in Germany. The German the Government of Hong Kong and availed her after the tragedy of major concerto that he suddenly ascertained that in Cologne, where would her army and navy have nasurance during the Beethoven Gauthorities took the matter, up and the Consul-General of Japan re- 1923 if her people bad not had that stopped playing at the piano. There strict records are kept, there are lative to the celebration last month vital quality in them to survive was a whispered conversation with not as many or a thousand such of the rebuilding of Tokyo, follow- Is it not by dint of exercising this with the orchestra, and Cortot began soldier fathers. All unmarried mo their disability, great as it was the conductor, a whispered colloquy children left behind by British ing the terrible earthquake and fire vital force that nations have always playing again. The orchestra pick thers of these children who are in of 1923. To the average man or risen to greatness? And is not the ed up the cue with admirable pre need are being taken care of, how.. woman, deeply engrossed in the spectacle of a reconstructed Tokyo sence of mind. It was a tour de lever, by the German Public Wel. routine of business life, this corres Government and people of China, much happier in the D minor Dvorak associations and by the British Con- a powerful object-lesson to the force. Sir Thomas Beecham was fare Society, by British relief pondence" may not have suggested whereby they may be encouraged to Symphony, which he conducted, insulate. How many children have anything out of the ordinary run develop that racial pride and one vivacious and eloquent style. The been abandoned by the departed of events that daily find expression the abolition of extra-territoriality, tiastic..

ness of purpose without which even audience was both large and enthu military forces in other German towns has not yet been ascertained. in the columns of a newspaper, but so ardently desired and clamoured beyond and beneath the courteous True friends and well-wishers of

The German authorities announce for, would prove utterly worthless S

further that a considerable propor..... formalities of strictly official cor the Chinese people, with whose;

tion of the German women who The King's racing cutter. Britan married men of the British. Army. respondence between the accredited future the progress and prosperity aia is to be put into commission have preferred to remain in Ger- there is a deeper significance, the and incessant civil strife that is in continues to improve, he will take accompanied their English hus of Hong Kong are indissolubly link again this year. This means that many as they feared to start house- representatives of two Governments ed, seeing the chaos and confusion of the state of the King's health keeping in England, Same who implications of which will readily: China to-day, are moved to say to his usual yachting holiday during bands home are happy there: those suggest themselves to those who'

those in authority: Behold the "the week at Coves at the be- whose husbands are unable to sup spectacle of the New Japan-ge has been lying up at Cowes, will The English Relief Association and ginning of August. Britannia, which port them have returned to Cologne stop to look beneath the surface of thou and do likewise! Then only things.

can you be truly great, and equal sail in the trinis with Sir Thomas the British Consul are doing their to those nations of the earth with Lipton's yacht, Shamrock, with utmost also for these wives who are whom you are now claiming com- which Sir Thomas will attempt later now, British subjects. plete equality."

THE WILL TO DO.

News and Views.

The King's Yacht.

to regain the American Cup for

Great Britain. It is not yet decid-

ed at what date the trials will be Lloyd George's Anniversary.. made, and there is no likelihood at

David Lloyd George, Father of present of the King being on board the House of Commons, will be during them.

Captain Turner, of to-day the recipient of hundreds of Britauriia, travelled to London from verbal and written congratulations nurlience with the King. Sir Philip sary of his first sitting in Par Cowes last month, and had a long on reaching the fortieth anniver Hunloke, the King's sailing runster, liament. The Welsh Wizard also talked with the King.

Tennis Elbow.

A discussion of

To all outward appearance, there was nothing in this correspondence to not beyond the fact that in- timation was given to the Govern- ment of this Colony, that the Em- pire of Japan was officially eele- -brating the reconstruction of its Three cases of typhoid and one of capital city, coupled with an ex-small-pox, all Chinese, were report- pression of thanks for the sympathy

ed on Wednesday. and help afforded by the Govern

was first elected, to the House of The forthcoming wedding is an-

Commons when he won the seat for ment and people of Hong Kong to nounced of Mr. Edgar Pope Lee,

Carnarvon in April 1880, and he I of 47, Golden Hope Estate, Ran- the people of the then stricken goon, to Miss Violet Victoria has been enivening one of the Liberal Party ever since. His tennis elbow has retained this seat for the Empire, and a suitable acknowledg-Wilkinson, residing at 25, Praya medical journals, and, as usual, the strategy and great courage through. ment by the Colony of the thanks East, Hong Kong,

experts disagree about whatten out these forty years have made thus tendered. That was all, but

nis elbow really is, and, onge. him successful as Chancellor of the In a report made to the Police, quently, about what its in this formal exterior of it is stated that Mr. Richard Bar-

Exchequer, Minister of Munitions, treatment should be. The disagree. Secretary for War, und Premier. polite phrases there lies an inner nett, wireless operator aboard thement appears to depend upon the Following the death of "Tay Pay!" significance. Who that remembers the ship since Monday. The vessel which the writers belong.

8.5, Seistan, has been missing from particular branch of medicine to Lloyd George, with nearly forty O'Connor in November last year, the intaclysm of 1923 can fail to sailed for Amoy on Wednesday and matter of fact there are admire and laud the indomitable the missing man had not then re- painful conditions of the elbow to the Father of the House of Com-.

years of uninterrupted Parliamen *several tary service to his credit, became CHINA, JAPAN, COREA, INDO- spirit of a race of men who, dazed turned.

which tennis players are able, CHINA, STAM, STRAITS and crushed for a time by the

Four United States destroyers, all the same label. One significant attend the celebrations at the though the leyman applies to them mons. Thousands of enthusiastic members of his constituency will SETTLEMENTS, MALAY suddenness and immensity of their the Parrott, Edsell, Simpson and point emerges from this discussion Carnarvon Eisteddfod Pavilion to... STATES, NETHERLANDS loss, with its profound derangement MacLeish, the depot ship Black which might well be taken to heart day, when a memento will be pre- INDIA, BORNEO, THE of economic affairs affecting the arrived hero. yesterday on a brief the treatment

Hawk and the gunboat Mindanao by all teanis players. Whether sented to the wartime. Premier. PHILIPPINES, Etc.

lives of millions of people, yet set visit to

recommended be who some think-will eventually the Colony. The usual manipulation, surgical or medical, return to 10, Downing Street, their jaws in grim resolve, rolled salutes were exchanged, that from the ultimate cure is reat and heat, despite his sixty-seven years,

the visitors being fired by the Black and these two combined constitute their sleeves, and went to Hawk.

thecure" in the great majority work to restore the devastated areas

of cases. But once muscles or cap of the Empire?

Directory and Chronicle

OF

HONG KONG,

THE TREATY PORTS OF

This Large Volume of approximate. 13 5,000 Pages gives, in addition to the Usual Lists of Firms, an Alphabetical List of Residents in the Far East containing the Wames of Ready

20,000 FOREIGNERS.

Arranged, with the initials as well as Surnames in strict alphabe tical order.

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The appalling

proper

As

to

General Chang Ching, a promin-sules of joints have been injured it, Looking Back 25 Years, magnitude of the swift disaster may, Tuesday to Canton from Wuchow, again be equal to the severe con- SIE-Your correspondent **** ent Fukien general, returned on is doubtful whether they will ever "MORE KOWLOON REQUIREMENTS.- he imagined from these few figures where he had conversed with Gen ditions which caused their disable Would-be Kowloonite" seems -60,000 killed in Tokyo Prefecture crals Chen Tsai Tong and Chu ment. and 30,000 in the neighbouring matters. He

Shao Liang on important military

think that a club is badly wanted province of Kanagawa; 300,000 Wednesday for Swatow to inspect

left Canton on Golf From an Aeroplane,

in the Peninsula. To my mind, in addition to a club. we should have houses destroyed by fire in Tokya his troops, who are quartered in Captain C. A. R. Pennington, garden, like those of the Happy a sort of decent "tenhouse with and 82,000 in Yokohama, with an

eastern Kwangtung. CLASSIFIED LIST other. 175,000 thrown down in com-

commandant of the National Flying Valley, Hong Kong, where one can..

• easter

Services, aerodrome at Reading, enjoy after a hearty stroll some A considerable number of Ang-flying a Moth aeroplane; beat A. creature comforts and a little rest. plete or partial ruin, and 138,000 lican Archbishops and Bishops from Young, the Sonning golf professional, It is silly and inconvenient, not to IMPORT AND EXPORT more damaged by earthquake shocks. who are going to London for the Sonning course last month. The Victoria everytime when we feel in- the Dominions and from America, in a curious 18-hole match on the say expensive, to go over to MERCHANTS,

It was, and still is, impossible so Lambeth Conference next June, match was for £25 a side, and the clined to take a little outdoor exer- MANUFACTURERS

curately to estimate the material Club. this year. Its central posi- nington should take up with him 50 the provisions basket and camp have joined the Church Imperial conditions were that Captain Pen eise, and do not care to carry along. damage done. Priceless works of tion-at 75, Victoria Street, S.W.1, golf bails, ench ball wrapped in chairs with us. Such a convenience art, books, documents, and curios will be of great benefit to overseas white cloth to ensure that it should as I above suggested will prove, no were lost in the fire to the value Laymen, as well as Bishops and struck the ground, that he could fy loon residents, but also to the Hong visitors during their stay. Church not bouce off the green once it had doubt, a boon not only to the Kow.. of millions of yen, but excluding Clergy, are eligible as members. na high or na low as he wished, and Kongites, whose business or plea these, it has been officially estimated

that it should be counted as a A vernacular paper in Tientsin hole-out" if a ball pitched anythis side of the harbour. It is to sure may demand their presence on that the material damage to public says that as soon as actual war where on the green. The airman he hoped that some enterprising. LARGE EDITION (WITH

and private property amounted to fare begins, General Ten will go went over the course before Young people will turn my hint to ae- MAPS & TREATIES)... $12500 millions sterling

to Peping to direct his troops, and started his round, and he completed count.Yours, etc., Mrs. T. P. a Military Government, consisting his round in a little under 40 SAUNDERS."Hong Kong Daily SMALL EDITION

Although, like Italy, the island of seven departments, will be or minutes, having found most of the Press, April 4, 1903- $8 Empire of Japan has been fated ganized there. If General Chiang greens with his first shot. His total

by inconstant, Nature to be period HONGKONG. DAILY PRESS, Ltd. ally afflicted with cosmic up remove the Central Government Young was out in 45 and home in Norice.I have this day catal

for the course was 20" strokes." Looking Back 50 oaza heavals, which shake the country to back to Peping, followed by a 11, Ice House Street, its very foundations, she is in some change of the name of the two of the balls dropped on the carriage commission agent.HARRY WICK

33-nine strokes under bogey. One lished myself as a merchant and. measure compensated by the fact places - Peking for Peping and of a London express train and shots."-Hong Kong Daily Prem, Hong Kong.

that she has within her domain a Nanping for Nanking.

April. 5, 1880,

AND

AGENCIES

IN THE

FAR EAST.

resigna and retires they expect to

off into a hedge,