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ATHLETICS.

THE BATTLE FOR WORLD SUPREMACY.

GERMAN AND AMERICAN...

FEATS.

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Ever since the modern Olympie Games began in 1500 America has remained cock of the international athletic walk. In 1920, however, American supremacy was sternly challenged by Finland, and the Scandinavian country has since. established complete ascendancy over the rest of the world at the middle distances on the track, and is among the foremost nations in heavy-weight field events But to day it is Germany. not Finland, who threatens America's pride of

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THE FIFTH EXTRA RACE Weather

Permitting) HAPPY VALLEY on SATURDAY, 17TR MAY, 1930, Commencing at 2.80 P.30.

The First Bell will be Rung storm. MEMBERS ENCLOSURE Members are notified that they and their Ladies must wear their Badges prominently displayed.

No one without a Badre will be admitted to the Members' Enclosure.

Badges admitting Non-members to the Members' Enclosure and Chat Rooma at $5.00 for Gentlemen and $2.00 for Ladica, are obtaitabla through the SECRETARY upon introduc- tion by a Member, such Member to be responsible for payment of all Chits, &c. Hadges almilling to Membera Enclosure will not be on sale at the Race Course.

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last Olympind at Amsterdam it 1928, although not as well as the record-breaking performances of some of her athletic had led us to expect, America was still supreme.

Germany's Position.

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EASTERN NEWS IN BRIEF.

PARS FROM EVERYWHERE.

A Nanking telegram to the Chi- nese press says that the various Powers have intimated their inten- tion to do their utmost to elect a Chinese to the Council of the League of Nations.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST INDIAN.

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CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

"IN SHANGHAI?

PAMPHLETS SEIZED.

In H.M. Police. Court, Shanghai. last week, before the acting-Regis trar, Mr. C. G. O. Anderson, Jagat Found in possession of two child-Singh was charged with distribut- ren on board the str. Tsinan, bounding seditious literature.

Mr. R. S. W. Winter bröstente: for Amoy, a woman was arrested by tietectives of the Anti-Kidnapping on behalf of the polier. The necus- Society and handed over to the ed was not représented by counsel. Greater Shanghai Bureau of Public! F. Wool, police sergeant attached Safety. She will be charged with to Hongkew Station, said that at child trafficking:

12,13 ani. on May 7 he saw three' Indians on Woosung, Road placing pamphlets in the shutters of houses. He watched them some time, and then followed them with the iden of getting assistance to arrest them all. He was observed, however, "by the three and they ran away. He caught the accused and arrested him. The following is A copy of the pamphlet, which was in Eng-

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The Famphlet. --

Nine cheap rice sales agencies have been established in, different parts of Shanghai by the City Government of Grinter Shanghai The formal opening of these took place on May 10, Ench family will be permitted to buy no more than five shen at a time.

The first prize in "B" sweep at the Shanghai Races was

won by Mr. P. H. McKay, of Kobe, who is well known visitor to Shanghai, and who, lucky te relate, won the first in "E" sweep some years ago. He benefits to the extent of more than $100,000.

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Indians no longer the Coyal

in Shanghai and towns in its subjects of Great Britain. Indians

vicinity declare themselves that they are no longer the subjects of the British Raj. The trend of political Whilst going to Shanghai from events and the reign of terror in- Hangchow, a train caught fire at the Chang-an Station,

the augurated by the Indian Govern- Shanghai-Hangchow Railway. Itment have compelled them to adop was brought to a stop and the fire such a disloyal attitude. The-cam- was quickly extinguished. Little damage was done to the rolling paign of eivil disobedesce that is stock, but some freight was deshping carried on in India, under troyed.

the leadership of Mähätma Gandhi is to have its effects on the India.

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German statisties for 1929 prove that nation to be stronger than ever. World's records have beer, made by German athletes at 500 metres. 880 yards, 1,000, and 1,300 metres in the track. E. Hirschfeld, the German shot-putter, has a new record of 32ft. fin. awaiting con- firmation by the International Amateur Athletic Federation, and it is believed that Hoffmeister has thrown the discus over 160ft,

These records do not provide the most significant part of Germany's athletic progress. It is their gen eral standard of performance that is s amazingly high. Last year upwards of thirty German sprin- ters equalled or beat 10 4-5sec, for 100 inetres, which equals even time Sir Miles Lampson, H.M. Minis- for 100 yards, while, another score ter to China, left Shanghai for residents in Shanghai. For they were inside 10 1-5sec. The standard Tsingtao en route to Peping by decry in one voice the rule of regis at 900 and 400 metres was equally HMS. Kent on May 8, accom-tration by H.B.M. Consulate Gen- good, but there was a slight fallingpanied by Mr. Teichman Mr. eral, as the subjects of the British away at the middle distances, Sterndale Bernett, 2nd Secretary of H.M. Legation, and Mr. D. M. Clarke, Private Secretary, will follow shortly by constal steamer.

The field events, tables are alarm- Shirts and Pyjamas

ing from British point of view, made to Gentlemen's in and sixteen others “ben:"

In the long jeap the best man did 7, Duddell St.,

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23ft. The best high jump was oft Members can obtain, upon application(opposite Gospel)

31-5in.. with fifteen doing approxi to the SECRETARY, Badges (limited to

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mately Cit. Weiss, with a vault of Two for the Free Admission to the

13ft. 23-3in..' proved himself the Member's Exalosure of Wiver, Lady

only pole vaulter, except Charles relatives and Friends. Names must be

Hoff, of Norway, and numerous stated rhon applying.

Americans, who has ever heater 12ft., while 34 others did better than 11ft. Of the German shot-putters half a dozen beat soft. Gin, an equal number of javelin throwers passed the 200ft. mark, and nearly double that number of discuss throwers at 140ft.

On no pretext will Children be permitted in either Enclosure during the Race Meeting.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

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

Soldiers and Sailors in Uniform are admitted Hall Price,

Bookmakora, Tic Tac Men, etc. will not be permitted to operate with- in the Precincts of the HONG KONG' JociZY OLUR daring the Race Meeting. By Order,

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American- Achievements...

Meanwhile the American indoor athletic season has just finished, and some great times have been returned on the pine-board tracks. Karl Wildermuth started the season by equalling the record of 71-5scu. for 60 metres, and twice ran 100 metres in 10 4-5sec., while there were five men inside tmine 16sze. for 600 yards, at which distance D. G. A. Lowe bolda the outdoor record on a quarter-mile lap cinder path of imin. 10 2.38ed the jumping has been amazingly good, with Fred Sturdy pole vaulting to 18ft 7in, Warne doing but an inch less, and 13ft. accomplished upon sever. occasions. The prominent high jumper has been B. Nelson, with Gft. 4in., and nearly a score of others have topped dft.

Government and do not like to be registered any such any longer but would start the policy of civil 'dis- obedience, We earnestly hope that

Mr. R. Heywood presided at a farewell dinner on May 2 at the Chinese Government with its Runnymede Hotel, Penang given reciprocity of good will, towards the in honour of Mr. and Mrs. William Indians will extend its help and Jack, who are going home on retire-sympathy at this moment. S. Kar- ment. Mr. Jack has been the re- cipient of many gifts, the cere

tar Singh Raj. Paltao." monies taking place in the Sungei His Worship reimanded the case Patani Club (twice). on Lubok Segintah Estate, Kuala Ketil, and until May 14 and ordered the accus- elsewhere. A largely attended Liffinéd to be kept in custody. He also was held on the same day at the made an order for the arrest of the same hotel in honcur of Kedah's

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RUSSIA'S HIGHWAYS.

HUGE DEVELOPMENT

FORESHADOWED.

[UNITED PRESS.]

Five billion Publes will be spent to construct, 719,000 miles of new roads suitable for automobile trafic between now and the end of 1033, according to revised plans-just

ade public.

Already in the current business year over one billion rubles will be spent, compared with only 420,000,000 rubles last year.

With automobile factories going The first outdoor American meet

up-ope of them with the collabora of 1930 was that in which Stanford tion of Henry Ford-the Soviet University beat Los Angeles A.C. by

Union must grapple with the road Where 601 points to 613 pionta. Los question in deadly earnest.

less than 20,000 Angeles led to the last event, which there are now Krenz, of the University, won with automobiles, there will be nearly a mighty discus throw of 160ft. half a billion by the end of the in, which beat the world's record."-year industrial period, that is by Even time was returned in the 100 October 1, 1933. The roads must be yards and furlong races, but Smith, prepared to receive this inercabc. of Stanford, who took the low The Soviet Union cannot afford hurdles in 24aee. and the high hurdles in 163-10sec., is evidently not in the same class as our own Cambridge Blue, R. M. N. Tisdall. 880 precipitate that it must build In the high jump oft was just the two simultaneously.

and again the

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to let time answer the old riddle

as to which comes first, automobiles

or highways. Its tempo of growth

The head of the sugar trust, re- presentatives of the collective farm movement and others told in detail how their commercial development is hampered by the lack of highway communications. It appeared that last year Soviet economy could trace a loss of two billion rubles

beaten,

A special conference on the road- proved himself no better than Colin building problem was held recent- Gordon, the Oxford president; norly by the State Planning Commis- were the long jumpers very much aion (Gosplan) in which not only superior to the Cambridge pair, R. engineers but representatives of W. Revans and W. T. Sartain.

various national industries... took part. Back Up, Britain ! " - There, all terms of comparison cease, for although R. L. Howland, Achilles, recently made a new British native shot-putting record of 44ft 11in., the fact remains that in the Stanford-Los Angeles match three Americans beat ölft., while to the absence of serviceable roads. De Mers threw the Javelin 211ft. An Autoroud Institute was recent- 3in., and two others did better than ly opened in Leningrad. Similat 103ft. Krenz made the discus throw organizations are being formed in already mentioned, and two others other national centres, with the beat 142ft., as against Dr. Pridie's purpose of studying the problem, British best of 10ft less and in recommending legislation and utiliz the pole vault Fred Sturdy and ing the experiences of other nations. Glen Graham tied at 10ft

against Above all the Soviet landere Jon Our British Der of a foot less.

the United States for technical There will have to be much im-guidance. Important officials of the provement in British athletics with Commissariat of Ways and Com

in the next two years if we are munications-L.P. Serchriakoff, for going to have even a look-in with insitrice-who visited America to the American and German, repre-investigate the question-hud-fes Bentatives at the Los Angeles ported upon the marvel of the Olympind in 1832,

American highways,

The International Statistics In- stitute at the Hague states that the population of the world exceeds 2,000,000,000. This represents an in- crease by 400,000,000 in twenty years. Asia has a population of $50,000,000, Europe 500,000,000. 000, and Australia 7,000,000. America 230,000,000, Africa 130,000,-

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