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THE FIRST EXTRA RACE MEETING will be held (Weather Permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on SATURDAY, 4TH MARCH, 1933, commending at 2.00 p.m.
The First Bell will be Rung at 1.80 p.m.
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MEMBERS ENCLOSURE,' Members are notified that they and their Ladies must wear their Badges. prominently displayed.
No One without a Badge will be admitted to the Members' Enclosure.
Badges admitting Non-Members to the Members' uolosure and Club Rooms at $5.00, for Gentlemen and $3.00 for Ladies (Both including Tax) arg obtainable through the SECRETARY upon introduction by a Member, euch Member to be responsible for payment of all Chits, etc.
The Secretary's Office, 3rd Floor, Gloucester Building. (Tel. 27794), will close at 15-30 p.m.
Badges admitting to Members' Enclosure will NOT be on sale at the Race Course.
On no pretext will Children be permitted in either Enclosure during the Moeting.
Tins are obtainable at the Club House provided they are ordered from the No. 1 Boy in advance. Telephone 91020.
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.
The Price of Admission to the Public Enclosure is $2.00 including Tax, for all Persors, including Ladies, and is payable at the Gate.
Soldiers and Sailors in uniform are admitted Half Price.
Bookmakers, Tic Tac Men,
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HONG KONG, MARCH 4, 1933.
THE ANNUAL RACE
MEETING
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ADMIRAL DREYER
DUE ON MARCH 95
ARRIVING IN S.S. RAJPUTANA · Vice Admiral Sir F. C. Dreyer, K.C.B., C.B.E., who is to relieve Admiral Sir Howard Kelly as Commander-in-Chief of the China Station, is due here on March 9 in the 8.5. Rajputana. The following Naval offers are also arriving:-
Captain G. P. Thompson, O.B.E. (Kont. Commodore 2nd Class),
Captain A. U. Willis, D.S.O.
Kent, in command and as Flag
Captain).
* News and Views *
In Double Harze95.
Clerk at Willesden-Was he wear ing it when arrested.
Witness--No, sir. It was a hors and cart.
Clerk-Oh, I thought it was watch and chain.
Under 1388. Charter.
dues
d that the present controversy is, therefore, a political matter of the first importance,"
SUMMARY OF NEWS
Local
A resume of sport will be found.
Page 10. on
Professor W. L. Gerrard lectured
Very amusing are the comments Jesterday to the Medical Society on of the foreign publicists on the game Sir Patrick Manson, special refer of cricket itself. To Mr. Scheffer,ence being made to the great mala who initiates his readers into the riologists work in Hong Kong.
Page 3. mysteries of Bein-Thoorie (leg
We regret to announce the death theory) and "shooting at the heart, cricket has always been yesterday of Mrs. A. Wallace, agod Complaint against the charged by the burgh of Stirling defenders (batsmen), who ward off Colony
The 80, one of the oldest residents of the a game of many accidents."
Page 8. "Morning Dew's" selection, and Condr. D. N. C. Tufnall, D.S.O. under an ancient charter on goods the ball with a kind of kitchen (Staff Officer (Intelligence) afloat).
coming into or leaving the town
broom with a short handle, are a notes on today's race meeting ap.
pear on
Page 1. Lt.-Comdr. F. B. Tours (Flag was made by Mr.. Turnbull, Faeady sufficiently well-armoured.""
H.E, the Governor and Lady Peel Lieutenant), Pay. Comdir, H. M. kirk, at the annual mecting of the
were among those present at the Horno (Secretary), Pay.-Lieut. Scottish Commercial Motor User's
cabaret-dinner dance given Jast Mannin, FR, Pay Lieut. M. A. Association held in Glasgow. Mr. Naval Mascots,..
J. W. London, the secretary, stat-
night by the Society of Yorkshire- MoMullen, all of H.M.S. Kent.
Captain B. Davies. V.C.,ed that the burgh of Stirling claim-
men in Hong Kong, Mr. J. Scott
D.S.O., A.F.C. (Cornwall).
ed the right to levy these customs
Harston, President, was in the
Page Major C. T Brown, O.B.E. under serice of Royal Charter
The S.P.O.A. annual carnival and (Kent).
commencing with that granted by
dance took place last night in the Comdr. F. C. Flynn (Sandwich), King Robert II. It was dated July 13, 1388. Mr. London added that
Peninsula Hotel.. the question was under considera tion by the council of the Associa tion.
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THE 'A.D.C. "NINE TILL SIX,” MAKING FINE PROGRESS
Mr. J. E. Thomas' Talk.. Preparations for the Hong Kong
Mr. J. H. Thomas's friendly lit Amateur Dramatic Club's productle that with the M.C.C. leaders tion "Nine 'till Six" nie proceed: had. rather ludicrous effect. It ing apace and all concerned are working hard at their respective caused Continental and American jobs. The tried players bid fair to newspapers to take the Test, match surpass any of their previous efforts ontroversy with extreme serious- ness. No number of facetious, dis- and a wealth of talont has been claimers will suffice to convince them that a meeting between a The "sets are nearing comple Cabinet Minister and the prest tion, as are the dresses, and the
dent, treasurer, and two past pre Pembroke dremaking and mil-sidents of the M.C.C. in the solamb linery establishment promises-to present & colourful and animated surroundings of Dominions Office scene at the King's Theatre on the was purely social in its implica nights of 14th, 15th and 16th inst.
Mr. Thomas's chat even provok As rehearsals progress it becomes ad Mr. Paul Scheffer, most serious more and more apparent that the and distinguished of German for A.D.C. has made an excellent choice ign correspondents, into writing in the selection of this play. The in the Berliner Tageblatt a long story is most interesting and in- and thoughtful article on "Cricket tensely human. It reveals the inner Warfare." workings of the large Regent street establishments and probes deeply. into the lives of the shop assistants and mannequins
Conditions as affecting employed and employer alike, are touched upon in a most startling manner and which lowered the recard for the the difficult problems of present-day mile and three quarters and the trade fully emphasized. The authors quarter by nearly have handled their task with great mile and seven seconds in each ease. For a skill. The uphill battle of life is China: pony, to run a mile and a set out in cold matter-of-fact.terms: quarter in 2 minutes 24 seconds is the touches of pathos are forceful no mean feat and one is led to but lightly and beautifully handled; wonder, with performances of thin while the whole is framed in a standard being recorded, whether a setting of laughter. good cross-brod China pony is not
open at the
Booking is now King's Theatre and even the one dollar seats.can be reserved.
tions.
"A Politics Matter."
Mr. Scheffer says that to the English public a Test match is the most important thing in the world.
The Maori klit which, Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey wore as a good luck talisman during the war when his ship, in New Zealand, went into action, was not the New Zea land's only mascot.
There was also "Peloras Jack," a famous bulldog, which survived until after the Armistice.
chair.
Kowloon Supplement. Hong Kong Stock Exchange Weekly summary appears on
Page 12. The new operating theatre of the Matilda Hospital has been complet ed and a reception and "open day".
Page 7. was held yesterday.
The Indian School sports took
Polorus Jack was named after the strange fish which, for several- VOLTS, used to follow steamers. through Pelorus Sound, between the North and South Islands of New Zealand. Although the Navy
the IRC. claimed him as a shark, the fish
ground.
Page 10., was, I think, a species of dolphia.place yesterday on
Capt. Oscar Soovik, master of the Assaulting the Tsar.
Pelorus Jack, the bulldog, was ak
8.5. Yuen On, was fined $950 at the sucessful a mascot in the opinion Marine Court yesterday, for offences of the crew as Admiral Halsey's against the Harbour Clearance re-
gulations. Maori kilt.
Defendant explained The bulldog's greatest exploit that a number of Chinese soldiers however, was perpetrated when Ad-bearded his ship at Cantor, and be dron was at Kronstadt. When the an excess number of passengers. miral Beatty's battle cruiser, sque was acquitted on account of having. Tear came to visit the squadron, Pelorus Jack made & sudden as. sault on the Imperial trousers. Fortunately, his spring was broken by a watchful midshipman, and a major catastrophe was averted.
Bulldogs have always been fa- vourite naval mascots. The fashion was set by the late Lord, Charles Beresford, who used to breed them. and then present them to battle ships.
Local and General
port
Cases of notifiable disease report- ed on Thursday were: Small-pox, 12; enteric, 1; meningitia 1.
The next meeting on Tuesday of the Rotary Club will be a closed meeting for the discussion of Club
really a better racing animal than the Australian ponies introduced here. For the moment the Aus tralians Bre admittedly much A SPORTS MEET IN affairs.
faster, but the day may yet come when the China-pony" will out- do even animals like Liberty Bay,
*HONAN
and then the question will be whe Modern China Graphical- ther they might be pitted against the Australians. It may seem far: ly Portrayed fetched to envisage the day when
the average ruri of the China ponics can touch the standard set by Liberty Bay, but were not raegoera dumbfounded by the aplendid performances of Sitting Bull when that pony was at his prime, and are not those perform unces completely overshadowed to day?
The Bishop of Victoria is taking alentern course at St. Andrew's
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Church, Kowloon, on Sunday even ings of March 5th, 12th, and 19th.
Quarantine restrictions have been OLD” CHINA LOOKS ON!imposed by the Government of
Indo-Chinn against arrivals from (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hong Kong on account of small-pox.
KAIVENG
We
The wedding will shortly take place between Mr Kwok Wing Chaun, dental surgeon, of 9. Bal- fran Road, and Miss Gertrude Lo, 20 Conduit Road.
Shareholders of the Bank of Enat Asia, Ltd., are reminded that the annual meeting of the Bank will take place at No. 10, Des Voeux Road Central at 2.30 p.m. to-day.
Page 7. Far East. "A message from Lingyuant states that Japanese troops occupied Peng:
chuan on Friday morning Pago 9..
Chinese casualties during the fighting in Jehol during Thursday are put down at some 4,500
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Page 9. Fifteen hundred houses were washed away by a tidal wave at Kamaishi, more two hundred miles north of Tokyo, following a severe earthquake on Triday morning. Casualties are reported at nearly. 2,000.
Page 9 Our Canton correspondent des cribes the efforts that the Kwang- Among activities arranged by the tung Provincial Government are Sailors' and Soldiers' Home are making to build up a clean Civil To-day: A ramble leaving the Home Service. Another Magistrate has at 9 p.m. Sunday: Christian Social been, sentenced for malpractices. Jag Pago 9. Hour, 8.15 p.m. Monday: Badmin- ton Club meet. Tuesday: Fellow-Our correspondent also remarks ship meeting, 8 p.m. Wednesday: on the land boom in Honam, which A concert at which leading local has followed the opening of the
Page 0. artistes will appear: Thursday: Pearl River Bridge.
General, Badminton Club. Saturday (March
The House of Representatives has 11): Ramble.
approved the Naval Appropriation
We regret to announce the death, i at her residence, No. 2 Peak Road, yesterday, of Mrs. A. Wallace, at the great age of 89. Mrs. Wallace, who was the widow of a Customs Service Officer, was the mother of Miss Annie Wallace. One of the oldest residents of the Colony, she was of a very retiring disposition, but greatly loved by her own circle of friends. The funeral took place yesterday at Happy Valley.
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The s.8. Tai Shan went aground at the south-east of Green Island on Thursday night as she was Borneo. The vessel cleared at leaving the harbour for Samarinda, seven o'clock, and half an hour later owing to for and mist,' she It is sanounced that the interstruck a submerged rock school sports will be held on May Green Island, One of the bow 3 and 5, the henta being contented plates was damaged, and she was on the first day and the finals on later towed to Taikoo Dock, for re- May 5. The entrance fee will be pair. 83 for each school.
·Bary
neal
As a result of an altercation be- A Chinese, aged about 20, was tween two Chinese ht 130, Bonham killed instantaneously by Hong Strand East on Monday last, one Kong Hotel bus, No. 605, in Queen's of them received a severe injury to Road, Central, at the mouth of his throat alleged to have been in- Wing Kat Street at 9 o'clock last flicted with a razor by his adver- The assailant was subse- quently arrested, and yesterday was night.
brought before Mr. Wynne-Jones at Central Magistracy on a charge of cutting and wounding. As the vic tim is still in a serious condition, a formal femand of one week was granted,
St. John Ambulance Brigade New Benevolent Territory Medical Branch, is being held to-night in the grill room of the Hong Kong
Pago 9. Mr. Neville Chamberlain in the House of Commons, on Thursday, said that it was impossible to isolate Sterling prices completely from the effect of the fall in world prices.
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Bill as amended by the Senate.
An attack on Decoracy was made by Herr Adolf Hitler, in the course of a speech he made to a large audience at the Sports Palaco
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in Berlin.
Evidence of the seriousness of the cuteness of the Bank crixis in America is contained in the weekly Etatement of the Federal Reserve Bonnet.
Page 9. President-Elect Roosevelt when he arrived at Washington on Friday, was heavily guarded; even Press- inen 'were held several hundred feet
Fage 9. from his train
From the files.
LOOKING BACK 75 YEARS We consider it right to inform
A few days ago some of us went LITTLE did the pioneers of Hong
to see the games and competitions Kong think, when they held their carly race meetings in the Colony,
at the Public Recreation and Sports that the time would come when the
Ground in the city here. This ground, which coat the city over sport would be in the position it
After three years experiment in $200,000 to lay out, is on the site. enjoys to-day. During Ru Week, | business was practically at a stand Hong Kong, the Australian ponies of the beautiful old Manchu city still and all newspapers in the have proved their worth and na demolished by eager, young, and Colony, in response to the heavy doubt will continue to grow in enthusiastic Republicans in 1927. demand by the public, devoted popularity this year. The fact that The old Dragon Palace looks rather many columns to the activities of the Champions has been won this lonely now, but very picturesque THE FORTY-SIXTH ORDINARY the ponies at Happy Valley. The year by a new, pony, and that in with the lake round it. Truly we ANNUAL MEETING OF Chinese dailies found it equally three years it has been won by are in modern China now!
is the realised this as we sat in our rick SHAREHOLDERS will be held at necessary, to keep level with the three different ponice the Office of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson times and to provide their readere strongest argument against those shas going to the sports ground, our &Co., Ltd, on Thursing, the 3th with all the news they could gather who would still insist that the form coolies toiling on down the dusty March, 1933, AT NOON, for the about the meeting. Originally in of the Australian ponies is so road. The public buses (especially purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statement of handful of people were the support astonishingly consistent that there run for the occasion) toot-tooted
ers of local racing; now there are is very little sport to be found in by, as well as an occasional private Accounts for the year ended 31st thousands, and the Annual Race racing confined to this class.
Boy scouts, soldiers, If Chinese car, December, 1832.
Meeting in Hong Kong has become, this was the view a couple of years students, walking or riding on The Transfer Books of the Company for the Chinese, as the foreigners, ago of many Chinese supporters of bicycles, mingled with the crowds will be CLOSED from Wednesday, the leading social and sporting the turf, it is certainly not the view around us. There was the incessant squeak squeak" of the old the lat March, 1933, to Thursday, the
to-day and they have come to event of the year.- 9th March, 1933, both days inclusive.
The most interesting, and in one realise that jockeyship and judg. fashioned barrows, and rumble sense the most gratifying, development, as well as quality and fitness of the clumsy carts and drays drawn ment in recent years has been the are as big factors in events for by oxen or cows or mauled or ponies interest and support given १० Australian ponies as they are for or donkeys (or some of each) is twos Charity Ball in aid of the
and threes the three, by the way, racing by the Chinese community. China ponies. -Hongkong, 21st February, 1833. [475 The first Chiness owner, Mr. Ho It seems fitting that a lady owner being invariably in a row and of
qaito mixed varieties. KOM TONG, in a few brief yours should win the Derby this year and Tennis, Volley Ball and Wrestling, racing won a number of the prin Mrs. PEARCE, is now even with her Arrived at the sports ground we Hotel. cipal classics which have long husband having each won the Derby evaded many big owners. Mr. once, Mr. PEARCE with King's games of tennis, volley ball, and CHAN TIX SON, another of the fore Service in 1031 and Mrs. Pencerestling matches going on as we sat According to a police report, TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN most of Chiness owners scored many with Trentbridge this year. The in the grandstand in the broiling collision between two launches 3.14, and the indicated horse-power NOTICE IS ERRETH ORDIN thumpha with Apollo and Wood latter's candidate is of exceptional fun. It was a great occasion, this carred near the Kowloon Godowns about 18,000; the mean speed of "ARY YEARLY MEETING of the land Stag, and no doubt their class, and it was unfortunate that annual "meet" of the North Chine on Thursday; The launches con- the vessel being 12 knots.Hon Criminal Sessions on the 1st-prox.
Sports Association, to which all cerned were the Kwong Shan and HONG KONG TELEPHONE CO.,uccess inspired others to follow he should have come across such a
smasher as Liberty, Bay in the leading schools and colleges in the Kwong Lee, and fortunately hothony Daily Press, March 4th,
Provinces of Hupeh, Honan, Shan- LTD., will be held on Wednesday, in their footsteps. So, popular has
Looking Back 25 Years, nese that they now occupy a very PEACE might have won the Trial
A Japanese official statement, BOARD ROOM of the Company, prominent place in local racing and Plate, the Derby and the Chan wore girl competitors in "shorts" Second Floor, Exchange Building, in every race run at the recent pions with her one pony. It was and in their school colours, just like Mrs. Walter Lammers, of Van which has been published in Lon Hong Kong, at 11.30 am, for the Annual Meeting, Chinese owners bad jose for their stable when King the boys competing with them couver, BC, 18 2 guest at Hongdon, says that the matter in dis- This year the place of meeting was Kong Hotel and is on her way to pute re the South Manchurian rail- purpose of receiving a Statement of were represented and the successes Salmon went wrong when he did Accounts and the Report of the were equally divided, except in the and was unable to start in the fixed for Kaifeng, a great honour, Ceylon. She has been visiting her ways is not connected with the ques- Board of Directors, fur the fluancialise of the Champions, which ap- Valloys, but it was some bonsola and for the three to four days of son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and tion of the "open door. Japan Year ended 81st December, 1933, and pear to have become in local racing, tion that the pay recovered suf- sport a public holiday was declared Mrs John Murphy, of Shanghai... reelecting two Directors and the a heritage of the DUNBAR stable! ficiently during the meeting to take and business was largely suspended.
Crowds and "crowds of people Miss Yvonna Shenton, daughter The standard of racing, thanks to part in several events and to win (many of them visitors from pro of the Hon. Sir William Shenton, "THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the the keenness of owners, hae im- one of them!
The social side of the Annual vinces mentioned above) flocked to has made a report to the Police Company will be CLOSED from the proved considerably in recent years. 16th March to the 22nd March, 1983, The fact that the sxisting records Race Meeting is in many ways as the Recreation Grounds Stadium. that she lost a silver brooch valued are being constantly lowered is a interesting sa the sporting aspect. The entrance foe charged was 200 845 somewhere near the Hong both days inclusive.
Kong Club on February 28 last tributo not only to the quality of. Perhaps nowhere in the world is the horseflesh that is raced here but there more picturesque race
The annual dinner and dance of also to the patience and persever course. If the scenery of say, mingling with European styles, ange of the trainers. The racing of Goodwood, in anere beautiful, the create a unique variety of interest the Portuguese Company of the Manchuria railways, but it remains result was very satisfactory; the Cross-bred ponies in Hong Kong Ims crowd is less interesting. Race and a perfect kaleidescope of colour. Hong Kong Volunteer Defence for the contractors to prove to engines worked well at full speed, proved an enormous success and going frocks from Paris may be When Kipling wrote his lines-too Corps will be held at the Club Japan that the proposed new Chin, and no sign of weakness in the re- some of the recorda established this smart, and morning costs from hackneyed to quote about East and Lusitano on Friday, March 10, at ese line will be a feeder and not paired parts was visible,
average pressure of steam in en season will probably stand for Savile Row well gut but Chinese West, he had certainly forgotten 7.30 p.m. Ladies are invited only competitor to the Japanese rail- years. Especially is this true in gale costumes for men and women, that there was such a thing as a to the dance, which commonces at way-Hong Kong Daily Preis, zines was 25 lbs mean
[Continued on Previour Column the case of Liberty Bay, a pony (Continuet at fout of next Oolumn race courge.
0.30 p.m
March 4th, 1908.
CO., LTD.
the 22nd day of March, 1988, at the thesport become among the Chi Champions. But for this, Mai, and Hopoi send teams. There were only slightly damaged..
Auditors,
1988.
Dated this 18th day of February,
By Order of the Board,
W. L. MoKENZIE, Becretary
14Des Voeux Road, Omtral, Hong Kong.
cash-about 'Odie."
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1883.
our readers that about ten of the clock on the night of the 23rd, a bailiff of the Supreme Court sud- denly appeared unannounced in the bed room of the Editor of this paper, where the latter had been confined from an attack of opthal fan for a week, and served him with A copy of an information laid by the Honourable, the Attorney Gen- eral, of libel against this paper, and notifying that he stands con mitted for Trial at the coming The obnoxious passage will be found in our issue of the 20th inst and is contained in an article In which we denounced the example set-
faced partiality to a portion of by Lord, Elgin in exhibiting bare the press. Hong Kong Daily Press, March 4th, 1858
LOOKING BACK 50 YEARS
cannot afford to allow the construc: H.M.- despatch vessel Vigilant. tion of the Chinese line, and in as taken out of harbour yesterday tends to hold China to her solemn for a two hours official full power undertaking under the treaty of trial machinery, the vessel being of 1005.NET HAS deep draught. The principal ob- Reuters Telegram Co., Ltd. is icct was to test repairs made to the informed that Sir Edward Grey engine entablature by the sta has intimated to Japan that he refactory of the Navy Yard, under fcognises the validity of the Japan, the direction of Mr. H. Williams,”“ es contention regarding the South Inspector of Machinery, H.N. The
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