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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

THE SECOND EXTRA RACE MEETING will be held (Weather Permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on SATURDAY, 18rơ MAROH, 1938, commenning at 2.00 p.m.

The First Bell will be Rung at 1,30 p.m.

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE, Members are notified that they and their Ladies must wear their Badges prominently displayed,

No One without a Badge will bo admitted to the Members' Enclosure.

Badges admitting Non-Members to the Members' Enclosure and Olub Rooms at $5.00 for Gentlemon and $3.00 For Ladies (Both including Tax) are obtainable through the SECRETARY apon introduction by a Member, such Momber to be romponsible for payment of all Chita, nte.

The Secretary's Offico, 3rd Floor, Gloucester Building (Tel. 27794), will close ut 12 o'clock Noon.

Members

Badges admitting to Eselosaro will NOT be on sale at the Hace Course.

On No Fretext will Children be permitted in either Enclosure during the Meeting.

Tiffins are obtainable at the Cinb House provided they are ordered from the No. 1 Boy in advance. Telophone 21920.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.

The Price of Admission to the Public Encloanro is $2.00 including Tax, for all Persons, including Ladies, and is payable at the Gate.

Boldiers and Sailors in uniform are admitted Half Frice.

Bookmakers, Tic Tac Men, etc., will not be permitted to operate with in the Precincts of Tum HONG KONG JOCKET CLOS during the Race Meeting.

By Order,

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary,

£575

Hong Kony, 13 h March, 1933,

THE HONG KONG ELECTRIC

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TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Forty-fourth.. Ordinary Yearly Meeting will be held at the Company's Offices, P. & 0. Building, on WEDNESDAY, 15th March, 1933 at 11 mm. for the purpoes of presenting the Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts to 31st December, 1932 and electing Directors and Auditors. “

The Register of Members of the Company will be closed from 2nd

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BRITISH EMPIRE

BROADCASTING

Secretary Of State Explains B. B. C. Policy

•

Wireless * Fans Asked To Assist.

The Colonial Secretary has received the following circular despatch of the 7th January, 1933, from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, London, on the subject of the British Broadcasting, Corporation's scheine for Empire Broadcasting..

dress you

Downing Street,

RESTRICTION OF CEYLON TEA

ALLOCATION OF EXPORT-

́ABLE QUOTA

Colombo-Mr. R. D. Morrisen, convener of the Tea Control sub Committee of the Ceylon Estate Proprietary Association, has issued a memorandum which states that the sub-Committee has under con- sideration the desirability of in- corporating in the draft Ordinance to be submitted to Members of the State Council the principles govern. ing the allocation of the Island's exportable quota, with reference to individual producers.

Definition of "drop."

TANNIC ACID FOR BURNS

Striking Results of

Treatment

vents the loss of further, hat also the absorption products. And its outi tion at St. Thomas's Hospi at any rate coincided

Newmarked drop in the mortality

"LONDON REVIVES OLD

CHINESE CURE

In a recently published paper

Mr. P. H. Mitchiner, of the con- ulting surgical Thomas's Hospital, has made a St.

staff of

for the

very convincing plea routine use of tannic acid in the

with tea

in

+

burns and scald's,

For practical purposes, the fie neid and intrcury pere can be kept in powder or form. When necessity esolution can be made, in

compress of lint or gaure the affected area after the 1 soaked, This should be applies has been washed,

The com should then be kept damp by o sional spraying and not remo for two or three weeks.

HONGKONG METEOROLOGIN

REGISTER.

Hong Kong Observatory, March Previous On Date On

Day at

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easting Corporation, has my fullest 7th January, 1933. support.

realize that in most Sir,-1 have the honour to ad-Colonies, where an advanced local out, has been given to understand

The sub-Committee, it is pointed treatment of burns and scalds,

on the subject of the irondeasting system does not yet that the draft Ordinance is likely.

In a sense, perhaps, as he re- British Broadcasting Corporation's exist, the furtherance of the service to meet with more acceptance inunds us, this can hardly be enll- scheme for Empire Broadcasting will depend upon short-wave en- form an integral part thereof and have been treated

principles governing allocation cd new," sincs burns and scalds which was initiated on the 19th of thirsiasts. I trust that you will do that provision should be made in December last.

all in your power

the Ordinance for the Tea Con-China for some 5,000 years. to present to

troller to administer the principles But in Great Britain at any rate, 2 The British Broadcasting Cor- then the facts which I have outlin-formulated poration have always pursed the ed in this despatch and to encour-

the treatment must be regarded as a comparatively new one; and its ideal of a system of Empire broad-ge them in co-operating to pro-

After the fullest possible consi- results, as carefully analysed after casting and as long ago as 1027te the success of the scheme. This deration the sub-Committee has four years' trial at St. Thomas's they initiated a series of constant they may do by sending reports of reached certain conclusions.

In Hospital, we strikingly superio reception to the British Broadcast-ternal allocation of the total ex- to those of any method previously and exhaustive experiments with a view to achieving what they felt to gestions to them, and especially, average of the crops produced in

portable quota for the Island it is employed ing Corporation, by making sug-suggested, should be based upon the be essential before they could un-

Brietly, in every severe burn or when their reception is good, by the years 1931 and 1939.

scald there ATM dertake a constant regular service, !

three dangerous stages, any of which may be fatal,

B-Blue sky" -Cloudy; Drizzle; F-Fog; L-Lightni There is the danger resulting | M-Mist; 0-Overcast P-P. from initial shock, the violent and Showers; Q-Squalls; E-Rain large number of sensitive nerve- painful stimulation of an extremely Thunder. endings. There is a period during the first twelve hours whon from the whole denuded area there is t pro-fluid. Finally there is a period profound and devitalising loss of

namely, a system of transmission letting their neighbours hear trans- “Crop " should be defined

terested

follows:-

as

facturing the tea harvested there (a) In the case of estates manu from the total factory output of made tea exclusive of:-

(1) Tea made from Bought Leaf, (2) Tea made for other ducers.

13) All Red Leaf, Fluff Sweepings.

during the twellth to the forty- and eighth hour, when acute poisoning may be set up as the result of absorption of charred and damag-

tissues

(b) In the case of estates selling

mission from England. The ser- on which a reasonable degree of revice has in some measure emerged liance might be placed. The most from the experimental stage, but it important aspect of this experimen cannot reasonably be expected to be tation was the establishment in No- perfect in its early days. The vember, 1937, of the experimental Corporation have no illusion upon shortwave transmitter at Chelms this point, and while they ask for patience from listeners they also ford, GBSW; this enterprise was solicit their co-operation in giving stiretly tentativa but by 1999 it had them the fullest possible informa- resulted in a very great deal of in local reception. For this reason tion upon the technical aspects of formation consisting of reports they have produced a questionnaire from listeners, not only those in-of which I enclose a few copies with the green leaf harvested therefrom the request that you will do what-an output of made ten equal to as experts in short-wave possible to give it a wide curren- 23 per cent of the green leaf har transmission, but also from ordincy in the territory under your ad- vestad. ary use of receivers, and it was ministration either through Reen that there was a general desire Press or otherwise as you may deem based

Allowances for young areas should for a regular service. This desire most appropriate with no intima mean yields obtained during 1981 percentage of the was greatest in Colonies. without a tion that a good Empire service and 1932, from the aggregate of regular broadcasting service or will be substantially promoted by the mature areas of that Estate. with a rudimentary one only. the co-operation of listeners. The

British Broadcasting Corporation In the case of young estates hav 3 On the basis of these reports will welcome constructive riticism ing no mature areas, the percent various schemes for providing of every kind; but it will be realiz- ages will be based on the average transmitting station and Pro-ed that criticism which is confined yields from the mature areas of grammes and a news service ware to mere details of programmes or the respective Districts or aub considered, but, owing to technical of times selected for broadcasting, Districts in which such young areas difficulties and, above all to frean and which is either based purely are situated, as ascertained by the cial conditions, they could not be pursued It was obvious that Im upon personal preferences or is District Planters Associations perial funds would not be avail- for improvement, will be of little lacking in any concrete proposals able for any such service.

value.

the

07) A

to render certified returns of yields It will be necessary for producers

from Mature and Immature areas, separately, under a penalty for in- correct returns.

Small-Holders.

As regards small-holders, a strong Government that a clause be incor recommendation will be made to porated in the Ordinance to pro vide for the assessment of crops in the various Districts by local Committees comprised Planters, two Leafgrowers or their representatives, with an indepen dent Chairman.

.

the

of two

CEYLON'S MINERAL

RESOURCES

if

4. This situation received, the im- mediate attention of the Briti

7. Preliminary steps have been Broadcasting Corporation. The

taken by the British Broadcasting existing station at Chelmsford had Corporation in sending Mr. Mal intrinsic limitations which would colm Frost. a member of the Cor- Bever permit it to provide an ido Poration's Empire Service Depart- quate Empire service, and the onst Frost's duties are threefold, cor- ment, un an Empire tour. Mr. of maintaining it was considerable. responding to the three main prin- Two main alternatives were open to ciples of the Empire broadcasting the Corporation, viz., either (1) to scheme, namely, (1) to explain the abandon the scheme ontirely, or (2) primary object of the service which to assume the sole responsibility for the benefit of the direct list- for an Empire service. Their opener, that is, the individual living preciation of the position-and in country where no organized feel bound to record my apprecia local broadcasting exists, (2) to ar- tion of their public-spirited atti- range a close and effective liaison

A strong recommendation will be tude-was that, whatever the finan- with local broadcasting organiza made that control should start as cial difficulties might be, all the tions in countries where these al- from the first day of April and evidence went to show & widespread ready exist and where it is hoped the necessary legislation has not desire in all parts of the Empire the relaying of the Empire pro heen passed by that date.

should operate. retrospectively for the service. If the project were grammes will become a regular fea- given up, this country would beture, and (3) to interest local without the power to express itself broadcasting enterprises in by wireless throughout the world, Empire recorded while other countries, by reason of which have been produced at con- programmes, their short-wave equipment, were siderable expense by the Corpora- able to do so. The British Broad- tion, and which it is hoped will casting Corporation therefore do cided to pursue the project and in local programme builders who, prove 2'11 acceptable resource to November 1901 announced their in- through a scarcity of material and teation to proceed at once with artiste, should welcome additional plans for erecting a short-wave Emmeans of providing broadcast eu- pire broadcasting station. I must tertainment. These recorded pro- emphasize that this project is a grammes, whatever the immediate costly one upon which the Corpora-possibilities of transmission from tion have no prospect of financial London, should ensure that British compensation in the near future, and one which does not fall withinogrammes will be available in the functions contemplated in theirtions exist. The Corporation in places where broadcasting organiza charter.

5. The old experimental station of such programmes if, as a result teade furnishing a regular supply GSSW has been replaced by the of Mr. Frost's tour, the demand innst modern station and equipment justifies a continuance of the sup- available, with two transmitters, ply, and their dissemination as en- right wave-lengths, and seventeen visaged by the British Broadesating aerials. The plans laid down for Corporation has my entire support. the station are advisedly indefinite Should Mr Frost during his future policy will be decided in the your administration I am sure that rey was brought up as far back at, the present time: the details of itinerary visit. the territory under

The question of a geological fur- light of experience. At first the you will give him all possible as- main appeal will be to the direct sistance in advancing the general that year visgalised the future of 481005. An official Report for listener with a short-wave receiv success of the scheme in its three the survoy which was appointed ing-set, and the improvemente in main objectives. short-wave. transmission and recup-

PROPOSED GEOLOGICAL

SURVEY.

Administration has taken action on Colombo The Ministry of Local

motion introduced in the State Council by the Member for Balo be taken to make a geological sur- pitiya urging that immediate steps vey of the Island.

A report on a general survey of the Island regarding the existence. of various minerals, has been sub- mitted by the Govt, Mineralogist. Mr. J. Spencer Coates, and will be considered by the Executive Com- mittee shortly.

originally for three years ending March 2009. Three courses open to Government were (1) to establish a Geological Survey, (2) to appoint a single permanent geologist or mineralogist, (3) to discontinue all mineralogical work.

tion are such that reasonably good E. I have written at some length reception should be possible to such this matter as I am especially listeners. In addition, broadcast concerned to see that this enterprise ing stations in the Empire should which is of great and obvios Im be able to receive and relay, the perial value should be auctal programmes provided. The servics The British Broadcasting Corpora- LOCAL MAPS owing to the size of the Empire, vide service of broadcasting for reconnaissance or dying survey and

will not be without difficulties tion have spared no pains to pro-

The work of the mineralogica. vide, without any financial subven survey was regarded merely BA spreading as it does over 2007: de gree of longitude involving time the whole Empire, and I rely upon was completed by the end of 1906 difference of twenty hours at you to do what lies in your power but no really detailed-and-systems: Greenwich. A general Empire-operate with them. You may tic examination of the Island hað broadcast, while not impossible, is feel that this co-operation would be been possible. More recently the neither convenient nor satisfactory, this despatch in the local press manent offer as Government dento- best initiated by the publication of recommendation of a single per bus arrangements have been made to transmit programmes at suitable times to various separate tones.

Peak District,

Kowloon,

Victoria,

New Territories.

This enterprise, which is aub HONOKONG DAILY PRESS. stantially due to the disinterested enthusiasm of the British Broad-

I have the honour to be,

Bir Your most obedient,

humble servant,

gist and Mineralogist was made to the Government and the mineralo ...) gical éurvey was continued but no far no notable finds which could have hean worked commercially P. CUNLAFFE-LISTER. were made..

Use of Compress."

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HONG KONG TIDE TÄBI

From March 14, to 20

Date of

Initial shock, of course, can only. be dealt with by prompt first aid. But the other two processes have Tues 14 countered by the old-fashioned ap probably not

been adequately plications of oils

Wed. 15 and ointments Thur 18 und treatment by baths.

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