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work of its officers will, when the history of Hong Kong comes to be written, stand out as the turning point in Chinese domestic ure. "Within a few years of its existence, the Society succeeded in bringing home to the most ignorant, that the mui trai, lowly as her position was in every household, was none- the-less, a human being, and as sich, was entitled to certain bertles. It is safe to predict that In the near future, moi trais, as they existed say ten years ago. will Kong. be entirely unknown in Hong
LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP
A Hundred To Nine Chance Wins
1
2 3
Quartz Twenty-six horses ran, Won by a neck,
head separating second and third
Betting: 100/9 Play On, 33/1 Obesity, 5/1. Quartz-Reuter.
London, March 21, Versicle is a doubtful runner as the result of a road accident.- Reuter.
World Cable News In Brief
(Special to "Hong Kong Daily Press") {{By Telograph, Copyright, Telegraphic Messages · Ordinance. 1894. Received, March 31, 4-30 a.m.)
on
QUARRY DISASTER
Belgrade, March 20.
LEAGUE AND DRUG
TRAFFIC
NEWS
SUMMARY
At an auction held yesterday. China Restaurant was put up for sale. The building was not said, there being no bid- ders willing to come up to the " upset price.
Page 7 Training Times appear on Page 10 Interesting racing notes are " given by "Morning Dew" on
Page 1 squall which did much dam- age to junks in the Harbour visited
the the Colony in "early hours of yesterday, mor-
ning.
Page 12 The annual meeting of the China Provident Loan and Mortgage Company' is report- ed on
.....Page 7 Questions regarding the fèll- ing of the Kowloon trees will be asked in the Legislative Council to-day by the Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga,
Amerika liner of 16,000 tons for combined passenger and freight It is feared that at least 50 service in East Asia, and capable workers have been killed in a London, March 21.
of steaming 10 knots. In Bran- The Lincolnshire Handicap, therry near the village of Banica, denburg the dedication of the Nie-
Southern Yugoslavis, when a giant first classic of the racing season, section of a rock suddenly gave derfinow canal near Berlin-theA resulted as follows:-
world for inland Play On
way and with a terring crash fell largest in the Obesity
A gang of workmen into a shipping. In the district of Colg- quarry. Four bodies have so far ne, the damming of the Kalltal been recovered but the death toll Valley. In the district of Coblenz is probably much larger, while 14 a new bridge over the Rhine he- men have been injured, four ser-
tween Neuwied and Welssenthurm, In Bilesia the laying of a railway. lously.Transocean Kuo Min.
Une between Kandzin and Gross Strelitz. In Schleswig Holstein re- clamation work which will keep 6,000 men employed for a decade Geneva, March 20,
and wresting arable lands from Following on the heels of a cir- the sea. In Hanover, a bridge over cular let er sent out by the League the Elbe near Harburg and the of Nations General-Secretary re-development of ollfields near Fal- questing information concerning fersleban Transocean Kuo Min. the drug traffic in Manchukuo. The League Secretariat despatched another circular letter on Tuesday Apolating out to all League and sig- natories of the Hague and Geneva Opium Conventions that all export of raw and prepared oplum to or from Manchuria or Jehol territory which as the letter points out NURSE SCCCUMBS. TO INJURIES" also known under the name of
London, March 20.
Manchukuo" is incompatible with Versicle has been officially the stipulations of these 'conven- scratched. The nurse in the am- tions and that all requests for bulance during the accident has
Import licences to these territor- succumbed to her injuries-Reuter. les should be closely scrutinise
Transocean Kuo Min.
VERSICLE INJURED The accident occurred at cross- roads near St. Ives. When the
the horse-box was en route to Lincoln from Newmarket it collid- ed with an ambulance, the horse- box was thrown; on its side. stable-boy and members of the ambulance were sent to hospital. The filly was only slightly hurt. but the trainer states she will ne run-Reuter.
STARTERS AND JOCKEYS
London, Mar. 21. Nitsichin (Perryman), Totaig (Charlie Smirke), Crumpets (Harry Wragg). Inverman (Gunn). Gino (Fox)...
Quartz (Johnstone). Corcado" (Taylor).
St. Oswald (Steve Donoghue), Latol (Weston). i: Soldier (Nicoll) Madagascar (Wells).
Town Crier (Sammy Wragg). Generous GIN (Gordon
chards).
Ole King Sole (Nevett).
Play On (Dines).
RI-
Tom Tit (A. Smirke), Empire Unity" (Cliff Richards), Ringmaster (Smith). Bleu de Rio (Hunter). Trapper (Christle) Obesity (Richardson). Hurrah Peggy (Sharpe). Creme Caramel (W, Rickaby). Winster (Sirett). Strategist (D. Smith); Tapinois (Barber)-Reuter.
IRISH SWEEP
A
DRAW
Lucky Local Residents
Then came the Society for Pre- vention of Cruelty to Children. Motivated by sentiments of pity and charity, a few public-minded citizens set the Society on its feet and the work it has since done
London, March 20. can only be described, as" noble."} The Irish Sweep borse draw has As Its name implies, help for concluded and after the residual children is its primary object, and
drawing the hundred pound con" those who have not done so, will solation prizes proceeded. They do well to peruse the annual re- Include Wun Tung, 4 Des Voeux ports which this Society publishes Road, Hong Kong: A. J. Edgar and thus äcquaint themselves with care of Stock Exchange, Hong the instances of Indigence and Kong. Let's have it, Takuapa, destitution which exist in Hong West Slam.-Reuter. Kong.
The question of children's play- grounds is not a new one, but playgrounds in the crowded areas in which the poorer sections of the Chinese community lives is a thing, which is quite recent. The Children's Playground Association appears to be moving forward in the right direction and the several that have been playgrounds. brought into existence are a boon,
not only to poor children, but also to all inhabitants in the vicinity. for there is no denying the fact that open spaces in a crowded area
undoubted art
necessities and
A ROOSEVELT
ENVOY
POLICE ALARMED
Riga, March 20, The police telegraph, service and newspapers were all thrown into an uproar in the Latvian capital by a thrilling midnight wireless message from the lone lighthouse tower Tomesnaes "four miles from the coast repeatedly signalling "attacked by enemies warships and "great birds." The hastily mobilised investigators found the alarmist to be
a radio operator gone mad through long years of service, in a lonely post.--Trans- ocean Kuo Min.
"DISARMAMENT QUESTION
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