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TO-MORROW'S RACES
Entries And. Weights
The following are the entries and weights for the fina. day of the Annual Race Meeting оп Saturday
Griffin Spring Handicap-One Mile Aplias 144, Centre Forward 154, Election Time 149, Firefly 152,
Coronation King's
147. King's Highway 144, Kum Shan 154, Laughing Cavalier 158, National Spirit 147, Rob Roy 152, Scenic View 181, Tim 147. Vira 150. Pheston Handicap Two Mile-Past
Once Round and In
Burgomaster 140, Cavalcade 140, Copper. Idol 140, Don 140, Donovan 145, Gold Coln 148, Gold Sovereign 140. Heriot 140, Laughing Buddha 140. Locksmith 155. Miracle 153, Night View 168. Ocean View 140, Old Star 140, Philanderer 140 Plain View 140, Pride of Tsingtas 146, Racing Boy 140, 17th of Sep- tember 140, Stopwatch" 140, Syl vandale 153, The Hero 145, Victoria Hall 148, Wadebridge 144, Wild Cat 158, Young Chap 145. Happy Valley Spring Handicap» [A Division Class)---Two Mile-Post
Once Round and In Bright View 147. Cyclamen Bay 140 Hetman-scratched, Honey- moon Eve 188. Kincora 140, King's Justice 140, King's Lead 140. Mis- take Bay 157, Oak Bay 154, Rose- Queen 148, Soldier of Britain 167, Happy Valley. Spring Handicap (B Division)-Two Mile-Post Once Round and In
140, Amberley 140, Flybynight Gold Coin 140, Harvest View 138, High Honour 140, Jungle Jim 154, King's Bounty 150, King's Jubliee 151, King's Sceptre-scratched Laughing Girl "140, Mayflower 140, Monoplane 145. Pontiac Bay 155, Soldier of China 157, Soldier of Peace 154 Tyne 161, Valorous 140, Victoria Hall 140, Wadebridge 140, Ythan 151.
The NU Desperandum Stakes---.
First Section
From Roog Kour to
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Ding Day,
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The Nil Desperandum Stakes-
Second Section
Air Mal. Busok, China Clipper, Clowner. Feudal Knight. Happy Venture, Malolo, National Anthem, Persian Cat. Prospero, Successful Time, Tempest. Tze Tin, Whalsey. Yum Sing.
April
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Peak
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May
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MURDER PLOT
CHARGES
Southern Leader Arrested
Shanghai, Feb. 25,
SHENSI REVOLT STOCK-TAKING
Severe Damage To Railway
The stagnation of trade re- sulted in huge quantities of food- stuffs going to waste, while many houses and other buildings were wrecked as the result of the fight- ing and looting.
Shanghal, Feb. 26. Permission to the Nanking Gov- The material loss caused by the ernment to file formal 'charges recent military revolt. In Shensi against Mr. Llu Lu-ying, member and Kansu is much heavier than
was hitherto bellaved. of the Central Executive Com- mittee of the Kuomintang Party and former member of the defunct Bouth-West Political Council at Canton, wil be granted by the International Settlement Court.
Mr. Lu will be charged with in- stigation of the assassination of General Yang Tung-tal, former Governor of Hupeh, and Mr. Tang Yu-jen, former Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, on behalf of dis- gruntled elements in the South- West
It is understood that the adicial view of General Yang's assassina- tion is that it was due to his re- fusal to assist the anti-Nanking movement last year. As Governor of Hupeh, General Yang controll- ed the "buffer" province between Nanking and the South-West,
wherc.
where
The Langhal Railway suffered very severely.
Railway engineers state that the mutineers tore up bridge after bridge, together with whole sec- tions of the track in their efforts to halt the advance of the Govern- ment forces.
Repair staffs followed the mu- tineers so closely that they often came under fire,
One railwayman was killed and several others were injured when a bridge was blown up beneath them. The railway, however. has now resumed normal schedule,-- Reuter.
NANKING SUMMONS
Nanking, Feb. 25. All serio officers of Chang have been
ALLEGED ACTIVITIES Reports from Inspired quarters declare Liu Lu-ying as head of the "Revolutionary Army Group" and "China Youth Special Service Corps." the agents of which were Hsueh-lang's army engaged in terrorist acts in Shang-summoned from Shenst and Kan- hal, Nanking.. Hankow. and else- au to Nanking to receive instruc- tions from the Government re- According to the reports, Lugarding the future disposition of directed the terrorist operations their troops. from his house in Hong Kong Marshal Chang Haue-llang 13 General Yang Yung-tal's himself expected to leave Penghua assassination was allegedly plan on his way to Nanking to-day. ned: The reports describe secret His impending arrival in the meetings in Hong Kong between | capital, together with that of Gen- Liu Lu-ying and other conspirueral Eu Chu-tung, new chief in the tors both before and after Yang | North-West, suggests that a anal Yung-tal's death.
úttempt is to be made in the next was originally planned to ❘ few days to liquidate the military assassinate other high officials of altuation in the north-west in or- Hopel, but the prompt arrest of a der to restore normal administra- number of individuals upset the tion- conspirators' arrangements. These Reuter. arrests set the police on the trail eventually leading to Liu La-ying.— Beuter.
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Two lady race enthusiasts caught by our camera at the Annual Race Meeting.
Leper Colonisation
- Continued from Page 19
SHANGHAI
TRAGEDY
Doctor Found Shot
Dr. George Felix Bume, widely known Austrian physician was found dead at 9 o'clock on February 19, in bis apartment on the twelfth floor of the Broadway Mansions, a gunshot wound in his head, statos the N.O.D.N. In his band was the small automatic
pistol with which he had apparently fired one shot to end his life, several hours previously. There were letters in the room, written in German by Dr. Bume, which, it is believed, supply the motive 8 for death.
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the chest with`] specialist in diseases an office at
142 Museam Road, had retired the previous evening without having given anyone cause to suspect something was wrong. Whe
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door in borning and received to answer, the management were called. The door, which had been locked from the inside, was opened. Dr. Bume, clad in paja mas, was found dead in bodi, Be had
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arduous work shouldered by Dr. Russell, still more when he him-apparently shot himself through the
mouth.
Spain affects supplies from that country. They are in two varieties,
self saw little
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grave which suet kom and tsul kom, packed in Swatow by the Citrus Fruit-Grow-marked the burial spot of the doc- ers Exchange. They have arrived tor's own daughter who died there. in good condition.
Recently an experimental con- signment of. apples reached the market from Japan.- Reuter.
MRS. QUEZON IN SHANGHAI
Shanghai, Feb. 25. Mrs. Quezon, wife of the Fre- sident of the Philippines Common wealth, arrived in Shanghal aboard the Empress of Japan at noon to day en route to Washington to join her husband. Mrs. Quezon, who
her accompanied by Manuel, was greeted by local American omcials, and leaders of the American and Filipino com- munities.- Reuter
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Shanghat, Feb. 25. The Municipal Council, on the advice of the police, has banned the American aim "We who are about to die" on the ground that It glorifes crime
There was also a huge wooden cross there and on one occasion bandits swooped down on the di- trict, seizing some of the lepers whom they tied to the wooden cross where they were found by their rescuers the next morning-,
APPEAL FOR HELP il
In conclusion, Mr. Barclay made a fervent appeal to members or the Victoria Diocesan Missionary Association to support the good cause which Dr. Russell had un- dertaken to make life easter for the unfortunate lepers there.
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Dr. H. G. Anderson, of the West China Valon University, Chengtu: then spoke briefly on the changeş in the attitude of the people of The New Life Movernment, as the provinces against the Chris-advocated by Generalissimo Chiang tian. He vividly described how Kai-shek, being "in "auccessful five years ago he had been cursed operation throughout the contines and spst upon, while a year later of the Chinese Republic, and hav- he had witnessed the display of ing met with universal approval, anti-Christian signs on the walls it is reported that the Students of, the city. But now all this was Union of the Hong Kong Driver changed, he told his listeners, and sity have invited General Chau went on to speak briefly of exam- Kee-yau, High Adviser and Special ples of missionary work he had Delegate of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in Hong Kong to give a himself witnessed.
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