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TO-DAY'S WEATHER FORECAST:-E. Winds, Fresh to Moderate; Fine at First, Probably Cloudy Later.

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ESTABLISHED 1857

No. 24560. FOXIS. BEDARFET HONG KONG, MONDAY, MAY 10, 1937.

LONDON CITY OF CARNIVAL

MACAO RACES HELD IN

FINE WEATHER

Satisfactory Dividends

Fine weather favoured the Macao Race Meeting yesterday and pari-mutuel dividends were on the whole mtisfactory. In the fourth race King's Parade returned $43.20 for a 'win after Hopefuller in the earlier race had given a couple of backers 346.20 each for third place.

The following were the results:-

1.-Machine Gạn Troop Race

(Unomcial) 7 Furlongs . Mr. H. A. Browning's King's

· Parade, 175 lbs,

(H. A. Browning) 1 Mr F. G. Nigel's Mortmain, 175

lbs.

.(F. G. Nigel) 2 Mr. B. C. Field's Ike, 175 lbs.

(Kinloch) 3 Time: 162/5, 49, 1.23.1/5. 1.57.1/5. Won by many lengths, many, lengths between second and third.

Pari-mutuel

Winner: $7.30.

Places: $5.80, 39.80, $14.60.. Betting.

Time: 32, 1.04.3/5, 1.39.1/5... Won by 1 length, } length be- tween second and, third,

Part-mutuel:

Meadow Eve

Winner: $31.30. Places: $10.60,--$14. $11.40.

Betting..

Win. Place

(P. P. Botelho) 16 18 Baroda (8. W. Tang)... Hohenfels (H. C. Pih)... Warfield (Y, T. Fung)... Coureur Bleu

3 10

82

58

9

14

2

(W. H. S. Davis) 6

(8. Luen)

Win. Place

Prussian Plane

King's Parade

(H. A. Browning) 32

34

Country Flower

Jack O'Lantern..

10. P. Furgoson)

5-

5

Herga (Butcher)

1 1

(C. L. Gregory)

1 3 3- Praia Grande Handicap (6 Furlongs)

Ike (Kinloch)

t

3

Racing Strain Grieve)

8

9

Mr. Lan's Morning Tip, 145 lbs.

(P. P. Botelho) · 1

The Curlew

(C. Gregory).

1 3

Mortmain (F. G. Nigel) 4... G Mouche (A. F. Potts)... 3 4

2--Ma Kau Slae Handicap..

(6-Furlongs)

Mr. H. Y. Liang's Meadow Eve,"

158 lbs.......(P. P. Botelho) Mr. Why's Baroda, 143 lbs.

(8, W. Tang) 2 Mr. H.S.Y.'s Warfeld, 144 lbs.

(Y. T: Fung)

3

ME. Why's Victory Life, 143 lbs.

(6. W. Tang) 2 Mr. H. Y. Liang's Hopefulleg.

137 lbs. ......(K. I. Ip) 3 Time: 31.3/5, 1.03.2/5. 1.36. Won by 2 lengths, 4 lengths' be- between second and third.

Pari-mutuel:-"*

Winner: $20.

Places: $9.50, $8.40, $48.20.

(Continued on Back Tage)

Mr. Timothy Murphý, A.S.P.(seated in centre) who is leaving for Home on retirement, photographed with the staff of C.LD. Interpreters at Pollte Headquarters.

AIRSHIP TRIPS

POSTPONED

Berlin, May 9.

HINDENBURG LOSS ENQUIRY

·

New York, May 8. It is learned that the next . Two separate enquiries into the voyage of the Graf Zeppelia | Hindenburg disaster were opened planned to start on May 11 has to-day by the Navy Department been cancelled. Captain von and Department of Commerce. Schiller, commandant of the air-Both enquiries will begin their ship, told Reuter that all further public sessions on Monday. Only trips, are postponed pendlag the sixteen of the dead have up till result of the Hindenburg inquiry, j now been identified.— ~~Reuter.

Reuter's Bulletin Service.

Admiral Yarnell

In Nanking

Nanking, May 9. Minister. Ambassador Johnson,

Mr. Nelson T. Johnson. American Vice-Admiral Chen Chi-llang, ack- -ambassador to Nanking, entertaining Minister of Navy, and other

ed Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, Com- | high officials were also invited. mander-in-Chief of the American Mr. Cheng Tien-fang, Chinese Asiatic Fleet, al dinner in the ambassador to Berlin, was In- American embassy last night. For structed by the Foreign Office here eign Minister Wang Chung-hui was to express sympathy to the Ger- also present.

man Government in connection

In the afternoon, Admiral Yar-with the loss of the German dirig- nell was the guest of honour at a ible von Hindenburg- Juncheon "given

by the

Foreign Union News.

LAST REHEARSAL

Coronation Weather

Will It Be Wet

Or Fine?

London, May.. Coronation news almost all the Sunday newspapers, most of which publish Coronation supplements with copiously illustrated blo-

Light Spring showers are making graphies of Their Majesties.

the public anxious! If it should The King and Queen are spend-prove wet in Coronation Week it ing the week-end quietly at the would indeed be disastrous. Never Royal Lodge in Windsor and will before has that old, nursery tag attend church to-day, but there been so appropriate-Rain, Rain, are no other engagements.

go away! Come again another day.

A million Coronation eighteers in the West End last night turned London into a city of carnival, There were remarkable scenes of congestion on the processional route and extra police had to be rushed to the key points.

Long before dawn to-day the great trek began to see the last rehearsal of the Coronation pro- cession. Thousands spent

the night walking the streets viewing the decorations... Reuter,

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CORONATION

FETE

For Army Mothers

And Children

The Army mothers and children are to be very well catered for in Coronation Week, for a wonderful Fete has been arranged for Thurs- day, May 13, at which 300 British mothers. 350 British children, 22 Indian mothers, 50 Indian children and 100 officers and wives, hend- quarters staff and units, A.E.C.. personnel, and the Queen's Army Schoolmistresses will be enter-

tained.

The programme is as follows:-- Assembly at .4 p.m.; Tea at 4.15 pun. During tea a programme of music by the Band of the Royal Ulster Rifles (by kind permission of Lt. Col. R. M. Rodwell and Officers).

At 4.45 p.m. there will be an en- tertainment as follows:-(a) Coun try Dances by infants of Army Intants School); (b) Coronation Singing Games (by Army Infants School); (c) Pageant of Empire (by Army Elder Children's School Hong Kong and Kowloon).

These are, open-air shows with foud-speakers installed. Then come National Anthem and Cheers for King and Queen.

The proceedings will terminate by a March Past of Army school children at 5.45 p.m. and a dis- tribution of Coronation mugs to all the children at 6 p.m., after which all will disperse.

This very delightful "entertain- ment should give great pleasure, and will certainly make the Army children of the Colony have every reason to remember Coronation Day.

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BRITISH NEWSPAPERS BANNED

ITALIAN ACTION

Rome, May 9.

An official announcement made to-day states that all English newspapers, "except the "Observer," "Daily Mail" and "Evening News"

have been prohibited in Italy for

an indefinite period.

the order for recall of all Italian The announcement adds that

correspondents in England, will come into force immediately.

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To-day's newspapers have ready appeared without any of the usual despatches from London..

A sort of try-out on Friday night proved conclusively that whether

RECALL OF JOURNALISTS the weather is good or bad

Recall of Italian, correspondents Hong Kong and Kowloon will look marvellous by night. Public build- Just before the Coronation festi- ings and the big hotels are de-vities is much commented on in corated on a lavish acale, but that political circles, where the ques- tion is raised whether the Itaitan is not all! Private enterprise too will play its part. On the Kow- loon side in particular the small hotels and boarding houses are taking infinite trouble.."

Mody Road will look very nice with Knutsford, Mody House and Empress Lodge and the "store at the corner all outlined in 'fairy' lamps. Bignal Hill is most dis- tinctive above, and many other hotels on and just off Chatham Road are now in the hands of electricians. Harbour View, Kings-

Government will expel British cor- respondents from Italy.

It is believed, however, that such a step is only contemplated in the case of those correspondents who have strongly foreign policy.

criticised Italian

No offelal information is avail- able on the subject, however.-- Transocean New Servier

(Other references on Page 9.)

clere, and Claremont are going to GYMKHANA

fook lovely, and Palm Court too.

Anyone on the lookout for Japanese lanterns should see those at Okada's in Peking Road. They have dozens and dozens of charm- ing Coronation lanterns in every conceivable colour. Those who want dagsźwill find them at Lane, Crawford'sound Whägäways, while Tyebs in Queen's Road have some extra large sizes and a lot of most effective red, white and blue rib bons of many widths. They have some gorgeous shields also, beauti fully emblazoned.

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LONDON TRANSPORT

PROBLEM

London, May 9. With the London Omnibus. strike still continuing. the re- sources of the other transport ser- vices are operating under a heavy strain!

Nevertheless, although the trams and underground trains are very crowded,, the week without buses has passed off with less serious dislocation than had been feared.

Hopes of a settlement of the strike yesterday were disappointed but week-end developments will,

MEETING

SPECIAL CATHEDRAL

CORONATION SERVICE

Dedication Followed By

Communion

BISHOP HALL'S SERMON

At St. John's Cathedral yesterday, morning, a special service in connection with the Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elixabeth was conducted by the Bishop of Victoria, Right Rev. Ronald Owen Hall who asked the congregation to ac- company the King and Queen in spirit by treading the SAMLE path as, at the Coronation service, of Dedication and Communion, The Collect, Epistle, and Gospel · were "those' of the Corona- tion, while the hymns and psalm were those commended by the Archbishops for use on the Sunday morning before the Corona- tion. The sermon followed the Gospel, and fed immediately into the Act of Dedication.

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ROYAL GUESTS

V

London, May 9.

The following foreign Royalty will be guesta of the King and Queen at Buckingham Palace for the Coronation:-

RAILWAY MISHAP

INVESTIGATION

Canton, May 9.

The rallway accident at Chun Tien, 30 miles North of Canton on the Canton-Hankow Raliway is Prince and Princess Paul of being investigated with a view to

Yugo-Slavia,

AT SHATIN Princess Juliana and Princess determining the negligence of the

Equine Sports Club

Function

Lippe,

Prince Frederiek of Prussia,

Prince Paul of Greece,

ofctals involved in this mishap. in which twelve workmen and several passengers were injured,

The engine driver and two

The Prince of Preslav, Brother stokers, who were reported to be in

of the King of Bulgaria,

The Comte de Flanders). The Crown Prince of Rumania, The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Sweden

Prince Ernest. Augustus of Han-

A most enjoyable" "Gymkhana" meeting was held at the Equine Sports Club in Shatin yesterday afternoon. A large crowd of mein- | over and bers and friends was present

The programme of events was as follows:-

Musical chairs: The music wis supplled by gramophone. Com- petiturs rode bare-back round a circle which was clearly marked. On the music being stopped, riders dismounted and ran, leading their horses to the nearest vacant chair. There was one chair less than the number of riders. Upon the restarting of music, competitors remounted and proceeded. One rider and a chair were removed each round. The winner was Mr.

C. Kaar.

Egg and spoon race: Competi- tors lined up at the far end of the field, the winner being the

it is anticipated by the newa- one who first reached the finish- papers, mark important progressing line with the egg still balanced towards ending the deadlock.

(Continued on Back Page).

"

COMMITTEE MEETS The Central Bus Committee of the Transport Workers Union met early this morning and remained in readiness to respond to a call to visit the Ministry of Labour.

A full delegate conference of the union has been arranged for to- night and this is regarded as in- dicating the prospect that by then some basis of discussion for a set tlement may be found.

Meanwhile, the strike of pro- vincial emnibus men shows signs of collapsing and in Kent full ser- vices of buses were resumed this morning.-

A clean bill of health for Fri-British Wiedleis. day was announced by the Health Department on Saturday.

The weekly bulletin shows- that 178 new cases of cholera occurred in Bangkok last week, while vic- tims of this disease in Calcutta rose to: 90.

Smallpox is disappearing Shanghai, where the total num- ber of cases was 8.

THE DOLLAR

CLAIMANT SOUGHT

MR. H.L.O. GARRETT

Appointment For Fox ner Queen's College Master

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Mr. H. L. O. Garrett, formerly of the Hong Kong Education Service. who lately retired from the Indian Education service after 24 years in that country, has been appointed

verity, and in that capacity was Esquire Bedell ‘at Cambridge. Uni-

present at the ceremony when privileged societies presented ad- dresses of loyalty to King George VI at Buckingham Palace recently, The Oxford delegation included Mr. W. C. Costin, who is known in China as having been attached to

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serious condition, were only slight- Flyinjtred--and haye.. left the hospital. It is stated that there are no fatal casualties.

The two locomotives and · three coaches were derailed as a result of the impact, Normal traffic of The Crown Prince and Crown the Ene has been resumed since Princess of Norway.

May T- British Wireless.

Union Neus

Photograph taken at the Police Recreation Club on Satur- day night on the occasion of a farewell dinner in honour of Mr. T. Murphy, ASP., Mr. P. Grant, A.S.P., and Inspector 3. Logan, who are retiring from the Force.

Band Concert

At Peninsula

and (b) "Lover Old Sweet Bong"- Molloy.

A Chinese arrested yesterday for the Institute of Pacifle Relations snatching a handbag was found to † Conference of 1831. Mr. Costin's The band of the First Battallon be in possession of an imitation book on British relations with The Seaforth Highlanders, by Kind

Tone Poem "Finlandia”—Side- inpearl necklace when searched at China in the early part of the permission of Lt. Col. J. Muirhead

the Wanchal Police Station. He 19th Century is shortly to be M.C. and Officers, presented in the lus. admitted that he had stolen the issued in London. Mr. Garrett was lounge of the Peninsula Hotel last Grand Patriotic Pantsala-ges necklace from a Chinese girl at formerly a master at Queen's night a very delightful Coronation tival of the Empire-Rogan.

Trombone Solo "The Joy- Happy Valley yesterday afternoon College, coming to Hong Kong" in Band Concert which attracted an and the police would like the owner

extraordinarily large crowd of Wheel”-Sutton, Soloist: L/Cpl, A. to come to the station.

music lovers.

Day.

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2—1 Listal.

CORONATION DAY SERVICE

Change In Time At Cathedral

1904.

NEWS INDEX

Amusernents Cables

Court Cases Finance

Lending Article

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London Silver Market

From Our Own Correspondenty

London, May 8. London silver prices to-day were unchanged as follow: ww in St. John's Cathedral on Wed- Radio Programme

May 7: May 8. nesday, May 12, will start at 11.15 Shipping 20-3/8 20-3/8 a.m.. and, not at 11 am. as pre-Sport 29-7/16 20-7/16 | viously announced,

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