THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
SOLDIER OF CHINA DEFEATED
HYDROPLANE WINS TO PAY DIVIDEND OF $409:
EARLY. SURPRISES
AT RACES
(Continued from Page-1.)
Electric Star came up well into the straight to challenge strongly for the leadership. Soldier of Britain To by a neck.
Hydroplano provided the fourth big surprise of the day when.beat- ing Soldier of China in the Trial Plate by a length and a half...
Cavalcade bent Classic Hall in a divi- the Valley Stakes to pay dend of $313.
CASH SWEEPS
LUCKY NUMBERS
THE RACÊS
Race No. 1
No. 182
246
72
$625.40 186.40 92.20
KING LEOPOLD OF BELGIUM
NEW RULER GIVEN JOYOUS GREETING
Brussels, Feb, 23.
A now chapter in Belgian hin- tory will open to-day when Leo- poli, Duke of Brabant, will take the Oath of Accession.
Church bells will ring through- out the country at alght o'clock and a salvo of a hundred and ton guns will be fired an hour later.
The General Staff of the Army will then awear homage to the King outside the Palace at Lacken, AT after which M. Max, the famous Burgomaster of Brussels, with the Municipal Council;. will tender respects.
Unplaced runners ($50, each) Nos. 255, 82, 383, 91, 292, 364, |298, 136, 64, 267, 287, 110, 103, 60. Race No. 2
"
No. 71
345
440
$736 210
105
Unplaced runners
($50 each) 1.The Wong-Nei-Chong Stakes
Third No. 200, 167, 180, 128, 355, 265, Winner $700. Second $300. 3200. For China Ponies, Subscrip- tion Griffins of this Club of this Meet-6, 37, 301, 394 363, 283, 280. 217, Ing. Half a Mile.
293.
Mrs. Lowcock's Panumn, 158
Race No. 3
(Mr. T. L. Wong)
1
Miss Y. Shenton's Red Fox. 154
No. 391
$736
(Mr. L. G. Frost)
2
210 105
3
Mr. E. L. Hosie's Corrie, 168
(Mr. S. W. Pan) .................. Length and half; length and half. Seventeen starters.
Time: 1 min., 1.3/5 secs. Pari-mutuel:-Win, $71; places, $21: $13.60; $18.50.
2-The Wong-Nel-Chong Stakes $760. Section)Winner (Second Second $300. Third $200. For China Panfes, Subscription Griffins of this Club of this Meeting. Half Mile. Woo Turson's Dancing Butter-
Ay. 160 (Mr. P. P. Botelho) Wong Ping-shun's Bold Com- mander, 156 (Mr. H. M. Pik)
188
#
Unplaced runners ($50 each) Nos. 335, 339, 163, 453, 245, 851, 324, 474, 193, 293, 101, 238, 56, 7, 273, 75, 407.
Race No. 4
No. 409 478
292.
31057 302 151..
Unplaced runnera ($50 each) 1 Nos, 341, 207, 255, 54, 106, 363, 79,
440, 475.
2
Race No. 5
Li-Yu's The Carp, 158
(Mr. T. L.. Wong)
#
No. 281
$1071
Length and half: half length.
Eighteen starters.
Time:1 min. 3.3/5 secs.
261 477
BUG 153
Puri-mutuel: Win, $336.60;
places, $58.40; $14.80; 88.70.
Unplace runners ($50 each). Nos. 388, 426, 392, 97, 215, 63, 199,
3The Maiden Stakes-Winner 140, 134. $1,000. Second $300, Third $200, For Chim Ponies, bona file Griffins of this Meeting. Six Furlongs
Soller of Britain, 161 (Mr. S. Y. Sun) Kong Bros. Electric Star, 161
(Mr. D. S. L
LI Shiu-pany's
Mrs Dunbar's Chief Seattle, 161
(Mr. E. 0. Butler)
A neck; twe lengths.
Twenty starters.
$6.70;
Time: 1 min. 30-1/5 secs. Parl-mutuel - Win. places, $5.70; $6.90; $11.50.
4.--The Sydney Maiden Stakes. Winner $1,000. Second 3300. Third $200. For Australian Ponies, Grifits of this meeting. Six Furlonge. Grist and Beck's 'Bronze Era,
152 (Mr. N. Doitz)
Lam's Atlas, Stephan
(Mr. A. J. P. Heard)
Race No. 6
No. 662
377
360:
$1,9339 554
277.
Unplaced ranner ($50) No. 628.
Race No. 7
No. 188
686*
90
$1540 440
220
Unplaced runners ($50 each) No. 97. 196, GD7, 640, 711110, 217, 679, 684, 785, 263, 525, 781, 659. 561, 137, 325, 177. 220, 744.
Race No. 8
No. 667
155
106
•
2
Sir Wm. Peel's Nell Gwyn, 155
(Mr. B. A. Proulx) Length and half; three lengths. Twelve starters,
Time: min. 21.3/5 secs. Pari-mutuel: Win, $22.10; places, $7.30; $7.20; $13.10.
6. The Sydney Malden (Second Section).Winner
521 Unplaced runners
$1,729 494 247 ($50 each)
3 No. 764, 168, 182, 670, 241, 597, 767, 700, 036, 664, 77, 720. 195.
Stakes $1,000.
Second $300. Third $200. For Aus-
£500 A YEAR JOB GIVEN UP
tration Ponies, Griffins of this Meet- TO AVOID INCOME TAX
Ing. Six Furlongs.
A man who did not make an in- come tax return for his earnings of £492 in the year ending April Just told the Wolverhampton Magia trates that he hath resigned his position in consequence of what The was expected to pay.
Another salve of one hundred
will and
follow, one guna while Prince Leopold, with Prin- coss Astrid and the Queen-Mother, will set out for Parliament House, where the new King of the Belgians will take the Oath.
The ceremony will be signalised by a third salvo. At the express. ed desire of the new King, the traditional joyons entry of the new Sovereign to Brussels on Saturday Avill not take place.-Reuter a Special Service,
Brussels, Feb. 23. Prince Leopold became King Leopold II at 11 am. to-day when before he took his formal oath Parliament.-United Prces.
Joyous Reception.
in contrast 'to yesterday's mourning, the tolling bells of Brussels rang out joyfully this new King, the morning when Leopold III, entered the city to take the oath of loyalty to the Constitution.
escorted
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24,
1994
HUNGER MARCH ON LONDON
EXTREMIST LEADERS
ARRESTED
POLICE READY FOR
SQUALLS
LONDON, FEB. 23.
THE METROPOLITAN POLICE ARE MAKING QUIET BUT EXTENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS TO PREVENT DISTURBANCES ON THE ARRIVAL OF THE SO-CALLED HUNGER-MARCHERS IN LON- DON.
Already two well-known extremists, who were planning to play an active part in the démonstration, Tom Mann, who is still active in his 78th, year, and Harry Pollitt, who stood as Communist candidate in Whitechapel in the last election, have been arrested,
The Prime Minister has refused a request from the organisers of the demonstration to receive a deputa
tion.
PREMIER DENIES
Ten contingents of the so-called The young King was
by hanger-marchers are now converg by troops and accompanied Princess Astrid, and as the pro-ing on London from all parts of cession passed along the streets the country. from the Palace of Lacken to the
One large contingent has walked House of Parliament cries "Vive Le Roi". preceded it caught all the way from Glasgow, obtain- up by the enthusiastic crowds. ing subsistence on their way by
collections and so on,
of
At the Houac of Parliament, before the assembled members of
HYDE PARK MEETING. Upper and Lower Chambers, and in the presence of visiting mem-
The combined forces of the bers of royalty and other dis- tinguished men, the King swore marchers will appear at Hyde Park to observe the Constitution and on Sunday where they will be ad- the laws of the Belgian people dressed from eight platforms by and to maintain the national in-prominent members of the Labour dependence and Integrity of Bel-Party and Communists. gian soil.
The King took the oath in both French and Flemish,
Address to Assembly. King Leopold, whose arrival had been greeted with frenzied cheering, then addressed the as- sembly. He declared he would his pre- follow the example of decessors, who had placed the dynasty always at the service of the nation, and to pursue the late King Albert's aims in striving for unity of all classes and furthering colonial development.
i
AN AUDIENCE
Commons for some time. He has been an active Labour leader, with extremist tendencies, for sixty years.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
YESTERDAY'S MARKET
EASY
According to Mesare. Swan Culbert sun and Fritz, the New York market was easy yesterday. Business done 2,200,000 shares. The Wall Street Journal reports:The market was down from fractions to as much as six points, erasing all recovory since Feb, Oth, due to slow steady selling caused by a weakness of packing. shares on a report that the govern ment intends to investigate the lead- ing packers connection with charges of conspiracy to fix prices. The do
of cline was also due to a weakness mining shares plus the fact that week. ly reviews wore less cheerful than ro- cently. Bonds went downward due to profit-taking,
Our New York office cable: Stocks: Were lower. Traders sold. The mat. ket acts tired and lacks leadership, There are indications of further
irregularity temporarily. Wheat: At
Mr. Novilla Chamberlain, who'fast night warned that too much must not
expected from the Budget, shown talking with the Prime Minister.
QUEEN'S
"HELLO HONGKONG",
a standstill due to general uncertainty BRIGHT REVUE AT but the news and genera! outlook favours constructive side. Colton: Prospective crop curtailment is main sustaining feature. Planting pre- Forward- parations well advanced.
250,009-bales. ings to mills lower by 250,000 Spots quiet. High holdings of March Sil- notices heavier than expected.
market advanced apparently ver: The on foreign buying. There is a feeling reaction is pro. prevailing here that bable which may be forestalled by continued foreign purchases,
reported at
#
WOTD
Brokers loans $922,000,000, an increase of 107,000, 000 from last week's figure of $827.
000,000,
The opening figure for the Dow 108.05. Jones Industrial Averages was
High Low Feb 21 Feb. 12 100.74 20.10 108.50 104.14
30 Industrials
20 Bala
56.63.35,45 61.81 99.90
17.78 19. 29.31
20 Utilities 40 Bonds
92.46 73.21 92.30 22.03 11-Commodity Ind. $0.64 41.99 4.12.84.01
10%
The following market closing prices are quoted subject to confirmation as to accuracy in transmission:
Feb, 21. Feb. 23. Adams Express ... 104 Alaska Juneau Gold
21 Mining Co. The Premier, in his letter of re- Allied Chemical and. fusal to receive the deputation which desired to register its pro-American Can
COMMUNIST PURPOSE.
Power
test against the Unemployment American & Foreign Bill, says that the deputation can
American Metal' do no good service to the un-American Smelting employed,
The Premier adds that the Un-Anaconda Coppor.. A resolution wil be submitted employment Bill now before the Auburn Automobile House of Commons will facilitate | Atlas Corporation... -and is practically certain of more satisfactory treatment of the Baltimore & Ohio unanimous adoption, protesting whole question of unemployment. Bethlehem Steel against the Uriemployment Bili.Reuter.
con-
POLICE LEAVE CANCELLED. The "hunger-marcher" tingents are expected to remain in London for at least ten days. It will be recalled that there were a series of miner riots during a similar demonstration last year.
This year, special constables will be on duty during the entire stay of the marchers and all leave of the regular police force has been cancelled in readiness for emergencies.
The independence of the coun- try and the integrity of her territory were inseparable from national unity, continued the
OUT OF THE WAY. King, amid renewed cheering. Ile said that Belgium must continue
the or- It is understood that the arrest to associate herself with ganisation and preservation of of Tom Mann and Harry Pollitt was ordered in connection with at pence.
seditious speeches He concluded to the accompani-alleged ment of cries of "Vive le Roi," Glamorgan last week, though it is and in a strong voice: "I shall generally believed that the pur- devote myself entirely to Belgium.pose is to get them out of the way "The Queen will assist me with during the visit of the hunger-
marchers... all her heart."
The King repeated his address in Flemish and departed, and was acclaimed by his subjects outside the palace.
Perfect Harmony.
No incident occurred to mar the accession harmony of today's ceremony, though there were fears of a disturbance following the in- eldent in the Chamber Inst night. Excitement was caused then when Flemish Nationalist and Com- their raised munist deputies voices.
The Nationalists alleged that
Fatshan's Able Amazon.
155
(Mr. D. S. Li)
1
Triumvir'a Alacrity, 161 (Mr.
R. H. Charles)
2
Soth's Just That, 153 (Mr. S. Y.
Sun)
3
Three lengths; short head. Twelve "Barters.
Time: 1 min. 21-1/6 secs.
Win. Pari-mutuel: - places, $6.20; $11.40: $9.40.
38.40;
6-The Foochow
$750. Second $300.
L. Dunbar's Liberty Bay,
181
(Mr. L. G. Front) Dynasty's King's Justice, 158
I
(Mr. Y. S. Chang)
L
Mrs. Chan Wing-yung's Gay
The Bench ordered him to pay £6 178. 6d. the amount claimed, within two months, the Chairman
disorder and near free Router.
man
COLLISION JN THAMES
SEVERE FOG IN BRITAIN
DISORGANISES
Railway
Case,
Chase National Bank price)
.
1
PARTY
Stars from some of the leading American revues have come to Hongkong with Henry Bellit's All-American Revue "Hello Hong- keng." They gave their initial performance at the Queen's Thea
tre last night before a large audience.
A feature of the show wore the well-executed vocal numbers by Robert Rhodes, star of Earl Car- and Blossom-Time rol Vanilion Sensation whose rendering of drow a loud "Ole Man Ribber" round of applauso and was the. only encored number for the evening.
The laughter was provided by the two International comedians and features of the R.KO, Olr- cuit, Bill Moran and Al Wiser, while a bevy of beautiful girls graced the stage with shapely, logs, quisite dresses and community dance numbers.
Vera Amazar, formerly of the Greenwich Village Follies, was pleasing in vocal numbers, and Bobby Dale and Charlotto Siegrist staged some duets in song and dance,
Special matinces will be given on Sunday and Thursday.
THE REV. H. W. BAINES.
NEWCOMER TO DIOCESE WELCOMED
An official welcome to the Rev. 1. W. Baines took the form of an "At Home" held at the Cathedral Hall yesterday, when Bishop R. O. Hall with other clergy and many prominent church-goers were pre- sent.
The Rev. Mr. Baines arrived in the Colony a week ago to fill the place of the Rev. H. V. Koop, and has a record which promises good servico-here.
150
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106%
.103
114
1014
254
24%
487%
46%
America. Tel. and The Communist purpose of American Tobacco these marches in common know- Iedge,"
Tel
1229.
121
13
70%
76
Americau Water-
works
224
1014
16%
644
63%
14
14%
33%
32%
48
464
Borden Company.. Borg
24%
24
27%
-20%
Pacific
10%
10% 79% 76%
Chesapeake Corparn-
tion
20% 20
424
Corporation 69%
41 57%
mbia Gas and Electric...
16%%
16%
Commonwealth and
Southern
3
21
Consolidated Gas of
I
Continental Oil
New York...
41%
40%
20
10%
Coty
Inc.
7%
74
Curtisss Wright Com 4%
44
Du Pont de Nemours 102
101%
Eastman Kodak.... 92.
Bond and
8914
19% 10%
Power and
7
7%
Fox
16
15
7
22
2134
36
34%
General
Motora
40%
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Railway
41%%%
20%
197
Tel....
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Har. International
44% vestor
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International Tel &
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42%
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2014
Feb, 23.
70
Closing: Range
Love (Com.) 18%
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-807%
Marchi
12.01
12.02-12.02
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91%
May
12.10
12.18-12.18
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July
1233
12.32-12.33
34
32
October
12.50
12:49-1249
million
National Distillers Now York Central. North American Co. Owens-linois Glass linor Pacific Gas and
Its Electric to Packard Motors
Pennsylvania Rail-
(bld price)***
31
2014
December January
12,61
12.00-12.00E
12.03
12.63-12.03
274
2015
Spol
12.40
12.40
$13
41
21%
20%
Wheat-Chiengs
91%
89
20% 20
Feb. 21 Close
6%
0%
Feb. 23, Closing Range
road de
17 37%
Bay July
BB
88
September
804 87%
88 86%86%
87. 87
3%
174
3 17A
Reynolds Tobacco
SHIPPING
General Aviation General Electric London, Feb. 23. Shipping round the south-General Foods... Tom Mann was sentenced to im ern coast was disorganised General
Signal prisonment last year for making to-day owing to severe fogg seditious speeches, leading to in Southampton water and Goodyear Tire and vigorous and persistent, attacks on the Government in the House of the Thames estuary.
RADIATOR CAP THEFTS
TWO MORE MEN SENTENCED
The Danish steamer, Maja (2,203 tons) and the London steamer Camberwell (1,577 tons) were in colllson off the Essor coast and the Clacton lifeboat put out Johns Manville to the scene of the accident but Kennecott Copper returned after the lifeboatmen had Lehman Corporation 75% boarded both vessels and satisfied Liggett and Myers themselves, that, though both were damaged," no lives were in danger!
The fog delayed the departure
Inc.
Bontgomery Ward National City Bank
Since October he had earned only the Belgian Royal House had done Two further prosecutions re- from Southampton by twelve hours £9. and was now starting again nothing to defend the special in-garding thefts of radiator caps of the linor President Roosevelt, with the expectation of earning torests of the Flemings, while a wore dealt with by Mr. Hamilton bound for New York with passen-
the at the Central Magistracy this gers and nearly two £1 10s, a week, plus commission.
Communist deputy raised "I received a demand for £120." suspicion, which had already been morning.
pounds worth of gold. Court.. "I given told the
Chan Yau, who admitted steal-! The Its quietus, that King
Hamburg-Amerika Cup-Winner the
Third $200. thought it was so absurd I threw it Albert's death was not entirelying a cap from a car belonging to New York was delayed an
from... Hamburg necidantal. Heated protests fol- Dr. I. Newton, of Victoria Hos fourney For China Ponies. Ono and a Half on the fire.
three Southampton and it was decided "Later, without my doing any-lowed the words of these speakers, pital, was sentenced to Miles.
thing further. I received another which culminated in an unseemly months' hard labour. The car was that she take on her passen- demand reducing the amount to
fight. parked in Lower Albert Road, out-
gera and nearly two million Ponnroad £30."
Bide the Bishop's House.
Sentence of two months' hard pounds worth of gold for New Philips Petrolount York in the Cowes roads Radio Corporation labour was inflicted on Wong Tak, British Wirelesa.
Crusader, 168 (Mr. N. Doitz) 3 remarking that he could not under- SPEED-BOATING
Many lengths; many lengths.
Four startors.
Time: 3 min. 11.2/5 seen, ' -Pari-mutuel: - Win. $5.10: places, $5.10; $5.10.
7.---The Valley Stakes-Winner 81 000. Second $300. Third $200. For China Ponies, Subscription Griffins of this Club of this Meeting. Six Fur longe.
Loong Kwok-choeng's
stand the man's mentality.
1
8. The Trial Plate-Winnor $1,
Second $300. Third $200. For 000. China Ponies, bona fide Grillins of this Meeting. One and
Quartor Milen. Plane's Hydroplano, 161 (Mr.
Proulx)
Caval-
P.
Li
ende,
H. 155 (Mr. Chanson)
Ho Kom-tong's Classic Hall,
166 (Mr. T. N. Pan)
2
Triumvir's Surprise, 161 (Mr.
F. Marshall)
Two lengths; three lengths.
Twenty-three starters,
Timu:-1 mín. 33.1/5 secs. Pari-mutuel: Win $318; places. $40.50; 86.80; $8.50.
TO
THE OFFICE
BUSINESS MEN DO IT Sydney and Melbourne businesa men are now speed-boating to their offices in the mornings.
A few individual spoed boat. owners started the movement in a haphazard way, says Austral News.
cap stolen from a car, owned by on a charge of receiving a radiator Mr. Ip Ching-wan, of 134 Kennedy Road. The defondant was arrested in Cleverley Street.
Detective-Sergeant C. Goodwin prosecuted.
TREASURY BILLS,
London, Feb, 23.
KING LEOPOLD
MR. LIN SEN CABLES CONGRATULATIONS
(Special to "Telegrapå")
Nanking,, Feb. 24. of Shiu-pang's Soldier
Mr. Lin Sen, Chairman of the China, 101 (Mr. F. Y. Sun) 2The result, however, was remark-
A total of £67,820,000 was op- Hom's Lemberg, 178 (Mr.
able. It was found that distances plied for in tenders for Treasury National Government, has cabled Heard)
from some suburbs were covered in bills. The amount allotted in bills to King Leopold III congratulating Length and half; length and better time than by car, train or at three months was a maximum him on his accession to the Throne
tram. The waterway used In £35,000,000. The average rate per of Belgium.
In his message, Mr. Lin Son ex- Melbourne Is the River Yarra cont. was 17/2.92d which runs trrough many residen- with 16/6.62d last weak. The presses the hope that Belgium will Time:-2 min. 39 secs.
tial suburbs. and in Sydney, of maximum amount of bills to be be prosperous and Bine-Belgian Parl-mutuel: --Wim
$409; course, the harbour, round which issued next week is £40 million. relations strengthened-Central
British Wirelcos..
(Newt“, places, $46.70; $6.50; $12.10. many suburbs cluster; is used,
half.
Sixtoon starters.
[
as compared
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Socony
Corpora-
Roebuck
Vacuum Cor
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Southern Califor
Edson
40%
$46.86-
COTTON, WHEAT
AND SILVER
LATEST NEW YORK
· QUOTATIONS
Messrs. Swan, Culbertson and Fritz. have received the following quotations on the New York cotton and whent and silver exchanges for yesterday, Cotton
Feb. 21. Close
Hay. July
-407
0814
Silver
Standard Gas and
Electric
Standard Oil: Co Sterling i
47%
Murch Hay. July
NJ.
Ine Studebaker Corpora
tion
Wheat-Winnipeg S
Feb. 21 Fol. 23.
Closo
Feb. 21
Close
Closing
Kange 67% 67 68% 681
Feb. 23.
Closing
Range
40.45 40.05-40.70 46.45 47.18-47.20 47.86-47.55-47,00
Total sales for the day:
6,825,000 oz. 18,125.000 ozs. (263 Contracts) (525 Contracts)
U.S. Steel Universal
Tobacco Vanadium Warner
'Pictures
Westinghouso E; and'
19% Woolworth
Carbon
way
inment
Toxas Corporation Transamerica Union Carbide and
United Aircraft & Union Pacifle Hail-
Trans United Corporation United Gas Improve- U.S. Rubber
40%
1834
23%
7%
18% 21
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