It will have been noticed that a section of the enclosure at the Shanghai Race Club is in the hands of the builders. A contract has been entered into with Messrs. Trollope & Colls for the erection of extensive additions to the commodation in the members' and grand-stand ticket holders' enclosure, an addition which has been rendered very necessary by the overcrowding at recent meetings.
The increasing number of visitors has made the accommodation in the members' stand and the pari-_ mutuel offices beneath quite inadequate, and the building scheme now being carried out has been devised to remedy the deficiency. Excellent use is being made of the comparatively limited space at command. A new building 120 ft. in length is to be built in the rear of the main grand stand, having a right angled section which—will occupy the space between the southern end of this stand and the rails of the public enclosure. The ground floor will be taken up with pari-mutuel counters and offices; on the second floor there will be a tiffin room, measuring some 60 ft. by 30 ft., and the third floor will be taken up with a ladies' room, bar, kitchen, pantries, lavatories ete. The roof will have an arrangement of three tiers from which a full view of racing will be had over the sloping roof of the stand in front.
In this way, adequate and well-appointed accommodation will be made for a considerable number of visitors, and the improvement is sure to be greatly appreciated. The contract calls for completion of the work by May 1, but if conditions are favourable, the new building (which will be constructed with steel and concrete), may be in readiness before that date. states the " Eastern Times; bai AccorDING to a Japanese re U.S. Shipping Board is, on account of the slump in business, withdrawing a large number of vessels from the Pacific Ocean and placing them elsewhere. The Te Fort was denied on Wednesday at the office of Capt. W. I. Eisler, representative of the U.S, Shipping Board here.
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