"As these tracks are in lonely places, and as the meetings are held fate at night, the winning samplers are liable' to become the prey of armed robbers, and this will seriously affect the' peace and col order in the city. This tends to show that this gambling gives rise to cases of armed robbery and suicide, In addition to circular, advice being sent to the public, the Association requests that all grey hound race clubs be closed. A letter to this effect has also been received from the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce.
"I, therefore, request you to instruct the police to close Luna Park and the Stadium, without further delay, and to. give instructions that ' henceforth—no permission is to be given for the opening of new greyhound race panies, The powers of regulating gambling and to maintain peace Rraragl te ie Snel Bos] nial the principle at issue in the agita- Council is powerless to put a stop tion over sweep tickets, are pre- teyhound racing in the Interna-paring certain regulations which tional Settlement so long as there will be issued shortly. Should these ig some doubt whether betting on regulations be promulgated they the pari-mutuel is legal or illegal, will, according to officials of the and that, pending a decision of thi sereyhound racing clubs, be followed issue, the greyhound racing clubs by the officials of these clubs, jin the Settlement are carrying on without licences from the Municipal Newspapers Now Refusing to Print Council, was the cist of an interview given on Sept. 5 by a member Opposition to the greyhound of the Council. It was emphasized courses continues in Chinese citoles that the views expressed were those and the vermicular papers say that of a member of the Council, only, the demand for the total suppress-and should not be interpreted as a jun wf the existing eourses—Luna official expression of the opinion of Park and The Studiam—is becoming the Council as a body, as we had more marked. The Intest to. previously been given to understand in the agitation ave the Kiangning was to be issued.
Residents Association, the Coal and The Land Regulations Coke Merch uild, the Nanking The Land Regulations and by-Road Street Union, and the Changchow laws by which the Settlement is dents Association. administered, remarked the member exioninie from September t+ of the Council in question, contain by, mutual axrecment. declined 0] gambling an, arechont We' nothing which prohibits public as public gambling, news or advertise- though there is a mention of lotter-ants voleting Wy sreshound racine.
Chinese Ratepayers Associa tion have receive a velogram from the Mixistry of interior in rep] their recent wire, in whi investigations have been made into the question of greyhound rae ing and it has been found that id this considerable the cause of xaimblizge and consequent harm to the people, It is detrimental to the peace and order of the place and has caused the breakdown of trious society. Its dangers are far-reaching cannot be ut estinuted, appreciate We the enthusiasm of the people in fighting against the evil. We have asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to instruct the Commissioner Foreign Affairs at Shanghai to taise the matter up with the—proper jog in the by-laws which makes tegal to run lotteries without municipal Ticence. Liecnees for lotteries have not been issued by the Council since 1901. Licences are, however, issued to "places of public entertainment," one of whose stipulations is that no gambling be conducted at these places, As the function of the Municipal Couneit is administrative purely and does not include jurisdiction over Shanghai's citizens, it has been the practice that all such Ticenees issued by the Council have to be countersigned by the consul authority of the applicant, or his equivalent in the ease of those not order that the consul concerned may be satisfied thet there is no violation of the
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