Effectively closing around Luna Park to trafic April 4 the Police caryled the Shang-hho Municipal all entrances to the track, and from nobody was Despite this, one after that the méeti declared closed.
'There was no disturbance of any firmly but gent but gently carried out their instracfons. At the gates of Luna 'Park the' Police stolidly refrained from talking at all' No. Police invaded the Premios of the Greyhound who Racing Association. lights glaring and a machine gun' mounted on the roof, slid majestically out of the gateway on its journey to prepare cer-sped _up other} they passed strategic points the roads were closed behind them, Ordinary Public Works Department barriers were used, with red lamps mounted on them, and] cardboard placards bearing _the words, in Chinese and English, "Closed to Traffic." "These were placed on various roads leading to Luna Park, roughly in " radius of, }200 yards from the track.
At 6.30 p.m. railless tramcars of the Shanghai Electric Construc-Hon Ca. which ply along Ward Road and other road: near, Luna Park, ceased from their: Journeying, and only homebound fears could be seen. At 7 p.m, there were no railless cars or buses running down Ward Road, Special forethought had caused residents of the barricaded area to receive passes which enabled them to pass all police barriers in the Eastern District on the night April 4. Car owners, homeward bound to the circumscribed ares thus were not held up. Some of them, it was rumoured, even used these' passes to pass into Luna Park itself.
'As it was, members of the Greyhound 'Racing Club and the Club's staff found themselves forced to park their cars, or leave their hired fears, at the barriers and walk to) Luna Park. Amongst "these were! Ar. W. KR. MeBain, Chairman of the' Club, and Mr.' and) Mrs. 3M.
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