"
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
(Reuter's Service to the China, ki oël.) AERONAUTICS.`
MINEOLA, October 18th. Lieutenant Maynard landed today, From San Francisco-the first to accom plish the return trans-Continental flight Ten competitors have up to now been killed to this race, is which the winner covered 5,409 miles in 50 hours flying time.
PARIS, October 17th.
A Havas message saya
M. Foulet, the French airman fying
Australia, reached centocelle, aerodrom
SPORTS.
BOLF..
THE CHINA MAIL.
U.S. AND BRITISH MER.
CANTILE MARINE..
ROYAL HONGKONG GOLD CLUB. }
THE £10,000,000 TRIBUTE.
A mate in the semi-final mund
A luncheon was given at Claridge's of the Championship of the Colony Hotel by Mr. W. H. Appleton for was played, susterday, A. B. Stewart the purpose of explaining the char defeating Major Leslie Smith by 3acter of the United States Tribute to British Merchant Seamen, of up.
The other semi-na match, be-which he is chairman. Among those tween S. #. Dodwal and Lieut. Col. present were Mr. J. Havelock Wilson,
Mr. Thomas Chambers.
FUNERAL
LATE SERGT. ROBERTSON..
FRENCH SHIPPING."!
HER EFFORTS AT RECOVERY.
France's proverbial power for The funeral of the late Serg.quick recovery is nowhere more Robert Robertson of the Police Force strikingly shown than in the ship whose tragic death was reported in ping world. Her leading steamship yesterday's China Mail, took place line. which before the war had a fleet at the Protestant Cemetery, Happy of 84 steamers, has now a fleet of Valley, yesterday afternoon.
just 100; and all this has been The procession passed the Monu brought about in spite of heavy sub-
at Rome, the end of the second stage of Coles, will be played on Friday, nad M.P., Sir Edward Nicholl, M.P, and ment in the following order: gumariae losses, and a five-year periodi
bis fight, yesterday. His biplane is working well
HAVAS REVIEW.
4
Marshall Islands.
Row October 17th.
RUMANIAN GABINET CRISIS.
the Engu will be decided on Sunday.
LADIES SECTION.
Fatries for the Railway Cup Eadies Singhs Handip at Fan ling) will class on Monday, Novem ber 10, at Fanting and Happy Valley
MİT
KOCKEY.
DEPARTMENTS. :
Replying to an address from the Ear le Duc Council, expressing the hope that after his term of office as President of
The first bowley mate of the ths Republic bo would again become was played on the Military Senator for the Meuse Department ground it Happy Valley at even- President Poincare wrote: Should an opportunity occur laser for me again to when strung ebore represent the Department of the fesseewly formed Hosgkong Hockey which has suffered so terribly from the Cub-which are out of the usher war, I shall certainly consider it my duty of the .K.D.C. Hockey Club-bout
ut to declina,"
the Staff and Departments team by the best gun in five. The cordi
Sir Edward Nicholl, M.P., testified tion of the ground as such that from his own experience of British front ply with impossible, the baseamen to what they had done. For being suetinas alust hidden in nearly five years he went out in the the box genes. This will, of course.Channel in charge of the examining to remedies in time for the next service, and during that time he was gaune, and the result will be no responsible for passing more than dubt, a faster and a more scientific 50,000 vessels. A large number of exbibitiva.
torpedoed men came before him from time to time, some with their legs shot off, but, in spite of their wounds, none of them showed any dismay. For those men, and there was a large number of them, provision must be made. Mr. Havelock Wilson's Home at Limpsfield, which was to be open. ed in October, would not hold more than a very small portion of them, and therefore they felt very grateful to the States for the tribute.
BELGRADE, October 19th. The ministerial crisis is ended. The Dvedovite Cabinet Whine resignation was cabled on September Tith, remains 15_olice.
The Serbo-Croat-Slovene Peace De legation, beaded by M. Fushitch. has gone to Paris.
WAR MINISTRY'S BUDGET
• REDUCED:
PIPING, October 2lat
Taken as a whole, the Club wore the seperior team, and would have won by a bigger margin but ke the very persistent and determined de- The Budget of the War Ministry wasfence of the Military halves and discussed to-day in the flouse of Repre backs. The Cab opened the sccs sentatives. A reduction of twenty perig. A. K. Mackenzie ending in cent. on the total expenditure was cecid hat drive from close quarters during
·rd upva.
1 in front of the Military citade. This put the Military on their mettle, and their efforts were rewarded by a goal scored by Kaight. A movement has been inaugurated for Reise half-time. Edmond added a iba cancellation of the autonomy of Outercond gond the the Club, who were Mongolia, provided China undertaken the responsibility for all foreign loans con- loading by two goals to one at the tracted. The movement is expected to interval, Axercise a good impression the Tibetans, who are disposed to indepen
OUTER MONGOLIA'S AUTONOMY
dence,
week.
TO BE CANCELLED:
00:
Little Hsu " leaves for Urga pet from magnificent drve which gave appeal to their friends on the other
"
A NEW OUTLOOK
Loadco, Oct. 20tb. Lord Leverbulme in a remarkable
The coffin was carried to the grave by six of the deceased's colleagues.
The Rev. J. Kirk Maconachie read the burial service at the graveside.
NEWSPAPERS AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM.
of stagnation in building.
increase
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THE JOY OF NIGHT FISHING.
HUNTING THE CONGER
Telephone 29.
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OYSTERS THROUGH THE AGES,
GIN AND GINGERBRIAD AT COLCHESTER LUNGE
The
speech at the Authors Club declared tàut keeper had an anxious ten minutes. Opportunity to add my voice to the Reform has recently entered upon a fargeat French liner, La France long-continued drought. The leaves. A telegram exocessing dutiful
The
Telegraph
Mr. Havelock Wilson said that the carriage on which rested the coffin fund was to amount to £10,000,000. which was covered with the Union) French shipbuilding stood stül dur The movement, to his mind, was not Jack and surmounted by the deceasing the war. The yards were used en- merely one to help the British mered's helmet and belt. The carriage tirely for munitions and war material chant seamen, who had faced grea: was drawn by Police Sergeants- mnaufacture. France in this respect A Havas message 65Y3:~~
risks during the first three years of Immediately behind walked the Hon. was an individual sufferer, for, while The Pope has granted an official sitting
the war without any protection from Mr. Wolfe, C.S.P.. Mr. Ferdue, A.SP. she built nothing, other nations were to Commedure Shiascio Yamamoto, in
warships and without any guns of Chief Inspector Kerr and Inspectors very busy in their shipyards. The regard to the replacing of German mi sionaries in the Mariannes. Carolines and HONGKONG H.C. P. STAFF AND defence on their own ships; the great Davitt, Kent, Watt, Grant Gordon United States was turning out more point was that America, quite apart and Macdonald. Then followed the ships than ever before, and in March, from recognising this, had the high European. Indian and Chinese mem-1919, England had 10 per cent, mare object in view of cementing the bers, of the Police Force. Several tonnage under construction than in cordial relations which now existed Jail Warders and some ladies were March, 1913 (her record year). In between the two great English speak also present.
1918: Italy launched tonnage: '50 per ing races. He believed that, as long
cent, over the average tonnage laun- as the people of Great Britain and
ched in the four years before the the States worked together, without
war. The position of France in taking advantage of each other, a
comparison with other countries was great and glorious work would be
The following sent wreaths: the distinctly unfavourable. While at accomplished.
Hon. Mr. E. D. Wolfe, Mr. C. G.the beginning of 1919 world Perdue: the No. 7 Police Station:tennage was 120 per cent. greater Constables Mess. Central: PCs than before the war, France's Mess, Water Police; Detective Staff: share in that No. 2 Police Station: Folice Mess; was less than 1 per cent. In short, Detectives of No. 7 Police Station: the end of the war found her Mer- Sergeants Mess, Central Police cantile Marine in a deplorable con- Station; Yaumati Police Mess;dition. Government control'still exists, European Force, Shaukiwan: Ser and is just as irksome and disadvan geants Mess, Water Pulice: Inter-tageous to the French shipowner as preters of the No. 7 Police Station; it has been to his British confrere. No. 5 Station Mess; Inspectors of the Every effort is being made to throw Detective Staff; European Warders; it overboard. And while the Govern- Chinese cetectives; Sergeants' Mess, ment is discussing programmes of No. 7 Police Station; Chief Inspector subsidies and support for the French Kerr. Inspector and Mrs. Gerrard: Mercantile Marine, and has even Inspector and Mrs. Angus: Inspector promised to purchase a number of and Mrs. Gordon; Inspector and Mrs. steamers to be hired out at very Davitt; Inspector Macdonald; Inspec- reasonable rates to shipping com tor and Mrs. Kent; Sergeants Pitt, panies, the shipowners themselves Ogg, Rawson and Marks.
are carving cut their own programme Fishing by day is good but fishing Mr. Appleton said that there was
of development. They fully realise by night is incomparably better that not a moment is to be lost if First comes the joy of slinking away formally opened on September 4 with The Colchester oyster fishery wis no country, except Great Britain, that was so ready as America to help
they are to regain their position in from the searable-its visitors, its world competition.
chiffons, and its chatter-of subsiding the usual quaint ceremony. in a deserving case, but America wanted to know the reason why help
The Compagnie Generale Transat into prehistoric garments, whose Mayor and Corporation traversed the lastique possessed 84 vessels at. the every stain recalls a good catch of fishery grounds in a dredger and the Phy slowed down in the second was wanted. Therefore, he desired hade for a while, but only till Eenas the press to urge the thousands of
end of 1914. War losses reduced fish, and every darn an escape from Mayor made the first haul of oysters, this figure to 73 at the end of 1918. some too affectionate blackberry bush which proved to be of excellent had stored a third good for the Ch Americans in this country to send an
But with steamera the company has in bygone Septembers. And here is quality. The Mayor and Corporation the gold-keeper no chance. The side of the Atlantic on behalf of this
recently bought and those under August once more, with conger-eeling then consumed gin and gingerbread The Hongkong correspondent of Military redoubled their efforts to
great cause. He read the following
the NC. Daily News says on October construction in France and England joys. Up on the hill-top, where the a custom which has prevailed score after this, and the Club's the message from President Willson -
17: Our agitation for Constitutional the fleet now stands at about 100 tea-table is spread on a brown-holland since the fishery was first open under I am very glad indeed to have an
vessels. This company owns the lawn, the earth, is hard as stone from Royal Charter in the reign of Richard backs (they played without a għal-
The newspapers have American Tribute to the British new phase
(28,000 tons), and the autumn will are wilted. Every flower is thirsty. devotion was sent to the King at a the success of the nation depended upon the night all but sorred again, while Merchant Seamen along with our parted company on the issue. payment of high wages. Our handicap in
Horrockts, playing dashingly, heat the
Alderman Benham said that over own gallant seamen. They have Daily Fress aided and abetted by see the quadruple screw steamer But joy still lurks in the shady valley, luncheon afterward on Peewit Island,
Paris (30,000 tons) added to the fleet. below. strongly
"Where the sound of living waters.
thousand years ago Roman soldiers competition with the United Status was the Chus defizce mo than ones, but rendered a service to humanity in the China Mail still
were doubtless sitting on that spot low rate of our wages. He regarded the could not put the ball. About five the great war which has just ended supports the Reform Association's This fine new vessel has had many
Dever ceaseth receat warest sa perfectly natural, demon-minutes before the end of the Annie which enrols, them among the free proposal that the members of the delays in building at the Chantiers de Penhoet at St. Nazaire, where she
In God's quiet garden by the sea." opening oysters with their swords. strating that the British workman was Horrooke by sheer herd play. Pored servants of freedom and civilisation. Legislative Council now nominated has been on the stocks for more than And beyond the narrow strip of The East Saxons so appreciated the ambitious which was fortunate because its a goal. The Club thus won by three I am sure that I am speaking, when by the Governor should be elected four years. When finished she will pebbled beach a sailing boat sits fishery that they took three oyster absence would spell disaster. Be war coo [goals to San.
I say this, for the people of the by the community. Th Edent the ultimate advent of the worker an
The Club team contained some United States, and particularly for and the Morning Post have thrown represent of the one latest types of rocking on the ripples, come to bear knives for their arms, and this device ocean liners, with severels new us over the broad waters of the bay still formed the arms of the county of Essex. The Colchester fishery lost the directorate would be the means of players who have much more than the American seamen who have the Association's programme over features. Other important vessels for a night's fishing. achiaving the greatest imaginable industrial a workable knowledge of the game, taken a like part in the great eater board and are plumping for the
under construction for the
Simple, ordinary joys, these, in old all their Continental customers during -progress. When the workers eculd share though they still have to be seen on prise of liberty.
WOODROW WILSON, direct representation of Kowloon are the responsibility with the directors and a fist ground. Railton was undoubt. Mr. Appleton also read a message That apparently is all they care for company in England, and the firm daya. But extraordinary now, in the war, but the British public con. this first peace summer. "Congering" sumed all that they could supply, baving learned that by increased production edly the best of the three backs, for from Admiral Lord Beresford, warmly and until they get it they won't be has recently bought a dozen cargo is tricky sport, only to be indulged in They had had most successful sea- and cheapened cost they could beat all com- he showed excellent judgment in in-approving of the scheme and re-happy. It is probable that they will boats and is launching out on
bold programme of petition and increase wages, English indicatempting pustes, in temning the marking that at the beginning of able time, but that by the way.
after dark when time, tide, and season 8019, and were able to give 40,000 develop have to go on wailing for a consider ment. Recently the Generale Trans are all exactly right; and, therefore, oysters to military hospitals. The incursions of this opposing forwards, the war the officers and seamen of The Daily Press saw. in this cry
atlantique has taken a controlling ira possible while the rigid rule of price had lately gone up, but the and in driving as powerfully as the the merchant service went to sea,
The date of the Colchester syster be out along ground would allow Mitchell played unarmed and not escorted, to almost for the separate representation of interest in the Fabre Line and also Dora forbade even the smallest public insisted on having them.
in the Compagnie Sud Atlantique. fishing boat
coast, later Beyond the North Atlantic, the this
than half an feast was fixed for October 21. very consistent game at centre certain death. Seventeen thousand Kowloon on the Council a sinister half, and fed his foranada well. The gave up their lives to maintain the and deeply laid plot of certain vested Mediterranean, and the Far East,
hour after sumset. Moreover, Mr. Churebill has sent a letter to the Club forwards showed good combian. food supply and transport, and 30,000 that the public did not know its own realises the great future awaiting His figure looks sturdier than of old, into our own boat's bottom-when-
interests to convince the Governor
France's leading steamship line Our friend the mariner has Dundee Liberals that the building of the tion, though no
been away long on war service. volunteer army is se satisfactory that conad Mackenzie rers inclined to
tines Edmonds more were, incapacitated. We nearly
lost the war in 1917, and must have mind. and suggested that the Tele
French shipping in South America. scription will be abolished in April and possibly earlier. Over 33 millión have pass erratically. Evans was the done so without the pluck, grit,reph's editorial policy was dictat
THE CUCKOO FISH.. already been demobilised and an additional best food on the fell. Wood dil endurance, and courage of the Britished by its local directors. The Tele. Big developments are now on foot his face is tanned by southern sun-ever we have time to look round.
graph
in the services from France to Brazil, shine, we notice, as he helps us into thereupon accused the Press of making
Uruxoay, and the Argentine..
the boat. A greater change is the
Suddenly one of our lines brings up half a million will be released by December. not lave very much to do, for Ed-Mercantile Marine.
false, malici ous and ill mannered suggestions.""
The Fabre Line adds a moder new alert quickness of tongue and
a cuckoo fish, a radiant angel of the The Press replied by pointing out liner to its Atlantic fleet in the ear that takes up every allusion with deep; its body zoned with waving
a vivid flash of response. autumn, with the "Providence," Telegraph A feature of the Military team's Hongkong Cricket Club Ground on that
had been
" of
band of turquoise and golden scales Four years since I took you cut and outlined with transparent fins 16,000 tons, now building at Toulon. phy was the excelent tackling of Saturing, 25th October, The Rusholme slection resulted as Handle and Scouter, who time after campenn ht 2.15 pao, sharp-R. Telegraph.
Play to guilty of many inconsistencies. The It will shortly be re-opening its last? No; five years next month,
described this
to match. Even in these days of follows (Erst elected):-
time sipped the mivance of the Club 1. Thurshell captain), R. A. Brand,
abuse and sarcasta" and asked its Italian emigration services, and just after the war began. That was scarcity the thought of dooming this extending its African coast services. 2 night! When we struck the spot irridescent visitor to to-morrow's fire in the pluckiest manner. F. W. Day. E. J. R. Mitchel, Corning contemporary to keep to Three or four new ships are being where the congers lie, and caught breakfast table causes a pang. How. Semmler, indeed, proved an adept at Baker, D. E. Tonnelly, P. G. d the point and either to prove or to built for the company in England. yards and yards of them, till it ever, "Rare good eating it is." says rubbing his opponents at the ball. Paravicini, A. Burnie, J. D. Hum made. At the time of writing the Messageries Maritimes, takes up a sunk the boat." Hoisting a ruddy on the slippery heap at our feet.
The other French company, the seemed even one more would have the mariner; and cuckoo joins bream The halves were mediocre, doing press, W. Wackenzie and R. A. much of their work by blocking their Un
quarrel has not been carried beyond much more conservative attitude:brown sail we sitim across the bay,
When the sport begins to slacken, while the talk drifts naturally to Hor- opponents and driving out.
and is waiting to see the Govern places seen during the long absence over supper pasties and nectarines, ncks and Knight were the pick of
ment's policy with regard to sub-
travellers' tales, begin again. Be- the front string.
PISTOLS FOR TWO.
sidies before embarking on any new
neath the gradually appearing stars The China Mail is fond of assert- developments. It suffered great
of the Bear the two inhabitants of newspaper ought not to be given cent. of its tonnage being sunk or talk. It is time to start fishing. So local events, while we, who have ing that a statement made a losses during the war, about 40 per The sun is sinking lower as we the Northern hemisphere, discuss greater significance than any casual destroyed. The fleet now numbers down comes the tawny sail with spent long ronths beneath the Crose, remark uttered by one individual to about 41, steamers, the largest of reluctant flappings, like a child un drift peacefully back "Down under." editors of the other papers are in tons). It is slowly getting back to fun begins. Over goes the anchor conger. Letting out a longer line. another at the street corner. If the which is theAndre le Bon" (13,680 willing to be put to bed before the It is dark enough now to try for agreement with this, doctrine, they normal conditions on its Australian, with a businesslike plop. The lines and putting on larger balt, we sit in should regard their dispute as a per- Madagasca, Mediterranean, Far East are baited and cast, while some of us patience while the hours slip past. sonal affair entirely and settle it in the and Japan services, but is not adding glance reproachfully at the mouth But only two of the long striped, old-fashioned way. A meeting place to its fleet till March, 1920.
of a certain tidal river, where only slippery eels come lollóping over the could easily be arranged in Kowloon. One facte is delaying French last week we drifted for hours with side of the boat to reward us. This The editors of the Morning Post and shipbuilding at present-the serious cut catching a single fish. Does is not a conger night after all. We China Mail would doubtless act shortage of steel plates. The labour similar bad luck await us to have had our evening's luck in as umpires, and to add a little zest conditions are good, and when this night? "Not in my boat," affirms bream. Sixty-four are counted as to the encounter, the Governor lack of raaterial is overcome a boom our mariner proudly. "Not if you.we row home. As many as we might be prevailed upon to promise is anticipated in the French yards, do this." He breathes softly on the can carry, and, of course the to carry out the policy of the because the Government has at last hoolt before letting it slip into the cuckoo fish to show the children, are vanquished. Such a proposal has responded to the pressure of ship- sea. We do the same, wondering threaded on, a line," while sparkling much to commend it. It would be owners, and openly admits that the whether some ancient marine mon flakes of phosphorescence awake as good a way as any other to settle first step in industrial reconstruction ster of the Aegean is being pro with every dip of the oara. London's a question which has now been de- is the establishment of a strong pitiated by the ritual. Or did our fireworks on Peace sight were but bated long enough. His Excellency Mercantile Marine flying the French forefathers practise it on these legen tawdry affairs compared with these, would please everyone by introducing flag. While realising that this really dary coasts? Whatever its origin, Nature's own rhythmic Jets of liquid Fa little novelty into the methods depends on individual effort amongst the charm works magically. In less light. Nevertheless, landing is dark of Government administration. French shipowners themselves, than five minutes two shining bream enough to be difficult, as we tumble No one would dare after French shipping circles look very are landed. Another swiftly follows; out and make our way over jagged wards to accuse him of being hopefully towards Great Britain for another, and another; all four lines edges and inky pools, encumbered by "a slavish follower of precedent." help in shipbuilding and in supplies, busy and hardly time to rebait the our weight of fish. And above all, what better oppor France, on her side, has to offer hooks-the delirious frenzy of fish- And so back into the safety of the tunity could our journalistic friends privileges to British shipping in the ing, while it lasts. Congers can shadowy valley. The blue lamps of The bollowing will represent the desire of proving their sincerity use of the most central European wait for another night, with bream hydrangeas shine by their own light Club de Recreio in their first League Jading from their writings, the ports in the Atlantic tre
biting like this. Strangely enough, till long after dusk, but even they match against the South China "B," reforms they advocate are very dear The entgate between France and another boat, close by, does not are extinguished in this midnight on Saturday (kick-off, 3 pan.) on the to them, and either would gladly lay England, which proved such a success succeed in landing a single fish.gloom, up which we grope our way, Navy Grand L. Hyndaia; F. down his life if the benefits which in battles fought on land, may well Evidently those fishermen have omit disturbing the velvety owls by our Ribeira and 3. Xavior; R. Hyndun, they foreshadow from the passing of be extended to those no less grim, ted to breathe on their hooks; but emphatic whispers that we must The following will represcut the Y. Britto and H. Maber; H. Xavier, the necessary measures could, by though bloodless commercial battles, their envious glances make us feel catch those congers next time. And Hongkong: Cricket Clus actins . Frango, J. Lam, V. Chuttions such small personal sacrifice, hich are som to be fought on the smart apologetic for the castade of them we will no pelning, and see the Craigdigower Tribet Chi 2 by and G. Carvalho.
assured to the community.
H400mbi Bred Weality. Extanig | nhưd: thinhigh trum link other sid
tries would be second to none..
EARLY ABOLITION OF CONSCRIPTION.
London, Oct. 20th.
RUSHOLME BYELECTION.
monds went the ball always to Evans. at Wood's expense.
London, Dec. 20th.
9394
Captain. H. Thorpe (Coalition)
Unionist)
Doctor Dunatan (Labour
... 6412 3933
10
Mr. Pringle (Liberal)
Captain Crewdson (National
Party)...
RUSHIAN VOLUNTEERS
ADVANCING.
The teams we as follows:-- Stat and Department-Corp.
C.R.C., 2 XL 6. R.C.C.
London, Oct. 20th. The War Office says a South Russian Glenny, R.A.S.C., Capt. Bundle: 2nd XI aquinet K.C.C., at Kowloon, The following will represent C.R.C. communique explains the Bolsheviste oc.F. Set Seouler. A.P.C., B. M. at 2.15 p.nt. on Saturday:-Wan lu cupation of Kieff was but temporary-agher L.-Cpt. Knight, R.A.S.C., Sing, Chan Hin Lae, Lo Man Pan. expectedly attacked on Oct. 15. Subsequent Forks, B.A.M.C. Sergi, Connor. Man Chiu, Sain Kwole Leung, Cheting JeCpl. Kirby, R.A.M.C.. Corp. Lee Man Kwong, Lai Kuen. Hung ly the Volunteers were reinforced and cleared the whole city excepting the western K.A.0.C., Ptes. Blades and Fiber, Wing Kui, Woo Pak-Fuk, U. F. Lee and north-western suburbs where fighting R.A.M.C.
and Wong Po Keung,
Reinforced by
new division the ug
was proceeding on Oct. 17. Westwarda of Hongkong Hockey Club.-F. Sear- Khuperieuer the Cossacks, who continue to borough, C. G. Hickling, W. W. Advance round the Bolaheviat division, have Mackenzie, 31. 1. Kailton, E. J. R. prisonered 5,000 and 27 guna while south Mitchell, G. H. Piercy, C. Hodgson. west of Orel 10,000 of the enemy, compris. E. Wood, W. H. Edmonds, F. ing Lettish und Chinese regiments advanc. s. Evans (captain), and A. K. ing to attack were enveloped and half the Mack-e, forcas entirely destroyed. The remainder fed. Thus it appears that the Bolshevik attempts to recover the ground fost in the past month have falled with severe losses
and despite reinforcements the Bolshevista are unable to atem the Volunteer advance.
CRICKET.
FOOTBALL.
HONGKONG F.C. . POLICE.
The folowing will represent the Hongkong Club in a friendly game CIVIL SERVICE. INDIAN R.C. with the Police, on Saturday fack
off, 4.30 p.m.) on the Club ground The undermentioned tea williger: Ralston and Carriere; Hail Papi-Rink the Civil Service CC. in ton, Stewart and MacPhail; Knight, a Lengue match against the Indian Fusco, Hechekran, McTavish (oup. Loudon, Uct. 20th. Recreation Club on the Civil Service tuin) und Rodger.
RUSSIUS CIVIL WAR
CHINA. "B."
A War Office communique says the ground on Saturday at 3.15 p.m.- Garrison at Petrograd is reported to be pre Hon. Mr. C. Seven (captain), R. CLUB DE RECREIO . SOUTH paring for singe. Machineguba are posted. Hitel ison, Dr. Smalley. W. A. un honetops. Extra supplies of food are. Wood. F. J. Ling. B. W. Brad coming in. The Baskir division which way. rushed up from the interior for the defence. R. C. Witchell, H. E. Strange, of Petrograd ban been practically destray. S. Fletcher, G. H. Piercy and! ad at Kranceselo, The Bolshevik claims that W. B. Edunende...
they have retaken Krusnoeselo and Gacchina, and are driving back Judenitch's army, are unconfirmed. "The latest telegramas confirm that a Polubevik deputation at Gatebins on Oct. 17 oflared to surrender Petrograd it guarantee against bombardment. The reply to the offer is not stated
HONGKONG C.C. v. CRAIGEN. GOWER C.C.
the
as
retract the first assertion it had
this stage, and I cannot say whether it will be continyed.
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