THE CHINA MAIL EXTRA.
THE "DOCK" DANCE.
A VOY SE TO FAIRYLAND.
The Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company has been so in the habit of doing big things, during the past three or four years, that residents of Hongkong and Kowloon would ex press surprise were the concern to perpetrate the mediocre. It has built big ships, provided big additions to its yarda, big advantages for the private, life of its employees and has made the name of Dyer big in the history of shipbuilding enterprise in the East. Can it be wondered therefore, that the dance given last night assumed proportions in line with the general scheme of things pertaining to the Dock Company. The success of the function must be measured in corresponding dimensions.
The
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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, DEC.M ER $1, 1012.
HONGKONG DEFENCE
CORPS.
Administrative Orders by Major G. H.
Wakeman, Y.D., Acting Admix
trative Commandant.
LEAVE.
SPORTS
CRICKET.
GARRISON v. ROYAL NAVY. The following shows the second innings of the match Garrison
Pie. A. E. Martin, "A" Com-Navy which was played on the
is granted six weeks' leave H.K.C.C. ground. dated 30.12.19:
Pay
ANNUAL MUSKETRY COURSE,
The following is the result of Bring of Annual Musketry Course by detalla of "A Company, No. 1 Platoon:
Number exercised
Marksmen
Ist Class Shots 2nd
15
5
15
The averages obtained were :-- Practice No. 13
GARRISON. 2na innings,
Lieut. Beavan, c Lambert, Lt Col Coles, b Kennett
Robinson
Capi. Davies, not out
.100
b
59.
...105
13
Capt. Olliver, e Robinson b Ken-
nett..........emerha
Lieut. Sutherland, b Hastings CQM.S. Talfourd, b Kennett Major Edwards, not out...
Extras ...
21
CHINESE TELEGRAMS.
[By Arrangement with the Tak T
Yat Po.]
SHANGHAI, Dec. 30. informs the Minister of Foreign The Japanese Minister at Peking Affairs that he has reported on the withdrawal of the Japanese Squad- rons from Fukien, but,so fax he has not received any instructions.
Fun Kwok Cheung, the UX. President, died at his residence on the night of the 28th inst. Fung's last words were that Chu Sar Cheang should be energetic for peace. It is 6 be granted to the late President.
said a national burial ceremony will 3
The acting Mister for Foreign 12 Affairs in view of the difficulty in 10 dealing with the Foochew case has decided to tender his gnation.
Total (for 5 wkts., declared...308.
Bowling Analysis,
16.0
14
24.S
15
13
16
17.
+3
113/4
Hastings Casswell. Robinson Greig
0
the 2 Q 11
0
0 91
0
2
ROYAL NAVY. 2nd Innings.
Company Average
• ALLOTMENT OF RIFLE RANGE.
Staff" on the bridge of the good ship Hospitality" had rung full speed ahead on the telegraph to which the Committee, in the engine room. responded with seamanlike prompti tude. "Captain" Dyer had ordered an augumented loo but to ensure that the reefs of "Ne ected Greece were giver.=&wreteks "tičked on to well past, te hour of midnight, the barométer indicated signs of abnormally fine weather, and the good ship was finally brought into the port of "Huge Success" without mishap, when the passengers collected their luggage and proceeded ashore, carrying with them recollec- tions of a delightful voyage. But that is somewhat in the mature of putting the cart before the urn their arms, ammunition, equip-Pay-Lieut. Robinson, run out...... 9
Lieut. Jones, b Davies....... horse. The method of embarkation do so on the following dates:Artil-Rev. F. G. B. Hastings, b Ed
ment, etc., to Store are requested to Lieut. Dolphin, b Bryson... must be recorded. Upon the "land-i
King's Park Range is allotted 10. the 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment from January 5 to 26, 1920, inclu- sive, from 9 a.m. to noon daily, Sun days excepted.
RETURN OF ARMS, ETC. TO STORE,
N.C.Os. and Men wishing to re
Orders for Cadet Company by Lieni. A. O. Eraw 23.
Lieut. Franks, c Beavan, b Ed.
5 0
Lieut. McNair, cand b Bryson Lt. Commar Greig, b Bryson ....... 54 | Pay. Lt.-Cominár Holborn, b
Davies
31
55
Wong Hung Nin and Shum Shau Kwan have reported that thatmodi
completed
from he Government.
Shum Chun Hsun has telegraphi- cally informed Kao Wan Pang that the Southern peace delegates have already arrived at Shanghai, but they cannot re-open the negotiations until principles have bean agreed upon.
UP COUNTRY NOTES.
(BY OUR OWN SHIUGROW CORRESPONDENT.]
- The epidemic of cholers which re- cently threatened this city and neigb- 14bourhood has happily not developed
14 serious proportions. Breaking out
9
Extras
Total (for wickets) 208
Bowling Analysis.
ing stage one passed through the lery Company and Signalling Section, wards..... shadows of another of those "big January 5, 6 and 7; Engineer Com. G. Kennett, J.b.w. b Bryson things" (which shortly will silently pany, January 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 and Lieut. Lan bert, not out.... leave her berth for the waters of 14; "A" Company and Mounted Lieut. Casswell, not out me Hongkong harbour whence she will Section, January 15, 16 and 17: "B" carry to the corners of the earth the Company, January 19, 20, 21, 22 fame of the Dock Company) and then and 23 Machine Gun Company and through a veritable valley of shadows."D" Company, January 24, 26 and Huge machines that tear up steel and 27. iron as mortals tear up an unwelcome message assumed fantastic shapes in the deep gloom, calling to mind the suggestive music of Saint Saeus, "Dance Macabre" and one expected, every minute, to see peak-hatted and bearded dwarfs spring out and capex round in frenzied terprischorean aban don. Proceeding, the "gangway" was! mounted and the passengers passed along a flag bedecked alley-way on to the more spacious poop, thence,
smaller space and wonder was disclosed.
-uf
STRENGTH.
M. R Bryson....... 20 3 52 Edwards
14 3 69 Davies.... ........ 13 3 65 3 0 5
Cadet L. F. Cheesley was enrolled Olliver on December 29, 1919, and posted to Section 2.
among the soldiers (who are posted Here in large numbers) it spread 17 rapidly among them, but thanks re ties the outbreak was quita cireum- the precautions taken by the author?-
scribed. In connection with this fact, it is noteworthy that cholera wal w.epidemic at the time in many parts 4 of the northern area of Kwangtuag 2 and the adjacent regions, and it only 2 ceased in those parts at the advent of O cooler weather: in Shiuchow, how- ever, the disease pever got any hold upon the civilian population.. For this great beneßt, the community has to thank the present chief official of The following will be the CR.C. Shiuchow, General Li Ken-um Ar team in their match against RE his instance a meeting of all having and Indian Army on Saturday acknowledge of the prevention of dis- enses was called, and stepa ukan te 2 p.m. on Home ground.
Ng Sze Kwong (Capt.), Yew Man establish a Tsun, Un Hew Fan, Ho Wing Kin.pital. The affected detachments of temporary cholera bao- Choa Man Ping. Shiu Man Ping, He troops were removed from their quar Main Party with 2nd Lieut. We:Ching, Geo. Lee, J. Wong, Lo Man ters in the city, so as to minimise man will parade at Kowloon Railway Station on Saturday, January 3, at 10.15 a.m.
Cadets J. A. Johnson and W. J. Burden on 20.12.19 and posted to Section 1.
CAMP.
greatcoats.
C.R.C. V. R.E. AND INDIAN ARMY.
**
Pun, Wei Lee Sun.
tooth-A. R. Madar, S. Moosdeen, N. M. handkerchiefs, Bux, A. G. Suffiad, E. A. Moosdten,
G. Partabrai, and A. A. Rumjaha.
FOOTBALL.
funnelwise, were compressed into Advance Guard under Sergt. Ram
the scene of say together with Instructors and It was a O.C. will parade at Kowloon Railway fitting climax to the suggestive ap- Station on Friday, January 2, at 9 proach to fairyland. They valley of A.11. shadows had been passed and paradise gained. A thousand shimmering lights
risk to the city. The temporary bos- at first dazzled the eyes and then,
1.R.C. 2ND XI. v C.R.C. 20 XI. refining works, and was carried on pital was opened in a disused antimony tecoming accustomed to the brilli ance, one was able to comprehend the
by the Chinese military medical staff Cadets attending the K.C.C. Child. beauties of the faries' revelling place. ren's Sports will parade under Sergt. L.R.C. 2nd XI in friendly game officers sent from Canton. Indeed, The following will represent the here, with the assistance of special A rainbow roof reflected the rays Taylor at Hunghom Railway Station against the C.R.C. 2nd XI ca the the thorough way in which this mat of fairy lights-of-every-colour of the on Saturday, January 3, at 6:15 pm former's ground on Saturday, at 2ter was dealt with has been of great polariscope; vegetation of slender Uniform: Caps, belts; water bottles,p.m.: A. el Arculli (Capt.), S. A interest as shewing how far the Chi- and fairylike delicacy grew up to haversacks and all necessary equip Ismail, S. D. Ismail, S. M. Moosa, nese have travelled since the days kiss the emerald, turquoise and
ment such *S ruby
when re-crackers were accepted es skies. The sound
towels, sweet
the surest method of subduing an music floated through brushes, the nymphs domain and one stood
underclothing, etc.
epidemic. and gazed in wonder." "This is
Visitors' Day-Saturday, Jan. 10. ours, I believe" said a human voica i
G. E. STEWART, Captain, at our side, and only common cour- Adjutant, H.K.: Defence Corps. tesy prevented us from rebuke at thus
Hongkong, Dec. 31, 1919: suddenly being brought back to mundane facts. And this was thei place in which the guests and the hosts of the Dock Company danced and spent their evening and early Extra Waltz A Thousand Kisses, morning: to dance, to laugh, to eat One Step..........
....Me-ow and to drink and to be good friends. Eightsome Reet Never was there such a dance within j. memory of the oldest of Hongkong Fox Trot....... residents and never will there be Waltz..... It would be beyond Caledonians a better! 'the
powers, even of Scotland, One Step to devise Improvement. The Dock Maxina' Company has reached the midday Quadrilles altitude of the social sup and a true Fox Trot observation has been taken; the Waltz ...... Chanson de man Coeur, the 2nd January 1920 on the Club, perhaps a very great change, but position of the ship has been marked One Step. I'm on my way to Dixieland. down on the chart and no other vessel can drop anchor there.
INTERVAL.
LR.C. R.N. (R.).
While some officials have become enlightened in matters such as the public health, it is unfortunate that very few have progressed far along the line of public morality as evi The following will represent the denced by their attitude to gambling. I.R.C. in their Second Division matga This curse of China is sanctioned
Ground on Saturday, kick-off at 2.30 and the very fact of its having been against the R.N* (R.), on the Club throughout the province of Kwangtung,
p.m... A. O. Madar, M. S. Harteam re-licensed by the "new officiala [(Capt.), A. N. Other, B. A. Hyder, since the Revolution, whereas it had The De'il Amang the Tailors. G. A. Hyder, A. Salleh, A. G. been suppressed by the last Viceroy, Kissing Time. Marker, S. A. R. Ismail, A. L. has given a good deal of "Face" to
-Septembre Andree, O. Rumjahn, S. Rumjahn.
.....Scotia.
11
the promoters of gambling shops. Formerly, a gambling shop was ..A Restless Night.}
......Maxina.
The following will represent thed and gaudily decorated roams dis- "shop," but now the brilliantly light- ........Piccadilly. Club Team in their League game day the name of Business House": ....Siam and You. with St. Joseph's College on Friday
THE SUPPER.
To Mr. D. Keith must be given the
Supper was served at midnight, credit for devising such a wonder the catering being undertaken by the ful decorative scheme and he was ably Hongkong Hotel Mr. R. M. Dyer assisted by the Committee in provid- presided and with him at the head of ing every comfort for the dancers. the table were the Hon. Mr. S. H The music was provided by a portion Dodwell, the Hon. Mr. W. Chatham of the band of the "Wiltshires" and and Mrs. Chatham, the Hon. Mr. E. they added greatly to the success of the D. C. Wolfe and Mrs. Wolfe and dance by the perfectly timed thusic. Mrs. R. M. Dyer.
Ground. Kick-off at 4 p.m. G-S Rodger, F. Black, J. Tonkin, M. L. Railton, J. Stewart, J. M. R. McPhail, J-B. Hamilton, H. M. McTavish, D. Riechelman, J. Rodger, E. Riis.
· UNION CHURCH THREE 'QUARTER CENTURY
FUND.
J
As will be observed from the pro- At the conclusion of the supper, gramme below, there were dances to the loyal, toasts were 'honoured. suit all tastes and greatly appreciated after which the Chairman proposed Meders. Butterfield was the inclusion of the good bid the toast of "The Guests" to which "square" dances. Good fellowship the Hon. Mr. S, H. Dodwell, respond prevailed through the whole evening ed.
and all were loud in their praise of: Mr. W. Forsyth replied suitably on "Scottie" for the good time provided. behalf of the Staff and gave-the toast The dance programme, was as fol- of The Ladies." Mc. D. Keith lows
...replied. Extra Waltz... Smiles then Kisses. A tribute must be paid to the gen Lancers....... Cosmopolitan. tlemen, who organised the function One Step Raggin' thro' the Rye. Mr. W. Forsyth (Chairman), Mr. Waltz
Arabis J. Parkes (Vice Chairman and Master Caledonians
Caledonians of Ceremonies), Mr. W. Brown (Frea- FOT TEST............ Hindustan Surer), Messrs F. C. Coleman,, JG. Highland Schottische
Dick S Gray D. Keith, R. Lapsley The Dancing Scotchman. and J. Puncheon (Committee), and Destiny. Mr. K. R. Mackaskill (Hon Secretary.) .Finck and Lincke Hongkong.
Waltz....... Lancers......
One Step
Waltz Under my Darling's Window.
LALA
WALDA "LRanch.
Swire
Union Insurance The
Society of Canton.Ltd... A Friend Mr. J. R Wood Mr. A. Button............... Amounts previously Lac-
knowledged
ad of considerable significance. Gambling is the cause of a large pro- petion of the misery and poverty of the ordinary Chinese, and the men wbmake it easier for their fallow, contryman to fall into this great templation (for it is a special snare to Chinese) have an appalling respön- aibity.
O course we have a boycott. The little boys from most of the schools here think it grand to ga in proces- sion and the streets,, and exhort the shopkeepers to refrain from purchase ..$1,000,00
of god of inferior quality." In- deed, he one school which has taken 1,000 00 4-strog stand against any interier- 100.00ence to the business community, 50.00 has ben (dreadful / thought !). de 20.00
nounce by a telegram from the local schoolbest to their friends at Peking.. 15,306.91 If these little boys would set to work to maniacture something to replace the good. they complain of, or would try to fillemselves for so doing in the futurit would be different thing the height of absurdity is rocchel when these schoolboy BILIOUS HEADACHE.
parade roads to intimidate the shop- Lthat is needed is to corrent thkeepers,
town where your can biloneness and the hawische dis oners. Take Chamberlain's Tablet either bu watch, blanket, or article, except and you wil som bevels as ever any similar" reign ziale by Shamlar mod Sloce such a hagutta i kedpara
plained of
$17 476.91