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YESTERDAY'S MEETING.
NEW RULES ADOPTED.
At St. Andrew's Church Hall yes. terday evening, an extraordinary meeting of the members of the Row
What from the point of view of the Colony's population, constitutes Hongkong's Henley began on the barber yesterday. It was the Tien chung chiek—the Dragon Boat Fes- tival which takes place annually on the fifth day of the fifth moon of the loon Residents' Association was held Chinese year. Last year the fixture for the purpose of considering and took place at North Point under the i
spices of the Ming Yoen syndicate adopting revived rules of the Assoce but a variety of circumstances have ation. resulted in the venue being altered) this year to the Yaumati typhoon sheller where, for one thing. the currents are less treacherous.
From the standpoint of the -spectacular yesterday's Tich chung ckich must have disappointed the sprinkling of tourists who were to be seen brandishing cameras here and there amongst the spectators. Troe, the long low boats with their scorer, on occasion, three score
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of paddles flashing tythmically to conduct of several matter which it | the sympaneous, accompaniment had been found they did not quite of the tom tom, were a picturesque cover. A subcommittee was appoint-time enough sight. but the Crowd
ed for the purpose of revising the itself was drab and comparative-
rules and the results of their deliber- ly undemonstrative. There was not the oriental pageantry connected ations were carefully considered by with the Dragon Boat Festival That the fall committee when it was decided its name would suggest. Some that the draft now in members" among the rowers wore panama possession would greatly improve the hats, one of them actually sported a position. The Chanman pointed out. straw-boater incongruous, perhaps, bat scarcely oriental.
that there was nothing particularly drastic or revolutionary in the changes For the accommodation of specta proposed and he therefore formally tars a big maatshed grandstand bad moved that the revised rules of the bren improvised on top of the break Kowload Residents' Association be water but it was only scantily patronised. Naturally the majority, accepted in toto and in future be the and incidentally the most enthusiastic, rules of the Association for the con of the onlockers were boat people duct of its business.
who watched the rices from the Mr. B. L. Frost seconded the decks of their OWE "craft motion which was unanimously The
course
parallel carried.
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with the breakwater for three The meeting them terminated. quarters of a mile and bordering it
on the opposite sidë were sampan 3, jucks and launches strung together in ane long jumbled line
Some of the boat crews were effectively informed with coloured bamboo hats and paddl's to match and others were more nor descript. The larger boats were manned by at least hity oarsmen with a steerɛ.
SUPERSTITIONS.
DIVINING BY TEA-GROUNDS.
Telling.fortunes by means of the man at the dragon's head and tall and fragments of sea-leaves remaining a couple of tom tom beaters direct in the cup after the rea has been jog operation's at the dragon's
drunk is a polite form of sorcery beart. In One rice towards
are all familiar. the cad of the programme ing of with, which we these craft kept side by side for Doubtless you can think of at least almost the whole length of the course is particularly expert at it.
one woman of your acquaintance who The excitement amongst the junks
Having imbibed · your tes. and eampans grew almost intense as the two monsters lashed the water the cup "upside-down" in the sau neck and neck. First one fearsome cer and whirl it around three times. head shot a few yards in front of Its Turn the cup rightside up" again rival then it dropped back again and examine the leaf-fragments cling as the tom tom beaters in the othering to bottom and sides. There urged their crew to superhuman lies your future.
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Frederick Dreninghoff, a native of Strassbourg Alsace Loraine, who described himself as a musician, was this-morning charged before Magistrate Orme, at the instance of Captain De Kat of the s.5. “Brielle,” with having stowed away on board the ship from Genoa,
The defendant who pleaded "guilty” said that he wanted to reach Singapore to join his brother there.
Inspector Spear, of the Water Police, said that the vessel had called at Singapore on the way auf, but the authorities there would not allow the defendant- to land. The defend-i ant had been referred to the French Consul here who had -undertaken to: telegraph Singapore for information. *if it were true that the defendant had | a brother there, the Consulate would
send him to Singapore.
¿The Magistrate remarks that if the Singapore police did not allow the defendant to land before, they would nat let him land now.
"Inspector - Spear said that the Cossil here would supply the defen- | dant with the necessary papers." It } wwald be at last six days before a reply could come from Singapore...”
The Magistrate sentenced the de- | ferdant to 14 days' bard labour.
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For-kidnapping a seven-year-old Memorial Fund, when interviewed boy at Wanchai, a Chinese was, this by China Mair reporter this morning sentenced to six months' morning regarding the account Tel imprisonment with hard labour..
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to the police station they met the for the Cenotaph replica to be erected child's mother who said that she did on the Finest Ste. The memorial Tel-2203. not know the defendant, and had not exhibited at, Burlington House, a given him authority to take the child female gure draped in a long flowing out.
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A correspondent belleres, that the Mr. T. H. Darbyshire who is reported
in last night's talegrams as having are given as follows:--The head car- been murdered in Johore by Malays, is a laurel wreath the left band was at one time in the F. W. D. bere. rests on the hilt of a sword which has He left to take up, a position in the the poist resting on the ground, whist Straits, and was very popular in the right hand grasps speir Hongkong. We have failed to trace which is held aloft. On the front him in our records.
of the base of the pedestal is the tra- ditional laurel Wreath, whilst on dither side are sheaves of corn spray td to left and right and tied with
bons in the centre. The platform
is seemingly, intended to be of white
efforts. Fusillades of crackers from. In this magic rite we have a dou-j the junks at the end of the race ble-header-a combination signalled appreciation of a well ancient systems ol fought contest.
Hydromancy and Ceremacy. As far as could be gathered the Hydromancy was much practised honours of yesterday's racing were in ancient Egypt. A bowl or cup distributed fairly evenly between (was filled with water and a selected Wanchai and the Aberdonians. The person, generally young boy, following places are represented:gazed into it until be became Wanchai, five boats: Causeway Bay, hypnotized and saw things" when four: Shaukiwan and Poo Tai Island, the hypnotizer-magician interpreted three: Tal O, two; Aberdeen two and what the boy thought he saw. It Cheung Chau, two. Tiffins and night was the same trick which the strol meals are provided for the crewsby the ling magicians of North Africa per-tos Amoy and Fooche organisers, and practically speaking form to-day by means of a drop of each boat will involve about $70 in ink in a boy's band and which many expenses. The committee, having travellers have witnessed. When decided to donate the nelt proceeds Joseph sent his messengers to And of refreshments and admission tickets his silver cap in Benjamin's sack bef to the Kwong Wah, Hospita) and the instructed them to proposed. Wanchai Hospital, expenses this my lord's cur in sich my lord Senhor C. Albuquerque e Castro, Scheme is put into operation. Yesterday afternoon an Indian on prizes have been strictly curtailed, drinketh and wherein he divineth Consal-General for Portugal in This will necessitate much named Abbas was removed to the trophies consisting of triangular Hence the crystic qualities of the Hongkong, who is shortly leaving the care and wisdom of choice, but we the Government Civil Hospital suffer flags with suitable Inscriptions.
Colony on well earned furlough, was know that we have the sympathies Ing from falaries received through The energetic committee in charge
The signification of the tea-leaves last night the guest of the members of the Colony. At a public meeting | being knocked down by motor car and border. of yesterday's arrangement are to be is ap echo of Ceromancy which can of the Clab Lusitano at a dinner at held on December 2nd, 1920, No. 116 on Shaukiwan Road, sear congratulated upon the precision sisted of dropping meited wax into the Hongkong Hotel. Mr. Silva Netto, under the presidency of His Excel the Pole ground. In addition to with which the programme was water and divining by the forms the President of the Club. in proposing lency the Governor, Adioiral Sir A. minor injuries, be received an ugly carried through. The races are to be continued to-day when yesterday Wax assumed in cooling the bealth of Mr. Castro, thanked him 14 Duff, K.C.B, officially charac-cut on the left ear which had to be attendance should be more than Cernency is a very old, art- but for revis ble services he had terised the work which Mr. Walde stitched
tex was only introduced into Europe rendered to the Portuguese commure grave was doing at Hongkong as
ity of Hongkong, and the interest he excellent while a notable resident, A Bareau of Statistics has been General Committee: Me 8:8. F. H. Primitive mind, still subsisting wished him bon zoyage and an enjoy Seatnen's Institute was model Commerce and work has begun i
The following are the officials in the seventeenth century, yet the had always, taken in the Club? and: Mr. G. T. Edkins, said that"The organised by the Canton Chamber of have been closed on this account Rew, DDS, King, Koon Tai, man, at once seized upon the tea ahle holiday. Mr Castro-responded little Institute of its kind and the gathering of reports and statis Judge Wang, of the Cantan Cheung Yuet Hug, Hong Ying Chi, grounds as a means of fortelling the thanking the Club for the honour old a great deal of good work, tics regarding labour and business Supreme Court has suggested to the Fung Tai Li Fong Shan, Wong Fun future as that same mind had seized done him.
both for the men of the Mercantile conditions during the year. New local authorities that a new jail be and Lao Ching bio,
upon the melted wax some thou-
Marine and for Sevice men. Such manufactures and products will also bunt on the site near the Great East Isal and official testimony cheers us; be given particular attention in the Gate once occupied by the Hospital The annual report of the Mis and emboldens is to go still farther reports It is reported that pub for Leners. Judge Wang also sug slons to Seamen' makes the following in our efforts to cater as fully Bication will be issued by the Barents that the old Canton and Nam reference to the years work at Hung, as we can for the welfare of the A marriage has been, arranged
allormen, at Hoogkook In itself between Willian Herbert Shelley on The report states
second years
port, Hongkong is the Dent, MC, late Grenadier Guarde
Rev. GT Waldegrave as our main base of the China Flotilla? and (SR), son of the late Herbert Fallar Chaplain at Hongkong chronicles every ship comes tou Dent of Canton, China, and Chestnut Lodge, Surbiton, and Bár
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upon the once a year: SAWI progress which he led last year: "goodwill
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cup.
Judges: Messrs. F. H.Kew, Koro sands of years before.
Tal and Frog TalkMembe
Starter Mr. A. King -
Clerk of Course Mr. Worg Fun.
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