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CLASSICAL DANCING.
·FORTHCOMING EVENT.
the Japanese should swear before Heaven and men that they from now on will do all things toward China justly and honourably and righteously. In short the Japanese from the coolies up to the ruling Fa the programine which we classes must have pure hearts, cleasure privileged to give helow, the minds and clear consciences, in all Colony is in the'n classieu treat un dealings with the Chinese.
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CRICKET.
H.K.C.C. COMMITTEË'S ' REPORT.
In their report for the season
an
Entrance fees show an increase of $540. Sixty-four new playing members,21 non-playing members, and 53 subscribers joined during the twelve months.
The cricket pitch has this year
| Detohär 6 wind' 10 text, at 1922-23, the Committee of the: BETTER TREATMENT, the Theatre Royal, when Miss | Hongkong Cricket Club state :--
Saturday, September 22, Y. Capell, assisted by Miss 11. { The Profit and Loss Account, As I looked down from the decks Keefe, is to sabuit a proge after writing down furniture, etc., upon the men and women loading dances in which some of your and unloading goods from ships young people are to take a promin-by $1,516.38, shows a profit of nctual profit of and on, how dreams re the greatness ont part. The word classical seems $2,098.23. of China of the future come to me, formidable word and perhaps ung- $3,51461, as against a profit of Indeed it is marvellous how they gests soothing that is beyond $7.888.85 for the previous year, worked, carrying boxes and ordinary understanding. Snch is bundies that must have weighted 7 not likely to be the case its the pre- to 800 lbs each on their shoulders sent insinnee. There is no-one in mnning along the frail boats and the withe world who can resist the crumpsy junks with great drops of ¦ joyous impulses of the young, and sweat dripping from their heads) when interpretation is Sght and backs down to their toes. Their through the inedium of the, datier, muscles? Whic, astonishing the innocent action of young people saw how the dockmen and women'Keefe are pioneers, so have been in many countries and is irresistible. Miss Capell and Miss only had to be partially retorfed far as and the Club has thereby saved in worked but they can't compare Hongkong is concerned, in their actual cost some $180. It is hoped with the women and men of China. No wonder for Napolean to make particular farm of art. We though that the pitch, will benefit and that I recommend an unstinted support that prediction that when Chiane their work--not merely becue the old turf will stand the wear and once awakes to her tremendous |
whatever monetary. succes in tear better. Thursday, September 20.
latent powers she will move the It was a great joy to me, when a friend told me about his own Sun-wei between the Clans and say to
Clan fighting is taking place in world. Then, the Chinamen will achieved is to go to the London you, foreign abusive, ospital in sore need of funds, but village in the Han River, in the Ka-Lowes and Admiral Chan Chark is unscrupulous, and abyssmal nations as they are engaged in work ying-chau districts, 'North East of
benefit to the community. the province; the people there live aiding his namesakes. Kiingtung to halt and gasp and bend and Which is hosting and of unknown
seems to have more clan quarrels kneel and fall. in peace and comfort.
Will inen be humble? No, I Will nations regions have no robbers nor bandits than any other province in China nor pirates as the people have work and so they cause more destruc-have not seen one.
than even the warring racek? No, not one, not even when nations have suffered so
CANTON CONDITIONS.
DIARY OF A DISAPPOINTED ONE.
PEACE AND COMFORT.
Tuesday September 18.
These
in the warm season whereas in the government offices you see chair for they have nothing to them dozing away in an easy do for their regular monthly income, It is unjust. Well, nothing is just in this land of disin- tegration and corruption.
tions
CLAN EIGHTING,
to do in the fields and the ten factions so far. A few years ago frightful disasters from the late to the South Seas for riches.
The
the Chans and the Lums in that Gen War, Not even those South only trouble they have is the heavy
same district, Suawei, had an exactions from the soldiers when awful holocaust when whole vill-Seas peoples in the Pacific are these soldiers pass through from Kiangs to Kuangtung and Fukirages were levelled to the ground bumble when the white refuses of
and whole populations massacred Europe and America have des to and fro in last year's scrabble and the rest scattered to various troyed 90% of them. To the between Dr. Sun and Chan
places and lost. In Tong-kunericans, an Indian is a good Kwinging, and up to the around Shek-long now many vill-Indian when he dies: and to the sent. large cities like Swallow! and Chauchow where the soldiers ages are in a murderous trail for terrible-Turks, a good Christian is sometitue in a clan fight. Few a dead one and to the Japanese, congregate the people suffer its months ago some villages just a good Korean is a dead Korean : elsewhere, even in our midst. 1 south of Far-dei, across Shamein, and so on in the list. I warn the Swatow the soldiers are doing the scareti even the peaceful citizens foreigners to forebear. same as those, ia Cmton, the of the city with their firing. temples and public lands are bring sold and the shopkeepers are being squeezed more severely than here. Such is to be expected because Swatow is smaller and poorer than Canton
I have no good remedies for thei above ill except the following viz: ed for the provincials and a fine a uniform educational system suit-
system of high ways to connect every hamlet. Education will do How are we able to philosophize away the narrow local prides of orrecóncile our conception that our each village and a united senti province is overran. There seen be three solutions fo. this riddlent for the glorious future of the
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HUNGRY....
Sunday, Septemfier 23 I have been in hunger for the fast do depend upon the eating houses few days because I depended and
and tea houses of the city for eats. To my stomach's great discom- forture all the restaurants are closed indefinitely so i must somehow get foodforthe body in some other way. |I did expect to take my meal this? noon after church at some café bat to my dismay I was disappointed.
province and the country while the which are different from ours: roads will enhance production of second, they work honestly for a all things for the use of men and diving and are most co-operative in will prevent any escape of those The only reason for the chow all their ways; third, the men-folks who wage an inhuman guerrilla, houses to shut their doors is that the go abroad to find work when they find that at home, work is hard and will quickly bring help from goverantent wants to put an unbear- outside to quash farther disturable tax on meals, something like bance.
15% on a dollar's worth of good. Of course this charge does not in- terfere with the proprietors but only the diners and yet still there is a
to get.
To differentiate our ways from their's requires a thesis but sufßee it that you who know the Hakkas
1
*CHAHITY.
a
Friday, September 21. in Hongkong will readily see what In a previous letter I mentioned hard toilers those Hakkas really fact that the different Charities of are. There may be a fourth solu- the city have done and are tion or a fifth and a six. The fourth doing meritorious services is that work is an honour to then and are willing to do more and an orgy is life to the Han-you if there are no hindrances from (Chinese from the North). Who outside. "Wheresoever the body frequent West Point in HK.? Not is thither are eagless gathered the Hakkas.
together." This is true over the world. If I am a rich man my house will be always filled with all sorts and conditions of men.
and soldiers hail them. The
and
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We
fear that such an impost will eventually put many places out of business. Before this new scheme of the provincial treasurer appeared. many chophouses have shut dowa for one or another reason. bad thing indeed and no wonder therefore that business is at a low elb for a long time, ever since the failure of Shim Hung-ying's coup, last Febrary or January
PILLAGE.
It is a
PROGRAMME.“
The Club ran two Elevens. The first played 22 matches, winning 14, losing 3, with 5 drawn. The
second eleven played 21 matches, woa 9, and lost 11 with I drawn.
Two Interport matches were 1. Solo....... Spring...... Sindisig.
The played against Shanghai. Audrey Steele. 2. Ensemble.... Japanese... Dance.first, here in November, Hong- (Arranged by Miss D. O'Keefe exciting finish.
Theo Bonheur. kong lost by 2 wickets after an The second, played at Shanghai in May, Hongkong won by 3 wickets.
B. Pestonji, A. Mackenzie, P.
Nicoll,
V. Blackbura, R. Blackmore,
L
The annual Teanis Tournament
1. Botelho, C. Botelho, E. Black-was disappointing from the point
bure,
of view of receipts, largely owing to uncertain weather and illness on the part of some prominent coin- petitors in the open events.
N. Clements, H. Russell, 1.
Deacon,
U. Mitchell, I BarryD. Pitcairn, E-Mead, K. Chester, S. Jeffries,
B. Pestonji.
3. National... Highland Fling Winnie Henderson (Arranged
by Miss D. O. Keefe). 4. Duct..."I wish I had something to say... E. C. Nann. Ian Barr and Carmen Botelho. 5. Pas-de-trois...Nymphs
Dance....Greg Irene Deacon, Audrey Steele and Winnie Henderson..
"The Minuct" Recitation...
Ina Barr.
7. Solos:
(a) Waltz...Dorothy Pitcairn
S. Translateur. (b) Russian... Patsy Nico!!
Glinka. (c) Jazz...Petty Pestonji
Hugo Frey
.PART 11.
8. Sule.......'Danse Des Fleurs.
A. Russner. Allison Mackenzie. 9. Ensemble. Greek Ballet.
(Arranged by Miss D. O'Keefe) KMcEwan, A. Rose, I. Fothergill, E. Rose, C. Smith, A. Tollan, P. Capeit, V. Capell, D. O'Keefe. 10. Solo.Jazz.
Winnie Henderson.
11. Minuet......Louis XIV Period
(Arranged by Miss D. O'Keefe} E. Mead, S. Jeffries,
E. Blackburn Blackbura. $2... Jazz Ballet,
B. Pestonji, A. Mackenzie, W. Henderson, I. Dearon, A. Steele.
13. Duct.......Susages.
Vrvienne Blackburn and Cirmen Botelho.
14.
Chameter Dutch Dance.
A. Rose, K. McEwen, E. Rose., P. Capell.
15. Solo.. Petit Morcena
Edith Mead.
de Ballet
H. Englemann.
Pas-de-deux... Waltz
(Arranged by Miss O'Keefe.) Violet Capell and' D. O'Keefe.
FIGHTING MALARIA.
FISH TO EAT MOSQUITO EGGS.
Malaria is still raging in certain parts of Italy, where the flatness of the land causes the formation of Pools in which the malaria-carrying mosquitoes lay their eggs.
The Open Championship Singles was won by Mr. Ng Szej Kwong for the sixth time in succes- sion. The Open Doubles Champ- ionship was won by Messrs. Ng! Sze Kwong and Wei Wing Lok.
The Club Championship was won by Mr. S. E. Green, Handi- cap Singles "A" by Mr. C, C.. Stark. Handicap Stagles "B" by Mr. G. W. E. Bishop, Handicap Doubles by Messrs. G. R. Sayer and A. D. Humphreys, and the Mixed Doubles. by Mr. G. W. Sewell and Miss H. Irving.
Miss Grace kindly presented the prizes at the close of the Tourna- ment.
IST XI BATTING AVERAGES.
H. R. B. cock
No. of
Innings,
Han-
H. Owen-
Times
not out.
Highest
Scure.
Average,
13 4 346 74 3844 | ..
Hughes 25 5.747 128 37-35 T. E. Pearce. 23 3 713 109 35.65 Rev. E. K.
Quick
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2ND XI BATTING AVERAGES.
No. of
Highest
D.; Reid. 13 0 254 57, 1954 10 0 237 72 2370 G. H. Piercy... 12 1 211 421 19.18 R. E. A. Wel❤
H. E. Hollands 19 1 234 36 13.00 ster......... 26 2,559 78 23.29 M. M. Watson, tot 112 35
7.47
5.80
F. H. Farthing 144 36 54 18.60 . Spicer 13 55-151 687 L. J. Dwvies... 25 7 259 725 1850 J. R. Way...... i 1 58 20 G. R. Sayer... 16 2 255 61 18.20
E J. R. Mit-
i not out
Bitsmen who played in under chell......... 21 1 328 1021 16.40 ten Innings:
R. H. Wild... 12 1 14 29 12.82 D.B. G. Nichol-
G. II. Piercy 10 2 100 30 12.50
..
500 ......... 4 1 151 93 50.33 L. D. McNicoll 101 361 12.33 F.C. Miller.... 6.1 125 701 25.00
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FOOTBALL
SOME OF THE TEAMS FOR TO-MORROW.
HONGKONG F.C. v. POLICE.
-
The following team will repres
at the Club to-morrow against the Police in a 1st division League match on the Club ground (kick-off, 5.15 pm)--
J. Wilson; W. Gerrard or D. Purvis and C. W. Bishon; A. Mair,
A. S. Forsyth and J. W. R. Me hai!; R. Bell. I, Watson, H. G. Howard, J. McBride and SD, Begg.
HONGKONG F.C. RES. v. KING'S RES,
A. L. Gico.... 10 2 92 23 11.50 W. W. Macken-.. D.E G. Nichol-
zic ......... 90 147 51 16.33 Son !! 97, 20f 970 L D. McNicoll 60 93 39 15.50 E. G. Lammert 11 3.45 15 5.63. D. Hum-
† not out.
phreys..
4.0 48 24 12:00 Batsmen who played in under 10 J. D. H. Craw- Innings:
The following will represent the ford
91 89 42 1.12 Club Reserves to-morrow against A. A. Claxton 9 2 333 87 4757 E. W. Alderson 70 61 28 8.71 the King's Reserves in a 2nd div-
F. Syme Thom-
ision League match on the Club ground (kick-off, 4 p.m.):-
Capt. C. O.
Olliver...... 9 2 306 77. 43.71 J. D. Hum-
phreys 7 1 158 41 2633 G1. Stapleton 91 203 60 2600 A. E. Wood... 7 2 123 63 2460 Mai. E. D.
Matthews... 7 3 91 27 22.75 Capt. P. H.
Davies ...... 8 I 156 35 22.28 F. J. de Rome 71 131 42 21.83 B. D. Evans... 8 I 126 45 18.00 H.E. Hollands 70 99 36 14.14 E. B. Reed. 81 30 12 4.28 The following centuries were made:
7
son.......
If not out.
4 0 33 19 8.25
H. W. Roger, who only played on three occasions, scored 117 not out, the only century for the
Second Eleven.
2ND XI BOWLING AVERAGES.
---
Maidens.
Runs.
Average.
7.27
L. D. Mc- Nicoll
80° II 25:2 0 J. D. H.
Crawford 51.16 189 23 8.35 D. B. Peat 344 5 121 12 10.08 D. Reid..... 92. 14 339 31 10.68 G. H. Piercy124 16 420 33 12.73 G. M..
R. Hutchison;J. Gardiner and H. · T. Buxton; A.-F. Paul, G. Angus and R. W. Williamson; F, Ross, A. Ferguson, L F. Goldenburg; G.
May (capt.) and S. Dunn.
KOWLOON F.C. v. KING'S REGT.
The following have been select- ed to represent the Kowloon F.C. in their ist division League match against the King's Rogt, to-morrow (kick-off, 5 p.m.):--
DEAD BUSINESS. Wednesday, September 19. As I wandered about the Bund
The government to-day is and Sai-kwan I noticed there "few
It is a joke, a great one. Right people moving about while in groping for money and will not normal times there were thousands find it until the idiotic heads of the by the city many passenger junks of people and the shops did good government get down to their were plundered and passengers business. Dtai-sun Kai seemed a knees as Lord Roberts told his taken and goods arrived away when deseri. (This street has many people during the war to do. even many soldiers have been jale-stores). One, may ask why see the simple folks hend their especially ordered to give protec this is so? It is easy to answer the knees to those gods and goddes- tion, on board, but when they saw inquiry; that communications beses of wood and paper and rocks that the pirates wore the same bad- tween this great river port with the but we do not see the so called ges and clothes and other pard- surrounding districts have been educated men in the government or phernalia they just took a dip into stopped and now are more or less. any walk of life kneet to them nor the river after saying a farewell to How can the farmers and business to Sheng-ti nor to anything else. their kinds. Along the railroad men come into the city when they It seems to me that one must bow are placed about within a mile or They consider themselves, gods. | from Canton to Sheklung soldiers fear this and that that is happening to one of the two rather than not two apart but still the trains suffer 16. all the while here, like requisition the people for the battle fronts and to any else we shall be called a from pillage. The people who
In Godless people. for ranson. Look at the passenger
the Holy live by the rail road know well boats as how the bandits and pirates Bar seek ve first the kingdom villagers but by the soldiers who just Bible, one finds this passage, that the trains do not stop by the soldiers in every mile or two pinch of God and his righteousness; take off their dirty uniforms for
these things them for so much as protection due be added unto you." I suppose for the job of robbing and capturing shall some still dirtier farmers' clothes while the pirates, well.........
Let us stop all ships from going that this is foolishness to the wise the people and passengers. -to Hongkeng from the interior and when they come to think as how
WOEFUL TALE. can they convert the soldiers and seo how the port fares. You
Monday, September 24th. there pirateskind bandits to an honourable be starved and will fore ask for mercy.
A man just returned from Shek- living in this troublesonje period. So in Canton, the merchants and the But I say it can be done when the lung visiting his family related a middle class people are in dishead man or chief or generalissimo woeful tale to me, to wit, that one tress. They can't get rid of their once will turn around to follow does not see children normen about goods nor can they get any from what is right and just first. What the streets or fields but only old The truer saying than this "Produce men and women. He was terribly elsewhere, from the interior.
afraid when at home even for one middle class speeds much for great men, the rest follows"? food as the food stuffs have gone above in leading you to a higher He had a
I beg your indulgence for the can't tell when he is to be robbed.
rotten timé tip more than one hundred per cent plane of thought when I intend to there and was too glad and is to place near human dwellings whereas their wages remain the call your attention to this: the much relieved to get back to large numbers of certain animals, raising of funds for the sufferers in civilisation and safety, not in Can- such as horses, which the mosqui- Japan. The many charities of the ton he says but HK. The rich people toes seem to sting in preference to The teachers have nice city are too glad to give all they of course have flad long ago and man.
a time indeed in Canton, I mean can for that horrible convulsion of the young girls also have dis- The old remedy of destroying the several government school nature but there is a home need appeared from view as these awful the mosquitoes by spraying paraffin teachers to whom the government for their funds in the West and animals will devour anything they oil on the surface of the stagnant Lowes five months in salary. Well, East and North Rivers' districts get hold of.
water is also being used, but this this Friday they will have a month's immediately so I fear that we are Shek-lung is a market town for system cannot be applied when pay and next month they may have not able to do much for those the surrounding regions far and large volumes of water have to G. R. Sayer... $7.3 3 227 15 15.13|| some more, let us hope so, but even Japanese victim's.
nigh and used to be therefore abe dealt with. The authorities are if they do, still the government. It cuts your heart when you see very busy place, but not now nor therefore placing in the water. E. A. owes them about four more months' how the rice fields on these three since the flight of Chan Kwing-species of fish which look upon salary..
large territories have been destroy-ming last year. Think how the mosquitoes eggs in the light of a The salary of the teachers is very ed both by foods and the civil people have suffered. The Tung- delicacy. Highly successful results meagre and when they try to get a strifes in the first season of this year Koon district rity is in a still worse have so far been obtained with a few dollars more by teaching in two and this later season as well. The plight as she is lower down the variety of fish known as the or three other schools beside the East River is not a river at all but a river and located on a flat. No Gambusa afinis, a species of one on which they spend most of great ocean stretching from Shek firewood nor any other kinds of minnow. their time,the greedy office-holders lung to the Boca Tigris nor is the food can come and when they do Ja the government offices where West River a river, but a vast sca, come the prices for them are be they receive a fat sum extending from Sun-shui to Macau. yond imagination. Firewood endeavour to wrench those What an enormous tract of land costs $1 for 15 cauties. The women few lollars from them by fanüdated: So we can't help Japan have nowhere to go for fuel nor applying for the same position. when our own homes need assist men for fish as the waters about When you go around the schools ance immediately both for this ace are infested with soldiers, pirates and the government offices count and other bad and good rea and bandits so they are entirely you will see them seemingly cons. USA, England, and Canada being cut off. Well, it is indeed The Expert Advertisers & Bill Festor, F., de Romo 19.0 103 4 22.75 hoes that physicians have fal od on, and poan Line) lofo London for Hongkong vis working hard for they can..
However China can even too unsavoury to hear more blood falo stent in the class rooms when she is in trouble provided ¦ curdling tales. "Enough,
same.
TEACHERS.
·
One method of dealing with the when mosquitoes which has been adopted
ROXOR
* Queen's Bood 0. Tel. 0.4542.
H. Owen Hughes (2) 128* 108* T. E. Pearce (2) 105 and 105 E. J. R. Mitchell (1) 102*. IST-XI BOWLING AVERAGES.
F. H. Farth-
944 10 317 21 15.09
H; Wheeler and Knight; · Morrison, McKelvie and Pasco: Clemo, Spary, Cooke, Duncan and Dorkins 43. S 150 11 13.63 Mason. Reserve: Leonard. H. E. Hol-
KOWLOON F.C. v. "TAMAR" RES.
lands...... 70.4 4 344 23 1496 J. R. Way... 39. 5 175 6 29.16 The following also bowled, but in under 5 Innings:
0
ing 343.2.23 444 36 12.33
In this 2nd division League B. Reed... 135.4 31 323 36 12.42 F.N. Young 40 6 96 10 9.60
E. Grimble 14. Owen-
72 3 24.00 match on the Navy "A" ground to-morrow at 4 pm, Kowloon F.C. Hughes... 3073 45 994 71 14.00 | G. A. Chad- E. G. Lam-
wick...... 27. 4 99 3 33.33 will be represented by:- mert .......
Beach; Guest and Morton; A. W.- Brown, Leonard, and Randle; A British naval hydroplane flying Hast, Ollier, W. H. Brown, Punis from Gothenburg (Sweden) to Webster... 1435 14 601 30 2003 Copenhagen was obliged to come cheon and Young, Reserves: Bowlers who bowled in under 10 down in the Kattegat, near Hals, Taylor and Goodman. Inninger
owing to engine trouble, and an Rev. E. K
Quick 35.5 4 99 13: 7.62 Gothenburg for Esbjerg (Denmark) other British hydroplane from G. A. Chad F
wick 37 5 130 14 9.29 on the west coast of Jutland.
had to descend' near Thorsminde,,; L. D. Mc
MOVEMENT OF STEAMERS.
The QPS. R. M.5. Rmpress of Nicoll 30.35 136 12 11.33
Can ds" relvad.nt Kobe on Sept. 27 mb GH Piercy. 31.3 2 143 12 11,92
Chronic Diarrhona.
19 alin. leto Kota au Seat. 21 $36.p.m... B. D. Evans... -65. - 6 220 17 12.94 Are you subject to at aces of diarr- and do at Quimidentio day at 5.m. "The P. & 1 z." Nouday 2 left.Singh L W D
Koep absolutely gulat för a for
This pott on Bipt Si at k p'm. Bacon.... 16.1r70-417:50-day rest in bod il-possib, ba-carafal of Dore for th Capt. P. H..
Joge diet auri, tako Chamber as Colts dos bees on dari lal about a
hoes
Davies 111. 18 332 17 19.53 and Dirth es liemedy. This modicine 6am
hus cured cases of chroni Gia The N.T.K.Katori Mare" (Euro-
H Owen Hughes performed the it will are you For sale by all Burz on Sept. 16 and is expected here on
Oct. 23. Hat Trick twice during the season. Chemists and Storek opera,