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LEAGUE GAMES AND FRIENDLIES.
The Civil Service v. Navy fixture turned out as expected, the former gaining a comfortable victory. High scores were not anticipated on account of the uncertain wen ther, but Fincher's 50 not out, coupled with good bowling by Sayer and Reed were mainly responsible for the victory.
After the opening of the new Pavilion, the H.K.C.C. entertained the Infantry in a league mateb which resulted in an overwhelming victory for the home tean. After a moderate opening, the Club's bats. man asserted themselves, R. E. A. Webster signalising his return to cricket by an attractive display, hitling 10 fours in his 75 and cor- tributing largely to the suora of 195 for & when the innings was declared closed. None of the Infantry bate- men reached double-figures. Owen: Hughes and Farthing bowled un- changed, the former getting the phenomenal average of 0 wickets
C. Tincher, not out
A E. Wood, & Quialon .
THE CHINA MAIL.
50REO:Bird, WaGittens, Chew
Kia Seong and R. Podsonby did not bat.
F. J. Ling, Purcell, b Quinlaan 81 W. H. Edmonds,.l.b.w. Quinlan 71 FAH Holdman, not out t 3
Extras
r
Total for G. wickets
Bowling Analysis.
HOME TRADE.
Messrs, Jaines F. Hutton & Co., RW. Ltd Manchester, report undur 05 2 date January 17—
INDECENT P
DARING FRENCH AUTHOR DISGRACED.
A little while ago (writes the
0 crossed activity in the colton Paris correspondent of Lon- 270 markets and largely on account of don paper) nobody had heard of
Q. K.
18 Oinar
.13 1
Curreem ..... 1465, H. Ismail
18 0
67
0 0
20 0 There has been considerably in-
TD. Rumjahn... 5 Madar
}
14
.0
A. H. Rumjahn'...'
0. H...
1.n.q.
047
E. B. Reed and E. W. Hamilton,
did not,bati
&
Bowling Analysis.
Liebl. Beatly
Pay-Lt. Wallace..13 1. 47 20 Capt. Quinta Z14 Lieut. Buchanan.. 3 0 17 H.K.C.C. V. INFÁNTRY.
H.KO.C E. J. R. Mitchell, e Howard,
won by 150 runs,
II.K.O.C.
Allenb
0 170 the improved demand for Lanca. Victor Margueritte; now thero is nobody whe has not heard of him. That comes el writing book, for which he has been expelled from the Legion of Honour.
15. D. Immuil, e and b Gittons... A H. Kunjalm, c. Ng Bzo.
Kwong, b R. E. D. Bird
3
08. H: Imail; a Balbetchet, b
G. Loo
U, M. Omar, e Ponsonby-Fate,
b Rev. Quick
H. D. Rumiabu,c G. Loo, b
Rey Quick
0.
bA.
H. Madar, b Ng Sze Kwong.
23
5D. Rumjan, c Ng Sze Kwong, 10 -Rev. Quick .....
13
7. S. Curtcem, not out
11
Martin, b
29
N. B. Kitchell, not out....
Extras
R. H. Wild, b Alloh ...
I. Owen Hughes, b White
F. H. Farthing,
White
:' ........
R. E. A. Webster, b Dods T. E. Paarco, o le Fleming, b
,'Allan
G. A. Chadwick, c and bio
Fleming.......
DEG Nicholson, ble Fleming A. L. Gace; not out
H. E. Hollands, not out;.
Extras
20
Totul for 7 wickets
4
S. A. Ismail and A. el Arculliy 16 did not bat."
A
name
but since the controversy, around it` has excited discussion and conBiot all
shire gonds, cotton prices have re earded fresh advance to a new high level for the present season, In view of the firness which hus
Let me say first that, in my opinion. prevailed during the recent period 10 dalne we have experienced "La Garcozne" The Bachelor
Here, this was certainly to be ex Girl". (which le the pected, and the only serious cause the offending story), ie uneasiness to bullish operatore not a great work of Bit; the European political situation it is not even good book, Our loyal trade demand for actint cotton has further broadened, and Tivenwol spot, sales have averaged ubout 7.000 bales daily. In the over France it bas bad an extraordin I am informed too, that Alanchester market there has been ary sale. a large, enquiry for both, yarn an orders from England are greater than cloth and quite a fair trade has been for any other French book since Zola, The Council of the Order of the us arranged. Anericin yarna hav
been in auch risker request. Legion of Hodour declared that it was especially medium counts for hoon book not fit to read; and that the. ties and zoguity from India hne man who wrote it was not worthy to been more in evilence Egyptian take his place in the very crowded businek been modénitely ranks of those entitled to waar the ...nically, Prices are fd to Ll per red ribbon. M Margueritte as..
1 lb. dearer tot spinners still find urhooked, but his sales went up; de 1 difficulty in keeping pace with the fenders and attackers rushed into the 1 advance in cotton as there are still fray, and his sales went still higher. 8 dny stocks in hand. Ju the cloth 1 section the, nivance in yarns, the O increased amount of business about O and the more hopeful outlook, have in many cases led to a fairly sharp advance from the low unprofitable prices, which have been taken re cently. This is causing some diff. culty in 6xing up business; as buy. ers are not readily increasing offers in fact so far makers have not been 1 able to make inuch progress in the 80 direction of increasing margins, but this is bound to take place if the turnover continues to increase 1 India has been mainly responsible
Bowling Analysis.
201
0.
36.
R. E. O. Bird......11
a
16
10g Sze Kwong
1
28
13. Lee ....
| Rev.. Quick
T. E. Yeah
Total for 8 wickets-. Innings declared closed-19. Gittens ....... 1
L. J. Davies, did not bat.
Bowling Analysis.
0. M. n. 0 Lieut. White ......11
30 Sergt. Allen............. 8 ร 38 Loo-Corpl. Martin, 3 ...... 8 Lieut. Bacon Capt. te Fleming.. b D 30
2 0 18. Capt. Dols
INFANTRY.
3
0
0
12 0 37
87588
Sergt. Allen, 1.b.w. Owen Hughes Lieut. Bacon, e Glace, Farthing Capt. le Fleming, e Hollande, h
Owen Hughes
Lieut. White,c Farthing b
Owen Hughes Capt. Howard, run out Capt. Dods, c Wild,
Hughes
$2 7
8
2 '18
2
0 2 09
0 0 A. A. Rumjahn ... 3
3 H. Balhetehet..... 20
R.E. H.K.C.C. 2xD XI.
0 Result-A draw,
1
Owen
4. 1 Capt. Moorhead, e Pearce, b
Farthing bu Capt. Cross, b Owen Hughes... Luce.-Curpl. Martin, not out Lieut." Tisdale Hollands, b
. Owen Hughes
Extrae
Total.
Bowling Analysis.
5
ROYAL ENGINEERS. Stall-Sergt. Brown, b Young Sgt. Cockell, not out.... Capt. Wahl & Piercy
Capt. Chippendale, e Reid, b
Piercy.
Major Gandy, 1.b.w. Crawford.,
Extras
I
askel
Leading literary men dignantis what the Council of the Order kotw about literature, and questioned with score ite right to he judge in ruch a matter. They pointed to the fact that Flaubert and Baudelaire bad also been expelled for. indecent books; yet the names of these writers are now honoured in Branch literature and the banned books have become classica.
There was a tendency to assume. that anybody who became expelled because of asserted inducency was therefore a great writer-n thing.
28, for the abundance of enquiry rather unusual amongst the usually
144
Total for 5 wkls., dec, Sergt. Townsend, C.S.M. Smith, H.-Sorgt: Middleton and S.-Sergt. Hamblin, did not bat.
shekels.
-Sergt. Redpath, & McNicol... 23 which all the markets have parti-logical-minded French. But it all 1cipated. Calcutta being most helped M. Margueritte to rake in the Major Hyland, not out ......
Shirtings and dhooti 12minent.
have sold fairly freely and the de
THE STORY OF THE BOOK. and for prints has been consider.
What is the book which has excit d able: light, whites, dyed and fancy styles have also been sold. From all this commotion? It is the story China there has been moro enquiry of a girl in what English people would lut business continues slow. Java call the upper middle class; her aid Singapore have bought greys, parents are rich, and she has been whites and miscellaneous styles, brought up in that careful and Egypt has been quieter after doing secluded way which is usual in When she is eighteen years fairly good trado. South America Franée.
old her father and mother arrange ber has taken quary stylus.
engagement to a man-whom she hers. self loves. This is quite an unusual touch in French novels, where the
Young
•
Bowling Analysis.
36 Piorcy
Brawload-fr
Galloway
0. M
A.
W. McNicoll
9
6Way
1
for 9. nus in 8.1 overs which in H. Owen Hughes. 8.1 8 cluded three maidens. The innings. H. Farthing .. 8
ended for 36 runs, one man being
absent. This is one of smallest totals recorded in league cricket this
Beason.
Playing without C. Earnshaw, the Police lost to the 'Varsity 2nd XI. at Pokfulam. The home team batted first, T. L. Cheah, who wont in ninth, getting top-score for 27 not out which included 6 fours. For the Police, King compiled 37 but none of the other batsmen could reach double figurés. The inninge closed for 70, being 35 short of vie-
SECOND LEAGUE,
UNIVERSITY 2ND XI. v.. POLICE.
Fruns, 1
University 2nd XI. ron by
UNIVERSITY END XI. C. A. Paterson, run out......
H. Y. Tam, b Watts.....
T. O. Yeow, b Watts
B. P. Ng, b Alexander...
·
B 0.
K.. W.
16. 11.
35
1
.13 2 44
2
5 1
1 *.19
3
0 10 0
3 0. 7 1.
0
2 110 Messrs. James F. Hutton & Co., Ltd., Manchester, report under date January 24-
II.X.C.U. 2ND XI.
F. C. Miller, & Hyland, b Town-
send.........
1. Reid, b. Redpath......
D. Crawford, b Redpath. B. D. McNicull, b Townsend":
G. H. Piercy, b Redpath 34J. R. Way, ran out
10
11
18
1
P. E. Choo, e Elwood, b Watts. 12)
tory. Peterson and Yeow for the. L. Youngsaye, run out.......
"Varsity aud Walts for the Police were the successful trundlers.
Mr. R. Ponsonby-Fame took an éleven down to the 1.R.C., an in- teresting pan resulting in a draw. For the visitors, A. A. Ramjahn made 118, but the display was inar- red by several chances. A pleasing feature of the nich was the appearance of the veteran bowler, R. B. O. Bird.
C. W. Tam, run out ...........
H. Hunt, b Waits
'T. I. Cheah, not out
M. A. Kyum, R. Eamshaw
A. T. Barua, c and b R. Earn-
show
Extras
Total
Bowling Analysis.
0. 31.
On the Military Ground, the R.E. v..H.K.C.C. 2nd XI. fixture ended in a draw. Sergt. Cockell carried his bat right through the. H. King
R. Earnshaw .... 3 R.E.'s innings for 80 and Reid was top-scorer for the visitors with 57.-
As the Craigengower had no fix: ture a," married"
**** single game was played the result being in favour of the Benedicts.
N. J. Watts 16 0 47 C. Alexander'...... 7. 1
....... $
1.
FIRST LEAGUE.
་༤
POLICE...
R. Larnshaw, b Peterson C. Alexander, Yeow N. J. Watts, o Hunt, b Peter
son
B. Thorpe, b Yeow
27
P.Jacks, not out:
Extras
selected by the parents and the ons selected by Love are usually put into violent contrast.
26. Trading in the cotton markets hus
All is going well, and just before tho 37 again been very active and the in-
O creasing demand for Lancashire couple are to be married ther piece goods has further strengthen go to, less house in which 22ed the optimistic outlook as to out to live, and there is a love '2 traile. Liverpool spot sales, have scene, powerful or salacious according 7grown substantially, reaching 12,000 to your taste in these things, and the
M. M. Watson, a and b Cockell. 2 bales on several days, which is the highest figure for some time. American trade interests have also given considerable support and gen eral speculative buying has follow. ed. Bullish operators have cose quently been enabled to force prices up again, and had it not been for the more disturbing infience of the European situation, which has re-
Total for 7 wickets....124 *N. Young, W. Galloway and B. Crowley, did nut bat.
Bowling Analysis.
of S.-Sergt. Redpath.10
0
0.
R. W
1.1.
S.-Sgt. Townsend.11.2 1 1 Sergt. Cockell
..... 7.1 0 10 SSgt. Middleton. 4
43
3
23
1
0 13
"SINGLE."
+
104 CRAIGENGOWER MARRIED"
W
** GINGLE.** Lieut, H. d'Arcy Evans, e Brad-
bury, b Grimes ......
E. W. Major, c Another, b
Abbas
1
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bride to-be yields to the ardent vice of which she is not guilty. And entratira of her lover anticipating the author derme it his duty, to des cribe, in the fullest detail of course events somewhat.
The man proves to be no wonderful in the interests of art-all the horrible. paragon of virtue, and bit sweetheart and disgusting circumstapoes, atten- receives an anonymour letter about ding Morique's descent into moral
depravity. ble alleged goin 30 on; but he talks her over. Fate, however, decrees
It is the description in this part of
that shortly afterwards ste should see, the book which has drawn down the
SHADOWS BEFORE
COMING EVENTS ADVERTISED
IN THE. "MAIL.”
ENTINITAINMENAS..
February 26-Coronet Theatre:
flected in the weak exchanges, there him in oironmstances suggesting rath of the Council of the Legica of Douglas Fairbanke in When The is un doght the advance would have anything but platonic relations with Honour. The rader is soared Couds Roll By World Theatre; been mish heavier. Whether the another woman. She discovers this nothing, for the author is mercilers. Constance Binasy in "Such A Little present advance is likely to be held on New Year's Eve at a restaurant, Certainly he paints this part of the Queen." Kowloon Theatre; Frank depends on consumption. In soice where she is with a family party. my side of a great city with an Keenan in "Smouldering Embers." fairly well-informed quarters the Feigning illness, she goes out into the intimacy and attention to detail not view is taken that if the mills here night.
often found in France, where novels, aid in America are able to run full Her abnormal stato is described though rieky, and quite oftan indecent time, there is likely to be a serious with a wealth of psychological detail, with a touch of devilish cleverness, scarcity of supplies later on, and and we are told bow she walks the are not as a sale grose. the present comparatively, high streets hardly conscious of where she
All the while we are shown
for. Now and again she has baiste consequently prove to be justified at this critical moment a strange of real womanly feeling, and she is 15 price of the raw material world is going, or what sh is doing. Jast. Monique as never being quite dere
in fact in such an event famine turns up, and forces himself upout her.
always searching vaguely for the man
i prieca would prevail, before the end Her powers, of resistance are at a who will be to her an idea!: mate
of the season. The American and he man himself is a very
10
1.
123
5
21A. A. Paive, b Grimes
10
21
GR. Basa, e Another, b Grimes ...
P. A. Dixon, run out............
1
4W. B Muskett, played on, b
01 Abbna de
Bureau report that 9,653,000 bulce dominating person, and he goes it for
5
37
F. K. Modi, è and b Abbas
37
A. L. Terry, not out ....
0
744
White, cand b.Gjes
Extras
-28
than 10 million bales. There baz She wants to, and she does not want again been a very large amount of
were ginned up to the 16th inst. what it called the cave man atuut." does not realise ber ambition. which indicates a total crop of less You see what is going to happen.
Her ambition is motherhood; but she
I
him in a taxi.
..116
T. H. King, e Peterson, b Yeoly
A. Reynolds, o Hunt, b Peterson
A Baker, b Peterson .....
CIVIL SERVICE v. NAVY.L. Elwood, e Chao, b Yeow..... Civil Service won by 4 wickets H. Hallam, c Hunt, b. Peterson.
and 40 runs.
'NAVY.
Lieut.-Com. Gilchrist,
Reed,
0
b Ling Rev. F. Purcell, c Ling, b Reed. 0 Lieut. Norris c Hamilton, b
Baker
28
W. Mair, run out
N. C. Bare, not out
Extras
บ Total
Bowling Analysis,
0. M. T. 0: Yeow...10.1 2
Sub-Lieut. Sharpie, b Baker.... 19 Mid. Wallis, 1.b.w: Reed 7 Lieut.-Com. Henderson, b Reed 5 Lient. Buchanan, 1.b.w. Bayer., 24. Youngeaye
·Pay.-Lieut. Wallace, run out ... 14.
Lieut. Beatty, b' Sayer
E.
Total for 8 wickets
Bowling Analysis.
70 Abbas
Grimes McKintosh,
W: Marsh 264 Buftin
C. Peterson.......11 0 27 Bradbury
0 10
Lieut.-Com. Legge, e Reed, b
Bayer .....
FRIENDLY MATCHES.
0
0
IR.C. v. MB PONSONBY- FANTS IT
-Result-A draw,
Capt. Quinlan, not out
*Extras
Total
Bowling Analysis.
B. Reed"
E.
F: Baker.....
F. J. Láng
...100
0. MR W 12.84 89 9 4 0 1 1
10 2
E, W Hamilton... 1018. 0
1. ME. PONSONDY-FANE'S ́AI..
|AZA, Rumjabu, c ̈ Arculli,
Omar
Yeoh Teik Enc H. D. R
jalin, b Curreem....
Ng Sze Kwong, c Curreem
Rev. E. K. Quiak, b Cur
G. B. Bøver 2018 8 G. Loo, c S. H. Iemail,
CIVIL. BERVIOR.
GR. Bayer b Wallace
F. Baker, b Beatty
A Grimmėti, o Besity, b Wal-
20
RN-Dalhetchat, M, H. Roffey, not Extras
Tófal
01
W
י
Curiously enough-and most people
think, wenld say quite inartistical
the tale has a happy ending, in an atmosphere of peace uncommon throughout most of the volume, Some t'me afterwarde she comes back to her senses; but by that time THE TWO VIEWS. ebo is no longer entitled to write her name on the list of unspotted maidens.
enquiry for both cloth and yarns. In the end she drives away with in the Manchester market, and a fairly considerable turnover has re- salted. Both American and Egypt inn varns have been active and prices are about d. per lb. dearer.
R. In the cloth section the lighter Monique (that is her name) goes
4unakes huve been mostly in demand
0. M.
60 24
4 0 .20
201 3 011
0
MARRIED.
Y. Abbas, b Major. J. Buftin, b Dixon JT. Grimes, 'Dixon 4.
B. W. Bradbury, b Modi H. Dennis, ran out
D. Mackintosh, b. Major B. Mowfung, b’Dixon W. Marah, o White, bP W. White, not out
Extree
15
BOOTAL
March 6 --Fancy dress ball in mid of the S.P.CA., at City Hall. at 9.30
March 7-Hongkong Philharmonia Society's Concert.
p.m.
PUBLIC AUCTION. February 26-27-Lammert Bros.. valuable household furniture and cario belonging to the extats of the
lato Mr. R. A. Gabbay, at " Uibank,"
No. 2 May Road, 11 a.m. mods. 2.45
P
February 28,-Lammert Bros., Flymouth Rock, Leghorn and Ancona cooks and hens, Sales Rooma
SPORTING EVENTS, February 28.—First day of Jockey. Cal's me mesting.
March 1-Second day of Jockey Club'e race roofing
March 2-Third day of Jockey Jeb's race meeting,
Well, there is a bald outline of the story, though its vaine depends on psychology and detail which cannot bome to minther in the small hours of be told in outline. It ireasy to see 4 and a good many die looma have the morning, and tells her the whole why the Council of the Legion of -beon started up. Tlie advance in story from beginning to end; and she Honour asserted that the book was cotton and garu, prices continues to certainly tells the story in a much frank pornography, and why many March 3-Fourth day of Jocker 0 impose some check on the turnover more trank fashion than most young people claim that it had no artistic Cob's race meetingia 0 as offers do not advance so quickly. ladies would talk to their mothers. motivo, being merely written to March 3-Fourth tourney of the Manufacturers also continue to What should she do now. Mother please a big crond ever ready to Hongkong Boxing Association at 7 struggle for a better basis of marhat no doubt the should marry her wallow in garbage,
Theatre Royal, at 9.15 p.m.; Two 30 gin, India demand is the market'
championship conteste
21 main support, and has covered ancé as soon as possible. Wather is
37 yarns, dhotics, whites, prints and told in due course and he agrees with
2 fancies, but few grey shirtings. mother
China has bought only a few whites Why she make herself should she
M. Victor Margueritte, the author, when he was told of the Council's in-
tention, challenged its fight to decide- OTHER MEETINGS, whether or not he was an honour February 26.Society of St. forge, annual meeting, City Hall,
24 and fancies.fava and Singapore marry him, He has not han faithful to Breach lie rature.
Total for 8 wickete
Madlere, did not, bat
Bowling.
148
A. A Pa
8 have done a fair trade in miscelto her and the incident of the The reply of the representatives of 6.10 p.m.
laneous lines. South America has stranger has not been without the Legion Is that they have not to March Publie Meeting to dis been active in many styles and its race upon her payohology decide whether the book, honours pass the better education of British North Africa has taken greys.. She is not vicious, indeed, she may Fr.nch literature or not; all they children
111
Don't Risk Previopia.
Get riding every cold 'as quickly as possible, IC is the forerunner; of all hulmonary trouble, and pneumonia divelon in a few belirginlikes. lain's Cough Remed
Thing to do, but the elbet is marrollo For mala by all Chemists atid Store
be described so far as an emotional know in that the writer does 5.30 idealist.
not honour the Legion of Honour Monique decided to leave for par Thay,
Hye an emancipated lie.;
ving her fortune of be
dylagj
rainly.
hardly any nor
to
frankly that they are
with 15% that than funge
fof morale and common riber, i bedbeen si
Margueritte, who is left "shokalu, but must take tha
out of his button-1
City Hall,
ake You Feel Good..