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HONGKONG FOOTBALL CLUB ». THE NAVY. On Thursday afternoon, the 16th instant, 8 large number of spectators lined ropes to view this match. The game started early and after the teams had settled down to work the struggle became very interesting. At first the Navy began to press and Maitland and Davies had plenty to do, but after a little while the tables were turned and the Club forwards began to play an excellent game. Several good movements by Firth and Campbell threatened to lower the Navy's colours, but Peade rose to each occasion and averted disaster. An excellent rush by the Navy was stopped only just in time by E. W. Maitland, the Club's back, who kicked well away when surrounded by several opponents. An excellent dribble by MacKay took the ball almost to the goal-line and a corner had to be conceded. No. thing came of this and the ball was taken up by Shelford, who finally caused the Club's custodian to handle. The ball went well away to Firth and was passed to Hancock, who kicked forward past a heavy back, and, rushing up him. self, by careful and judicions play managed to notch the first point. The Navy at once began to play up, Blount at times much assisting his side by vigorous and well-directed kicking. Just before half-time Firth sent in an excellent
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
in a sort time to keep 100 heads of stamps going, now that transport has been so greatly facilitated by the railway, which is being extended up the centre of the concession.
The effect of this acceleration of supply, ob. tained at a great diminution in transport ex- penditure, is to be keen in the fact that nearly over 780 tons more stuff had been supplied to the battery, and over 520 ounces more gold got, than in the previous quarterly crush. It is to be noted too that the railway was only opened in the middle of the first month of the quarter (October 16), and therefore the full effect of that immense facility is not fully exhibited in the last quarter's returns.
The actual average value of the gold got
76 shill at Raub throughout the year is
The total value of the past ings per ounce. year's gold is, therefore, a trifié over £21,871, or at a 2x. 2d. dollar, over $201,880.-Singapore Free Press.
CORRES ND. NCC
[We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our Correspondents.]
THE NEW BALMORAL MINING
COMPANY, LIMITED.
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS."
shot which was as successfully parried. A corner being given against the Navy some DEAR SIR-I note with some surprise that the excellent play was witnessed. The ball fell to above Company has sold the Eureka Mine to the new Company known as Oliver's Freehold Looker, who headed it just under the bar, but
Mines, Limited." As those best able to judge Peade was not found wanting, and another corner resulted, which proved fruitless. Restart-know very well. this mine is by far the most ing found the Club strongly pressing. parti. valuable of any belonging to the New Balmoral cularly on the right wing, until Blount extricated Company and although Mr. Henderson has the bill by a mest useful kiek. Shelford and sent considerable money in putting up good of fact confined his operations to working thenaprofitable Grant. Queen, and Balmoral Mines. The price paid for the Eureka by the Oliver's Mines Company, viz., $35,000, can be little more than the value of the plant belonging to it.
[January 22, 1896.
and not one in one thousand of the Chinese has anything like an intimate acquaintance with the outlying portions of the Island. This is a very great loss intellectually and physically. Indeed it is stated upon high medical authority that one of the most prolific sources of disease amongst our native population is the want of out- door exercise. Anything therefore which is calculated to attract them to the hill tops should be encouraged. This proposed improve- ment is certainly of more importance to the masses who dwell below than to those who live above, and Pedestrian rightly points out the charming change which is found in a trip up by the Tramway, and a walk down again The walk is one of the via Magazine Gap. prettiest in the world, and would be much more frequently undertaken were it not for the most unsatisfactory gradient from the station to Plunkett's Gap. To begin with, you have to descend twenty feet to Mr. Ede's corner, and then to climb up again to the level at which you quitted the tramway car. This discouragement surmounted, yon next find that in addition to the very consider- able ascent necessary to reach the Aberdeen and Magazine Gap Junction, yon have to toil up and afterwards descend no less that sixty-five feofaddi- tional to and from Plunkett's Gap, so that every resident in the Mount Kellett neighbourhood has to ascend and descend uselessly, upon every journey, one hundred and seventy feet; the simple effect of this being that instead of strolling plex- santly along upon a gentle gradient of about one in twenty, which is rather more agreeable than a dead level path, you have to climb and pant upon an incline of one in seven, which is not delightful at any time, and in the summer is trying to very many, especially with the thermometer at 80° in the shade. When the new road is made it will doubtless be also used
the other forwards on the left now began to machinery, etc., to work it, he has as a matter by all those who live at the highest levels, the
prove extremely troublesome and Maitland and Davies obtained plenty of practice. From a throw in the ball fell to the Navy and by a swift high shot the game became even. Immediately! a strong attack was made at the other end and Campbell from the corner sent the ball right across the goal mouth. Mackay made an excellent attempt to place it under. but went behind. it just escaped him and Several other attempts were made by the Club. Hancock much assisting by his judicious passing out, but nothing resulted. The Navy now, with much enthusiasm, began to harass and by a long shot difficult to essay Maitland was beaten. Right to the finish the Club made great efforts to retrieve, Aruould und Oliver greatly assisting to keep the ball well up, and two corners resulted. Then the whistle biew and a good game ended in a victory for the Navy by two goals to one.
RAUB GOLD.
It will interest our readers to have an account of the working of the Raub mine during the past year. There are four crushings a year, each including three monthly rough clean ups." The latter give results in amalgam from quantity of stone crushed monthly. The quartery return gives total smelted gold form the total stone crushed in the three months previous.
The returns for 1895 are as follows:-
Date.
Tons Stone. Ounces Gold.
1,052 4 dwt. 1,488 12 1,346 18 1,868
1st crush 1st April
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2nd 1st July
2,560 2,570
3rd 23rd Sept.
2,875
4th
3rd Jan. 3,761
+
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11,766 5,755 14 The average result value of the stone crushed in the above four quarterly periods is as follows:-
Ist-crush (1895) 8 dwt. 5 grains per ton.
2nd
14
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3rd
11 9
14
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35
$1
1
*
4th
9
22
+
+
Average 9 18/
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As a general result Ranh stone may be taken The at present a practically half-ounce stuff. main object must now be the multiplying of the working faces in the mine, the increase of supply to the battery, and the enlargement of the battery itself. In fact it would be possible
I and other wretched shareholders have as the only alternative to losing every thing to take shares in the Oliver's Freehold Co.---Yours truly,
SHAREHOLDER. Hongkong, 15th January, 1896.
ACCIDENT AT THE MOSQUE.
gradients from Mount Kellett Ridge being com. paratively easy, and the old road will be re- legated to Chinese coolies.
Mr. Cooper has rightly recognised the importance of the mechanical principle that "what is lost in time is gained in power," and has laid out an admirable scheme of a road, with a very easy gradient througout. This will be exceedingly attractive, and toge. gether with the Kellett Ridge will form a most popular promenade, but it might not be amiss to make the road in two sections, commencing with the upper or longer portion from where Mr. Cooper's line diverges from the present road to the top, and leaving the lower end, with its walling and filling in until the Admiralty TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRES8.
are prepared to level their site above. For this SIR. The roof of an outhouse in the com- pound of the Mosque used as a rest-house for the making of the road below would be their poor Mussulman travellers fell in at twelve opportunity, as affording a place for a large o'clock last night through dry rot, severely in quantity of earth and stone the disposal of which would otherwise be next to impossible. juring three of the inmates, who were rescued The Admiralty site is beautifully placed, com- from being buried in the debris by the assist-manding a magnificent outlook over the har- ance of several Portuguese gentlemen residing bour and shipping on the one side and the in the neighbourhood. One of the sufferers would have been suffocated had it not been for archipelago of islands on the other, which is directly open to the south-west summer the timely succour rendered. Not being pre-breezes, and here suitable quarters should be sent at the unfortunate accident I have no knowledge of the names of those gentlemen. I therefore request you to publish this as an acknowledgment and thanks for the service they have rendered. Yours faithfully.
S. FUCKEERA,
For Committee of Management. Hongkong, 15th January, 1896.
PROPOSED NEW ROAD FROM ·
VICTORIA GAP TO MOUNT KELLETT RIDGE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS."
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Sir,-A very good letter appeared in the China Mail of 4th instant signed by "Pedes- trian," advocating this improvement upon the ground of its great advantage during the summer months to those living on the lower levels. One of the most painful defects of re- sidence in Hongkong is the extreme limitation and confinement of the place. On account of the crowded condition of the roads and the steepness of the hill inclines the use of horses
quite exceptional. Hongkong measures but nine miles by four and a half, and yet not one in ten of the foreign inhabitants
forthwith provided for the Admiral upon this important station. The site, however, is limited. and, on account of the precipitous character of the ground, to develop it well a considerable amount of cutting is required. This work is
cheaply done if the soil and stones can be simply tipped down the hill, but if these have to be carried away, the cost would be altogether prohibitory, indeed it may be confidently as serted, from the position and surroundings of the property, that if the Admiralty site is not made in connexion with the proposed new road, it can never be fully availed of in any other way. I am advised that the upper portion of the pro- posed new road, or nearly three fourths of its length, which would supersede the useless and unnecessary ascent and descent of 130 feet at Plunkett's Gap, could be made in the careful manner recommended by the Director of Public Works at a cost not exceeding $6,000 and that if the Admiralty site above should be the debris cast out sinultaneously cut might be advantageously utilized towards lessening the cost of the lower portion. However, four months out of six which are annually available for such work will be past before operations can be commenced, and per- haps the better plan would be to postpone
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