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leadquarters House was attached to the mains | by, a pipe of its own, and perhaps by a little the part of the committee they might connected from Headquarters House, but hat was quite a matter for the future.
Questions were invited but none being asked the report was adopted, on the motion of the PRESIDENT, BHcondec. by Mr. Ward. BEEOTION OF OFFICEES AND COMMITTEE. + MPVCA CŒSAR - HAWKINS said there Was no one in the colony who took a greater interest in oričket or in that cricket olub Chan His Honour Mr. Justice Wise, and ho had very great pleasure in proposing his re- élection!an President. (Applause.)
~Mr. E. W. MITCHELL seconded, and the mo- tion was carried.. :
✅ The PRESIDENT, in proposing the re-election of Dr. Lowson as secretary, said it was a difficult thing to get a man to act as secretary. There wis a lot of work to be done, and he thought they- would all admit that Dr. Lowson was an enthusinatio oricketer.
«This was seconded, but on Mr. Deacon aug. getting they should elect by ballot, as provided for in the rules; this course was adopted, though as the PRESIDENT remarked it had not pre- riously been customary to elect the three - executive officers by ballot.
The election ⠀⠀ resulted as follows :—B÷- neretary,:: Dr. J. A. Lowson; Treasurer, Mr. A. Donald; Committee, Messrs. P. A. Cox, F. Waitland, A. H. Skelton, Lieut. E. D. Campbell, Capt. Langhorne, Mr. C. Inchbald.' Mr. E. A. Ram asked the members not to re-elect him on the committee.
SUGGESTIONS.
The PRESIDENT said they all knew that orisket in this colony had fallen to a low ebb, His own personal opinion was that this was due to one thing, and that was the unfortunate time at which the French and English mails left, which prevented men from playing on the Friday afternoon as they used to do and also in- terfered with Saturday. They tried playing on Saturday afternoon and Monday, but Sun- day broke the whole harmony of the thing and many could not get out on Monday. The question was, What was to be done? He understood that there were one or two gentlemen present who had some proposals which the committee might jake advantage of with the object of benefiting cricket generally. If so he should be glad to hear them.
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In that way, they would be relieved of the possibility of a man having justice in his grumbling.
Dr. Lowson suggested Mr. Vallings, Cap. tain Langhorne, and Mr. Ward as a sub-com mittee.
The PRESIDENT said that the proposal was -one which the new committee would no doubt {(consider.
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·Mr. WARD suggested that the arranging of the matches should be left to a small committee composed of the secretary and two or three sotive players of the game. With regard to the snaval matches, it would be difficult to arrange for the whole season, but they might be ar- ranged a month beforehand. Men would then be able to reserva themselves for particular dates, and they would be able to put their strongest beam in the field when they had got any good matches. He also suggested the arranging of matches for those players who were not in first 25. There was no earthly reason why matches *should not be arranged with An Eleven to play against clubs which had grounds at Happy Valley. He also suggested that the big mat cher should be played on alternate Saturdays, good number of men could not get away two consecutive Saturdays.
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Dr. Lowson said he had pleasure in support ing the suggestion.
Mr. RAM thought the suggestion was made under the misapprehension that many members who wished to play had not the chance. The a fact of the matter was that they had to go round on a Friday and beg of the men to play.
Mr. WARD said his suggestion was made more with the idea of giving those fellows who did not play regularly a chance,
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The PRESIDENT said that not only the spectators but the players themselves should be taken into consideration. That was a matter which could be left to the respective captains.
A vote of thanks having been recorded the President, secretary, treasurer, and committee for their services during the past year the pro- coedings terminated.
UNIQUE EXPERIENCE OF THE
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judant's launch started the trip peared to wish to keep the dee self. On the 4th September the was on shore seeking for passengers men came up and he sent them in a boat to the launch. The defendant was been to fre two shots, and he called some men who were on shore to assault the complainant, which tány did. The launch then returned to Hongkong and this summons was taken ont..
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Mr. RAM suggested that a match should be played on the cricket ground in which there The complainant, said?? he was the should be no boundaries. He thought the rea! lector on board the Nam Chou! launch, son why cricket had denked to be so interesting ran from Hongkong to Sha U Chung, was in a great monauro' due tố thure boing so launch went there on the 4th September, i little running. He remembered one matekving there at 10-30 am. He yant on sho last year in which 26 runs were scored without a small boat. There were a lot of people nahoru, either bataman leaving his'érease.
some of them being armed. He conlled for passengers and four men came forward and into his small bost and rowed towazila launch, he remaining standing on the bitch While he was waiting there he saw the defe on board the Kam Sang steam launch, HowSE standing on deck near the stern holding in his hand a rifle. The defendant äulled out to the men -in' the small boat, “You men must notɔgo on
board the steam launch Num Chou, otherwise I - will kill you by firing my rifle. The man went forward and got aboard the Nam Chow and then the defendant fired his rise. He also fifed before The Yuensang had a unique experience on
the men got on board the launch. : The com- her last voyage from Manila to Hongkong In plainant was still standing on the beach calling consequence of the many filibustering expedi- for passengers and the defendant called out to tions to the Island of Luson the American au- two men who were standing near to thim, thorities keep a sharp look-out in case there"! Don't allow Li Wa Cheung to call pr should be any arms landed for the Insurgentä, kill him; beat him to death." Upon this one of: number of small gunboats, iñeldding the Pammen struck him on the head with a hard-wood panga," being used for this purpose. The pole, the other man striking him with the Yuensang left Manila early on the morn-butt of a rifle which he had in his hand. The ing of the 19th. At three o'clock, when it defendant was manager of a company to whisk was yet dark, she was hailed and called upon the Kam Sang launch belonged. to stop. Captain Rolfe thinking he was too. In reply to Mr. Grist witness said he colles- far ont to be interfered with took no notice of ted the fares on board the Nom Chow launch. the call. A shot was then fired at the Yun. He was not the owner. They had been running sang. This was followed by a second and this steam launch about ten days on the day third, much to the consternation of the passon he was assaulted: Before he started to run, the gers, of whom there were a good number aboard, syndicate of which the defendant was a member The third shot went so close to the Yun-were running a launch to Mirs Bay. There sang, that she hove to. It was discovered im was no wharf where his launch and the defend- mediately afterwards that the shots had been ant's went alongside there was a place where fired by the Pampanga, the officer in charge of all the people landed but it was only and which thought that the Fuensang, by dealining bank. There was a tax levied on all passengers to stop when called upon, was engaged in a landed at this particular spot. He did not questionable business.
know whether the money thus collected w divided between 18 villages. He belonged to one of these villages. - The tax, belonged to a common council which represented 18 villages. He did not know that his launch-did not pay this tax. Wong Chuk Ping, the manager of the company to which the launch belonged At the Magistracy on 15th Sept. the owner managed that matter.' He did not know, that of the Kam Ling, a launch which plies between the defendant's launch paid the tang The Hongkong and Sha U Chung, was fined $54 for trouble had not been caused by their launch overcrowding. A good many persons went
refusing to pay the tax. The trouble was Sha U Chung on the 13th inst., some jors pidgin caused by the defendant wanting to – keep being afloat, and on the Kam Ling being board-the business only for himself. "He, kus ad by P. C. Kerr she was found to have 184 boat running to Mirs Bay before the New Ter passengers on board instead of only 100, the ritory was taken over by the British: He used number for which she is licensed.
to pay a tax of 20 cash each passenger.
THE RIVAL LAUNCHES AT SĦA U CHUNG.
THE MANOPOLIST HEAVILY FINED.
the monopolist launch Kam Sing, which fired The Kam Ling belongs to the same owner as on another launch the Nam Chou-the other day. For the last few days the police launch has been on duty near Sha U Chung, and fur- the week the Kam Ling was displaced by the ther disturbances have been prevented. Early in Kam Sing, which is a longer launch.
THE ASSAULT CASES.
Chow launch, corroborated the previon witness Li Hum San, Hoket collecter on the Nom as to what took place at Sha U Chung on the 4th September. md.
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In reply to Mr. Grist, witness mid there were time of the disturbance, and the man called more than a hundred men on the hillskie at j
that the passengers shoukt goi Kam Sang and not on board the Nom Two cases arising out of the recent launch He did not know why they wished the gumming. disturbances at Bhs U Chung came before Mr.ers not to become their customers. He did not H. Gomperta; Acting Police Magistrate, at the hear anything mid about the payment of a tax. Magistracy Wednesday. In the one case Fan The people were angry with his Isupeh. Sik Mun was charged with assaulting Li Wawan quite pare the defendant fired two shot Cheung on the 4th September and in the other The first bullet dropped near the bow of the Dr. LOWSON spoke about the difficulty LePan Kwan and four others were charged with | small bost and the second one fell into the water had experienced in getting players. He said assaulting Pun Chun Eling on the 7th Septem- not far from the bow of the Nam Chow that last year he went on the committee and ber.
launch ŝtook up the secretaryship to try and press new
men in and they never turned up...
·Mr. Thomson:(from the office «of Messrs. Deacon and Hastings) appeared for the prose, ontion in each case and Mr. Grist (Monars, | Thin ray Wilkinson and Grist) for the defendants.
Mr MITCHELLTMThey never will turn up. Mr. WARD→→There will be no harm in trying, ✅The Rêt: G. R. ViLLINGs did not consider it hewan the secretary a duty to go and hunt round ist for playera:- It would be far better if this was entrusted to three or four men forming a sub- mittee, whose busineis it should be to find
men and to arrange matches, and above | No
and get on matcher for an "A" team lappy Valley and sometimes on that ground.
Mr. Thomson said, the defendant. Pan Sik Mun was charged with using threatening and behaviour whereby a breach of the might have been occasioned. The complain
ticket collector on
and the defendan terer of the Ham Sas from Hongkong to
Mr. Grist naked for ho call the No.
admitted
for
T Chung.