June 7, 1902.]
HONGKONG CHESS CLUB,
BY X.. T. L
The cable games between Hongkong and Singapore have now advanced to the fourteenth move, the difficulty of the positions havipg caused a good deal of deliberation over the last few moves. The scores stand as under :-
ALLGAIER-TIIOROLD GÁMBIT.
White. (Singapore). (Hongkong). (Hongkong). (Singapore).
1 PK 4. P-K 4 1 P-K4 | 2 P--K'B.4 Pt: P 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 3 Kt K B3 P-K Kt 4
P-Kt5
4.P KR4
5. Kt-Kt.5
6 Kt t. P
7 P-Q4
8 PL. P
- 9 B-B 4 oh
10 Bt. F ch 11 Castles
12 P-K B4
13 Kt-B $ 14 P-BS
Black.
RIY LOPEZ. White.
3 B-KE 5 4 Castles
P KB3 5 Ktt. P
Kt Kt
@ P-Q4
P-B 6
7 Pt. B
U-K 2.
8 Kt-B3
P-Q4
9 B-K 2
K-Kt 2
10 P-K B 4
P-Kt 6 11 P-K5 Kt-K B3 12 Kt-Q 5 -
P-K R4 13 B-Q
Kt Kt5 14 B-BA
Black
P-K 4-
Kt-8 3 B-B 4 Ktt Kt Q-K 2 Q t. P Castles Q-K 2 Kt-B.S Kt--K sq QQ 83 PB4
LAND DISPUTE AT NINGPO,
A correspondent sends to the N.-C. Datly News an account of a dispute between the local Roman Catholic Mission and the Ningpo foreign community in regard to recent enorosch ments upon the race-course, the details of which, as he says, are of general interest and importance. The statement is as follows:-
In the year 1862 a strip of land 40 feet broad, stretching from the Ningpo main river, across camps, to the Dz-chi branch of the river, was surrendered by certain British subjects for public use and styled the Great Northern Road. Later in the same year a further road was constructed branching out from the Great Northern Road in a westerly direction. In 1865 the late Consul Fittock called upon British subjects to give reports of their land holdings, specifying portions surrendered for public use. One at least of the replies remains in the archives of the British Consulate, giving a map drawn to scale of the said Great Northern Road. The western portion of this road has been in recent years neglected by the public.
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Within the last six months the land upon both sides of the race-course has been purchased by the Catholic Mission, and prepared for building purposes. Apparently ignorant of the publio rights to the neglected portion of the road, boundary-stones have been placed in the middle of it. Now it happens that recently the Standard Oil Company has also acquired land at the Eastern end of the same road; and had stones placed upon their supposed boundaries, also encroaching upon the public ground. The error was pointed out to both parties. The latter business company-at once removed their stones to their proper boundary limits; the former a religious body-ignored all remonstrance, either neglected or refused to produce their title deeds for inspection, and have proceeded t› till in the disputed land with evident intention of building.
“The rights of the public, and the error being committed were fully recognised by the Publio Works Committee, which appealed to the only resident Consul, in the matter. The Consul communicatedpon the matter with his colles- gues, the Consular Body in Shanghai, who repl ́- ed that the master should be litigated in the proper courts by the parties interested. There upon the Public Works Commi tee, through its Chairman (who happens to be the Com missioner of Custome), wrote to the Catholic Mission asking that the stoner be removed from the public thoroughfare. Bishop Reynaud replied not to the Chairman of the Public Works Committ to the Commissioner of Customs, to
that he could recognise the Taotai and the Shanghai. It shou'd oplication had earlier magistrate to the allowed to see the that they were at the French At length a public and held at the Compo action should be taken. his meeting was given to the so that ample opportunity for the other side of
presented.
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Catholic deeds,
Consulate
mestiur Club
Dus notice Catholic should
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evidences of the public rights were placed before the meeting, and there being no evidence whatever that those rights þad over been forfeited, resolutions were passed: (1) Asserting the land to be public property; (2) that obstructions placed thereon by private persons could be removed by public order; (8) delegating three gentlemen present to remove some; and (4) requesting the Public Works Committee to proceed forthw: with remaking of the road, the object of the third resolution being manifestly to give opportunity to the Catholic Mission to adopt the course suggested by the Consular Body by taking legal proceed-| ings to establish their claim. Tue public meeting was careful to select only British subjects to carry ont the remoral of the stones, for obvious reasons. For the case to be tried in any other than a British Court would be most undesirable if not unfair. The only foreign court in Ningpo is British.. (2) The majority of the foreign community are British. (3) The ground in question was purchased and riven to the public by British subjects! (4) A trial at Ningpo might be followed by an appeal to Shanghai, whereas a trial before the French court would be at Shanghai, which could be ap pealed from only to Saigon! (5) That English is the language understood by all parties concerned.
Hence the course adopted gave the Catholic Mission the opportunity of having the case properly tried in the most appropriate and accessible court. What is the course adopted? The stones removed are promptly replaced, and an attitude taken up which can only mean that further attempt on the part of the delegates of the public to remove the obstructions will be resisted by force.
The contrast of all this with the courteous conduct of the commercial syndicate is most striking.
HONGKONG.
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The diver's report on the Pakehan shows that she is lying on her side and probably deeply embedded in the mnd.
The appointment is notified in the Gazette of Mr. C. W. Dickson to be an Unofficial Member of both Executive and Legislative Councils.
Mr. W. J. Saunders has been appointed the Queen's Club representative on the Golf Recreation Ground and Wongneichong Recrea- tion Ground Committees.
Owing to the heavy rain, part of a house at 42, Queen's Road West collapsed on the 1st inst., and a coolie who was passing along the street was struck by the falling debris and killed. No other casualties are reported.
A sampan woman was drowned in the harbour on the 1st inst. through the capsizing of ber boat. Her husband dived to her rescue, but was unable to do anything, a the unfortunate woman must have been dragged down by the un derflow.
The final tie in the Civilian Club billiard handicap was played off on the 31st ult. between Mr. G. H. Ruby (89) and Mr. W. G. Gerrard (40. After a close contest Mr. Ruby won by 18 points, the game being 250. up, Mr. Chadwick Kew, the president, afterwards presented the first prize (s silver cup) and the second prize to the respective winne s.
The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China rece ved on the 1st inst. a telegram announcing the death on the 31st ult. of Mr. W. A. Main, the senior London manager of the Bank, the end having apparently come quite suddenly. It was to fill Mr. Main's place, during his absence from daty owing to ill-health, that the Hon T. II. Whitehead was recently summoned to Londou. We trust that the un- expected death of Mr. Main will not neces arily mean that Mr. Whitehead is to be permanently lost to the Colony of Hongkong.
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Chinese workmen are preparing the Clock Tower for the Coronation Night illuminations.
We learn that Shanghai has invited Hong- kong to send up a cricket team next Septem ber. The great difficulty will, no doubt, be that Hongkong has bardly any available bowlers.
The French cruiser D'Entrecasteauz left on the 31st ult. for Saigon.
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The German guuboat Tiger arrived from Canton on the 31st ult.
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On the 1st inst. a steam-boat belonging to the American monitor Monadnock broke. down on her way to the shore close to H.M(8. Turite she drifted rapidly, with wind and tide, tovarne West Point, but luckily a boat was promptly despatched from H.M.S. Rinaldo to Ler assistance and succeeded in towing her safely alongside the wharf. The Terrible's steam- launch eventually arrived and took her back to her ship.
MISCELLANEOUS. *
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A home correspondent learns from authoritative Ru-gian naval source that there is Bome likelihood of the six fastest and smartest of the Volunteer Fleet cruisers being shortly taken over by the Imperial Navy, the remain- ing nine vessels to continue the freight trade between Odessa and the Far East.
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Some of the bodies of the Japanese soldiers belonging to the Aomori Regiment, who met with such a terrible disaster in the snow last winter, have not yet all been recovered. Since the 18th ult. a bat alion has been specially detailed for the search, and the body of a man was discovered on the 19th. Only four bodies remain to be found.
The Empress Dowager is evidently fast turning a Reformer. Witness the following story:-A certain junior official of the Board of Rites, when received in an audience by the Empress Dowager, was asked by the latter. whether he had ever learned. English. When he replied that he had not studied English, the Dowager without hesitation ordered him at once to begin studying, saying that all the junior officials of different boards must be conversant with English.
At last a sure cure for China's heathenism has been discovered, says the Japan Advertiser. An U.S. Senator has suggested an amendment to the Exclusion Bill providing that only Christian Chinese be allowed to enter America. The American papers all agree that this would be one of the most marvellous Christianising influences in all history. The experiment was tried once by the Spanish in the Philippines, with the result that thirty thousand Chinese saw the light within a single week.
A Vancouver despatch says with regard to the Chinese labourers recently sent across America on their way to South Africa:-Those who have the negotiations in hand state that since the war broke out and has been in pro- gress the natives in South Africa have been dispersed, and when the mines re-open shortly the Chinese will have no difficulty in finding occupation. The matter is one of speculation, and should these 300 find places, more will be The syndicate is pre- immediately sent for. paring to ship Chinese labourers of all kinds, laundrymen, market-gardeners, etc, if the venture is successful.
At the Singapore Municipal Council on the the 23rd ult., Mr. Maclaren said that he thought the Municipality might now agree that it was prepared to vote half the expense of a bacterio- logist in Singapore, if Government would con tribute the other half. Details of management and equipment could easily be left for further. consideration, if and when Government ap- proved of the appointment. In his original motion he said; he mentioned something about a Pasteur Institute, but that idea had been con- The news that peace had been declared at siderably pooh-poohed, and its fate might be left Pretoria was received vry quietly here. It to the new officer, if he were appointed. Several formed, of course, the one theme of conversation prominent ductors in Singapore had said it for the time being, but there was little of the would be a very trifling matter to secure this, outward manifestations of rejoicing which one if it were thought necessary, afterwards. Mr. might naturally have expected upon so auspi- Maclaren proposed that the correspondence cions an occasion. Surprise and some disap-which had passed be forwarded to Government, pointment were to be heard expressed in certain and that Government be info tued thaw the quarters that the Government did not proclaim Municipality considered this appointment a public holiday, as would no doubt be done at bacteriologist to be very advisable and home. The warships in the Harbour were pared to pay half the expense of the
sro seconded the motion, gaily decorated with bunting, and a full ment: Mr. The 'salute was fired in honour of the event.
was carried.