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Heat 3.
W. S. Bailey J. W. Bains
H. A. Lammert
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A. V. Barros H. C. Sayer In this event the first and seconds in each of the three heats swam in the final.
The first heat was carried by J. H. R. Hance, who arrived home about half-a-second ahead of R. B. Macdonald and R. C. Witchell, the latter couple making a tie for second place.
Time, 48 secs.
E. Humphreys won the second heat, with N. H. Alves a close up. Time, 48 secs.
In the third heat H. A. Lammert arrived first, J. W. Bains second. Time, 47 secs.
The final was won by the two placed men of the third heat. H. A. Lammert was first, J. W. Bains second, Time, 47 secs. as before. Bains, by the way, is a comparatively new member of the Club, these being his first laurels in connection with Hongkong swimming. He possesses swimming honoura, however, from Sydney.
ARMY, NAVY, POLICE.
TWO LENGTHS. (Army, Navy and Police.) 1, Pte Beat; 2, Pte Fisher.
A very fair number faced the starter. Only two men used the trudgen stroke, and these were the winners. Private Fisher, second.
PLUNGING. 1, F. K. Tata: 2, N. H. Alves, The entries were:-R. C. Witchell, J. Wit- chell, J. E. Ellis, F. M. Roza Pereira, N. H. Alves, H. A. Lammert, A. V. Barros, W. T. Andrews, H. C. Austen, F. K. Tata, and T. Swaby.
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F. K. Tata won this event. Some of the competitors fell into the error of diving too deep, while others, again, showed weak points in their spring off. The tide at the time was going out, so when competitors "kept up" their dive to the bitter" end they were by the receding water carried in the wrong direction. One man indeed turned right around. an incident which caused great merriment. Wags at the stand shouted keep it up, old boy, keep it up." When the plunger raised his head out of water and realised the situation there was great laughter. Tata's plunge was 43ft. 9in. N. H. Alves won the second prize with a plunge of 43ft. 2in. Tats leaves for India to-day by the 8.8. Persia. He is going to Bombay to get married.
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RUNNING HEADER FROM SPRING BOARD. 1. F.Jorge; 2, C. Humphreys. Other competitors: J. Millar, J. Witchell, and J. H. A. Hance.
In this high diving competition the com- petitors displayed great skill, causing very little commotion in the water. Frank Jorge's exhi- bition was judged "No, 1." and C. Humphreys was awarded second prize.
J. R. Pereira
J. Alves:
J. Britto.
E. Humphreys.
W. Bailey. J. Ellis.
TEAM RACE.
A. Barros.
J. Millar.
L. Lammert. H. Austen. H. Beth. J. Cronin.
R. Witchell (Capt) J. Witchell (Capt) N. Alves (Capt) H. Sayer.
C. Humphreys, A. Rebeiro.
F. R. Pereira, H. Lammert. O. Chunnutt. W. Andrews.
Macdonald. C. Silas. The chief feature in this contest was the absolute uncertainty as to which team would win. One good swimmer would gain, half a length, an advantage only to be lost by the man following. R. C. Witchell's team was first; J. Witchell's team second; and N. H. Aloves'
team third.
WATER POLO.
White v. Blue-Blue won, 2-1.
White.
R. C. Witchell (Capt.)
C. Humphreys
J. Millar
N. H. Alves
Blue.
J. Witchell (Capt.) A. V. Barros A. J. V. Rabeiro
J. H. A. Hanco
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
HONGKONG.
We hear that H.M.S. Leviathan has struck a rock near Weihaiwei, and is coming to Hong- kong for repairs.
Major R. J. Ross, of the 4th Middlesex Quartermaster General at Hongkong. Regiment, has been appointed Deputy Assistant
Bishop Piazzoli is ill. We understand that We regret to hear that the Right Rev. His Lordship is suffering from anemia and is now laid up with an attack of dysentery.
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A lady stepping into a ricksha was hailed line. recently by a coolie further down the waiting
Hai, Missie, catchee me. b'long no good. He b'long stinker." And the lady says it proved only too true.
Chefoo story says that 500 tons of dynamite shipped from London to Hongkong Manchuria. It is reported that a portion of the on May 15th is destined for the Russians in cargo is lying at Hongkong awaiting shipment north.
The plague returns for last week show that there were 25 cases, and all fatal. This brings the number for the year so far to 453, of which 439 have been fatal. In the 48 hours since that return, there were five Chinese dead of the plague. During last week there was a European case of enteric fever, which happily has not proved fatal
While Messrs. Price & Co.'s boat was out in the Harbour on the 26th inst. one of the boat- men fell overboard. Mr. Frank White, one of the best known swimmers in the Colony. was on the boat and was on the point of jump- ing in to the rescue, but fortunately he was able to get the man on board again by the means of a boat-hook.
The death took place on the 25th inst. at the Peak Hospital of Mr. Max Hernfeld. the firm of Messrs. Arnhold, Karberg & Co. Mr. Herufeld had been in the East a little more than two years, residing the greater part of the time at Canton, where the unexpected news of his death will be received by a large number of friends with genuine sorrow, as it has been by his friends in Hongkong.
A Queen's Road business man who went out on a bathing picnic the other evening found on his return that some eighty watches of different kinds and values had been stolen from his premises in his absence. The police were in- formed, and as the result of enquiries several arrests were made, including the office coolie. Some of the stolen watches were found on the persons arrested, who are countrymen of the office coolie, and others were recovered in pawnshops. The coolis accompanied his em- ployer on the launch, but the surmise is that he gave information to the thieves as to his master's absence and how to effect an entrance to the premises.
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Sanitary regulations, as against ships going from Hongkong, are in force now at Manila, Indo-China, Netherlands India, Burma, Straits Settlements, Shanghai, Siam, Kophai, Madras, Bengal, French Indo-China, British North Borneo and Labuan.
MISCELLANEOUS.
port, visitors to that place cannot but be struck Now that Kongmoon has been opened as a free with the inadequacy and incongruousness of the British Consulate there. H.B.M.'s representative occupies a houseboat on the river. It is perhaps as salubrious a dwelling as one could get ashore at Kongmoon, but it certainly lacks in spacious. ness and accommodation.
condemned because of its likeness to the naval The Merchant Service Guild's flag was not
dimensions-7 by 5 fest, diamond 6 by 4-and " Jack," It appears that it has to be of certain that in the Singapore case these dimensions were - exceeded. The flag, with its "M.8.G." in diamond as before, is declared legal by the Board of Trade.
So far, the Australian raid on the English magazine publishers (in the ostensible behoof of abundant good literary talent 11 Colonials) has not produced the golden egg that among was expected. The following tells its own story: "English Mail Examined. Poor Result.— Adelaide, Wednesday.-Acting under instruc- tions from the Controller-General of Customs, the examination of magasines by this week's English mail was carried out at Port Adelaide this morning. Five officers went through forty-eight cases, and the net result of the overhaul was the discovery of 371b. weight of insets (loose sheets), which, at 3d. per lb. duty, will realise 9s. 3d." If this were a fishing column, or one given to frivolity, we might have something screamingly funny to say about Sir William Lyns and his net, and his miraculous haul, and so forth. As it is, we hold our hand, leaving the bare facts to sink into the soul of the Minister of Customs and such others as it may concern.-The Outlook.
At the annual meeting of the Association in Aid of the Church of England Mission in North China and Shantung, Prebendary Storrs, who presided. referred to his recent visit to North China, and pointed out that the division of the diocese mзant no diminution of Bishop Scott's work. Though he had given up Shantung he had taken over the Manchurian province of Shingking from the Bishop of Coren's jurisdic tion. It was satisfactory to hear of an increase in the number of native workers, to whose ministra. tions they had to look for the winning of China and Japan. The Rev. J. H. Brown, of Tientsin, said that at present the Bishop had only three clergymen working with him, and the need of reinforcements was most urgent. On the 25th inst. there was celebrated at In Peking two clergymen were wanted imme- Union Church the wedding of Miss Mary diately, one for the country stations and the Logan, daughter of Mr. J. D. Logan of the other to prepare for re-opening the training Kowloon Docks, to Mr. Francis H. Hamblin, school for catechists and native clergy. The chief officer of the China Merchants 8.8. Afeifoo. Rev. A. E. Barne, of Shantang, the Rev. Mr. Logan gave the bride away and the marriage | Roland Allen, lately of North China, and the ceremony was conducted by Rev. C. H. Hick-Rev. Mackwood Stevens, secretary, also took ling. The bride's two sisters acted as brides-part in the proceedings. maids, Mr. Thomas Banks as best man. There was a very large attendance of ladies and gentle. men at the ceremony, after which a reception was held at the Hongkong Hotel and the customary complimentary toasts were drunk. The young couple will go to Shanghai for their honeymoon, and the best wishes of their many friends in Hongkonggo withthem.
A work which will have an interesting bear- ing upon the crisis in the Far East is being issued by Messrs. Macmillan under the title "Manchu and Muscovite." The author, Mr. B. L. Putnam Weale, has spent the greater part of his life among the Chinese, and under- took a journey through Manchuria for the pur- pose of collecting material for the present book. There was a large attendance of the German The result of his travels has been to upset the and Austrian members of the community and generally accepted view of the character of the others at the Cemetery on the 26th inst. to Russian occupation. This, he maintains, is pay a final tribute of respect to the late Mr. purely military, and lacks all the elements of Max Hernfeld, who died, unexpectedly, at the permanence. In fact, the Russification of Man- Peak Hospital on Monday four or five hours churia is a myth. The province, which is a after an operation had been successfully per-grain-producing country of the first rank, re- formed to remove an abscess on the liver. Numerous floral tributes of regret, which were borne with the coffin to the grave, testified no less eloquently than the large attendance to the sincere sorrow evoked by the premature death of one who, though not long resident in the Colony, had by the amiability of his disposition favourably disposed towards him all with whom he had come in contact. The funeral service Mr. A. Chapman, chairman of the Club, was impressively conducted by Pastor R. Kriele, afterwards distributed the prizes.
of the German Church.
J. M. Rosa Pereira H. C. Sayer
H. A. Lammert E. Humphreys F. M. Roza Pereira H. J. W. Gidley
Perhaps this was the most popular event of all, for both players and spectators. After some very even play H. A. Lammert for the Blues shot the ball into the net amid cheering. C. Humphreys (White) equalised, and J. Witchell closed the scoring with a second goal for Blus. The game resulted:-
Blue, 2; White, 1.
mains, in all its cultivated portions, essentially Chinese, and in the commercial and industrial centres the Celestial is ousting the Blav. Mr. Putnam Weale supports his arguments by an exhaustive examination of the railway system. the operations of the Russo-Chinese Bank, and the whole conduct of affairs. The general im pression received is that the firmly established organism of Chinese agricultural and trading life will outlast the superficial veneer of European civilisation.