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- oriosu ilegres; in this case, however, they had cseapotheir criminal liability by giving the work. eror to anybody elee. He would argue that nothing to do with the architect. He want
that reling was not a commonsense ruling. He! show that the materials used wore inferior and that the construction was faulty. Tho Attorney- afterwards went on to put forward the con- General wout on to say that be proposed to put tention that the death of these people who were in, in evidence, the depositions of the prisoners killed by the collapse way not ensed by the fall made at the Coroner's enquiry. He understood of No. 10 but by the fall of No. 12, which camo down on No. 10 and carried it away, too. that objection would be taken by the detones on the ground that such depositions made on oath These contractors had aothing whatever to do with No. 12. He would prove too that the wers not admissible; but that point was decisively settled in the offirmative in 1873 prisoners entrusted their work to a man whom in a case on uppoal to the Privy Council from they had every yenson to believe was a competent man. It was for the Crown to prove the guilt the Supreme Court of Canada, Queen v Edward Conto (4th vol, of Lam Reports. Prity of these two men, and if the Crown failed to the prove that the man to whom they entrusted the Council Cass, p. 99). In that case respon lent was indicted for arson. On his trial work was an incompetent man tuen he subwit- it was proposed to put in evidence the deposited, with all deferenca to his Lordship, that the tionssworn by him before the Fire Commissioner. proper ruling ought to be that these men were The Court held that they were not admissible,
One witness, Teng Trau, hoid bricklayer, the chief ground being that the depositions
was afterwards examined for the defence. were not voluntary inasmuch as he had been compelled to make them in oath. The Privy The Court adjourned at 0 o'clock unti) to-day Conruil, on appeal, hold that they were admis- ut 10 nm, sib. The application of that case to the pre- Aunt case, was the Attorney-Gonoral submitted;
exact
Mr. Slade said that he had missed that one in looking very har:iodly through the records.
His Lordshi, It is very conclusive. Mr. Shule Yes, your Lordship. I do not propose to proceed with the objection.
Britned was thon takon.
not responsible.
SPORTING NOTES,
The past week hes bea e disappointing ons for sport, raia making most outdoor paraui's aheat out of the question. In fact it is almost a pity that the "wet-bobs" who organised an excellent a regatta on the 10th and 11th instant did not prolong their aquatic carnival so as to show us how to rise superior to the damp
THEATRE ROYAL.
BARS Hongkong and Shanghais have further improved with sales rip to $062, at London still quotes £52. Nationals aro an which rate, however, there are probables eollers. changed at $17 sellers, but holders would probably accopt $26.
JOINT STOCK SHARES. A tongled skein of complications had to be Mesars, Vernon & Smyth say in their weekly. unravelled in the fureical comedy Facing the share report, dated Hougkang, 19th December: Business daring the past week las continued Husic, rodnend by Miss Waldorf's Company extredingly dall, and with the exception of at the Theatre Royal last evening. Farce-moderate increase in Banks, most stacks show that is, good fares-depends largely upon those a tendency towards lower rates. simple errors of iduity which involve some unfortunate individual in a series of amusing diflcultes. Furing the Afusio possesses all the elements of successful farcical comedy, for it develops situations which grow more and more Humorous as the piecs progresses, e plot coccerns the trembles of two Smiths who take adjoining Bats. One, Mr. John Smith, has sent his wife away on a visit; the other, the Rov. John Smith, is just expecting his to join him, The Rev. Mrs. Smith arrives on foggy night while her bu band je away, and is shown into the wrong flat. The Bowekeeper of plain John Smith, having just been engaged, has never Been her mistress, so she assumes that the Rev
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FIRE INSURANCES-bongkongs can still ba procured at $843; and Chines at the reduced rate of $841.
SHIPPING-Hongkong, Canton and Macaos are procurable to a small extent at $33, after salos at 8365 and $303. Indo-China have sold at $86, $85 and $843 and close with probable sellers at $4. Douglases can be procured at 841 Star Ferries are wanted et. 823 (old) and SIB (new). Shall Transports have sold and cat be placed at £112.6
REFINERIES.-Chian Sugars have rallied
GOOD WORK. PROMPT RETURN.
WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHMENT SOLELY DEVOTED TO EXECUTING WORK FOR AMATEURS, AND WE HAVE LARGER AND BETTER FACILITIES FOR DEVELOPING AND PRINTING THAN ANY HOUSE IN THE COLONY
and after sales at 284 to 888 the market closes ACHEE & CO.,
The witness, who had all been previously examinal at the Coroner's enquiry, included Dr. Hunter, Acting Police Inspector Dymond, .Mesars. H. P. Tooker. P T, Crisp and H.E.Y. weather. To-day, it wo do not get a con. Returning home, he finds awaiting him his friend wants have been booked at $6, and have i Haggard of the Public Works Department, and Mr. F. T. B. Hewent.
Mr. Slade, in opening the cass for the defopos, that said the position of mutters was that this house had collapsed, somebody had been killed, and somebody had to be held responsible. If the jury shon hoid the contractors criminally lille they manst find them guilty of manslaughter. If a man was culpably and grossly negligent in doing something or in omitting to do some thing he should have done he was originally liable but unless he personally was proved to be guilty of some gross negligence he would not by criminally liable.
tinnstion of the rain, sous interesting sporting evouts are due to come off. Dealing fiest with that which is nearest at hand, on the Cricket Grand at 11 sharp-will it be at 11 sharp
a match between the there should commence Married and Single men of this Colony, The Married seam to have the stronger team, but much depends upon the wicket.
:
Mrs. Smith is her employer. Now, Mr. John Saith has that night bad" au adventure in the fog with a lady whom ko endeavoured to assist when he believed hor to be in distress, and 26 rewarded for his pains by being set upon by gang of roughe.who relieve him of his valuablus,
Desmond, who informes Smith that his wife has returned. Smith, bearing the voice of the "Rev." Mrs. Smith, mistakes her for the lady of the fog who has indeed. called to give to the Rev. Mr. Smith a pocket book lost by the other Mr. Smith, at the same time thanking the wife of her supposed deliverer for his assistance. When Mrs. Job Smith returns the complications grow At football, Association holds the field, and a fairly strong Clab tuam, including two promi- thick. A detective, whose namo it not Sherlock Dent Ragby men, meets H.M.S. Occuz, one of Holmes, has been engaged in connection with His Lordship, interposing, said thore wors
the ships which has sutered for the Shield. the adventure in the fog. He distinguishes some things for which, if a man undertook to
Another of the naval teams, that from H.M.S. himself by waking matters worse, and after a do thou and they were badly done by seme naderling, he could not escape responsibility. Glory, gous to Causeway Bay to meet the series of ludicrous situations be identifies tho If a ma andartook to build a house for another V.R.C. The serious work of Association foot. Rer. John Smith as a notorious criminal known Fan-house for hausan habitation ball is near at hand now. The Shick ties as "Saintly Sam," and his innocent and suffer that other man paid bim for doing so and trusted him to do it properly, thou there was an im. involve 14 teams-S military, 4 maral, and 2ing wife as an adventuress with tho attractive nickname of the Duchess of Piccadilly." plied duty upon him to bring reasonable skill civilian. Two of the unvat tennis, those from and diligence and use reasonable materials for his the Ocean and Pique, do not play until round 2, Needless to soy everything rights itself before work, and if by nagleet of supervision or no-
when they oppose one another. The Sherwood the end, but not before the audience hare glect to put up a moper building-neglect of such a kind as to amount to enlpable nogligence Foresters have 4 teams in, of which two meet in enjoyed the grotesque positions in which all -it would be manslaughter if a person was kilo first round, while the Royal Artillery send the characters are led into. Mr. John Smith, led by that.
The H.K.FO. meat HMS who has endeavoured to disentangle himself by in two team, Glory (whom they defeated in a friendly match variona deceptions, is compelled to face the on Tuesday) and the watch is to be played on musie" for his indiscretions, and he provides the 27th inst. at 3.45 p.m., as the Glory is going most of the fun of the piece. The comedy has away for a time. The first round has to be a sufficient air of probability to save it from broad farce, and the dialogue is bright and completed by the 31st prox.
witty throughout,
Mr. Blade askel it that would hold good
whether or not he has deputed other people to
do the work for him?
If it
His Bordslip said a man might say "I am incompetent to build a house and therefore I put it in the bands of an architect." was in the bands of an architect to saperin tend the building it was bis legal duty to saper vise it and we that it was dous properly. If a mas had to go to man like the prisoners who were supposed to be contractors, and be under- took this work and did not think it necessary to employ an archites and did not do the work properly and killed a mou thereby, his Lordship would hold that to be manslaughter and woult tell the jury s
Mr. Skals asked bow, that would hold in the case of a sub-conlincă?
His Lordship stated that by sub-contracting to somebody more incompetent than themselves they would not escape responsibility. If two mon undertook to build a house and were in- competent to do the job it was very wrong of ther to charge money for doing what they could not do and if they nadertook to do the work not of making a pair of boots but of building a house in which people were going to live they were undertaking thing that would in all probability kill people if they did not do it properly. There was the case of a man lately who left open a gate leading on to a railway." A cart was drivon through this gate on the railway because the gat hapened to be open and a train came- along and killed the carter. That was held to be manslaughter on the part of the man who was engaged to keep the gatoshat and to attend to the gate; his hours were from 12 to 15 hours a day, but that did not matter, The point was raised whether that ought to be left to the jury in that way and they said certainly the man was ngaged to do something which would be
There is also a Rugby match to-day, on the Naval ground, the H.K.F.C's team's "A" team meeting the "A" team of H.M.S. Glory, Serve good players figure on both sides.
The Hockey Shield competition did not, aftor all, commence this week, the heavy down- poar of ruin on Thursday making play in what should have been the Club's opening watch out of the question. The Club had got together a strong team, though baving at least three reser- res on the list. The game will be played some- time after Christumas. The naval teams ought to do well in this competition, and I should not be surprised if either the Ocean or the Blenheim supplied the winners All-the-suure, the Club 1st tear should have a good chance, if the members' will make an effort to play regularly. The Club's onergetic secretary, who has been away shooting geese, is expected hack before Christmas.
The Yacht Club announce a Ladies Race to-day at 2.30 p.m., not 2 o'clock as previously announced (for which it is to be hoped the weather will be propitious), and to-morrow thoro is the The Dione is 5th Club Race of the season. getting rather a long lead in the first class over
We like the Waldorf Company in comedy; they never fail to appeal to what have been called the risible faculties. They did this last night, most convincingly, despite the difficulties that first night" invariably opora ap. The audience was keenly alive to the humour of the situations developing on the other side of the footlights, and when the curtais varg down the flattering comments heard on all sides marked another success for Miss Waldorf's popular Company. Mr. Norval McGregor depicted the adventures of Jolu Smith, the other Smith" whose misfortunes. commenced from the moment of his adventure in the fog, and his presentment was a capital oxe, an uirtukable dash of individuality imparting additional flavour to a character which suited him perhaps even better than the Baron in The Ludy of Ostend-and that is saying a good deal. Theatre-goers here are sufficiently well acquainted with the neting of Mr. Wilson Forbes to know that ho generally manages to impress his audiance with his capabilities. He took the part of the Rev. John Smith, and it snited him s excellently us ho suited it; he was just the man for the role. An fabel, the curute's wife,
with probable bayers at the higher rate. Lyzoas can be procured at 3121.
MINING-Panjome are wasted at 821. farther bayors,
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DOOK, WHARVES & GODOWNS-Hongkong and $219, and we close weak with sellers at the and Wlampen Decks have been done at 8:12 higher rate. Hongkong and Kowloon Whaeres have sold at $89 and more shares are obtainable. LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDINGS-Hongkong Now Amoy Docks can ho procured at $40. Lands continuo firm at $185 buyers. Kowloon Laude hace sold at 830, and are in further request. West Points have improved to 37 buyers, Hongkong Hotels lare. sold at offering at the higher rate. Orientra are an- No. 5, DES VEUX ROAD CENTRAL, CORNER OF ICE HOUSE STREET, $141 and $140 and close with further shares THE 20TH DECEMBER, 1902, AT 11 A.M. SHARP, AT OUR SALES ROOMS changed at 337) sellers, Eumphreys Katetes after sale at $12 and $12 are reported offering
Betors at COTTON MILLS-Ewos have at $12 Ts, 40. A small lot of Hoarkong Cottous can be procured at the reduced rate of $173.
MISCELLANEOUS.--Manila Investments nzé slightly firmer, but shures can be obtained at the closing quotation of $16. Green Island Cements have sold and there are further buyers at 01. AR. Watsiens ftr sales at $141 are now prouurable at 3144. Electrics continue are sellers of the latter at 86.65. Fenwicks are in request at $13.10 ft) and (ass) there offering at $50. Ices can be procures at $440. and Tramways at $345. Steam Water Boats have been done at 18.65 and 88.75 and there are probable further buyers. China Providente have sold at $9.75 and 89.35 and close in strong. request at the former rale. China Light and Powers have declined to $10 sellers. Powells are wanted at $93. Philippine Tobocos Trusts ure obtainable at the reduced rate of $35.
MEMOS.-China Borneo Company, Limited. extraordinary general meeting on the 9th inst. Hongkong High-Level Tramwaye Co., Id., ordinary yearly meating on the 30th instant. transfer books close on the 23rd instant. Hong- kong Slean Water-Boat Co., Ld., Lotify that the remaining call of $3 per share is payable on or before the 2nd January, 1903.
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varions Viceroys and Governor of provinces en passports together with special instructions to ronte to, give every protection and facility to Mr. Jameson-and party in their work. THE CHINESE TELEGRAPH ADMINISTRATION.
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Hongkong, 15th December, 1902.
HUGHES & HOUGH.
POLICE COURT:
Friday, 19th December. BEFORE ME. F. A. HAZELAND (POLICE
MAGISTRATE.)
GAMBLING RAID.
THEFT IN A THRATRE.
AUCTIONEERS.
(3352
impossible for me because about the same time I contracted un lacurable disease, I am a use- less creature now, and my lingering after tifo will be of no possible benefit to the world's conomy. I have bence made up my mind to throw myself overboard on my way home and end this misery. The name and address I have given for my ticket are fals.
The reason
Inspector Gidley and Sergeant Kerr coo-have loaded myself with 50 pounds or so dnoted a gambling ruid at 23, Aberdeen Street of stones and my body will never come to
wy remains will be in vain. men who were playing funtan. on Thursday night, and arrested fifteer China- the surface of the water, and all search for Two of them were convicted of being keepers, why I gave a false name is because I do and find 850 each; the others got off with 53 each, not wish to bring my relatives into disgrace. Kindly sell the accompanying waleh and over Li Yis was at the Ko Shing Theatre on all and as the proceeds in your name for some Thurday night, and, Chinese-filic, slipped his charitable purposes. I am sorry to give all this the play. Chan Yan was also of the spectators but long be buried in the fishes bollies, but my soul he devoted more attention to the audience than will forever become a spirit of the sea' and will to the play, and when he saw Ji Yin divest always remain a guardias of your worthy self himself of his shoes he made up his wind to be and your follow navigators. Be good to your come possesed of them. He bringle. however, salt and be loyal to your home and country, and is a result got fourteen days' hard labour. The parcel also contained a few other things. including a novel entitled Lone and Death
dangerous if he did not do it, und altheuch the other now boat, but the Alannah is well up Miss Janot Waldorf had more scopo perhaps Imporin! decree commanding be transfer of the shoes off his feet and sat tailor-fashion to watch trouble; only pity me. My body will before
there were no daties between the carter and himself for the use of the gate it was held na- animously by the Court that that mau rightly convicted of manslaughter, yet all he did was to leave the gate opeu.
was
Mr. Slade said in that case the man was present. Suppose that he had left somebody olm, His Lordship quoted from memory a case of the kind referred to by Mr. Slade. It was that of a man who weat away from his work of attending to winding-up machiney at a mine and left boy in charge of the work and did not not do it himself. That man was held respon- sible.
Mr. Slade contended that in the ease which his Lordship hail quoted the man know the boy has left in charge was grossly incompatent.
The Attorney-General commeated that where the Statute cast u direct duty upon contractors they hat to do it themselves,
Mr. Slade naken if he was then to andr stand that, no matter how much the Crown proved that he left the work to incompotent people or how much the defence proved that aontracted this work out to coupe out people, he did not escape Katility.
His Lordship stated that he could not escape theliality. What he would tell the jury, and he would lay it down as the law in Hongkong, was that if contractors undertook to build a house and took the responsibility of building a houss for human habitation without taking the responsibility off their shoulders by employing a proper architect to superintend the work but choes to do the architect's work themselves, they could not escape responsibility.
Mr. Slade asked if then the contractor was to be held liable for the fault of every bricklayer or of anybody on the work?
His lordship replied that ho referred to the work for which an architect was visually employed. If that turned out to be done in a grossly negligent way that they did not even go near the pince while it was being carried out Rud if it was held that the house foll because of that bad work, the contractors must be held liable. If that was not the law in Hongkong he did not know what would happen; half of us meht be killed;
Mr. Shule naked his Lordship to suppose that he employed a sub-contractor who employed Inbourers to do the work.
His Lordship said it would be the same whet
•her to did it himself or got some incompetent person to do it. If the jury came to the conclusion that the house fell down because it was net properly bailt and that it was only able negligence ca their part in not building it properly, the jary would be quite justified in inding these men guilty of manslaughter.
Mr. Blade, addressing the jury, asid the rul- ing had been given that these mon could not
Though the affairs of the Hongkong Uns than in any other comedy produced during the Chinese Telegraph Administration to the sole
Was
entirely due to the advice of Viceroy Yuan
Steau wontrol of the China Merchants
later, be bi-kaf, and it is farther stated that the Navigation Co. will also, sconer. taken from Shong Kung-pao and handed over to the management of the Imperial High Commissioner of the Peiyang Administration, THE FOREIGN LOANS OF VICEROY CEANG.
Peking, 15th December Influential officials in Peking are usuious in con lemming the policy of Viceroy Chang Chih- tug in making foreign loans. When Viceroy Tusa Shi-kai had his audience of their Majesties the other day he also gave it as bis opinion that all the enterprises of Viceroy Chang neked substantiality. Further, that if Chung should be permitted to make more leans from foreignors mercial and industrial affairs in Hupel would in the future, bo (Yusu) wared that all com eventually fall into the hands of outsiders.
are of course private, it is no breach of confidence present scasou at the Theatro Boysl. Miss Wal-control of the Imperial Gover: ment to anunues that the proposal to retain the pre.dorf's forte, however, is tragedy, as wittess, for set bowling alleys when the extension of the instance, her Josephine in A Royal Divorce, bat Club buildings has been thrown open Las book though she is always to be preferred in euch defeated by more than a 3 to 1 majority. It is roles there was in that of Habet a sufficient general element of mock tragedy to make the part a very still possible that a requisition for a meeting way be sent in, but I fear that the suitable and assuredly a most pleasing one. Mr. bowling alleys are doomed. This is rather a Williata Fitchett, energetic and painstaking pily, aveing that the matches between the as ever, was not hampered by any limits Hongkong and German Clubs in each other's toss in the character be aseamed, that of Dick Desmond; and he impressed his audience alleys hava ben followed in the past with no
with his ability as an exponent of the histrionic little interest.
art. Miss Mildred Yorke was plossing as Miss Fatheringay of the Bijou thentre, and sở, tọa was Jiss Amy Stanley in the much more difficult part of Nora, the wife of John Smith. The other characters were likewise ably portrayed, and were-Col. Drucan Smith (Mr. St. Clair Bay- field), Sergeant Dufeli (Mr. Jean de Lacey), and Mrs. Konting (Miss Edith Haye).
Facing the Music will be repealed when the senson comes to a temporary closo,
There being a strong contingent of H.M. Fleet at Singapore just now, a match was arranged on the 9th inst, between the Singapore Ragby foottalers and a Navy XV. The Navy, who had Royds and Pringle at throw- quarters, won by three tries to a goal from a tuin-k--(9-pointe-to 5). The Singapore meu
showed op best forward,
I read in the home papers that "Dr. W..G. Grace has invented a game called table-cricket It is to cricket what ping-pong is to lawn tennis. The pitch is not quite a yard long, the bat seems to be all handle. You bowl by firing the ball out of a sort of spring-gun. You can aim the ball where you please, but there deos not appear to be any means of getting 'work' on it. There are no human fielders. Little réceptacles which you can move about do the cabbing. If the ball runs into one of these the batsman is out. As for runs, you. le pot, Lars to you. Different parts of the table have different values, and it is better to hit towards a high value then towards a low one." The last son- teuce seams unnecesarily explanatory, for the same is true of all games of the kind, Though Dr. W. G. Grace is described as the invouter of to above game, I remember reading of a very
Kitile one some years ago,
CHURCH SERVICES.
A PROPOSED MIN BIRY OF EDECATION,
Peking, 15th December. Their Majesties have decided to establish a to-night,Ministry of Education, with Chang Pei-hsi at present Chinucellor of the Fak ng University) as its first President.-N.-C. Daily Neus.
8. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL. 21st December, 4th Sunday in Advent.
....
GENERAL NEWS.
VENEZUELA--
SEVEN DAYS FOR A XEROSENE-TIN.
For stealing a kercsenc-tin, value ten cants, and a note which said: Notice of removal, to helonging to the War Department, Fong Chun, the Domiciliary Registration Office of Japan: A got lie in the employ of the Commissariat-Billy manine that I am, I have moved this branch of the Service was sentenced. to seven minate to the high heavens, and I notify you of the facts.m., November 12, the 35th your days' hard labour.
of Meiji.
BEFORE MR. J. H. KEMP (ACTING
POLICE MAGISTRATE),
STREET KOBBERY,
TRADE
TELEPHONE No. 135.
At mid-day on the 19th inst a barefecod robbery with violence was committed upon a supplying a female customer with a bangla from Chinese hawker in Connaught, Road. He was his store of cheap jewelry, when four men, ono ormed with a taile, set upon him. The in-. dividual with the weapon slashed the strap from which the box containing the hawker a wares was suspended, thus causing the box to fall and STILL LEADING svallaring the articles it held on the ground; the bunker's elothes and his shoulder were also eut. The four robbers then pounted on the jewelry, along with their rietim, who seized one of the number. The other three attasked him, however, and he was compelled to release his A hold, efter which the gang decampad with as mach booty as they could lay hands on. Two of them were subsequently arrested by the police, and remanded.
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London, 14th December. Although the State Department at Washing ton acquiesses in the proposed action of Great Britain and many against Venezuela, Ame- Matins (11 am).
rican opinion as expressed through the news- Responses, Tallis: Vonite, Barnby; Psalis. papere does not approve of the notion of the Smart and Pre; Benedicite, Manader in F: Germans in sinking the capteral Vehexualsn Jabilate, Ayrton in E; Hymns, 53 and 612; warships. Comment is to the effect that the
An extraordinary story of suicido is recorded Kyrie, Hopkins in E flat (74: Offertory.fly, and might have been reached without that 174.
ine dent, which can only tend to embitter Evensong (5.45 p.m.);
Venezuelan feeling without serving at all to in the Japan Times. "It was at 1 pm on the IF YOU REQUIRE A PERFECT -
19th of lest month,” says that journal, that Responsps, Tallis, Psalms, Crotch and Mud-further the purposes of the allies.
the N.Y.K. coaster the Suruga Maru stearned lay, Magnificat, Onkeley in D (2nd M.); Nuuc
TRE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBORY,
out of Hakodate heading for Aomori. The London, 14th December.
good ship safely arrived in the latter port at Dimittis. Garrett in D (5th E.); Hymas, 432, 353, and 49; Vesper Hyman, Steane.
The Archbishop of Canterbury is secicuely & eelock the following morning, and shortly He broke down while addressing the after all the passengers had disembarked one House of Lords in the debate on the Education of the boys in sweeping out the cabins found KING EDWARD VIL Bill. It was at first supposed that he had been left in a berth a cloth package addressed to the overce ne by a tempora y weakness, but his captain of tus Suruga Maru. The boy took the | physicians now pronounes his condition grave, find to the officer, who, on opening it,
S. PETER'S CHURCH.
(Corner of Des Voeux Road West and Western Street) Matias (11 s,m.) -Venita, Woodward: Te Deum. Lowes; Bebe-
I see that a writer in one of the Shanghai papere, discussing the cricket captains decision to jacreme the width of the wickets, asks whether or no the alteration will he applied to other than first-class cricket? Surely in dictus, changhai, for instance, he says, the bowler is usually master of the situation? The Esine cemarti applies to Hongkong.
OMPAX
Gross; Kyrie, Hyeons, 7, 72, 13, and 21.
Holy Communion 12.30 p.m. Evensong (6.30 p.m.). Magnificat, Trent; Nano Dimittig, Aldrich; Hymns, 29, 379, 14, and 32,
ILLNESS OF LADY DUDIEX.
Landon, 14th December. Lady Dudley, the wife of the Lieutenant Governor of Ireland. is ill with appendicitis. Reports from her medical advisers are noncom mittal as to the batcome, and much concern is felt regarding her illness. Timos,
found in it a silver watch and an overall, as well as a latter, which read as follows:- Fool that I was, I was born in a poor family. Several years age I moved to Hokkaido, and for a while things thrived with me. Last year I failed in my business, however, and ores in the bad graces of Dame Fortune success became
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