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RS. DONALDSON (Daughter of Professor F. F. WALLACE, of, Bose- mount Dancing Academy, Glasgow), begs to inform the residents of Hongkong and district that for Classes are now forming in the CITY HALL, and boginners who wish to be able to dance this season in time for the Scotch Ball should enrol at ones. BEGINNERS' CLASS.
Tirico weekly/
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Once a week
$7 month. CHILDREN'S CLASS.
Once a wealt
... a month. PRIVATE CLASSES or PUPILS as may bo armaged,
Pupils arelled at the Robinson Piano Co., Ld. [4889 Hongkong, 15th October 1003.
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Mino. Patti says that the Apollo none has. given her the slightest trouble sad that the now concert grand is one of the most wowlorful and perfuel pians-pinyers that she has ever seen,
Hongkong, 15th October, 198,
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THE HONGÉONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, OCTOBER 19r 1903
[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.) GOLF FOR EVERYBODY.
VII.
ONE OF MY GOLFING EXPERIENCES,
BY
J. CUMMING MACDONA, M.P. tc.) (Author of "Across the Andes"
THE PLEASURES OF GOLF.
1
I said. "No," he replied. "Well," I said, "that is the reason why you are now & sufferer
yon try zolf and you will soon be cured." What is it?" he said, "and where is it to be
WM. POWELL,
LD.,
had said. "It is to be had here in this GENERAL DRAPERS, HIGH-CLASS DRESSMAKERS, AND
I would start on the care next morning, and put little tags in the nice little holes, so that he could easily see where ting were
i
We
HOLDERS will be held at the OFFICES ofile with a shar!urrent from the bottom of doing sentry dety in front of bis door, with
The TRANSFER HOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the dr to the AND OCTOBER, both days inclusivė.
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO.,
General Agen18, Canto Insurance Cffles Limited. Hongkong, 26th September, 1993. [2711 HUMPHREY'SESTATE AND FINANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of HUMPHREY'S ESTATE
2.
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TURKISH
TROPHIES
CIGARETTES
an exuberance of delight MADE FROM THE CHOICEST TURKISH TOBACCO, ARE THE BEST. ASK
Sentry
143
very place. You get a box of white balls." "Ob," he said, "I have taken dozens of thom- order mo huit a dozen bores, and I will take
Nol no fast, them at once".
Colonel. You don't have to put them into your mouth to eat them." Wall, well," he said, "that is curious. Ishould like to know something more for the tradest." Wheat, I began to unfold to him the hidden mysteries of the ancient and Golf has many peculiari is, idiosyncracies one noble garus. I said we must have a suitable infght style them, and not the lenst attractive ground with short grass sward to walk over. "Yes, yes," he said, most anxiously, there is to my mind is its solitary charm. Without, being in the last slfish ene can enjoy the parade ground, that will answer the par- reund of golf by oneself with a subtle and pose Y," I sail in a spirit of resignation, still plea-ura unknown to any other game in order net to show myself too keen about it, except it be a game of patienes, at cards:that will do well enough in the almence of but what a difference between the two games botter." Then I told him I had a bag of clubs of solitaire! There is an oilless variety to bit the little white bulls wilk, and that I about the different strokes at golf test gives should munka ning Ettle holes all over the parade rise to much anxious thought. How often ground to give him the necessary amount of is the mind in a quandary when within a fair exercises on whilst undergoing this wonderful I even ventured to tell him drive of a sand bunker in front of the green care for dabetes. Shall I aim for the right or the left of the banker, or boldly face aud lay my ball doad on the hole? Of course if you are sure of
THE COLONEL'S FIRST GAME. pacceeding
of facing the thin the noblest way
The Colonel was affectedly delighted with situation, and if carried out carries with it the greatest delight and satisfaction. To achiere my plan, and jurite ma to come up next what one attempts, and dog one's best to achieve, morning inediately after breakfast.
I said "Wo is superlative pleasure. When one big struck stood together on the first tee. well the te-a clean-bit ball. fairly snacked must have attendants, what we in Europo from the middle of the face of the cinli, placed | called cnides, ta, look alter the balls for us." All right he said, and immediately hailed at the exact augle, and the globe goes off her.
"click" that rans an electric his reginental areant who in full kit was and sympathetic curren your spine right up to the crown of your skull, rifle ne said layonet, de.. in fall marching Sentry, come here, and look after the and you guze at the globe going far away into order. space, getting, like Barnaby's balloon, smaller ball. The Colonel made two or three bages by degrees till it lands well over the first bunker, at the ball missing it each time, after the and lies like a daisy on a bed of emeralds,ner of for keen neophytes-at lost he feeb so proud - quite just as it that far-off while hit it when it flow off away to the right. Lath speck on the green gras were part and Sentry, and fetch that ball, exchimed parcel of oneself, waiting there till you come to the Colonel in cures it for its good success. Great physicians at having at last struck the globe. I ruck who are oculists, have told me that this strain in, au explained that the ball must not ing the eye after the golf ball and watching its be brought back that the caddies daty YOUR DEALER FOR THIS BRAND. progress over the greensward, is the finest was to watch the ball and lagate it. posible thing to strengthen the eyesight, go and find that ball, and stand attention to it, Hence it is we find some of our greatest oculists when you can to it." Off he went in full reemmend the practies of the game of golf to marching ones at dale nick step till he AND FINANCE COMPANY, LIMITED,
to drive it came up nems to it until the Colonel Nos 38 and 40, Queen's Roar Central, Victoria,
author distance, more or less, mostly the latter, in direction of the hole, when the Colonel Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 31st day of
followed keenly, and repeated the process each OCTOBER, 103, at NOON, whon
I FIND A NOVEL GOLF GROUND. Subjoined Resolutions will be proposal, via.
I well remember, some few years ago, when time with great delight, and much this 1. That the Capital of the Company be living for a time is Texas as a cowboy, Isual satisfaction. Meantime, made a fairly
increased from $1,700,000 (divided into 100,000 shares of $10k to $1,500,000 had my golf clubs with me, for I always entry good dries from the toe, an at the next shot, a 1 was anxious to flud long brassy shot, took the hall a lour way over (divided into 150,000 shares of $10 them wherever I go
oat a good place for the game in San Aufonie, the hole lying not far fine when the sentry unch) by the croution of 50,000 gewTexas. The ground
was standing attention to the Colonel's ball, sich and prolific, that shares of $10 each to be offerel ani if
the grass us a rule is 100 thick and high for the Gees at my surprise to find the imperturbablo accepted to be allottal to the present making of, a good links; and the only place entry, when I can our to him, and ha kapw shareholders of the Company ut par in available was at the Military Post just ontside the he was well out of earshot, of the Colonel, speak the ratio nad proportion of ou now
best part of thecity. There was a beautiful parade ing to ne ost sanestly in a subined tone, in the broadest of Gadis, Y ducht lus hev share for every two old share in the
ground, well kept and with excellent sward
ໄຕງ, Compary hold by the respective constantly mow and rolled to perfection. Hare takken or cleek to that.
tho &nount shareholders thereof, payable ou each of such new shares was grand find. I could not sleep for joy at the discovery of it. I hastened to the chief centre respectively to be paid at such time or
of attraction in the city which, like all American times and in such mauuer as the
Cities, was the saloon har of the crack hotel Company by its General Maungers Thers I met some, if sot most of the great men may hereafter determine."
of the city, in consultation and occasionally 2.That Article No. 8 of the Articles of
the Company be in controversy with each other mostly the lat of Ansuciction
I stood drinks to the crowd nearest the Cancelled and the following Article bar and soon became an intimate friend. It substituted therefor
Britisher Hon duword apon them that I was "The uuneration of the General
because, amongst other peculiarities. I betraged Managers shall be $1,000 per ananın (which shall cover ofice rent bat not love of my country which they tried to assure ne was played out, and that they, the Almighty salarine of Sucretary and other
Nation, had swept it clean out of oxistoire, &c, Yet notwithstanding their ccutroversial spirit employees) and a commission of 5
of their or which exemplified itself in try another "ghorner of beer" or giu ceek
I could. ail with them. I cleared out as soon as for I felt the limit to this sort of hospitality would not be ruched bafore tidnight: I wanted to go to bed, and therefore took a hack. to my temporary home. Jumpin, Colonel the back man said, and I will take you there Ix-fors year moustache has time to curi." Twildly protested st this ill-timed joke and told him I was only captain of Volunteers, and had not reached the dignified rank of Colonel. He attempted in his way to smooth my ruffled calm by aguia telling me to "Jump in, Colonel; we call every darned This had a HE SHARE CERTIFICATE No. 4,072
Hoafor we
A bera Calouel. for ons sudred shares, numbered 27,601 – quiescent effect upon me, and made me more 87,700 inclusive, standing in the register in the
than ever determined to secure the parade make of Dr. THOMAS RINNIE of Foooowground nex morning, if I could, for a golf links. having been lost, NOTICE IS HEREBY I asked the back-man in a casual sort of way
that unless the said Certificate bo By the way, do you know the Colonel who is in
will be held at the COMPANY'S OFFICES, her patients as a preservative and restorative came to the ball, and immediately presented NOBEL-GLASGOW EXPLOSIVES
tue
of fading eyesight-how delightful a remedy: what pleasant medicine! There are few dis eases that golf cannot alleviate if not cure.
tor.
per cant. of the net profits of tho they had a rough sort of their inviting me to
Company for each year that such profits amount to 7 per cent, of the Capital of the Company." Should the above Resolutions be duly passed they will be mbmitted for confirmation as Special psations to a Secund Extraordinary General Meeting which will be subsequently civened.
Dated this 24th day of July, 1903.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
General Managers. 12203 HUMPHREYS ESTATE AND FINANCE
COMPANY LIMITED.
per-
GOLF IN REMUTE PLACES. One on well inngins what the feelings of a rent golfer must have been to har hentell by the Cokael to "stard attention" to the ball upon this occasion for this private in the Amerion army proved to be a candy Sest, brought up on the game frun his Harliest. infancy, wlins father was secretary of on-of the oldes golf club in Scotland. I learn his history from hituslf as soon as I fould get rid of the Colous!. Like many another young man, he came out to the New Country in wek his fore and having spent wh, lifth monny he had upon a ranch, pat to the end of his tether, wheu, raiber than starve, he enlisted in the Americas arty
Steam
Sous after I established a golf club in St. Antonio, I had to parts to Europe, from where I went to thina, where I found the game in a mest tourishing condition in Hong Song. fere right under the Pak, nestling in a romantic del renched by launch fron Hengkong, su ideal golf club was firmly established with a game club- house, and ery accessory and adjanet ununt
I found another at ing to Inxary itself. Shanghai with a large asiuming-bath attached: another at Tientsin; and another on the race- coures ontaine the walls of Peking. Wherever I went. I found I could not get very far away from the fascinations of this rost delightful of all outdoor games,
COURTESY IN 401F.
I also found a courtesy in connection with golf which has a peculiar charm about it, for Taman old-fashioned sort of person, and love
wood, Jewellary, &o, highest grale, the offices of the Company, 28 and command of us Post?" "Yes," he said, "I courtesy in any form' and in every condition of
Central.
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before 25th October 1903, a new cortificate for the said shares will be issued and the old carti. ficate will thereafter be held by the Company as null and void.
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.
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ORIGINAL. JURISDICTION. BETWEEN CHAN YUK CHUEN, PLAINTIFF
and
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call him poor maBemuse he must die Boozi "Why?" He got diabetes" he replied.b, is that so? I sail. Yes, 'tis He's a miserabla crittur. Can't eat or
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drink anything he likes." My birl sings," its adaptation to the ruling of his great Empire. THEODORO
I said, that's just the sort of man I want to gst leave from for the use of the Furade for gol!"
A CALL IN THE CAUSE OF GOLF. So off I went next morning to call upon that Coloual who was suffering from diabetes. He lived in a aagnificent bouss of granite built by Sam es they call the Govorment. in the Status-for him as Colonel-each officer having a honey commensurate in size and aderament to his rank in the army. When ashered into the great invalid's presenes, I said I am sorry to hear, Colonel, that you "Yes," he at once said. "I am are a sufferer." a great sufferer.""I hear you suffer frou on the 225 OCTOBER, 1993, against all the diabetes. Of course, you know, Colonel, there property momble and immovable of the above is only one oure for that dire complaint."
med Defordant has been issued in this Action there? I think get, for I have tried most cures pursuant to Section 453 of The Hongkong and all have failed.” Code of Civil Procedure.
CHEANG YEE HING, DEPENDANT.
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
Wet of Foreita Altachment returnable
Dated the 16th day of October, 1903,
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IKEJIRI COAL,
Ja
never
So much of a popular courtier was he that the Queen of Sheba, notwithstanding the fact of bia having 900 wives, or many more as the case way be, vo road travelled all the way from Rhodesia (male
at called so then to tell him of bidden wealth in got and silver and in diamonds, and rubies of fabulous value. His mottoes were almost as as tutess these of Ceil Rhodes himself, who said be ored what sacress be bad in life to answering any latter." or of Lord Palmerston, doing whe stated his sucess was due to to day what he could put off till to-morrow." Solemen's theory in the contest of life was- auswer a fool according to his folly "--don't trouble to tell him he is a fool, lat hita live and lean long enough, and he is sure to find out for himself that be a foal without anyone tell Have you tried golf?"ing him so; when he bas, made this discovery Ai- himself, he will fad few to contradist him. other aid to the development of.c urlesy in golf is supplied by Salomon- A soft answer turn- ath away wrath." The abrogation of this theory, when applied to this practice of golf on the links, often hads to the use of much sul- phurous language that might be riserved to a future time and more appropriato place. How liable oven the best of golfers aro to tall into this besetting sin! I have known ministers of the Churches of England and Scotland so ab. sorbed with their game that when they found their ball in banker, or bad lie, or when they missed the globe, they would use language as strong as say they ever used in the pulpit. Use young lady, who kusw she had but limited
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control over her language noder such tan- talising circumstances, used, as a sufegnarl against forgetting horgolf in this respect during her round of golf, to hit the grand with her patter many times, repeating that neughty word "d over and over again until she New
politely felt sa relieved as the old lady who so
the thanked her nacient caddy who, knowing temptations of the game, said the fatal word of golf. tee ker. So much fat of golf when 016 F
is also le obiralry of There
pponent so angrudgingly axolzims, after
you have done your favourite stroke, be it drive, approach, a lovely loft, er deadly putt, in hoaost pride-Well done! whats glorious drive! grand approach! or great patt! Such is the natural
Tandemigued are the SOLE AGENTS ILLINERY and DRESSMAKING. tomage a chivalrous golfer is over willing to
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