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CORRESPONDENCE.
AN EDUCATIONAL MATTER, 7ro Ig: CDITOR OF THE HONGKONG
DAILY PRESS
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1917.
SCOTTISH WOMEN'S
HOSPITALS.
LETTER FROM AN OCCUPANT OF ONE OF THE HONGKONG BEDS.
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.
PREPARING FOR THE COMING- SEASON:
SPORT.
WATERPOLO,
5km CO, ILG.A. DISStar CO. R‚ŒAN
Preparations us alrendy being ninde bedi The following letter of appreciation Son Following the report of the retent
wounded French soldier will behind the scenes for the next football season, This tenots meg at the V.R. C. vrstudny Commission in comicction with Hang frons kong's factural facilities, perhaps one read with interest by the Scottish women The annna! meeting of the Hongkong in to comntition for the Boyal Artillery should not expect too much from our in Hongkong who subscribed £200 nearly Association Football League is to be held | Pola Cup. Both sides were very l local scholistic hyoid the that as it may, two years to the Scottish Women's Hos- at the RG.A Recreation Room
koen. ns en win for vither gave them the eup. A
INTIMATIONS
LANE,
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then te mafy patients, who fail to realise pitale, for Foreign Service for the enlow. Mandoy next, at 5.30 pm, when it is good even game anselied. The men from SOLE AGENTS FOR SPALDING'S ATHLETIC the wilds of holding the Oxford Local meng of four beds-two in France and desired that there will be a full attend- Lyquor ngened the scoring through Long,
two in Serbia :
Examinations immediately after the
June 22nd, 1917. children have den enjoying eight weeks'
Dear Madam, I have turn a patient in vacation, Children are only chilen
and have been and you emot expect them to." eram "the hospital at
malmirably well looked after for the month during a holiday in anticipation of in -ozaminution to- en at the end of it, that have been here,
pecially in the East, where fresh nir and
are so as to push forward the preliminary arrangements for the coming sensou." In this connection is should be horne in minut thin, cach Club in measbership my soul two delegats. - The above meeting will be followed by a meeting of the Hongkong Football Association, and, here again,
and maintaingi Heir kad till balf-time. Du resuming, the Said Company added. nuoher goal, but before bong: Watson, by as good effort, sword for the ssin Com- many. This placer, too, was; responsible, for thesequaliser, which te managed by beating the goalkeeper with a grand shot,
was no further sorting, and a resplny will, thstefan, be nestry Mr. R. Witchell ably enrried out theylatjes of referee."
I pleases me more than anything 10 ́exercise are essentials to a more or less the devotion: shed on By by these must } egeh team Dr membership may send two bring Badly fouled in doing More bealthy, existence. 'I do not think it fair generous of patrons who spend their members to the childern to the called y la free money on our behalf and maintain Dese
holiday, during which time, if they are
compliment you on your devotion, and
The Middlesex Regiment will be Jisskeel to provide a few as in the various Teugnes, for there is not much doubt thing
sovely in the eating senson than it was last grar, The Hongking F.C. Jity bet
anrnal children, they would not even on your kindness and great generosity; the pinch of war will be felt even more, glanes at a schoul brick. Of course, the final Hose of my comrades who have results of the examinations muy vindicate been before me have carried away last thes edicatiouni authorities, luit, judging memories, and I hope they, too, have from soon children I khow, who wow verganked you for your devotion, and also
FREIGHT MARKET
Alan Suzima, & Co, ship" and soveral minbers, who have gone home for å fright brokers of Hongkong, i tinir
keenly for time vidly wooks holiday thanked the kind Miss nod Sister win military service and the officials of this report dated by Septoüber, state:-
arrived, I airextr mely doulitful. Yours esto..
PAREST. Bongkang, September 4th, 1917,
CANTON NEWS. "[ev cornusy OF THE “CHUNO SCH
SAN 1"]
tend us and whom, one esnnet fail to reziz-mber,
And then, doir Madiun, I would like Go toll you someling of my stay on the Soming, and if ny wounde
1-belong to the 1919 Class, and at the beginning of the was 1 was drafted into
| Club, anticipate a certain "komennt, "of We last reported on 19th ult... since Aliffenity in organising a team capable of 1 when mar aanrke, has remained very quiet intaining last sensor's prestige. If the and oy very sal volume of business. Middlesex can produce some terms of the bean, crknessted: Time-charter raley calibre of the Shropshires, there should still keep their a
Cabuovially highi tovel, amit still be song fatoresding eacounders at į businessc lung been truisacral, during the Happy Valley, with the Any stumding a lateral, pa time basis, it over 230 per pou
the with whưng I left to take part Bood chance of securing Sume of uur smith far une yone. When we last!
in the defeage of our dear country. We pet uff on the 3rd August, 1914. for the Front, and on the or August 1 rusiced
humours.
went to firess, the rale Saigon Hongkong. stund, me just over a dollar per pisal, rivid. Tthie buy sángo werkend, fisturs of 2
Castax, September it. SUPERINTENDENT OF CUSTOME, 2000.
The Superintendent. of alwagy appointed by the Ministry of but, we were vietors. This all took place and the Finance, buy owing to the independence in Alsace, in the valley of
Customs is ray baptisni of fire, which was had enough, HONGKONG GYMKHANA CLA 353 gegulated. at $1 and 95 cents per picule |
post,
APPOINTÄENT OF MINISTEPS,,
of the Prowine the kucal Authorities prosedyrer was made as far as St. Marie au - where ally the Bocles lose to apponica sunther to take over this Mine and
held, ne, and andher Arnly Corpa came is our relief, as by that ting wo word but exhausted. Then, we rested at my olti curps was called up to withstand a counter-attack bear hand-to-hand fight there, and we preived
The Spreint Parliament has decided to appoint heads of the six Ministries on the 7th dust. We understand; that they will give ugnsideratiour to We Ting-fang as
It was
The following are the wuries for the fourth Gymkliana for bm heid on the 16th
inst
Five. FURLONOS BACK. Tittlemouse, Social Schonier, Vidl, Amicipation, Billikin, Bing Boy, First Violin (Arid)
|and Buchanan', --
GYMKHANA STAKES.-Windsor Dabling
the first ensunities; my explain and sustralian Chief, Pingwa Chief, King adjutant were killed and many of my Dick, Town Mouse, Yid, Anticipation and friends, and in this awful méléc I was Ploughed Field, wounded for the first time. Then I was
CLASS HANDICAP-Choice Dalla, Tittle-
Minister of Purvigit Affairs, Sun Hung Yis, Minister of Civil Affairs; Tatig Shui-i, Minister of Finance; Ching Pik. kwong. Minister of the Admiralty; Wa Hop-mas, Minister of Communication, vacuated and treated at ---- Restore, Pingu Chic, King Dick, Town and Li Lich koo, Minister of Military in health, bude, I went again, to moje Mouse. Vid. Hesh Hugh, Anticipation, Billikin, First Violin (Ariel), Ben Boh, Affairs, As Li Ligh-Kwan, however, has my regiment, and then I found myself atongit mir dear Allies, the British. It
THE
SPECIAL NOTICE
CLUB SECRETARIES
AS
GOODS,
OPENING SEASON
FOR
FOOTBALL, CRICKET and HOCKEY
IS QUICKLY APPROACHING.
WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY
THAT WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT
SELECTION. OF THE NECESSARY
GAMES FOR THESE REQUISITES
MANUFACTURED BY
STATING.
WELL-KNOWN BRITISH
AKERS.
Finethin-sized serular coasters having lien SPECIAL TERMS TO CLUBS AND COLLEGES
OUR ILLUSTRATED SPORTS LIST FREE UPON
thelitter for Grst: hati September loading. T coaster referred to invine Firewhip of 18th air, haud får rumā business has been fixed again in the same way at $15,000 fny second half Sejder loading. Just
going to bress the marker is
Exports of rice from Shigon from Ist air with very. Hitle demand.
Janney (10 gaih Joly-ipit, amount to 35100 tons as compared with 637,907 kons
for the same juried last year. Quennion
No White and attend the
*SKO po picut fob Saigon for Augast/September shipment.
BMGONJAYA AND SAIGON/Jway-We have nothing to report,
BAR SATHON PHILIPPINES. – Enquiries
sull in the market and small tonage cold probably be placort at $1.10 per
Jeft Charon, Chung Hoi-yu, mongus on the Somme that finally my regi-Whipper In Ploughed Field and Rex. BINCROR/HuNegogo. The rate in this
othies, is considered à likely candidate men, went into the attack, and there for the last againínent." The M.Pt, ave1 'received my second wound a shell
DISTANCE : HANDICAP.Toni Cobleigh,
also considering the appointment of La Wound. 1, was looked after a near Songobera, Bing Boy, Social Schemer, his fasi days, although a mediuarsizd
Po-rik (Communer of the ist squndrati) as Vice-Minister and Chief Commander of the Navy.
APPROVAL OF
THE SPW CIVIL, GOVERNOR.
The Defence Commissioner of Chui-chow, Mok Kingya, who was once reported as "declaring has independenes From Kwang tung, has wired to Canton that day and ather fenders with support the new Civil,
at Grenoble, and I was drafted to a
That time, I rejoined at the Depot new infantry battalion. I remained two months with them, and then I was posted to the I had better Juck with them, although the sector was a very bad one, just south of, and after many attacks, we succeeded in getting passession of Hill 100 and Hills 193 and 140, looking over the Viny ridge, They, we were relieved by il valiant British troops, and we entrained fia Verdue on the 2nd March, 1916, and in the Vaux Fort we lived under Govermen
a constant bait of shells. On the 29th TUCHUN, AND CIVIL. GOVERNOR'S BODYGUARD, March, 1 was once again wounded, this time by a splinter from a shell which hit- The Tuchun has refused to transfer the my left hand. This was in my 23rd month command of the 20 regiments of the ex-of servion, and I was treated at Civil Genernor's bodyguards to the new This time, it was just a matter of about fifteen days before I was well again, and Civil (overnir, Lj. Yew-hon, in spite of 1 rejoined my battalion besides my old the latter's request.
contades. This was my third wound, hat, in spite of that, I took part in further
The Tuchun has ordered a forgedo-honisattacks on the Soume, and, winle costing, to anchor around the Tigris Pagoin Foris received orders to return to "Verdun,
and once again we went back, and the GERMAN-CHINA BANK, AND ITS BOOKS.
famous action of the Maisonnette was The director of the Chin Bank, Fung made, but I came through it safely, Ko-sik, who accompanied by a European although we had very heavy losses on our side. We retired, and at the end of deputy, Mr. McEwen, went to take over eight days rest, in October, 1910, wo wer the Contin China Bank in Shameen the sent to a gairt, seetor on the Aisne. The Boches, feeling themselves driven back by other day, found that a few important the British, as well as by my own country- books had disappeared. Fung, therefore, men in Champagne, fell back on oar summoned the German manager of the sector, as far as and after some days in the trenches there, keeping absolutely
bank to appear before the Supremetill, and waking fortifications round the Court. The German, however, is not Chateau, one evening, or rather one night, obeyed the summons. A deputy and Fungtis 3rd March, we were discovered by an have her ordered to go at once to the attacking party of Germans, who threw British Consal with a view to the arrest lights and Bares on us, and hombarded us of the German
GEEMANS ARRIVE WITHOUT NEW PASSFORIS,
Two Germans have lion reported by the police as having arrived at Canton with- out new passports. The minuter has been reported to the Tuchun for instructions.
Best carefully with their artillery. There I was wounded for the fourth time-flesh wounds caused by a shell bursting-and after receiving first aid I was taken to --, thence by different stages to Crail, and it was there that I saw the brave English nurses looking after a party of wounded Finally, I was put into a motor and taken to where, as soul as We arrived, I and any comrades found our solves among these Nurses, and every In the Chamber of Deputies at Lisbon possible care was shown us, with such last month. the Minister of War, after effict that I am able to tell you that I explaining the attitude which Portugal shall soon have the use of my legs and be had adopted since the declaration of was able to walk
PORTUGAL AND THE WAR.
atafal
by Gernmny, said: We have in France Indeed I cannot tell you how grateful an expeditionary corps of the necessary I am for their devotion, and to you, strength, effectively to represent our Madam, whom I altall always remember. tionality. In Africa we have achieved a
for the bed in which I have received sich military effort greater than any that
tender care, and which is maintained been undertaken there
pean nation. owing to your kindness, wa
ather.
by any The Minister of War udded that tha I would express to you, Madam, my Portuguese Government had received waynest and deepest thanks Thank yon, every assistance from the French and Bri thank you, thank you, for the good care tish Governments. He assured the Chase given at →→→ ber that the Portuguese troops would fulfil their mission, and that they realised that they had the support of the country.
Long life France and England, for ever comrades-My sincerest greetings.
(Sigued) RANE HENRI
Tempe, Chieftain, Ben Bolt, Whipper da
Greg Elevator..
diversouhus, if mything, shown, a | slightly weakening tendency during the
regular Conster, has accepteri avery stiff Pair for connd trip business and further. offers, is high as $70,000, have been inades NEWCHWANG / CANTON. ---- Stili remmalus with no business reported.
OSE AND A QUARTER MILE HANDICAP. --- Windsor Dahlia, Choice Dahlia, Tittir
Coat.Demand still continues as per mouse, Australian Chief, Pingwa Chief, our lost advies. No local business is re King Dick, Town Mouse, Yid, Anticipa Pura Leyond the fixture of a regular tion. First Violin (Ariel), Ben Boltonster Hungay Pub Brani at $17.50 por SALL TOSSAGE LOADisg or tu koani, níð. Whipper in. Ploughed Field and Res..
24/11
THE BALLAD OF PAD AH CH'AN.
Pan Ali Chair was a pirate, the head of a robler bånd. Who ran a successful business in the Kwangói Hingurinnd."
Ho snaffled the wealthy farriers for ransom (each doten preferred),
He bristleri with knives, ditiolitto with wires mid tifhet was a bit of a bird.
His robberies were so many that she neighbours, så men sey,
Grew' quite annoyed, veniuking, in their ignorant Chingle way:
Never the lotus clases, never the stu go down,
But it sets on some wretched fellow who Pip All Chan has done brown. Never the lotus closes, but his pirate barslojes
To dip into somchody's stocking!". (Or words to that effect.) Pan Ah Ch'an didn't worry. When the tale of his hafts was loog
He pocked his swag in a plethoric bag and came, first-class, to Hongkong.
It wasn't so queer that he gang flown here entirely muafraid,
For he'd never grown skittish or fouled with the British-he thought it had for trade.
Eve scuppered nary a mission."--sehis sensible maximi ran,
**For il rather plunder my brother Chink and bank with the Englishman."
Now Pau Ah Chan had & brother, who was boy ren taipan gyak And he greeted. Ah Ch'nn with pleasure and unto him a feast of state. And when their tongues were loosened, the brother told with pride The tale of a hmase-boy's profit. And Al Chau sat down and cried ;
** I have robbed, I have bûrned, I have pillagord the wealth of powinies thres;
* And even a civil governor was nothing conpaved with me. ~
From above Nattning to Shra-ling, froh Yintak to Maty,
The mothers threaten their babies with the terrible name of Pan
“I have robijed, I have burual, I have pillaged, and my pluuder ever grew,
But it's perfectly clear I don't appear a cirengstance to you.”
Pau Ab Chan levanted by the vers. Erst boet, and then On reaching home he summoned the whole of his merry men," As fine a lot of brigands as ever avoide & geol,
And, in sorrow more than anger, An Chan took up his taln.
Eve led you for several seasons and I thought I knew my trade, "Eat I've met a man.
with a better plan. I'm going where muray's made. You're a promising pack of scoundrels, but you're sucked from my employ *You're no more use-you can go to the deuce. I'm off to Hongkong to dul
You ask me, reader, can these things he sul Lam his master, is I ought to know!
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