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EGYPT'S IMPORTANCE.
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RAST SURREY'S DEFEAT THE LOYAL REGT,
The 1st Battalion, the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) who arrived in the Colour yesterday en inte from North China to their new station, in India participated with the 1st Battalion, the East Surrey Regiment last evening in an inter-regimental boxing tournament in the open-air ring at Murray Barracks.
In all eight Sights were staged, and of these the Surreys representatives, won seven, losing the first through Laight putting his loft wrist out. Three of the fights were-won with knock out blows.
In the afternoon the local regiment won the football match against the Losa! Regiment at Sookuspoo. (å report of the game will be found elsewhere).
Sir George Lloyd, High Commissioner for Egypt (since elevated to the peerage) and Lady Lloyd were the guests of the Royal Colonial instute ut luncheon ou the eve of their departure for Egypt.
"A noteworthy fenture of the tourna ment was the clean, vigorous and sports- manlike way in which each contest was fought.
The fights were of three rounds, each round being of two minutes duration.
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the start of the tournament the ring was rather slippery and caused many slipa. The officials were as under:-Referer, Comdr. Broadley, R.N.; Judges, Lt.
· Beatty, "RN., and Lt. Maud, R.N.; Time The fights kreper, L. Murray, R.N.
were announced by the M.C., R.S. M. Maynard.
THE RESULTS.
LIGHT HEAVY WEIGHT.
Pre, Laight (East Sarrey's), 165 lbs.,
v. Pte. Dixon (Loyal: Regt.), 175 lbs.
In the second round, although proving himself the best boxer. Laight received plenty of punishment against the ropes and was unfortunately forced to retire from the contest through putting his left The fight was accordingly
wrist out. awarded to Dixon"
MÖDLE WEIGHT.
Pie. Roberts (Surrey's), is lbs., v.. Pte. Vale (Loyal's), 151 bs.This was a brisk fight in which the Surreys repre- sentative proved himself much the superior mun. Roberts ended the fight quickly half-way through the second round, when he knocked out Vals with a beautiful upper cut,
WELTER WEIGHT"
Pur. Pooley (Surrey's), 144 lbs., -e. Opl. Bamber (Loyal's), 151 lbs.-An excellent, contest in which both men put up a very good stow and were fairly well matched. Pooley won on points and both men were warmly congratulated on their Ene per- formance.
LIGHT WEIGHT.
Corporal Robbins (Surrey's), 139 lbs., Ptc. Flemming (Loyal's). 126 lbs. This fight was obviously in favour of the Surrey's man at the end of the 1st round when Flemming was suffering from less of wind. The second round was domin- ated by some stinging blows and severe punishment handed out by Robbins, who forced his opponent to the ropes
Robbins- won several occasions. peints.
YEATHER WEIGHT.
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Drummer Bowles (Burres), 128 the r.. Pte. Forsham (Loyal's), 198 lbs.-This proved to be one of the best fights of the Sir George Baid he had beer: much im
Bowles demonstrated his pressed at the evidence he had received, tournament.
superiority by inflicting some punishing silice his appointment, of the widespread us on Forsham in the second round. interest taken by prople of Great Britis in Egyptian affairs. He thought this in the 3rd round the Surrey drummer:
WELTER WEIGHT.
The decision
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bam was very heavily punished. In the second round ho. was knocked down several times, but after, recovering his j feet on the third Location could no longer withstand the stinging blows served out by Mann and received his knock out just before the round concluded.
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Cotton Piece Goods and Fancy Cotton Goods. With the exception of forward sales of Brocades we have no new busi- ness to report and market conditions generally remain as unsatisfactory as ever.. Mid. Am. Cotton was quoted 10.74d. "Spot" in Liverpool on 18th instant, “and Eg. Sakel 20.500.
Cotton Yarn.-Market remains nomin- ally unchanged since our last report and no business has transpired during the interval Nominal quotations are as fol- lows: No. 106, 183/197; No. 129, $100/904; No. 108, 215/998: No. 205., Ship- "Arrivals: 900 bales." 8215/220. ments: 200 bales. Sales: il. Unsald stock: 5,000 bales. Bargains: 5,600 bales,
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Sugar Market quiet; prices advancing. "Saltpetre.-Stock: 9,600 bags. Good inquiries for over 10 per cent. refraction from Wuchow districts.
Unusual space, wrote the New York correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph, devoted in the New York newspapers on October 12th to the war- wings sounded from pulpits and lecture platforms the previous day, to the effect that the United States is in serious dan ger as a nation because of the growth of the spirit of intolerand, lack of res- peet for law, and encouragement of wickedness through the possession of un- usual wealth. Dr. Ruszeli, a prominent was due to a curious, instinctive, selective further exerted himself and was award- and Mild Steel Bars have been booked at New York clergyman, wurned a large capacity in the English people which ed the contest on points and fashionable congregation that the made them quick to seize on any problem was received with some expressions of stdden accumulation of wealth by many which struck at the roots of their safety. dissent in the audience. nations has led to luxury, arrogance The Suez Canal was the spinal cord of idleness, and decay, and declared that connection between the head of this Em
Pte. Cooper (Surrey's), 130 lbs., America must build upon the foundation pire and its parts. On it depended not Let Cpl. Birmingham (Loyal's), 148 lbc. of truth, justice, and righteousness if it only our maritime connection, but actual very brisk fight in which Birming was to remain a nation of permanency ly the work and wages of every man and and power. Dr. Farrand, the President woman in these islands. It was not sur of Cornell University, declared that
vital as the Dover Straits.. toleration is the outstanding peal of rising if they felt that it was almost as
MEDALS PRESENTED. · American life. Dr. Farrand, marvelled
Ever since Daviu-great strutegist that at the numerous recent expressions of
At the conclusio of the boxing," Col intolerance, including the Probibition he was took possession of the outposts
Russell Brown (Acting G.0.0, of the law, the activitives of the Ku Klux of the desert to facilitate the caravan
Forces in China) presented medals to the Kian, Tennessee's evolution law, and outca, Egypt had been a key position. Great soldiers and great engineers, like
Pte. Cooper (Surrey's, 130 lbs., many other regulations incompatible
Pte. Petton (Loyal's, 1992 lbs-Probably winners and losers. Prior to doing so wtih the success of democracy. The Sir William Garstin and others, had statement issued from Washington by the given themselves to Egypt. And, of the most interesting contest of the even be thanked the ofcors commanding the Methodist Board of Temperance, Pro course, there was Lord Cromer. Among hibition, and Public Morale says Now all the pageant of Egypt's story, Lording and one in which both men were very East Surrey Regt and the Loyal Regi round after an efficient and clever display, men who had given such an excellent York is to blame for most of the wicked- Cromer's portrayal of an Englishman equally matched. At the end of the third for attending and also thanked the sports ness spread throughout the country. working and living on behalf of another both were level of points and an extra show. He had an opportunity of seeing
nation stood out supreme. The riemory.
one minute round bad to be fought. In the Loyal Begt in North China and he could assure those in South China that This city, as the financial and come of his great and wide sympathy with this, Cooper gained the verdict and bet the Loyals' had had a very heavy time cial centre of the United States, feeds Egypt's people should, surely, still in men deserved the congratulations given up North They had been a battalion America, the Methodists declare, with
BANTAY-WEIGHT. newspapers, magazines, and books the form the mind of every Englishman who, the contents of which are calculated to breed like himself, was on his way to Egypt.
He was under no illusions, he oon, contempt for law and encouragé ím morality. The mass of literary ar- tinued, as to the difficulty of his own Drummer Simpson (Surrey's), 114 lbs Pte. Blood (Loyal's), 1914-lbs-Both bage and Alth" is seconded, it is do tank. But be thought that the due recon clared, by the New York theatre, which ciliation of the vital interests of Great men severely punished each other in turn to-day is naked, profane, blasphemous, Britain with the legitimate aspirations with fastly delivered swinging blows, but and salacious" The Methodiste predict for wider self-government in Egypt it in the last round Simpson, after handing that New York will lose the sympathy self could only be brought about by out some stinging and punishing hlows, and rect of the American people if making Egypt fool that England was her quickly determined matters with a ter It ontinues to act like a forsign city best friend and her wisest counsellor. If rific knock out blow which he squarely
(Continued on next column.)" run by foreigners in opposition to, that, in a phrase, was a policy, then landed right on the point. American ideals"
that was his policy.
LIGHT-WEIGHT.
very much split up in looking after a half dozen places at once. This was one of the first occasions they had all been. together for sometime, and it was very crack regiment like the Bur- sporting of them to have come there and
(Lond applause) In conclusion. reys, who were known as a boxing regi- ment. Col. Russell Brown, wished the Loyal Rext luck in their new station and a1- pressed the hope that as a battalion they
taken on
would see more of each other than they had done in North China. (Applause.)
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