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THE
Hongkong Telegraph.
HONGKONG, 24TH DECEMBER, 1381..
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH-SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24TH, 1881.
The French mail steamer Osus ar- rived in the harbour shortly before noon to-day. The mails, we are in- formed, will not be ready for delivery
terously small as to be quite ineffec- Telegrams for Bangkok can go for- tual in stopping the nuisance, which
ward by mail closing at Singapore, at 3 p.m. to-morrow, the 25th instant, is carried on by the boat people to a greater extent than is generally
Lord and Lady Harris and Lor! known, from the fact that the majo-Zouch are staying at Government rity of residents who go afloat either House, on a visit to His Excellency possess a boat or have one at their
Sir John and Lady Honuossy. command. The method which occurs to us as the one likely to become a deterrent amongst the sampan people for overcharging their faros is that, | upon conviction, their license should be suspended for a month, for a second conviction three months, and for a third-which would indicate the hardihood of the offender-the license should be cancelled. Such measures might be considered harsh by some, but numbers of the boat- people frequently behave to their fares-especially strangers-in such a gross manner that they do not
merit much consideration.
The following notice has been issued: -The Committee of the Chinese Community beg to inform the Foreign Community that no tickets are néces. sary for admission to the Stand and Enclosure on the Parado Ground this evening, as those places are open to all. gentlemon who may wish to bring the lady members of their families to see the fireworks.
To-day being the Vigil of the Most Holy Nativity, services will, as usual, be held in the Roman Catholic Cathedral, commencing with the Matins at 10 p. and immediately afterwards High Mass will be celebrated. We learn that, under the conductorship of Mr. R. S. Pinto, the organist of the Cathedral, a splendid pass has been in rehearsal for some time for this occasion.
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bec.. The Ocas has not been on shore, as surmised by the Daily Press, tor, of the thousands of steamers that pass through the ditch," vessels are navigated more carefully we might say with th it extreme caution-than the French mail steamers. Tho cause of the block was the sinking of the the Lesser Bitter Lake, as we reported narrow channel of
more than a fortnight since.
Inshunish in a
We beg to call the attention of local
Foochow Meeting; the first named, win- ner of the Hack Stakes at Shanghai, landing three races, and only losing the Champions by a "fluke." Enter prising patrons of the " sport of kings" have an excellent opportunity of a quiring a very useful little stad at comparatively small outlay.
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until 4 o'clock.
taken for the Hongkong Derby of 1882, Only 22 nominations have been and of that number 18 are in three hands, namely Mr. Paul 5, and Messrs.
St. Andrew aud Gordon 4 each.
For the convenience of the patrons. of the grand fête to be given at Kow. loon on Monday and following days, the management has engaged steam- lanuches to depart from Peddar's Wharf. every half-hour, commencing at noon, for which no charge will be made.
The well-known British barque For- ward-Ho, Captain Wade, has, we regret North of Sendai, whilst on the passage to hear, come to grief somewhere from Yokohama to Kobe, Farther particulara had not arrived in Yoko. haina at the date of departure of the Sanda-Rising Sun.
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The Governor and Lady Hennessy were present at the Regatta to-day, in His Excellency's steam launch, with Lord and Lady Harris, Lord Zouch, Mr. .Stafford Northcote, and Lieut. Cox, A.D.C. The Governor's party went on board the Freuch flagship Thémis at four o'clock to the afternoon party given by H.E. Admiral Daporcé to their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert Viotor and Prince George.
TRAINING NOTES.
FOOQHOW RACES.
THIRD DAY-December 17th. The following are the results of the final day's racing at Foochow ;-
The LEDGER Que.-Dace round and s distanoo.
Wild Ibox
Second Trumpet..............err
Time, 1.44.
1
2 3
The Omaazs Our.—One and Three-Quar- ter Miles
Strathaird
Jolly Friar
Reverse
Timo, 4.17.
1
2
The LADIES' PURSE.-Onco round. Javelin
Too-Too
Merry Monk
1
Time, 1.27. The CONSOLATION CUP.-One Mile. Zip.... Second Trumpet..........59 CAR
2 Reichsfreiher...................................... 3
Time, 2.214.
The CHAMPION STAKES.-One and a
Quarter Miles.
I
Jolly Friars sisse van die de*** Wild Soud Strathaird
Time, 2.59.
3
The COSMOLITAN CUP.-Three-Quarter of
D. Mile.
Javelin Merry Monk Roverse
1
2 8
Time, 1.45.
THE CHINESE FESTIVITIES.
Last night the weather bad improved a good deal for the Chinese festivities although the roads were inaddy and slippery. The illuminations were much better than on the previous night. Several hundreds of dwarf plants had been received from Canton during the day and were exhibited along Queen's Road and the Prays. The buildings most conspicuous in the China-town for their illa minations were Man On Insurance Office the Ou Tai Insurance
Office, and the several "cario" shops along Queen's Road. Several European houses were also illuminated last night, including the offices of Mr. E. R. Be lilios, Mesara. H. M. M. Ally & Co., and Training operations this moraing Hajeo Mahomed & Co., at Lyndhurst were not of a very interesting charac-Terraca; the Jewish Synagogue, and tor. The Princes did not turn up, so large quantities of coffee and bread and butter remained unconsumed. Taylor " was awfully disappointed,
and threatens to sue the Telegraph for inducing him to invest largely in pro- vender by publishing unfounded rum. ours. The course was a regular mad swamp on the far side, and very litte better in the straight run-in, conse- quently the galloping was generally at
and
THAT it is much easier to discover an abuse than to find a remedy for the same and successfully apply it, is in- disputable. It may also be as positi- vely asserted that any government is- suing licences for any purpose what- soever thereby incurs the respoпзі- bility of regulating the thing licensed, whatever it may be. We are induced to make these remarks by hearing a
The Messageries Maritimes steamer complaint of very gross case of Osus, which arrived this day, reports imposition on a resident who had having been detained in the Suez On- occasion recently to go off to anal from the 19th to the 25th Novem. steamer which was just about to leave the harbour. The gentleman referred to, not possessing a boat of his own, had to adopt the usual method of persons so situated, namely that of hiring a native boat. He took a sampan at Peddar's Wharf, and when he got into the boat was asked what ship he wanted to go to Upon giving the name of the vessel, he was told he could be taken to her for a dollar, and that the fare must be paid beforehand or they would
sportsmen to an advertisement in an- not move. The would-be passenger, other column, referring to the well half mile, going in anything but free a fanereal pace. Strathpoffer oantered who knew that the charge was a known race ponies Wild Scud, Too-too style; but the heavy course gross imposition, left that sampan (late Third Trumpet), and Reverse, want of company would account for the and hailed another. In the mean. which are offered for sale on very rea-
little grey's not caring to extend him- time boatman number one commu-sonable terms. Those p mies have all self. Bohemian and the Shanghai nicates with the others, who all stick distinguished themselves at the recent griffin went nearly a mile at a slow out for a dollar fare; none offering
pace, the gray pony moving along in to go for less, the passenger proceeds
especially good form. Wild Race also to Messrs. Lapraik's wharf, in the
lobbed along, covering rather over a hope of getting better served. Boat
mile in his cautor. Mr. Theo's dark man number one and some of his
grey and Mr. Paul's black subscription mates, however, follow the discomfit.
griffin "po wack overige all the bos course, the black having all the best ted passenger to the other wharf, and,
of the spin; and over the same distanos shouting the circumstances to the Chinese boat people there, all refuse Our evening contemporary has dis. Mr. Theo's white proved too much for to take him to the ship for less than avered a new style of reporting boat Mr. Nickels' representative. Mr. Sas- the dollar originally demanded. Time races. Until last night we were under soon's griffla in the same stable gal was now getting short, and seeing the impression that boats were "pall. loped in very good form. Lord of the or "rowed." Doubtless we have Isles and Dauntless were sent slowly no other chance, the dollar was paid, been laboring under a delusion for about five furlongs, both moving well; the ship visited, the business trans- many long years. The China Mail and Lochiel and Glengarry, in the same acted, and the passenger landed again describes the contest between the boats interest went half a mile, the last at Douglas wharf in the space of of the European Police and Royal Ar-named at a smart pace. Four of Mr.. forty minutes, the proper payment tillery in the following originally man- for which is twenty cents. To say ner:-"This race was run in good form nothing of the overcharge, the au- throughout, and was ultimately won by
caused by an incident of the Žulu, do”. noyance
Running boats are this kind is very great. We under-certainly a novelty, and intelligible ro- stand that the method adopted by the ports in the China Mail would also bo, boat people in a case like this is that something quite now. the originator of the excessive de-
Owing to a report which had gained mand stands in with the people who ground by some uneans or other, that obtain the fare from the victim when the Princes were to promenade in state the latter has discovered that he must along Queen's Roal yesterday fore pay or stand on the wharf and miss noon, the city was visited by several the object of his contemplated visit thousands of Chinese from the adja- to a ship. The boatpeople are well cent villages. It was computed that aware of the dislike entertained by 3,000 loft Yow-mb-ti, in steam laun. Europeans of going up to the Police ohes, cargo-boats, sampans, and all Station, and they also know that kinds of craft. The pier opposite the nine out of ten of the community Police Station was a scene of great would rather lose a dollar than an whole of the forge under Inspector Ca- confusion, throughout the morning the hour of time, and for those reasons
meron, being fully occupied in pre- pratice imposition with impunity. venting over-crowding in the boats, It is not easy to suggest a remedy and in-dragging people out of the for this abuse, we must admit; and water. Luckily no casualties resulted; in cases which have been taken be- but we should imagine that the loyal fore the Police Magistrates for this Celestials were rather disgusted with offence the fines have been so prepos« | having their journey for nothing.
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and it was therefore rather dispiriting to find the place almost entirely deser- tod, We should think that perhaps half a dozen ladies, and probably twice as many gentleman, is a rather exag- gerated estimate of the attendance, in the Grand Stand. It would appear that the annual regatts, 80 far as the general public are concerned, is dying a natural death. The whole of the in- turest is confined to the patrons and supporters of rowing and sailing and their imme liste friends, and we should think that in another year the oom- mitte will consider it politio to make no provision whatever for the general community.
The princely hospitality of the Ponin- sular and Oriental S, N. Co. used in. olden days to attract a large number of the public to the flag-ship; but times have greatly changed of late years, and steamers bave far too much work to get through in this stirring business age, to be able to pat on boli.. day attire, oven for the pleasure of an entire community. It is, however, only in the surroundings that this year's regatta shows any falling off compared with previous calebrations. The water- boats, and house-boals, the steam- launches, and general support of the mercantile portion of the city, which a few years ago used to form a promi. nent feature in the aquatic sports were all conspicuous by their absonce yes- terday; but as a set-off against this the sport was in almost every respect en- perior to anything we have seau, for the past five years. The races for the junior sculls, gigs pulled by police and soldiers, the Chairman's Cup, house boats, and man-of-war boats, were splendidly contested, and well worth seeing. With regard to the men-of- war race, we think some one must have blundered in not making different arrangements so far as foreign compe. titors were concerned. Post entries should have boon allowed to all foreigu boats, as well as to those of the De- tached Sqandron. There are French, German, Russian, American, Spanish, Portuguese, and Chinese war-vessels at
Messrs. Tata & Co.'s premises in Holly-present lying in the harbour, and we wood Road, Messrs. Gaupp & Co.'s
are quite certain that arrangements could have been made without difficulty Mr. Afong's, the Hongkong Hotel, aud the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in
to ensure boats from all these different nationalities entering in friendly rivalry Queen's Road,
against the representatives of the "Union Jack." "We might also call attention to the unfairness of permait- ting such craft as the Victor Emanuel's and the Iron Duke's galleys, which are really built for regattas, to enter the
The fireworks on the Parade Ground began about 8 p.m, and were continned up to about eleven o'clock. There were present hundreds of Earopeans, including a narober of ladies, and several
thousands of Celestials. The several detachments of the procession with both the dragons joined together at the junction of Caine Bond and Arbath. not Road, and promenaded along Caine meat House, We learn from the Mfas. Road and paid a visit to the Govera
collency expressed himself well pleased ter of the Ceremonies that His Ex-
with the show. The procession thon retired, and proceeded down to Queen's Road by the Murray Barracks where they were pelted with atones and rabbish by several of the man of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Six or seven of the Chinese sustained slight injuries, and the dragons fishes, &c., wore brokou in different places. W hope the Military Authorities will take das notics of this outrage. The pria. cipal features of the procession were about a thousand parti-colored lanterns, 200 fishes lit up with candles, 30 girls dressed in richly embroidered clothing, and painted in highly approved fashion, two dragons, and several hundred other ouriosities. To-night, being the last night of the festivities, will surpass all previous shows.
Grammont's subscription griffins gal loped once round in pairs, the large bay, the "Infant" as he has been facetiously styled, going the best of the four through the mud. A second string repeated the performance at about the
VICTORIA, REGATTA. samo pace, and in similar style. Fly- catcher after trotting, cantered sharply The twenty sixth annual regatta, a quartor of a mile, and pulled up held under the auspices of the Victoria sound. Spectre, Phantom, and Crom-
Recreation Club, was commenced yes. well walked, trotted, and cantered, all terday under the most favourable cir- looking and going well. The East Point cumstances. The weather, although lot were cantered singly, and appear to rather threatening in the early part of be improving: "We had almost omitted the forenoon, cleared up shortly after to say that Wild Eddy and Redstart mid-day. The water was compara- were on the course shortly before day-tively smooth the whole, length of the light, but did nothing worthy of recourse, and there was just sufficient mark. The white legged brown and wind to ensure exciting contests for gray subscription griffins covered about the sailing races. Unfortunately, owing being quite acable to live with the seven furlongs slowly, the last named doubtless to the plethora of amuse
ments lately going on all over the co- brown, when steam was put on at the lony, the efforts of the Recreation Club finish. Souter Johny and Whisper Committe to provide for the comfort of (Me Barello's grey) cantered theoothe community, were not responded to quarters of a mile, the bay improving to the extent hoped. A commodious on his Wednesday's exhibition, and stand had been erected opposite the getting slightly the best of the finish winging mark, and a sumptuous lun- through the heavy going.
choop provided atconsiderable expense;
field against the ordinary service cat- tera. The time allowance, 8 seconds per oar, will seldom bring these boats together, and it gets absolutely sicken ing year after year to see the Com- modore's Chinese orew, entirely owing to their superior oraft, rowing right Let the two galleys compete against away from the heavy men-of-war boats.
the Police and Artillery, allowing 8 seconde por oar, and the contest will be a fair ons; to permit them to play havoc with the old service-cutters is
simply spailing what would otherwise close and exciting race. be a fair, and assuredly in overy 0830,
The racing commenced punctually with the junior sculla, for which the whole four entered came to the post, Augier and Richarde having rost sup- porters; but while the latter was all abroad after getting a bad start, the light weight, waited on Lovett antil close home, when he shot ahead, and won looking round at his opponent, Four boats, three belonging to the police, and the old Gunner representing the artillery, started in the gig race, and after a close struggle to the half distance the Zola(the late Inspector Grimes's old boat The Beat) won with ridiculous case, the Quaner being tailed off. Sampson's crew won the Chair. man's Cup after a dose race with Lovett's, the latter appearing to row in far the better form at the finish. The Victor Emanual's galley bad an easy task against the man-of-war cutters, the Iron Duke's galley with a European orewbeing the only competitor that had a look in against the Chinamon. A magnificent racs between the 6-pared whalers of H.M.S. Inconstant and the U.S.S. Palos for third place, ended in favour of the first named by less than half a length. The German Cap for Canton four oared cutters fell to Bennett's crew rowing the Shararook, their most dangerous opponents stroked by Lovett in the Rose, having their prospects extinguished immediately after the start, owing to the yoke