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To-morrow's Anniversary, To-morrow is the 42nd anniver.
Kingsley,
of the death of Charles
St. Andrew's Society.
1917,
LOGAL SPORT
FOOTBALL
***On Bsturday two Second DiVIE
* Military. ion matches had to be postponed, Lt. Baker, b OverY, nei the 83rd Cx BG.A. not turning Sargt." "MoGregor," "a"and
Weiser up to fulfil their guma with the
South China Athletic, and, the Wyatt, b Gray Lamiano Oleb turning up with Smith, o Woodman, b Go insufficient men for their matok | Diz, not out... with A. O., K8LL
R. G. A. v. Shropshires.
Volunteers v RQ.A. Notwithstanding the fact that This match is to be played on the BG.A. were no match for the Wednesday; kick-off at 4 p.m. Shropshires on Saturday, they The Volunteers will be represents put up a good game. Their ed by: Goldenberg: Black, Mo- defense was especially good, and Cabb.a: Rilston, Stewart, Rail- on each ocassion ca which the ton; Walker, Robinson, Stalker, Shropshires broke through they McTariab and Rodger. had very hard work to get patj the backs. The gunners' forwards were somewhat wenk Very early ibe ball and teated Garrod in the the Shropshires got away with ganners' goal, but he, in com- bination with the backs, wIL
CRICKET.
Page, a and b Robinson Storr, 1.b.w., b. Robinson Veal, Godden, Rios, Black,
did not bat.
Gray Orary
Wesser ... Blackburn Forsyth
Volunteers v. Volunteer Reserves. The match between teams re: Robinson
Extras Total
Bowling,
***
**
Ö. R. W. 110 43 2
0 0 5 1
5. 0 30 1
6 0 39 0
2 0 18 0 40 34 2.
In this match at Happy Valley It was seldom that the gunners took pisos on the Hongkong on Saturday, Craigengower easily Saturday defeated the Civil Servios team) do pretty mach what they like Society is holding a dinner at the they experienced a busy time. the Volunteer Reserves, which Since the authorities were shamed Hongkong Hotel on Thursday, showed any enterpries, their Cricket ground on into making the internment law the 25th inst-Baros Night. whole efforts being centred on afternoon, resulted in a victory mainly owing to the good bow!- defensive work, but very occasion for the Volunteers by the narrowing of B. G. Boatberton, who took rigid, to
Hongkong Theatre. The Hongkong Theatre in preally they made a move to their margin of 10 ruse. The Volan: five winkets for 22 runs, and also become scarcer, sad, until this took place, most of us were inclin- | Mysteries of the Grand Hotel" they were nearly always obecked 171, the principal contributors 10 the same player and R. Peatorji, terrible business in East London senting the fifth series of "The opponents' end of the field, where tears balled first and compiled to the batting display giving by
a E. Marley 59, T
good game. Twice they got by J. de Rome 28. and E. J. Band 55. The scores were him, bat Morrie and Henn, Mitchell and H. E. Muriel 21 esch, The runs were somewhat slow in com-
The Hongkong St. Andrew","qual to the cocasion, though presenting the Volunteers and | Craigengower v. Civil Service.
Oplum Seizure.
Civil Service.
Soutberton..._
erton
=
22
6
which the really dangerous aliens had variety of interesting comics. Correspondents are requested to observe the rule
names and addresses with already been roped in. Not, bow- forward their
A large reisure of opium was sent the leather back in On the Reserves going in to bat B. C. Witchell, o and b requires them to
for ever, until every enemy subject communications addressed to the Editor, not necessarily
is safe behind barbed wire, and made last evening by Detective most exseperating way. publication, but as an evidence of their boan fides.
every German Amerioso is kept Sergeant Fowler, on board the Shropshires forwards were in fue ing, the only players to mike & G. F. Mason, b Southerton ... out of the country, shall we be Hanoi, 4423 thels of prepared trim and would have had an eary stand being K. R. Macaskill 33, R. 8. E. Alderman, batherton 0 justified in regarding our people French opium being found. No time had it not been for Caple, Hanosok 23 and H. Hancock 23. O. Sara, e Bradbury, b Sonth
Dickenson and Garrod, who were Had it not been for Mr. Extras at Home as secure from some arrest has been made,
playing really wonderful. No adding at many as 35 the RC. J. Tacchi, b Peaionji rile plot or other. To make
Prize Distribution. Assurance doubly sure, it might Lady May has kindly consent goals had been coored at half-time. nerves would have fared much P. T. Lambie, b Beatherton...
On the resumption of play, worse, and it should be noted F. Bacon, ren ont be well to intern not only enemyed to distribute the prises to the the Shropshires were very busy that there were no lower than W. B. Edmonds, not out subjects bat every Britisher who
papile of St. Paul's Institation, again, and their efforts were eight boundery byo giren. The F. T. Ling, b Graham has in any way shown himself in Causeway Bay, on Wednesday standed with better results. best bowling of the afternoon was favour of leniency towards the 31st January at 3 p.m. The Peplow and Jones, the former made by K. Brayabay, who secur Kaiser and his fellow hoga.
Reverend Mother cordially invites from a penalty kick for bands, ed five wickets for 39 runs...... the parents of the pupils and and the latter with a fine hender, scores wäre;➡ friends of the Convent.
found the net when the game
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The Hongkong Telegraph.
HONGKONG, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1917.
HONGKONG AND THE WAR.
sre in such a sound
The German la Chios.
this
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The
3
10
Extras
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+64
Total Bowling.
61.
Cas
41
**
5 Graham
Boatherton 10 1 22 5
7 2 21 Pestonji
17 3 1 12 Craigengower.
О. М. В. W.
6F. G. Thompson, b Witchell 12 6B. W. Brad bary, b Witchell...
59 B. Pestonji, & Witchell
O L. A. Bose, b Witchell
218. Jex, o and b Mason
R. G. Southerton, not ant
0
ME
55
28
E
1 J. S. Graham, not out 13. Mann, D. K. Kharis, R. Bass, J.D.Noria, did not bat
Extras
Volunteers. Haul of Arms and Ammunition, had been in progress for some B. J. R. Mitabell, o R. Hancock,
b Pearce Detective Sergeant Fowler time. Despite these reverses, the "It is true," writes Beater's
on. board the ** gunners, played rather better B. D. Evans, lbw, b Bird Peking correspondent, "that the seized Germans are using the money Monteagle; on Saturday, eight football in second half than they F.J. de Bome, a Nisbet, b Bird 23
The game K. Brayshay, b Bird... obtained from the Boxer indem-Winchester rifer, eight Mauser had done before. nity and the interest of the pistols, sal 1,500 rounds of finished with the Shropshires J. V. Braga, o Tayler, b Bird. G. E. Marley, a and b Pearos. Redemption Losna in order to ammunition. Before Mr. O. D.leading by 2 goals to nil.
M. M. Mass, o and b Pearce. Club v. Royal Engineers, prepare for a revival of trade after Melbourne, at the Magistracy to- the war, and are also conducting day, a Chinese was charged with
The game between the Olub H. E. Muriel, b Taylor
Bird We are glad to see that Hongkong has decided to incresce, vigorous press propagands, but importing them, and, on the ap- and the Royal Engineers, played R. Kennedy, at H. Hancock, b without delay, its contribution to the Imperial Government, by the results of the latter appear plication of Mr. F. X. D'Almada, at Happy Valley on Saturday,
was capital in every respect and F. Sutton, lb. b Pearos adding to the sum of three million dollars obtained from the recent to be meagre." But what about was remanded on bail of $700. losa, & further two millions, which is to be drawn from the general the results of the former? And St. John Ambulance Association. some fine play was seen. On the E. W. Hamilton, not out
At an examination in first aid whole, the play was very even, if The wore badira hian, desire.lt, was with a ce
stale now? In Gormany
anho Tar-chin, te fellaying were thing the Club having the is receiving serplas of $1,800,000. It does not require great deal of calculs enormcas aum daily from the Li-him, Li Shan-wo, Lo Kwok- they sarted well, tur tion, therefore, to see that there should be no difficulty in srcaring, Chinese-Boxer indemnity, rolan, Leong Cheak-hing. Mak materialise. Killard, for the were often very poor and did not during the present year, a sufficient sam to make up the Colony's payment of Loan, interest on short- Wai-man, So Cheuk-lai, San Ia- Engineers, was playing good Bird gift to a round five millions of dollars. And it is a realisation of term Loans through Krapps etc. tang, San Io-yik, Teo Chung game and took upon himself Tayler this fact which has prompted the Unofficial members of the Coun--and the profits on that sam are loang, Wu Ia-uum, Wong Yuk- cils to recommend, and the local Government to adopt, the plan of being laid out on trade propaga hoo, Yeang Ming-lat. Dr. Lim the ball well up into the Club's
many individual Horta, carrying Pearce necaring the extra two millions from revenue, thus doing away with tion; in founding an enormous Soon-kian was Bon. Lecturer to territory, where he became very T. E. Pearce, b Hamilton the necessity of raising a fresh loan. The decision will, we are commerical organisation which the Class, and Dr. B. F. Les acted dangerone, bat the Club defence A. O. Brawn, a and b Bray- sure, meet with general approval.
should enable her, when war is as Hon. Examiner.
shey But in considering this matter of the Colony's direct contribe over, to run every big city of
was by no means weak. The tions to the Imperial Government for the purpose of assisting in the Chine, unless we intervene."
soldiers opened the zooring, H. B. Taylor, b Brayshey... prosecution of the war, the question may well be asked whether e Barely every British schoolboy Victoris Theatre is a most interest-kick at the Club goal, Goldenberg B: Hancock, o Mitchell,
The current programme at the Townsend sending a good direct H. A. Nisbet, b Hamilton baye done, or are doing, so much as we reasonably might do. When has known for long enough the ing one. It contains a new Pathe helping it along. The Club did Brayshay we say "wo." we mean, in this connection, the general body of rate little plot which the Germans have Gazette, a fice war picture illustra- all in their power to get an eqasi. C. Beswick, b Brayshay, payers in Hongkong. On this point, a correspondent struck in hand on here. Even the tive of the training which theisst, and Chassele took upon K. R. Macaskill, e Mariel, pertinent note in the Telegraph on Saturday, when he stated, quite Foreign Office should soon begin French recruits are undergoing himself a crom-kick, which almost Marley trathfully, that the sarplas revenue which we are giving to the to know something about it. Home Government is contributed by opium smokers—a rather pointed way of saying that it is derived from the Opium Monopoly,
Commerce..
and
Victoria Theatre.
|
Play in the second half was are also being shown. To-night is much of the same character. Band Night and to morrow there is Goldenberg, in the Olab goal, was complete change of programme. called upon time after time to Ship's Officer Charged. deal with difficult shots, and he
19
Total (for 5 wickets) ...186
Bowling.
***
6
Extras
5
Total... Bowling.
171
***
0. M. B. W. 13 1 74 5 5.2 0 22 1
Ứ K, RW.
469
10 Į 694
Reserves.
Witchell Mason Ling Bacon Edmonds Sara
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11 1 58 4
7 1 27 1
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20 8 0
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40 34 0
3 0 29.0
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The above match was played
on the C.R.C. ground on Satur-
102
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A
8. E. Green, not out...
***
Chinese Recreation Club v.
The University,
24 day, when the University were
15 beaten by 17 runs. The scores
b
were:*
33
University.
ар exceedingly clever beat Wilkinson, Robinson had a R. E. O. Bird, o Brayshay, b "Wiles" comely, in which M.try, too, but his shot also proved Frince appears in quite s now abortive. When half-time arrived, H. Hancock, e Sutton, b Bray- and original light. The 5th and the soldiers were leading by one
abay 6th instalments of the American goal to nothing.
Hon. Mr. C. Savarn, a Mit- sensational serial "The Iron Olaw"
cbell, b Marley
20
R. Ponsonby Fane, o Wong,
b Ua
Marley
5:
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co
100
J. D. Wright, b Lee
23
0.0. Danenberg, b Les
A. de Songs, a and b Un
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6
D. K. Samy, b Un
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+
0
A. H. Ramjahn, b Ua
Extras
35
W. Gittins, b Ching...
D. P. Dixon, b Ching
+4
101
W. Hall, b Ching
ASA
O, M. R. W. 14 2 39 5 8 0 31 2 4 0 14 0 6 1 18 3 0 24.0 G. Lae..
*Extras
Total
Bowling.
0.
a
Total
Bowling.
G. Hall, not out
6. A. Ismail, b Un
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101.
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1 0 16 8
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C. R. C.
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200
In that fact we have an interesting sidelight on a long-standing| Wanted-Missionaries of anomaly the anomaly by which we obtain very handsome sumi from the sale of opium, but, at the same time, prosecute poor coolies| who happen to be found smoking it. But that is a digression, though As Reater's man says, the re- the appositeness of it was neatly utilised by the correspondent to sults of the press propaganda are whom we have referred. The real point of the letter, as we see it, thin enough, though no thanks are is that the community as a whole is not directly bearing as big due thereon to the British Govern- a financial burden of the war as it should bear. In a general way, ment and its representatives. The the five million dollars which Hongkong is giving to the Home German "news" scheme failed ism James Cooper, whose boat is Club settled down, some good A ship's officer, named Will- did not appear any too safe. The Government comes from the ratepayers, it is trae, hat, when we take merely because it was awkwardly now in harbour, was charged forward play followed. Wilkinson into account the sources of the Colony's revenue, it will be admitted managed and too thickly spread before Mr. J. R. Wood, st the was given a busy time, bat, with Brayshay that there must be many people here who, if they contribute any with lies to deceive the Chinese. Polios Court this morning, with the help of his backs, he was able
Hamilton thing at all thereto, will be very little out of pocket because of this Bat is the other plan going to behaving in a disorderly manner to stave off some nasty shots ADS gift. We are aware that the tobacco tax and the increased liquor fail? For all that the British whilst drunk in Nataan Road which would have put the Marley dation can be regarded as war imposts, but if that is all that Hong- have done, ap to the pre yesterday. Mr. P. W. Goldring Olab on equal terme. kong is prepared to do in the way of helping in the supply of "silver eent, towards combating it, it appeared to defend the man, and some time later sent in the ball,
Stalker Braga
M. T. Yowe Kowloon v. Milltary. bullets," then the less we say about our patriotism the better. will certainly succeed. Since war pleaded not guilty. He stated giving the Club the desired
It is a commonplace observation that Hongkong has not serious broke out, bave we as a nation that defendant's ship was dus to squalis-r. More life was pet into loon on Saturday, and resulted in H. Obing
This match was played at Kow- Un How Fan ly felt the effects of the war. It is the truth, nevertheless. And no-one taken ons single practical step leave harbour to-day and defend the game on both sides, and some win for the military. Big Wong Po Kenng, retired will say that the little extra that we have been called upon to pay for towarde undermining Gerant would not be back for about fine end-ic-and play was next scoring was the festore of the our tobacco and our liquor in consequence of the present duties has many's trade influenon cat bere?a menth. He asked for a remand, seen. From a pass by Millard, afternoon. The scored were Wei Lee Bon, b Souss seriously incommoded either those who drink cr smoke. Parenthet Does the Foreign Office even and intimated that he wanted to White headed the ball into the L. J. Blackburr, o
Smith, b G. Man Lee, o Gittian, b ically, no may ask what the teetotallers and non-smokers are directly know that there is such a thing take out a summons for sapit net in fine style. There was cot Baker
SOUEL 19 contributing to the war so far as taxation is concerned. While the German trade in China? There against the Police. His Worship much more time to play after this J. E. Moad, o Black, b Wyatt 81 Yow Man Teun, 1.b.w.. b Dixon Colony is to be given the credit for its willingness in handing over has been ample opportunity to formally remanded the case until gost, and the soldiers had no
0. Woodman, o Bleck, b Smith IH. Ching, b Dixon a sum of five millions to the Imperial Government, we hold the hope send out from Home quite a February 22, Bring bail at $25. Siculty in keeping the lab WL. Weaser, o Smith, b Stor 45 Un How Fan, o Fane, b that its contribution will not stop at that, Poople at Home, far, small army of such business men worno off in qvery way than the average reɛident of Hongkong, areas are not wanted for military
forwards book. The game ended LA. E.BL. Gray, Storr, bWyatt 13 making sacrifices the extent of which we can scarcely comprehend, service, on a special mission, in which Chires are made the Club 1.
The proverbially any manner with the Engineers 2, and the J. P. Robinson, b Borr
W. T. Elson, b Wyatt and until this Oclony is made to feel that there is a war in progress, to
foros
British goode on viotims of dishonest compatriots as dialinet from merely reading about it, we need not say loo much to the China market. But because is'ngsin illustrated by a report | The Second Division. about our generosity. We can quite believe that there are not a fow the Foreign Ofice clerks do not which has been made to the police place on Saturday between Kow-E J. Edwards, soi ont
A Second Division match took people here, who, by cutting out luraries and by regularly amisting wish to be disturbed from their over the week-and. the various war charities, are conscientiously trying to do their little slumbers, and perhaps because reports that she was in Pouinger The latter were fax stronger than Overy, not out
loon and Staff and Departments. bit, but that cannot be said of the majority, who are quite content such a movement might interfere Street when a men, a stranger to Koslom, and although the score to enjoy all the privileges and comforts of life in Hongkong without with oertzia vested intergeta, no her, accosted her and said be a thought of making say real uncrifices. The fairest lazes are those woh mission has been soak und $145 to give her. They went was even when half-sicas arrived which, in their incleman, fall on all soutions of the community, Pramably the Government at to a bones in Cochrane Stress, yet the State and Departzela That is why every day necessition are taxed in every wall-governed Home either does not know thas and on the stairs there, the man daging the second moisly man- State. Hongkong would do well to bear that point in mind. Let there is a China market, or else it asked her for a security and she aged to notek four points. Tatem us bave specião war tazes which shall be borne by all and which in satisfied that the trade of this gave him a gold ring, vainad at scored for Kowloon, and Davies L. Baker skall be removed when the war in over. If we do that, we can part of the world is quite a neg $66. The man then hurriedly (2) and Stele and Darricct one Beith
for the Staffs and Departments. YoGregor onally rains, not five millions, but double and treble that eum. ligible matier, and that the poor made off, and was not caught. Then the element of mociños will come in, without which one gifts, Germans are welcome to mach a Needlem to add, the woman to The result was --Bu and Store ohwerer largs they nivý ba, are robbed of much of their merit.
Departm trißing outlet for their con ros., greta har misplísnā tem
Larceny By ■ Trick.
A woman
ON
110
+
4G. Lee, b Fane
·Wright
16 J. Wong, o Hall, b Ramjska 0
**
Dr. Forsyth, b Storr...
Baker
5 A. Kew, not out
***
A. Kampton, o Dix, b
| Mok Hing, o Hall, b Fano
Extras
Total
Extrao
Bowling
Total
#181
|D, P, Dixon-
A. de Boɛ nama 5
Bowling.
M. B. W.J.D. Wright
10 0 582 A. H. Bamjahn 6 1 35 12. Ponson
60 30°