LOCAL SPORT.
FOOTBALL.
LEAGUE-DIV, 1.
Hongkong Club V., Middlesex.
Regt.
for their respective sider:→→
Clab:-Goldenberg; Oave, Mo-
Jabbin; Bisöbelman, Stewart,
THE HONGKONG- TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, DECEMBER
FRAUDS.
from a centre by Brickell, Small ^~\SHANGHAI SHARE put his side ahead. This succesa was short-lived, for Tatam equalised with a nice shok Result:-2 all,
The Latest Developments.
Kowloon played quite good football, and with a little luck might have captured both pointe, Telegraphic information has The shooting of the soldiers was been received in Shanghai con- mach better than their oppon-firming the arrest in Japan of
Bo many.
LEAGUE CRICKET,
THE MONEY MARKET!
Messrs. Montagu sod Company's Report.
1917.
GREATEST CRIME OF THE WAR.
(By A. J. Dawson.)
HUNGER DISEASES IN GERMANY.
and pretty bad so thought he'd like to make me a bit worse. Is suppose It was after that I managed to crawl into the shell-1 holes so perhaps the blighter Civilian Death Rate as high as
la Ardiya evved my life for me; after all; though if I could have stood on That Germany is suffering my feet I'd have done bim in, all from diseases which are the direct outcome of the lack of food in dirty, mean-spirited blighter the informed right, for that kick,
"Well, I was saying what a beyond doubt, and ** a wall- correspondent who
Kesars. S.mael Montagu and Co., in their report dated Novem ber 8, slate
Gold. The Bank of England gold rt the military hospitals situated in A frequent visitor at one of The following leams turned out / Cats', but their chanosa were noi J, L Carneiro, the stockbroker serva against its nota iseus shows the Thames Valley had been Boohe always seemed to be and I favours us from time to time with :
wanted in connection with the al- an increase of 2292,455, as on greatly impressed by the story of said the worst thing about him reliable information as to man- leged large fraude which were pared with last week's return,
a soldier patient who was wounded made known to the public early Bouter's correspandent in Was daring the recent fighting to the was the way he fanked a equate ditions speaks of sightblind- last week. Details concerning hington, under date Nov. 5th, north-east of Ypres. It seems fight, but would always hit a man ness." This is a famine epidemiin, the arrest have not yet arrived, states The Federal Reserve that this soldier was found in a who was down. My male chewed and causes complete logs of the a bit over that and said he power of vision in twilight. The one of whom W98 This matob, on the Olub ground must have taken steamer from millions ($5,000,000.) in gold to des ner; Soroxton. Jarvis, Bayere, on Saturday, resulted in a sur. Teingiao to Japan and have been the Candian Government in order stretcher bearer and able they were brought up in Ger and persons shore middle age is
prising win for the visitors. The apprehended on arrival at Moji..so maintain foreign exchange to render efficient first aid. many. And then he went on to shaormal,
He had been wounded in three he was what he reckoned Berlin insurance companies told a | tell me—talking like a book, A director of one of the large Referee:- Mr. Tacker. Club batted first and put together LO. Lemos, of the Hongkong ratse,"
The West African gold output places, and had lain for a long The soldiers were in fine 151 for nine wickets. Then the and Shanghai Banking Corpora style, and did most of the pressing. Navy took matters into their own tion, sad R. Carneiro, of the for dept. 1917, amounted to 813 while exposed in the shell-hole was really the worst thing Norwegian recently, hate "Gradually the Clab got into their hands, only two men being diaRosao-Asistio Back, who were 7,168 as compared with 6127,138 Beside him lay a comrade who had prime of all in the war. And equalled, if it did not exceed, that About the Baches; the worst mortality-rate among the civiliana stride, and Stalker put in a fins posed of when the score had alleged to have fled în connection in Sept. 1916 and $130,270 Ang- died during the boar before beep the thing was he said it made in the army. The organ of the
Rodger; McTavish, Chassel, Ger rard, Irvine, Stalker.
Middlesex: Tarner; Fisher, Hongkong G. &. v. The Navy, but it is conjectured that the man/Board has offered a loan of 25 shell-hole by some of his com reckoned perhaps it wee the way death-rate among young children
Fawthrop; Fossey, Fawcett, Tar
Boed, Waldes.
shot, which Turner pat prer the bar. Play continued to be even. The Qlab forced a corner, sand
in being 55 not out, Scores;-
Club.
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F. W. G. Evans, o Black
E. Kennedy, b Gibson.....
F, Syme Thomson, b Black,
b Gibeon
from the resultant kick, Stalker Capt. Gray, o Breslin, b Black rushed the ball through. The L. Marray, l.b.v., b-Blak. soldiers tried hard to draw level, M, Masa, b Black and their efforts were rewarded. Walden went away on the left and from a bad clear ance by the Clab backs, Siyera ment in a first time drive, which G. E. Aubrey, not out ... ̈ ̈ gare Goldenberg no earthly Lt. McConnell, b Black chance. Just before half-time an P.Jacks, run out ... unfortunate accident occurred to D. E. Donnelly, b Gibeon Soroxton. He anfortunately stood. E. Smith, not out on the ball, which brought him down heavily on his head and
ha had to be taken off the field,
Half-time: BIL
The Middlesex opened well in
me
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Sliver.
said:--
"He was a
1917, -
came, ramination proved that reached 170, the the third man with the same sffair, are LOW
An issue of "notes in small his wounds would, in any case, him feel very sorry for the Bock- German insurance companies, bes whether they are under arrest denominations in order 10 share almost certainly have proved seemed to strike him, you see. charift, printed an article which definitely stated to be in Nagasaki,
sa. That was the way bad things Wallmann's Versicherungs-Zeila- of the Japanese police authorities has been projected in Japan. or merely under the surveillance the need for subsidiary coinage mortal. The rescued man, now Yes, he said there were two contained
fortunately well out of danger,
the following pas 20 has not yet transpired. At any
The price has continued to fall talking of his dead comrade things seemed to him "the worst sagas:
of the whole blinkin' business, Look at all shoes people you rate they appear to be where the
and they were sort of mixed up meet in the streets. Look st 16 authorities osa lay their handa since we laat addressed you.
good mate and upon them at a moment's notice. With the exception of the 5th there was nobody in oar Platoon, together. First, he said the their hollow cheeks, and how Mr. Arthur L. Anderson, Chair. inst, when the quotation dropped or in the Company either, if you world had been getting really their collars have become soo man of the Shanghai Stock Ex-d., the fall has been id, each come to that, who didn't like better, before this war began, and large. There is no possibility
the Boche had thrown it back. of deception bere. change, has addressed the follow.day.
him; and respect him, too, I
People had been getting kinder doctor you please ing to the Secretaries of those of the Shanghai Companies whose each day and the tone of the think, though I suppose he wasn't and better all round, he said, and the balance-shoote -
what you'd call a very smar abares are currently dealt in on market has been heavy, so that soldier. For one thing, he wasn't the Exchange, and whose share buyers have been shy in coming
quite up to cocker on parade; 9 certificates are still in a form forward.
bit the slow side The China exchange bas also
you know, and not much spring lending itself to comparatively ...151
been inclined to weakness, though in him Bat a fool could see ho easy frand:-
Dear Sire,-In view of the the setback has been hardly so meant well. And then there's M. B, W. unhappy situation brought about pronounced as that of the silver no denying he hated strafing like but he said something about try to deceive ourselves and shatTM
price, which, since the sudden 33 to share certificates I am directed rice of 3d. on th 30th ulto,, has poison. Last thing he wanted to the sin against,the Holy Ghost', Jour eyes to this fact."-
the second half, play being fast and good. MoTavish and Ger. Gibson rard were playing well for the Lee Olab, Tarner in the Middlesex Black ... goal saving finely from them, Play was then all midfield is Blackened down, too, until just before time when both goals had narrow escapes, but the whistle sounded with the scores eqasl,
It was unfortunate for the Middlesex eleven that Scroxton was hurt, as otherwise they would probably have taken both points. Bayere was a tower of strength to his side, bat the Club defence paid him much attention. The play of Stewart at half for the Qlab was the outstanding feature of the matob.
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Kyes, Paymaster Robinson, A. B. Henley, Mr. Black, Ch. Stoker Lee, Private Breslin, 3rd Writer Staley, did not bat.
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ге the Boche had drenched the porte of inentance companies, world with hate'; those was bis and it is easy to trace the results. very words. He said they's made of malnutrition. The danger lisa fairly class world dirty; 'fouled in the fact that the mortality humanity's nest, he said; and among civiliana is beginning to at the clock back, and then, compete with the real war I don't know what be meant, mortality, and it is useless to
do was to kill anyone. You get sbed 2.1/48. in the subsequent
and something else about Inoreseed death-rate has been a little of all sorts in the Army inning against the light' He accompanied by a marked decline 5 by my Committee to invite your
to-day, you know. I Bed a oonsideration of the advisability eight working days.
The net importe of silver into
Bsid you could be sorry for the in birth-rate. Deaths are sotually of issuing your share certificatse
section commander one time-and in such form as will reduce the Ladis daring July 1917 were he'd only a Lanos stripe, tou Boches, gor; though I can't say in excess of births. Here are
heavy. The total was 8,867,058 who'd been a
I ever felt sorry for the blightere: figures for Maniob carste before possibility of alteration to a
ounces; allowing for exports the war. But although he hated But he said it would take many,
Burtba Deaths. 1916 17 8,409 Certain loos! companies have amounting to 2,160,227 ounces, strafing-I reckon he ought to many years before they could be
... 12,418 1913-1412,989 ... 9,740 already adopted a form of share the net importe were 6,406,825ave been & M. U., really I've forgiven. He said it wasn't so
mach the hurt done to the world's Soap is so scares that it is cuncas. The net imports of silver certificate which renders any
seen that mate of mine fighting alteration exceedingly difficult of daring the months April to July like a wild cat, twice I remember, body that mattered, as the bars stated that prisoners of war are concealment and it is the hope tial weight of 33,702,629 cancer, Roches at one of their real dirty Blows that hart the soul; he serious is the lack of hardening
|inclusive,smoosted to the substan-
to ita spirit. He talked a lot about able to sell a cake of ordinary anyhow. Once he'd seen the
that, that I don't remember. soap for five shillings! More of the Committee that sour valued at about £5314,000. O tricks, with some of our wounded, said; and Wounds that left the metal, and German soldiers and Directore will employ similar
this total the Indian Government and the other time it happened spirit bleeding. Of course he officers on leave speak dolefully I am, however, to point out was responsible for no less than there were eight or ten of
was a scholar, you know,
of their own ammunition and ita the Boches that in the opinion of my Com- 30,552,487 ounces, valued at E.. M. RW.mittee, the method of transferring 7,17,88,370 and capable of being of our chaps.and I tell you my "And the other thing that he inferiority so ours. Their guns 14.3 162 1 shares by endorsement on theated into over 8,90,00,COU mate fairly put the wind up those thought so terrible was what he are losing accuracy and dad
Boches, the way he came at am called the crime of the Boches shella sre on the increase. Paper St. Joseph's College V. 83rd Co. Syma Thomson 3 0 17 0 Certificate is imperfect and that rupees.
The Ladian Carrency Return with his bay net, rearing likes against their own children. That is getting scarcer, wherest news R.C.A.
2.0 80it would be better to continue the
given below records substantial mad ball. Yes, he could fight, would be hard to forgive, and paper editors are waxing wrath, This match was played on
5 0 48 1
ase of separate transfer deeda su
increases in the holdings of gold all right, when a thing like that harder to forget, he said; because Labour troubles abound, in spite 2 0 17 0 is customary in Shanghai..
and silver. Saturday last at the Happy
sort of warmed his blood. Bat he said, 'You can't repair chil- of the large concessions made to 2 0 15 0
"Silver. Valley. The teams tarned ou:
(In lakhs of rupees)
he ought to 'va been a Red Cross dren, like you repair ships and the demands of the workers. as follow:-
Craigengower Y. R.G.A.
man, really; he was wonderful bousse. Qaser, wasn't it? But These teame met on Saturday,
Notes in Cir
keen on helping anyone who was that's what he said. He talked an interesting game ending in a
culation... 11134 11286 11477 hurt. We used to call him Num.about the sins of the fathers, and draw. Scores
Reserve in
ber Thirteen's M.O. Thirteen was that, and he said the innocent ailver coin
the number of our Platoon, you would have to suffer long after
we'd finished doing the Bochs in, The first place where anæmis;
DIVISION 2.
St. Joseph's:-U.X. Omer; Jackson, Ogley Sepher, John son, Marcel; R. Hyndman, Band ran, E. Hyndman, P. Hyndman, R. Omar.
83rd C. R.G.A.-Taylor; Ogden, Attwood; Garner, Long, Wright; Swan, Batler, Perkins, Nichols, Hammond.
17
Donnelly
Mass
Gray ...
Evana
MAA
Murray
Total (2 wkta)...170 Bowling.
A
Furthermore, I am to suggest that wherever practicable notice should be sent to the transferur that shares are about to be taken cat of his name and that, failing reply from him within a certain time, transfer will be effected.-- Br. Athorne, i.b.w., b Graham 35 Yours faithfully, F. B. Walker, B. Dix, o F. Thompson, b
Graham
R. O. A.
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Secretary.
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Br. Drummond, Lb.w., b Gra-
+4
400
hom Sergt. Talford, b Grimmett. 7 Royal Engineers. Gr.Green, o Noris, b Grimmett 8 Sgt. McGregor, b. w., b Un
Eew Fan Lt. Baker, a Nozia, b Graham 1 Gr. Sharman, a and b Grimmett 9L/O. Lucas, b Un Hew Fan Gr. Baines, e and b Grimmett Opl. Adame, b Yew Man Tean. Q. M. 8. Ross, a Grimmett, b
C. Q. H. 8. Reskes, b Un
Few Fan... Grakam
Baferee Mr. Townsend Play opened in favour of the Collage, who made the pace fest. The dash and quick passing of their forwarde gave the soldiere defence plenty to do but when well placed, their attempts at goal left much to be desired. The Br. Men not out civilians broke through and ac- Br, Armitage, b Graham ored, but were raled offside before
the ball entered the net. Butler made a good try to give his side the lead, but shot wide in his final effort. At the other end, E. Hyndman gave his side the lead from a paas by Omar just be fore half-time. Half-time :-St. Joseph's, 1; 83rd Co., 0.・・
Play in the second half was quite & repetition of the first and P. Bradman added to the College Boore, Besult-St. Joseph's, 2; 83rd Co. R.G.A., O'
Grimmett
Graham Abbas
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Bowling.
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Lt. Wahl, b Tew Man Tean Spr. Waller, a Ng Szo Kwong,
b Yew Mao Taun...
Spr. Millard, b Un Hew Fan 113L/C. Chartere, a and b Yer
Ö. M. R.. W.
FAD
13 2 32 4
19.2 3 60 9
8 0 18 0
Craigongower.
F. Thompson, b Athorne D. K. Kharas, e Armitage, b
Baker
M, H. Abbas, b Athorne
HA
The civilians were the better D. Noris, Sharman, b Baker team, their combination and dash. S. Graham, b Baines giving them the advantage. 83rd R. Bass, st. Sharman, b Baker Co. played quite a good rame,A. W. Grimmett, b Baines
but must admit defeat by a better 1. A. Bose, not out
team.
Kowloon v. 87th Co. R.G.A. Played on the Navy Ground. The teams were represented by the following:-
"
Kowloon-Jennings; Hamil
ton, "White; Vanlangenburg, Jones, Resmassen; Taylor, Moos- den, Passo, Batton, Tatam.
F. Thompson, b Baker
G. Manley, not out... B. Schnepel, did not bat
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HE
8. 8. White, ran out
8. O, Gripwell, nos ont
Oct. 15, Oct 22. Oct. 31.
& bullion 2976 2914 2948 808, Gold coin &: -bullion in
India Gold out of
India The
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to three of
PALE LIPS ARE A WARNING,
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"I didn't think he use going and smashing up his Army. They or thin blood, shows is in the lips to die when I found him along-didn't plan the crime, he said. and game and the membranes 1817 2031 2190 side me in that shell-hole. In They couldn't help themselves, that line the eye lids. You may be fact, I didn't think he was half so was what he meant; but they's naturally pale and still be nesithy, 193 193 193 badly hit sa me, to tell the truth have to pay the piper all the same. but when these membranes lose stock in Bombay on though I suppose I might re And, mind you, he didn't mean their bright red colour your November 6th consisted of 3,700 known better-because of the money, or anything of that sort, blood is deficient in quantity or bare, the same as held on October way he looked after me, giving He didn't take much stock of colour.
Thin blood is dangor; it in-
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30th.-
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The stack in Shanghai on the
8 3rd Nov. 1917 consisted of about
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Opl. Heath, b Un Hew Fan...
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25,700,000 ounces in syces and
me cold tea from his water-bottle, that. No, but he thought the
and that, Eb, he was a real Boche kids had been sort of vites disease. As the organiams there branded; given The mark of of the blood have to repel disease kind chap. if ever
"He'd been enlisted the beast, he said, for no fanli germs, thin blood means Laza
WBB 008.
0 14,000,000 dollars, a. compared ever since early automan '14, of their own "The world's haired power to do this. For instance, with about 25,200,000 oances in before I was, and he'd never been is a terrible thing, he said, when you cas youself, the wound 'when it's a just hatred. And does not neat so quickly if your aycee and 15,200,000 dollars on wounded before though he'd had 5 the October 27th,
getting on for two years in France that's what the Boches have sad blood is thin and weak.
To build up the blood there is Quotations for bar silver p. oz. and only one leave. Twice he'd died their own enildren with, he 15 etdNovember 2, 46 1/8 cash given up his leave to let fellows reckoned. They thought of terane remedy that has been a house- 19 November 3, 44 7/8 cash; Novem-with wives go, and ones he'd ritory and plander' he said; but hold word for a generation Dr. 8 ber 5, 44 1/8 cash; November 6, been in hospital with frost-bitten they'd have done their children Williams' pink pills for pais 44 1/4 oash; November 7, 44 feet. But all the rest of the timeless harm if they'd cut of one people. These pills, tone up the entire system," make the blood ...125 csab; November 8, 43 3/4 cash. he'd been in an' out of trenches, arm from each of them”,
Average, 44.416.
and-well perhaps your know what "Aye, he was a queer fellow, riah and red, strengthen the it is, it's not exactly a gentleman's and i can't tell you half or nerves, increase the appetite, pat quarter what he said; bail know colour in the cheeks and tips, and life, is it?
To hear the way he talked to he made me feel that the Boches drive away that unnatural tired
feeling,Good, wholesome food- me, lying there in the mad o' worst crime was something you and fresh air will do the rest. that shell-bole; nobody in the don's read about in the papers: world would be' guessed he was He said they'd atrack the light Begin Dr. Williams' pink pilis going west, He never said aout of life for the children of the to-day; you can get them from word about dying and he passed whole world; but for their own the Dr. Williams Medicine, Co., Chemists everywhere, also from me hia water-bottle again about kids, he said, they'd blighted 96 Brechten Road, Shanghai, There was a crowded house at ten minutes before he went them for ever, and robbed them 1 the Victoria Theatre on Saturday off, you
night, when the "Fantastic
Tots! Bowling.
O. M. R. W. Ua. How Fan... 19,2 4 50 5 Yow Man Tea... 17 1 44 48 H. Ching
3 1 9 0
28
Ea Wùng Kidma
3 Q
7
Ng Sze Kwong... 10
9.0 5:0
12
C. R. C.
Ng Sza Kwong, not ont
64
14+
1
Ng Axe Taen, e Wahl, b
Reakes
1++
13
Un Hew Fan, c White, b
Beakes
Ho Wing Kio; b Cripwell.... G. Les, Wahl, b Beaker E' Ching, b Cripwall
(Total 8 wkts.). 73
Bowling.
Atborne...
D
87th Co. B.G.A.: - Osody; Baker Kaight, Watts; Hancock, High Bainen... am, Watkinson, Bone, Tarner, Mana Small, McGregor, Bricknell,
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Q. B. M. W. J. Wong, b Restes .....
11 3 23 2aw Man Tsun, o Waller, Beakes 10 3 24 4
4 1 4 2 Kwok Shin Yan, b Beaker 20 g Wei Lee San, not out
C. R. C. V. Royal Engineers.
A. J. Kew, did not bat
117
b
13
The quotation to-day for cash delivery is 1.5/8d. below that fixed
week ago:
Bank Rate 5 per cent Bar Gold p. oz, atd. 77/9.
"FANTASTIC" STARS.
KNOW. I couldn't of all the sort of sporting chanos one bottle for $1.50, six for 88!., have felt, worse about it if in life that God meant 'em to post free.
12 Stare supplied a really delightful he'd been my own father. He have. That was about the size of JUST ONE AFTER DINNER
S programme. Many of those pre- wes no older than me; but he it, as I remember."
3 sent were glad to welcome back had a kind of a fatherly way with
7these talented performera, Miss him, too; or sort of older brother,
3 Hilda Felstead's monologues and perhape, Bat when we were solos being especially appreciated. talking, hours before that," I
10 The violin solos of Miss Nellie happened to say something about
Total (for 8 wickets).113
Bowling..
1444
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Play throughout the game was In this match, the outstanding of a very even character. Kowplayers were McGregor for the loon were the first to score through Engineers and Ng Sze-kwong for Button bat soon after Small the Chinese Recreation Olav,
In the Becond these two men alone making any Roakes equalised.
midfield half much
8. play show against the bowling Ad Cripwell ensued. The Soldiers for interesting game ended in a draw, Adams wards got away in fine style, and the scorsa being:-
White
4 Black and the late and piccolo Brother Boche and what
8
4 items by Mis Elsie Black were blighter he was, You see, the
Mr. T. M. Ainscoügk.
will prevent that uncomfortabis heary feeling and aid digestion.. Two taken at bed-time dispel Constipation as gently as nature next morning. Ave
PINKETTES!
also much enjoyed. Others who packet that bothered me most, Mr. T. M. Ainscough has been contributed to the programme then, was what I got in the appointed . H. Trade Commis were Mr. Bert Wiles and Mr face. It's all serene now. Na, aloner for India. In 1914, and cure Biliousness, Biok Headaches, Redhead Wilson.
it wasn't a bullet or a bomb; it 1915 he was Special Commission Liverishness, clear the completion B W The "Fantastic" Stare are to was a Fritz'e boot. The beggar er in China for the Board of and sweeten she breath. Of all
6. commence & three nights' season stopped to kick me in the face, as Trade Commercial Intelligence chemists, or post free for 60 cen
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2 at the Bijon on Boxing Night, he was ranging by, with a lot of Department. We understand the phial from Dr. Will
and no doubt they will draw others that our chape had counter that Mr. Ainsoough's headquar- Medicine Co., 96 Bagahnen Kost large audiences.
stinoked,: Es sawI was helpless - teza will be in Calonde
Shanghai
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