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WATER POLO.
League Matches.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1923.
stranier will sail from Liverpool and will reach Port Said in uine days, Singapore in 24 days, Hong- kong in 29 days, and Shanghai in 32 days, and on the return journey In the Water Polo Losgun, the will call at Penang, Colombo, and United Athletic Club defrated the Marseilles, landing passengers, In R. A. W. C. by six goals to nil on London. In connection with the Saturday. They were much the service several round tours have better team,"showing superior com been arranged in conjunction with bination and being for more the other services of the Blue curate in front of goal. The visitors Funnel Line and those of other forwards, on several ccensions, steamship companies. failed badly in shooting. Leonard. (3), Mason (2) and Razack scored far the United..
The Royal Garrison Artillery defeated
Boys' the Kowloon School Furmer, Pupils Association i by four goals to two. It was a much more even game than the first and was strenuously contest- ed throughout. Cupper Ala- Dade, who has been showing very Gine form this season, obtained all four goals for big side.
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LAST NIGHT'S MATCHES.
"MASSACRE OF EX
BANDITS.
Troops Kill Eight. Hundred.
Peking, Aug. 6-Owing to a threatening attitude developing among the twelve hundred ex- bandits from Suilan and Heilung- kiang who were incorporated in
Lusitano R.C. v. King's "A"the National Army being trained at Tsitsihar, fifty were executed The water polo tournament al the on the 3rd inst. This alarmed the
who Victoria Recreation Club's bath whai remainder
attempted to continued last night, wiren two escape but were surrounded by matches were played.
troops equipped with big guns. Lusitano beat the King's team The result was that 750 of the ex-
and by three goals to all. The losers bandits were killed
put up a very good show, against camp buildings destroyed. forces and
three.
The
fifty
A much lighter team bus lacked Government combination and hugged their goal killed and twenty wounded. area too closely instead of pressing Reuter,
forward. The game was a 60me-
what scrappy one.
United A.C.'r. Kowloon Boys,
The other game was between, the
NEW YORK'S BANDITS.
Conditions in New York do not United Athletic Club and the seem to improve. In one day last Kowloon Boys' School F. P. Assu.month, according to the New York This was a somewhat mixed effort World more than fifty persons the United winning by three gurls faced pistols in the hands of a The total toot to nil. The Kowlooniles fielded dezen robbers. twy weak men in Dunean and Thom was about $6.000 One victim son, who took the places of Gerard saved a diamond ring by swallow- and Hyde and made all the differ.it In one case the premises of a taxi company was held up, and enen to the side's chances. Grorge in the others taxicab drivers or Jack played a very"hard game and owners were robbed. The men practically had to mark two menscaped in cars they had in all the time. Next time tho teams waiting. ** meet, provided Kowloon is strength, a rattling game should! result. As it was last night the United Boon found the weak spot) and played on i
at
Tonight's matches are King's "B" v. R.G.A. and V.R.C. v. RA.M.C. The V.R.C. team will be somewhat trengthened in order to render a good account. The matches can- mence at 9-p.m. For the night lete nn Wednesday the R.G.A. "A" Both team will play King's “A."
are very fine teams and a splendid exposition of water polo should be
sven.
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The Patroclus, which arrived. yesterday bringing the mails of 10th July, is a sister ship of the Sarpedon and is on her maiden voyage to the Far East. She is barthed at Holt's Wharf..
The Patroclus, which is a vessel of 11,316 tons gross, 10,950 tons general cargo-carrying capacity, has provision for 2,550 tons of fruit or refrigerated cargo, und accommodation. for 155 first-class passengers in state-rooms on the centrecastle and promenade docks. The cabins include two cabins de luxe, eight rooms with two cot beds in each, two two-berth rooms, and six three-berth rooms-all on the promenade deck-and on the centrecastle decks 16 single-berth roooms, four two-berth rooms, and 30 three-berth rooms. In addition to the usual saloon, music-room, smoke-room, and lounge entrance hails, there is a large and airy children's playroom, and also special accommodation for native nurses.
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