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MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1925.
DAY BY DAY,
81,896,900 on water supply next year, and this figure is quite apart from personal emoluments-the
OF ALL THE CANTS WHICH ARE Government's euphonistic designa-CANTED IN THIS CANTING WORLD, [tion of salaries or wages." That THOUGH THE CANT OF HYFO. large sum is made up as follows:-ORITES MAY BE THE WORST, THE $1.072,000, Shing Mun Valley DANT OF CRITICISM IS THE MOST
|TORMENTING.-Laurenco Sterne. Scheme; $24,000, Other Kowloon Works: $27,500 for New Torri- Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Carroll ro tories; $62,000 for New Kowloon; turned to the Colony on the s.
Trier on Saturday. $395,000 for Hongkong (all the foregoing gums are under Public Certain roads or streets in Works Extraordinary); and Hongkong and Homintin are to $316,400 for the maintenance and be known as Village Road, Kwan Yick Street, Soares 'Avėnuo, Julia! upkeep of the existing reservoirs, Avonue, Ema Avenue, and San filter beds, pipes, meters, ete. Francisco Path. by
Nearly two million dollars on
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PLAY AND PLAYERS.
FIRST MATCHES OF SEASON.
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By "Wanderer.'
League football made its bow in outside right, yet neither made a the Colony on Saturday.. There bad showing. was nothing sonentional in the way of goalscoring, the sides generally speaking displaying little anxiety to take advantage of the rule changes. The results were:
Division I.. Kowloon 5; Club 0. Tamar 2; Police 0.
R. A. 2; South China 2.
Division II.- Drums 9; Club Res. 1. Kowloon Res 6; St. Joseph's 0. S. C. "A" 1; Surreys Res. 0. R. A. Res. 2; Recreio "A" 1.
WELL OFF THE MARK.
Jimmy Stewart has not had sum- cient football this season to be. able to give of his best, and Mair worked hard against the trickest wing, while McBride found it dif ficult to do anything with Taylor once the latter had gained con- trol of the ball, Rodger could not be held responsible for any of the goals. He gave a'polished display.
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A SURPRISE WIN. We know that Tamar had far better' team than, lost acason but we did not expect them to de- feat the Police on Saturday. They
The Police have themselves to
The wingers did not
Motor lorry No. 1023 came into A quintette of goals and against succeeded however and by two ing the Colony's residents with collision with tramcar. No. 49 on their old rivals, the Club, was the goale to nil, both scored after the fresh drinking water is sufficiently Saturday afternoon, at the corner auspicious opening of Kowicon. interval of a fair to scrappy game. high to warrant the receipt of of Pedder Street and Des Voeux They were far and away the better blame for the loss of the points Road. The lorry was turning in- alde, and fully deserved their additional revenue from consumers.to Poddor Street round the Hong-success, though there were two for they had chances to score Our Chinese friends have a rooted kong Hotel cerner when the back periods, the first ten minutes and dozen goals. MUSTARD & CO. objection to the metering and cost-portion of it, struck the tramcar. for twenty minutes in the second contribute towards a betterment Both vehicles were damaged. half, when the Club played up really of the position by endeavouring to score from impossible angler. ing of the water consumed in the
well and looked like registering a populous native districts, but the The following forthcoming goal or two It was Kowloon's Summers scored for the Tamar time will possibly have to
marriages are announced: Mr. first win over the Club on the Rail with a fast shot from close range soon after the interval, and some Austen Spary, overseer of the P.way Ground.
few minutes before, the end, Chad. when that objection must be over W. D., to Miss Ida Mary Wobb, Hongkong had ร somewhat ruled in the interests of equity of No. 3 King's Park Building: atrange combination (Watson lead- wick broke away and easily slip- which lays down the rule that a Watt, 8 Beaconsfield Arcade, to outside right) but they were first,
Senior Revenue Officer George ing the forwards and Puncheon at Ped the ball by Clarke. consumer pays. There is a nice Miss Margaret Milne Price, who into their stride and when Reed THE CHINESE DROP A POINT..
Twice South China gained a goal DODWELLA Home, sud-point of policy involved-whether arrives from England by the ..miskicked things, looked pretty
Kalyan; Mr. Eugene Edmond donly on 9th October, 1925, it is better to treat the water supply Clark, of the Chinese Maritime to some really good football and on Saturday and twice the gunners dangerous, Kowloon settled down lead against the R.A, at Sookunpoo George Benjamin Dodwell, Chairman of Dodwell & Co., as a communal charge altogether Customs, to Miss Mary Schieder, Ltd., in his 74th year. apart from revenue, or whether it of the Astor House Hotel,
would be better to instal meters
DEATH...
The Telegraph.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1925.
WATER WORKS SCHEMES.
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Come
everywhere and make people pay Draft Estimates shows the de- for the water they use and thus tailed distribution of the clorical bear a just proportion of the coat service, but it strikes us as being of supply. It would be interesting a cumbersome method, at best, to know Sir Edward Stubbs' ideas Why not have a similar Appendix
for the Cadeta ?
on such a matter.
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scored after twenty minutes, equalised after good work by their Bishop was winded in charging wingers. The Chinese lacked the down a terrific shot by Mason, and services of Li Wai-tong and Chan the winger taking the resultant Kwong-u and though the sub- corner placed the ball beautifully stitutes made a brave showing the for Caveille to head past Rodger. usual Chinese combination was Taylor on the right wing was ahow badly upset. The Artillery had ing a clean pair of heels to McBride their fair share of the game and centred aquarely for Cavelle un- and he burst right, through and deserved their point, marked to defeat Rodger for the second time.
Wong Mel-shun scored the onen- ing goal, Sowter equalised, Wong Pak-cheong regained the lead for South China, only to see Reade tear the ball past Lau Hing- choung for the fourth and last goal of the match.
Rubber Wrangle...
Soon after the interval Taylor An Innovation.
Events appear to be shaping to accepted a pass by Austen and When our Unofficial Members
left Rodger helpless and then In one respect at least, the
wards the elimination of the ro-period followed in which the Club come to offer suggestions and Government has very wisely
striction on rubber oxports from were on top and must have scored criticisms on the Budget, we hope
SECOND DIVISION GAMES: decided to maintain a policy of pro-that one of them will ask for a
British colonies, known as the had they been on the target too.
Kowloon Reserves did wall to"rua Several times Howard and Key gress for next year notwithstanding fuller explanation of the innov-
Stavenson scheme, and by which on the left worked through only up five goals against a strong St, the fact that it involves a veryution by which the cost of the
the price was a few years ago to see their shots go sailing over Joseph's team. The first half was
Three corners
were blank, but fifteen minutes after the large expenditure. We refer to Colony's junior clerical services artificially raised; recent months the bar. the Shing Man Valler scheme of has been taken out of the various having seen a very high quotation. forced in quick succession but all interval, Linaker scored with a good proved abortive, and then-Kowloon slot. Latham and Fitzgerald add. water works extension, upon which Departments, employing such Much has been said for and went away and Austen who haded and shortly afterwards Enstman a sum of no less than $1,072,000 clerks and transferred to a new against the restriction policy, and been shooting magnificontly met followed up a fan solo run by shoot is estimated to be spent in 1926. and separate heading. His Ex-one of the most interesting deva with success, a drive from twenty ing a good goal Morriss complated yards passing Rodger easily. Tay-the tally by running the ball into The eventual cost of the whole cellency the Governor stated that lopments of late is the hostility for scored the fifth goal shortly the net after it had been played by
the goalkeeper, scheme has never been closely the change effected an economy of American manufacturers to before the end.
The Drums had a day out against It is diteult to pick out a weak estimated but a figure somewhere of time and money, but we have what they-term a British monopo
ly unfairly exercised. Yet we spot in the Kowloon side.. Mason the Club Reserves who played, two around $17,000,000 haa beca to ask his forbearance if we pro-
did very little in the opening half short, and ran up a score of ning nazarded......... Inasmuch as it is in- test that sucli economy is not ap-think the manufacturers cannot but after the interval; he and goals to one, the orphan being from
a penalty taken by Lyon.
South Chins scored a surprise tended that the scheme shall be parent from a study of the Ses-assume a greater right to grumble Austen were the outstanding wing carried out uniformly over
asional Paper souting out the draft than the consuming public, who on the field their passing and un-
derstanding having the Club de-win against last season's runners-up, "Aus- The game was splendidly contested of Estimates. If a Department (say pay in the end. It has been sugges- fence at sixes and sevens. lengthy period of years we,
and An Kit-sang wis responsible for to-day, are not very much concern the Post Office) employs a num-ted that much of the opposition has ten was the star forward. He was and Aniban
The R. A. Reservea signalised Fed with the eventual total cost sober of various grade clerks, surely come from quarters where there always working, supporting the
has been speculation in large defence, well up with the forward their first appearance in Second line when required, and placing Division football by defeating the long as for the annual expenditure it is just as easy to enumerate we are called apoa to provide we them under the Post Office ostim-stocks; and consequent bigger the ball, whether goalwards or to Club de Recreio second eleven by shall be getting something in theates as it is to pick them out, make calls. Be that as it may, there is a confrere, with marked judgment, two goald to one.
a separate entry and a return un.also a very strong and growing Caveille more than justified his inclusion, McBride gave a good ex- British opinion against continua-hibition and Taylor's speed and der un entirely different heading,
desired to know the cost of the
way of relatively immediate service.
CONTROVERSY SAVED And because that is a fair and
Oricket has been spared 'a grent. to which one has to refor if it iaiton of restriction now that the centres contributed largely to
controversy, thanks to the level- ogical expectation we are glad to
object has been achieved, Kowloon's crisp forward play.
the To flad a half-back line superior headedness and good taste of Jack sce that the bulk of the raillion odd
clerks in the department. Thereof raising the price of
to Turner, McKelvie and Duncan Hobbs, the greatest of living bats. dollars to be spent next year is on
commodity to ед economic on their play on Saturday, would men. may be some internal saving of
The Coliseum authorities, with en- account of Such things as pipe)
level. The Colonial Office has be a difficult task. McKelvie was time and money effected, but, as fres, tunnels and condaits, etc. already stated, it is not apparent promised consideration to these by no means the pick of the three torprising ingenuity; mado Hobbs So soon as anyone of the series We ought not to allow the Junior Ploas, and the latest indications Fet he played cleverly and broke an offer to appear on their stage in up many dangerous looking move-a domonstration of stroke-making.
Hobbs has declined the offor. Wheeler and Reed were sound,
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of reservoirs is ready for use we Clerical Service of the Colony to are that some form of via media ments.
"I must admit," he said to. ought to have the conduits and pipe become on all fours with the will be devised by means of a lines to the City of Victoria ready Cadet Service. The heads and gradual increase of the quantity while since Vickers had so little Daily Express representative, "that to do, the impression we gained of the terins they offered me were so a certain lack of confidence was good that I was forced to consider also so that the people of to-day assistant heads of most Depart-allowed to be exported, Meau- shall benefit as quickly na isments are Cadets whose salarics while, one might noto the excite-not put to any test. He brought the matter. possible. The construction of a are not included in the various ment that the otherwise prosaic off several clever saves but now have conie, however, to the variety turn would be to belittle it appeared a highly dangerous the groat gamu: I have considerable service reservoir somewhere in the departmental estimates but are life of the Malay fisherman has and again left his charge when conclusion that for me to appear us City ought to be the next step, grouped in lump sums under the now appropriated to itself, by the procedure.
Of the Club it may be said that doubts bow the people that matter in the cricket world would regard. bechase before we spend very much heading of Cadet Sorvisema Sor widespread indulgence in rubber
they put up a better game than more money on the making of vice which will cost $346,836 naxt smuggling. His piratical ancestry while beaten by a wide margin, it, and I felt that if I were to Fugand me I might bo making a fool of my reservoirs in the hills around Tal- year. Why should not these has cropped up again in the coast some anticipated. The fact that up on a stage with the limelight on
solf. mostan we want as much water as salaries be shown in the ostinates Malay, and in the immigrant they did not score was partly due la progressively available (even of the various Departments? We Chinese, and the Straits authori- to bad sheating and partly to theAfter all, wicket is not like ten- fact that it was not their day. Of his or horse racing, and cannot, be though it be little to begin with) should certainly get truer Depart-ties are having to employ a large course Watson will never be reproduced on a stage. Still, it was brought over here for the relief of montul figures. If the $690,257 force, and a number of rovonue centre forward or Puncheon an certainly a good offer!? residents, in the dry, sensons of the now lumped for the first timo cutters, to keep down the illioit Many captures are- year. We trust that that is the under the heading of Junior exports:
It is reported that the domestic method on which the Government's Clorical Service is not credited effected every wook, and there is
proportionately to the various occasional bloodshed. Somehow servants in Japanese employ at water engineers: is working.
Whilst on this question of water Departments, we shall be getting one cannot visualise the removal Swataw resumed work on the
a very false idea of the cost of of restrictions without realising 7th, instant. supply and the wisdom of pushing
each Department. And, further the regrets that it will cause in on with the provision of a more
more, these two Services cost some directions, when the years adequate quantity for Hongkong,
over one million dollars, and that ahead will have only the remini it is very interesting to note that
is a big sum to lose detalled track scence, around the village wall, we are planning to spend altogether]
of A Special Appendix to the of days that were days,
M. Kioffier, Inspector of Cus- tome at Haiphong, arrived In Hongkong on the 8th, instant, on his way to Shanghai to attend the Conference for the revision of The foundations were laid yes Customs, to which he has been terday of another traffic points appointed as one of the French man's sholtor. This is being con structed outside, the Star Forry representativos, He left on Satur, Wharf on the Hongkong side. day by the President: Taft.