THURSDAY, THBRUARY 13, 1918.
BY TELEGRAPH BY TELEGRAPH.
[Rauter's Service to the China Mail.)
INTERPORT FOOTBALL.
ANOTHER VICTORY FOR
THE ANTARCTIQ TRAGEDY, MATIONAL MEMORIAL FUNDS.
(From Our Own Currespondent.)
Loanos, Feb. 12.
SHANGHAI, Feb. 12. The Executive Committee of the
Hongkong beat Me Ollerdessen's XI British Antarctic Expedition has decided by four goals to sit. to opanel a national fund for the relief .of the relatives of Captain Scott and his
companions.
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MANSION HOUSE FUND,
The Lord Mayor of London is com- municating with the authorities with a How to opening a Scott Fuad.
A PERMANENT MEMORIAL.
The Daily Telegraph has opened a And to erect a permanent memorial to the berces,
STATUE AT CARDIFF.
The shipowners of Cardif have decid ed to erect a statue of Captain Scott.
Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
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STORTING.
Cricket. ›
THE CHINA MAH
Rugby Football.
CLUB V. NAVY.
on the decision.
The above teams are due to meet next The following have been selected to Saturday in the second round of the Rugby represent the Hongkong Cricket Club Competition and an exceedingly keen strug If the Club win thay will vorms the Garrison on Saturday, on thegle should result when so much depends. Hongkung Cricket Club Ground. Play to regain, the trophy, and if the Navy win commence at 9 p... :—R. Hancock (Capt.) they will to with the Club, and the relative gamos venus the Army will then decide B. N. Anderson, A. A. Claxton, S. II.
the destination of the Cup. Although the Dodwell, A. C. E. Elborough, J. S. Lloyd, Club won the last ancoaster, the game was 3. M. Mana, T. E. Pearce, R. P. Thurs- very keen indeod, and was a dual between feld. W. 0. D. Tarner and W. E. War- the Nary forwards and the Club beska As the Navy will have a stronger side on burton.
Saturday, and the Club lack the services of Clark and Claxton, the issue is very doubtful.
ROYAL ARTILLERY ». THE REST OF QARRISON.
A ties game resulted from the meeting of these teams on the Hongkong ground
wizning by 32 runs. Scores,
BENT OF GARRISON,
The following have been selected to play for the Club:-Back, T. 9. Robson, Three-quartern, B. Chapman, V. M. iray. bura, H S. Rouse, ad P. Linton.
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SHANGHAI CONSUL'S PROMOTION. Lieut. Peake, e Sub, b Christian... Capt. Robertson, b Payne!** LONDON, Feb. 13."
Major Bowen, e Payne. b Christian.... 9 Herr F. von Buri, German Consul-Q.M.S. Davies, e Bagnall, b Gainsford 3 General at Shangbai, bas been appointed Major Davy, e Payne, b Berry German 3finister to Siam with residence Lieut. Hoygate, b Payan at Bangkok.
TIBET'S INDEPENDENCE.
LONDON, Feb. 13. Reater's S. Petersburg correspon- dent telegraphs that Djoried states that he is going to London, and has
Bra, Nightingale, b Berry
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MR.. ALEC TAYLOR BEATEN,
A rather small but thoroughly interested gathering watched the first public match played by Mr. Alec Taylor, the North of Capt. Lambkin, o Bagnall, b Matthews 31 England billiards champion, during his Lieut. Parkinson; b Bagnall...
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Lient. Williama, b Matthews Pte. Riley, not out... Extras
Total
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
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Genr. Berry
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Lieut. Bagli
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Lieut. Matthews.
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ROYAL ARTILI.KRY.
MOURNING IN NEW ZEALAND. been charged to inform Russia and Lieut. Christian..
There is general mourning in New Zealand, where the news was ouls pub. Hished on Monday.
MRS SCOTT.
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All Tuesday and Tuesday night wire- Jara incraiges were sent from San Fran
co to the steamer Avrengi, on which Mrs. Scott is a passenger. The operatora believe that some of the messages must have reached the ship, but her limited range prevents her acknowledging them
THE RELIEF PARTY,
Burgeon Atkinson, the leader of the relief party, which found the bodies, is prostrated with grief and has gone to the country to rest.
OPINIONS OF EXPERTS,
Great Britain of the independence of Tibet and to ascertain their attitude with regard to this matter.
MARCONI INQUIRY
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LONDON, Feb. 13.
Capt. Gaisford.........10 Gunz. Payne
Capt. Crawford, 1.b... b Pasko...
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12
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present visit to the Colony. In a gama of 800 up with "So gont Fitt, amateur
champion of the Colony, Mr. Taylor
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circumstances.
conceded 400 points, but the rosult of the game showed that on his last night's form a level game would have provided a more even contest. Taylor was right of his was to be expected in the .w.ganie,
On the voyage up to 1Hongkong he was bitten on the foot by an insect poisoning set in, and yesterday 2 morning he underwent a slight operation. When he went to the tahle ke was in a somewhat feverish condition, and this was rotected in his play. Generally his breaks finished at very simple shots. While. A SENSATIONAL INCIDENT. Logut. Matthews, e Nightingale, b Pasko 61
calling attention to these Exata it is only Lient. Bagnall, e and b Pasko Capt. Gainsford, e Hargate, b Davies... 11 fair to Pitt to say that he played a con- Osistently good game, and if his last night's o form is to be his standard it will probably Guur. Sinith, b Davien ... Major Currie, b Paske ... Gunr. Josephs, e Nightingale, b Heygate 43 be a long time before his title is wrusted. 7from him. It is true that he was very lucky Lieut. Christina, b Davies
4in his leaves the run of the ball favouring Lieut. Morgan, b Bowee
0 him almost every time Taylor failed, while ... 19 the Fates appeared to be against the chal. Qunt. Payne, c and is Rowen
lenger, but the winner got sover: very pretty shot. Pitt reached his first hun- ...413 dred with a break of 23, and two strokes later the scores were called, Pits 193 Taylor 70. The latter score included a 31. Taylor could not get going, his highest break for some time being ten, and when he seemed to have a chance he had the misfortune to lose the white. Taylor later
Mr. J. Maxse, Editor of the "National Review, "a publication which strongly attacked the Marconi Contract, on being cross-examined by the Marconi Inquiry Committee, refused to give the name of his informants.
The Committee have reported Mr. Maxse to the Speaker.
TURCO-BALKAN WAR.
TURKEY AND THE POWERS.
LONDON, Feb. 13. Reater states that Tewfik Pasba Captain Ammindsen in a cablegram some days ago asked for the interven- to New York, referring to the Terra tion of the Powers in the interests of Nova's returning to New Zealand last peace, but was told that until Turkey April with Scott's doge, said he cannot submitted proposals which were likely understand why Scott and his party to be acceptable intervention was im- decided to haul their own aledges and possible. It is believed that Hakik provisions. Captain Ammundsen isad Pasha, who is on his way to London, is his party feared to trust the carriage of the bearer of fresh proposals, provisions to human beings, as dogs would hold out long after the men's strength had failed.
Dr. Nansen. interviewed, said he thought the party had probably been attokel with scurvy and exhaustion after their superhuman exertions.
BYMPATHY FROM SYDNEY.
A welegram from Sydney states that the Lord Mayor of that city has opened ia fund.
MEXICO'S REVOLUTION.
BATTLE IN A CITY!
There had been at fighting in the City before, but the battle, in which heavy guns are played at short range against a densely populated city, is a ces and startling spectacle.
Gunr. Berry, not out
214
444
H. W.
Extras
Major Bowen ... Q.M.S. Davies.... 10 Lieut. Prake Pre. Nightingale Lieut. Buygate
Total... BOWLING ANALYSIS,
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12
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37
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Association Football.
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1 made a 22, and Pitt 24, this taking him to 574, with Taylor at 110. When the Fong- kong man had completed his two hundred nett Taylor bad only scored 133, and Fitt added another 17 while his opponent was scoring 16. A nise 42 made chiefly at the CLUB REQUIREMENTS top of the table assisted Taylor materially, and later he showed some nice play in brosks, of of and 27 Pitt all the time scored consistently, most of his visita than ten. He producing more to the table
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Teams, 88th Coy. R.G.A.-Moore: Court, Sponcer Buckland. Stanley, Mur- or four times to score his last few pointe, den; Draper, Riddia. Woods, Burt, Melihut this afforded Taylor an apportunity of D.C.L.I. (Left Half-Powell; Childs, showing some nice strokes. Eventually LONDON, Feb. 2. Drew; Richardson, Withers, Linton; with only two to get Pitt found himself left
red over Mar with tho Condon,
the top pocket, and the Weeks, Sowbold, Biley.
sences were called, Pit 800, Taylor 438, A battle is proceeding at alexico City,chingten. Ruferte:- Ser.t. Wilson.
very Afterwards Mr. Taylor gave These teams played on the Hongkong the Feders troops hombarding 4,000)
Club ground yesterday by kind permission, interesting display of exhibition sho rebels, who are holding the arsenal.
and the 88th Coy. upheld their reputation awe of them being decided freaks and the Champion drawists" of the lesque, others demonstrations of the manner in in goalless draws. Bailey started theme the ordinary exponent of the game, are Out of eight games played fiva haver sulted wluch this well-known player gets what to for the Cornwalls and quite early Withers impossibilities of ordinary play. put its forwards o the move and Weeks executed a nice run and centre and when Bailey looked a orar, Court interposed Before the Shells intended for the enemy four and the chance was lost.
Bailey blocks away frequently lodged in houses gunners could relieve the pressure,
had a chance rms work goat kick but shot straight into Moore's hands Back. bay a couple of miles distant.
Fighting began at 10 o'clock yesterday land put the gunners on the attack
hi a fine long run and wound up with n the Mansion House Fund opened last murg. The marina Consulate many of a nice pass nut to Melis who put night will be utilised for the erection of General was rendered untenalle by perfect contry which Burt headed but which was not improved upon. The Corn- Memorial to the late Captain Scottbursting shells, and the Consul and his Powell save s. the expense of a caner walls repowed the attack but were repulkad ataff sought refage the Embassy.
The Federals abandoned the assault by Court, and Mours anved twice inter, Hailey shot are: the bar and play was from Several more newspapers bare started
of the position copied by the rebels end to end till thu interval when the sepro fands.
largely owing to the latter's seizure of was 88th Coy R.G.A., 0; D.C.L.I. (Left GREAT BRITAIN AND OPIUM, the Young Men's Christian Amociation Hall) 0.
UTILISATION OF THE FUNDS.
It is proposed that for the dependents there should be a National Fuud, while
13d his comrades.
MORE PROVINCES AFFECTED
LONDON, Feb. 12. Sir Edward Orey, replying in the House of Commane to Sir John Reca said that His Majesty's Government had ccpsented to the inclusion of Chili and Kwangsi in the list of provinces to which the importation of Indian opium is forbidden. Sir John Jordan had been authorised to inform the Chicese Gor- aroment that the Provinces of Banan,
SCOTTISH LETTER.
(From Our Own Correspondent ).
EDINBURGH, Jan. 14, MUSCELLANEA-
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Glasgow. He knew nothing to touch the squalor that was to be found in Scottial eities. The Tracks hail a better sense of the value of fresh air and water and domestic space than the Sextists people. It is sadly significant to find the me It is suggested that some of the Senta who attend the opening of the Panama cal officer of a rural district like the Canal should make a search for any re. Stewartry and averting on the ten-and- mains that still exist of the sins of New bread-and-butter principle of rearing dinburgh and New St. Andrews planted children. Doctors agree that the ten- Dairen perance movement in Scotland is less urgent at present than an away-from-tea Woods restarted for the gunners who under the old and ill-fated building, a seven-toy structure of made a brief attack by Belia and Eurt hut Echems.
The run of ill luck that bra pursued and back-to-outinen crusade. It was in stoel concrets. General Diaz further Drew relieved and a somewhat long hy
of midfield play ensued The Charles Warner, who, having been ab. the porridge pЯ, and not in the teapot, The New Spalding Club of Aberdeen is ments in the airscis.
гал and from a free kick Bailey dashed but his shot struck Moore in the face as he the Broughty Ferry murder, was arreste The battle continues.
was leaving his gual to save, a narrowed ca a charge of stealing na overcoat producing an elaborate work on the great escape for the gunners. Both siches attack from the Charing Cross Hotel, London, Gordon family of the North-the Fight- ad in tara but neither could score and has had a happy and dramatic breaking Gordons under the editorial super- fuse but clean zame ended with the result-On pleading guilty to she theft charge, vision of Mr. John M. Belloch. 88th Day R.G.A., 0: D.C.L.I. (Left
heiras pressated by Mr. Maras, the bad idea is to take all the ramon of Ed) 0.
prosecutor, with the overcoat; and traving Gordons who Envo dono fighting, or been ben released on his recognisances in £10, connected with the services" as commis. sioned or warrant officers, and to trace bo is now able to return to Canada.
Some time ago, the British residente the family origin of each individual The League Table to Date,
Goals.
at Cairo resolved to erect a mentorial to result is a huge volume of 600 pages, P. W. D. L. F. A. Pt Professor John Clark, a native of Fraser entitled Gordons under Arms. No HMS. Kent. 951 3 30 11 11 as Professor in the Khedival Colloys, and enumerated. The bulk of them, of Royal Engineers... 7. 2018 3 12 burgh, who for ten years held a position fewer than 2,116 different Gordons sp 88 Cny. RO..A... DS 16 I obtained a world-wide reputation for course, wore "under arms" in Britai 83 Coy. R.GIA... 7 3 2
mathematical work. A granite memorial 1,516. But 219 were in servico abrosi, B.M.S. Minotaur 11
strengthened bis position by entrench-palle right put in a dangerous looking solved of the charge in connection with that Scotland got much of her character.
LATER.
A SEVEN HOURS BATTLE.
A telegram from Mexico City states that after a seven hours' battle the struggle remains undecisive.
The casualties number 1000. An amazing incident" Decurred when Anhui, and Shantung shall be subject the Federal cavaky chweging the rebel to joint investigation at the earliest infantry, whom they owed down and passible date, and it the result is satis-alinoat wiped out. factory His Majesty's Government agrece to their addition to the li
CAPT. AMMUNDSEN AND THE NORTH POLE.
London, Feb. 12. Captain Ammunda, at Chicago, in discussing the North Pole Expedition,
AMERICAN WARSHIES PREPARED.
A telegram froes Washinginu states that three additioad warabips are being sent to Mexico with tegnsports and troops. to be in readiness to preiset Americans and foreigners,
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bas now been shipped from Fraserburgh in "Franeo, Germany, Russia, and elve- to Cairo, where it will be unveiled on 2 the anniversary of his death. The bal. erer of the funds collected is to be de ruted by the foundation at a bursary for the most successful scholar in mathema ties at Fraserburgh Academy.
Junes A. Reid, LL.D., senior par of M'Grigor, Donald and Co., wailem, Glasgow: 67. For nearly 40 years ku wan actively associated with the Volunteer movement, retiring with the rank of hotary.esional of the Isß- Lariatiskie H., now the 5th Scottish Rifles., He was born in Ceylon, where his Zetkem,
DSWILLS AND RATATES.
Sir Basil Montgomery his presented peltic park at the side of Loch Laven to the town of Kinross to commemorate the marriage of his son, Mr. Walter This game was played on the Hongkong Montgomery. Club ground yesterday. B Company Mr. Ure, Lord Advocate, opened the who was a native of Aberdeenshiry, was wero savural short at the commence remodelled and extended buildings of Ayr & office planter.
The original school was ment and proved po roatch for their Academy,
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