SPORTS.
CRICKET.
FRIENDLY MATCHES.
HONGKONG C.C. DEFEATS KOWLOON CC.
P
THE CHINA MAIL.
Talfourd and Mann had not set up a very creditable first wicket partner ship which produced more than half the team's score. Maan batted with great steadiness. The R.G.A.. won by 49 runs. Scores
to raise a team. A scratch match, [ing double figures. The R.G.A. would therefore, was played between teams have fared almost as badly if captained by F.G. Thompson and D. Rumjahn U. Omar, playing for Thompson's side, beat the opposing eleven off his own bat, though in doing so he was given at least three "lives." The bowling of Omar, Abbas and Barde were features in the match, which Thompson's. XI. won by 49'rins. Scores
THOMPSON'S TEAM. »
M. H Abbas, bw, b A. A. Rum-
jahn .......
Much interest was evinced in the first meeting, this year, between Kowloon CC. and Hongkong C.C.) The former team has regained nearly 5 Jex, b Earde the whole of its prewar strength, and F. G. Thompson, b Earde was, on paper, the stronger combina-C Heath, c and b S. H. Ismail tion. The Hongkong C.C. were not U. Omar, e A. A. Rumjaks, d'S..
H. Ismail..
at full strength, amongst those who did not turn
out being Major Edwards, D. E. Donnelly. E. W. Day and Pay. Lieut. Robinson.
Kowloon started badly. losing Goodall when only 2 runs had been scored, but good partnership between Stapleton and E. L. Braga considerably improved the outfook. free- Braga, batting with some dom,
number brought off а
The
a
of good shots to leg. manner of Stapleton's dismissal
S. A. M. Sepher; c and b A. A.
Rumjabn...
STAFF AND DEPARTMENTS.
Cpl. Horrocks, b Baines.
Pte. Rhodes, e Bowerman, b
Balnea
Pte. Connor, b Athorse »..... canare. 5LL/Col Coles, b'Athorne p
0 Col. Humphry, c Green, b Baines 3QM.S. Sherift, run out.............. 29 Cpl. Glenay, Green, b Athorne
S. S. Theyers, b Athorne 45 Sg. Atkins, b Baines ....
Cpl. Kaight, b Athorne OPte. Filmer, not out ................
Extras..... 3
Q
F. Murray, b A. A. Rumjahn E. Moosdeen, c Nazarin, b Earde.. E. Sadick, & Partabrai, b Earde... 0 S. A. Hamid, not out ......... L. A. Rose, b S. A. Ismail ........
<
was very unfortunate, for he had played himself in and looked safe Earde
Total
Extras
Bowling Analysis,
0. M.
9 1
21
6 1
19
4 0
19.
3 0
18
2 0
7
.4 0
2
RUMJAHN'S TEAM.
for a big score. Stalker, his partner, A. A.. Rumjahn called for an impossible run and ran Arculli .... half the distance before Stapleton | A. H. Rumjahn could start. The ball was nearer 'S. H. Ismail ..................ka the end which Stapleton had to reach, | S. A. Ismall'.......................... and, in spite of a strenuous effort, he was run out.
Three wickets fell
A. el. Arculli, b Omar.
8
"THE LABOUR WAR?
THE FEAST OF THE ROSARY.
YESTERDAY'S CELEBRATIONS.
A Changsha man writes to the editor of a contemporary, Sir,-It pains me to see you filing your leader columns with hopelessly antiquated cliches on the subject of
The Roman Catholics of Hongkong the present labour unrest. Every celebrated the feast of Our Lady leader you write on this question of the Holy Rosary yestonlay with reveals a frame of mind more suited Eight Nasees at the numerous to the publicist of early Victorian Churches in the Colony in the morn
5 days than to one living at the present ing. Every Charch was well filled 3 time. Your latest issue to hand in the faithful. A great feature of 4this out-of-the-way part of the world the High Mass at the Cathedral of 7 is that of September 18, and to your the Inmaculate Conception was the
leading article you betray that
St. Joseph's Church which wa specially decorated for the feast was a wolf attended and the singing bere too, deserved special creation.
you harbour the delusion that the singing by the St. Joseph's College O General Election of 1918 really Choir boys. The Rt. Rev. Bishop I was an expression of the sentiments Pozzoni officiated, assisted by two I of the people of the United Kingdom Priests 7 on the subject of reconstruction, etc. The one and only plank in Lloyd George's platform last December was Peace" be neither asked for nor received a mandate as to nationaliza tion of mines or railways or as to the innumerable ather questions of Simmense moment now pressing for
36
In the evening, Catholics from both sides of the harbour attended in full force at the Church of the Holy Rosary, Kowloon-the rest of
4 attention, and indeed, supported as the Confraternity to take part in
****Total
Bowling Analysis.
0.
M..
Athorne ....................10.4 0 90 Baines..........10. Bowerman in 1
R. 20
W.
+
3 ·16 1
0
0
37
RG.A.
WCQMS. Talfourd, b Connor...... 4Cpl. Mann, std. Glenny, b Connor
3 Gar. Middleton, b Connor
Gar. Ferkins, c. Filmer, b. Connor. Sgt. Athorne, Theyers, b Rhodes
2 Cpt. Green, e Humphreys, .b
Connor......
he is by a hopelessly, reactionary the aotrial festivitice of the day. majority in the House of Com which was of a religious nature.
The service started at 4.43 p.m., 17mons, he is in no position to deal with
2
...19
Grr. Smith, not out sevenadu Ger.. Baines, c and b Connor ............... Br. Bowerman, e and b. Connor.
cheaply after this. Capt, Davies gct S. H, Ismail, b Abhas he only victim in Claxton, who did G. Partabrai, e Sepher, b Omar... 2 Br. Nichols, e Filmer, b. Coles 0/peace treaty has dealt
not seem to see the ball and was A. H. Rumjahn, c'Omar, b Abbas clean beaten. Tayler lashed out too soon at a big break from Humphreys. A. A. Rumjahn, ran out.
J. V. Braga and Cobb entered double G. C. Earde, b. Omar
D. Rumjahn, b Omar
figures at a time when runs were S. D. Ismail, b Omar
badly needed. It was about 4:15 S. A. Ismail, c. Hamid, b Abbas.....
It
when Kowloon, with 143 runs to R. Nazarin, not out.... their credit for the loss of 9 wickets, F. M. el Arcalli, b Omar. declared their innings closed.. must be mentioned that Hongkong's fielding was poor. Stapleton gave a chance when he made 20 runs, and Braga was missed when he was in
the twenties. The ground fielding,
Extras .......
Total..
Bowling Analysis.
12:
Cpl. Ellarby Coles
Extras.
Total
Bowling Analysis.
Conner.... Horrocks
0. 12.
ML. R.
36
5 0 26
41
0. M.
R. -W.
0
19
6.
Q
7
.
2
7
3.
also, was not as smart as it shouldU. Omar ........10 have been, but Capt. Davies, who s. Jex ........... 2 was the best fielder on the ground,MH. Abbas. 7. and Blaker were notable exceptions to the rule,
C.R.C. DEFEAT THE CIVIL
SERVICE.
ooow
Rhodes.............. 4 0 17 Coles...
3
GOLF.
4
2:
85
The procession wended its way in the following arder:-
The Banner of Our Lady. Girls scattering flowers.
The Chinese Catholic Association
Band.
St. Joseph's Apostleship of Study Apostleship of Prayer.
St. Joseph's Confraternity. Blessed Sacrament Confraternity. Bearers of the Mysteries of the
Rosary.
them with the least likelihood of wish the recitation of the rosary ultimate success, At the General which was followed by a picturesque Election the only cries that moved a prozession along, the roads surround- depleted electorate (the Government ing the church. having deliberately schemed that. hardly any soldiers or sallors on active service should have an oppor- death to 2tunity to vote) were
the Kaiser" and "indemalties" The a death blow-and rightly too to all hopes. of huge indemnities; the trial of the Kaiser will quite properly, be shelved for all time. But peace having been signed, the present Farliament ought to be dissolved and the people ought to be given an opportunity to choose representatives really in sympathy with the electorate. You write slight- ingly of the Coalition defeats since last December, but the strength of the tide of public opinion against the present Government, which set in at the very first by-elections within three months of the General Election and has been uninterrupted ever since, is one of the most re- markable.phenomena of the political history of the United Kingdom. No wonder the advanced Labourities. dream of" direct action" when they
OMN
CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE COLONY..
"FIRST ROUND RESULTS,
Confraternity of the Holy Rosary. The Children of Mary.
Girls scattering flowers, The Clergy-
The Statue of Our Lady. Guard of Honour. The Bishop.
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BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE,
Good progress was made during Tibet is a land of secrecy and the week end (Aug. 18) in the salvage mystery. Nobody knows actually operations on the liner "Laurentic what is happening there, whether so which lies sunk near Buncrana, Ire there is peace or atrife, order or land. The boats engaged are the misrule, so says a special article Admiralty salvage ships "Corycia" appearing in the Calcutta English, and "Racer." man. From time immemorial the Owing to the action of time, wea- Chinese will tell you he has had a ther, and seas, the "Laurentic" was finger in the Tibetan pie. This is of found to be so badly shattered and course not strictly accurate. The space between the different decks Bo Chinese conquest of Tibet was not compressed that it was impossible to actually completed until about two work in the bull. It was there hundred years ago. What the Hilstory fore necessary to break the hull up
of the country was before that time, and this was done with heavy charges can never be fully known. Some say of dynamite, of which several tons. Tibet was independent and powerful; were brought down from Derry. The Consuls and the Knights.
others even go so far as to declare The consignment of gold sent two that our province of Bengal was for years ago was about $800,000, and Ladies Apostleship of Prayers. a time under the Tibetan sway. it was no secret what was in the The Sociedade Philarmonica Band However the Bengali may regard this wooden packages, as one of them
(playing appropriate music).
he says nothing at all about it in his burst at Buncrana railway station as The Faithful.
histories, but what is affirmed by the bulk was being entrained and the After the procession, a sermon was Chinese and Tibetan authorities is ingots were quite visible to the envy. certaining crowd of spectators. The dis- The following are the results of
reached in the Church by Rev. Fr. borne out, according to the matches played at Fanling, yes-see how the electors were cheated at
G. M. Spads.
research workers, by local and ance from Buncrana Pier to the terday, in the first round of the com-the General Election and realize their
The proceedings conclude well ethnological evidence. What is scene of the wreck is about 20 miles, petition for the championship of the impotence to throw off the shackles after 7 o'clock with the Benediction known of Tibet though goes to show due north.
of capitalism and reaction for pos. of the Blessed Sacrament.
that the average Tibetan is a religious sibly another four years.
Menber of both the French and recluse, that bound by the laws of You believe that if a General Elec- the Spanish Procuratione, and the celibacy he has forced his women to tion were held now the Labour auns of the Italian and French Con-seek husbands abroad, and that in extremists would fare very badly. vents took part. However that may be, it is far more certain that the present huge reaction-
Colony :-
-R.. E. Lindsel beat H-H--Pegg.
C. Bulmer Johnson beat W. Ross. Major Leslie Smith beat T. S. For. rest at the 19th hole. the 19th hole.
E. Davidson beat A. C. Leith at
R. A. Brand beat G: M. Hariton.ary majority will melt away like the G. B. Cockrem beat F. A. Redmond. neizes d'Antan and will be succeeded Lieut. Col. E. G. Coles beat F. Syme by advanced Liberals and moderate Labourites and that the latter will form the next Government.
Thomson..
G. S. Archbutt beat J. L. Crockatt
Capt. Gray and C. Blaker gave their side a good start, the first
A big innings by Ng Sze Kwong wicket not falling until 52 runs had helped the Chinese Recreation Club been scored. Gray batted freely and to defeat the Civil Service in a was afforded one "life" before he friendly match played on the Chinese was run out. Blaker's batting elicit ground on Saturday. Ling took the ed very favourable comment, in first two Chinese wickets cheaply, creasing the good opinions that had and Severn captured the third that been formed of him on the previous of Un Hew Fan-with the score at Saturday. The second wicket partner-10. Ng Sze Kwong and G. Lee then ship raised the score to 78, and things became associated, and changed the lcoked very comfortable for Hong complexion of the game. Both batted kong. Raworth, batting steadily, cautiously at the start, gaining brought off some pretty strokes to confidence as the game went on. the off. Gace and Davies both failed Ng's innings was a splendid effort to do themselves justice the latter marred only by one chance when he is a much better batsman than his was in the fifties. He drove very figures indicate-while Thursfield, well on the off, reaching the bound at the 19th hole. bowled. Capt. Murray's contributionary twelv times. Geo. Lee survived was a very valuable one, for it more than one appeal, but batted well undoubtedly laid the foundation of successful of the seven Civil Service on the whole. Ling was the most his side's success. With 6 wickets bowlers. down for 127 runs, it seemed any-! The Civil Service suffered from body's game, and play was extended having to bat, especially during the to allow of one side or the other latter half of their innings, in a bad gaining the decision. There was, light. Wood, was just getting sét consequently, some excitement when, when, for the second time in succes- with nine wickets down, and Hum sion, this season, he was run phreys and McNicoll in, Hongkong out. Ching's fast deliveries did won the match by 4 runs. Scores: a great deal of damage.
finished up by taking four wickets in the five balls of his last over 30. The C.R.C. won by 103 runs.
only scored 8 runs before he was
XOWLOON. CC.
D. M. Goodall, Lb.w, b- McNicoll
H. H. Tayler, b Humphreys
1
C.R.C.
He
W. D. Kraft beat E. Des Vœux.
Lient. Col Harvey beat K. S. Mor-
rison.
chell.
S. H. Dodwell beat E, J. R. Mit-
INTERPORT LAWN BOWLS.-
HONGKONG BEAT SHANGHAI.
Might I suggest that you give 15 a series of articles excerpted from the socialist papers of England and America in order that your readers generally may glean some idea of the trend of the thoughts of masses of their fellow countrymen and may have something to counterbalance the extracts you regularly publish from the capitalist press on labour problems? Thus you will be living more up to your motto than you have been doing up to the present.
WHISKY PROFITEERING
A case heard at Wimbledon de-
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NAVAL NOTES.
H E. the Governor has received consequence of this continual intera letter of congratulation from H. E. marriage the present population of the Governor of Macao. The letter the country is more than three was handed personally by the Macao fourths Chinese. The child of the Governor's A.D.C., who was accom Chinese father and Tibetan mother panied to Government House by Mr. is, however, brought up in Tibet E. V. M. R. de Sousa, Consul General itself, looked upon as a full blooded for Portugal. Midshipmen H. W. S. Browning, Tibetan, and consequently when his CL Firth, G. Grantham, E. A. turn comes he too goes into the Sticker, D. R. Campagne, and D. F. tamasery and there is lost to the Evans, have all been appointed to Tibetan world a possible admin FM. S. "New Zealand."
Theistrator.
treaties with both that country and with China and we left things there New Zealand" is the big battle
until the Chinese revolution forced cruiser taking Lord Jellicoe on his
GOOD CHINESE RULE.
thing to a denouement. This was world tour, and is a unit of the New learned man but his outlook is upon Tibet an Ambar, of Viceroy who was The Lama is in many cases a very in the year 1911. China had in China squadron.
another world. Brought up in an supported by a Chinese garrison. A Lieut.Commander C. B. Hastings, atmosphere of religious learning, the General Jung was Viceroy at that R.N., has been appointed to H.M.S Lama when the time comes, if it date, and the Tibetans taking advan- Clio." The "Clio" which has been ever does come, for civle responsibility tage of the distraction of the Chi- on service in Egyptian waters is due finds himself wholly unfitted for the rese people in the mighty upheaval The first of a series of Interport
to join the China Squadron. She task. The time, however, in the in their own country, drove General Lawn Bowls matches arranged
recently left Malta for Gibraltar, The Chinese dominated the civil the borders of the country, and normal atate of affairs never came. Jung and his garrison beyond between a Shanghai team and the
apparently homeward bound- various local Bowling Clubs was
service, and the military, and the it was only with difficulty that played off on the Kowloon Bowling
Paid off at Port Said, after nearly Tibetan child weat about his religious the escape of this band of Chinese Club Green on Saturday afternoon scribed by Mr. I Passmore, the twenty years in the Royal Navy, the Pursuits confident, and no doubt warriors into India was effected. Pe
thankful, that in his land there were king removed the General from office in the presence of a large chairman of the magistrates, as one light cruiser "Proserpine," which was gathering of bowling enthusiasts, of the worst profiteering cases he laid down at Sheerness Dockyard on people to look after the govern- and ordered him to hand over the The Hongkong team which was had come across in bis wide experi March 2, 1896, and was built and ment. And the Chinese governed seal and insignia of viceroyalty to 84 thoroughly representative of the ence," concerned the charges for equipped at a cost of £170,780, is well. No manner of complaints ever Mr. Loo, a Chinese merchant prince Colony was picked from the various whisky at the All England Lawn ordered to be sold out of the Royal came through, and though one would of Calcutta. Mr. Loo bad himself 47 local Bowling Clubs and was comTennis Championship:
come been in Lhasa where his trade and not expect complaints to Navy. The "Proserpine" has been through, travellers in that land banking connections were diverse. employed on the East Indies Station brought back ne tales of misrule or In the summer of 1912, Mr. Loo was during the war.
appointed Amban of Tibet, but be- oppression of revolt or rising, An Admiralty order states that it Tibet grew up round the circle of he has been unable to this day to The Home Rule movement in cause of the attitude of that country is no longer necessary for a fag the Dalai Lama, the spiritual head assume charge of his office. The
C. J. Stapleton, run out
E. L. Braga, b Humphreys
31
A. A. Claxton, b Davies
3. Stalker, Mackenzie, b John-
stone........*
Yew Man Hon, b Ling
9.
Wei Lee San, b Ling.... ...............
0
Ng See Kwong, c Wood, b Severn
3. V. Braga, a Thursfield, b John.
Un Hew Fan, b Severn....
stone
G. Lee b Severn
15
P. H. Cobb, c Mackenzie, b John-
stone ......
H. Ching, Crocker, b Severn
25
A. Sousa, c Davies, b Humphreys
Yew Man Tsun, c Bradbury, b
Edmonds
3
R. Pestonji, not out
Choa Man Ping, not out...PAT
H Overy, not out.......
Extras
Total (för 9 wickets, declared)...143
Davies...
Bowling Analysis.
McNicol ...... 4 10 3
Johnstone
Wong Po Keung, not out
Extras
1 pesed of Messrs. Ferguson (skip) The defendant was William Chris topher, of the Railway Approach, London Bridge, who was fined £100 and £26. costs for selling on July 4 to
Wotherspoon, Gow and Gerrard,
Shanghai was represented by the 7 best four of the six representatives
a London County Council inspector a
8d. а gill
2 sent to Hongkong, namely Messrs. 2 McDougall (skip.), McCallum, Taylor quantity of whisky 30 per cent. under officer to be in command of the East or pope of the country. This being Viceroy of Tibet then is at present and Malcolm. It is really dificult to proof for 2s, which worked out at Coast of England, and orders were is as often as not a mere boy so that a resident in Calcutta, while his Total (for 7 wickets declared 148 decide as to which port possesses the 5s.
(one-quarter given for the flag of Vice Admiral for bow's players while the of a pint), or 1-84d. above the Sir E. F. B. Charlton, K.C.M.G., C.B Hongkong team which went to maximum legal price; and to a food to be hauled down at sunset on Aug. Shanghai nearly a year ago, sustained inspector other whisky at the rate of 30. Wa rather bad defeat, they were able5s. a quartern (gil). Christopher
4to avenge that defeat on Saturday pleaded guilty.
interest, so they say, when playing at
0. M. R. 13 4 25
W.
0 11
Severn Ling
Bowling Analysis.
M R. ...... 13 3 54
1 12
44
2 by returning the compliments, with
Fletcher
5 0 29
9
Strange
6
Wood
32
3
Piercy...
HONGKONG GC.
Edmonds
Capt. Gray, run out ....................
..... 31
Raworth
Thursfield
Humphreys
C. Blaker, st. Claxton, b Pestonji 31
O home.
0
17
1
CIVIL SERVICE.
A. B. Raworth, c Overy, b Cobb... 23 A. E. Wood, run out.....
F. A. Gace, run outin
Capt. P. H. Davies, 1.b.w., b Tayler 9
R. P. Thursfield, b Pestonji*** Capt. Murray, c Overy, b Cobb... 29
C. W. Johnstone, c J. V. Eraga, b
Cobber
W. W. Mackenzie, c Goodall, b
Pestonji
J. D. Humphreys, not out,
L. D. McNicoll not out...
Extrasyna a ak dalam
H. E. Strange, Yew Man Hon, b.
B. W. Bradbury, b Ching.
The green was in perfect condition, and play was not long in progress 1 when it became plain that Hong. kong's representatives were in fine 15 form. Shanghai suffered from bad luck, the margin of their defeat not 1being an indication of their real O capabilities.
10. In the first head, Hongkong scored one shot, and in the second head, Shanghai took the lead by scoring
o scored once more, totalling three shots to Hongkong's five. In the next two heads Hongkong left their opponents far behind by scoring 4
7 shots in each head. At the ninth head Hongkong had scored 16 to 45 Shanghai's 3. Then Shanghai ob
0
Un Hew Fan......................
8
F. Ling, b Ching
W. H. Edmonds, b Ching
Dr. Smalley, not out
9
G. H. Piercy, b Ching
two. In the fifth head, Shanghai
0
J. Fletcher, b Ching...
8
E. Crocker, b Ching.........
1
W. Hill b Ching
C. Severn, absent, did not bat...
Extras
Total (for 9 wickets)
147
Bowling Analysis
O1 M. R.
Cobb...
Stalker.......
13
5
M.
Ching
Un Hew Fan ... 6
2
10.5. 2 19 13
Pestonji
0 36
Yew Man Tsun. 1..
1
Q
Tayler fo...
0
Overy min. 1
0
10
THOMPSON'S XL BEAT
RUMJAHN'S XI.
Braga... 3
Total..........244.
Bowling Analysis.
tained another three shots, increasing
Hongkong won by 14 shots.
SHANGHAI. HONGKONG.
Heads. Shots. Total. Shots. Total.
I
0
0
1
2
2
1
9
10
11
12
13
19
14
20
15
.16
23
17
24
18
12
24
19
13.
0 24
20 ..0
13
1..
25
.0
13
2
27
his powers of administration, were province, is ruled or misruled, none he to possess them, would undoubted can correctly tell by the Dalai by fall into the hands of some power Lama and his friends, China bas seeker in his circle. And this. Is since the revolution Dever been exactly what happened. Looking wholly in a position to enforce her Rear Admiral Douglas Dent, for place and power the friends of sovereignty over the Tibetan people. C.B., C.M.G., has been selected to the Dalai Lama sought to overthrow Britain's attitude, besides, has been succeed Rear Admiral Sydney S. Hall, the yoke of China and turned to all along uncertain. Until the war CB, A.D.C., in charge of the aub Britain and Russia for help. This actually forced Russia into our ranks, marine service, with the title of rear-was in the days of Manchu misgov. that is to say actively, the bogey on admiral (S), to date Aug. 25.
YANGTZE NAVIGATION.
ernment and the Russian bogey, and the frontier_still lingered like the the destiny of a frontier people was smile of the Cheshire cat in "Alice in in consequence the principal concern Wonderland." Britain therefore play- of India. The Government of India ed with the doctrine of independence saw the extent to which Russian in- and this encouraged Tibet to make fluence had pervaded Muken; and if some fanciful demands of China The loss of the "Tamsul" after Manchuria why not Tibet? Both which China has been unable to con- grounding in the Hukuang Cut-off, were distant dependencies of Chine cede. The consequence was a pro- below Hankow, emphasizes once and in both foreign intrigue might tracted three cornered conference in again the urgent need for a through develop beyond the bounds of safety. Delhi and Simia during the years and efficient system of disseminating With Manchuria Britain was not 1913 and 1914, where Sir Arthur the information gained throughout concerned, but it was to our interest Macmahon, Ivon Chen of China, and the whole length of the Yangtze, in the security of India that no the Prime Minister of Tibet, tried all says "Shipping and Engineering,
menace should arise on yet another possible ways of adjustment without in its leading article this week, and frontier and we consequently enter-coming to any final agreement. this fundamental question of such tained the idea either of setting up The European war being over the
vital importance to navigation on the Tibetans as an independent Tibetan question once more comes the Yangtze is discussed. It is also people since China was too far upon the anvil. The special London pointed out that as long ago as 1916 away to exclude foreign machina- correspondent of. The Englishman their score to 6. Hongkong còn
the China Coast Officer's Guildtions,or of obtaining a sphere of has announced that the question is tinued to pile up points, and in the 21
appointed a special committee of infuence in the country, in which again being raised by Sir John Jordan, Wfifteenth head were leading by 23 Mr. D. Harvey was the official river shipmasters to draw up a scale case we could ourselves ward off the British Envoy and Minister in Peking,
7shots to 7. Shanghai, whose bad referee whilst Mr. Eldridge was the of necessary improvements in aids to foreign intriguer.
"joss" had been very evident, then scorer.
The extent of and that British representations are navigation between Shanghai and Russian complicity with Lhasa has still aimed at limiting Chinese control scord 4 shots. They could never At the close of the game the visit Hankow, a list of 41 aids being never been fully known. Ng Sae Kwong, 3 0 5.
It may over Tibet to one of suzerainty and O make up the loe-way they had lost. ing team were toasted. Mr. J. B. suggested. This list was submitted have been entirely non-existent. But not of sovereignty, and also to ex- R.G.A. DEFEAT THE STAFFS. and the twenty-first head saw the Chapman, President of the K.B.GC, to masters commanding vessels on it would not have been politic in the tending the boundaries of Tibet, ap The R.G.A., last year's League scores as follows.-
and Mr. Gerrard, of the team, made the Yangtze, and the 12 most urgent face of persistent report and of parently according to the demands of winners, played a friendly match, on
short speeches. Mr. McDougall, the needs were selected. After being Russia's attitude for us to shut our that country at the last conference. Shanghai skipper, replied.
submitted to the Customs, the result The Shanghal team will meet was the addition of one light on the to the situation and to possible How these things will be finally
developments. the K.C.C. on the same green this whole length of the river, a totally (akin) 13 evening. This match ought to be inadequate measure to meet the (skip)...27 worth watching.
requirements of the situation;
SHANGHAI.
A friendly match arranged for. Saturday, at Happy Valley; against A. Taylor. Saturday at Happy Valley between the Staff and Departments team. McCallum. the Craigengower Club and the The Staff made a poor show against Malcolm. Indian RC had to be abandoned the Gunners crack-bowlers, Athorne McDougall owing to the inability of the former and Baines, not a single dran reach Ferguson..
HONGKONG.
Gerrard, Gow. Wotherspoon.
settled remains to be seen and it is
"A" DENDUEMENT. No actual encouragement given Tibet. We concluded trade near-future-possibly in Indilk,
likely that, another three cornered was conference will be summoned in the
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