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BOXING NOTES:

FLOWERS AND BRUSSELS SPROUTS

IMPRESSIONS OF "BELLA

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The exhibition of the Horticultural

s good example of walk started at-1.15. two judges attendance but the weather was not men created a most favourable im

The POWER. woman's weeping: but pedestrian went off at an easy wall conducive to tea and small talk on Pression" àmongst Manila's fans and patiently for the Horticultural Ex-

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take their respective mandarins and pointed themselves-well-known HONGKONG HORTICU L-

TURAL SOCIETY hang them, the trouble would be professional men.

The start was to be

The same vessel which brought more quickly, cheaply, and plea-

Iron Bax to Hongkong also carried santly settled. It is not a people s THE START from Jardine's 'cor

ANNUAL-FLOWER SHOW.

Kid Dencio and Flores two - well- Der at one p.. row at all, but a quarrel for place:

known Manila boxers, who are on and power by two so-called lead yesterday. That was a mistake-

The Hongkong Horticultural their way to the United States where Why are men so easily Ted, too near the Hongkong Hotel. The

Society's annual flower show was they hope to meet some of the best and misled? Because they are four judges went in for “* just one, tools. If Lieh-chun and the Tu and kept the starter waiting at the continued to-day, from I p.m. themen. Dencio gained a very narrow Society is one of the social events of you cannot don that chun concerted are together not corner. When he found them, they

Two attendance being fair. The hand of win over Bux recently, while Flores Society is on

went down to the Hongkong man. red velvet hat bought at Madame worth the life of one rice cultivabad to have just another.

Bux's showing against these two Fiat's or Madame Lily's for the motor cars were sent for, and the HMS. "Hawkins" was agaio in

races, you put it aside and wait

goes to prove that he is a class boxer-hibition. This time the gods were WATER strong water power is following in each motor.

Meanwhile his chances with Sky in our favour. It was rather chilly The judges had the lawns..

At 5 pm. yesterday, Mrs. N. J. Kerrison to-night are being discussed weather, but the sky was clear and it seems to cease to bave Pipe in mouth.

Stakeholder. Stabb presented the prizes, when all over the town. Naturally opinions the Botanical Gardens with their dynamic power when the men go carefully compared stop-watches.

There was also fighting crazy.

They got to the bospital in six amongst those present were differ as to who will eventually be frame of picturesque hills Why not bring out alminutes, and divided, two going to the Governor, Major-General Ventris, the Colony's welterweight champion a pretty setting for the gay crowd in the Hon. Dr. Claud Severn, Commo but agreement is found on the pro fine attire. 160 tickets for adults. book entitled The the top entrance, and two remaindere Gurner, Mrs. Gurner and Miss spect of a hard battle. May the were sold in the day.. As for the KELLY & Wisdom of Winston

Gurder, Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz best man win, anyway.

children, we shall not attempt to Churchill"? It should at the lower.

He sauntered along Acting Chief Justice), Mr. Justice WALSH,

count them. I think all the little be small enough, to`go THE COURSE. by D'Aguilar Street, wood, the Hon. Mr. J. H. Kemp, the

The Bux-Kerrison fght a tots of the Colony had given each in a waistcoat pocket.

Wellington Street, Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock and Mr attracted all the lime light to the other rendersons in the Gardens. For the love of Mike. Lyndhurst Terrace, and down the Pollock, Hon. Mr. N. J. Stabb, detriment of the amateur champion Outside the foreign and Chinese resi- don's get so sore for steps. He stopped once to relight Lieut. Col. R. Wyndham and ship event which is to be decided.dents, there were a great many Ameri- nothing. Holler when his pine. Meanwhile two of the Mrs, Wyndham, Sir Robert Ho Tung Young Maher of Hongkong is to can tourists, mostly guests of the This to, judges waited at the upper entrance and Lady Ho Tung. Mr. W. Sinclair, defend his title of amateur lightweight Hongkong Hotel. At teatime, the were 30 full with them an American gentle of the hospital grounds, stop Mr. J. A. Plummer, Mr.N. L. Watson, champion of the Colony against rents

ERA Haimen, of the Hawkins. An that even our Governer had to wait man who covers five large pieces of watches in hand Five minutes. and Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Compton.

Still he did not Mr. L. Gibbs, President of the interesting fight should result po patiently for his turn. As to the ex- paper to bawl us out for saying that Temninutes.

Society, in calling upon Mrs. N.Jtips can be given.

hibition itself, it would not be fair to compare it with other horticultural: At 1.28 precisely, Stabb to distribute the prizes, said of the oppressed seems like our

The necessity of a boxer to be exhibitions; but for Hongkong, con- THE MINISH. thirteen minutes it had not been a very grand show, own to be overlooking, and forget-

after the start, the the Society had done its best; the constantly at work in the sing to sidering the few foreign vegetables

He maintain his best form is a recognised ting its own noble traditions. might have put it stronger than we watchers at the lower entrance saw weather had done its worst.

may say that it was a good The pipe was still thought they would agree that, in fast and in this connection it is in that were grown a few years ago, we did, without deserving to be called the finish.

anarchist, and going, and the pedestrian quite spite of the bad weather, the exhibiteresting to note that Benny Leonard, how flower that would have "Bolshevik."

anti-American." Who'd be a fresh. Where are the others?tors had put up very fair specimens the lightweight champion of the got a first prize in any exhibition At the top entrance. It was not an easy thing to keep a world, engaged in twenty-five battles was the dark red rose with blueish business of that sert going as there during 1919 for which he received shades alone of its kind with a small newspaper writer if he could be a he asked. Ltd. bishop Not the Adversarian. watching for you."

They went up and hailed i were no dollarë in it. It was not like $200,000. Even if he had received bad; we all know how clever a who knows and loves. America, and up."

with his own them. Hongkong and Shanghai Bank

unusual colorations. As of wont, often gets in bad

Kowloon and Hongkong carrots and countrymen for telling that said the loser. By seven cor. (Laughter). They had to put up with ward seems worth while.

ask any people who were not satisfied Speaking of championships an America can teach 'em a lot. That rected the winner. And so it was. great disappointments and he would

they were indeed very appetizing. doesn't blind him to the undeniable A very sporting event. Who were fact that in America just now there they? Come now, you want to with the way things were done not to American paper serves up a little piji / turnipa vied with each other in bulk; is a big bunch of un-American know too much. The China Ma criticize them too severely. He did it is hard for British boxers to swal- The enormous brussel sprouts that

facts is facts." It says:

got the first prize might not be a Americans, who are infected with can be discreet when it is neces- but he would ask them to do some While boxing has been flourishing delicacy for the palate; it is the

thing, to become members, join the for some time in England ber sons

reverse that is appreciated by the Prussianism, or in a panic, or both, sury.

Committee and teach them how to can boast of just one championship: Gourmets; but one has to encourage and are killing American constitu-

do things better, so that next year that in the flyweight division held worthy effort to give us quantity in tional liberty with the idea of seve

they would be able to improve the by Jimmy Wilde. Not so long ago these days of shortage and high cost ing it.

show and make the Society even Eugene Criqui, the French bantam. of living- better than it was. He had great floored Ross, the British titleholder; It might have been a figmant pleasure in calling upon Mrs. Stabb then Carpentier toppled the British contrast to see a Japanese exhibit of to distribute the prizes. (Applause) lightheavy champion; cext Georges flower arrangement for decoration, Mr. H. B. L. Dowbiggin, the Hon.flattened Beckett the British heavy next to the very pretty arums that Secretary, thanked Mrs. Stabb, who weight champion, and finally De had been a keen exhibitor and had Ponthieu stopped Tancy Lee, the well deserved the prize. With the Orientals, such things are well-studied served on the Committee for many British featherweight champion and have symbolical values. The body, for no other reason than that The sailing of the s.s. "Nile' they were avowed Socialists. Mrhas bern postponed to Sunday years. He asked her to accept a Leonard got the title away from highest branch represents heaven, silver pot containing a little Damna Freddie Welsh in the lightweight The middle-one, man, and the lower Charles Evans Haghes, former March 7, at doon.

canthus plant, as a memento of the division and Jack Britton whipped bending gracefully is mother-earth. Supreme Court Justice, in an open

There's a special yacht race on occasion, and which he hoped would Ted (Kid) Lewis, a native of England with the Occidental, the whole. letter, says this was not in accord- ance with the spirit of American to-morrow at the RHY.C, for a serve as a reminder of the years but a naturalised American, between arrangement has a touch of spont-

spent in Hongkong and of her 1914 and 1918 for the welter chamaneity and self-expression. institutions. The Government cup offered by Mr. Claud Severa

arduous labours on the Committee.pionship.

It is a splendid idea to allow our cannot be saved at the cost of its

Just shu: your eyes and swallow children, to develop their taste in The farewell luncheon given by-(Applause). own principles. I have sufficient

RINGSIDE... confidence in our institutions to the Civil Service cricket team, to believe that they will survive all morrow at 1.20 p.m., in honour of the onslaughts of discussion and Hon. Dr. Severn, will not be post not act on the side of the people political controversy," Precisely; poned even if it rains, now, will the lower middle-classes, and any institutions that cannot so

The total output of the Kailan who are hit by the rise in fares, survive, without being protected by realize at last how preposterous Tsarist or Prussian devices, are Mining Administration's wines for the was the plea of the lackeys of the not entitled to survive. It is only week ending February 21 amounted capitalists that they were arting for fair to mention that this and other to 2,424 tone and the sales during

have the period to 23,666 tons. af intolerance the benefit of the people when they instances fought the railwaymen? If they evoked wide and respectable pro- do not, then the lower middle tests in the States, but the cther classes are beyond hope." Of mob, the rabidly thoughtless, seems Course they are, always were; and to be for the moment on top. always will be.. When Barnum!

We would like to said there was a sucker born every

hear from Mr. Howe THE

this of U.S.A. KIDDERS. minute, he forgot to mention that

matter. He thinks. they stay born. and form the silly

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HE The Governor said that Mrs. hard. Stabb had declined to exercise the privilege of her sex in talking, and had asked him to take her place and to ray, first of all, how very pleased she had been to have had the oppor tunity of distributing the prizes, and secondly, to say how sorry she was that

it

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The following amounts are grate. would be the last time that it would fully acknowledged:-

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be possible for her to do so, a sorrow Mr. H. Sieling...... which, he felt sure, was shared by A. & F. M. During the absence of Asst all. Mr. Dowbiggin had referred to Mr. T. Bateman, (Proceeds

of Concert Commissioner E. Ralphs and until the work Mrs. Stabb had done in the Club) farther notice; Dr. W. V. M. Koch, past for the Society, and he was Hon. Serving Brother of the Order of St. John, will act as Officer in Charge of the District.

sure they would agree with him Anonymous

of Football Match, South when he stated that the Society Mr. Geo, Gerrard, (Proceeds would feel her loss very much. It

China Athleticv.HKF.C) 794.65 only remained for him to say on

A LONDON MONOPOLY. Unless we have misread Gilbert Chesterton's leading article in the Witness the shilling last New

The Hon. Dr. Claud Severn, behalf of himself and Mrs. Stabb Mr. A. G. Passmore weekly that all men who want to know what's really what should

m that licks the boots that kick Here is one of his clever sayings: C.M.G., will be entertained to dinner how much they appreciated the Mr. W. Robertson...... tubes read-the Ionlon

it along. Gilbert Chesterton has A man who does not fool himself to morrow evening at the Kam Ling energy and ability which had been Mr. Jas Mcleod ....... underground railways have now

more chence of getting the seldom cares much about fooling Hotel by certain members of the shown by the Committes in getting Mr. C. E. Thomas.... become a monopoly, and the fares

Tontuners to boycott the

he might say by Mr. Dowbiggin, who Mr. H.Hommess. put up. A Mr. Joel is named as

had devoted time which could have Mr. W. Hill... to have seen a ghost wants every. the Governor will be present. the arch nonopolist, and. Chester than we have of getting the Hong. others. But the man who claims Chinese community. His Excellency together that exhibition, especially Mr. H. Johnson

The January number of "The been expended more profitably to Mr. S. Thorogood ut pours scurn on the complacent kong public to manifest anxiety body else to believe in ghosts"

about interferences with sacred

Under that horrid Studio a magazine of fine and himself than for their own profit. Mr. A. Calvert

struggle Mr. W. Caborne...

Mr. G. Craigie remarks of some journalistic par British principles. He might just

ARE BISHOPS' Caption the New applied art; just to hand, contains He had had rot that the London transport

LADIES

Witness prints a much of interest. A useful account, under difficulties, and the

to struggle Mr. D. Daniels system is now entirely in British as well preach against dirt to pigs,

back-illustrated by a fine series of pic hibitors had had RESPECTABLE? shocking hands. When the underground extol the merits of Mozart's is in direct music to a colony of sparrows,

Lander at the pre-tures, of the lithographs of Henrie under difficulties resulting from the Mr. J. Wiltshire railway," he says.

There is a narrow parochialism

Mr. J.Kirby the Anglican Fantin Latour, is contributed by bad weather; which was distinctly Mr. W.L. McBride. communication with the under- ground politician, the control of about Londoners, and an obtuse-sent tendency of our destinies is complete." Theness to the pure idea, that could church toward catholicism. If our Frank Gibson, and an article on the unfortunate. He could only say on

not be matched in the most cut-of-padres claim the status of priests, sculpture of Ernest Cole, by Malcolm behalf of them that they were very Mr. A. B. Didsbury penny fare is abolished. not fald what the new fare is. but the way village in the country.as many of them do, then the C. Salaman, is set off by an exceed much obliged to the Committee for Mr. G. R. Field

Chesterton should resume his job diabulically logical position is this,ingly fine collection of photographs.their trouble and that they regretted Mr. J. C. West.se

There are numerous other features on the whole that the weather had Mr. J. W. Franks... of amusing literates; as a : olitician says our naughty contemporary, which will appeal to the artistically affected the exhibits badly. They Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe ...

inclined. he ploughs in sand."

We are

we can guess that it is as unfair

2 all monopolistic fafes tend to be. The fat and ferocious Bolshevik is conrerned more with the duty of giving the public a much needed homily on its attitude towards two different things. All the talk of the dictatorship of the proletariat is moonshine when we are directly threatened with the dictatorship of He recommends the monopolist."

* complete hoycott of all the

ADVERSARIA.

The question of whether

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that their wives are concubines. If Anglo-catholicism' is true, their What a marriages cannot be. prickly dilemma!

There is such a A SUGGESTION, demand for pas- sages Home, and

SHALL" We should have subsidi. so inadequate a supply, that a NOTES. .ary bank notes does not China Mail reader has been setting

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flower arrangement. All their baskets and bunches were original and pretty. We hope they will take more and more interest in plants, and in this colony of such rich vegetation all start at school or at home a little Herbarium of their own. 3.

The exhibition, was supposed to close at 6, when the Wiltshire Band ended its programme with the national anthem. But until half past

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six groups were still wandering in the grounds, reluctant to forsake so much beauty.

COMPANY REPORTS.

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trusted that next year the weather Mr. P. F. J. Wodehouse.... would be more reasonable and that Mr. J. R. Wood ....... the exhibitors would be numerous. GunnerMcCarthy, and Lead- ing Stoker Lamb (Collect. (Applause)..

ed on Football Ground December 20, 1919......... Mr. H. L.-Dowbiggin......... Mr. G. G. N. Tirson (from Boxing Tournament held

£100 December 13, 1919.

J. W. FRANKS,

Hon. Treasurer.

Cheers were accorded Mrs. Stabb, His Excellency and the Committee.

Special thanks are due to the Hon. Mr. N.J. Stabb, 0.8.2, Mr. J.A. Plummer and Mr. D. Harvey for the efficient help rendered to the Hon. Secretary in staging the exhibits. missioned officers of the Royal Ea

The accounts for the year ending 31st December 1919, have been closed and show a nett profit of $1,623,836.73. After deducting the previous year's debit balance of $365,029 96 there is left $1,258,806.77 which the General Agents (Messrs. Jardine Matheson & Co., Ltd.) and the Consulting Committee recommend should be dealt with as follows- To pay

Dividend of

25 per cent. absor

bing ...

To place to Sugar

Fluctuations/c

To place to Repairs and

Renewals a/c

143.36

44 To place to Exchange

Fluctuation a/c

Results of Examination held at the appear to belong to the his wits to work, and suggests wo Italian Convent arrived yesterday burning variety. Our reporters should recommend the requisition and are as follwords) tubes, busses and trums, from the found the public apathetic, and the of the Jehangir. This steamer is Speed 180 words) Daisy Gitting, Also thanks are due to the non.com. moment the prices are raised until rush of correspondence to our office at present idle in the harbour, her Milly Kinross, Celcita Medina and

gineers who under Sergeant Major... they are lowered again.

did not disturb the Buddha-like Chinese owners apparently unpre Theory Mary Rosario, Violet Van-Jenkins rendered valuable assistance ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE. Then comes his homily. "When calm of our mail coolic. The ther-pared to spend the large sum re- Landenberg, Mollie McBean, Maudy the name of Miss Wallace must also the railway strike was on, he cantile gent. who urged us to quired to complete her outfitting. Kew. Silvic de Cotta and Amay be mentioned as she did a deal of says, "men and maidens trumped take the matter up" must there- She could as a "one class boat Garth,

good and hard work in making out Elementary Nellie to work gaily; and what we did for fore forgive us for letting it Butter comfortably carry from 100 to 150

Johanssen, the prize tickets and certificates. the benefit of ne class, we can

people Home, and would probably Ruby Rumjahin, Minnie McGrann, Then, gently to the foor again. surely do for our own."

It is noticed that be booked full in a couple of days Famee Alvares, Cynthia Tavares, FASHION tradesmen are already if announced as going. We pass

NOTE. falking about the on the suggestion.

Spring fashions, and

Didn't know there YESTERDAY'S was such a sporting HAHATHON. event on yesterday? No, why should

winter's hat..

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EPIGRAM.

never fail.

THE CRADLE OF CHINESE TENNIS

To pay a Bonus to

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To carry forward to

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Subjeet to audit, the Directors of It is interesting to note that the Chinese Tennis players, Messrs. Ng the Green Island Cement Co., Ltd. Lucy Noronha, Theresa Gill, Agnes

Sze Kwong, Wong PoKie, and Yung will at the forthcoming meeting Ismall, Alda Remedios, Leonor Gomes

Hin Lun, who are the centre of of Shareholders, to be helt on 20th Dorotkin May, Grace Marshall and

much interest in the Hongkong Inst., recommend the fallowing alloca Lea Lintott,

It is gratifying to add that all you said "We learn from Jonah and Tournaments are old students of St. tion of Profits candidates who presented themselves the whale

Stephen's College. The Chinese pair, To pay a Dividend of 80 cents per share... recently won the hard counts Tour To place to Reserve

Fund....... nament at Cambridge University also learnt their early tennis at the same. To write off Launches, & Lighters (an addi tional), school

On Saturday there will be tennis and football matches between Past To Bonus to Provident and Present students to celebrate Fundes makseterans, Founder's Day at St Stephen's To Bonus to Works Manager on his re College, and in the evening the

tirement dia voi she wou by a meeting for all Old Boys and and to carry forward to the Credit of next Present Students.in

TEAL'S ACCOUNT

with characteristic irony: "Doubt less the Government will help with motor-lorries to checkmate this monopolist move against the nation." "Will, all the resources Bone ass or other has remarked of the State be used to bring Mr. that this shows Hongkong is not Joel to his knees? Will there be so far behind the times as people bille all over the place showing by think, People don't think, or they means of faked statistics that Mwouldn't think so. Why, even the you?. Wait till the China Mail-tells at this examination have been suThat man's recourse to prayer need Wei Wing Lok and S. C. Woo, who

They were talking at the Class for beginners will open on The pious prophet prayed in fish's

belly, deter Joel was earning a living wage Adversarinn, who knows nothing of you.

takes to get patients to the Civil

Dark, cheerless, cold and possibly before he put the fares up? Will modes, is already wearing his next Club about the time it sometimes the 15th s

Hospital. One of our younger tai

well, andily." officers, in and out of uniform, be

A sort of civil war is puna said it should not take more encouraged to break the monopoly?! Will the forces of the Crown be FIGHTING going on next door, than 20 minutes. Another man VERY family should be provided in Yunnan Men said it could not be done. Young with Chamberlain's Fair Balm st all times. Sprains may be cured in *mobilized and paraded (machine

DOOR. have been killed and taipan said he could do it, at an much less time when promptly treated. guns and all) up and down before-

Annual Dinner will be held, followed property wasted. We easy walk. Other man said he came back, lame shoulder, paint in the Mr. Joel's place of business to warn him what will happen if he suppose we ought not to say this couldn't. Results bet. It was ride and chest, and rheumatic pains are proceeds to violence? And the lest it should be calculated to only five dollars no need for our of-the-dice for which tie

become acquainted with its qualitiea and application, into which the nuses cause mutiny amongst the troops anti-gambling police to butt in pecially valuable. Try this liniment and of the public shonid be rubbed as of a friendly nation but we can- How seriously they book it, though you will never wish to be without it. we rub the nose of a kitten to teach not help thinking that if the Chi-Terms were drafted, and four off-for-sale by all Chemists and Stero it manners: If the politicians do, nese soldiers on each side would cial judges and timekeepers ap keepers,

NEXT

A FAMILY NECESSITY

St. Stephen's Church, seem less

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if't be

Lord, give me Jonah's power

Thy will en Susan Miles in the New Witness.

WALLA WALLA" Latriches

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WE HAVE received a copy of The Chimes, the College Magazine, Peal XIV. It is a very interesting pub lication

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