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AWARD TO FORMER SHOEMAKER'S APPRENTICE,

STOCKHOLM, November 13. The 1919 Nobel Prize for literature has been awarded to a Swiss, Spittaler. The newspapers are much astonished and consider that it was expected the Prize would be given to Thomas Hardy. The 1930 Frize was awarded to the Norwegian, Kanthamsun, formerly a shoemaker's apprèn- pice.

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Pressure has decreased slightly to moderately at all reporting satinus, the anticyclone having moved eastward. Moderne to fresh monsoon will prevail over the north part of the Chins

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours Boding" at "10 am' today, 009 ired Total since January 1st, 10)98 inches, against an ave age of 31-19 inches.

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Toggle na + Bar Pick. NE winds, fresh; cloudy min.

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RUGBY.

LOCAL INTEREST REVIVED.

TO-MORROW'S MATCH.

INTERPORT TENNIS.

PROGRAMME REVISED.

Owing to the rain, to-day's Inter- port Tennis Ibubles match has been postponed to i date to be announced later.

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Rugby football enthusiasts are promised a fine treat on the Club

The Ng Se Kwong v. Tanaka ground to-morrow evening when the Singles match will be played on Hongkong Football Club's team will Friday insted of to-morrow 25 meet a Navy XV, kicking off originally advertised. at 5 pm sharp. The Club XV is a well balanced combination, i while the warships possess'some very; good material which has proved its! worth in previous matches. particu-! larly the recent one against the 34 Amy, in which they turned apparent H.M.S... Merlin. 1,070 tons. defeat into victory. After losing by Capt. L. G. Garbett, arrived at 13 points to 6 at the close of the Colombo on October 29 from Malta first half, they made a fine

and Aden. After a short stay in rally in the second and scored Colombe she will sail for Singapore. 16 points to their opponent's 3, win-1 ning the match by 22 points to 13.

Among those who returned to the This is conceded to be the best match yet seen in Hongkong since Colony, From Home yesterday, by the the outbreak of war in 1914, which; "Pyrrhis" were Mrs. N. J. Stabb, put a spoke into the wheel of rugby and Mr. and Mrs. H. C. R. Hancock, football as it did to every branch of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Stephen and sport.

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C. W JEREZ, Director, Hongkong Ubservatory, Nov.TI, 1920. 1. BAROMETER, dared to 32 degrees Fahrenheit, on the level of the ses in inches, tenths and hundredths

TEMPERATORE, in the shade în ce grees Fahrenheit.

3. HUMIDITY, in percentage of stor tion the humidity of Air saturated with moisture being 100.

4. DIRECTION OF WINT, to two points. 5. FOBLE.07 WISD, according to Beadford Seale.

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At the Helers May Instince yeste day afternoon Professor Teesdale; Mackintosh delivered a interesting lantern lecture to the children on Shakespeare's Tempest." In coni sequence of the ineres arozsed by Tel. 1630. Professor Mackinsit's previous lec-i

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In concluding a most interesting Tel. lecture. Professor Mackintosh said:

I want you to learn from this story of

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to me represents the wise and virtu ous manhood in its true-relations to all the other elements of existence inį its relation to the physical powers of the external world, and all the differ- ent kinds of characters with which he comes into voluntary, accidental, or The following XV will represent

The tide table viven below has been enforced contact. Prospero is the Tel. the HKF.O, against a Navy XV,|

compiled at the National Almazın Office middle link in a wonderful chain of Admiral Sir Lewis Bailey, temow at 5 p.m.3—

in London from the result of the analyse beings of which Caliban is the lowest er-Woods, G. H. A. Hall, K.B., etc., who is taking a boli-f observations taken by means of an D. Wallace, P. H. Baker, N. R. day trip to the East, reached the informatie tide-recording machine in the and Ariel the most ethereal extreme. Dick; G. E. Roberts and V. G.Smyth, Streits as a passenger on the Blue Hater Police Basin at Trim Sha Taut Prospero the wise and good man is

really the ruling power because as G. G. Tinson, H. G. Baxter, N. C. Funnel liner Theseus." and visited The sero of the table corresponds with say the Righteous Human Soul is Macnamara, A. T. Tamplagh, N. A. Kuala Lumpur from Port Swetter.jam the zero of the sounding in the Admiralty supreme over every thing by which Harper, A. H. Cobb, H. Lyon-Brown, whilst the vessel was at that port.

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Sovember 17 to 23, 1980.

Judging from the frequency with which rugby matches are being ar ranged, it is evident that the expon. Capt. Williamson leaves here for Lon-dd a font faces, and on, the gange ents of the game mean to bring it don on Saturday. Capt. Williamson back to its pre-war footing, and has been in command of this vessel that they are succeeding in doing for several years. During the war so no one will deny. Rugby fout this vessel had inany narrow, escapes ball bas been making big strides from being torpedoed, and performed within the last two months, and the valuable services across the Atlantic enthusiast exhibited by both civilian conveying troops and munitions of and Service teams, with keen sporting war to Europe. rivalry thrown in, did much to revive

A most successful Whist-drive

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wise and good man, compels to his The sis. Awa Maru Capt. service: The brutal and animal pas- Hirada, sailed for Yokohama via sions of life are represented by Cali Shanghai at 10 a.m. today with 200 ban; these too the wise and good man tons of general cargo. controls and subdues; and then up-

· [ The wards in the scale are the cunning.

5.3.

"Hwahping." Capt. Cruel, selfish and treacherous things Thorvig, sailed for Melbourne viz of life, represented by Antonio and Manila at noon to-day with 2,000 the King of Naples, Princes and tons of general cargo..

over whose villainy and treachery though they may triomph

Wed. 17

Kalakarior Ligh

public interest in the game. While

the Hongkong Football Club deserve

Be inferior

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credit for being the direct cause of was held on Tuesday afternoon in the mi the return of "rugger" in Hongkong, Ladies' Club Room, Royal Naval to baving gone to no small pains to Yard. Mrs. Samson presented the revive the local popularity of the prizes to the following winners: 10 game, it will not be denied, Mrs. Bickford 180; Mrs. Stanley (and the members of the HKFC, 177; and Mrs. Crocker.(Booby), 134 will be the first to admit it), that the Mesdames Gill and Phillips with a Service teams did their full share, for score of 157 (hidden number) tied for without their co-operation success special prize presented by Mrs. Bow would have been impossible.

[dea Smith, Mrs. Phillips eventually, Although at first the standard of winning the "Cut.”

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HONGKONG REGISTER.

The s.s."Dilwara," Capt. Babb,

for a time, the wise and good men sailed for. Bombay via Singapore at finally proves victorious.. Higher still noon to-day with 2,500 tons of general- is the fervent chivalry of youth' and cargo.

be innocent sweetness of girlband represented by Ferdinand and Miran

da, which the wise and good man must

guide and guard carefully, putting them to the test by every kind of

CLEARANCES,

Previous on data ston date hardship so as to make them stronger to-day and will sail for Shanghai “at The s.s."Choysang," Br., cleared" Gath 2.2.

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6:3... to-morrow.

and more beautiful than ever,; and, lastly the highest of all is, Ariel kim- self representing the spirit of know. The sis. Sunning," Br.. cleared ledge representing all the marvels and to-day and will sail for Shanghai et mysteries of scientific discovery:

rugger" was not very high, owing

(22 p.

to the lack of practice, it improved

with every match, and the form BOEK

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now after barely two month's arranged, between the Club and a Temperature!

61 expecta: Wilts XV for Saturday, November Humidity practice, surpasses all tions. With plenty of still, 27. Kick-off at 4 p.m. The soldiers Direction of

Wind....! undeveloped material in hand, it is appear to possess a fine pack which net too much to expect that the pre should give the Clubmen a good Weather war standard will soon be reached, game and stretch them to their Bain.........

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see the Rugby league fa full swingi On Christmas Day, the Club, Army

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of love lest its wild wings without hi

that control flash away into a realm learn it, the lesson of the power of-

of lawless liberty. It is indeed a the Righteous Hunan Soul over al

next season, if not earlier, probably and Navy will co-operate in an Ine Highest open air temperature the 16th wonderful lesson if only we could things by which it is surrounded. Later in the winter, my

ternational Match, teams for which Keen interest has been manifested will be arranged later after a series

in another match which has been of interesting matches to come."

Lowest open alīgtonpostane on the

T. F. CLAXTON, Director, Hongkong, Observatory Nov. 17, 1925.

Printed and Published for THE CONCERNED BY GEORGE WILLIAM:

CADE BURNETT, Editor, No. 5, Wyndham Street, Hong