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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1929,

DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL, HONOKONG FAERYLAND.

HOUSE SWIMMING 'SPORTS.

The four Houses at the Diocesan Boys' School held their annual swimming sports on Thursday and Friday last On Thursday the V.R C. kindly leat their pond and on Friday A few finals and the 4 and 8 lengths were taken at the Y.M.C.A. pond by kind permission.

WHAT YOU WILL SEE FROM

KOWLOON PEAK.

The ascent of Kowloon Peak forms a very pleasant excursion. Viewed from the harborror Kowloon City ite steep sides and frowning precipices look almost perpendicular, and to climb from this side is a task for the In these House sports the boys of sturdy mountaineer rather than the one House compete against each other sedentary townsman. However bills, and the House committee under tie guidance of Members of the 9 aff, like debated questions, have more hoose their representatives for the than one side, and this difficult look inter Hause sorts which wil be held ing peak can be easily scaled from

later,

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In work and games boss encouraged to score points for their Houses eg-In swimming tests boy who swims two lengths scores 5 points for his House. I length scores 3 points and 1 brendth scores 1 point. A first in an inter House event scores. 5 paints, and a second 3 points. A first in class work or a subject scoree 5 points. A second score: 3 points and all boys in the top half of a clasdecore The one point for their House.

ystem of scoring points is slea to be extended to team work rg: in the

football, very ball teams etc.

RESULTS.

The results of the Houec swimming sports were as follows:-~

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the Fast and South.

Take the Customs Pass rond beyond the Kowloon Redamation. The road

FUNERAL.

LATE MR. W. MIDWINTER.

The funeral of the late Mr. Walter Midwinter, overseer in the Public Works Department, who died in the Government Civil Hospital on Thurs day night, took place at the Prates tant Cemetery, Happy Valley, last

Joaos evening. Mr.

Dhief mourner and the burial service was conducted by the Rev. Storn, assisted by a choir.

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Included amongst the gathering at the graveside were:-Hou. Mr. T. L Perkins (Director of Puble Werks),

Mr. and Mrs. Holanda, Mr. and Mrs. Roylance and Master Desmond and Baby (Sweetheart) Roylance, Mr. Aslett, Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs.

Miss Wilden, Sanitary Inspectors, Mr.

and Mrs. Watson. Mr. and Mrs.

Dawson, European staff, Building Ordnance. Mr. and Mrs. Davies, Sanitary Staff, Kowloon Sanitary Staff, We tern District Office, Mr. and Mrs. Kerrison. Mr. (oom, Interpreter Chan Chi lat, Mr. and Mrs Allan, Mr. James and Mr. and Mrs. Ward,

THE CHINA MAIL.`

HONGKONG TRADE.

KEEN DEMAND for cotton YARN.

The fortnightly trade report issued by the Chamber of Commerce states:

Cotton Pirce Goods and Fanoy Cotton Goods-Since our last report the market has ruled quiet. Clear ances are fair.

Cotton Yarn: After a depression wh ch lasted about 3 month, a keen demand has ret in and good business bas transpired. Prices, however, owing to the anxiety of the importers to realize, ruled very erratic and there is no improvement on our last quota- tions.

Quotations are:-

No. 10. $148/168. No. 128. $155/173. No. 18. $180/104. No.

204, $178:180 Arrivals 6,509, Ship- mente pil. Sales 10,000 bales. Unsold stock 13,000 bales, Bargains 10,000 balts.

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Woollers:A small business bas bren done in Blankets and Laalinge. There is a slight improvement in clearances but the tone of the market is nervons and dull.

Raw Coltons:-There has buen LO

business in this commodity in view of

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Metals:-Burivers during the fort aight has been very quiet..

Window Glass :--Market weak. Saltpetro-Strong demands and

steady.

Flour market report.-Stock: About

can Patent $3.60 par sack. American

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.

THE BRITISH LEGION.

ARMISTICE NIGHT DANCE.

A DANCE will be held by the

BRITISH LEGION on Nov. 11th, 1922 (Armistice Night) at the City Hall

Members and their friends can obtain tickets ($4 each) from the undenamed who have kindly con sented to assist.

M. SHENTON,

138, The Peak. 1.Com. W. S. L. GILCHRIST, RN, H. M. 5, "Tamar." W. E. ALDERSON,

Hongkong Hotel.

A, G. LAMPLUGH,

Queen's Building.

Licut. C. P. MOORE,

Murray Barracks.

The surplus proceeds will be handed over to the British Relief Furd.

H, K. HOLMES,

Hon, Secretary, Hongkong, October 14, 1922.

HONGKONG POLO CLUB.

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THE INTERPORT MATCH Hongkong v. Manila will take place at Causeway Bay, on 'WEDNESDAY, 18th October, at 4.30 p.m.

Sealing accommodation for the Public will be provided.

BY ORDER. Hongkong, October 14, 1922.

600,000 eacke, Quotations: Ameri- Straight 2.60 per sacx. American Cut off $2.70 per sack. Shanghai Flour P. & 0. S. N. CO. $2.80 per isck.

SPORT.

TO-DAY'S 50018 LL

DIVISION I MATCHES.

leaves the sea and winds prettily be-Shaw, Messrs. Nuville, H. J. Pearce, Jamos, Coom, Grimes, tween Kowloor Peak on the left and Keegan, Virgetto, Richards, Ling, gentler ground on the right. The Savage, Grimmett, Inspectors Ward, stupendous mass of the former Hill, Fincher, Duncan, Eccleshall, oppresses us with its sheer solid bulk Kerrison, McEwen, Davies, Taylor,

Weston and Mr. E. R. Wil-on. so that wefel nu bigger than

Wreaths were sent by :-His wife, Gulliver's Lilliputians. But this only mother and father, brothers and makes us all the moro determined to tisters, Mr. and Mr. Jones, members conquer its proud attitude (1971ft.) of Breezy Point Recreation Club, Mr.

an entire aburrice of stocks. Quota- One and a half miles beyond Kowloon and Mre Hollands, Mr. and Mrs. Ros

later, Master Desmond Roylanes, Mt.tions are nominelly :-Indien descrip- The system of giving no prizes for City a good-military path striking of and Mrs. Aslett, Staff of F. W. D., Mr. tizna at $30/95 Chinese grade at aporis was started at the swimming to the right scends by regular and Mrs Grimmett, Mr. and Mrs. Kelly, $32/38. sports at this School in October 1919; | the House system and the system of easy gradient almost to the top of asp. W. Hill, Entopean Stad, Eastern giving points have been on trial since, Tate's bairn. On a clear day this Distict Sanitary Office," Joyce," Mr. and Mrs. Savage, Mr. and Mrs. Neville, 1921 and have in every way proved path can be seen from Hongkong. Mr. H. J. Pearce, Mr. and a success; more boys now take on Thoro who follow it can either drop Mrs. Grimes, Mr. and Mrs. Shaw, Mr. active int rest in games for sport down through one of the passos to A. E. Wright. P. W. D. Chinese strif, alone and "Pat Hunting"" is scorned. There are 100 Boys in each Hout. Sustin or take a smsil mountain From 1922 permanent house recorda track which sweeps round by the Lockhart, Mr. and Mrs. Field, Mrs. will be kept on Hones boards and South of Temple Hill down to Old Houser will be cacouraged to adorn Kowloon. But this is a digression. their boards with the football, or we came to Climb Kowloon Peak, so volley ball Flage etc.

let us get back to Customs Pass Road. On the right, well watered flat spaces with occasional pools are utilieed by industrious Chiuce laundrymen, who doubtless find the mountain air more conducive to mowy whiteness in clothes than the smoke and smut- laden atmosphere of the town. At Customs Pass (780ft.) wa leave the well worn path and veer upwards to the left by a small mountain path. Junior.-Brown House 2 Lengths, The temptation now is to charge the 1. Hamson. 2. Howard, Alue House Eastern side of the mountain holdly, 2 Leogtle, 1. Remedios, 2 but take our advice and don't, unless 2 you are out specially to reduce your Elphinstone. Yellow House Lengths, 1. W. Ilunt, Green House 2 size in waistcoats. Keep to the ema!! Lengths, 1. Stradmoor, 2. Edwards. path even though it seems to lead Small Boys:-Brown Ilouse 1 away paet Kowloon Peak. You are

When cp Length, 1. G. Chis, 2. F. Zimmera; astending considerably. Blue House 1 Length. 1. Wang Sik posite the lowest gap between Kow. Kuen, 2. E. Cheung: Yellow House 1 Icon Peak and the height South of it, Length 1, R Gerrard . Limblom; Middle Hill, wake for the ridge. This Green House 1 Leugth, 1. J. Chan, 2 200 feet or so the only stiff bit of the whole climb. Just over the Minhinnet

Senior:Brown House 2 Lengths skyline to the west of the ridge a Breast, 1. H. Chan, 2. Kesajotin; small path leads gently to the summit | Bluo House 2 Lengths Brea-t, 1. which is 200 feet higher, than the Kotwall, 2. Meeter: Yellow House 2 flagstaff on Victoria Peak. Lengths Breast, 1. Kwok Hing Wan, Here a magnificent scene meets 2. J. Clarke: Green Houes 2 Lengtha Breast, 1. Chung Yee Wing, 2. E. Zimmern.

Junior-Brown House 1 L nath Broast, 1. Hamson, 2 F. 2 mmern; Blue House Length Breast. 1. Remedio, 2. Elphinstone: Yellow House 1 Laugth Breast, No Entries; Green House 1 Length Breast, 1. Wong Kam Fiu, 2. Giftins.

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Senior.-Brown Hover 2 Lengths. 1. Koeajothir, 2. H. Chan, Blue Hone 2 Lengthe, 1 Meeter, Kotwall, Yellow House 2 Lengths, 1. Kwok Hing Wan, 2. Westlake, Green House 2 Lengths, 1. E. Zimmern, 2. Chung Yeo Wing.

Bmall Boyn-Brown House 2 Lengths, I. F. Zimmern 3. G. Chiu;

the more

To the North range the eye: upon range of bills, the pale blue of the distant praks of Taipe and Sha- Taukok merging into pronounced thades of the middle- distance hills sheltering Tide Cove and Tolo Harbour, and there in tura giving way to the richer and mort variegated hues of the foreground: to the East a fantasy of beauty is apres before us-ridgy marses and Deedle like peaks, the dia'ant Pacific

Blue House 2 Lengths, 1. Wong meeting the sky, and nearer, inviting. Sik Kurp, 2. E. Chara; Yellow baya and Fascinating coves of despen House 2 Lengths, 1, R. Getr.rd. 2. blue Jitte Hebe Haved and Port Limblem; Green House 2 Lengths,

1. Jos. Chan 2. Minhinant,

Senior Brown House High Div, 1. H. Chan, N. Gerrard; Blue House High Dive, 1. A. Pang; Yellow House High Dive, 1. P. Pan, 2. Cunningham; Green House High Dies 1. Black, 2. Chang Yea Wing.

Junior-Brown House Low Dive,

Shelter, as well as fairy like islands.

"With promontory, creek and bay, And islands bat empurpled bright, Floated aid the livelier light, And mountains that like gianta

stand,

To sentinel enchanted land."

With difficulty wo tear our eyes away from the alluring scene and ad

1. Wong Kam Cheung, 2. Hamson; wire yet again the noble Lyecmun Blue House Low Diva, No Entries; entrance. Our gaze travels westwards Yellow House Low Dive, No Entries; from Taipo to Green Island, and, Green House Low Dive, 1. V. Shaw, surveying the busy scene, the large 2. Dixon.

towns of Hongkong and New Kowloon,

Small Boys-Brown House Low the ships of all classes from sampans Divo, 1 Wong Kam Cheung, 2. F. to liners, the docks and whatves, a Zimmer: Blue House Low Dive, 1 fe-ling of pardonable pride fills us as E-medios, 2 Elphinstone; Yellow we try to realize what Britain has Hours Low Dive. 1 R. Gerrard, 2 accomplished in this former haunt of Chanings; Green Houte Low Dive, 1 pirates. Westward we behold Temple J. Chan, 2 Minhinnettt.

Hill, Lion Rock-looking less formid

Senior Brown House Low Dive, able from this higher altitude-, 1 H. Clan, 2 N. Gerrard; Blue House Beacon Hill, the spiko ailhouette of Low Dive, 1 A. Pang, 2 Chan Ping-Needle Hill, and finally Tai Mo Shao in; Yellow House Low Dive, 1 West- (3120 ft.) towering majestically over lake, 2 Clarke; Green House Low all the other peaks of the peninsula. Dive, 1 E. Zimmer, 3 Black. To the delight of beholding of all this

Senior-Brown House 1 Length pearless beauty is added the joy of Back, 1 Koesjothin, 2 H. Chah; Blue Llobaling the bracing zone-like air as House 1 Length Back, 1 Kotwall, it rushes past on its journey from the 2 Kack Po Chuen; Yellow House ing Nerth, more people here were 1 Length Back 1 Westlake, 2 Clarke; to scale the heights and cross the Green House 1 Length Back, 1 Chung passes of the island and the peninsula Yes Wing, 2 Zimmern.

the Hongkong Doctors would suffer.

Junior-Brown House & Lengths, We may return as we came, or wo 1 Hawson, 2 F. Zimmern; Blus House can descend the other side of Customs 4 Langis, Remedios, 2 Elpbin. Pais and wing down by a pretty stone; Yellow House 4 Lengths, No decent through the ting village «l Entries Green House 4 Lengths, 1 Chin La Chru past a sparkling Edwards, 2 Stradmoor.

waterfall to the head of Junk Bay-

Scalor. Brown House & Lengths, Jone of the most beautiful of the many 1 Kerajothio, 2 H. Chan; Blue House for s'roned about Hongkeng.

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8 Lengthe, 1 Kotwall, 3 Mester; short tramp brings us to the village of Yellow House 8 Lengths, 1 Westlake,Hang Hah from whence we can ferry 2 J. Carko; Green House & Longth to Blaukived:

Zimmerb, 2 Obung You Wog,

--PODESTUIAN.

FORTHCOMING MAK-

RIAGES.

The following weddings at an nounced to take place shortly: Mr. Dallas G. M. Bernard, merchant of East Point, and Miss Elizabeth Addie, who is n wcn route from London by the ss. "Empress of Canada"; Mr. Arthur G. Langston, engineer, Staff Ileadquartere, Hongkong Electric Ca, North Point, and Miss Dorothy M.- Morris, 10, Babington Path.

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Three matches are scheduled to bo played off this afternoon in connec- tion with the 1st Division of the Hongkong Football League, as fol- lowe:--

R.G.A. v. King's, Sookumpoo ground.

Referee: Mr. A. Nextos.. H.M.8. "Tamer" v. Hongkong Club, Navy, "A" ground. Referce: Mr, F. Smith.

South Chi a v. H.M.S. "Ambrose," South China ground, Referee: Mr. -W.E-Hollands. -

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Kick-off at 4,30 pm, sharp. --

TO-DAY'S NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

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Hongkong, October 14, 1922.

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