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CHANGSHA "STRANDING.

COURT OF INQUIRY,

HOW MISHAP OCCURRED.

SEGIEM OF BAFFLING COINCIDENCES,

NAVY LEAGUE BALL.

WHAT IT IS IN AID OF.

THE CHINA MAIL.

SPORTS NEWS.

CO-ORDINATION NEEDED,

At the beginning of the season the co-operation of the focal press and club secretaries was secured with the result that throughout the remainder of the season the follow ing system of publicity was adher ed to.

"On Tuesdays, in all papers, a brief schedule of the following Saturday's fixtures was published

"On Wednesdays, the up-to-date tables of the first and second leagues, and any information of general interest, appeared.

MME. PAVLOVÁ.

THE

TRUE ART OF THE

DANGE

Nobody's views on dancing. should beof greater value than those of Mne. Pavlova, the great master of artistic dancing.

Healthy, si, yes; and health is good for to feel happy," she com- mented. But better still for the health of the mind is the 'ordered' movement-how can I say -the Rule, the Law of the Dance, which

art demands to obtain the balance forgrace, the control for good taste, and restraint for beauty. So much, no more!"

She broke off and studied my expression suspiciously,

"Ah!" she exclaimed, "but I perceive you have an intention in your observation. Ahlto-day, that is no question of The Dince which is old as the world and natural as nature!

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When the public of this Colony As the result of information be- realize the objects of the above Balling sent in piecemeal, the method there can be no doubt there will be of publishing sport announcements a brisk demand for the tickets for in the local press is uncoordinated

Mine Pavlova gave her opinions IVE HOLES will be open for playi A Court of Inquiry sat at the that function, which will take place and far from satisfactory. Some on the subject of the modern craze i on SUNDAY nex, 14th inst) Harbour Office this morning to in the City Hall, on Friday the 2nd club secretaries cannot be praised for ballroom dancing to a Daily Players will drive off from 6th les investigate the stranding of the November and will be the first big too highly for the work they do to Mail reporter. She does not speak afterwards playing the 7th, 3rd, 4th Australian Oriental 8.8. Chang Ball of the season.

give the necessary information to fluent English, but in her broken and 5th Holes in that order. sha" which went ashore on the Tickets at $5-a head, are now their players, their supporters and language will be evident both her Tigi Bnuk, near Sandakan, ou obtainable as qdvertised in

our the

sport-loving public. But passionate devotion to artistic August 19, on her way from Sydney columns.

there are others who are content to dancing, and her contempt for that to Hongkong.

The Navy League, which is teave their tearn names out and kind of dancing which merely The Harbor Master (Commander patriotic and strictly non-party or trust to chance to have their fixtures represents an unhealthy craving. C. W. Beckwith, H.N.) presided ganization, has inter alí, specially announced. In other sport centres,

Here is the interview: and the other members of the Court terested itself in the question of club secretaries invariably favour Pavloyn had just danced a move- worebient. J. B. Panart, R., the relief of the Widows and chil- the press with their list of fixturesment of a famous role, and had CLM.S. "Bluebell). Cuntain Wdren of Men of the Royal Navy, at the beginning of the season and come to rest as lightly as thistle Davison (Marine Superintendent of Mercantile Marine and Auxiliary the names of the teams to play are down, duiring a few minutes' inter- the C.P.S.S., Captain D. Evans forces who lost their lives in the generally sent in time for publica-val. She is extremely sensitive, (.. "Eburna") and Captain A. D. War, and the Head Office in Lon-tion a day or so before the match fastidious, and artistic; it was

don has succeeded in raising near

is played. Koln (8.8. "Hin Seng."

obvious I should have to lend up M. Bavidson, who appearedly half a million pounds sterling The following from the annual delicately to my subject, that thic on behalf of the taster and allieers for the above purpose.

report of the Shanghai Football As-transition of atmosphere should So I murmured But there is still urgent need of sociation is worth considering and not be too crude, of the "Changsha," old the Court yet firther funds, and the Head ear be applied to all forms of vague remark on the healthiness that the striding was due to Office has accordingly appealed to sport:

and happiness of dancing. series of quite remarkable cireus out here to do our bit to help. sances. On August 18 when the in the good cause. chip was making for the Sibutu We feel confident that the ssage the Chief flitter made an people of Hongkong, who owe so he reation from four stars. It was, anch to the untiring exertions and lortunately, incorect owing to a patriotle self-sacrifice of the elerical error resulting in the miRoyal Navy, Mercantile Murine plament of a figure. Thy ship's and Auxiliary Forces throughout position was actually 5 miles burther the Great War, will willingly the north than the Chief Officer's hear their share in the above observation made it and it was also necessary task and will not be Some distance to the east. This content to leave the burden of this mistake was not in any way the duty to be borne solely by the ense of de stranding but under people of Great Britain, timately the position "obtained" by | As Adiniral Jellicoe suid in his The informert observation coincided message to the children of New

misly with the Ship's "deed; Zealand: verkoning." plug a five miles youth-, "The sen is cur life. By the use erly set which the master's previons of it the Empire was formed. By expericnic in these waters lyd Jem! holding it the Empire was pre-of players and referees." to expert. As a consegneter it was served. If we fail to appreciate. naturally accepted as a correct its value, the Empire will perish." observation and the Captain andi-f

coaxing, "think! What can we Exchange

Every description of Banking &. cipated that the slp would be set ļ

who devete our lives, our brains, Correspondents throughout the Turther to the southward and that at Iwe n'elock next morning he would

our souls to the art of the Danceworld. he likely to sigla Sibatu- Island!

who must obey its Laws, which abad He also anticipated that at

demand restraint, sacrifice-ub, how difficult to explain how can that hour he would be within range

we be asked to consider seriously: of the light at the southern extreme

the I of Sibutu Island The Ught

of to-day which Hsdf. Mr. Davidson devined, was

. simply personal Bay, Pokfulum and Kowloon, not amusement, sensation, intime1" Bo a very reliable guide because,

to speak of the Club Ground in "Would you consider it at least aerending to Captain Gambell's!

town. it would be too much to conducive to health, and hap experince, it was as often ulit as allbet Manok Lant. The ship and expect the press to call at all piness?" Her eyes grew thought lit. The seconal coinsdence was heen set 17 miles North and East the clubs to get their results ful, even grave, that the ship sighted the island of in 2 hears. Boats were lowered on the Sunday. A uniform

GREED FOR SENSATION. Mauck in precisely the position after the ship gled, the passen-system can only be brought about

"Is there not for some time much, where is Captain inspected to es gers were called and 8.0.5. signals by the earnest co-operation of club talk of what yourselves call a craze the island of Sibu and at sel at Were sentent, Soundings were taken secretaries and it is the opinion of for dancing; is it not so? Even angle that the contains of the two and when he discovered the ship many, that the maskee spirit which afternoon, as well as night, and GRAND VIO. IN RECITAL islands were identical. Had she was making water he gave onere has been in vogue for years, should every.. a craze, enfin? luen a mile or two further to the fer the engines to be stoppant be done away with. It sounds like

"That is so." northward or eastward this mistake passengers were given lifebelts and making work of sport but there

"How then can a craze be healthy would not have overred. At 9.5 extra provisions and blankets were ust be a number of enthusiastsor happy? It is a crave, a soif,

He then went downs and told the of the game. on the 19th the ship was pat on deck, in care of energy. / who would go through a little for an excitement

does not drudgery for the

to that. betterment satisfy. Never to be satisfied, el to be a rainstorm of the passengers he did not consider there thousands of pounds were guara fever of the nerfs-a disease In Australia, never to have enough -, it is minutes later she went aground. was any indiate danger and anteed to bring the S.C.A. team There is no mental control, no The cause of the afteration in the assistance would probably reach there. The object was to papu- balance. It is not even the 'never ship's position was, Mr. Davidson hem next day freau Sandakan. He larise the Soccer code and the satisfied' of the artist. indicated, a northerly set which said the stip was well on the net profits will be devoted to that the greed for personal sensation. The World renowned Violinist

.. It is and could not be got out until the object. If they can afford that in a No-but if the dance can so affect,

argo was shifted. Steps wen; then place where only a small minority it make 'crazy' taken to jettison the meat carried know of the game it would surely person be healthy in the No. 1 held as it would be worth

to spend a····

IL.C

Soon to be heading for what appear.

must have been a very strong one because the ship was 17 miles north-, cast of the position she was up posed to have been in, Wany one

HOME MAIL.

"In the evening papers on Fri- days and in the morning papers on Saturdays, a complete list of fixtures for the Saturday afternoon appeared, together with the names The Model Settlement's report Koes on to say that the system worked admirably from the begin- ning and resulted in "local foot- ball having, on definite days, all relevant information concerning Shanghai soccer."

In Hongkong football is played in only a few centres and it would not be humanly impossible to get the results. But in cricket which is

"It is the dance of civilisation- the ball-room-quite another thing! No, I will no more be what you call it,

draw?" "But," she exclaimed to my

The P. & O. s.s. "Kalyan" arrived in port this morning with letters from Home, dated Septen- ber 13, and parcels of September 5.played at Happy Valley, Causeway are

while

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of the various accidents which led; undoubtedly go putrid. Next day few minutes each week in giving ap to the stranding had been differ- water was reported in the No the necessary information to the ent Cantain Gambrill would have huid. A stramer unived from San-press.

Considerable damage was done to two rooms in the headquarters been warned that he was off his daban and she passengers and their Approval of the suggestion would of the Eastern Command in the course and would have been able to baggage, mails and 450 tons of be appreciated and the China Mail Horse Guards, Whitehall, S.W., take steps to avoid it. If there had cargo were transferred to her and will adhere to any system which, if by fire. Much woodwork had to be been anything suspicions that the sent to Sandaken, Wires and found workable, will be of the best removed before the outbreak could "Changsha's" position he would anchors were put out to keep the use to the public. Will the be located. Hase stopped and toped her until ship on the reel until the holes were secretaries kindly communicate

aylight. Everything, however, plugged up. A pearl diver examin- with us?

FIRE AT CANTON.

conspired to lend him to supposed the ship's bitten and reported; that his ship was exaeth where he that there was a tale about 6 feet supposed her to be. Me, Davidson long. On September 21 the Taikos auded that after the stranding every-fug arrived and the ship was towed thing possible was done to save the off at half tide. Temporary repairs ship and to look after the cargo and were effected at Sandakan and the THREE MILLION DOLLARS' passengers.

ship was their brought to Honge. kong.

The Captain's Story.

Captain F. J. Gambrill, master!

Officers as Coolier

Chabrill

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of the "Changsha," then gave! gave evidence. He said the ship Captain belonged to Mespre. J. 8. Yuilt, could not speak too highly of the A fire broke out on the top floor Domestic Occurrences and Co., of Sydney, which port she way the officers and engineers of the aerodrome this afternoon at Ooo Bard the Lugger and left on August 2 for Hongkong, worked together. They had a dili-half-past two and caused damage the Opium is Mine

Captain Gambrill gave details of cult job in shifting the meat after it stimated at $3,000,000 dollars. The fading Articles the observations made on August 188 had been a week atling in the huld, big hydro-plane, which was in the Burglars when the ship was taking for the The edies at Saddakan refused to water at the time, was towed to Local and General... Sibulu passage. He said the result work it and time problem was solval safely but a number of other Sucial and Perconal

machines were destroyed.

increased passage.

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of these observations was exactly by witness and the officers going what he expected. He had been down into this holi arad shifting it. twelve yours master of the "Chung-! Next day the sailors worked on it. sha and had been calling in at They had rather on insions time ory! Handukau for seven years. He had the reef hefore the "Tyikom" always encountered a northerly set, orrived owing to the exceptionally in the eastward half of the Celebes high tides and the dunger of the Sea and a southern set in the ship being washed off the reef. Western Ilf which generally In gard to the observations,

approaching the witness said that on arriving on When I was called at Hongkong he deported the uttor 2a.. on August 19 he expected to to the Harbour Master and asked At Newport (Mon.) Thomas John Finnis, 54, a relieving officer, who Sibutu Island on the port bow, for an inquiry. and at 2.30 an island appeared in! In reply to the Chairman, Capt. was found at Southsea with injuries B direction. On previous occa- Gambrill said that when to left to his throat, was remanded on a sions he had sometimes slowed down Sydney he was carrying 30 Euro charge of stealing about £2,000 be till daylight when passing through rean pulsengers and about 20 longing to the Newport guardians. these straits but on this occasion as Chiro 136 United States, Gay- the observations coincided with the ornment was responsible for the

, the visibility was good, and the upkeep of the light on Sibut island opmoured just where he The Chief Officer of the “Chung- expected to see it, he felt confident sha." Mr. "A. "M. Tramo was callód- it was Sibutu Island. He was about next. He said he hel heen twelve, four miles off the island and at years on the ship and had been" 2.55 m. be altered to a mid-maglu part of the time. A manber ALL preliminary notices of forth Colofe Y Cymro

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