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SECOND TEST MATCH RESULT

England's Innings' Victory.

CHEUNG CHAU NOTES.

From Our Own Correspondent.)

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competing for orders in this coun-bathing picnica. Nobody is the refreshments, Sandy 18+ try and building up a great and allowed to swim from the launch tonished everyone by rising and growing industry, sorving the pur and all non-swimmera are placed dividually,

unless he has passed certain tests wishing them goodnight in- poses of Imperial communication, aboard sampans and conveyed

But, Surely. Sandy," bringing the peoples of our Emashore, The swimmers of the tested the genial host. you're not pire and the world, closer together, party are expected to keep an eye oing home yet, with the evening and carrying freight as well ax on these and to see that they do just beginning!" ·

not venture out of their depth the Scot; "I'm only biddin' ye "Na, na," promptly responded mails!

The only criticism that it would guld-nicht while I ken yea'!" SOME TIME IN THE FOTORE: be fair to make is that whether it. cun foronec a time when noble lords! would not be advisable, in view of will leave this House in gliders there not having been any swim- with light engines and wing their mers near at hand at the time, to arrange for a master or one of the way westwards along the Thaines senior boys to keep a continual

(Spade and Sword.) { Valley or northwards to Scotland. look out from the shore, The What lovely dark, blue flames, O

Spade, On their way they will need a rest, fatality should certainly have the

Shine in thy steel so bright: effect of making more careful and perhaps they iny call in those of us who participate fairly See how the shadows smoke and sume great floating caravanserai, often in launch bathing picnics. and that caravanserai may be one We all know how much nearer the How-thou hast laboured, year very quiet start The batamen expected whirr of Squadron Londer

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hors seems from the launch than To reach this silver day, far remers often arrive at the shore in it really is and many good swim-

London, July 1. At Lord's England beat South Africa by an innings and 13 runs. The South Africans, in their second innings scored 240,"

sent.

Third Day's Play. After lunch the weather was glorious. There were 1,000 pre- The wicket was, wearing well, and the South Africans made a were tempted in every way, but remained most stolid. The cen- tury appeared after 166 minutes. his 37 and Nourse 50 minutes for his 11.

Cheung Chan, July 1. We were able to use our Hall for the Srst time on Sunday and quite a good number of the visitors attended to join in worship and to listen to a thoughtful and helpful sermon on work of the Holy Spirit by Rev. the personality and J. R. Saunders, D.D. of Canton. Dr. Seldon's flute obligato was much appreciated. The Hall is bright and airy and promises to be an easy one to speak in. A Sun- week day devotional meetings. day school is being organized and "

Yesterday, we heard the long MacLaren's aeroplane and very soon it was sighted flying high over Tan Tau against the background minutes past iv-at the same time our now D.0. South was concluid- ing his visit here..

moved from terrestrial fuss and almost an exhausted state after But thou, poor shining Sword. Commaille batted 125 minutes for of a white cloud, about twenty

noise?:

That is a great, an inspiring vision, and for Hongkong not the least alluring of its promises is the prospect it holds out of speedier Empire travel. When we are able

NOMORNOQ|am|me|OMONOÒng to get Home in little over a week,

must wait Till sloth and idleness

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having swum about the launch. perhaps indulged in a little water-Can tell the world that splendid pulo and then having set off for the shore without thinking. Again, one must always allow for certain currents which although they may not be strong will take a lot out of one if they are flowing out to sea. For the sake of new- then perhaps will we fully aprire comers to the Colony or weaker ciate the value of the pioneer work swimmers who may be tempted to that is now being done. Admitted. follow their example it, behoves ly Lord Thomson's prophecybers of the launch bathing picnics those stronger swimming .mem- Ltd. relates more to airships than to which are continually leaving 1881.

aeroplanes: but free Empire Blake and other piers to be a little aerial travel will remain impos-more careful than many of them sible util routes have been plotted, are at present.

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The two hundred-and- sixtieth anniversary of a “bun" fund founded by Sir Samuel" Mico, after whom it is called, at Weymouth has just taken place,

WEATHER CALENDAR.

www........

JULY 2, These mornings and even-

ings must be splendid at Eton. I think of you every time I look over the fair valley crowned in the dis- tance by the royal towers.

-M. S. Holland.

GREATER.

First innings scores were follows:

South Africa. Taylors b Gilligan Commaille, b Gilligan Susskind, c Tate, b Hearne, Nourse, c Woolley, b Tate.... Blanckenberg, b Tate Catterall, b Gilligan, Deane, b Tyldesley Faulkner, b Fender Wali, b Tyldesley. Pegler, è Fender, b Tyldesley. Parker, not out

Extras.

As

To-day 4 or more houses are 4 expected to be occupied. Unfor- 6 tunately a heavy rainstorm is now 64}-in progress, just about the time

some of our visitors will be making 12 for the early lunch but we trust 120 the day will be cleurer later on.

33 Last month proved to be a very 25 wet one, but also cool May "come 1in like a lion, June went like a O lamb:" A year ago to-day, we 1 were in the midst of our first 9 typhoon. We are not anxious to renew our experience of that disas, .278 trons FUILSON.

Total

1

Bowling Analysis.

W.

A. E. R. Gilligan

70

3

M. W. Tate

62

R. Tyldesley

R. Hearne ..

England.

Our new storekeeper seems to be getting into his stride and will be a belp in, the community,

.. We hope "shortly to make an'

2 announcement re the official open-

52. 3 ing of our Hall of which we are

35 justly proud; it will probably be

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the 10th of July.

held at 6 p.m. each Sunday, Rev. Services for the present will be

.122 D. F. Irwin of Annam will conduct

...134 the next service.

weather conditions experienced and material pat to the practicat-test. The present world flights will pro- vide immensely valuable data upon all these 'points. Although the, flights are taking many weeks

"Men who are well versed in the P. G. H. Fender to accomplish, we must remember

After attending service at St. literature of those periods will tell. that once recognised routes are Mary's Church, in that town, half-you that there was as much liberty J.B. Hobbs, c Taylor, b Parker.211 established the time for flights be-a-dozen ancient and decayed in ancient Greece, and much H. Sutcliffe, b Parker.. tween given points-London and mariners" of the port, together greater love of beauty, and a finer F. E. Woolley, not out.....

with forty apprentices bound Hongkong for instance-will be

under the charity, put in their conception of life than anything E. Hendren, not out

Extras considerably reduced, especially as appearance at the Guildhall, where that is possible to a vast majority relays of machines will be used to each was presented with a bun and of toiling men and women in our

Even within the country,' eliminate delays for repairs and a sovereign.

present century a "bun" fund -Prof. Robert Richards, M.F. overliant!. Besides the inestim-was founded- at Cavendish, able boon this will mean to travel. Suffolk, By her will Mrs. Catherine Petre, of Canterbury, left a legacy there is also that even more inof £1 a year to the rector of the Thomson village for the purchase of hot touched upon the bringing of the cross buns to be distributed among the Sunday School scholars. Mr. peoples of the world closer

and Mrs. G. A. Richardson, of gether. These then are a few of Wimbledon, have for some years the great ends the world aviators past distributed buns among the are helping to achieve, and trily poor children of Merton. it can be said that history is being made by men with "no time to| shave."

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ENTERTAINMENTS.

July 2-Coronet Theatre; Tom Moore in "Officer 666.”

July 2. The Star Theatre; Marguerite Clatk in. Easy to Get."

July 2-World Theatre;" Main Street."

July 2- Queen's Theatre; "Kisses."

July 3-4 the Peak Club, special engagement of Eleanor Haber, in Character Sketches, 9.30 p.m.

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C PUBLIC AUCTION,

50

14

Total (for 2 wktą, dec.)531

Bowling Analysis.

B.

Parker

121

3

Blanckenberg Pegler

Nourse

Faulkner

Catterall

113 0

120

0

57

87

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KÖNGMOON NOTES.

By Our Own Correspondent.)

Pakkai, Kongmoon, July 1 The Foreigu population of the

0 Purt has begun its annual èxodus. 0 Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong and 0 children left a fortnight ago and· Mrs. Hilliard and Rome went to, the Peak in Hongkong on Satur- day. Miss Bhearer, Miss Cairtis 21) and Dr. Cheng leave on Tuesday 97 for Canada, Pei-Te-Flo and Canton 23 respectively

South Africa's score at the lunch interval was as follows:-

2nd Innings. Deane, e Sutcliffe, b Hearne.. Commaille, 1.b.w. Tyldesley Susskind, not out Nourse, 1.b.w. Gilligan Taylor, not out

Extras

11

8

13

Dr. Maunop, Miss Reid, Mias Baty and Mr. McRae, all of Shek- ki, ware visitors at the Presby terian Compound last week. difficulty of travelling in the delto increases daily, and were it not for the launches belonging to the busi-

The

Total (three wickets).116

The Final Score.

cult.

There was a crowd of 4,000 pre-ness houses and Customs, the sent in the afternoon. The South corning and going between theso Africans' game attempt to save forts would be much more dif the innings defeat was frustrated by the new ball, which the bowlers

The Mission Schools closed last found to their liking.

week, the Boys' School on Friday COMPANY MEETINGS," July 7. Further extraordinary

'Susskind was the outstanding and the Girls' School on Thursday. meeting of A. S. Watson & Co., batsman and put up a magnificent Miss Horben of the London Mis- Ltd., at Hongkong Hotel, Pedder defence. Catterall was too con- sion, Hongkong, and Mr. Lui of Street, 11.30a.m.

fident and eventually fell a victim the Y.M.C.A. were the special" September 16.-Extraordinary to the wily Tyldesley. The Eng-peakers. Both gatherings were general meeting of The China lish bowling was good; the fielding well attended and a number of Sugar Refining Co., Ltd., at the very keen and occasionally bril- students were graduated. Registered Office of the Corapany, liant. The game was finished at

5 o'clock. Scores follow:- Pedder Street, noon.

October 3-Second meeting of the China Sugar Refining Co., Ltd., at Co.'s Office, Pedder Street,

"The Bill making legitimate the children born out of wedlocit,

Not every one knows whose parents subsequently

that H. G. Weils is one of the fairy numerous marry, passed its third reading in the House of Commons by 177band of "famous authors whose

thoughts have been turned to liter July 4-ammort Bros., at rotes to 18. It has already passed ature by physical weakness. The Sales Rooms, 40 pieces Cheloo the House of Lords" The fore-

son of a small tradespan who silk, noon. going' is a Reuter message received employed his leisure in playing from London on June 27. The cricket for his 'county, H. G. was new legislation is of especial to follow in the paterial footsteps, interest to those British residente and to this end was apprenticed abroad who in the early days to a bosier at Folkstone, on the Įruised "families without having Kentish coast. "If it had not been previously gone through the forms for the fact that my health failed," demanded by the Church and he has declared in reference to Society. In later years the those day, "probably I should now purents went through the pre-be the proprietor of a little busi- scribed form of marriage only to

ness over the door of which would find that in the eyes of the Lawe inscribed Herbet G. Wells,

Cash Draper.'" their children had received little benefit. We are

not, for a

The occasion was noon.. moment, making any attempt to NOT WELL. the ceremonious October 20-Third meeting of justify such irregular unions, but would urge the strong claim that the Royal Society. Mark Twain Ltd.; at Co.'s Office, Pedder Street, annual banquet of The China Sugar Refining Co., the children of such unions have was down to reply for literature. to be relieved of the stigma which "Shakespeare is dead and gone," invariably is applied to them by he began in his drawl.' time to shava" who are making people who either have not the Is gathered unto his

July 14.Further extraordinary The China Mail.

history. Having repeatedly dwelt brains or sense of justice to realize Tennyson is no longer with us. meeting of the Peak Club, 6.80 upon this aspect of the world that the offspring are in no, sense And, gentlemen-this in falter. P.me EUROMONG, WEDNESDAY, July 9, 1824. fights, we would yet urge once as an anomaly that one of twins

to blame. It has often struck us tones"Ian not feeling very well

myself." more the, supreme value of "the whose parents were married a

Then he sat down.. pioneer work now being done minute before its birth, was

Going down to a Only by such pioneer work as this. born a minute after the marriage legitimate, while the other child

remoto Surrey France won the Olympic Giving the final touches to his demonstrating the possibilities of ceremony would be branded with

village, a preacher fencing contest in Paris, according W36 asked machine just before hopping off for the future and winning the support the stigma of illegitimacy.

to to a Reuter message, dated yester We solemnise a wedding. The happy day. Haiphong, Lieut. Loweit Smith. of the public for further venturos, extreme case; none the less there the

havo admittedly quoted an couple wanted a hymn sung, and leader of the American world can aviation be fully developed. is justification for doing so in view preacher a slip of paper with the passed the second reading in the

bridegroom handed the

The old age pensions bill has fight, confessed to the China Mail That aviation can still be. wonder of the long and weary years that number of the hymn. Turning it House of Commons, says a Reuter reporter present that having been fully developed there is no doubt. the sponsors of the present Billun in the book, he was confronted despatch. working since four o'clock that Speaking in the House of Lords have spent in striving to see that with morning he had to leave Hongkong only a few weeks ago, the British bare justice is done to the children Thy way, not mine, O Lord, without shaving. Although he was Air Minister, Lord Thomson, their gewer to put themselves and After arganient the number was able to leave Hongkong this justifying the Government's new their children right in the eyes of

Changed morning in's more leisurely man airship policy in proference to the Society.

"NO TIME TO SHAVE."

of those who have done all within

WRONG NUMBER.

However dark it be

noon.

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fathers.

OTHER MEETING.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Building operations, in the Gastoms and Presbyterian Com- pounds, go steadily on in spite of difficulties in obtaining materials. The Kongmoon-Shek-ki boat 53 was held up and pirated last 11 Friday.

Some of the passengers.

South Africa-2nd Innings. Deane, c Sutcliffe, b Hearne... 24 Commaille, 1.b.w., b Tyldesley. 37 Susskind, lb.w., b'Tyldesley. Nourse, l.b.w.,"b Gilligan

Catterall, b Gilligan Taylor, b Gilligan

Blanckenberg, C Hobbs,

Fender ...

Faulkner, run out Pegler, b Tate

Ward, not out

Parker, b Tate

Extras

Totel

8 say that the pirate launch wLS

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24

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flying the British flag in order that the victims might be takon "by" surprise.

The heavy firing beard on Friday evening in the direction of the city was between a band of pirates and the defence guard, composed of the merchants and their clerks.

NO APPEARANCE.

ARCHITECT TO BE SUB PŒNAED.

Other Matches.

LONDON, Jul, i. Playing at Brighton, Sussex defeated Cambridge University by 68 runs, Sussex scored 260 and 269; Cambridge 161 and 230. Leicester beat Derby by 7 wickets. prosecution at the Kowloon Magle On the Chesterfield ground, During the hearing of a P. W. D.

The latter scored 328 (Hutchinson | tracy this morning, Mr. Hamilton 143) and 69. Geary took 5 wickets asked why Mr. Clarke, the architect, A message from Moscow says for 9 Leicester scored 276 and had not appeared. that the prolonged heat wave is 122 for 2

The defendant, Yuen Yuan, who adversely affecting the harvests in

At Hull, Yorkshire defeated is charged with not removing Russia. Quantities of crops have Essex on the first innings, scoring certain buildings from 102 Holly- been destroyed, and 'peasants are 299 and 11, Douglas took 6 for 97 wood Road, handed in a bundle of SCHOOL'S IN1ed his class to fear of a famine. Panic is report and 68 for 6

The teacher ask-disposing of cattle owing to the and 5 for 49. Essex scored 248 papers referring to the case and said that Mr. Clarke had told him write a list of the ed in many, districts.

At Southampton, Hampshire that he would not be needed i twelve most celebrated men in

beat Surrey by one of the first things lie told the IN THREE YEARS' TIME: I hope Colony, since the schoolboy drown- Newcastle United Cup Team II men

one wicket. Court. There has been some talk in the

England, and received the

Surray' scored 206 and 340 The Magistrate said he would- reporters when he arrived here was and, indeed, believe that wo shalling fatality off Stonecutters, of the Douglas Fairbanker

following:

(Sandham 94) and Hampshire 312 adjourn the case for seven days.. Chow he was looking forward-to-hive, accomplished much in

(Tennyson (75) and 235 for 9 If Mr. Clarke did not appear then, 100 dangers of launch bathing especi-

Tennyson 64

he was, afraid he, would have to good shaye, being at the time, a way of airship research, and that ally at places where there are

At Birmingham, Warwick gained have him subpoenaed A Reuter message from Capetown The victory over, Kenty 8 wickets. Total de jocnlarly added, almost able to we shall have in the air two kinds known to be dangerous currente.

states that General Smuts has been The latter scored 273 (Bryan 124) | ab his beard. Many times have of airships muitable respectively for No blame can be attached to the

Sardy was the of the returned unopposed for Standerton and 89, Howell taking 5 wickets ffworda been used “no time to

StPaul College authorities for the LOOKING, gueria wata/chrissur for 42. Warwick scored 226 and The scores were? Notts 247, and al purposes and naval recent fatality, for we understand bat rarely befo with

FORWARD, tening party, where The American world fieri 37 fortwo, Santall making 90 tot 221 for three when the influgs провев

that the utmost precautions Care

the host was known arrived it allahabad youterday, out, Spa inspiring meaning, for it-IN TEN YRARS TIM: I hope to taken at their outings for that to posses a well filled wine cellars according to a Resita dispatch At Manchester Lancashire des closed: Lancashire 288,

which Makeplace obtained 115 see at least 6 airship, constructor: I mattor at all other regular school when the time came to distribute received here last night,

and 80 for

ner than this, Squadron Leader Burney scheme for an Imperial air

MacLaren too has had several service, outlined his uirship Launch Bathing Pierica times to forego his shave. Indeed phecios thus:

688 young masa, who have:

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feated Notts on the 1st innings