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BOWLS.

SATURDAY'S RESULTS.

Playing at houe in Division I on Saturday the Craigengower Club defeated the Civil Service Club by 16 points. Scores follow:-

G.C.C

Taylor

C.S.C.C. Cullen } Sará Duncan McFarlane (5) 22 Allea

Rossolet

Dennis

Muskett

Fritz

(S) 13

BASEBALL

WEEK-END PLAY.

THE CHINA MAIL

The "Portuguese and Filipino match in the Baseball League, fixed for yesterday, was cancelled owing to the latter being unable to place a team in the field.

Saturday's Game...

BEFORE THE MAST,

CABIN BOY WHO BECAME

SHIPOWNER.

days, on my own-secount, I was able by the end of 1884 to settle. down innry own house with a small, well-intested nest-egg, aud more than half my life still to be Lived.

Liberal

No one who has ever heard the FIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE BEAMEN,

In latter years Bir Walter Runci- call of the sen will be able to resist the temptation to read from cover inan, having fought the sea in all to cover Sir Walter Runciman's her moods, confronting mutiny autobiography, "Before the Must und outamneuvring pirates, as he On the Hongkong Football Club and After:" and it will also ap- relates in graphic passages, in- ground at Happy Valley on Satur peal to u far larger circle, whose terested himself in the municipal interest in the sea is less intimate, life of South Shields,, became an day afternoon, the American aggre-writes Archibald Hard in the outstanding gura in gation from the Hongkong I Baseball Club proyed too strong for the Japanese, defeating them by & runs to 3- They scored a couple each in the first, third and fifth, In the first half of the seventh, the Japanese made a bold bid for victory. They had scored three runs with no one down and at one perlod had a man on second and third, which looked dangerous. However, the Americans tightened up and the game came to an end when C. Shank, with a brilliant Taking advantage of the fine left-handed catch at short stop weather on Saturday, the Club de disposed of Islimatsu. Recreio and the Netherlands Re- The Americans throughout played creation Club played of their tie an almost faultless game, O'Connor in the 2nd division of the Tennis in the third inning bringing off a League. The match was played on very fine catch when he disposed the Portuguese courts in Kowloon of Koyama. Clegg, for the win- and the hosts won by 60 games toners, pitched exceedingly well

Scores:

except at one critical period in the "Hyndman and Silv (C. de R.) list inning, and he is a decided beat Nikkels and Heintrez. 7-4; acquisition to the tearn. beat de Teenw and V. Bgmond. 6.5: lost to Nolthenius and Groot,

30.

TENNIS.

PORTUGUESE VICTORY.

Smith.. Gregory Green

Grimmeu Bradbury (S.) 24 Hil!...(S.) 17 | 2-0. (45-18% Alves

Oswick

Osmund and Remedios (C. de R.) Rodrigues

Smith

bert Nikkels "aud Heintrez, $-3; Fisher

Kaight

heat de Leeuw and V. Egmond, Basa...(S) 16"Mill... (S.) 200-2; heat Nolthenius and Groot,

-174. (24-0),

Total......66

Total......50

KCC. v. T.R.C.'

to

Playing at home, the Kowloon Cricket Club lost Taikoo Recreation Club by 9 points. Scores:

K.C.C.

J. C. Hunter

J. Sloan

T.R.C.

A. O. Brown T. Grimshaw

W. Goldenberg

J. Hyde

H. Overy

J. Conley

L. Lammert J. Gibson

R. Wallace-

W. Wother-

(S) 15

spoon (S) 24

J. Whyte

T. Bateman,

J. Maclachlan N. Drummond (5), 15

(S) 18

R. Abraham H. Davis "C. J. TacchiTM A. G. Pile.

(S.) 24

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Total.....54

1. Young

J. McCubbin

DAMI POSTPONED.

*

For the losers, Ishimatsu, the pitcher, was generally difficult to hit, while Fukushima, at third, was repeatedly applauded for good work. The score by janings follows:

C.

P.

C. Shank

INNINGS ... 2.3 4.5 6 7 Total, Japanese ......0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Noronha and Sousa beat Americans 2020 20- Nikkels" and

The line-up was: 'Heintres. 8-3:

AMERICANS JAPANESE beat de" Leeuw and V. Egmond,

Proulx -3: lost to Nolthenius and Groot. Y. Hachiuma

Ishimatsu

Clegg 5-6 (91-12).----Total 60-39.

S. Hachluma 5.S. The match between between the Edo Indian Recreation Club and the Hayashi Kowloon Cricket Club, in the first Fukushima division, was postponed antil next Ishida Saturday, owing to some of the Nishimura Indian players having taken advan- Kusano tage of to-day being a holiday, and left the Colony for the weak-end. The result of the match will de ide the placitigs in the first division.

So far, the KC.C. have not suffered defeat, whereas the I.R.C. and the US.R.C. have each lost match. In the event of the K.C.C. losing to the Indians, three (S.) 21 teams

will tie for first place, which may necessitate a replay.

G.Marrison

A. Hamilton

Total 63

KBG C. v. P.R.C.

Playing at home the Kowloon Bowling Green Club lost to the Police Recreation Club by sixteen points. This is the first win of for the

Scores=-

K.B.G.C. R. Goodman

R. Forsyth

Police.

the

POLICE.

L... Whant

BAND CONCERT.

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

Provided the weather holds fine, there will be a band concert in Statue Square between 5 and 7 o'clock this evening. The Band of the East Surrey Regiment will supply the music and seating ac P. Farrell (5.) 20 A. Clark (S.) 22 commodation will be provided. 3. Kynoch

The programme follows: J. Chapman R. Hall

W. Macfarlane

J. McLaggan

R. Lapsley

E. Post W. Sword

D. Reid

W. Murphy W. Hollands

Clark

....Alford.

D. Harvey (5) 16 J. Grant (S) 205-Suite of Spanish Dances....

O'Connor.

1 b.

Ryan

2 b. "

Wilson

3.b.

r.f.

c.f. 1.f.

E. Shank

Umpires:

Messrs.

and June.

Harlow Hogan Featherstone

V.R.C. FETE.

MR. LYON'S 'RECORDS,

pleasing

The sensation of the night was

Daily Telegraph. It is a story circles in Northumberland, und, of remarkable career from the entering the House of Commons, hawse-pipe of a sailing ship to the had the "exceptional experience of steuner and serving as a private member while quarter-deck of a thence to the shipowner's office his son. Mr. Walter Runciman, "was President of the Board of ashore, und Smaily to the chairman- ship of one of our great merchant Trade. Throughout all these yeara fects, the Moor Line. We have in of increasing responsibilities, owing these pages the arresting story of to the stenus growth of the Moor the triumph of character over Line under his guiding hand, the circumstances, and, as n time when former cabin boy remained the firm men are being urged to look to the friend of all sailors. You may road Slate for their economic salvation, in these pages of the creditable part surla record of achievement as which he took in reforming the that of this graduate of the old- Shipping Federation in face of the time siling ship's forecastle" may prejudices of good many ship- Help to check a tendency which, if owners, and of the manner in which peace between owners and men to it persists, nust result in the rain he assisted at length in cementing of this community of islanders."

"Sir Walter Bunciman ran away the enormous advantage of one of to sen in 1859, but not because his the fow industries which has not home won unhappy, for he had the suffered from strikes in recent good fortune to have u father and years. He conveys to the reader.

a mother who, umid the hard strug, noving picture of the struggles i gles which confronted them, sur, of Mr. Havelock Wilson on behalf, rendered none of their high ideals of the men belonging to the Sea-

men's and Firemen's Union:

a small boy only 12 years old Walter Runciman hecame an ap prentice, serving as enbin boy, then obtained his ticket as master mariner, and at the age of 20 was in command of a clipper ship. He was still a young captain without

If Wilson had not been, a remark- never ably gifted man he could have built up and kept together o heterogeneous an organisation. I don't suppose there will ever be known all that he has had to fight or influence, when he for and against within his own formed the ambition to become" a calf yard; for over twenty-five years shipowner. He relates low he he was at war with the most for- confessed täis liopes to his ebief, midable employers federeation in the world, and ultimately brought officer:

money

After lunch one,day, when sail-most of its members to see that it ing down the Mediterraikan with was better to have him as a friend B strong Levanter, I sat down in, than as a foo.

front of the poop to pass the time! The years of terrible strife and in making a nat, when the chief work have cost him dear. Though officer cane beside me to see how it his brain is quite alert, his body is was progressing, and theen we dis- lume, and worn with suffering, and cussed amongst other things the yet he sticks to his job and directs uttling down of the main rigging the union's affairs with apparently before passing Gibraltar. Inciden the same skill as ever, and is on tally, he said she was in fine order closer than speaking terms with the up aloft, and everywhere, and then, clever and genisl manager of the added: "This vessel must have. Shipping Federation. cost a great deal of money to Juild."

1

FAITHS IN THE MOTOR SHIP:

It would be to convey a mis- I said: She must, but I have leading conception of this volume to Fine weather attracted a large crowd to the Victoria Recreation ever heard the amount," and then lay stress on the author's fight for of the Club swimming bath on Saturday I added that the ambition to own the recognition of the Seamen's night for the fête, which had to be a ship like this was never ont of and Firemen's Union, or

part which he took in municipal postponed last week-end owing to my mind. the wretched weather. The entries "Oh! said he, with a twinkle and political life after leaving the were bigger than usual, and, in the in lus eye and a sceptical ahake of sea. The appeal which these majority of events, the number of his head, T doubt your ambition pagos make is that they contain a competitors must have been highly will never be satisfied. Anyway, story of the sea before the steamer

oblivion. gratifying to the officials respons- i've got a long way to travel had arrived to drive the sailer into Sir Walter Rumiman ible for the arrangements and before you reach that point." especially

I said: "You think. I am build-recalls the contemptuous attitude the to handicapper..

ing castles?"

of the old captaina towards th Yes, indeed I do." said he, steam engine, but he has lived Mr. Lyon's fine feat in breaking "How many captains do you know himself to place orders for motor- the record in the heat and in the that have ever been able to retire?" ships. Having tested under every I replied that I was tolking condition of Bea and weather the final of the four lengths handicap.

As usual, the arrangements for about owing a ship, and not re old sailing ships which are now the spectators were excellent and tiring. ural added: "Whenever passing away, and having later on 1-Quick March.....The Middy little time was lost between events. do. I shall consider your applica- commanded and owned steamships of increasing size, he has been A jazz band, under the baton of tion for the command."

This pleased him, and be hope sufficiently alive to the trend of L. Guy...(S.) 14 D. Clark...(S) 242-Overture....The Bronze Horse Mr. Dick Almada, played during tit ould come true--and it events to welcome in the most

.......Auber. the intervals and for dancing after AR Whibley W. McLennan

W. Glendenning 3-Selection...Jolanthe Sullivan. the presentation

Twelve or thirteen years practical way the coming of the oil of prizes by did.

after he was in command of one of age. This sunset years, he looks 4-Idylle...Traumbild... Von Blon. Miss B. George.

Results of Events

my steamers, which cost nearly, back, on a life of manifold adver ...Moszkowski. The results follow

double the amount paid for the tures by seu, and in this volume Total 666-Serenade...."Quand tu chantes" " Four Lengths Hdep. (Members), sailing vessel, to own which he leaves to those who come after him a well-filled picture which has a .......Gounod. Ist Heat:(1) B. Rasmussen (2) thought was flying too high.

wide historical as well as a deep 7.-The Grasshopers' Dante G. Razavet.

He brings his ......Bucalossi. 2nd. Heat D. Lyon, D. Laing As one reads these 300 pages or personal interest." Taikoo-Selection......Half-past-eight... dead heat first; J. Montalto was 80, Salted with salt of many sens, story to an end on an optimistic Rubens. third. The time of D. Lyon was and telling mony a thrilling adven- note: "The romantic appeal of our be declares, one realises the varied mother the RED," 9.--Foxtrot...Yankee Doodle Blues. 59 3/5 seconds, which is a record ture.

As & ship which, still calls our mce."" for the bath.

romance and adventure Three Lengths Handicap called boya away from their homes owner be still believes in the sail- (Boys)-(1), Pearne (2) B. Bliss, in former days, and also of the ing ship as the training place of He is not only carrying Three Lengths Handicap. manifold hardships which they sailors. (Giris) (1) Miss P. Huut (2) endured. It was a hard life, full apprentices in his square rigged made Miss D. Hunt.

of peril. but it made real meu. schooner-yacht Bunbeam, Diving for Plates (Members) There are no passages in Sir Wal- fumons by the first Earl Brassey, (1) E. G. Jordan (11) (2) C. Macter Runciman's biography which do but he confeases that, well ad- (S) 21 Kenzie (8) At the first attempt him greater credit than those which vanced-in years though he is, he MacKenzie, Razavet and Montalto he has penned as a shipowner-in may take to the more profitable Total......50 with 7. plates each tied for second. condemnation of the callous indif- plan and acquire traders," in Three Lengths Hdcp. (Ladies): ference of many owners, and not a which seamen of the future may (1) Miss Blunsdon (2) Miss George few captains, to the unnecessary acquire practical knowledge of their Winner's time from scratch was sufferings of the men who served calling. 38 2/5 seconds.

Before the Mast and After, Four Length Handicap Final We are enabled to follow stage the autobiography of a sailor and L. P. (Members)-(1) D. Lyon (2) Bby stage the remarkable career of a shipowner. By Sir Walter Runci (Fisher Unwin. Lid 10 Rasmussen. Time 58.3/5 seconds. man who was evidently born to the man, Bt.

Total.....50

Division II.

Playing at home

Recreation Club scored wictory over the Kowloon Cricket Club by 16 points. Scores

follow:-

T.R.C.

Muirhead

McKenny

Sloan

+

(KC.C.

Herridge

Heathcote

Hyde

McLeod (8.) 15. Ramsey (S.) 21.

Crichton

Matthews

Weir

Barker

Peterson

O'Brien

Fletcher

Harrison

Robinson

Hoather

Howe

Grimes...(S.) 21 Purves... (S.) 15

Labrum

Laing (S.) 31 Davidson (S.) g

Total ......57

Total......51

RHK.Y.C. v. K.B.G.C. Playing at home the "Royals"

Kowloon Bowling. defeated Green

by Club

IT points. Scores follow-

K.B.G.C.

Hazel Johnston Morley

Sheilshear(S.) 22 Muir (S) 14

Hamilton Smyth Keitch Atkinson

(S.)'))

FROM-SEA TO SHORE.

(S.) 21

Hyder

S. Ismail

Kitchell

S. E. Ismail

(S.) 15

Total......54

LEAGUE TABLES.

DIVISION 1.

P. W. Taikoo R. C........... 5 5 Civil Service C.C... 5 Craigengower ...... 6 Kowloon C.C.......4 Kowloon B.G.C...... 5 Police R.C.......

SHOTS FOR AND AGAINST,

Shots

4

I

3

6

Diving:(1) C. Mackenzie (81)

2

4|(2) N. W. Duck (79), -/+

referring to Mr. Daniel Stephens

unique, as Sir Walter himself, in} -

2

Tearn Race:-Rasmussen's team,

and others, reminds us. Looking

*

Shots.

R

RIKY.C

Sellars

Ashcroft

Carpenter

Waters

Smith

Warren Hunter

Taikoo R. C. 350 219 131 Civil Service.............. 311 Stock

Craigongower 317 Waters Edwards (S) zz Wylie(5) 18 Kowloon C. C..... 245 238

39

Pelley

Kowloon B. G. C. Police R. C.pepo

DIVISION II.

**** 105

James

before the maat,

8 Won by one foot in record time. sea, but it is a career which is not 18s. net.)

back, this souman-shipowner has Mr. Wheatley.

·

Minister

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COUNTY CRICKET.

CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE.

Position as at August 2.

County.

Middlesex Yorkshire Lancashire

Surrey ****** Kent...... Notts....... Warwickshire Somerset. Gloucestershire Sussex.......... Leicestershire Hampshiro..... Glamorganshire....

Essex ......... Worcestershire Northamptonshire. Derbyshire.

IRISH DISPUTE.

CONFERENCE TAILS.

(Reiter's Servicz.)

London, August 2.

Points

OFERNWAAston** obtained

Possible!

*****8888888 points.

Average

77.1

72.50

08.00..

64.29

57-77

57.141

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32.22

47-77

46.66.

42.35

34.44

31.76

29.41

23 534 ...21.82 11.25

inter-Allied Conference, which was- attended by all the Dominion re- presentatives. Mr. Thomas and Mr. Cosgrave continued the con- versations at the Colonial Office.

The "Marquess of Londonderry, acting, Premier of North Ireland, and Colonel Spender. Secretary to. Mr. Cosgrave is on his way to the North Ireland Cabinet, hava London in response to Mr.joined the conference of Mr. J. H.... MacDonald's invitation, whith the Thomas and Mr. W. T. Cosgrave This is Marquess of Londonderry, who is at the Colonial Office. leader of the Ulster Senate, will fest time the Irish lenders have deputize for Bir James Craig, who conferred since the abortive confer- is incapacitated through illness, at ence in April vital discussions," to-day on the The Irish conference broke up boundary question. The Marquess without arranging a future incef- The conferees were most of Londonderry, who is accom-ing. of panied by the Ministers of Finance secret, but it is believed they failed Labour, interviewed Mr. to agree. Consequently, the Gov The prospect ernment will proceed with legisla

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London; August §.

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS."

NOTICE OF REMOVAL..

no regrets for the career which he Health, moving the second read and chose at a time when most boys in ing of the Housing (Financial Thomas yesterday. Mr. Gosling (Minister of Trans these later days are just leaving Provisions) Bill, said the primary of an agreement issuing from the tion. port) assured a deputation of their preparatory school. Sir Wal- object was to secure continuity In conversations la generally con- Mr. Cosgrave has returned to representatives of local authoritiester Runcimana school was the the building of working-clase sidered remote....

Mr. Cosgrave is likely to urge Ireland. in Kent, Essex, and Hertfordshire sea, and his university the clipper houses. The essentials of the that a tunnel joining Kent and hip. It was a hard life. His bill were a treaty with the build expeditious action on the part of 41 Essex was necessary, and that it experiences in time began to to local authorities, and a charter für sequence of the, dangerons resur to telling industry, a treaty with the the Imperial Government in con- 7 mun be constructed as soon as on him.

31 possible,

In the autumn of 1884 my med-the tenant. As an amendment to gence of the Republican movement cal man, urged me to live ashore. the second reading, Lord Eustace due to impatience at the delayed Partially to do away with the The hord nerve-exhausting work of Percy moved that the House could settlement of the boundary arrange- P. W. L. P. thrift disqualification in regard to the North Atlantic was wearing not assens to a bil: hilch met ment.

The Ulster attitude is based on 2 6 old-age pensions, as Mr. Snowden me out, and I retired from active none of the present difficulties, 32

I proposes, will cost £7,000,000 in sea service. For twenty-six years, discouraged private enterprise fears lest the boundary revision be WE have This Day REMOVED- 14a full year. Labour's desire being with very small respites between and ownership, tended to increase not confined., to moore rectification I. 4 the total abolition of the means the voyages, I had sailed aa. boy costs, and threw an excessive of political and religious anomalies Ballding (208 floor).

2 limit, little approval was displayed and man, winter and summer in burden upon the State and the along the border and strongly op

without any poses the Free State contention at the party meeting at which he hot climates and cold, in small local authorities aketched Bis,acheme.

*Cuff

Pearman Brayfield (S) 16 McKay (S) 17 Indian R. C. 5

Kowloon Dock R.C. 32. Total 49 Talkoo R. C Total....60

Kowloon B.G.C...... IRC. v. KD.R.C.

R. H. K. Y. C.**** the Indian Playing at home Recreation Club defeated Kowloon Kowloon C. C

SHOTS FOR AND AGAINST.

Shots

Dock R.C. by Scores follow: "

IR.C.

Espina

Bux Ram

points.

KD.R.C. ?Goodman F..

Dixon Puncheon

Indian R.C.

Omar ..........(S) 18 Gow(5) 18 Kowloon Dock

Taikoo R.C........

Kowloon B.G.C...

PHLEY.C

Kowloon C.CHA

Docherty.

Midi

Hedley

Gourlay

D. Rumjažn

Johanson

Shots

ROXOR

mailing, vessels, in a handsome clip likelihood that an adequate supply that the Bagindary Commission per, and finally in steamhips (large of houses would thereby be made should have wide, powers of de- onough then, but reckoned very avale The amendment limitation which, in their extreme small nowadays), and I had had my defeated by votes to 206, and application; menu transfer of whole all, of hard and novel experiences the second reading was steed to tracts of territory...

DURATANAAM Blusterman moved that the bill afloat."

Mr. Cosgrove arrived and im he referred to Committee of the mediately want to Downing Street,

Moreover, from the time when

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"LOST OR STOLEN.

LOST OR STOLEN Alsatian 1. Wolf Hound last idem chils morninje.

I first became master of romel whole House. This was opposed where he conferred with Me outside Beaconsfield Arcade, Latter of had Ravady and being permitted by by the Government, but on

latter left ten minutes later to pry Reward onerod. Apbly! W/ Ward. the shipowance to do a little trad division was carried by 315 votes homas and Mr. MacDondla: The right pupe, waling ther

of the plenary session of the Beaconsfield Arcade, top door. ing, as was the custom in those to 175