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Gloucester Skipper's Judgment.
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LOCAL FORESTS AND GARDENS.
YEAR'S WORK AFFECTED BY WATER SHORTAGE.
MANY FIRES.
Aceording to the annual report of the Botanical and Forestry Department for 1920, the weather during the early part of the year was most unfavourable for both
the year
New York, Yesterday.
We wee from 'to-day's cricket gardening and forestry operations, Jack Sharkey, the American, who cables that Gloucestershire de- and owing to the lack of rain ali was defeated by the German, Maxfeated Middlesex by 50 runs. If tree planting was "much delayed. Schmeling, recently on a foul, is to we look closely at the scores, wa
In the latter part of meet his victor in a return match Sud that the first innings of many forest tires occurred during for the world's title. The bout has Gloucester was declared closed at the frequently exceptionally dry beeg arranged to take, place in 304-5. This score would not porioda. September, and only certain details present an impossibility for bata-
When the heavy rains did come remain to be settled.-Router,
men of the quality of Hendren, the Botanie Gardens suffered con- [An earlier
message stated: Henrne, Robins, Haig and Ensiderably from the
typhoon wen- Sharkey now offers to sign up again and return immediately 12% per cent. if he fouls the German. Sharkey offers to pay the expenses of, all the prelimin aries, plus overhead charges, for the third fight. If he should be fouled, he declares that he will not accept the decision.]
BASEBALL.
Results in American Leagues.
New York, Yesterday. The following are the results of baseball matches played to-day:
National League. Clacinnati 11 Brooklyn Chicago 10 Boston
American League,
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New York 8 Detroit Buston 11 St. Louis Washington 3 Chicago Philadelphia 4 Cleveland
thoven, yet the declaration was ther. Thirteen of the largest
for 185.
mile, and Middlesex dismissed trees in the Gardens were blown down by the gale on August 22, This assured Gloucestershire of the largest of them being a first innings' points, and, now the Grevillea robusta, which had stood object was to force a win if pos- in the New Garden för over 40 sible. This they achieved, though years; many other smaller specimen the startling collapse of his team trees and ornamental shrubs were in the second innings must have blown down, but the majority of given B. H. Lyon an anxious time. them were saved by being promptly Ifis enterprise, however, received raised and supported. its reward, when Middlesex wery In Government House grounds a dismissed for 120.
Last Aesson at Gloucester the lawn immediately in front of against Middlesex, Lyon showed the main entrance to the house that enterprise, which has made was blown down on August 22; kim so reliable a skipper.
On many other trees, particularly Flame of the Forest, were almost entirely stripped of their largest limbs.
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New York, Yosterday. The results of the Baseball Na- tional League matches, played to- day, are as follows:-
Pittsburg beat New York 8-4. Cincinnati beat. Brooklyn 2-1. Chicago beat Boston 7-3.
St. Louis beat Philadelphia 7-5, The results of the matches under the American League were:-
Detroit beat New York 11-6. St. Louis beat Boston 4-3. Philadelphia beat Cleveland
8-0.
Chicago beat Washington 2-1. -Reuter's American Service.
WATER POLO. Chinese Athletic Win Well.
Chinese Athletic beat the Navy at water polo, last night by four goals. to nil, in a First Division League game. The Navy held their own in the first half, but falled to keep up the pace in the second, with the result that the Chinese put on four goals very quickly. Han Tam-cheung was the atar for the victors, scoring three goals with brilliant shots. Choy Chak-lau, got the other point,
V.R.C. Seconds Win. The V.R.C. juniors put on seven goals without reply in their second division game with the Somersets.
GOLF.
Starting Times for .To-morrow.
V.
Tennis - To-day Division; M.B.K.
V.
R.E.S.C., Recreio C.C.C.,.C.R.C. v. C.S.C.C., Nip- pon Club v. K.C.C., S.C.A.A. v. H.K.C.C., U.S.R.C. Y.M.C.A., University T.C. v. I.R.C. "C" Division: I.R.C. v. K.I.T.C., C.S.C.C. v. Nippon Club.
Lawn Bowls-To-day- Division I-G.CC v. K. Dock R.C.; K.B.G.C. v. K.C.C.; de Recreio v. Police R.C.; Taikoo V. C.S.C.C.; Division II,~~~~ Yacht Club v. Taikoo; K.C.C. v. C.C.C.: C.S.C.C. v. de Re- creio; Electric R.C. v. K.B.G.C. Football June 30 - An- nual Meeting of Football Asso- ciation..
Monday
Racing-September 27- Seventh Extra Race Meeting. October 10 and 11-Eighth Extra Race Meeting.
Water Polo - First Division-Somersets v.. V.R.C.; Second Division, Kow- loon v. Fukion Club,
Golf To-day and To- morrow-Bogey Pool, Fanling.
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July 7-9 Oxford v. Cam- bridge.
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The number of sowings of pine trees during the year amounted to 250,480, the areas reafforested be ing Mount Collinson, West Bay, Pokfulam Valley, Kowloon Bay. Shek Li Pui catchment area, Kow- loon Tsai, Taipo Kai Forestry Reserve and the ground adjoining Ping Shan Land Office.
The total area cleared in Hong Kong and the New Territories in connection with anti-malarial measures was 2,020,440
aquare feet. For other purposes, such as: clearing of cemeteries, cutting of survey traces, road making, nullah; training and other public Improve- ments the area cleared amounted
to 413,315 square feet.
Forest Fires.
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Forest Guards. Forest Guards Service.-The total number of persons Arrested and charged with forestry offences by Forest Guards during the year was 166, of these 129 were fined or im- prisoned, 18 cautioned 4 had their, bail estreated, cases against 2 were dismissed, 1 was bound over and cases against 2 were withdrawn.
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forestry offences, of these 90 were ing time for to-morrow:-
that occasion. Middlesex batted estreated and 7 were discharged.
fined or imprisoned, I had 9.20 nm, L. R. Andrewes, L. H. first and scored 184.
bail Geare.
Gloucester had scored 185 for the loss of six were less frequent
Organized raids on W.
plantations 0. Shields, C. wickets when Lyon caused a sen- This was undoubtedly largely due
than Mycock.
usual. nation by declaring the innings, to exemplary punishment inflicted In their second venture Middle sex scored 121 and Gloucester Officers and to the absence of old by Police Magistrates and District won by eight wickets.
A. C. I. Bowker, D. Forbos.
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the pitch on both occasions and ance No. 6 of 1917 were held at the A. Ritchie, W. J. Clerk. had decided without hesitation on villages of Lung Kwa Tan and Mul
J. R. Collia, J. R. the right moment for declaration. Tze Lam, where extensive illicit He knew the particular wicket ap-felling of wild trees had occurred.
Hinton.
C. C. Stark, A. Sommer-preciated by his bowlers--it was In both cases the villages were fined.
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A. Loach, Capt. Weir. TENNIS.
Kowloon C.C./ Beat Chinese Club.
In the "A" Division of the Hong Kong Tennis League yester day, the Chinese Recreation Club went down to Kowloon C.C. on their own courts, by six ceta to three This rather spoils their chances of winning the League championship, and breaks the club's record of being undefeated in all three divisions.
"C" Divisioni. Entertaining the Kowloon In- dian.Tennis Club, the Kowloon C.C., won by savon sots to two. 1 AMERICAN BOAT RACE.
no gamble but enterprise with the shadow of certainty in the back-
ground.
Revenues,
The 'revenue derived from timber
Column.)
To gain first innings' points Is sales during the year amounted to not satisfactory to a captain of $4,102.25, from plant sales $797.35, his temperament, and if the Eng-from loan of plants $346.18, from lish counties were
to produce forestry ifcences 35,232.93 and other skippers of his calibre, there would (Continued at foot of preceding be little danger of dull cricket. He not only gets the best out of field, but he is also a very active his men by his example in the batsman, who can take the bowl- ing by the Beruff of the neck and knock the bowlers of their length. centuries, two of which were re- This season he has scored four gistered in the same match Under his leadership, I should not be surpriseu If Gloucester mide a hold bid for the cham- plonship.
miscellaneous receipto $1,283,48. Interest earned on current account amounted to $28,78, making a total New London, Yesterday.
of $11,885.97 as compared with | Yale Univeralty boat Hayard $8,849.95 in 1928 The total ex- University by five length in Denditure for the year was the annual boat race-Reuters | $98.412.87 American Service.
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