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PER BUNOKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, APRIL 2810, 1889,

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each other's shing without the least operemony, London, 30th March. and some of thom are overtiron at the hasar While some ovelations were being carried out of their limbs." Another acount from the at night by the French feet off Beast, the pan of Sir Frederick Morton Ebon, in lila “Sta- nraiser Friant vente into collision with the bistiondecount of Scotland, at this, is well as tarpero boat driel. The latter versal was xounother extract upon Derbyshire feothall, I take seriously damaged that she shortly afterwards from Mr. Marski's okcellent back upon the mank, bit all her crew were saved,

game, with sinegre neŝanowind gents, Sir Fred-

Pin by orick Eben " At the parish of Scone, county of Peris, Scotland, every year, on Shrove BRINGHEAD Today, the hetelors ili murried spa drow Bandwag

COZLARD themselves up at the Cross of Bevue, npa op- pesite sidas. A hall was thrown up, and they¦ RACHALS": played from two o'clock at sanast galo was thin: He who buy time get the ball in his bids han what ifkilde wat erez- taken by a player of the opposite party, ami thor, if he would like himself een from thos who wore hoking him, he ran on; if not, le throw the Uhli Ergun him, unlea it was wrested from him by one of the other party, but ua per- 602 was allowed to kick it. The last senti is worthy of upscial actention. The sheet of the married men was to hang it; that is, to put it three times into a small hole on the meer, which way the dual's limit of that side; that

A GREMAN, DEFAULTER.

London, 30th March. Now from Barlin atates that Herr Grunhon thal, a retired aoist of the German Imperial Post Offies, who, was recently arrested so the charge of stenting back-potas to the ammmit of 112,000 marks (£5,600), bas confessed his yodlv. THE COLONIES AND TEM ROYAL ARMS London, 30th March The members of the Colonial Party fo the House of Comaxs have lopled a solution declaring that in the orent of any changs being made in the pressat Royal Arme, the colonies have a strong claim to be recognired. PRESIDENT KRUGER AND SR, GLADSTONE,

London, Slat March. President Kruger, of the Transreal Repable, bas seat to Mr. Gladstone, whose recovery is wow regarded as hopeless, a zressage of arm patby, in which he totes that he trusts God will strengthen him.

A BELLICOSE STESON,

the bachele was to drown it, or dip it three. as fatoo deep place in the diver, which wa dry limit of tau other the party who could affoot citber of thess chote won the gamo, it hether won the ball was cut into equal parts at : Londor, 20th Mirth Oszeral de Peltieux, apaalding at Chedone. In the cour the play there was declared that Franco possoned batter rides de violence Fetween the pardes, has cannon then Germany, and was donsequently Pesork in this part of the country 'Al is fair able to seize any opportunity that might ariant the bill of Boone,

of striking in retaliation for the defeat of 30 FOOTBALL DERBY.

Amongst the was off thosands who have COMMAND OF THE AUSTRIAN ARMY,Hoon jutely following dogs of the pre-

Loudon, 31st Marché

Freeht day Derby Couselon it is question

ble if any considerable auberere Acquainted

It is announced that the Emperor Frank Joseph has appointed the Archduke Franz Fer domad, the hair apparent to the throne of Austria Hungary, as Commandant of the army the Emperor himself signing any direct control.

REVENUE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

* London, 1st April. The revenue of the United Kingdom for the past quarter amounted to 433,650,144. Cuan tom Fielded £5,352,788, unciae, £9,204,000; and stamps £1,910,000.

FRENCH TIGEON SYSTEM,

London, 31st March

the dogs of the populas of this borough 40 far back as 1859, and therefore the recital of

ago from Glovers History of Derbyshiro'

be particularly apportage at the prosent Four Glover weltos The contest lies THE AUSTRIAN NAVY.

stwoon the paration of Poter's and Al London, 31st Murah Reports received from Vienas state that Saints, and the goals to which the ball is takon are Nunsill for the latter and the Gallows Naval Department intend asking the Antrate on the Normanton road for the formar, Hungarian Delegations for a vote of 50,005,000 5.1 (heher pain le bordegh lake 1. Horios (about 25,000,000) for the purpose Agus threat past latha contest out the fabbit

making additions to the mary.

part of all you in the spot together with Persons from all parts of the jacent county. "The players as Jung men tror eighteen ta thirty or upwarde, married well as single, many vicerana who ret ish for the art geconstially see who very heat of Tho can bences in the wheretheds of such parish band about on a the midst of them he of to strongest each party. Tho Cinekutely closo solid mud fe for the object of each

The Froneh steamship liner 10% Mary lar pigeons to convey news from mid-ocenn io land. 79

A SPORTING. CABĖ.

London, 1st April

4 course of the crowd

far goal. The struggle alls-ouried in the arms)

Mr. Martin D. Racker, a prominent racehorse in owner, is saing Mr. A. F. Calvert, who is also merka identified with the tarf, for the recovery of purty

toward £14,000 in rospect of the vatre of the interest parehased in defendant's racehorses. Flaint to obla

essed themeolres of it, is of thoseskas alleges that he was desirous of relinquishing the

motion of the humun tida partnership, and, when he asked for a return of then violen

without the least regard to the mosay he had paid the defendant, the inter-hönving to s affed him certain shares, which were snban consenteposit remica FreketTM skins, quently discovered ta bo vainolask.

broken heat tech, coste,and lost hats are The case is proceeding

amongst tad nor acadenti of this fearful SPEECH BY THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDE THE contest, and frequently happens that persons fall, owing to the 1tensity of the pressure, fainting and bloeding beneath the font of the surrounding mode, werkd be diBoult to give an adequate 18e of thless sport. A Fenchura passing through Derby remarked that if Englisboer enlied this playing it would be impossible to say what they all call fight

COLONIES AND THE EMPILE

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The anus banques of the Royal Colonial Institute was held last evening, and was attended by a large gathering, numbering 220 persoas, song whom were the Daks of File, the Earl of Kintore, the Earl of Glasgow, Sir Saul Samuel, Sir James F. Garrick and

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H.R.H. the Duke of Cambrilge occupied the chair, and in his speech he decland that sport, arging on the players with shouts, and Who hase consigned their Braads to Hongkong Great Britain ought not to retrograde or to even handing to those who hasted gjekt to other natious. Vanuhaity and re-ranges and such refreshment. The object of ciprocity in the connection between the ocipales St. Petary party is to get the ball into the 961 and Great Britain were, however, essential to srater down the Marledge. Brack" into the Parwent as soon as they vau: white the any successful nation, but if these existed thoy would then be able to face any possible dangers. All Saints party endeavour to prevent this It was imperative, he said, that the chlorine td urge the ball westward. The St. Peter's: sad the Empireshould stick together. Talking players are considered to be equal to lig w less, and they must act unitedly. The best water spaniels, and it iscerately great colonial gathering on the onension of the carious to see twe or the hundred me Quan's Diamond Jubilee hud ebawn to for up to their chins in the Darent coinly eigners that we were a great Power, and we ducking sach other. The harbors engaged on- ought to have backbone enough to prove it. both sides exceed a thousand. and the strasts He was confident that we were quite able to are crowded with lockers on. The slings are

closed, and the town prosents the aspect of at hold our ova. (Loud cheoxs)

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Mr. Hely-Hutchison, referring to the Fader atian movement in Australia, expressed theTo have altered all that sort of thing nowadays

opinion that the essence of federation had already been achieved,

Among the other speakers was Earl Grey, who stated that the colonies bad shown a desire to sbare the burdens of the Empire. De con- sidered that the employment of the Imperial credit, in cases where the security was suficient, would sensibly diminish the burden of the colonial public debts, and the same timor not neversitate an additional penny of taxation in Great Britain.

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Theopar when our sparis and pastices, properly cou-

From Tekin to fudis by Prince Heary ducted, 479 attacked, I hope to be able to take my part so fighting the enemy youth and nail; tint I can gue neither senso a reason in the History of China, by Dr, Macgowan disorderly proceslines that still Lake place in From Far Fermesa, by Mackay certain benighted localities, Footbal bus quiser Troubles in Poonn auf Deer, by enough to answer for when played under the striptest surveillans without going back to the History of Great Northern Railway, by ergies of the commencement of the century.

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ETOS.CANADIAN NATI The C. P. stehtiar Empress Japan lelt Vancouver on Wednesday, the 20th instant

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MEROWANT STEAKERS. The P. M. steamor Azlee left San Francisco for this port via Yokohama, Kobe, and Naga saki, on the 16th instant.

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THE TEK DENCY, OF THE TIMES. Granting that the Rugby game has a greator elaim to antiguity than the Association code- By some strange set of direumannus, upon and I suppose there is no reason to argou ont which these versed in the bidety of the game the question cariously it is almest impossible of football are ubio fa expound for hours Le hidefror ona's self the feat that the Associs. together, it so happons that the devotecs of the

tion is making giant stride compared to the ancient pastime have for a long number of

work and balting footsteps of the Rugby Union. years been disited into two more or less hostile Lost which way we will wo find stakeable sactions, So far as the antiquity of the game evidence of the growth of the dribbling game, goes, it is not within my province to attempt to not only as it appeals to the goueral public as a decide which of the two the Bugly or the more alizzative spectacle, hut also in the nuen. Association game-hus claim to pricrity, but I tot of players who participate therain. I do may go so far as to say that amongst those who bet ned to be told that in the North of Eng here constituted themselves historiens the land in Wales, and in the grister portion of Baghy game as we knew it to-day finds most the Souls the Rugby Union game holds you- VISSER'S HOLLAND favour from this particular point of view. It siderable swar, but it must not be forgotten taut iy sa acompted fact that the ancient Grocks Associalis football is becoming and mozo played a game of "ball," and later the Roraas popular the south, specially around there far per la quiity to any other vocat- aped themselves with harpastum," the metropolis, while further i still in and round Greek derivation of which is "to maize." From Southampton and Portsmontis, the dribblersalus these points the editor of the well-know IL book on Ragby football (the Bav. Frank are increasing every month. Not so very long Marshall) argues that the ancient game ago the idea of sleepy lith Luton, ous of the

Desires of the straw plaiting industry in Bed-i exactly in accord with the present gume, bengfordshire, showing a beld feat to suck and one of "carrying rather than of "kicking.” enpfighters as West Bromwich Albion er the Whether or not the Homous introduced this Belton Wanderers would have been scouted as gane of harpastan inte Britain or not has not the height of absurdity, but the fact remsing yet been satisfactorily decided, host was that last mason the Albion bad all their work told in the volume just mentioned that, "g out est to win, sed I rather faucy the Bolton Chester antiquary mentions & practice which ten felt relieved when they recently emerged prevailed in laat city, time out of mind, fur, tum from the my with a hare gard to the ged. It Eheomakers yearly, on Shrove Tunday do

is not difficult te trace the progress of these deliver to the drapore, in the preserve of the younger coutres of Associles play in the caSK Mayor of Chester, at the ball of Hudebeo, one of Luton the team is mutely comprised of players who have won renown on bestor-brown Halls,

ball of leather, called a football, of the value of three shillings and fourpeaes or above, to play and who fre copobis at a pluch of playing sterl at from thence to the common hall of the sume ing fastball, Southampton may not be able to oity." It is sled obroziced that the firet ball boast of galts so many veterans Luten or the used was the hand of a Daus, who had been New Brighton Tower club, bat there is plent captured and slain, and whose head was kicked of dght amongst them, and who knows but about for sport. This latter atatement reads that any any yet become formidable competi revolting enough in these days, but I foar wo

tars te some of the crack teams of to-day "And hate not altogether rid ourselves of this nu

white all this progress is being made in different iralism eyou in these days. Of course, dictions I think I may almost any north. should not kick a fellow creatoro's head about east, south, and west what do we find baypen-

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consen's amoaget force alias, threatened by the insidione growth of professionalism in Wales, tapped at by a disappointed seating in the west, is it may wonder that people ask whither are we drifting? I suppose in the good time coming

put a stop to all that sort of thing; but we are still playing a game of zomerket rough sutures the neoidente of the field show on too plainly. Chester, Derby, and Alnwick have each been connected with the game in the long ago, while to the historians of Comber the Rugby Umon antherries will besume live land, Northumberland and the different parts to the fact that while all this quibbling and hair- of Scotland the game on Shrove Tuesday was splitting has been going on the Association hars an avout the details of which were worthy of ben forging ahead, but I would that the good marofol preservation. In the latistical time" ve Dot quite so lazy and indefinite as it Account of Bootland" we are that in -3

appears to his et present The anio ban stool cortale parish of Midlothian it was the custom boldly and well for the amateurs, but there for the married women to play by single yearly not the slightest reason why oneiliatory en Bürova Tuesday," and it is added that the methods should het, he adopted towards those married woman always won Leaked at i-row outside the fold withert unucossary dolay. partially, it is pretty evident that the game of Preserve our amateur by all means, but in camp ball" or buling was that upon endeavouring to do the greatest good for tho which the prosent ordes were madelled, end it greatest number thn Northern Union players. was left to the big schools of the kingdom to

inst ret be entirely overlooked. develop the different codes se vo know there, to-day.

BIHUCF'S DESCRIPTION.

Jonpli Strutt, to whom more than any other porson the sportsmen of to-day are indebted for collating facts upon sport in the eighteenth

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The British stoemor Gullrit, from Kebo 15th. apart. The ball, which is commonly made of a blown Hadder and cased with leather, is da Arri), and Moji 17th, passed Turnabont Island' livered in the midst of the ground, and the ab. at 6 pm, of the 20th, and arrived at Hongkong jost of ob party is to drira it through tuo at 7 am. of the 22nd, sperianoid ine weather goal of their antagonists, which being done through the Inland Sea thence to Turustat the game is won The altar of the Island thick kasy misther and deren fogs at performers are best displayed in attacking intervale, with B. W winds and rodente ses; and defending the goale, and hence the pastime thance to arrival thick hasy weather with very.. Was more frequenly called 'gval at football freak N. monsoon and high following sea. than a game of football Whair the exercise Passed a Russian naval shin to the N. of the becomes exceedingly violent the players kick Lacoks, steering to the northwar

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