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POLLARD'S LILLIPUTIANS.

"A GAIETE GRL"

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The revival of A flaisty Girl by the Lilli putians on Saturday evening was attended with excellent results. The Theatre Royal was full, - and the little poople were seen to the best advantage. La petite Daphne Follard in the role of the Rev. Montague Brierly was as droll as over, and made a hit in her dues with les Baby Roberts, the stage daughter of the chaplain, who acted her part very beeemingly Attired on a Bighlander at the fancy dress ball, Mrs Daphne in her abbreviated "kills" pro- voked the heartfest laughter. Master Will Thoraas is another clever mother of the Com pany. His oharacterisation of Major Barclay was unfailingly good, and his song, "I tickled

·POLO CLUB GYMKHANA.

Fina wenther favenrod iba Polo Clubu Gymkhaus on the Race Coured at Happy Valley on Saturday afteroon, but despite these on couraging meteorological conditions the atton- done, though good, was not, so large sa might have been expected, all things considered, As e means of filling up the breach caused by the fallure to have a Spring Meeting of the Jockey Club, the Gymkhaus was a most acceptable if loss pretentions since, and the Polo Club is to bo congratulated in the success that attended its experiment. The band of the Derbyabire Regiment was present, and played popular selections at interrals between the crente, of which there were seven. The results were ---

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 20TH 1903

Mr. Inglis's Velvet

(Mr. Bratton): 0°† Mr. Kitcheners Topear (Mr. Kitchener) | Mr. E. Deseau's Mavbattan

(Mr. H. E. Morris) 0. Mr. Turke's The Back (Capt Light Capt. Whitehead's Lively (Mr. Chrki 0 Eight ran, Ben Nevis and Digby Grand were the only two ponies to complete the race with out mishap. One pony was left at the fist jump, which it absolutely refused to take, The water jump was the most difficult ons to negotiate. Fony after paay came to a dead bolt when it was reached, and neither whip for spur would induce them to go over. One jookey made the journey alone, and landed pump in the water; his pony trotted off across the course, but be made no attempt to reaptare it --he had had quite enough, thanks! Ben Navis

ARMY ESTIMATES FOR THE

FAR EAST

We bare sirosãy given a general summary of the Army Estimates for 1909 2. The following are the details for Hongkong and Woibni we so far as they appear on the face of the Entimates (the figures within parentheses aro the votes for last year) :-

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him," was one of the tit-bits of the oroning PoLO PONY: RACE; for, bona-fida pelo penies and ¡Digby Grand went over like birds, and 6,689) of all ranks. Army Ordinance Depart- nafavourably with those of other nations in

Miss Alco Pollard's abilities wore obscured in her minor role of Ehody Willoughby, and the remark applies, though with less foros, to Master Jack Pollard, who had comparatively. little to do as Sir Lewis Gray a divorce court judge. What they had to do, however, both did well, Miss Irene Loftus, Miss Lily Moore, and Master Fred Pollard ware an attein, tive trio of Life Guardemen. Miss Loftas "The soldiers in the park," from the Runaway Girl, and had to respond to an enthusiastic demand for an encore from the audience, who were especially delights 1 with the whistling chorus Lady Virginia Forest, a

Kang

society lady with a past, found an able expon ent in Miss Connie Pollard, as did Lady Aditha Aldwin in Miss Laura Merton Mies Myrtle Trott, whose name was omitted from the programme, acquitted herself charmingly as a captain of the Life Guards, and appeared at fault only in ber rendering of "Tommy Atkins," which she sang altogether, too quickly, A laughable figure was that of Corporal Lance (Master Edward Macnamara), who is as fond of anap sa the sleeping boy in Plokwick, and woos Morpheus in the most unlikely places. He sang two "catchy" Bunge, Gay Bou- logno" and "Plenso let me sleep," end gained rausing applanse for eaub. In the latter, Master Fred Pollard takes up the chorus from the pit, sud the "geg" always delights the dadlence. who recalled the singer half-a-dozen times and even then were unwilling to let him go. The welcoms accorded to little Miss Fearl Pollard, who danced an Irish3ig spiritedly and gracefully, was a revelation in enthusiasm. Pearl ise mite of about six, but she conducted herself with as much sang freidas ber elders and deserved every

to be passed as such by the Polo Committee; ap the straight catch weights over 11st Tiba; riders to line up at the starting post with their panies turned away from the wianing post and on the fall of the flag to tarn round and gallop in. Batranso ios și. Mr. Johnstone's Vanity, 1st 71bs

(Mr. Johnstone) 1 Mr. Gedge's Funch, Ilat 7lbs (Mr. Gage) 2 Mr. Kitchener's Norah, 11st 71bs... **

(Mr. Kitobener) 3 Capt. Thornhill's Bancs, llet 10lbs.

(Capt. Thocaki 0 Capt. Light's Go Lightly, 11st Tibs

(Capt. Light) o Me. Cruickshank's Belle Holene, Itat 7lbs (Mr. Cruickshank)

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Six ran. Norah and Vanity got away to-

gether when the startor's Big fall, hat the there did not face about so quickly. Purch soon cleared the ruck, however, and after passing Norah, which had been beaten in the gallop up the straight by Vanity, made a bold

Commoner came in third somehow. COSTUME BAon; Indies nomination; down the straight round, a post and is, the post to be turned leaving it on the left hand, prize for the best costume; prize for first past post: competitors to line up in front of the jugo's box previous to the res for the purpose of judging the costumes. Post entries. The six occpetitors in this event appeared in costumes as excellent so they were varied. Mr. F. Deacon was attired as a ballet girl, and the faithfulness of his copy may be judged from the remark of a short-sighted old gentle man with glasses who had not read bis programme and who came upon the vision quite suddenly" Jove, what a pretty girl What'e she doing here in that rig, though? Mr. Deacon won the prize for the best costume, and Mr. Johnstope the prize for the race.

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Establishment.Artillery, darrison: Three companies, 736 of all ranks. Engineers: One company, 18 officers, 195 men. Infantry: One battalion, 1,012 of all ranks Army Service Corps: 5 officers 6 men. Royal Army Medical Corps: 11 officers, 41 men. Colonial and Native Indian Corps: 44 companies of Infantry, four of Local Artillery, one of Loral Engineers ment, 7; Acay Ordnance Corps, 62; Army Pay Corps, 8. Total of all ranks, 7,768.

General StafE-Hongkong: Major-General, £3 a day; deputy assistant adjutant-general £1.18.; deputy-assistant quartermaster-generel, £1 1; cide-de-camp,, 158.; total pay, £2,141. Temporary and acting staff, £15; servant allow arce., £120; table money, £246; garrison and staff sorgrout, £109; civilion and pensiones clerk, £18. Total of General Staff, £1,648— Weibiwei: Staff Captain, lös. a day, £74 Temporary and acting staff, £16; servant allow- ance, £19, Total of General Staff, £297.

Appropriations in Aid.- £76.400 (£78,000),. Approximate Annual Cost of Clothing per Man.Hongkong and Singapore Battalion Royal Artillery: Sergeant, £4 198. 108.; rank and file, £3 18s. 43. ; recruits, £7 10g. 20.

but absuccessful attempt to pass the lender, SOUTH AFRICA AND CHINESE given for last year). Transport and remounts, which won by a neck only.

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ONE MILE BACE; for China ponies; weight for inches as per Hoogkong Jockey Club standard; non-winners at the February 1903 Bace Meeting allowed 5lbs; winners at that Mr. Mackie's Miel, 10st 7lbs

Meeting 5lbs extra. Entrance fue *3.

(Mr. Clark) 1 Mr. E. Deacon's Manhattan, 10st Tibe

(Mr. Morris) Mr. Armstrong's Jigoku, at iba

Spot (Mr. Armstrong) Capt. Whitehead's Lively, 10at 9lbs *

(Mr. Kitchener) Mr. Pontifex's Cominoner, 10st 71bs

(Mr. Pontifex) 0 Mr. F. B. Deacon's Nipper, 10st 1lb

ir. F. B: Deacon) 0 Mr. Inglis's Velvet, 31st 4lbet

(Mr. Inglis) Mr. Armstrong's Starling, 11st Sibst

Hobgol (Bír, Auley) bit of the praiseslie gained: Miss Nellie Macna- | Mrs, Dickson's Digby Grand, Ilst Bibe‡

(Mr. Johnstone) mara acted as Lady Gray, the wife of Sir Lewis, and appeared very favourably in the part, Miss May Topping being equally bappy in hor inter- protation of the role of the French maid, Minna With the remaining parts suitably accounted for, the whole play went smoothly from start to finish, and with the exception of an comisional display of hasts in the interpretation of some of the musical Dumbers, there was nothing to prevent the pless from being classed amongst the best of its kind seen in the Theatre Royal. All the dances were gracefully executed, and they imparted alditional comedy

LABOUR.

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China Expeditionary Force.--Fay, £90,000 (£50,000). Medical Borvices, £5,000 (no amount

£70,000 (no amount given for last year). Sup plies,&c., £50,000 (£60,000). Clothing, £10,000 (no amount given for last year). Supply and

amount given for last year).

THE BRITISH CONSUL.

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Mr Chamberlain, the Colonial Secretary, in the course of a speech on South African affairs, anid :**

Chineso: Ser-

Hongkong and Singapore Royal Artillery, -—---- Four companies at Hongkong, consisting of sight offers and 455 men; and two companies at Singapore, consisting of four officers and 241 men. The pay of the officers is £552, with £65 for additional pay; and that of the men, £5,885, with £3,208 for additional pay, making £9,710. Deductions, £410; leaving £9,300.

Chinese Regiment-European: Fifteen of ficers, £5,646; sergeant-major, quartermaster I saw that there was considerable indigna sergeant, and orderly-roum sorgeant, and tiun expressed at the proposal for the intro-colour-sergeants, geven, £1,152. duction of Asiatic or Chinese labour. Let me

geants, nine, £12; baglars, eight, 472; cor 3say, in the first plaas, that no such proposal wasporals, privates, interpreters, 505, £4,141, · And mede or, as far as I know, was likely to be made. for lanes ranks, &c., and for a olerk, £81. Total; Everyone concerned in the matter, even thone £5,554 Deduct for stoppages, day forfeited, who take the most pessimistic view of &c., 1200; leaving £5,354. Total, £11,000. the future, is agreed that every other possible source of supply must be exhausted before the introduction of Asiatic or Chineso jabour is even thought of. At the present moment, as 0overyone knows, the colonial people throughout South Africa ato by a very large majority against any such proposal. Why, then, should the House of Commons intervene to beat itself | against an open door, and to teach our colonists what they ought to do, to interfere with the rights which we bare conceded to the self- governing communities? It is against that

Army Service corps-Pay, &c. of the that I protest, as being bad policy on the part of the House of Commons. As I have pointed Eubordinate Establishment: Subordinates con- out, if it had ever come to pase that a self-tinuously employed, £1,005; temporary labour governing colony like the Cape or Natal should and working pay of military working parties, desire the importation of persons from any part 145; native labourors, £1,050; transport of the world outside the British territories, establishment by land, £555, ditto by water, there is no power or authority or right on our part to prevent it. And, if that is so, is it diguiñed to be making protesta, especially when those protests are entirely premuture?

Ribs over. + Bibs over. Each 7lbs over. Nina rau. The start was not a very good one, some of the penies being left at the post. Digby Grand, Commoner, and Jigoku, on the rails, were ou level farmsgassing the stand, the others straggling behind, and Nipper tailing away in the rear,"waiting for the field to come round again," as one spectator pat it. Round past the Golf Club's parilion no change bed taken place, but nencing the back stretch Lively, Manhattan, and Misfit began to show up Jigoku pointed the way up to the block rock, but down the hill to the village was challenged by Manhattan. The Misfit, the caly pour in the field which had had any training during the week, and even then only two or thros gallops, came away on the outside and half way up the straight passed. Manhattan and Jigoku, winning by a langth and a half. Time, 9 min. 173 secs.

Royal Engineers.-A company of 50 at Singapore, one of 70 at Hongkong, and ons of 50 at Ceylon, 1,648. Deductions, £48, leaving £1,600.

£915, Total, £3,670, charm to a delightful

A Gaiety Girl will be reposted this evening, and to-morrow the Lilliputians make their farewell appearance, the piece chosen for production being the American burlesque Pousse Cafe

THE RUSSIAN NAVY.

PACIFIC SQUADRON TO BE LRØRELSED,

According to the programme drawn up by the Russian Admiralty with regard to the more ment of Russian warships daring the coming summer, the following vessels will leave the Baltio for the Pacifle Squadron (says a St. Petersburg despatch, dated 16th ult.) when the navigation of the Gulf of Finland is opened The battleships, Cemrevitch, Oslyabya, and Imperator Alexander III; the first-clas cruisers, Dimitrá-Donskoi, Bayan, Aurora; and the second-class cruiser Almos; fiva torpedo dratroyers, each of 350 tons displacement, and two torpedo bonts of the Cyclom type. The new craft among these vessels are to be tested as to their seaworthiness before they leave the home

waters to be attached to the Pacific Squadron.

The Russian battleship Retvizan and the onisers Pallade and Diana left Bingapore estward at 6 o'clock on the morning of the 18th, and if they intend calling at Hongkong they are now duo:*

THE NOW BRITISH CRUISERS FOR THE CHINA STATION.

ALLEGED INCENDIARISM.

About one o'clock on Saturday morning fire broke out in a medicine shop at 324, Queen's

As showing the sbance that Misfit was doomed to have, only two people backed it in the paxi-Road Central, through the accidental dropping mutuel one of them a police sergeant and the other a Sanitary Board inspector. They drew 3198 each for tus 85 which they had stakes. StI FUELONGs Flet Raon: Open Waters;

Handicap; Entrenes fas 83... Mr. Morgan Philips's Legacy, 11st, 8lbs

(Mr. Johnstone) Mr. Godge's Fanch, 10st. 6lbs

The cruisers Spartiate and Europa were commissioned at Portsmonilt on 17th ult. by Captain AG. Tate and Captain R. N.Port entriesLS Omnianney respectively to convey relief crews

of a lighted kerosene lamp, and spread to the two upper floors, besides involving also the top floor of No. 326 adjoining. These floors were need as family houses, but the intuetes of those in occupation had timely warning of their danger and escaped. The Fire Brigade attended under 1 Mr. F.P. J. Wodehouse, and succeeded evontnal- ly in overcoming the outbreak. The amount 2

of the damage was not stated, but the medicine shop was insured for $15,000.

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Medical Establishment--Hongkongand Wei- baiwei: Colonel,, £750; sine lieutenant-colonels (Mr. Gedge) Mr. Meron's School Girl, 10st, 12lbs †.

and offers of lower ranks, £3,370; quarter- master, £200; servant and mers allowance, £230. (Mr. Cruickshank)

Total pay of Medical Officers, £4,530. Postage Pibe over +4lbs over,

Whilst this fire was in progress, another and contingencies, E10; nursing service, £280; Three raa. The start was a bad one. School started in premises at 205, Queen's Road West, allowance for board, washing, and clothing, Girl took the lead, but in the back stretch Sergeant Grant got word of the fact at No.7 £510; nurses in women's hospital, £164 Legaty, the favourite, had no diflority in Police Station, with the additional information regimental hospital orderlies nud miscellaneous

The from the lakong who brought the news that displacing her, and won running away. other two had a good gallop for second place, Indications pointed to arson. Sergeant Grantor, 2650; corps pay and extra duty pay, which Punch secured on the post. Time, telephoned to Inspector Baker at the Contral, Army Ordnance Department.--Hongkong:

the And

two proceeded to the 1 min. sect.

scone. Clerks, writers, and other anbordinates con. LADIES NOMINATION Rosette racs; each The fire had started on the first floor tinuously employed, 160, £4,654; temporary

the staircase leading thereto, bat labour, $2,101. Total, £6,755 (€7,540).. nominator has an envelope handed to her and on containing a coloured ribbon, compotiter had been extinguished by the inmates of

Works, Buildings, and Repairs.-Command- are to start dismounted and on the fall of the Ang are to mount, gallop to a line of barrels the ground floor, a tailor's shop, and ant's house at Peking: Totalstimate for work, vas or more of which will contain envelopes, the inkong who discovered the outbreaks. £3.500; amount to be voted, £3,800. dismoun), take out one, remnant, gallop on The latter picked up some firewood and Transport, Provisions, &e-Hongkong and round a post, leaving it on the left hand, and pieces of rag soaked with oil, and it was ilus Chira: Land and inland water transport, * back to the winning post; the nominator

holding a ribbon of the same colour as that discovery which led to his summoning Sergeant) £3,000; provisions and separation allowance, contained in the envelope held by the first Grant and the ultimata appearance of the £51,100; forage, paillasse, stable. and straw competitor to pass the post to take the prize, sergeant and Inspector Baker. An examination allowance, £8,000, fuel and Ught, £7.200; field of the promises showed clearly that a deliberate allowance, £200; renta, £2,300; watar, £1,100; attempt had been made to burn

the lodging allowance, £6,000; Colonial allowances, phoe dowa presumably by

on £3,100; advertisements, £30; barrack services, the first floor, which, like the floor an £1,000. Total, £75,630. Appropriations in derneath, was occupied by a tailor. Kerosene aid, £400.. oil had been spilled all over the staircase, and on the first floor were similar signs of the work of an incendiary. Everything of any

A message from Berlin says that now worth had been taken away, the business books instructions have been issued to the German ware packed together ready for removal once the army regarding the employment of dogs in Seki (Mr. Johnstone) 1 fames had got properly under way, and the wood service. Every Infantry company must have work all round was dripping with oil, whilst in at least two thoroughly trained dogs, but every

CONT (Mr. Pontifex) 2

the room was a large basket filled with inflam battalion is not to have more than twelve (Mr. Brutton (mable rubbish which had also been treated with

kerosene. The master of the shop and his wife They must be thoroughbreds and of the best

The kindly Fress criticisms, both Continental (Mr. Kitchener) and child and one young foks, a boy, lind bean pedigree. Hitherto Airdale toriiars have been 60 square feet greater gente surface. If these Feur ran. Only two fished. Ranaway Girl, detained by the lakong who first saw the face, but experiments are being conducted with and American, that the production of this dimensions are correct, the Spartiate should be whopecked" badly ones, held the advantage with later. The police, are no investigating training of the dege to begin at the earliest age, the sterling merit of the publication.

and they were placed under arrest to be dealt Ge man bred dogs Provision is unde for the Magazine has evoked is eloquent testimony of the more pronomical of the two ships. Both | from start to finish, and won easily.

the case. The premises were insured fas are fitted with Bellevilla boilers, and with feed- CHINA POST STEEPLECHASE weight for $2,040 only in the Magi Company, a Japanese positindoors and later in the fell, where a dng inches, as per sale; entrance de $3 Foster Walker must intelligently puderstand orders, like going forward to sidette post, or returning to head- utrie

The atentees. Mr. Johnstone & Ben Nevis

quartos, must give warning of the spproach of strangers and must keep absolutely quiet at a whispered command. the chief service of the doge is keeping up rapid communication Wayozley Works | between vidotis posla and also between the posta

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to tlie Orean, battleship, Captain EW. White and the sloops Bosario, Cominander T. Jsekron the Phone, Cominatider W. S. Nicholson, and Algerine, Commander R. Nugent, and the nver gunbeate on this Station The vessels are to proceed at a speed of 123 knots, their i.h.p. to be limited to 3,600, in order to discover their cont consumption at the most economical speed on a long ses voyage. The two ships are lidentical

to dimentions but the Europa le credited Mr. Cruickshank's Belle Helene with 1,500 more horse-power with natural drought than the Spartine while the Mr. Bratton's Butcher Boy

STEEPLECHASE or not exceeding 14 has Gin, to carry not less than 11 st. & lbs., Broedd ing 14 hứa. 3 jp, 2 lis, por quarter inch extra; previous winners of a jump race to carry 8 lbs extra for each race won; penaltion accumulai. tive Arabs allowed lbs., Indian country brids allowed 12 iba. Entrance fes $3.

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A Code.

52

sad all leading Booksellers in the Far East, Hongkong, 14th February, 1903,

Codo.

TELEPHONE, 28 Hongkong, 13th March, 1903.