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And do we love him well, na well As ho his country, wo may groet, With hand on stool, our passing bell Nigh on the swing, for prelude sweat, To the music heard when his last breath Hang on its ebb boside the kwell, And VICTORY in his ear sang gracious Denth,

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Ah, day of glory day of fenre! Day of a people hawed as one! Bohol across those hundred years The lion flash of gun at gra Oor bitter prido; our love borenved : What pull of clond o'ere smo our anu That day, to hear his weath, the end achieved.

Joy that no sucre with murder's frown The ancient rivals bark apart,

Now Nolson to brave Franco is shown A hero after her own heart:

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proper place, without suffering aspersion | This is the anniversay of the birth of Con of his intellectual reputation. It may be fudios and the Chinese school children enjoy a

holiday. comforting to remember this, whenever bulderdash is published over nu honoured and weight-carrying name.

The Union Church Literary Club has no mesting to-morrow (Friday).

Scots in Hongkong foregabler, with their neganiatsuo, at the City Hall La-night and celebrate St. Andrew's Day with a bill which is regarded as one of the largest in the fast,

Messrs. Hughes and Hongh offered the steamer Macquarie for sale yesterday at Yau- mafi, but there was only a sin attendance and the vessel was Unght. In at $74,000.

And is now scanning but quick race, To whom throgh lift hĩa glóvo was thrown, Would know u sister spirit to embraco.

The English Austur Athletic Association These writings, which, it must be remcunhas permanently suspended Actiur Shrubb, the DISPENSARY. bered, have thousands of readers who profess long distance running champion of Engled, to understand, appreciate, and admire them, for malpractices." It is understood that soom to show that English poetry is not the Shrabb's suspension has come about in conso. most useful vehicle for the transmission of genes of his having recrivel expouses, in thought. The exigencies of rhythm and eontravention of the rules of the Association. rhyme are not favourable to the presenta- tion of reason and right. Chinese and Japanese poutry, being less mechanically complicated, is not quite so hopeless. The

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Chinese port who compares his mistress's eyebrows to a moth's antenna is straight forward reading; as also the Japanese poet who ia live measured lines gives us a vivid picture of the autumn moon'making visible against white clouds the silhouetted wings

of wild-geese.

"True wit is nature to advantage dressed What oft was thought but ner so woll

expressed."

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Near the Sailors' Humne at West Point yestor day afternoon an old Chinese wanan attempted to cross the line as trucar No. 2 approached ber She was knocked down before the motor

Yesterday was a day of rejoicing among the Mohammedaż section of the community, the period of fasting associated with the Ramazan. ka-Rozah baring come to an end.

Yesterday afternoon at his sales rooms, Mr. G. 1. Lammert, auctioneer, pat ap for salo by public nuction valuable leasehold property situate at. Fui Ink Lane, Pak Sa Lane and Third Street, As the highest bid did not reach the roserve, the property was witladrawn.

The Straits Times remarks:-It is reported

that, owing to the grave dissatisfaction need by Mr. Balfour's speel on the 15th ina", there will be a dissolution of Parliament in January next. This circumstaues will inspire mang staunch old Colonial Consorvatives with more than a solitary pang of regret. In this part of the world, at any rate, wo aro' practically all turning into Liberals, in the hope that (with a Liberal Govermont) we may be able to get a *-square" Colonial Ofies, unhampered by Crown Agents.

Great activity is being displayed in the opening up of French Lodo-Chim, In 1898 the Colony was anthorised to raise a sum of

man was able to being the car ton standstill, and 28,000,000 far now railways, and of this sunt received injuries which necessitated her removal | £1,500,000 has already beeɛ usod. A ministerial to the Civil Hospital.

Complaining of Japanese uismanagement of postal affairs in Coten, the Korek Daily News remarks: "We had delivered to this morning (7) a latter added to The Hongkong Dil News, Ifongkong, and (2) a registered letter (plainly addressel) which has fakou twelve day to come lirty miles and has eight tags on it."

Gf Asia.

decreusanctions the horrowing of the remai uing 23,200,000 M. Clemental, Minister of the Culonies, stalus that the roroanes of the Colony are in a flourishing condition, and can easily bear this additional fest of their sound asAS - There is a substantial reserve fand, and the early Budget always shows a balance on the right sidy.

Mr. Crick, member of the New South Wales Legislativo Assembly and fermerly Secretary for Lands, has been charged at the Syinoy police-court with unlawfully accepting a reward

TELEGRAMS,¦

"DAILY PRESS" EXCLUSIVE SERVICE,

LARGE WHEAT HARVESTS.

LONDON, 29th November. The wheat harvests in America aro unprecedentedly large.

THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION.

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LONDON, 29th November. Nearly the whole of the Russian Army is disaffected,

CHANGE OF AMBASSADORS.

Lovnox, 29th November. The Hon. Maurice Bunsen has been appointed British Ambassador to Madrid and the Hon. I raucis Villiers Bitish Ambassador to Lisbon.-

(REUTER'S SERVICE.]

RUSSIA,

LONDON, 27th November. The latest accounts from Shastopol vary as to details, but was to indicate that the mutiny is subsiding.

LATER.

The situation in Sebastopol is not at all clear, but it appears that the revolutionary artillery in the fortress held a meating, ard refused to fire on the mutiucers.

evar.

THE NEW JAPANESE LOAN.

LONDON, 27th November.

CANTON,

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT]

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28th November. THE FANTAN MONOPOLY. Viceroy Sham has recently issued an order prohibiting the opening of any now fautan shops. There are already five monopolists, who togather pay $1,330,000 a Far; and recoup themselves from the rents of thres kadrod fantan shops. The game is not a very ancient one. The Jesuit mathematicians of Peking and Kang. Hi's reign are craditad with having invented the game for the amusement of the intuates of the Imperial Palace. Bouts and license fees are rockoned at daily rates sud ara paid daily for obvious reasons. It is not an easy mutter for the licenses to open a new shop. Pub cit must be literally adrainistered to the influential members of the locality and a mout- ing called to settle matters with the Kai-Fong (the people of the street enclosed within two gates) Any attempt to evade this squeeze is soon punished. The city fathers have fire hose

drill opposite the offouding shop, thus prevent-

ing the approach of clients; or they lako up the pavement at the door to clean the drains. The stuff oxovated is piled on each side of tho entrance, and the stink is sufficient to sears away AKAN A Chinaman. A third method is to send three or four mon to take up all the room at each table, to make insignificant bets, and thus "freeze out" more profitable clients. They will you post a man ut the door to warn approaching visitors that it is a house of bad Inok, in which it is impossible to win. Failing these dodges, thoy close the

strout Thus, the Chinese have discovered Kai-four gates, stopping all traffic through this

very effective" local option" for themselves,

MORE EXECUTIONS.

Six robbers who were recently extraditel txom Hongkong were executed on the 27th by order of Viceroy Sham. The men wore beheaded at the usual place, the Potters' Field

of Canton.

VICEROY'S PRIVATE RESIDENCE. Visory Shum intends to make use of the ex- Governor's Yamon as a privata msidence. Geomancers have been consulted with regard to the Fung-Sliud of the premises.

The South Birms Tin Mines, Limited, has In that completan idea is sensibly presented, and in a form that has high tonemonic been registered with a e spital of £39.00 in £1 alures. Object, to adopt an agrement butwoon value; but as its prosody is so simple, we

J. Eglinton and F. Juck-on to sequire and hold presume that it does not provoke the high-any wines, mining, water, or ethur rights, pri - toned asthetic ecstasy to be noted in the vileges, and compassions in Berman, the Straits pool-y-lovers who have been gloating ever Settlements, the Federated Malay States, or Mr. MEREDITH's Sonorous syllables. Any elsewhere in the Malay Peninsula or other part attempt to put his poem into straight- forward prose should show how it affects us. We understand that a hundred years lave passed since October 1805, and that NELSON, whose very uume once sufficed to quiet the fears and tremblings of a terror-stricken WATERS, BEER and STOUT, or CIGARS. nation, is immortal in the sense that pacts found his assailant sitting in court listening to Japan, in a latter to the Tints on the new which has now been sent to Peking for that they died before madical assistance.could.

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HONGKONG, NOVEMBER 30TH, 1905,

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Nemesis quickly followed the coolie who on Monthy attacked a Government House cook with a choppur. The victim's jujuries were not very serious and on leaving the hospital in the afternosu ho thought he would visit the magistracy, Much to his surprise he

a case. He had him arrested at ouco and brought before the Blagistrate, who sustened him to three months' bard labour for the assault.

ANTI-OPIUM FILLS.

of £250 beyond his proper pay and emoluments The prospectus of the new Japanese loan as a Minister and has been remanded, bail being | Is been issued in London, and the rush of accepted. The Crown institatel proceedings.applicants for the loan was greator the us the result of evidence given before the Royal Commission inquiring into the administration of the Lands Department, when Pote: Close, a Land agent, bore witness that he had received feos to secure improvement in the losses of extensive Bees of Crown land, half of which, aggregating £3,000, was paid to Mr. Crick,

Lori Redesdale, better known as Mr. A. B. Frooman Mitford, the well-known writer on

without

Lord Heir A-Kang. The evil of opism

PLAQUE IS CANTON,

be sent for. The people anticipate a strong epidemic aftor the Chineso Now Year owing to the warm weather prevailing this winter.

The new walled elty has always boon a hot- bad for plagas. Numerous cases have pocurren in the neighbourhood of the Ching-Hoi-Muu and one family alono is known to have lost ng many as fourteen people in ous month during the epidemic of 1903.

Bome time ago, Viceroy Chang Chi-lung Bout to the Chinese Minister in Eagland It is reported that three servant-girls of th directions to ascertain if there was any drag Hu family in Chung Sui Ho, in the new walled which would act as an notelote to the gravide City of Canton, have suddenly died of buhonlo for opium, and the Minister appears to have been anecossful in fluding some which have plagne within a few days. It is said that the boon made into a form of a pill called the Chik | liscaso gaiund so rapid a hold on the victims Chiang-wan ot "Strong Determination Pit," Anglo-Japanese Treaty, says there is one point sale. From an advertisement setting forth be has no ereu alluded to in tho Prossis merits we learn This pill is made criticisms of the Treaty, which be sonsidors the by order of Chang, Juniory Guardian of Button of first grade, most important advantage secured.

and Viceroy of is as baraful as that of foods, and wild beasts, or even more. During the reign of Tao and Shun (Emperors 25572255 and 2235-2205) the clamity of flood insted only nine years, and the langer of beasts was but at Yinen. Now, the eison of opium lasts more than one hundred years and ortends to twenty-two provinces. The victims are too numerons to comet and it bec mes worsa avery day, until we know sat what will be the result. Degeneraling the ability of men, weakening the spirit of soldiers and wusting the people's money, this oril is sponsible for the suffering condition of China The loss

is money

a smell matter; bat both civil and military officials who once get into the habit of smoking become weak and degenerate. Time and money spant are

of years thing, education and experience hardly thought of. After a fow will not the 100 millions in China all become semi-humma and semi-devil monsters? With this pill, which is compounded of drugs produced by our Minister in England and America, hundreds of smokers in Hupeh have best enred of the cursed habit, and it later on the will find themselves in a sorry plight. It is strictregulations applied to civilian smokers they the interest of all therefore to curs themselves

The Straits Times of Now. is saysTheRxiestalo continues:-"It mesta the opening Govermut he refused to pay the Tanjong up and development,

intrigues Pagar Dock Cu, te 24 pr cent that they and with all honesty of purpose, of the claimed on their last half-year's working endless possibilities of the Chiness Empire. inst ad of 2 per cont. they offer 6 per cent, The moves and counter-moves which bare chiming that the balance should inappropriated proved so harrassing a hindrance nt Peking to depreciation, reserve and carry forward. At must becom a thing of the past. 'Industry and the secting of smroholders to day it was agreat commerce will have fair play, and the inexhaus- that the matter shonbl go bifora tao Arbitration įtible resourcos of the Middle Kingdom will Court but there was an expression of opinion become part of the world's assots." by Mr. Braddoll that the caso should be Zought ont in the Law Courts. facitientally to this spoiling of the Egyptians, it ay be mentioned that Messrs. Candy, Son & Matthews have been sppointed Consulting Engineers to the Thojong

agar Dock Bourd.

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forthwith."

JAPAN AND COREA,

THE NEW AGREEMENT.

recollections of JaCH-THE-ĜIANT-KILLER'S victim. After careful study, which should not be necessary, we gather that NELSON'S name, thundeved through the foeman's ears," defeated them before they ren-, tered the fiery blast of his gues; and this we saanut believe. It is as difficult. to place "or peace in slavery" in its proper place

a prose, rendering; and similar diffi

Reviewing the statement made that the culties will be experienced ju transliterating

Catholics wore privy to the Linchor massacres, contemporary says:-There is nothing the remaining stanzas. Mr. Ausris, having chosen at simpler form, tells a simpler storys

ambiguous about this. It is a charge by the Protestant missionarios that the Catholic which causes us to wonder that the critica

missionarie, if they wore not the actual slærald, so unhesitatingly have instituted

The Pinang Gasolle of the 15th November instigators if the plot, wore privy to the murder comparisons between his "message" and draws the following dark picture of commercial of their follow-workers. We think it is difficult that of M: MEREDITA. Even Mr. Averin's prospects there: «Despite a urbain fash prostor any fuit-minded man not to feel indignation perity, there is no doubt that the tile of trodal HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, DES VEUX ROC.raightforward doggerel, however, opens depression which has innadstal this country charge, imale on svilenes so preposterous. It at the ruchlessness and wickedness of such a mysteriously in the second stanza, causing will elafia many more vintims afore it abla ndicates, however, that in Ching us in Cores us to wonder whose last gasp of breath is We have bankruptcies in Singapoca and Penang the introduction of Christianity s'mply adde to awaken the slumbering warehounds. on colossal seales, and it we are to give ear to another element of dissension to the clan Gaurien teaches the poetically minded that persistent rumors in ecmmercial circles of other dispatos already in oporation as a factor of

sensational failares, we may well believe that strife.

· form is everything: FLAUBERT said that a

The rival parties of Catholic and there will be eclipsed during the next few Protestant Christians range themselves under beautiful verse meaning nothing was months. There is almost a panis amongst the their respective denominational labels, and hate superior to a verse less beautiful mean Chetty commuity, and as mach of the each other with sectarian snimosity; yet instead ing something. Evidently this school | wealth of the country is unfortunately theirs, of the missinaries on either sids rebuking such bas not yet been laughed out of exis-the fact that they are steadily remitting to anseemly exhibitions, they appear to lead an tence, which, for

the sake of the headquarters is making money tighter than car to all the gossip retailed by their nativa simple-minded, matter-of-fact people who ever, especially in the Native States."

converts sa bat in the end they are ready even. are too uuch ashamed to confess that they

la sa interesting conversation with a Chine to believe their rivals guilty of murder, do not care for poetry, is perhaps a pity,triesman who has a brother now in London, Disturbances of a serious character occurred Another French poet, whose name escapes Daily Prose representative received a slight in Shizuota profecture, Japan, about the for the moment, remarked that true poetry a letter dealing, inter alia, with the expensive.

shock yesterday. The trudemua bad received widdle of this month. It was announced that a maneting was to be held at Ejiriia opposition could not have truth for its object; but

bess of living in London. Hy brother talkes to certain works Low in progress in connection had only itself. The familiar jargon, wrt

my long very dear: all ting dearer than with the river Tomoya, Ahmat Lou thoвsands Regent as its representative in Coren, who will remain in Seoul, with the prerogative of for art's sake, will be recognised. Ordinary, Hongkong side. Sposes wy brother gives coat people from the villages along the river asset-seing the Emperor of Corea in porzon everyday people, supposing they avoid the to English coolie." (Here, perbups noticing bled at Ejiri with the effect of breaking up the (&) The Japanese Government will appoint

its Commissioners to

Corean open every the Englishtam start, ho politely qualified it) meeting, which was in conséquence abandoned. temptation to pretend with an oxuy hasan

port *No b'lɔng, caddie, but do ewlis pidjiu. For The mob then made, its way to Udomura, a

and other place whers the presence of such sheep that they enjoy this or tint poet,

Commissioners is considero take coat, brush and hang up in hotel, my villago near the town, and destroyed the houses Commissioners will take charge of affairs do not always earmark the puratic follies brother must pay allsame tren-6 cauts.” I of two leaders of the opposing party. There hitherto conducted by Japanese Consuls and all they encounter. When ROSETTI talks of

was nad. The extravagance of the lip that startled were persons in the crowd who had passession other affairs necessary for the execution of the

Treaties, existing *hollow hajo like a cup," or of "hoaring | his auditor, but the reflection that there might † of firearms, and among the mob were to be sven All the existing Treaties and Agreements teors"; when Montis describes a red-haired many Chinese thinking complacently of men on horseback, apparently the leaders of between Japan and Coren, within limits not

“English coolles."

this furious little rising. As soon as possible prejudicial to the provisions of the Treaty, will girl in a yellow frock as

information was conveyed to the Shizuoka remain in force. police, and an inspector and 44 men burried to

3-The Japanese Government guarantees the keen. They were too late, however, as the Coreau Imperial Hou.

the security and will respect the dignity of the mob quickly dispersed, having accomplished It is believed in Tokyo that the nor Japanese-

THE NELSON Centenary woked much postry The Post Laureate, Mr. ALFRED AUSTIN, has surpassed all his previous efforts with Wardons of the Wave," the first two stanzas of which wo here reproduce:

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Not to exult, in broggart win,

Over our gullent foes.

Nor boast of victories ou the main, Which Heaven alone bosiowe; Vainglorions clarion, clamerons drum,

For which the vulgar crave. Nol them, not any such. becomG The Wardens of the Ware.

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No, but when slumbering war-hounds walk,

To one's last gasp of breath

Face combat for one's country's sako,

With malo disdain of death.

'Twas thus did Nelson Kvo, did dio,

Far from his Land and home,

Making his roof of stormswept sky.

llis pillow of the foam.

As it is the fashion to poke fun at the effusions of the present LAUREATE, ve vill forbear present comment; and introduce our second illustration, from the mare

We find it advisable to quote it in fall:

In glory of gold and gfry of hair, And glory of glorias face most fair"-

Seoul correspondent as the substance of the new The Asahi publishes the following from its Treary agreed upon and signod at Seoul between Japon and Cores:

The Japanese Government, through the Foreign Ofice at Tokyo, will take charge of and direct the foreign affairs of Kores, and urleting Japanese Ministers and Consuls will represent Corean interests abroad.

The Japanese Government will take upon itself the duty of carrying out the existing and Corea without the intermediary of Japan. Treaties between Korea and foreign countries: will not enter upon any Trosty or Agreement with any foreign country.

3-(a) The Japanes: Gorerument will appoint

Tizzao

By kind permission of Lt.Col. Aitkin and Officers, the hand of the 19th Infantry will play the following programme of music, at the King Edward Hotel during dinner, on Thurs its object." Fonz er five arrests were made. Corean Treaty will be ratified by the Emperor in a tow days and simultaneously published in day, 3th November :---

The cause of the outbreak is not state beyond Tokyo and Seoul at the end of this monti Chas. Godfrey the fact that some work is being andartaken in

Rossini Translatori the river. It is perhaps because this work Messager will benoit one village to the detriment of

the reader, not daring to criticise where so popular pen of Mr. GrORGE MERENTH, many praise, but conscious that all is not right, murmurs vaguely about "poetic licence." But poets have no

March.........Jocks Patral" licence to

Overture to.. William Tell" insalt communsense with absurdities and Value ....................... “

"Torero" Selection......Veronique vacuities.

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Tho hundred years base passed, and be Whose name appeased a nation's feare As with a hand laid crer sc;

To thunder through the fooman's ears Defeat before his blast of fire; Lives in the immortality

That poots dream and noblest souls desire.

It.

Never did nation's need ovoka Hero like him for aid, the while

A Continent was cannon-smoke

Or peace in slavery: this one Isle Reflecting Nature: this one man Her sen-hound and her mortal stroke, With war-worn body aye in battle's van.

Poetic licence is the permission Sy of Thanksgiving" Frances Alliese another that the feud has arised.

to evade the mechanical miles of prosody

so that the sense may not suffer; and its admission is a confession of the truth

Bung

Monckton

Selection... "Hazory Gid" Two Step...... "Whistling Rufus " ... Lawton DINNER MENU--Hors D'arres- Analovy on toast. Supa-Chowder, Pon ish- Bobles, and shrimp sauce. Entrees-out Pigeon on tost,

of our original promise that poetry is not Compote of Chicken, Sheep's Tongue on Aspic a suitable vehicle for the conveyance of Curry-Brawn Joints - Krigst Australian Leg of sensible ideas coherently and in order. Nation und Red Currant felig, Baked Australiqu Cykl Meats (Hod of Pork and Apple saune. Being thus limited to the field of pretty Beef, York Ham Sati-Potatons. Vegetables -Boiled Potators, Mashed Potatoes, Cabbage, conceits and faucies, it will be seen that an Green Fons, Boiled Eice. Ent:onels-Cabinet

Fruit intelligent meu any fairly relegate it to its Pudding, Cherry Tart, Blaze Mange.

iCheese Coffee,

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

31st Oct, arrived at San Francisco her The O. & Oatz. Doric, which left here on destination, on the 27th Nov.

The N.D.L. str. Borneo left Sandaken on Saturday, p... and may be expected here on Surday, the 2nd Dec.

The Mogul Line str. Pathan loft Singapore on the 26th inst., and may be expected here on the 1st pros.

WEATHER REPORT.

The Hongkong Obervatory yesterday issued the following report-

The barometer On the 29th at 11.15 a.m. has risen moderately over Ching, and fallen much over E. Japan.

wards, has appanced over the N. part of the Ses A depression which is probably moving East-

of Japan.

The anticyclone still covers China, its contral aren lying apparently over the Yangize Gradiente are rather stoep generally, N.E monsoon gales may be expooted in the Formosa Channel and the China Sea.

Forest-Fresh N.E. winds; fine.

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MARINE MAGISTRATE'S

COURT,

Wednesday, 29th November.

BEFORE THE HONOURABLE Captain BARNES-LAWRENCE, R.N. (MARINE

MÄGISTRATE).

CARELESS NAVIGATION. Loung Pak, master of the steam launch Yen Hing was summoned by Lance. Sergt. Boole, of the Water Police, for failing to observe the rule of the road, as laid down by H.M.'s Orders in Council, in Victoria Harbour or the 27th inst

Complainant stated that at 7 p.in. on the 27th inst. be was on duty in No. 1 Policy Launch and observed the Fun Hing crossing towards Youmati from Hongkong in such a manner that had not one or the other launch given way there would have bona a collision. She was on the port side of the police launch showing a green light. Witnos blow a blast on the whistle but no notice was

taken of it. He blew another and the launch replied by blowing two blasts, but did not alter ker course. Witness continued to alter his course to starboard and eventually the Yaen Hang was obliged to go astern and be passed Witness was compelled to

close ahead of her.

go out of his course., Golag clongside he asked the master why he did not observe the rule of the read. The latter said he was going to a steamor.

Defendant said he did not see the complain- ant's boat at first and only heard one blast on his whistle, when he responded by a bloat on his whistle and wont to sterboard, intending to go under his stern. He had to go astorn with his engineer and blew two blasts to call attention to a Chinese cargo junk to get ready for him as he was going alongside of her."

For not observing the rule of the road and using his whistle for an unlawful purpose defendant was find 310.

BASEBALL.

There will be a game to-morrow (Thanks- giving Day) at Cattoway Bay commencing at 300p.m. between U.S.S. Raleigh aed: Hong- Itong Baseball Club,

This will be the first game' of a series of thre games to be played for a very handsome silver cap presented by Messrs. Gregor & Co., the local wine merchants.

The tins will lino up as follows- U.SS, RALEIGH.”

Matt

Ceteuer

Wertz

Pitcher

Green

IMt Base

Wornts

Fuchs

2nd Baso Short Stop Srd Base

Bonnott

Rangas Brown

Left Field Right Field

Slavin (Capt.) Center Field

HONGKONG, Evitts >emplo Clydo Routledge Allen Macpherson

Griffen Thos MoHugh (Capt.)