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SHANGHAI HARBOUR UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING
INVESTIGATION,
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF ENGINEERS TO BE CONSULTED. The Whangpoo Conservancy Board officia ally announces that it will shortly begin a full investigation of all technical pon- Bibilities of further developing Shanghai as a first-class port, which will be con ducted on the broadest lines.
In judging the whole matter of further harbour development, there are two as pects (remarks the N.-C. Daily Nema); and the the purely engineering one general and economic one, of which, of course, the latter is determinative.
SUCIETY.
ANNUAL DINNER.
1919.
SPORT.
CRICKET.
MANCHESTERS DEFEAT CIVIL
SERVICE.
on
By defeating the Civil Service Saturday, at Happy Valley, the Man chester Regiment occupy, for the time being, the third place in the Hongkong Cricket League. The match was a very elose one, the Manchesters winning by only seventeen runs. The scoring on both sides
Was low.
A very uncomful dinner, followed by coRcort, was held in the Great Hall the University on Friday evening, when Profesor A. G, Warten, President of the University Engineering Society, pcaided over a gathering of swore thea a hundred engineering students and their friends. Amongst those niso present were the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Dr. Jordan), the Hou, Mr. P. H. Holyoak, the Hon.
Batting first, the Civilians scored $1, Mr. David Landale, the Hon. Mr. Blan-
losing their frat four wickets for nine ley Dodwell, Mr. Justice Melbourne, Mr.
runs. The others fell with the score at Пo Kam Tong, Mr. Brett (local Trade Commissioner) several of the University97, but a little study play by W. H. Professors, lecturers, graduates and their
Edmonds--who was 17 (not out) and, in- friends.
cidentally, the highest scorer for the day helped to raise the total, which even- tually passed the half-century. Borgeant Hall was in good form with the ball and did havor in the Civiliane' ranks. At one time lie bad captured three wickets for two runs, and he ended with the good average of 8 for 29,
East
While these two are interdependent the
After the toasts of The King" and engineering possibilities must be first in.
The President of China" had been Soveral schemes to make vestigated.
Mr. duly honoured, Wong Boon lang 'Our Guests, ' Ho referred Shanghai accessible to ocean traffic pre-proponed
to the important positions which many seat themselves and each must be investi.
of those present occupied, and expressed gated as to the cust, the time of execu- the great honour which they had done tion, and the utility of the present facili.to the University Engineering Society by joining in this annual social function. 4ica while oxecuting any project, etc. He hoped that all their guests would con- Various ideas are technically possible tinue to show an interest in the Univer and, according to whether the require sity and the Society, the members of ment as to depth is put at 30, 40 or 45 which came from all parts of the Far feet, different solutions are indicated.
The Board having inng recognized the need for soon devising sound lines of har. and bour development thug to secure the future prosperity of the port of Shang. hai issued in July, 1918, & report pre pared in 1916 and 1917 by an eminent tirn
Harbons of Consulting Hydraulic and
in consultation with the which in degree with the assumption of maximam requirements as to depth, ete, pointed out various schemes as technically possible, ute and concluded by recommending that na investigation of all the possible schemes should be undertaken. The Whangpoo Conservancy Consultative Board, supported by the General and the
Chief. The report
The Manchester, who thought they were in for an easy win, found they were mistaken. After a few overs by Ling and
He
Bird, who opened the bowling for the Civil Service, the Hon. Mr. Claud Severn went on and did great execution. commenced by dismissing four batsmen for one run, and then, after two rather ex- ponsive overs, performed the "hat trick."
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possession, and, after beating several opponents, sent in a hard drive, which, however, Crockor saved and cleared with дис. Shortly afterwards play was BUS- pended for a time, Travis being injured in a collision with McCubbin and obliged to retire. The Sailors played with ten meu for the rest of the game, but their attack never weakened, the Club being kept busy chocking the dangerous bom. bardment of their oitadel. Burton came one occasion, Rodgers being obliged to Sat over the bar very near to scoring on
to Have The consequent corner cleared by Chassels, who sent the ball He worked up the held to McTavish. with Reichelmann and then abot at close range, but Crocker was in the right place and had little difficulty in clearing. Towards the end the Navy did most of the pressing, and the Club have only Rodgers to thank for keeping them out, zeme of hia Baves being remarkable. Play continued fast and exciting to the end, but there was no further scoring, the game ending in a draw of one goal
The Navy thus won
the Longne each. Championship by one point.
DIVISION II.
KOWLOON, 2; ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE, 0.
raised the issue to the highest socially, and he hoped there would be He finished with the excellent record of
The Hon. Mr. P. 1. Holyoak beartily congratulated Mr. Wong Boon Lang upon speech, and added that if he could speak as loquently in Chinese as Mr. Wong had spoken in English he would indeed be a proud man. He and all of the other guests were, he knew, very grateful to be Engineering Society for gising them the opportunity to meet, thus many similar gatherings the Great
7 wickets for 16 runs. Lieut.-Col Harvey, Hall of the University for they too) (not out, 16) and Lieut. (avanagh (14) prior to this. Rasmussen scored the only develop esprit
(Applause.)
out
in
The Chinese and the British had much Whatever might be said in common. of other nations, it certainly was not true that the British took no interest in sho in which they spent the whole of Country
In actual practice, their working lives. they took a
different National Chambers of Commerce esc. (Appla interest in things Chin-
at Shanghai, recommended to the Wrang poo Conservancy board that the investi gation be immediately undertaken.
The
Engineer-in-Chief reported that the catimated cost of such an investigation would be some Ths. 350,000, including the submission of the results of the investiga tion to an international committee of consulting engineers of high repute from the home countries, who would finally decide as to the technical course, the engineers to be chosen by the leading ship. ping intereats as represented on the Con sultative Board.
It is aimed to take into consideration all the possibilities for rendering Shang hai accessible directly or indirectly to first-class ocean traffic. It is hoped that no conceivably practicable scheme will be overlooked. The principal alternatives already number I
The whole idea of the Harbour Investi- gation is to benefit China in general and Shanghai in particular and not serve any particular private interest. The results of the investigation will be put before an international committee of engineers com pased as aforementioned, with all data and plane for the different projects pro sented in an easily digestible form, for a final decision of the technical issues.
TRADE REPORT.
EXPORTS. FREIGHT.-As foreshadowed in our last report, the Homeward Conference has reduced the European rates,
BICK-Owing to Japanese nibbling, the local market is much stronger, and prices have slightly advanced.
The following are the closing quotations:Siam Garden at $9.20 per picul; Siam straight at $8.00 per picul; Siam usual at $8.40 per pioul; Saigon Long at $8.50 per picul: Saigon Round at $8.20 per pical. Of Packling white and Beemiu the stocks are exhaust
were the highest scorers for the soldiers. Bcores:-
CIVIL SERVICE.
A. E. Wood, b Hall
B. W. Bradbury, b Allen
P. T. Lamble, o Harvey, b Hall
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C. Bevern, b Hall
R. E. O. Bird, e Bandia, i Hall
wajd
F. Ling, & Cavanagh, b Hall
F. S. Thompson, b Ball
W. B. Edwoods, not out
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The Hon. Mr. David Landale, in pro posing the toast "The Hongkong Uni- versity Engineering Society,' that no class of work in these days was more
engineer. important than ing, and in
was there no country such a great opportunity for engine There was work ers as in China. waiting to be done that would keep bogy a vast number of engineers Dr. Sun pro- Yat-sen bad recently put forward & gramme of thousands of miles of uow
bundreds
of railways,
thousands of miles of road only for goodness uke make the road wide enough to allow two motor cars to pass and don't talk about a speed-limit of eight miles an hour"remarked Mr. Landale with a smile. (Laughter.) There were wonder ful works of engineering in Ching such
the Grand Canal and the Great Wall, and Mr. Landale hoped that in the not distant future China would take up & position in the engineering world worthy of her wonderful past. (Applause) He considered that the Engineering students were very lucky to have such enthusiastic professors and lecturers, and he wished (Ap them all success in their work. plause.)
Professor A. G. Warren, in reply, spoke of the efforts being made to establish a University at Singapore and said that Hongkong University most develon con- siderably. Among the new buildings most urgently nooded were a new Power- station, Stent and Hydraulic Labora tories, and a separate building for a The School of Electrical Engineering University Council had embarked upon
bold policy.
and had decided to enlarge the staff greatly, and he had no doubt that when the Chinese friends of the stu dents thought over the matter they would! make it possible to enlarge the premises and equipment.
♫
A musical progratume, arranged by Professor Brown, followed in which Lieut. Stevens, Messrs. Keighin, Ashby, Clough, To, and a trio of the Manches ter regiment took part,
4. B. Duncan, bit wicket, b Hall 4 E. Strange, b Allen C. Bara, Hall
Extras
51
Total
Bowling Analysis.
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M.
R.
W
Allen Hall
1] 1
1
...... 10.4
2
24
9
MANCHESTERB.
Cpl. Horrocks, b Bird Walker, t Bird......
મ
Lina Keenan, o Wood,
14
Severn
11
Lieut. Col. Rarvey, not out
15
Capt
5
6
at., Bara,
R.
Cavanagh, run out
Sergt. Hall, b Severn
Severa
Buadle, c Edmonds,
Loo-Cpl. Deakin,
b Severn
Sgt. Clarke, b Severn
Bergt, Bird, b Bevern
RQ.M.S. Allen, e Bird, b Severn.
Extras
Tota}
Bowling Analysis.
0. 14.
X.
Ling
2
24
0
Bind
5
0 21
Q
Bevera
4.3 2 16
7
1
0
4
Strange
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.
HONGKONG LEAGUE ORAMPIONSKIP.
HONGKONG CLUB, 1; ROYAL NAVY, 1.
This match, to decide the above league championship, was played on the Club
Played on the Club ground at 2.30 p.m., this Junior division match was full of excitement and interest. The result came
as a surprise to all League supporters, as the College had lost only one match
goal in the first half, after a ne run through on his own. The College played with their usual dash and combination, but the interval arrived with Kowloon one up. In the second half Kowloon added another point through Rasmussen, Just who repeated his former tactics. before the final whistle, a disturbance on the line drew Jackson into an exhibition of fisticuffs, but no was seriously damaged.
obe
LAWN TENNIS.
HONGKONG C.C.' TOURNAMENT.
Only one tennis match was played on Saturday afternoon in the Hongkong C.C. Tennis Tournament. Capt. H. E. B. Jennings met L Murray and J. Forster and W. Kay in the semi-finals of the Open Doubles Championship and defeated them by 6-3; 6-3; 6-4, Murray and Jennings are now in the finals
TO-DAY'S MATCHES.
Handicap Doubles.-F. A. Redmond and A. Morse (owe 4-6) meet A. R. Sutherland and B. J. C. Evens (rec. 4/6). Open Championship Singles.-N. E. Kent meets Yow Man Tsun.
HONGKONG TENNIS LEAQUE REPORT.
A
The tenth annual report of the Hong- kong Tennis League states that the beginning of the season was remarkable for the fact that the number of Clubs wishing to participate in the League record There Tournament constituted being no less than 18 entries for Division II. the Committee were placed in quandary as to the method of dealing with this unprecedented situation, and it was eventually decided to limit the num ber of entrants for the current season to 10 Clube A new League was established called the Hongkong Junior Tennis League which, although not directly con- nected with the Hongkong Tennis League, was nevertheless under the auspices of the Senior League.
The Tennis in both Divisione again The insintained its excellent standard. Hongkong Club are to be congratulated on securing premier honours in Division 1 and the Royal Engineers, newcomers to The accounts show a balance in hand
Led. No business was done here last week.roke "Yaik Yeow proposed the health of ground, on Saturday, under a blazing the League, in Division
owing to the American market being ve weak and the South American consuming centres overstocked.
aun. Although a Gymkhana meeting was
During this part of the programme Mr. the past President. Prof. Middleton
in progress, a large crowd assembled to of #36.13. The total receipts were $91.83, Smith (Deap of the Faculty of Engineer-witness these leams try conclusions. The and consisted of a credit balance from PRANUTE This trade is no longer being ing), explaining that he was going on me ended in a draw, but the one point last year of $11.83 and entrance fees done from Hongkong, as the Japanese leave for a well-earned holiday. Those gained made the Navy winners of the amounting to $80. are supplying the foreign markets at present joined in singing "For bo's a
folly good fellow," and Prof. Middleton League, the Club requiring two to make
them winners. cheaper price, and their gradings are
The Club started with more reliable than the Chinese. To-day's Smith suitably replied, acknowledging their faces to the sun, whiet, seriously quotations are:-20/32 at 813 per pical: his gratitude to his past and present handicapped the judgment of the defence. 32/34 at $12.30 per pioul; 36/38 at $19 students. A very enjoyable evening was The Club were the firet to take up the concluded with a vote of thanks to the
up in per picu!.
running, Clark only being pulled
We regret to record the death of Mrs. artiste, moved by Dr. Jordan,
the danger zone, in the nick of time, by John Grant-Smith, widow of the late Mr.
PRANUTOIL-No. 1 is quoted at 820, and No. 2 at $13.50 without business.
CASSIA Saigon, 2/6/10 asb., at $45. GABBIA OIL-75/80 per cent at $225; and 80/85 per cent. at $235.
is
ANISKED 01-15 per cent at $102. TEA-UILEVEn af the low price of $13.50 no business is possible.
WOOD-OIL.-The London market rather weak at the moment, but we be lieve that a fair demand will soon set in The closing quotation is 820.50 per picul
TIN.- per vent. at 897; 98 per cent. at 196; and 90 per cent at $91, is quiet at these rates.
Business
LARD. An unsatisfied demand from abroad has made prices higher here. Suppliers ank 334 for now tins.
GALENUTS.-At $41.50 are sagging.. STAR ANISEED.-At 820 is still considered high.
HIDES.-Cows, 8 lbs., at $93; buffalo at 603.50 for 18/40 lbs. There is,a amall stock of good quality.
ANTIMORY.-258 is being asked.
The total output of the Kailan Miping Administration's mines for the week and
FLIRTING WITH FATE."ing sand March amounted to 73,580 tons
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
in
"THE RINK"
etc.
Booking at ROBINSON'S.
and the sales to 71, 700 tons,
H.E. the Officer Administering the Government has accorded his patronage to the performance of "Our Boys" by **The Stunia” on Saturday next.
During the quarter ended March 31, sixteen sample of milk and cight of whisky were examined under the Hong kong Bale of Tood and Drugs Ordinance. All were found geruina.“
BANK NOTES IN
TION FOR MARCH.
DEATH AND FUNERAL OF MRS. JOHN GRANT-SMITH
Warren, who cleared past the haired John Grant-Smith and sistor of Mr. line The Navy forwards then
Findlay Smith, which occurred at the CIRCULA. in a bout of fine combination, Rodgers Victoria Hospital, Barker Road, on being tested with a hard drive at close Saturday night. The deceased lady who range. The ball was immediately taken was 70 years of are was one of the oldest to the other end, and Taylor sent in residents of the Colony. Sho had been hino shot which Crocker saved by tip feeble health for a long time and her ping it over the bar. The sailors' for end was due to senile decay. She leaver ward line again got going McNiven and three sons and one daughter to mourn her Neal passing in good style, and Rodgers To One son, Mr. Erio Graut-Smith, and to deal with a dificult shot.
He and one daughter, Mr. Denison, reside fended it off, however, and punted to
in Hongkong. Of the other two sons, one mid-field. Neal WILA again prominent
is in the regular army and the other is with a tricky run, which McCubbin stop serving with the Chinese Labour Batta ned before he got into shooting position, lionfuneral took place, yesterday even- the ball being eventually cleared by The Stewart After a spell of even play.
cer-
The returns of the average amount of bank-notes in circulation and of specie in reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended March 31, 1919, as tifed by the managers of the respective banks, are:--
Average Specie în
Reserve. amount.
Broka, Chartered
Bank
of India, Aus-
tralia China
Hongkong
and
and
..$ 8,113,005 $ 1,000,000" there was aˇfine brekk-a-way by the Chiking, at Happy Valley. The Boy. H.
Shanghai Bank-
ing Corporation 22,323,064 Mercantile Bank
of India, Ltd....1,178,703
17,000,000
650,000+
Riis made good headway on
Copley Moyle conducted the service. Those present included Mr. A. Denison, W. E. L
forwards. which Clark promptly accepted and not ted, Drooker having no chance to effect Have After the re-start, the Navy sur: prised all onlookers with a similar Crownformance at the other end, this time a
being the soorer. had a good chance of giving the
Club The
among others, Beni the lead again, but, instead of shooting, floral tributes:Mr. and Mrs. A. Doni- he sent a rather weak pass to McTavish. son, Mr. Ivan Grant-Smith, Mr. Erie who was too well watched to turn it to Grant-Emith, Mr. A. Findlay Smith, Mr. good purpose. Un to the interval, play and Mrs WBL Shenton, Miss Mar wirly even, the Ballors being slight jorie Donison, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Hon. Mr. and Mrs.
the left wing, and sent in a lovely centre, Mr. E. Grant-Smith, Chatham,
heaton, the Hon. Mr. CM.G., Mr. E. Ran, Mr. A. Shelton Hooper, Mr. D. Danby Mr. H. Perg
Mr. D..K. Binir and Mr. Smith, Mr. F. RJ Adams, Mr. A. H. Following this Riis Mak
Total 82,915,439 $22,560,000 Sterling securities with the Agents valued at £340.000:
†Becurities with the Crown £125,000
Agents,
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.
ORDENA INGRED BY MR. J. W, THANES D.B.F. (R.).
BAND PRACTIONS FOR APRIL, 1919.
Friday, 11th April. Thesday, 2nd April. Tunday, 29th April, April M, 1910.
1y the botter in ablook.
In the second half the Club defence was W. Chatham, Mr. and Mr. B. M. Dyer, soon tested, but Chassels was playing Mr and Mrs E R. J Adams, Mr. and strongly and saved the situation, trick Mr. AH Hollingsworth, Dr. and Mrs. ing his opponents and returning the hall Evan Jones, Mr. and Mrs ASL. Grifin, to the other end, oliven managed to Mr. H. Ferey Smith, Mr. D. Danby, T. break through on one occasion, but Rod and Mrs. Shelton Hooner, Mr. and Mrs. were took a hazardous run out and rob F. Bovingtone Mr. W. Nicholson, and Mr. bed him of the ball. Elbowars gained and Mrs. J. H. Wallaos.
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