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FRIDAY, MARCH 1617

be put to batter use than by turning out men of all and culture." As the missionary agencies have boon doing that for many years they ought to hayo a strong claim on the fund for assistance in their work, especially as they suffered Bo considerably in the Boxer rising. SCOTTISH MISSIONS IN INDIA

INDIAN SHIPPING. PROJECTED LEGISLATION.

Mr. Seahagiri Ayer is shortly to intro- duce in the Legislative Assembly of India a Bill to provide for the abolition of the deferred rebate system as practised by Shipping companies and for the fixation freight.

of maximum and minimum rated of

SPORT.

LAWN TENNIS,

ANNUAL TOURNAMENT OPENED,

The manual lawn tennis tournament organised by the Hongkong Cricket Club to be played on the Club ground has opened and the following are the results to date:

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1:

CHAMPIONSHIP OPEN

SINGLES (ürst round)-A. Eveleigh beat Horace Lo, 6-3, 61, 7-8; O. Ramjaha beat C. Willson, 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 8-6

HANDICAP SINGLES “A” (ürst round).- C. Wilson (12/0) beat T. G. Bennett (14/6), 2-6, 6-1, 6-3.

HANDICAP SINGLES "B" (first round).- B. Crowley (-15) bent G. E. Ellams (scr.), 4-6, 6-4, 6-3,

[FROM OUR OWN CÓURESPONDENT. ]`

EDINBUugh, February 7th.

A missionary campaign is being entried H.R.H. the Duke of York has intimated his intention of being present at the on in Scotland, and during the present International Rugby Match, Scotland .week there is the centenary celebration of

A leading In a letter explaining the Bill, Mr.

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES (Arst England, to be played at Inverleith, Scottish missions to India.

Dr. D. Ayer says that attempts hitherto made to

A. B. Edinburgh, on Saturday, March 17th part is taken by the Rev. The members of the Royal family have Mackinchan, Bombay, nud the Rev. Dr. run lodian steamship companies have, in round)-E R. 8. Dods and been long interested in Rugby football, B. Wain of Ladeutta, assisted by the main, failed owing to, among other Raworth beat G. E. Hayors and the Rev. and it has became usual in recent years about one hundred missionaries from all reasons, the deferred rebate system. The Howard, 7-8, -1, 6-1.

payment of rebates is deferred in order For His Majesty the King or his sons to

parts of the world.

that the shippar may be compelled to be present at Twickenham on the occa

ship his cargo all throughout the year in Bion international engagements. It TIREE AND LISMORE FOR BAIK.

of will be the first occasion, however, on The Duke of Argyll has instructed the boats of a particular company. What which a member of the Royal House has Messrs. Knight, Frank, & Rutley to happens is this, at the time of the first been present at Inverleith. A week ago offer the Island of Tiree, with its 91,400 consignmont, the company undertakes to the Duke of York honoured the sister acres, by auction, at the same time as pay back a portion of the freight charged game of Association in Scotland by at his other Scottish island properties, the if the shipper continues to ship his goods tending the cup tie match at Hampden island of Lismore estate, and also consistently all the year through by the Park, Glasgow.

Bettore Forest, in the Isle of Mull steamers of the particular company and

HANDICAP DOUBLES (first round).-C. The latter extends to 97,934 acres, and not to send any of his shipments by the

six addition to

It Wilson and A. G. M. Fletcher (1/0) Viscount. Lord Lin

farts, there are steamers of any other company. On being created a

I-land of Lismore there is any infraction of this agreement bent W. B. Cornaby and C. M. Wilson Leverbalme adopted the territorial title residences. The of Viscount Leverhulme of the Western estate comprises some 2,324 acres of the the shippor loses the rebato. Thus leis (14/6), "6-1, 3-6, 6-1; R. M. Smith and

portion of Lismore, Isles. At once a storm of protest was Southern

and obliged to ship his goods through the C. C. Stark (ser.) beat G. W. Sewell and raised by the Highland Societies and besides the residence there are six grazing company for a particular period, bow-T. G. Bennett (3/8), -2, -3; L. Foster Associations against the adoption of this farms. historic title, which they regarded as an

Med "outrage on Septtish Sentiment."

At Burlington House, Glasgow, on Bonar Law was approached, and his reply was that it was now too late to January 31st, by the Right Rev. Dr. intervene. It has also been pointed out John Smith, Moderator of the General that if objection can be made that Lord Assembly of the Church of Scotland, son, of the Loverhuime's description of himself as Andrew Henderson, eldest Lord of the Western Isles infringes late John Burnet Jack and Mrs. Jack to "Gertrude Ashton, Shanghai, in any way the old historic title of "Lord of of the Lales the person most entitled to daughter of A. M. Young, and niece of do so is the Prince of Wales, who in Mr. and Mrs. John S. Anderson, 143 cludes the latter among his numerous Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, territorial designations.

THE HEATHER ON FIRE.

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FOOTBALL.

over ch he may desire to make his and T. H. King (scr.) beat W. B. Roberts shipments through another company. In and Hayes (3/6), 6-1, 58; F. A. this way while old catablished companies Dinsdale and E. C. Hagen (-4/6) beat. secure customers; new companies and it. Blaker and A. L. Gace (14/6), 5-6, impossible to compete with them. The e-7-3 R. E. Worthington and H. E Grace salty for fixing the maximum and -15/4) beat E. Grimble and L. Nelson. minimum rates of freight is thus, he says, (ser.), GH; Gl. /'

TO-DAY'S MATCHES, apparent. Those that have followed the course of events in this behalf would have

MIXED DOUBLEs.-C. Willson and Mrs. noticed that it is the usual practica with come powerful concerns to lower the rates. J. R. Mitchell . J. R. Lloyd and as soon as they find that a new venturu Mrs. Lloyd; H. E Grace and Miss Duff.

v. C. Lambert and Mrs. Tarrant. has been lauuched. The now cizmpany, which cannot be expected ta have OPEN SINOLES.-A. E. Dome. V. Serape the surfiter off a Highlandar THE GOLF CODE A CENTURY AGO.

The rules of the Burntisland Gulf accumulated profits at its back, finds it Yvanovitch: Thomas Lay v. F. A. Red- Radical Highlander-and you

hundred impossible to bring down its rates, or if mond; N. Trambitsky v. Yew Man Tsun.

HANDICAP SINGLES "A.-T. H. King come upon a man of aristocratic senti Club, instituted more than a

That is sears ago, afford se interesting read it does, it finds that the existing com- ments, pride, and traditions.

that the panies with large reserves pulled up dur-(†15) v. C. C. Stark (†15.3). nothing to be regretted. The world is ing. Kalo 1. which states

OPEN DOUBLES.-W. B. Roberts and made up of all sorts of people, and a dash uniform of the club shall be a searleting the period of monopoly further re- of Highland pride and prejudice adds coat, reminds us of an old fashion which duce the rates until the new company is R. E. Lindsell. E. de Sonan and F. piquancy to an age which is too much bas almost entirely disappeared. Next starved out of existence. Upon the dis- Prata: D. G. G. Neish and G. P. Menzies given to grevelling after pence. Scotland we are struck by the rigour and sim-appearance of the now venture the ad . W. G. Kenness and W. Fraser. would be a dull and dreary place with plicity of the old days. Rule "IV. ruas: monopolistic company resumes its pro out its Highland sentiment. It is at "You are not to remove stones, boues, vious system of charging high rates of hotlom a working and healthy sentiment. For any break-clubs in order to play your freight and thus more than makes up the There is nothing to object to in the pro- ball upon the fair green, where you may losses sustained during the period of test made by Highland Societies against remove all obstructions within two club freight war: Such temporary rate HONGKONG the assumption by an English merchant lengths; if a ball stick fast in the cutting, moreover, dislocates trade while of an ancient title, which has always ground, it may be loosened in its Led, it lasts and when it ends, the shippers been regarded as one of the most but not lifted. The proof of the lio have vory often to pay rates of freight those prevailing at the glorious in the annals of, the Scottish Highlands. No blame is to be attached in the playing of it, as is indicated higher than

borauing of the freight war. This has Madras and or amongst happened at Calcutta, to the present bearer of the Litle: and by Rule V. It stipulated that "when Englishman may be excused for ignor ball lies in sand, mud, ance of Scottish sentiment, bat as was rubbish, no obstruction shall be removed; Baribay. Those that have had a long said at a meeting of the Gaelic Society but in cases where the ball is so placed supremacy in the waters resort to the of Inverness, it seems preposterous that that the player finds he cannot play it, old rates of freight as soon as they have Such prac- the Heralds Court in London should it shall be in the power of his adversary killed the new concerns. have the power to decide these matters to play it." He failing or refusing to tics have in the past rendered it impos- for Scotland. There are times and oe do so, the player, may lift his ball, play sible for Indians to start now shipping casions when English officialdom acts with from behind the hazard, lasing a stroke. companies in their own country. The the crudest stupidity, without any know. Our old friend stymie, whose tradition dream of an Indian Mercantile Marino ledge of or caring for the deepest feel has never been in doubt, has the gaity can never bo realised so long as such un ings of other people. And this is of Rule VIII. to itself in these terms fair attacks upon new Indian concerns are flagrant case in point.

"When the balls lie within six inches of each other, the ball nearest the hole to The Caledon Shipbuilding and En be lifted until the other is played." gineeing Co (Ltd.), Dundee, have laanel-scoTS SONGS IN MID AFRICA.

VESSELS FOR TILE EASTERN TRADE

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WHAT SUGAR MEANS TO JAVA

LEAGUE TABLES TO DATE.

Division I.

King's Regt. Kowloon Ambrose H'kong. Club Tamar

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Hawkins Titania South China RG.A Durban Police

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not doclared illegal In the United States of America partly to circumvent the evil effects of combination attempted by some Home companies" partly to frustrate the attempts of foreign com- ed from Stannergate Shipyard the twin One of our Scottish misionaries home panies, to get the better of the local tcrew motor vessel. Tantalus, the first on furlough came from Central Africa by companies, laws similar to the one he is of this type to be built for Messrs. Alfred way of Mombasa and the Nile to Suca. La introducing have been enacted. In other Holt & Co., Liverpool, for their Eastern the course of his journey he had to travel countries also, similar measures have. trade. The dimensions of the vessel are: down the headwaters of the Nile by row been passed. Length, 477, breadth, moulded, 38ft.; ing bont, as the river was too low for the depth to upper deck, 30ft 3in. gross regular vessels, His Sudaneno "boys” tonnage about 8,000. The propelling were great singers, and beguiled the machinery consists of two sets of eight tedium of the journey by a varied cylinder four cycle single acting Diesel repertoire, some of the items resembling engines, each indicating 3,000 h.p. which Highland airs. Indeed he set himself to will be capable of driving the ship at the task of admitting them to paper, see speed of about 14 knots.

and got the music all right, but the

Speaking about Java recently, Dr. H. Another vessel Way Launched for words, even for a competent linguist. Messrs. Holt for their monthly service sadly puzzled him, being a mosaic, as C. Prinsen Geerligs said to the Straits, China, and Japan. It he imagined, of African and gibberish. In Java, from 100,000 hectares which was built by Mesars. Cammell Laird Then at Suez, he solved the mystery is planted yearly, there is won 180,000 at Kowloon on Saturday-Woodman Co., Birkenhead, and is a singls reduc-| A traveller had been dwelling alone metric tons of sugar or a little more than Wheeler and Knight; Morrison McKelvie tion twin-screw geared turbine steamer, near Lake Albert, his only English half the amount which British India and Paseo; Clemo, Hall, Selly, Duncan.. called the Sarpeden, 11,400, tous gross, speaking companion a gramophone and produces-and that from but one-sixth of and Mtson. Reserves: Bale and G.. The vessel, which will have a speed of at night the curious natives had squatted the British Indian area. Moreover, the Duncan. 15 knots, will carry only first class outside his hot, listening to the white sugar is a good crystallised product passengers, There will be accomodation man's music, till they got it as best whilst that of British India consists for a for 155 of these, all above the upper they could, by heart. The songs proved large part of syrup. dock. The propelling machinery will to be Harry Lauder's lovo ditties. In British India we saw dirtiness, consist of turbines of the impulse type, Another boat song of theirs had a laxity and sloth, in Java intensive and developing a combined shaft horse haunting: refrain, which troubled him by scientific labour carried through to the power of 7,500 on ordinary service, and its incomprehensibility, as it ended smallest detail all over the whole field of connected by means of flexible expansion always on the words "Mbalewanji' the sugar industry.

The following have been selected to re-.-. present the Kowloon F.O. in their 1st-- division. League match the B.G.A

CRICKET.

K.0.0. Ist XI. v. INFANTRY C.C. -

The League msich will be played at Kowloon to-day, at.2.15 p.m. The follow ing will represent the K.C.C.-J. P.

couplings to pinions arranged to drive Seiano-o-oda." The first word "means i It is not a question of native predie Robinson, Capt. I G.. Spinks, E. F.

white

lis 011 the main saying, but what were they saying? tion, but the whole industry, is in Western Spinks, G. A. V. Hall, S. Jox, C. Dance Then it dawned on him. The song was bands; it is governed by purely western J. C. Fletcher, B. Potharam, H. W 色 satire OP the average travelling ideas and continual traffic with Holland Benson, R. E. Lindsell and H. Overy.

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The Dunlop Company have received tourist, whoso oft repeated order. to his ensures that it remains at standard. No

the reply from St. Andrews which they boy they were familiar with "Whisky effort is lost in finding more profitable deserved. The Championship Committes and soda."

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HIMSELF.

CHERTSEY, Thursday.

anid | Constable

Superintendent,”

methods, both in the field and factory, in the administration and in buying and

Speaking at the National Assembly of selling.

the Church of England on February 2nd Whilst the natives of Jara obusina on a motion by the Bishop of London for harvest of 80 million dry paddy" from ; the establishment of a social and 8,800,000 hectares of rice fields, the million dustrial committee, Lord Hugh Ceelt picals of sugar; the whole paddy harvest viewed with suspicion the desire of the has about the same momentary value as Bishop of London to get the Church of the sugar which is won-from only 5 per England behind him for all sorts of par- cont of the rice growing area,

poses, and warned the assembly against. the growth of a new form of priestcraft,

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!! | ship-boing initiated or currim out by a busine firm." At will be generally acknowledged that their attitude is a sound one. In the past the word. "ebam- 2pionship" bas been very much abused, and it was easy to guess that its use by any business, firm for a project with much a high-sounding title would never have the sanction of St. Androw. The

Yet instead of appreciating such efforts, Dunlop Company should now take to Rosa, saluting, my chimney is an fire" Propagands is made against "the" sugar heart the advice which has bocu tendered "Is that as said the thief. Help industry, which is accused of draining Java af wealth whereas we only take them from many quarter-to promote yourself to a summona" an open tournament on a date a furi Constable Rose dealt himself a blue way sugar, that is: wind, rain and sud-IRRITATED & INFLAMED EYE

shine. If no sugar was grown it would removed from the crowded works of Miny slip from the top of the pack He took only be possible to win another 4 to 5 can be directly traced in many cases to and June as to spread the interest of it in his right hand, passed it to his left million piouls of paddy, and that cer the Sunday Motog trip and Goling. The big competitive golf over a greater part toso, houschaider, of Liberty-lane, Ad- from the indirect, advantages, to the dust fred sections of the local ronda.

dilestone, who "registered" indignant native, of the sugar" industry.2 'surprise. The announcment that Great Britain Mr. Rose appeared in the dock at has decided to devote her share of the Chertsey, last month. The olark called Boxer Indemnity to objecte mutually for endence and Constable Rose appear boneficial to both countries may have an ed in the witness box and denounced his important bearing an mission work in other self for not keeping his chimney China (says "The Missionary, Record" clean, of the United Free Church. of Scotland). "Your worship," said he, "I saw Burne Club the Hev. Dr. Wallace Williams are obtainable at very moderate prices The sum involved is about £11,000,000; smoke and sparks coming, front defer where Burns once lived, was purchased from The Hongkong Optical Co., auctan spread over the next 23 years, and the dant's chimner, and I served, the wim by the lato Mr. George Williamson, an sor to Clark & Co., Manufacturing and British view is that it should be spent mons a defendant. I found that the Edinburgh merchant, shortly before his

of the year.

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BURNE'S. FARM FOR NATION. At the annual dinner of the Edinburgh

san intimated that the farm of Ellisland;

contain a decided eye irritant. A sug gestion for these tripa, would be to keep the windshield up and to um a pair of Bun glam Sun glasses of any pattern with either Crookes, Luxfel, Pieuzal, Amber, London Smoke, or Blue lensos

mainly on the education of the Chinese soot had settled on the lodges of the death, and he had left instructions that Befracting Opticians flie most compet ng the bost means of forwarding the chimney after the swoop had dose his it was to be handed over to the Burgh of ent manufacturing optical establishment social and economio progress of the work?!

Dumfries. It was to be the property of in South China-located in 53, Queen's country. Unles“ requires ↑ woll-trained Mr. Rose was fined half-a-crown, and the nation and to remain for ever in the loader in every department of life and Conatable Boan was credited with the national posesion as a centre for Burns Road Central (opposite to the Singer it is believed that the money could not conviction,

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