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CHINESE NEW YEAR
CHINA-TOWN SCENES.
Anywhere west of the Star Ferry Whart
After
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH, 1974.
The two days' match played on the Club ground between the H.K.C.D. and the United Services was completed yos- terday afternoon and resulted in a win for the Club eleven by 112 runy.
In the first innings there was compara- tively low scoring. The Club bad first knock and compiku 189, the top scorer for the side being Mitchell with just over Another half a contury to his credit.
also contributed by useful score was Powell. Bowling for the United Services Fritz took four wickets for 32 and Pomfre
The United Services secured 3 for 33. replied with 188. Jotham and Hargreaves being the mainstay of the side. Thờ former was clean bowied just soven runs below the cantury mark, whilst the latter as stumped after making co. The re- maining 9 men were cheaply dismissed, only scoring 27 runs between them. Reed secured most of the wickets (7 for 33).
The Club opened their second innings on Tuesday and when stumps were drawn they had scored 70 for the loss of three wickets. On resuming yesterday the Club carried their score to the good alt: round total of 289
the usual scenes associated with the H.K.C.C, . THE UNITED SERVICES: expiration of one Chinese year and the birth of another were to be witnessed on Monday evening Everyone who was not at the Carnival at the Hongkong Hotel or any of the other celebrations, seemed to be strolling around the bazaars, Here, until after midnight, the crowd was always dense; the foreign sight seers and 'bargain hunters in excited groups passed from stall to stall, up one side of a street and down the other: Chinese jostled between them, twisting this way and that, jabbering and haggling with the stall bolders. It was a happy and orderly crowd, however, as usual, and there was a remarkable absence of smells which, as a rule, gonstitute an essential feature of an Eastern bazaar. The faces of the vendors displayed little of that immobi lity traditionally associated with the Chinese. They smiled and clapped their bands and shouted and jumped from one end of their stalls to the other. They were very accommodating, too... asking, Kay, fifteen dollars for an article they would, in the next, breath, accept one dollar for it. Many purchasers either obtained exceptionally good bargains or else narrowly escaped being badly "done" Chinaware, ornamental and of the utility variety, was the favourite article of sale; then came brass and other motal ware; there were the melon seed and orange merchants; then the vendors of trinkets and odds and ends (ranging from opium pipes to elastic suspenders); the scented wood and powder merchants; the firework sellers; and then food stalls, cloth cap and felt hat stalls, coloured paper stalls.
Here was, in fact, Petticoat Lane out-petticoated. Despite much bargaining and, cross-talk and offers at astounding sacrifices" on the part of the vendors, sales were not on the heavy ride; and it seems that hundreds of vases, bronzes, curved curios, etc., will have to be taken to more prosaie markets or stored away until another Chinese New Year is upon us.
Yesterday as well as China New Year's Day was generally observed in the Colony as a public holiday. All the motor-cars and taxis in the" Colony seemed to be ou the streets with their loads of joy. riders and the Tramway Company have had their full equipment of 67 cars run- ning during the past few days, and the cars seemed to be invariably crowded. Tho thunderstorm and the heavy rain which cate ON about seven o'clock brought the joy riding to aa abrupt end. At Kowloon about ninety per cent. of tho motor buses and rickshaws disap- peared from the streets, leaving a large number of people to walk to their homes in the drenching rain. The celebration does not appear to have been marred by anything exciting from the police point of view.
WEDDINGS. DRUMMOND-SHARPLES.
was
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St. John's Cathedral was the scene of a pretty wedding on the 5th instant (China New Year's Day) when Miss Linley Ruth Sharples was married to Mr... Powys Drummond, of the Asiatic Petro- leum Company, stationed at Hoihow. The Rev. H. Copley Moyle, M.A. (Chap- laia), officiated, and during the signing of the Register Mrs. Sanger, of the Standard Oil Company, rendered a solo. The ushers were Messrs. C. E. Meyer and B. C. Soutez. The bride
attired
white in Batin-crêpe embroidered with pearl and crystal beads and silver thread, with a train of the Same puuterial. She was given away by her father, Mr. H. G. Sharples, Commissioner of Customs. Pakhci. The bridesmaids (the Misses Rita and Nina Hazeland, Miss Marie-Louise Meyer and Mies Mary McRae) were simply and tastefully Bressed in pale yellow taffeta, and car- ried houquets of yellow chrysanthemums. The bride's banquet was n shower of mixed white flowers. The best mas was. Mr. Bruce, of the Asiatic Petroleum. Company, Hongkong. The reception was hold at the Hongkong Hotel, Mrs. Drum- mond's going-way dress was of brown, and she also worn, stone-marten furs.
The bridegroom's father, like that of the bride, it is interesting to recall, was a Commissioner in the Chinese Maritime Customs.
HAYWOOD-SEARLE.
The wedding took place at the Cathe- dral yesterday of Mr. Guy Babson Hay- wood and Miss Violet. Constance Searle, the Chaplain (Rev. Copley Moyle, M.A.) performing the ceremony. Miss Scarle wore an ivory charmeuse and lace gown, with a long veil, and carried a bouquet of white roses. Her going-away costume was of pale blue charmeuse, with a squir- Tel fur coat and blue hat. The bride was given away by her father, Mr. H. H E. Bearle, and the best man was Mr. L
UNITED SERVICES.
2nd inning.
Fritz, o Owen Hughes, b Reed ........ Jotham, a Hughes, b Reed
9
Sharpe, a Mors, b Quick .......... 17. Hargreaves, o Pearce, b Powell ..... 47° Purcell, b Powall Williams, b. Powell
Wallace, b Powell
Gould, e Quick, b Lammert Pomfret, a Gace, b Lammert
Hattersley-Smith, Hughes
Lammert
Rough, not out
Extras
1
1
10
1
$
b
4
..131
Total
Bowling Analysis.
Reed
12
Lammert Webster Powell Quick
* M.
2 B. 10.1 1 34
The
1
10 3 31 .4 9 *
K.C.C. 2D XI. v. R.E..
D
An all-day match was played on the Kowloon Cricket Ground yosterday be- tween the K.C.C. second string and the Royal Engineers. The match provided an interesting finish the Engineers requiring 17 to win with three wickets in band The tail did not rise to the occasion and the victory went to the Kowloon men by The scoring throughout the 15 runs. match was low.
Scores:
KOWLOON C.C.
1st Ipnings.
Pearce, this time topped the score with 52, Moro and Owen Hughes also did useful servies with 48 and 41 respectively. Pomfret and Wallace! shared the bewling honours, the former taking 4 for 54 and the latter 3 for $5. The United Services" were thus sat the difficult task of getting 943 runs. this they failed by over 100 tuca. They knocked up 131 of which 47 wers to the credit of Hargreaves and 31 to the credit) of Hattersley Smith. Reed, Lammert and Powell got amongst the wickets. Powell took four of the wickets, clean bowling: O. Raven, e Jacob, b Cloughton three batsmen in succesion.
Scores:-"
R.I.CO.
lut Yanings.
E. J. R. Mitchell, o E Wallace,
b Pomfret
A. Raven, b Playford
E J. Edwards, b Playford
E. Savage, c Cloughton, b Good.
man.....
A. W. Summers, b Goodman
LAST EVENING'S HEAVY
SQUALL
FORERUNNER OF COLDER WEATHER.
い
The heavy squall which struck Hong- kong between six and seven o'clock last sreuing was an exceptional one for the time of the year and, according to Mr. Claxton, the Director of the Royal Observatory, Kowloon, it was caused by a depression over Indo-China. This de- pression will probably fill up in a day or so and then our old friend, the North East Moonsoon, will make its appearance. "We can then expert much colder weather," adiled Mr. Claxton. The rain- fall, though exceptionally beavy, pro- videt nothing in the nature of a record.
The wind blow very hard whilst the squall lasted and by 9 pm there was rather more than a light swell' on the harbour. This quietened down just as quickly as it had risen. On the harbour many small craft were caught napping and there was a rush for shelter, many in midstream. taking shelter. sampara under the tee of the big vessels lying at their buoys. Up to a late hour last night
nothing untoward bad been reported though the Water Police were busy scour craft. One of the star ferries, the Horn-. ing the harbour in search of capsized ng Star, had her side shelter acreens
torm away.
On land some little damage has been reparted. In Kimberly Road, Kowloon, two or three of the street lamps were damaged. No landslides have yet been reported.
FOUND SHOT THROUGH THE HEART IN HIS OFFICE.
H. Overy," Winte:, b Playford ... TA. O. Brawn, b Jacob
3
21
S
4
TRAGIC END OF A SHANGHAI BROKER.
21
1
19
W. Woolley, b`Cloughton
4
J. Long, not out
D. Green, c and b Winter
1
A. McHelvott, b Jacob
Extras
39
Total
Bowling Analysis.
M. R.
14
5
Playford Cockell Jacob
1
3
6.
20
8
Goodman......... Cloughton
0
+
"
R. E. A. Webster, Pomfret ... 10 G. R. More, e Purcell, b Fritz ... Rev. Quick, a Williams, b Fritz... 1
Gould, b E. Owen Hughes, c
Wallace
T. E Pearce, e and b Fritz .... G. R. Sayer, Eargrave, b Eritz 4 Rev. J. B. Powell, .w, Rough... 32 A. L. Gace, e Wallace, b Pomfret 11 L. E Lammert, not out
.9
La B. Reod, c Hargrave, b Gould G
Extras
Total
Hargraves Pomfret Rough Fritz Wallace Gould
Bowling Analysia.
" Winter
10
ROYAL ENGINEERS-
1st Fanings. L-Sgt. Cockell, b Overy
90
Q.M. S. Ramsay, b Brawa
0
160
Capt. Chippendall, b. Brawn
3
L-Sgt. Brawn, b Overy
*
0. M.
10 0
C.S.M. Smith, Brawn, b 0.
Baven
21
19
10
L-Sgt. Winter, e Green, h Raven 5 Spr. Goodman, st. Edwards, b
13
Ravea
0
2
0
24
Q.M.S. Jacob, b 0. Raven
1
.5 0
1
Sgt. Cloughton, a Greco, b
0.
Raven co
Spr. Playford, O. Raven
0.
83
L-Sgt. Best, not out
Extras
7
13
£5
UNITED SERVICES.
lat innings.
Lt.Cdr. Jotham, b Reed
44
QM.S. Fritz, st. Gace, b Reed Ror Father, Purcell, o Webster.
b Lammert
Lt. Sharpe, b' Beed
Pay-Lt. Hargreaves, st. Gace, b
Poet
Capt. Willem, c and b Reed
Total
*
Bowling Analysis.
Q.
M.
W.
Üvery Brawn
ક
* 20
19
3
34
Major Hattersley Smith, b Wobster 0 Pay-L. Wallace, not out
O Raven
... 0
1
KOWLOON C.C.
0
Surg-Lt. Pomfret, b Reed
1
2nd Innings.
Long,
Lt. Gould, e and b Reed 31str. Gr. Rough, not out
Extras
Total
Bowling Analysis,
X- 2.
Bood Powell
15 E 33
10
45
a
Lammert Owen Hughes Quick Webster
E.X.0.0.
2nd innings.
Mitchell, o Gould, b Rough Lammert, b. Pomfret Sayer, c and b Pomfret Powell, b Pomfret Quick, b Pomfret
More, Pomfret, b Hargreaves
B
.188
Winter, b Jacob
Green, b Playford
Fraser, b Jacob .........
A. Raven, b Jacob".....
O. Raven, Playford, b Jacob ...
Edwards, b Jacob .......
Brawn, not out ..........
Savage,
b Jacob............ Woolley, a Winter, b Jacob
Summers, b Jacob
Overy, Playford, b Cockeli
Extras
0
Total
Bowling Analysis,
H.
Playford
0 20
1
8.1
4.12
8
Goodman
Q 17
11
Cockell
4 · 1
15.
2nd Innings.
α
Cockell, b 0. Raven
49
Pearce, c Wallace, K Hargreaves 32 Owen Hughes, 1.b.. Bough......... 41 Webster, o Pomfret, b Rough..... 26 Once, st, b Wallace
Reed, not out ...
..Extras
Total
Jacob ...
BOTAL ENGINEERS.
Ramsay, Edwarda, b Fraser.....
4
Chippendall, e O Raven, b Brawa 25 Brawn, b 0. Raven
Smith, Fraser, h Overy
16
Winter, e Grech, b Overy
an
12
Goodman, b O. Raven
12
1
Jacob, b Overy.....
0
8
Cloughton, c and b Baven
0
14
Playford, o Edwards, h Overy
.12
Best, not out
1
.202:
Extras
Total
75
Hargreaves
Bowling Analysis,
Pomfret Fritz
Ok
11 0.
40
O. Rayer
37.
pink roses.
A reception was held at St. George's House. The boneymoon will he spent in Manila and Baguio.
Bough
10.
9
Fraser
5
0
Wallaco Gould
8
f
34
4
0
Overy
8. Hodge. The only bridesmaid was Miss Kathelena Murphy, who wore a palo mauve crêpe satin dress and a mauve She carried a bouquet of georgetto hat
Bowling Analysia. ¿
·M. R. W.
1 13
03
19 3 54
Brawa
The business community of Shanghai was shocked to learn on the 29th alt, the N.-C. Daily News' says, of the tragic death of Mr. M. Fredericks who is stated to have shot himself through the heart during Monday night (January 28th) at his office at 201, Chung Feo Building, in Jinkee Road. Death was instantaneous.
The police reports state that Mr. Fre dericks went to his office ahortly before 10 pm remained a short while and then went out to return again just before 11 o'clock, after which as far as is known he did not leave again; further that he told his wife that he had a Chinese dia ner party to attend and that he would be late in coming home. He telephoned
her and said he was all right early in
the evening. The police were informed by Mrs. Fredericks who went to the office and found the body of her husband, Mr. Fredericks' body was found on the floor with bis back to the desk, the bullet having pierced the chest and heart and gone out through the back, after which it struck the desk, went through it and thea into the chair behind the desk; struck a metallic substance and ricocheted into the ceiling where it was firmly im- "bedded. The instrument used was a .303 calibre, S.V.C. rifle.
Although there were no witnesses and no one saw the body for some time after death, the police Believe. that the victim sat on the floor, facing the door with his back to the desk, after which he fixed the butt of the gun to the wall with the point of the barrel to his heart.
.0
Mr. Fredericks had been suffering for a time from a severe attack of influenza and had been under the doctor's care. The illness greatly weakened his physical and mental resources and his vitality and stamina had been considerably reduced. In this state it is thought that he brood- ed over minor financial. dificulties, in- creasing them to an unwarranted magni- tude, until he was not himself.
Mr. Fredericks had fought with credit in the Boer War while in his twenties. He was 53 years old at the time of death. While in Africa he acted as manager of several banks in the western portion and served as Acting Consel for Holland, Portugal, Norway, and Belgin in vari ous South African ports. He and Mrs. Fredericks came to Shanghai two years ago, and he conducted an insurance and general brokerage business at 25, Jinkee, Road.
...
With regard to the rumours of finão- cial difficulties thought to have been troubling the deceased and that clients had failed to meet their obligations, we are informed that several years ago Mr. Fredericks had severe money reverses, but that he paid off every dollar that be owed. He was well liked and admired by the Chinese from compradore to coolie and was respected and well thought, of by his foreign sociates.
Mr. Fredericks is survived by his wife and his brother, Mr. J. A. Fredericks, with whom the deepest sympathy is felt.
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