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THE RACKS—AND AFTER.

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The 48 meating of the H.K.J C. is now to be numbered with the things that have boin and the public has once more settled down to the plats provale business of everyday His. To

rome the races have been a regular flutis Klondyke (those exasperating fellows, you know, whose luck is always-in); other poor devils are thinking with sadness how they will have to whip the cat till the end of the month. For tunately Hongkong plunging is on a small scale after all and we don't hear of any losing backers being fished out of the barbour after the Derby. We leave that to places like Melbourne where the Cap tempts

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boer) I shall no further dilats on the events than to say may we alwaya baya as good sport as that of the meeting of 1898,

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THE NAVY LEAGUE.

out and it is a pity that there was but a small «.tendance.

balleved that our ships, ship for ship, could knock our face lato a c ́cted hat. Quite so, but At the City Hall yesterday afternoon, Mr. W.

what about the armament ?. Our vasşols were Machell lectured, onder the auspices of the

bull dogs truly, bat muzzled ones, · They shoold tiko for instance tha DrvicĂrland of " malied Navy League, on "Some popolar fellagles Get calebetty. Our Heronis was her counterpart regrding the Navy," Capt. W. C. H. Hastlags but yet the Drutchland cutalmased and eclipsed presided. The lecture was Interesting through.heria zamiruest. Yet with the finest qua-mukera in tha world amongst us we kept up a big stoch of weakly armed ships. Number seemed to be the ideal but what wern numbers il strength was lacking. We needed men and ships badly. Cur foes would make war on their own terms, striking at our least anticipated polafs whhvsatly superior forco, disorganising our plans at once by using these potats as bises of scilon. Fallure at the outset meant doom, shattered confidence meant the going to pieces of our world-state. Let our valnerability be orce demonstrated and self- preservation would imperitively enforce the law And as no one showed us the other side of of each for himself," not " Britain for all." It the picture we believed that.

At the outset the lecturer dwelt on the ignorance of things regarding the Navy. He anld that we were nationally saturated with the

low that

The ass is England's glory.

The branding wave her throne,

Through ages belgar la story

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The ocean is her own.

Britain reigns as pourless,

Sole Empress of the wa Yo

The "off day" was another guess klad of thing altogether, For x start the weather was abominable and the coarse was an beavy as lead. The attendance after all was not so bad, bai the crowd had lost fis social aspect and be came narrowed down to sporting people who'd sren brave & typhoon to sta al paw." The 3/wk šluk man did little pidgin and the standa were well nirb deserted but there were plenty

people around the of

weighing room 4 in the place where the bookies bad their stand. Although the times were mo: up to the standard the racing was generally good. Mr. Bocknall's win on Whizielad was a popolar one for General Black's ("Locum Teneos") eap and Mr. G. H. Patts, colours were also cleverly carried to the lore on White Heather by Mr. Davis in the "Beechwood." Mr. P. even bla mother-in-law." OF his Sanday had many hearty congratulations on the (WG next tio pagi. clothes on the horse of his, fancy, So far performance of his

Attracted The Steeplechase of course as I know nothing so dreadful happens in

end of attention hot li was rather dlı-

Could we have made a greater mistako ?. If connection with our bijos. litle equine car appointing The pantes seemed to want more we looked at the other alde of the picture nival and yet some of our 'yiends managed to "áchool'ng.” Mr. Bruce got two nasty splits aff we would find that this peerless Navy of ours work up a good deal of ex.lement thereon. It the once popular Vicar, and Sport and Klogicate only existed to Hinstrated papers and periodicals was hardi. Quoco's weather on any of the three did not cat may figure worth speaking about. and that the great mass of our people knew day. Dall apprensiveness, and heavy over Baron Foy had hard luck with Glendabh who nothing of the fleets of our opponents; and also cast skles, were the prevailing climatic condi. elected to walk through the dich coar the finish it would show to the confidtag Britisher that his Bons with now and then a taste of a Scotch and Mr. Cruickshank landed a very well-carved unparalleled Navy could not be fully manned mis. From the hills about Wong nel choogwia on Mutil. The Malossi Race fairly corralled even when its reserves were called up. Asent great banks of watery cloud rolled down like the fancy of the gentleman riders and owners. This mistaken idas, that our Navy was invincible, | smoke at times and the trees sound abort the The bays rade well but the way they “polated" we might well say with Pl Ii fe not a time course took on a decidedly sombre tint. Add to and crowded each other was a revelation to the for adulation, 'be smothness of Battery cannot the scope a few disconsolate brotaley kites Cructiian and once more proved that "the save as in this ragged and awful crisis. Dar wheeling heavily in direllag silhouettes against Hesthen Chince is peculiar. Coming up the Navy was parallelled, nay, li was surpassed, by the lead coloured sky and you have the outline straight it at one time looked as if they were those of our foer. Our second mistake was the of the picture at Happy Valley. The detalle ail going into the ditch, and the rice caused more Inercosable Weat d'd we see in sad | were more v The grand atind and the pil-, much talk and smurement to the owners' stand reality? Dockyards, ships and coast defences vate stands in the enclosure were radiant with The zaliora" race seemed to be the donna bouche

were as rigidly closed to the Brilib pubile for the crowd, «most people_rapecting some flags of all nations, andithe "ract chilumos R of

as the Marque of Omar to a tourist in knickers and babostied wide-walls, with kedek in band the ladies were catalaly deserving of heiterfus. The idea sermed to be that Jack and hi

and pipe in mouth. We went on the Powerful weather. Elsewhere vald "race costumes" form Marine pale were going to be spilled nil over.

big items in the newspaper columns, when, says the ground. However, they rode well save the the other day." Just so. It was this "wo," the Derby, or the Grand National at home or the celebrated navel heavyweight who came to grief this privileged few, that was objectionable, Melbourne Cup at the Antipodes is being in a ditch. Heresy men admired the Marine Everyone should be welcomed to view Britain's written up, bal the exigencies of journalism in Sergeant's skill in landing a winger and the first and only safe line of defence, atstated times this little dot in the Far Eastern Seas preclude "tify" (naval artifico) who fishbed last had his and places, with the follest sensible liberty and such pretty wo k. If we could reverse the umal trouse tubbed up to over his knees and his feetable explanation of all that was to be sten. The order of things and give the sierver sex a "write

were out of the stirrupirons. The winner used a | (act should be published, ton, Il need be. Free ep some good work might be done by the swagger cane av riding whip and the others cat transport should be supplied silke to the street arab and the bosom filend of the high dockyard scribes. For instance, Captain Yap, and his switches, out of the bamboo clumps. new and chaste umbrella, Mr. Wheat and bli switches were all much shortened at the finish. official. This done and we would score two The meet was a capital one, as I have said, polats of immense importance. We would let very latest horsey cost, Captain Ten-inch and his beautifully fiting Newmarket, and the and to all the efficers concerned an unstinted the taxpayer see where his meney went to and Hon. Loinorder's dainty white hat; not to measure of pride is due for the success of their we would go far to salve that terrible problem meation scoro of n'hers, opso quite a efforts, Ore suggestion to fisirb. Give the of manning the Navy, for the walf of the streets new and interesting field for the descriptive press some reasonable accommodation, if you had pluck and go and wou'd gladly go where he saw what most amply filled his ideal of clean, please, next time.

amart, manhood. At present we excluded the public and made the Navy a "sealed book to

writer.

Then we must not forget the big'matskeds'on either side the enclosure, which were thronged during the meeting. In one of them those genial creatures, Messin, Orbaras and Williama, met their old friends and made many new ones, sad sundry Brulah and foreign "claba" also bolated (beli ba nɛra on the oomest wall-at the entrance to the course. To a nervous person there topilde matsheds are not comfort. bor. The's too much jump or spring in the

floor and the stranger who goes over 11 stone always fears he is going through. At the far end of the course the Hongkong, the Vicand the Grill Room had very nice arrangements for tiffin and wel grocerica, with stands above for patrons, and the Chinese had a number of struc- tures of the matshed school of 'architecture and

ll bad their condi

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It's wonderful bow keen John Chinaman is on this branch of the foreigner's pastime. The porily shroffs, compradores and merchants in ilik, salla and velvet, la the taclosure, and the - swarm of more or less ragged coollen that Iired the space outside the iracy, all g:va themselves up to the game most expesly, and no crowd at Goodwood or Epsom 'ever hawled and cheered more lustily than did the Chinese on the open at Happy Valley when there was a close finish, To add to the raslety of the crowd there ware soldiers and allows in unifarm, Majoos (got up jart IP e English stible boys and locking well, | tan, In corde and gaiters), Parsees in strong force, Japanese, Portuguese, French, Germană, Radi sians, and kesten knows what not in the way of nationales.

Outside the enclosure. the - Kish-Klub

men did a rostlog lade. Their brightly painted tables, with their mysile qastes and numbers, attracted crowds each day and it was.gulte an Interesting windy to watch the play. Perhapa some fellow bad backed a winzing horsa and be went in for 85 shots. Another follow played 20 cent's worth and scooped the lot. · " be ladles were keen on the game too, and some of them had remarkable lack. The bankers and crow- plers were typically phlegmate and they paid ost or took in the coin like to miny sciamata. Under the grand stand a couple of familiar faces were seen to their accustomed places, and the airsang with "Two to one, bar one," "I Lay." &c. The pencillers had a busy ilme and, Judging by all accounts, they got wit is vulgar 1y called "a sklones" now and then. The en tante cordiala between the backles" and their clients appeared to be well sustained through- out, and all soite and conditions of people put their litile big on from time to time, always getting prompt element if winnlog.

The

THE LAMENT OF THE BACK- WARD FOR WARDS.

Gone are our hopes, our chances faded i Asather year we'ra baniaked from the :ld t The form aur gani successfully invaded- Aias ! We've lost The Hongkong Challenge

Shield 1

DITIATED.

FOOTBALL.

HONGKONG D. KOWL ́ON,

This Ile in the second round of the shield competition was brought off yesterday on the Horgkeng Clabla new ground,

The wretched weather prevalling did much to lessen the interest in the ma'ch mad to a great extent spoiled the play, but nevertheless a good rumber of enthusiasts, braving the alements, ilmed the ground at the kick-off and were | rewarded by witnesslog an exching contest.

Mayson was sick, so unable to play for the clob, but otherwise bath sides were fully repre- sented,

The teams werd-

HONGKONG F.C. Davies,

C. T. Kew. Plackney. Mackay. Noble,

Slad F. H. Kem. Looker.

Acton, Danby Moberley, Yale. Mo wayed Duocas. Gaw. Barlow, Rickis. Wilson. Smillle, Dyer. Lapsley, Barreli, KOWLOOM.

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Referee, Mr. J. W. L. Oliver

Through the recent salon the turf war qulle sodden and treacherous and tbls, combined with she damp, slippery state of the ball, rendered any approach to accurate play an impossiblity. The players showed great difficulty in keeping thel: feet and mi-kicks were of frequent occas rerce, combined movements were conspleases by their abince and almost invariably falled when attempted and the panting game was really the game for the day,

The play was very fast and even during the frat half but fast before the whistle blew Barlow placed the ball basutifully into the art from a corner and, as Davies toached it la transit, it „scored one for Kewison.

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Half time score, Kowloon i gan, Hongkong o. After the cross-over play still continued fast and was always interesting, and by-led-bye the Clan equal and from their left wing. The cheers which greeted this performance and the dispoil. tion of the spectators throughout shewed the Club to be the more popular team. Just dow it was anybody's game as neither sides were having any advantage, and in a few ml utes the Club nearly scored again. After this however Kowloon seemed to pull themselves torola

and had most of the play. From CROSS-OVER

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was inconceivable that we had so long viewed with serions, measured salf-possession the preter- natural malignity of our opponents. It was the sublimity of malice in which the yearning for our downfall had silenced all else. Its inoxoruble and impertorbable dendliness should have made us abjure all half-measures. We should show decisively that whilst not 100 proud to conciliate, we were not too wask to oppose,. To do this we must be lu a position as strong that mone could daunt or disconcert us. Exasperate us they could not. There was in Britishers & strong, quick and deep sense of jastles. That we were more sinsed aguinat thân sinning wAS clear to all and we could wall, strong in all true sources of cational gresteers, a standing marvel of power and scope till raptore of bate overleaped all-bounds and 11 was forced on us, Tennyson ssid of our island home >---

It is the land that freement, That saber-nited Freedom chose, A land, where girt with friends or foes, A man may speak the thing he will,

This was once'as true of the nation as of the Indie'dural bat was it so now? Did we not bold or own in fear? Our first sad unimpeachable te must ever be a sufficiently powerful and highly efficient Navy

A vote of thanks was given ta the lecinstr.

NEWS BY THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL.

The Nippon Yasen Kalsha's steamer Tokio Moru, Capt. E. W. Haswell, from Sydney and ports, merived in harbour last Saturday. For the subjoland telegrams we so indebted to pur Colonial exchanges:-

BRISBANE, January 28th. The half-yearly meeting of the Bank of North Queensland was adjourned untli Turday, out of

NOTANDA

CALENDAR

FEBRUARY. Meteorological means based on ten years' observations to 1895, Barometer.gikarabera

· Thermometer «..............strov.-17.3 Homidity 8¶¶¶¶ Rainfall

79.0

1.76

TO-DAY.

WEATHER DEPORT.

Barometer Thermometer. Humidity........ 56 Rainfall............... 0.11

O date al On disast

19.08 ******** 30.03

57 58 70

TO-DAY,

Tuesday, aand February, 1898. Chinese-2nd of End moon of siih year of

Kwong-sü. (Spring worship of the Gods of the Land and Grein.)

Jewish–901% Sadat, 6659, Mobammedan-50th Ramadan, 1315,

Sun-Mist on...............m får, 18m.

Sata

Moon-I Equator 11hr. a.m. High water-Morning 10hr. 89mlu. Afternoon 10. $7. Low water-Morning ............... 4hr. Amtu, Afternoon ... ökr. 3im da, ANNIVERSARIES.

1733-George Washington born, 1845-The Danish possessions in India pur-

"chased by England. 1850-Lao-kang, Emphor of China, died. 1876-End of the Carlist rebellion, 1892 Death of the Hon. P Rytle at Hongkong. 1897-Salcide of Capt. J. H. Ward, R.MLL, of

H.M.S. Grafton at Hongkong.

TO-MORROW.

Wednesday, 23rd February, 1898, Chinese-3rd of 2nd moon of 142h year of

Kwong-sü (Fe:e of the God of Literature, worshipped by Students.)

Jewish-ist Ader, 5688. Mohammedan—1st Shawall, 1815.

SED-Rises ............................................. Ökr. 16min. Setrinuman • suum čħr. 45min. High water-Morning ............10kr. ¿5min. Afternoon...IIÄr. Smín. Law water-Morning man þÃr. 50min.

ANNIVERSARIES,

Afternoon voru får, tâmÍN, 1791-Sie Joshua Reynolds died. 1835-Oplam selxed and burat by the Canton

authorities. 1841-Hostilities between England and China

recommenced.

· Titimations.

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

HAVE Tыl” Day resumed charge of the

Company's Branch Office at this part.

A. S. MIHARA, Manager.

Hongkang, 21st February, 1898.

"MELDRUM" FURNACES.

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7 HESE FURNACES are specially adapted for coal dost, cika'dust and faels of in inferior quaily, and by their ure a great saving tu effected genera'ly." Smɔki in reduced to a "mlai ram and boller power issgaly increased.

JARDINE MATHESON & Ca

Agents for Hongkong and China. Hongkong, 29th Jur wary, 1898.

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NEW SINGAPORE TOWN HALL.

1. A PREMIUM ọl £200 is offered for the Design that may be selected for the Slagapor Permanent Memorial of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee,

Groo will be pild to the Designer of the building adjudged by the Commits to be second la merit,

s. The Committee consists of :-

3-Members sppointed by the Governor. ́s Membera appofuted by the Municipal

Commi:rlene:7.

Members appolated by the Subacıl« bere and Chairman elected by

the above.

3 The building must contain the following accommodation:

(1) A Town Hall sattrble for Pablia Meetings, Balls, Concerts, &c., about too feet by 50 feet, upstairs, with dining or supper room below. (2) Tosatre to rest about foo 4. Toe Designs must be sent in so as to resch Singapore by jath April. 1898, and can be forwarded direct to the undersigned.

5. The Town Hall must form part of the sam building at the Thestre, but the two should not communicate with each other except by the Verandahs.

6. The building to be provided with sufff- clent dressing, closk, card and smoking soptas, bars, promenader, že, zad to be surrounded with a Verandah not less than 15 feet in width; The design to provide for the Verandah ralla being of fron.

7. Richen and accommodation for four servazis to be arranged on the rool;

It is proposed to erect the building of grey granite or grane and brick cambleeð,

8. Iron to be used wherever possible in place

them, and crowned ali by showing to foreigners, respect to the lata General Manager, Mr. 1848-French Revolution broke out, with unnecessary freedom of detail, the working MacDimid, who committed inlelda by hanging † 1857-The s. Quess captured and burnt by of wood.

of our dockyards and gun factorles. Naturally, the public deemed it outrageous that the foreign visitor should have time and opportunity to mala our defects kad pariola our secrets. Perhaps, as ibere could not be a victory without a defeat, we

bimself the day previous.

BRISANE, January 3118- Sir Hugh Nelson, who has been ssoth in connection with the future 'administration of

New Galaes, has returned Brisbane. He states that the agreement arrived at provides far the retention of New Galues for three or four years, br which time it hoped the Possession will be self-supporting.

The agreement, however, needs the sanction of the Imperial authorities.

BRUDANE, Juary 19'h.

A depict has been received by the Govern ment from the Secretary of States for the Colonles with reference to the proposed reduction of post- age rates within the British Empire to which reporal Queensland objects on the grounds of

loss of revenue,

pirates. 1867-First stone of the Hongking City Hall

lald.. 1896–Explosion of a powder magazine at

Klangyla; 200 lives lost. 1897-Hunan Land Telegraph lloc completed.

SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.

MAILS DUR: Canadian (Empress of Japan) to-morrow. American (Firm) 25th fast. French (Melbourne) 27th inst, Australian (Tefyuan) tit prox. American (Cosite) and prox. American (City of Rio di Fanitro) rath prox.

to be raised at least 5 feet above the ground as 9. No bitement required, but the lower floor

| the site is low,

ro. The rafofall in Singapore is very heavy, six inches and more sometimes fallieg' in ona day. The roof and guttering abould thereforn be designed to allow of the rapid escape of a large qunailty of water.

1. Tiles are the roofing material of the" Straks,

12 The cost of buliding in Singapore may be taken to be from seren to nind cents of A Stralis dollar per cubic feat ide whole building.

13. The con of the building should not exceed The climate of Singapore is a par $300,000, petual summer, the average temperature being THE N. P. S. S. Co's steamer Mogul salledd fahrenheit. It is therefore essential that the from. Portland for Japan and Hongkong on the various rooms should be as open sa porrible rgb last,

to the outer air and that free vanillation from

the building. fow to calling should be ensured to every part of..

from Tacoma for Hongkong and Japan on the THE N. P. S. S. Cala steamer Columbia walled

Igth inst,

Tar Agents (Messrs. Dodwell, Carlill & Co.) inform us that the Co.'s slaamer Pathan, from New York, lett Singapore for this post to-day, the sand, and is due here on or about the

38th last

were a little too auxious not to offend foreign: susceptibülifes. Bat war was not brutal and patriotism was the life blood of a nation. Herole fortitude, loyally, and dread of dishonour were absolutely necessary qualities Why then, in our great public and private school courses, designed to prepare for University entrsace, bad History no place? It should have a compulsory place, that it might be nọ studied as to nourish patriotism and rouss the glow of noble emala- tinn. "For the blood is the Hie" beaded any and every advertisement of blood purifiers and cure alls that we saw in our papers Quackertes we contemptuonily termed them, turned our

- SYDNEY, January 28th. laces to the wall and died, forgetting that adver- tement was needed to keep even a good thing to row Barry for & atake of £500 aside for the James Stanbury, has signified his willingness before the public eye. Our Navy wii s

grot thing, there was so quackery about it. It was Champlosship of England, beyond question the file blood, as it were, of the

́- LONDON, January 82th. nation, and that nation world-wide and some

The Admiralty authorlites have diamlosed anita of it world divided, world separated from four trade onlos lenders at Portsmouth dock the others Bot so long as the Navy stood first da far promoting an egliailon against pleca- of all navies, this widely-scattered but heart-worke asited nation would be one-one to live and thrive in pesce, one to crash utterly, and at once, His foes in war; one to people the word's dark and v. Australia, commenced to-day in the pre- places wib that freedom of toly and independence of about 20,000 spectators. The weather and glory. We must no longer teach the rising ence of mind that are at once a Briton's heritage was very approve the thermomister registering Foochow

zoo deg. in shade.

Kwalyang be generation to look on Trafalgar as merely a big

The Australian captain won the toss, and de- | Hatlon vanim

Formola....LY fight; must go deeper than that. As Camp.cided to but, sending his men in on a good wicket.

The lonlegs opened dissatrously, the first four Turbo....................................... bell told us in his high-cooled "Battle of the BaldeWe conquer but to save," we wickets falling for 26 runs and at a later stage six wickets were down for 58, but Hill and wern too democratic for continental ideas in some cases, bated by an old hereditary foe in

Trumble became partners, and by splendid cricket (hey increased the score to 22's before a others. We had a national existence at stake when Neisan fought; we have a national existepiration was effected, and when stumps were drawn. Hill, by some magnificent batting, had ence at stake now. But what a nation ? No su-

scored 183 not cut. plus, decaying Greek or Roman Empire wa ours but a living force, tremendous still in its

January 31st, energy, its growib, ils resources and, au yet

The internation cricket match was continued, and the ionings of the Australians concinded for uolted, ready and willing to sing with whole-

323 10b Hill only added 6 to his store of the bearted earnestness, as we looked to the old in-

previous day's play when he was dismissed. land home that gave us birib,

The Englishmen then entered on their first innings, but could make no mand agalost the

Couatlers in amber, but in thes May we be chè.

MARYBOROUGH, January 29'h. The faith International cricket match, Eng-

bowling of the Australians, and the innings clsred for 174 TODS.

Belog in a minority of 149, the Englishmen were compelled to follow on, and when the stamps were drawn for the day had lost one wicket for ruas.

February 1st. ings to-day, the score standing at 354, with three The Englishmen continued their second lan-

wickets to fail.

The scores detailed ara as follow i

AUSTRÀLIA.—First Innings.

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Some might not recogalse this slight parody of the grandest old federation byma over written, A number of thirty soldiers and soldiers occa

Here if anywhere it was in place for if this World-Empire was not God-given then all the sionally wandered into that sacred place, the

stal of 10,000 Nary Leagues would not hinder bar of the Hongkong Club, thinking to find Host

ta passing away. They should look at it a Farmer there, as on gymkhans days. A polits

holy heritage and Impress on all their duty to direction to go farther down the street slways

hold it, extend it, unify its interests, till wariing put matters right however. It was pleasing all

foes, deem ing coalition useless, shall learn war through the meating to see as large crowd se

no more. This was what the Peace Society temperals and so well behaved. Ons always

could not set, would not see, that we looks for plenty of dranse and sundry fights on

wire the chosen peacemakers, that every wize British or Australian racecourse, but the po.

ship we bulit was a na'tonal sacrifice on the lice during the last meeting had a sincere. Il

altar of Peace. They that take to the sword, Is tree that to one Chinese gembilog shop a row

shall perish by the sword" True, but of our foes and got of az. They look the sword and we began but it never resched a hen 4, - although soma lethal weapons wire salted and the owner by the right wing McSwayed bounded forward

were the choren instrument of their retribution. uzlu." As usual the Celestial refreshment and breasted through giving Davies no chance. We were content, nay, anxious, to lum dur stalls were in evidence outside the grounds, They were staying baller them their opponents people's minds to home and home interests. and, looking it the cool and shortly afterwards scored a third. Pinckney Oar foes dared not. They must divest their exposed for anic, one at once falt the effect of missed bla kick and the opposing left wing, beleg people's winds í om kamé matters at all risks. vision on appeilie. However, it was a brave well up, got on the bail and shot in bat Davies War was to them neceisty, in one care to man who fist ate an oyster (or; may be, he was saved. He however was unable to get it away support a decaying despotism, to the other to denced y hung13), and habit is everything the

far enough and Gow being bandy put it foto the pander to a misled and now uncontrollable World OFER

not. This was class on time and just after the re- democracy. They had either to yell "Come out As to the reces-well, they were generally start Acton was accidently winded by Dyar. and fight" or stay at home and perish. It was Brat rate, good fields, fair. ilding and some

While he was on the ground the whistle sounded a national peculiarity to imagine that the us beautiful finishes. The game litúe mokes

and the game unded,

expected would never happen. It did though, went over the spelogy · turf fo good style,

Were not the Afrials up ill recently our staunch Many old racing hands say that, takes mil

allfes and bad it not been for a strange combin silon of circumstances they would never have gaard, they never saw beller sport to the Far East. Mr. Master, our Fred Archer,

fought us at all, Why thes did we hold the was twice caught mapping out the first day, and

fatuous idea that we could be ready at I hear it was indisposed, but he made up for it

moment's notice(t) To declare war, or (2) ́aber sed came out with top record of wing once

To have it declared against us (3) Vote more. Sald gentleman, hiways gives me ahe

money (4) Build ships (5.) Man them (6) Icon of Can" "the-Skaugbran fo. Boscicault's

Go forth and conquer. A grand ideal truly ill drums, 07, was it' in Lover's "Con Cregan "I

we came at the seal facts, then we drop from the fisi met him? Anyhow, as air soldier poet and

sublime to the ridiculous with theutical sud- author Why le Melville, once said he's ''a rum un

denners. Yel the instantaneous invincible idea to follow a bad un do bast, "and Hong

Was so firmly fixed in many kinds as to be well kongites hope to see the dark blus and sliver

nigh Isaradicable. The lecturer than narrated braid as often to the fore in the fatter, Ullter gave every waislacion as referee, what yet we said "We don't want to fight, bat, the fable of the fox and the wild boar and added Another well known local sportsman, Mr. Hart Buck, was just as badly out of luck Ho Theems entering the 3rd round of the ten by Jinja ii we do, We've got the ships, wa'vo gamely started in nearly every event, but tas are as follows but as yet we do not know the got the men, we've got the money to What red, wille, and blue only landed one third place. || draw i

nonsense 1 Monsy-Yor, but" shige must be balls and men trained. We were short of man In the Navy, Our merchants were too heavily handicapped airendy and they should be aided whh bocus and subsly and santér condi. | tions.” We should legleinin against the foreigner HILLS, POWITsal or C Company K. O. R." if 250d be but we must leave our shipowneIN “Bundlere suna á HUAHUILAHIUDE

Company KOʻRE Se 36,3.5: ATOPHIM V EMS, Cinturion:

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wegian Kewicón 3, Cluby1.

Kowloon were expected to win, but for all that had no easy job to do so still the balance of play was in their favour all their gor's were well worked for, and they ward much the stranger team at the fiolab,

Their backs and ball backs me a body were better than the Clubs but it would be unfair to criticise the players Individually for play on a day like yesterday. Of the Club however we should like to compliment Davies on his good show in goaf, and to mention Moberley forward,

It is the first occision on which the Kowloon defence bau hora penetrated this sexson,

Me Walllemler and WW Cox cams (1) D Company R. O. R second and third in the list of wins," the latter's 7) Guildə son də Darby victory on Venesis Belag a nice piece of, 21(3) 23th (də D, XA,

La Victor Emanuil_ (Kowloon A

of riding that was well admired. Owing to the good "going" the times made wire axcallent And If I am not mlat kon several Firecords" were pul up. As “all Hongkong nad kie wia w ware, alike razen if not he shisid karu ↑3)

slonu save us to encouraging them to british sonment a monopoly? The British Pamia

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