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SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

ST. JOSEPH'S AGAIN BEAT QUEEN'S.

Yesterday's matches in the Hongkong Schools League result cd as follows:-

SENIOR LEAGUE. St. Joseph's, 1: Queen, 0.. Diocesan. 0; St. Stephen's, 1.

were

FOOTBALL.

NEXT SATURDAY'S PROGRAMME.

With half the games finished, the remaining matches in the Hongkong Leagues will furnish some great games and the struggle between the Navy and Club in the Senior League, also the Staffs, Kowloon and Navy Res. in the Junior League, for Championship honours, will be watched with

the closest interest.

game should

exhibition of

JUNIOR LEAGUE," Queen's 3: Diocesan's, 0. Wanchai, 3; Sr. Stephen's, 0. Ying Wal; Anglo-Indians, 1.

On Saturday, the Club, who now Two very fine Schools games head the League, will place a

the played On

Club very strong team in the field ground last evening. the as a result of the fine form shown meeting of Queen's College and by South China in recent mat- St. Joseph's for the second time ches, and the being a very attractive item. St. provide a fine Joseph's again wou by the only football, with not very much goal. and the match was margin in the matter of practically a repetition of the goals. The Club-forwards have former one. Queen's lacked the improved considerably this season

front driving power in

of and the inclusion of one or two goal of their opponents, and players who have been on the plenty of good midfield work was sick list will strengthen the side. finished badly. The first half A rare good struggle should was contested at a great pace result.

and the spectators cheered their If St. Joseph's can field the

favourites in tasty schoolboy style. The game WILS wel! worth watching, and Rumjahn, in the second half.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WASTE LANDS.

IRRIGATING THE SOUDAN.

Sir W. Willcocks, who projected and designed the Assouan Dam, writes from Cairo to the Morning Post as follows:-

THURSDAY: DECEMBER 4. 1919,

DAIRY FARM

NEWS.

OWN HOUSE FED POULTRY

The presence in Egypt of Mr. Craig, who collaborated with me in the writing of the third edition of Egyptian Irrigation, encouraged me to take up again the question of the irrigation of the Soudan which we had reluctantly abandoned in 1912-13,

Our present stock consists of specially selected birds because we could not see our

the way to get

which are in prime condition and should give every necessary water without prejudicing Egypt, satisfaction. whose salt we were both eating.

We are now able to supply our customers with owa jed poultry and to meet all demands.

Mr. John Wells and I have. we need is to hand in the Sudd however, shown how all the water

Reservoir, not only to meet the requirements of the Soudan, but

of Egypt as well. Far from hurt- ing Egypt, we shall be helping her. How best to use this water in the Soudan was the problem Mr. Craig and I had left un-1 solved. All the old memories returned as we worked together, and the true irrigation policy unfolded itself

of the Soudan

same tean. as opposed the there were no cricket matches, in all its simplicity. Nature has Club on Saturday last, when

the Navy will have to work hard given the Soudan the Blue, St. Joseph's the Victory with for points, but it is doubtfel if White, and Main Niles, as canals a nice effort. Rumjahu. Kam Win. Ismand and Rahmin were inmar (goal). Hyndman (back) and ready dug, carrying water, and Abbas can play regularly. and yet not breeding malaria. It has splendid for for St. Joseph's, and

this is to be regretted. Laing work very

given a well placed site for hard for

at The Police may get a point from power station Queen's, giving the forwards

the Sixth subdue Cataract north of Khartoum. It plenty of chances. Mohammed, the R.A. if they can

has also given wonderfully flat outside right. played exceedingly Green. well UK

and extensive plains on the White Nile, in the true Egyptian cotton belt, with a lift of about five metres, and all within a convenient electrical distance of the Sixth Cataract.

back Queen's left

In the Second Division, the played 11 strong game. meeting of Staffs and Kowloon Wei was closely watched and will be the game of the day and St. Joseph's, who appear certain as both teams possess fast and now of the League Championship.clever forwards it will be a question were, on the day's play. the of which misses most chances. slightly better team.

The Diocesan and Stephen's match furnished surprise. a St. Stephen's, with very few chances, managed to score the only goal of the match. Diocesan should have scored on several occasions bus St. Step: hen's right back and goalie were in great form and the outside right. whe

es both forward lines are capable Stof getting goals against strong defences. Staffs may just win.

was

a source of trouble throughout to

The solution is one which will be welcomed by every civil ser- vant in the Soudan. They have all seen and told me again that The Navy Res., who can field hot lot, should beat the Club

it was not engineering but mad- ness to turn the wide, healthy Reserves. as the latter team have plains of the White Nile, travers- not yet had time to get together.ed by that wonderful canal, the

The matches, times etc. are as follow-

1ST DIVISION, Club v South China. Kick-off

Diocesan's defence, is to be com-4 pm. Club Ground, referee Mr. mended for picking up a chanceTownsend. when t came alone. Diocesan

Navy v. St. Joseph's. Kick-off were weak in front of goal their 4 fm. Military Ground, referee gener field play being good. L. Thornton.

The Junior matches did not

furnish

Ying any surprises.

R.A. v. Police. Kick-off 4 p.m.,

Wa and the Anglo-Indians. Navy Ground... referee

in a very robust match, shared Langford.

White Nile itself, in the heart of the true Egyptain cotton belt, into an unproductive and unhealthy harsh,

wasting water 45 precious

and breed- as gold ing Inalaria like another Sudd region. It is equally far from true engineering to dam the Blue Nile Valley in its healthy

belt, to create a second extensivel area of marsh, where wter will Mr. be wasted and malaria breed, and when in a few years the reservoir will be silted up to its very water! surface with the wasted rich red Club Reserves v. Navy Res-mud of the Blue Nile, for Juniors, scoring their goals in 2.30 p.m.. Club Ground, referee which Egypt will be looking.in

the points. and Queen's College Juniors played very smart foot.

ball in their match with Diocesan

good style.

In the Wachi and Sa Stephen's match, as was expected, Wanchai were superior in all de- partments, the forwards showing

Lt. Snook.

2ND. DIVISION.

Staffs v. Kowloon. 2.30 p...

Club Recreio v. Manchester

vain.

It will pay the Soudan Govern- Military Ground, referee Mr.ment again and again to let go the money wasted on the Blue Coaker.

Nile dam and canal, and turn to the project whose promise is

and health of body shall advance hand in hand. A well-organized

QUIZ.

some very fine combination at Regt. 2.30 p.m., Navy Ground, that, agricultural development times, and St. Stephen's had to be referee Mr. Skinner. content with keeping their lively opponents from scoring goals, St. Stephen's backs and goalie having a gruelling afternoit, but they came through the match with credit.

Wanchai, -on their form, are

strong candidates for League Championship. the triangular contest for League, honours be- tween Queen's Wanchai, and St. Joseph's, promising to be very exciting in the remaining matches.

Messrs. Townsend, Langford and Wright, of the H.. F. A

AN ADMIRAL'S RUSE.

ENEMY DECEIVED BY

AIRCRAFT

It appears from Rear Admiral Sir Walter Cowan's report of the battle of Kronstadt harbour last August that it was an attack with many features quite unique in The position of the ships in the harbour had been ascertained by serial photographs.

were the official referees of the the history of naval warfare. series of matches.

CRICKET.

QUIZ.

as

H. K. C. C. v. R. G. 4.

waters.

This time-table was so carried out that the first three C.M.B.'s

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Persons who are subject to rheumatics should avoid above all things an excess of meat in their dict. for flesh food is pro- ductive of uric acid in the blood and uric acid is the cause of

heumatism.

Simple, wholesome diet-mainly

power station at the Sixth Cataract will provide sufficient power to irrigate 500,000 acr of Egyptian cotton. The rail- way works at Atbara and the tramways, water works, lighting, ank workshops at Khartoum will have provided all the power they had been given in a

After extraordinary evidence need, and that in a tract ofcountry telling case at the South-Western almost bare of fuel. With cheap Police Court recently Mr. Bankes, consisting of fruits and grains power available it will be possible to surround Khartoum with a belt K. C., the magistrate, was satisfied and a thorough cleansing and of forest treas which will yet that the accused woman honestly building-up of the blood by means believed that she could foretell temper the heat of its trying the future and discharged her. of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills make Mrs. "Ellen Lucy Bloodworth up the treatment essential in such Junction, was the defendant. of Beauchamp road, Clapham

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Mrs. Margaret Mills, a widow, said that, acting on the instruc- tions of the police, she went to sce Mrs. Boodworth who told

Casts.

Thousands of ca es of Rheu matism, even in its worst stages and where the sufferer has been Then attacks on them were rehearsed by our boats against

If the agricultural experts of

pronounced incurable by all our ships, with water space and the Soudan Government

ordinary means, have been cured maneuvring conditions the same meet the engineers halfway, "we

her the fee for a consultation w23 famous Pills during the past.

in this way and by these World- those in the enemy's shall yet repeat on the White

Nile the saying of some old-3s. 6d. At her request witness thirty years.

handed her a bangle, which she It was planned that co-operat-world dweller on the Euphrater:

If you are a rheumatic sufferer, placed to her forehead. Mrs. The following will representing aircraft should arrive and Ohou River, who didst bring Bloodworth then said she conta or if you have any other form of the H. K. C. C. against the R. G. bomb the harbour, just before our

forth all things,

disease or sickness traceable to A. in a League Match on Satur-coastal motor boats' engines could When the Great gode dug thee see a short, stout rasp, clean-impure or watery blood. Dr. shaven, fair and with blue-greywilliams' Pink Pills for Pale day, 6th December, on the Hong-be beard. kong Cricket Club Ground, play

They set prosperity upon eyes. He was a soldier, and wit- People will do for you all that

"ness would marry will commence at 2.15 p.1-

him nine they have done for others. Why months afterwards.

not begin your cure Mrs. Annie Far, also a widow. Obtaianable from medicine ven. to-day? said that at her sitting Mrs.dors throughout the world, also Bloodworth borrowed a pendant from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Placing it to her forehead and Co., 95 Szechhen Road, Shanghai. closing her eyes, she said she bottle $1.50, 6 bottles $8, post could see a tall, stout, fair man, free with hazel eyes, whose name was "Fred." Witness told her she knew no one answering that description.

Accused replied that "Fred" Until the boats reached the was in the spirit world. He had entrance to the middle harbour, been dead about two years, and

1. E. Pearce (Captain), R. A. passed the line of forts and enter- Bracd, E. W. Day, T. J J. ed the harbour without a shot Fenwick, P. Jacks. C. W. S being fired. Johnstone, E. J. R. Mitchell. Each "boat had ✡

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E C. C. v. CIVIL SERVICE. This match is to be played at Happy Valley on Saturday, at 2.15 p.m. The following have been selected for Kowloon J. P. Robinson, B. D. Evans, K. R. Macaskill, J. V. Braga, A. W. Rarosay, A. de Sousa, R. Pestonji, D. M. Goodall, H. Overy, L. J. Blackburn and E. C. Carr.

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Azov. Rurik.

The patrol vessel guarding the entrance; and'

The gates of the biggest dock. Of these six enterprises four were achieved,

wilderness of trees and rocks, and in size is quite inadequate, not one of the nine machines (sea and land) failed to keep to its

time-table."

It is concluded that the pre- sence of aircraft in this, operation diverted the enemy's attention from surface craft.

Mr. Hindle (ber solicitor): You say she is not a frand?

Witness said she was not. He explained that spirits were not always accurate in their state- merts,

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all firing was anti-aircraft, and no be down-hearted, for everything that, when we crossed the vale, The boats en- searchlights were trained on the would come right in the end we should know everything. If trusted with the other two have water.

Even afterwards, searchlights Prisoner also told her she would we are as stupid and imperfect as I. R. "C. v. R. E. AND LA. been accounted for (says the The folowing will represent Admiral), and it may be that, be-were traiced on the sky, and meet a fair man who would pro-we are here, it is not very hope- the I. R. C. in their Leaguefore being destroyed, they may several batteries continued high pose early in the new year.

Giving evidence, Mrs. Blood- Witness: I have come to the match against the R. E. and 1. A. have struck some blow whose angle firing, especially the forts on the L. R. C.'s ground on Satur- results will appear on the further and batteries on the north side spiritualism for 22 years. She the other side, we shall be exact-

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aro untruthful people on the other MOTORS, GENERATORS AND OTHER Ismail.S. H. Ismail, N. M. Bux, ments for bombing were make C.M.B.'s were abreast of No. 4 and foretell the future.

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