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HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.
QUARTERLY MEETING.
This meeting, which concluded on the 20th April is held once a quarter and consists of com- petitions for the MacEwen Cup, a Sweep, a Pool, and a Bogie competition. There have been a large number of entries for these events, but owing the probably to the rapid growth of the grass scores are somewhat high. There are, however, one or two exceptions, as will be seen from the scores given below
THE MACEWEN CUP.
Mr. H. L. Dalrymple... 97
Mr. J. Hastings
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
Payne came next, but in gybing round ran foul of the mark and retired. Princess was here last boat. A run brought the boats again to Kowloon Rock, where Meteor had a long lead, Ladybird and the other being in the same positions. In the reach up to Channel Rocks Erica passed Ladybird and went into second place, which she kept to the finish.
Meteor... Erica Ladybird
Princess
H.
M.
8.
42
2
47
2
56
2
58
7 0
Arrow finished at 3
In the last race Meteor was disqualified for being over the limit of rating allowed by the club rules.
The points gained by the boats are now as follows:-
[April 23, 1896.
RIFLE SHOOTING.
Sa.
RIFLE BRIGADE v. H.M.8. ** CENTURION." The above match was fired at Kowloon onl turday, 18th April, and resulted in a victory for the soldiers by four points. A return match is to be fired on Thursday next, when it is hoped that the contest may prove even more exciting and interesting. This was the first occasion on which some of the Naval officers had fired with a Lee-Metford rifle, and so probably in the return match they will be very difficult to beat. Scores
RIFLE BRIGADE.
Capt. Ferguson Capt. Bethune. 2nd Lieut. Power Qr.-Mr. Hoey Major Pemberton Capt. Eccles Lieut. Percival... Capt. Stewart
:
200 500 600 TU. 28 33 26 87
27 33 25 85
31 29 24 84 27 30 23
30 29 19 78.
29 27 21 177
28 27 17 72
27 16 12 55
Mr. G. Stewart
91
Capt. W. V. Eccles
90
Mr. W. A. Duff
Commodore Boyes...
Captain Rumsey
Dr. J. M. Atkinson
- 5 86 2 88 .9 88 101 12 89 104 14.90 99 8 91 104 12 92 108 15 93
1ST CLASS.
Mr. C. A. Tomes...
109 15 94
Mr. G. W. F. Playfair... 112 18
94
Erica... Meteor
58 points.
46
"
Mr. C. W. Spriggs
11318 95
Princess
41
51
Mr. C. H. Grace
109 12 97
Dart
14
618
H
Mr: H. P. Tooker...
Capt. W. V. Eccles
118 20 98
Ladybird
11
24 H.M.8. CENTURION.'
33
SWEEP.
Payne
3
"
85 12 83
2ND CLASS.
Mr. G. Stewart
91
5 86
She
60 points.
Lt. Homfrey, R.M.R.
Mr. H. L. Dalrymple Mr. W. A. Duff
97
9
88
Seabreeze
10
"
101 12 89
HANDICAP CLASS.
Mr. H. W. Robertson
109 18 91
Arrow...
50
13
104 12 92
108 15 93
Lt. Sir R. K. Arbuthnot 32 26 29 87
Lieut. O'Farrell
Lieut. Powlett
Surg. Jeans
Lieut. James
Sub-Lient. Kennedy
P. F. C. Backhouse...
31 30 26 | 87
30 25 26 : 81
30 31 19 80
29 28 22 79
23 25 22 70
27 28 14 69
112 18 94
25 15 21 61
614
Mr. J. Hastings Dr. J. M. Atkinson Mr. G. W. F. Playfair...
Mr. C. A. Tomes
109 15 94 109 12 97
Mr. C. H. Grace
POOL.
89
89
101
Mr. G. Stewart Capt. W. V. Eccles Mr. W. A. Duff
Commodore Boyes Mr. H. W. Robertson
Mr. J. Hastings
Mr. C. A. Tomes
Dr. Atkinson
Mr. E. A. Ram
Mr. G. W. F. Playfair
Mr. C. H. Grace
Mr. E. Ormiston
BOGIE.
5 84 2 87 12 89 104 14 90 109 18 91 104 12 92
107 15 92 108 15 93 104 11 93
102 18 94 109
12 97 119 21 98
Capt. W. V. Eccles (receiving 2 strokes) 4 down
|| HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
Twelve members competed for the Short Range Cup and Spoons, which were shot for on Saturday afternoon in fairly favourable weather over the 200 and 600 yards distances. Major Wrottesley, R.E., won the Cup for the first time with a very creditable score of 63, the Spoons going to Petty Officer Bishop, R.N., Captain Ecclos, R.B., and Major Wrottesley, R.E. The shooting, though somewhat dis- appointing as regards some
of the com-
petitors at the longer distance, was on the whole good, considering the difficulties of the 600 yards range. The following were the best
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200, 600 Han-· yds. yds. dicap
results:-
Ttl.
Mr. G. Stewart
4
11
17
) 4 down
Mr. H. W. Slade...
14
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)4 down
Mr. E. A. Ram
8
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19
5 down
Petty Officer Bishop, R.N. Capt. Eccles, R.B.
31 30
6
67
33 31
644
Mr. E. Ormiston
16
17
13
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dowa
Major Wrottesley, R.E....
31 32
63
11
7 down
Captain Palmer, O.S.D.
31 25
5
61
14
99
) 7 down
11
) 8 down
Sergt.-Mjr. Morrish, R.B. 29 28 Cpt. Patton Bethune, R.B. 31 23
3
60
6
60
14
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$1
) 8 down
Commodore Boyes.......( Mr.H.W.Robertson( Mr. C. A. Tomes .... Mr. C. W. Spriggs (
ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB,
ELEVENTH CLUB RACE.-APRIL 12TH. The course for this race was from the Police Pier, Kowloon, round Kowloon Rock, Channel Rooks, and dinghy off Pier, twice round; 13 miles. The following boats started at 11.15 with a fairly strong south wind :-
Petrel.. Payne. Ladybird
Erica
Mr. Morton Jones Royal Engineers
Mr. J. Hastings
Mr. A. Denison
.Mr. T. W. Lammert
Dr. Lowson
Meteor Princess. Arrow, Lieut. Carey, sailed over in the Handi- cap class.
There was some difficulty with the gun at the start and all the boats except Princess were some distance away from the line when the second gun was fired, but with the above excep- tion the fleet got off well together.
Petrel had
Princess led the way to the Kowloon Rock, which she rounded first, but Meteor and Erica were only about three lengths behind her, with Ladybird and Payne close up. already found the pace too hot and had given up. In the beat up to Channel Rocks Erica went into first place and rounded about half a minute in front of Meteor, with Princess about two minutes after, Payne and Ladybird following after three or four minutes. A reach brought the boats down to near Blackhead's Point, where weteor went into first place and Payne into second. The wind was here very variable, and Ladybird was second round the markboat off the pier, with Erica a olose third.
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Petty Officer Bishop's score was made with the Martini-Henry rifle, the remainder with the Lee-Metford.
Winners :-
EASTER MEETING RESULTS. Ladies Competition, No. 22.
Mrs. Hoey
Mrs. Welman... Mrs. Vallings.....
25
25
20
Mrs. Eccles
20
Mrs. Dalrymple
19
Miss Boyes
19
Miss Dick Melbourne
19
Mrs. Kirch
16
Mrs. Retallick...
Mrs. Hawkins...
16 16
Mr.
Prizes for the above and the Ladies' Nomina- tion Competition, No. 4, were very kindly presented by:-The China Mail, silver pin box; the China Mail, silver card case; Victor H. Deacon, silver box; Messrs. Kuhn & Co., prize to be selected; Messrs. Lock Hing, pair vases; Mr. J. H. Lewis, pair silver mounted champagne glasses; Mr. G. K. Moore, silver photo frame; Mr. A. M. Marshall, silver pepper castors; Mr. G. W. F. Playfair, silver pepper castors; Capt. Palmer, O.S.D., prize value $20 to be purchased by winner; Dr. Noble, pair silver bowls; Major the Hon. E. Noel, R.B., silver cigarette case; Mr. E. D. Sanders, ivory carved card case; Mr. Wang Hing, pair silver buckles; Mr. A. Woolley, silver box; Mr. A. Woolley, silver mustard pot; Major Wrot- tesley, R.E., silver junk; Mr. F. Smyth, silver toast rack.
Competition No. 21.-The N. R. A. silver medal for the highest aggregate with the M. H. rifle in the Queen's Competitions is won by Mr. E. Robinson with a score of 200.
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CORRESPONDENCE
[We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.] THE ODD VOLUMES SOCIETY.
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS.” SIE," Much ado about nothing" is fairly illustrated by the letters of your two correspon- dents re The Odd Volumes. Hongkong has The not the honour of inventing that name title was given to a much older society than Hongkong can boast of and is venerated by the literary and art circles. It ought to be un- necessary to remind your correspondents of the many clubs bearing quaint names where literary men of the past met each other. Those old names are now dear to all classes of readers and let us hope our local society will prove itself worthy of the name appropriated.
The ungracious remarks about advertising are to be regretted. If they are pointed at any one at present in the colony they can reply, giving very good and solid reasons against that supposition.
Both the letters are too absurd to be treated in a more critical manner, but the writers will have to pardon many a smile from the members of our Odd Vols, including a rather pronounced one from yours truly
OLD PEN WIPER. Hongkong, 14th April, 1896.
A MUNICIPALITY FOR HONGKONG.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS." SIR,-In the interesting and able note of Hon. T. H. Whitehead regarding the right of the people in Hongkong, or rather, I take it, in Victoria city, to manage their own municipal affairs, no reference is made to what has been done in India on this very important subject. Now, in the territories under the Government of India all problems relating to the art of properly governing Orientals, and also mxied communities of Europeans and Orientals, have been and are being worked out on a scale infinitely greater than can be the case elsewhere in the East.
The experience therefore gained in India on the question of Municipalities (and, I may also add, in regard to education and other subjects) should be of use to those who are interested in these matters here. There must now be several hundreds of Municipalities in India and Burma of all sizes, from the great Presidency towns down to small places of two or three thousand inhabitants.. In these latter, where the population is entirely native
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