242
There are 431 members, of whom 129 are absent from the colony, and 172 naval sub: scribers. During the year there have been 76 new members, and 33 now naval subscribers.
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The lawn tennis championship cup was wou by Mr. W. Gibson, who defeated Lieut. Farie, R.N., in the final tie; the single tonuis handi-
and caps "A
"B" classes fell to H. S. Moberly, H.K.R., and E. D. Mallinson respec. doubles" to Mr. C. C. Platt tively; and the and Mr. F. H. Pellew, W.Y.R., whilst Messrs. T. S. Smith and J M. Atkinson (Civil Service) carried off the professional pairs, and Mr. A. H. Skelton was successful in winning the veteran's handicap (a prize kindly presented by Dr. J. MI, Atkinson).
A racquet tournament was held in April re sulting in a win for Com. Hon. G. A. Hardinge, R.N., and Lient. Bradshaw, R.N., for the double handicap Colonel Gordon, W.Y.R., won the championship cup-defeating Mr. M. D. Wood, W.Y.R., in the final.
The thanks of the Club are due to the officers commanding and the officers of the Rifle Bri- gade, of the West Yorkshire Regiment, and of the Hongkong Regiment, as well as to Admiral Sir Alexander Buller, K.C.B., Captain Login and the officers of the flag ship, for their kind- ness in allowing their bands to play on the ground during the matches.
The annual meeting for the purpose of receiv- ing the Committee's report for the past season and electing the Committee for the coming season, will be held in the pavilion on Thursday, the 30th September, at 5 p.m. A. G. Wise, President,
A. Anderson,
V
Colonel Gordon, W.Y.R.
F. Maitland, Hon. Treasurer,
T. Sercombe Smith,
Chantrey Inchbald
J. M. Atkinson,
A. Donald,
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
The following gentlemen batted in less than
three innings:-
A. D. Boden, R.B. P. G. Anderson, H.K.R.... P. W. Cobbold
H. M. C. Elliot, R.N.
0 and 11
1
24
9
1
Lieut. Boden-Smith, R.N.
15
H. Green, R.A...
Com. Hon. G. A. Hardinge, R.N. 41 G. Stewart...
R. W. Skelton, K.N.
G. Paley, R.B....
R. Alexander, R.B V. H. Maryatt, RN. Captain Loveband Captain Baker-Carr, R.B... H. Berger, H.K.R. F. Gascoyne, R.N. F. Isacke, W.Y.E, J. Graham... E. Bennetts, R.N.
D. Wood
R. L. Richardson
7-32002
12*
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0
32
5
6
32* 0*
3
26
4
12
2
F. Ryall, W.Y.R.
Capt. Mercer, R.M.L.I.
F. Maitland
3*
A. Steel, R.N.
9
E. Tomlin
5*
W. M. Thompson, R.E.
10
O. Stewart...
0
A
11
C. V. Percival, R.B...
Captain Mould, K.E. Lieut. Marcom, R.N.
* Signifies.not out. BOWLING AVERAGES, In Ten Innings and over.
Members
Name.
of the
Committee.
M. D. Wood, W.Y.R. 10 619 T. N. Howard,W.Y.R. 12 580 T. S. Smith
17 1112 Rev. G. Vallings...
EDWARD A. RAM,
Hon. Secretary.
BATTING AVERAGES.
In Ten Innings and over.
Name.
A. G. Ward
Number of
Innings.
Times
not out.
Most in an
235 Innings.
Runs.
Average.
H. Mackenzie
17 1171
11 541
1
Jord
9
1 56 238 25 9.52
1 47 596 40 14.90 2 50 727 43 16.91 26 334 12 27.83
man.
[September 23, 1897.
MACAU.
| FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.
Macao, 10th September,
Our worthy Acting Postmaster is being treated with much hardship. This gentleman has held the acting appointment for about a year and had reason to believe that he would be confirmed in it; but it is now reported that the Lisbon Government is about to send out another Since Mr. F. X. M. de Souza has been in charge of the Post Office everything in connection with the department has gone on satisfactorily and there has been an absence of the complaints that were formerly so frequent. His supercession is hard lines not only for Mr. de Souza, but also for the Treasury and for all the Macaoese. Appointments in the Government service with a pay of $30 or $40 a month attached to them are almost all filled by men appointed from Lisbon, with the exception of the interpreters, who of course cannot be obtained at home. It is only the most poorly paid offices that local men can hope to obtain. How, then, can the people of Macao be expected to entertain much affection for the Government that rules them in this manner? I do not mean that the Government should give all the good situations to the Macaoese, but two-thirds might be reserved for them, the remainder being filled from Portugal. The filling of appointments locally would also result in the saving of large sums of money which the Government now has to pay every year for outward and homeward passages of employés. It will be a great in- justice to Mr. Souza and to Macao if that gentleman is not confirmed in his acting appointment.
A few days ago a retired police officer who was 29 324 30 10.80 working in a private garden was beaten almost to death by three or four Chinamen, and had an arm and a leg broken. The culprits were not captured. The injured man was removed to the military hospital. The affair happened about ten o'clock in the morning and though the man cried out for help no policeman was there to give it. When will the Government supply a proper Police Force?
In Three Innings and over.
Name.
:
No. of
Iunings.
No. of
Balls.
No Balls.
Widos.
Maidens.
Runs.
C. W. Gordon, W.Y.R.
4 166
4 372 4 175
R.N.
*=49831Ah
5 67 8
Avoruge.
8.37
21 165 12 13.75 8 90 8 15.00 16 216 14 15.43 4 87 5 17.40
18 222 12 18.50
21 104 10 19.40
R. II, Hancock
17
2
105
T. S. Smith
15
3
.P. A. Cox
10
1
462 80 348 258
30.80 29.00
G. Grimble
P. G. Davies, R.A....
8 354
28.66
J. Thresher, R.B.
4 110
Com. Sir R. K. Arbuthnot,
Lt. Bonham Carter,
R.N...
11
3
60# 219
27.38
5
408
Lt. Perry Ayscough, R.N. 10
1
69
247
27.33
E. Mast
D 377
Rey. G. Vallings
16
2
91 368
26.26
A. G. Ward..
4
45
1
Surg.Major Johnston
15
3
37 228
19.00
E. W. Maitland
7 :335
K. W. Mounsey
12
31 182
13.50
Lt. Shelford, R.N.
6 570
E. Mast
15
1 39 167
11.91
J. R. Gilling ham..
7 360
H. Mackenzie
14 2
34 123
10.25
Capt. Eccles, R.B.
4
60
1
Com. Sir R. K. Arbuthnot, R.N.
4. 180
Do y
In Three Innings and over.
Name.
H. B.'Redwell, R.N. 4 143
R. Alexander, R.B... 3 135
0 2 43 2 21.50 10 202 8 25.25 28 288 11 26.18 7 28.14
15 197
2 99 3 33.00
3 140 4 35.00
14 216 4 64.00
2 65 1 65.00 3 37 38
E. H. Beasley..... The following members bowled in less than
three innings-
Surgeon-Major Johnston...
Wickets. Runs.
3 for 37 12
D. Alvaro Fornellos is now on his way to Lisbon, and I wish bim a pleasant trip. Mr. Brandao de Vasconcellos is the Acting Chief Justice.
TIENTSIN.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
Tientsin, 4th September. At last the most prolonged and trying sum- mer on record is waning, and we are slowly 59 2 29.50 again evincing an interest in the objective world. Tientsin, to quote a local wit, biber- uates socially in the summer and reaches its annual climax of animation, both collective and individual, at mid-winter. This year, for the 5 127 2 63.50. first time on record, most of our ladies and children have escaped the dangers and discom- forts of unr bad season by an exodus to Pei-Tai- Ho, on the Gulf of Pechili, The discovery of this really admirable sanatorium promises to modify and to improve life in the north to an indefinite degree; and I should not be surprised if, later on, when communication is improved, it brings comfort and strength to many a valetudinarian from sonthern latitudes. Hong- kong and Shanghai now send their ladies, when they are a-weary of Japan or when the dollar-mill grinds slow, to Chefoo; but Chefon is. not comparable to Pei-Tai-Ho in anything but accessibility and food supply. As regards the former Pei-Tai-Ho is distant 152 miles from Tientsin and 125 from Tongku (the port at the river month) and is reached by a lethargic rail. way train in eight hours. The station is between four and five miles distant from the coast; but the station-master renders assistance to pilgrims by means of Hongkong mountain chairs, carts, and donkeys good enough to be almost char. acterized as blood animals. A post office is now in existence and is as trustworthy and punctual as the average littoral skin-chu.
1
4 97 2 48.50
P. A. Cox.....
8 375
1. S. Crawford..
4 190
T. N. Howard, W.Y.R.
59 319
39.88
Ct. Langhorne, R.A.
3
85
Capt. Eccles, R.B...
6
73 201
34.00
R. F. Lammert
3
Bh
J. H. Thresher, R.B.
5
1
45* 132
34.00
3
35
M. D. Wood, W.Y.R.
7
1
76* 185
H. B. Bedwell, R.N.
5
1
65* 125
31.25 30.83
Capt. Langhorne, R.A.
9
1
74 210 26.25
Capt. Dyson, A.P.D.
9
2
52* 168
24.00
E. H. Beasley
3
38 68
22.66
P. G. Anderson, H.K.R....
C. W: Gordon, W.Y.R.
5
42 99
19.80
A. D. Boden, R.B.
0
R. H. Hancock...
3
42 57 19.00
T. Bennetts, R.N.
1
16
22
Surgeon Peade, R.N.
57
R. F. Lammert..
5
2
G. D. Campbell, H.K.R.
3
124 17.71 28# 50 16.66 20 45 15.00
G. D. Campbell, H.K.R..
3
"}
Capt. Dyson, A.P.D...
35
"
T. S. Hollond, R.B....
15
}"
G. M. Thomson
3
1
J. R. Gillingham
7 2
20* 29 14.50 20% 69 13.80
Lieut. Farie, R.N.
41
11
14
Capt. Fergusson, R.B.
5
1
22 55 13.76
E. W. Maitland
· 1
32 75 12.50
H. M. C. Elliot, R.N.
79
79
S. Powell
44
E. A. Ranı
77
Lieut. Plumer, R.N.
11.75
F. W. Christian
99
Dr. J. M. Atkinson
34
11.33
A. Anderson
15
Lt. Bonham Carter, R.N
G. Stewart...
27
Lieut. Farie, R.N.
7
24 67 11.17
F. Ryall, W.Y R.
7
H. Arthur..
9
3
Capt. Trotman, R.M.L.I...
16
F.W. Christian
3
37 66 38 14 28 9.33
11.00
Lieut. Boden Smith, R.N.
41
9.50
T. Shipway, R.N.
34
P. Cobbeld...
17
Lieut. Shelford, R.N.
6
16 43 8.60.
E. Tomlin...
12
A. S. Anton
6
13 53 8.83
H. Shipway, R.N.
3
G. Grimble
4
1
19 26 8.66 13 22 7.66
Lient Perry Ayscough, R.N Dr. J. M. Atkinson
12
11.
15 41
6.83
C. Inchbald
20 35
A. G. Smith
1 14 18
P. G. Davies, R.A.
6
1
10
28
5.83 5.33 5.60
T. S. Hollond, R.B.
3
6
3.00
+
L. S. Crawford
4
9
1
1
A. Anderson
F.1. Kew.ems.com
38- 48: 12.00 33 47 19 29 45 11.25
The turret steamer Elm Branch, with a cargo of case oil from Batoum, went ashore on the Woosung Bar on the night of the 8th Septem- 1.80 ber. The cargo was discharged and on the 0.33 night of the 9th she floated off.
As regards food supply things are yet crude; fish, eggs, fowl, and a very limited stock of vegetables (Indian corn, sweet potato, and bean) can be purchased locally, but ice, flesh, groceries, &c., have all to be forwarded from Tientsin. This state of affairs would be pro-
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