Corpl. Croucher, b Lowson
ROYAL ARTİLLERY,
Capt Langhorne, o Lammert, b Lowson.
22
Fr. Salter, run out
13
Lieut. Carey, b Lammert
0
Tpt. Adams, o Maitland, b Lowson.
13
D
6
11
4
0
3
3
12
Bergt. Wells, b Lammert Sergt.-Major Goold, not out Lieut. Davies, b Lowson.. Corp. Sampson, b Brett Gunner Hubbard, b Brett Q. M. S. Smith, b Lowson
Extras......
Total....
BOWLING ANALYSIS.,
Capt. Lowson... 16 Sergt. Lammert 11 Gr. Brett
5 33 2 38 4. 1
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87
5
2
2
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
CORRE-P NDENCE
[We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.]
THE INDIAN YARN TRADE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS.
SIR," The Chinese merchants apprehend that the present stocks of yarn and the present intense stringency of money are not likely to find reduction for some six months to come, and if heavy importations of the former are continued and no measures in the interests of
Overs. Maid. Runs, Wides. N.B. Wickets. the trade both on your side and here are adopted to check in some measure the influx in a country already flooded with stocks, the present evil will assume a shape that will be disastrous possibly beyond recovery to the spinnings in India, and to the importers and dealers in China,"
These are the words of the Chinese Cotton Yarn Guild in their letter to the Bombay Millowners' Association dated 7th December, 1897, advocat-
HONGKONG FOOTBALL CHAL- LENGE SHIELD.
The Committee met on Tuesday afternoon, 11thing the adoption of short time. Yet before the Jan., to arrange for the ensuing competition. The following form the present Committee:— Messrs. E. F. MacKay, P. G. Davies, RA., D. Gow, W. H. Pryce Browne, R.M.L.I., R. G. Parker, R.L.R., H. W. Slade, Hon. Treasurer, and F. Browne, Hon. Secretary.
The following new rule was proposed for adoption by Mr. Davies, seconded by Mr. Gow, and carried unanimously:-" In connection with this competition, in the event of any Association, Club, player, official, or member being proved to the satisfaction of the Committee to have been guilty of any breach of rules or miscon- duct, the Committee shall have the power to order the offending Association, Club, player, official, or member, to be suspended for afstated period, or to be dealt with in such manner as the Committee may think fit, and any Associa-. tion, Club, or player, playing with or against the offending Association, Club, or player, during such time of suspension, shall also be dealt with in such manner as the Committee may think fit."
The ties for the first and second rounds were then drawn with the following results:→
FIRST ROUND
Kowloon
25th R.A.
v. F Company, R.L.R. Y. R.E.
D Company, R.L.R v. B Company, R.L.R.
G
Y. H.
"
C
v. H.M.S. Grafton. Hongkong Football Club, Colts, Victor Em- annel, Alacrity, E Co. R.L.R., Powerful, Nar- cissus, Centurion, A Co. R.L.R., Immortalité, and Archer drew byes.
The first mentioned teams have choice of "ground and must supply ball. Matches must
ommence at four o'clock.
The first round must be completed before 25th January.
SECOND ROUND.
Colts v. H.M.S. Victor Emannel. H.M.S. Alacrity v. E. Company, R.L.B. Winner of (C Company v. H.M.S. Grafton) 7. H.M.S. Powerful.
letter had reached its destination, there was a scramble for Indian yarn in our market among each and all the members composing the said Guild and in the space of three to four weeks from the despatch of their letter these dealers in spite of abnormal stocks," "heavy arrivals," intense stringeney of money." and in the midst of the usual settlement time before the Chinese New Year" purchased amongst them- selves yarn to the extent of over 30,000 bales at an advance of one to ten dollars per bale over rates ruling at the end of November. Comment is quite superfluous. Of course, as the saying goes, every trade has its tricks and the yarn trade is no exception, but when wholesale and deliberate attempts are made to alarm and hood- wink people at a distance, it is high time the subject attracted more attention in the proper quarter.
ALPHA.
Hongkong, 14th January, 1898.
AUTOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS."] SIR-Agreeing with you on the advisability of a definite rule as to the admission of reporters at executions in Victoria Gaol, it strikes me that you have overlooked the fact that as matters stand executions need not be conducted in segret merely on account of the exclusion of reporters. Rule 148 of the Prison Régulations enacts "the prison shall be open to all Justices of the Peace at all reasonable times," and no time can be more reasonable than the time of an execution. The duty of attending at such a time would certainly be a disagreeable one, but, what is more to the point, the advantages of publicity are far better secured by the presence of reporters of a respectable public press than in any other way. In fact, the advantages of such modified publi- city require no setting forth; it is enough to point out that there is no better precaution possible against incompetence or carelessness than the doing a thing in the public eye, What you say this morning with regard to the late practically secret meetings of the Sanitary Board is also important. If I am not mistaken these be signs of the times. I suspect a regime
which it will behove us all in our several degrees | to resit an autocratic attitude ou the part of the administration more consonant with Irish than with English or Scotch precedents. And this should be the particular business of the Press.
H.M.S. Narcissus v. H.M.S. Centurion. Winner of (G Company, R.L.R., v. E Com- pany, R.L.R.) v. A Company, R.L.R.
Hongkong Football Club v. Winner of (Kow-is approaching, if not already upon us, under loon v. F Company, R.L.R.)
Winner of (25th R.A. v. R.E.) v. H.M.S. Immortalité.
H.M.S. Archer v. Winner of (D Company, R.L.R., v. B Company, R.L.R.)
The second round may be commenced at once, and must be completed before 21st Feb.
H.M.S. Narcissus may play off its tip with H.M.S. Centurion at whatever place they may mutually agree upon.
The Committee has decided that a match cannot be postponed on account of bad weather unless the referee before the commencement of the match has declared the ground to be unfit for play.
We regret to learn, says the Japan Advertiser, of the death from typhoid fever of Mr. Harries, of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, which took place on Saturday night, 1st Jaudary, at the General Hospital. The deceased gentleman had only been ill a fow days.
[January 19, 1898.
location for the Post Office both as regards the business portion of Victoria, the higher levels, the constantly changing shipping com-' munity, and the landing and despatching of mails.
A Post Office in large cities and centres is placed as near the centre of the city as possible in the market square in ancient towus easily accessible from all quarters, and the present position meets the requirement admirably. On the other hand, a site on the new reclamation is altogether out of the way of traffic and of the leading thoroughfares, and neither will the streets as laid out on the portion of the present new reclamation become the leading and through thoroughfares of the place, more especially so 88 H.M. Naval Yard will shortly be extruded some hundreds of yards seaward and no public thoroughfare allowed in that direction east- wards.
Further, the site of the present Post Office should be retained by the Government for all time and never should it be disposed of. This will become the more apparent as the colony progresses, and that before long, and the re- quirements of the Government for public pur- poses increase with the expansion of the place.
Had the question in the interests of the general public been considered no other decision, could have been come to than that the present · position is the site for the Post Office As well might the home authorities when the Thames Embankment was formed have removed the General Post Office St. Martin's le Grand on to the land reclaimed by the Thames Embankment simply be ause the Embankment had been made, and at the same time sold the existing site, as it has been proposed here to do with the present Post Office site.
And this leads me to ask at whose instance and who is it who on behalf of the public wel- fare has been so anxions, and pressing to carry. out the scheme. It does not appear up to the present time the general public have had the slightest say in the matter and I can only imagine it is concluded they have no right or voice. I am, dear sir, yours faithfully.
ENQUIRER. Hongkong, January 15th, 1898.
THE SINKING OF THE "KIANG-
NING,"
Shanghai, 1 th January. Messrs. Bennertz & Co.'s chartered steamer Kiangning sank in the river yesterday morning, when loaded with 20,0 0 cases of kerosene oil, and on the point of leaving for Haukow.
The Kiangning had been detained by the Customs, acting under the orders of the Chinese authorities, for seventeen months,
and in November last Mr. Bennertz notified the Viceroy that she ought to be docked for examination; she being nineteen years
and only designed old,
originally for river work. No notice was taken of this re- quest, and Mr. Bennertz being advised that he ought to put the steamers to work as soon as they were released, so as not to add unneces sarily to his claim for demurrage, the Kiang- ning was sent alongside the American ship C. S. Bement, lying at the Eastern Wharf, and took on board 20,000 cases of kerosene oil for Hankow. She was not overloaded, for she could have taken another 2.000 cases, and she was only drawing 8; feet 6 inches for- ward and I feet 4 inches aft. At about 4 a.m. yesterday her master. Petersen, who had turned in, was called and told that the steamer was making water aft He at once got assistance from the C. S. Bement, hoping to rectify matters by shifting some of the cargo from aft, but she sank so rapidly that nothing could be done, the captain reporting that the hull is actually broken some six feet TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS.' forward of the engine-room. All on board were Dear Sir, I have read with some interest saved, though with some difficulty and the your leader in the issue of the 14th inst. steamer now lies with her funnel and a portion regarding the proposed Post Office site and of her top deck out of water. She lies at an consider all those interested in the welfare of angle of about 25 degrees with the bank, the the colony will agree that no better site for ebb tide baving carried her head off until the Post Office than the present one could be brought up by the bow-rope. At 3 p.m. yes. found. However the idea came about of chang-terday the wreck presented a pecuilar appear. ing the position passes comprehension, and were the views taken of the business com. munity and all those who are in the habit of daily using the Post Office few could fairly gainsay that the present position is the proper
Hongkong, 11th January, 1898.
THE NEW POST OFFICE.
J. P.
ance.
The houses had lifted, owing to the cases of oil forcing the decks up the top of them reaching the yellow band round the fun- nel which only showed about four feet above them, while the ventilators were "below the
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