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Mr. Buxey's Tube Rose, 10st lb (Monkey) 3 Mr. Hopeful's Amur, 10st Olb (Oh Sung) ( Mr. Pogose's Tourist, 10st (lb (Ching Hai) 0.
At the Rock Tube Rose, who started last, had a good lead but fell back a little in the home Straight, Meneji and Queensberry getting closer. Nearing the finish Queensberry put on a spurt and won by a length, only a short distance dividing the second and third. Time, 1min. 57800.
The Visitors' (UP; presented; for all beaten subscription griffins of this season; placed ponies 7 lbs. extra. Entrance $5 to go to second pony. Half a mile. Mr. John Peel's Jim Crack, 11st 2lb
(Mr. Cruickshank) 1 Mr. Jay's Greif, 10gf. 121b (Mr. Master) 2 Mr. Derick-Hunter's Blizzard, 10st 12lb
Mr. J. H. Lewis's Reveller, 10st 12lb
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(Mr. Burkill) 3 Mr. Derick-Hunter's Concession, 10st 12lb (Mr. Walwyn)
(Mr. P. A. Cox) Capt. Lambton's Amoy. 10st 12lb (Mr. Jones) Mr. Newcome's Unit, 11st 1lb (Mr. Moller) 0 Mr. R. Gordon's Athos, 10st 9lb (Mr. Owen) 0 Greif had the best of the start, Blizzard and Jim Crack following. Moller was thrown by Unit but was not seriously hurt. Unit ran round the ourse after the other ponies, and finally got into the road and ran across the Hongkong Football Club Ground. The ruce was between Jim Crack and Greif, the former winning by a head, Blizzard being a good third. Time, 1 min. 24 sec.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
SALF OF RACE PONI¡ 8.
Messrs. ugbes and Hough, auctioneers, on 28th February sold by public auction, out- side the City Hall, the following race ponies and hacks:-~~~
Name of pony.
Que n's Gardens...
Starting
hid.
at.
20
$ 25
(Winuer The Lucky Cup")
Straightaway
Cream
popy,
hack
Black pony, back
Yarmouth Bloater, white ...
Amur
*
(Winner Pagoda Cup" S'ghai)
Obi...
25 65
"OK SHRO
50
Dun pony, hack
Pat O'Hara, hack
Chestnut Griffin
10 15 10 20
The Prince
75 170
(Winner "Gymkhana" Stakes)
10 15
Starling, polo pony
15 60
Banker, polo pony The Ute
25 100 280
80
(Winner Wong-nei-chong" Stakes) Earl Marshall
Mullet, polo pony
Black pony, hask
Grey pony
75 185 10. 15 20 50 15 35 10 15 20 25 10 80
Grey Polo pony
Silver Link, polo pony.
Bay pony
THEFT OF JEWELLERY BY
HOUSE COOLIES,
On Saturday morning two house coolies named Chung Wa and Chung Fu were charged at the Magistracy, with stealing jewellery from the honse of Mr. G. R. Stevens, of Edenhall, for the prosecution. Lower Richmond Road. Mr. Gedge appeared
Mrs. Stevens said-First defendant came into my employ on the 23rd inst. at 180 a.m. as house coolie. After about 11 a.m. I did not see him. Second defendant entered my service on the 19th October as house coolie. I dis- charged him on the 2nd inst. at 8.30 a.m. Early on the 2nd of February I heard a dog in the bouse growling and barking. I got up and told the dog to lie down. I then heard a venetian shut. I called my two sons. They went downstairs and I followed. I found a pane of glass in the sitting room window cat out. The venetian door was wide opeu. The back entrance to the hall was also open. The window coold not be opened from the outside, as the typhoon Soldbars were up.
I then discharged second defen. dant. I was without a house coolie until the 23rd inst. On that day first defendant applied for the place. I went down with my husband, who had been unwell, to the drawing room. I sat with him till 1 p.m. On the night of the 22ud inst. I took my rings off my fingers on going to bed. I placed them on the ring stand as usual. There were five rings. The rings produced are the same.
I estimate their value at over $800, On the 23rd inst. I forgot to put on my rings. They were still on the ring stand when I went downstairs with my husband. At about 1.40 p.m. the boy asked me about the rings. I went up- stairs into my bedroom and found the rings miss- ing. I also discovered that my daughter's bangle had been taken. The bangle was kept in a small box on my daughter's dressing table. The bangle produced is the one. It is worth $34. Ou the evening of the 21th inst. about 6 o'clock, I went to my mother's bed-room, and found missing a silver box, a silver spectacle case, and a pair of gold spectacles. I value these article at about $35 The Police Sergeant brought all the above meutioned articles to my honse to let me look at them The handkerchief marked "G. R. 8." was also brought. When the boy came to ask me about the rings he told me the coolie was missing.
20
35 150
25
45
30 110
100 155
(Winner Wild Rose Cup")
Greif
Adler
Strathmist
Strathdoon
Red Rag
Variety
50 105 50 75 50 115 50 80 50 65 50 105
Traveller
100 314
(Winner Nil Desperandum Stakes")
(Winner "John Peel" Steeplechase)
50 95 65
Minstrel
Bawhee
50
Centipede
50
Montebello
100 105
(+
(Winner Consolation Stakes")
Athos
Queensberry
(Winner Mafoos" " Race)
Grasshopper
Jim Crack
.I
(Winner Visitors' Cup ")
Jim Crow
(Winner" Civil Service" Cup)
The Wizard
Reveller...
Waggles
Hector
Ultimatum
(Winner "Valley" Stakes)
Concession
Blizzard
Mainstay
Fortunatus
Grey Griffin..
Wood Rose
Tourist
Tube Rose Silver Spray... Woodcock Grey Griffin Mulatto.
Wildfire..
Silver Bell
75 105 75 155
200 250 75 125
75 155
100 195
40 65
25 RP ER £ 89**§ 83R82882882288
25 45
25
55
200
360
50 115
50
85
75 315
50
95
10
15.
50 150
50
85
60 145
50 55
10 45
[Marchi, 1899.
POLO IN SINGAPORE.
A correspondent writes:-Polo in Singapore has long seemed impossible, but now, with the help of the king's Own, the dreams of Polo players have been realized, for two excellent chukkars were played at the Race Course on Tuesday, the 18th February, on an almost fall - sized ground as smooth as a billiard table and as soft as English turf after an April shower, which through the courtesy of the Golfers the Polo Club has been able to monopoline for two days in the week. The Australians were not .⠀ quite in the pink of condition, owing to their long sea voyage, but they did credit to their... ten days' stick and ball drill and were, contrary to one's general experience of Walers, wonder- fully handy and as full of seal as an English hunter clearing his first fence. One fact, how... · ever, remained evident that they will require . ! plenty of riding and a tight sent ; knowledge of the use of the legs and good hands will come next few weeks. The Arabs on which the local to the front and be more appreciated after the sportsmen are mounted are an exceedingly hand- to all the players being old hands there was no some lot. The game was fairly fast and owing
dangerous riding, in short it was a: most success- ful opening day amply fulfilling the wildest hopes and expectations of those who wished to see the game started. Hearty thanks are due from all Polo players to Mr. Sugden and the Commit tee of the Sporting Club and to Mr. Stringer and the Committee of the Golf Club, who have combined to establish a club which will make Singapore one of the most favourite military staticus in the world.
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FLUSHING DRAINS AND WATER- ING KOADS WIT.. SEA WATER,
The Hon. T. H. Whitehend writes us ; under
date on 27th Feb. :-Referring to the two ques- tions which, pursuant to notice, I will ask at the meeting of Council to be held this after- noon, may I ask you to publish for general in- formation the accompanying extracts from re- ports of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Lowestoft in 1893-1894 and from a lecture delivered here in '1897 bearing on the use of sea water for the flushing of sewers,, the watering of streets, &c. :---
EXTRACT FROM REPORT OF MEDICAL OFF!-
CER OF BEALTH OP THE BOROUGH' (F
LOWESTOFT, 1893.
The lesson taught by Ballard's theory, and our own corroboration of it, is a simple oue, and it is this: that if we wish to abolish deaths from zymotio diarrhoea, and from cholera, whether English or Asiatic, we must purify our subsoil and its surface water. To do this, there cannot, to my mind, be found a more simple nor yet a more efficacious method than the watering of our streets, the spraying of our slums and alleys, and the sluicing of our drains and sewers. with electrolysed sea-water. For many years past. it has been known that passage of an electric enrrout through sea-water would set free a cor- tain amount of chlorine of ozone and, of other more complex oxidizing bodies, which convert the sea water into a powerful disinfecting fluid, and as I am aware that the Council contemplate a scheme of street-watering by sea-water, I take this opportunity of urging upon them the des irability of considering the further advantages which will acorue, if a current of electricity of low voltage he passed through the storage tauks before the sea-water is drawn off for flushing and watering purposes. I may say that this is a modification of M. Hermite's system of the treatment of sewage by elea- Other evidence was given-by Chief Detective cessful during the autumn of 1893 at Havre trolysed sea-water, which was found so ano- Inspector Hanson and others as to the articles and Lorient, both of which towns had suf in question being found in possession of defeu-ered severely from cholers during the pre- dants, who were discovered in a house in Centrevious year. The additional cost of plant anti-
The No. 1 boy in the employ of Mr. Stevens, said that on the 23rd iust. he was told to show first defendant his work, and he took him into the bed-room. At about one o'clock first defendant came down-stairs holding a dust-bin in bis hand. He asked where he should put the rubbish and witness replied there." He did not see first defendant after that and on going upstairs and seeing that the rings were gone he sold his mistress.
Street.
* over
Defendants were committed to take their trial at the Sessions.
50 155 The Nippon Maru had bad weather from Honolulu to Yokohaına. From the 9th to the 11tb February she experienced heavy W.S.W. to W.N.W. gales with high seas and her en gines had to slow down. During that time the bowsprit was carried away and a considerable amount of damage done on deck.
10
50
50
65
25
40
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cient to produce the necessary electric currant is small, while the increased value of the sea- water for purifying our drains and sewers and destroying the telluric organisms upon which so mach sickness depends, is great indeed, and the lavish distribution of so cheap and harmless.s disinfecting fluid would do much to chook the preventible mortality, especially among the in- faut population of the Borough. There can be. no doubt whatever that the regular ebb and flow of the sea, with its purifying influence upon the
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