February 24, 1900.]
Mr. Toey's Modder, 10st 91b Mr. Peel's Pilgrim 11st 1īb
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well guarded by Evans and Courtenay as backs, but combination told against them. On the other side W. S. Campbell played ad- mirably.
(Mr. Crawford) Mr. Potts Desert King, 10st 1310
Mr Hart Buck's Esperance, 10st 7ib
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(Mr. Burkill) After the interval.Shangbai prossed strongly -so well, in fact, that their captain, A. E. (Mr. Hart Buck) Launing, scored a goal for them, They could Mr. Lewis' Bulbul. 10st 12lb (Mr Jebuson) 0 not sustain the advantage thus temporarily Several false starts were made, Pluto break-gained, however, and shortly afterwards the ing the line each time Shannon was very Engineers notched another point. The game restive at the post, but when the field were sent finished thus, the score standing :- off he bolted to the front, followed by Pluto.
Goals. Shannon led out of the straight and the field formed itself into a procession, Pluto being second.
Shannon continued to lead until the
hill was reached, when Modder dashed up along side. Coming.down the hill Modder run out in the most peculiar manuer, but directly dashed
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The match over, the players went to the Marine Engineers' Institute, and there. with toasts and cheering, the cup was handed over to the winners by the President, Mr. J. Prentice. Pluto then took command.-N. C. Daily News. and, responding gamely, lauded the coveted Championship by three lengths, Shannon being displaced by Sandstorm for second place. Time, 2.48
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The NIL DESPERANDUM STAKE; a Sweepstakes of $5 each with $50 added; second pony to receive $5); Third pouy $25; for beaten subscription griffius of this season, 1-9-1909. weight for inches us per- scale. Half a mile.- Sir Horace McMahon's Surtow, 10st. 12ib...
(Mr. Waiwyny 1 Capt. Bancroft's Cossack, 1st 11b
(Mr. Johnson) Mr. Sepia Paudo's “ubsidy, 11st 4lb
(Mr. Cox) Mr. Darius Aurora, 11st (lb) (Mr. Moder) Mr. Derisk-Hunter's Rescu», Rist 1216
(Mr. Cummingı Mr. Ellis Kelly's Terra Verd.. 10st 316
(Mr. Wuoilleimier) Mr. Magpie's Tartar, 19st £lio (Mr. Jones) Mr. G. H. Potts Snow King, list Ub
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(dr. Hart Buck) 0 When the ponies jumped off Sirion took the lead and retained his position to the post, win. ning easily by fur lengths. Pimes, 634.
FOOTBALL.
The Shield an eleva gold medals are now on view at Mes-rs. Falconer and Co., Queen's Road Central. The meda s are shield shape, of fifteen carat gold, and will form a worthy momento of the competition.
The sixth Annual Dinner of the Hongkong Football Club will be held on Satur·lay, March 24th.
ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB.
8TA CLUB RACE.
18th February, 1900. Course 8.-Starters A class 2, 3, 7, 8, 9; B class 10 and 11. Wind, north at the start. The Dereen went off with a lead at the start closely followed by the Bonito and Maid Marian, but
Dearing the Channel Rocks the boats were bécalmed for about 20 minutes. Gloria and Iris then caught a light south air and ran away to where an easterly wind appeared to be starting, and rounded the rocks w ahead of the rest of the fleet. The two second class boats had in the meantune caught up to the A class, and at the Kowloon Rock they were all in a bunch. Gloria was round first, then | Maid Marian and Iris, with Meteor close up. When nearing Meyer's buoy, which hol these or four junks at ached to it, a frech est wind was blowing and it was expected tar! the boats would have a good time for the rest of the race, but it only lasted during the beat up to Chaunel Rocks the second time, where Doreen, by a judicious tack to the north, had got into first place, with Meteor second and Iris third. At Kowloon Rook the wind was light again and the rest of the fleet had closed up a bit. In the run to Meyer's buoy Meteor went into first place and Bonito and the Maid, getting a fresh puff, caught Iris just before rounding. It was a drift to the finish and the following were the times of cros- sing the line :-
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HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI:
BANKING CORPORATION.
HALF-YEARLY MEETING,
holders in the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank- The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the share- ing Corporation was held on the 17th inst., at noon at the City Hall. Mr. R. M. Gray presided. N. A. Siebs, E. Goetz, A. Haupt, Hon. J. J. The other gentlemen present were Meurs.
Keswick, Messrs. D. M. Moses, A. J. Raymond, P. Sachse, R. Shewan and R. L. Richardson (directors), Sir Thomas Jackson (Chief Manager), Messrs. G. Stewart, V. A. Caesar Hawkins, G. de Champeaux, A. Coutts, J. C. Peter, R. T. Wright, R. H. Brace, Lan Wai Chau, P. Jordan, F. Hohnke, C. J. Gonsalves, K. A. Chinoy, D. D. Guzdar, S. B, Bhabha, A. G. Wood E. A. S. Whealler, J. H. Cor, A. Sharp, E Ezekiel, C. Palmer, P. A. Barlow, E. S. Joseph, J. Ezekiel, 3. H. Michael, J. R.“ Michael, W. S. Bamsey, G. H. Potts, Frich Georg, W. H. Gaskell, J. S. Van Buren, W. Grasson, G. Murray Bain, J. M. 8. Alves, W. Lysaught, R. W. Mansfield, Captain Tillett, J. Peirei, F. Noble, G. H. Sexton, eto.
Sir Thomas JACKSON read the notice cou- roning the meeting.
The CHAIRMAN read the report of the Board of Directors.
The CHAIRMAN said—Gentleman, it is with much pleasure that the directors have to wait upon you again with another good report. in which they can recommend a dividend of £1 10s. par share, place $500,000 to reserve, oirry forward $960,343.56 to new profit and loss account, while at the sam› time giving a bonus of 193. a share. The profits on the Chi. nese and Japanese loans, alluded to at the last meeting, are included in the present accounts. aud bare enabled as to place before you a more satisfactory statement than otherwise we would have been able to do. Earnings of all eastern banks daring the past half year have been seriously curtailed by the advance in the value of money in England and on the continent, a contingency which the meagre margins then ruling in oxohauge did not make any allowance for. Good will no doubt come out of the exper- ience of the past six months; it is not likely that banks will again place them elves in saoh a posi- tion that any increase in the home value of money will turn au appareat profit into actual loss. It is to be hoped that more suitable margins will be maintained in future than have ruled in the past, and that a Bank of England rate of 6 per cent. and a market rate of 6j per cent. will not soon, be forgotten. We, in common with other eastern binks, have recently gone back to the rate of interest of 4 per cent. for twəlve mouths fixed deposits in London; the increased value of money and its prospects in the future making such a step necessary in our opinion, It will be noticed that on the 31st December our sterling fixed deposits stood at £4,294,675 against £3,313,626 on the 30th June, while our current accounts in gold showed a decrease of £878,711, same being caused by some of the Chinese Government funds we had in current account having been transferred to fixed depo- sit account, otherwise the figures on the 31st December would have resembled very olosely A Boxing Contest for the Heavy Weight those of the previous half-year. Fixed depositt Championship of Hongkong and $20 n-side and current accounts in silver on the 31st came off at the Theatre Royal City Hall, ou the December were $2,519,394 more than they were 21st inst. l'he participants were Corporal Ben
on the 30th June; the increase can only Hugh, of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and J. be accounted for by the natured expansion of our business which has recently been going on, Reilly, of the United States Nary. exhibition spars preceded the maiu events, aided by the improved, and still improving. the pairs being J. Howe and W. Barker oredit of the Bank. Our note circulation was (H.M.S. Brisk), T. Winklar (U S. Baltimore) | $979,979 less on the 31st December than it was at the close of the previous half-year. The The game went to the Engineers for good und F. Playlay (U.S Monadnock), and F. Ho- reasons, They played with better combination, ward (Hongkong and W. Bratt (H.M.S. Cen- | process of withdrawing our notes in the Straite and were quicker on the ball. Shanghai with | turion). The ereat of the evening was in favour of the Government ciroulation has so all the pluck and determinatio in the world, nominally for 15 round under Queens- far been a slow one. It is evident that Ordin- were outdone by greater skill. The Engineers berry Rules, but the American, who looked | nuco No. 1 of 1899, which gives us power to won the toss, and chess the Grand Stand end. much bigger and heavier than his
issue any amount of notes we may find necesary The winners of the toss started with the neut, in a very short time upset the hopes against a deposit of coin, will have to be renewed from year to year. Under said Ordinance our wind in their favour. They took the ball down of the Welshman's backer by knocking him to the Shanghai end, and, though sometimes it out in the first round. 12-ifly's victory was note circulation is on a sound and satisfactory flickered up the ground and twice Shanghai outlusiastically received by the large numbers footing, both as regards the Colonial Govern- came near scoring, most of the lay was with of Americans present. The winner was ohal- ment, the public, and the Bank itself. It may the Engineers. Fire times in the first half the lenged by a representative of the British navy, 500m an unprofitable undertaking to have to bail utered the shanghai nst, with the result and it is to be hoped that the intel can be lock up dollar for dollar against our excess that, since two of th sɔ were disallowed, the arranged. There was a god attendance in the note circulation. However, we do not want any modification of the Ordinance, we con. soore at half-time was three goals to nil. Welch, house, and the management of the show was
sider its provisions prudent and reasonable. the Shanghai goalkeeper, played well, and was' adʼuirable.
On the 17th inst. B. Company played H. Company of the Welsh Fusiliers in the se ni- final Association Football match for the Houg. kong Challenge Shield. The game was weil contested but H. company proved victorious by two goals to one.
SHANGHAI F.C,
MARINE ENGINEERS' F.C, v
As is the fiul for the English Cup to Eng- laud, so is the Marine Engineers' F.C. and the Shanghai F.C. to Shangbai--it has attained to the diguity of a classic, audo some extent holds the savour of an international game since the Engine rs' side many, if not all, the players are Scotsmen. Thus it attracts a large uumber of spectators. more particularly when, as on Satur. day afternoon, the sun shone brightly in a clear, crisp air. The attendance w is large, and included a number of ladies.
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