December 1, 1900.]
FOOTBALL.
VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB V. ROYAL ENGINEERS.
These teams met at Happy Valley on Saturday afternoon last in fine weather. The following are the names of the players:-
V. R. C.-Goal-Channett: Backs-Fit tock and Cameron: Half-backs-Andrews, Lapsley, and Howorth; Forwards-Graham, G. Duncan, Yule, Loureiro and Herton.
R. E. Goal-Tuohy; Backs-Daphine and Thornhill; Half-backs-Stevens, Nolan, and McCraight; Forwards-Lients. Brown and Caulfield, Gilford, Moore, and Moore, A. O. D. The Engineers kicked off at three o'clock, their forwards immediately getting well away. Lapsley blocked, however, and centred, Yale capturing and carrying his men well into the Engineers territory. Thornhill stopped the run, and some tolerably even play follow. ed, each side being equally vigorous both in attacking and defending. The Engineers, how. ever, were the better stayers, and this fact, combined with their heavier weight, was respon. | sible for the leather being manoeuvred past Fittock and Cameron and netted. Half-time was sounded without the "Vics" having suc. ceeded in equalising.
After the interval, the Engineers again were the attackers, and Gilford from a pass sent in a whistler that Chunnett caught cleverly and throw out. Lapsley tried to get the leather away. but lost it to Moore, the inside left man, who centred, and Chunnett was again called upon to fist out a beauty from Caulfield. At this point the defensive tactics of Cameron and Fittock, the "Vics" backs, and Lapsley, the centre half, were particularly clever. They blocked repeatedly, and spoilt many a fine rush by the Engineers' forwards, whose play all along had been very vigorous. Graham got the ball from Fittock, and made a commendable try for goal, but Daphne tackled and succeeded in getting
the leather from Duncan, to whom it had been relinquished by Graham. Daphne dribbled well up, and passed to Moore, inside left, who failed
CHINA ÖVERLAND TRADE REPORT. ponents' goal, but inexcusable bungling sent the ball past. The game already showned signs of being "no class," kicking being erratic, and shouting, especially by the Fusiliers, very much indulged in. A high ball from the left wing was caught by Hudson, but instead of at once getting rid of it, he hung on until he and the ball were almost rushed through by the Hongkong forwards. What science the game possessed so far belonged to the home men. Handicapped as they were by a short team, they nevertheless managed to keep the leather in the Fusiliers' territory the greater part of the time. proved himself The Hongkong custodian invaluable. He was unquestionably the best man on the field. Christie sent in a beauty, and simultaneously three Fusiliers rushed in to "take
the goalkeeper and ensure the netting of the ball. He kept quite cool, caught the ball as it descended, adroitly evaded the forwards, and threw the leather well out. Shortly before half-time Caulfield scored for Hongkong. The goal was disputed on the ground of its being off-side, but the referee ruled otherwise.
The re-start saw also a resumption of the rough play that had all along characterised the game, but it now became general. The Hongkong club, a few minutes after the kick-off, managed to get a corner-an unproductive one, however. The Fusiliers then got away, and looked like equalising. They sent in a beauty from centre. bat the Hongkong custodian, with the sureness and precision that had all along marked his work, caught the ball, and sent it into midfield. Ynle, from a pass, scored what was probably the softest goalyet kicked at Happy Valley. He steadied the ball about twenty yards from Hudson's charge. Not one of the Fusiliers tried to hinder him they seemed, one and all, to be in a kind of day- dream. Yule shot, and it looked for the moment as though the ball was going past. Hudson apparently thought so too, and mean. dered leisurely across his goal, being just in time to see the ball roll gently past his feet into the net. The game laboured on to a finish, and ended in a win for the Hongkong club by two goals to nil.
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"C" MACHINE GUN COMPANY.—WINNER OF THE "CAPTAIN POTTS'S CUP.
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ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB.
The races for the Commodore's Cups will be sailed as follows :-
Date.
Course. Dec. 1st Rock 1 mile S.W. of Cowechow Post. Starboard. Dec. 15th
Start at 2 p.m. No time limit for finishing. The yachts will all sail together, but will be classed in three divisions, vis.: A-The first or 24th 1. r.; B-the second or handicap; and C- the cruising class. There will be three prizes, two cups and a small third prize, one prize only
to go to each class.
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HANDICAP.
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Erica Doreen Gloria
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MOSQUITOES AND MALARIA IN
HONGKONG.
The following is Dr. J. C. Thomson's pre- liminary report regarding a research into the prevalence of mosquitoes and malaria in the colony of Hongkong and in the New Terri. tory :-
I have the honour to submit for the informa. fion of His Excellency the Governor a preli. winary report regarding a research I have been engaged in since my return from England last May, into the prevalence of mosquitoes and malaria in the colony of Hongkong and in the New Territory.
Within the colony itself, I have been work.
to get away from the opposing backs. Lapsley HONGKONg volunteer CORPS. ing along two linos in my study of the mos- again came to the front, and this time was able to pass to Duncan. Duncan passed to Graham, who tried pluckily, but lost the ball to Stevens. The Engineers made another of- fort to reach Chunnett, but Cameron tackled. He could not get the ball away, however, and Moore, outside left, sent in a shot that was stopped just at goal. Gilford and Caulfield, ina n attempt to rush the ball, were met by Fittock and Cameron, and a tussle ensued. It looked a sure thing for the Engineers, but Chunnett, whose keeping was grand, ran ont and fisted the ball away. The nearness of the thing seemed to impart renewed vigour to the V.R.C.'s opponents, and they sent in another ball that Chunnett stopped in the same way The Engineers again captured, however, and before Chunnett had time to reach his place, a low, swift ball was sent in. It almost looked like going past, but glancing off the post, its was turned and the Engineers had another goal to their credit. Time was getting short, and the "Vics," recognising this, did their utmost to score, but the opposing half. backs rendered every attempt abortive, and a well-contested game ended in a win for the Engineers by two goals to nil.
quitoes that are present: (1) with the assistance of friends in different parts of the colony I have secured and examined adult specimens almost daily throughout the summer; and (2) The November shoot for the Captain I have obtained larvae, both of anopheles and Potta's" Cup in connection with the C" culex, from different parts of the colony, and Machine Gun Company of the Hongkong have bred them out in glass vessels in consider- Volunteer Corps took place on the Rifle Asso-able numbers in order that I might examine ciation Range at Kowloon yesterday and re- the resulting insects. sulted in a win for Sergeant Smillie, who, having won twice previously, carries off this valuable trophy. This cup has been competed for during 12 inonths and had been won twice by three members and once by five other mem- of "C" Company. The highest scores were as under :
200 400 300 H'cap TI.
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* Bom. Schoolbred 28 28 30 * Sgt. Major Rodger 26 28 11 * Gun. McCorquodale 21 22 30 11 81 Gun. C. Lee..... 26 15 29 21 Corporal Gloyn 12 27 24
* Winners of spoons.
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From the correspondents of the Echo de Chine it appears that the fighting undertaken by the French troops in the neigbourhood of Paotingfu last month was not of a dangerous nature. On the 26th October the column attack-
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As regards the New Territory and the Is. lands. have, through the kind co-operation of Chiof Inspector Mackie and the police at the various stations, and of Dr. Ho Nai Hop, Chi- nese Medical Officer in the New Territory, received consignments of mosquitoes as detailed in the appended table, amounting in all, up to 31st October, to 587 specimens. This total includes a few received from police stations in Hongkong itself. 145, c. 25 per cent., were anopheles, and 442 were culex.
I have no numerical record of those which I examined previous to August, nor of those which I have been examining in the colony itself during the whole of the past six months; but the numbers must at a low estimation at least equal those included in the above enumera- tion, so that my observations are based on an examination of considerably over a thousand mosquitoes, as well as of their breeding-places.
There are two distinct species of anopheles abundant in the colony, differing in size,
H.K.F.C. SECOND XI. Y. C. CO R.W.F. This game was playedat Happy Valley on Wednesday afternoon, and resulted in the defeated a fortified village and captured it after three-general appearance, and the markings on the of the Fusiliers. The teams were:-
quarters of an hour's bombardment. The Boxers Hongkong:-Goal-" A. Tommy"; Backs-fired high all the time, so that the French had C. T. Kew and H. Pinckney; Half-backs- | but one killed and four wounded. The Chinese Stockhausen and Jenkins; Forwards-T. Yule, A. C. J. Stevens, R.E., Browne, R.E., and Caulfield, R.E.
Fusiliers :-Goal-Hudson : Backs James and Pretty; Half-backs- Kent, Harrison, and Hughes; Forwards-Thomas, Miller, Tomlinson, Christie, and Lewis,
Hongkong won the toss and kicked off, and Stevens, securing the ball, succeeded in visiting Hudson. He was blocked by James, however, and an unproductive corner resulted. The numerical inferiority of the ground team enabled the Fusiliers to get well up to their op-
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wings. The smaller, which I believe to be anopheles costalis, is prevalent all over the colony and in the ravines to the south of Maga- deaths were estimated at from 200 to 250.zine Gap; the larger, snopheles sinensis, is the more common throughout the New Territory, Tang-chuen, which was next to be attacked, was found empty. The arrival of a strong force of on the islands, and at Stanley and Pokfulam. Sikhs, says one correspondent, upset the French While the area of general prevalence is thus plans for further operations, as on their return different, it is not exclusively so, as I have my. self caught anopheles sinensis in the centre of journey to Tientsin they wore to visit the re- maining Boxer villages in the neighbourhood. the city, in a hotel not far from the Clock Another correspondent of the Echo de Chine Tower, while anopheles costalis has been includ- who was with Colonel Drude's force, complainsed in some of the consignments from the main- of a mere promenade." Evidently the Boxers land. preferred not to try conclusions. This latter correspondant anticipates the wintering of the French force at Psotingfu.
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I have differentiated at least eight distinct species of culex, but I prefer not to commit my. self to the naming of them until my classifica.
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