January 5, 1901.]
Iris...... Alannah
Maid Merlan
Bonito
Chanticleer
Meteor
Erica...
Payne
Doreen Dart
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H.
M.
8.
2
18
16
2 20
42
2 21
8
21
33
29
22
38
24
33
27
32
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3+ 58 Dart having started nine minutes late owing to having carried away her shroud, had done very well. In the second round Iris increased her lead on Bonito and Alannah, owing to their being so busy with each other, and a most en- joyable race was finished thus:-
Handicap
Rec. 1 min. Iris
Scratch Alannah
Scratch
Erica
H. M. 8.
3 3 35
3 7 22
Bouito...
3
7 42
Rec. 3 min.
Maid Marian 3
9 30
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Meteor...
3 9 37
3
3 10 18
17
14
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#1
10
19
8
11
#1
11
Chanticleer... 3 10 27
Payne... 3 16 52 (2nd prize.) į
Doreen Dart Active
14 Ladybird
19
3 20 4
3 23 45
3 29 28
3 34 51
Club Race No. 5 will be sailed on the 6th inst. over course No. 10.
PROGRAMME.
We have received from the Hon. Secretary the following programme :-
Sailing Races.
1-A race for yachts 24 ft. linear rating and under, belonging to members of the Royal | Hongkong Yacht Club. No time allowance. Prize, a Cup. Entrance $5.
2-A Handicap race for yachts 24 ft. linear rating and under, belonging to members of the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club. Prize, a Cap. Entrance $5.
3-A Handicap race for all yachts belong. ing to members of the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club. Prize, a Cup. Entrance $5.
4.-A race for boats belonging to the Royal Navy, any rig. Prize, a Cup. Entrance 82.
5.-A race for boats belonging to the Royal Navy, Service rig. Prize, a Cup. Entrance $2.
6.-A race for all opeu boats (Chinese-owned boats excluded). Time allowance, 15 secs. per foot of length of boat overall per mile. Prize, a Cup. Entrance $2.
All the above to be sailed over a triangular course of about twelve miles, under the rules of the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club. Service boats in addition to be subject to the time allowances and special conditions, Us laid down in the latest rules for sailing races in the China Fleet.
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Entries (accompanied by entrance fees) to be sent by noon on January 12th to the Hon. Sec., Major Koe, at the Hongkong Club or to the A.S.C. Office, Fletcher Street.
Rowing Races. 1.-International four-oared race.
$10.
Entrance
2.--Scratch fours, limited to two crews each from Victoria Recreation Club and the Hong- kong Boat Club. Entrance $10.
3.-Single sculling tub race. Entrance $2. 4. A race for five-oared whalers, belonging to the Royal Navy. 1st prize $20. 2nd prize $10.
5.-A race for six-oared galleys, belonging to men-of-war of any nationality. 1st price $25. 2nd prize $12.
6. A race for twelve-oared cutters, belonging to the Royal Navy. 1st prize $40. 2nd prize $20.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
7.-A race for-pared boats, belonging to the garrison. 1st price $25. 2nd price $10.
8.-A race for all boats belonging to the Royal Navy. 1st prize $30. 2nd prize $15.
In race: 4–8, four. boats to start or no second prize will be given.
The course for above will be from opposite Yaumati, finishing at H.M.8. Wivern, distance about thre-quarters of a mile, except for No. 3, which will be about half-a-mile.
Entries (accompanied by entrance fees) to be sant by noon on 12th January to the Hon Secretary, Major Koo, at the Hongkong Club, or to the A.8.Ü. Officer Fletcher Street..
LOCAL AND DISTRICT EVENTS, 1900.
JANUARY,
1st--Taikoo Sports at Quarry Bay. 6th-H.M.S. Tweed's steam cutter had a brush with pirates on the West River. The pirates. on the launch Yuening, fled up a creek to Chutonshan, left the launch, and re- inforced by 50 villagers, fired on the crew of the cutter, wounding one severely. The latter recovered the launch and returned to the Tweed. Variety Entertainment at the City Hall in aid of the South African Fund. | $1,200 raised. –35, West Street gutted by fire. 8th-Hon. C. P. Chater, C.M.G.," re-elected to Legislative Council as Unofficial Member by the Justices of the Peace. 13th-Cinematograph Entertainment at the
City Hall in aid of the War Relief Fund. 14th-H. E. Li Hung-chang arrived at Hong- kong from the North on his way to take up the Viceroyalty of the Two Kwang.- Funeral of Mr. Granville Sharp at Hongkong, his body having been cremated in England. 15th-Li Hung-chang called on H. E. the Governor and proceeded to Canton-Mr. W. V. Drummond delivered an address on National Trouble bofore the Hongkong Odd Volumes Society.-Prince Henry of Prussia left Singapore for Europe.-Steam | launch Hunglee pirated at Kongmoon. 18th-Li Hung-chang took over the seals of the
Viceroyalty of the Two Kwang, 21st-Steamer Yao Kum running between Canton and Suncho seized by pirates, who also boarded a mandarin cruiser. 23rd-Frince Waldemar of Denmark reached Hongkong in the Danish cruiser Valkyrien. and called on H. E. the Governor.-Annual Prize Distribution at Queen's College. Ad- dress by Hon. J. H. Stewart Lockhart. 24th Prize Distribution at the Diocesan School by the Bishop of Victoria.-Imperial Decree announcing the resignation of the Emperor Kwang Hsu and succession of Pu Chun.
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26th-Libel action brought by Mr. Nervegna against the proprietor and the publisher of the Tsun Wan Yat Po given in Mr. Nervegna's favour. $11,370 damages. 27th-Fatal accident on U. S. gunboat Wheel- ing during a salute in honour of the German Emperor's birthday. Two men were killed- Kang Yu-wei, the Reformer, left Hongkong for Singapore under police protection.- Dramatic entertainment at the Club Lusi- tano-V.R C. Smoking Concert in aid of the South African War Fund. 29th-Hon. W. Moigh Goodman delivered an
address on
Criminal Law and its Historical | Development before the Hongkong Odd Volumes Society.-Annual meeting of sub- scribers and seat-hoders of St. John's Cathedral.-Fire at 1335, Queen's Road Con- tral. Damage $7,500.
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31st.-Defeat and death of Mat Salleh in North
Borneo.
FEBRUARY.
1st.-Baseball exhibition by U.S.S. Monadnock at Happy Valley in aid of the War Relief Fund.
6th-Death of Mr. D. Noronha, 7th-Big Fire at Canton. 200 to 300 houses
burnt.
9th-Murder of Messrs. Kiddle and Sutherland at Mengka, on the Burma-Yuunan frontier. 12th-Hongkong A.D.C. produce The Yeoman
fo the Guard.
14th-Mrs. Archibald Little delivered an ad-
dress on Footbinding" before the Hongkong Odd Volumes Society. 15th-Imperial Edict offered 100,00 taels for
Kang Yu-wei, alive or dead, 20th Hongkong Races, first day. 21st-Hongkong Races, second day.-Dr. Mor- rison. Times correspond ·nt, visited Hongkong on his way to Peking. 22nd -Hongkong Races, third day. 23rd- Great fire at Yokohama. 350 houses
burnt.
24th-Arrest at Macao of King Lion-shan, ex superintendent of Chinese Imperial Tele- graphs at Shanghai. King, who was known to be a Reformer, fled from Shanghai, and was arrested at Macao, on a charge of em- bezzlement, at the instance of the Chinese
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Government.-Wreck of the American steam- launch Lee Po on the Pratas Shoals. 26th-Hongkong A.D.C.'s final performance of The Yeoman of the Guard-Hongkong Races, off day.-Punishment inflicted on the Was by British and Chinese forces to avenge the Mengka murders. Bome 50 of the Was were killed on this and the succeeding day and 2,000 houses burnt.
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27th-Captain G. C. Anderson delivered an ad- dress on "The Situation in the Far East before the Hongkong Odd Volumes Society. Wreck of a Chinese passenger junk near Kongmoon. 80 passengers missing. 28th-Closing of the South African (Soldiers' and Sailors' Families') Fund at Hongkong. Over $150,000 subscribed.
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MARCH.
1st-Reception of Chinese women at Govern- ment House in connection with the Natural Feet Society. Relief of Ladysmith announced at the R.W.F. Regiment Dinner.-Extension of the French Settlement at Shanghai. 3rd-Hongkong Cricket Club defeated by the
Garrison by 39 runs. 5th-Final performance by the A. D. C. of The
Yeoman of the Guard.
7th-Capt. Hastings, Postmaster General, left Com- Hongkong on a year's furlongh. mander Murray Rumsey, R.N., Harbour Master, went on leave.
8th-Murder of an Indian Lance-sergeant of
the Hongkong Regiment. 14th-Hongkong and Shanghai Bank's Peking
premises destroyed by fire.
15th - Chevalier Z. Volpicelli, Italian Consal, delivered on address on "The Trans-Siberian Railway" before the Hongkong Odd Volumes Society.
16th - Rear-Admiral Yeh called on H.E, the
Governor of Hongkong.
17th-Steam-launch pirated between Canton and Kunshan. The pirates and the launch were recaptured by the Customs launch Foo Men.-Draw in the Hongkong Challenge Shield final tie between G. and H. Cos., R. W. F.
19th-Military Tattoo at Headquarter House Dallas Company in The Geisha at the
Theatre.
21st-Aunual Inspection of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps.-New railway bridge over the Perak River opened by Sir Frank Swettenham. 24th-Hon. R. D. Ormsby appointed Acting President of the Sanitary Board.--G. Co., R.W.F., defeated H Co., R.W.F., in the final tie of the Hongkong Challenge Shield by 3-1. -Presentation to Mr. W. D. Braidwood at Victoria English School.
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25th-Japanese Naval Manoeuvres commenced. 26th-Mr. J. W. Jones delivered an address on The Grip on Colonial Empire" before the Hongkong Odd Volumes Society.-H.M.S. Victorious left Hongkong for home. 27th-Renter's correspondent at Peking an-
nounced Boxer troubles around Tientsin. 28th-Hongkong Schools Challenge Sports.-
Disturbance at Weihaiwei about taxes.
riot was avoided by the admirable behaviour of the First Chinese Regiment. 29th-Petition against the rise of prices in food- stuffs presented at the Legislative Council. 30th -Mr. W. Pritchard Morgan, M.P., received in special audience by the Emperor of Corea ; appointed Consul-General for Corea in Lon- don.-Presentation to Mr. Lawrence Gibbe, late of the Public Works Department.-Two prominent Filipinos, Gonzales and Morales, executed in the Philippines. 31st-Belilios Trust Prize distribution by Major-General Gascoigne.-Oxford and Cam- bridge Dinner at the Hongkong Hotel.- V.R.C. Sixth Athletic Meeting,
APRIL
1st-Attack on the steam-launch - Changsha on the West River. The pirates secured $1,000 worth of spoil.--Russia obtained permission to buy a tract of land at Masampo, Corea. 2nd-Opening of the Belilios Reformatory Causeway Bay by H. E. the Governor, 3rd-Concert by Mr. Alec Marsh.-General -
Meeting of the Hongkong Rifle Association. -Launch of the Pioneer at Shanghai for service on the Upper Yangtze, 4th-Departure from Hongkong of H. E. the Governor on a tour in China and Japan— Judgment in the case, Belilios v. the Bank
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