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paid off to starboard-whether their object was fulfilled in any degree or not. Broadly speaking, they said that the Kutsang was not under com- mand and they could do nothing and that the junk stopped yuloing about 300 feet ahend of the steamer and apparently simply allowed herself to be drifted right down upon the bows of the Kutsang-that the people on board the junk carelessly and inexcusably stopped rowing and allowed themselves to be drifted down. He thought the Court would see when the evidence for the plantiffs was called that the state of affairs was entirely different from what was attempted to be put forward on behalf of the Kutsang. It would show that they were going across in the direction of Yaumati. which would take them across the bows of the K teang. When they saw the Kutsang coming closer and closer, so far from stopping rowing-which would have been an absoutely insane proceed- ing-the master of the junk called out to his men to yulo hard and exert all their strength, and that the crow did do their best to scall hard and get safely acrom the bows of the steamer. The plai.tiffa further stated that the steamer was too late in taking measures to go under the junk's stern, that her head went off a little to starboard but not sufficient to clear the junk. Their case was this, that if the Kutsang had ported her helm sooner than she did she would have gone safely clear of the junk's stern. The witnesses for plaintiffs would state in their evidence that there was no stopping of the yuloat all. Practically up to the last moment the crew continued sculling. However the Kutsung came along and struck the junk on the port side, inflicting considerable damage. Evidence would also, he thought, show that as a result of the collision the tiller of the junk swung round and knocked a man overboard, that the scall was broken to pieces and a piece of it hit a man on the leg.
Evidence was then given for the plaintiffs by Ho Kam, the master of the junk, and his crew. The hearing of the case was adjourned until Tuesday when several witnesses were examined for the defendants, including the master of the steamer, His Lordship reserved judgment.
CRICKET.
CRAIGENGOWER C.C. v. ROYAL NAVAL YARD C C.
A cricket match was played at the Happy Valley on 30th ult. between the Craigengower Cricket Club and the Royal Naval Yard Cricket Club, and resulted in a victory for the former.
The following are the scores:-~
CRAIGENGOWER CRICKET CLUB.
R. Pestonji, 1.b.w., b Ormsby J. L. Stuart, c Makoyeff, b Ormsby H. Harteem, b Ormsby
J. H. Ruttonjee, b Denny
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
1
H. Campos, b Tsoi Chan Fan S. Exekial, b Tsoi Chan Fan F. Curreem, b Ah Cheong
10. Curreem, c and b Ling M. Joseph, e B. Wong, b Ah Cheong -
Extra
Total
CHINESE CLUB.
1
0
0
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12
75
Hung Kwok Leung, c Tayler, h Rumjahn 1 Tsoi Chan Fan, b Kumjahn
13
Li Sik Ling, o F. Curreem, b Rumjahn
0
A. S. Wong, b Rumjahn
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Wong Sui cheong, b Tayler
Sai Kwong, run out
Sun Wan Un, b Tayler.
B. C. Wong, c Loureiro. b Rumjahn
Hung Kwok-wah, b Tayler....
Lam Kai-ming, o F. Cureem, b Kumjahn Taci Po Iu, not out
Extras
Total
FOOTBALL.
0
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[December 7, 1901.
HONGKONG.
The Harbour Regulations for the forthcoming V.R.C. Regatta are published in the Gazette.
Shooting at 200 yards on the Tai Hang range on the 3rd inst., in a police competition, Ser- geant Cameron made 48, two short of a possible.
One hundred new rickshas, in addition to the couple of hundred recently inspected and passed, were licensed for street hire on the 3rd inst.
The visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum last week included 416 non-Chinese and 235 Chinese to the former, 105 non-Chinese and 1,595 Chinese to the latter.
Two cases of communicable disease were reported in the Colony last week, both of enteric fever. The sufferers were Europeans, one on 8.8. Dardanus who contracted the disease at Kobe.
The approval by H.M. the King of the ap pointment of the Hon. A..W. Brewin to be an Official Member of the Legislative Council during the absence of the Hon. F. H May is notified in the Gazette.
RANGERS U. ARMY ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. At the Happy Valley on the 30th ult. the
The Chinese musician who was attacked and above teams met in a friendly match. Five of the stabbed repeatedly in the abdo nen in a house Rangers's team failing to put in an appearance, in Hollywood Road last week by another the start was delayed until 4.30. Substitutes hav-musician, died in the Government Civil ing been obtained for the absentees, the Rangers Hospital on the 2nd inst. lined up as follows: -Bailey, goal; H. S. Spurge and S. Holmes, backs; E. R. Herton, R. Lapsley, and Delmery, halves; H. A. Seth, R. Henderson, R. H. Ruby, Taylor, and G. W Coster, forwards. The Rangers' play showed a great improvement on their recent displays, but combination was still wanting. The half- time score was-Rangers, 1 goal; Army Ord- nance, nil. The second half was mostly in favour of the Rangers, who were lucky, however, to score two more goals; the final result being -Rangers, 3 goals; Army Ordnance, nil.
The Ordnance were a poor lot, and the Rangers not many degrees better, their shooting being about as good as the attempts at com. bination.
The Shield Committee met on the 30th ult. and drew the ties for the competition. Twelve teams had entered. The draw resulted as follows:-
FIRST ROUND.
1. Royal Engineers r. H Company, R.W.F. 2. CCompany, R,W.F. v. 19th Company, R.A. 3. H.M.S. Orlando v. 34th Company, R.A. 4. H.M.S. Glory v. 2nd Company, R.A.
The following drew byes:-E Company. R.W.F., Hongkong Football Club, Rangers 19 Football Club, and A Company, R.W.F.
6
R. Basa, c Goldenberg, b Ormsby
M. E. Asger, c Makoyeff, b Denny
L. E. Lammert, c Denny, b Cole...
12
A. E. Asger, 1.b.w., b Denny
A. Remedios, b Denny
G. Remedios, not out
J. Pestonji, c Vercoe, b Ormsby
Extras
Total,..
Denny, c Basa, b Ruttonjee.
Pitt, b Lammert
Cole, e Ruttonjee, b Lammert
Ormsby, run out
ROYAL NAVAL YARD CRICKET CLUB,
Brand, c M. E. Asger, b Stuart
Varcoe, c Ruttonjee, b Hartsem Makoyeff, not out
7)
3
11
1
0
Marques, b Stuart
Andrews, b Stuart
Harteem, e J. Pestonji, b Stuart......
5
42
Extras
Total
The above round must be played off before 7th January, but an extension. to 3rd February inclusive will be granted to the Royal Artillery teams that may not arrive here sufficiently early to play off before 7th January.
SECOND ROund.
(A) Rangers
v. Winner of tis (4). (B) A Company, R.W.F. v. Winner of tie (3). (C) Winner of tie (2) v. Winner of tie (1). (D) Hongkong F.C. v. E Company, R.W.F.
This second round must be played off before 4th February.
1.
THIRD ROUND. Winner of tie (C) V. Winner of tie (B). Winner of tie (D)
Winner of tie (A). The first mentioned team in each tie has choice of ground and must provide ball.
We have received from the local agents of 10 the Canadiaan Pacific Railway Co. two publica- tions issued by the company as souvenirs of the tour through Canada of T.R.H. the Duke and 0 Duchess of Cornwall and York. The first of these is entitled The Royal Visit to Canada and contains a detailed description of the royal train, illustrated with cuts showing the travel- ling arrangements and the most interesting places traversed by the royal tourists. This is got up with the care and finish bestowed by the C.P. Co. on all their publications, and some of the views are charming. The other work is called Across Canada and gives the itinerary for the whole trip with maps and detailed information. This also is a very interesting little book. Their Royal Highnesses, we are told, were so pleased with the accomodations that the train employed may be shipped to England for their permanent use.
QUEEN'S COLLEGE v. CHINESE CLUB. This match was played at the Happy Valley on Saturday, the 3th ult., and resulted in a defeat of the Chinese Club. Appended are the
scores :-
QUEEN'S COLLEGE.
J. Bumjahn, b Tsoihan Fant...
2 40
F. Mootee, c A Wong, b Tsoi Chan Fan.. 14
H. Fucsera, not out
H. Tayler b Tsoi Chan Fan
F. Loureiro, c H. K. Leung, b Ling
U. Alarakia, b Ah Cheong
0
5
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The Rev. R. F. Cobbold preached in St. John's Cathedral at evensong on the 1st inst. to a very large congregation. Mr. A. G. Ward was again at the organ, and after the service Madame Freed kindly sang most impressively Cōnen's beautiful solo "Come Unto Me."
A pony yoked to a trap bolted from the Metropole Hotel on Wednesday afternoon, and ran for three miles beyond Quarry Bay before a collision with a log of wood lying in the roadway upset the trap and brought the pony to a standstill. The trap was damaged, but the póny remained unhurt.
George Rae, marine on the U,S.S Monadnock, had a quarrel with a Chinese woman in a house in Ship Street on Wednesday night. The woman ran downstairs to escape violence, and the marine seized a lighted kerosene lamp from a table and made to throw it at her. As he did so the globe fell off and the burning oil ran down his right shoulder and back, setting fire to his clothes. Rae then dropped the lamp and attempted to step over it, with the result that his lower garments also caught fire. He ran shouting down the stairs into the street, where some bluejackets seized the panic-stricken man and attempted to tear the blazing garments off. This, however, merely resulted in severely burnt hands for the plucky sailors, and the incident was assuming a very serious aspect when Constable Pitt ran up and enveloped Rae in a quilt he had snatched from a bed in a house near by. The flames were stifled, and Rae was carried back into the house he had come from, where it was found that he had been terribly burnt about the legs and body. He was removed to the Naval Hospital, and is now progressing favourably.
On Thursday morning the body of a European (male) was found by the police on Shaukiwan Road between Tzst Tzi Mai and the Metropole Hotel, with a bullet through the head and a five- chambered revolver, one chamber of which was discharged, lying within reach of his right hand. The body, which was removed to the mortuary, has been identified as that of George Graham, at one time a member of the Naval Yard Police. The case is evidently one of suicide. Graham came out to Hongkong with the 91st Regiment in 1888, and left the army in the following year to take service with the Naval Yard Police. He was for seven years in that body, and bore an excellent character. He then went to Selangor to fill an engagement as warder in the gaol there, returning to Hong- kong eighteen months later to join the Naval Store Department, where he remained for two- and-a-half years. He next took employment with the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, and was in their service until within a few days of his death. On Tuesday last he had words with his superiors, and was dismissed. His friends did not notice any change in his manner on account of this incident, but on Wednesday night one of them noticed that he loaded his revolver and put it in his pocket before going out. His dead body was found next morning at half-past three.
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