£8, 1903.]
ndid game, ably supported by Cooper, Goldring and Wolfe. Pearon and Harvey red well, the Club's outsides, however, did not play with enough dach, The Naval halros were inclined to be off-side, but their three- quarters marked their men well. Cor ar at back played his usual sound game,
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CRICKET.
H K.C.Ç. V. HOCKEY CLUB. The following are the scores in the above match; played on the 21st ipst' :—-
KK C.C.
B. B. Garde, R.N. (capt.), o Parker, b
Hancook
4
54
W: Dixon, run out
8
Capt. Fawcett, E.A., o Maitland, b Gray 42 8. D. Blair, B.N., b Carter
A. H, Bissett, B.N., & Hooper, b Gray
P. T Lamble, b Hancock
B. EO. Bird, e Cooks, b Hancock
Lit. Mahon, E N., o and b Carter..
Lt. T. Shelford, B.N., 1.b.w., b Hancock
Lt. Toulmin, R.M.L.I., b Carter
G. Grimble, not out
Extras
Total
HOCKEY CLUB.
G. A. Cooke, B.N., o Blair, b Bird
CHINÁ OVERLAND TRADE REPORT. VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB ROWING RACES,
On the 21st inst the Victoria Recreation Club had a couple of rowing races at Kowloon, this being a new departure having for its object the improvement of the racing at the next Regatta. It was wholly successful, although the number of spectators might have been larger. Both races were splendidly contested. The first was a one-mile scratch four-oared race and the other a half-wile double-scull race. Appended are
the results:-
SCRATCH FOUR-Oared BACF-1 MILE. 1 Station No. 3. Rose-
...
***
F. K. Tata G. H. Ruby I.. C. MussO
A. E. Aives C. M. B. Alves
Station No. 4. Shamrock ---
Bow
2
3
Stroke Cox
4
Bow
2..
2
7
3...
***
Stroke
2:6
Cox
***
H. A. Feth A. E. Asgar F. M. Roza Pereira C. 8. Hance H. M. Bain
3 Station No. 1. Leek-
Stroke... Cox
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F. D. Bain
J. Jordan
H. A. Lammert
There were Ave entrants,
T. C. Gray, b Bird
8
Bow
R. H. Carter, R.N., not out
42
Dr. Meadon, R.N. (capt.), o and b Toulmin 3
3
F. Maitland, b Blair...
H. Hancock, b Fawcett
$4
J. Hooper, b Bird
7
A. Ransome, R.N., b Lird
2
C. A. Parker, R.N., not out
C. P. hater, Junr.,
} to bat
Extras
5
128
Dr. L. E. Dartnell, R.N.,
Total (for 7 wickets).. BOWLING ANALYSIS.
Carter
Meaden .............................................** 9
HK-C.C.
ALCUNA CA 06
0. 18 1
X. R.
W.
74
3
32
Hancock
17 3 49
Gray
9 1
55
HOCKE CLUB.
0. X.
W.
Toulmin
1 H
1
Bird
14
4
3
4
W. Dixon
10
37
Blair
3
11
I
Fawcett
5
21
1
Lamble
4
13
2
1
Bissett
A.O.D. C.C. ✔ CRAIGE GOWER C.C.
This match was played at the Happy Valley on the 21st inst., between the above Clabs, and resulted in a vistory for Craigengower by 4 wickets and 27 runs.
The following are the scores:-
A.O.D. C.O
I illywhite (capt). b Herton
11
Anscombe, b Pestonji
42
Robinson, b Harton
Kutter, a Basa, b Herton
'
Bradford, b Herton
19
MacGibbon, o Stuart, b Herton
Maldrum, b Pestonji
Bromley, b Herton ...
Langley, run out
Burges, b Pestonji.
Lashbrook, not out
Extras
M. H. Harteam, b Anscombe
* ****
Total
89
CRAIGÉNGOWER C.C.
2
L. E. Lammert, b Bradford
24
E. R. Herton, a and b Anscombe.
0
B. Pestonji, b Bradford
E. Bass, b Bradford ..
31
L. A. Rose, b Bradford
J. L. Stuart, not out.
14
J. D. Kinnaird,
$
did not bát
H. Yacobji.
Extras
M. E. Asger (capt.), not ont
E. Ford,
Total (for 6 wick«tu)
11
.116
cking telegram to the N.-C. Daily News that at the meeting of the Diplomatic held on Tuesday, the 17th inst., the ich Minister, acting on his instructions the French Government, moved that the fers should accede to the proposal of the Government to collect the Customs ution on a gold busia. This was seconded by * Russian Minister, but the majority of the „Ministers decided against granting China's
request.
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J Millar
F. W. White
The race WHE
fixed for 4.15 p.m. and the starter's gun went off promptly to the minnie. Coming down the course Shamrock gained a slight advantage and opposite Yaumati Police Station was leading by half-a-length. Then Rose came up with a spurt and going at a great pace took up the lend and evenitially won by about half-a length. It was a pity that no official time was taken, for it must have been very fast.
DOUBLE-SCULL RACE—§-MILE.
1 Station No. 2. Powerful—
Bow Stroko Cox
་་
8. Musso ...F. M. R. Pereira C. M. Alves
2 Station No. 3. Terrible
Bow Stroke Cox
... J. Mackie 8. A. Moore ...F. W. White
The entrants. Again Mr. Meek got the boats away to a good start and an exciting.race ensued, l'owerful winning by less than a length and Terrible getting into second place with a few feet to spare.
He con-
At the conclusion of the racing the prises were presented by Mr. Frank White, the popular Hon. Secretary of the Club. gratulated the members on the success of the races and said be hoped to be able to get up another meeting of the same kind next month. The prises, which consisted of silver salt cellars for the first race and silver match-boxes for the second, had been presented by a well-known local gentleman- good sport himself. (Applause.) The races had been keenly contested and he only hoped the losers would not be discouraged but have better luck next tim2. At the close of the three cheers were given presentation ceremony, for Mr. White and for the donor of the prizes, It remains to be added that Mr. T. Meek ̃aoted as starter, Mr. W. Armstrong as umpire, and Messrs, . H. B. Mitchell and A. A. Alves as judges A polios launch kept the course clear.
A New York despatch to the Cablenews states that a company has been incorporated for the purpose of taking over the franchises for an electric light and street railway plant in Manila. The capital stock was fixed at one million dollars fully paid and non-assessable.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
The records of the Board of Health show that for the month of city of Manils there were 18 plague, of which 18 on en ↑ disease attacked Filipinos for a large number of Chinees
Among a number of awards by Humane Society for distinguished saving or attempting to save life, sik has been presented to J. Shearme, fourt of the P. & O. Malacca, for ■ gallant toff Woosung, China, on December 15th, shortly after midnight.
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The Tonkin was two days late at Singapor When she passed Pulo Web, Sumatra signalled that her starboard shaft was Enquiries at the Singapore offon Messageries Maritimes Company elicite information that the Tonkin was able to from ten to eleven knots on one engine.
The United States Consul-General at: Ban kok in a recent report to his Government forwards and endorses the views of a budner man well acquainted with trade throughout the For Fast to the effect that thers in ■ good opportunity for the establishment of a properly conduɛted American firm in Bangkok,
Prince Tsai Chen, Chief. Chineso Commis. sioner to Osaka Exhibition, if is stated in a
private letter from Peking, will take with him presents for the Mikado amounting to the value of Tls. 5,000. It is not alated whether the presents are intended to be from Prince Trai Chen himself or conjointly from the Empress Dowager and Emperor.
The Ketteler Monument in Peking, which was built by the Chinese Government in com- memoration of the late German Minister mur- dered in 1900 by Tung Fa-hsiang's toldiers, cost Tls. 190,000 'all to'd; but it remains to be seen, mys the N.C. Daily News, what sort of bill the officials superintending the work intend to charge the Imperial exchequer. If precedent b followed it is expofed that the Government will be charged at feast a million taels,
It was reported on the 24th inst, that a shock. ing fatality had occurred at Quarry Bay shipyard on the previous evening. A Chinese widow woman, Cheung Tenng Tai (44), who had been employed for only two weeks in the yard, was passing over one of the level crossings on the locomotive track when she was struck by an engine and knocked down. The whole train, consisting of ser-n trucks, passed over the un- fortunate woman's body, which was cut to piaceR. It seems that the deceased was stone deaf and hence did not hear the engine approaching. She leaves one child.
Mr. Schwab, the President of the United States Steel Trust, and at present travelling in Europe, has been negotiating with the Russian railway authorities for permission to run his ‘own special train on the railway system of the Russian Empire en fer as Port Arthur. Mr. Schwab has received rermission to run his own special train along the Biberian Railway as far as Lake Baikal. As through communication by rail comes to an end a few miles eastwards of Irkutsk and on the shores of the lake, the Russian authorities have promised to place a special train at Mr Schawb's disposal through- out the entire length of the Manchurian
K. Pry Railway.
The Philippines Commission vision for the appointment of a sion to represent the gover and other countries to pur manuscripts relating to Philippine Islanda. The to lay the foundation of a wherein there shall be gat tant records bearing in of the country, its direc its development Sipe remains of its pro-d to be appointed and o ber-E
The Philippines Civil Commission has ap point d engines.s to investigate conditions relative to the building of railroads in the | various parts of the Archipelago. 'l hey will visit all parts of the islands and the po-sible routes for roads, make preliminary surveys and report to the Civil Governor. The results of their investigations will be published in the United › tates with a view to interesting capital | my in the cousta uction of railroads in the Philip Coun pine Islands. These engineers are to be under position the general supervisory control of the consult- also be ing engineer to the Commission.
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