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the plaintiff, and Mr. M. W. Slade, barrister- at-law (instructed by Mr. E. A. Bonner of Messrs. Donnys & Bowley, solicitors), for the defendant.
Evidence was taken.
SPORTING NOTES.
(Daily Pr. 88, 7th September.)
THE INTERPORT CRICKET TEAM.
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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
INTERPORT CRICKET.
A DUEL.
Shanghai is meanwhile preparing busily for Last Friday a spacial the coming match. mesting was held and the following 17 players were selected for special practices at the nets order the coaching of Mr. Farbridge, who will captain the eleven :---
G. M. Billings, G. C. Dow. R C. Farbridge, W. H. Jackson, A. E Lauuing, O. V. Lanning, V. H. Lanning. R. H. Lynch, A. McClure, K. J. McEuen, W. H. Moule, F. W. Potter, W. K. Stauion, W. J. Turnbull, W. J. Tyack, T. Wallace, and W. H. Weippert.
A telegram was received from ughai by the Secretary of the Hongkong Cricket Club on the 8th inst., stating that Kobe and Yokohama have found it impossible to sent down a team. This is much to be regretted, but it is all the more to be hoped that Hongkong will be able to send up its very best side. The keenness On Saturday afternoon practice
of the con'est will only be enhanced by its Cricket Ground with a view to the coming being now a duel between Hongkong and our old opponents, whose well known strength this Interport match took more definite shape, some dozen or so of the selec ́ed candidates taking year calls for the opposition of the best possible part in a regular game on the pitch. Naturside Hongkong cau pat in the field. ally, seeing that a couple of days at the nets is all that batsmen and bowlers have had so far, the game was
one which does not call for detailed criticism, But a few notes ou such play as was to be witnessed may be of interest. It cannot be said that there was much enthu siasm exhibited on Saturday. Batting and bowling alike were rather spiritless, while the fielding was most palpably lacking in smartness. To the latter remark an exception must be made in favour of Turner aid Pierce, who both of them seemed to realise the importance of throwing in promptly and straight. The other players showed a singular lack of energy, not going after possible saves from a boundary. shying in half-volleys to the wicket-keeper, and failing to back up in proper style. As for the batting, Smith showed fair form and hit hard, but he (and other hard hitters) must remember that the boundaries at Shanghai are very different indeed from ours and that au uppish stroke, which here goes for a fourer, in Shanghai will probably lodge nicely in the hands of an out-field. All the bats displayed laziuess between the wickets, not attempting to run hits out if there was a chance of a boundary. Thris is a disastrous policy, for at Shanghai, where the ground is very much larger than ours, boundaries are hard to get, and a batsman who cannot run between the wickets will sacrifice run after run. A score of 20 at Shanghai will be as tiring to run up as an 80 or 100 on our little ground. Moreover there is a hot and dry wicket to be looked forward to almost certainly.
The point of utmost importance is that our team wants coaching by an experienced player. Whatever side may be chosen, it must be raw as far as intorport cricket is concerned. Why cannot a player like Mr. Sercombe Smith or one of the other old Interport representatives de persuaded to take the team in hand and polish it up, pointing out mistakes, giving advice as to differences of conditions at Shanghai, etc, Surely one of the former upholders of Hong- kong's name can be found to devote a little time and trouble to this work. There is so little
time to lose that it should be taken in hand
at once. In particular, the coach should insist on the differences between fielding here and in Shanghai, for good fielding will make an in-
calculable difference.
The remark about the shortness of time before the team starts on its way north applies with force to the duties of captain. It is absolutely essential that the captain, whoever he is to be, should get to know his men and their peculiarities thoroughly. This was not the case at the last Interport contest at Hong- kong, as is sufficiently well known. Haphazard leadership only courts disaster. Especially in the management of the bowling ri-nced command required; change bowlers must not be mere ventures, as is sure to happen unless their real capacities are known.
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One more remark only. One or two of the better players have not turned up yet. How will it be possible to pick the strongest team if these do not make every effort to come down and get into practice? It only handicaps the
There selection committee.
are of course business reasons which must sometimes keep. men out of the field. But it is to be hoped that all who have a chance of getting into the team, bearing in mind that less than two weeks and a half are to elapse before the chosen side starts for Shanghai, will make a special effort to assert their claims to a place.
OMPAX.
ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB,
CAPTAIN'S CUP AND SILVER MEDAL FOR
SEPTEMBER.
The following cards were returned :—
CAPTAIN'S CUP. Dr. W. B. Drew, R.N .. 90 Dr. C A. Parker, ¡¡.N 81 Mr C. E. 4. Bearis
82 Lieut. A. C. Butt, R.N 107 18
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A Government Gazett› Extraordinary issue I ou the 8th ins'. declared Shanghai "a port or place at which an infections or contigious disease prevails."
While a gang of conlies were working in a quarry at Sai Wan Ho, Shaukiwau Roal, near the shipyard, on the 4th inst., a big block of granite fell on a coolie and killed him in- stantaneously.
During the w.ek ouded on the 7th inst. there were notified in Hongkong one case of plague and two non-fatal cases of enteric fever (European) At noon on the 7th inst. one more plague case was repor ed and at noon on Tuesday two cases--all three fatal. Since then there have been blank r. turns only.
In the City Hall, on the 7th inst., a general meeting of the Hongkong Philharmonic Society was held. The vice-president, Sir Wm. M. Goodman, beiug absent, Mr. A. G. Ward occupied the chair. The only business was the passing of rules, which had been drawn up by the committee. Lady Goodman was the only lady present, the unpropitions weather no doubt keeping many away.
Complaints are being made just now about the systematic th-fts of dogs' collars from dogs that are allowed to go about unattended. The only way to prevent this will be for owners to put collars made of brass or some such material on their dogs' necks, so that the Chinese thieves At the will not be able to cut the collars off. same time it is suggested that there are other dog-stealers besides Chinese in the Colony.
The Empress of India collision case will take place after that vessel's next arrival here. She will be stopping here for three weeks, during which time the Captain and officers will proceed to Shanghai to attend the legal enquiry. The Kaipan and two other Chinese craisers, we understand, are standing by the wreck of the Wong Tai, which sank after her collision with the Empress of India, and salving opera- tions are being carried on.
[September 12, 1903.
A coolie died on the 4th inst. in the E. & A. Trading Co.'s godown. 8. Praya, Kennedytown, as the result of a fall from a plank on which he was standing 16 feet above the ground.
Owing to a number of cases of cholera having beau reported at Shanghai, the Hongkong Sanitary Board, at a special meeting on the 7th inst., resolved to recommend the Governor in Council to declare Shanghai an infected port.
His Worship Mr. T. Sercombe Smith on the 7th inst. gave his finding on the enquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Man Chan, in connection with the collapse of a house in Mui Kwa Lane on the 19th ult., as follows:- The death of Mau Chuo was caused by suffocation as the result of being bu ied under the wall and floors of No. 1, Mui Kwai Lane, which fell on 19th August, 1903."
In Mr. Gạo. P. Lammert's auction rooms on the 7th inst, the property 26, Cochrane Street was sold to Mr. Ng Hon Kin for $11,00), an advance of $2,000 on the original bid. The property is described as all that piece or parcel of ground registered in the Land Office as sub-section 6 of section A of Iuland Lot No. 1, held for the residue of a term of 993 The years from the 5th day of October, 1849. auuual proportion of Crown rent is $20, and the area is 72 square feet or thereabouts.
It is notified in the Gazette that HE the Govornor has been pleased to appoint the following Sanitary Inspectors to be Inspectors of Nuisances nuder the Sale of Foods and Drugs Ordinance, 1896 :-M. Grice, A. Carter, P. T. Lamble, J. A. Lyon, T. F. Conolly, J. Roidie, F. Fisher, L. E. Brett, W. H. Woolley, F. Allen, W. F. Fincher, H. J. W. Gidley. . J. Knight, E. Rogers, G. Hoggarth, C. W. T. Brett, D. J. McKenzie, A. Brown, P. O'Donnell, D. O'Ke-ffe, W. F. Callen, C. H. J. Ross, S. M. Gidley, J. R. Lee, S. Kelly, J. S. W. Brown, M. W. Cleveland, F. O Amy, R. Duncan, R C. Witchell, F. Jones, W. Robert- son, J Williamson, G. Sim, A. Gordon, A. Watson, R. McEwen, and J. T. Cotton,
On the occasion of his leaving the Hongkong Daily Press to go to Johannesburg, South Africa, Mr. T. M. Pollock, who has been asso- ciated with this paper for three years, was on the 8th inst, made the recipient of a handsome present of Chinese silver-ware from the Staff. The editor made the presentation in complimen. tary terms, and Mr. Pollock suitably responded. Later in the evening Mr. Pollock was enter. fained in the Hongkong Hotel by the Inspectors and Sergeants of Police. Mr. H. G. Baker, Chief Inspector of Police, presided, and
were also there.
present inspectors J. Gauld, D.; McDonald. W. G. Warnock, P. Wither and D. Gourlay, McNab, W. Sergeants A. McSwayed, J. Grant, Earner, Cameron, and R. McDonald, Armourer Ser- geant Hawkes, Inspector R. McEwen, Mr. The Chief Inspector J. J.-pooner, ete made the presentation, which con-isted of a cigarette-case silver spirit-flask and suitably inscribed.
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One day recently a Chinese robber was publicly sira gled at the steamboat wharf at Canton, the execution being carried out in the usual method employed. The victim wa placed in a cage with his head through an aperture in the top, which aperture just fitted his neck; then the support on which he stood
he knocked away and
was left hanging there. Death very soon released the nan from his agony. According to some European eye-witnesses of the affair, the execution was carried out with disgusting cold-bloodedness and the man's body was covered with open sores indicative of severe beatings having been The body was left inflicted before death. exposed for 36 hours afterwards. We are in- formed that the crime which the unhappy The following returns of the average amount
man thus expiated was the theft of a tag con- of bank-notes in circulation and of specie in taiuing $1,000 from a fellow-countryman who reserve in Hongkong, during August are certi-was sitting on the wharf awaiting a boat. The fied by the managers of the respective banks :-
Banks.
Average Specic in Amount. Reserve.
$
$ 3,335,319 1,800,00J
tralia and China ....
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thief snatched away the bag, threw it into the river and then dived after it. He succeeded in bringing it from the bottom, but when he came to the surface he was promptly seized by and handed over to the a sampan man authorities. This version of the story, which has reached us in Hongkong, is somewhat different from that given by our Canton ..$14,937,663 $8,950,000 correspondent in his letter in another column.'
Chartered Bank of India, Aus- Hongkong and Shanghai Bank-
ing Corporation ... National Bank of China, Limited
Total...
11,133,377 7,000,000 40.3,967 150,000
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