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Finally in the sixth round, after St. Clair, who had gone down twice and refused to do anything but clinch, had seemingly tried to throw his opponent, Morgan, who was having all the best of it, olsimed a foul and held up his hands. St. Clair rushed in, struck him in the stomach, and as Morgan bent forward caught him another blow in the face. This finished the affair. Cries arose from all parts of the house, seconds were in the ring, and bluejackets on the stage. The police stepped in and stopped the fight, which the referee gave (or tried to give, for his voice could not be heard) as a draw. With reference to the question of fouls, in justice to St. Clair it must be pointed out that the referee, though he cautioned him (as he also di Morgan for some unknown reason), did not give any against him, and that Morgan made & mistake in throwing пр his bands. Morgan is a very fair, indeed over-chivalrous boxer; but he should know that it is permissible to take full advantage of the rules, and that these should be well-known before entering the ring. On the night's work the sailor should have won easily his opponent evidently underrated him, and was in poor condition. St. Clair's style is not one which could ever be popular in Hong- kong or in circles not accustomed to the clinching methods and
other finesses of professional heavy-weights.
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We trust that this affair will have one good effect, that it will make the authorities more careful in their supervision of boxing.
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FOOTBALL.
H.M.8. CRESSY V. H.M.8. The semi-final
on
LEVIATHAN, in the Football Shield competition
played Was
on tLe Club Ground st Happy Valley the 9th inst. The Leviathan kicked off, making a rush on their opponents' goal. The Cressy keeper made a goal save within the first few minutes. Murphy, of the Leviathan, burt his ankle and was carried off the field, being taken away to hospital in a ricksha. The Leviathan thus were one man short. McCoy (Cressy) scored the first goal; Mills (Cressy) a second. The Leviathans, though they played an excel. lent game, did not score in the first half. On the re-start the play was again very fast, the
Leviathans having decidedly the best of it. Kinch (Leviathan, scored a goal; and a little later Oldham scored another, making the scores level. An exceptionally good game ended in a draw:-H.M.S. Cressy, 2; H.M.S. Leviathan, 2.
H.K F.C. V. GUNROOM OFFICER OF FLEET.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
debate or discussion embracing men of the Thistle and the Rose, be it white or red, is still lacking, and we still live only in and for the present.-Yours truly,
This Rugby game, played at Happy Valley on the 8th inst., ended in a win for the Naval team. The latter kicked off, and a very interesting first half ensued, nothing being scored by either side. In the second half Crake eventually got away, passed to Jordan, who in turn passed to Black, who scored a try. It was not converted. The Navy looked like equalising, when Dixon secured a free kick, and play was diverted to mid-field. The Nary at last scored try, honours falling to Favell. The shot was straight, but had not force enough The Navy had the best of it to the end of the game, Boyle scoring a second which was not converted. That was just before the whistle blow. The game ended Navy, 2 tries; Club, 1.
CORRESPONDENCE.
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THE 30TH JANUARY ANNIVERSARY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS," Hongkong, 5th March. Sir,--Your paragraph of news relating to the observance of this anniversary in London should interest not a few adherents of Church and monarchy. While avowed Jacobites mark this day with affection, the Church everywhere, and not only a local City church, is bound in faithfulness to note this day in some measure. By such attention Churchmen are not of neces- eity committed to any political party whatso-
sver.
While gatherings of men of mutual shires and schools abound in Hongkong, does not this day remind us that a gathering for historical
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PAVIMENTO,
LOST ON HONGKONG ISLAND.
A MIDNIGHT RAMBLE.
Mr. Alec Marsh once told me that he lost his way in the course of a walk on the island of Hongkong, and as he had a better knowledge of the island's roads than anyone else I ever knew there is a certain amount of consideration due towards two luckless colonists who had a similar experience on the farther side of our Rock two nights ago. We walked out by Tytam to near Stanley, and the going was pretty hard. Unfortunately we put off the return journey until it was dark, confident in our knowledge of the road over the hill, to get back home well b fore midnight. Au old Chinaman came with us as a guide. He carried a lantern which just served to make darkn.ss visible. At the top of the first hill we gave him twenty cents, and telling him to go back to his bed, hied us on our ungaided way. To our cost we found that we had done a very unwise thing in dispensing with his services. In wandering up the crooked path we happened to take the wrong turning at some point or other, and while we walked along under the impression that we wero dipping down into the Happy Valley we suddenly awoke to the fact, borne in upon us by the strange configuration of the land, that we had been travelling not towards Hongkong but away from it. A reference to our watches acquainted us that it was now past midnight. We were high up on the hillside, and beneath us there was a broad bay. The road on which we journeyed was invisible for more than twenty yards in front, but the bay was refulgent with the shore and spread out into gleaming silver, phosphorescence. As wave after wave broke on
the scene was one to entrance the eye. Some- how or other it brought to my mind Words- worth's lines commemorative of the sea of duffo ils that met his gaze in one of his beloved glades-
And still my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.
However, the Buffalo who was the companion
to the
of walk disturbed all semblance of senti-
my mentalism by a very realistic proposition namely, that we should go down beach and have a bathe. A midnight bathe It seems a strange proceeding now that it can be looked back upon, but it was more enjoyable than many a midsummer swim I have bad in the Ouse's upper reaches. It was like bathing followed by a phosphorescent streak, and the in molten silver, for every dip of the hand was water was pleasantly warm. While we were engaged in the subsequent ordeal of drying
us Fan-kwei.
[March 12, 1904. reputation; if so, I would send these two gentlemen down to posterity. They had in their possession three-quarters of a bottle of beer, and they gave it to us.
Heartened by our hospitable entertainment we proceeded on our way rejoicing. It was a long time before we reached Little Hongkong and then Aberdeen, in which latter place we wakened up all the dogs of the village, and they woke up the cocks, so that we traversed the streets to the tune of early morning sounds which were enough to make Peters of us both. A lukong on his weary beat smiled broadly at us when he found out that we were not armed robbers, and directed us to take the turning to the right up the hill before reaching Aberdeen Dook, and he threw a sort of Parthian shaft after us by a gratuitous piece of information to the effect that via the Wanchai Gap we could easily get to Hongkong in an hour and a half. I suppose he had regard for our tired appearance in bis calonlation. I know a man for whom I had formerly a great respect as to truthfulness. And he told me he has walked from Aberleen to the Clock Tower in thirty-five minutes. It took us more than the full period that the lukong had ventured to assert it would. I have lost my respect to a great extent for the gentleman who said he did the journey in thirty-five.
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JAPANESE STUDENTS' WAR SONG.
The Japan Mail gives the following trans- lation of a patriotic song sung by students at a Tokyo Colleges in honour of the recent suc-
cesses: -
1. Hark to the wail of the disembodied spirits over Liaotung that was once purchased with their blood! When the wind blows drear at
night o'er the yellow sands and white fields,
but gee! over the mountains of Kan the sky does it bring no sound of strife? The traces of the righteous war have long since vanished,
is low'ring. The sun sinks behind the range of Chohaku and what shall be the doom of its ancient dynas'y ?
2. Hark! At the slogan of the Cossacks, the virtues of sovereignty totter. If the bene- volence which ancient Confucian sages have
taught in the scriptures written in the books
common to 113 all should perish with the to rise again. If you pity them arise and slay country, then 400 millions people will fall never
the cursed foes of humanity.
3. The waters of the Amur once flowed with blood and five thousand lives perished. Yet massacre was not satiated, and at Kishineff too there was a heap of corpses. selves the soldiers of the Tsar-the Slavs-they They call them-
crimes against God and man will never be are all robbers. The history that records their
blotted out.
4. Where now are your words that talked of universal peace? Shall that mouth_that swore the oath now feed on Manchuria? In the east, have arisen and will slay Russians as an offer- in the Land of Faso our patriotic people
ourselves without towels an old Chinese fisher- thought we were evil spirits. At least he called man came up and accosted us. Probably he
As the result of a ragged conversation and twenty cents the ancient one volunteered to set ns on the straight road foring to the God of peace. Hongkong, and we gladly availed ourselves of his assistance. We accordingly went to his hut on the beach it was about as big as a hen- coop and waited while he had a preparatory smoke. One blessing he was able to afford us was a box of matches, but he could not give us cha. From what we could make out--he spoke Hakka-it was apparent that we had landed in the neighbourhood of Saiwan Bay, not far from Lyeemun Pass.
It was very dark when we started out to climb the hills under the ciceronage of our fisherman. He was a good walker and took us along at a fair pace for about five or six miles. Then we descended into a valley. In the distance was a light. We struck off the roadway and made for the light. It was a little after one o'clock. The light turned out to be the glare from the window of a house. There was a Chinaman in it, and we asked him for a drink of tea or water. He gave us some water, and then made the startling announcement that there were two Eulopean gentlemen" at the other end of the hut. Great was our relief to hear it. As it transpired we had struck the Telegraph Company's hut close beside the Golf Course. I wish that I were capable of giving to anyone a lasting
5. When peace shads its bright lustre over the Eastern Se', then we, taking the staff of the Merchant God shall lay strong and firm the foundations of permanent prosperity. When the sword-blade Hashes on the battle-field the fate of our Home Land rests with you. Advance comrades, tried and true Advance strong sons of a martial land.
Over a dozen well-known war correspondents for English and American papers left Tokyo at the beginning of March, in despair of being able to get any independent news or to go to the front.
An American teacher, named Herald, who had just arrived in the Philippines, while at Tannaw on the 26th ult, shot and killed the brother of the President of that place, one José de Veyra, a Filipino. It is believed that Herald did the deed under the impression that de Verra was a robber or murderer, or both, while in fact the unfortunate man was entering the house to pay his respects to the newcomer. The case has been set for trial in April, Herald being released from custody under a $1,500 gold cash security.
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