August 8, 1904.]
China 21ba. extra; non-winning Jockeys allowed 5lbs. To be won by the pony scoring most marks in the races for the Cup by the end of the Club's season, counting 4 for a first, 2 for a second, and 1 for a third. The benefit of marks already scored to pass with the pony on a sale. Any winner of the race to carry 5lbs extra for each win in subsequent starts for the Cup. Penalties accumulative up to 15lbs. Five to start or no race. One mile. Entrance fee $5, to go in the purchase of a memento to the winner of each race. Second prize : 825,
Mr. J. Johnstone's Ca Canny. 13 hds.;
11st. 5lbs.*-(Mr. Johnstone).
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Mr. G. H. Potts Desert King, 13 hds.:
11st. 5lbs.*--(Mr. Gregson).
Mr. G.K. Brutton's Little Momo, 13 hds..
11st.*-(Mr. Brutton).
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Mr. Percy's Discord. 13hds.: 11st. 5lbs.*
(Mr. Alderton).
Mr. J. A. Woodgate's Starling. 13 hds. 2 in.. 10st. 8lbs. †-(Mr. Marshall). Mr. Babington's Rocket, 13 hds. lin.:
10st. lbs. ++--(Mr. Rutherford).
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* Abs, over; † 5lbs. allowed; † † 4lbs. over. This was The, with a capital T." event of the day, and a very good race it proved. After two false starts the six ponies got away in a line. Passing the Judge's Stand for the first time Desert King had the lead, with Ca Canny second and Little Momo third. Desert King continued to make the running right around the valley as far as the village, when Ca Canny challenged. In the straight a ripping race was witnessed. Messrs. Gresson and Jolinstone,
using their whips freely, covered the last few yards neck-and-neck. Ca Canny (Mr. John- stone up) won by less than half a neck amid great applause. Little Momo was third. The time was considered good.
Time: 2 min. 10 3/5 secs. Pari-mutuel : $9,60,
ONE MILE.
A flat race for all China Ponies which have never won a race. Weight for inches as per scale. Jockeys who have won an official race in Hongkong or China to carry lbs. extra. Jockeys who have never won an official race in Hongkong or China or a race under the auspices of this Club allowed 5lbs. Winning ponies at this meeting to carry 10lbs. extra. Entrance fee $5. First Prize a Cup presented by H. E. R. Hunter. Esq. Second prize: $25.
Capt. Ward's Royal, 12 hds. in.: 11st.
7lbs. †-(Mr. Johnstone:
Mr. Gaskell's Arranapoque, 13 hds.:
10st. 7lbs. *- (Mr. Gaskell)
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Mr. Inglis Eclipse. 13 hds. 1 in.. 11st.
Llb. (Mr. Inglis)
3
Mr. Alleynian's Modesty. 13 hds.; 11st.
*-(Mr. Gresson)
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Mr. G. K. Brutton's Heathermoth. 13
hds.; 11st. *—(Mr. Brutton)
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Mr. J. Patterson's Zufall. 13 hds. I in.:
11st. 3lbs. *—(Mr. Mackie)
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* 2lbs. penalty: 12lbs. penalty:
allowance.
5lbs.
Passing the Stand Arranapogue was going somewhat wildly ahead of a procession; Eclipse, keeping well in to the rails, was second, and Modesty third. Mr. Gaskell continued to make the running recklessly. Going down the hill on the home side of the black rock Mr. Johnstone challenged and won the race prettily by about half a length. Arranapogue second: Eclipse.
third.
Time: 2 min. 15 secs. Pari-mutuel : $8.10.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
HONGKONG.
Lieut. Colonel W. S. Birdwood, of the 110th Mahratta Infantry, has been gazetted colonel.
H.E. Sir Matthew Nathan, K.C.M.G.. has appointed Mr. R. A. B. Ponsonby his private secretary. Mr. Ponsonby was private secretary to Hon. F. H. May, C.M.G.
Mr. J. H. Kemp beat Hon. Pollock, K.C.. in the Chess Championship semi-final.
He won one game and the other two were drawn. The championship now lies between Mesars. Kemp and Falloon.
F. Shuster. an engineer employed at the Quarry Bay Sugar Works, died in the Civil Hospital on the 5th inst., having been found
unconscious near the No. 2 Station. It is feared that he has been injured in jumping off one of the trams. A large sum of money was found in his clothing. There will be an inquest.
The friends of Mr. Charles Perkins will regret to observe in another column the aunouncement of his death, which occurred after a short illness at the Government Civil Hospital on the 6th inst. The deceased had been in the employ of Messrs. C. J. Gaupp & Co. for upwards of 15 years. He leaves a wife and four children to mourn his loss.
The Assessor, Mr. Arthur Chapman, reports that the new valuation makes the rateable value of Victoria $8,342,470. Last year's assessment was only £7,427.100. The increase is therefore equal to 12:32 per cent. The Hill District's assessment has gone up 15'15 per cent. Aber- deen. 10-93 per cent.; Hongkong Villages. 5.52 per cent.: Kowloon Point 2027 per cent. Yaumati, nine per cent., Hung Hoiu. 21.36 per cent.; and Kowloon Villages, 32 per cent. All these increases mean that the rateable value of the whole colony has been rais·1 13.03 per cent. from $8,749,643 to $9,890,521.
The Right Rev. Bishop L. M. Piazzoli, who is ill. left on the 4th inst. by the German mail steamer Prinz Regent Luitpold for Italy for a prolonged rest and change. His Lordship, who had been engaged in mission work for about 5 years, has never been home except once for a few months. We hear that his medical attendant assigns this long stay in a foreign climate as the cause of his present complaint, and advised an immediate trip home, which we hope will prove a benefit. His Lordship's returu as the vicar apostolic of the Roman Catholic mission in Hongkong, will be welcomed. A large number of people went on board to wish His Lordship Godspeed. including nearly the whole of the Roman Catholic clergy and Senhor Conselheiro Romano. The Revd. Father Pozzoni, who has also been in China for a long time, accompanies His Lordship home.
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Messrs. A. S. Watson & Co., Limited, have been appointed chemists to His Excellency the Governor, a distinction enjoyed by the firm ever since its foundation in 1841.
A man was found on the 29th ult.; with his Chinese medicine shop. throat out at No. 222, Hollywood Road, a It is believed that deceased was in financial difficulties, and com- mitted suicide.
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A prisoner, arrested for larceny, escaped out of the dock at the Police Court on the 1st inst.
from the very ancient wooden railing and crept and got clean away. He removed a few bars away, unnoticed by the court people, through the back doorway. He has not been recaptured.
The Chief Justice. Sir William Meigh Good- man, goes home on the 27th inst., and during his absence Sir Henry Spencer Berkeley, Attorney-General, will act in his stead. Mr. E. H. Sharp, K.C., will fill the post of Attorney- General.
The Widgeon, a new armed shallow-draught steamer, built for the Royal Navy by Messrs. Yarrow and Co., will be employed on the China station. The Widgeon, which was laid down on November 2nd, has been constructed with a length of 160ft., a breadth of 24ft. 6in., and a displacement of 195 tons. Her draught of water is only 2ft. 6in., and she is to be commis- sioned for river service in the Far East. Her engines are of 800 horse power, propelling her at a speed of 13 knots per hour. She is equip- ped with two 6-pounder quick-firing guns.
A collision between the steamers Wangloi aud Ujina occurred off West Point at about 8 p.ni. on the 3rd inst. It appears that the Wonghoi, a Norddeutscher Lloyd-for- merly one of the Scottish Oriental Co.- steamer, had just arrived from Bangkok, with a cargo of rice, when the Ujina, British India Co. steamer arriving from Singapore, collided with her. The bow of the Ujina came in contact with the starboard gangway of the Wongkoi, breaking up the ladder, and badly denting three plates. The Ujina got her stem badly twisted. It is understood that those on the Ujina thought the Wongkot to be under weigh.
The Leviathan went into No. 1 drydock at Kowloon on the 6th inst. On her hull being bared it was seen that the midship part of the vessel must have rested somewhat heavily on the table of rock which she "found,“ when anchored at Yungching Bay. The nature of the image shows clearly that the rocky bom in question was unt of a pert'cular.y uneven nature; it bruised, but did no. pierce the vessel's bottom. Another thing that was particularly fortunate under the circumstances was that the Leviathan had no centre keel to he driven through her bottom. She has bilge. keels, or rolling-chocks, modern class of warships. When the vessel "sat down the plates started, and allowed water to find its way into the tank space be- tween the vessel's inner and outer shells. This space, however, being in compartments the water was confined to amidships. Altogether some 100 feet of plates will have to be removed-that is, 100 feet of four lines of plates. The repairs ought to take about six weeks,
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A concert was given at the Metropole Theatre for the benefit of Mr. Will Lansdowne, the popular actor and vocalist, who originally came to Hongkong with Leavitt's "Troubadours." From a musical standpoint the performance was all that could be desired, but the attendance was lamentably small, owing to some extent to the the fact that similar performances were taking season of the year, and in a greater degree to
A most enjoyable al-fresco entertainment was given by the Royal Garrison Artillery in place in the colony at the same time. Lansdowne has been particularly unfortunate
the Victoria Barracks at which a consider.
he in that shortly after his arrival in the colony able number of spectators, both male and
compelled to
his connection female, to say nothing of the younger mem. with the Troubadours," and for over two bers of the community, put in an appearance. mouths was laid up in Hospital with The performance was the second of a series typhoid, and it is therefore a matter of regret inaugurated by the R. G. A. under the to his Hongkong friends that his benefit esteemed patronage of Col. F. E. Kent, concert was not productive of better results. R. G. A. and the other officers of the Among the many able performers who gave him regiment, and great credit is due to J. R. their assistance may be mentioned Miss Fairbairn, S. M.. for the very efficient manner Dora Grey, who charmed the audience with in which he carried out the onerous duties of her sweet and unassuming rendering of several president and master of ceremonies. The pro Mr. Anderson, according to a North China of our best known ballads, while Mr. F. gramme was a lengthy one and consisted of paper, is the new secretary of the Tientsin Club. Gonsales was in splendid form, and prov-vocal and instrumental items, which were in
When Captain Davies, of the Bingo Maru,ed himself beyond all question one of the most
most 48.808 very well rendered, and it is was appointed manager of the Grand Hotel at accomplished violinists in Hongkong. Mr. Will 4 matter for congratulation that the Yokohama, Mr. Louis Eppinger, the veteran
boast of so much musical Lansdowne himself gave several well-known regiment can manager, was retained as adviser.
songs with characteristic ability; in fact one talent. The second part of the programme was and all did exceedingly well, and we can only given by the Lyeeman Minstrela, composed of regret that the audience was not larger and that members of the 83rd Company R.G.A., and right the proceeds, in consequence, were so far below well did they acquit themselves. The entertain. what the promoters had every right to expect. ment concluded at a late hour in the usual way We understand that the Amateur Dramatic with the National Anthem and cheers for the people of Hongkong are taking an in. Colonel and officers of the Royal Garrison terest in Mr. Lansdowne's affairs.
Artillery.
The London telephone girls have been striking against a ten hour day.
Their grievances are to receive consideration.
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The Singapore Free Press reports a soliloquy "stoney-broke officer gazing at the departing form of his mess sergeant, in these words: I get four hundred a month and can't save one, and that man gets one hundred a month and saves four."
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