September 5, 1964.]
HONGKONG CIVIL SERVICE CLUB.
ANNUAL MEETING.
The annual meeting of the members of the Hongkong Civil Service Club was held on the 29th ult. in the Club-house. Hon. Dr. J. M. Atkinson presiding.
The Hon. Secretary (Mr. L. E. Brett) sub. mitted the report, which was as follows:
The season has been a most successful one
for this Club; we are now firmly established on the south side of the new Recreation Ground at Happy Valley, where we have tennis courts, bowling greens and quoit beds, and where also we have erected a comfortably furnished pavilion with bar attached; we have a Cricket Ground near the pavilion, which we use on Saturdays during the Cricket season. The Cricket League competition put friendly games in the shade, all interest being centred in the result of the League. In a close race with the Army Ordnance Corps for the Shield, we were beaten by 5 points by that Club. During the season we played 14 League matches; we won 11. drew 1, lost 2, the teams to beat us being the Hongkong Cricket Club and the Army Ord- nance Corps. Hon. Dr. J. M. Atkinson kindly presented a cup to be won by the bowler with the best analysis in League matches; this handsome cup was won by Mr. P. T. Lamble with 39 wickets at a cost of 4.56 runsper wicket. Mr. Witchell was 2nd with 30wickets at 7.43 per wicket, and Mr. Jackman was 3rd with 33 wickets at 7.45 per wicket. Mr. J. Reidie presented a bat for the best batting average and a ball on silver stand for the best bowling analysis of the season. The bat was won by
Hon. Dr. J. M. Atkinson with an average of 14.7 for 11 innings, and the hall by Mr. R. Witchell with 54 wickets at a cost of
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per wicket. Mr. R. Witchell Was the best all-round player of the season. Hon. Dr. Atkinsou took a great interest in the Club, and it is due greatly to that interest that we finished so high up in the League table. The Club is well supplied with cricket and tennis gear, bowls and quoits, all of which are in good condition. Two quoit beds were laid down under the superintendence of Mr. Edwards, to whom the thanks of the mem- bers are due. Thanks are also due to Mr. Dougherty for the great interest he has taken in the laying of the bowling greens. membership at start of season was 38, but it is now over 80. A quoit tournament was held during the winter. The singles were won by Mr. J. Devney, Mr. McKenzie receiving 2nd prize. The doubles are still to be decided. bowls tournament is in progress at the present time. Hon. Dr. Atkinson betokened his con. tinued interest in the Club by a donation of $25 to the prize fund of the bowls tournament. Mr. Wheal did yeoman service for the Club, and on his departure for home on leave was presented on behalf of the Club with a piece of plate. When we consider that we have during this year built and furnished a pavilion, laid on water and gas and bought entire new stocks of cricket and tennis gear, quoits and bowls, the satisfactory financial condition of the Club is to
be marvelled at.
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The report of the Hon. Treasurer (r. Alfred Carter) showed that the income during the past season had been $3,268, leaving a deficit of $34. The season had been a very expensive oue for a newly-formed club, but thanks to the loyal support of the old members, backed up by a large number of new members, the Club had been able to make very good and sound progress. and had also equipped themselves for what promised to be a very successful coming season. The CHAIRMAN said the report showed that there had been a most successful season. Marked progress had been made. Not only had the matshed in which they were met been built and furnished, but it had been paid for. he understood, and in addition the membership of the Club had been more than doubled. During the winter months great interest was taken in the cricket. The Club team made a good bid for the League Championship, but the Army Ordnance Corps was too strong for them, and he thought their record could not be con. sidered
a bad
one Out of 14 matches 11 were won. Still, if they wanted to keep up their record next season they must put their best foot forward. There was no doubt that the Club had supplied a much-needed
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want in Hongkong. He was convinced that if they wanted to maintain their health and vigour in the East, exercise was above all things necessary, and the Club gave an incentive for that exercise. Many of the members had to work in unhealthy surroundings, and nothing could be better than to come down there and engage in sport or see a keep game in one of the most picturesque valleys in the world. He would take that opportunity on behalf of the members generally of thanking Mr. Alfred Carter. the treasurer, for the great interest he had taken in the Club, and the time he had spent upon it; they could not have been in such a good position if it had not been for him. It also spoke well for business men that they the committee as were a le to put forward such a good balance. sheet. He proposed the adoption of the report
and accounts.
Mr. J. REIDIE seconded, and the motion was agreed to.
Mr. L. E. BRETT proposed the re-election of Mr. W. H. Woolley as captain.
Mr. REIDIE seconded, and the motion was agreed to.
Mr. WOOLLEY proposed the re-election of Mr. F. T. Robins as vice-captain.
Mr. J. PARKINSON seconded, and the motion was agreed to.
Mr. WOOLLEY proposed that Mr. A. Brown be elected captain of the A team.
Mr. A. CARTER seconded, and the motion was agreed to.
Mr. W. PITT moved that Mr. W. W. Cooper be re-elected vice-captain of A team.
Mr. WOOLLEY seconded, and the motion was carried.
Other elections were made as follows: Bar Committee Messrs. M. Iver. F. T. Robins, W. H. Woolley, and L. E. Brett.
Tennis Committee -Messrs. W. H. Woolley, R. C. Witchell, M. McIver, and Higby.
Bowls Committee--Messrs. J. Reidie. F. Howell, E. Dougherty, and W. Brand.
Quoits Committee-Messrs. A. Brown. J. Parkinson, Hudson and Duncan.
A vote of thanks to the Chairman, proposed by Mr. Woolley, brought the meeting to an end.
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REVIEWS.
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FAR EASTERN TRADE ITEMS.
The China Merchants will in future have the monopoly of all the tribute transport, which it is estimated will represent a saving of Tls. 30,000
per annum.
The Foreign Ministers in Peking have pro- tested against the Chinese monopoly of working of mines in Honan, and insist that foreign capi- As Prince talists be also allowed to take part. Ching cannot give a decisive opinion on the matter the question of monopoly is temporarily shelved.
in other markets.
The shipping trade, reports a Hamburg correspondent, continues to suffer from the unfavourable position of the freight market, and the war in the Far East also is exerting an in- fluence, as vessels which formerly carried goods to China and Japan now enter into competition
Mesars. The yarn market. reported by Cawasjee Pallanjee & Co., has been steady since last report. Total sales. 4.575 bales, at prices improving by fifty cent to dollar increases per bale. Cheap Japanese yarn has competed strongly. There are (26th August) about 14,000 bales unsold. Local twelves sold $112 to $114; Japanese "twenties" $132.
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Viceroy Wei Kuang-tao has memorialised reporting the total amount of funds collected by the various likin offices and stations through- out the province of Kiangsu during the year 1903 as Tls. 1.850.000, part of which has been sent up to the Imperial Exchequer in Peking for the use of the Government and part spent in liquidating indemnities.
The Acting Governor of Hunan reports having engaged five Japanese gentlemen to serve as teachers in the Normal and High Colleges in the Capital of the Province. These teachers have been engaged through the Chinese Minister in Tokyo with a monthly pay of from Tls. 150 to 200 per man with free quarters. These gentlemen left Tokyo for China a few days ago. and it is expected they will arrive early next month.
In order to promote industry in North China Viceroy Yuan has given permission to the Director to the Bureau of Agriculture at Pao- ting to establish a glass factory at Wan-fing Haien (near Peking), for the manufacture of all kinds of glassware after Japanese methods. His Excellency has given Tls. 20,000 as part of Nami-ko. A Realistic Novel, by KENJIRO
TOKUTOMI. Translated from the Japanese the requested capital, which will be subscribed by Chinese officials and merchants in this province by Sakae Shioya and E. F. Edgett. London:
The Viceroy of Yun-kuei has memorialised G. P. Putnam's Sons. Boston: H. B. Turner
regarding the construction of the French rail- & Co. 1904. Hongkong: Kelly & Walsh.
Since the spring of 1898 After making some allowances for several way in Yunnan. noticeable faults of translation. we are impres different parties of French engineers have suc- sed by this novel, as an excellent and unusually cessively visited the province for the purpose of truthful picture of life in modern Japan. That surveying the route which was marked out. villain Chijiwa is the universal villain, making Now the company suggests an entirely new route, over 1,000 li. or about 33 miles in length. play with eyebrows, cigarette, and the exclama. tory pshaw ! like any Adelphi specimen. The estimated cost of the necessary lands and
wheat at
other expenses will be at least Tls. 1,000,000. There is an allusion to fields of Otsu which we imagine to be a translator's mistake, and a slip about "even an Arab courser under & 200lb. rider, which was sweating' probably the author's. The form of the letters passing between husband and wife.
in the original, over, would scarcely be as they are in their present form quite un-Japanese. But the pictures of Japanese domesticity, match-making, mother-in-law-made divorce, corrupt contractors, are all photographi- cally true. The little picture of the able General poring over the Royal Third (English) Reader "is to the life. We have seen our boot- maker in the past cobbling away with an English book propped up before him; and his reading was all of the cat that sat on the mat and ate the rat." It is rather shocking to have the shimada coiffure referred to as a b、ng." but some Americanisms were inevitable. As a story. Nami-ko is fully convincing, and the pathetic history of the Japanese sailor's wife enlists the heartiest interest and sympathy. More stories of modern Japan, viewed from the inside as this one has been, will be heartily wel come. Mr. Kenjiro appears to be the Japanese Thomas Hardy, or (should we say) George
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Mr. G. D. Pitaipios (Vice-Consul) is in charge of H.B.M.'s Consulate-General at Shanghai during the absence of Sir Pelham Warren, who in Japan.
At the instance of the Director-General of the Southern Railways, official proclamations" have been issued by the Viceroys regarding the construction of the Shanghai-Nanking line by British capitalists, and at the same time their Excellencies strongly advise the wealthy Chi- nese officials and merchants to purchase the shares of the company at £100 per share. An the line is in Kiangxi, which is regarded as the wealthiest province in China, it is believed that the line will become one of the most profitable railways in the Empire. When it is completed the profits on the shares will probably be much increased.
There is a rumour that the Hongkong Opium Farm is sending a petition to the Hongkong Government, applying for a reduction in the amount paid monthly for the Opium monopoly, as (it is said) the Farm is at present running at a loss. The same thing, it appears. has happened in the Straits, where also Chinese competition the tenders to prices beyond all reason. The Penang Opium Farmer recently applied The for a reduction of $60,000 in the Farm's revenue to the Settlement, and the Government In Singapore, granted a reduction of $50,000. Likewise, the Farmer applied for a reduction of 3185,000, in his monthly payments of $485,000 The Government offered a reduction of $50,000 and he amended his application for a reduction of $150,000: he was granted a reduction of $100,000.
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