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KOWLOON BOWLING GREEN·
OPENING BY THE GOVERNOR.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
some time ago by the Cricket Club for a site in the King's Park, but there was a difficulty in doing so, as the bowling greens prevented a cricket ground being made here of sufficient size to be nseful. I then suggested to the Bowling Green Club that they should by which a good cricket ground could be made come to an arrangement with the Cricket Club and the bowling greens preserved at the same
[December 23, 1905.
SUPREME COURT.
Monday, 18th December.
IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.
BEFORE SI FRANCIS PIGGOTT (CHIEF JUSTICA).
MANSLAUGHTER.
An interesting event took place at Kowloon on the 16th December when the new bowling greens and tennis courts just completed for the Kowloon Bowling Green Club were formally sopene by His Excellency the Governor. As
time. The Club met our wishes in the matter, a well known, a re-arrangement of the greens was found necessary when
with the result that the bowling greens have been a ground shifted and the cricket ground has been formed. was allotted by the Government to the Kowloon I thought their conduct was sportsmanlike the mansianghter of Wong Hok in Kowloon Wong Sing, chair coolie, was oharged with Cricket Club. They were closed to allow the interations to be carried out and now th work has (eur, hea ). I hope they have në tlest thereby; | City on 6th November. The Attorney-General been finished there are two well laid bowling | more square feet than before and we helped (Sir H. Berkeley) conducted the case for the I don't think they hare. They have now 1.700 them to fill it a little. They have got prosecution, prisoner being undefended. two excellent bowling greens and two new
The following jury were empanelled: Mes rs. Pat, Alfred Sheffield, J. D. Auld, A. J. Ward, and H. G. Simms.
greens, with a feunis court at each end, while a handsome pavilion overlooks all, in
which
comforts and convenience cau be secured by tennis courts. I have nothing more to say but Carl Schluter (foreman), A. J. Williams, Chan
the members..
For Saturday's ceremony the ground was gaily decorated with bunting, and a large number of ladies and gentlemen attended to participat in the interesting proceedings. Among these was a contingent from the sister bowling club, the Civil Service. The band of the 2nd West Kents was present and enhanced the pleasure of the afternoon by discoursing attractive selections. The Governor who was accompanied by the Attorney General, Sir Harry Berkeley, was met at th entrance in Austin Road by the president
A plea of NOT GUILTY was tendered. The Attorney-General, in opening the cise, said that both prisoner aud deceased were in the employ of a military officer. certain
On 6th November
congratulate you on your greens which are position, in what, if not alreads, will be the prettily laid out and situated in n central
most important part of the col
ny, Kowloon (applause). I don't think the railway will disturb you m ch. There will be a amount of whistling all round. I have to go to regard to that same railway, and I thank you Taipo in order to see the surveying with again for this pretty souvenir of my visit to the greeus this afternoon.
Aud now I formally declare the greens to be opened (pplause).
In the tout Mr. W. Ramsay proposed the Captain McIlroy, the secretary, Mr. A. Rheal h of the Governor, to which His Excellency Kinross, and Messrs. W. Ramsay and Mac Donald, and escorted to the tent, where th
replied. members of the committee were introduced t him. Then an adjournment was made to th bowling greens.
Captain MCILROY said-Your Excellency, as President of the Kowloon Bowling Green Club it is my pleasant duty to welcome you among us to-day. The event is an auspicious one in the brief annals of our Club, t is being the third occasion on which the laws of the Club have been opened, each opening being marked by notable advancement and extension. The club first saw the light six years ago, and it is testimony to the good feeling which has prevailed in the ranks of its members that nearly all the original members who remain in the Colony are still with us.
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The club was sure to
Sir HENRY BERKELEY proposed prosperity to the Kowicon Bowling Green Club. They bad heard, he said, from His Excellency how and by that co-operation secured an advantage the Club had co-operated with the Government of additional ground. prosper, and on alvantage was that many of its members joined the Volunteer Reserve A-sociation (laught r had already recruited six that afternoon, and
and applause). that was the best possible indication of its hope for the future (applause).
He
during the season as follows. President's priz› The Governor then presented the prizes won
Vice-president's priz:-1, Mr. G. H. Edwards; -1, Mr. J. Gault; 2, Mr. J. M. Hnderson, The Club bas, Mr. G. R. Haxton. Championship priz:-1,
Mr. J. P. Gau't; 2, Mr. G. R. Haxtou.
all along been entirely self-supporting aud, with the generous recognition extended to us by your Excellency, by which we one and all feel highly honoured, and for which we are truly grateful to your Excellency, the ground on hichw we are now assembled has within the past few years been transformed from a murahy waste to a scene of bau'y. This im- provement was first instituted by the Kowloon Bowling Green Club, and the Government, in the vigorous measure it has taken of late towards completing the King's Park, is doing all it can to complete a desirable memorial of the Coronation of our beloved sovereign (hear hear), which will be appr. ciated by the residents of Kowloon for my generatious to come. The Club provides in Kowloon a quiet spot for lovers of a quiet and not over strenuous recreation and that our lady friends have not been neglected is evidenced by a small addition to our club house, reserved specially for their use, and the addition of the tennis courts, which our new ground affords us space for. Without trespassing more on valuable time, I would now ask your Excellency to be so od as to throw the jack and declare the greens open for play (applause).
His Excellency was then handed a silver jack which he threw, and followed it by a bowl amid cries of "Good Shot." Another ceremony took place at the end tennis court, when His Excel- lency played a set with Mrs. McIlroy, the wife of the president. On returning to the tent,
Captain Mellroy asked the Governor to accept a silver jack, suitably inscribed, and mounted on a black wood stand, as a souvenir of the occasion.
His EXCELLENCY said-I accept with deepest thanks this pretty souvenir of this pleasant occasion. It gave me particular satisfaction to accept the invitation of the Kowloon Bowling Green Club to be present this afternoon But open their new greens, because it seemed to me that the Club hid behaved in a Very sportsmanlike way in the mann r they met the Government's wishes with regard to the Kowloon Cricket Club. We were approached
His Excellency afterwards made, on behalf of the Club, a presentation to Mr. Kiaross, the secretary, in recognition of his valuable services in getting the new greens made.
The gift took the forin of a silver kettle,
Mr. KINROS8 acknowleged the gift and sail that what he had done for the club he was
prepared to do again. He had done his best.
There had been
lot a
of
work
in
forming the greens, but if the members were satisfied he was more than repaid for what he had don- (applause).
Tea was dispensed by the ladies and a few rinks played on the new green, but the pleasure ever, the ceremony of the afternoon was all that unfortunately was marred by the raio. How. could have been desired, and the members were pleased at its succ -83. The ladies wer- thanked for their services, ou the call of Mr. Jack.
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE CANTON LEPERS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS.
Canton, 13th December
SIR.-I am very grateful for some good donations towards the Leper R lief Fund. In during the next ten weeks we will need some order to relieve the worst forms of suffering
more help. We hope that some more friends will remember these suffering lepers.
Please acknowledge the following contribu- tions and oblige.Yours truls,
ANDREW BEATTIE.
A Chinese Friend... J. J. Tavaria, Esq, A Parsee Friend A Parsee Friend
$25 5
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The plague totals remained unaltered on Dec 16. at 301 cases aud 253 deaths. On the 18th, however, two more fatalities were recorded, making 303 cases and 285 deaths,
dec ased was carrying a bundle of clothes to the audry, and crossed over to Kowloon in the
wheu, according to the evidence for the Crown, same service launch as prisoner. On arriv. 1 at Kowloon deceased was going along the street he knocked with his clothes bundle against prisoner, who was accompanied by several chair coolies and washermen. Some words followed and prisoner, calling deceased "a saucy fellow," caught up a pole and struck him on the head with it, inflicting the injuries from which he died. There was nothing to justify the prisoner striking the decased in the way
he did
A constable spoke to seeing prisoner strike the deceased with the pole. The other men were fighting among themselves. He rushed out and with Inspector Cameron arrested the men. After being in the Police Station for some time de eased became sick and vomited.
not Cross-examined-He did
SAO that prisoner attemp'ed to separate the man who were fighting or that deceased assaulted him.
along the street. Behind him was a number of Prisoner made a statement in which he said that on the day in question he was walking washiormen carrying their bundles recklessly. A free fight ensued and probably deceased was strack by one of the others. One witness for the pros cution said prisoner struck one blow, and another said he struck more than that, so he asked his Lordship not to accept their state- ments. Besides when deceased pointed, in reply to the question by Inspector Cameron as to which man struck him, he did so at random.
The Attorney General having addressed the jury, his Lordship summed up; and the jury returned a verdict of guilty.
Prisoner said it was a case of oppression and fals accusation, but if the jury found him guilty he asked his Lordship to deal with him leniently.
Sentence of three years' hard labour.
AN ABSENT JURYMAN.
Mr. James Walker, who failed to respond to his name when the jury were empanelled in the above case, now appeared, and in answer to his Lordship's question as to what excuse he had to offer, said he had no intention of evading the summons of the court. He was busy in his office and it entirely escaped his memory ill the bailiff appeared at the door. His Lordship said he would not fine him this time but he would have to be more careful in fu ure.
ALLEGED BRIGANDAGE.
EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF DETINTION FOR EANBOM.
Yeung Ho, alias Yeung Pat, and Kwok Yau were indicted for f loniously detaining six men, Chan Kam. Lung On, An Pang, Leung Chi, An Yau and Yeung Tin Chi, farmers, of the Heung Shan district, at No 10 Battery Street, Yaumali, with intent to procure a ransom for their liberation, between the 15th and 26th November, 19905, contrary to Ordinance No 2 of 1865, section 4k. The Attorney-General prosecuted, prisoners being uudefended.
The following jury were empinelled: 'Messrs. B. G. Mobta (foreman), Hermaën Ehmer,
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