The final match for the R. A. Chal-Tenge Shield took place on the uth ult. at Causeway Bay. The finals lay be-[tween a civi team and one from the officers of the 33rd Burmas. At the con~ delusion of the game tha score. was jetvilians, 1 goal 2 subs; Burmas, 1 goal sub. The trophy was presented tot winning team ey Maw. Bi R.A, and A. R. Lowe. Ssu far as I know, your team have met only three of the abore 12 on former occasions Taken as a whole there is yood stuff in the team, and indiviauslly there is plenty of talent, and all are 2s keen as mustard. Ir they do not win, which in my opinion open to doubt, it is expected they will give you one of the best contests you have a little disturbance "in the winds that Mayor "Bryan, Commandin Battalion RG. ALT ever fought with Hongk The team blew caused by the recent typhoon, which passed within three hundred miles of the 33rd Burmas played a selection of music colony, we have had neither tempest nor during the afternoon, torrents. The rainfall for September was 21.95 inches, and the end of the The Hongkong Cricket Club rainy season appears to have arrived.
The Plague Ci ilian on the held their annual general inst. The is large; Mr.
W. Mitchell has practically disappeared, but a case ocpresided. The report was read and cured only yesterday, and' we still await adopted and Mr. Mitchell re-elected the ten days' freedom from cases Fresident. The vacancies on the Com-necessary to ensure us a clean bill of tree were next filled those elected health, and it seems us far off as ever. being Messrs. R. Hancock, F. Maitland, The Legislative Council W. Goldring, It. Rimingtou, 8. I°.; met on Thursday, the Ist inst., when the It. Solilect, R-'N., Messrs. H. Arthur, Diron and Mackenzie, 'The minutes of the Public Works Committee scheme for a now pavilion was di: dealing with the proposed convict. prison but was held in abeyance for the on Stonecutters' Island, the Bacteriocom mittee to decide ways and means. logical Institute, and the Gunpowder Depot on Stonecutters' Island were The Hongkong Hockey Club considered. A number of questions were put by the Hon. H. i. Pollock beld its annual general meeting on the and answered by the Colonial Secre-29th inst. Mr. J. Barton presiding. The vary and Director of 3 Public Works, report hav been read and adopted, which cuswers if not wholly satis.
3 3ray the Hon. Seereproposed election of Mr. factory, at least' threw some much Fron, who hid taken tne needed light on certain matters. Bills to amend the Merchant Skipping Con-interest. in. the Club; only solidation Ordinance and the Magistrates* ing he had received Ordinance (the latter to check the growth view of of the practice of enticing married women the Cup Fund, he from their husbands now' prevalent the would make that affair his own and' en-New territory) were read a first time, closing a cheque for the amount paid for and the Ordinance providing for the the Cup. He, the speaker, proposed estimates for 1904 was read a second that Mr. Barton be elected a life member time. The Counci! then resolved itself and perpetual President. of the Club. into Finance Committee and considered This was unanimously carried amid apthe estimates item by item, and passed plause. The committee were then elect-them after discussion. With reference ed and the proceedings terminated. tw the new Law Courts, for which a vote Royal Hongkong Yacht Club. of $60,000 was taken, the Director of Public Works said the present contract.
The annual meeting of this Club was was for three Feans, but it did not include the internal Guisblags. Ho thought the hold yesterday, when Commodore Robinson was elected Vice-Commodore, Mr. building would take four years to build.
Campbell, R. E., Hoo. Secretary, The principal factor in tha work occupy-and ing so long a period was that the entire Mr. Denison, Official leasurer, with fabric would be faced with granite from Colonel Brown, R. E., and Messrs. Slade, top to bottom. A vote of $40,000 was Pollock, Bird, and Tomes unofficial men. agreed to for the new Post Office, which bors of Comunittee. An attempt was the Director of Public Works estimated made to get the Cup races fixed for would take about three years to complete Saturdays instead of Sundays as hitherto, after the foundations had been _iaid. and a long discussion ensued, the argu-'These would occupy twelve months. An-ments pro and con beng pretty equal la other vote of pill.c interest was that for weight. Ultimately on a division it was new Rifle Ranges, of $14,000. The Ohairdecided, by 10 to 7, to sail the Cup races man stated that so soon as the new on Sundass. ranges were formed at the back of Kowloon City, the existing ranges would be
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