with extreme regret thst tke Jecez the esteemed and beeved Wresident the Society ever since its formation, Mr. Lewis Moore, is to be recorded. He has always taken a very keen interest in the welfare of the Chinese Jews. Auvther regrettable incident has also happened since the date of the lust General Meeting. Mr. Li King-son, who was the first motive Jew come to Shanghai in 1900, died on Tuesday, the 1th Ab., 5663 (4th August, 1903). Ho was given a Jewish burial and buried in the Jewish cemetery. Several members of the Jewish Lommurity attended his funeral. It was then discovered that be bore the covenant of Abraham. This makes one inclined to presume that during Mr. Li King-son's infancy circumcision was "not altogether forgotten. He didn't seem, how-fever, up to the time of his decease, to know anything about it when he was repeatedly asked various questions on the subject.
Soon after the last General Meeting, our late President' made an appeal to" coreligionists all over the globe on behalf of the Chinese Jews, and copies of his appeal were forwarded to various rts of the world and published in several Jewish papers in ype and America. Unfortanately, how-the support received in response to such' an appeal was not of such a nature to enable the Committee to take such steps in the rescue of our native ce-religionists as they would wish to have done.
It is due to various causes, but principally to want of sullicient funds ut the disposal of, the Committee, that the sending of a mission to Kaiféngfu for the purpose of obtaining trustworthy and reliable information, which they had in view since te formation of the Society, bad not yet come puss. 5 'A ce-religionist in the north of China, has acquainted the Committes of his kind intention to take a trip to Kaiféngfu, us soon business duties permit him to do so, und visit the Chinese Jews for the purpose of obtaining proper information as to their state, etc. A Hebrew scholar was retamed to accompany him there. Unfortunately to the cause, however, utter the lapse of about a year he had to suddenly alter his phus, and he was obliged to give up the idea of going to Kaiféngfu. Another gentleman, a member of the Committee, Mr.
Shekury, has since intimated to the other ce-members of the Committee his'kind intention of going to Kaiféngfu during the autumn months. The present politi troubles, however, made him postpone hi journey for the time being, as travelling the interior, and more especially in Honan, is not a safe thing to do now.
Since the death of Li King-son, two of the ative Jews went back to their homes, and we have now with us six of them. They are attending the Shanghai Jewish School and studying Hebrew and English. Several attempts have been made to obtain employment for some of them, which did not prove Successful, owing to their insufficient know-edge of the local dialect or English. If no further help is received in the near future these six native Jews will have to be sent back to their homes, as the balance of the fund now in hand will not go very far in maintaining and educating them much Jonger.
Vice-President.
The appended acoouints show receipts, in-nding $5.06 brought forward, amounting The final tie in the © Skottowe" Cup] 4 competition took place on Saturday tod to what points to report, and afternoon in beautiful weather. The) Troop 15 minutes after for the same Football Club played first with the sun] points, in their eyes, Mr. Skottowe Kicking off" soon after 3.30 pin.
The S. F.C. soon] was the Old Woman's Bridge"; the second The frst Point in charge of Mx. Zahn Degan to take the upper hand, and it was not long before MacPhail put the ball through the posts, notching their first goal. After the restart the Football Club again pressed and Matthews sent in a good shot, which was well saved by the goalkeeper. A few seconds later A. E. Launing scored the second goal for the Club with a splendid shot from the inside felt Bscert for cocealonal vaperte. by): the Engineers, their goal was hard pressed during the remainder of the first half, but the straight shots of the S. F.C were well stopped by Smart, and one or two occasions the Football Club wore penalized for their forwards being offside. Just before the whistle blew for half time, A. E, Lanning got badly hurt in the ribs and had to retire. At half time the score was two goals to nil in favour of the 8. F. C.
On resuming, Lanning again took the field, but had again to retire, being more seriously hurt than he had thought. In the second half the S. F. C. again pressed. The ball was and again by fod, but on each occasion nit into the net by MacPhail
the whistle sounded for offside.
Then the Engineers made a splendid rush down field and almost scored, Richards saving well, Play did not remain long in 8. F. C. territory, for the ball was again put into the Engineers' net, the whistle again sounding for offside. Shortly afterwards Matthews shot a lovely goal, carrying the ball right into the goal mouth' himself. Shortly afterwards he again scored, the result of an excellent contre by Lemarchand.
thing further was scored, and the 8. F.C. therefore won by four goals tonil.
Of the winners, Tyack, t centre half, was the pick, and he received splendid assistance from Turnbull. Manchan played a first-rate game at full back, in which position Barry also showed up well. Of the forwards, Lemarchand played capitally, centering beautifully and always in his place. Matthews and Tod also played well. MacPhail began well, but, as usual, fell off in the second half.
Of the losers, Smart played a good game in goal; Anderton was excellent at full back; George, at centre half, showed that he wi far from being a novice at the game; and Ross and Miller were the pick of the forwards.
The teams were as follow Aderon pack, Masse 1 Bek
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