7-9, 9-7, 9-7, 8-10, 9-7, but lost in the 2nd round to R. S. H. Smith (Oratory), 9-1, 9-7, 7-9, 7-9, 6-9. A. C. Ping, G. P. G. Stephenson and M. S. Douglas were selected to play for Yorkshire Public Schools v. Wales, at Harrogate, on January 7th.
S.S. HOLMPARK. The " Holmpark " arrived back from Karachi in September and discharged her cargo of wheat at Liverpool. Her next voyage, which began soon after the beginning of term, was from Cardiff to Buenos Aires with a cargo of coal. This voyage—a distance of over 6,000 miles—took twenty-six days. Unfortunately, our mail failed to reach South America in time, and did not reach the ship until she arrived at Durban late in November after a seventeen days' voyage without cargo from Buenos Aires. However, Capt. Rickard, Mr. Martin, Mr. Johnson and our other correspondents sent a most interesting mail from Durban, extracts of which are printed below. The " Holmpark " is now on her way to Manila, again with a cargo of coal, and is expected to arrive soon after Christmas. This is over four weeks' voyage, and is the longest made since we joined the ship.
THE RIVER PLATE. I see that you ask for a description of Buenos Aires, so I'll try my hand at it. To begin with, the whole country around Buenos Aires is flat, and from the roads it is only possible to see the tall buildings, so it is not interesting in that respect. We pick up the pilot 115 miles from the town, and the roads are 18 miles from the town. The town itself is quite up-to-date, and, as you know, considers itself the Paris of the South. It has many fine buildings and many splendid wide streets. It has excellent shops and many picture houses, but strange to say the most fashionable shops are in one of the narrower streets, the Floriedaprobably a survival from the old days. The docks and harbour works are quite up-to-date. Regarding the trip up to Rosario, I went there to load in the " Grangepark," and here again it can hardly be called an interesting river, as the shores are flat and it is possible to see for miles over the surrounding country; only in a few places are there slight cliffs along the river bank. About fifty miles above Buenos Aires the river becomes fairly narrow, and the bar above Buenos Aires limits the draft to 26
