Daily Press
of 7.8.17.
No. 270.
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HONGKONG.
THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR.
No.
14
1917
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor, 16th August, 1917.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 15th August, 1917.
SIR, I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your code telegram of the 4th instant conveying Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig's message from His Majesty's Armies in France on the third anniversary of the war.
This message was read by the Bishop of Victoria at the Special Service of Interces- sion held at St. John's Cathedral Church on the 5th instant and has been published in the local Press. The confidence in ultimate victory which it breathes is shared to the full by all classes of the Community of this far distant outpost of the Empire, who are filled with admiration of the splendid achievements won by the heroic armies serving under the command of Sir Douglas Haig.
I enclose copies of the Litany in, which the congregation at the Cathedral Church joined during the Service of Intercession, on the conclusion of which a special collection was made in aid of the Prisoners of War fund. I also enclose a Press account of a Special Service and collection held at the Sikh Temple on the 4th instant, which was largely attended by soldiers, police and private watchmen and others of the Sikh religion in the humblest walks in life in the Colony. A further collection was made on Sunday August 12th which brought the total amount subscribed to the sum of $512.
Special Services were also held on Sunday the 5th August at the Roman Catholic Cathedral and at the Union Church both of which were largely attended.
I have, &c.,
F. H. MAY,
Governor, &c.
The Right Honourable
WALTER LONG, M.P.,
&c.,
&c.,
&c.
Telegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the Governor of Hongkong, dated 4th August, 1917.
Sir Douglas Haig sends the following:
"Our Armies in France drawn from every part of the British Empire, bring to the fourth year of the War a steady confidence justified by their past achievements.
Unfaltering in their resolution to complete the task to which they have put their hands, they will fight on till the enemy is overthrown."
LONG.