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THE LAW COURTS,
THE POLAYEN" FIRE.
ADJOURNED ENQUIRY AT THE
MARINE COURT. ·
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1916.
MEN AND MORALS.
MEN BE MORAL?”.
innocent party, but the Church, bad never felt any doubt as to the BISHOP NORRISON WHY SHOULDght or wrongness of tha re-marriage of the guilty party. There was a rule of the Church In connection with the National which Caffeofect the guilty party, Mission of Repentance and Hope, but the rules of the Church in the third of his series of four ad Bishop Norris last night delivered this connection had not been laid down sufficiently definitely, nor had
Commerce room at the City Hall that if people divorced by the
they been made absolutely binding."
The room was filled to overflowing Stato married again, they should be The subject of the Bishop's discourse
fing donation to the funds of the jol the fire on the Asiatic Petroleum bably about six or seven feet deep. The dresses to men in the Chamber of The general feeling in the Church
Hospitals-
Poultry Guild
A Selection from the music for
Church.
difficult for a workman through the agency of a candle to at the fan cass accidentally alight-unless he held it directly up against the casting
Axked to give his opinion de to the cause of the fire, witness said the coal on the bizkar was immediately above The enquiry into the circumstances for sometime. The coal would be pro- the store and bad been in the bunkers
Co's oil-tankar Pokaren at the Kowloon coal may have been ignited on the Dock on November 2nd, was resumed bottom side by spontaneous combustion. $200
: 4 this morning.
thus beating the plating on which it The Court was composed of Com reated and causing an explosion that was "Why should men live a moral married by the State, which was Kismet, composed by Mr. Norman mander C. W Beckwith, RN, might have been emitted from any gases life?" Before dealing with this always possible, and not by the Peterkin for the A.D.C coming Marine Magistrate, Com F. Gibson, from the tanks in the store-room subject, however, his lordship made production, is now on sale at Masac RN, HMS Tumar, Capt IL W. That might have accounted for the The Robinos Piano Co., Anderson and Walker, master of the ss. Awang-fung, "bomb" which some of the witnesses
a reference to the war news and Co., Moutris and Co., and Romer and Mr. Jas. Macdonald, the Govern referred to. There was the poossibility replied to several questions which he and Komor, at $1.50. per copr.: the
ment Marine Surveyor.
that an explosion occurred in the fan had received through the post. One proceeds to go to the fund. It has
Mr. F. C. Jenkin, instructed by Mrs. | cassing through coal gas caused by fine correspondent affirmed that the A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd., been very tastefully reproduced by the Hooper, of Messrs. Johnson, Stests and coal dust. Another reason was the Bishop's remarks on Monday were Hongkong Printing Press, the artistin Master's office, appeared on behalf cotton waste which was very inflamm Socialism, and asked, if. Christ's cover design being by Mr. E L Sim the Asiatic Petroleum Co., the appliable and the changes were if any of those teaching were Socialism why the It will be found to be a meat pleasing cante for the enquiry; and Mr. H. W.
Bishop did not say so? and suitable souvenir of what promises Looker, of Messrs. Deacon, Looker,
Bishop's reply was that he did not. to be the greatest achievement of, our Deacon and Harten, represented
know what SociaEsm meant or what local A.D.C. and the brilliant work of a the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co
his correspondent meant by isles Another question asked was "how could a nation follow an ideal when ita democracy was a hollow sham? On this the Bishop dwait upon the
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THE WAR NEWS.
gifted composer we are fortunate enough to bare in cur midst.
REVENUE OFFICER MURDERED.
BATTERED" TO DEATH AT YAUMATI BAY.
'A Chiness revenue officer attached to
kerosens tics were leaking and got on the floor and throngh the list of the ship got on to the cotton waste which was in damp state, the combination of the
two would ignite the wastes.
Answering Mr. Jenkin witness said both kerosene, and lubricating oils are off gases which would rise and reach the plate overhead.
The
base
#3 adjourned till Wednesday at 10.30.
Mr. Looker continued with his evidence on behalf of the Dock Co. and called a Chinese électrician
who stated that on the morning of the fire he went on board to test the electric lights which were being supplied from the Dock Co. The lights placed in the engine room by the Dock Co. comprised two-group lights on each side. Holes were being drilled in the ship for CANADA AND THE WAR. the boiler makers by électricity and they
STATEMENT BY THE C.P.R. were using lights, supplied from the
PRESIDENT. Dock Co's, surrent.
the Imports and Exports department was murdered last night on board a sampan in Yaumati Bay. Two revenue Interrogated by Mr. Jenkin, witness officers, of whom the deceased was one, said during his six years with the Dock boarded the
and there was a sharp short struggle during which the deceased had his skull caved in by a piece of iron. His companion, realising his awkward predicament and hoping to avoid a similar fate, jumped overboard and chambered ashore.
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deposed to going into the engine room. store room on the Polaren. He saw tank with cotton waste, containing mixture of used and unused. The bonch was cily in patches.
a
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New York."
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duties of citizenship.
JAPAN'S INTERESTS IN CHINA.
AMERICAN OPINION..
The New York Herald of October Vizh The says
Though bleeding with sacrifices and tures, before our Lord's day, and ir. bending with effort in behalf of the great the New Testament Sariptures they empire of which she is an integral part
Canada's biggest role in the play of were handed down by the God.
is not now but Bright
ber rocord máy ba
nations
There is every indication that this relationships and interests. The matter arenaing the keenget interest here. country inces à now era in ita Far Eastern
Chins should be welcomed by the Japanese, who tear only a menace to
their political fintoresta America's
tmditional policy, it was explained,
Wm. Forsyth, an assistent engineer only a ghbor the future. inspired action of the Jewish and gives Japan adequate assurance. that
she has nothing to fear from American might be much for her to fear in the. expansion in China, whereas there. policies of other Powers.
Japan desired only the protection of the development of rests in China ar
political interests tumores and industry. Having no- thing to fear politically from the United
participation in commercial and in- to gain commercially by American Statca it was said, she bad everything.
dustrial enterprise in China. For Japan to lock Ching up would be as senseless,
But it is not possible to obtain, ut this time, any official comment upon this idea Japanese-American co- operation based upon a tacit recognition
of what is to come. Her Christian' Church." greatest opportunities, although secured
A further question related to the in the Dock Co, said he had been in this through a trying present, will be shown employ for three years and was formerly when, with the war settled, she ander pay of the clergy in contrast with
chiefengineer. The engineering depart for. Success will come, measured
takes to assume the place she has fought the poverty of Christ., The Bishop ment of the Polaren was under his charge. forethought. By falling duties as made a somewhat lengthy comment The electriclight on the Foiaren was presented to-day Caanda will be able to on the subject in the course of which
reap abundantly of the supplied by the Dock Co. Witress gave the years, surely not far distant, will be contested the view that the
prosperity which
fan edge. The Polaren was formerly mistakes have band, to be rectified have the whole subject of the pay of the instructions to the Atter to uncover the bring.
Bishops were overpaid, and said bat German vessel and was taken over by been those due to short vision, and that clergy ought to be considered by
Canadian history shows that what.
the British Admiralty and converted the deeds most criticised have been of into a distiller. At the time of the fire over-anticipation. Between the two is the laity. The Bishop described the she was boing turned into an oil tanker ment. Blind faith in the country has
the straight course of steady develop present arrangements in England as for the Asiatic Petroleum Co. The been, to a large extent, the guiding star sandalous. day before the fire the lights in the engine has been a ready
of the men who have built. Speculation "Passing to the subset of his dis-" room were in good order. Each light had rich beyond the dreams & TODD course the Bishop asked at the out-of Japan's vital and dominant political a wandering lead of about 30 feet. Pel Calm, conservative business set: "What is morality?" and be interest in that field. Witness want on beard the Polaven on thought of
pioneers spanning the prairica with a defined it as the law of good and Political interests of the United States the morning of the Bre, about 7.30. He transcontinental line, while bold daring evil, right and wrong, made by Gore likely to be involved to an extent,
built pet
it is thought, which makes it impossible ; Canadian Pacific, the pioneer, urged
it
was said, as it would be impossible.
by Judge E. H. Gary, and followed this The interview given to the Herald
from many prominent students of Far morning by discussions of the subject Eastern questions, has served to stimu late thought and discussion here Still another question related to tion by the United States of a Jabances. Judge Gary's advocacy of a recogni- the authenticity of the Scriptures Monroe doctrine in China and, with that, The Bishop replied that the subject increased afforts by Americans to parti BAD as the news is from the Ru
was too big to be dealt with properly resources and trade, followed a state- cipate in the development of China's manian theatre of the war, we think
in a few words, but with regard toment given to the Harald from official the inspiration of the Bible he said Japanese sources, in which the sugges the KAISER's theatrical announce
The believed from the bottom of histion was made that Japan could offer ments may well be received with
the most sincere welcome to and co- heart that the men of old spoke as operation with American enterprise in caution. We are hearing very ittle
Lord Shaughnessy, President of the they were moved by the Holy Ghost. China on such a basis. indeed from the Russo-Romanian
sampon at YaumatiCo. he had never seons candle being Canadian Pacific Railway, who sailed and that their words were recorded, vital interest, it was said, it was a Even from the standpoint of Japan's side but it is well to take note presumably on information received wed
recently for Europe, made the following or their writings were preserved. by logical proposition that American of the fact that the number of and with the idea of conducting a search.
Henrique Coelho, a Dock apprentice, 7 statement before his departure from the Holy Ghost in the Jewish Serin participation in the development of, prisoners which the German com. The crew of the empan showed fight maniques claim form but a small fraction of the Rumanian Army If that be the case, we may still entertain the hope that the tide rosy yet bo turned. The plaza of the Allied military authorities are to the general public a sealed book We The polics were apprised of the are at a loss to understand in the first outrage and this morning recovered the place the lack of preparation for battered body in the presence of theather effectually meeting such an offensive revenue officer who, apparently over. as the enemy has launched against come by the hideous sight of his Rumania. It is cleat that on all the companion as he was bought to the Rumanian frontiers, taken together, surface, again jumped overboard. the defenders were greatly out Lifebuoy and ropes were thrown to his numbered; that when they strength-assistance and when rescued he was ened oge point, ao as to stop, the unconscious. enemy, it was at the cost of The Police, we believe, have made weakening another, where the enemy
several arresta. promptly inflicted a defest. We have seen it stated that there was nothing surprising about this, so far as con- cerns the Rumanian Army, for it was perfectly well known that it was not large enough to hold the whole of its
tion of tho
Canadian Pacific was folly. enormonaly long frontiers, and that
not go down to see. He did not think to choose is no easy task. We do
"Canada's course is the centre ne morality in its full senze-religious. 10.30 ath-Auction of Oil Painting the surprise is rather in regard to the
there was any occasion for anyone to be not wish to cramp our future by a commercial and sexun!. Men who by Mr. E. Belsito at Messrs. Hughes, Kussian reinforcements, which cannot
working in the bottom of the engine. BATTON limited ima
dimagiration, neither do did not believe in God, if they and Bough's
we wish to He did not remember seeing anyone reader the load we are now carrying too consistent, had no need to "trouble
ve to greatly overdevelop and thus 10.30 am-Auction of Gramophone bave been so large us was popularly
in the engine room. Records at Messrs. Hughes and hoped, and plainly have not been
He left the ship great. It is sometimes hard to realise about Society or conscience: they Hough's
large enough for the work. "But we J. P. Robinson, L. J. Blackburn, yard, and while there he heard there
material the 10.45 4.m.-Auction Jewellery, may surely conclude that as the Macaskill, W. E. Stapleton, EJ was a fire. He returned to the Polaven
fature Edwards, Col. Watson, A. O. Brawn, S.
population is not a
126 an election of what i J. R. Mead.
coming, or of what it will be after the the attitude consistent with a lack monwealth Statistician, believes that the waz. We are now taking steps to pre- pare for the future and are anticipating of belief in God. but he thanked God total as shown on the War Census sarde an immigration that should be un- that men who did not believe in God will be about £950,000,000. The amounts precedented in Canadian history.
Isot down in the census returns most likely When peace is declared, Canada will were often very inconsistent; they represent a conservative estimate, the naturally be looked upon as the pro- often ed exemplary Eves, and evaluations in many cases being guesswork he will be in a xaina to of cope wished to God that many who pro tempered by the knowledge that heavy mised land by many peoples fully. She need tako none but the best fessed to believe in God. and who taxation was likely to be based on the a handkerchief round his month and and only by so selecting her citizenship were inconsistent, were inconsistent figures. Giften's larges results, on the
she built The following will represent the Un tried to get into the engine-room with performing the tasks which undoubtedly with such good results as those incon
a nation capable
other hand, were, built on huge tossed veraity in the above match on Saturday a view to getting at the supposed place will be alloted to her. the 9th inst. on the H.K. C.C.' ground of the fire. It was some considerable reliance as probably nothing else would non-believer might talk about" con equally puzzling to the ran in the Ng Sze Kwong
has taught Canada self- J. D. Wright,
Capt.) Brayshaytime before he could get down and have done. She has been forced to Ramjahn, D. P. Dixon, Chan Yat Choong, were ablaze. They got more hose and
E. Redmond,
were impossible. She has expanded to Believe in God, and were often thing in some respecte as elastic en W. Gittins,
"HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers.
Ecngkong, Dec: 5., 1918.
THE DIARY.
1307
MEMOS. FOR TO-MORROW.
i
SPORTING.
CRICKET.
.K.C.C. CIVIL SERVICE CO. The following will represent the K.C.0. against Civil Service to morrow at King's Park at 8.15 pm. :---
bade the
of the
discard the
went along the cylinders and looked hot one, but three. The success of If a man believed in God, he was" to pass judgment upon the question
down and to the best of his belief the others to be reckless, perhaps, but then disobedient to the God who made him without the most careful study and tha
most thorough consideration:
electric light was barning, but be diy/there were those who said the construc-if he were not moral. He spoke of
and
tha
A
"were
STATISTIC AND FUBLIC WEALTH.
The Bulletin (Sydney) says-In Its will have a good time: we will enjoy wealth of Australia at something oras
to go to another at the end of the that on the shoulders as he
could say." let Society go hang; we, 1003 Robert Giffen estimated the capital,
for
in
it
Binoculars etc. ai Messrs. Hughes enemy broke over the frontiers and E. Greer, W.. T. Elson, J. V. Braga andand looked down the coal batch and saw should be, of what it is capable of be ourselves how we please." That was thousand millions; in 1916 Knibbe; Com-
and Hough's
K Cricket Club v. University (HK. CC ground). Entries close for WodeEouse Cup
(Ladies' Foursomes, Fanling). 8.44 p.m.-Full Moo
a red glow, the coal seemed to be all K.C.C. XIy H.M.S. TAMAR.
blazing, and it was fiercest in the coal bunker-that was big impression represent the K.C.C. against H.M.S. Tamar to-He asked some one near who said the D. J. Mackenzie, O. J. Stapleton engine room was on fire as well He morrow at Bappy Valley at 2 pm Travers, O. Woodman, A. E. Silkstone, went to investigate and saw dense A F. Raven, A. E. Schultz, A. G. smoke. He got hold of a hose and tied Pile, J. Ralston, J. M. Jack, W. Kay.
HK.CC.. T UNIVERSITY.
swept from all sides towards the capital, the reinforcements from Russia must have been enormously The following will strengthened and that there will shortly come a time when the enemy's great forces will have to encounter forces of something like equal strength. Why it is that the Allied argues, with the exception of the Serbian army, 9 am-Excursion to Macao by 4 have been sitting tight the while
General Memoranda.
BUNDAY, Dec. 10-
"Tuisban".
MONDAY, DEC. 11.-
P.W.D. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1-
p.m-Auction of Sheer Legs, Engine, Steam Winch etc. at No. 4 Wharf, H.K., K. W. & Co, Kowloon.
is
"The wax
ub a
Care
of
of data laboriously gathered and shocked
sistent non-believers in God. The
ng returns. Both are obviously only f
by reference to voice of trade and bank-
street who argues, that this great Ponsonby Fane, A de Sousa, A. H. when he did he found the oil tanks rapidly and efficiently things science but to those who professed the nature of makeshifts, for the capital
ever before and has confidence in
of a nation is on fixed quantity, bab
to do the things which she is conscience? He answered The following will represent the got tas fire out after about two hours, they ally and industrially faster inconsistent, he would ask What market rates or the ebb and for t
formerly expected others to do for her.
In the same manner that she on-
question by saying that conscience important to the alleged relation which hesitatingly mobilised the largest army was the conscionantes, of God. national income Bears to national expitel. developed a sea traffic on both the Atlan
ever crossed the Atlantic, she has
Giffen by very good-locking argument, The Bishop proceeded to discuss made this out for now countries like
away
that
3 p.m.-Sale of Crown Taad at concentration of enemy forces against Rumania has only been possible by a weakening of his defensive strength in other theatres of the war. Aubrey, R. M. Austin, F.D. iseeker, was about five feet of an intre RA. Brand, R. Kennedy, M. M. Mass, Of course, there is nothing decisiva L. McNicoll. Lt-Col. Morgan, engine-room. The store had burnt about the great blow which Germany do Rome and F. Sutten.
The tanks had been left stand ing in their original position but of tie and the Pacife that is tremendous, morality from the commercial, reli- Australis at no less than 20 per cent. was dripping from various topke one This will undoubtedly be further develous and sexual stend points. In But the potential wealth of Australia in
lopod, proving to be a powertal aid in kerosene and the other lubricant molding trada connections favourable to the latter connection the Bishop of so more actual value than a diamond When he got the water out he found s Canada after the WAT lot of tharred wood and oily matter committed to expansion, but not to rested upon those who brought young regulaty. In all questions with regard emphasised the responsibility which at the South Pole unless the labour "Canado cannot go back, Ebe
that can develop it moves with soms along the top of the tan. There was over-expansion Keeping within limits men to the Feat. It was a respon
TauraDAY, Dec. 14:--
Prince Albert's birthday (1508). 5.30 p.m.-Congregation at the Hong
kong University. FRIDAY, Dec. 15:-
Noon-Extraordinary Meeting of the
Green Island Cement Co. Ltd: Entries close for Ladies' Championship,
R. FLK. Golf Club,
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has struck at a weak member of the Alliance; on the contrary, it is conceivable that it may prove in the end to be a fatal blow to the enemy himself; for the further he advances into Romania the greater the forces The will be compelled to concentrate at this point, to the advantage of the Allies when they decide that the moment has arrived for the counter blow, either on the western or the eastern front or both simultaneously.
WAR CHARITIES.
THE FIELD GLASS FUND."'
One telescope contributed by Mr. L Gibbs, through Mr. A. Denison, Hong- kong, is now to be added to the list of glossca received and forwarded to the Lady Roberts Field Glas Fand
The total now stands,
One Stand Telescope
Thirteen Hante
For
Unions
CLOSING SHARE QUOTATIONS.
3.30 pm 0 Des sales 128 buyers
·84 buyers 131 buyera 11.80 hayers
China Sugara Wharves Bocks..... Cements..
justified by enaditions has been hard.
to the amount of taxation & country.org
oil on top of the water. The fire It is difficult in being optimistic, not to sibility which they must try to meet carry, this factor must have full considere bad been pretty force, for the deck be too optimistic, and here perhaps is by throwing one to them their own on Between the time of the taking of under the coal bunker was buckled, is the greatest problem.
{ » War flensus and the date it which the In the past Canada has been too homes, and by neking their own compiling of the information written on were also some of the frames on the eager and is now inced with the
Linen,
side of the ship. Tho is propeller and blend of overdevelopment in curtain women folk to help them. And they the cards is completed, the Ansucial
could help them in no better my strength of the country could be reduced- the casing were buckled. On the 'tween Politically Canada will undoubtedly than by example. There was only to about twopence if everybody insisted deck directly under the coal bunker takes more prominent part in the des
tinies
of the British Empire than ever one law of God in that matter, and upon going cub on strike whenever he tho Brs appeared to be the fiercest 40 the
before.
dinner disagreed with him or the weather one o of the senior members of a
PEER'S LUCKY INVESTMENT.
Lord Lgvedea, according **Times," has just board that some
GERM DESTROYER
After he had the engine room pumped become he will probably be asked to those who were responsible for the jobked cloudy. In a word, the mane
judgment seat of God.
property in North Carolins, which he out he smelt kerosene quite plainly frm in which before the war, he was well-being of the young fellows whom problews of Australia is one with Ite merely regarded as a junior lright, full hought this years ago for a small sum. Regarding the coal it was taken out of promise to be sure, bet one on, whom they boght out had an important political problem-how to keep the people has been sold for "2250,000.
of the bunkers and about 50 per cunt fall thare of the burden should not be duty the responsibility for which happily at work, had been curat. Witness stated that placed. The fature is undoubtedly bright, they would have to answer at the but the advancement is fraught with when the Dock Co. had to repair an problems which will require good judge oil ship the men were always instructed ment and forethought rather than good
judgment in afterthought." HERE is no danger whatever from no one was allowed in the holds until not to go down with naked lights and 1 lock jaw or blood polien resulting from & wound when Chamberlain's in the electric light had, Balm is promptly applied. It is an Antiseptic and destroys the germs, which cause these diseases. It also cause wounds to heal-
in one-third the time required by the usual frün Chaerit For sale all Chemist and Storekeer
Com Beckwith prospective oil bost
kroom of
was onl
THE CHILDREN'S COLDS.
TOH the children thami beto
vitali
and costs
The only question asked at the close of the address was one relaxing to the attitude of the the reinsrrjage
towards
WHOOPING COUGH
7HEN your child und
cough bn, carefiit,& cough Inges antrexpecta
WHE
String Chamberlain's. Congh auty be requireder Ella rörel