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MONDAY, DEC
THE CATHEDRAL SERMON,
CHRIST'S CHARACTER AND THE
WORLD'S. HIZO,
Christ never said anyting humor ous is to make a statement which it
not easy to justify
Even amongst English people, who are said to take their pleasures saddy, a wedding is usually a time for merri- ment and laughter. Amongst the
HEATHER DAY.
THE CHINA MAIL
SATURDAY'S FAIR.
-SUCCESSFUL WIND-UPAS
two electric fans and ed the prizes inimie,
THE MURDER OF SER GEANT LINFIELD
INDIAN CONSTABLE CHARGED
Thisfternoon before Mr. J. R. Wood the awe in which Yodata Khan, RIY murder of Sargeant Linded, of the Indian.constable, was charged with the asme force, came up for bearing.
by Tickets Nos. 27, and 7 in that order
The Fachs White Heather went to Mrs. Huxley, Ticket No. 870
The rantch So we
went to Ticket No. 37KWA K
cushion (marked R) went to Teket No. 75
The crochet te cloth and tea cosy MTH. King A.S.P., prosecuted. muffled by his. Harry Crapnell was Dr. Filaroy Williams, medical surgeon. on by Ticket No. 66, the amount at the Naval Yard, deposed that rented being $201.
beru called and arrived at the SCOTTISH WOMEN'S BAFFLES about midnight. He made an araminition of the body of the deceased near the main gata and found. life crtach. At 5am on the following day he made another examination of the body in the naval mortuary. There vera, two bullet wounds on the atomach but the bitlleta was not there. There were extenkte si gus of external
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The following a sarmos preach ed by the Rev. E. Copy Meyle in
Saturday saw the conclusion, and the Cathedral yesterday!
Jews of Christ's time the marriment la successful one too of the local It was met to make merry and was greater and the marriage festivi celebrations of Heather Day. Fortu- be glad (St. Luke, 3, 19): ties fasted much longer than with pately, the rain which had during To-day we begin the season of us, being continued for seven days, the morning, threatened the pr Advent. It seems to be one of the and we know that Chrieb attended aspects of the day cleared up by tiffin great objects of the Christian Year least one wedding and by His satire and at the opening of the Fait to prevent us getting into a groove culous power in changing water into in the afternoon there was a large The different sensotes as they come wine. He contributed to the enjoy crowd assembled determined to give round impress upon us the different ment of the occasion. It would be full expression to its feelings and to facts of the Christian faith. Advent absurd and unnatural to suppose that test the objects of the Fair to its reminds us that our religion is based amidst the merry throng of wedding most capacity.
The side-showe on the fact that God took upon Him- guess Christ was grave and volema. Were all in crowded operation, Alf human nature, that He became The man who is always serious ie while a riot of laughter and shouting. man, to be the Redeemer of Man- abnormal. In order to be able to be a punctuated with a stranous kind and the new head of the "race, serious when occasion demands it, a click-clacking from vigorous arms and that this same Jesus who is with man must be able to be light heart and by the music dispersed from Es church throughout the ages will ad at times. There nothing in the many quarters. Jous day come again as the Judge of gospels to compel us to believe that Among the interested visitors was
the World Advent call upon us Christ was always sad. On the con His Excellency the Officer Admin all to make a new start in life, to trury He appreciation of the beauty triting the Government, Hon Mr tum over a new leat as the saying of antire and His love of chikhen and Sever C.A.G. s, to try to regard our lites as we point to Bis cheerfulness under Of the decorations, of the Fair believe Christ regards their, to make met: This aspect of Cheat's charpecial mention should be made of. them more what we should like them acter has been emplaid by otheuminated sign that adorned to be when they are judged by Christ recent Christian writers. And it hit the imposing entrance archway. It Adwat calls upon us to examina need of emphasis for in the past it was in the form of a thistle, with ocnelves and see whether we are has been too ofteen guard if not green leaves and red and white
1948 beebining better or worse. It bids
flower. Viewed from a hole dis positively denied. e who etait to be religious people.
tanica it looked very effective indeed.f
3082 Kee whether we are falling into any
Let us think for a moment of the The joy-wheel, swing boats, merry-
Dall's house, winn ticket 111 -of those sing which are the special words the text, it was meet to go-round, escalator, belter delter Me Hilda Eastman
temptation of religious people, such make merry and be glad. These and chuta were as popular as ever, Sporting ride winning number as pride, procrey, and judging words you will remember are from each being well patroned as on the 378. others. It bids ue examine our the Parable of the Prodigal Son. His previous day. In the managing of Beats to see if our love for God and father had made a feast in honour of the above special mention should be our neighbour is growing smager. his return and the older brother, made of the assistance rendered by
We ought to pray very ernestly heard the sound of music and aste the men of the Array and Navy for our country at this time. The ing, and was angry at the rejoicing. The Golf Course, brightly flumi- isper of the forthcoming section at over the prodigal's return. The nated, had its relays of devotees and Home will be fraught with the father goes out to appease him and i constant attendance of spectutom gravest consequences. We should he uses those words. It was meet who sorely tried the fence. The pay that the electors may have the to make merry and be glad. Now, competitions were brought to a con- pint of wisdom to vote for, those when we remember that the father clusion and the results will be an who are worthy of the hour and in the parable represents God, whose rabunced later. responsibility of being. Members of character Christ reveals to us, we The old Firm were completely sold Parlament.
cannot help seeing that gladness is out, but. Mesars. Archbutt, Bil & I want on these Sunday mornings an essential part of God's character. Co. contrived to keep an ever pre in "Advent to turn your thoughts to The gladness of Christ was therefore sent circle amused with rowical some aspects of the character of our, due to A divine as well as to His items or sundry instruments wied Blessed Lord In Him alote can be human oture. Let us realise and with a few Scathieh songs and a found the satisfaction of the world's attempt to copy the gladness of ventrilogust turn by Mr. Suther need. Let us try to reilise the Christ. There is an instinct grow land.. araiyidedness of the chamcter of ing more insistent, that we recognise The Thistle Tea Rooms were well Christ. I propose this morning to Christ as the hun of light-hearted. patronised and Alre. McCubbin's well on the Gladness of Christ, it hess as well as the man of sorrow, staff is to be congratulated that not is an aspect of His character which because in His perfection He nust a dissatisfied putron could be found. has been too little emphasised of late have given all life, whether in shadow Hongkong marksment had an op- ves. We have been so accustom or in sunshine, to His Father.portunity of justifying their reputa ed to beur of our Blessed Lond as
The common joys of life ought to they soon realised that the group tion at the Shooting Palice where the Man of Sorrows, that we have been upt to forget that He had other be consecrated to Gol. We must aspects of chamcter. I do not for Fet rid of that legney of Puritanism competition would not be won easily
The popularity of the Dancing moment wish to say that we ought which seems to regurd religion as a not to think of Him as the Man of natter of long faces and melancholy led to the unexpectednes Sorry that is a true and esential uits. Belgion is not something to ity of dispersing with the cabaret
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Of all the other side-shows is eacugh to sum up their respective foute by saying they were an un- qualified success,
The raffle for the lady's costume will take place later
FURNISHING FABRICS
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THE PENNINGTON STREET MURDER.
Beides Mr. E D C. Wolfe at the Police Court this afternoon the bearing was equtioned of the Pennington Street murder inquiry,
Leo Longhetto) wonducted the esas fot The Auistant Crown Solicitor (M
the Crown whats the three accused were undefended.
Sergh Goa Cookie giving evidence said at 1 pm on November 9, be received a telephone message from Sergt. Ford that a murder had taken place at Na 2 Pannington Street first Sergt. Hord and these constables on Boor. He went to the house and met the Premises of No. 4, Pennington-street. Withear and Sergt. Floyd found agirdle,
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M. Forsyth's Charlie Chaplin miniature field hospital was won by Ticket No. 72. Mr. Simon Tze-wai. ZOO RAFFLE Tea cloth and tea cory, No. 2 winning ticket
Doll and cradle, No. 1 ticket, Aft, Hough.
Work basket, No. 87, Miss L Glendinning.
Hough..
Gramophone, No. 181, Mr. T the vesh, bo kaw the deceased Cushion, No. 80, Mr. R. E. Atwell, while acme more pronounced marks, ex who had three rings ruind his neck. Sandy Lawson küte, No. 183, if made by knots, were also found. Sit Mr. C. A. D. Melbourne.
ting on a bed underneath the stair case, Stuffed eagle, No.4, Mr. P. Glen-witness fund the three accused wha had been detained by Sergt. Flord. dinzing.
Witness removed the accused to the Violin and case, No. 161, Mr. J. Borthwick.
station and was present when they Civet cat, No. BB.
made their statements Bullock's horas, No. 188, Mr. M. Dyer.
Table lamp, No 116, Mr. Butter dish, No. 74, Mr. A. Hill Walking stick, No. 84, 3fr. Smith GUESSING COMPETITIONS. Bottle of Sweets Competition (479) erect): Winner, W. Spiers, 2ndoor and on
Hough.
B. p.m. on Nov. 9, he was on duty in the Set. Allred Floyd said at about 3.30 charge new, No. 3 Police Station, and Tin consequence of a report made by the principal tamat of No. 2 Pennington. Street, he went to the house with two constable. On the staircase, he met the principal tenant's wife and daughter. Witness entered the first -bed ander
the staraza-found the three poised.
aspect of our Lord-Eut I do wish be troubed out". Sunday with apart of the programme, The Hall Mr. D. Mackay They detained by a detective to say very imphatically that we black cont and a solemn face but it was crowded all the time, two banda Forsyth. FRIDA countable while wizness, went into the ought not to think of Han only in is, or it ought to be, the inspiration dancers, viz., that of E.MLS actual weight) Dr. Forsyth and lying on his back on a bed with his body satisfying the demands of the ager
Weight of Buffalo (952 be the first eabice and there saw the descased that way. If we dwelt exclusively of all our work and all our amuse and the 18th Infantry.
Shannon, equal, to draw for Ist and covered with a blanket. Witness removed on that aspect of His character we ments. The thought of Christ ought
2nd prizes. Mr. van Andel and Mrs. the blanket and saw that detensed had shall get a one-sided and, therefore, a to come as naturally to a mar when
D. Muir (950 lbs.) equal, draw for been strangled. A cord, was found tied felse view of Him,
he is playing golf or going to a
A tightly wound his neck, the cord being I have read books and heard ser. Heather Day Fair, as when he is
Brd prize
Weight of pig 278 lbs.) 1st Mr. wound read the neck three times with mors which dwelt upon the hct that worshipping in Church. The sym- We never read in the Gospels of Christ pathy of Christ is perfect and all the Fair and towards the end much Souza (279) lbs.), Brd Messrs. F. was quits dead. Witness removed the The Zoo was a novel featurs of M. Holloway, 2nd prize 3r. A, de koot for each time. The deceased laughing, and it has been argued from embracing. He can feel for us in the that He did not laugh. The our joys as keenly as He feels for us of the stock was sold und the re- E. d'Almada Eemedios, J. McCubeard and in doing so tore one of his argument from the silence of Holy in our sorrws. He claims to rule the der afforded causes for some bin, A. Gillard and Dr. Forsyth (280 finger nila When Sgt. Cockle arrived fcripture is always a weak argument. whole of our life. Do not let us finish. One of the features of Weight of sheep (19 los.) 1st for a coffe and had the body samored entertaining auction sales at the lbs.) draw for third prize witness handed over the three accused. and the girdle to him, and then rang up I believe Abraham and Sarab are the attempt to confine His rule to our. only people mentioned by name who times of difficulty and sorrowe, but the Zoo was the most ferocious prize Mr. J. B. Chapman, Mr. C. animal" which could be seen for 20 Cousland (70 8.1, and Messrs. aie said in the Bible to have laugh let us gladly recognise Him as a cente. This turned out to be a McWalter, A. H. Brown, Jack A. ed. But the grimmest of Puritans ever present friend in our hours of
paper lion, who emitted a roar when Tai and Machelvie and Mrs. Low- would hardly venture to say that amosament and merriment.
the attendant, pressed the button! con (80 lbs.) draw for 2nd and 3rd none of the other people mentioned
A interesting feature of the Zoo prizes. in Holy Scripture ever laughed. Let
us remember that we have aily a very brief account of three years, of Christ's Life, and that those three year were a period of strenuous
work. The writers of the Gospels set out to write about the things which marked Christ off as differént
· GERMAN NEWSPAPER
SCANDALS.
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BRAZILIANS WRECK HUN NEWSPAPER.-
was the milking competition for Weight of goat (81) The); let
German newspapers at Porto Alegia, ladien which took place on Friday prizo Mr. McKechnie (62 lbs.), in the Site of Bio Grande do Sul, so evening. Five Indies competed, Messrs. J. Field (62) lbs.) and Lau aroused the populace by criticising Mrs. Taylor being adjudged witter Ping-nam (601 lbs.) draw for 2nd Brazilian stairs that attacks were made with Mrs. J. Kynoch second. Dairy and Bed prizes."on, the plants of three newspapers. The Farm experts were the Judges. The milking competition was won plant of the Jomal da Tarde," former The feature of the Pill Box which by Mrs. Taylor with Mrs. J. Kynoch ly the Vaterland" was wrecked, and A burned Heavy police guards were from others. It was His publio life The Münchner Nevests Naachrichten good many had the misfortuns to second and ministry and His death and re-writes: The Forwards discusses the new miss was the Peace Conference on
pamphlet of the Kaisertrauen (the party Friday afternoon, when the "Husa, surrection that they wished to em so-called profeming intense loyalty to the Messrs. Stage, Aslett and Wood, planske. It was not necessary for Raiser), in which it is asserted that the with their German flag were heartily them to speak of His home life Vorearts and the Berliner Tageblat belted with eggs.
been bought in the Naureth thirty years, nor of textually stated
The Post Office was again an ad- -the periods of relaxation which Hej The Social Democratie Münchner Post junct to the Fair, postcards being on hud, over during His public minis-speaks of the Kasserines scandal. try, in the home of Simon Peter at Our work is vo scandal, but a scandal it wile and the stamps chopped." St.
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Winners will please meet of thrown about the offices of the Gazete Messrs. Tak Cheng & Queen's Popular" and the Deutsches Volks Food, tomorrow between 5 and 6 blatt, and the crowds were kept at bay p.m. to receive their prizes, also until the scitement andsided. those who have to draw for prizes, an official of the Zoo will be in attendance
A rough estimate of the Enancial To-day's Advertisement. result follows-Heather Day Col
Taction: $21,000; St, Andrew's Fáir IN THE SUPREME COURT OF Friday $27,000, Saturday: $10,000.
HONGKONG."
Cuperarum or of Lazarus and has is that the above-named newspapers THE RAFFLES
Fand 1 their gang should thus slander our sistere at Bethany. So far was honourable work, and still much The following list of raffle winters Christ from Kring an naturally greater scandal is it that these news includes some published on Satur ascetic life that we know Flis semies papers are paid by the Government day found fault with His on the ground
Everyone knows that North Gerhan that He ate and drank with pub Gasette could not appear for three days The Pearl and Buby Brooch was
The second monthly concert under the Ticam and sinners. It has been said together without State support, but won by Ticket No. 14.
anspices of the Lervices Entertainment, that there is nothing hurmavus ery fow know that the Verwärtigeta | The Baby 'a Praza Cover worked by Fund will be giren on Wednesday next
every yen from the Government from
Sofiew Hone.” All any our Lord's recorded sayings, but 212000 to 225 000, and the Bern Miss Lawrence, Government Civil at the Sailors and that is an assertion which takes a Tageblau over £100,000 from official Hospital, was won by Ticket No. 26, Lervice men are heartily invited, good deal for granted. There is sources. Rudolf Mosse received yearly Mr. A. 0. Lang. It realised $55. Birth the second of
from the Government for his newspapers
The nothing which changes mon com- altogether £190,000, and since the begin pletely thin the idea of humour.ning of the war £750,000, and you In marice with time and phe and The Pan German Kauertronen het „custom and nation. You my read repeat substantially the same accusa- which arabergwriter lately
tions.
A
The winner of the gold chateline serice of topics on The Foundation was Ticket No. 80.
Trathe of Christianity is to be con. Two canaries went to Ticket No. nidered a meeting of Church of Bog
Fland Men's Society to be: holdin
Paul's College this (Cesday) ereulm 9 pmHambers and others Vinter opening speaker will be the Ber.. are cordially Invited to be present
A cushion was won by Tickat No. Thee Tea Cosy Doll was secured
the most humorus waiters of antient made in à Munich Pan-German newage 22, Mr. Nisol Greece and Rome without sile, per sasinat the Traperial Government and even English writers of the and some individoalfcurnals, which by Ticket 186 eighteenth century who were con bawarer, ro rejected by the Union of The Indian Motor Cycle and sidered very amusing by the con Publishers of the Berlin Press na & groes Wicker Side Car were won by distortion at the truth, and this manner temporaries will fall to make us of whipcio an politiciil pravions the Ticket No. 214, Claugh
Raturtreum calls honorable work. A blackwood chair went to
Sutherland; Ticket No.
If we see nothing amusing and Really the newspapers attacked need humorous in Christ's enyings it does ¦ return no #DÍ not follow that the people to whom
they were first spoken saw righing to
make thela, laugh. It may well be
that the story of the
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up to the
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A cushion in another raffe deo
fail to Ticket No, AT,
Amirror, was won by Ticket No. 19, Mr. Parrots
A doll Norden
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kia present series of epis în St-Jolm's Cathédral,ou
include Bacra won
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