SATURDAY JULY 5, 1924
"COUNTY CRICKET.
CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE,
Including All Matches To July 4.
GEO GRAPHY MADE EASY. SOME FACTS TO MAKE
BRUTONS PROUD,
Thos Reverend Alexander Sharpe Bas published a compibution of facts; about the British Empire, which Blond help the younger genomtion to assimilate geographical and Eindred), knawledge without., te bou grind that their parents axperienced. The article appensed in the Festern Morning News and Merbury on Empire Day us. P produced below:
The British Empice is the grent- But polition torr ing the world to-day.
It is the greatest political fict
the world his over suti,
It is the most extensive empire,
The world hus uver seen.
14 area is about 18,500,000 square miles, or of the earthe land areas
This tipies as inrge as the Roman Empire at the time of its greatest extent.
Dis. 1
times the side United States profer." makes Genoajikis
at the
The Exupire ingitudes the audicial United Kingdom 悲 mighty Dominion Canada; a giant Comm-
now. Anstrutha :#
Paint Sanh Alpha splendid
Emin tudia- anwag its States It is really a company of Empires, Cingula abutin is nearly as large as al Europe, including Hussin, It is larger than the United States
Australia is as large as Brazil, or The Faited States.
Africa is larger than
Argentina, on ihan all the United Bites east of the Mississippi.
Tada is as large as all Europ
except Kussia.
It owns more of Central America than antlar nonstcentral-American country.
How is more of South America than any other non-SoulB-Arnerican country,
Its the most populous empi of the world, about 150,180),000, 0% 3 of mankind.
It is the most populous empire the world has ever seen. “
King George has 170,000,000 zoore political subjects than the Po has spiritual ones.
County,
Yorkshire
Middlesex Lancashire Sussex ...... Surrey Notts......... Somerset. Warwickshire Leicestershire Kent
Gloucestershire Glamorganshire....
Northamptonshire..
Essex ..
Hampshire Worcestershire Derbyshire
It has the world's greatest whent--| market. Winnipeg,
Points
NOMAHOMANN obtained.
Gauuu88gua Possible
"points.
Average.
76.00
74-54
71.43
64,62
62.22
58.18
56:66
55.00
49.09
45.66
41.66
31.66
31.43
25.45
23.64
73.85
12:73
THE AIR SPIRIT.
AND FLYING.
Thus the world's greatest wheat M.PS ON MODERN YOUTH shipping part, Montreal, which ships more Wheat than the three chief ports of the United" "States rozabined.
16 is the world's greatest won producer...
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The new Citizen Air Force (as it was unofficially termed) which will operate 6 of the 52 air squadrons for home defence was discussed dur-
12 protuces urore gold than all the rest of the world" pui together. in fact, South Africa along does song the debate in the House of Commons ΟΠ the Air.." Force It is the world's richest Auxiliary Bill, which has already and tin mes, Newfoundland and passed the House of Lords). Malsyn. i
Its coal areas and copper aus believed to be the vasest in the
World.
It possesses the world's greatest and richest fisheries,
Its cotton gren, unly now being developel, south supply, not only the United Kingdom, but the
world..
It has the world's largest, forest neeus, and has inexhaustible rubber
FUSQUPPER,
London.
Tu Londem, is bas the financial rentre of the world.
It has the grandest Navy in the world. ·
1. has the world's greatest ven- port, Hongkong,
·
it has among its provinces the ¦ Politie, oldest countries in the world 1 controls the greatest crand in Chablard and Mesopotamin, Moab | the world, Suez and Adon
31 possesses by far the greatest. part of the world's submarine
ubles.
The Holy Land, or Pulostine, is One its, préviobes-Judara, Samuria, and Galilee:
Within its boundaries are large Pots of the ancient empires of Assy, Babylonia, Persia, Rome, and those of Mexander and The
zu', ',
THE NEWEST STÁTES.
It contains the newest states of
—It lends the world in ship builds ing, and it has the world's greatest ship-building yard in Belfast.
THE CHINA MAIL..
CHURCH NOTĖS.
YOUTH IN HONGKONG:
Even the most bløst reader must have been impressed by a recent article in Cathedral Notes, on the subject of the difficulties of a girl's life in Hongkong. There was a | charm and naivete in the narrative One which instantly appealed. felt that here at last was something helpful, unconventional, truthful in effort. The article was immensely instructive. "We all pose..." we must be worldly......we wear the Brettlest frocks......we must be selfish, it is the thing to be flippant and careless and hard" How ingenious! And then the touching appealDon't damp is because we like to shine a while in the footlight's low." Even the most cynical of is felt the need of a cleansing of our vocabulary. Who could use such a word in connection with such eifkins?
must
But somehow or other the writer began to stress the defensive had been saying "Enough:" side. As if in reply to Lilith, who
"steady," "go, slow," or something: equally fatuous to the Cynthias of the Colony. The mere fact that a defence seemed necessary, ap- peared to indicate that there was a something to condemn
from a different angle what can Now if we approach the subject we say (from observation it needs be confessed, not experience) are the chief difficulties of a girl's life in Hongkong? The main Air, in a speech in which a mem-evident the womenfolk who are Mr. Leach, Under-Secretary for difficulty is of course abundantly ber detected a more martial note tot engaged in business have not than hitherto, stressed the fact that enough to de This, we shall the scheme was purely defensive. assume for purposes of argument
"Until the nation thinks other gets to the heart of the matter. wise," he added, "I see no escape from the duty of asking Parlin ment to provide for defence. Hon. Colony.
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(From "Cathedral Notes.")
THE COSPEL·
members opposite have shown me vapts are once or twice that they have to obtain. And so in the discovered my dislike for the case the young girl in Hong task, and because I have kong is not called upon been frank about it they have to perform those minor household It has the world's chief dyshown me also that they fear my duties which would ordinarily fall views would mean that I would to her lot. So much is this the case attempt secretly to undermine the that pleasure becomes almost up- efficiency of air defence. Those consciously the main pursuit in fears are groundless."
life. This for the first year or two F Some inducement was wanted to is no less than thrilling. But the for the third Sunday after It has the world's largest Morget the youth of the country in-unfortunate thing is that the thrill Trinity contains the first two of cantile Marmel
terested in flying, said Colonel does not last. The problems of the famous triad of parables of Moore-Brabazon (Con., Chatham). life many be evaded for a time, mercy, spoken in answer to the Thousands of them, he cop but they certainly cannot be solved remonstrance of the Pharisees tinued, could be seen every week-by the mere pursuit of pleasure.against the reception of publicans 11 is the world's greatest Rail-end motor cycling at a hideous And so after a time the young girl and sinners, which seemed to Pway Company,
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a girl on the back is not satisfied with these things them to condone sin. wheel.
It was more dangerous They have become ordinary, tame The Parable of the Lost Sheep than flying.
and humdrun, What is needed is paints our Lord as the Good Something should be done to something more exhilarating Shepherd, seeking even one lost Let those fellows into an aero-something with a sense of intoxica sheep out of the flock with a tender plane with their super-cargo tucked tion in it
individualizing mercy, bearing it in behind them. (Laughter.)
And another great difficulty is it home to the fold, and rejoicing If we were going to become an that one gets-into a rut.so quickly-over-it-with-special-joy. The air-loving as well as a sea-loving In such a small place as Hongkong moral declares that in heaven there nation we must encourage the where everyone knows inore-than- shall be, not indeed greater love, sporting side of flying.
everything about everyone else, but greater joy over one lost Mr. Leach explained that the it is not a little difficult to be penitent found, than over those (if The sites of the world's most Auxiliary Air Force would con-independent and take wide views. such there can be) who never ancient cities are within it, Paliy-sist of six squadrons totalling To be completely sheeplike strayed. lon, Nineyen, Petra, etc.
about 160 officers and 1,000 men, is the hallmark of fashion. The
The second parable of the lost India is the great Eastern-won-The Air Force Reserve would con- phrase "My dear, such a thing is piece of money seems to represent derland, the real gorgeois Ensist of seven squadrons with 104 not generally done" often kills the church: which when it has lost by
The other day the greatest of the officers and 780 men.
good intentions and splendid segligence one soul, stamped with aspirations. The word mist" remains of pre-historic Angerien,
the image of the Great King. constantly occurs in the article seeks the lost with the lighted the ancient Maya city, was found"
from which we have quoted. It is caudle of God's trath. And having in British Honduras,
really the sign that the young are found it, rejoices over the finding positively frightened by the bogey as the undoing of post negligence. of an obsolete Public Opinion. It may be noted that the idea of The home countries, supplied believe that all but the very few, either parable: it is forcibly We are reluctantly compelled to penitence is not expressed in 6,200,000 men, Canada 680,000, Australia 113,000, New Zeala become in time victims of what bought out in the Parable of the
the more modern psychologists Prodigal Son, which follows. 27,000, South Africa 136,000 call "The Cowloon Complex. No 1,000,000, Newfoundland 10,000, India one of course really knows who "is-not- Is the goddess of the Canada's amy Blone was as generally-done" cult, but to be in gigantic Grand Army with which lead. he invaded Russia.
SITES.GP ANCIENT PITIES,
the world: Saskatchewan, Queens tand, Rhodesia, Kenya, etc.
The "new" ands of the Empire contain about 8,000,000 square miles, and have about 16,000,000 of people: they could .support Also Jerusalem, Beer-sheba, 200,000,000,
It has the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest.
It has the highest mountain in Africa, Kilimanjaro.
Among its mountains also are Hor, Nebo, Tabor, and Curmel,
It has within its borders the Largest inland sea outside the Mediterranean-Hudson Bay, It
Bethlehem. Sazarell, Hebron, Capernaum, etc., are within,
The first land in America sighted by Columbus is British, the island of San Salvador.
The newest cities of the world are within it. Calgary Vancouver Edmonton, Prince Rupert, Mel-I bourne, Bulawayo, Nairobi, et
The Bill was read a second time:
It put 9,500,000 men into the field, or more than any other Power.
A PRAYER.
Brisbane, Wellington large as the whole of Napoleon's the fashion one must follow the warned us that Thou wilt require
is the Canadian Mediterranean, as It could raise amize and fruit to
supply the world, ́ ́,
large as three Baltics.
Many of the world's greatest rivers are within its boundaries, the Nile, Muckenzie, Jrawaddy, St. Lawrence, Indus, Saskatchewan), Niger, Ganges, Zambezi, anÊ Murray."
Also woch historic rivers and
streams as the Euphrates, Tigris,
Jordan, and Kishou.
Eric.
These are inlund seas.
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At present it greater Sportion las hardly begun to be develope.
No other country ever put forth such gigantic strength in the his tory of the world,
The Crown binds the Empire: not the Homeland Partiainent.
O Lord our Saviour, Who hast
much of those to whom much is What are the remedies? The given: Grant that we, whose lot most important seems to be the is cast in so goodly a heritage, may creation of what we might call a strive together the more abundant- saner and more Christian outlookly, by prayer, by almsgiving, by Public Opinion. ton life, a more enlightened fasting, and by every other appoint- Altitude ofèd means to extend to others what residence must not be confused we so richly enjoy; and as we have with elevation of mind Social entered into the labours of other General Sinuta said : "You are precedence must be allied to men so to labour that, in their turn, not an empire; you are half the social responsibility. Snobbery other men may enter into ours, to development of our vast fallow world."
It could be far and away the most self-supporting empire in the world. In fact, could be solutely self-supporting.
try
The people in the Home Co
take little interest in
100
* "HALF THE WORLD.
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should be despised as being the the fulfilment of Thy Holy Will, Genen! Botha said: "Britain possession of those whose social and our own everlasting salvation. It contains, or partly contains, areas, and are content to be supin the curner-stone, upon which evolution has been a trifle tou rapid.
AMEN. the largest lakes of the world, plied by foreigners. Superior, Huron, Victoria Nyanza, We should aim at hinding theivilization must rest Tanganyika, Nyassa, Winnipeg. Entire together more closely to Great Bear, Great Slave, Ontario, make it one and indivisible."
This upire also gave birth to The Dead Sea and the Sea of that which is next to it in the world, the United States. Its Canada has half the fresh water origin was thoroughly English.
The British Empire is the in- Kajetur, in British Guiana, indispensable League of Nations, and the higheat considerable waterfall and moral good in the world next is the greatest power for civilization
to the Christian Church. - է!
Galilee also ure on its borders.
or the earth.
in the world.
"GATES" OF THE WORLD.
It possesses most of the great gulce" of the world; Gibraltar, Suez, Aden, Singapors, Quebec.
It possesses the vastest wheat .areas, and is the world's greatest
wheat producer.
"
OXONIENSIS.
Self-centred idleness should not The finest tribute ever paid to be regarded as an ideal but rather the vastness of the British Empire the churches can help if they will as a disease. Then it may be that
N.B. Correspondence on re was paid by an American states-preach more boldly that much
and man, Daniel Webster: ". whose morning drum-beat, follow much is given, and that the place The China Mail"
will be required of those to whom ligious matters, is invited
should be addressed to the writer ing the sun and keeping company of pleasure in the well-balanced with the hours, encircles the globe life is not. primary nor even with one continuous strain of mar-secondary. The pursuit of Beauty, Truth and Goodness, should be interests of humanity and liberty: that the most strenuous life is the It has led the world in the great held up as the real thing and it should be made perfectly clear
Every Usor is « Frioad· ́ It is the most beneficent empire calamity.
Its break-up would be a world religious life..
The periops recommendations the world has ever seen.
But any important alteration for people who have been cured by Cham Our political unit should not be the better must of necessity come berlain's Cough Homedy, have dons more merely England, but
"The from the younger generation and than sil else is laurease the sale and ass of this preparation, natil there are now we venture to think, from the girls mom bottles of it said each year than Empire!"
of the Colony. The Influence they of any other sough medicine. It is for could exert is far more powerful asle everywhere.
It has been built up chiefly by exploration and colonization.
It played the greatest part in the greatest war the world has ever
BODI,
tini music.TMTM
Rule Britannia 1. God save the King
FINAL
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