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At this week's public meeting of The funeral took place at Wis the Hongkong Lodge The Theoso boch, Cambridgeshire on April 14,
NOTIES TO SHAREHOLDERS.
IS HEREBY GIVEN phical Society on Thursday, Mr. of the Rev. Alfredi Brnost. Taylor, NOTICE
that the FIFTY-THIRD
10. E. Banepart gave an "addrown on aged 80. of Weston-super-Mare, "The Fath of Progress: He said who, although he sustained aORDINARY YEARLY MEETING in briet: Never was the world, broken neck is a motoring accident of the Society will be held at the Building, witheat Guldes: towards the on Good Friday, afterwards travel Head Office, Thnion Ancient Narrow Path of Human e 140 mites by train conducted Hongkong, on FRIDAY, 28th MAY Perfection of which the Mystics of or took part in four services at 1928, at 1 o'clock am., for the all ages, off religions and civilian Beckenham, Kent, and died on purpose of receiving, the Report of the Directors and the Statements. tions spoke that Path whieh Toads April 13...:
of Account to lat. December, 1828, and of declaring Dividends, etc.
to human perfection far" ahend of. At the Inquest at Beckenham the the slow advance of the masses, by yoroner found thất death whs due) the steeper, shorter rond There to haemorrhage caused by dialocá- are Those Who have trod "is anction of the neck, and recorded a passed beyond the school of life on verdict of Death by Mlaadventurer
1 was stated that Mr. Taylor was This earth--the Bilder Brothers of Humanity the Masters of Wisdom riding his bleyele in Cross Streat.. of Compassion, of Lore, and the Weston-super-Mare, when he came innow ancient Path is being trod into collision with a motor-çar ånd! don event knnus days by a number was thrown violently into the roadi: fen and women who have To the surprise of the onlookers realised that God has a Plaw off he get up and appeared to bave Perfection with humanity, who are escaped with slight bruises and Alled with the one desire to attain abrasions of the head; und shock. In order to bring down be strug-
The Rov. RS. Greaves, vicar of kling, suffering humanity the Light St. Barnabas', told a "Daily Mall that will guide "safely towards its reporter that Mr. Taylor preached And the entrance his last sermon on the "GHt of" glorious goul to the Pathy although carefully Life. Mr. Greaves added:- guidoch is always open to aldas. Mr. Taylor apoke with enthusiasm pirants who are willing to pay the of the hopefulness of the future price. The loftiest purposes of Not once in the course of his ser- man'a existence can only be accommon did he hint at the difficulties plished by the conselous union of his will and intention with the owers and forces of Nature, As for trending the steeper Path it is not suflelent to regulate one's conduct with a reasonable regard to right and wrong, and for the rest, to trust Bindly the gracious mercy of tal.. A man's intellectual „monal and uplirli nubare develops
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the SIXTIETH OR- DINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be held at its Head Once, Union Building, Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, 28th MAY, 1926, under which he spoke. When hot 11.15 am, for the purpose of arrived on the Saturday his head receiving the Report of the Direc- wils bandaged, but on the Sunday tors and the Statements of Account. morning he discarded the bandages to 31st December, 1926, and of for plaster dressings. During the declaring Dividende, etc. service he asked the congregation join with him in prayer of shanksgiving for his escnpe.
After the evening service comprised of pains in the head. he héromes more, and more cone went to bed about 9:30 pami, and selpus if the glorious purpose of when a servant went to his room human Me, and be more and more as 6.30 the next morning. he was. "cagerly strives to accomplish this
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