THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1928.
UNION CHURCH
VALEDICTORY TO THE REV. J.. KIRK MACONACHIE
A PRESENTATION
MR. F. TSE YAT
AWAY
THE CHINA, MAIL,
Mr. Macónachio has likewise ex- porlenced a sense of isolation, as baing for the most of the time PROMINENT CHINESE PASSES practically the only representative of the Free Church Ministry, great change for him after being the secretary of the Manchester
n
SPLENDID CAREER
Mr. Franciaco Tae Yat, a promin- The Rev. J. Kirk Maconachie, District Free Church Federation. Pastor of the Union Church, Ken. Although well able to stand alone ent and highly respected member nedy-road, and his wife, who are and to defend himself and his of the local Chinese community, died ahortly going Home after fifteen chuac, Mr. Maconachle is the soul at his residence, No. 87 Caine-road years' work in the Colony, wore of friendship and therefore all the yesterday morning.
Until he was taken ill about a the recipients of a beautiful silver more hearty was the welcome he colleague, and kettle, on a stand, as a parting gave to me as a
week ago, Mr. Tae Yat, who was a and had always gift from members of the congre- very kind has he been to me over
ceptuagenarian aince I came.
possessed ʼn robust constitution, was gation and others, luat evening.
The presentation, which was
Mrs. Maconachie
in excellent health. Although he.
in the Union Church Lecture Hall, Kennedy-road, in the presence of a large gathering, which was presid ed over by the Rev. J. H. Johnston, Minister of the Union Church, Kowloon.
made by Mr. M. F. Key, took place And we are losing another kind, put up a stubborn fight he was un- red spirit in Mrs. Maconachie. If able to overcome his last illness and, I have spoken of isolation, it was sinking gradually, the climax was an isolation always qualified by reached yesterday morning when he that sympathetic presence. Mra. passed peacefully away. Maconachio has always seconded A self-made man, Mr. Tse Yat her husband's efforts with ability was born in Macao in 1854, and was and grace and with plenty of In- therefore 74 years of age at the tintive of her own. And so we time of his death. Armed with a are gathered to-night to pay a final fair education, plenty of energy and` tribute of thanks to them both for confidence in his own ability to make their presence and help during good, the deceased started his bus! these 15 years and to wish thea news career at the age of 15 years. every good wish for days to come. Ho (Applause).
Among those present were His Lordship the Bishop of Victoria, Miss Davies and the Rev. H. R. Wells (London Mission), the Rev. F. C. Knight Anstey (Wesleyan Minister), the Rev. II. Y. Koop, the Rev. G. F. Stopford, C.F., the Rev. F. P. W. Alexander, C.F, and the Rev. Frank Short, in addition to members of the governing body of St. John's Cathedral and a large
number of Union Church adher
eata.
The Bishop's Tribute
exaggerated.
Was
ON HIGHWAY
CHARGE AGAINST A "CHINESE AND 3 GIRLS
4.
Mr. C. A. S.; Russ represents the first defendant while Mr. Leo d'Almada is for the three girls. Schofield decided that there
After evidence was given, Mr. W. not sufficient evidence against the was fourth defendant and she was dis charged. There was, however, prima facie case against the other three..
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TO-DAY'S BIG FILM
“TWO LOVERS AT THE “QUEEN'S THEATRE
FAMOUS STARS
CASE PROCEEDING
The case in which a Chinese and The farewell appearance of three girls are charged in connec- Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky, tion with the highway robbery com- the world famous stars, as screen mitted on an elderly woman, at partners, will be seen in "Two Tal Nam Chung on August 12, was Lovers," which arrives at the continued at the Kowloon Magis-Queen's Theatre to-day. The pic- tracy yesterday.
ture la an adaptation of the well- Mr. H. Somerset Fitzroy is ap-known novel, "Leatherface," by. pearing for the Crown,
Baroness Orczy and concerns the adventures of the mysterious leather-masked dare devil who always turns up just in the nick, of time to save his lord liege, the tured by the enemy and later Prince of Orange from being cap helps to free Flanders from the Colman, who starred in "The hands of the Spaniards. Ronald
Dark Angel" and "Beau Geste," two memorable pictures, is cast in the colourful role of "Leather- face" himself. Vilma Banky, the beautiful Hungarian star, who her credit is the heroine. also has many screen successes to Paul Lukas, Nigel de Brulier, and Helen Jerome Eddy appear in character roles excelled only by the part of Noah Beery as the sinister Duke of Azar. Intricately constructed and impressive settings, faithful reproduction of 16th century at- mosphere together with a stir- ring battle episode, are among the many spectacular features of the picture."Two Lovers" which was directed by Fred Niblo, who also directed "Ben-Hur," will be shown until Saturday.
FRENCH FINANCES
CAPITAL DEBT AND SINKING
·FUND
Paris, Yesterday.
first connected with Messrs. Wing Kee and Co., the well- known Hong Kong ship-chandlery The Bishop said he was sure they and coal merchant firm. Starting would agree with him that what as a clerk, he rose rapidly, and by M. Chappedelaine, the Chamber Mthe time he reached the age of 30 financial reporter, has said that the had beon sald about Maconachie's influence reaching far he had thoroughly mastered every French capital debt diminished by Mr. Muconachie's Ministry The proceedings were opened beyond the church was not in any detail of the business, and was ap 15,000,000,000 francs between De
Не (the pointed general manager of the firm. cember 31, 1928 and June 30, 1928. by the Chairman who, in a lengthy degree
Taking a keen interest in ship-In 1929 more than 8,000,000,000,000 apeech of appreciation of Mr. Kirk Bishop) had been in Hong Kong for Maconachie's work in the Colony, eight years during which. time he ping, Mr. Tae Yat became an author- francs will be devoted to Sinking
His out- Fund-Reuter. aid that Mr. Maçonachie's minis had been closely associated with ity in the business.
Referring to his look was broadened by the fact that try in Hong Kong began on March Mr. Maconachie. 30, 1913, and closed on September impending departure, his Lordship his work necessitated travelling in said "As the time of his departure all parts of China, and he made the has been drawing nigh, my own acquaintance of many business men heart has been sad again and of standing, officials students, NEW ELINOR GLYN COMEDY many of whom remained his friends again."
for life and Mr. Tae Yat always
great help
оп many
"RITZY
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30, 1928, having loated exactly fifteen years and a half. Thus the Ministry just closed has surpassed
.. COMING in duration all preceding ones
CONRAD FILM Continuing. alnee the Church became self-sup-
hia Lordship re-
Following closely, upon the suc- porting. Not only so but, in that marked that among the characteris-took much pleasure in welcoming period. Union Church touched atles he had found in Mr. Macon-and entertaining these old friends at cess of her novel "It," the screen "THE ROAD TO ROMANCE" AT
mindedness, his residence whenever they came to version of which was seen here
THE STAR height of prosperity far above the achie
big were highest reached before, as indicat unscrupulous fair mindedness and Hong Kong.
recently, Elinor Glyn is the ed by the number of scatholders the true spirit of comradeship and
A Bank Agent
authoress and producer of another One of the most colourful, pic- and the amount of the current In-friendliness. Talking from his Mr. F. da Costa, a former Gov-capital comedy "Ritzy," which turesque, and thrilling pictures come, white the pulpit attained a heart, he was taking leave of ane ernor of Macao in 1902 consulted will be shown at the Queen's of the season, "The Road to breadth of influence quite unique. who was a colleague, a friend, and Mr. Tse Yat on the advisability of Theatre on Sunday and Monday Romance," will be screened at the
That the abounding prosperity of the Church was closely connect-one whose judgment had been of starting in Macao a branch of the next according to a special adver- Star Theatre from to-day to tisement in this issue. Betty Saturday. Roman Novarro, the occasions. Banco National Ultramarino, Mr. Bronson, the "Peter Pan" girl, is hero of "Ben-Hur," has an equal- ed with the general prosperity of wherever Mr. Maconachte went Tee gave the matter bis hearty up the leading player and appears as ly strong part to play as a young the Colony, none recognised more he would have a wide and bene- port, and on the establishment of a snobbish young miss who in- Spanish nobleman who goes out clearly than Mr. Maconachie, who ficial influence.
the bank he was appointed Chinese sists upon marrying a Duke whose seeking adventure among the likewise foresaw that the condi-
Other Speakers
agent, a very difficult position 'be- tians were too favourable to last, and that a period of financial de Others who spoke were Mr. T. cause of the keen competition of wealth and power, she says, are pirates of the Caribbean Sea
necessary to happiness. Her and finds it in plenty. Charming pression was liable to follow, for Mitchell, Chairman, of the Commit-many other banks.
friends propound a plan, whereby Marceline Day appears opposite In addition, Mr. Tse Yat was the girl, after a series of tho-the star and adds much to the which provision should be made. tee, Miss Davies, who expressed the 1917, when the tide of prosperity coming departure of Mr. and Mrs. Railway Syndicate, and in 1904 was rudely disillusioned and decides d'Arcy, the most convincing was rising: the magnificent Three- Kirk Matonachie, and the Rev. one of the negotiators of the Macao to trust her future in the hands "villain" of the screen, is cast as
He also was of the man she really loves. & quarter Century Fund of $40,000, Alexander, C. F., who expressed the Railway Convention.
crooked Spanish judge who: far-sighted enough to take an in- James Hall, a player fast becom- finally ends his life rather than created white finances were at appreciation of the K.O.S.B., their height, in 1919: and Union
terest in petróleum and was one of ing popular with movie fans, ap-face the issue of his crimes. Church. Kowloon, founded in 1924,
the chief promoters of the Interna- pears opposite the delightful Faithful replicas of olden time before the depression was serious-
Mr. M. F. Key, secretary of the tional Petroleum Co., which holds little star who receives further pirate ships and many spectacular ly felt, remain lasting memoriala Church Committee, asked Mr. and valuable of concessions at Timor.
support from William Austin, scenes of battle between buccan-1 to Mr. Maconachie's, success, his Mrs. Maceonachie to accept the
Joan Standing, and George eer and freebooter are among the foresight and prudence, his power gift of the silver kettle and a He amassed a fortune by his many | Nichols.
highlights of the picture. of initiative and tenacity of pur- cheque to which, he mentioned activities, and had always been pose, his breadth of outlook and members of the Church, both in liberal in his donations to his less wise statesmanship. Future gen-Hong Kong and on leave, had sub- fortunate fellows. His contribu- erations, in Hong Kong and Kow-scribed as well as others in the tions to charitable institutions were loon, will still rise up to bless the Colony who were not connected liberal and he was one of the first pame of Mr. Maconachie. (Ap-with Union Church.
members of the Tung Wah Hospi- plause.)
The present bore the following tal Committee. As a member of Mr. Maconchie's Influence Inscription "Presented to the Rev. the Typhoon Relief Committee in Kirk Maconnchie and Mrs. 1996, Mr. Tse Yat rendered valuable To Mr. Maconachis' are also due J.
by members and the generous gifts of Sir Paul Maconachie
assistance after the terrible havoc Chater, both to the mother and the friends of Union Church. Hong which was wrought in the Colony by daughter Church. Indeed there Is Kong, as a token of affectionate re the great typhoon which in that reason to believe that all the gard-1913-1928."
The beautiful organ" installed in regret of the London Mission at the prime mover in this Canton-Macao roughly amusing incidents, is effectiveness of the story. Roy
The Presentation
His Generosity.
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year swept over the island.
Mr. Maconachie's Speech.
A devout Roman Catholic, the late
liberal benefactions to the Churches in the Colony which dis- In acknowledging the gift, Mr.Mr. The Yat was a President of the tinguished the closing years of Sir Maconachie said he could present Chinese. Catholic Union. A pro- Paul's remarkable career, may have a claim, which he was sure would gressive man, Mr. Tse Yat always been prompted by a sermon of Mr.be honoured, on the sympathy of took a keen interest in education Maconachie's.
the meeting. Never in his life and was patron of the St. Joseph's had he heard his name spoken sa College Association of Hong Kong, often within such a short time and a director of the Catholic Union (laughter), and referred to in terms and School at Macao. of such generous appreciation.
The Family Though he had just arived at
The influence of Union Church pulpit during the past 15 years is something which cannot be calcul ated, but which has certainly been immense. Within that period fell
the Great War, with all its viels- the right age to be a Prime Minis-
situdes from first to Inst, and all ter or
Socially prominent. Mr. Tae Yat
a Foreign Secretary, he was popular and highly respected
resigned the amongst the members of every com
He had a
the profound and varied emotions had nevertheless which were stirred and all the unt Pastorate of Union Church, be-munity in the Colony, precedented situations and pecu-cause he felt it was time that family of eleven children, four being ilar problems which arose. At younger shoulders were
sons. Of these, three survive him such a time a preacher is severely wheel and because he had to con- and are all successful in business tested, but Mr. Maconachie rose to sider, one whom he had never been in Hong Kong. The eldest son, Mr. Nicholas Tao Yung-kwong, for many
at the
the full height of his opportunity. able to Induce to consider herself. Many have told me that, through
"I have baptized about 260 of years held an important post in the those months and years of tension my
fellow creatures in the
Maconachie
men
Peking-Kalgan Railway, and Inter took up a responsible position in
and of awakened communal feel- Church," Mr. ing, his voice sounded out from tioned, "And I see some of them Tientsin with the Hamburg-Ameri-
week to week with a truly prophe-bere almost grown-up."
tic ring.
ing
Touch
ca Line's Godown and Wharf,
on his pastoral work, the and figured prominently in relief
that ha WaB
work when Tientsin suffered from a
It would be Impossible to speaker remarked enumerate all the benevolent acti- sometimes greeted with the words destructive flood. The second son, But he might Mr. Simon Tae Yan, ia compradore
vities in which Mr. Maconachie "well, stranger." has taken part, often a leading and have said that himself with more of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha in controlling part, such as the Hong reason Kong and New Territories Evange He had been in some of their the St. Vincent de Paul Society and (laughter and applause). Hong Kong, and Vice-President of listation Society, War Charities, houses oftener than they had been Chairman of the St. Joseph's Asso- Hospital Committee. German Mis- In God's House,
ciation, and of the St. Joseph's sions Trust, Y.M.C.A.. etc. His
After speaking of the note which Home for the Aged Poor. Like his connection with the Scottish Volun- he said he hoped had animated his father, he had also been a Director teers and the St. Andrew'a Society ministry, and the princinios which of the Tung Wah Hospital and the has been commemorated elsewhere. he had tried to pursue, Mr. Macon- Po Leung Kuk (Applause.)
jachie said it was no easy mat-' The third son, Mr. Frank, Teo Church Constitution Mr. Maconachie has enjoyed a
ter for his wife and himself to say, Wing-kwan, is a returned student wide and well, deserved popularity,
from America where he studler at goodbye.
After a reference to his wife, the North Western and the Loyola but popularity is not incompatible with-loneliness, for, while it is and to the fact that they came to Universities of Chicago...... easy to find a thousand who are the Colony a family of three and ready to be amused with a humor would leave as a family of two, The late Mr. Tao Yat was the ous story, it is hard to find one Mr. Maconachle concluded by.com-recipient of the Golden Gross. of who will co-operate in high manding them to God. If they did Merit with Crown, which was con- spiritual aim. The misfortune la not meet again in theae mortal ferred upon him by His Imperial that this inevitable spiritual isola scenes, he believed from the bot Majesty, the late Emperor of tion was aggravated by the defettom of his heart they would be Austria and King of Hungary:*** tive constitution of Union Church Joined together with those who The funeral will take place this which scemia to, have been framed had passed through here, in the afternoon at the Roman Catholic rather to curb the Pastor and keep faith and fear of God, and had Cemetery, the cortège "passing" the him in restraint than to give scope
entered a higher sphere of life and Monument at Bo'clock. to his efforts and establish
experience and service, as TANDON thority. I refer to this deliberate-The meeting concluded with the Mr. Stephan Scouloud
hyun, and 2 Mr. presented: "Greece" enspronounced the Turkish negotiatfor
died, aged
ly because I hope a bett
tion will be created for
singing of Maconáchie Bene
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