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JOHN WRAYF BETTY COMPSON JOHN HARRON,
Allister, King:
George Byron," Duke, Lee ed by Wilam” Jumer Craft: duced by Carl Laemmla, Jr.
ated by "Carl Last
Wednesday, July 29, 1931.
Sixth Moon, 15th Day.
E 大英七月廿九鏃 禮拜三 中華民國辛未年六月十五日
HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1931.
TAO FONG SHAN INSTITUTE.
New Building in Shatin Valley.
FOUNDATION STONE LAID.
MISTRESS CHARGED. Allegation by a Fellow Teacher.
"UNSAFE TO CONVICT."
At the Kowloon, Magistracy yesterday afternoon,, Mr. E. W. Hamilton concluded the
in which a Chinese school mistress WAS charged with the alleged larceny of $149 from a fellow teacher of 18, Jordan Road,
case
The money was alleged to have been missed from the complainant's purse on the same morning that the accused visited the house. The
BAD FOR MUKDEN TROOPS.
Loss of Thousand Prisoners.
PAOTINGFU'S PERIL.
Tokyo, Yesterday.
A Tientsin despatch to the Rengo agency states that there has been heavy fighting between Shik' Yu-shan's troops and the Mukden forces in the region of Wangtu,
The Dean, the Very Rev. Alfred Swann, yesterday afternoon laid the foundation stone of a new building of the Tao Fong Shan In- stitute on a fine site which com- mande an excellent view of Shatin next day the principal tenant spoke in Hopek province, since July 26.
to accused on the subject saying The Mukden troops are reported that she was the only person who
to have suffered severe casualties, The ceremony was attended by could have taken the money and with a loss of about
a thousand over a hundred people consisting accused was alleged to have then prisoners and large quantities of mainly of Scandinavian mission-made out a document promising to rifles and guns.
repay the money in monthly instal- ments. Later she signed a second document.
Valley.
aries,
In an interesting address the Rev. K. L. Reichelt, Superintendent of the Institute, explained the meaning of the words "Tac Fong
Shan" which meant "the mountain from which the Logos wind-the divine and brilliant Tao is blow Ing". The Chinese word, Tao was equivalent to the Western Logos.
The work of the Institute was
In the witness bux yesterday, the accused denied stealing the money or that she ever entered the com- plainant's cubicle during her visit to the house.. Further, accused denied borrowing any money from the complainant, and alleged that the latter was owing her. $10.
Giving his decision his Worship remarked that while he was
not
started in Nanking by himself and making any supersions there was his colleague, Mr. M. N. Theile, the possibility of there being no and it flourished until the up-money in the complainant's purse; heaval of 1927. More than 5,000 of the money having been stolen by of. It having been. Buddhist and Taoist monks and Bervants; and many other religious people had taken by the principal. He did
visited the institute.
Following the upheaval in Nan- king when the mission, property was destroyed, the Chrietlan Mis sion to Buddhists looked around for a quiet and safe place to carry on, and providentially they were led to that beautiful valley.
The work was founded by special groups of broadminded Christians of the Lutheran State churches of Norway, Denmark and Sweden, and their great aim was to gather the truth-seeking and yearning people in the Far East around Christ as the incarnate word from God, the eternal Logos, the true Tao.,
The Scripture lesson was read by the Rev. E. A. Armstrong, B.A while the benediction was pro- nounced by the Rev. E G. Powell. Mr. J. Frip Moller, F.I.A.A, the architect for the building, pointed
out that the style of the building
was Chinese, but with no stamp of '- any particular religion or pro- vince. When finished, the building would contain details from the New Territories as well as from Peking.
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not for one moment say that any of these had occurred, but they were possibilities.
H. Worship then dealt with the second document signed by the accused and commented upon the. fact that it was executed after the complainant had placed the matter in the hands of the Police, and
said that that was an extraordinary malevolence on the accused's part That extraordinary malevolence added to the possibilities of the case and made it unsafe to convlet. Therefore, he would discharge the accused, and while he was making no aspersions against any person, to be quite honest about the matter he must say that he did not know the truth of the mastter.
HISTORY & THOUGHT
Growth of Scholarship
Reviewed.
ADDRESS TO ROTARIANS.
Sir William Hornell, addressing the Rotary Club at the weekly tiffin yesterday, dealt in highly interest- SHOOTING AFFAIR. Ing manner with certain incidenta in history which all gave rise to considerable conjecture. Ho cited
Coolie Uses His Master's Revolver.
Shih Yu-shan's army on July 27 continued to advance towards Pao- tinglu, and is reported to have already encountered the main forces of the Mukden armies.
to be imminent, as The fall of Paotingfu is believed the Mukden troops are reported to have no in- tention of holding their ground whereas the morale of Shih T shan's men is excellent.
In the event of Paotingfu, falling it la reported that Chang Haueh- liang will withdraw from Peking ard Tientsin to Reuter.
Manchuria.
FARMER'S LOSS. Wife Jumps Into Sumchun River.
FRETTED OVER SON.
Fung Wal, a farmer, of 34, Liu Pok village, has reported to the Police at Lok Ma Chau that at four friends informed him that they o'clock .on Monday afternoon, had seen his wife jump into the Sumchun river and disappear.
been fretting a great deal. lately over the death of her four-year-old son about a month ago.
The farmer adds that she had
body but they failed to locate it.
SPEARED BY POLE.
The Police made a search for the
Drops from House on
Man's Foot.
Whilst walking in Chu Lung Street yesterday, a man named Wong Sie was struck by a bamboo pole which dropped from the second floor of house No. 1.
The pole went through the man's foot, and split a clog which he was wearing at the time.
He was subsequently taken to
many instances upon, which Government Civil Hospital.
enlightenment would
ing.
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to detalis
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make fascinating. read world over, in slightly varied form, referring to the navy going on to consider the growth of Tarshish, the tin islands of and purpose of medieval literature the Cassiferides, and the shipping in Europe, with particular refer- island of Ictis, thought by some to ence to William Dunbar, the Scot- be St. Michael's Mount, in Cornwall tish poet Opportunites for hear Sir William also speculated as to ing in those days were vastly dif the conditions prevailing along the ferent to the present time, when great avenues to trade in the ear-Shanghai alone had 29 Universities.. lor days of history.
In the servants' quarters of 460, The Peak, a house occupied by Mr. J. K. Bousfeld, of the A.P.C., ahooting affair occurred last night, when, as a result of a quarrel be tween the house coolie and the gar- dener, the former is alleged to have shot three times, the bullets Dealing with the impulses which entering the body twice. The Injur might be said to govern the main ed man, Yan Chung, was taken to movements of man, Sir Wil hospital where he is lying in aliam advanced the opinion that the serious condition.
It appears that only the servants were in the premises at the time of the occurrence, and that the coolle, who has disappeared, used his master's revolver, which the Police after Investigation, found to be also missing along with another automatic pistol. The alleged assailant is stated to be about 22 years of age.
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majority of people who came out to the East had in view an easier and better way of making a living.
A Contrast.
The speaker also dealt with the persistence of folk stories all the
The true carrier in the
com-
merce and transmission of thought, Sir William concluded, was the old, subtle, winding, caressing, omnipo- tent wind of man's aspiration, For the secret which was also the reward of all learning lay in the passion for the search.
Mr. M. K. Lo voiced the thanks of the assembled Rotarians to the speaker.
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