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"JOCK" MCKELVIE
ELECTED
LIFE MEMBER
K.F.C. Hold Annual Meeting
Mr. J. McKelvie was elected an honorary life member of the Kow loon Football Club at the annual meeting held yesterday. Major C. M. Manners presided.
In proposing that Mr. McKelvie be the Club, Mr. C. M. Hall dwelt on elected an honorary life member of
his long association with the Club. He had given of his best to the Club- during those years.
The proposal was passed with ac- clamation, and Mr. McKelvie, in A. favourable report was pre-thanking the members, said he high-- sented, the past year seeing the ly appreciated the honour. opening of the new premises and
greater improvement in the foot-
ball teams.
The standard
of football
COLONY TENNIS
was
-commented_upon, and an appeal PLAYERS FOR
was made for better sportsman- ship among the players.
SAIGON TOURNEY
Pians to determine a tennis cham- pion for the Far East have been fos. tered in Saigon and to this end an invi--- detation has been received by the Colony
to send its best to participate.
The President said it is just a 2year this month since they los' their President, the late Mr. T. A. Mitchell; his passing was plored by all and at this, the fire annual meeting since his death, he asked members to rise for a fev seconds as a mark of sorrow and remembrance,
The invitation, it is learned, was is- sued by the Federation Cochin-Chinoise" de Lawn Tennis, and, the tournament,. to be called the Far East Champion- ship, is proposed to commence at the end of November.
"Our football teams played btter football last year than has been wit- A great attraction to the tournament nessed by us for some time. This is [will be the presence of such players as very gratifying and augurs well for Destremeau, the French Davis Cup the forthcoming season.
player.who is ranked No. 2 in France,
We thank Sonny Bliss for bringing Pelizza, another brilliant French tennis us through a good year and hope that star, and Kho Sin-kie, the well-known next season we shall give a good ac-Chinese Davis Cup player.. It is not count of ourselves in the football fleld. definite that all these players will take the Federation Cochin-Chi- We also thank Jock MacKelvie for part, but looking after us so well with his ad-noise de Lawn Tennis anticipates their vice and assistance and for his care acceptance of invitations which have for our interests on the Council of been issued. the Association. (Applause.)
BOWLS PROGRESS
Now I want to say a few words about Bob Halls "baby"K.F.C. Lawn Bowls. It has been spoon-fed from birth and is growing bigger and bet-
We ter in every way.
finished
up the season winners of the Third Divi- sion League (Applatise). I presume, therefore, we shall be promoted to the Second Division next season and hope to be able to keep our end up. I am also hoping that we shall be able to put up a team for the Third Division next year.
Great credit for the smooth “run ning of the Lawn Bowls. competitions etc. is due to our convener, Vic-
This is a splendid move on the part of the Tennis Association in Saigon and will mean much to tennis general- ly in the Far East, putting it, as it will do, before the whole world.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE- LESSON SERMON Subject: "Man"
The subject of the Lesson Sermon in - all Christian Science Churches *to- morrow, September 4th will be "Man.”. The Golden Text will be "Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: thy Q Lord time in keeping the line clear and en-will be still praising thee deavouring to make everybody happy of Hosts, blessed is the man that trus-- and comfortable. Bob Hall has kept teth in thee." (Ps. 84: 4.12).
Among others the following citations the lawn in splendid condition and is still doing things for the Club, for will be read from the Bible "And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's which we are very grateful indeed.
porch. Then came the Jews round (Applause).
With regard to finance, the report about him and said unto him, How shows a large profit, but this profit long dost thou make us to doubt? If is made up entirely of extraordinary Jesus answered them, I told you and ye
thou be the Christ, tell us plainly... Items; as you will see, ordinary ex believed not: the works that I do in penditure actually exceeded ordinary income by $700. This was expected my Father's name, they bear witness of me. But ye believe not because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto
as we have had to find moneys to cover various items required for the building, etc.
new you. My sheep hear my y voice and I The cost of the Club House amount-know them and they follow me: and I ed to $11,856.20 and at the end of give unto them eternal like; and they June we had paid off $3,856.20 of this shall never perish, neither shall any amount, which must be considered man pluck them out of my hand. My satisfactory, and we hope to be able Father which gave them me is greater to substantially reduce the $7,500 at than all; and no-man is able to pluck the end of the year.
them out of my Father's hand." (John 10:28-20).
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
!
The following citations will also be read from the Christian Science Text- In seconding the report, and ac-book "Science and Health with Key to' counts, Mr. R. Hall mentioned the the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, ScHoolboys' Challenge Shield. They "If we were to derive all our concep- had suffered a loss on the match last tions of man from what is seen between' season, and he felt that the com the cradio and the grave, happiness petition should be encouraged and and goodness. would have no abiding. every support given to it.
place in man and the worms would rop Reference was made by a member him of the flesh; but Paul writes: "The to an item in the accounts for a law of the Spirit of life in Christ player's medical fees.
Jesus hath made me free from the law Explaining this item, the President of sin and death. Man undergoing said that during the past season, one birth, maturity and decay is like the of the Club's players had been seri- beasts
* and vegetables, subject to ously hurt. He had found it diffi- laws of decay. If man were dust in cult to meet, this medical fees, Bo his earliest stages, we might admit the Committee had decided to help the hypothesis that he returns even- him out. (Cries of -"Good"),
tually to his primitive condition; but Officers elected for the forthcoming man was never more nor legs than man. sedson were as follow::
If Life or Soul and its representative; President, Major C. M. Manners; man, unite for a period and then are Vice-President, Mr. C. M. Hall;' Chair-separated as by a law of divorce to be man, Mr. R. Hall; Treasurer, Mr. V. brought together again at some uncer- White: Secretary, Mr. A... Eastman; tain future time-and in a manner un, Bar Convener, Mr. L. Bones; Captain, known, and this is the "generdli réli- 1st XI, Mr. A. S. Bliss; Committee, gius opinion of mankind, —we are Megers. J. McKelvie,. V. Chittenden, V. without a rational proof of Imam C. Labrum, C. K. Fuller, T. Fergusson Ity. But man cannot be lepât and Dr. H. Bunje,
Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and thews, were elected" alilitors.
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