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TUNG ON WHARF
CANTON DEPARTURE:
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1940.
Rotary Club Marks |
St. George's Day
The Rotary Club of Hong Kong yesterday obsary
od St. George's Day, which fell on April 23, and a talk on the patron saint of England and the English was given by Mr. H. G. W. Woodhead, CBE.
Mr. Woodhead said in part:
LAW SAYS ONE CRATE FOR PIG
"One 'crate for pig is clearly
stated in the regulations, al- though common sense may tell Mr. Thomas otherwise," said
am to Mr. Sutherton Russ, counsel' for Chan Chuen, who was charged for causing un- necessary cruelty to pigs.
Mr. fluas submitted that those pigs were consigned to his client by boat, and his ellent's part was to. convoy them from the wharf to
the place where they can be leased. It would be causing un- necessary nuisance if these pigs
re:
Dr. E. Stanley Jones, an out- standing Christian personality, is due to reach Hong Kong tomorrow. He will be the guest speaker at a series of meetings which have been ar- ranged from Thursday to Sun- day inclusive,
The nome of the A native
the pickle Dr. Jones is
"George" has not Amerigo Vespucci, United
States.
conspicuous in English dealer of Seville. After { beenI BO
whose high Eastern
118 Col-history
Richard, est rank was that of a boatswain's Asbury
Thomas, graduating from
in Wilmore, Kentucky, he Willam or Henry. We have had mate in an expedition that never tege in went to Indin as a missionary of eight Kings Henry and only six salled" and "yet managed, in this Kings George. Only one Ameri-lying world, to supplant Colum- the Methodist church.
cun President
Georgebus, and baptiae half the world During the years there, ha es- tablished himself as one of the George Washington. No Georges with his own dishonest name."
nelled over on the
This libel of Emerson's on our world
Mayflower.
His cilent, Mr. Ross mld, wan greatest missionaries,
based upon trying to convoy the pigs to the He did outstanding work among Perhaps the best known Ameri- Patron Saint was
Gibbon's "Decline i ean George today is that eminent statemonts In
place where and also the students of India,
and Fall of the Roman Empire." came to be accepted in a sincere salesman, George Marshall,
I have hot time to rebut it, but teacher by the leaders of other
would merely suggest that the religions of that land.
identification of St. George with Daring recent years, Dr. Jones
the dishonest bacon contractor has Traveliest widely presentine
may probably be attributed to an the Christian
the
Arian (e. heretical) conspiracy Christion Lic
Lift me the only answer
suggest that we should leave his to the personal and social pro-
Ethic
blems of the world.
and
Dr. Jones is devoting t Kreat deat f his Ume to n campaign for unity among the Christian churches of America angi of the world.
Hong Ko
Dr. Jones gramme folk..ve
was o
A few other prominent Eng- Bishmen and Americans have that Christian name, and customary English nodesty, to which I shall refer Inter, makes me feel dil- dent about admitting that my own names include George,
It la uncertain when St. George
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was adopted as the Patron Saint of England. It was probably dur- ing the Crusades. It is certain that he was styled after the Battle of Agincourt. And his pro-cult become extremely popular
in medieval England,
Guilds dedicated
hira flourished all over the country, and St. George's Day was widely | cricbrated by
feasts, pageants,
not sa
Thursday, 8.30 pm. St. John's
Hall.
Friday, 2.20 a.m. St. Paul's Senool. 4.3 pan, the Hong Kong Teurbers Association at St. Paul's School. 7 p.tn. St. Paul's Church. Gireneely.
Saturday, 1.1. Lang I ng School,
3.30
1p ten
$1 John's Cathedral. 7 p.in, St.
Paul's Church Greneely.
Tramway repairs on near the corner of Peddler Street and Des Voeux Rond Central, have com- peilect buse? on toute 4 to h divertes).
now run from the The burg Vehicular Ferry Plor by way of, Victoria Street und Queen's Road Central to Queen Mary Hospital,
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27 Closing Times by Air Carton and Nankow, (Kiwi CPO) 1.30 a.m., 10 am.. 12.30 p.m., 2.30 p.m.; (GPO) 7 a.m, 9.30 m.. Noon, 2 p.m. Atemall für Shmigbad, (Reg.) & pan. 1874,
(d) .30. 2774.
Alemail for Swatow and Aamy. (Heg.]
8.50 m... (Oct.1 9 amri. Alrmall for Okinowa and Japan, (Rrgð)
5.34 ... 1924.7 20.
Airmail for Manila, (Resi; Noon, tOrd.)
12.30 p.m.
Almall for Kunming. (Brus) * B.
(Ord. 3.18 Dan
Airmail for Shanghai and Talnetan: Air- mail for Swatow, Amuy at Taluan; Altmail for Ponchow, tr.) .. (Ord. 8.30 p.m.
and other celebrations.
to
But the English are clannish as the Scots, the Irish or the Welsh and their Saint's Day is not now so generally observed. Even in foreign coun tries suntler
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percentage of Englishmen than of Scots, join up with their national Society and continue to celebrate St. George's Day.
Possibly one of the oldest of the St. George's Societies abroud ¦ is that of New York, to which I have the honour to belong. It was first established in 1770, and reorganised under Ils present Constitution in 1780, Its motto is "Let Mercy Be Our Boast and Shume Our Only Fear," and is has more than 1,000 members, and annually dispenses some $21.000 in various forms of aid to distressed Englishmen and wo-
Who was St. George? If the version of his martyrdom given in what are known as his Pas- slons is correct he must, as our American cousins would have put It, have been some Saint For he is stated to have suffered ufitola tortures for periods ranging from seven days to seven years.
His body WES broken оть й wheel, and restored to life by St. Michael the Archangel. He was transfixed by spears, crushed by heavy stones, buried in a cave, thrown down" a well, and burnt with molten lead.
Body Broken
Sainthood untarnished.
The speaker Was Thanked by Colonel E. J. R. Mitchell, Presl dent of St. George's Hong Kong.
Society;
Charged With Establishing Radio-Com Set
Wong Mel-har, aged 23, of 154 Prince Edward Road, was charged before Mr. J. Wicks at Kowloon yesterday with establishing a radio-communi- cation station.
The prosecution was conducted by Mr. D. B. L. Grew, of GPO and defendant was represented by Mr. Peter H. Sin.
on
Defendunt was arrested April 20 at 207 Reclamation Street, where she was found by Mr. Grew in possession of B telephone and states.
Further examination evealed that the bell attached to the telephone was muffed.
Mr. Grew then delalled his 09- gistant to lift the telephone oeen- sionally
in-coming and heard messages
and
code numbers
that
names.
Mr. Grew then realised there must be someone attending the telephone.
When defendant was question- ed, she sald that she had come to the place to visit her friend,
After evidence was given, the case was adjourned to May 5.
SENTENCED
were to be taken out from the crate at the wharf and put into now separate crates.
where they could be released soon as possible and was actual ly abating unnecessary cruelty to the annals. Moreover, they wore all piglets, nono
nono weighing more
am 34 Ounds.
On Mr. Ruas saying that it was better for another learned counsel to argue the legal aspect of the so, Mr. Thomas Tam remarked
the law waa that and instead money spent that way clearly stated, might better be utilised to peiltion the Governor-In-Council to revise that law.
Mr. Thomas Tam said that he was surprised that Mr. Runs did that tho not mention the point price of pigs will naturally go up it more crates have to be used, thus increasing the coat of living.
Donations To Cathedral Fund
Fallowing be later the donation to Mt. John's Cathedral Restoration Fund
received up to April 23 which have not yes been acknowledged in the prema pom
Aaroration 3.K. it Gulden
Branch
I treat-ic Brouk Bernacchi
Him E.B. Atkins Mia KM.R. Stuckland A.JW. Eva
G.B, Wilby
Miss D. Wiser
Ri, Her, Nik, Halsward)
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