February 3, 1908.]
Peter, Sutherland, Jordan, Hickling, Vore. tzsch, Pollock, Sieba, Banbury, Clayson, Pem- berton and Hancock.
Dr. ATKINSON seconded, and the motion was carried.
The CHAIRMAN then read the following letter from Lady Lug-rd :-"Dear Mrs Pollock, 1 will with pleasure become patroness of the Benevolent Society, and if I can be of any use to you in that position I hope you will never hesitate to refer to me. Yours very sincerely. C. E. Lugard."
This was all the business.
CORRESPONDENCE.
"CHRISTIAN
SCIENC
TO THE EDITOR OF THE 'DAILY PRESS,' }
Hongkong, January 24th, SIE-The fact has just been brought to my notice that my name has been used over a cer tain case in Christian Science circles.
It is averred that I stated definitely that a certain lady, not at present in the Colony, could never atisin maternity; and credit is taken for the fact that the lady did becoine a mother after joining Coristian Science " circles.
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The latter fact is a source of cougratulation to all concerned. The former sla'ement is absolute lie. I write this to prevent the Public being further misguided in this Colony by state- ments which are perversions of the truth."
My mouth is sealed as to the actual acts of the case by the usual professional confidence. but this much I will Bay informed the lady's husband and the lady herself that nature in the form of maternity couldffect as equally good cure in ber ailment as surgical intervention. I write this in justice to the Public, in justice to the Medical Profession, und in justice to myself. Yours faithfully.
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G. MONTAGU HARSTON, President of the Hongkong and South China Branch of the British Medical Asscc ation.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS.
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SIB,-If, as is asserted by Chri fau Scientiste," and was so strongly emphasised by Mr. Fluno yesterday afternoon, that the ali powerful influence of the teachings of Christian Science removes sickness without the use of drugs, and cleanses from sin; what effect has пров dirt P Do" Christian Scientists" wash themselves? If yes! why? If not, why not? Surely it should be much easier to remove a superficial layer of dirt and grims from the body without scap and water than to remove a cancer cure fevers, or mend a broken leg at one sitting without the use of a knife, quinine, or splints It seems to me that the whole thing is I ke Mr. Fluno's "Leo'ure," piffle-Yours faithfully,
NO. SCIENTIST.
[A correspondent, writing on the Club notepaper, and omitting his name, asks if Mr. Dunn applies C.8. treatment to dying trees.}
TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS."}
I went
SIR. The lecture on Thursday evening on "Christian Science " reminded me of a des- oription of Science by the late Professor Huxley. Science, he declared is nothing at all if it is unt trained and organised common sense. to the meeting with a mind opeu to conviction and listened to the lecture with close attention. I left th building thinking how admirably Mr. Fluno had succeeded in demonstrating the new science to be "nothing at all."—Yours truly,
I'N ONVERTED.
P.S.-Yes, I agree with you that the lecture was a farrago of consense - perhaps the greatest ever devised to puzzle the wit of man in the history of religion‹ charlatanism.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE 'DAILY PRESS
SIR, If I had any suspicion that you had misrepresented the intellectual status of the Christian Scientia's. (and I confess
bad a little) it was completely removed by the lecture which I heard last night. It was a long-drawn out insult to intelligence, punctuated, you
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perhaps noticed. by group after grop of andi. tors leaving at regular and bri-f interval. I have attended many public meetings, and never before saw so many people get up and go ont from one, showing their impatience and disgust as the people did in this c180. I respa (fully enderse your comments in the morning's paper.
Yours truly,
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AMAZED.
King Edward Hotel, Janu ry Ph.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE " DAILY PR S.
SIR, Mr. Fluno told us last night that the finite sensa
cannot comprehend Christia0 Science; it requires "understanding." How does a finite being acquire this infiuite un derstanding?
There may ba reritus in vino. Drunk or soher hanged if I know what was meant by Mr. Fiano. Are there any sane who do know?
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You know my failing, sir, and will exensē
Yours truly.
SILAS WEGG Hongkong, 4th January, 1968,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAULT PRES
January 2014 the City Hall that he puts the Bible b-fre SIR,—The “loop-the-loop Jacturer stated in Mrs. Eddy's book. He also quited freely from it.
Towards the end of the lecture be told us there was no sky-“ no sky was created, because there was no sky," -or words to that eff×·!
What about the 6th 7th and i cepans of the 1st chapter of tienesía, Let there ha and God made the firma. and called the firma ·ent. Ha yon?”
firmamen ment Yours truly.
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as long to cons'ruct as the time originally estimated, and costs twice as much.'
One further extract; As the Construction Fagineer is serring his masters in England and not the Colonial Government, it is difficult to interfere with bim; and as the Colony has no Leoncern with the railway until it is finished and banded over, it is no one's business to eriticise.... It might almost by added that uulers a man balieve in the system faithfully he
cannot be sired.'
Further discu-sion of our own particular railway question should prove extremely in. teresting. You's truly.
A READER,
THE RAT STOPPERS."
(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRE88."]
SIR, I am glad to see again in your columa some criticism of those preposterous so-called rat stoppers which ornament the ropes of steamers at the wharves. Incubated in the Board room, As usually happen‹ in designs of such origin, they are of no use whatever. I think
may claim as long an acquaintance with wbarres and steamers as any one around and I bara terar yet, to my recollection, seen a rat making use of such a mode of transit. Why should he? Mus rattus is a gen ́leman endowed with a large amount of common sense, If he wants to go ashore, which I think as a rule be doesn't, as a comfortable berth on a steamer must be much to his liking and "a life on the { O08T wave #grees with bim just as well as one on the dull tame shore," he has many ways of doing so besides trusting himself on the path perilous" of a swincing wire rope, Gagways don't troub'e him. II is a very in- conspicuous object on a dirk night and with he can choose his place of exit. the steamer close alongside of the wharf fenders It is a funny exhibition of common seNTA, to see, on the srival of the steamer from Macio, the men hristian-lemnly advancing the hawwer with these double ended frombone contrapti », for a two hours stay in broad sunlight.
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ORTH DOX We fear no useful purpose can served by 1-tting this e rrespondence continue, and will pub'i h no more. Correspondents please note, We hope that readers who may ersounfer any Incal CASPE of Science treatment of children will CAB- municate confidentially with us or with the Pelice. - En.]
Head Quarters Office, Hongkong 23rd Jannsey, 198
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY I - FRX
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STR.-With inference to your paragraph i fo.day's issue handed Military Sendiak, the form of Notice" to which you refer is avalable for any lecturer or public entertainer who is courteous anugh to 8-nd to da invitation to à gratuitour «n^ertainment Yours faithfully,
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R J. RO S, MAJOR. D.A.A. & QM.G.
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[We are obliged for this information, which may later prove to be valu-ble to gratite us entertainers.-ED.]
THE KOWLOON RAILWAY,
TO THE DITOR OF THE DAILY PRE-S
S18.-Our railway qu-stion is coming on! The information slicited by the unofficial wem. bers of the Legislative Council is interesting, if unsatisfactory. For the first time the public is informed that the original estimate fur the construction of the e 22 miles of railway wEN £550,000. It was anticiped that the lie would be made in three years. Now it appears that the est to the Colony will be ab al oce million sterling and the line will not be Con pleted for another 2y-ars.
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It is the каше old story Fvery Crown Colony which has a railway, has a similar fal to tell; and in Sir Frank Swettenham's b ok in
British Malaya the public is interestingly | told how it happens.
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I was cuce fined ten dollars for heinous neglect of this important and indispensable The callous minion of the law precaution
*p it d ID Y default and although unofficially charecterising it as "damned ronsense," baled me metaphorically) before the Justice and I was mulcted the above amount. I have no hard feelings towards t'e magistrate He was young. "bis not to reason why;" it was the law, and though I share to a great extent the opinion i of a late eminent parochial funtionary on the subject the law had to be obeyed. Beside the Colony, the only beneficiaries have been the brass
men, makers and repairers of the apparatus, who have had · No, I good chanc3,"- Yours etc
C. V. LLOYD,
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SALT FISH: A SUGGESTION,
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE 'DAILY PRESS."]
S:R Nw that our Governor, Sir Frederick Lagard, has breached the fishery question, why
co fiue it to fresh water?
By all meing let us have our fresh water ponds stocked with trout, for everything that adds to the e jyment and roreation of the residents of this rither restricted Col ay is worthy of all encouragement But why confine war efforts to fresh water which, after all, is very limital For som reason or other our fishing is a failure in these waters and although thr- are plenty of fish, strong hefty fish that ought to give plenty of sport. they won't take any lure that the foreigner may use. It is perhaps too much to expect that the waters
biss or other game fish, but the fisheries of thega sain is a thing worth booking into and one of grast potential wealth to the Colony
The Colonial Secretary informed the Hon of the Colony to by stocked with tarpin or Mr. Osborne that the Governor controls the, expenditure. It would be interesting to lear from the Governor on that point. Sir Frank Swettenham, with experience a< Colonial Governor, writing on tha construc'in of railways by the Crown Agents say The advantage of this system is that the line is made -in time-and neither the Colony's Chief Engineer, nor i's Governor, or its Executive or Legislative Council, have any real respons ibility for the work, even though it takes twice
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In a shallow -s like the Chisa Sas there mast be so unlimited supply of splendid fish which is practicall. unt ached by the local fisherman, whose rauze, after all, a very con- foed.
With beam trawis, fish carriers and cold storage the radius of the fishing feet might be extended. There are great stretches of sento