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CORRESPONDENCE.
TENANTS BURDEN.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "BONGKONG DAILY PRESS.].
Bond it
SIR-I um aure that all tenants are very grateful to the Hon. Mr. Shewan for his most reasonable and impartial speech at the Legislative Council the other day, but we all feel very disappointed when the Governor said that he impossible to alter the Bill so as to Exempt the "poorer classes, fearing that the greater part of the burden would in that case fall on the landlords, which he considered unfair. An exemplary excure, Indeed!
I don't think any other tenants will be axempted except Sir Robert Ho Tungs. I myself, when the Bill was under dis cassion, was warned by my landlord the I should have to bear the burden of the increased taxes. The rents in the Colony are continuously increasing on some pretext or other, and no mercy is shown to the poorer classes. We have bear the bard, leaving the landlords to rap the benefit of our submission. Yours, etc.,
A POOR TENANT.
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The meeting of these teame at the Happy Valley on Saturday produced an unusually low.icoring game. After being dismissed for the modest total of 30, the Middlesex acomplished the remarkable performance of dismissing their oppor- ents for the extraordinary total of 8 runs The very low scoring was partly due to the excellent bowling of Butterworth and Taylor and partly to the keenness of the
trench folding, but mainly to a very treacherous wet wicket. Each aide managed two innings. The Middlesex, in a very sport ing manner, declared in their second inaings, thus giving the R.AM.C chance to win if they could score fast
The bowling, however, ennigh. always too good for the hatting, and in spite of a promising start by Lawrencə and Brown, the "Diehards" finished with plenty of time to spare, winning by about 20 TUDS,
LAWN TENNIS.
LEAGUE TENNIS→→TI, DIVISION.
K.C.C. . CIVIL SERVICE (B).. Stapleton and Ralston boat Hamil-
ton and Pathfield' Stapleton and Ralston beat Wood-
10
man and Biden
Stapleton and
Ralaton
best
Lamble and Deakin .....
Jeffrie and Blackburn beat Hamil.
ton and Pishfeld
man and Biden
Jolific and Blackburn, heat Wood-
Jeffrie and Blackburn beat Lauble
and Deaki
7
Anderson and lowsbury beat Ham-
**ilton and Pathfield
Anderson and Jewshury
best
Woodman and Biden
B
Lamble and Denkin
Anderson and Jewsbury beat.
K,G.C. (A) « UNIVERSITY.
Green and Chanyut . Redmond
and Brayshay
Green and Chunyut
and Digby
S. C. Wong
Green and Chinyut v. Gittens and
Ranjahn
Abraham and Stalker ». Redmond
and Brayshay
Abraham and Stalker v S, C.
Wong, and Digby
Abraham and Stalker v. Gittens
Kay
and Bamjohn...
and Torsler. Redmond and Brayshayarián
Kay and Forster v. SC Wong
and Digby
Kay, and Forster
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY JUNE 11TB, 1917
DAY
ST. GEORGE'S
CELEBRATION: STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS.
RECEIPTS,
Collections and Donations Ac Street Collection Tim $13,886,09 Donations (including theatre ticket dona- tions).....
2,319.00
Cafe Chantant Aje. Admission to Cate Chantang A/c. and side shows)...... Bar, etc, receipts Auction Ruffles, etc..... 1,189.00
...$ 3,259.00 398.10
Theatre Afc, 23rd April. Auction of seats.......... 6,200.00 Bule of seats ........ Programmes, chocolates
and bar tickets (les cost of programmes, $333) Advertisements on Pro-
grammes
2,421.00
703.28.
1,110.00
850.00
Donation (to cover ex penses per contra), Theatre 1/e. 25th and 20th April.
$1,489,00 Sale of meats
180.05 Programmes
Bank Interest
EXPENDITURE.
$10,204:99
0,848.10
THE LATE REV. H. O. SPINK.
MEMORIAL TABLET UNVEILED BY
HE. THE GOVERNOR,
At an interval in the morning service at St. Andrews Church, Kowloon, yeh terday, H.E. the Governor unveiled the brass memorial tablet which had been erected in memory of the late Rev. H. O. Spink, formerly chaplain of the Church, and who was killed in action in France in August of Ist year. After the sing ing of the hymn, ✨✨ God of the living," following the State prayers, a procession was formed, consisting of HE the Governor, the Bishop of Victoria, Sir Paul Chater, CMG, the Her, N. L | Popo, incumbent of St. Andrew's, and the two wardens, and upon arrival at the tablet, which was veiled in the Union Jack, the Bishop and In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of 11,204.28 the Holy Ghost, I will now nak the Governor to unveil the tablet."
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they going to allow those ascrificos, that shedding! of precious blood, to be in van Were they going toivonge all those ascrifices! No doubt God would punish, in his own way, those who had ruthlessly trampled under foot al international law, and the laws of humanity. Yengeance would only breed bitterness. The British. Empire was not working for territory, although thay might be.
be necessary for all he knew, but that was not what the blood of the slaig was crying for that day, Their blood was crying out to those who were living in luxury and ease, but it was not crying out to them that they should go on making money so that their sons might inherit large fortunes; be- cause they were eliminating the competi- FROM tion of certain nations in order that they might get richer than the others, Glod forbid that they should do that. The ren who bat died would not have died for, that. Before the war they were a money- making and pleasure-seeking nation. As Tegards their duty to the State, the vast anjority of them rarely thought about it except to criticise those who were govern- "To the glory of God, and in memory $36,085.37 of Hubert Octavions Spink, M.A., wing them. All that had to be changed, was Chaplain of this Church, 1909-12 It was not enough now to have more Subsequently he became Vicar of the conventional patriotism, that would not Church of St. Clement, Livery Hehe worthy of the great sacrifices which offered hirise!f to the service of his cou had been made in order that they might try during the great wer, and, in the think of the things that really mattered. be redeemed. They must learn now to 794.84 performance of his duties sa Chaplain of It was not the time for men to divide
His Excellency then drew hack the Union Jack, and the incumbent read the 3,858.05
84.97 ineription, which was as follows :--
re Collections and Donations A/c. Cost of Trays and Tins $112.00 Printing, Advertising
and Stationery 553.78 Coolie Hire and Gratul-
ties
59.09
Cafe Chaniant a/c. Printing, Advertising
and Stationery Matshed, Plants, Chairs,
ato.
.8120.95
306.92
- Theatre Afc. 23rd April. Printing Advertising
202.65 85.71.
and Stationery busan $143.00. Costumes and Scenery,
etc. (half share) ... 207.63 Hire of Theatre and
Hall, etc. Band
(Paid for by donation per contra).
Theatre 4/c. 20th and 15th
April. Printing, Advertising
and Stationery
8.68,75 Costumes, Scenery, etc.
(hall share)
507.04
was
Hire of Theatre, etc. Band Sundry Expenses
216.84
216.00
107.75
Balance at Mercantile Bank
of India, Ltd.
427.871
128.09
$16.99 se
33,169.68
$36,868.37
Audited and found correct.
A. Lowe, F.CA.,
Hoa Auditor.
Hongkong, 31st May, 1917. The St. George's Society has now been formed and the 74 gentlemen who attend. ed the meeting which was held in the City Hall on May 31st are the Founders and first members of the Society,
The Hon. Treasurer, Mr. N. d. Stabb, Chief Manager of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, is now prepared to receive entrance fees and subscriptions for this year.
10–17
75-20
The entrano fee is $5 and the subcrip. tion for the year $2 Any member mak ing a donation of $0 to the Funds of the Society becomes a Life Member, Mr. J. Bentley, the Hon. dec., sky those who became members at the meeting on the B-2 | 31st May kindly to take note of this and, as soon as convenient, arrange for the money to be sent to the Hon. Tresurer The Hon. Secretary will forward copy of the Rules in a few days.
the Force, he was killed in action on August 19th, 1916, aged 38 years.
** His noble death was a fitting episode in s manly life wholly dedicated to the Barvice of God and his countrymen.
"Grester love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
By faith he offered unto God an excellent sacrifics.
their time between money-making and sport, or for the women of the Empire to lives in thinking partly of their lood, partly of their dress, and spend their
had been redeemed from that by the sacri No. They martly of their amusement,
fice of much precious blood. Their late
Chaplain being dead, his sacrifice spoke to them, and to the British Empire all the other sacrifices which had been made.
"God testifying of his gifts, and by it, He died not only as a British soldier
he, being dead, yet speaketh."
The brass tablet was of a most hand-
some design, being mounted on teuk, and the lettering was in old English Sub scriptions amounting to 400 had been raised on behalf of the tablet, but owing to the generosity of the Kowloon Dock Company, the memorial was erected at cost price, and u a result a sum of 200 will be sent to Dr. Barnardo's Homes, which was a favourite charity of the Iste Rev. H. . Bpink.
At the conclusion of the unveiling ceremony, the Bishop of Victoria preach ed a sermon which was based on the last two texts on the tablet, commencing with the words: By faith he offered unto
God
but as a Christian min. He thought they were learning to-day to understand, as they had never done before, what the Apostle meant when he said that they had been redeemed not with silver and gold but with the precious blood of Christ, from their vain nighner of living. He was afraid many of
of them had become Gospel hardened. They had heard the story of the Crom again and again, Some of them wore the cross around their necks, some of them put up a cross at the east end of the Church, but they had never entered into its full meaning. Now that they were learning what was meant by the sacrifice of precious blood they realised what it meant. Conventional patriotism was no enough for the State, and he was certain that conventional re- ligion was not enough for those times. There was far too much topid, luke warm Christianity that had got no grit in it, Christianity that had no self-sacrifice in it. More they Christians? Yes, we are Christians, they said. Do you go to Church? Yes, providing it is not too hot, or there is no pienię arranged. Do you
but we read novets ten times as much. Do you give to missions? No, we do not believe in missions. He (the Bishop) was not surprised that they did not. If their Christianity was only tepid and luke- warm, no wonder they did not want to pass it on to others. It was not worth passing on. They wanted religion that would cost them something. They wanted Christianity which would lead them to attend Church wet or fine, picnic or no picnics,
ics, whether it was convenient or in- conveniente. They muld not serve God and manizon, and it was no use frying Millions had tried it, but they had all failed. That was the message which came to them from one lonely grave in Northern Franco, yes, and from all the graves in Frant where the precious blood had been
The Bishop said that he regarded that as a very solemn and heart searching occasion for that congregation. H. E. the Governor had just unveiled a tablet to the memory of one who had lived for them and une who had died for them. He did not think that it would be possible to select any more uppropriate versos" than those that were inscribed upon the tablet, It had been his privilege to be closely pray? Yes, sometimas, if we are got too associated with the late Rev. Mr. Spink | tired, or in a hurry. Do you read your for many years past. They worked to- | Bible, or may books which will courish gether in England in two different your spiritual lives? Yes, umetimes, spheres of labour, and when the Vestry of that Church commissioned him to appoint an incumbent he appointed their late Chaplain. He might speak of the deceased's great manliness, for he was pre-eminently a man. He was a fine athlete, one of the best gymnasty of his day, and a magnificent swimmer. He was the sort of man that necesarily attract od buys and young men, and his influence upon them was marked He might also speak of the late Mr. Spiak's deep spirituality, for, knowing him as he did, he had abundant opportunity of obser- ving that he was a true man of God, a man of prayer and a man who walked with God in secret. Speaking of the late
The returns of the average amount of
Chaplain's self-acrifice, the Bishop said
bank notes in arcufation and of specie in
that that characteristic was written right across his life. He gave up promising reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended May 31st, 1917, as certified by the guilty to a charge of pocket picking in
business prospects to join the Church, Managers of the respective Banks aro & Des Voeux Road Central.
and later he sacrificed voluntarily the Collows::
comforts of a Liverpool rectory for the Banks.
The complainant, a Chinese serman, hardships of camp life, and he sacrificed Specie ii Reserve deposed that whilst standing meste his life for death for his country, By artered Bank of
Wing On Company's store, in Des Voeux India, Australia and: China. 6,844,777 $ 5,000,000 Road Central, he noticed the shadow of such men and each sacrifices that Empire
a hand pass cross his jacket. The com-
to which they belonged stood and was plainant quickly turned and saw hbeing redeemed. But for such sacrifices purse, which contained $2.80, in the they might have been as Belgium, as 550,000† defendant's hand. The latter inmediately ferrin, as the Houmanians, and sashire Regiment, has been awarded the Total
$30,684,750 $23,550,000
made off. The complainant, however, Poland. They were being redeemed to gave chase and caught the thief, and gave day by precious blood, the blood not of Sterling Securities deposited with the him into custody.
the old and effete, of worthless scoundrels, Crown Agents valued at £150,000.
The defendant, who had a previous con, but the very hat, the very salt of the viction against him, was sentenced to three Securitics with the Crown Agents months hard labour, and four hours earth Had the British people realised that If they had realised it were
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HONGKONG MAGISTRACY, WANTED SOME NEW CLOTHES.
A Chinese coolic, in answer to a charge of stealing two sugar baga from the Tai koo Sugar Refinery, stated that he wanted to use the bags as material for a new suit of clothes.
Sentence of six weeks hard labour was imposed by the Magistrate.
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An unemployed Chinese pleaded not
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There was large congregation pre- sent, and the hymns sung were:- Grod and "For all the sons. the all terrible, God of the living"
FAR EASTERN MEN AND THE WAR,
Mr J. E. Clay, formerly of Koba, who was reported missing, reports that he is quite well and is a brigade bombing officer.
Mr T S. D. Wade, of Shanghai, who 18 a Borgeant in the 10th Battalion Yorki Military Medal
Mr. J. Cassa, of Messia, Racine, Ackermann & Co., Hankow, had bis left leg broken by shrapnel at the front on March 19th. The leg was amputated and he is progressing well. He is in a hospital in France.
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