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MONDAY JANUARY 21ST 1918.
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THE BISHOP OF VICTORIA ON
MISSIONARY EFFORT
Appealing, at St. John's Cathedral
the
Sunday morning, on behalf of the Church Missionary Association, Bishan of Victoria, taking as his text St. Luke C. V., v. 7., said;—
The first followers of our Lord Jesus
Christ were fishermen and they owned different boats and some of them were partners. Un the ocersion to which my text refers our Lord had selected Simon
all night, and caught nothing they let
HONGKONG DEFENCE CORPS.
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS BY MAJOR H
MORGAN, ADMINISTRATIVE COMMANDANT.
DEL DUTIES.
Further men are required for attachmeur
to the Engineer Company for tren- ing in Defence Electrio Light duties. Men of the Infantry Battalion will ing to undertake this work aro res quested to send, their names to their Platoon Commanders by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 22nd inst. Platoon, Com manders will send a list of all names received to the Orderly Room by 11 am, on Wednesday, 23rd inst.
G. E. STEWART, Capt
Adjutant, H.K.D.C.
Hongkong, January 19th 1918,
HONGKUNG POLICE RESERVE.
MOTOR-CAR-FATALITY,
VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER
The adjourned inquiry into the circum, stances surrounding the death of a e cleavage between north and south Jhinese malo child, aged five years, was was one which most people could under resumed by Mr. J. R., Wood at the stand. It represented the conflicting of Hongkong Magistracy on Saturday
The Coroner said that the only imper- divergent opinions on the subject c Constitutional Government or rather taut evidence given at the previous sitting of the Court was Inspector Sim's report Parliamentry control. Now another party seems to be claiming recognition according to which it appeared that the This is the association of Yangtze child had been struck on the right side
by the car. This statement was subw Tuchune, whose memorial suggesting peace pourparlers with the South led to quently confirmed by medical evidence.
The chauffeur, of, the car (No 25,Peter's hont to use it as a pulpit to the downfall of the Tuan Chi-juí Cabinet | and who have latterly stood for on-Dragon Cycle Co.), which knocked down preach to the people on the shore, and promise. Under the leadership of Li the child, stated that he was a license afterwards he enjoined him and his companions to come out for a draught On the day of the accident his Bhun, they have banded themselves driver,
of fishes; and though they had toiled together to reply to the Northern Car was engaged to convey Captain Tuch uns military demonstrations. Thus Douging to the Taikoo Sugar Refinery down their net at their Master's word. ORDERS ISSUED BY MR. FC, JENKIN, D.SP. the centre of interest is now in Nanking, and buck. He orginally intended to whore all kinds of representatives and drivo to Hongkong through the Caroline delegates are assembling in order to press. Road, but, owing to the congested state the claims of their respective patrons of traffic at the time, he changed his Northerner and Southcraer. The course and continued on his way along the Yee Wo Road, which happened to te approach of Northren troops to the clear at the time The car was travel ancient capital is viewed with suspicion ng at between 6 and miles an hour. by Li Chun, whose forces stand on the When they got to Causeway Bay Terminus, a little boy suddenly appeared yny 2112, prepared for eventualities. The from behind a tramcar and attempted South have complained that the armistics to cross to the opposite side. Witness different ships; different nations. was intended as a device to enable the applied the brakes at once, but the different sects and communions, persons military leaders of the North to advance a result, the child was ward, and, as of different occupations but we are all
down by partners in the same grant enterprise. ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.. car and thrown their preparations against the South the right wheel of the for the acci-mind two ships in partnership
This morning I desire you to have in violently on to one-side.
both dent witness backed the car and took it within the Anglican Communion and driving along the right-hand side of the am thinking of is the missionary ship to the left side of the road. He was both in this Diocese. The first ship I road at the time with the object of avoid that sailed out to China some seventy The men who -manned
forth in direct obedience to
The Northern Tuchuns, on the other hand, complain that the Southern leaders have acted treacherously and have not observed
mutual
momentum sent the car
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ORCHESTRA
They had an extraordinary experience; they found a marvellous opportunity and an extreme difficulty, the multitude of fishes was beyond their strength to haul in and the net was breaking and the boat beginning to sink Happily the on partners in another ship, so they beckon ed to them, the sore Zebedee, James and John, to come and help them, the
The analogy is obvious, all Christian people are intended to catel men, to be The orchestra practice ordered for Mon- hshers of men, the whole Church of Christ may be said to be sailing in many
crowd, moving along the opposite or So
he was
it believe Aid St. Peter that thes
ng.
31 miles
les missionaries of our Communion was the
day, Jan. 21st, is hereby cancelled.
T. E. HOUGH. A.S.P. (R.) and Adjutant. Hongkong, January 19th, 1918
NO, I BONGRONG, V.A.D.
H. E. the G.O.C. at the Military Friday 25th, 10.30 General Inspection by Hospital. Caps and capes must be and the uniform must be in accordance with the V.A.D. booklets issued
Aid by Mrs. Hickling, L.1.C.P., at the Helena May Institute.
W. WILKINSON (Acting Adjutant and Hon. Sec.).
the conditions of the armistice. Distrusting
On top of this comes the side Douglas in the were report that a foreign: Power bas decided only passenger in the car at the time of their Lord's command, and were persand Monday to members. Lecture on First to intervene in order to secure pesce, but the accident. He held a driver's licence od But they had Him on board their himself. In his opinion, the speed of ship but, alas, they toiled a long time what this means it is difficult to say. It the car from Quarry Bay to Causeway without any succes. One of the earliest inny be merely a suggestion or the tender Bay, averaged between 25 and
hour. The ent was following a Rey Vincent Stanton,
afterwards the ing of good advice, which China lus in tramar from Shuldiwan, but at the Lolonial Chaplain here. He was put in abundance but for the most part di Another tramcar was coming along Yee missionary efforts, and others were There are no more pounds forthcoming, terminus it came abreast of the tramcar prison and in irons in Canton for his
the Chinese. The first regards. Lu Yang ting is said to be wo Street at the time, and had turned murdered ria Baid that when he what is to be done?: Happily thore associated with the Yangtze Tuchuns, but the bend at the terminus hereby me. Bishop of
the venting motor car in which wis
along Caro they Chi-kwong, no reported, he cannot be of line Street to get to
מפי!!
to do
if he has been defcated so badly by Lung traveling, rom proceed. A third good. You among the Chinese are partners in another ship, so theso
very
before the Yangtsze Tuchuns got together at the car was moving passed the only converts were chien omarics partake of the same Holy Food, and you
POLITICAL
In the circumstances narrated
κύμονα
attempting to'
is
or to
You Were
missionaries,
but
abreast of the tracar witness sawan Now all the changed me your country, to hearg and in doing next thing he toleenghtful Chinese are realising that this you may be will be readily understood that tho. nosi behind and he ordered. There is a great movement on them you must realise that you have mission more comfortable Wang Shib-chen till 37 otoner Was the chauffeur aware very long ago that before the Revolution
When he
the
fié
think 80. to the colitical
WILS
・
government
ththinery
part
You have
brethren, who are hard pressed by these doctrine may be do you not apply it to the
You are the brethren in the much service to them. However, all that Was standing opposite the English people?' for years the brethren are bokoning to their other
thus obstructing the car
was very little encouragement for the other ship, you are equally merabers of cramway shelter, nan be said meanting is that the nation and preventing it being driven on the missionaries. The literary classes of the Church of England, you have been is still ag obscure or more so then it was
left side o
Witnces thought the Chinese had no use for the mission baptised into the same Holy Name and side of the rond that
moving at a speed nry enterprise, and the
bave 6 to 7 miles an hour when
were chiefly amongst their You are out here, it may be, to server
the same missionary obligation. terminus. Immediately the car came own servants.
her trade goin
going it object
her flag 086 the street from
have a need for some power that all
glorifying God quite tion of the President is not rendered any was an impact,
create and strengthen character as much ag if chauffeur
stop child lying on the rond way of students. As young Chinees said not ary obligations. I am commissioned to
beckon
como and you to
them. help Premier, is said to have become disgusted
do not thought all they had to do was to Some of Tyou may help by giving your with the prevailing state of affairs and of the accident-Witness:-
de money. It would be quite possible for and mode this congregation to make up the short- the hopelessness of recording any pro The Coroner-D wou think the accident of Web. Ten thousand students were age due to the high exchange. I know
and all would ress that he has tendered his resignation, could have been quidable. The whole sent to Japan and the majority were in Noval and Military
opinion it which the President naturally declined to thing occurred so quickly that it gave studying politics But now," he said, been very hard hit by the high rate of 2ccept. The Minister of Communications no chance to the chaufieur to prevent it though we have changed the machinery exchange, but some of you are making money, and perhaps you have never had I chauffeur a carciul driver of politics and the mode of govern is also reputed to be anxious to get out 1 tonsider the chasing the jury, which things are no better. It will be neces to much as you have now, and I appeal of office, a report which can very well be point they had to consider was,
to. the
bot
subscriptions sary the social elements of our
this Church Missionary Association,
Do not think I
want believed in view of his unpopularity over whether the chauffeur had been guilty of change ser fundamentals and to you to give increased
only but whether the accident of nation. Therefore, it is that they are
your
money negligence,
ways of currod 28 a consequence of the deviation looking in such large numbers to the thero are more important
raembers of the Christian Church and sionary work of the Church does not Colony
helping The effectiveness of the mis- from the regulations of the Cole to cherishing what we can give them to to the left side of the road-dict of the number of
of our educational institutions are missionary agents or slaughter against the chauffeur, who will turning away but dreds of students be
The jury returned man-
kept going, or the number in France. The French Chargé d'Affaires he brought up for trial at the Criminal enigo there is no accommodation for of pounds or dollars subscribed, but
exhibited Many big cities are appealing the character of Christianity for teachers, and in one case the people by the professing Christians. I would
remember in a sent me their idols as B
Colony like this guarantee that were ready to accept Christianity that you can count the
by sionaries In the greatness of the opportunity the membere but you
to count the Church of England surely the im- wind
certain deals with Japanese.
CHINA AND THE WAR.
It would seem sa if Chinn were really
to be represented in the fighting forces
HONGKONG MAGISTRACY.
has had several sessions at the Weishiao | Bessions. pu, and though nothing definite has been arranged yet it is understood that the Government is prepared to despatch 10,000 troops to France to tako (hidys against the common enemy.. I have beza told on pretty good authority that it is contemplated sending 3,000 troops to the
A PLUCKY POLICE RESERVIST.
them.
they
to
government
missionaries are appealing to their
abel
200
have you
lives and
tens
by hund R
pression on the
by than by shin before the think be
sometimes
have never 100 worldly,
ners at a time of extreme Owing to the war there have Taree Chinese were charged with new recruits for the mission work for much more multing aucther Chiness at Tung On three or four years but when the ship son
of Lane on Friday. <
the State beckoned to the
for Inspesor Macdonald stated that the ship.
responded iron bar, and a file, respectively entored complainant's house and demanded
national
set-upon complainant, who managed
to coo
the
two of its
four
front at an early date and that there three defendants, arreed with an axe, loctors rem
is to difficulty in getting ships us three steamers carrying 1,000 each can be had,
the fighting-line in France
and Plummerto
Church
of the war would the world it was self-satisfied, too proud,
evangelised
one out of their two and too godless. Now your partners in
the missionary ship appeal to you to
It is to be hoped that this is true. At money, Being met with a refusal the trained bürses already two, and very conform to Christ's teaching, to exem- any rate, it can be taken as correct, that escane and ran out of his house, followed of third, of oar very slender staff wife by your lives the teaching you pro- clergy are being given up less to believe that men are all of che by the defendante. Police Reservist three
cool-masters and other workersloot to put away pride of race and distinct progress has been made with the
And when it was found, as at Aquino, who was on duty at the time
Pakho
of superiority. and anything that project of using Chinese man power in and Et luking went to the rescue of at the beginning of the war, that our would sunse
enemies were
d cause young Christians or en complainant and succeeded in arresting Chinese erroneous statements about the quirers to be By Your liver you circulating
ng amongst the the defendants In witness opinion English position, the mi
help more
ore than any other way the missionaries pubs Work O complainant's hed and
the Church, and are still publishing, a Chinese e with revengeful comp)
intent They lished,
newspaper giving all the latest telegrams sequainted with
also help by making yourselves wing suited some good and stating what we believe to be the giving certain information with regard to opium smuggling. But for the
war. So when serious consequences might have casued Missionary work now is
missionary ship responded
is dificult amount is 10,000,000, and the security is Dyer Ball remanded the case til the surplus of the Salt Gabelle Needles to-day, asing ball at $200 oach
to the unsettled state of China.
weeks ago three occurred, in the Canton Delta: Some
FINANCIAL.
The Government has concluded a smalaciante vent
loza with the Yokohama Spreis Bank in order to enhance the value of the notes
true facts about the
the
the tru
true facts
of the
of the two Government banks. The intervention of the Police Amely ship of the State appealed submit that if Proindree against
THEFT OF NEEDLES.
enterprise. I believe that
of the work due to ignorance.
business to your
You can co stitutions and form
impressions above all, they beckon you, by your prayers.
use what 4
a typical case of piracy hands
on
help
stolen goods were traced to a village not Sometimes people ask how is it far from here by the
A young Chinese tailor was charged railway, and the Centon Kowloon the modern missionaries are not
to say, the hope is general in the capital is
this step will raise the value of the notes, which have depreciated consider ably during the past two months with stealing a quantity of needles 400 soldiers to surround be second loan was concluded on Baturday valued at $1150, from a shop in Quen's that village we have Church by the Ministry of Finance with the Road, Central, on Friday, N Mini Bussan Kausha for $9,000,000 on Defendant tered that ho find been clover hooted these alegrinan. These
school and Chinese the security of the Bureau of printing bought some nicedles at another chop, and seized seventy men some tray have been
wrongfully socused of theft He bad peng
and
shot at the clergyman, and then and. Engraving, a security which the Chinese have been advised noć to give 29
bad
vilait
first-
suc-
authorities sent cessful as the
Bacaryssion- arics were am not
to admit that there is a great disparity
there were I will give you one reason but even
for it. The missionaries in the first century were backed and supported by
of the whole Christian munity
ent
com-
matters which should be kept private heed we
shop in Queen's Road uilty but the majority of them were Hon Paul, when wrote bia
it trenches on financial and currency | *
the
These seventy
ORE
was quite sure that he had the
ette support of all Christiang k
2-15 spiritual work.
the
MacDonald said the
he codca-nocent, and amongst them, were eight dant, who was companied by two of our Church members. THE PLAGUE. others, went into the shop and makes
were taken to Canton the same
they were helping together by their and shot without Unfortunately, it is too trus that the shop keeper to show them some needles and he was said to be a t
must remember that mis-
the northern part of Shansi has spread, inspection, and while defendant's accom he fell down
successfal It is stated to have appeared in Tientar, plices diverted the shop keeper va attention
and spiritual force behind it. If and if this be so it is tolerably certain from the pile by demanding samples 80 he got Tops Church men more prayer for missions and less.
bers have left widows and little children criticism there would be more mec that this dread du bane Claim the
foll
defendant busied himself tracting providėd Of lives before it is stamped out several packets and concealing them in missionary
many are not rendering the resistance that noticed
raised an Alarm, but
pneumonic plague which broke out in A quantly wan laid o on the counter for The soldiers managed to dead, and
to he
The things make
ry dimelt and die
to
Recording to renest, the seal authors his pockets. One of the assistant
Couraging another
clement impathy We are living in
and
critical
might have been expected of enlightened defendant and his confederates manage which adds to the difcuties, and that 1 may be they indicate the approach of "YOUR OLD FAVOURITE, EDGAR WARWICK AS THE INCORRIGIBLE:JOKEP and patriotic oficialam Thi plagas - has to escape Chase was given; and defenas given in Pugland and was conf Christ, The, time 18 short, and when
help by your prayerful times foretold in Holy Scripture and it the high rate of exchange Money that the end of this ago and the eccond
coming already
claimed one foreign victim dant was eventually arrested by asilored suffecnt to
the work in we stand befors Hi Two, nackets of needles were
Himsthere nic naay Mission, who succumbed while minister foned on
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Father Debout, the Roman Catholic inkunn The Inspestor "added that he is now things we shall regret, but I am cor-
some-cakes, we may
tions The Leper Hospital in Pakhol
ing fel his dock. Dr. Wu's initial mes shop lifting became prevalent during the useful educational and medical institutain none of us will regret any dell ences for inspection of travellers on the Chinese New lar Peking baiyuan Railway has been harden. ed into complete stoppage of all traffe-
fter all the ly sensible method.
Mr. Dyer Ball sente and defendant to two months hard labour, and four hours stocks opposite the shop.
given, any prayer, said, ODY ERC be been obliged to refuse fresh intustes made, any sort out forch for the making known of His glorious name throughout (Continued at foot of nert Column.)
the wor