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THE LATE DR. DUNCAN WHITE.
FUNERAL AT SWATOW..
The late Dr. G. Dancan Whyte, of Swatow, whose death in Hongkong was announced in the Iully Press recently, was buried at Swatow, on November 28th. Et was quite à remarkuble sight to the Chinese roar in their hundreds to show their respect for him and pay their lust farewell. Several of the beautiful wreaths spread on and arouù.l"the coíliu were wht by Hongkong friends.
The following address was delivered by the Rev. T. C. Gibson in Kalchich Church: --
It is not easy to put into words the thoughts that are in our hearts today, but at this our last service of affection. and honour to our dead friend it would hot bo 6ting that spoken tribute should be paid to his memory, and the Attempt hovere unworthily hel
made.
Áru, 1928.
ANOTHER BIG BATTLE NEAR
SHEKLUNG.
1, DR. SUN'S TROOPS SUFFER
8,000 CASUALTIES. During the past two days there has been heavy fighting at So Chuen, near. Shek Lung between Dr. Sunja troops and General Chea Chiung Ming's troops. The battle is said to be going in favour of Dr. Sun, though his troops have suffered very heavy losses, the estimated casual- Dr. Sun's Generals, ties being 8,000. however, claims that the ensualties to the apposing forces are even greater than this figure.
THE APPEAL COURT. THE CHARTER PARTY CASE, The Full Court of Appeal continued the. hearing of the case yesterday in which a firm of Bombay merchants are appealing against the decision of the Chief Justice
never
porn. The charter party was enrried out and the Steamship Company were awarded damages.
Mr. C. G. Alabaster is appearing for
We had hoped that Dr. Whyte was in favour of a Chinese steamship com coming back to us with restored henith pany of Hongkong from which the appel and strength for many more year flants agreed to charter the 5.5. Niaga- nissionary service, but God has willed it otherwise, and we are to-day met to bid farefell to what was mortal in our friend. fly eur presence lære to-day too we are
win.clu trying, in whatever little way to express our sympathy to Mrs. Whyte and their daughter, o für separated from the appellants and. Mr. Eldon Potter. one another in this time of sorrow. We K.C., Mr. F. C. Jenkin are appear- rentember-too-the other members_of_bis family, and especially his father whose ing for the respondents---
Replying yesterday" to Mr. C. G. years must make him feel this blow!
Alabaster's main point in his case for peculiarly heavily,
the appellants, that the contract expired on 31st January, 1918, and any further action after that would be null and void Mr. Ellon Potter put a different construc- tion on this point. He contended that the date in question meant only a close
But there is another purpose that has brought us together, and that is to give thanks to God for the brave and useful life that was given for twenty years to Christ's cause in this land
We think to day of the many things that went to make up the attractiveness of Dr.. Whyte's personality his abounding energy, the quickness and keenness of his ing day for the time performance of the It did not mean that any mind, the mang-sidedness of his interests, contract.
his lively humour, the sympathy and points arising out of the contract should friendliness which enabled him to come
into such close contact with those with not be dealt with as arranged in the whom he conversed. We who were his contract. Their rights, could be dealt colleagues in Mission work remember his with after the time performance of the toany services on committee and Council,!
and that not only in matters connected contract had closed until the Statute of with his own department of work, but in Limitation harred them. Supposing one everything that tended to the welfare of aide or the other desired to prefer a the Chinese people and the building up claim against the charter party, how of Christ's Charch in this land,
"
"The
contract is still very, müch alive after the time performance has closed," continued Mr. Potter, "and it is then that you claim your ights under it. When the time for performance is passed it is then, and then only, that you bring into opera tion your arbitration clause,"
The case was adjourned.
SEQUEL TO THE RECENT TYPHOON.
arms case heard
Tr. Whyte was a distinguished member would that side frame their rights unless of his own profession. He possessed they sued upon the" contract? degrees from Edinburgh, Cambridge, and London. Hi furlonghs were usually spent in further study, that he might con- tinually acrente the eficiency of his ser- vice. He was well known in the China Medical Missionary Association, and was charge of that Association's importat Committee on Research work. He was examiner to the University of Hongkong, and I think it is no breach of confidence to say that, when he came back two years ago, he came baviar rejected approaches that were made to him with a view to' his accepting a chair in that University. | We know to what splendid use he put those qualifications which so attracted the recognition of hia professional ALLEGED UNLAWFUL POSSESSION
OF ARMS FROM A SUNKEN colleagues, how he gave himself to work in Consulting room and operating
VESSEL threatre, in the wards of the hospital and the homes of his patients. He spent much
The feature of an time in training medical, students, and was ever a ready supporter of all schemes before Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Magis for better medical training, and produc- tracy, yesterday afternoon, in which four ing a better equipped Christian medical nien and one woman were charged with profession in China. In addition to all unlawfully having in their possession these labeurs, he still made time for re- two revolvers, one automatic pistol, one search into prevalent Chinese diseases and apare magazine and 2 rounds of ammuni methods of treatment, and made many tion, was an inllegation by the police that valuable contributions to medical journals. the arms in qucation helonged to the equipment of the s.s. Chung On, which We think of all these things to-day and was sunk in the harbour during the more might be said, but above all what typhoon of August 18th. we remember is the "devation and self- According to the evidence the arms were forgetfulness which underlay his found under a stool in a room at To Tak activities, and which undoubtedly have Street, ground floor, when the police led to what seems to our limited human under Inspector Appleton and Sub-Inspec vision the undue shortening of his life. tor Lane raided the place. One of the To go no further back, a year and a half revolvers and the pistol were fully loaded, ngo, when the disease first appeared which whilst the other revolver contained four eventually led to his being sont home, Dr. rounds. The pare magarine had six Whyte kept to himself the knowledge that rounds. By the numbers on the stocks of he was ill, and carried on with his work, the revolvers and pistols the police were lest he thould be ordered to give it up able to trace, through their records, that and so add to the burden carried by his the arus had been issued by them to the colleagues. And this autumn, when the ss. Chang On It was stated that the time came for him to sail on his return police are not aware of how the defen- to this country, in loyalty to the Mission lants in the case came into possession of he came back although he knew that he the arms. was 'ill.
Mr. MeCallum appeared to defend two of the male, defendants and the woman, whilst r. T. G. Bennett and MAE Hall apperred to defend the other two.
The case was adjourned.
The medical profession has a high and nable record of self-sacrifice on behalf of suffering humanity, but with Dr. Whyte it was more than a professional tradition. It was because, first and last in every-1 thing he did, he was a follower of Him? who came not, to be ministered unto bat to minister. He was a distinguished Two years ago, when he turned "aside doctor with a high ideal of professional from attractive prospects and, a position efficiency, yet there was a far more com- which the world would consider of greater pelling motive in his life even than that, eminence than that of a mission doctor, and that was be a loyal and faithful those who were admitted into his thoughts servant of Jesus Christ Those who were knew that what weighed with him most at all intimate with him could not help and led to his final decision to remain knowing that the spring of all he was in Mission service was the desire to be and did was a deep and earnest Christian where he might be of most usefulness in faith. The faith revented itself, in quiet the Kingdom of God. That was the personal talks, in the lipful part be took spirit, which influenced all he did and { in our missionary devotional meetings, filled his life so full of good worka. and in the eager interest he shewed in The circumstances of Dr.. Whyte's death, all the Mission's evangelistic activity with the sudden blighting of our hopea, Although an undue modesty as to his pen to have something almost tragic powers of speaking Chinese hindered him about them, but we know that there is from taking an active part in preaching no tragedy here. These manifold gifts to the patients in hospital, to him medical are not cast like rubbish to the void. mission work was more than the healing There is a great word of the Apostle of suffering and presention of disease, John, His servants shall serve Him, and great service though that is its purpose they shall sen His face, and it is in to his mind was still unfulfilled until it that confidence that we hid farewell to brought the patients into the presence of our friend to-day. Somewhere, although the great Physician and healer of souls, in ways that we cannot picture, some- And so evangel work in the hospital, and where the Duncan Whyte that we knew every form of evangelistic effort through is still serving, hut, for ever, freed from out the Chinese Church found in him weuknee and suffering, and he, now sees warm-hearted and enthusiastic support. face to face the Master whom he loved
(Continued at foot of next column);
No well,
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