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Stockholm. Djurgaardsteatern. the old home of Stockholm comedy has been destroyed by fre.
Lisbon.-General Graveiro Lopez has been appointed Governor-Gen- eral of Portuguese India.
"London-Mr. Alfred L. Whealler has been elected "Master of the Masons' Company. The new War- dens are Mr. J. G. Kipling and Mr.' C. Cözens-Smith.
Ryde. Mr. John Fardell has re- signed his appointment of clerk of the Isle of Wight county justices, in
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AUGUST 26, 1929.
LESSON SERMON.
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST. SCIENTIST, HONG KONG.
on
Mind" was the subject of the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist,
Sunday, August 2
The Golden Text was: Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the "renewing of A General Post Office notification, your mind, that ye may prove what issued on Saturday, gives the is that good, and acceptable, and Among the citations which com- following particulars with regard perfect, will of God" (Rom. 12:2), to unclaimed correspondence, etc.,prised the Lesson-Sermon was the waiting at the Post Office, and also following from the Bible: "If there
SURGEONS IN CONCLAVE. stomach, occur in the ratio of
about 1 to
the i of ulcers in stomach, The surgeon said about. 29 per cent. of peptic ulcer cases perforate, and about 6 per cent, of these in the abdominal cavity.
U.S.A. DOCTOR ON ULCER OPERATIONS.
Symptoms of a broken ulcer in- fecting the abdominal cavity start [United Preas.]
with a sudden intense pain and a rigidity of the abdomen locally,, which rapidly spreads to show an Honolulu.-Speed in obtaining inflammatory reaction all over the surgical relist is a paramount neces abdomen. The whole body may be sity in the treating of peptic ulcers in a state of severe spasm. Pros- which perforate into the free abtration develope early. The tem- dominal cavity, Dr. A. O. Loe of perature mounts,
The symptoms may be confused. Pan-Pacific citis, perforated gall bladder or Union.
other causes, but all these cases. called here by the
Without early relief peritonitis are emergency cases, requiring in sete in from the infection from the mediate operation to prevent peri
tonitia, Dr. Loo stated
Seattle told persons attending the. Pan-Pacifc Surgical Conference with these of fulminating appendi
which ho succeeded his late father upclaimed radio telegrams at the be therefore any consolation in alcer, with fatal result
over 30 years ago.
London. - Mr. Noel Buxtoo, Minister
of Agriculture
and "Fisheries, has "appointed Mr. Ben Riley, M.P.. to be his Parliamen
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Christ, if any comfort of love, if nny fellowship of the Spirit. Full ye my joy, that ye be like minded, having the same love. being of one accord, of one mind. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure (Phil. 21, 2, 3, 13).
Poste Restante Correspondance. A. Abonnel, Bakhtawar Singh E. Burnip, C. Barreda, lie. T. L. Bingelli, Miss M. A. D. Baker, Doncaster. For obstructing the highway by racing with horses and G. Barnsley Ribera), H. M. carts, Wilfred Goddard and Thomas Burns, Jean Bounud, W. J. Chap
The Lesson-Sermon also includ- Cross, carters, of Doncaster, were man, China Iudenting Co., H. A. each Aned 90s. at Doncaster.
G. Clark, F. W. Chapple, E. Red the following passages from the Christian Science text-book, Vladivostock. -Lt. Col.
Edmond Crafter (a.a Kami), Dr. and Mrs. Science and Health with Key to Tereztyansky, the warld's champion
Chicago Bill has been signed permitting the Chicago Board of Trade to deal in securities on the same basis as the New York Stock Exchange and other leading ex- changes.
Peptic ulcers are a fairly frequent abdominal lesion. Statistics cover- ing some 60,000 autopsies show an American incidence of about 44 per cent, while European statistics covering some 100.000 cases, indi cate a higher incidence of 6 or 7 per cent., Dr. Loe declared.
Doodonal ulcers, in the small intestine immediately below the (Continued on next Column.)
"Immediate diagnosis of these serious lesions give us a wonderful opportunity to save life by early operation," the surgeon continued.
Statistics all show that the
mortality rate is dependent upon the interval between perforation and operation, irrespective of the eurgical procedure followed. is a vital factor."
Time
The surgeon described several methods of operation, including a. simple closing of the perforation. one mind is not at war with an- removal of the ulcer, and closing ether, but all have one Spirit, God, the wound, or by the more com one intelligent source, in accordance plicated means of pyloroplasty or with the Scriptural command:, gastro-enterostomy which involves "Let thiss Mind be in you, which an artificial joining of the intestine was also in Christ Jesus (p. 276), and stomach.
There are THREE REASONS WHY we have been entrusted with the installation of
of sabre-play in the Olympic Games J. G. Hill, G.. Houston," G. A.the Scriptures," by Mary Baker of 1928, has died from the injuries Herbert, R. Hartman, J: Johnson Eddy: When the divine precepts are understood, they unfold the be received in a motor-cycle ne (a.s. Duke of Clarence), R. M. foundation of fellowship, in which
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Jameson, C. C. L. Kuo (Nat. Past. Research Academy), J. S. Lacey (S. Y. Aurora), Mrs E. L. Martín. J. J. Mantier (Dir. Gen. of Rail Road), Miss hf. M. Moninger, O. Mahomed (ss., Ribera), C. Mather, F. D. Norman, H. Nämias, W. E. Priestley, K. H. Robason, R. G. Reys (e... Kami), A. W. Sanderson, L. M. Santos, J. J. "Spring (8. Chin Kure), A. N. Seaton, Miss F. Todhunter, Oakley Warren, Wu' Lien Teh, P. F. Whyte (s.s. Rebera), Mrs. Walsh (e/o Imperial Tobacco Co.).
Belgrade-Dr. Scion Watson, who WAL on a journey in Yugoslavia, was taken ill and had to be operated upon at Serajevo, in Bosnia. The operation is reported to have been success!ul
Grenoble-A master at the Lycée of Grenoble was killed while climb- ing the peak known as Les Trois Pucelles. He and his dancée were roped together the rope broke and the master fell 300ft.
New Haven.-During the comme moration celebrations at Yale Uni-4 versity, New Haven, Connecticut, the President announced that the
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Registered Articles.
Matias Ayon, Mons. Abonnel,
University had received gifts total-Rev. C. Guergia, A. Hicks, R. S. ling nearly $10,000,000 (£2,000,000) Moore, W. E, Mckenney, L. Roban, during 1998.
Ad. Thibaud, General Wu Chung Dok, General Wu Kam Yu.
Reval.---The American salvage steamer Resource sank in Suur (Moon) Sound, but apparently all hands were rescued. The Resource recently came to the Eastern Baltic to retrieve ships sunk of the Eat- vian and Estonian coasts during the War.
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Geneva. The Supervisory Com mission of the League of Nations met, at Geneva to discuss adminis trative and Budget questions and to examine a draft of the revised ataff rules in accordance with the re: commendation of the 1928 Assembly of the League."
Maidenhead. The decapitated body of a middle-aged woman, found on the railway line, near Maidenhead, by the driver of a pass- ing train, was later identiñed as that of Miss Hilda Mary Craig, of Heath- gate Cottage, Rusthall. Common, Tunbridge Wells.
Athena M. Emmanuel-Benachi. the late Mayor of Athens, who died after a long illness, was buried with the military, honcurs proper to a general. During the last five years of his life he had made philan-" thropic gifts to Greek institutions to the value of £195,000.
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Hampstead. The Archbishop of Montreal-Captain A. E. Golds, York has dedicated at Westfield Col- chief instructor at the Montreal lego (University of London), Hang- Light Aeroplane Club, and Mr. C.stead, a chapel in memory of Miss H. Down, a flying student, were Richardson, fermerly senior classical killed in an aeroplane crash at Man-lecturer and vice-principal. treal Captain Golds was formerly
of the Royal Air Force and the Brooklands School, England.
Lough Swilly.A half of the boat
Cardiff. While collecting fares on
the top of an omnibus which, was parsing under a bridge at Cardiff, Reginald Dugmore, the conductor,
of the Inishboffin Island fishermen was killed, his head coming into which was cut in two by an un-violent contact with the ironwork of known steamer off the Donegal the bridge. Coast, when three of the crew of four were drowned, has been picked up by the British Admiralty patrol boat attached to Lough "Swilly de fences.
Beirut.For the first time in the history of the University the Rector of the Jesuit Faculty attended the commencement exercises" at the American University of Beirut. It Halifax-The captain of the Eur-is announced that £30,000 has bren Deas liner Nova Scotia, from Liver raised in the United States in res-
pool reports that ice-bergs on the ponse to the recent appeal for funds Grand Banks are a serious menace.
for the University. He had never seen so many during any voyage in his long experience. One day off Newfoundland he count- ed more than 100, including many of large size.
Omaha.As a result of a sugges tion of Judge Rhoades of the local Court of Domestic Relations, two couples at Omaha, Nebrasta. have announced their intention of having talking films made of their wedding ceremonies. Judge Rhoades believes that such records might prove ab antidote to domestic strife.
Reval.-H.M. Cruisers Cambrian, Capt. R. H. O. Lane-Poole, and Comus, detached from the Second. Cruiser Sqandron, have arrived at Tallinn (Reval). Their captains landed and called upon the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minia- ter for War, accompanied by Mr. Jerram, the British Consul.
Rome-Mgr. Agostina Zampini, Titular Bishop of Porphyrium, Sacristan to the Pope and Parish Priest of the A postolic Palaces, has been appointed Vicar-General. for the Vatican City, a new dignity, dis- tinct from that of Vicar-General of the Pope as Bishon of Bone, which is held by Cardinal Pompili, Bishop of the Suburbicarian See of Velletri.
Liverpool-Damagos amounting to £2,750 were awarded by consent at Liverpool Assizes to Miss Cathe rine Boyd and £300 to Miss May
Paria-Oftial statistics show Wayne against the Springfield Motor Haulage and Engineering that for the first quarter of 1920 the Company. Manchester, and the number of births in France was Liverpool Corporation. They were 70.205 below the number of deaths. boarding a tram-car at the corner The excessive death-date is attribut of Beech Street and Prescot Road, ed to the severe winter and to a infantile mortality. At the Liverpool, when they were flung to rise the ground and injured, and Misa enne time there is a decrease of Boyd's right arm had, to be am- births, the number being 188,047, as compared with 107,220 for the corres patated.
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