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CONDITIONS IN VALLEY DESCRIBED
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HOW HANKOW
CARRIES ON."
Yachow, Szo., Sept. 18. -Before Knakes Cansed the Floods, reaching China we read of the ter- rible devastation caused by foods
The foods around Hankow were along the Yangtze Valley, writcaccounted for in a very simple Tibetan in the M.-C. Daily News. Way: the new Chong Shan Road While in Shanghai we send daily had to be removed, and its removal was being built; a Dragon Temple of the distress and liavos caused by disturbed three snakes who were Roode in and around Hankow killed, hence the floods. All vers Travelling up the river we saw the
simple but very terrible. awful destruction on both banks of "What interested us was to know the Yangtze caused by the abnorm
what the melting snows of
parke al rise of yellow water. The river Tibet were taking in all this chaos front. at Chinkiang, Nanking, Anand destruction around this part King, Wuhu, and Kiukiang showed of contral China. It has been said the appalling conditions of those and has yet to be proved that the whore lives are lived long the banks melting snow of Tibet in no way of this great river.
affects the rise and fall of the Yang tze, and this may be perfectly true. At Hankow we board that the river at Chungking had gone up over 80 foot. Letween Hankow and Ichan the Yangtze looked like one gigen tie lako. Frequently it was quite impossible to ses land on any side of the steamer. Wreckage of overy description could be seen floating down the river: chairs, tables, cup- boards, beds and other household furniture were providing interest and amusement to the passengers and crew on board.
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1931.
CHAMBER OF COM- MERCE APPEAL.
FOR YANGTSZE VALLEY RELIEF FUND..
The Hong Kong Chamber of Com- merce for Import and Export has organized a big campaign to raise among Hong Kong merchants funda for the relief of North China Floods and have requested help and sympathy in this worthy cau«. "We feal" states the Chamber's manifesto, that it is our duty to
only in a amall way, the terrible do our very best to alleviate, if
distress and suffering prevalent in central and north China, due to the havoc wrought by the recent floods. We need not elaborate on distress which does exist-unfor tunately we are all only too well acquainted with the sad conditions from the Press reports for the Inst fow wooks
HOME FOOTBALL RESULTS.
WEDNESDAY BADLY TROUNCED. BY EVERTON ON
SATURDAY;
URDAY: NINE GOALS TO THREE.
ENGLAND DEFEAT IRELAND IN INTERNÁTIONAL
MATCH AT BELFAST,
Shafield Wednesday received a heavy defeat at the hands of Everton on Saturday, the latter wresting the premier place in the First Division from West Bromwich Albion, who were boaton. by Liverpool. Wodnesday scored only three goals, in a total of twelve, and they dropped from third to "sighth place. Hudders field, won two matches during the week and exchanged places with Wednesday.
Bury secured & good victory over Preston, North End and regained the lead in the Second Division. Some high scores were registered in the Southern Section, Coventry and Exeter being prominent with six goals ench Southend United, won by throe gonia against Swindon, and remain undefeated. Lincoln City, leaders in the Northern Section, were unsuccessful Stockport taking the points from them by an odd goal
In the Scottish League matches, the Rangers were beaten on home ground by Queen's Park, while. Celtic also suffered defeat for the Arst time. Aberdeen and Third Lanark, playing on homs grounds, scored five goals in each case against the visiting teama In their international match, England scored an easy victory over Iroland at Belfast A desoription of this game, League re- aults and corrected League tables are appended.
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Above Yochow, where the Tung- ting Lake enters the Yangtze, there was not so much evidence of floods, Three feet of water had been on the Ibhang Bund but only for a very short time. The river at the port was very swift and the amount of water passing. Ichang was not helping Hunkow.
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and Chungking, The Yangtze between chang and Chungking, 1,500 miles from th
The coast, seemed quite normal. larger steamers between
Chung king and Kinting were still run- ning showing abnormal water con- ditions above Suifu, 1,750 miles from the coast. The steamer were on, the Ming Chi, "the old Kiukiang, had no difficulty in reaching" Kiating, 1.850 miles from the sea. Flood conditions were all around Kiating and Dao-si-kwan, below the city, was o swirling, mass of ungry water. The steamer leaves the Yangtze at Suifu and follows the Min to Kinting. At this city the Ya enters the Min from Yaehow: Abovo Kinting. three miles from the city, the Tung enters the Ya from the Tibetan border and here is where the water. was coming from, The, Tung was in food and pouring a tremendous amount of water into the Ya and
into the Min and finally into the Yangtze.
Abnormal Rain.'
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FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, Ayr
SCIENTIST, HONG KONG.
"Doctrine of atonement" was the subject of the Lesson Sermon in all Churches of Christ. Scientist, on, Sunday, October 18th.
The Golden Text was.-"John
Abnormal rain conditions have phtained all over West Chinn dur-Reeth Jeaus coming unto him, and ing the summer. Some people saith, Behold the Lamb of God, maintain that it rained all July
on. Omsi. It rained a great des which taketh away the sin of the in Aug.`mid quite heavily in Sep. world." (John 1;.20.3 tember The bulk of the water coming down the Yangtze and dis-prised the Lesson Sermon was the Among the citations which Com-
turbing Hankow, and causing such destruction there, apart from the following from the Bible. For water down the Han and from the God so loved the world, that he Tungting Lake was pouring down,
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Hartlepools 12 4 44 19 20 their international match with Ire- Hull England scored another success in
Accrington 115 14:03 11. land played at Belfast on Satur Stockport day. Ireland failed to win a single Walsall match. last year.
Doncaster A crowd of 35,000 saw England Rotherham the Chin-st kinng the river of gave his only begotten Son, that Golden Sand-and Tung, both whosoever believeth in him should win by the large margin of six Rochdale rivers carrying water from the not perish," but have everlasting goals to two. England led by three Carlisle frontiers of Tibet::..
goala to one at the interval. Smith Wigan life. For God sent not his Son iu- (Portsmouth inside-right), Waring N. Brighton 11 Between Kiating, "and" Yachow, 1,850 railes from the coast, there was to the world to condemn the world; (Aston Villa, centre-forward), and evidence of heavy rains during the but that the world through him Hine (Leicester inside-left) were the summer: bridges were washed away might be saved." (John 3; 16, 17.) (Sheffield United) scored the first scores for England, while Danne and thousands of trees were levelled
The Lesson-Sermon also included goal for Ireland.
to the ground. Frequently, we had
In the second balf, Ireland's de-
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LEAGUE TABLES.
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P. W. D. L. F. A. Pte. Queen's Pk. 1463890 31 13
ges throughout this part of China. the Beriptures," by Mary Baker goals, while they were successful in Aberdeen 15 8 14 28.21 10 vent England adding three more Hilmarnock 15 848 28 10:50 Hankow the mouth of the Fan, Eddy, Atonoment is the exempli occupies 4 poculja, and pressions |fication of man's unity with God,
netting another goal- geographical position. The waters whereby men reflects divino Truth, coming down the Han and down Life, and Love. Jesus of Nazereth the Yangtze are both affected by taught and demonstrated man's the Tungting Lake, the snows of oneness with the Father, and for Tibet and the rain condition on this we owe him endless homage. the great Chengtu plain. If the His mission was both individual Everton 11603 33 10 10 Bartjuk Yangtze had not made that foolish and collective. He did life's, work West Brom. 12 7 23 25 17 16 Airdrie 14 5 1839 24 11 bend in Yunnan and continued right not only in. justice to him- Huddersfield 11 6 3 2 10 13 15 Hamilton 15486-90 3111 south through Indo-China, Hanakow sell, but in mercy to mortals, to Aranal542 24 15:14 Dundee U. 15 43-81034 11 might have been spared all its show them how to do theirs, but not Aston Villa 9 6 12 27 12 13 Morton-247- 10 present détreme and sorrow. And to do it for them nor to relieve Birmingham 11 5 3 3 2017 J3 Falkirk if the snakes had not been disturb them of a single responsibility." (p. Middlesbro 11 6 1 4 23 22 13 Ayr ed the Hoods might not have come 18.)
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