AN ALPHABET OF HONGKONG
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THE
OLD-TIMER
Who romobors quite wol} The days when the sampan Morrod near the Hotel.
AUSTRALIA DEFEATS CHINA.
New York, August 1. In the Davis Cup doublos, Pat tarsun and O'Hara Wood (Austro- lia) beat Wei and Huang (China), 6-1,6-2, 6-4, Reuter's American Service.
Royal.
Other
SHARE MARKET.
The principal changes in focal share, quolations to-day are:--
Insurancos, - $685 Canton buyers.
Wharvon. $210 buyers; and salos.
Hotels. (Old) $18 bayers; (Now) 817! buyers and salos.
Electrics, $39g bayars; $39,69 sales.
THE FIRST CHAPTER OF GENESIS: ITS PURPOSE.
By the Rov. G. R. Lindsay, M. A.
across
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THE HONGKONG: TELEGRAPH.-
DAY BY DAY:
There was a clean bill of health
in the Colony yostorday.
Tondors are being invited for the construction of a fire fighting; salvago and towing vessel. The dimarelons are:-Longth 95' 0" B. P. brandth 21′ 0' 0; P; depth y' moulded. Further partiou- lars can be had from the Engineer, Fire Brigade, Govern- mont Marina Surveyor's Oflice to whose satisfacílon-and--under whoso inspection the launch thust be built.
CLAIM AGAINST "CONTRACTOR:
SINKING A WELL.
o Pak, bulding contractor No, z Kuk Street, was sued by thir torn curth coolies at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, for B115,50 |being wagon due to them for work
done.
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"WHERE" "Consort of both parties, it was agreed to take the evidenco) in one of the cases only, and the Magistrate's (Mr. E. W. Hamilton] decision wil cover all.
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The ease taken was that of Leung Clau, who engaged the rest of the coulies at the request of the defen- Jarst fis claim was for 1,00 ¥y{jZ¢!N£ In evidence, Leung Chai said that he was engaged un tho 7th April and worked till the 9th July, being employed on the sinking of 16 well. Witness visited fradant's matshed to see one of hisi friends there. 14 was during this visit that he was spoken to by the defendant, who said that he wanted MUNICIPAL HOTELS,
to employ some men to sink a well Plymouth Corporation says the Municipal Journal is one of the councils which own hotels aro Defendant asked witness to under- ("The Old Boar's take the job and engaged his own fow similar bodies which own Middleton public hostelries. The one at Head"), Buxton (which owns a workman. Witness agreed and ung- Plymouth is the Roys! Hotel, licensed house in Ashwood Park),ageil the 19 complainants together
15 others. They Wen with which is connected the and Leeds (possessing licensed with Theatro
paid 30 centa town promises in Roundhay Park.)
a day and their food, while this female workers re-j ceived do cents a day without food. During the wet days no wages wero to be paid, but they were to be fed. | Dofendant was to have paid the men! arul not wituess, nlthough be cag- Buged them. Every day defendant visited the plans and hunded, the money for provisions to him And he supplied the others, During the whole time he worked there he never received payment, Altogether de "In the beginning Gost treated sternation in religious circles. It the heaven and the earthen i was said by a witty writer that fendant had given him $17M for Whether you believe this state- Bishops could not sleep at night food. $1.11 were given to various ment or not, the grand simplicity, for the fear of the apparition of an work to pay for small articles and purity of it are impressive extraordinarily intelligent apo or they required, such as tʊimero, Anked But it how he knew tint at money was an unusually hairy man. and worthy of attention.
"For over a contury overy re- 800us amazing to us who have landed to the workpeople, witness!! lovant science, every temper of come to study the Bibly again replied dat he was instructed by faith......every school of philo. that people should have been so defendant to keep a trade of the money this slow to see that an account of paid. Witness hitd neked defendant. sophy, have shot eliapter of beginnings their creation according to aviontific
theory was not the purpose of this for the mones, but the latter, had put jhim off-every time. Witness added, opposing lights.**
that the work was not yet coupleted It has boon popular in certain chapter at all, and would serve no strolos for some years to darido, more useful purpose if it wore.
What possible meaning could us the rains had caused datinge. Onl Genesis, or, if not to derido
estimats Gonesis have had for its first the pik Judy defendant cut off their its worth. Modern scientific readers if it had boon writton provisions.
The others complainants iscovery in the realms of geology from the standpoint of the scion- and biology, the theory of evolu- (ifie knowledge of to-day? If wo
He said tion with its varied forms are wrote the first chapter of Cionesis corroborative evidener and defon
to modern dant made a statement. supposed, by this circle, to con- again according tradict in some way the account geology, to how many would it befthat he had given tar first witness. of creation in this chuptor. I intolligible and would not the next the contract to open the well, and have read that they affirm that generation wish to alter it again promised to pay bin 0 for this! How the curth was mado is work, Since they fund not completed even clergy don't believo it but aro afraid to say so! But in spite written in the rocks to be die the job, he had not paid the Full He had paid WURE ÅR of these confident assertions men covered by hunian minds, and have been impelled again and you may study the books of nt. again to test the truth by every geology. How the bodies of to the other people. he was Bcientific method known. And living oreatures and man reached responsible for their wages.
Defendant called Su Tak, the au if questioning, or even doubting thoir form and comalinoes may be
brought have .minde
as known by investigation, and you back to "To the beginning God", may study the books of zoology whom the first witness had geno to we need not be troubled but he and anthropology. Those are the see at the nutshed when he had story and study of processes. But been engaged by the defendant thankful.
Many Christian people are who made the earth, who set those This witness corroborated defen-
troubled. The New faces moving and moving to dant's atniement." greatly Testament causes no dismay but definito purpose, not merely add-
but His Worship noticing that they do not like to be questioned ing chaos to confusion, about Genesis. They have vague producing order and purposo as of the workmen's claim amonited notione that instead of a vision well as life? Who gave man has to more than the first witness's who of a creature lovely in form and goal? This cannot be diacovorod was foreman, said it was absurd to wo have a but it has been revealed and you believe the man whois running the job innocent in nature,
would be engaged at the same rate vision of an apo that did not must study the Book of God.
The first chapter, of the-book us the coolica". come from the hand of God at all. Instead of a vision of oarth of Genesis no more conflicts: ard eky, suo, moon and stars with modern science than the
oming at the immediato bidd- words of the Lord Jesus con day for defendant to call furklior Wo got flict with medora astronomy, witnesse Creator, ring of B
of "Tho Fathor makes the Bull atory of 怨 process
riso upon Luo Just und evolution covoring a thousand to ages. If those thoorias are to be the unjust". He was not teach- accepted how will Goneels fare? ing scioaco, He was proclaiming |
scionco Caa modern
and a Fathor's love, and the purpose Boripture be reconciled? Or is of this chapter is not to teach us modern science correct with re- science but to teach us religion- gard to the creation and Genesis about God, the Eternal Causo, the merely the vapouring of a childish Righteous God Who made every- nind guessing at the truth and thing very good and man as the missing it? We shall only gain crown of creation in His own by being quite frank, and God Image and likeness. Onoo grasp this foot and all questions as to wants us to know the truth.
When Darwin propounded-his its salontille accuracy are soon to pory of ovotulloir by untoral be whollydrrelavant... solection there was quite a pop••
to place
A low
To be Concludodų
not
The ease was adjourned til Tues-
A tale of age
and sorrows, and love flaming on! FOREVER
SATURDAY, AUGUST
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AN APOLOGY
During the busy hours at our sale yesterday, it was noticed that a number
of people had to leave the store, without being attended to. To all such we desiro to tender a şindoro apology,
Our store will be closed on Monday next, but will re-open for business on Tuesday when the sale will be continued. WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW & Co., Ltd.
So deep in life that sometimes it hurts. So tender and brave" that
it leaves a song in your heart.
FOREVER
1924
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