AN ALPHABET OF HONGKONG
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ST. PAUL'S GIRLS'
SCHOOL.
NEW BUILDING BEING
ERECTED
OBITUARY..
SIR MAX WAECHTER.
London, Oct. 3.
The death has occurred of Sir! Mox Waochter. -Reuter.
Sir Max Waechter was a Ger
THE
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DAY BY DAY.
The Kowloon Dock swimming gala arrangod for to-morrow. has been postponed until further notico, on account of the inole-: ment weather.
Mr. Be-W. Stapleton has re perted to the police the theft of a goid wrist watch, valued at $25, from his residence at Humphroy's Buildings, Kowloon.
His Excellency the Governor has accopted the resignation by: Lioutonant James Ralston of his Commission in the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps.
The bursting of a water main, at Wongnoichong Road resulted in injuries to a P. W. D. fitter who was at work on it yesterday. The man, who sustained a num-) bor of cuta in his head, was taken to the Governmont Civil Hospital.!
The anniversary of the Por- taguose Republic was celebrated to-day by a reception hold at the Lusitano Club, at which the Consul Genorai, Mr. Albuquerque, received a number of callors, in-, oluding the Colonial Secretary (Sir Claud Severn), Captain Noville, A.D.C. to the Governor, who reprosented His Excellency,, Commodore Grace, Paymaster Comdr. Worthington, and the various mombors of the local Consular body.
SUN'S REPRESENTATIVE.
Tokyo, Oct. J. Dr. Sun Yat-son's representa
On our Picture Pago to-day will be seen a sketch of the now! man. Born in 1837, he wont to St. Paul's Girls' School, which is England in 1859 and became at presont under construction in naturalised in 1865. Ho identifi- Konnedy Road,
od himself largely with Surroy.tive Li Lick-ching, has arrived As will be seen, this will be af
Ho handsome building when com- Englishwomen: ant became an
married twicu, to here.--Reuter. plotod. The total cost of con- active social and political workor. struction will be $300,000, towards He was knighted in 1902] which $150,000 has boon raised
or pron isod, in addition to the
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generous gift of $50,000 by the 74, Caine Road.
The Chairman
TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
Anyone who, for tho first time, called
Government, which bas also of the Building Committee le the provided the site. Thore is thus Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotowall; the encounters the cactus à deficit at present of $100,000..
Bro Mossrs. "hairy stapelia" whon in bloom,
Hon. Treasurers
A sale of work in aid of the Mok Kon-sung and Kan Tung-po; Building Fund is to be held from whilst the Hon. Secretary is Mr. he 8th to the 11th instant at No. J. M. Wong.
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may well refuse to heliove that its flower is truly a flower, for it looks exactly like the artificial star of some decoration, a thing that amazos and dolights all boholders. The blossom is wonder- fully painted in yellow and purple,. with a gold coatre. When fully expanded, there is a folid odour,
o carrion-like as to deceive thes common flesh-flies, which deposit their eggs round the nectary. Theep frequently hatch. but the grubs soon die for want of flesh- food, so that the curious plant alfords us a-rare instance of orror difficulties in animal instincts.
ASPECTS OF FAITH-VENTURE.
By the Rev. G. R. Lindsay, M. A.
Donald Hankey, who died in
Yes, there
for chasmi.
aro
BONIO
yawn
Great War, says in "A which Student in Arms that "real ro- a
like
ligion is betting one's life that nature antagonistic, there is a God.' It was an ex- a riddle and death relentless, signed the pardon of M. Jean prussion of his OWN virile and Christianity and also a good poople means a venture indood. resemblance to that of Vietor Christian faith to such Hateau, whose career has a closu description of all religious faith. It was said of the late Lord Hugo's Jean Valjean. Sentenced Faith is holding reasonable Kolvin that frequently during his to 20 years' ponal servitude in conviction in realms beyond the investigations he would take in 1904 for selling stolen bonds, reach of final demonstration, and leap of faith from a known to Jenn also, it is a trusting of ono's life an unknown fact of science. The years inter from
Hatean escaped threv upon those convictions as though processes or intervening steps he convict settlement. they were surely true. Faith is did not know and they were Metz, where he established a therofore Vision plus Vonture, traced for him by others, but small businese, and became a All lifo is a venture, a series what ho did know gave him faith successful merchant
Lifo is hard, M. Doumorgue, President of mankind the French Republic, has just
the Guiana) He went to!
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of losps into the dark. From the to venture and he did not leap in influential citizen. The bewilder cradle to the grave wo arẻ con rain, tinually stepping out into the leap towards Christ will find the whom he was hold in high osteem Mon who will take tho ment of his fellow citizens, by unknown and foe! It to be worth rock beneath their feat. whilo. It is the only way to pro- the vast majority there is littlof her as an oscaped convict, was not But for when he was arrested last Noven- grose,
Vonturing faith ways been rewarded and life is full sicul or theological discussion is of Montroull in "Los Miserables" has purely mental wrestle, Metaphy-loss than that of the good people of amenities becauen of it. The not for them. They do not need when their good and much-loved supreme vonture is the venture the unique and paramount claims inayor was denounced as the of rollgious faith, supreme be of the Lord Jesus demonstrated. orcapod forcat, Jean Valjean. By caues of the demands which it They admit them. Thoy áru not pardoning M. Hateau, who has makes upon the whole man. prepared to follow Him but they boon in prison for nine months, mind and heart and will.
admire Him, and if ever they did the President of the Republic has This is Tho roligious instinct has oternity they would vonturo number of business men in Metz. asserted itself and inon will on Christ, exoralso faith in
Their position is sameono or not of the former typo who say something. Mon realise that "I havo doubts, therefore I will not their directing ideals in thought commo" but rather that of the one and life are based on presupposi who says "I have hindrances ally worth recalling that in that tions which are beyond proof and therefore I cannot come just novel Mr Hardy for the first time
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the existing namo of tho distrlet once included in mythology, or in "the Cosmic Naturalists toll us of migratory Hardy used it twice in the text, that oxtinct kingdom. Mr. birds which elect to stay in so far as I can remember. The Christianity summons. to vonture of faith in Jesus Chrial. rather than risk the journey over Weatherbury,
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discover that when we trust in make the vonture. He calls ue: Labouror," meaning the peasant suckling a boar cub left mother found clasped in its mother's &B article on ""Tho Wessex ary act of motherly devotion" in larger than a big kitten, was Him, He completes and responds "Follow Mo'.
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