THE CHURCH AND THE CHILD.
By the Rov. G. R. Lindsay, M. A.
THE HONGKONG TI
"BIGLTARDS.
PORTUGUESE CONTESTS,
In the final round of the Lusitano Billiards Challenge Shield competition, played at the. Club Lualana from the 1st to the 5th instant, tho Club de Recrolo
won), R. F.
The Club Lusitano, Catholic
If children are but beautiful roligious teacher. It may be defeated the Catholic Union by figuros upon which to hang granted at once that this is cor-103 points-2,228 to 2,125. Each dainty garments, then a mother's tainly true, but the mother need Aldo had five victories in games, work is obvious. If a boy is not he the only teacher, nor the but the winners came out on top merely a capacity to ho filled, or home the only school. Indeed, in by heavier scores.
The teams were Cathollo a machine to grind out facts, an age whon mothers do not want Union: Mostre. Iz A. Damund, then the work of the teacher is a cradle, or, if they do, get some L. G. Lima, F. M. Ozorio plain. But if both those idons are one else to rock it for them, wo E. A. Remedios, A. J. Osmund essentially wrong, and Christ's have to face the sad fact that (all of whom
homo 18 tho last place conception that of such in the Kingdom of Heaven" is right, on earth where many children Luz, E. L. Barros, M. M. Bilva, L. V.Antonio and L. Remédios. than the greatest work in the would over learn about Jesus Club do Rocroio: P. H. Roza, world is the influencing and Christ, Sunday School is may P. A. Barradas, F. E. Siva, J. M. J. moulding of child life. It is this a little one's only hope. But the Lopos, J. Ribeiro (winners), E. A. work which the Sunday School system has much more to com Noronha, L.A. da Rocha, E. I. mend it than this. It secures do 1.oltao, E. Antonio and P. A. ondeavours to accomplish.
finite and systomatic teaching There are a few who do not napted to the age of each child
Ivanovich, agree with this system of child which is imposelble in the home training in religion. There The teaching there must be in fow-happily general torm and depend largely vary fow-who do not believe in on the influence which only a teaching children religion at all. good home can exercise. A visit But their reason is based on a to a modern Sunday School should fallacy. They argue "Let the bo suficient to prove the value of child wait till it can choose for graded toaching. Further, this] itself." But whore is the parent method enables the taught to re- who does not know that even a alise tho social side of the Gospel. very young child has religious Religion learned only in the home instincts that demand expression is apt to become self-controd. and therefore guidanco? It may It is generally recognised that a bo when the child is older he may child who is taught by a tutor kindly supplied us with desire to adjust his simple crowd and never goan to school logos following cable quotations of to his groator knowledge; but much, and a child when being many of us, now in maturity, can- taught the love of God for the Shanghal stocke from thair not fool too grateful to those who world and the responsibilities of Shanghai office- set us in infancy on the way that brotherhood loarps it more readily
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Union and Club do Bocrolo: having scored each a win, the result of the competition is a draw. A re-play will be hold,
SHARE MARKET,
SHANGHAI QUOTATIONS.
Mosers. Ellis and Co. have
Langkats (comb.)-Tis.
Ewos.
buyers.
tho
19,
Tis. 113%, buyers.
106,
led to our ultimato and personal in the happy company of others. buyers, choices. If the average child will And when the boy, or girl, is become anything like the average reaching the period of adolescence Shanghai Dooks. -Tis. parent, which is probable, then and is beginning to think "O,buyers. tho sooner he is taught to pray that's just mother" and "Father's Now Engineeringa. Tle. 7.40; and to love the right, the bottor. always talking like that" then the
Again, there are parents who value of the good influence of) think that the Home is the place someone outside the family círcle in which a child should learn his canaotho overestimated. religion, and not in the Sunday A Sunday School teacher boa School. They say "the hand then his chance to give that help.; that rooku the cradle" bolonge to ful touch which moans so much the one who should be the child's in the making of a character,
PATENTS LAW,
REGISTRATION IN
HONGKONG.
The Gazelle contain's the drafti
Orientale. Tls. 334. buyers. Shanghai Cotton. Tls. 59, buyers.
TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
HONGKONG IMPORTS. In foar lost a word let alip the
bang men's Jasso suspended; above his boad, Charles Carson,! onco anotorious bandit, has boon silont for 15 years in a lunatic asylum whore he has The fortnightly Price Curront just died-says a New York
PIECE GOODS MARKET DULL.
of an Ordinance to provido for and Market Report, published by message. Carson's prison record the registration in Hongkong of the Hongkong General Chamber bogan in Now York whon he was nine yours old. When a man, lotters patent granted in the of Commerce, statos :- United Kingdom.
Cotton Pioce Goods and Fancy ho was sentenced to be hanged
tho for Cotton Goods.- No interest what-
Folsom Penttiary This Bill is introduced in orde evor displayed in stapies, but crime of 15 years ago. With slx to carry out the recommendations small forward sales of fancies other convicts ho seized the of the British Empire Patont have boon effected. Market warden, Captain J. R. Murphy, Conference, 1922, and of the generally is, however, quite and a guard. Attempting to Imperial Economic Conference, apathetic. Tight money and at 08capa, the convicts held their 1923. The Bill has boon adapted, tendant high rates of native in-captives in front of them aB with slight alterations, from atorest retard clearances. Mid. shields. All nine were wounded draft model Ordinance prepared Am. Cotton was quoted 13.16 in when the other prison guards by the Board of Trado, The Liverpool on 3rd instant, and opened fire. Four of the seven Becretary of State lays great cloth prices are nomally stress on the necessity for tho changed. simplest possible proouduro and
un-
Cotton Yarn.In tho oarly part
on the desirability of the greatest of the fortight under review our he was mad or dumbstruck or possible uniformity.
in the
conviots died. While awaiting execution Carann stopped talking. No export could decide whother
faigning. He was committed to market continued active and a legislation required to give effect fair amount of businous was trans-watched for 15 years; but he an insane asylum, and thero to the schome.
acted at slightly improved ratos.
novor spoke. The general intention of the At tuo close the market was quiet acliemo is provide
but steady. Quotations are ;— for u practically automatic rogistration No. 108 $220/241, No. 128 $230/242, In the various Crown Colonies No. 163
ta
+
The Cumberland mansion of $240/245, No. 20s Killhow, with its castollated and Protectorates, upon applica- $30/240. Arrivals 1,700 bales. towor and 1334 acres of grounds nil. Unsold stock in the picturesque Valo of Ellan, tion, of patents granted in the Shipments United Kingdom. Broadly speak-3,600 bales. Bargains 2,800 balos. seven-miles from Wigton, was
Woollons, bluce our last resold by ing, this is the intention of our
auction at Wigton £2,000 to Mr. G. B. present Patents Ordinance, but port thore has been more enquiry. for
of Silloth. The the procedure under the bill is importere and most of the larger Bowman, somewhat simplor. It will also deutors, however, are not anxious auctioncor, Mr. Hopo, said the bo oboapor. Suction 11 of the to enter into frosh commitments house cost £36,000 to build. Whon prosent Ordivanco, 1892, provides until clearances improvo. Stocks the late John Porter Foster, for a certain provisional protoo- are considered too heavy, and a senior partner in the London firm tion in the Colony pending the large carry-over soonis inevitable. of Foster, Portor, and Co., made grant of Letters Patont in the 'his applies especially to the a fortune In the City, he bought United Kingdom. This provision higher priced goods-Worsted, back the old family home of will disappear from our statute Wool, Venetians, etc. Bradford Killhow, and built on the site the book, but it appears to have been prices for Worsteds aro about present mansion in the Scottish of very little practical use.
7% per cent. higher than last baro' ial style. This was succes- year, whilo Shoddy" romains sively owned by his son, the late; The Secretary of State has round about last year's prics. Samuel Porter Forster, who emphasised the necessity for Raw Cotton. There is no opposed Mr. Gully for Carlislo keeping the fee for registation to change to report.
whon the latter was Speaker of approximately £1. Rulo 4 of the
the House of Commons, and Motals.--Market quiet; vory draft of the rules to bo mado by little doing.
grandson, of the late J. P. Foster, the Registrar under the Or dinance contains the table of about 1,100,000. Market: quiot.)
Flour Market Report.-Stock: a London barrister. fees. The foe on registration of Quotations-American Patent, a patont will be $5, and as $3 stamp duty will be payable on $3.40 per sack; American Out-off.
$4.20 por suck; American Straight,| **** the statutory declaration which 3.50 por sack; Shanghai Flour. must accompany the application$3.10 per sack: Australian No. 1, for registration, the Cost of $3.45 par sack; Canadian Cut-off, obtaining registration of a patent $3.10 por sack. will be $8. In addition the ap-1
plicant will have to bear the cost
Window Glass.-Small rates; of advertising in the Gazette the reported at $6.20. Market closed
wook.
Issue of the certificate of registra- Sugar.-Market dull.
tion. The exponso of this will
depend on the length of the
-Balipotro, Markot
being probably about 87 to $12.
advertisement, the average cast steady since report.
The cost of getting any assign-
fairly
ment or transmission of interest ment, Searches and certified entered on the rogistor will be copies will cost the same as $5 + $3m $8. In this oase no under the oxisting law.
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