CORRESPONDENCE, -
(To the Editor, "Hongkong Telagraph.""}
The Teaching of Portuguese.
Sir-I heard the annual report
of St. Joseph's College, and was vory much impressed by the fol
lowing statement: "Portugueso
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1925.
THE WATER OF LIFE.
By the Rov. G. R. Lindsay, M. A.
"Ho, everyone that thirntoth, or "living water." Wator was aro afforded every facility to study come to the waters."-Isaiah 55. procious above everything their langungo
Without-1.
olso. It meant hoalth, wealth,| doubt languago study is a complex; Most people orave for somo and life itself, Honce wator and difficult task, and whatever thing bigger than themselves to was & peculiarly appropriate
Buccoss has been achieved thoroin live
is due to the untiring devotion of ofton
oporation of the students."
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Something, they symbol of the life which God know not what, gives to the soul. "Fo, overgone the trachora and the hearty oa. luras thom horo and thero. that thirstoth, como yo to the They realiso that life must ha waters." The message of Josun The public having seen this, more than more existence, and in Christ is the same as that of and not having heard of gord to be found somewhere and is to the prophet, only maro complote. results in the teaching of Portu-bo discovered at all costs,
thirat lot him guose, will naturally be lod to This ferment of vitality, this como unto me and drink." To think something untrue, and I fool passionate
warm drink of this living water is, It is my duty not to keep silent.strong lifo, stirs our breasts and nothing loss than to accept flim So I am forced to write for the quickens our onorgies. It seems as the life and power of our first time for the public in a at times as if something had souls. The life
Wa noud is guage in which I am but a simple caught fire within us and gavo in
Jesus Christ. Tho sin. boginner; but I trust I shall be us this lust for life.
пог talks of knowing lie" understood,
rolfish and the worlding of Rooing First of all, I will say that I parsimony and poverty of blood. life," but the Christian speaks of should prefor that the Rov. It makos un fit to face life and on- "having life," because he rentinos Director of St. Joseph's College,ables us to go on to tho ond. Mon that life is a gift of God. Thin Instead of tho former tho two quoted sentoncos, thoy ask it not of God. They of existones but quality had stated that he gives tho want to drink of the water of life that changes the man himself, Portuguese boys ovory facility but they go to "broken cisterna" his hopes, his dosires, his destiny. ho can givo. Evidently this was for it. How many have gono astray It is a fo
within which what ho mosnt, but as it is in their search for lifo. They transfigures all
life without. possible that all should not have sought it at the rivors of When Christ gives life ho gives it understand it Ro, some people, pleasure, sensation, excitement, "more abundantly". Ho adds to without a word of mine, would stimulants and of Sin itself, only the wealth and fulmers of all say that I accept the mentioned to find that the kind of life those good things. His life Imparted
of passago
the
as waters givo is procured at the to us, brings now report
energy and of demoralized character vision and love, pleasures moroi absolutely correct, and con- cont Roquently that the failure in and ruin of homoe, Thore is satisfying and widor Interests getting succoss is duo exclusively no living water. to quench than we have over known. "Ho. to myself. Now, before that may
thirst of tho human everyone that thirsteth, Como yo ho thought a fact. I avail my wolf spirit. The scarcity of water in to the waters." of this opportunity to declare the East londa it a special valus.
The Spirit and the Brido say, that it in false. In an absolute Palostine has few perennial Come! sonae St. Joseph's College can rivers and the brooks are mostly not afford evory facility to dry in summer. The people aro flas the, obliged from October till May non-boarding student. Rov. Director given overy to depond for water supply Come! facility he can give? As regards upon walls and reservoirs, the him I do not dooy this, but former have all the teachers done the
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HONGKONG IMPORTS.
DULL CONDITIONS
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The fortnightly Price Current and Market Report, published by the Hongkong General Chamber of Commorco, states:-
BLACK AND WHITE.
Race Relations in the States.
The latest reports from the United States seem to show a 10-) laxation in the incor-racial pro- blem there. At a meeting of the Commission on the Church and Racial Rolations of the Federal Council of the Churches of Amorica at Atalanta it was
The "better" record is sufficiently tragic, but. novor Im-
During the past year, on many occasions, one teacher retained the pupils In hie class whon they should hava boun: taking Portuguoso. Someone may say that in spite of that the results could be better than those secured! That is true, agroo, And why wore they not batter if I bave done my bost? The chief) Cotton Picco Goods and Fancy reason is because my untiring Cotton Goods.--Sinoo last raport- devotion" was not mat with the ing the market has displayed stated that up to Novamber I of hoarty co-operation" the Rev. little or no animation, and with this year the number of lynchings Director aponke o; but there are the exception of sales of Longe reported wore thirtoon, or filty many others. It is because the now business transacted in the por cent. of those for the sante schoot time is very short and interim is negligible in quanity, period in 1923. Last year there many boys often reduce it to nit, Mid. Am. Cotton was quoted was a similar drop of half from and soldom to a few minutes. It 13.70d. in Liverpool yesterday the 57 lynchings in 1929. is because, with few exceptions, and Eg. Sakallerides at tho they do not pay attention at allfadvanced figure of 35.40d. to what they are taught. It is Cotton Yarn,-Market romains tholess, it is noteworthy. because, nobody prosses thom to nominally unchanged since our provements of a more encourag atudy, and because, though some last report and no business has ing nature are the widespread leave the lessons in the middle of transpired during the interval.
increase of interest in the work the year and others do not go to
Quotation aro:-No. 10s of the inter-racial committees Achool even one day, all are $220/235. No. 12s $225/238. allowed to give their names to the 10s 8235/240. No. 20. $230/235. Amorica.
No. that are springing up throughout University oxamination.
In Arrivals 1,600. Shipments all. significant movement of its kind This is tho must short, the results are not better Sales pil. Unsold stock 9,700 since omancipation," said the becauso ander tho prosent bales. Bargains 3,000 balos.
coloured bishop, R. E. Jones, circumstancos it is impossible for
Woollons.--The market hax a boy to have a good knowledge opened very slowly after China General
of Now Orleans, reporting to the of Portuguese in so short a time. Now Yoar and transactions aro Methodist Episcopal Church. Conference of the The argumont will possibly be on the smallest scale. adduced that in the past the
Most of tho Staton have now! circumstancon were not bottor
to inter-racial accretaries, and over and notwithstanding some pupils! Motale.-Market dull, nothing the South have those inter-racial
800 countios out of a thousand in} passod in the University aminations, but it is worthless. Flour Market Roport-Stock: races have boon espacially pro- committeca, The women of both) Some passed indeed, and sono 700,000 sacks, Market: Steady.minent in promoting this forward will pass again, I believe, but... Quotations:-American Patent,
Raw Cotton.-- No Valor report.
ox-doing.
I could say many things more, $4.80
por sack; American
but for the present I think I have Straight, $4.10 par sack; Amorican
་་
move.
For the third year in succession said quite enough, perhaps too Cut off, $4.05 per sack; Shaughal being arranged for 1925, states an "Raco Rolations Bunday" is much, in the opinion of not a Flour, $3.50 per sack: Australian, fow people. My words, I must No. 1, $4.10 per sack; Canadian will take place on February 8, omphasize, aim at nothing but to Cut off, $380. alucidate the situation.
Your ote
FR. ANTONIO DOS NEVES,
Toacher of Portuguese in St. Joseph's College.
Kowloon, 12th. February, 1925.
THE LAUDER SEASON.
ANOTHER BIG SUCCESS. Success follows success with
Sir Harry Lauder, and ho roseiv-
Sugar.Market very quiet. Saltpetro-Markot improving since last report.
BULLOCKS' ESCAPADE.
Wild Career of Frightened Animals.
Obscrver correspondent, This
whon thoro will bo a wido intor-' and coloured pastors andspeakers. change of pulpits batwo white
Moro important still is the pro- gross being made for a national intor-racial conferonce, to be held next year, probably at Cinoinnati..
The vastly increas Attention being paid to negro aducation is Jahown by the budget in North
Carolina, which is appropriating| noarly
million pounds a year (iront ozoitomont was caused for this object. This is more then: od a wonderful ovation at tho in Glasgow recently whan two was dovoted to the eutiro educa- close of last ovaning's par bullocks, which had landed from tion of the Stato in 1910 for bath formance, when he mado his third a steamer at Morklands Wharf, white and colouro. Eleven years) appearance before a Hongkong broke away from the herd and ago only $225,000 was spent on audience. His songs were all old ran amok. One of them, a fine the negro schools, and the current favourites and at bis invitation young steer, ontored a railway expenditure the choruses were joined in with yard, and getting on the under: dollars. Coloured high schools lo four million right good will.
Fround
passenger line, raced have increased from thirteen in With bim. Bir Harry has a from the west railway, passing 1921 to thirty-four in 1924, and talontad company. Eddy Gray's several stations, including Glas- the students from 1,347 to 5,341 juggling was nothing short of gow Low Levoi, for a distanco According to Professor Newhold, remarkable: Lydia Carne and of three miles.
of Jack Kolloway aro cortainly
of the State Department Ultimately the animal mount Education, less than one half per original in their dances, and the ed the platform at Dalmarnock cont. of the criminals in the pattor is good: the Hilo Luo on Station, where a police officer United States come from the the steal guitar and ukelele were shot it with, a service revolver. ranks of educated negroes, ancored again and Harry Mooro, The railway trafo was held up
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