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At this week's public meeting of the Hongkong Lodge of the Theoso phical Society, on Thursday, Miss Eileen Casey, F.T.S., London, gave an address on "Karma or why we are just there."
FIGHT AT SEA.
(Continued from Page 1).
21 YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM TELEGRAPH FILES.
and a lascar, Wahim bin Seman,
The following items are extract was also kifled in the fight. The cook, Sam Kia Hlap, and the ened from the Telegraph files for ginest, Koh Ah Joing, are, together the week ended April 15th, 1905 with Mr. Brown, in hospital also The demand rate of the dollar suffering from stab wounds. The was 1/10%. greanor, Wee Ah Kip escaped with-
The first houts in connection
In the course of her address, the out injury and Salch bin Jahiu, lecturer saldLast week you one of the lascars, jumped Into
run off at Happy Valley. Macao Solo, Bolsons, Mullet, heard how Reincarnation gives you the sca during the struggle. He with the Hongkong Schools Sports
opportunity after opportunity to swam about until the smugglers were become perfect, so that, when you cleared off, it is said, and then The Hen, Secretaries were Messrs. do reach the Heaven of which you climbed aboard the vessel, littlo. J. Birbeck and G. P. de Martin. dream, you will be able to enter the worse for his experience. The
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into the fullness of its joys other lascars who also Jumped The Rev. W. J. Southam and Mrs. through your own perfection. It Into the sea was not so fortunate. Southam were entertained by mem- fa during these times of rebirth He was a man named Yahya bin bers of the YMCA on their depar that we can review the mistakes Baba: his body was which the physical body, our mind again. and emotions have made, that the werk parts of the character can be strengthened and selfishness-tran- smuted into selflessness and desire.
not seen ture for Home. Mr. Southam.was
the General Secretary of the insti tution.
WOUNDED CAPTAIN DIRECTS NAVIGATION.
It is possible that the smug
Nearly a quarter of a million dollars were stolen from the Suf burglars.
The Royal Engineers had a fancy dress ball at Wellington Barracks,
to work for the good of all that all glors rejoined their boat and made Hing Bank, Wing Lok Street, by good their escape, but it is n signi- thoughts, words and actions can cant fact that nother launch gradually be brought under the
went out after her a little later. control of the higher self. When and sighted no craft of any 'des- cription the whole distance from Batu Pahat to Singapore.
Captain Brown, although suffer. The as. Kongnam was success- ing from the effects of his wound fully refloated, after stranding on was able to stretch himself on the Ma Wan Island, by Messrs. E. C. awning of the launch and direct Wilks and conveyed to Kowloon the navigation. With one of the Dock. crew at the wheel the launch ar rived safely back in Singapore yesterday morning.
we are reborn Into the world we come with definite traits, with a definite work to do--we also come with debts incurred in previous lives which we have not been able to pay off, and these make for us the health, sorrow, joy or pain of the new life the surroundings we are born into, the people we meet, und they also make our characters, de and on our character pends largely our destiny. That
Besides the Captain's revolver,
Colllera attacked to the Russian Baltic Fleet were ordered to pro- ceed to Hongkong via Java.
Mr. J. H. Kemp, It is announced, will shortly leave for Home, where he proposes to enter Lincoln's Inn! and study for the Bar.
le why we are just where we are there was a big shot gun on board, and why we are not occupying the but it appears that the crew had The death is recorded of Mr. aiches filled by Mr. A. or Mrs. B.-no time to use this. Trouble of H. L. Noronha, the manager of the. niches which, perhaps, we might such a serious nature was hardly well-known firm of Government All mare ably had fortune placed anticipated, and the affair will printers, us there. But fortune, or rather warn the commanders of restric we ourselves, in days gone by, de-tion launches to be on their guard signed another niche for this life against the possibility of attack the environment in which we now in future. find ourselves, made by the duties
A kotah is a boat of fairly large and faculties we have inherited
is applied to. from ourselves, and until these are size. The name performed and perfected we must various types of craft, a big sam return to earth again and again. pan being sometimes described as Kemp as Second Magistrate.
a kotah. In this particular in- Knowledge of the existence of the natural law, that every force stance, the smugglers must have once created by thinking, feeling or had a big sized sampan or a Bugis
boat acting will sooner or later return
Mr. G. N. Orme 'relieved Mr. J. H.
The Russian Baltic Fleet was sighted in the neighbourhood of
to its source of origin, to restore Enquiries are being carried out Hongkong. Japanese cruisers were
at Pulo, also reported to be off Swatow. the equilibrium in the Universe and the Dutch Police
prepare us for its conse-Samboe as well as the Jobore and quences and the limitations which up-country police have been in- it brings into our lives can then be formed of the matter.
will
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It was proposed to increase the capital of the New Amoy Dock Com-
buses.
accepted bravely, cheerfully, even Captain Brown's condition is pany, gratefully, for are they not the said to be alightly better. An means by which we learn both our operation was performed and no The Telegraph, in a leader, ad- weakness and our strength? danger was anticipated when en-vocates the introduction of wire- Never rail against your fate. As quiries were made. The other less telegraphy and moter omni- St. Francis of Assisi said: What wounded men are also expected to soever a man doeth upon the earth recover, he doeth it unto himself, whether it be good or whether it be evil.” Why waste time in thinking The Hon. Dr. F. W. Clark was thoughts of weaknesses, of dis-appointed a member of the Church honesty of dislike or of unkindness, Body, vice Dr. J. M. Atkinson, when you know that you will have!
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The Russian and Japanese fleets were reported to be fighting off the Anamba Islands.
The name of Mr. L. A. Rose was
to unthink them all again some Mr. J..Angus, Chief Engineer of added to the list of authorised ar- day? t knows not wrath nor the B.5. Tai On, was reported miss-chitects, pardon, utter true, its measures ing.
mete, its faultless balance weighs"; times are as naught, to-morrow it
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on the Polo Ground..
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