HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEEK-END SECTION
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1937
THEY SAID OF HONGKONG.-XI
THE FOUNDING OF THE DIOCESE OF VICTORIA
HE Diocose of Victoria (Hongkong) was founded by the consecration of the Rov, George Smith as Bishop of China and Japan (except the Yangtze Val- loy, where Bishop Boone, of the American Episcopal Church was already at work) and a gift of £20,000 for Endowment of the Bishopric.
Official notification of the founding of the Bishopric was contained in a Government Notification, issued by Major W. Caine, the Colonial Secretary, on January 1, 1850, which stated:
ER Most Gracious Majesty having been pleased to issue Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, erecting the Island of Hongkong and its Dependencies into a Bishop's See and Diocese, to be called the Bishopric of Victoria, and appointing the Reverend George Smith, Doctor in Divinity, to be ordained and consecrated Bishop of the said
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Sec: And Her Majesty having been further pleased to pass an Order in Council, directing that all Persons in Holy Orders of the United Church of England and Ireland within the Do- minions of the Emperor of China, shall be subject to the authority of the said Bishop: His Excellency the Governor directs that the said Letters Patent and Örder in Council be published... for general information.
From this date, therefore, the Colonial Church shall be known as the Cathedral Church of Saint John in the City of Victoria.
By Order,
W. Caine,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 1st January, 1850., Queen Victoria's Letters Patent were as follows:
Five possible answers are given for each question, Prime Minister of Great Britain is (1) MacDonald, (2) Chamberlain, (3) Hailsham, (4) Baldwin, (5) Lloyd George. The number 4 (meaning Baldwin) has been placed at the right of 0 on the answer sheet. Answers on Page Ten,
Home Affairs
(4) old age pensions, (5) public education.
10-General Franco is alleged to have seized the output of British- mines in Spain. These (1) produce primarily silver, (2) tin, (3) aluminium, (4) copper, (5) nickel.
1 is proposed to apply to the present emergency the provisions
owned was passed in of an Act which
mines This is (1) Contraband Act, 1870. (2) Defence of the Realm Act, (3) Riot Act, (4) Merchant Shipping Act, (5) Foreign Enlistment Act. 2-Britain's factory legislation
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17. The approximate number · of
wireless licences taken Brital is, according to oMcial figures, (1) 2,500,000, (2) 750,000, (3) 8,000,000, (4) 3,000,000, (5) 5,200,000.
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in (1) Homer, (2) the Arablan Nights, (3) the Old Testament, (4) the New Testament, (5) the Decameron.
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19.-Hutiand Boughton's opera, "The Lily Mald," is being played at the Winter Garden. Boughton is the composer of (1) Helen, (2) The Immortal Hour, (3) Pickwick, (4) The Maid of the Mountains, (5) Tuntivy Towers.
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under revision. The responsible Minister is (1) the President of the Board of Trade, (2) the First Commissioner of Works, (3) the Home Secretary, (4) the Minister
the of Labour, (5)
Lord Privy Scal. 3.The King has assumed the Ulle of (1) Master of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Flects, (2) President of Trinity House, (3) 12-Admira! Sir Charles Little will
11-Major General O. C.. Borrell was awarded the decoration of Knight Commander of the Bath In the last New Year honours. In Hongkong, Major General Borrett was (1) GO.C.; (2) A.D.C.; (3)
(4) C. in C.:
D.A.A.Q.; (5)
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Grund Warden of the Ancient Liveries, (4) Chief Ranger of Woods and Forests, (5) Com- modore of the Auxillary Air Arm. 4-The Parlamentary Secretary
for the Dominions has concluded tour in Australia. He is (1) Dr. Burgin, (2) Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, (3) Lord De La Warr, (4) Mr. Boothby, (5) Lord Hartington. 5. Candidates are now being chosen for the LC.C. elections,, The number of members to be elected is (1) 38. (2) 615, (3) 85, (4) 124, (5), 23.
World Affairs
6. There has been much activity at the port which is opposite to Gibraltar. This is (1) Malaga, (2) Ceuta. (3) Melllla, (4) Tetuan (5) Tangier..
7-The Finance Commissar of the Soviet Union made his Budget speech recently. He is (1) Grinko, (2) Stalin, (3) Lunacharski, (4) Litvinov, (5) Payupski.
9. Princess Juliana and her hus- band have been honeymooning at Krynicu. This is in (1) Rumania, (2) Finland, (3) Poland, (4) Hun- gory, (5) Yugo-Slavia,
9.-President Roosevelt has asked Congress for £158,000,000. This is for (1) public.works, (2) un- employment relief, (3) armaments,
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"invaders" the Hongkong in the forthcoming manoeuvTOS. His flagship is (1) H.M.S. H.M.S. Dorsetshire; (2)
Berwick; (4) Kent; (3) H.M.S. H.M.S. Suffolk; (5) H.M.S. Cum- berland.
13.-The "invading" force in the operations will be known as (1) The Rebels; (2) The Invaders;-(3) Blueland; (4) Southern Forces; (5) Rodland..
14. The Walker Trust (St. An- drews) is carrying out excavation in Byzantium. Where Byzantium formerly stood
now (1) Florerice (2)-Palermo, (3)-Cairo,- (4) Constantinople; . (5) Man-
chester.
15,-Sir Raymond
Unwin is the recipient of a Royal Gold Modul, This is for (1) poetry, (2) archi- tecture, (3) music, (4) horseman- ship, (5) elocution,
16-Mr. Harold Hodge hus
died.
He was well known before the wär as editor of (1) the Saturday Review, (2) the Athenaeum, (3) the Daily News, (4) the Spectator, (5) Punch.
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29. The "Old Vic" has put on an
uncut version of "Hamlet."
Godfrey the name-part is (1)
Gicigud, (3) Tearle, (2) John Charles Laughton, (4) Kobert Speaight, (5) Laurence Olivier. 21.-Responsibility for music on the occasion of the Coronation rests with the "ster of the King's Music." This is (1) Sir Thomas Beecham, (2) Sir Henry Wood, (3) Mr. Adrian Boult, (4) Sir Walford Davies, (5) Lord Berners.
22. "We Who Are About To Die" This Is a new film in London. "sters" (1) Frances Farmer, (2) Jeanette MacDonald, (3) Lorella Young, (4) Luise Rayner, (5) Ann Dvorak.
23. The "Casse Noisette" ballet has been staged at Sadler's Wells. The music is that of (1) Stravinsky, (2) Tchaikowsky, (3) Debussy, (4) Chopin, (5) Strauss. 24-A novel in four volumes, "The Four Winds of Love," la being written by (1) Compton Macken- zic. (2) Hugh Walpole, (3) Liam O'Flaherty, (4) Margaret Ken- nedy, (5) Charles Morgan. 25"The Stranger Prince" is by Margaret Irwin. This is a study of (1) The Young Pretender, (2) The Black Prince, (3) William III. (Prince of Orange), (4) Frederick
Wales, Prince of
(5) Prince Rupert of the Rhine."
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26-Nijinsky's. Diary, edited by his wife, has been published. Nijin- sky was famous as (1) portrali painter, (2) composer, (3) dancer,' (4) war correspondent, (5) chess player.
Sport
27.-There is a new captain of Eng-
land's "rugger" XV. This is (1) P. L. Condier, (2) H. F. Wheatley, (3) P. Cranmer, (4) H. G. Owen- Smith, (5) R. J. Longland. 28.-Perry has been sentationally -unsuccessful in his Intest profes- sional engagements. He is playing exhibition matches in (1) U.S.A., (2) Germany, (3) France, (4) Australia, (5) Argentina.
29-"The Halford-Hewitt Cup at- tracted an entry of ten teams from English public schools". The cup Is given for (1) ite-hockey, (2) curling, (3) ski-ing, (4), Agure- skating, (5) tobogganing. 30.-Trainer is playing a good game at Home. His team is (1) Arsenal, (2) Leeds United, (3) SheMold Wednesday, (4) Everton, (5) Preston North End..
WEEK-END PROBLEMS
By Hubert Phillips.
PROBLEM I.
PLAYING CARDS
two wicket-keepers to choose from, six bowlers, and ten bois. I must Uncle dames took from the pack include one wicker-keeper; at least a certain number of playing-cards. four bowlers; at least five bots. The "Here Bobby," he said, "I have so cleventh man can be either a bat or many Spades, so many Hearts, so a bowler. And do you know, there mony Diamonds and so many Clubs, seem to be about ten thousand ways. The square of the number of Hearts in which I can build up the team?". is equal to the number of Diamonds "Nonsense," Buld Mr. Stumper. multiplied by the number of Clubs, "It can't be as many as that." And the square of the number of "Work it out and see," said Lord Clubs, la equal to the number of Kangaroo. Spades multiplied by the number of
How many possible teams Hearts and multiplied again by the number of Diamonds:
And the there?
All numbers of each sult are ferent,"
How many cards of each sult are there?
PROBLEM II. CHOOSING THE TEAM "Selecting my Cricket XI, is no Joke," said Lord Kangaroo. I have
PROBLEM III.
WORD SQUARE (1) Novelist of grit. (2) The tree is not quite alone. (3) Musician's medium of
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VICTORIA, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland QUEEN, Defender of the Faith, To all to whom these Presents shall come. Greelings; ·
Whereas it has been represented unto Us by the Most Reverend Father In GOD, John Bird, By Divine Providence Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Metro- politan, that the Clergy and Enity of the Com- mission of the United Church of England, and Ireland resident within Our Island of Hongkong and Its Dependencles, and at Canton, Amoy, Foochowfoo, Ningpo, and Shanghai, and other Places in the Empire of Chine, owing to the Remoteness of Our sald Island and its Depen- dencies, and of the other pinces aforesaid, are exposed in Matters Spiritual and Ecclesiastical to grave Detriment and inconvenience:
kong, is apt and convenient to be erected, and it is Our intention to ereet the same, Into a Cathedral Church and Bishop's Sce:
New know Ye that, in Pursuance of such Our Royal Intention, We do by these Our Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, erect, ordain, make, and con- stitute the said Church of Saint John in the sald Town of Victonia, to be a Cathedral Church and Bishop's Sec.
And We do ordain that, the "sold Town of Victoria stall henceforth be a Cily, and be called the City of Victoriu!
And We do ordain, make, constitute, and declare the said City and all the Territory comprised in Our said Island of Hongkong and its Dependencies, to be the Diocese of the Bishop of Victoria hereinafter named and of his Successors, Bishops of Victoria, and to the called in alt Time the Diocese of Victoria.... And Whereas the said Most Reverend Father in And to the end that this Our Intention may be car- GOD has further represented unto Us that the Evils ried into due Effect, We, having great Confidence in aforesald might in some degree be remedied by the the Learning, Morals, and Probity of Our Well-be- Erection of a Bishop's Sze within Our Island afore- toved George Smith, Doctor in Divinity, do name, aald, and has prayed for Us that We would by Our make, and appoint him to be ordained and consecrated Royal Authority erect and constitute the same:
Bishop of the sald See of Victoria, and We do hereby And whereas by an Act passed the Session of Signify to the Most Reverend Faller in God, John Parliament held in the Sixth and Seventh years of Bird, by Divine Providence Lord Archbishop of Our Reign, intituled "An Act for the Better Govern- Canterbury
the Erection and Constitution of ment of Her Majesty's Subjects in Ching" It was the said See and Diocene, and Our Nomination of the amongst other Things enacted that it should be law sald George Smith, requiring, and by the Falth and fil for Us by an Order or Orders made with the Leve whereby he is bound unte Us, commending the Advice of Our Privy Council to ordain for the Govern- said Most Reverend Father in GOD, to ordain and ment of Our Subjects, being within the Dominions of consecrate the said George Smith to be Bishop of the the Emperor of China, or being within any Ship cr Bald Sce and Diocese, In Manner accustomed, and Vessel at a Distance of not more than One Hundred diligently to do and perform all other Things opper- miles from the Coast of China, any Law or Ordinance talning to his Office in this behalf, with
And We do ordain and declare that the said which to Us in Council' might scem neet, as fully
Effect. and effectually as any such Law or Ordinance could. George Smith, so by Us nominated and appointed, be made by Us in Council, for the Government of after having been ordained and consecrated there-. Our Subjects being within the said island of Hong unto us aforesaid, may,, by Virtue of such appoint- ment and Consecration, enter into and possess the kong:
And Whereas by an Order in Council: made and said Bishop's See as Bishop thereof, Without Let or passed on the First Day of May 1849, We were pleased Impediment from Us, Our Heirs, and Successors, for to order and direct that all Persons in Holy Orders the Term of His Natural Life, subject nevertheless to of the United Church of Engiand and Ireland, being the Right Resignation.. ka within the Dominions of the Emperor of China, or within any Ship or Vessel at a Distance, of not more of Victoria shall at the time of his Consecration take than One Hundred Miles from the Coast of China, shall be subject to the Authority and Jurisdiction of the See of Victoria and the Bishop thereof, in the same Manner us if they were resident within the said Island of Hongkong
And We further will and ordain, that every Bishop
an Oath of due Obedience to the Archbishop of Canter- bury for the time being as his Metropolitan, which Oath shall and may be administered by the said Arch- bishop, or by one of the Bishops assisting at the sald Consecration.
And Whereas We, having taken the Premises into And, lastly, to the end that all Things aforesaid Our Royal Consideration, are persuaded that, by may be firmly holden and done. We will and grant granting the Petition of the said Archbishop, We shail, to the aforesaid George Smith that he shall have Our under the Blessing of Almighty GOD, promote the Letters Patent under Our Great Seal of our sald Well-being of the sald United Church of England and United Kingdons duly Made and Scaled. Ireland, and of the Clergy and Lally thereof, in the Island and Places aforesaid, and have resolved to grant the same'
me' accordingly:
And whereas the Church of Saint John within Our Town of Victoris, in Our said Island of Hong-
Dear Kiddies,Your uncle is in a much better mood this week, as 50 many of you sent in entries for the Spring Flowers Competition. Prac- tically all of you managed to get the hidden names-correctly, so in deciding the prizes.
comes to a ques- tion of age and neatness, cou- pled in the case. of the seniors with the best drawing of one of the flowers. After carefully through George Hudson, the entries, Last week's Junior and that the best
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effor is that of Nan Taylor (aged 10), Ce- ment Works, Kowloon.
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The Junior award goes to Moira Patey (aged 0), 1 Minden Avenue, Kowloon.
In Witness whereof, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Palent.
Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Eleventh Day of May, in, the Twelfth Year of Our Reign.
By. Writ of Privy Seal.
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Hood. Now see how many more
Will the winners call at the Guimgam. "Telegraph" Office for their prizes? The correct names of the flowers you can find out.
Lilac, Commended for good work are were:-Snowdrop,
There will again be two prizes the following Seniors-Ada Faster, Anemone, Celandine, Primrose. one for children from 10 to 14; and Christophe Kingsbury, Charles W. I suppose you are wondering what the other for those under 10. Make. Foster, Peggy Prince, Olivia E this week's Competition will be. out a nent list, giving your name, Botelho, Marianne Hill Margaret Well, this time I want you do think uge and address, and send your Choo, Malmie Ho, Elaine Ho, of names of pantomimes. Each of entries to Uncle Eddie, c/o Hong- George Thompson, Jacqueline Mat- the eight pictures shown In the kong Telegraph," so as to reach him thews, Marlon Howard, Peggy sketch shows a familiar feature in not later than 4 pm. on Wednesday: and Barton, Margie Xavier, Jamalee a pantomime story. Can you say Remember to state your age, el Arculli, and Suen Mo-Lake; and what stories they are? To give you also that neatness of work will the
Juniors: George a start, in No. I there is a hood and count in deciding the winners. following
which means Hudson, Jean Bentley, Mary Fitz- a cloak,
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