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TRIBUTE TO
:
POPE
Speakers Laud Pius XI At Kowloon Mooting
The In of the St. Teresa's C.Y.M.S., Kowloon, was last night Alled with Catholics who attended n meeting in tribute to the memory of His late Holiness the Pope.
Among the many people prenent were the Rt. Rev. Bishop H. Val- torta, Mr. H. C. Maenamara and Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen.
Before introducing Mr. Macnamara as the evening's principal spenker, the Rev. Fr. A. Gianelli, Rector of St. Teresa's Church, said that the Pope had been called the Pope of 17 During the Catholic Action. years of His pontificate his constant endeavour had been to establish Catholic Action in every part of the work.
Fr. Granell continued: "From His lonely watch-tower Ile looked out the human scene and saw apor
and nothing but hatreds strites, rebellions and revolutions, ail nations arning to the teeth whilst speaking of disarmaments, and His heart, burning with the charity of Christ,
called out to all children to unite and organize into a dis- called which He army, Action,
its members, the He wanted volunteers of Christ. them imbued with a deep personal love for thele Saviour, with a sound kabwledge of iis saving doctrine, that they might be rently for the will struggle which undoubtedly mark another victors of Christ the King over mankind."
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"For Him, Catholic Action, was the greater need of our times, defend Catholle Action He suffered and wept, but fearlessly resisted the tyranny of social and political pres- sive, advising, rebuking and, when necessary, threatening.
"His last public speech, on Christ- mus Eve, a moving and pathe
Wils tic appeal to friends and fors to love or respect Catholic Action.
Fr. Granelli then said that the
meeting had been convened also in the hope that the appent of a lovia Father who was now dead, might arouse in the hearts of His children in Hongkong, a new determination to carry out is wit.
Mr. Macnamara's Speech
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JADE EXHIBITION
Interesting Talk On Magical Stone
Nearly six hundred articles of jade, objects and implement of variou periods of Chinese history as far back as 1,000 B.C. books, scrolls and neolithic jade implements, all of which were discovered in Hongkong, were shown in two rooms of the Fung Ping Shan Library last night when Sir Geoffry Northcote, accompanied by Lady Northcote and Mr. M. A. Northcote, opened the Chinese Jude Exhibition.
SUCCESSFUL TRIALS Motor Vessel Antonia Completed
HE KEEPS HIS JOB THOUGH TURNED 70
House Paintor Who Takes His
Kruschen Every Day
How many painters can continue to work when they are over 70? Here Is one who can and he still does some of the most trying jobs in his trade. How does he do it? He tells 1 in this letter:-
"I have been in the habit of taking a few grains of Kruschen Salts in every cup of tea I have had for a great number of years. I may stale that I am turned 70 years of age, being born on July 22nd, 1864, I am nhouse painter by trade and still at work.
I can work off any ladder, no matter what height, or in cradles which are hung outside high build- inga. I have been asked many times how I carry my age so well, as I only look about 50. Well, I tell them all that I take Kruschen Salts regularly every day."-J.S.A.
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her underwent trials in Kowloon Bay recently.
The Antonia, which was christen- ed by Miss Elisabeth Grayburn in November last year, was built to the order of Messrs. Aboitiz & Co., Inc,
of Cebu,
The vessel is constructed to Lloyds 100 A.1. requirements and is of the following dimensions:-Length over- all, 103, feel, breadth, 28 feet; depth moulded. 11 6 ins; and gross ton-
Amongst the many present were of Jade, it being the hardest material page, 502,
These weapons were Iler machinery consists of a Deutz and 575 RH.P. Diesel engine, and elec- Mt. D. J. Sloss, who welcomed His then available. Excellency and Lady Northcote, Hon. mostly used by the chieftains ar. N. I. Smits and Mrs. Smith, were handed down to the later gen-trically-driven auxiliaries, windlass, Prof. L. Forster, and Hon. Mr. Cerations as sacred objects and used and winches.
G. Alabaster.
as emblems
of sovereign authority. Full speed trials resulted in an After His Excellency had been Like the sceptre and the mace of average speed of 11 knots, a most a lecture was the west, the kuel, pt and fu of the satisfactory result for a vessel of this were originally an-type. shown the exhibits,
during the trials given by Professor Hsu Ti-shan, who Chou Dynasty
Those present said in part:
cient weapons. The kuel, used as a
Ramon Aboitiz (the Since the neolithic period the sceptre, was originally a lance-head; were.-MY.
Rowcliffe Chinese had been ardent lovers of the pl. a kind of hatchet known as managing director of Messrs. Aboitiz Jade. The term "inde" in Chinese Sommet de Cassi-tete and the fu, & Co.). Messrs. C. R.
W. B. Hostett is used in a broad sense; it includes kind of knife, The last two articles (Lloyds Surveyor).
the were also used as emblems of office. (representing Messrs, Williamson & three kinds of hard stones,
thr jadeites, and the Owing to the limited number of the Co), J. M. Jack, J. Ulderupp, J. B. J. Cameron, Captain seered emblems handed down, and Morpeth, J. chloromelanites. They are very nephrites,
(Chief similar in appearance, but the third the sacrificial ceremonies which often Juan Ugarte, Mr. F. Upel kind is very scarce, so most of the required these emblems to be buried, Engineer of the vessel), and Me, A. Chinese jades are nephrites or jade- new emblems had to be made after
W. S. Bailey & Co., Lld).
The
'old
Floods In Africa
expusition of the late Pope's history and most cherished material of which with more decorations and modifica-
Mr. Macnamara gave an eloquenties. These stones were the hardest the model of the old weapons, i, A. Dand and Mr. J. Randle (Messrs.
The newly-made! and his views on matters of religion, the primitive Chinese avalled them- tion of design. social justice, peace and war He
making their chisels, hit- emblems were of finer quality than selves in also outlined the diffulties that the chets, ornaments, amulets and other the original, and as time went on
in the Pope had experienced
so-called late
implements.
were manuine-
Durban, Feb. 24. first years of Ilis reign.
Chinese jades are mostly survivals and more emblems
Parts of East Griqualand have
following The speaker mentioned that Catho-
ing as weapons and bore little re-been swept by floods lie Action had been the apple of the of these articles excavated or stolen tured, they lost entirely their mean-
Isudden rise of 00 feet of the Vinzlm- Pope's eye and that He had a life-
Of these inde articles many were semblance to the original.
kulu River. tong interest in the Action because made merely for ritual in ceremonies,
Twelve persons have been killed dead, he had believed that without the met
were buried with the they svet
services are Being used as a material for mak-and communication apostolate of the laity to supplement hence the name tomb jade' given by the work of the priests, the progress western scholars on Chinese Jude ing ritual objects. Jade was there- crippled.-Reuter Special. of the Church would be very slow. Jade objects were also offered as fore looked upon as possessing magi
The cal and moral qualities. It was be- the late Pope's wish sacrifices to natural deities. it had been
commentators all explained Tinh | that all Catholics should continue Shan-Bai Ching, which is the earli-leved since the Chou Dynasty that food' as powder of Jade mixed with Catholic Action after is death. est
from
graves or old ruins.
Magical Qualities
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Che speaker expressed the wish that topography of China, tells us Jade had influence over the chararice or other foodstuffs. This is ap- that in offering sacrifices to a mounter of its wearer. It can transform parently a wrong interpretation, for
Cattiolies would not disappoint the late Pope.
talo,
sometimes over
It
hundredļa rinn of ery temper into A man
the
by drinking the juice of don't know whether the We from afar, which is true of the wise; Taulst took jade powder as food or
Aa jade was expensive, I don' it can be broken but not bent, which not.
ous; Its sound is sonorous, henrabla immortal
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Mr. Macfadyen spoke of the late places of Jade were buried in the of calm and steady disposition. The the conception of jade as a life-pro- Book of Rites says: "A princely manlanging substance did not exist be- always carries his jude about, unless fore the establishment of the Twist We may safely say that Hope as the Pope of Reconciliation, round or just scattered about
mountain.
The Shuo Wen, religion.
ort- because he concluded 4 concordati
It was also believed that jade or for special reasons." with Siquor Mussolini in 1929: as ticles had magien powers and they the first Chinese Dictionary, explains the idea of using jatle as fond
ginated with the Taoists. The Tuo- ista in the Hum Dynasty believed of the Foreign Missions were worn for the purpose of ward- the word jade as follows: the Pape
found who had heen particularly interesting off the evil spirits. This belief
"Jade is a kind of stone, which that the "juice of Inde"
It is bright and certain sacred mountains was a kind ed in China; as the Pope of Catho-
and stories were lic Action, which He believed would has lasted to the present day. The
largest category of jade objects con- ve virtues.
became how human beings supplement the work of the Clergy sists of ornaments, such as buttons, soft, which is true of the benevolent; of elixir of life,
its interior grain is discernible from told themselves and sanctify the laity
bowls, vases, ponholders, writing outside, which is true of the righte who had o the Pupe and bestly, patronised modern science and Arts, materials, etc.
Many Sources Bishop Valtoria thanked the speak
that the
However the Taoists ers, and sad he believed
For at least three thousand years, is true of the brave; it holds itself, think they did. world war crisis had been recent
and Turkestan has furnished China with straight when sharpened or thinned used jade as a symbol for inmortal- They regeneration and purity. averted through the prayers
ity, sacrifices of the late Pope, who had a large supply of jade, wraught or to the narrowest width, which is true
of the pure,"
called Heaven the Jade Dome, the as a holocaust for unwraught. The material was con- offered himself
to Supreme Being as the Jade Emperor, The magical power scribed the athining of world-wide peace. stantly transported from Khotan to Gnd and accepted that sacrifice and the Yellow River valley. Of course jade made jade abjects popular and parts of the human body were
there are
in China amulets. A jade pendant was sup-prefixed with the adjective Jade. many places Pope Pius XI was dead.
What they called the juice of jade where jade is found. The Shan-Hat posed to be able to protect the west-
from outside dangers. Bener
A man might be just a subterranean stream Ching yes us a long list of such
The word places, and we know that the Chin wearing a Jade article as an amulet of the purest quality. ese before the Han Dynasty used to would not hurt himself even if he inde was used metaphorically. Now Taoists had great influence pick up pebbles of jade from river fell from a tree, but the amulet it-these
Han commentators, who beds. However, It seems
interpreted Jade-food medical books also recommend the therefore store of jade in China was exhaust elf might be broken. The Chinese over the
consisting of Jade l after the Han Dynasty and for wearing of thunderbolts for curing literally as food
powder, and Western sinologues ac- Ing of which is food served in tri- Nearly 200,000 people visited the eign judes, chielly from central Asia, diseases caused by evil spirits.
cepted this interpretation without pods. It can't mean food made of Jade for Food
I should suggest that tripods. Thus by analogy, jnde-food four-day exhibition of Chinese na- cume tu be in great fashion. They
challenge. of a white colour and
utensils. tonal products held at the Wah Numure usually
Furthermore it is There is also a common bellef that jade-food in the Chou Ll should be might be regarded as food served in Middle School in Nathan Road, Kow-ure known to the Chinese as mut- officer of the tou-fat jade." loon, according to
In the 13th Century, Burmese jade jade was used as food in the Chou interpreted as food as pure as jade," jade
Dynasty. The book Chou Li states or, preferably, food served In jadel only befitting that a king should eat We have a similar Chin- from Jade-utensils, which were the exhibition.
that "the Hurenu of Jade supplies utensils. The exhibition was closed on Thurs-began to flow into Chinu, and in the with
the king with jade fond", and the ese phrase In tripod food, the mean- cleanest utensils then available, day in a brief ceremony attended 18th Century the inde trude
offlelally established. by Mr. Isu Shih-ying. Acting Chair- Burma man of the National Rellet Commis- The Burmese jades are mostly green sion, and more than 100 representa- and are called by the Chinese Ring- tives of the Chinese factories having fisher Inde' on accomt of the colour. Green Jades of this kind were rare- articles on display.
now
BIG ATTENDANCE Exhibition of Chinese Products Successful
that the
At least $8,000 was raised through ly found before the Han Dynasty.
The reason why Jade articles were sales at the exhibition. After deduct Ing expenses, the remaining amount used as ritual objects can be traced will be used for charitable purposes. to neolithic times. In those days the
nost powerful weapons were made) -Central News.
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