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TUESDAY, OUTOBER 18, 1909,

THE TYPHOON.

HONGKONG RECEIVES TH

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and did not fully reHw their peril. No äibet could be made to sapR ADRI

It is rumoured that a woman and abi have been – drowned in the" ikiwrington Canal, but up time of writing the police, who are making enquiries, have not found | out if the report is true,

Fast Point

Any hoper which, the somparative calm. of the night had allowed to gather in the breasts of Hongkong residents when they The son at East Point was in full force, swoke on Tuesday morning that the typ-washing up a quantity of greckage from hoon would pass by ke all the others arrest of firewood. The bamboo Tha

which the Chinese wars making good have done this year were all dispelled as the and a tabed of the Corinthian Yacht Club day drew on. Bain had fallen in abort were washed, adrift and blown away at about squalls up till about nine o'clock : - then it half past twelve this morning

The Hongkong Football Club's now mak- set in steadily whils ever and anoushed, ich was only completed yesterday, a.heavy gust of wind seat warning of worse has had the roof blown off. The roads at things to follow.

Bak Point aro sa tirare, baing about a foot deep in water.

At il o'clock the Observatory issued a _notice to the effect, that the typhoon..was then 60 miles 8.S.E of the Colony, and Its centre was expected to pass just to the South of Gap Rook. Tis atoady fall of the baromater was now hastened somewhat and every one was more or less prepared for the worst when the discharge of the three explosive bombe: from the Police compound gave warning that Hongkong was it last at grips with the typhoon. The barometer had then fallon to 20.33

The sea in the harbour was now vory baistorons and the Star Forry discontinued running to Kowloon. The harbour was, practically deserted by all save the biggest steamers, while the German mail steamer Listaow, in from the North, with H.I.B. Prince Haen on board, had to taks shelter In Kowloon Bay.

It was a magnificent spectacle looking down on the harbour from the Hongkong. sido, but at the same time rather terrifying, for it bore home to the mind what a puny

creature tuan in when compared with Nature

In her wildest mood. It is all very Ana to quote Curing the still beauty of a autumer's night those sonorous lines in which the poet tells us that'

The wind, that grand old harper.

Struck his thunder-harp of pines. But it is quite another story when the „grand old harper estches one in an irristis. tible grip sad ilings a poor buffeted, breath- less body up against the granite facings of Hongkong business office. It is no good protesting, all ene mas do is to dodge the gusts and got to shelter as quickly as possible,

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Scenes on the Praya.

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Miscellaneous.

The statues of H. M. the Queen and H. R. B. the Princess of Wales have been prematurely unveiled, to the public view, their mak onvering being torn to shrada.

abaclutely flooded with water.

The Cricket Ground in a lako, baing

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SPORTING,

THE CHINA MAIL.

Orviu Banvita “ANA. NAVAL TARD 0.05 | prine

A good game between the Ciril Berrics A team and the Naval Fand CC took place at Happy Valley on Saturday, when the Naval Yard won by 107 sune to 96. The scores wOTD:

MAVAL YARD. C.O. Brock, b Mackay... Pils, b Thomhill

Field, a and b Mackay ... Beer, a Wain, b Mackay. Pyo, and b Dawson

Bacon, e Croucher, b Dawson Milott, at. Adama, b'Croucher Carter, Ibw. b Dawson ... Williams, bw, b Croucher Blake, cand b Croucher Doughton, not out.. Thetral***

Total...

· CIVIL SANTICR

Thornhil, b Willia McKay, a and b Pile Dawson, ran oud.

Many small trees in Statue Square have been partially or totally destroyed.

The lower tramway services was stopped | McEwen, b Williams. soon after the typhoon began to assume à Davey, Bacoo serious aspect and business throughout the Adams, and Bacon Colony is practically suspended till the Gibson, Carter. b Williams... blow is over. ---

Casey, Bacon... Hudson, aberat Ware, absent Croucher, not out.

Exete

Meeting Postponed.

Dairy Farm Co. Ltd., which was fixed for The ordinary general meeting of the

12:30 p.m., had to be postponed owing to their not being a quotan. -The meeting has been fixed to take phies to morrow.

HOSPITAL SUNDAY.

Bishop Lander on True Religion

Sunday was Hospital Sunday, and in most of the churches in the Colony special reference was made to the fact and the offertories wore in aid of hospital charities.

Total

The V.R.C.. Regatta.

mans there are red scaze new features to de introduoad, Last night thers wan K further complete change of programme, wills, to-morrow" "there" is to be an sumbaur riding contest and on Friday a high jumpe Ing onboat for local ponies and riders. Our advertisement columns give full detaile 19 of the conditions which will apply to these 3|avantaj,

In consequence of the typhoon there will be no performance to-night.

CHINESE IN AUSTRALIA.

Hongkong Teacher Objected To,

The refusal of the Commonwealth Government to allow a Chiness professor to take up his residence-In Sydney for s period of three years for the purpose of teaching Australian form. Chinese the language of their parents, is, myɛ the 7 Bydney Daily Telegraph, likely to have some effect upon the commercial relations now existing between the two countries.

On August 7 the Consul General for Chins at Melbourne (at the request of Mr. Ping Nam, president of the Sydney Chiness ggMerchants Society): wrote to the Minister

for External Affair na follows' pal

Sir,-Some of the leading Chinese mer. chants in Sydney are desirous of having

It has been decided by the Victoris Row-their children educated in the Chinese ing Club to hold the Victoria Regatta on language simultaneously with the education

Saturday, December 11th, instead of onthey are receiving in English in their city. the 18th, as previously arranged, so sa to and to that end wish permission for a Broid clashing with the A.A.A. sports. Chinese teacher of experience and ability Entry lists are to be found on the Notice to come to Australia. It has not been Board at the Club houss

Rifle Shooting.

KONGKONG VOLUNTEER ZÄGINEER

· RIFLE CLUB.

possible get any person in Australis competent, and willing to net av s beacher of Chinese.

The merchants have in communication |« suitable teacher named Loo Tob, new of

Hongkong, who would be willing to under

Preaching at the morning service at St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon the Right, Rev. the Bishop of Victoria (Dr Landør) based his observations on the words, “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the At King's Park on Sunday morning the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and members of the Hongkong Volunteer widows in their affliation, and to keep him. Engineer Ride Chub fired sight rounds each

It is proposed to establish a small private self unspotted from the world" (James 1:st 200, 300, and 800 yards. The excessive school in Sydney, and any reasonable 97). He stated that religion was a matter heat as somewhat against good shooting guarantee of bous-files will be given by the

take the task, and they wish that facilities may be afforded him to reside in Australia for a term of three year.

which was much talked of but little under-ant the scratch men secured first and second merchants interested. I should be much stood. If one asked the question "What is places-1st, Sapper H. F. Haines, ad obliged if you could forward this matter. pure religion and undafled they would apper G. D. Neubranner, 3rti Sepper R

Three weeks later (on August 29) the

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As being the most contral spot at which get a great many different anewom. If they Baxter, Handicap. The best scores are as Office of External Affairs. replied as Syrinx, by Laurance North, ".

the full fury of the elements could be observed, the Praya was early-crowded with interested spectators, most of whom „were soon soaked to the skin either by the driving rain or the dashing foam from the

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saked a Jew what it wike would probably follows:- toll them that pure religion consisted of following the tarot Handikaping the fasts anti feasts. If they asked a Mahommedan he would doubtless tell them that pure roligion was a matter of belloring in the one true. God and in Mahomet as The wind was blowing a ragular hurricane, his prophet and also in observing the hours and with sach of the tremendous gusts the of prayer. If they naked an ordinary waters were dasted against the sea wall Chinaman he would perhaps tell them that with Titanic force.

pure religion was to learn the maxima of The impacts Confucius and to worship one's ancestors. followed by huge columns of spray It they asked a Roman Catholia he would sent "quite 50 or 60 feet into the perhaps tell them that pure religion was ality. A rapid succession of such into belong to the true Church, the Catho cidenta soon turned the thoroughfare into lic Church, and to worship at her A seething river, the ses even rushing altars. If they asked some Protestants along the pavement on the far side several they would tell them that pure religion The quarterly meeting took place on the inches deep.

conaiated in believing certain truths. Happy Valley course from October 16th to With all this going on the mhs in the 18th with the following results. - - street told them that he was bewildered

MACEWEN CUP. by all theso answera Frota these they

Grow Handicap should turn to the Word of God, for thera they would find a deficition of pure religion. It was to be found in his text. They would observe that it was not the observance of any curemouial, se necessary as this was to religion. It was possible, like the Phari.

Chief attention was contred on two objects the Star Ferry wharf and a little matched which had been standing close to Blake Pier. It was not long before the Ferry wharf showed signs of impending collapse, and no one was surprised just before two o'clock to hear a thunderous ominous crackling of its supports, to be immediately followed by its

crnal and su

fall. The and adjoining the son wall went apes, to be very punctilion about the down first, and there tho wrecked | observance of ceremonial and yet at the structura lay, splay-thing for the same time to have no religion whatever. howling wind. Soon it was almost entirely Neither did it consist in holding orthodox stripped of its coverings. --

opinions, as necessary sa these alas were. Devils had their orthodox opinions, but no religion. Neither did it consist in bolunging

The little matabed, strange to say, stood the buffeting remarkably well. Occasionally ▲ violent gust would shift it bodily for

low yards, but the onlookers watched into any particular sect or party. Here again rain to see it dashed to places.

Royal Hongkong Golf Clnb.

(1) H. 8. Sweeting 90 A. Ritchie H. Pinckney Major Close

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follows.

Mr Justics Raffles, by H. W. Hornang. Sealed Orders, by &. E. Carey. Open Country, by Maurice Hewlett, Kitty Aubrey, by Katharine Tynan, The Castle by the Res, by Marriott Watson. The Waking Hour, by Harold Windle. The Marriage of Hilary Cardeo, by aanley

Portal Elyatta Two Women, by Baroness d'Ansthat. The Master Schamar, by Mrt Vore Campe

bell.

Peter Homunculus, by Gilbert CanDRD.. True Tilda, by Q' (1. T. Quillar-Couch). Pretty Fanny's Way, by R. Murray Gil.

christ.

Sir-With reference to your letter of August 2, relative to the question of the admission of a Chinese teacher to take eharge of a private school, proposed to be established in Sydney, I have the honour to inform you that the Minister regret that he is unable to see his way to grant the desired authority in this matter.

Avenging Children, by Mary E. Mann. When interviewed, Mr Tong Chai Chik | Cardillo, by Robt, Bars, (editor of the Tong Wsb Times") freely | 4. Wud Beauty, by Dirk Donovan. voiced the indignation of the Chinese com The Vulture's Prey, by Tyler De Baix. munity in Sydney. **I would not," he A House of Lies, by Sidney Warwick. said, **be say abrogation of the White A Country Corner, by Amy Le Fenore. Australia policy, of which Mr. Donkin and | Fions, by Lady Napier of Magdala, his Government seem to be so proud, to The Forbidden Theatre, by Keighley let the Chinasa, professor, take, up his Snowden. residence hers as requested. It is most The Third Chenle, by Frank Norris. regrotable that this should happen at a The Wincing Chance, by Elisabeth De time when there is every prospect of

Australia" having such a wheat harvest. The Necromancers, by Bobt. Hugh Benson. It was- sâministration such as this that The Two Goodwins, by R. Murray Glichrist.

used the merchant classes of hina to Testimony, by Alte Clando Aikow. take up the cudgels on behalf of their, bru- Mortimer's Marriaga, by Horse Wyndha 77ther merchants in America when the boycott A. Wiła by Purchase, by Papi Trent. 81 on American products was brought about, | The Batler's Story, by Arthur Train. 585 In my opinion, no vexatious restric- Undia Gregory, by George Sandeman.

88 tions should be placed upon the ednosted The House of the Boul, by J. B. Harris- 87 Chinese. In China, the cultured man takes

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A. Ritchie Rec. 10. Breeting. Res. 11 A. Morley E. Pinckney Major Close Rec. C. R. Satterthwaite ...Rec.

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H. G. Bagnall .....Rec. 5

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90 precedence of his fellows, and when he is Ashes of Passion, by Mes Coulson Kerniban, insulted bis countrymen feel the front. Sylvia and the Secretary, by Olivia Ramsey, This in the first occasion on which the

Chinese have made a joint appeal for per-

mission for one of their own nationality to QUALIFIED ENGLISH CHEMYSTS down reside in Australis.

3 up

2 down

Let me quote an incident in connection

2 down with the american boycott," added Mr

4 down Tong, "When the Americans in Hongkong

6 down were transferring their flour to Australian

5 down bags, Mir Deakin appealed to the Hoogkang authorities to sak the Chinese Government

27 mtries. Remalader no return..

POOL

A. Ritchie

he did not wish to say a word against be The Douglas Shipping Company's wharf, langing to a definite Christian Church: which came through the last typhoon all right, was being badly treated. As the the contrary. Our Master came not only mighty wavos dashed against its side the to save souls but to found a Christian furthermost end could be seen risibly society and is was the duty of all to swaying and meking, and every moment belong to that society and to definitely the crowd expected to see the structure testify themselves, with the Christian srample up. A bla rowing boat was Jon to the wharf, and this, as well as Church. But at the same time, to identify Beavis Cus aglay Mama sense eskarit seemed one's mlf with the Christi Church would

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and not allow it to be used in this way, ang k Now, since Mr Deskin has taken up.

this

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down hostile attitude towards China, surely be CHEM YSTS & DRUGGISTS 9 down cannot expect our country to grants similar

down request should the occasion over arise 81, Queen's Road Central, down to have to repeat it? I trust that oran

6 down now, by the exercise of statesmanship and

(1) Wins a little commonsense, the authorities will,

upon, reflection, accede to the request." Such a concession would strengthen

tres, which I hope wil exist for ever. The Chinese, are not given to bolding out thranta, but the refusal of this triding request banencsed sooh indignation that we fool disposed, if we cannot get justice, | to place the matter in the hands of the

The fury of the troubled waters produced | religion was something which was socopt

Chess Tournament a magnificent and impressive plature. able in the sight of God. It was not to be Huge pieces of wreckage were tossed what was their idea, it was to be what was about sa though they were match stems Acceptable to God." Then there most be

The chess tournament for the champion nothing seemed able to withstand the practical benevolence and holy living. The ship of the Parteen Zoroastrian Club angry wares. howloon was entirely Christian religion was distinct from any which commenced-in the 2nd wook-off merchant guals at bowo, and allow them wiped out from view in the blinding other religion in ita care for the sick, the August, came to a close on Sunday-Twaive to indicate a course of action, as we in spindrift and foam; indeed, it was only needy and the afflicted. They would find members competed, and in the first round just possible to dimly observe the outlins many ruins in non-Christian countries,

best

N. Bojanjee P. A. Jamsetjes D. M. Mistry Bejoice

of those vessels nearest the front as they but they would saver find the ruins of the following pairs played.KN rode to anchor fall steni ng amid, thé a höspital. True religion was not merely | B. A. Dastur boisterous 2015/

the giving of a coin on Hospital Banday, F. P. Shroff Now and again the attention of the but it was a practical Christianity going] R. Bilimoris · spectators would be drawn to the new Post right through their fires, ways manifest K. D. Gezidar, Office buildings in course of constructioning real sympathy with those in Borrow, JB. Patell sustched to M. J. Fatell by the sound of falling timber and bamboo and always boing ready to say a cheary N. Yesoona

D. B. Munshi poles. But the scaffolding as a whole was word to these in need of it. That was a Mr Bostumba Dastur won the three woude fully well preserved, and but little distinct element in true religion and un-games of the five in the final round, beating "'damage was done to the building itself. defiled. That day they would have an op- Mr Kawanji Dinsha Gazdar. The latter won Emergency volunteers were on duty all those of another race in their suffering the Brat and fourth of the gazes, while

portunity practising practical sympathy along the front gate with mod tre austed sliere would Mir-Dastur wou this other three and the

Towards 2.45 the fury of the storm sbated somewhit and the Kowloon side as be a generous response on the part of all

this country as a disfranchised sosung- nity, and entirely helpless in the hands of s apparently unsympathetic Govern ment. Our only weapon, as in the case of America and Japan, is the commercial weapon, bat we do not care to use it with" regard to Australia, unless in = CEM OF BE-- treme necessity

Mr Tong, in amolusion, drew attention to the fact that the total trade of Chios in 1507 was 244,444,572, and he hoped that the politicians of Australis would not be do anything that would tend to weaken the haafy or inconsiderate towards China, or commercial bond

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well as the wambips in the harbour again the Christian churches to the appeals being took the Club's championship. The final became visible, and those spectators more made on behalf of these very desarring and robust of games were very interesting, and renturesome than the others took a walk necessitous hospitals, True religion was took nearly two weeks to bring to a con along the waterfront. At about 4.30, how very nccessary for the young man who dinalop. We congratulate Mr B. A. Deator over, the storm again increased in violence came out to the Hast from godly home on his belliant victory and alas Már

Bight up to the time of going to prose would find that here he had to sociale Gasdar for his attempt to win the champion who there were crowds all along Connaught with these whoss standard of life was dia Boad watching the storm,

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In dousequence of the ample warning

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gambing – were taken as a matter of adver modal in resognition of bir cure, he would find that he would bare to Me P. P. Serum, President

listen to sweating and profane language Zoroastrian Club, and promoter of though it were nothing, and he would find competitions; should also be congratul that drunkeness and immorality ware al on arousing such a keen interest

All the amall craft had plenty of time to, mont treated as necesides in tropical the players. Af present the Dram maks, for sheltered positions. So far ke country. What way, be to, dal 1f he tournament his commenodyte

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can be scoartained the only boss riding a possecsed pars religim smt defiled he The immer of the same will receiv anchor in the harbour, itsole wers, the would keep himself unspotted from these warlour man-of-war one of the N.TK. thlight. There was only one way

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