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time that's the reptiles were the dominant families in the world. Later investigations made of the oil displaced by the drilling of

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER

SHREDS AND PATCHES.

many to repair an omission in respect of which those concerned ought to feel guilty in that their forgetfulness or procrastination might be taken as deliberate dis courtesy the matter of leaving NOVEMBER 8TH.

The unconquer ed Poat. The author of

was none oiner

for on that occasion your Grace. gave me a bail.”

The Duke smiled.

"Then," he said, "the least. I

cards at Government House and conforming to social etiquette in one of the greatest pieces of respect of official functions taking literature the world has known can do now is to give you a brace place there! There was, of cour received a bare ten pounds for his of balls." no reason why such omission masterpiece. The work in ques- And he instructed his controller should not have been repaired by tion

than to send out immediately the in- eleventh hour rectification during "Paradise Lost" and the author "vitations for two festivities in Sir Edward's tenure of office of course, the famous John Milton Swift's honour. which would, doubtless have been who is regarded to-day as, after 3-effective so far as official re-Shakespeare, the greatest poet the cognition was concerned, as one world has ever known.

Sir Benjamin Guinness (of As hast made at the inception of the new seemed to have been almost in Stout fame) was a man of real administration, but to most de variably the case with those who who restored St. Patrick's Cathe

public munificence. Het was linquents the latter procedure will achieved greatness in the past dral, Dublin, when it was prac probably appear more symbolic of Milton's life was not a happy one tically falling into ruin, an act antrance upon a how stage in re and the crowning bitterness came which might have been spared the gard to a matter which may apto him in 1664 when he became jests which were levelled at the pear trivial but which involves an totally blind. However, Milton idea of the restoration of a cathe important principle. The present possessed the unconquerable soul, dral with money obtained in the may not therefore be inopportune as witness his famous, inspiring drink trade. Many of these jibes to stress the lines along which the poem: "On His Blindness" which were ill-natured, but it must be particular procedure follows,

shows that he willingly submitted admitted that they were not with- to all that the All Wise thought out wit.. I remember one (says On the occasion of the first best. call, cards should be left as well

Much of his best work was that the preacher at the opening Mr. Swift MacNeil) to the effect as names written in the book written dictated in the most part service after the restoration would The call should be repeated to his daughters during his be bound in all propriety to take after avery occasion on which blindness, amongst them being the text of his sermon from the one has been formally enter-"Paradise Lost" and "Paradise "He-brews."

tained at Government House, Regained Milton died on

upon the appointment of an November 8, 1674, and was buried

Many perhaps, re-

Officer to Administer the Gov in the church of St. Giles, Cripple A REQUEST member Kate

ernment in the Governor's gate.

absence, immediately on the re-

turn of the Governor from

leave, within the first few days.

Douglas. Wiggin and her cabbage-patch series of books.. Any one who knows Her sister is publishing & book of

of January of each year and H-BREWS anything at all of the letters which reached her in English or Irish the course of her life. Here is a

before departure. P.P.C. On

many

Ensor

KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN,

Dear Sister:

I see by the papers that you have, published a song-book for the little ones, called "Kinder- garten Chimes,"

Will you send me a copy for use in my Sunday School work, and wait for your pay till the Great Judgment Day?

any of these occasions it is politics during the last thirty-five quaint one: sufficient to write names in the years will at least know 3. G. book without cards being left. Swift MacNeill by name. He sat The reason for calls being re.in the House of Commons from quired at the beginning of the 1887 until 1918, without a break, year is, of course, that a new as a member of the Irish Party. alphabetical register of visitors His wit and humor are names is then commenced, the passed by his fighting qualities. old one containing

and that these latter are of a high names of people who have left order was borne witness to by the Colony, whilat notifications.

Admiral ("Jacky") Fisher, who regarding departure for leave once said to him: are of help in keeping the register up to date. These may be made by despatch of P.P.C. Card to the A.D.C. if circum- stances do not permit of a call being made.

*

"Mr. MacNeill, you're a damned; good fighter. I wish to God I had You with me in the navy “

After muach

pestering by friends and others, Mr. MacNeil has written bis reminiscences, or,

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Yours in the faith,

Office of the Wild

the harbour in connection with aiderably the hands of the A.D. the famous Dean Swift, and of ing little tales (and who has not?),

every resident should see that he Upon the ground of courtesy alone is not delinquent.

ANOTHER ONE. Rose Balm.

1

―――――, Mass. MR9. KATE DOUGLAS. WIGGIN,

Dear Madam: The fulfilment of duties such as rather a bundle of ancedotes" as Our Mr. Hendricks was among these could hardly be considered he prefers to call "What I Have your hearers last evening and he onerous and they represent, when Seen and Heard." He has stories remarked that as you stepped all is said and done, symbola to tell of more famous men than upon the stage you shed apad by which one recognises His one can readily think of, and hean atmosphers of such elegance Majesty's Government and places tells them in an inimitable style and refinement as showed you to oneself under its protection. A few taken at random, follow. be a person accessible to beauty in besides, strengthening con-

any form. Theophilus Swift, a kinsman of Those who have read your mov- challenge to Colonel Lennox, use of cosmetics, but it would be Swift MacNeill, himself, sent a know you to be entirely above the They met and Swift was very both laudable and legitimate if, dangerously wounded.. Eventual-you should use some simple emol- ly be recovered and many years lient and thereby preserve those later, in 1807, when Colonel charms with which Nature has mond and Lord Lieutenant of We send you herewith B bots of Ireland, he attended a Viceregs! the W.R.B. If you should feel Levée.

you could give us a testimonial we should be deeply grateful but in any evert dear Madam we shall be glad to have served you,

Yours respec'y & admiringly,

THE W.-R, B., Co

per HENDRICKS.

the proposed, tabbur improve ments convinced Dr. Williams, one of the other geologisty, that there had been in comparatively recent times a change of elevation here A. THOUGHT FOR SUNDAY.Lennox had become Duke of Rich-endowed you so lavishly.

of 100 feet. To volcanic activity

and erosion this same expert at- tributed the placing into position

Thy Will Be Done"

of huge masses of rock in the New ing nowadays is to respect these A very common form of teach-

Making a pun, he humorously Territories. For erosion to take words of Christ as enjoining upon reminded the new Lord Lieuten place gasey had to be brought will of God in all affairs of life,

us a spirit of resignation to the ant of the duel

"When last. I had the honour of down by water into contact with and of Himself as living on earth waiting on your Grace," he said, the rock, and he was of the opin-in a perpetual state of annihila-"I received better entertainment, ion that there were two distinct tion of His own will before that of periods of" igneous activity. The Bus surely the Gospel-record. consensus of opinion appears to of the life of Jesus tells us nothing be that Hongkong was separated of the kind. We read of Christ for ever seeking by prayer to keep from the mainland more recently His will in conformity with God's than Formosa and other large will, and His life thus became for

His Father in Heaven. -

THE AGE OF THE EARTH.

The Daily Herald" mirably

sums up Professor Lamb's speech have been brought nenzer by a ly "It appears that their conclusions. an the age of the earth as follows of the processes of ratio

not

on it might be devoted to other tailed monkey.". From a general lies in its promotion of the highest eth's crust.

The very essence of Christianity since the final sodifying of the crust, and to nocount for the exis

O

Hongkong, Saturday, November 7, 1925.islands in this part of the world, all men through all time the par- "Old ideus of the age of the change; and later discoveries may

and discoveries which have helped fect example of a life of obedience earth, based on the rate at which bring them closer still. considerably in this placing of the of

to God. Yet there is a vast, deal the planet would cool down, had There is, indeed, a prospect that

difference between origin of Hongkong, Kowloon and obedience, the willing ranging, of knowledge of radio-activity.

this been modified in the light of our physics may be found atoning for the grudging allowance of time it In connection with the the New Territories were those of ourselves on God's side, and what "Estimates based on the occur was once disposed to accord, for mineralogical and geological gur- Dr. Heanley of Hongkong, of seem to be the modern prevalent rence of radioactive material had the processes of geological and vey, which was referred to at the certain butterflies in the New algnatiofree, meek, latatic, re-led to the conclusion that a period biological change mading Christ could never not shorter than 1,009,000,000 not elever of twelve, but thirteen Budget debate when the Hon. Mr. Territories, common to a certain have meant that, when He taught Bird thought that the money spent period, and remains of "the pigs to pray "Thy will be done." 10,000,000,000 years, had elapsed the consolidation of the earth's

yeara, and

longer than figures to express the period since.

purposes and Sir R. E. Stubbs as well as a geological standpoint development of the ideal of human

ing hent und density of its interior, said he would be sorry to see it this discovery was of considerable individuality and faculty for self-

"Even the aborter period, the We are invited to figure it as discontinued, it is interesting to importance and enabled the ex-determination implied in the speaker commented, give ample steam boiler jacketed with a layer note that there has arrived in the perta to place the oldest rocks God for our Father can mean no drama of evolution.

words "Child of God." To have

scope for what he described as the of asbestos. It is & cooling ball, Colony a geologist who will con- back to the upper part of the less than that, in this matter as

possessed of varying degrees of Professor Lamb" went on to rigidity and elasticity, vying also tinue the work which has been mesozoic period, a difference in in all others, we are akin to Christ, discuss the fascinating problem of in density as regards not only care proceeding during the last two their original calculation of wills, strong wils, of our own; to period of time, he indicated, would its surface. The earli hath bub. the Son; and must therefore have the earth'a interior: An immense und envelope, but different actus of years. The formation of Hong- millione and millions of years, be exerted, as was Christ's, be necessary for the earth's core to bles as the water hath these kong has been the subject of in Whilst the chief value of their in-willingly, wilfully, recklessly, on fall to one-half of its original, tem bubbles are represented by the vestigation before, and attempts vestigations to Hongkong, Kow. the side of God.

to place the possible date and loon and the New Territories, lies circumstances of its coming into more in the Indication of the existence have really not taken as nature and suitability for certain very much further. None the purposes of the soil, of certain less, the report of Dr. Uglow:and locaties, the future work of the his colleagues will be awaited with experts operating here will be interest and maybe they wil be bserved able to give us further light regard, to our murky past. In aj pra

lecture at the University,Fro Schofield once told us that

in history a

dates but

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at the time:2717

and it is

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mitting to them

ITALIAN OPERÁ.

LUCIA DE LAMMERMOO

perature. In the spans of time I mountains, and strangely enough, I have mentioned he said, the great the portions of the exist overbed by mass of the earth could hardly have the mountains are of lower gravity cooled very much from the tempere on The whole, than the oceanic ture when it was in a state of arque fusion, ie, moltem,

Like ple-orist it is in pacta Bo the hearer was left with the overdone and in parts underdone, impression of red hot, molten mase and the underdoue parts are those in the earth's interior a man which that are under water. What in As was expected large audience sen a thousand million years have fluence the forces that poduce the

enjoyed this

Ipes

bot sufficed talcool."

and

tides exercise on the internal cone

the professor's words, the stituents of the earth has yet to be of the earth might be exactly ascertained; but we have

on an internal globe of got so for us to estimmte, mora but he hastened,

to add, thet

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