1937-06-28 — Page 17

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 28, 1937.

MORE SCRIPTURES

DISTRIBUID

STEAMER - STEAMER 131

BANKSUL VI BANKS

Increase Record Both In TORPEDOED TECHARTERED/BANS OF

Africa And Asia

'INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA,

OFF SPAINON

VALENCIA, TO-DAY. I

No fewer than 4,574,000 copies of the Scripture were circulated” in China and Manchukuo during 1936, an increase of 347,000 över 1985,

For all Asia, the circula- tion touched the notable figure of

SPANISH-REPUBLI THE 7,604,000 volumes, a large increase CAN STEAMER · CABO CAR- on the previous -year. These and other interesting facts are shown LOS WAS TORPEDOED BY A in the report of the British and SUBMARINE OF UNKNOWN Foreign Bible Society presented at NATIONALITY WHILE ON its annual meeting.

THE WAY FROM ALICANTE TO VALENCIA.

Another six languages have been added to those in which the Bible has now been translated, making a total of 711: These new languages

3

The sinking took place 45 kilome are all African, two for complete tres north of Alicante, according to Bibles, three for New Testaments, an official statement, which adds Africa took 100,000 more copies of that five members of the crew were the Scriptures than in 1985, making drowned. a total of 600,000

Hey

by Moyal Charter, 1858.

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON

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- Reserve Fund -.

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23:0002000

Agencies: and Branches::

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Current Accounta

Accounts opened and Fixed Deposits which will be guotaa ion applications

received for one yaar, oc shorter periods að zatem The remaining 44 sailors escaped The total circulation of the Scrip-in lifeboats and six

"The Bank's Hand, Oño" in London undertaken hours later

Executor ande Trustee --bunizines, * send* claim tures throughout the world by the

were picked up by a Government | ovary of Hellish Income Tax Overpaid, u terms which many "be" "ascertaised at any of its Society last year was 11,843,948,

patrol vessel and brought into Ali-Ageing wind made up of 1,040,025 - Bibles,

Trans-Ocean. cante. 1,246,743 New Testaments and 9,057,180 portions/ca

Contrasted with the successes in Asia and Africa, the Society's diffi- culties in Europe vividly reflect the heated political atmosphere of the day,

Yet in Spain; despite the civil 211,000 volumes were cir- war culated, and right through the siege of Madrid the Society's depot was kept open and their agent remained at his post..

Russia Still Closed

In Italy, all work was closed down for six months; but this diffi- culty appears now to have been solved, and 109,000 volumes were circulated. #

In south-eastern and north-east- ern Europe, circulation improved, but for Western Europe circulation dropped from: 1,168,000 volumes in 1995 to 854,000 last year.

Russia remains always rigorously closed.

The report dwells on the impres“ sive celebrations last autumn of the 400th anniversary of the martyrdom of William Tindale and on the wide demands for the Society's pamphlet containing portions of the Bible as translated by him—Reuter.

GERMAN WARSHIP!⠀

Valencia, To-day. Government reconnoitring planes observed five German werships in the vicinity of the spot where the Palos (and not the, Cabo Cabo Carlos as previously reported) was sunk.

This allegation is contained în a communique issued by the Ministry of Defence following the sinking of the Cabo Palos, a Government steamer, by an unknown submarine while on the way from Alicante to Valencia-Reuter.

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