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MEN AND MORALS.

VIEWS OF BISHOP NORRIS.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY,

HONGKONG

BANKRUPTCIES.

Yesterday the Chief Justice (sitting in Bankruptcy) disposed of a number of

plications,

DECEMBER 8TH, 1918,

SWATOW NOTES.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

SWATO, December 4th.

ELECTRIC LIGHTING,

Swatow introduced electric light a con- siderable time ago and now some of the surrounding cities are following in ber wake. The first inland city to come into line in this reapest is Chkaitan, which is said to contain three hundred thousand Inhabitants. The people are densely

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The Chief Justice It is a question on jailed and the place is badly lighted evon in China. The electric company getting money to ight the action?

The Official Receiver-Yes.

they did not, believe in God, let Society law go hang. They were there to enjoy themselves, and if they wished to live a life which was not moral, then they A WAR REFERENCE.

could do so if they did not believe in

HING KEE FIRM Why should men lend a moral life?"God. They might have a conscience, but

The Official Receiver (Mr. E. Carp was the question dealt with last night, that need not be allowed to worry therael) said this was an application for by Bishop Norris at a meeting for men if they did not beliew in God. Men who rescission of an order which had been bold in connection with the National did not believe in God need not trouble made. He understood that Mr. Otto Mission of Repentance and Hope.

a hang about Society or attending to Kong Sing wished for an adjournment to At the outset the Bishop said they were their conscience; let them he consistent if his client could manage to get met together that night in the presence in that. But thank God men who did money to go on with the bankrupter of mors which could not but add to the not believe in God were often very in proceedings.

It was consistent; they often led lives which were solemnity of the gathering. mysterioue that Servia should have been an example to many. He wished to God

has already obtained permission from allowed to be over-run from one end to that many who professed to believe in the other, and that now Roumania should God, and who were inconsistent, were

Poking and the Danyin of the district has promised due protection so that the have been allowed to be over-run in the inconsistent with such good results southern part, and her capital to fall. It the inconsistent non-believer in God.

The Official Receiver said these two electric plant will soon be in process of must be mysterious to most of them, Bel. Thank God they had such a man as the cases were connected with each other, installation. The Swatow people who gium at the beginning of the war there doubting Thomas; and for the inconsist The first named case was an application have been using electric light declare was no help for, and by their gallantry,ency of many of those who did not believe for rescission of an order made on 25th that it is a much more economical means by the magnificent fight they made, the in God for their great examples of a moral

August fast, and had been adjourned of lighting than kerosene. The latter our admiration for all life. That brought them to Conscience, from time to time. The second case was

commodity has nearly doubled in price Belgians won time. Servin, at the beginning, seemed and to those who professed to believe in

connected with the first through Chiu during the past few years, were often inconsistent he to be likely not only to follow in Bet-God and

Chiu being a partner of the Po Sung TELEPTIONES.

The Swatow Electric Light Company gium's steps for gallantry, but to avoid would ask What is Conscience? like consequences. She drove the invader Conscience was the consciousness of God, and was an application for au-

Ho understood that Mr.iras also under consideration the inune- judication. from her border and then went back to and that was a thing which could be Otto Korg Sing, who had hitherto date introduction of a telephonie system. wait, and, it must be supposed, was took cultivated. There were pegs tó hang sonie ing for help from outside; but there was thing on when they denit with the ques appeared for the application, had re-This will prove of great utility to the$75.00

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Roumania was different, oftion of morality. There we commercial course, in so far as she refused to come morality, and the Bishop said he had in until she thought the moment was known men in commerce who had a true opportune. She came in, and to-day they onsetousness of God; and there could be were face to face with the thought that no different standard of morality for so far help had failed. "I think it is commerce than there was for anything mysterious," added the Bishop, it is else. There was also religious morality, certainly humbling and sobering and in this connection he said they must thought. I would ask that we all, we at educate their conscience so as to be least who believe in prayer, should pray sensitive and conscious of God. Then to-night to Almighty God for the relief. there was sexual morality, and when they of these little nations, that the time may talked about morality they seemed to speedily come when their people will not narrow it down to that. If a man believed have to suffer like this, and that we, Le-in morality he had to obey the laws of longing to the greater nations, any learn God. Need he say any more? Was there our lesson of humility; that we were any man, with the Scriptures before hini, unable to ward off that suffering from knowing the Word of God, any man who the little nations on behalf of whom we

gave any ren thought about the will of profess-and, I believe, truly profess Gud, who could break the laws of moral- that we are waging this war."

it in this connection? He did not believe Bishop Norris then dealt with several it for a moment. What he knew was questions which had been sent to him that mer followed their own consciences through the past. One was: Your rein that matter, and that other men help. marks on Monday were: Socialism; fed them and encouraged them to follow. Christ's teaching is Socialism, why not their own consciences by putting before way so?" He replied, briefly I do them points of view which were wrong; know what Socialism means, and there whereas there was only one point, and foré cannot say anything on the subject, that was the highest Bishop Norris then I am sure if I used the word you would emphasised the responsibility which rest. not understand my meaning of it, und, jed upon those who brought young mạn similarly, if you used the word I should to the East. It was a responsibility which not know your meaning. I am not sure they must try to meet by throwing open what you mean by the word Socialism."

to them their own homes, and by asking Another question was: How can any their own women-folk to help them. It nation follow an ideal when it's demo was worth while going out of their way cracy is * hollow aham Bishop for the young fellows who were out hero, Norris replied:- How can any nation And they could help them is no better which believes in submarines hope forway than by example. There was only naval supremacy if it has no submarines one law of God in that matter, and these which will go under the surface of the who were responsible for the well-being BCR. It would be ridiculous for such a of the young fellows whom they brought uation to hope for supremacy."

out had an important duty, the respon sibility for which they would have to answer at the judgment wat of God.

There was only one question put at the close. It was:-Why does the Church tolerate divorce, in this respect, that it to-marries divorced people 1

To another query, Bishop Noxis replied that every citizen should take up his citizenship.

ernment was granted.

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ceived no instructions, aud, as there was foreign community as a considerable no appearance for the petitions, he number of them live on the other sitio of would ask the Court to make an order the harbour--the distance neross being for rescission in the one case and dismis: about one mile. An enterprising China

man has had a private telephone in work- | the petition in the other,

ing order for several years between his

usiness house at Swatow and his house MATERIALS. in the country at Cheng Hai, a distance of ten miles. A RAILWAY.

The applications were granted,

ADJUDICATION GRANTED.

In the case of the Wing Shing Cheong firm the Official Receiver said he had filed a report. A petition bad been filed on December 1st against a Receiving Order granted on September Ist, and he the Ufficial Receiver) was now asking for adjudication. The first general meeting of creditors had been duly held but no resolution had been come to, and he therefore asked for adjudication and the appointment of himself as trustec.

This was granted,

A MAN OF MANY NAMES..

A meeting was held recently in the town. to commemorate the laying down of the Swatow Chaochowtoo railway. The line has now been in existence for ten years. The railway was financed by a rich Hakka who amassed his riches in the Straits Settlements. He has now delegated the duties of the Presidency

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younger member of his family. The gathering was well attended and the Chinesecrated" to their hearts con-

bent. The rich man who conferred so

At the adjourned examination of the debtor in the Wing Yu Shing Bing Les bankruptcy, the witness, in reply to the Official Receiver, stated that he had five great a favour on the community must aliases. He had filed his own petition have felt highly delighted with the hearty after he had been in prison as an abscondites of thanks conferred on him. ing debtor. He made an affidavit in support of that petition, in which he stated that his assets amounted to only £9,000. --

Mr. Goldring-Why do you put, in your statement of affairs, your estimated assets at $16,000? How do you account for the discrepancy 1

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The now Danyin has signalled his entry into office by adminiscering à scathing rebuke to many of the officials in his wide district. According to local re- ports, be accuses them of a series of malpractices. He denounces, (1) the sale Witness- might have made a misof offices to the highest bidder which the take the first time, but there were regards as a heinous crime as it leads accounts that brought out the figures, the indirectly to the blackmailing of the people, (2) the creation of certain com- second time.

Continuing, debtor said he had been inmittees in the yamons the members of business for 10 years as a Chinese banker. which are sent to settle cases in the coun- He also traded as a rohant. The try where they have recourse to extor bank was called the Foo Yuan bank. tionate practises, and thus create ill His share in it was $2,000. When it failed the bank paid $10,000 to its feeling amongst the people-the members ereditors, and the liabilities amounted who compose these committees, it is stated, to $29,864. There was i separate buy their offices, which is highly illegal: arrangement with each creditor and they received different percentages of their() the appointment of "go betweens." accounts, ranging from 60 to 70 per cent. that is, men who stand between the magis The cause of the failure of the bank waS

trate on the one hand and the complain- unsuccessful speculation in gold ani small coins, and the failure of debtors wats on the other. The objection to these of the bank to repay loans. At the functionaries is that the people, in order winding up of the bank the creditors

to state their case, have to pay exorbitant took over the management and settled know what percentage they paid affaire amongst themselves. He diù not sums of money to these middle-men. The Danyin has expressed himself as being Witness was afterwards examined by

highly dissatisfied with these matters. Mr. Eldon Potter, for the trustee.

Eventually the examination was ad He has also arranged to test the efficiency journed.

of all petty officials recently appointed by the magistrates. In order to do so he has ordered them all to appear before him for examination. He has prescribed as a test that all these officials write. down their suggestions as to the best methods of improving the Police condim

To an inquiry as to the authenticity of the Scriptures, Bishop Norris said he thought the questioner must have meant inspiration of the Scriptures, which was Bishop Norris, in the course of his not the same thing. There was no ques-reply, said it was a matter of history that tion of the authenticity of a book unless the Church had never felt at liberty to someone asserted they knew the author. pronounce itself definitely about the It was a big question which had been rightness or wrongness of the re-marriage asked and one-that of inspiration-which of the innocent party, but the Church had could not be properly dealt with in a few never felt any doubt as to the rightness words. He would suggest something or wrongness of the re-marriage of the which might be a little new to some of guilty party. There was a rule of the them. He believed from the bottom of Church which affected the guilty party," his heart that the men of old spoke as but the rules of the Church in this con- they were moved by the Holy Chust, and nection had not been laid down-sufficient-ho played in ing at 915 pm. The that their words were recorded, or their y definitely, nor bad they been made following will represent the Club:--T. E. writings were preserved, by the Holy absolutely binding. The general feeling Pearce (Captain), G. E. Aubrey, R. Mtions of Kityang.

SPORT.

CRICKET.

CLUB v. UNIVERSITY.

the Club ground on

Ghost in the Jewish Scriptures, before in the Church was that divorced people Kennedy, M. M. Maas, L. D. McNicoll, our Lord's day, and in the New Testa-

ment Scriptures they were handed down by the God-inspired action of the Jewish and Christian Church.

should te married by the State, which was always possible, and not by the Church.

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ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL,

The Danyin has issued new orders re- garding opium. Evidently it has been reported at Peking that opium is being planted in sections of the Canton Pro- vince, and stringent orders have been

Coming to the subject of the evening.

A meeting of the Referees' Board of the sent to Canton that it must be suppress- A selection from the music Bishop Norris said that morality was a

for Hongkong Football Association was held big question; though some people confined Feterkin for the Hongkong A.D.C's.

Kiemet," composed by Mr. Norman at Victoria Barracks last evening, Comed. The Danyin appeals first of all to mander Gibson presiding The board the people and reminds them that the it to merely sexual morality. That was

met to consider a protest by the Islamics coming production, is now on sale at against the decisions of the referee in the planting of opium will bring serious wrong. Morality was the law of good The Robinson Piano Co

Messrs. Islamics v. Staff and Departments match, consequences for Chiraa. He then insists and evil; it was a broad question. Why

Moutrie & Co., and Messrs. Komor, & which came to an abrupt conclusion on that all the magistrates divide up their the 25th November owing to the Islamics should men lead a moral life? The law of Komor. The price per copy is $1.50, and refusing to accept the decision of the countries into small sections and that in good and evil came from God, and it was the proceeds of the sales will go to the referee in awarding a penalty to the each of these sections detectives be ap "Star and Garter" Fund. It has been Staff and Departments After sifting the will of liod. Mea came from God, very tastefully reproduced by the Hong the evidence, very carefully, the Board pointed who shall report at intervals of and if they were not moral they were kong Printing Press, the artistic cover decided that the match must stand as five days. Villagers who refuse to comply

concluded, ke, Staff and Departments, disobedient to God who made them design being by Mr. E. L. Sim It will coils and, in addition, that will the law will be rigorously punished was if they believed in God. If they ing souvenir of what promises to be the penalty spot into his own goal and an-

be found to be a very suitable and pleas the player who kicked the ball of the These preventive remedies zound, well on did not believe in God then they need greatest achievement of our local A.D.C., other player of the Islamics be severely paper but their inherent weakness lies not be moral. People sail, But oh, what and the brilliant work in connection reprimanded. This decision is subject to in the fact that all these detectives can with it of that talented composer, Mr. confirmation by the Hongkong Football will happen to the laws of Bociety1 II Norman Feterkin

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