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Mr. G. MISKEN Mid-Sir: It is my pleasant duty to rise and second the

motion before the meeting

Our Chair-

THE HONGKONG DAILY FRESS,

TUESDAY, MARCH 30T2, 1490.

SPORT.

YACHTING.

DEATH, THE GREAT which spiritualists profess to have re

ADVENTURE.

ceived from the spirit world I have read aday Goods which profess to give com

mun has already covered the principal THE ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB SERMON BY THE REV. H. CONLEYmunications from the spirits of the dead!

features of the report very exhaustively

The race for the Commodora's and Vice- and there is little that I can add to the Commodore's aups for racing yachts was excellent address to which we have just sailed off in splendid wonther on Satur. listened. I am sure, however, that I am dar. A fresh E.S.E. wind held through giving expression to the fealings of the out the afternoon. The course was Lye members of this Chamber, when I offer mun Beacon (P), Mark boat on starting one very hearty thanks to the Committerina (8), Kowloon Rock (5), Channel and to their extremely energetio Secretary Rocks (5)-8.8 miles. for the substantial work they have done on our behalf during the year under re- view. (Applause.) One point, to which our Chairman has already given promin ence cannot, I think, be too strongly am phasized.

MOYLE

The Bev. E. Copley Moyle preached at St John's Cathedral on Sunday evening

from the text ---

When this corruptible shall have put on incorruption and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written Death is The Handicaps raced with the One swallowed up in Victory." (1 Cor. 15.45) Designs, the winner taking the Commo In many hearts, he said, there lies the do the Commodoro bile the other love of adventure. In some nations and

Vice-Commodore's cup. in the Handicap class Dions" won races it is more universally diffused than and so gained the Commodore's cup. in others. Some people there are who Ailsa, a One-Design, was 2nd and took seem content to go on from day to day the Tice Commodore's cup, living a humdrum ordinary safe life, but In the Heyward-Heys and Cool class, ther live for novelty and excitement and with others safety is little thought of and Commodore's cup; whilst Ursula," being veure large measure the love of "The Gool.": was first, winning the

adventure. I suppose the British people end, took the Vice-Commodore's cup.

The presented cups of the champion adventure. It is that which has urged

us to leave that little island in the North ship winners were sailed for in the same

orn Sons and spread all over the world The excitement of the unknown, the

has not experienced it? It is I suppose, of something splendid and strange, who

the special characteristic of youth. It was that which led our young men to come forward in such numbers for the air force, but it is not only possessed by youth.

The greatest drawback with which merchants have at present to con- tand is undoubtedly the extremely poor cable service, and until this service is improved a great many opportunities and a great deal of good business must of necessity be lost. In the matter of repairs of cables, the Telegraph Companies apoa by Dione" pear to be doing all that is possible and it is, of course, unreasonable

to

expect any immediate speeding up of the time taken by caples in transit. I cannot help think ing, however, that more might be done by the Telegraph Companies to prevent mutilation.. At present it is the exception rather than the rule to receive a telegram containing no mutilated words.

race and were won as follows:

bus have never found in them anything which might not quite well have come from the mind, perhaps the subconscious mind, of the living about the life beyond the grave which The New Testament tells us some things may increase desire to know more about it, but it is far from giving us anything like an exact account of the

conditions of the future life.

One thing which is clearly taught is the continuity of personal identity. Our Lazarus, draws aside for a moment the Lord, in His parable of the rich man and curtain which hides the next world from us and He shows us the rich man in the full possession of memory and con sciousness, and He shows us also that he selfish life. The picture suggests that the is already receiving the reward of his

well inhabited; the rich man expects his spirit world is not & lonely land but one brethren soon to be with him, and Lazarus is with Abraham, the father of the faithul For him death has meant tie passing away from the paio and the

beggar, be is now freed from the burden heroes of the past. No longer a helpless.

of the fesh and seems to be expected to take his part in a higher life of service for others.

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Ailss," cup for One Design, won by Daphne."

Ursala," cup for Heyward Heys, won by Sirius."

Joan," cap for Gael class, won by "Gael"

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The race for the Commodore's and Vice- Commodore's cups in the Cruises classes was sailed off in Sunday, 1st inst, in a variable wind over the following course Tathong Rock (P), Lyemua Beacon (P Channel Rocks (P), starting from Murray Fier and finishing at the Yacht Club,

12.9 miles...

You will, most of you, recall the unanimi for all those racing yachts which have of immortal youth. It is the driving force into the land of Spirits, and as a great which prevailed in this Chamber when

So again. He hung upon the Cross cur Blessed Lord thnght that life con- middle aged.

We find it sometimes still strong in the tinues through death. Lord remember felt it as we left our native land for the was the prayer of the penitent thief,

We have, I suppose, all, me when Thou comest in Thy Kingdom " Grat time, as we watched the final waving and in answer Christ gave him the assur of our friends who had come to see us ance To-day shalt thou be with my is off, and the shores of England began to Paradise," clearly suggesting a conscious recede in the distance we were gripped life lived in the presence of Christ Let On Page 29 of the report before, yón, you

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with the love of the unknown; the spirit a try to think of death, not as the end will have read of the action taken on the Commodore's cup, and Arum of adventure seized as and we began to of this life, but na the beginning of a new December 12th, 1918 by the Ceylon Cham-secured the Vice-Commodore's cup. In the see and do in the unknown lands to which of new wonders new achievements. Let build our custice in the air of all we should and larger, fræer, nobler life, a life full ber of Commerce for the exclusion of Germodore's cup and Ladys Jean" the Chinese rigNiobe won the Com-

we were going. The insatiable desire for think of death, not as a separation man subjects from trading in that Colony. Vice-Commodore's cup.

new experience is the flame that barns in from those we love here but rather as a Co. Saturday next there will be a race It is the soul of romance and the secret loved and lost, who have gone before us all knight errantry that has ever been great reunion with those whom we have sailed consistently throughout the season which inspired, crusaders of old, and in time of meeting with those mighty heroes and have not won a Desperandum cup, kindly presented by of all dangers to explore the unknown admired. Let us try to banish the dread prize for the Nil modern times has driven men in the face of old whose lives we have read and Un Sunday a race for those cruisers parts of the globe and to try to fathom which is apt to accompany the thought of which have raced consistently and have not won a prize will be sailed Mr. D. K. Blair having presented this prize eligible: Jessica, Colleen, Hal- Of the racing yachts the following are yon, Lola," and "Thecta" whilst in the cruisers Aileen, Feathers,

Queen Bee,“ Mist" Dorothy II are eligible.

Helen," and The closing cruise will be held on Saturday, April 10th,

similar resolution was adopted in 1917. It is extremely gratifying and encourag ing to find bow very general has been the endorsement in other Colonies of the time ly action taken by the Hongkong British Chamber of Commerce at that time Gentlemen, I have pleasure in seconding the adoption of the report and accounts, (Applause.)

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Mr. D. K. Blair.

Mr. H. PERCY SMITH: I want to say one word, I want to know whether the Chamber can take any notice or any action as regards the extremely unsatisfactory'

meat

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the secret of the Poles.

death. The sting of death is Sin," said not even be terrible, it would be only the St. Paul; were it not for Bin, death would

falling asleep in this world t the next.

to awake in

to-night is simply this; that this love of The point I want to put before you

adventure, this fascination of the ha- sure than ever before, by the great ad- known, will be realised in a fuller mes ventare of death. Death is inevitable preacher, that expression of composed We have all noticed," says a modern Amongst the uncertainties of life Death calm which comes on the faces of the new is certain We know not when it will deed. Boho say it is due to muscnlar re living, but we know that one day we One likes to think it may be something come to us. We generally expect to go on laxation. Perhaps so. But perhaps not.

shall die. How or when or why, we morWho knows that it may not be a know not, whether by sudden accident in last message of content and acquiescence youth, whether after Ipng sickness, or from those departing souls who at the at the end of a long life we know not, moment of departare knew perhaps a but this only we know that some day we little more than ourselves, a message of shall die.

good cheer and pleasant promise, by ne and inefficient telephone service of this Only two matches in the above tourna of his battles of the Indian mutiny, of If we wish to die a victorious death we

An old Indian officer was once telling means to be disregarded ↑ * Colony. (Applause) I spoke some time low and Redmond found very feeble sional esroer, and as he vividly described the body that dice, but on the spirit which were played yesterday Mrs. Wins the most striking events in his profes must concentrate our attention, not on ago to one of your officials and I was opposition from Mrs. McElderry and the skirmishes and battles and sieges and is immortal. If we live for that which is assured that there was general agreement. B. Wood, when they defeated 6-0, 6-2. upon his words in breathless excitament death will be a great catastrophe, but it hair-breadth escapes, his audience hung only earthly and material the indoed with my view, but he said: "Why Redmond and his partner, who are now At last he paused, and to their expres we live for what is highest and best, then don't you go to the Chamber and talk in the semi-final, are expected to win this sions of wonder, he quietly replied: "1 death will be the entrance into the nearer about it" I fancy, Sir, you can ask

competition.

Some hard hiting was witnessed in the derfs than that? As he was over 70 and life whose possibilities and glories and expect to see something much more won! presence of Christ, the beginning of a the incoming committed to consider the open double match in which the two young retired from the service, his listeners, chiaveman's we can matter, and see whether anything can be met and defeated Capt. Olliser and Capta pause and then he said, in a solemn darkly but then face to face God has

Indians, A. A. Rumjahn and S. H. Ismail looked at him with surprise. There was gees.

now but faintly "Now we see through a glas done possibly to change the system alto Davies, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, 7-8. This match was gether. We have, I know, an old-fashion well worth watching, for the Indians minutes after death"

undertone 1 mean in the first five or things in store for us He made man, to be immortal, and in the next ed system. I have seen two systems at the offensive, gave a very creditable dis-bed-side of a soal pussing from the body, able to serve Him more successfully.

gave of their best, and, almost always on I always strikes me as I stand by the world we shall know Him better and be work.comparatively recently and they play. Ramjahn drove magnificently from how great is the adventate on which that were entirely different to ours and infinite-the base line and volleyed accurately, but soul is embarking, and how impossible it ARRESTED AFTER SEVERAL ly superior. (Applause.)✨

missed several shots through over eager ness Ismail played a fine all round game, is for those who stand and watch to enter The CHAIRMAN: Mr. Smith, that is a placing and lobbing very well and volley into the adventure How vast are the un

MONTHS matter which has not been brought before beat, to make up for the frequent deficiens from the burden of the fesh! We stand ing with great precision. Olliver did his known possibilities of the spirit freed the committes before, and I have no doubt cies of his partner, but came a cropper at the bed side watching the feeble strug the incoming committen will take any of Ramjahn. Davies' first service seldom final use of its worn-out body, and then!

when advancing to meet the hard drives Bles of the departing spirit to make som for necessary steps that may appear desirable came off, and his second was so wenic that the struggle is over, the hands drop, the quarrel in Queen's Road West and as a re- in this matter. I may say, however, that the indians did what they liked with it, He breath censes and the spirit has fed one man stabbed the other and dis Mr. Parker Nees, the Director of the this no doubt put him off his game. Run, fathomed mysteries of which we are prej the Police made exhaustive enquiries they was foot-faulted on several occasions, and And, we feel that now our friend has appeared. The victim died, and although Oriental Telephone Company, is in the jahn and Ismail will now meet A. H. Rumfoundly ignorant: he bone out into were unable to trace the man. On Thurs- Colony specially on this subject at the pre fact that the latter pair are favourites for burdened by the weakness of the flesh, received that the man was in the Colony Jahn and Ng Sze Kwong. In spite of the new world, where he is no longer day afternoon, however, information waa sent time, and we trust that the result of the anal honours, we predict a close game. no longer bound by the limitations of trian and Revenue Officer managed to effect his visit will be a distinct improvement, A. A. Rumjahn must learn to be a little and space, but with new powers he is his arrest. The man was charged at the for there is not the alightest doubt that

Jess reckless.

fulfilling his part in the larger life of Magistracy, yesterday, with the murder improvement is required, as you so justly

the world beyond,

and the casa wax remanded: point out(Applause.)

The, meeting then terminated. The motion was carried unanimously.

THE COMMITTEE

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL HOLY WEEK AND EASTER

SERVICES

ALLEGED MURDERER IN THE

DOCK...

On June 18th, 1919, two men bad a

MAN ARMED WITH TWO

'REVOLVERS.

A SMART SENTENCE.

No doubt, there was a time in the past history of the Church when there was a tendency to give too great prominence to the future life, when the thoughts of Christians were directed so exclusively to the future life that they were in danger The services during the week are:-

of forgetting their duty in this world. On the proposition of Mr.JAL,

But that day has gone by. Christian At the Magistracy, yesterday, a Holy Communion 7:45 am and Matina teaching of Inte years has laid stream on Chinese was charged with being in un- Crockett, seconded by Mr. Monteith 10.15 am. on Tuesday, Wednesday and the social aspect of the Gospel. We have lawful possession of two revolvers Webb, the following Committee was elect

Thursday

been continually reminded that the king. Sergeant Caygill stated that he received Good Friday Litany and Ante-Com-dom of God is to be set upon cart and information that there were some armed od for the ensuing year: The Hon. Mr. munien 10 am, Matins 11 am. Meditathat it is a Christian's daty to improve men in Reclamation Street and he sent P. H. Halyoak, the Hon. Mr E. V. Dtion on the Passion 12 noon, Evensong this world and to do what we can to right out detectives to investigate Defendant Parr, the Hon. Mr. J. Johnstone, the 6.30 pm with Addrese. Oratorio 9.15 p. the wrongs and banish the evils around was arrested and the revolvers were found Easter Eve, Saturday-Holy Communu That is important and should never concealed in his girdle. The defendant Hon. Mr. N. J. Stabb, QB.E., Merion 7.45 m., Evensong 8 pain A O. Lang, C. 8.Gabbey, C. H. P. Hayfore and after any of the Services, w

The Chaplain will be in the Vestry be be a serial reformer. But there is now a persons of giving him the revolvers, but be forgotten. The Christian must always made various excuses and accused several J. A. Plummer, R. Hose Thomson, and Persons entering or leaving during the with this world that we forget the world Mr. Smith sentenced defendant to twelve

danger of our being so entirely taken up they were found to be untrue. Three Hours' Bervice are requested to do so during the singing of the Hymns,

to come. After all, if we are to live only months hard labour. some three score years and ten in this

G. M. Dodwell.

NEW MEMUZES.

AN ARMLESS BEGGAE." ARMS LOST, WHEN DYNAMITING

SOVAL FISH

In the Bishop's Chapel at St. Paul's world and an eternity in the next world, College there will be a short Service at it cannot be the part of a wise man to The following now members were elect 8 pm to-day Wednesday and Thursday ed, on the proposition of the Chairman, when the Bishop will give a serice of live as though he were only concerned with

Addresses as follows:

this world. If this world is, hat the first moonded by the Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak March 30th, Tuesday before Easter stage of life and a short stage at that, it Messrs Brunzer Mond & Co, Ltd., Subject The Barren Fig Tree and Its is surely foolish to treat it as if it were Mesars EA. Beaumont & Co., Messrs. Teaching" March 31st, Wednesday be the whole of life. We need to day to Be a result of dynamiting fish at Stanley, A Chinese, who lost both his arms of fore Cooper & Co., Messrs. Walter Ford & Friends April let, Thursday before thoughts, We need how #pproach the with begging alms,

Easter Subject: Jesus Calls Us the future life its proper emphasis in our was charged at the Magistracy, yesterday, Co, Mosers. Getz Brow & Co. of the Easter Subject: Pilate Shirks Respon subject in the spirit of feat trother Inspector Brazil naked the Magistrate Orient, Ltd.,

siblity Hasting. Hodge &

in the spirit of adventure. The old use to make the man, an award from the Un Easter Sunday, April 4th, the ser of the next world, asia bogey Co, Ltd, Mæsrs. Holland Pacife Tradvices at St. John's Cathedral will be frighten men from evil, has on the whole had an aged mother to support

Poor Box as he was unable to work and ing Co., Messrs. Hongkong Import, and The Holy Communion (Choral): 11 am wiser if we can connect the idea of the to go back to Stanley,

HENNA TA The Holy Communion 7.50. am not hon very successful. We shall be ft Smith gave him 89 and asked him China Produce Export Co., Messrs. Mit Matins Sermon by the Lord Bishop; 12 subishi Shoji Kaika Mesars Rudolf noon, The Holy Communion 3.30 p.m.,

Children's Service Address by Bev. Wolff and Kew Ltd., Messrs. D. S. Stern W. Bhewell CF 8 pm Evensong and &Co Mesars, Silva-Netto & Co.

At the Peak Church on Easter Sunday, Thomas W. Blamons & Co, Messrs. The Holy Communion will be celebrated A Kavior & Co

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so wide spread. Of the conditions in the to overcome the dread to death which is

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far as I know have we received much real next world we know but little, no a Chinese was fined $8,500, with the

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