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VICTORIA RECREATION "CLUB

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.

MORPHIA INJECTIONS. ANOTHER CHINESE VINED.

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the Chinese

be to..

The manual general meeting of the The use of morphia which has become) Victoria Recreation Club, was held at the very prevalent dah house on Saturday evening. Mr. Ref North E. Helilios presided and there ware also increasing

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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST 9TH,

THE CHURCH AND THE NEW AGE.

SERMON AT ST. JOHN'S

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THE FRAWLEY COMPANY. SUCCESS OF IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE."

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Theatre Royal was crowded on Saturday The Rev. H. Copley Mogle who preached night when the Frawley Comay presented It pays to advertise,“ His Expellency A in Hongkong. far the sermon at the morning service yester the tavernier and Lady Stabb, with present Mours, A. McKirdy, A. A: Alvos, x, with the alternative of three months day, at St. Joba's Cathedral, took for his party From Governmint House, were pre (Psalm 4. 6.) and pays to advertise "preaches the A. F. II. Bilva-Netto, E. Ezra, A. S. Ellis, hard labour pas imposed on a man, arrested text There be any that way. Who will

show us my good,'

gospel of publicity so blatantly that any T. Merk (minbers of the Committee); } by the Pulier, on Saturday, in connection said:

When a man is depressed and down-praise of its powers to please in aw Witchell (Auting Hon. Secretary), with injretions given to ricksha-coolies.

hearted it is some satisfaction to him toper is likely to be regardal with spi- and over forty nombers-font-of-totThe Police_min_Pokie-ko-d-thers have felt the sun and clo, ur, ut least, to be looked upon as Road, where bonsiderable="paruphernalia have had to pass through just the same from the advertisement

manager's office. embership of 220),

The piros is typically In the time of the Psalmist thers was a American in conception, and is brimful of As its title shows,, 'it good deal of pessimism flying about like bustling action. sone faut disease. There were men then proves the efficiency of persistent advertis

not worth ing. The an. Rodney Martin, ably acted who declared that life was living

There were people who were by Mr. Albert Morrison, succeeds admirably always criticising, not with a view to im in proving to his father, Cyrus Martin, proving things, but with the object of the truth of the gospel of publicity which proving the worthless of every thing, by the way, he has himself heard, for the Criticism is only good if it aims at being Brut sime, from the lips of Ambrose Fenie. To criticis without hope of Mr. Henry Crosby as Cyrus Martin gare a effecting an uprovement in the person Enished study of an old American business or thing criticised is, to show a hateful man; he wax. 24 our American friends would say, great. Mr. Daniel Frawley thi Every age has had its pessimists, me made Ambrose Peale a lifelike publicity

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The Chairman proposed, and Mr. W. was seized. AS ustral, rieksha-coolies proved | experience. Lagu Seconded the adoption of the report tarbe the customers," and statemens of reconals, which carrie unanimously. The report detailed thie "many activities of the club during the past prat, The proft and low account for 191 showed a debis balance of $30.75..

ALLEGATION AGAINST

CONSTABLES.

TEA-MONEY" FROM HAWKERS. When a Chinese girl was charged with hawking she told the Magistrate that she

remedia.

The Hon. Mr Cland Severn, C.M.G, was elected Chairman for the ensuing your, Mr. Relilios remarking that the Club could not get a better man to fill that post than was arrested because she refused to give who live to damp and depress the spiri expert, i man full of ideas, and a born

Mr. Sever.

The

the constable money. All the constables she said, collected tea-money iron hawkers The other office Bearers"appointed were :---| Acting Chairman (Mr. W. Logan). Hon. ad she had given thirty cents Secretary (Mr. R. C. Witchell), Hen. Magistrate instructed the Police Teen-urer (Mr. A. E. S. Alves); Ġeneral į vestigate the matter. Committer; Messrs. T. Mook. “A. A. Alv

A. MeKirdy, A. F.. B. Silyn-Netto. A. H.! Carroll, T. Wright, C. M. S. Alres, E. Ezra, and R. H."B. Mitchell,

Mr. Witchell mentioned the fact that

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HELPING A LADY FRIEND. FILIPINO YOUTH IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS.

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Afr. B. E. Belilios had kindly come forward. A Filipino sauth was charged at the with an offer to build Hoor hove the Magistings, on Saturday, with stealing the 245 and Y.100 belonging to another Filipino, yunavium, Be was sure that members would is plead to neopt the Both were passengers on the Tayo offer as at present the place was very from Manila. cramped.

After a general discussion Mr. Bellion offer was gratefully accepted, a inte of

thanks being passed....

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The new Ballotting Committee were as follows: “Mesir, AT 8-Ellis, D-Logan,. R. W. Tatan. J. Stewart, G.-G.-Jorge M. E. Railion, H. Hyadham, C. A. C. Rod. rigues. S. Marcel, and CCarvalho,

As M. Belibos is leaving the Colony on a holiday-theminders lick the opportunity of wishing him a pleasant journey and a

FOOTBALL

SUMMER TOURNAMENT.

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On Saturday afternoon, the officials of the South China Athletic Association, were “At Home to the members of the assin cinis and their fritnds, on the Su-kur-peo Valley "ground, on the ixession of the final match of the "Summer." Football Tourna mem which had been arranged by the Foor

Defendant; I admit I took the money from my friend. I do not know why I did it. I will tell you the truth. I went to kay farewell to a lady friend in Manila She happened to be in before sailing. financial difficulties, so I gave her all my

money.

The Magistrate: Where were you bound to-1 took ship to Hongkong to join my He promised to consin Andres Balerea. find me work here.

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The Police said that defendant feltes ick on, Friday, while on the voyage and remained in the cabin His two cabin mates went on deck, thinking their luggage safe with the defendant in the cabin. When the ship arrived in port and they went to the cabin to take their Inggage, the con- plainaht found that one of his boxes had been broken open and the money extracted, He informed the police. When the defen- dant was searched, the money was found concealed inside his boots.

Asked if he had anything more to say, "I hope you will the defordant anid: prisah life last night, and I don't want to go back to jail. I want to die. Even if

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optimist:

Mr. Frawly announced "that

ORGAN RECITAL,

of their neighbours; they are worse than & Penk fog There are many varieties of At the fall of the curtain, the Frawley pessimists There is the congested pessimist; he is a particularly. irritating variety Company was given an ovation, and Mr. The man who has an innlerately high Daniel Frawley, in a neat little sprch, opinion of himself and his powers and thanked Hongkong theatregoers for their abilities, and finds that other people are support. 100 blind or obtuse to share it. He thinks after giving thres perfortuaness"in Canton, he was returning with his company to that the fact that he is not valued as highly he rught to be shows clearly Hongkong on Thursday, when A Pair of that the tines are ent of joint, and so he Queens will be presented for the first is a pessimist, Then there is another time in Hongkong. The company. he unid, variety of pessimist, whom we may call tite als intend to present The Man aho enme has back." a play which is at present drawing disillusioned pleasure-seeker. given himself up to every pleasure and crowded houses at the Oxford in London. self-enjoyment. He has always looked after number one, as the saying is. And now he finds his pleasures bore him and he becozer a pessimist. Again there is another variety of pessimist to be found

Mr. Denman Faller will give an Organ amongst the men who have been successful in accumulating large fortunes, they have Revital with an entirely popular programme toiled hard and long to amass money and on Monday evening next in St. John's they have needed; but they find that Cathedral at 9.15. The programme will their success has not given then the happiinclude amongst other numbers the popular дена they expected and so they become Intermezzo "from Cavalleria Rusticas, pessimists. They are the people who have and a remarkable Idyll called “The Shep- not learned how to use riches aright, and herd and the Mocking Bird which when one sees them one does not wonder although as yet unknown in English pro -at-all the hard things Our Lord said about grammes is well on the way in excessive the rich men..

papularity in America. As will be gathered from the title it is a piece which depends on "effects" and is only suited to a large organ and one containing a number of orchestral stops; at the same time the writ- ing is good and is not marred by the cheap style which is only too often found in pieces of a descriptive nature. In addition to the organ nambers, Mr. Howard Freeborn will sing Hadyn's In native worth

Another, and still more numerous variety of pessimist, is the man who has set out He has amass money and has failed. seen and envied his neighbour's succus and he becomes a pessimist.

Another variety of pessimist is the man who is quite sure he knows the cure for all the illa of the world, but cannot get people to believe in his remedies, so he thinks all others are fools,

Again there is now, and always has been, The man who praises the past when he was a boy and contrasts it with the present much to the disadvantage of to-day, For him the golden age is over and the future is sure to bring fresh troubles

Now

!

from

The Creation," and Mr. E. T. Crocker

will sing Handel's fae Solo Why do the Nations.

be

builders of bridges, across the gulf which threatened to swallow up the eld perfections of the world."

And now that the social conditions which we have been accustomed to associate with modern Europe are passing away, it is noticeable that the one great institution which passed through that former catas

ball section of the association with a view forgive me this foul sir. I have tasted and reform, stupid as it is, is no verse than and still survives, is the Church.

to discover new talent for next season,

During the months of June and July,

one thing seems perfectly clear to se about the pessimist, and that is, that

incompatible with his position is really whole-hearted acceptance of the Christian Creed. If you believe in God the Father Almighty, you cannot think that the world that He made is going to be a failure in the end. The cheery optimism which sees nothing in the world that calls for change

the Church saved civilization and brought conquerous and conquered toge ther. Can she do n similar work today? the melancholy pessimism that can ser no hope of improvement.

There are many pessimists about in the Can he reconcile the multitudes who have long been underpaid and overworked with melancholy forebodings to deter us from ducts of their industry? Revolution are doing our utmost to improve the world.

It was six years ago last Wednesday that common in the world today, and revolu our country joined in the Great War, and tions are not made with rose water. When thore

six years have been fruitful in broken "the brute despair of trampled centuries" inds a voice and begins to talk of its hearts, in ruined lives, in desolate bearths, but faithful also in splendid deeds of rights, a great deal of wild talk may be and unselfishness. As the war uttered, and a great deal of wild work dragged on its weary course, as we read done. Is there to be in every entry & day after day the long lists of casualties repetition of what has been taking place we were sustained by the thought pressed in Eussia during the last two years? It is If the privileged and проп s by our leaders, and eagerlyPot inpossible.

matches have been played on Wednesdays you give me 100 lashes it is better than world to-day, and we must not allow their the classes who lace Bourished on the pro

and Saturdays on the new ground at Su- kum-poo Valley, between four selected teams, named Sai, Kai. We and Ping, the first named being the winner.

The match was between the winners of the tournament and a picked team, from the "Rest" and ended in a win for the latter

sending me to prison."..

The Magistrate pawed sentence of six The defendant left weeks' hard labour.

the dock in tenra,

heroism

But

HONGKONG OBSERVATORY.

Fallowing upon the recent discussion in by 3 gonli to na. Great interest has been the Hongkong Daily Press relating to the grasped by most of us, that a new and althy classes attempt to maintain the ́shown throughout the tournament, both by

heard of the brotherhood of all ranks in bereit is that the Church may agath prove players and spectators, and the Football Royal Observatory, the following antifi- better world would be the result. We old order it is extremely probable,

frate the

She can

·Committee are to be congratulated on their cation appears in the Government Gazette: the trenches. We thought of a war that the saviour of goeiety. She can demons

power of her ident The telephone number of the Royal Obser- should end war.

insist on the observance of the command- Shipmasters may obtain look out upon the world, he would indeedient, "Thou shall love thy neighbour as thyself." But mark this These are the vatory is K80.

days of democracy. In that former estas trophe. it was chiefly through the Bishops that the Church was able to unite the new

undertaking.

"Tea was served on the ground during the

the latest information available concerning -afternoon and the following officials were among those present: Mr. Mok Hing storms on application at any time. Owing Vice-President) Mr. Wong Kam Ying the delay to which telegrams are now (Chairman), Dr..T. P. Wui, and the Hon. subject, noon is the best time ar which to

make such enquiries. Sec.. Mr. Wong Hin Wong. At the con clusion of the match, the shield and medals

am. by Mrs. Mok Hing, wife of the Vic President.

the tru

Occussion as also made to present phies won in other competitions run by the association, as follows:-Cup. and Medal to Laung Kwok Hing, winner of the Chinese chess competition; and Cup and medal to Li Wai Chol, winner of the Ping Pong competition.

At the conclusion of the prize distribe tion, the winning team, led by their. Captain, gave the "War" Cry of the association and gave three cheers" for the wife of the Vice President for kindly presenting the trophies.----

backtioles in circulation and of specie in reserve in Hongkong during the month ended July 31st, 1920, as certified by the agers" of the respective Banks are:-

Spreie Banks."

Chartered Bank of India, Australia

Average Amount.

in Reserve.

And now when the war is over, and we

be an invincible optimist who have great spirit of brotherhood amongst all classes, or believed that the Peace Treaty has put a stop to the last of the wars of

the

world.

and the old forces. But today it must be Are we then to believe that the struggles Church. It is not by having the Christian the work of the rank and file of the and unrest which we see in se many parts ideals of unselfishness and brotherhood of the world are the death-throes of a dying and effete civilization, or are we reached at us, that the Church can

world, but it is by each single meraber

the

and

were prescated to the members of the Bai BANK RETURNS FOR JULY. to believe that they are the birth pains of of the church living up to the Christian a new social order that shall be infinitely' | ideals. It is by every one thinking "of The return of the average amount of Preferable to the old 1. One or other must others aà much as of himself. The Church they be. The past has given us a civiliza- to-day seeds the shale-hearted and ansel tion which favoured the few at the expense fish service of all her members if she is to of the many.. Riches, privileges, leisure, power were the rights of the few; they se the world. If members of our Empire were not the property of the many, 1 had, even life itself, for the Empire, we had not been ready to give all that they the civilization which lies before us, the should to-day have been bending beneath civilization which has been coming to birth during the last six years, and of which the German yoke. Are we ready to give the world tremors of to-day are the birth ourives a whole-heartedly to the service pangs; in that civilization wealth and of God and his Church as we did to the needs of our Empire? Unless every and China $9,848.65 $ 5.000.000* power are to be in the hands of the multi-Christian is ready to sacrifice self the tades, and "they will have leisure and Church cannot be a successful mediator Hong kong and

education and they will rule.

between the new and the old order, Shanghai Banking

As we look upon the state of the world modern society, as we have known it, will Corporation... 21.912845 17,000,000

to-day, I think that there is only one other.

pass away in revelation. The responsibility period in the modern history of the world lies on each individual Christian; on you Mercantile Bank of

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330,000 which can be compared with it, one other and on me. If each Christian is prepared

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period when ancient modes of life to sacrifice himself for the benefit of society $12,812,619 $22,550,000 were submerged in the flood of new

thoughts and new ways and new thing new xial order which is assuredly,

as a whole, then we may expect to see the That former crisis came when the Roman cene, peacefully, but if the privileged Empire which had so long ruled the world classes cling to their privileges went down before the advance of the the last, it will come through a river northern trikos. To that debacle" of blood. God has clear to by or modern writer, it seemed certain, that Christians in the greatest crisis of the all which the older world, had on, of world's history. Shall we fail Him? Shah knowledge of civilization, of law, would we just for a handful of silver or just be overwhelmed and swept to fragment for a life of eary self-indulgence, refuse by the food of conquering barbarian. to be the instruments for saving the world! was saved by one institution. The Chris If so, it will be said of us an R. Browning tian Church. Such is the common consent. of all historians. "Out of that hideous Blot cut his name, then, record one lost confusion of blood and destruction, the

Bout more, Church created modern Eurone, Against One tnak more declined, one more footpath physical forco, she opposed spiritual untrod, ideals. She made it possible for the old One more triumph for devils, and sorrow order to grow into the new. The Church Lop Angels, was the mediator, her bishops trus ponti One wrene more to man, one more insult

(Continued at foot of next column), to' God"

Mr. Honwood, R.G.A., who had been in charge of the matches throughout the com- prtition, was heartily thanked for his aer. vices and advice.

On Thursday next at 5.30 p.m. a match between 8.0.A. and Royal Navy has been arranged to take place on the Su-kum-poo

ground

Two ladies were discussing their debts. Said no to the other can't pay single bill; if I died to-morrow-two words would make me a suitable epitaph Ac count Rendered,Oh, said the other, One word would be enough for ma, Bettled.

Total

Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agenta valued at £650,000. Securities with the Crown Agents

“291B070007

COMPENSATIÓN.

Let others bid me tear my hair

And on it ashes strew; Put up the shutters in despair; Because the prospect's blue...». "But why," I cry, "wring hands and

There's reason for good choor. - **Though gloom the world beside may

steep, Yet Mary Pickford's here."

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