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THE TYPHOON..

AND THE DELUGE.

The rainfall over the week end, accord. ing to the Observatory' record, was 6.58 inchos. Between 1 p.m. en Sunday and 9 p.m. on Monday 8.13 inches "fell. frequently happens that rainfall records on the island are greater than those taken at the Observatory, and it will probably be found to have been so, in the present instance. The damage done in the Colony during the week end was - caused by the heavy rain rather than by the force of the wind. Below are given items of interest in connection with the typhoon gathered yesterday :--

HAPPY VALLEY.

From the number of in of trees lying on the roads early yesterday morn

#THE. HONGKONG" DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7:¤, 1983

SUNDAYS SERMON AT-ST,

JOHNS CATHEDRAL

and their shrapnel and their poisous, and make a bonfire of them on the ruins of the Krupp gun-factory at Essen, in the REFERENCE TO THE DEATH OF light of whose Rames men shall be able

PRESIDENT HARDING..

The Roy. II. Copley Moyle, Senior Chaplain of St. John's Cathedral, pra, | faced a sermon on

"Times of Visita. tion" by the following reference to the death of President Harding: ..

to read the fine print of the Sermon on the Mount front Petrograd to Constan tinople, and from the Straits of Gibral· tar to the Kiel Canal."

THE SS. “SARPEDON.” NEW BLUE FUNNEL LINER BACK

IN HONGKONG.

RECEPTION: ON BOARD.

The new Blue Funnel passenger liner Sarpedon is back in Hongkong on the And to-day we look out upon nations return journey after her maiden voyage to the Enst. The Sarpedon," as has as ready as ever to spring at each o it secus right that this morning I threats, we see class hatred ranipant and already been stated in these colunius, was built in Loverpool by Mears. Cammell, overy hand. should first of all express the sympathy selfishness "flourishing on

at first sight Laird & Co., Ltd., and is the first of a which we all feel with the great AmeriCertainly it would seem

for service on the Far Eastern run. Capt. can nation in the national sorrow which that the pessimist has good grounds for new class of steamer built by the Company has fallen upon that people by the death pessimism in the state of the world to-

J. Riepenhausen, in command of the day. But on the other hand do not for of President Harding. It is not a com- get that life is full of reactions. The

Sarpedon, issued invitation on behalf of war saw an unprecedented outbärst of the owners, to Hongkong residents to a unselfishness. Men did not consider reception on the liner yesterday after- themselves. Their possessions, their noon and a large number of ladies and prospects, all the things for which men gentlemen visited the ship between four compete and strive, even to life itself, and six o'clock, and they could hardly

which have been made for the comfort of

mon occurrence for a President of the U.S.A. to die during his term of office, During his teen as President the into

Mr. Harding has confirmed the impres sion which his previous public career bad

ing, it was" evident that Happy Vallersen, of being a man of strong and up they piled up on the altar of their sacri.fall to be pleased with the arrangements |

had axperienced a few severe gusts Shortly after midnight on Sunday the

heavy rainfall had converted the lower portion of the Valley into a take. The water was at least six inches deep on the tram tracks.

Morrison Gap Road had become a cataract of bubbling water which carried -down largo logs and a number of fair sized boulders. Some of the latter had come to a standstill in the middle of the road and formed obstructions around which the water swirled in angry eddies" or its way down to the Valley. On the other side of Morrison Ilill there seemed to be an even greater volume of water, and those few bolated pedestrians who were abroad had to wade knee-deep. The junction of Kennedy Road, Morrison Hill Rond and the roadway from the Naval Hospital where three swift streams of water, met, was concerted into a miniature Niagara, which, tearing down towards the Market, carried all in front of it. Hereabouts the water was a coupie. of feet in depth. The nullab coming down from Wanchai Gap had also become a raging torrent and the underground drain at Queen's Road, isto which it empties, was subject to auch pressure that it burst with a loud explosion, scat tering stones in all directions. The water accumulated at the back of the retaining wall found Morrison Hill, burst the wall for a length of two chains and hurled bricks and cement clear acros Wanchai Road. The inhabitants of these lower levels experienced an auxious

time.

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SEVERE DAMAGE TO REPULSE BAY ROAD.

a cutting parallel to the motor road has been made for the large new catchwater, feet wide at base, which is to feed Tytan Tuk Reservoir. "Many of the landslides are evidently due to the outer margin of the cutting being washed down to thờ rond, below by the force of the hillside torrents,

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right character. It is recorded that his first words on being elected were "Maylar slogan of that time, that he must five.. Everyone felt, to quote the popu

tod make me capable of playing my dd his bit. Men and women heard the part." The right note was certainly call of unselfishness, and nobly answered

struck by those words. He was called te office when many post-war probleins were, calling for solution and no doubt his death was due to the over strain which the burden of his official duties laid upon him. The American people are so closely connected with the British that their rrow is our sorrow and their loss our

8. Perhaps one of the things which is most conspicuous from an international stand point during his term of office was the successful arrangement made for the method of repaying our debt to America. In those negotiations I believe the in

exerted towards an amicable solution of fluence of the late President was always

the difficulties to be overcome. ́ ́His work on earth is done. May his soul rest in

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it, but when the strain relaxed there was

bound to be a reaction for a time. But failed to learn all the lessons the war it does not follow that we have entirely

seashore watching the incoming tide it had to teach us. As you stand on the

is sometimes hard to tell whether it is advancing er receding. One wave seems to gain ground and then the next falls back, but if you stand long enough you will see that there is a steady advance. And so I believe it is with the world terday. The reaction from the heroic self-sacrifice of wartime was bound to come. It does not follow that all the lessons of the war have been forgotten. And it is our duty to recall them

One of the most encouraging signs of changed outlook in the world to-day is the way in which men of widely different belief and temperament are coming to look for the solution of the problems of file to the teaching and example of Jesus Christ. We find thinkers and writers like Bernard Shaw and H. G. Wells, who are far from holding the orthodox Chris- tian view yet agreeing that the one hope for mankind is an earnest following of the work and example of Jesus Christ. Yuu may remember that in 1920 the Prime Ministers of the British Empire isaued a New Year message to all the citizens of our Empire and in it they said: The hope of a brotherhood of reposes un the deeper of the Fatherhood of spiritual fact God in the recognition of the fact of that Fatherhood, and of the Divine put puse for the world which are central to the message of Christianity, we shall dis cover the ultimate foundation for the reconstruction of an ordered and har menious life for all men. That recogni- tion cannot be imposed by Government. It can only coine as an act of free con- sent on the part of individual men every. where."

TIMES OF VISITATIONS. · S. Luke XIX41. And when He was come near, He beheld the city and wept over it, saying, if thou hadst know, even thou, at least in, this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace but now they are hid from thine eyes.**

The Gospel for to-day gives and vivid picture of one of the most, dramatie scenes in the last days of Christ's earthly life. He was making public entry into Jerusalem on purpose to fulfil the pro-humanity phecies which had been uttered about the Messiah. He had secured an ass's cuft and was riding upon it for the pro- phet Zechariah had said "Rejoies great ly O daughter of Zion,. thy King cometh unto thee riding upon a colt the foal of an ass, About Him were crowds of pilgrims who had come up to Jeru- Some of salem to keep the Passover. them threw down their garments for Him to ride over, others pulled pieces from the trees and scattered them before Him, while the multitude shouted

Hosanna

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That such a statement should be made

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the traveling pubhe. The Sarpedon and her sister-ships are "certain to prove popular ship*

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The vessel is pleasing to the eye in her general line. She nns a wide beam (G2ft. Sins.), which would seem to assure steadi ness in heavy weather. Also there a

Bont and Games Deck in particular is plenty of deck space for passengers. The

very, roping, affording the passengers

every facility for exercise and recreation. On the promenade deck forward is a very comfortable lounge, and one which givca an atmosphere of coolness (this by rea- son of the decorative scheine which is light and comfortable) very seldom found on vessels in these waters. Alt is a com fortable smokeroom and verandah enfe... Aft on the centroastle deck the children are provided for by a large and cheery room set apart especially for them. Close to it is a modern and up-to-date barber's shop, whilst up forward on the same deck is the office or "bureau as it is styled. The dining saloon, which is situ ated on the upper deck, is large, and, like the lounge, very artistically decor- There is no lung ated and furnished. table but a large number of swall tables accommodating parties of four or six.

There are 357 berths comprising 15 single-herth cabins on the centre-deck; 18 cabins with cot beds on the protien ado forward and 7 aft. and on the castle deck; 30 cabins with 2 br 9 berths un the promenade deck, aft, and on the centre castle deck: 8 cabins with 24 or 4 berths on the promenade deck, num- bered 21, 20, 47, 54, 61 and 85.

The fittings, and the cethods in which the cabins are laid out, are the last word in efficiency and space saving. Neither is the space saving done at the expense of the passenger, for everything he could reasonably require is there to bis hand, including a writing desk.

A large number of guesta 'yesterday were entertained to tea, and allowed to stroll over the ship as they wished. During the two hours they were on board the band of the King's (Liverpool) Regi- ment 2nd Batts. played.

On the road between Repulse Bay and Tytam Tuk there are a dozen landslides, small and great, and worst of all, in four places the landslide has carried away with it a large segment of the roadway.

to the son of David The whole crowd by the Prime Ministers of our Empire is Sometimes this has been due to a slide seened full of joy and enthusiasm, but a happy augury. It remains for each one of us to see whether our lives are being

The Sarpedun's tonnage is 11,321 tons, just below the rond which has underthe ventral figure, so far from being lived in harmony with the message-gross register, and 17,218 tons displace- Our religion must be ment. She is 517 feet long and 62ft ains. mined the constructional work, causing moved by the popular enthusiasmo, was, a large semi-circular section to break weeping. Jesus Christ as He approach Christianity.

ed Jerusalem looked forward some 40 bought into our everyday lives. What broad; her depth is 18ft. 3ina. When tested over the measured mile her speed years and saw the terrible fate that Christ would approve we must retain, cway and crumble down the hillside.

was 18.78 knots an hour, and her seu Just above the road gear Tylam Tuk would fall upon the city. There are few what He would hate we must banish.

Are we tempted to misuse our bodies? speed is given at 15 knota,, an average. things which for absolute horrore can be compared to the siege of Jerusalem by We must remember they are members of she has maintained throughout the voy-

We age so far. Christ. Are we tempted to liet Added to the the Roman armies. niseries of starvation, were the furious must remember we are followers of Him struggles of civil war within the besieged who is the truth. Are we tempted to eity." Anyone who ventured to escape pride? We must remember that the son of man came not to be ministered unto from the city was crucified, till Jerusalem

Are we tempted to was surrounded with the ghastly remains but to Minister, of men impaled or stakes, and it is said think very ouch of material riches? Let that the Romans at last had to stop remember. Christ's words "Ye can-

not serve Gol and Mammon." Christ ARRIVAL OF A SISTER SUI crucifying the Jews because they had no

has taught us" that the greatest thing in more weud on which to inpale them.

The Patrocla, a sister ship of the life is self offering, self sacrifice. A Our Lord approached ferusalem e

Surperon arrived from Houe yesterday crossed the very spot where the famous day ourselves in order to help others is

the essence of the Christian religion.ored at Holt's wharf, the Surpedon on her maiden trip to the East, and tenth legion of the um army would

we all acted on the principles of e ser being moored in midstream. 'Tbo be encamped 40 years later, said as the

mon on the mount, the great majority of Patruchas brought the London letter mai thought of the coming misery of Hix beloved city. His heart was sad indeed. the problems of the age would solve of July 10th. for He had a true patriot's love of His themselves. Let us remember how the country. His coming to Jerusalem was people in Jerusalem missed their up- the time of visitation. Had the Jews reportunity because they did not recoguisu cognised Him as the Christ, they might Christ, and let us be sure that lle is as truly present in Hongkong to-day as Ho have had a different history. They were

was in Jerusalem then. To-day always professing to be looking out for

time of our visitation, let us see that our the coming Messink, and as we know.

lives are lived according to Ilis example, several imposters traded on that expecta-

that we recognise Him as our Captain tion, and gave themselves out to be the

whose word must he obeyed, whose King Messiah. But the real Messiah they did

dom must be established and whoso not recognise. They were living in one

honour He has entrusted to us. And let of the greatest periods of the world's

no one of us rest content till we car history and they did not recognise it. God took human nature and came to that Christ is our greatest friend. them and they crucified Him. It may seem strange to us that they failed to recognice Him. It is often easy enough- to see the mistakes of others, but it is more important to avoid mistakes our. selves.

It is the feared that many weeks' work will be required before the rund belween Tylaro Tuk and Repulse Bay will be passable for motor trafie. Thu collapse, in places, of the road itself bust necessitate slow and laborious rehuild- ing from below with, in some cases, new

alla of masonry." From Tytain. Tuk to Shaukiwan there are several landslides. but none of them considerable enough to make the ruid impassable.

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Stubbs Road and the other new roads on the upper levels are all closed on account of ilides. Near the upper gate of the Cemetery in Stubbs Road there is ..a large landalide,

P.W.D. foremen wore busy all day yesterday surveying the extent of the damage and roughly mentoring the mass of material to be removed. There is ao, doubt. that, in road damage alone, the rainstorm bas cost the Colony many thou- sands of dollare.

STATE OF THE RESERVOIRS....

I suppose we all remember that it was nine years ago yesterday since our coun-

STOLE

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CHINESE SENT TO PRISON.

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DOCKYARD SPORTS.

LUE | AQUATIC EVENTS AT KOWLOON.

The annual aquatic sports meeting of the Kowloon and Hongkong Dockyard Recreation Club was held at the Kowloon Naval Yard on Saturday afternoon. A capital programman was provided, includ saying several novel items which the large.

gathering of spectators found highly am using.

Mr. W. M Denton, the Naval Officer in Charge at Kowloon, was in charge of the general arrangements, being ably assisted by Messra. Prickett and Nowham and A. Hill.

Helay

The results were as follows: Inter-Department Swimming Race (200 yards):-Croclor (for OE), 1; Hutchinson (for O.D.), 2. lime, 3.20.

Tipling the Bucket Browell, and Mè, Dongd: (Kowloon

Tug of war-Kowloon (Denton, Spry, O'Neill, Luscombe, Simpson, Billings, Grant, Thompson and Kampshall), 1.

Egg and Spoon Race-Miss B. George and, opry, (Kowloon) and Horton Kowloot).

Dinghy Race-Driscoll, Hill, Billings;

and Epanton.

try declared war on Germany, Those A Chinese employed at the Yeo Woo The exceptionally heavy rains of the four years of the war were as momentous Nursing Home, at Happy Valley, was week and have resulted in Siling all the period in the world's history. They were sentenced to six months imprisonment sthaller reservoirs of the Hongkong a time of visitation for us of this age. by Mr. J. R. Wood, at the Magistracy, and we heard so elten in those days of yesterday morning, for having stolen a Waterworks. Wongneithong is still re-

war of all the lessons minnkind was learn-wrist watch, the property of a nurse ceiving, & considerable contribution from

ie catchwater but, overflow level havinging, and of the changed conditions that employed at the Home.

were to be looked for after "the war. been reached, the only consequouee«is We heard so much of the brotherhood of It appoured that on the 2nd inst., the that a largo stream is finding its way tall classes and of nations, of the false-urse took her watch from off her wrist the harbour and apparently doing a greatness of supposing that might is right is the operating theatre, before attending and placed it on the window sill lodge deal en roule towards foaling Happy We were, constantly told that, it was ZVally

war to end war." One writer from a to a caso in the theatre. This was at 4 Saurago Race-Misses Spanton, George Tytam is now full, and is overflowing

o'clock in the morning. Four bours later into Tytam Byewash which, with Tytan

sho remembered her watch and sent a boy Intermediate, to pouring a surplus into

to collect it from the window sill. It had Tytam Tuk The level of the water ju

disappeared. At the time of this dis this great, reservoir has risen from 49 feet

covery the defendant was absent from helow, overflow on Sunday morning to 30

hospital and when he returned he wat feet below overflow on Monday morning.

taxed about it and eventually admitted The streaming billsides and the other two

having taken it to a watch repairing reservoirs are still adding to the volume

shop in Queen's Road Central where it at the rate of six incher in every hour,

was recovered by the police,

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dentral nation thos powerfully described what many expected to be a result of the waz.We trust," he wrote, "that when the war is over and the weary and woulded nations return to the life which buman beings ought to live, they will do no in a temper which will no longer en dure the existence of these appliances for the murder of men. They will take their submarines and their aeroplanes,

Water Derby Spanten (Houtkong), 1; Campbell (Hongkong), 2.

Sketching Race, Mr. Reeves and Cas- sidy (Hongkong),

Obstacle Rica--Simpson and Miss Prickett (Howloon), ; Thompson and Miss M. George (Kowloon), 3,

Potato Race-Williams (Kowloon); 1. Greasy Pole-George (Kowloop),"1."

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