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Parades,

LESSON SERMON.

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, HONG KONG,

Man was the subject of the Corps Band-The Corps Band Lesson Sermon in all Churches of will: parade at Hendquarters for Christ, Scientist on Sunday, Sep Band Practice on Friday, Septem-tomber-0

bër 11, and Monday, September 14... The Golden Text was: Lo, this

PROFESSORS FEARS. BOWES IN ENGLAND.

"TERRIBLE TIME" COMING.

FOUR SNAGS OF"

CIVILISATION, A

become too full there are too London, August 6.—The world has

many of us, declared Sir J. Arthur

A NEW CHAMPION.

E. P. TOPP WINS SINGLE- HANDED BOWLS TITLE.

new champion pas arisen in the British world of bowls in the

THE FLIGHT OF GOLD.

(Continued from Page 1)

The presence in London of those immense French resources acts up an enormous suction on the frano times. If the

exchange in unsettled tim French people grow uneasy about.

All practice parades must "in only have I found, that God hai Thomson, the biologist ne Oxford, person of Edwin Philip Topp, of the countries in Europe (as they

future, bo regularly attended by all

members

made man upright" (Eccl. 7; 29.) Sir Arthur was giving his on

yesterday. Among the citations which com- cluding lecture at the Summer Gorpe Signals, Parades for prised the Lesson Sermon was the School of the British Social Hy Signalling Instruction will be held following from the Bible Know giene. Council. On Tuesday he had at Corps Headquarters at 6.30 pm ye that the Lord he is God; it discoursed on love and its part in on Tuesday, September 8, and

and not life. Yesterday he asserted that Friday, September 11. is he that hath made we ourselves; we are

are his people, over-population was one of the Armoured Car Company Car and the sheep of his pasture." (Ps." snaga" civilisation. Section.

100; 3.)

The increase in the world's popu 1-Pargde on Monday, September The Lesson "Sermon also in-lation was twelve-probably four- 7. At Headquarters at 50cluded the following pesinge from teen millions a year, he said. Thore detailed will proceed to Ken- the Christian Science textbook:-:

"If that continues it will be Science and Health, with Key to necessary to put up notices, Stand the Scriptures," by Mary Bakering Room Only! It is a terrible Eddy The Scriptures inform us thing to look forward to." that man is made in the image and likeness of God, Man is spiritual and perfect, and because he is spiritual and perfect, he must be so understood in Christian Science. (pers.)

nedy Road Rangs to fire Part I. M.G. Remainder M.G. Instruction

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under crew commanders,

E-Instructors: Parade at Head quarters on Friday. September 11, at 5.30 p.m.

Machine Gun Company :-

The Company will parade in mufti fall in at 5.30 p.m. sharp, in close columns of Platoons for train- ing as per Platoon Programme, on Tuesdays, 'September 8 and 15...

No. 1 Platoon is allotted the Kennedy Road Range on Tuesday, September B, and will not fall-in with the Company on this date but will proceed to the Kennedy Road Range under O.C) No. 1 Platoon, who will submit attendance roll to the C.S.M.

3-All N.C.O.'s will parade under Sergt. Terry on Tuesday, Septem ber 8.

4.-Field Day-All ranks are asked to keep Sunday, September 13; free for Beach Firing at Stanley in the morning followed by a bath ing picnic. from 1 p.m. Further particulars will be issued to Corps Ordera at a later date.

5. Musketry-The Inter noction competition will commence at the Peak Range on Sunday, September 8, at 9.30 nm. Rango Officer: Licut. H. Owen-Hughes.

Revised Handicaps will be an nounced at the Range on that day and there will be the usual In- dividual Spoon Shoot Competition.

-Renowala:-Will Platoon Com- manders please see that nny re newals required for members of their Platoons are submitted to the C.Q.M.S next Tuesday's parade, September 81

Portuguese Company:

All ranks are reminded that the Training Section 1831-32 commences. on Friday, September 11.

The Corps Diary and Company Training Programmes are in the hands of Platoon Commanders to whom application for stune abould be made.

(Continued on 'next Volumn.)

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Scottish Company:→→ 1.-Parade on Thursday, Septem- ber 10, for Machine Gun Training 43 under:

No. 6 Platon at Kowloon Docka.

at 5,30 p.m.,

No. 7 Platoon at Headquarters

at 5:30 pm.

Your "Snags.",

Sir Arthur said that civilisation was faced with fourteen sungs or difficulties, but he would only men tion four. They were:

The world is becoming to full.

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the Ryde Club, Isle of Wight very naturally did three wasks-ago), green, he defeated. H. Duggan, At the Paddington Bowling, Club Gloucester, in the final of the from London; there is a oneway they begin to hoard their own df

notes, their banka call in moner

single-handed championship of the traffic of sterling into francs; and English Bowling Axinition and the demand for francs causes the curried, off the blue riband of the rate (that is tire price) to move in ancient game.

wonderful

favour of the French currency. Topp is something of a pheno(3) The Key Man., menon - Atobacconist and--con For course thöre sinner by trade, be only took up mechanism for these operations in the Barde nine years ago, and, gold. Bullion brokera are the key- although he has participated in men in executing the shipments. hest performance was to get through amount of cash in sterling, can in- this event on seven ocasions, his. Anyone having the Recenpary

to the second round in 1926. This year he has reached the apex of his form, for recently, ho won the singles, pair and rink champion ships of the Isle of Wight.

Without doubt, he worthily de- served bis--latest-honour. In the

struct the bullion broker to obtain gold for export with the money. The sterling may be presented At the Bank of England, which is obli Eged to pay out gold bars on demand

to those who onn produce its notës..

Différential fertility is tending to Anal against Duggan, he bowley to the required amount. That is the

Jower the standard of the

Natural selection has gone with

out a sufficient substitute be, ing, found for it. Thero is too low a

positive health.

of

with uncanny accuracy and only in the early stages was the result in doubt. Duggan, a bootmaker from the Greyfriars Club, Gloucester,

.:

Regarding over-population, Sir Arthur sait that the birth rate had retition previously, struggled game been going down in every civilisedly, but slowly and surely broke --There will be an inter-platoph country except Russia, but was now down against a superior opponent. ber 10; Headquarters. Details of miniature Range Shoot on Septem-mounting very much in Italy and

Germany. which will be issued later to mem Bers selected to represent their platoon,

to have any clothing or equipment 3-Will those members who wish changed, send in requests to C.8.3. Parkinson, c/o Headquarters as soon as possible 1

America's Problem.

Professor East, his continued, allowing for everything he car ture and better exploitation of the think of, more intensive agricul sea, calculates, that in the of the great-great grandchildren of the Americans now living, America will The Officers commanding the unbe quite full with a billion of dermentioned Units will issue their population, and will be on the verge orders separately to their com of a debacle too horrible to think mands:-

of."

1.-Battery..

2-Engineer Company. 3.-Machine Gun Troop.

Rifles and Bayonets,

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The undermentioned have not yet returned their rifles and/or bayonets to Store for annual in- spection, in accordance with Corps Orders No. 24,31 of June 6, 1931:- Corps Signals:-L/Cpl. A. Tar

buck.

Machine Gun Troop':--Tpr. G. P. Lammert and Tpr. R. A.

Fawcett.

These must be returned forth with.

Appointment and Promotion,» No. 1516 Pte. C. E. Moore, No. 1 Platoon, is, promoted to Lance-Cor- poral with effect from September 2,

1031.

Struck Off the Strength. Having left the Colony No. 1235 L/Cpl. J. K. Shaw, Reserve Com pany, as from September 4, 1831.

Strength.

The following have been taken on Corps Strength:

No. 1718 Pte. J. R. Way, Hong Kong Electric Col; Armoured Car, Co., Motor Cycle Section, as from August 27, 1031.

Those who contributed beat to the race were contributing least towards it as regards offspring, said Sir Arthur. Natural selection, which had tlmost quite gone, was nature's way of chiminating this leas fit and fostering the more fit.

Bad

must be no let or hindrance to the essence of the gold standard: there departure and export of the gold.

Gold movements on such a yenle as we have recently seen are sym

who has never appeared in tho comptom of grave financial distress' in the world at large. France-sppears to have mitinted the rush of gold to Paris es a matter of polioy, but she herself has grown alarmed at tha demon she has unicashed. Her own people are now showing a kind of low fever of panic and are even nelling French securities in order to get notes of the Bank of France. The politicians of France, however much some of them would like to incommode us finnnetully, need tako. grave nutice of the hoarding which

e visible in France.

The Turning Point:~~- For the first for ends, while Duggan had command of the jack and could keep the ends long the game proved fairly eren, but the turning point came at the 13th end. Duggan, lying two, had the morti fention of seeing. Topp with his last wood, beautifully judged, take out his woods to secure the shot and a lead of four.

I have written for the past two years that our short-term debt to

There is no prophetic virtue in this France is a menses to this country.

-view. Ever since France was al

From this point: Topp, playing, lowed to accumulate heavy ballaričės. of liquid funds in London, it has a three-quarter length with wonderbeen appareat that they would be ful judgment, took command. Af | drawn away fŋjust when their, de- thres successive ende, he increased parture would cause the maximum his lead with three shots and of inconvenienge to London. to game without: allowing Duggan beg

In saying this. I am not attribut to score another point. Dugganing all the movement for French tried hard, but his efforts were un availing.

Wild Nature's Way. The way in wild nature has rewarded for its superiority and been that every creature should be.

taxed for its inferiority, but in human noticly we shield the in- feriar from the penalties of in feriority and often take precious little care that the superior are leigh) by a margin of 11 points rewarded for their superiority auf Wright bowled quite well, only to ficiently.

tion.

....

In, the semi-finals, Topp had shown his merits by defeating the favourite, G. W. Wright (East

A heat Anchor:

policy. The trouble lies deeper "than that." It lies in the differenco between the French bankingor- ganisation and the Frenchman' sus- coptibility to money, panic and our banking system, our calmer outlook and our readiness to carry on busi- ness transactions by means of che ques and documenta."

The gold that has gone to Franco. "That is the dilemma of civilisest an opponent who never sent

up a bad wood. Duggan and thend that now getur is of no great uso to her. To that fact must we "Obviously birth control is one international D. Campbell (Kears- attribute the great eagerness of the ney) had u closer struggle, in which | Bank of Francs to gute with the Kent man' failed to find his Amorien in placing a credit oỀ length as be had done in the pres£60,000,000 at the disposal of the vious games.

Bank of England for the support of sterling and the consequent arrest of the gold exodus" from London,

of the ways in which we shall ecuso [to add in such prodigious way to the total population of the ..ways in which wars come.

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Historically, wars have been just the result of over-pressure of population, and there will be a other war uniese we check popula tion-we and others like us."

ANGLICAN CHURCH AND

EUCHARIST.

A Needle Encounter.".

our

Campbell had taken part in that is not ungracious to say this: third round in a needle encounter for we can readily acknowledge with J. H. Morris (Ashcombe), that, if the credit serves the self- which was generally voted to be the interest of France, it is a fine sheet best match of the series. The lead anchor for the -Bunk of England if alternated between the players, and and when the worst comes to the only towards the end did Campbell Worst, and therefors servos scenre the advantage. Much of the self-interest also,pepe

But the credit has not yet been play was brilliant in the extremic.

Fortunately for all concerned, the used, and I hope events may so fur lerk of the weather proved kind, favour this country that it will never in striking contrast to the day be need to be used. fore. As a result, a good gathering followed the proceedings with great Gloucester. The Bishop of Glou-interest, and all agreed that the center (Dr. A. C.. Headlam) pub-standard of play greatly excreded lishes, in his Diocesan magazine for that displayed in previous years, August, the following criticism of Topp's victory received general ne No, 1718 Gur. A. H: Duncan, the Bishop of Birmingham's state- clamation Jardine, Matheson & Co., Batteryment on Eucharistic doctrine, as from September 3, 1931

No. 1710 Pte. E M. R. Fleming, 8. Devon Road, Kawloon Tong, No. 3 Platoon, us from September 1,

1931.

No. 1717 Pte. F. G. Maunder, Thomson & Co., No. 3 Platoon, as from September 1, 1031.

Capt. W. G. Goater, M.C, D.5.0., Corps Headquarters, grant ed nine days leave, from September 4 to 12, 1831

No. 1411 Pie, A. D. Coppin, No, 1 Platoon, granted 12 months' leave, from August 28, 1931, to August 27,

1932,

THE BISHOP OF GLOUCESTER CRITICISES DR. BARNES,

It is with great reluctance that I write anything on this subject," says Dr. Headlam," but I and that and perplexity caused by the Bishop there is so much distress, irritation, of Birmingham'e statement that, I feel it my duty to the diocese to say something. It seems to me that both on-theological and philoso phical grounds it is open to criticism.

"The Bishop of Birmingham de No 1368 Pia BVA GELüs, No. finitely denies any doctrine of the Platoon, granted three weeks' presence, of Christ in the Sacra- leave from September stitious. He states that the true 1 to 21, ment," and declares that it is super-1 1931.

No. 1423 L/Cpl. L. Hoza Pereira, No. 10 Platoon, granted 16 days leage, from September: 620-21, No. 1924 Pte. H. M. Remedios,

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M.C.L. FUNCTIONS.

LIST OF FORTHCOMING

EVENTS.

Third Round.-G. W. Wright. (S.R., Eastleigh) beat W. P. Ball (Croydon), 21-11 E. P. (Topp

The following events in comme (Ryde, LOW.) beat W. E. Hitch tion with the Hong Kong Women's (Kersney, Kent) beat. J. H. Morris Longue have been fixed

East Oxford), 21-5; D. Campbell Guild and Ministering Children's... (Ashcombe), 21-10 H. (Gloucester) beat W. H. Margrie

Duggan September 8-Children's Swimming-

Gala, Repulse Bay, 'p.m. (Bridgeport), greqi Mamak, September 124-Lady Feel "At Home Government House to members and helpers of the AM.C.LAR

Semi-final-Topp beat Wright, 21-10; Duggan beat Campbell, 21-

13.

BELGIUM'S BIG COAL SURPLUS.

Anglican doctrine of Holy Com munion is, surely, that bread and IMPORTS TO BE RESTRICTED wine are, to speak metaphorically. vehicles or channels of spiritual: 22). grace.

Brussels, July, pl, The Cabinet

No. 10 Platoon granted 16 days It is demonstrable that he met to-day to consider the coal

crisis, and announced that the stock. of coal now amounts to 2,200,000, tons Drastic steps were deaded on to reduce this figure,

October 3-8nle of Work at Bt. Paul's Girls' College, to be opened by Lady Feel at 2.30 p.m.

Petober 7: Whist Drive Lo be held.

at the Helena Any Institute by the Police branch. Lady Peel bas kindly consented to present the prizes,

October 22:-Golf and Bridge Tournament at Shck O Club, to be held by the May Road branch.j October 31 Children's Fête and

Sale of Work; to ho hold St. the Volunteer Headquarters, by l kind permission of Liant-Col Bird and Officers, H.K.V.D.C November 4 Bridge and along to be held at the Helena May-Institute by the Military

leave, from September 6 to 0, 1931 wrong in thus limiting Anglican No. 1408 Pte, W. Lawrance, No. doctrine. How is it possible that Platoon, granted 16 days leave, Bread and wine can be in any way from September 6 to 21,1831 vehicle or channel of graes unless

No. 1870 Pte. O A. Figueiredo, in some pense that which is convoy A maximum is to be fixed for the No. 9. Platoon granted 19: deverd is present?. He goes on to say lamount of foreign coal that may he leave, from September 0 to 21, 1931, that this cannot be true because imported. All foreign cool above. No. 1 Pto. E de Rom, No. 120 it cannot be proved by experience that maximum will be subjected to Platoon, granted 18 days' lepte 17. The fact is that the Bishop "increased dutiespelse Ba from September 8 to 31. 1931. MAS flirmingham is confusing materials. Delegates of the Garman Coal

(Sgd.) W. H. G. GOATER, and uphdtual experience - He do Syndicate have accepted an invitame branch.

încalculable injury to the Christian:: tion to come to Brussels on Monday | November 31 :—Dinner Dance to be Captain,

Church by his crude secusations of to discuss the situation with the istant HKTDC. rtagie-and-superstition Miramon

Government

held at the new grill room of the more Hong Kong Hotel