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I was an Mortboe, orth Davons at the time. The Nonconformist minider was thor about 70 Ind very feeble, so I doubt whether he tis alive now. It was a pity I re-
fusod' him."
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, MARCH
DECK SUNBATHING.
COMPANIES REFUSE TO VETO BEACH PYJAMAS.
Do women dress the waqtily on with free and easy attiress King ng it does not border on the in board ship in warm climates?
This question was raised by A decent.
The White Stur Line.-The
Points from many speeches on the subject" werg When the Lower House of Con, Dean of Norwich: If the House vocation resumed its session at mgroes to the Bishop's resolution, some people will say: "I am not Church House, Westminster and going to obey the Bishops at all discussed the Bishops' proposal to because they are going against the
Nonconformists to Holy law as expressed in the Prayer passenger who, writing from the
Book." This would create great Communion in the Church of Eng confusion in the Church. The mat and O. liner Rawalpindi in Laurentic ja off on Saturday for a land, the Rev. Robert J. E. Bogter should be considered by a joint the Red Sea, reonlle the days whoniadnys cruise in the Mediterraneang women worn starched muslin blouses and there is no doubt that her pas- gis, of St. John's, Torquay, os comunities of both Houses. this confession:
The Rev. E. D. Mogritt: Thank priest, very jealous for the rubrics, we had some years ago. Why air at son. There came to my parish ar od op strife and disunion all over the retired Congregational minister. He country merely in order to deal told me that the following day was, with rare and unusual cases which his birthday and he had sat his are satisfactorily dealt with at the hearts on celebrating the occasion by present time. attending Holy Communion. There Dean of Lincoln I have always was no Non-conformist church. W felt that in our approaches to other in several miles, and he asked me bodies of Christian people we have if I would administer Communion been inclined to begin at the wrong to him, because he though he was, not long for this world.
I was a young and zoalous God we have got greater unity than with high necks and long sleeves sengers are looking forward to dis
I was jealous for the rubrics, and. I told him that it was not permissible. I refused his request, Looking back, I recognise that my dotion was unkind, ancharitable "and cruel."
Thirty Years Ago, wa
Mr. Boggis told reporter after; wards The incident happened ulone of 30. yopro ugo, and I have folt very sorry about it ever since.
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earding wine alothing and loung Re contrasts this with The ing about in diaphanous clothing." Piamas and diaphanous clothing
And why not? People go on these
of to-day, and suggests that the cruises for their health and to And directors of the P. and O. should the sun, and we sncourage them to design a standard dress on more? get as much of the sun as they can.
Deck Swimming Bath. The Blue Star Line-A woman,
Victorian lines.
But neither the P. and O, nor
M:
ond. It seems to me that the first any other shipping company direc-in pyjamas might look strange in step should always be inter-com-tors intend to act as fashion dictd- munion, and possibly the last stetors, according to the following the exchange of pulpits.
Archdeacon of Coventry: If we views given by officials of leading are to forward the cause of Chris
lines." tian Unity. by far the best plan will be to pass a motion of general agreement with the Bishops' pro- posals... Nonconformists have
Captains ca Censors.
The P. and O. Company.There
cruising linors one expects to ses a mail steamer, but in pleasure-
women in the lightest of clothing, In the Arandora Star we have, an open-air swimming, bath and & Lido for the woman to sun-bathe in. ! next deliberately rejected the is nothing objectionable in a wo The Royal Mail Stensa Packet
Episcopacy, (Laughter and urica of man wearing bench pyjamas on Co-We encourage light clathing in.
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deck. They are no more scanty warm climates and place divans on there than on the beach at Bogno deck for women to sun-bathe.
A captain would always approach. The Canadian Pacific Co. also woman whom he thought to bo, spoke of facilities for open-air improperly dressed, but such an swimming and aun-bathing in the occasion rarely arises.
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Canon Briggs, of Loughborough: think that one of the holiest re- edilections I have (ds Naval Chap. lain) was in the Communion ser. vice at sight o'clock," when we had Churchmen, Congregationalists, Wesleyans, and Baptists at the Lord's Table together. They had no other place to Communicate, and surely was not wrong in Our Lord's sight in admitting them to the Lord's Table!
A Double Tle.
The Cunard Company-Wodn who use the open-air swimming baths in the liners are allowed to ait on the edge and sun-baths, but they are not expected to parade the decks in bathing costumes.
да session
A motion to adjourn in order to ask the Archbishop whether they might put off the answer to his questions until next twice voted upon and resulted in tie, the voting being 72 on each side. The Prolocutor then gave his oasting vote in favour of the mo tion in order that he might have the privilege of asking his Grace what we are to do next. (Laugh
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But pyjamas are recognised as perfectly proper. People go for cruises to enjoy themselves, and we have no intention of interfering
SCIENCE: ITS GIFT TO RELIGION.
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DR. BARNES ON THE DARWIN THEORY.
REVISED DOCTRINE
DEMAND.
"The uniformity of nature, man's animal origin, and a past history of the earth measured by thousands of millions of years must all be ac cepted from henceforth,
"Inevitably, there must be re- formulation of doctrino such as was made at the Reformation after that outburst of new knowledge which we call the Renaissance."
A woman traveller said:
This is an age of freedom for women, and they like to be free on board ship as well as anywhere else. Beach pyjamas are far more effec tive covering than the short skirts which we wage a year or two ugo, A woman can play deck tennis in pyjamas with, much more freedom and comfort than in a dress,”.
truth. They have helped some of on to gain a richer certainty of God's existence and glory.".
Dr. Barnes spoke of natural selec- tion and the scandalous, impiety,! as it was then demed, of Darwin's "Origin of Species," which includ ed man himself in its theory,
"Grandmother & Monkey." "Memories," he said of the meeting at Oxford of the British. Association in 1860 still remain, when Samuel Wilberforce, then Bishop of Oxford, made his 'grand- mather a monkey' speech, and in curred Huxley's grave and digni- ¡fied rebuke.
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"Darwin went quietly on with,his work. His 'Descent of Man' ap- peared in the year 1871. It remains a convincing argument for man's anthropoid origin; and; if God These declarations were made, by chose in such a way to create man, the Bishop of Birmingham" (Dr... why should: we be annoyed f."Now- | Barnes) in a striking sermon in adays we think of Wilberforce an Liverpool Cathedral.
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MR. PEARCE AND, LÖRD GREENWOOD.
Agreed, deannges, of £15,000 e to be paid to Mr. A. C. Pearce,
Booking Now On
Enormous Oosts Saved. "I share Mr. Birkett's opinion that in arriving at this settlement: Mr. Justice Avery, who consent- the directors of the company havo ed to the terms of the settlement, acted in good faith. reasonably and
properly in the interests of their said: I foresaw that unless some shareholders. I only wish to add agreement could be arrived at this on behalf of Mr. Pearce that he piso might probably have lasted for withdraws unreservedly any sugges another two weeks. The result of tion that Lord Greenwood was ac tunted by personal malice towards * him."
A hundred years ago, he said, the whose taste was not impeccable. foundations of the science of geo-Darwin sits among the immortals.” logy had been well and truly laid, Four centuries ago men believed largely by our own countrymen. the earth was the Axed centre of the The conclusions then reached were Universs. To-day, amid millions of obviously not easy to reconcile with universes and thousands of millions know our
1Mr. Birkett: The directors are the Biblical account of creation, of millions of suns, we and Oxford divinos, were uneasy globe to be, apart from living formerly managing director of glad to have the nasurance that the and displeased.
things upon it, of a little account the Aerated Bread Company, for view is accepted that they acted in
grain of sand on the sea shore.wrongful dismissal.
He is also to have an amount "Obviously," said Dr. Barnes, religious belief roust be set against which has been agreed upon as to the new background. The task of costs.
Two years later fear of the libera lism born of science led to the Ox- ford Movement. That movement set up within the National Church an opposition to scientific method and its results which unfortunately
continued.
modernism or of advanced Protest His action in the King's Bench antism-take which nams you please Division was eitled on the above -is clear. We have to make a sat-torms, - isfactory synthesis of man's reli- A Dangerous Rift.
gious aspirations and the conclu- Between scientific culture and ec- sions of modern science. clesiastical dogma the rift of a con
tury ago had widened dangerously, The Most Binishing
Within the Church there had al-As we reflect upon. the task ways been firm, friends, of science would insist that the most astonish and religious teachers who had ning fact in the whole picture of the mired the loyalty to truth of scien
scientific progress which we com tific men. But at times they had
memorate to-day is man himself. been well-high silenced by clamor ous predudioe, "
Mr. Pearce was appointed in January, 1997, at a salary of £2,000 a year and 1 per cent, of the net pronta....
Later bis sadary was increased to £3,000 and per cent of the profits, and the terms of his em ployment was extended to years from October, 1928,
The modern astronomer thinks in He complained that he was sum- terms of thousands of millions of marily dismissed on December 8
1999 " "Why," he asked, "should many years, and lives, perchance, for religious people think that a fuller three-scorn years and ten. His and truer knowledge of Nature will mind embraces the whole of space; dishonour God? Why should they in thought he travels distances men passionately cling to, or still worst, sured by many thousands of mil, revive some old superstition which lions, of miles and seven feet suffice the race, ought to bare qutgrown 1 for his resting, place... The questions are unanswerable,
unsaswerHevurely, are strange com Let us today, however, give trasts wority of investigation. thanks to God that the groas leaders, it surprising that the typical mun of science, even when derided or of science is reverent in mind and abused, continued their pursuit of patient in spirit?
that
would have been an enormous:
expenso possibly to both partien,
certainly to one
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I think that the directors bare
acted with prudence and in the best interests of the shareholders in arriving at this settlement.
"good faith and with a sense of duty at all times to their shareholders.
It was found possible to arrive
I am glad that the charge of at a settlement (added Mr. Birkett) after certain matters had been ex-personal malice on the part of Lord amined in the course of the ovi Grconwood, which struck me at the denes, and the directors had agreed time was quite unnecesarily made. to pay Mr. Pearce the sum which by Mr. Pearce, has been with- find been announced in considera. drawn. tion of the extent of the agreement One can only hope (added the and of Mr. Pearce's difficulty of judge) that Mr. Pearse and the obtaining employment.
shareholders of this company will
malice, Lord Greenwood felt that which has been taken.
As to the suggestion of personal ultimately bencft" by the course eply and resented in. If Lord) Greenwood had gone into the with my gr ness-box (continued. Mr. Birkett) be 2QUADRONS RE-EQUIPPED.
would have tried to make it clear
Three more BAE. squadrons are- to be equipped during this month hnd net with the feat Hawkez single-seater fighters with Rolls
that his main and primary interests, baq, been those of the shareholders With regard to the charge that had boon, made against Mr. Pearce, the directors, desired to say that, gi after full investigation of all matter they withdy unreserved
y What the day, on from the beginning their interests a been the TEA ERIK "BERT holders; Lady Mriards Me, Feur38/
Mr. Pearce was cross-examined by Mr. Birkett on his efforts to obtain employment since he was dismissed, and he replied that he had tried his hardest to get a job. An offer by hju to manage an hotel at 2500 yeur had body refused.
Suggestion Withdrawn. After the settlement had been nounced Mr. Prits (for Pearce) said
These squadrons are Ng, A. and the Base Training Aquadrons at Gosport und Leuchars Other squadrol fo
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