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CHRISTIAN STUMBLING

BLOCKS.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1916.

one another an I help one another LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. and be willing to lay suide ourown personal predilections, eccentrici- ties and traditions for the wake of

Plain Words by Bishop Lander. Church. And I go further and

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THE "SHIPPING PROBLEM.ouragement to work at what was his civilian cocupation-in the collieries, the shipyards, the ..... railways and the dooka,

Sir Norman Hill's Proposal.

1918.

ANOTHER LOCAL PUBLICATION,

"In applying, this scheme to "The Polise Reserve Gazette,” the ports it will be found that

It has sometimes been urged. there are a very considerable

MURDER CHARGE.

Sequal to Lighter Coolies® Quarrel,

A charge of murder against a

the effectiveness of the whole A Small Agenda for Thursday,

say that the Anglican Communion does not contain all the people of The Legislative Council meete

The most recent #gares publish- number of skilled transport work that there is ample room for a God. The members of the great on Thursday. The agenda in

• The Bishop of Victoria (Dr. Eastern and Roman Churches are brist, co-taining only the followed by the Board of Trade with ers in the Army who, by reason monthly magazine for Hongkong, Chinees was heard at the foline reference to British shipping show of age or possibly some physical and that such periodical, ran Court this afternoon by Mr. 0. 0. Lander) preached at 8. Joba's our brethren in Obrist, Being item:—

that during the past month of weakness, will never be sent out on sensible lines, would be what Melbourne. Defendens pleaded Cathedral on Sunday from the also the numerous seats, who Financial Minates,

October there entered oor ports of this country. They are good the Americans term "a paying not guilty.

The experiment text:-"Prepare ye the way of split cf for one Cause or Report of the Finance Com-

1,690,858 tone (British) and effoient soldiers for home proposition."

Inspector Gordon, in outlining the people, oast up, cast up the another from ourselves. Difer as mittee.

778,779 tons (Foreign) defence, and they are trained has been tried, bat bitherio has the case, asid defendant and highway, gather out the slopen, we may on not unimportant

med. Many of them are old proved a failure. The Hongkong deceased were both employed Resolution:-"That it is deviz lift up a standard for the people," points, it is the aggregate witness able that the sums of $2,000 A total of 2,489,435.tops for Oct., soldiers who have served full time Folice Reserve, gadaunted by a ocolies on lighter No. -Isaiah 62-10.

of all the churches which must inserted in the Estimates for the

with the Colours long before this this fact, has determined to carry 66, belonging to the Hong- tie present Christianity to the world. years 1916 and 1917, under the In the same month three years war. If you group these men in on a magazine of its own, to kong and Kowloon Wharf Joha #aid :—A Baptist chose the motto of his And anything we can conscien-headings Miscellaneous Services ago, sooording also to the Board special battalions--special home be published in the middle of and Godown Company. Prior ision from the writings of tiously do to remove sectarian Grants in aid of other Institutions, of Trade figures, there entered defence battalions-you can al- each month, sad the first number to November 27, shere had

Chinese Plages our ports

ways, subject to the requirements is now going the rounds of the pparently been soms difference Isaiah, so our messenger of the prejudice will help to prepare the $2,000 for

*2,957,637 tone (British) of home defence, give a Ive and twenty pages, which in that day, as deceased was coming Colady. This number contains of opinion between them, but on Nationer Mission selected his way of the peoples. I think we Hospitals, be applied for the from the prophets of Israel and recently had an illustration of this general purposes of the Chinese

1529,678 tons (Foreign) considerable proportion the op

olade zome pointed editorial out of the fore hatok, and was in Judah. And I can think of no the united meeting in the Public Dispensaries, at the dia

A total of... 4,487,313 tons for portunity to follow their pen-

noter, "Some Advice to Police position in which he was unable message more appropriate for the Theatre. If we cannot et soeoretion of the Secretary for Oct., 1913. By a simple process of pation as dook workers.

They will hare, of course, to Reservists" by B. E. the Grover present stage of the National Christendom reunited, let us at Chinese Affairs."

arithmetic, if you take the return for October, 1913, a represent remain under discipline, because or The Police and the Law" Mission than these stirring wordelesst remove all party strife and

ing 100, you and that 68 ships they may be osiled back to the by Bis Honour the Chief Justice, head and once on the back, with were British and 34 were foreign. Colours at twelve hours notice.The Tale of John O'Donnell. a capstan spar. The deceased by Captain fell to the deck and was removed Taking the figures for October, They are soldiers all the time, and Privateersman", 1918, and applying the same when they are not sotually work-Champkin of the Volunteers, to the Government Civil Hospital "Chinese Marriage" by Mr. before being seen by the Police. He proceer, you find that 38 were ing as transport workers they

will be training and doing camp Wong Kwong-tin, some bright British and 17 were foreign.

The whole problem, therefore, of duties just like any other soldiers, and anonymous skits on police shipping at the present time ie to When, on the other hand, they matters, and a lengthy supple mike 55 ships do the work of are working they will be earning tent devoted exclusively to the every hundred, the remaining for themselves the civilian rate of doings of the Corps.

For a first number, the Police. 45 being used for transporte, pay, and when they are beck in hospital abips, store skips and camp they will be having soldiers' other war purposes, to say noth-pay. ing of the fact that wa are car- rying to a far greater exient than under normal conditions for our

from the same source.

We have every reason to thank God and take courage for the way our National Mission has com menoed. Our messenger came to us full of courage and strength, and the crowds that flocked to bear, the questions they aeked, and the interest they evinced prove the desire that Englishmen

The

ecctarien bitterness.

3 Another stumbling block which we must remove is our tendency to shirk gar personal, responsibility for the efficiency of our church. Bome very wide statements have been issued of the Central Council of the

M. C. L. BAZAAR.

Disposal of Unsold Artides.

National Mission in England.

With the kind permission of They say failures in the Church Lady May, the ansold articles which hamper its efective have to learn God'e will, and offərd

from the toy stall at the Minister witness should be felt as a

ing Children's League bazaar en immense encouragement sad

burden on the conscience of every have been distributed by Mrs. unparalleled opportunity to ali

Churchman, and the duty of people. earnest-minded special services are ever, the ieting in their remedy realised: Bowlsy sau follows

Now the English Church has special preacher's visit is ended, but the National Mission in this plenty of failures which hamper place is only just beginsing. "Is it effective witness. Some point the sermon done?" seked a guild our pow-renting system, some at the close of service. "No, it to the way over Bishope and in cumbents are appointed, and some is only preached, but it has now to

to the way our services are con-

Allies.

*

Soldiers to Supplement Civilian

Labour.

to defsud himself, defendent struck him twios, once on the

remained there in a semi-con- scious condition for about ten days, when he died. The occurrence on the lighter was seen by ad

Indian watchman, who arrested defendect.

De Moore, Assistant Super. achievement, and there is that intendent at the Government Reserve Gaschis is something of an about it which makes ons think Civil Hospital, spoke to the that it will grow rapidly, both in injuries sustained by deceased, It is easential that we should quantity and in quality. In most and said death war dan to the cases where previous magazine rapture of a blood-reseel in the have the maximum amount of attempts have failed, the failure brain. The injuries could hars It is only to a comparatively help from the civilian dook

has been largely due to the fact been caused by a blow of the We cannot that the enterprise been destroyed by the enemy and

Was it capatan spar, produced. small extent that our ships have workers still loft.

spare soldiers to replace civilian

bands. amateur

In this in- not replaced. This destraction is dockers. But we can tee soldiers stance, however, the magazine Police Station stated that defend An interpreter at the Water be done," replied the wise parent.ducted. Whatever failures there and doll in cradle, have been not the big factor. The big factor to supplement, ie any port where is in the hands of the editor | ant, when charged with assault, Mission has been preached; it has are should be a burden on the cor-drawn by the Misses Iris and is, as stated, that 55 shipa have there are not enough civilian of the Hongkong Telegraph, { asid :- "He threw a bottle at

Toye and perfumes to the Nethereale Hospital, Italian Con- vent and Diocesan Girls School; cigarettes etc. to the Ssamen'e

soldier paresls, Institute; and soap to Mrs Ede for or the baby doll

The message of the National now to be dore by ue. The Record "cience of every Churchman. I am Dions May, the winning numbers newspaper quotes the Rev. F. E. potentisfied with our per-reating being 30 (Mies J. Lack) for the Morphy as follows:-The Nation-system, nor with the miserable an-former, and 17 (Mrs. Arthur) for

the latter. anal public meeting of church-

The proceeds of the raffles and al Mission is only the commence ment of a long campaign. Not people in this Colony which electa

of the sale of a screen embroider- and instructs the Church Body: I

the terminus ad quem bat the terminus a que. We are only be- gioning a great push and it must be relentlessly followed up with aet:ady pressure on the opposing ranks of the enemy. It may take years to change things, so must be prepared for

long campaign which will test spiritual staying power. How then shall we set to work and what shall be our sim ?"

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I reply:-You, who are within

the Church of God, be not content

Mr. A. Hicks, the business manager me firat and I strook him with a There is in existence & Transie a practical printer with wide to do the work of 100. It is per-dook workers.

pola." commercial knowledge-Mr. E.J. fectly marvellous how they are How can this help be given ? has worked with sucoses ic

A man employed as a watch- doing it; but they want help. port Workers' Battalion, which

Noronha; and these are backed man on the day in question said Lost Time at the Docks. twenty-three ports already. The

first by a euad committee, he saw defendant pick up the up. Replying to this question in ao men have been sent into no port an- which includes the editor of the capatas spar and strike deceased

secondly, by the entire corps of Reservists which numbers many trial. men who possess distinct literary (or artistic ability.

hope there will be such agitation/ed by Mra. Bowley, amounting to interview with a representative til the committee for that port has Daily Press and the assistant-twice sa he was coming up the on the part of church people that $98, will be sent Rome for of the Observer, Sir Norman Hill, certified that there is a deficiency editor of the Telegraph; and, batoh.

the regulations which govern as | will be altered, and that not only seat holders and subscribers of $10 be allowed a vote, bat all bona fide adult church mom- bere. As it is now, more than

inety per cent, of the church members who are qualified to vote rush cff to their various recrea-

tions, while half a dozen people elect the Church Bɔdy and then words of the 90 per cent, write to

Belgian children in England.

THE FORTHCOMING. RACES.

Further Draw for Griffins.

secretary of the Liverpool Steam- of civilian labour, and on that ship Owners Association and committee the labour union is manager of the War Risks As represented. Labour, indeed, has sociation, said

helped the scheme splendidly. Mr. Gosling, the President of the Transport Workers' Union, was one of its parents.

The Police Rosarve does not

"In ships, as ships, the nation is not interested. It is vary

believe in failures, if one is to proud of its mercantile marine,

jadge by the singular mucosas bat the ships are not what it is

"I attach the greatest import that has attended all its varied concerned with. It is concerned ance to using the skilled men in ventures; and the present writer with the cargoes they bring. the home defence troops only to fails to see how its latest effort Now, the amount that a ship supplement deficiencies. It would can do other than succeed, seeing catries in cargo over a period de-be perfect folly to dee them to that it starte with so assured

Defendant wai committed for

YACHTING.

Royal Hongkong_Yacht` Club. light on Saturday, the fourth of Owing to the wind falling the series of Clab Championship Race for the Handicap, One Design, Heyward Heys and

with your own esivation, but pre: the newspapers and criticise the which had arrived by the 8.8,pends on the length of the voyage, | supplant civilian labour. It is circulation, and that all work Gasi Olasses had be abandoned.

pare the way of the people around you to come to God-caet up highway for them, make it easier for them to come, let crooked things be made straight and the rough places smooth, gather out the stumbling stones out of their way, and lift up a standard of righteousness. Yes, it is for us

подвейне.

the

tions.

"We now

CRICKET.

University v. Navy.

HONGKONG TRAM WAY

COMPANY LIMITED.

The Second of the series of Club Championship Races for the Cruiser Class was sailed off on Sunday last.

Course :----Ademaster Book (8). Distance 20 miles.

Yacht

Chiness Rig.

B'orp on

Ocure.

Finishing

Time.

Corrected.

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Position.

Pi

for race, to date.

(1) Dorothy II (2) Venone (3) Scotengden Miranda

12

8

B

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Lady Godiva

English

Yacht.

H'oep on

Courne.

Finishing lluma

Time.

Corrected

Thirteen subscription griffics, few who have done their best. A Sinking, were drawn for at the the time taken in loading at the almost incomprehensible to me done for it is entirely grataitous, church which maddles slong Jockey Club eisbles last evening, port of embarkation and the time that the fallest use has not been-Contributed.

in discharging at the port of des- mads of this scheme from the like this is hardly likely to be the draw resulting se follows:

tination, You cannot shorten beginning. It is the only way I every effective or to lift up 34, grey, Mr O. E Anton; 35, standard for the people.

Aa far know of getting more work out I cheatant, Mr B. D. F. Beith; 36, the length of the voyaga.

It is only work out entirely agree with Bishop Norris skewbald, Messrs R. M. Dyer and as importe are concerned, we are of the ships. that the basis of the Church Body C. C. Bayd; 37, chestnut, Mr M. getting a good a dispatch in by getting more in this place needs to be broaden. T. Johnson; 36, brown, Mr Bleg: loading an in peace times, because of the ships that we can increase are our food supplies. It is only by the ports from which wo

The following will represent Dow to take up the stumblinged, and there abould be a fellow-139, black, Mr G. C. Mozon; 40; bringing the cargoes of food, raw (inoressing those supplies that we

ship of men and women com-skewbald, Mr A. M. Soares; 41, material and munitions have no can bring down prices.

the University in the above match blocks out of the way of the mitted to a life of open witness bay, Meaera Logan and Basto;

"Push on with the building cn Wednesday, the 20th inst., on peoples. Let me mention a few and aggressive work for Christ. 43, grey, Mesere di. Seth and E. War demande upon them; they

1. Our ungodliness, or, rather, 4. Further, there is the stumbl. Dos Var; 13, grey, Messre are working under peace condi- programme by all means. It is a the Craigengower ground at 1.30

M. 8. HMS. EMS. very important matter to look p.m. sharp:-A, B. Rumjahn our lack of godliness. We believe

oar Anglican Logan and Bueto; 44, dan, Mr

come to the last ahead for the next few years, (Cspt.), G. E. Marley, K. Bray-Miranda Sreatch DNA. — in God, bat many of us do not ing block of pat Him first. The people think coldness which needs to be re- Staves; 45, grey. Mr Beswick; point--the time occupied in dis But this other plan is here in your shay, F. Redmond, J. D. Wright, Jonons 8.40 5.35.38 5.28.58 us so half-hearted in our religion moved. Reserve and shyness 16, bay, Mr Nemzes.

charging the cargoes. This is bands, and is effective from the R. Ponsonby-Fane, A. de Sousa, Soctengden 6.40 6.07.38 6.00.58 that they stumble in their way to are national characteristics, but

all-important, and everything | very day yon begin to use it. D. P. Dixon, Chow Yet Cheong, Dorothy II 21.40 5.30.02 6.08.22

Gitting mast be done that can be done to

and W. Hall | Lady Godiva 46.40 D.N.S. ——————— God. If not for your own sake, fellowship and brotherly love

“Take a ship on the North / W..

Pa for the sake of others do not are Christian greoes that mast church I seldom experienced. shorten it. If you have only 55 Atlantic trade, Uader normal con- Scorer:-G. 8. K. Kwok, any longer try to serve two mastere. counteract them. There is danger The boys and giris are carefully ships to do the work of 100, it is ditions it is seven days loading All thie talk about not having lest we give the people who do prepared, but they are given the obrions that you must use labour cargo for this country, ten to time to pray, to attend church, not happen to be in our social set impression, at the outset, that very freely to get the cargoes out twelve days on the Forage here, and to sock Lord, is the impression that we do not the Cathedral congregation does and get them distributed. You and about another seven days die- We can make time for want them. To have knelt side by not care whether they became cannot increase the number of charging. If you are going to keep whatever we really want to do, side at the Lord's table ought to be full members or not. This mast ships, but by using labour freely that ship fourteen days discharg and the people around as know quite sufficient introduction for be changed. And, further, the you can save time, and saving ing, what is the loss of carrying it. So long as they see the fellow-Christians, and it is well Anglican commation is not oon time means more cargoes.

The following is the approxi- power? You have twenty-four mate statement of traffic receipts Our Army Fights on its Ships, days for loading for the voyage for the week ending Doosmber 18, baptised and confirmed Church worth the while of the older mem-fined to Beitish people; people

"Ships, it is important to re- and for discharging. To add an members ignoring God, they will bere of the congregation going out of many races are now coming

1916:- blaspheme His name and God will of their way to give the right hand into it, and they are just as member, are the bass on which additional seven days to the time hold us responsible. If the man of fellowship to strangers, who welcome to God as you and me. the armies are fighting. You may now taken for discharging means in charge of a lighthouse allows come to worship with as We Africans, Indians, Chinese sad build as many munition factories a loss of at least about 25 per cent, the lamp to go out, it is his faalt must abandon our coolness and Japanese will have an equal part as you like, but unless you can to its cargo carrying power over when ships are wrecked. Yes, manifest more fellowship when in her in days to come. At pre- got the iron ore cat of which to a period of time. that is the great stumbling block new members are received into sent they were asking their way make steel your factories are use-mous loss, in the way of the people, and the Church of Holy Baptism. to God and looking to us to pre-less; and, although you may

"If it in a voyage to the Farinaresse: though I do not dwell upon it The whole church should be pare their way. Is it nothing to make all the shells that are East the loss of efficiency, it is now, I believe it is of paramount interested, and such service, you that every month there are required, unless you can get them trae, is smaller, beosuse the time importance, and were it removed, whether for infants or adulte, more Chinese communicants than through the ports and out to the in port is relatively lees. Taken, five million tons. If, therefore, I-ene the others I am now about to may well be at the public evening English in this Colony, that to armies again your factories are however, all round it is not an I am right shoot the total mention would vanish.

service, so that the whole congre day three Chinese priests and one useless.

| exaggeration to say that the carry-tonnage, I could, if I had the **Tako another important ing power of ships over a period hundred, instead of only the 55, 2. Our party spirit is a stamgation can join their prayers with Chinees desoon will be ordained,

new diocese has been point: you must feed the nation of three months, six months or chips, carry the whole of the bling block. It is not surprising the parents. But parents shrink that a

Captain Palliot, LL, D., has that some stand aside and say to from asking for such publicity, formed to be manned entirely by if we are to carry on the fighting. twelve months could be increased whest imported into the United High Church and Evangelicale, to as they feel other members Chinese clergy? These things Four loaves out of every five come by at least 10 per cent. And if Kingdom in a year by the carrying kindly consented to deliver a

tho congregation Bomanists and Anglicane, Freeby. of

will suggest boundless possibilities from overseas. About half the you increase the weight of cargoes power I should save by the better lecture at 5.15 p.m. on Thursday terians and Congregationalists: not be interested. And when La setting our hone in order and most supplies also come from brought in by 10 per cent. it is discharge and despatch at the the Elst inst., on "Central Asia There you have the immsterisi whether you have ports. Even with the number of as the meeting place of Eastern "Gentlemen, I wish you would number of earnest-minded removing the stumbling blocks overans.

done it by increasing the number Available ships cut down to 55 and Western Civilization," stop dispating about what I con. young people or older people seek for our own people, we are pre-problem. sider the minor matters of your to be strengthened in their faith paring the way for millions of

"The soiation of it seems to me of ships by 10 per cent, or by in every 100, I could carry at under the auspices of the Volames Bociety," in religion and tell me about the by confrmation, surely the whole people of other race to enter to be this to use the nocemary increasing the efficacy of their least half the quantity of whens Odd essentials." This is no time to congregation will come to pray into fellowship with our Lord number of men from amongst voyage by 10 per cent.

imported by the carrying power the Ball Room at Government contend for minutse of ritasl or for them, to welcome the now and thas hastening the Kingdom those we are keeping in this "In times of pesos we import I should maya. Is it not worth House, kindly lost for the then country for home defence. In into this country about 50 million doing? Is not the scheme of purpose by the Governor. Hin sabile biblical ezegesia like. The Anglican Communion This has not been so in the way of the people, taks away the keeping at home for a doable Ten per cent of this tonnage is Home Defenos to work for who are interested in the subject, is very wide and has room for past; saything more chilling stumbling blocks, whatever they purpose, home defecos coming fire millions, and I suppose the double national advantage worth upon whicb Captain Pallion is a

the men, and lift up a standard for the Kini, and subjset, so that, giving total weight of our averags | pushing ahead with all the rigour recognia many schools of thought, and and disheartening shan

'to osch man the gruntnut pomibla 'import of whest is not more than which we oen comunsad ?” while we are in it, let us consider i recent confirmation in this people,

for

our Lord. Let ma

It is an enor

This Year: ... Last Year:...

M.S. HMS. HMS.

Receipts Aggregate for week. Receipts

for 50 wooks Feathers owes 140 5.02,385.04.17 $12,277 $710,939 Irene receives 6.40 5.34.07 5.27.27

10,797 549,913 Vesper 6.40 D.N.8.

* 1.480 181,028 QueenBee, 6,40D.N.8.

Points Poinla Position

for Raos to Dato,

10

(1) Feathers

3

Vesper

Queen Bee

Lecture,

of communicants, especially as the of differences he confirmation is only once a year. arouse ourselves to prepare the other words, was the men we are tons weight of cargoes a year. saking the men retained for Excellency cordially invites wil

satubrity,