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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, | TUESDAY, AUGUST 6,

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL,

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There is one little volume local interest that remains to be wrllten by someone who has the time, ability and Inclination to do so, namely "The 11istory of St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong."

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called upon to put their house-la- order.. Then theygeriquiro into it and are quite sure they are ponsible for the compound through * which there is a right of way. There is a series of letters trying to induce the government to part with a sum nearer to that which was apparently promised namely 20.000, instead of the $4,600, with which they claim to have charged their obligations.

Gilbertlan Touch.

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In this correspondence there is are net by any means just formal the truly Gilbertian situation of...... official-accounts-of-business done.

the Treasurer and Becretary to There is a good deal of that, but the trustees having to write it is frequently relieved by

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maner matters wherein oven pas- The real trouble however, begins sion and romanse often display themselves, showing that on the with the idea of an organ, in 1863. whole man does not differ much As a subject of discussion.it easily

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ago friction was as freqent as it precedence over white aute in the 1858, the is now, because then would assert root. On May 10th, their rights, claim their privilege Trustees passed the following res and then compete with each other solution-"That the Bishop be re- quested to communicate with Sir in being generous,

of

or-

With regard to the records Frederick G. Ouseley: Dart., Mue. themselves of the papers on which Doc. Professor of Music Oxon for they are written, those which have the purpose of securing a com-

#salary most successfully resisted the on-petent organist at slaught of the insects are the blue £200 a year to commnetice on hils foolscap-shente, then the parch entrance upon his duties as ment kind with oil in it, while lenat Ranist und instructor-of-the-choir resistant of all are the white thin and £100 further be advanced to- Possibly the creatures Wards his passage in a sailing were deterred by the official ap vessel in the Cape to Hongkong pearance of the forruer, or belleved with the organ! In parenthesis t that there was nothing exciting might be stated that the rate of in them, and nothing worth attack-payment was ds. 2d, to the dollar ing. Their wrath seems to have and that the Suez Canal was Bot been concentrated on the paste opened till 1869. which gives instructions for the preservation of the records, for

A Rift.

Win The resolution

perfectly it is fairly well riddled with boles.

does The idea of building & Church straightforward yet there seems to have occurred very early not seem to have been that hur in the history of the colony as the mony which should exist among following circular of 1812 shows: trustees when appointing an or ganist. There was in fact a rift) In the late, for in August, 1858;] we read the following:

Moved by Mr. Forth and second-

by Mr. Walker.

Its Origin.

There being a very prevalent wish amongst many residing at and being acquainted with Hony-ed kong, that a church or place of worship should be erected on the Island in the event of it becoming?

which a British Settlement in Divine Service may be performed] according to the Nites, Ceremonics and Doctrines of the Church of England we

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We pleture Mr. Kingsmill who was present at the meeting feeling like a naughty school-boy utterly rushed. Our first impulse is fo Lelassify him with those thought- less people who will write letters the spur of the moment in a of malice and

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an allicial circular of July 10than 1844, as the Committer formed in the spring of 1812. Sir Henry Pottinger promised Government gust at the confusion they have assistance to the extent of £6,060 Wrought.

Why did he do it? There is no in return for which two hundred int af defence. We are left t and fifty places had be to reserveleeulate on the rauses of the fu-1

for the milltary and a certain nun-

her for the members of the Gividiscretion. Did he feel that the Service. At the same time a mi organist should not come out in jority of the trustees was nomin-the same bout as the four hundred ated by the Government so it was both were lost. Was his ubject}

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History does not inform us of. at being Mr. Kingsmill's motiver but as the discussed. When the fabric was previous organ was going to cast Tel. C.32. Anally completed in 1849 and the 100 for insurance and freight be Trustees duly entrusted with the supervision of the structure, and possibly fell that a little more than IF

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kaleidoscope voted for the passage of the or.the appointment, he want out an}and rejected as the window in that West door. The East end boing 'ganist to enable him to come over-organist with the highly appro-quarter was always open, while forbidden, this evidently exhaust- The North transept was unsuitable beed the possible sites; fortunately changes as this, clearly defined on parchment paper. A soldier, for land--presumably by camel from priate name of Sangster.

meetings which typhoons came. A com- not octagonal. It is pleasing to example, falls over the brick watt Alexandria to Pt. Suez, so that he situation of the organ seсms to cause that was the direction from for the trustees the Church was might arrive about the same time, and much drawing up of plans. promise was effected by placing it record that Mr. Sangster provei

(Continued on Page 9) as the organ. When Sir F. The South transept was proposed in a special gallory above killed whereupon the trustees are useley was reassured regarding |

of the compound and is

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