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OBSERVING ARMISTICE DAY.

IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY AT HONGKONG CENOTAPH.

SUCCESSFUL

SALE OF POPPIES

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH,

life exactly as to individual life. So long as we refuse to do so, the horrors of war will continue, and | more men and women will be sacri- fleed on the altar of men's ein.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1928..

the hymn being taken up by the outlying districts but the full lists entire assembly. A

word not available yesterday.

Kowloon Helpers.

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Misses P. and M. George, W. and Relpons in Kowloon words

George, D. Booker. F. Everest. E. Blyth, J. Bryson, P. Mooney, V. Mackenzie, J. Fraser, I. Wooley, H. Wylie, J. Bates, F. Field, V. Levovich, J. Tobin, I. Butler, D. Tolian, E. Calvart.

OPENING CRUISE.

JARDINE'S CREW WINS HORNELL CUP,

JAPANESE SPORTS:

CORONATION CELEBRATION AT, SOOKUMPOO.

The opening cruise of the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club, hold at North of the coronation of the Emperor, of In connexion with the celebration Point on Saturday afternoon,

of the

His Excellency the: Officer Ad- ministering the Government then advanced to the Cenotaph and laid But, having at last, by the Grace a wreath, being followed by the of God, come to see clearly where General Officer Commanding and we have been wrong in the past, the Commodoro in charge of H.M. we have hoped that the future Naval, Establishments. The senior may hold wiser counsels and no representatives of the French and

marked by unfavourable weather for Japa, a sports meeting for Japanese bier Ideals for the world of to-American Navios on parado also

the yachts, but conditions for rowing nationals and boys of the Japanes day and for the generations which made this gesture of remembrance

woro excellant. A splendid after. Preliminary School: took place types will follow; us.

and then followed representa Missas N. Branch, L. Brace, Voon's sport was provided, one of the terday morning at the Sookurpes Therefore, with humility and tives of various Naval and Mill Owen, P. Huxford, W. Mitchell, whstand Hornell Car by ground. The meeting was organized with sorrow for the past, but with tary units and of local organisa-Miller, D. Hamblin, B. Hoyer, Jardino's crew, who, bo use Mr. A. Later the patronage of Mh Kings hope for the future, we will use❘tions and bodica, vwequen McCan, M. Gardiner, McAinsh, Shicki's words, "started only two shite, President of the Hongkong these wreaths, which have been The base of the Cenotaph was C. Noronha, B. Moss, G. Saunders, months ago, but by sticking to it Japanese Residents' Association. brought here as symbols of our soon entirely obscured by M. Remédios, C. Silva, K. Chester, have won other custo yesterday, and the two-minutes' silence was respected almost every thoughts and lay them at the many beautiful wreathelald, A. Ingram,,I. Kinola, E. Kinola, those being Talkoo and Showany long eno, bogen at 10 o'clock and The programme, which was a fair- In this Cenotaph with prayer that wa many being strikingly executed to J. White, Raymond.

crows.com? poted, may be given the will and the represent the badges or colours atrength to build a new and a bet of various serving unita. H. Hurley, Goldenberg,

Mesdames Wyatt, F. Goodwin, Tames. Owing to Dreyer being anfit, closed at firo in the afternoon, il Peres

Silkstone, owing

to illness, the last named crow tically, all present were Japanese the Governor left shortly after 11.16 Carnegie, Passmore and: A. R did not finish the course and the members of the commun-ly, including and after the last wreaths had Forbes. Wreaths Lald.

in the Scratch Senior Mr. Murakami, the Japanese pair been laid, the units on parado

including Paire, The remainder of the service marched off, the crowd drawing and Station Hotel as well as the on this account. The last rowing Nonomura, the Vice-Consul." There

B. Rasmusson, H. The Kowloon Hotel, Falace Hotel Dreyer, and I. Showar, was scratched Consul-General in Hongkong and Mr. consisted of the hymns "Tathe nearer to the Cenotaphy Into Boy Scouts also lent their assist-event, Scratch Feurs over a melle were over a thousand in attendance,

leaven who Loveat All" and tribute to the dead, bringing "These Things Shall Bal" "A Lof close a simple but impressive ser tier Race," and responses, service concluded with the Nation. al Anthem and the Blessing.

Hongkong observed Armistice Day in a very fitting manner

where, including the venues of sporting events.

There was the customary impressive ceremony at the Cenotaph, whlint at the Cathedral service the Dean gave a very appropriate address.

There was a atreet sale of pappies, and despite the fact of its being a Sunday the response was most encouraging.

ter world.

The

a

vice of remembrances on the part of the local community,

POPPY DAY.

ance.

AUCTIONS AT CLUBS.

Excellent Results at tho

Usual Sales.

third

distance, was hiko scratched,"

This left only two other rowing including a large number of children. Jovonts, besides the "Hornell" Cap. Theas word the Club Junior Pairs for

the "Denison" Challenge Cup and the (Wato' EL) Gust Rock Buoy (8), Beratch Senior Pairs, both of which finish at Club House (W. to B) woro won by teams composed of Distance 2 miles. German members, Mr. E. W. Schramm being the cox in both recos,

Time j!

Pisa Cortal-

Comastia (Mr. A. K

Jensen) Lady Tran (Mr. Pearce) 49.8

Queen Bee Imogen

4.06.08 4.03.

4.17.22

4.30.18

6.19.10 1.01.

A brief but impressive Armis- to the millions of men and women, tice Day Service was held at St. in all the nations engaged, who John's Cathedral yesterday when were broken and crushed in body. a powerful address was delivered mind and spirit, by the devilish by the Dean, the Very Rev. Alfred machinery of war, Swann to a large congregation. Our illusions about war have

At the conclusion of the norvico Those present included His Excel- almost vanished. No one will lency the Oflcer Aministering the deny, of course, that some glori the cholr left the stalls and re-

In accordance with custom a Government and Mrs. W. T, Sou- oua characteristics are evoked by turned down the central aisle, thorn, who arrived necompanied by it. A natural unity of aim and stopping outside the Cathedral by

Five Thousand Dollar Mark

popular auction was held in the Passed.

bar of the Hongkong Club yester-

The three teams who started for Captain A. J. L. Whyte, A.D.C., purpose, magnificent courage and the memorial. They were follow- and Major 1, B. L. Dowbiggin self-anerifice, stern self-discipline ed by His Excellency, the Officer

The street sale of the scarlet day morning, when a variety of the "Hornell" Cup ware reduced to A.D.C., His Excellency Major and persistent devotion to duty, Administering the Government,

passed, it being clear that Dreyer's General C. C. Luard, Mrs. Luard wonderful comradeship and trium together with wreath bearers. On emblems commemorating Kemom- articles were sold by Mr. W. A two after the half-way mark had been and Miss Luard, accompanied by phant cheerfulness in the midst of arriving at the Memorial His Ex-branco Day, both in Hongkong and Hannibal`and-luis clerk Mr. Windtaposition was crippling the crew. }

was $1,850, which will be devoted between Jardino's

Handicap Class. Lieut. Johnston, A.D.C.. Com- misery. These things are some of cellency placed a wreath on the Kowloon, received the heartiest gan. The total amount realized This race, conlted in alone are

and Taikoo, the Memorial, another being laid on response from the public, all sec-

to the Poppy Day Fund.

Course: Start Club House Line former coming in first by three tions of the community, contribu- behalf of the British Legion.

Among the articles put up for lengtha.

(W. to E.) Mark East of Kowloon The British Legion and Ex-ting gladly and generously to enla wore two sovereigns, which Two pairs entered for the Junior Däck Point. (F),' Chat Rock Buby

nyer were given by Mr. Atwell, of Can-Patra Active Servicemon's Association noble cause.

distance of three(), Mark-boat Club House Line (P). yesterday laid wreaths on the Many willing helpera lent their ton. These fotched the high figure quarters of a mile. These were G. Twice round. Distance 4K miles.

Hansen (bow), W. Sparleder (stroke), monument erected in the Botanic assistance and the Gardena in memory of the Chinese well patrolled. Few could registof $185. A charming poster denotand E. W. Schramin (cox), and H.

an Armistice Day, Diss Hassland) AC11. Apon autographed by Mr. J. E. Hancock, and F. fenfesty (cox). This race resist, the appeal of the charming was another lot which brought was fairly closely contested, the No. 1 sellers. The central district was popular bids. Two bottles of pair cressing the line with two lengths well covered, and every street "Haig" whisky were appropriate in hand, corner saw one or more ladies try gifta for anle by Mesars. Gande,

One Design and Guel Classes The Serntch Senior Pairs, over the ing their utmost to swell Hong- Price and Co., Ltd., while the Bri- same distance as the funior event, kong's contribution to Earl Haig's tish and American Tobacco Co., was won by ft. Schmidt (bow), EL (W. to E.) Mark East of Kowloon Course: Start Club House Line Deyhid (stroke) and E. W. Schramm Dock Point (P), Cant Rock Buoy The grand finalo was added at

the

Virtues for Peace.

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modore and Mrs. J. L. Pearson, the peaks of human attainment. and leading residents of Colony.

But, whereas we once praised There were also representatives present from the Consular Body war itself for producing those and detachments from the Navy glories, we now realise that. we and Army units, Royal Air Force, need such virtues desperately for Mercantile Marine, Hongkong

peace and not for war, and that Volunteer Defence Corps, R.M.O.ar, which certainly calls them C., St. Jolin Ambulance Brigade. out, yet calls out from human British Legion, ex-service women, nature far more that is evil than R.A.D.B., Ex-Active Service Men's that is good.

Association, and Boy Scouts.

War.

.

funds.

streets wero

A

2-Dlans (Mr. Mod)

In Linda Dorothas Falcon

Time

Flalah. Correch

jar.

4.00.35 4.00.12 4.07.00 -4.03.20 4.11.304.10.50 4.15.29 4,83,19

AT THE CENOTAPH.

Hongkong Pays Tribute to the Dead.

In Garden Road, and in the mid.contributed cigars and cigarettes. eor). The other bont was manned (P), Mark-boat Club House Ling (P), : Armistice Day was fittingly and the hymn "O.Valiant Hearts, Who suffering and death which war yesterday morning by the usual equally as thorough, and in the the cry went up that the auctioneeri (cox),' A fairly even race resulted,

reverently observed in Hongkong die and upper levels, the sale whethe conclusion of the auction, when by W. R. Andrews (bow), L. Torica round. Distance i milos

Nicholson (stroke) and F, Lontesty ceremony which took place at the outlying districts, many willing (Mr. Hannibal) must have a drink. SalesWhat about my clerk?" he smil Cenotaph before a large crowd helpers were forthcoming. assembled to do honour to those were carried out at Repulse Bay, Ingly replied.

Accordingly two who laid down their lives in the Talkoo and Happy Valley, the last drinks were purchased for which Great War. The ceremony was named districts being under the the sum of 860 was paid, very similar to that of former supervision of the committee of years, but by this it lost nothing the Civil Service Cricket Club, in sincerity or impressiveness. ·

Our Incrousing clarity of vision The service, in which the Dean, is showing us that the whole blame the Rev. H. V. Koop, the assistant for war cannot ever be laid at a Chaplain, and Major C. S. Little, single doorstep. All the world ls, S.C.F., took part, commenced with in some way, responsible for the to Your Glory Camo," during the brings in its train. ainging of which the choir entered

The human race is still refusing by the West door and walked down to organise its life according to the centre ainto. Behind came the fundamental principle of officers and men carrying the love-therefore it suffers as must wreaths for dedleation. These always be the case-and the in- were later laid on the Cenotaph nacent suffer with the guilty, be- on behalf of the Colony and is cause we are all one family. Majesty's Services.

The large crowd, which word the red emblem of the day, began And to gather round the Conotaph shortly after ton o'clock, the Naval, Military and other representatives being drawn up in position shortly before eleven o'clock.

I think that we have at last The order of Service was the reached the polat of fearless Responses, a prayer and the honesty in this matter. Patriot Psalm. The lesson, which therefore we must admit that those was taken from John IV 7-21 was who suffered, and are suffering read by Major Lille and after still, as the result of the war, were further prayers and the hymn "O sacrificed on a heathen altar-the Son of Man, Our Hero Strong and altar of man's lovelessness-in Tender," the Dean delivered his almost exactly the same way as address, taking the text from Jesus Christ, in His life and at Hebrews, 103, "In those sacris crucifixion, was serifeed on ficos there is a remembrance made the altar of man's refusal of God. of sins year by year."

The Dean's Address,

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The Sins of Men.

Vigorous Campaigns..

:

In Kowloon the campaign was equally, vigorous, and the rod poppy was everywhere to the fore, Kowloon Tong, Ho Mun Tia and Kowloon Docka, were among the outlying districts at which poppies were sold.

Kowloon.

of

A representative party of the military units in the Colony, con-

The Poppy Day sub-committee gisting of men from the Royal of the British Legion consisted of Artillory, Royal Engineers, Royal Messrs. W. B. Cornaby (Secretary).. Corps of Signals, lat. Battalion J. K.

Shaw (Treasurer), The Queen's Royal Regiment, 1st. Arthur Piercy, J. Hancock, W. Battalion the Bedfordshire and Brackenridge, G. W. Sewell and We thank God with all our Ilertfordshire Regimont, the 2nd. Mrs. Bend. Mrs. Robinson He suid-Ten years ago to-day hearts to-day for all that was Battalion King's Own Scottish Armend Building, Kowloon, was the great war ended. Those four magnificent in the men who faced Borderera, R.A.S.C R.A.M.C., in charge of the collections in mad, ghastly years had at last and gave themselves to this encri-R.A.0.C., H.K.S. Brigade R.A., the dragged themselves out to a con- fee, but we have need to be utterly 3/15th Punjab Regiment and the

The Committee wishes to extend clusion, and left the world reeling humble and penitent for the sins ongkong Mule Corps was drawn thanks to Mr. Reynolds and the and staggering like a drunken man. of men which cause war and pro-up in front and to the right of the City Hall authorities for the use We look back to-day over the duce such awful suffering. space reserved for II.E. the Officer of the City Hall, to Measts, Lane Intervening ten years and try to But some may say "What have Administering the Government, Crawford and Whiteaway Lajdlaw see straight about the almost in- I to do with it? I did not make being flanked on the other side and Co. for their window display, credible mixture which went to the war. No, but everyone of by the Senior Naval Officer and de-Mesara. A. S. Watson and Co., make up the war-the glory of us knows perfectly well, if ha la tachments of the Royal Navy and Powell's and Mesara. Mackintosh

honest with himself, that he has Royal Air Force, the United for advertising space in news within him, on the scale of a States and French Navies and the single individual, all the sects Royal Marine O.C.A. which, when they come to their full harvest in social and inter-

herolam, the blaze of self-sacri- fice, the sad welter of misery and the deep darkness of mass hatred, auspicion and deceit.

The Ceremony.

national life. produce envy, Buglers of the 1st Queen's Royal hatred, malice and uncharitableness Regiment were on the Hongkong

papers, Hongkong Tramwaya Limited and the Hongkong Hotel Company for handbills in their cars and buses and to the British American Tobacco Company for the use of street posters.

The amount collected yesterday, it is understood, has reached about $5,500 Shroffe,, (provided

Ten years ago to-day a great sob of relief burst from the hearts of milllons of men and women of many races. Agonised tears ex in the mags and so cause war. sido of the Cenotaph, with the pressed it for many, & deep When Jesus walked the earth, pipers of the King's Own Scottish """Thank God" for others, while for He came to men with hands stret Borderers on the other. The much too large a number it found ched out to bring them all that band of the lot. Battalion Beds by the Hongkong and Shanghat expression in a wild and thought Is good, all joy and truth, love and Herts. was in position be |Banking Corporation) were en- less yell of victory!..

and peace. And men anid to Himhind the Cenotaph on the Praya Ten years have helped us to see "We want neither you nor what side, on their left being Naval gaged throughout the afternoon the thing in proportion. On the you bring" and they thought that Officers, members of foreign counting the proceeds in the City first Armistice Day we were al by killing Him they would get Government Consular Services, re- Hall, while at Kowloon the work most entirely selfish. As we had their way.

presentatives of the R.A.0.B. and was carried on at the Y.M.C.A. been selfish and thoughtless of So they schomed and plotted and Mercantilo Marine Officers.

The Helpers.

Lance was not theirs.

the individuals of other races who led and nailed Him to a cross to On the other side was a ¡re»' The following sold poppies, in were our enemies in the war, so hang in ignomony and agony until presentative party of the Ex- we were largely thoughtless of He died. They cast him out of Active Service Men's Association, the streets on the Hongkong side: anyone's feelings except our own the vineyard that the inheritance the British Legion, the Guards Misses Lily and Alice Chus, when the massacre ended.

might be theirs. But the inheri- Association, the Giri Guides, Boy Violet Bradbury, Lily Ellas, Edna Children of One Family.

They had Scoute, St. John Ambulance Carroll, Edna Holland, Dora Eliís, refused the way of God and they Brigade, together with a number Alexis Cooper, Kathleen Glover. We had been drugged for four wore the losers. Christ was the of Army Officers Members of

Misses Grant Coppin, Cotton, Pagett, Thom. years and our heads were still victor and the world in its wiser the Executive and Legislative

Doreen fuddled. We had lost the power moments acclaims him as such. Councils and many prominent re-

Isses All to see straight and steadily. But By His aupreme sacrifice he has sidents were also at the ceremony Spencer, Yvonne Landley, Doris Hornsford, Elleen Hynes, Beryl now it is different. The effect provided men, for all time, with a His Excellency the Oficer Ad- of the drugs has worn off, our eyes! God's way results in and the con- at the Cenotaph at-10.65 a.m., beK. Blair, C. Crapnell, V. Crapnell, |

picture of what the refusal of ministering the Government arrived Brooks, C; Botelho, L. Silva-Netto, have cleared, so that, like the] blind man healed by Jesus, instead templation of that sacrifice is the ing escorted by members of the Crois, D. Hunt, F. Hunt. of seeing men as trees-mere units most powerful possible incentive Motor Cycle Section, HK.V.D.G. in a forest to be felled if they get to a change of mind and life.

Hope For the Future.

ed by the buglora of the Queen's Stubbings, I. Hazeland, M. Simp

son, J. Wellor, J. Mackie, Maclaren, Stuart, Cookesdgang There was silence for a few

Miases: Taserty, Taylor, I. Dun- moments after the last bugle notes until a gun boomed out from nett, Farrow, E. O'Hagan, A. Tol Murray Parade Ground, marking D. Hynes, Richards,

lang D: Smith, Ar Fowler, H. Brown, the beginning of the Two Minutes Mesdames May, D. M. Wright, Silence. The officers saluted while Cookes D. M. Richards.

J. Crapnell, Blair, Colesworthy, 8.

Mesdames Andrews, Sommerfelt, After he had taken up his position A Piercy, HHA, Day, P. Tod, In our way-we are beginning to

in front of the Cenotaph the pip Syme Thomson, Marcel, Bheldon, sco them now as invaluable chil-

era of the King's Own Scottish dren of one great Family, the The murder of Christ was utter Borderers played the lament Chubb, Harrison, Parker, Robert- Household of Humanity, the ly contrary to the will of God. It "Flowers of the Forest", after son, Warner, Cousing fir Family of God.

Misses P. Bird, de Biere, E. was caused by men's sin-but it which the "Last Post" was sound- All through the war on either elda draws us, like nothing else docs, of the trenches, self-satisfaction towards the goodness which is Royal Regiment. on the one hand and hatred and personified in him. Just no can contempt on the other, were fog-to sacrifice of the victims of war tered and turned out as by mass shame us to a better way of life. production. And for war this is This suffering was, like that of essential and while It lasts it will Christ, wholly contrary to the will Buch & damnable thing. For its who now live and have the build the Silence was being observed, Misses V. Jelford, 8. Ho, H. 11o," be so. This is what makes war of God, but if it will cause us, successful conduct these things ing of the world in our hands, to other ranks standing to attention Cordeiro Remedios, Norma May, must be. Men must be maddened be exceedingly humble about our and the crowd standing barchaad- Thelma May, Smith, Violet Wong, before they will kill one another. past mistakes and to determine to ed in reverent acknowledgment of Master Piercy, It is not in the normal, healthy build in future on God's founda- a great debt.

Mr. Franklin gold poppies at make-up of man to do so. Fas- tions alone, it will not have been Covered With Wreaths, Choung Chou, Mrs. Osmund at Ho alons must be aroused and en- in vain,

Another gun was fired to mark Mun. Tin and Miss Dunn at Felix couraged the flames of bitterness In a few minutes we are going the end of the Blenco, after which Villas. H must be fed, else the best nature to stand and affirm our bellet in the buglers of the Queen's Royal The lists of those who sold pop- of man will assert itself and spoil God's way of life as stated by Regiment sounded the "Revellle" pies at Happy Valley and Talkoo the war.

Christ in the Sermon on the "O God Our Help in Ages Past" are not yet available. Sales were Mount. These things must be ap was played by the full band of the also carried out in the Kowloon plied to national and international Boda. and Herts, the words of Docks, Kowloon Tong and other

Thus, on this Armistice Day, our thoughts turn with great humility

At the Kowloon C. C. The Armistien Day poster and several articles given by friends were auctioned at the Kowloon C. C. last ovoping and realised a sum of approximately $1,200. Mr. A.C.S. Burford had charge of the hammer and although the at- tendance was not large, bidding throughout was brisk. The result slightly exceeds that of last year.

with the winners finishing with ano and a quarter lengths in hand.

Mrs. Pearson distributed tho cups to the successful compotitors, after which she was presented with a bouquet by Miss Greig.. riven for Commodore and

Three rousing cheers, were then Mrs. Pearson.

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The Yacht Races, The yacht races resulted follows:

Combined English and Chinese Rigged Cruisers, Courso: Start Murray Pier Line

Finish. Borrel 4.30.09 428.30 Z-Pierrette (Mrs. Turvati) - 4.33.45 4.81.50 1.

Noto:-No other yacht in this

1-2065 (say). ford. -

class finished the course

Heyward Hayes. Course:-Start Club House. Line (W. to. E.) Mark East of Kowloom Dock Point (P), Cust Rock Baoy (P), Mark-boat Club House Line (P). Twice round. Distance 4% miles.

Halab- GorrÍ ·| 1-8psedwell (Minn. Adams) 421,30 4,23,36 E-Toolum (law Mathis), 4.2141 ATLAN

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