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MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1929.

CATHEDRAL PEW RENTS.

THE CONSEQUENCES OF ABOLITION.

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA.

DISCREDITED REPORT OF HIS ORDERED ARREST.

London, Jan. 5. A speech by General Hertzog at At the last annual meeting of The report that the Afghan the Nationalist rally at Pretoria Subscribers and pewholders of St. authorities have "ordered" the yesterday is given prominence in John's Cathedral the abolition of arrest of Lawrence of Arabia is the newspapers, it being inter-

entirely discredited InLondon, preted as making the native quea-pow rents wan agreed to in principle where it is known that Bolshe tion the main issue at the ap- and the Church Body was requested vist canard to this effect has boon proaching general election into consider and submilt a practical | circulating for a long time. South Africa.

scheme for carrying this into effect. Router. General Hertzog minted that

Serving in Air Force. The Church Body has given the General Smuts, by layhig the na-matter careful consideration during

New Delhi, Jan. 6. tive Bills before the South Afri-the past year. The first point with Lawrence is now serving in the can Party congress at Bloemfon-which they were faced was, that ranks of the Royal Air Force,

transforred tein for consideration from the with the abolition of pow renie will being

from the viewpoint of the party hand, to disappear the pewholders who form frontier district some time ago. General Hortzog's amazement, the main body of the Cathedral An official communique' refutes wicked. and thrown the question into the poli. electorate which will necessitate the "the patently

which tical arena and made the further formation of a new electorate. dangerous fabrications" qucation of co-operation betweed

havo been published that the The question of how a now the Government and the Opposi-electorate should be constituted led Government of India or the British to a consideration of the regulations Indin supported and encourag now in force in England, for the ed the Afghan rebels. election, of Church Councils, which munique adds that the question of involves consideration of the wider prosecuting the principal offenders question of whether, for the sake is under consideration.-Renier: of uniformity, all existing churches of the Church of England, and any This, combined with the declara. such churches to be hereafter erect- A VISIT TO PERSIA. tion of Mr. Tielman Rooa in favoured, in the Diocese should be regulat-: of a "white South Africa," clearly ed by the same system. The Vicar: indicates the lines of the election of St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon, elenvage. Mr. Tielman Reos said was asked to join a Sub-committer that it would be wrong to intro- of the Church Body which drew up duce to the people of South Africa the following scheme to be sub- share in the country's small mitted to the annual meetings of

tion impracticablo,

Ile declared that despite this the Nationalists will continue in their efforts to "save South Africa from the run which threatens through the native policy of the South African Party."

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Hankow, Jan. 6, The local anti-Japanese agita- tion is assuming serious propor-. tions, following a mass meeting held in the native city yesterday with reference to the death of u coolie knocked down, on December 12 by Japanese naval pickels on a motor cycle. The coolie was admitted to the Japanese hospital after the accident. The Japanese allege he died from acute peri- tonilis and refuse compensation.

Local Chinese are most indig- nant and have proposed to-mor- row to picket the Japanese con- cession, to call out servants, to hold up supplies and generally to enforce a very rigid boycott.--- Reuter

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SL. John's Cathedral and SL Andrew's Church for consideration and approval,

(a) The repeal of the existing Ordinances constituting the 'Cathedral Church Body. (b) A new Ordinance constitui- ing a body of trustees to be known the Trustees of the Church of England in the Diocese of Victoria, Hong- kong, who will be a body corporate having perpetual succession in whom will be vested all the property and endowments of the Church of England in the Diocese and who will be primarily responsible for the adminis- trailon of such property and endowments and the carry- ing on of Divine Service.

(c) The trustees will consist of

The coin-

SIR DENISON HOSS STARTS ON PERSONAL TOUR,

London, Jan. 5.

Sir Denison Ross has left on an entirely personal visit to Persia where he will discuss with the Persian Government' the question of the modernisation of the Persian educational system.

Interviewed by Reuter, Sir Deni- son said that he is taking the Shah a number of gramophone secords to demonstrate the possibl ties of the gramophone in the teaching of languages.

He mentioned that there are rumours that Peraia is contemplat- ing the adaptation of the Roman alphabet.

Sir Denison Ross will also visit Egypt. Palestine, Turkey and Iraq before he returns to England at Easter-Reuter.

JAPAN'S POLICY.

the Bishop, the Dean, the Vicar of St. Andrew's, Kow- NO CHANGE IS NECESSARY. Joon, and two elécted trustees from ench Church.

Tokyo, Jan, G. An important conference was (d) The trustees will delegate held this morning by Foreign the care and maintainence of office ometals to consider tho cach Church, its endowments, question of agreeing to alter the furniture and buildings used present China policy in nccord in connexion with its work ance with proposals which the and the administration of politician, Mr. Tokonami, made to Ha services to Church aron Tanam following on his) Councils which will be elect-recent tour of China.

ed by an electorate consisting It is understood that the coh- of dectors whose numes ference decided to leave tho appear in Electorial rolls present policy unchanged, which will be prepared in

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