The lecture on the 'Origin of Rocks' by Mr. A. C. Franklin at the Chinese Y.M.C.A. was attended by a large crowd of men. After the close of the lecture, an opportunity was given to examine through a powerful microscope some sections of local rocks, the slides of which had been made by…

Social, Educational and Religious: Religious meetings were held in the Y.M.C.A. auditorium, the Congregational Church, in the schools and in the World Theatre. In social matters, there were 31 entertainments, 109 movie shows, and other functions, while 12,376 patronised the billiard tables and…

Tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock there will be a lecture on 'Korea' at the Chinese Y.M.C.A. Mr. W. H. Emberley will have a number of slides exhibited.

There is a list of lecture course of the Chinese Y.M.C.A. The lecture tomorrow evening, 'The Progress of the Mercantile Marine from a Hongkong Standpoint,' and those on 'Korea' will be illustrated with lantern slides.

Falling on the seventh anniversary of the Republic of China, the new building in Bridges Street of the Chinese Y.M.C.A. In front of the platform and behind, the audience can be seen two eyes and a yawning mouth, and behind them is a moving picture operating room which would pass the inspection…

Detailed accounts of the receipts and expenditures of the American Young Men's Christian Association National War Work Council. The magnitude of the work accomplished by the Y.M.C.A. has hardly been appreciated by the public. Concerts, vaudeville, motion pictures, athletics, both in the…

A lecture is given at the Union Church Hall by Mr. Mohler of the Chinese Y.M.C.A. with illustration of fine lantern pictures on the Panama Canel and Exposition.

Parades in Canton (Our Own Correspondent), Canton, Jan. 19 – The Chinese Y.M.C.A. on the Bund will hold a cinematograph performance and give lectures tonight to entertain the strikers.

Mr. A. C. Franklin, of the Government Civil Hospital, will give a lecture on 'Origin of rock, with local specimens' on Thursday, the 29th, at the Chinese Y.M.C.A. There will be a number of lantern slides.

There has arrived in Hongkong an interesting exhibition, which is touring the whole China and visiting many of the leading colleges and educational institutions. The exhibition is given by the Kodak Co., Ltd., the object is to demonstrate the simplicity of Kodak photography. In the evening, a…

Owing to Good Friday, the Alexandra Cinematograph presented the films of the 'Passion Play' to a crowded house. There were no artistes at present at the show. The Chinese branch of the Y.M.C.A. rented the hall in Zetland Street to show the film on Sunday afternoon.

London, Dec 28 – Under the special auspices of the Y.M.C.A. a lecture illustrated with films has been delivered for the first time in London, showing everyday scenes among the working classes of China and portraying civilising influences of recent years, much of which it is claimed have been…

On Saturday evening at the Chinese Y.M.C.A., Mr. Alfred H. Crook, of Queen's College, will give a lecture on 'The Babyhood of the Earth.' It will be illustrated by 50 pictures showing the phenomenon of the earth's formation.

With reference to the bulletin of the Hongkong Chinese Y.M.C.A., the sum of $140 was cleared last week at the picture entertainments given in the auditorium for the benefit of the fund being raised to pay the expenses of the athletes being sent from Hongkong to the Far Eastern Olympic Contests…

The Hongkong Chin Woo Athletic Association will celebrate its first anniversary on the 24th at the Kau Yu Fong Theatre. Demonstrations of the Chinese fistic art, a musical programme and speeches regarding the history and work of the Association and its benefit to the people will be given, and it…

It is a selection from the report of Mr. L. C. Goodrich of Peking, who is in France with the Chinese Labour Corps of the American Army as a Y.M.C.A. worker. Cinema shows: three with total attendance of 500. First performance April 24.

Dr. Sherwood Eddy, a social worker of the Chinese Church Union who had delivered a series of lectures at the Chinese Y.M.C.A., addressed a large audience in the World Theatre at 8 o'clock yesterday morning. The lecture was specially arranged by the four big emporiums, the Sincere, Sun, Wing…

Speaking at the opening of new Y.M.C.A. buildings in Essex, Sir Arthur Yapp, National Secretary of the Association, said the work of their organisation would not be ended with the war. Many people had asked what they would do with their huts. They may add to the huts a canteen and perhaps a…

A cinema performance given at the Y.M.C.A. on Thursday evening attracted a number of boys outside the premises. As they refused to move, the Indian watchman caught one of them and struck him with a stick, and for this he was summed yesterday.

A film by the B. A. T. on the training of the uniformed Chinese branch of the Shanghai police was shown last night at the Coronet Theatre. While the production is far from uninteresting even when occupied with portraying the various stages of the police recruit's training, it has been made…