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When His Royal Highness. Some time ago whilst on The expart prediction of what the Prince of Wales, was received holiday in the Isle of Wight the Sargent collection would at a wayside atation near Umtata,(writes correspondent) and realise was £130,000. This was gentleman living in the Capo taree friends, two of whom. went exceeded by over £60,000. * Soon Province handed the Prince a pro14st, each hired a cab from the there la to be arranged & London containing £10, which he wished ranks at Ryde to drive to a meet exhibition of Sargent's works that him to take as a donation to the ing four miles away. We started will cause an even greater senst- Training ShipArethusa,"
at 18.30 There were many hills.
tion. to climb, ami at 1:15 I asked the During the month of August. driver if we should be in time for 1925, the number of persons enthe first race (2 o'clock). "I hope tering Macao' is given as 74,242
89," the replied, pointing to his with departures totailing 75,094 horse. "I want to give him a bit During the month of July the of a rest-he's in the 2.30." The nuraber of entries was 93,637. horse finished third The diminution is said to be due to the stoppage of Canton river boats.
The return of notable diseases for the week endell (171 September 12 shows one British casa of diphtheria and three fatal cases of enteric fever out of six reported. One death occurred from influenza, a non-notifiable complaint. There was a nil re turn for the 24 hours ended on September 14.
Seven cases of infectious disease are reported in the weekly health return of the Medical
Officer of Health. Of these, six were of enteric fever, three deaths. having taken place. Four of the reported cases were Chinese, one Dutch and one Indian, five occur ring in the Victoria district and one at Kowloon. A British case of diphtheria is reported, also a
denth from influenza.
A message from Lisbon says that the new Cabinet, presided. over by Dr. Domingos Pereira, has succeeded in forming a govern- ment chiefly from the Democratic
"I give and bequeath unto my wife, Edith Harriette, all my worldy possessions absolutely. The nuove is the will, written on afd. form, of Mr. Alfred F. Scott, St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, and of Messrs. Lambert Bros., Ltd... Gracechurch-street, F.C.. who left
fortune of £190,684,
After proving a tremendous
Party with some: Independents. success at Wembley last year, the On taking possession of the port-Queen's Dolls' House has now been folins, the new Premier said that permanently housed at Windsor The new Dolls' House his Government, which would Castle have is its motto conciliation and Room, designed by Sir Edwin the re-establishment of peace and Luytens and further decorated by order in Portugal had accepted air. William Nicholson and Sir from President Teixeiras the re- Kennedy North, can be visited, on quest to form a government only payment of a sixpenny admission from patriotic motives, and had be fee, from July 20 onwards when- failed he would have abandoned ever the Castle is open to the political life.
public. The profits will be given to the Dolls' House Fund in nid or Her Majesty's charities.
The steamship Kansas, last
of three vessels which raced to
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New York from Singapore in an effort to land 8,500 tons of crude Publicity given to a very long rubber, valued at $14,000,000, speech recently made in an Eng before midnight, July 30, camelish law court has stimulated in- into port, the only loser of the terest in other long-drawn-out
The The Meneinus and the speeches.
following is Arising out of a motor ac-Siberian Prince, its competitors, vouched for by Lord Chancellor He said that, being both arrived in time. Because of Westbury. cident in which two pedestrians the failime of the Kansas to reach called to another court, he in- were knocked down and 'injured in Coronation Road on August 25, port before August 1, brokers who 'structed his junior to "keep the Mr. Andrew. Harper was sur deliveries were forced to buy some "r forgot all about it in the had contracted for July rubber, case going" until he could return: moned before the Kowloon Magis- trate yesterday on a charge off the rubber necessary to fill their pressure of business, but, passing dangerous driving? The case was contracts on the open market, the court a fortnight later, I heard a familiar voice, and, look- adjourned after the evidence of with consequent losses."
in, found my incomparable Miss E. Remedios who was walk- 'ing with a small Chinese girl, one Probably the cheapest taxi-junior still keeping the case alive of the injured persons.
cabs in the world are to be found for my return." in Paris. One can traverse the In an effort to win the sup- city from end to end for less than port of the public to the Philip-10 francs-that is to say, less than pine Government's programme half a dollar. On any straight for the eradication of leprosy, journey it would probably be Vice-Governor Gilmore in an impossible to exceed this sum. indorsement to the secretary of But the chauffeurs, are demand
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One result of the shinging craze is that women's hats are to be graded according to the size standards that have hitherto pre- vailed for men. "There was never any general use of hat sizes for A B DEDI DALA AD RIBA DE OMEDE NA MA | the interior, urges that those con- ing that the tariff shall be raised. women until they reduced their cerned with the apprehension and The price of motor spirit has measurable head circumference." arrest of lepers avoid the use of gone up considerably and the fares | stated a múnufacturer of women's- force.. It is understood that are, it is generally agreed, too low, hats, "although the circumference procedure similar to that followed Through the medium of their in inches was often used as an in the arrest of an escaped leper union, taxicab owners are, there-index."That a size as small as of San Lazaro hospital is deemed fore, preparing to apply to the 54 should be registered smaller O highly objectionable by local Municipal Council for permission than men are ever known to mak officials. In that instance force to augment their charges. Unless for-is stated by the hatters to was used and those who witnessed the augmentation is much larger be because women's heads are the pursuit compared it to a puni- than may be anticipated, there smaller than men's. The 8 size is tive expedition against a criminal will still be little room for comfor the woman who still keeps all
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SOCIAL AND
Among passengers leaving for Europe by the "Kashima Muru"
ze Mr. and Mrs. Meirelles of Mucho.
The Hongkong Baseball Club ure about to lose two of their most prominent players in the persons of Massra. Church and Dome. Mr. Chruh stils con Thursday to take up a new appointment with the International Banking Corporation. in Tokyo. Mr. Dome leaves for home in January.
PERSONAL.
Mr. R. K. M. Simpson pine-Indy Astor says a big Navy was fessor of English in the Hongkong, never more needed than at present." University has returned from home
Their Majestien on August 18, during a visit to the British Empire Exhibition, called at the Malayan Court, and had presented to them a number of Malayan werkten and exhibitors.
Reuter cables that the Rev. R. K. Evans, an ex-missionary at Peking, was drowned while bath ing near Barmouth to-day.
The Rev. T. Richards, who is on route from England to take up. the pastcaste of Union Church, Tientein, in Buccession to the Inte The Prince Regent of Japan has Her, O. Darwent, has arrived presented valuable collections of in Tientsin. Japanese books to Cambridge University and Eton Collegin commemoration of his visit to the two institutions four years ago..
Bir Matthew Nathan, formerly Governor Hongkong now the Governor of Queensland, who is retiring shortly, is the subject of a Hongkong passengers on board univeral panegyric, despite the the. P. and O. 8.s. Malwa" which local movement in favour of the is due to arrive here this week in- appointment of Australian citizens elule Mr. and Mrs. J. A Fraser as State Governors, Archbishop of the Good Service, Mr. H, J Dubig, the head of the Catholic Pearce, of the PW.D., and Mr Church in Queensland, says Bir E. G. Stewart, of St. Pani's Matthew has made friends every-College, where by his delicate thoughtful-:
Dr. Wm. Cadbury of the Can- ton' Hospital and Dr. and Mrs. 3. C. Griggs of the Canton Chrisë tian College arrived in the Colony this morning by the "Empress of Russia
Reuter cables that all the papers deal at length and sympa thetically with the death of Sir John Jordan, speaking apprecia tively of his work on behalf of the Empire.
ness. No previous period in Queens Dr. Frank Rawlinson, Editor of land's history has been marked by The Chincha Founder bus more complete harmony of all recently returned to blung Reuter cables that the League sections than during Sir Matthew'shni after fifteen months of Nations Committee at Geneva five yours of office. He attributed furlough in America where on the protection of women and this to Bir Matthew a personality he lectured in American institutions children, suspended business for a and example..
including the Union Theologica minute as a mark of respect to the Seminary in New York, Vanderbal late Sir John Jordan K University Nashville, Tenbossse and the Canadian School of Missions in Toronto,
The following forthcoming wed dings are ounounced paper
Mr Norman Harold Boquett, ship's officer 10 Miss Kathleen Stanley Gilford, of New York City U.S.A
Clarence Darrow, chief defence counsel in the Scopes, trial York Minster August 11, and Civil Liberties Union, which fine Frince Chichibu of Japan visited. Dayton, Tenn, has notified the My Robert Edward Michael was conducted found by the. Desnanced the trial, that he did not way specially interested in the fastro to be reimbursed for his Paterson, of the Asiatic Petroleum
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