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LOCAL AND
A clean B of Health was re- turned for the 48 hours ended Sunday:
A man who was charged with exceeding the motor speed limit la an American town and pleaded that he was not aware of the traffic rules. was "sentenced" by the magistrate to subscribe to the local daily newspaper for six weeks.
GENERAL.
H.M.S.. "Weymouth, carry- ing Naval reliefs, arrived in Hongkong on Sunday evening.
Black Country sportsmen are to preserve the grave in Dudley churchyard of William Perry, the famous boxer, known as the Tipton Slasher, who fought Tom Sayers
"Torrington, Conn.-Because Mrs. Sylvester Amidon always returned their baseball when it went over the school fence into her yard, the boys in the Migeon Avenue School gave her a large box of candy." "New York World."
Newcastle-on-Tyne, recently described as the most drunken "Why do I live?" was the city, is now Baid by Colonel The return of notifiable dis.title of a poem recently sub-Pickard, general secretary of the mitted to a literary editor. The Safety First Association. to be editor's reply was: "Because you the worst for street accidents. sent it by post instead of coming His figures showed that cre' per-- round with it.The Putnam son in every 231 is injured in the, Book Newa
course of a year as against Glas- gow's one in 927. The chairman of the watch committee is moving to call a town's meeting, and Chier Constable Crawley says that the figures are erroneous.
Bases in the Colony for the 24 hours ended on October 16, shows 1 British case, of diphtheria. 2: Chinese casea of enteric fever, land 1 Chinese case of cerebro- Ispinal fever. There was à nil
return for October 18.
An apostle of the simplifying of official correspondence received The Victoria Recreation Club a shock when he got a letter con- taining the following sentence:- have been asked, as last year, by "I am desirous of being supplied Mr. G. Leask of the Hongkong with full and precise documenta: Branch of the British Legion, tion relative to your work, and I once more to assist the organisa-shall be gratified also by receive tion in the raising of fands on ing definite information as to Poppy Day which falls on your correlation with cognate Armistice Day (November 11), activities." Last year the Club had the grati- fication of handing over, after paying all expenses, more than $2.000 to the Fund. It is proposed this year to stage a carnival on Inovel, lines which will lost all day. include processions and wind up | with a night of merry-making at
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The current issue of the "L.C.C. Gazetta" contains an tereating advertisement:-
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was equivalent to the loss of the Dalston Central-Master or use of three heavy vans and 18 Mistress, with general quali-delivery vans per week, at a fications, and able to take weekly cost of £345." needlework.
One hardly realised (comments Behind an old compositor's a correspondent) that the domes frame at
the office of The tication of man had proceeded so Newark Advertiser," there was rapidly that he was qualified to [discovered a shorthand notebook,teach sewing.
which showed that it was the pro-. perty of the late Nas Gould, the famous writer of racing stories, when he was a reporter on the paper. He served on the staff of the "Advertiser" from 1880 to 1882, and then went to Australia. The book contains notes of police court cases, Town Council meet ings, and other "engagements" that he covered. An old contem- porary of Gould's still on the staff Says: The best thing he ever wrote here was the report of a Yeomanry "Camp. He was at home with horses. Nai was a lively lad!" Gould died six years jago-Yorkshire Post.
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"No good, reliable airman is without fear. If he is without fear he is not a good pilot," says Mr. Alan Cobham, the well-known airman. "But you can be sure of this-that the small boys amongst *This is a story told in the us are going to grow up without current number of the staff the apprehension against flying magazine of one of the big that naturally possesses the aver London banks. After the neces-age grown-ups of to-day. sary signatures had been obtain-people who are advancing towards jed, a cheque-book was issued to middle-age have had the same
the new customer, a somewhat more than literate Jew, who had been introduced to the branch manager by an old customer of the same type. There, Mauruss," the old customer said flicking jover the cheques in the new book, there you are, and remember, so long as there's eheques in that book there's plenty money in the bank-but it ain't yours ?"
SOCIAL AND
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Lightburn, Lieut.-Comdr. R. Fisher and Mr R. Barnett arrived in the Colony yesterday by the "Kitano Maru."
H.E. the Governor will inaugur. Late the new halls of St. Joseph's College on Friday, October 23. at 5p.m. The parents of the pupils, friends and benefactors of the College are cordially invited.
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feeling towards flying that other generations had towards railway travelling and motoring. But our children will not have that. feeling, any more than the young horse of to-day is as nervous of street traffic as the horse of fifty years ago used to be. In an age of mechanical progress, each gen- eration has its nerves tested in a different way."
PERSONAL.
Passengers who left by the Tenyo Maru" yesterday included Dr. and Mrs. Koch, Major-General Sir C. H. Powell, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gonzalez,
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Rear-Admiral Henry E. Grace, formerly of Hongkong, the son of "W. G.. was senior midshipman The forthcoming, weding is on the "Blenheim," apparently our announced of
Mr. Frederick oldest seagoing warship, which Walter James Cottrell, missionary has now come under the economy of Yunnan, China. to Missaxe. She rendered important Marjorie Dorcas Ford, of Bristol, service at the Dardanelles as. England.
"mother" of a brood of destroyers..
Mr. J. V. Panizzi of Messrs. Whiteaway Laidlaw & Co., re- The Warden of St. Stephen's turned to the Colony yesterday, by College has been away from school the "Kitano Maru." Other pas-for two weeks or so during the sengers included Mr.
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"I never met Rupert Brooke," writes "R. C. R.," the dramatic eritic of "The Birmingham Post," in that paper, for whom Mr. Drinkwater * produced・・ The Adder,' but I remember the shock with which I heard of his One result of the extraordinary
death It was one Saturday even- happenings of late is that our
Word from Mr. W. Sinclair in-ing at the Repertory Theatre, staff is now greatly reduced. The dicates an ambitious series of when John Drinkwater gave us ladies have almost disappeared plays for the Hart
les of the stark newy, his face grey and from our midst.. Mrs. Cormack Theatre, described as "Toronto's grave with me was a brilliantIDOCIDO being the only one left with us. Repertory Theatre," the first of young journalist, " Tristram Mrs. Stubbings, and Miss Grant which was given on the 5th inst. Wilson, of "The Birmingham have gone to Kowloon, Messrs. Ralston and Fletcher are at the It is not clear if Mr. Sinclair is at Hart Indian School at Scokumpoo, Mr.permanently settled Evans has gone back to his early use, or simply responsible for love, Ellis Kadoorie School, and
the 1925-6 season."
Says the Yellow Dragon" (Queen's College): - In the editorial which was written for the June number Mr. Tanner was congratulated on receiving the Imperial Service Order from Hian Majesty King George. This social gathering. award for duty well done has
Mall, who only a few months later was to die on the fields of France. It was the death of such men ne Rupert Brooke and Tristram Wilson that moved" Mr. Drinkwater to write what is to me his noblest and most beautiful play X=0: A Night of the Trojan War,"
Mr. Maacock has left the Colony to take command of a school in Before the Hon. Sir Claud Ireland Mr. Edwards is, at the Severn, K.EE CM.G. LLD time of writing this, in the Post leaves the Colony for Home early Office, and Messrs. Tolley and in November, he will be made the Richmond have gone home. Thus recipient of an illuminated ad-
Nowadays American visitors it will be seen that our staff has dress, signed by members of the had a good shaking up."The Victoria Recreation Club, of are not content with just seeing Yellow Dragon,'
which he has for long been the Oxford or Cambridge, but are Chairman. He will also be pre-lisa Varsity spirit, Quite
determined to get "the real Eng- sented with a handsome silver rose bowl, in the shape of a boat number of undergraduates are pon which will be an inscription being employed by Americans as surmounted, with the entwined couriers, the only stipulation lag of the V.R.C. The presenta-made on their engagement being tions will be made at an afternoon that they should have been to Oxford and Cambridge and also be able to drive a car. Other Varsity men are employed as holiday been thoroughly earned by our One of two women magistrates tutors to the sons of Americans Headmaster who has devoted the of Claigow was faced with the doing the grand tour. One million best twenty-seven year of his unpleasant duty of attending the aire offered a young under- life to the youth of China. One hanging of a man. The execution graduate practically anything he of the host gratifying things in of John Keen convicted of the lked if he would take his boy to connection with the award of the murder of the Indian pedlar in siny for a week or two in one of 1.5.0. decoration to Mr. Tanner the race riot of May 10, was the colleges at Oxford Another was the delight and appreciation fixed for September 24 Accord American is paying for a young expressed by so many of the ing to the law an execution must Varsity man to accompany his Old Boys. Such a manifestation be attended by two junior magis-gon on the steamer back to New of friendship, loyalty, and respect trates. One of these is Mrs. Bell York, after which he will present from those whom he has taught Should she be unable to attend, him with a first-class ticket back since the beginning of the century the duty, would fall upon Mrs to England. probably gave the Head more Barbour (Labour), who is next pleasure and satisfaction than the in order off-saniority, Nayar Lactual bestowal of the decoration before have women": present
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