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In Austria 7,000 machines for production of war material are being scrapped.
Estimates issued by the Bureau of Statistics for Canada set the total yield of whent for the whole Dominion at 891,819,000 bushels and of oats at 514.827,000, representing very large increases over last year.
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Shanghai has”
A Chinese warned three dollars at the Mixed Court forrie Week. carrying a chicken by its legs with
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At the annual general meet Triestino Steam Navigation Com Trieste. a resolution naming the pany held at the Head Offices, Company Lloyd Triestino Naviga tion Company was passed, Messrs. Dodwell & Co., Ltd., are the local agents for this Company.
Its hend hanging down. We are The new wiges log on Bri becoming very humane in Shang-tish ships, which caused the strike hay, comments the "China Press.
of seamen on deep sea ships trad- ing with Australian and South The word wangle" recently African ports, is as follow used by Mr. Ramsay Macdonald A. B., £9, boatswain, £10 108. was first used in the House of donkeyman,, $10.108. Breman £9 Commons in 1919 by Lord Robert 10s, trimmer. 49; greaser, $10; Cecil: It is suggested by the carpenter, #11 10s. per month. A mysterious epidemic is
way that the only three new claiming many victims in London.words that 1928 added to the Eng- Doctors in some districts arelish language are Robots, broading of shareholders of the Lloyd working at great pressure to cope cast, and Fascism, with the sudden rush of patients. The symptoms of the malady are a
The beautiful new science adre throat throbbing headache building of Nankal University and general lassitude. The lowTientsin, has been formally de- temperature of many of thedicated. The new building is fire victims is a feature that is proof and was erected under puzzling the doctors.
Chinese supervision. The cost was Mex. $200,000 and approxim The Shoreditch Guardians ately $60,000 was spent for mov The Cliff House, San Fran- have decided to supply boots toable equipment. The China Medi- risco's famous seaside resort, the children of the unemployed. Ical Board contributed one half of overlooking Seal Roche, is closed. When the matter came up for dis-these amounts a Chinese friend Once the rendezvous for bon cussion. Mr. H. Beavies, the young-jof the University the remainder. vivants of the city's night life and mecca for tourists, the Cut est member of the board, declared
The great earthquake caused House suffered what amounted to that as a result. of poverty in childhood when frequently he a serious setback to some of a death blow by the Volstead act. had to go without proper boots Japan's aporta, both new and old. Its popularity waned from year to and clothing, he was now suffering But there has been no slackening rear and its patronage fell from consumption. "The nation in the development of young steadily.
is willing to spend large sums of money on those who suffer from tuberculosis." said Mr. Beavies: wouldn't it be better to prevent
Japan's enthusiasm for America's national game baseball. In There are 165 foreigners in fact, the number of vacant lots Changsha, according to a direc created by the catastrophe.of.
tory of Americans and Europeans. 1323 has been conducive to neigh in that city which has just been bourhood games, and every day compiled by the Yale Mission in
and The Egyptian State Rail-during spring and summer
The new directory Changsha. ways claim that the Egyptianfall many such games are pro-which is in mimeographed form climate in November and Decem-gressing in the Tokyo area. ber is perfect. During the win-
also contains a map of the city of Changsha as well as a plan of the ter season there are many daily Part of the great public grounds of the Yale-in-Chinn trains between Alxandria and works programme which the college and Hunan-Yale School of Cairo, carrying first and second Fascist Government has under-Medicine. class corridor conches, restaurant taken for Southern Italy and cars at suitable hours, and sleep-Sicly was inaugurated recently in
Japanese houses in many ing cars are run on night trains; the presence of King Victor and three trains daily between Emmanuel at Potenza, in the cities of Japan have their door 36A, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
Cairo and Suez and Port Said, southernmost part of the penin-posts decorated with small white SANAGOUDÖGandakaondoððborðONDO with restaurant cars at suitable sula, where two new aqueducts labels bearing four Chinese char- times. The Distance from were begun. The work of irrigat-acters, which may be translated Unceasing Alexandria to Caire is 180ing this driest part of Italy will be "Frugality and :!miles,
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Cairo to Suez 158 carried out in the construction of Labour." This has been adopted miles and Port Said 147 two fumes. The first pipe was as a national slogan in order to miles; the former point is at, the begun at Agri about two months enable the nation to recover more head of the Gulf of Suez and the ago, while the second column of rapidly from the effects of thei southern end of the Canal, and water, called
Basenta earthquake disaster and the even Port Said at the Mediterranean aqueduct, was opened by the more severe effects of post-war
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On Wednesday, the 4th inst, Mr. K. Koshnotzy played chess against all comers at the Interna tional Chess Club, 11 Siking Roud, Shanghai.
Mr. G. G. Stroebe, engineer with the Yangtze River Commis sion has been appointed a member
the
PERSONAL.
"Dare To Be Wise," the title chosen by Miss Violet Vanbrugh for her book of reminiscences, is adopted from the motto of her family, Miss Vanbrughs father was the Rev. Prebendary Reginald Barnes, of Exeter
Admirers of the stirring novels "of the Executive Committee of the of Mr. Zane Grey will be glad to American Association of Shang-hear that Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton will have ready in haj.
January of next year a new novel pen, "The from this skilful Vanishing Indian." The hero is a young Red Indian of the Wild West.
The exhibition chess matches played at the Casino Español Manila hetween Boris Koslich, und Adolfo Gutierrez, local wizard, re- sulted in a double win for the visitor. In the first gume, Gutier rre after having the game in his hunds, on the match by two poor
movce.
A report states that Max Linder, the famous actor, and his wife, have committed suicide by poisoning.
Was
A memorial service for Mr. R. K. Evana, late of Yenching University, Peking, who drowned while on furlough in England, was held on November 1. at Peking.
Llanystumdwy is engraved on heart. It was in the chapel close by that I learnt Tonic Sol-Ta and I once won a prize for sing ing but they only gave me a threepenny book, and I gave up the job-David Lloyd George.
One of the brightest wits. the world of sport has ever known was the late Lord Marcus Beres- Mr. W. Legatt, planter and ford. When his brother, Admiral V.A retired from the F.M.S Lord Charles, stood for Parliasome three years ago and settled ment at York, his opponent was down in Kent to breed pedigree General. Wu Kuang-hsin, Chin-Sir Christopher Furness, after pigs. He found, however, that ese Minister of War, and his suite, wards the first Lord Furness, a the information which led him to who have been inspecting the red-haired man. "Lord Marcus and put capital into this venture was army maneuvres in the north, his two brothers, Lord William quite incorrect and that the together with Mr. Wang Jing-pan, and Lord Charles, were attending anticipated returns failed to Chinese Minister to Japan, were a Conservative meeting, when realise. Being still a compara- received in audience by Her Im-they all three went on the tively young man, he decided to perial Majesty the Empress of platform together. A voice from cut losses and return to do visiting Japan at the Palace. In the the crowd shouted, Stendy agents work in Malaya, and has afternoon the party were received guvnor, one at a time! Lord now settled in Kuala Lumpur for In audience by KIH, the Prince Marcus quickly replied: No that purpose. Regent èt the Akasaka Palace. we're Shadrach, Meshach, and
Miss LM. Faithful, former principal of Cheltenham Ladies College, speaking at the Church of England's Annual Congress stated that modern young women werden tirely too old in their ways and their parents were entirely. young. Bho sized up young lish women as
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