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The French cruiser "Jules Michelet has gone into Dock.
Entries numbering mora Taikoo than 15,000 and valued at more than £1,000,000 were exhibited at the International Poultry Show There was a dean Bill of at the Crystal Palace, Health for the 24 hours died) Tuesday,
The Post Office announces that the parcela post service to Conton is resumed.
While the Chairman of the Middlesex County Council with counting votes, after a show of hands, the electric hght failed. For some minutes the chamber was left in darkness. The Chair China Mail acknowman had counted up to 18. ledges the receipt of a very well arranged calendar for 1926 from the Menguries Maritimes.
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Moving sidewalks will be established on the Paris boule- vards and a few other congested thoroughfares in an effort to meet the transportation problem, if experiments conducted by the in- venting office show the expected result.
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Eggs are being used as cur rency in the Kara Kala district of Armenia, where the American Near Easy Rellet is operating. Vagrant children in Russia face value" as equivalent to one Twelve eggs are accepted on their number more than 300,000, theruble, or 50 cents in American Commissar of Education has
Feurrency. found. He characterized it as a At the Central Magistracy situation menaceing the welfare
With ค population of of the country, and accordingly yesterday, a Chinese, passenger was fined $10 for spitting inside a
has organized a new system of 6,000,000. New York'uses more tram car. evidence of which was factory schools intended to teach electricity than 12 European given by Mr. D. E Evans.
The the waife various trade in addi- countries combined with an ag manager of the Tramway Com-tion to their general education.
gregate population of 109,000,000. This is revealed at the Electrical pany said that with reliable wit- fness he thought it possible to put
A campaign to raise 1,500,000 Show in the Grand Central Palace stop to the disgusting habit of lyen so that three woman's col-through a graphic chart: pre- spitting inside or from the cars. leges in Tokyo can be elevated pared by the New York Edison to the same rank as men's uni- Company from data sapphed to In illscharging a Chinese rice versities has been undertaken by the Electrical World 6 the em shop manger charged at Kow-the three colleges concerned, the bassies of the European countries loon yesterday with the larceny of the Nippon Woman's College, the $370 belonging to the firm, the Tokyo Women's College and the
Evening classes have made. Magistrate remarked that he had Japan Jyogakko, the latter of
Prave suspicious that the which is still a high school. In considerable progress in France. very
order to be given this rank, each Buring the past season 1191 free previous hearing a conspiracy school must have 500,000 yen as evening classes for adults were was plexed on the part of the security fund and must expand held in and about Paris. The mm- ber of persons who put down their venpiibant (a woman) in bring-the present four-year course to itate action following a demand three-year preparatory course names as pupils was 35.358, of three-year university whom 9416 were women. The 1000 to the defendant of money paid
bout regular attendance by han for ransom of her child-
24.135. It is remarked, however, ren who had been kidnapped by
At a recent ming of the that this number lessens conside bandits.
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in her own person and ends the second lecture by giving an archale Greek dance. All pro- t to go to the M. C. L. funds. Booking at Montre's,"
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Among reddens who returned Key the Colony from hom by the NY.K. "Aisuta, Muru gedurday WAKEY Mr. and Mrs. W. d. Bemadt, Mrs. R. A. G. North wand Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Beth.
On of the two Missioners of Help the Bishop of Barrow whe was to have visited the Far Fast including Hongkong last month, has theen appointed Bis- hop of Christ Church, New Zealand.
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How is it you are always puding off so many prizes in band contests and in cricket matches one North Country bandsman asked another.
It's like this, replied the other. In our village, as soon as our boys can speak they are. asked "Is it bands or cricket?" and if they don't say one or the other we just wring their necka!
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"Mr. A.C. S. Merton, who has Gabriele D'Annunzio had given beer or brief visit to Hong-the original manuscript of his kong returned to Manila by the book "Alcione" to the Ambrosian President McKinley" on Tues-rary in testimony of his ap lay.
preciation of its important work as & fount of Italian culture.
The marriage of Mr. Shui-pun Preston Wong and Miss Phyllis Grace Chan, is to take place on at St. Monday, December 28 John's Cathedral.
Mr. G. W. Keeton, of the University of Hongkong. has a particularly interesting essay in the November issue of the XIXth Century And After on "The Chinese Student at Work
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The many friends of Mr. H. E. Stearns. who left Kobe by the P. and O. Mantua on furlong will regret to hear that he was. landed at Colombo seriously ill Advice was received by Messrs. Macken-
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dwin Hagger, of No. 21 Jordan Capiair Roald Hond to Miss Tabela Crawford Arctic, exphorer, announced the Macfarlane, who is due to arrive personnel of the advisory comnop, Mackenzie and Co. in the Colony by the s.s. "Kurmala" mittee for the 1926 Amundsen-
Deputy Eugenio Casagrande From Sertland, Mr. Alfonso Carlos. Ellsworth flight by dirigible to 11-unes de Carvalho, of No. 3. the frozen north. The flight now and Major Ranucci of the Italian Orena Biklings, to Miss Olga is planned to begin in April. Air Force will shortly attempt to Maroon Hook, of No. 3 Ashley Bernon S. Prentice is chairman from Rome to Buenos Aires 40000 MADE IN GERMAN (Road, Kowloon,
of the advisory committee. The gigantic airplane specially other members Marshall constructed for this transatlantic Right. It is also believed that Field. G. Roald Harriman, Passengers who left fer Hour Charles Heyden, Grayson M. P. Gabriele D'annunzio, who is now yesterday hy s. Purcelus," in Murphy, James H. Perkins, Roan honourary general of the air Felded Sir Edward and Lady bert K. Cassatt and Bayard force, will take part in the ex- (Tenne, of Shanghai Sir Percival Dominick." Philips, the wa correspondent, re
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Mr. N. Orme, Ditertor of The first "£3,000 a year" woman | first trial flight with great suc-" Education, proceeding on sick leave in British official life is Mis cess. The machine, which is aud. Mrs. Orme; Revd. E. K. Enid Russell Smith. She has sixteen meters in length, is fitted Quick Of St. Stephen's College: won the distinction of being the with two cabins which each hold The Mr. P. Morrison of Jardine's, Mr. first woman to pass a Civil Ser-four persons comfortably. 1 H. Bake and Mr. R. H. A. vice examination for one of the carrying capacity, including pas Webster, molletters, Mrs. Somers higher governmental posts. Her sengers, pilots and machinists, is name appears ninth on 'a lang list fifteen all told. The airplane zani Pbmand Major Dynberg,
of successful applicants, the great fly about 2,200 miles without the majority of whom were men, necessity of landing for supplies. Under the new rules, woman who
The genealogy of Signor Mue. Esolini is still enthusiastically dis
ussed by many of his admirers. Frobably he himself prefers to retain his not distant humble ori-
pass the necessary examinations Astonishment "that theologians are now eligible for eventual apdo not better realize the logical pointment as permament under- and philosophical strength of secretaries or positions of equal their own position was expresK-
• Igin. But his latest chronicler, rank paying from £3,000 toed by Dr. Francis Graham Crock- shank, a former house physician Frince Fabrizio Massiino, says. £3,500 a year.
of University College, in his re- supporting his theory with actual proofs, that Mussolini's ancestors. Whether it is better to have marks on spiritual healing before can be tried as far back as thefty basaes in one year, or one a large gathering of doctors and thirteenth century. At the Bar- bosa in fifty years, might well be the clergy at a Hunterian Society dini Museu.a in Florence, recently answered by Sir William Soulshy meeting. No one was justified, opened to the public, there is a from his experience of having said Dr. Crookshank, in declaring stone sarcophagus bearing an enjoyed fifty bosses in as many that if faith healing cures did inscription in semi-Gothic charac- years. For he has been secretary occur. only functional cases were ters which shows that the name to half a hundred Lord Mayors cured, unless he was prepared to Mussolini was already famous of London and has just launched define the distinction between toward the middle of the four-upon his second half-century of physical and psychical methods teenth century. A second proof service in this line. When re- Of all the absurd bogies, he de-
around bronze seal with the miniscing the other day he vouch-clared, nont Wes MOTE=TTAISNO14: words. "Sigillum Nicolai de safed the interesting bit of in-than the alleged antithesis be Musolinis, and the coat of arms formation that when he first Rtween functional and orgarle in the centre. This seal bears ro" summed his position: everybody disease. The speaker said he date, but its character and form used quill pens and every letter could ascert confidently that there, point to the first half of the fir was sanied with red or black wax was no known reason why the teenth century! This seal also while the old copying presses then zure of organic disease, however lies in Florence in the Bargello employed resembled team defined, should not react to Museum
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