In three months, public recognition of the value of the better Buick 1925 has been so sweeping that to-day one in every four cars sold for. G$1000 or more is a better BUILK
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For the new fall and Winter Frocks, here. are silke more exquisite than any we have ever shown in this Store before. Graceful patterns in both gay and sömber tones make up this selection.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL,
The
return for 1924: causes of deaths ahows two from starvation--both Chinese,
CANOR
There were 49. drowning in the Colony last year, all but one being Chinese victims.
There
88.988 rats caught In Hongkong last year and 85,285 in Kowloon,
Dr. W. B. Jones, late of the Geological Department, FMS., is shortly to contribute an article on The Tinfolds of the World" One death among the British to a well-known English mining and foreign community here laas Journal year was attributed to the effects of heat.
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It is disclosed in the Veterin ary Surgeon's report that last year 3,949,220 lbs. of lard and 105.859 lbs. of dried meats were exported to the Philippines and Canada. In addition 28,071 ibe. of sausages were exported to Victoria, Vancouver, B.C., and Montreal against 48,984 lbs. in 1923.
On Christmas eve the
Shanghai rics almost $1,000.
The Hongkong and China. Gas Co., Ltd., announce a scale of discounts for prompt payment of the monthly gas accounts
The silk shipped per s.a.
President Madison, which sail- Clocks from "Germany and ed from this port at 5.00 p.m., jewellers from all parts of on November 29, arrived at New England have been sold as Bath-York at 2.00 pm, on December made articles, according to the 23 having been 28 calendar days prosecution in a fraud charge at and 21 hours in transit. Bath
Worthy of being framed is a Hanging is officially given pretty wall calendar issued by the as the death of one Chinese last Colonial Dispensary, 14, Queen's year, he being "executed in due Road Central. The print is Seven deaths beautifully done in colours and course of law." from suicide were registered last the scene"A placid Morning" year in Hongkong, strangulation by H. W. B. Davis-is typical of being the mode favoured by ten Homeland countryside.
persons-all Chinese..
The Hie of an Army camp follower must be a healthy one, for not one death was registered amongst them here last year. Last year January was the
The
A London firm of publishers nounces a book called "The Man Nobody Knows. It is a Life
Of only three deaths registered worst month for notifiable of Christ, written by a basinaya from the Army (excluding women diseases, there being 464 cases. man for a busineva age. He regarda | and children) last year here, one The worst month in 1928 was Christ as the greatest efficient of was due to disseminated tuber-December, with 441 cases. culosis; one to pneumonia; and best month last year was October time, and His life as the one to appendicitis.
with 27 cases, and in the previous biggest news story in the world. year February was the best with
The total number of cattle admitted to Government Depols
51 cases.
A very useful wall calendar for 1926 has been received from the Hongkong Rope Manufactur- during last year WER 64,065 The Navy was responsible ing Co., Ltd. (Mesars. Shewan, against 54.672 in 1923. In for only seven registrations of Tomes & Co., General Managers). Kennedy Town 53,684 were ad-deaths last year.. The causes The calendar is of the tear-off mitted against 46,418 in 1923. Inwere influenza (one), cerebro-pattern with a sheet for each day Ma Tan Kok 10,881 were admitted spinal fever (orc), heart dissage printed in bold type, the bottom against 8,284 in 1928. These are (one), embolism and thrombosis portion of the sheet showing in the only slaughter houses for other than cerebral (one), peri-addition the days of the entire cattle in the Colony.
tonitis (one), drowning (one), month and heart failure (one).
There were no outbreaks of glanders,, foot and mouth disease,
The return of notifiable
Of the 262 deaths among the diseases for the week ended on or pleuro-pneumonia contagiosa British and foreign community
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last year. reports the Colonial last year pneumonia, extracted | Saturday, the 26th inst., showed Veterinary Surgeon. There were the greatest toll (88), followed by.
one British case of smallpox, im- five cases of glanders in quaran-phthisis and pulmonary tuber- ported, one British and one Chin- tine. As four of these occurred culosis (27). Typhoid fever andese case of diphtheria, three injuries each caused, 14; heart Chinese cases of enteric fever, one disease twelve; and nephritis 11mported, and one Chinese case of There were seven from smallpox cerebrospinal fver. One Chin- and seven from cancer; six from ese ease of enteric fever was re influenza, six from
ported to the Medical Officer of malarial The total number of piga ad- fever; and six from cirrhosis of
Health on Monday, Imitted to Kennedy Town was she liver. Five were due to
in 1923. This includes 71,462 septic infections, five from old "The Times" has advertise- admitted to Kennedy. Town and age, five from paralysis and ments for assistant engineers afterwards removed to other convulsions: and five from wanted for the P.W.D. in the slaughterhouses in the Colony or enteritis and gastro-enteritis. F.MS. and Straits Settlements.. exported from the Colony. Sheep Four succumbed to measles; four Also for assistant engineers for and Gouts:The total number ad- to developmental diseases: and the railway. Four years" ver- mitte to Kennedy Town WAS four to general tuberculosis,vice, salary to start at $400 plus. 18,076 against 30,451 in 1929. There were three deaths from temporary non-pensionable allow As in the case of pigs this in-syphilis. Two died from dysen-ance of 10 per cent. to bachelors cludes 11,736 admitted tesery two from poisoning two and 20 per cent. to married men. Kennedy Town and afterwards from heri-beri; and two from Rising by annual increments of removed or exported.
peritonitis.
$25 to $800 (sixteen years)..
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Mr. G. R. Edwards, Secretary ! Mr. Ramsay MacDonald is Mr. R. 3. B. Clayton, District Agency, Ltd, has returned from day. Home leave.
on,leave in March.
The engagement is announced The death has taken place, between Robert Barr Orr, Medan, Surgeon, Kedah, has gone to Mr. J. J. Fleury, Veterinary from. heart failure, of Mrs Sumatra, and Mary Helen, only G. P. G. Maher, wife of the Chief daughter of Mr and Mrs. W. Kuala Lumpar for anti-rable Engineer of the str. "Yingchow." Machellan.
Arnot, Inverhip, at her residence, 214, Rue Bour-Renfrewshire, geat, Shanghai..
The engagement is announced of Mr. W. A. Ree, of the Straits Steamship Co. Ltd., son of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Ree of Singapore, and Mias G. Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. G. Wilson of Singapore.
treatment.
The Resident of Selangor has Mr. E. E. Chambers, manager appointed the following gentle of the Chartered Bank, Penang, men to be Justices of the Peace will be going home on leave early within and for the State of next year Mr. A. M. Cassels, Selangor The Rev. Basil Coleby who will succeed Mr. Chambers, Roberts, Messrs. William Mc is expected back in Penang in Culloch and Henry Crawford February.
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Mr. A. Caldecott, Malay Com
*told the interviewers how deeply he appreciated the kindness of which this was the gymbol
Mr. K. G. Wahamaki, the missioner for Wembley, was ono The London newspapers relate Shanghai Finnish Consul, has of the guests at a farewell lun-that M. Briand has taken home been promoted to the Consul-cheon given by the directors and with him the loving, oup presented Generalship for the whole of proprietors of the "mes" at him by Sir Austen Chamberlain, China. On Saturday, he received Printing House Square on It is wrought in silver. M. Esiand a telegram from the Foreign November 13. Office in Helsingfore, mentioning that the local Consulate had been
Time was when the young elevated to a Consulate-General, reciter at the party failing to re- and that he had been promoted member his libes, retired in con-
·Consul-General, for China.': A
fusion, but times have changed. Mr. E. S. Wilkinson, Hon. tain the company, made a good Douglas, very anxious to enter Secretary of the Shanghai Navy beginning with "The Wreck of the League, wrote to the subscribers Hesperus Then his memory to its Christmas fund as follows: failed hira, "There," he com
Will all those who have kindly mented, "I shall have to tell you Edward. The great Chopin m sent cash or other donations the rest in my own words." please accept my best th
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Pachmann, the famous planist, account of his refusal to play. again in the public eye on Chopin's Funeral March at a Queen Alexandra Memorial con cert, because of a vow which he made after the death of King
terpreter is a man, of moods, but one who lives for his music. river so that every man, between Letters have been received in My music for me has to se Shanghai and Chungking will Kobe from Mr. I Iwahashi, a adus," he confessed recently. But have extra.” Christmas fare, blino graduate of Kwansei he cannot practise in England's Special arrangements will be Gakuin (English Literature winter and generally the colder made to provide for the men in Department), who has gone to months find him fleeing to Rome, Shanghai.
Edinburgh- University After passing an oral examination. In admitted to the king the ation, and duate, in
A farewell dinner will be given English, to Mr. Cyril Champkin, "Assistant Commissioner for Wolf Cubs, by usi the Shanghai Boy Scouts As800 clation on Friday, January 15, at twoy the Taikoo Mesa by kind permis sion of My T H. R. Shaw,
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