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The annual Horticultural Show fe to be held on March 11.
Thore was anil return of notifiable disquses for the 24 hours ended ThursdAY.
Two motor-cars stolen at Bir-
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Fone unknown compositions by Schubert have been discovered in Vionnal
The late Herbert Jenkins's humorous series of "Bindle" novels is to be the subject of a big Bri tish Al now in preparation. So Britain has built nearly half afar, the producers have not dla million houses since the housing covered the ideal interpreter of the. campaign was started,
principal part.
Six-and-a-half tons of potatoes
mingham wore abandoned in turn to avery acre was the average yield
for England and Wales last year
for lack of petrol
The annual inspection of the Volunteer Defence Hongkong- Corpe is to take place on February
8.
The Hongkorg Philharmonic Society is to give a concert in Apris next. Rehearsals commerce Menday next,
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The "Sydney Sun" in announe ing the burning of the Hongkong Hotel xivow a view of a block of offices in Des Voeux Road almost opposite the bank, describing it as
The Hongkong Hotel"
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The Admiralty is grated to be negotiating with several of the ririncipal shipbuilders regarding the construction of a floating dock for Singapore capable of lifting a Jahip of 50,000 tons.
An aviator has been fined Art pounds for flying under the 2,000 feet limit over an athletic stadium at Yale University.
New Zealand's planting, of new' trees last year was an Empire.ro- cord-10,962 acres, making the Stato forests now 62.786 acres, The State's annual revenue from Five selling trees was $160,000. years ago it was only £8,500.
Falling from his bicyle through At Tsinanfu there is "The being hit by a snowball, the pastorOpen Court", a society (with an in- of Sittard, in Holland, was picked fluential membership) which re- vores equally Taoism, Christianity, up dead
Buddhism, Mohammedanism and Confucianism, and which claims. receive spirit-messages from Jesus Christ.
An effort is being made to pro- duce a World Index of 24,000 scientific periodicals known all over the world.
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The Hudson's Bay Company, A man who broke, open his gas having been annoyed by literary meter, found only a penny and put attacks on the alleged methods em- It back again in disgust, was finedployed in its doolings, has given 20,- at. Old-street for stealing the notice to the President of the Cana- coin.
dhan Authors' Association that it proposes to take drastic action in future cases of the kind
Rankin Springs
(NSW) cockies buy Epsom Salts by the box and using half a packet to a
its red mud colour..
Old age pensioners with con-petrol tin, clear the tank water of tributions of 3d. were among sub- Escribers to a testimonial (a cheque for 158 gulneas) to Dr. W. H. Waterfield, connected for many years with Stonehouse (Plymouth) Board of Guardians, and known locally as "the poor man's ductor."
A big new restaurant
Hundreds of buyers from the U.S.A. are giving orders for and Irish English, Scottish, woollens for delivery up to the winter of 1927.
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Vickers, Ltd., and Metro- capable of seating over 1,500 polttan Vickers Electrical Co people-is to be erected by the share the contract for the Aerated Bread Company in million-pound scheme for Bristol
which
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Wilton Street, opposite Victoria Corporation. Station. The site was acquired twelve months' employment for by the company some years ago. 11,000 men. The demolition of the existing restaurant, which caters for large numbers of railway travel lers will be begun early in the new year..
Rome has turned 26 colt shoulder to the Charleston, Jazz daneing to the tune of waiting saxo- phones and crashing trapdrums of | Americanized bands long has been in vogue here, Even "blues" num- bers have had their devotees. But the hipswaying gyrations of the latest American dance are consider led just a bit too much. The | Charleston, therefore, is almost un- known in Rome's. three cabarets, although it is occasionally seen on the dance floors of large, hotela patronized by Americana.
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From the "Glasgow Herald": Te effective an ́ ́advertisumont should be short, to the point," and arresting, but an Atierlcun touring office rather overdoes the brevity it on- and startlingness when courages travellers to book for an all-round-the-world trip by saying, in huge type, "See this world befre the next!"
for the national memorial to Queen. Halt of the money subscribed Alexandra is to be devoted to deve-
loping the work of the 600 local nursing associations throughout the country. A portion of the balance will be allocated to the Nurses Long Service Fund to pro- vide pensions for Queen's Nurses who have given 21 years' service."
A great tract of land on the outskirts of London is about to pass into the hands of the Govern- ment by the purchase from: - Mr. Grahame White of the Hendon A remarkably candid summary uerodrome and a large part of the of his Australian impressions la Barrounding land. This is to be being published in, London by Sir used by the Royal Air Force as the Percival Phillips, one of the most headquarters of home defence units brilliant of the British war corres- for the protection of London and pondents.., who recently visited tho the big industrial centres of the Commonwealth with the "Empire Midlands. The purchase price is. Preas!! Union delegation, and pass-. about 2800,000; but counter-claims fed through Hongkong. He des- by the Government, adjusted under cribes Australia as "a land of the agreement for purchase, will illusions" and "a fool's paradise," reduce it to about £600,000: A pro- but declares that there, is a splen- longed dispute between the Tros-did future for men who will go out- sury and Mr. Grahame White, who back and work. "A the Socialist was a pioneer of flying in England, wildcat schemes," he says, "can- is thus terminated. ·
not kill Australia."
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Dr. G. J. Castellain, Medical Officer, Klang, has retired from the Service.
Dr. Jackson, Health Officer, Negri Sembilan, is going Home on furlough about the middle of February, with Mrs. Jackson and their son Aubrey..
Rev. T. B. Powell left for a holi- day in Peking on the "President Madison" on Thursday, Mr. Powell, it is understood, will be leaving Hongkong shortly and
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The Hon. E. A. Gilmore, Mrs. M. du Courthial and, Mr. Erie Rice are passengers in the "President Madison" which left Hongkong. on Thursday.
The Fresident, Vice-President and members of the St. David's Society Committee are to be At Home to Welsh friends in the Cathedral Hall on February 11 at 6.45 p.m.
The wedding has taken place quietly, at St. Andrew's Presby terian Church, Penang.. of Dr. R, M. Dannatt, of Ipoh, and Miss Mrs. Balean, Mrs. Morgan, Miss Marjorie Phyllis Charlier, of A. Hynes, Miss I. Woolley, Mrs. London, who arrived by the Gay Cumming, Miss R. Lam, Mr. P. & Q. "Karmala." The Rev. A. Victor Sanders and the Rev. G. E. Ewing officiated. A reception Arrowsmith are to contribute to a wag. afterwards held at the concert programme ch Wednes- day next in the Cathedral Hall, Runnymede: Hotel. the proceeds of which are for St. Peter's Church, *repair fund.
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The "Straits Times" hears that Mr. P. S. Castle, formerly of On Sunday, January 10, the Sungei Siput, Kuala Pilah and Rev. John Sutherland White Sungei Patani estates, has left wright, for more than forty years. England to take over the general a missionary educator in Shan-managership of a large rubber tung, died at the home of his son, plantation in West Africa, which Mr. Alan Whitewright, in Tien has some 17 year-old rubber: He tain. Although Mr. Whitewright will open large new areas. Mr. had not been in robust health for Castle was married to Miss Cecily the past few years he had been E. Ross, of Barona Court, on continuing with full vigour his December 12. work at the head of the Extension
"We talk too much and aing too little."-Sir H. P. Allen, Director, R.C.M.
Mr. F. J. Morten, Malayan Civil Service, has been appointed Clerk of Councils.
Mr. Johnstone of the Union Waterboat Co., Ltd., leaves Eng- land to-day for Hongkong:
Mr. L. B. Gibson has been ap- pointed to act as assistant to the Attorney-General, Singapore.
"This is a method of helping, trade and reducing unemployment in which every one of us can lend a hand; and I sincerely trust that every local authority, and every housewife will co-operate to make the movement a success."
This passage occurs in a letter sent by the Queen to the president of the National Chamber af Trade, which, with other bodies, is or- ganising "shopping weeks," when everyone is asked to "buy British" goods.
A Home Gossip writer saYB →→→ Sir Hugh Clifford, who has just become Governor of Ceylon, did not seem fearfully excited about his new post when I spoke to him Just before his departure. I think Department of the Bhantung Sir Ronald Rose, the famous he has had enough of the tropics Christian University, and his malariologist, arrived in Ceylon-though by the way, he isn't a death came as a surprise and on the Bibby liner "Yorkshire" on bit keen on settling down in shock to all of his co-workers." Monday, January 4 Interviewed England. "If only," he said, at the Galle Face Hotel by a "your climate bad a little more The following officers for the Times of Ceylon representative, qunshine and your politica a little coming year have been elected in shortly after coming ashore, Sir less-hot air, England would be connection with the American Ronald said he had very little to ideal, As it is and he ex- Association of Shanghai-Pre any regarding his visit to Ceylon pressed the rest in a gesture, sident, Dr. S. A, Ransom: Vice-. His pringipal eject in coming to President, Dr. J. C. McCracken; the lainnd was just to make ob- His wife, better known to povel Secretary, Mr. J. B. Powell, and servations He did not know readera as Mrs. Henry de la Treasurer, Mar: John S. Potter. Mr. exactly how long he would stay Pasture, was less severe,
Sho W Van Buskirk, who has served in the Island, but at any rate, his thinks. England wouldn't 'be Eng- for, part of the years as ddcretary wikifa
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