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The Tokyo Community Chori Society in rehearsing Haydn "Creation."
"Charley's Aunt" is to be shown to-night and to-morrow (at the Queen's Theatre.
It is hoped to form a branch of the London Scottish. Old Com- rades Aspelution in Hongkong.
AND GENERAL
In a smoking contact:" at During the thirteen weeks and Fiskerton, Lincoln, the winner kenting on December last, tho salos hia pipe alight for 1 hour 82 at the various branches of the minutes.
London Co-operative Society, Ltd totalled £1,063,695—an increase The formality of the visa in of £200.012 on the figures for the case of passports between the corresponding period of 1924. Switzerland and Germany has now In the grocery department the sales
Bxcneded $500,000 been abolished:""
In this court. I and that, the grander the business title the less A licence for broadcasting there in Behind W.-Judge Parfitt has been granted to the Indian Eat Clerkenwall County Court. Radio Telegraph Co. by the Indium Government.
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During the season of Lent service of Intorvossion for the sick will be held on Wednesdays at 10 am. in the Peak Church-
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Owing to a vase of smallpox among the passengers, the "Belgen- land was detained as quarantine at Singapore, the passengers and crew being vaccinated and the ship fumigated The sick man's name His reported to be Mer
Among interesting events, re- called by 1920 are the catenarics of tho, founding of the Zoologier) Gardens the first ascent of Ludgate Hill by a steam-drivem "I should want more than coach, the earliest success in ex double that" said Judge Cluer, atperiments with Incandescent gas-, Shoreditch, whem a stonemason hurners; the revival of "Lloyd's accepted 2126 in final settlement of Post, now "Lloyd's Register and compensation for an injury to his the discovery und naming by a left eye
French medical, befontist of the diphtheria germ. It will be 50 Yours since the telephone was in- vented by Dr. Graham Bell, and 70. years since the late Queen Victoria founded the Victoria Crose award
The second of the five vessels. building for Mausra, Furnesg Withy and Co. (Prince Line) at the Deutsche Werft, was launched last month. She lab sister ahip to the
Javanese Prince."
Success has attended the ox-- pariment of throwing open the whole of Canterbury Cathedral | Evidence of arrest after a The Singapore policy free to visitors. Some months ago chase by revenue officer was given searching for an Indian orderly. It was decided to do this: if a gun nt the Criminall Sessions yesterday formerly employed at Government ante fund of £2,000 a year were when two Chinese were changed House, who has absconded. When raised. Over 100 persona prompt- with rubbery at No. 17 Temple the accused's quarters were soarchy guaranteed over £3,900, and Street. Yaumuli. Prisoners weread, hundreds of letters were found the free opening began on May sentenced to three years imprison-which had been given to him to 26 last. ment with hard labour,
Between May 26 and post, But which he had concealed. September 30 £1,894 was received, keeping the stamp: money.. Thin
involuntary offerings, and there appears to have been going on for was a profit of £299 on the sale of considerable time, and a great booklets, a total of 22,199, which deal of inconvenience has been was 1163 more than the vialtors caused at Government House infees in the same period in 1924, so consequence,
A Siamese contemporary staten that a Siamese woman gave birth to three children, the face of each child being coloured differently from the others One, it is stated, had a red face, 'ke the face, of a man who drinks," another was pale green, like the colour of a water melon," and the third whe pale white. The children did not long survively.
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Remarkabl faith in the stability of American institutions is displayed by Mr. Henry Granger, u former USI Minister:
the new policy more than paid its way. The Dean and Chapter ox- press themselves ns. most grateful
o the generous appreciation which visitors from all parts of the world have shown. There has
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"A Standard Remedy. day of the carnival According to handed to a committee, including} the police, a cigarette, thrown by the Presidents of both republics, standard family medicine: Prompt, Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is $ some careless skater, fell through for use in the best interest of the rehab e and effective for coughs, a crack in the floor, starting a two countries. But who can guess colds, croup, bronchial coughs, coughs blaze in the dead) grasa underneath, what form of government
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A demonstration of the new orthophonie viétrole was given at the last meeting of the Manila Rotary Club..
Jockey W, H. Ross, who has Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Whitehead of returned had a nervous breakdown and has Batang Malaka, have been in Penang Hospital, for from Home, the former having re- some time, will be leaving for sumed his appointment on Batang. Mr. F. M. Crawford and" Mr.Australie about the end of this Malak estates." Mr. N.. Gunnell and Mrs. J. B. Nihill and family, month.. returned to the Colony yesterday' by the "Hakozaki Maru."
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In the Supreme Court, Singa- pore, the Chief Justice (Sir William Murison) admitted Mr. E. R. White, of Messrs. Rodyk and Davidson, a member of the Straits Settlements Bar
who has been in charge during the manager's absence, will shortly be Mr. W. S. Bailey, who retired || proceeding on leave, from the Presidency of the Kow- oon Residents' Association at the annual meeting last evening, and who is such a well known figure in the life of the Colony, is leaving shortly for. Home on holiday.
The engagement is announced between William Hill (BI) Evans, of the Penang Rubber Estates, only son of Mr. William Evans, Straits Settlements Civil Service) · (ret.), and Molly,, eldest daughter of Mi. and Mrs. Howard Welby, Norfolk Farm House, Pyrtord, Surrey,
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Mlle. Irene Curie, the talented 16-year-old daughter of Madame The sum of $1,439.70 was real Curie, the famous radium expert, ised for Earl Haig's Appeal
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Mr. Grahame White, now 46, was Science, Fund (Poppy Day) at the Baland is devoting her life to research the first Englishman to be granted. Masque held in the Town Hullwork, she is her mother's right a certificate of proficiency as an Kuala Lumpur, on January 16, hand at the institute which bears air pilot. He started a school or thus making Selangor's' contribu- her family name. bion for 1925 amount to $8,709,- 08, that is to say over £1,000 sterling, and nearly $100 in ex- cess of the tentative figure. pre- viously quoted..
Capt. A. Sidney Galorey, 0.B.E, whose work as Hotspur] of the "Daily Telegraph" and Rapier of the "Illustrated Sport- ing and Dramatic" is well known, is at present on a visit to Ceylon. Capt. Galtrey, 25 years ago; was Editor of the "Indian Sporting Times" and was later responsibly connected with the "Times of India." He became Assistant Editor and Dramatic Critic of "The Sportsman' in 1905, and joined the "Daily Telegraph" in 1909,
A striking example of the re- sourcefulness of the Chinese of making a fortune in Malaya, writes a correspondent, is record- ed in the life of Mr. Chew "Joo" chiat; who died at his family. residence, 246, Joo Chiat Road, at the age of 69 years. He was a Holden and landed at Singapore from Amoy some 50 years or more, a penniless boy, but by hard work and endowed with keen business foresight he left ́an estate estimated to be worth about a million dollars. In the shape of land and house proper ties In Joo Chiat Road, named after him, and along the East Coast District. • The funeral took place at the Bukit Brown Cemetery, where there" tras a large attendance of his relatives and friends.
Walker plodgos istance to make her hus
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aviation in 1909, won many flying trophies, and formed the Grahame White Aviation Company, which became proprietors of the London Aerodrome, Hendon. He served for time as flight-commander- during the war, but resigned to carry out Government contracts for building aeroplanes.
The Hon. Eisie, Mackay, third' daughter of Lord' Inchcape, the shipping and banking magnate, has been elected one of the Ad- visory Committee of Pilots to the Air League. Miss Mackay took her pilot's certificate in August 1922, after learning to fly under Mr. Alan Cobham, the famous pilot, at Stiglane Aerodrome. Later she bought a D.H.6, the model in which she learnt," and kept it at the aerodrome. She spent much time izolo flying, and is now a recognised: safe pilot, not indulging in stunts and a pioneer of women In aerial matters.
A mother and daughter, neither
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