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The offices and stations of the Chinese. Maritime Custom for Kowloon and district will be closed on April 2 and 3.;
Details of the Easter Meet ing of the Fanling Hunt Steeple chases will be found in an adver- tisement on another page,
The Oxford University Press, are adding to their World's Clas- Jsics the Revised Version of the Apocrypha The text will not. be divided into verses, but will be in the format of an ordinary
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3 Figures för, 1926 show an in- crease of barely 8 per cent. the number of telephones in
Mr C. L. Sandes has taken England. The total has over management of the Mercantile risen to about 1,357,500, win-
crease of 118,9001 Bank India in plyed of Mr. J. Road who has gone. Home on louve of absenco...
Its. -6,000th trip for her owners (the China Navigation |-ti.
Co., Ltd) was completed yester The pollos have closed the day by the "Fatshan" which South ond of Fedder Street, untilhas done about half a million further notice, to vehicular traffic miles on the river run (in con-- fromy Sunday, frat.. Motor cars Junction, with the Hongkong, may use Ice Houso Street between Canton and Macao Steamboat Col Des Voeux Road and Queen's Road |Ltch)*- during this period, »
Before Mr. R. E. Linghelle Contrak Magistracy vests day, Shanteng constable was soutenced to two months! Ward labour for mis- conducting himself by leaving his post of duty is record ahowed that he had been two years in th foveo and had been reported twelv times for various offences.
The total value of the com- mercial. fruit production. Canada in 1925 is placed at, $25,569.212, compared with $25 503 340 in 1924, Production of cominorcial apples is estimated at 3,630,770 barrels of the value of $20,057.417..
A hitherto unknown edtion of the Sarum Book of Hours (1494) the edition of Gray's Elegy Th which one of the Istanzas appears for the frat den's, To My Lord Chancellor,"
recent acquisitions to the British Museum....
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of the longest cable circuits in the to signah Waglar lighthoused and me, and a scarce poem of Dry
The mystery ship which failed world. In distance, as the cable which H.M.S. "Durban" left Hong gram travela, La Salle Street, is kong at night to search for, has 5,500 miles from Great Winches-turned out to be the Chinese as ter Street; but in time it is just "Ting On" of Canton. As con- across the way. Within one-lectured, she had been pirated. thousandth of a second the Her cuptors were making for Bias Goods dispatched by aero- electric impulse, started in Lon-Bay, where they ultimately landed plane in Europe and America are don, has reached Chicago with their opoils, after being unable to now insured at a lower rate than make the shore for three days on when sent by either road, rail, or account. of bad weather: The boat, while passengers also pay Blood test to identify de-skipper was a Russian, who was only a small premium. "As safe scendants of those who crossed the allowed considerable liberty funderas aviation may yet become a Atlantic, in the "May flower" or to surveillance) by the pirates.
popular slogan as the public expose take survivors of the
gains the faith now held by "in- Light Brigade will soon be possit
surance folka.” ble experiments of Dr. E. Munciloff, Russian blood special ist are extended, this, scientist claims. The adage, “blood will tel is literally true, Dresterday of the new fire font for exery hyma-book," said Dr. Percy Dr. Dearmer, with particulara of„ Manciloff says. Though his ex-which were first published in the Dr. Vaughan Williams and Mr periments have been limited 10China Mall some time ago. There Martin Shaw, is responsible for Europedis, he asserts that by were present the Hon. Mr. E. D. C. & new hymn-book called "Songs blood analyses he can tell a Chin-Wolfe, (CSP and Chief Officer of of Praise." The hymns which ese from a Japanese, a Germunthe Fire Brigade). Captain HF he would ban are from a Pole. Out of 1862 Bloxham (ASF), Mr. H. T: Brooks Russians and Jews whose ances Superintendent), Mr. R.. M. Austin try had been traced, Dr. (Chief of the firemem volunteers, Manoiroff said that his tests er representatives of Messrs. Jardine, abled him to distinguish between Matheson & Co Ltd. (agents for the two races with 88 per cent.Merryweather's) and of the Dock accuracy..
Co's staff
A test which revealed great credit in the builders (the HongThere are at least four hymns. og Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd.) which should be excluded from
was carried out at Kowloon Dock.
the Government,
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Sir Hugh Clifford, the Gov- ernor of Ceylon, is said to be working fourteen hours a day.
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Mr. A. W. Cosser has been re- elouted President, and Mesdames"! | Kirby and Cain und Messrs. Ritchie, Ovens, V. B. Wilson, and P. B. Brown elected the committee of the Kobe Tennis Club!
Mr. Vivien O'Hara, Forest Officer at Pahang, who was admitted into Hospital in an unconscious condi- tion, has since died. The funeral was attended by members of the Forest Department.
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Kedah is to have a permanent Supreme Court judge in the future, and Mr. Justice Dinsmore has been appointed to the post, Mr. Justice Acton is to take his place at Seremban.
Sir Arthur Yapp. K.B.E., the National Secretary of the London Council of the YMCA, who is due in Malaya from Rangoon at the end of this month; will spend
few weeks in Malaya. He will attend the formal opening of the VAL.C.A. building in Ipoh.
Dearmer.
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"A few more years shall roll! "Weary of earth and laden with
my sin "Days and moments quickly
flying.
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Members of the family of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, New Yorke sorfety leader, were called to her bed side because of her serious Hiness.
The 14th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens wis celebrated by the annual plf- grimage. The Arst tribute was a "bunch of snowdrops and violets from Cyril Dickens, a great-grand- son of the novelist. A direct descendant of Dickens, has been a silver cup for golf competition by resident of Perak for many yours men at Deep Water Bay, In the person of Mr. R. J. Be Clayton.
Mr. A. Denison has offered
Mr. C. C. C. Sundes has taken over the management of the The Duke of York who, as Hongkong branch of the Mercan President of the Industrial tile Bank of India, Ltd, in place Welfare Society, is making him of Mr. J. B. Ross, who is proceed- self familiar with many formsing Home on furlough.
of manufacture, and production and both in London and provinces The marriage, paid a visit on March 8, to the Mary's Church,, offices of ""The Times newspaper, Ceylon, on and spent two hours in Inspecting Patrick Walter Gor the various; departments and (of Altken, Spen studying the methods whereby a Colomb with great newpaper is produced. Josephine. Fincham
Mrk Mrazi bury,
The Prince Regent is schedul for an itinerary. Inawestern Japan
sometime :(, Fing. May. Prépa
The
Ma A. Henderson, son of Mr. Arthur Henderson, M. under went an operation for throat trouble in a London nursing home.
Commander G., D. Connell, R.N.R, who has ratuned to Flymouth, was 62 days on a voy age with an 18-ton tug from Liver- pool to Port Sald.
You will be treated as one
of the family," said Lady Cook wife of the High Commissioner for Australia, In bidding good-bye to 50 Bernardo giria going out to Australia.
Lt Col Mackintosh, Lt.-Col and Mrs. Trevelyan, Major and Mrs. Alabaster Major Lewis were among the 200 guests of the officers, war rant officers and sergeants' mess of the local detachment of Royal Engineers, at a special favitation dance on Wednesday fat the RE theatre) S. M. Hewett, S. Waller Sgt. Swinson and Cpl. Clews were the committee respon sible Mrs. Trevelyan presented Mra Jacob and Mr. Blackman with the prizes for the spot waltz." An excellent programme was enjoyed in an appropriate setting amidst tasteful decorations."jaw
Bore underweight, and sickly with physicians despairing of their lives, Paul Zeiss, eleven years old, and his brother Anton, twelve, of Bremervoerde, Hanover have attained a combined weight of 572 pounds. Paul weighs 207, ha brother 275. They laugh at sug geations that doing a "dally deren" will make them thin. They wors exercised according to physicians pred
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