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A, snowman was accused at Clerkenwell of giving a man of QLE Vice-Chancellor colcur a black eye. I can't see University, will preside it" said the magistrate, supuual distribution of prizes pous one eye is blacker than the Yan College, to be held
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Because his food was half-other cooked," a young man asked the Kingston Bench to make separation order against his wife: Clerk: You cannot get rid of your wife because she is not a good cook? You must get her to take cookery lessons.
The engagement fa announced of Robert Stirling Wilson, Char tered Bank, Ipoh and Winifred Edith youngest (twin) daughter of Fator Burgess, Drumnadrochi, J verness-shire.
It is stated that the Cana dian Pacific Railway Company in- tend to replace the machinery of the "Empress of Australia" with reaction type turbines fitted with the modern mechanical reduction goars, and a very high degree of A "Removal Permit," is neces-economy in working is antief sary before any dog can be takenpated. A pressure of about 2501b.
One of the exhibits in the across the Harbour. Those in per square inch, with high tem
perature of superheat of steam, War Museum at Zeebrugge is a possession of anti-rabies vaccina-will be employed, and a guar- life-saving buoy for submarines. anteed fuel consumption of It is a German device. This 0.75 lb. of all per s.h.p. per hour buoy rose automatically from a will have to be maintained,
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By 87 votes to 10 the States A rald carried out by a revenue of Guernsey adopted English as ofleur in which a quantity of opium the official language, concurren ly and implements used in the trade with French Hitherto the option at were seized was mentioned before use of English had been tolerated the Kowloon Magistrate yesterday in debate. The privilege was ex- when two Chinese were charged tensively used by members of with unlawful possession of opium and selling the drug without a per- mit. The case was adjournedi.
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The British Columbia Boys Parliament, a body, fostered by The people of two of the the YMCA and other pOYS" Aran islands, which form a part organisations, has completed an Britain is replanting the of the County of Galway, will not annual session which wid vitally forests it lost during the war pay their taxes. In fact, they affect the boy life of the Province William Ling, Taylor. in. a paper have not paid them for 20 years, during the coming year. The read at the last meeting of the and Mr. Lydon of the Galway parliament Budgets for all organ-British Surveyors Institute, seld County Council is advocating the isations which are affiliated with the ultimate aimed at was the use of a gunboat to collect rates is and outlines a broad pro-afforestation of 1,770,000 acres from the islanders.. Poverty is gramme of work for the ensuing of land in Britain not suitable for advanced us reason for non-pay- year. One of the features of the other cultivation. The total ment, but some of the members session just ended was, a vigorous ordinary employment provided in of the council day the poorest per- move to stop cigarette smoking the new forests approximated sons in the county pay their rates. anong boys. Splendid progress 2,000 men throughout the surumer while the wearers of silks have in boys' work through the organ-months and over 3,000 in the been resisting payment for years.isations, forming the parliament winter. The influence of forestry. The Aran islands protect the Gulf was reported during the session, on rural unemployment was ap of Galway from the Atlantic, and which was conducted in thepreciable, but its growth was de- the entire group has a population chamber of the provincial Legis-pendent upon a steady adherence of only about 35,000.
to a settled policy.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Mr. George Turner, who has been elected to the headmaster- ship of Marlborough in place of Dr, Norwood, the new Headmaster of Harrow, is an old Marlburian. and a former Demy of Magdalen College,. Oxford:
Mr. George Pengelly Kerr, of Cambridge University, is staying in Singapore for a few days' on- his homeward way from a trip of study and survey into the political problems of the many. countries visited..
Invitations have been issued by Mr. and Mrs. Ted de Cruz for the wedding of their daughter, Mabel Irene, with Dr. J. E. Smith, J.P., Municipal Commissioner, Penang, at the Church of the Assumption, Penang, on April 5.
Dr. Harold Balme, President of Shantung Christian University, who has just returned to China. after an extensive trip in Great Britain and the United States, was the principal speaker at a launcheon by the Shanghai Pan- Pacific Association on Monday O last, at the Union Club of China. The subject of Dr. Balme's ad-
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The Cathedral branch of the Church of England Men's Society is to hold a social evening at the Cathedral Hall on Thursday, April 8,
Mr. E. B. Williams, Collector of Land Revenue, Negri Sembilan, will be proceeding Home on leave shortly,
April 30 next, being the 25th anniversary of his enthronement ag their bishop, the clergy and laity of the diocese are pre- genting the Bishop of Londor, Dr. Winnington Ingram. with a motor-car as a token of their esteem and regard.
Sir John Tilley, British Am- bassador, has been asked by the Duke of Portland, the president of the committee formed to organ ise a national memorial to ther late Queen Alexandra, to bring the work and aims of the. com. mittee to the notice of the British residents of Japan.
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