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Owing to faulty cablo.connor- The burning of the Shake- There has been broken up at vessel, the Wo tion telegrams to and from Shangsspeare Memorial Theatre af Plymouth a haf and bogond, are subject to Stratford is being regarded as a Brothers," which was in active | delay"
blessing The building, has been service for 180 years. described as "The Worst Thantre in the World." A fund of £100,000 Is Being raised and a new and more commodidus theatre will be built on another site.
The Royal Hongkong Yacht Club's closing cruise of the Sonson will be held at the elab house an April 24
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While the shop windows of Bear and every other big city throughout the Reich ure Alled at this time of the year with fancy
The total output of the Kailan Mining Administration's mines for the week ending Apr 3 1026 amounted to 70,427 tons and the Sales: during the periail to 38.889dress
ons.
costumes copied from Bavarian peasant models, the women of Buvaria have lodged a Mesars, Kombr and Komor re- protest through a committee of port that their exhibition of water the Diet against the attire, of colours is attracting great atten- strongers who come to pass the tion Are lovers are lavited. The holidays in their mountains and exhibition is open daily from Damages. Dress as worn to-day to 6 pm.
they claim, is both immodest and immoral, and visitors ought not to be allowed to contaminate in nocent districts.
Following a complant from the Rice Dealers Guild regarding thefts of rice from the water front, three coulies were arrested and charged before the Central Magls trate yesterday, fined $6..
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"Who is the Tofter, pray, and who the Pot? The art of mak- They were eaching glazed pottery originated with
A charge of alleged conspiracy to defraud u. Arm of California. mërchaats of a sum of $8,000 while working as the managing partner of the business was preferred against a Chinese as the Central Magistracy Mesterday. The case was fixed for hearing on Friday.
The FM.S. Government: have
"Financial Times" calling atten-
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Leading Japanese flour mills are reported to have lost heavily in their speculative importation. of wheat, as a result of the sud cen enforcement of the tariff re form Bill on March 29,
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The German cruiser "Ham- burg," now on the high seas and expected to arrive in Colon, Panama, on April 16, s pain- stakingly avoiding the former German colonies on ita cruise around the world.
trate has ordered the arrest of
The Shanghai District Magis all beal beggar "kings," who are demanding big sums of money from the local merchants and promising to afford them "pro. tection against beggar raid.
was
· An an-
The total freight income of the Chinese of remote antiquity. the Japanese fiscal year ending In London the potteries of March 31, according to Lambeth were started by Dutch-nouncement of the Department of men about 1,640 but Stafford Railways,
Y194,470,000: hire took pre-eminence after the This was an increase of Y5,266,- famous John Wedgewood opened 000 the year before but Y570,000 his pottery a century or so later.short of the estimates of the The Chinese, we are told in "A Department. Jesuit's Letters." knew formerly how to paint their porcelain with fishes and animals in such a man- ner that these figures never ap-
vases were filled with liquor. Aencourage thrift. The prizes are Y3,000, Y2,000 and Y1,000 each, to be paid for the first, second and third best stories submitted The rules state that the stories shall be forwarded to the Bureau by the end of June.
The Japanese Home Office Social Bureau has announced particulars regarding prizes to be
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"An unsuccessful attempt to |escape by jumping from bout to bout and an arrest in the water (as stated by the prosecution led to a Chinese being brought before the Kowloon Magistrate yesterday en charges of alleged intimidation Hmm jand demanding with menaces a sum of $200 from a cargo jank master's son following befusal to carry a cargo of arms for the accused. The case was adjourned until Thursday,
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There is a movement on foot in England sponsored by the English-Speaking Union, for the establishment of a memorial to the authoress of "Little Women.""
has taken the form of endowing The America-Japan Society a cot in the Washington Ward of of Tokyo is to present the School the Royal Free Hospital for fof Journalism of the University Women, where so many American of Missouri with an old stone doctors got their first insight into hospital work in wartime. The ward is dedicated to the use of mothers, and babies, and it is felt that the scheme is eminently ident of the Society, from an old suitable as a memorial to ary one estate near Sezentuku-ji where fas staunch, as loyal, as warm-Townsend Harris, the first Amer- hearted, and as human as Louisa can envoy to Japan, established Alcott.
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During a visit to Queen' Mary's Maternity Home, Hampstead; the Queen shook hands, with every Satient.
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Mr. D. L. A. Jephson, of Cam- bridge, captain Surrey County ericket team 1900-02, and a famous "lob" bowler, left £127,
Mussolini has decided that the Italian organ grinder is henceforth to be refused a paksport abroad on 2 the ground that his performance derogates from the dignity of Fascist Italy..
The last Home mail recorded the fact that Sir James Cantilie (76) so well known as a former refident of Hongkong, was in an Aberdeen nursing home suffering from a breakdown in health.
The forthcoming wedding is announced of Mr. Francis Daniel Leonard, of Messrs. Palmer and Turner, residing at No. 83, Wong. Nei Chung. Road, to Mias 1. M.. Pussos, of No. 33 Morrison Hil
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Mrs. G. C...Royle, Mrs. Louis. D. Sussdorff, Mrs. J. R, Geary, Mrs. Robert F. Mose and Mrs. J. T. Swift were prominent in the organisation of a party for the benefit of the funds of the Yokohama Catholic Church on April 6.
The Tokyo Amateur Dramatic Club is to give another product- ion, the play to be. Isobel, Edward and Anne," to be played. !the evenings of May 5, 6 and 7 ut the Imperial Hotel Auditorium. The play is a comedy in three acts by Gertrude E. Jennings...
"A collection of the writings of Charles Dickens, mostly first editions, and a few books relating to him, aeventy-two volumes in all, uniformly bound in full olive morocco,, ând sold in one lot, has been bought for 2260 by Mr. C. J. Sawyer, who also gave £72 for a set of the first edition of the "Pickwick Papers," 1836-7, in the original 19/20 numbers, with the wrappers and some adver- tisements:
The late Mr. H. B. Irving's collection of criminological litera- ture has been presented by his widow, in memory of her hus band, to the London Library. According to
"London Times," there are in all about.
the
printed on poor paper, to Dr. Kenealy's elaborare edition in several volumes of the famous Tichborne case.
While the fire was raging in the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-on-Avon 200 of the townspeople formed Human chain.. By this means they saved the £100,000 worth of literature,, pictures and relics in the museum and gallery which adjoin the Chief Justice of Hongkong, pro-three hundred volumes dealing posed the toast of Wales at the with crime and criminals in Eng Welsh National banquet on St. and America and France, rang- The Prime Minister of the Com-David's Day. There was an at-ing from 6d, cheap books, badly monwealth (Mr. Bruce), the tendance of 750 at the dinner and Speaker of the House of Repre- the principal guckt was the Earl sentatives (Sir Littleton Groom), of Oxford and Asquith. the Minister for Customs" (Mr.. Pratten), the State Premier (Mr. Allan)," and the Archblahop”, of,
Mr. Peretz Hirshbein, one of
From the executors of the estate Melbourne (Dr. Harrington Lees) the foremost of present-day of the late Mr. Eric. Ross the Hon. were among a group of 50 repre- dramatists, and Mrs. Hirshbein Treasurer of St. Andrew's So. sentative citizens of Melbourne arrived recently in Japan and in-
ciety, Shanghai, has received a who attended a luncheon tendered tend to remain for some months bequest of Tia, 1,000. During his to Gipsy Smith, the noted evan- during which Mr. Hirshbein will lifetime. Mr. Rosa was always a gather material for a series of mission in Melbourne, Mr. F. J. magazine and newspaper articles keen member and enthusiastic supporter of the Society, at one: on the social, artistic and time being Vice-President, and economic conditions of the coun-this provision in his will is of try which he hopes later to in- special significance to the Com- corporate into a book.
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Cnto was the host.
A pretty but quist wedding ceremony took place on Easter Monday morning at the church of
mittee and members, coming as it does from one who was intimately St. Joseph, Kuching. The con- At the annual prize distribu- acquainted with the work of the tracting parties were Arthur Flor of the Tientsin Grammar Society and the calls upon its Henry, the eldest son of the late School Mr. Howard Payne, chair charity fund. At the same time Henrique Martimiano Machodie man of the B.M.C, education com- the Company Commander and Nunes of Shanghai, and Mrs. mittee, said the British Muni Officers of the Shanghal Scottish Eugenie Emily Nunas (Nes cipal Council was now S.V.C. desire to acknowledge an Holmberg) of Singapore, and providing, education from the equal sum from the executors of Mable Veronica, the second daugh kindergarten stage up to the late Mr. Ross In many ter of Mr. Jos P. Reutans, ratired the English second school tangible ways he had displayed his accountant of the Sarawak Gov standard. The Council were ask interest in the Shanghai Scottish ernment and late Mrs. Maria ing ratepayera bo build a school since its inauguration, Teresa Reutena (widow of the late which would be up t date and contributed liberally
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