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The Colony Had another "clean" health return" on Thurs- day
In a recent football compati tion 6,484 people gave a correct kolution. The prizo waa divided among the successful competitors, -oach receiving 8dkorja
For the preservation of the ancient Roman Amphithoutre of Ferentino, Italy; Captain Alexandar Hardenstle, an Englishmän, has given 25,000 re.'
The Amateur Dramatic Society of Selangor announce their produc tion of Sir James. Barrie's play "The Admirable Crichton for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, April 26, 27, and 28. ...
Women and girls in the West. Ham Guardians Central Home de- tained under the provisions of the Lunacy Act are to be allowed to attend the local kinema once a wook,. at the expense of the Guardians..
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A new set of Egyptian stampa has been lasued in commemoration of the agricultural and Industrial Exhibition which is now being held in Cairo. The stamps are on sale: for two months only, and the issue ja a restricted one, so that they will be much sought after by collectora. Another commemora- tive set of stamps has been issued in Austria. It is known as the "Nibelungen" commemorative set, and consists of "six values--8; 8; 16, 20, 24, and 40 graschen.
On the last outward! voyage. of the P. and O. "Kashgar," Cap- tain Williams allowed sealed col lecting boxes to be placed about the ship for the benefit of the Bark › Haig Poppy Day Fund.. The boxes remained sealed until the return of the ship to London, when they were handed over to the Appeal Department of the British Legion, which has now written to the P und 0: Company stating that the amount subscribed by the "Kashgar" was £27 28, 9d., and ask- ing that Earl Haig's grateful thanks be conveyed to the Commander of the ship and all concerned in this splendid subscription:
Melbourne High Court have Fors decided that the YMCA. la "a watch and came religious. Institution exempt from Income tax
Mr. Robb Canadian Minister of Finance has given taxation statistics per head; Canada, 46 dollars: 11 cents Australia, 69.63; Great Britain, 9712 United Statos, $7.89, says Router
The German survey ship "Meteor," which has returned to Ocean, reports that Thompson Table Bay from the Southern Island (marked on British Atlases at 80 miles north-east of Bouvot Island) has disappeared.
Japanose, was in Dover
Cadual Bureau estimates -in- diente that the population of the United Staten on August 14 Will bs more than 117,000,000; #
Sugar amounting to 34,027 tone was produced at the four factorien in Kelham, Cantley, Ely and Ipswich, in the year 1925-26.
Germany that two brothers, tram- News has been received
way employees in the Ruhr zone, have been left 2650,000 by a re- lativa who has just died y America.
About a hundred fustablish- ment men and their families are leaving Pembroke Dock for other dockyards, and by the end of the An unclaimed envelope contain month only a caro-and-maintenance ing diamonds valued at £1,500 has party of sixty men will be om beon found in the safe deposit of ployed at Pembroken. The town is the Kimberley branch of
the in a serious plight, and airendy Standard Bank The envelope was more than a thousand men are on deposited 40 years ago by a ran the unemployment register.
named C. R. Cowie. Unless it has been claimed by April 6,, the dia monds will be sold,
A contract of an estimated Value of approximately £250,000. for 2,000 coal waggons required Hull Corporation Committee by the Carlton Main Colliery Co., for the Care of the Blind has ap of Barnaley, and the. Llay Main proved of weekly allowances to 200 Coal Coof Gresford,
near Indigent blind, atrag, annual cost:
The income.. "of ́éach Wrexham has been placed with of 25,800, Messrs. Charles Roberts and Co. blind person under the scheme has Etdi, of Herbury Junction, near been brought up to 268, per week. Wakefield (says Modern Trang An appent was made to the public porte)
to discourage begging, and the chairman said if any cases were The complete returns now brought to their notice they would issued by the Department of Combe dealt with overaly, merce, Irish Free State, at Dublin, show a substantial decline in the
The wonderful and most cost- number of cattle shipped from all ports in the Free State to crossly organ at the newly opened channel British ports during the Plaza Ficture Palace can perform. past year. The total number ship-many miracles of sound thunder ed was 693 788 compered "with and storm and general upheaval 948,908 in 1924, a drop of 255,000, The most popular "effect" of all which represents a large decline in is when the organist, who la seated revenue to the various shipping in the centre of the orchestra. companies engaged in the Irish presses a few buttons and dis- cross-channel cattle transit. There appears with all his stops and was also a heavy decline in the pedals into the depths below. His number of sheep carried and horses. vanishing trick is applauded very
heartily and pigs.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Mr. S. J.Jordain, secretary of Messrs. Lane, Crawford, Ltd., went on Home leave, yesterday by the "City of Valencia." Mr A. W. Brown is acting secretary Mr. Jordain has been a keen
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Benjamin Rodrigues, of Singa- I am hoping that, like Lady pore, only twelve years of Tre, Godiva, you are drawing near to has been awarded by Trinity your close-Judge Parfitt, at College an exhibition for his Clerkenwell County Court. work in music. This is the first award of the kind to a Singa- porean',
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Dyer, Mr. The dance organised by the and Mrs. J. H. Hearn and their officers and men of HM.S: two children, Mra. 8. T. William-Ambrose in the Town Hall, son, and Mr. Fitzgerald are passengers. on the s.s. Changte which left Hongkong for Aus tralian ports via Manila.
The Rev. Frederick Hastings, of Eastbourne, who is 87, ia about to start alone on a cycling tour to Venice via Havre, He used to cycle 60 miles a day, but he says his doctor has ordered him to cut it down to about 30. Recently Mr. Hastings completed a painted panel, 6ft. by 6ft, for his church
Mr WL. Marshall general manager of the Standard Off Company offices of Manila, will leave for the United States in the early part of May. He has been transferred. He will be succeed- ed by Mr Basil G. Butler, assist- ant generall ́ ́ manager. During his stay in the Philippines he has been popular with all and his services have been highly success- ful
A large gathering, including Sir George and Lady Maxwell and the Hon'ble Mr. WH ThomBOTI,
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The Japanese Government has decided to appoint Mr. Kawatani The Queen's Theatre. Gaumont Kozaemon, the Harbin Manager of of the Mitsul Bussan Kaisha, 23 Graphic shows the return Alan Cobham from his 16,000 Japanese Trade Commissioner to milee flight. Mr. Cobham modest-Soviet Russia. Forma announce y denies that he has performed ment is shortly expected a daring flight. "It was all s
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