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The Bagus April 30--The A blillard handicap 250 up is It has been officially decided KPM intende bulding two new being arranged. the Fulice that the State funeral of the es Boats for the Australian line, Hotel Kowloon There will be Emperon Kores shall take place three silver cups for the winners on June 10 Prince Lt will be and a special prize for the highest burled at Kinyokurt... break.
Save the "Observer," publish ed in Baltimore--The cold fact is that the greatest jucitement to crime in the United States. to-day Its the daily newspaper..
We are informed by the Kailan Mining Administration that the total output of the All members of the Engineer Administration's mines for the Company of the Hongkong Volun-week ending May 1, amounted to teer Defence Corps who are in- 68,740 tons, and the sales during terested in baseball have been the period to 45,803 tons asked to attend a meeting which will be held at Volunteer Head- quarters, this evening at 5.80 to discuss the question of entering a team in the Hongkong Baseball League this season.
Marshal Sun Chuan-fang is reported to have appointed Gon Wang Cheun-yuen to the post of Superintendent of Military Train- ing for the Five Provinces. It may be re-called that when Wang was Governor of Hupeh, Sun was his subordinate and through Wang's patronage rose from a captain to the rank of divisional commander.
The Anding of a little figure of "The Smilling Buddha in a Mexican State again raises the question-
Political gossip in the Chinese Were the Asiatic people the first to conquer the republiez Archao-press foreshadows a rupture bet logists are giving much attention tween Marshals Ww Pei-fu and to the problem and the new dis-Chang Tso-lin in the event of the covery should help them in their conclusions.
arrest of Mr. Wu Ching-lian, for whose apprehension in connection with his past relations with the late Gen. Kuo Sung-din a reward of $20,000 is said to have been offered. Mr. Wa Ching-lien is a right hand man of Marshal Wus
The editor of the Soviet Organ "Echo" was arrested at Harbin on the Est inst, with some 20 other Russians And Chinese, for inter- fering, with the police. in the "An inventory of the treasures execution of their duty and of the Imperial Palace in the For murched off with the others to the bidden City, Peking, has been nearest police station, After taken and inspection of scaled being detained for a few hours, buildings has been made by a The efforts to refloat the they were taken to the Police group of Chinese officials anxious steamer". "Altebaran,” of the Administration, where the Judi- to set at rest reports of extensive Holland East Asia ne, which has clal Department investigated the looting there. During the dis-been around on the Blenheim ense after which the editor turbed civil war conditions, Shoal thirty miles from Port secured his release, first having to Peking police will guard the Swettenham, for top days; have so find surely for future good palace instead of soldiers, behaviour.
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far been unsuccessful, and it seems that the vessel is grounded no- firm-
A factory foreman at Dijonly on the mud bank that she will is to be charged in a French court not refloat until the next spring. with having stolen a locomotive tide, which is due in a few days! engine. It is not so bad for a
time. Beginning When he has served
Jerusalem, April 5-The World whatever sentence is considered appropriate, it thought of In-Archæological Congress was open- viting him over to London to see ed in the presence of Lord Flumer; if he will take a fancy to the High Commissioner of Palestine, Albert Memorial or the Charing and Henry de Jouvenal French Cross railway bridge..
High Commissioner in Syria, and with prominent archeologists from Europe, America, and Asia attend- ing
The Kowloon Fire Brigade were called to two fres yesterday but the outbreaks, in each case were very small and the assistance of the Brigade was not necessary in either instance. At 7.37 yesterday morning they were call- ed to an outbreak near Wing Shing Lane.
On arrival it was found that about one gallon of car had caught fire on the first floor verandah of an unoccupied house.
• Penang, May 6-The Fecent Chinese working in the vicinity
The programme includes had extinguished the flames with controveray on the question of a buckets of water by the time the Sailors' Institute for Penang has visits by the delegates to many Brigade arrived. The second call revealed that the actual position, historic sites, including Tiberias, They will was made at 2.15 yesterday after-according to information received Beisan, and Fetra. noon, and it appears that in this from the Harbour Master, is that examine the caves at Wadielamud, Francis Turvlepetre, case some cotton yarn and knit the; Destitute Seamen's Relief Fund where
British archeologist, recently dis ERGIJE BIL |ting material had caught fire at operated in Singapore, but now
the Wah Lee Knitting Factory, Penang wild shortly be allotted the covered a prehistoric skull re- situated in the front room of the control of their own funds and will sembling that of the Neanderthal ground floor of a house in Kwei acts independently. The Harbourman They also will examine the Lin Street, Shamshuipo: The Master becomes the chairman of excavations in Bethlehem made by employees had managed to ex- the committee. One of the things the Palestine exploration fund, and tinguish the outbreak, Only which have been proposed is to the third wall of Herod Agrippa, sight damage, was done by fire secure a recreation ground and unearthed by the Jewish Explora
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Captain W. J. Price, who has for some years.been a teacher at the Kobe Higher Mercantile Marine School, left: Kobe for America by the N.Y.K. "Shinyo Maru" and will not return to Japan.
Hon. Mr. O: F. G. Stonor, C:M.G., British Resident, Selan- gor, has reported his return from leave of absence and has been appointed to act as British Resident, Perak..
During the absence of Mr: M. F Key, Mr. H. R. M. Cleland of Messrs. Lowe Bingham & been appointed Matthews has Secretary of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce.
Major General Fred W. Sluden, United States Army, formally took command of the Philippine Depart
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relieving Major William Welget who has been in command of the Department. since the departure of Major General James H. McRae last February.
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Constance, Talmadge, the screen: star, has been married for the secondi time, her husband now being Captain Alistair W. Mackintosh, of Scotland.
Prince Henry, third scn of King. George, has been admitted to the London Bar
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In order to clear himself of A charge of being a Bolshevist Mr. Lae Ying President of the Ming Kuo University in Peking, is report
ed to have dismissed 163 students. belonging to the Left Wing of the Kuomintang.
Major-General: Wm. D. Connor, US Army, commanding the Ameri- can Forces in China, left for America last week, and proceeded to Chinwangtao to the "Kaiping." His Aide-de-Camp, Lieut. Leon Dessez accompanied him. General Connor will command the 2nd Divi sion at Fort St. Houston, Texas.
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Mr. Hsu Shih-ying, ex-Premier, is reported to have arrived in Shang- ha In a letter to Marshal Tuan Chi-jul, the former Chief Execy
His Excellency the High Commisive, he says he is tired of public- stoner of Malaya has appointed Mr. life and will devote the rest of his D. H Hampshire, to be an Unoficial existence to the career of an author. Member of the Federal Council le strongly advises his former during the absence op leave of the chief not to return to public life
any more. Honourable Mr. J. HM Robson.
The Right Honourable the Secretary of State
the Colonies has appointed Comm
Rome, May 12-The Hen. Violet der G.. H. Freyberg, O.B.E., R.N., Mr. John B. Emmert is return- (retired) to be Master Attendant,ing to Batavia after a visit to the Gibson, who since her attack on Straits Settlements, in succession United States Returning with ignor Mussolini has been in to Captain W E Calthrop him is Mrs Emmert, his bride. prison, to-day developed attacks of Calthrop, O.B.E, AM," RN, Mr. Emmert is assistant manager dementia inan acute form, neces (retired).
of the Standard Oil Cb of New sitating constant supervision. It Is York at Batavia reported that Bignor Mussolini in
tends to ask the King to pardon. The following forthcoming wed- dings are announced: Mr. King Alfonso was returning from. Miss Gibson in order that she may William Kearley Reynolds, act-a drive on the outskirts of the city, be handed over to the safe keep ing Registrar of the University when his car was pulled up for aing of her family.... of Hongkong, and Miss Lal minor adjustment to be made. "At Murle Carruthers Hutton, of that moment a tired-looking, work The Queen paid an unexpect Melbourne, Australia; Mr. man, walking city warde, not recog-ed visit to Queen Alexan Robert John Kedd, Chinese Mari-nising the King, asked for a lift, dra's Court at Wimbledon, S.W., time Customs, Wuchow, and Mrs. as he was overcome with fatigue which is mainly concerned with Constance Charlotte Gearle, c/o With a smile, the King, bade him the care of the widows and G. R. Haywood, 4A, Des Voeux jump in, and the car conveyed him children of ex-Service men. The Road, Hongkong; Mr. William swiftly to his humble dwelling in Queen learned from Mrs Daniell Arthur Nowers, mercantile assist the slums of Madrid.
who is about 86 years of age and the senior resident, that she was ant, residing at the Peak Hotel, and Miss Dorothy Alice King Peking, May 5-Colonel the Hon. the widow of a soldier who fought No. 872, The Peak.
S. Peel, one of the two British in the Indian Mutiny and was delogates to the Special Tarif Cor-married In Simla at the time of The announcement of the engage-ference, is leaving for Home to the mutiny. ment of Mias Diana de Warzee, the morrow, Colonel Peel has import daughter of the Belgian Minister ant private interests in England to Mr. C. Z M. Ma, an "old" to China, and Baroness de Würzee attend to, and as he has remained pupil of the Public School d'Hermalle, has created much in in China longer than he originally for Chinese returned to Shang- terest in Tokyo, where the family expected, and as there is no im-hal from Hongkong by the lived for nine years. M. de Warzeemediate prospect for the resump-Siberia Maru on May 7 after was Secretary, and for a time tion of the work of the Conference graduating in the Faculty of Arts, Charge d'Affaires of the Belgian he has decided to return home. Univeralty of Hongkong, in Embassy. After leaving Japan This le teken as an indication that February last. Mr. Ma was succes- about five years ago, Baron de foreign circles in Peking do not sively Secretary and President of Warzee sorved as Belgian Minister think that the comer will re-the Hongkong University Union at Havana, Cuba, and afterward sume Its Boss
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