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Weltevreden, May 27-The that a Statue of Liberty is to be erected in the bay at Vladivos-police at Macassar have conds tock. It will be a complete re-cated 120 kilograms of clandes- plica of the statue in New York-tine oplum which they found on The board the "Bowes, Castle." only the end will be that of
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Madrid. May 29-The gov
During the past few days ernment has definitely acquired manuscripts, maps and docu- those in charge of the Shanghai ments belonging to Christopher Y.W.C.A have been busy moving Columbus under a royal decree house. The new home of the sanctioning their purchase from Foreign "Y.W." is at 30 Museum the Duke of Veragua, a direct Road, where everything will very descendant of Columbus, for shortly be as comfortable and cosy 1,000,000 pesetas. The decree was as were the old rooms. signed by the king, "
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Los Angeles, May 28 The "Times' says to day that federal. agents raided the German warship Hamburg" at San Pedro and seized a quantity of beer board. It was alleged the crow had been selling beer to residents of San Pedro.
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The Tokyo Government has decided to open a Legation in the Colombian Republic, South Ames- ica. A disbursement andünting to Y.300,000 for the purpose will be included in the Budget for the next fiscal year. The scheme is for encouraging emigration and quickening trade.
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Tokyo, May 31 The Japan | DD Life-boat Association held its annual meeting yesterday. The Association has rescued $23 Tsingtao May 25.-A vessels and 1,681 lives, and the General Connor, officer com-markable increase in the importa-value of goods recovered amount manding the American troops, intion of wheat flour into Tsingtas fed to Yen 3,682,000 during the Tientsin said before leaving has been noticed lately, the past year. Since its establish- Tientsin that of all places in the Agures up to the end of Apri ment 47,453 lives have been world Chinu in the most this year reaching 1,000.000 bags, rescued and the value of ships re- fitting place for a club of Rotary's 320,000 of which came from covered totalled some 70,000,000 mission and the pleasure of mem-Japan, whereas the total for last yan. bership therein is completely year was 390,000. bags. " overshadowed by the great profit
Eight well-known local for- that the members and their New York, May 29.-A cable | eiga and Chinese lawyers took nations draw from its existence. received to-day from Nicholas | part in the preliminaries of what Roerich, internationally known promises to be an important and lengthy case which opened at the Shanghai Mixed Court on May 28 before Assessor Martin nud Magistrate Kwan. Twelve per- sons, eleven men and one woman, appeared to answer a charge of
and South Sens Bank. A remand was granted and the case will come up for trial at a special hear- ing.
Bombay, May 19-Hydera-archeologist, states that he has bad (Sind), May 18.-It is under- just discovered documents in an stood that the Mir of Khairpur ancient Tibetan monastery prov State has offered to guaranteeing that Jesus Christ visited India payment to the Bombay Govern-and Tibet, where he preached and ment of rupees four lakhs annual-taught. The documents are said,
berrage charges, His were accepted by a great follow- Highness has also requisitioned ing and that he returned to from the Bombay Government the Palestine at the age of 29 years. services of a competent and ex- | | périenced Sindhi revenue official to re-organise the State's. finances..
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Washington, May 28.---A re-. solution providing for a six months truce on controverted sub- jects between the Fundamental
London. May 19-Mr. John Souter's "The Breakdown" has been removed from the Royal Academy at the request of the New York, May 31-Jeers Colonial Office. [The following and shouts of "down with Muso-telegram was received on May 2ists and the Modernists of the lin caused by the presence of Jazz as the predominating art to-Northern Baptist church waS 200 "Fascist marchers created a day with the collapse of Western adopted it the annual convention disturbance in the Memorial Day trading under negroid influence which opened to-day. The ultra parade: Mounted polive dispersed is suggested by Mr. John Souter's Fundamentalists suffered a defeat the disturbers, the Fascists cou-The Breakdown," which is the when their ticket for officers of tinuing the parade. Uninvited problem picture at the Royal the American Baptiat Foreign Fascists wearing black shirts, fell | Academy Exhibition of 1926. The Missions Society, the only election in behind the Boy Scouts despite picture shows a negro in evening in which there was a contest, was the protests of officers and other dress sented on a fallen statue of defeated by 1808 to 481. The win- units who said that Premier Minerva, playing a saxophone, ning ticket was headed by former Musolini of Italy was opposed to while an Eton-cropped nude white governor of Maine, Carl E. the Americanization of Italians in gir capers to modern dance. | Milliken. He represents the,con-
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
A daughter was born to Sir Mr. F. N. Matthews, of Messrs. William Manning (the late Gov. Lowe Bingham and Matthews, Lernor of Ceylon) and Lady Man-left Shanghai on May 31, for
ning on May 16.
England on Home leave. He was a passenger on the "Empress of Russia."
Mr. E. G. Woodger, late of Hongkong. has joined Messrs. Mather and Co., stock and share brokers, Kuala Lumpur, assistant.
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Commr. (E). B. L. G. Sebastian has been appointed to H.M.S. ""Tamuz" adu). (May 14); and as First Assistant to Chief Engineer, Hongkong Dockyard (from date of joining).
The "N. C. D. News Hang- chow correspondent writes: Dr. Murray Webb Peploe has. joined the staff of the C.M.S: Hospital, He is a grandson of the famous Prebendary Webb" Peploe.
Mr. C. C. Taylor, of the Straits Steamship Co., Ltd., who has act- ed us representative in Malacen for close on 1 year, is leaving for Singapore, and will be succeeded at Malacca by Mr. Rahusen.
Mrs. C F Stonor, wife of the British Resident, Perak, is CX- pected back in Malaya towards The latter part of the year, says the "Times of Malaya." She will he accompanied by her daughter.
ated for the occasion..
Mrs. Teru Takano of Sansawan Village in Taiboku, Formosa, gave birth to four girls on the 28th May, guys a "Toho Newa Agency" message. She is now quite well, and all the babieg promise to live except one.
By order of the Divisional Bench of three judges at Colombo Peking, May 29.-The Emperor Mr: C. Ellawella, a proctor of of Japan has bestowed on the late, the Supreme Court, was struck | Mrs. Saburi the posthumous title off the rolls for accepting a bribe of Jurokui, carrying Court rank of the sixth grade. Mrs, Saburi of Rs. 12.500..
was the wife of one of the prin- Baltimore, May 28,-William | cipal Japanese delegates to the O. Thompson, president of Ohio Tariff Conference. State University, was elected Moderator of the Presbyterian
church in America, by the annual assembly in session here.
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William Farnum and Sessue layakawa, famous motion picture stars,, have been a visit to Canton. They are touring the Far Fast in the German. liner "Carl Lelgen," which is taking cargo at Whampoa.
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earn chat Mr. J. Lillehook, Con sul-General for Sweden, at Shanghai, is seriously ill with scarlet fever. During his ilmees, the affairs of the Consulate will be in charge of Mr. K. G. Wahamaki, Consil-General for Finland.
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Tsingtao, May · 25. —— Consul- General Yatabe newly appointed. Washington, May 28-Major to the Consulate at Tsingtao, ar- General Theodore Schwan, retir. rived here today, by the steamer ed, died to-day at the age of 85. Taisan Maru." Local Japanese He served throughout the Civil residents expect much from the and also in the Spanish-American presence of Mr. Yatabe here, as war. He served in the Philip.they believe he has brought with him certain definite proposals for the removal of the difficulties con.. Madison, Wisconsin, May 21,nected with the Kiaochao-Tsinan Frank Lloyd Wright, the architect railway. of the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, why
pines in 1899 and 1900.
A very successful dinner dance sued his wife Miriam Noel Wright George M. Ivory, disbursing was held at the Hongkong Hotel for divorce on the ground of de-officer of the United States Ship on Saturday evening: There was sertion, has been non-suited, the ping Board for the Far East, ac a large attendance, practically suit having been dismissed. His companied by Mrs. Ivory left every table being booked. The din-wife, Mrs. Wright, who de aby the "President Jackson," Ing room was attractively decor sculptress, sued him for separate for a six month business and maintenance, bringing charges pleasure trip in the United States. against her husband of having Mrs. Ivory-will-travel-as far as Penang, May 25.Yesterday carried on an unconventional love San Diego, while Mr. Ivory will afternoon Captain Lovell, Ad-affair with his former house-proceed to Washington, D. C. "Jutant of the Volunteers, had a keeper at Spring Green, where he will stay for a short narrow escape from a serious ac- Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Wright time. From there, he will go to cident at Ghugor. A hired car have been married three years. New York and later rejoin his collided with his Baby Austin and
wife at San Diego. both were badly damaged. Al the occupants were unhurt but were severely shaken.
William Henry Taylor, who after By the retirement of Mr.
twelve years, as head of the Preventive Service, Singapore, left by the French Mail, via Canada, for Home, on May $1, the Government Monopolies have lost an extremely painstaking and popular officer. A very pleasing function took place at The Happy Valley, when 280 officars, of all
Washington, May 28, For the fifth time in two weeks General Lincoln Andrews, head of the federal prohibition enforcement | programme, denied reports that he would resign. It is learned, however, on the most reliable au- thority, that he will retire from the work of enforcing the dry laws unless congress passes the then
The foreign community of Shan tung has been saddened by the news of the death of Mary Heeren, the only daughter of Professor and Mrs. J. L. Heeren of the Shantung Christian University, Talnaofu. An attack of tonsilitis was followed by meningitis which ended fatally on ranks, of both the in and outdoor Goff Bill, designed to stre
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