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LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
A case or typhoid fever (Chinese) is notfded in the health return for Friday.
Shareholders are reminded of the annual meeting of the United Asbestos Oriental Agency Ltd., at 12 noon to-morrow, at the offices of Messrs. Dodwell & Co.. Ltd.
There is no foundation for the statement that'the Pand O and British India Companies are or have been interested in the proposed sale by the International Merçantlle Marine of the White Star Line and its fleet.
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A report issued by the Glas gow Corporation Tramwaya. show's despite tradition how
Sir Samuel Hoaru (Secretary) ensily the Scot and his money may be parted During the year of State for Air) has, by written
Johannesburg.
North- -A ended May 31 no fewer than 2,186 answer. informed Colonel Day
Transvani Farmer has sums of money were found in the "(Lab. Soc., Southwark, C.) that, ern
thrilling experience. corporation's tramway-cars, be-approximately. 9,500 gallons of had
petrol were used by neropianes for While taking a walk he came sides 918 parcels of clothing.
the Air Force at the recent dis- upon a huge lion having un play at Hendon.
bath. The beast joined a lioness 20 yards away, and their cub ran to the farmer, who hit it on the The lions head with his stick. then stampeded a herd of cattle and killed several.
gen troublesome in the district.
Despite the robbey at Messrs. Mackintosh's Ltd.. norted' els-
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where in this issue the three, days' Mr. Bridgeman (First. Lord sale, announced to commence thereof the Admiralty) stated in the Today, will be held in accordance House of Communs in reply to with the original arrangements. Major Glyn (U., Abingdon), that Anancial year The robbery will notbe allowed to during present make the slightest diferent in con- twenty ships would be removed nection with the sale at the prices from the effective list of the Royal Navy. These vessels, in- cluded Ajax. Thundeger. King George V., and Agamemnon.
came
more
The sharp shower which down DIE.. Saturday afternoon did not than spoil sport-it brought streams of water and several feet of mud across the road near the Nursing Home and the Cemetery, impeding traffic. Tam cars could not get round the Valley and came back, the same way as they had been used to for a month until Monday last
many
Sydney. -In view of the
»t precarious position Tasmanian fruit growers Rs. the result of the low prices prevailing in the London market, the Hobart Chamber of Commerce has ap pealed to the Federal Govern ment to come to their relief. The Chamber of Commerce calls atten- tion to the extreme distress suffered by a large number of orchardists through the failure of the English markers In conse- quence of the general strike" and declares that many are penniless as a result of the failure and un- able to prepare the soil for next season's craps.
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Dresden.The German army appears to have obtained a new gas.
Experiments were carried out recently near Dresden by an artillery regiment with this as which produces a dense fog over a large area. The thickness of the fog is such that it is impossible to see for more than a couple of yards. The new gas is stated to have no poisonous effects.
Lions have
Mr. H. the South Australian! Minister of Education, strongly favours a compulsory course of swimming for school children. after passing a medical examinu- tion, as a definite part of the
The Minister school curriculum. announced that the education vote this year would be ap- proximately £1,000,000 but the) Government was so anxious to ad- vance the State school education that it was likely that even that amount would be exceeded.
"A hole about the size n a
Bisley, July 10-A story that has sent a thrill through the pin's head in lead casing deep in Trafalgar
camp, where all that implies the ground below Square, caused by vibration set up
can best be appreciated, concerns by the traffic overhend and a leak the pluck of a Marleborough boy, ing water main, recently put out
who, although he was really too of service one of the largest tele-ill to be out of bed, refused to let school down in the phone cables in London, and ren-His
Ashburton Shield match." Suffer- dered, temporarily useless 240
ing considerable pain. Cadet! telephones in the hotels, shops. and offices at Charing Cross-Robert Allen nevertheless insist- The exchanges affected were Gered on shooting in the morning. when he put on 30 out of 35 at 200 rard and Regent.
yards. On the way to the camp he called for a drink of water at It the North London Rifle Club. was at once seen that he was i and he was offered a bed. But he refused to stay there, went on the range in the afternoon and brought his aggregate to 61. Dr. L Then he collapsed, and Elgood, the silver medallist of 1923, examined him and ordered his Immediate removal to Guild-¦ There an opera-j ford Hospital. tion for appendicitis was at once A message from performed.
hospital stater that the
favour- Allen is progressing
It is considered that ably. the knowledge, that his shoot was completed and that he did not let his school down will materially aidi bis recovery.
Johannesburg. Golf has been distinctly perilous at Beira lately owing to the presence of a Mr Contes, the Prime Minis- lion and Honess, who made the ter, in an address to the women's links their home. Irate golfers branch of the New Zealand Poli-objecting to this new hazard or tical Reform League, snid" that ganised gun parties, and, accom- anyone knowing the active pro-panied by half the inhabitants of paganda conducted at present, by the town, armed with anything. people aiming at the disintegra- had been scouring the links for tion of the Empire must realise several days. The animals were how supremely important it is to seen several times, but it was im- maintain a Government in office possible to shoot at them for fear which stands for King, Constitu- of hitting one of the hunters. tion. and country. His Govern-Finally, a lucky shot on the part ment was endeavouring to incul- of the town's best golfers killed cate among all citizens those basic the bon, which was borne into the principles of loyalty, patriotism, town amid great rejoicing, The and respect for law and order lioness is still at large and has without which no Eritish people taken up her residence in some | coulă really progress.
bushes near the fourteenth hole.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.
Lady Chater, wiew of Sir Paul Chater, of Hongkong, was among the passengers on heard the Cunard liner Mauretania which arrived at Plymouth from New York July 27.
on
A Civil List pesion of £100 hats heen granted to Lady Dorothen, Hosle. in recognition of the public. literary, and scientific services rex- dered by her husband, the late Sir
M.A. LLD
Alexander
F.R G.S."
Hosic
A cablegram has been received in the Colony stating that Rt. Wor. Bro. J. Owen Hughes, Deputy Dis- trict Grand Master of Hongkong and South China, EC.. has been appointed District Grand Master of the District of Hongkong and South China.
Sir Basil Scott, of Tangier, Morocco, formerly Chief Justice of Bombay, left estate valued for the purposes of the English grant inet pers., £89,934) £100,896
A Ben Marshall oil painting of Mr. Fermor's Hounds at Tusmore, with a portrait of William Fermor, réalised £4,200 at a sale at Croughton House, Brackley, Northamptonshire, the purchaser being Lord Woolavington.
Mr. Alexander Findlay Smith, P., F.R.G., of The Farm. The Peak, Hongkong. who died on January 10, aged 81, fett personal property in England and Hongkong '!: Juétl at £125,580, of which 46,750 is in England.
Captain George Willian: Frederick browne. R.N.R., inte of the Penin- silar and Oriental Steamship Com- pany who died on May 20, left estate of the gross value of £9,248, with net personalty -B1 Recently the foundation stone left the was laid of à Musonic Temple to charities. be erected in Broad Street, а cost Birmingham,
A Detroit message of August 22 .. at of upwards of £80,000, reports:-Walter Beach. pilot of
war.
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bulk of it to seamen's
as a memorial to the Freemasonsa.Wright travel aeroplane, was off- of Warwickshire who fell in the clally named as winner to-day after the second annual Ford reliability tour, scoring 4043.4 points. He King Boris of Bulgaria is re-wins the $7,000 Ford Cup, averag Lady Mabel Waldron Piggott has been granted a Chil List pension ported to have crossed the fron-ing 124 men per hour. for 6,252 of £50 in-recognition of her publictler into Jugo-Slavia with his miles services and the services rendered sister, Princess Eudoxia, travell-
Simla, August 18-The Gov- by her husband, the late Siring by motor-car.incognito,, There Francis Piggott, M.A... a former is a possibility of his intention to ernment of India anounces that it Chief Justice of Hongkong, espe-abdicate. The sudden departure is giving executive effect to the efally in the study of international of the King from Bulgaria with Tariff Board's recommendation Princess Eudoxia has excited for the protection of the ship- The great interest in political circles in building industry in India. The King has given Mr.Vienna, where it is connected with import duty will be either 10 per Norman Oswald Liddell, late the growing difficulties of the cent. ad valorem or Ra. 35 per ton, Secretary and Commissioner-Premier, M. Piaptsheff, and the whichever is higher, on fabricat- General to the Shanghai Muni-strong opposition of the ex-ed steel parts for ships and other]
inland vessels, cipal Council, authority to wear Premier, M. Zankoff.-Exchange.
law.
the Insignia of the Fourth Class
A
of the Order of the Excellent. The Prince of Wales, wearing
Thirteen years ago a little girl Crop, which decoration has been the Seaforth-Mackenzie tartan named Munnings joined M. Serge conferred on him by the President and Glengarry cap, inspected the Diaghileff's famous Russian of the Republic of China in recog-1st Seaforth Highlanders for the Ballet company as a humble mem- nition of valuable services..
first time as their Colonel-in-ber of the corps de ballet now that Chief at Aldershot. As the little girl has an international re- The Chinese Y.M.C.A. Division Prince walked from his motor-car putation 완연 Lydia Sokolova. of the St. John's Ambulance to the saluting base on the Little Miss Munning, fair haired Brigade is arranging a series of Salamanca parade ground nia own and blue eyed, came from Suffolk. lectures for the benefit of the standard was unfurled. After the The Munninge - Mr. A. J. Mun- people in
the more congested inspection the battalion, led by nings the painter, belongs to the areas of the city. Theac lectures Colonel Buchanan, raised their
family. or "talks" will be directed to- Glengarries aloft and gave three wards the improvement in sani-cheers for the Prince. An in- tary conditions. Dr. S. F. Li, a stance of the Prince's memory well-known local physician and was later forthcoming. Mingling surgeon instructor of the Chinese with the married families, who Y.M.C.A. Division, has been help were in an enclosure on the fringe ing the members of the brigade to of the parade ground, the Prince a pedestrian, Lord Lloyd swerved prepare for their work. Dr. Li addressed Mrs. Mackenzie, wife of his car, which struck a wall and
Mac- overturned on the himself gave an instructive lec- Company-Sergeant-Major
occupants ture on preventive measures keazle, and smilingly remarked, underneath. Sir John Harring- against cholern at the Des Voeux "I remember you in India. How ton, who was passing, took them Road Central Branch of the Chin-long have you been home?" Mrs. in his motor car to Inverness In- ese Y.M.C.A. on Thursday even- Mackenzie told Kim, and added firmary, Although, suffering from ing, when many local Chinese men that she was pleased to be back in shock and cuts, they were able to were among those present.
"old England again
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London, August 12. Lord Lloyd and his wife and son were involved in a motoring accident near Inverness. In order to avoid
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