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THE CHINA MAIL.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
Lighting-up time to-day and tó- morrow la at 6.11. p.m. and 0.10 p.m. respoctively,
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To-morrow is the anniversary of the Birth (27th day of 8th moon) of Confucius, China's national
sage,
A meeting of the Licensing Board has been adverbleed for Nov,
Madras, Sept. 14.--The Advi- The movement. of a large Hory Committee on Madras Dove- quantity of military supplies for lopment recommend to the Ministry the Allied Army of Marshal Sun | Madras's participation in the Chunn-fang occurred during the British Empiro Fair, to be held in week-end, when 120 chests contain- London. The Local Governmenting pistols and revolvers, 600,000 have called for estimates of the rounds of sinal arm ammunition. |
several cannon, and a load of food- expenditure in participation.
stuffs were sent to, Nanking!
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Madras, Sept. 16-It is notified that travellers proceeding to Coy. 6, at 12 noon, in the Council Chamon, who are not permanent re- bur, to vensiler applleations „for
sidents of Ceylon or, India and not licencos.
Shanghi, September 18. - Great consternation was caused" in local Chinese circles by the de British Bubjects. must providecision of the Mixed Court to hand over to the Chinese authoritice, the themselves with valid passports to Great Northern Tele-avoid detention at Dhanushkodi eight youths who wore arrested graph Co., notines that for teleand the possibility of being refused September 7, as well as the Can-
during grams to Shanghai and beyond; permission to land in Ceylon. normal working has been 12- established.
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The Japanese Government is Household furniture, black-reported unofficially to have decided wood ware. a piano etc. will be sold to grant Anancial assistance to the by Mésars. Lammert Bros. at their extent of Yon 10,000,000 per annum Duddell Street auction rooms at for the next 10 years to the pre- 2.30 pm. on Wednesday.
posed nerla transportation com- pany which is to come under the Department of Communications and commence operations in 1928.
It has been found impracticable to continue the weekly launoh trips to Stonecutters Island, under the auspices of the Easma, Club, owing to the extensive, dafnake caused by the storm this week as the bathing
beach.
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tonese General who was arrested lately on a charge of alleged con- piracy against the Nanking gov ofnment.
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Although "White Australia" is the slogan of that country, it is yet fair-minded enough to realise that whatever race subject to Bri-! tish rule has settled there and be- come eligible for citizenship, is Employees of the Chinese tele-cntitled to a fair deal. The law in Australia provides that, for every graph Administration are opposing child born the mother is to receive the appointment by the Ministry of five pounds sterling. A bill has Communications in Peking of Mr.
now bean passed providing that this Sun Ying-pu as Huipun (Associate maternity allowance should also be British subjects living in Australia.
At 5.30 p.m. on Friday, Octo-Director) of the local Administra-extended to Asiatic women who are ber 16, the Hong Kong Cricket Clubtion. They say that their wage will hold their: annual meeting are at present in arrears and that' aftar which 100 debentures in the it is useless to appoint a new man Club will be drawn for redemption." with a salary $240 monthly. The announcement 'proper will be made on Monday...
Autumn sacrifices will be offer- ed on October 6 to Kuan-ti the London, Sept. 13.-The Aus- God of War, and to the spirit of tralian Ladies' Pipe Band, which la Yoh Foi, a famous general of the London: Sept. 13.-Presiding at visiting Scotland in connection with Sung Dynasty, who is regarded a the Conference called to discuss the Braemar gathering. "was in the most famous warrior in Chinese practical means to expand foreign golved in a motor accident at. Bow-history. Dr. V. K. Ting, Director trade and encourage Japanese la-ing. near Glasgow. The party of the Port of Shanghai, will be vestments in enterprises abroad, were enjoying a trip in five private represented by Col. Wang Yah-chil Baron Shidebara pointed out that ears, when the steering gear of the commander of the 13th Chekiang the South Seas and India hitherto Peader went wrong. The motor Regiment, as master of ceremonies had been insufficiently exploited behind crashed into the first and and he will be assisted by General consequently it was now considered5oth were wrecked. Two man and Yen Chun-yang, Commissioner of in view of their geographic propin- one woman were killed while two Shanghai and Woosung Police. quity to Japan and the significant women were injured.
Local officials and leading mer- role they would play in the world's
chants will attend. economic fe.. that they necessitat- ed special attention.
The
Madras, Sept. 14. There was
and a tragic sequel to the broken en-
All-Ceylon Motor gagement 51 Milly Figoredo, General Engineering Exhibition,|| Kandy, Sept. 14-East night at an Anglo-Indian girl of 20, who was organised by the Automobile Club Ampitiya a mahout was filed by hacked to death by Gonsalves, an of Cerign.. will be opened on his elephant
It appears that at unemployed Anglo-Indian, who is January 6, 1927. by His Excel midnight the elephant was being alleged to be her lover... It appears loncy the Governor, and it will con- taken to Gampola.. One keeper that the accused had paid atten- tinue for ten days. Arrangements rode on the elephant, while another tions to the, girl for some time, but for the coming Exhibition, which walked by the animals side. Sud- the engagement was objected to by will be held on a site opposite the far larger denly the animal became trouble. the girls' parents. This morning, Public Hall, are on a some and threw the man on its while on her Way to the M.S.M.seale than in any previous year and back.
The man was trampled by Railway Stores, where she was the Show is likely to prove a re- the animal and killed inatan-employed, the girl was attacked by cord in every respect. The 1921 taneously, but it is not clear whe-Gonsalves with a big knife. After Exhibition, held in Victoria Park, ther this act was deliberate. This the murder he escaped, keeping at was the biggest of its kind held animal is said to have been respon- bay his pursuers on the road by in Ceylon, but the forthcoming Ex- sible for more than one death brandishing his knife. The Police hibition will be three times as large during the past few years..
arrested him later.
as the 1921 Exhibition.
· SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.
Mr. G. Bolatus has been appointed Vice-Consul for Belgium. attached to the Consulate General in Hong Kong.
The Sultan of Perak gave a fure- well lunch to Mr. 0. F: Stonor recently at Kuala Kangsar, on his retirement from the Residency, and completing 36 years in the Mr. J. W. Agar, of Ula Kesial Malayan Civil Service, he being Estate, Kelantan, and Mrs. Agar, the second official to retire from the have arrived in Kelantan after Perak Residency within eight several months' holiday in Aus-months. Mr. Stonor went home on tralis
The wedding will take place St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sin- gapore, to-day (October 2.) of Arthur George Mumford, of Roned Limited, Kuala Lumpur, to Marjorie irene
Grollet, of Singapore.
The engagement is announced of Dorothy, the third daughter of the late Mr. Robert and Mrs. Lindsay, of the Singapore Harbour Board, and Bernard Gallagher, of the Sin- xapore Prisons Department and Birkenhead.
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the "Malwa," but is spending some months on the Riviera before going to England.
Colombo, Sept. 14. One of the most prominent figures in engineer- ing in Ceylon; Mr. C G.. Harward, author of the Colombo Flood Pre- vention Schemes and the engineer in charge of these works, retires from the Irrigation Department this week. He kaila on the "Naldera" on September 18 for Australla, where he had been for twenty years before coming out to Ceylon, and will also visit New Zealand before. going Home.
13. The Nauen, September French Ambassador to Moscow, M., Herbette, has been recalled owing to differences between Mr. Briand and M. Poincaire regarding the future policy: to be pursued in Russia.
Marshal Wu Pei-fu has telegraph- ed to the Shanghai Chinese General Chamber of Commerce expressing his full support of their demands. for the cancellation of the old treaty between China and Belgium and stating that if China is to be saved all unequal treaties must be cancelled.'.....
The forthcoming weddings are announced of Bernard Crowley, usaistant, Butterfield & Swire, re-. siding at No. 1, "Woodside," Quarry Bay, to Augusta Crowley of England; and Carlos Staines, Antonio Remedios; clerk, residing! at No. 37, Granville Road, Kowloon,
Christina.. to Eulalia
Sousa, residing at No. 584, Nathan Road,. Kowloon..
Br.,G. W. Theobald who arrived A unit of the Chinese Volunteers in Bangkok with Mrs: Theobald by and Protectionary Force, which the "Eola is the "newly appointed was dissolved by Dr. V. K. Ting,
Nauen, September 16. The visiting obstetrician and gynécolo-Director of the Port of Shanghai. gist for the Faculty of Medicine and Woosung." on instructions from Chinese Ambassador to Rome, Mr. and will be stationed at the Siriraj Marshal Sun Chuan-fang several Tang Tsai-fu, who is representing Hospital. Dr. Theobald came from weeks ago, has been reorganised China at the meeting of the League, Leeds to Siam-"B. Times."
with the permission of Dr. Ting.offered a. special greeting to the This will be 200 strong and will German representative, an act of continue to operate under the name courtesy which is accepted in Ger- of the Protectionary Force, but willman circles' with much astisfaction not be permitted to levy taxas as and as a happy Initiation of success- ful co-operative work in the League was done in the past.
of Nations.
Miss M. Stratton, nursing sister, General Hospital, Singapore, has left on furlough for India prior to retirement. A correspondent states. that during her service in Singa pore Miss Stratton showed a kind. ness and devotion to duty which won her the esteem of her colles- gues and patients.
General Ten Chun-yang, Chinese Chief of Police, at Shanghai, has Madrid, Sopt 28.--For the Arst lately received a number of abusive time since the close of the World letters from newly formed organisa War, a large party of German tiona attacking him personally, his tourists le visiting Tangier The Mr. Brookes, an English assistant administration and people under party is composed of wealthy men employed on Petate! estate at whom he serves, General Yen is and their wives and has had special Batoebahra, was attacked by a reported to be much angered at accommodations on sen and land." Javanese estate labour with a knife these epistles and has made a public The Germans, who formerly form when the former attempted to separate two Javanese who were fighting.
Mr. Brookes received three wounds. The matter is being taken up by the palles.
announcement to the effect that the organisations in question are illegal, and the writers of the letters will be arrested and punished.
ed a big factor in tourist trade, stopped all visits here during the war. The return is the occasion for much show of hospitality."
Mrs. Gensen of Kobe died poses- fully at sea, aboard the Empress of Canada," on September 12 at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. She was on her way to the United States for treatment of cancer, having just here she come from Karuizaw
are of. Dr. tor of the
Los Angeles, September 18-The Singapore, Sept. 22-On Friday, petition, just flad here, of Mrs. the Hon. Mr. J. Lornie is to be pre-Lotts Martin, a widow, for permis- sented with a valedictory addresssion to adopt 6-year-old Yasukasu by the personnel of the local Land Mort, the son of Japanese parents, Office on relinquishing the post of born in Japan, who are willing to Commissioner of Lande, S.S., to be relinquish him, raises the question acting Resident of Selangor. He for the first time of the legality had been under will be in Kuala Lumpur for the of such adoption under the Federal N. Gordon Manra, opening of the Federal Council on and California laws. The pet hospital Monday His locum tenens, Mr. tioner want the child decreed all Mr Bartlett, will come from Kula the riz)
Lumpur after his departure.
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OVERLAND CHINA MAIL.
“OUTSTANDING EVENTS.
This week's events of outstanding interest were the, dis- astrous typhoon and Canton's official announcement of the termination of the boycott.
Folks at Home often see and hear a great deal about the havoc of cyclones in this part of the world What better than to send them a realistic account of your experiences on Mon- day, coupled with the vivid descriptions in the "Overland China- Mail? All the articles in the daily edition of local interest are reproduced. Instead of having to write a tiresome letter about what actually happened the best alternative is to send a copy of the paper specially designed for the use of friends, re latives and former residents
IS THE BOYCOTT OVER?
In a few days it will be possible to tell whether the boycott has ended. All the steps leading up to the decision by the Canton Government-together with official com- alto maniques are included in this week's issue. Readers are told about the effects in Canton and Hong Kong and what is being done in anticipation of the return to normal conditions. "ALL THE NEWS.”
As usual, there is not a cable on "China or other local. topical report omitted. Among news of more importance arer Outrages of missionaries of the China Inland Mistion. foreigners in pirates hands, perils to men on British steamers and warships, latest war developments, &c
Other items include-Weddings (with photographs), sport, correspondence on various subjects, Court trials, &c.
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