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LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
Reminder annual congrega- gation meeting of Kowloon Union Church, 8.30 to-night.
On Monday there was notified La case of diphtheria from the city,
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'0 A Brazilian. Edward Boga, 29,
was sentenced to four months' im- prisonment and re-expulsion by the Mixed Court at Shanghal for attempting to stab à Reserve Con- stable in Miller Road:
The first batch of Government and Kuomintang officials for W chang have reported their arrival at Nanyung, but they will wait till the second batch reaches that city before continuing their journey.
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Tal. C. (025. MANY VARIETIES TO SELECT FROM" firat occasion this type of Imas & New Year Card--local and topicalade In Hong Kong-
With the compliments of the Hong Kong Fire Insurance Co., Ltd, and the Canton Insur- ance Office, Ltd, the "China Mail” has received one of the most useful wall calendars of the sen-
son
A. Liger, measuring eight feet from tip to tail was shot by a Malay at Sungkai. While fishing in the Sungkal river the Malay hard growls and noticed the tiger as the other side of the bank. Ho ran to his house and fetched his gun. On his return he saw the animal' at the same apot, and he The red at it thrice, killing it. carense was taken into Ipoh for sale. The animal was a very. Ane specimen and weighed two pikuls.
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The Colony had a clean bil of health on Tuesday.
Reminder: whist drive at Helona May Institute at 8.30 pm.
bo-morrow.
Messrs. Oxcar F. Ribeiro & Co, have issued a handy little pocket? diarý a agents for Eberhard & Coe's chronometers,
which
Rosebudy" fa the title of the charming water colour painting by W. Webster
graces the i calendar tesued by Messrs. 4. S. Watson & Co., Ltd. The rosebuds are two in number-one is a flower and the cther is a pretty girl
A map of China, with on iset A social evening to welcome
A party of Chinese detectives map of Hong Kong is one of the use- ful Httle features in the pocket will be held to-morrow at 8.30 and constables acting under in-
Issued: by the Church#ructions of Readquarters of the insy for 1927, p.m., in St. Andrew's
Electric Law Westinghouse
Interna- Hall, Kowloon. A committee re- Woogung-Shanghai Martial raided the
tional Compary. The diary presentative of different church Enforcement.
offices of the Shanghal General small mine 01 information on organisations has made the neces-
Labour Union, and seized a quan-electricity subjects.. sary arrangements.
tity of account books and docu- ments. None of the material seized contained any valuable in formation and no Arrests werd made.
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Pleading guilty to charge of driving a motor cycle at an excessive speed in Calne Road, Mr. M. Weill, of Mesura, Sennett Freres, was fined $26 by Major FC. Wilson at the Central Magia. The Mixed Court at Shanghai. trncy yesterday, A Chinese sentenced a Chinese to one year charged with a similar offence in imprisonment for writing threaten- Garden Road, was also fined $15;ng letters. He had obtained 3500 from one victim, and also written Banished from the Colony letters to Mr. S. K. Lau, manager for twenty years in December of Sun Sun Company, for $2,000 and, 1912, a Chinese, whe had return-another
$1,000. Another
for
ed found himself before Major Chinese was sentenced to three C. Wilson at the Central Magis. years' imprisonment and his accom
Hisplice to six months' imprisonment tracy yesterday morning. Worship sent the man to jail for for attempting to obtain $4,500 by eight months, ordering his rẻ;
the same means. expulsion at the conelasion of his sentence.
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The Shanghai General Labour Union is making arrangements, for
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THEOSOPHY
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“Theosophical Impressions it'
England!" *#:』
will be the subject of a Public Lec- ture at the Hong Kong Lodge. The Theosophical Society, 7 Duddell St.. on Thuraday, December 16, at 6pm., by Mr John Russell FT.S., just; returned from Home. The Meeting is open to the Public...
Theosophical Literature on sale. Good: Library,
with wounds received in astrap"
Coming into British territory
at Lung-kung in the Walchow dis- triet, feur Chinese soldiers of Gen- ern 1 Kwan's anti-Nationalist: "border army" have been admitter into the Kwong Wah Hospital: The
Army.
The town of Yongchang in Yun- the formation of a so-called "Self-fight was with troops of the Canton nan, new" the border of Barpia, is Protection Corps" which will j'reported to be in the hands of ban- undertake reponsibllisy for the ditaa wanbering frap thousand, who maintenance of peace and order ran amok, committing atrocities"after the control of the leen) ad- and murders, among the defence, ministration has been entrusted to #less invalidants. Soldiers were the citizens of Shanghai."
shot, the magistrate had his hand from the possibility of a longish cut off and everyone remotely con- I wait, the "N. €. D. News" thinks nected with him were hunted opsit rather amusing to hear of such of the fowII.
Shape were looted duties beizig taken over by a body and homies burnt. Two foreign which repeatedly has been sup, women missionaries are reported to: I pressed as being in itself a menacé have been in the town at the time to peace and order.
Commenting on the murder at. M. Robert, the French Consul at Lungehow. the "Journal** (Chris) of November 3. says that the Paw- ers should take in hund the solu- tion of the Chinese problem, but the firm necessity is that they should be agreed anorg 1emsares, a condition which it is, unt tgate- ly, very dieuh to achieve,
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.
Reminder: dance at the Penk Club to-morrow night, beginning at half pust nine.
"According to Warsaw reports, the ex-Prime Minister Grabski will be indicted for leasing the match monopoly to a Swedish company.
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Mr. Stephen Walsh, polling 842 Marshal Tano Kun left. Chanc votes over the combined opposi-chow, Honan, on Nov. 25. for Kal- tion, has been elected general pre-fong to celebrate, his own birthday. sident of the Australian Seamen's General Tien Wei-chin left for there Union and Mr. Johnson has been on the night of November 24 by a elected general secretary,
special train.
А Токуо теланко of Nov. 25 ways: Premier Fakatsuki yester day paid a visit to Prince Saionji, President von Hindenburg has the only surviving veteran states- "received the new Japanese Ani-man, who is now on a visit here. bassador to Germany, Mr. Nagon- and had a talk with him on the ka, who presented his creden- tials and the letter of recall of thesent, political situation. former Ambassador, Mr. Honda.
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A Reater cable from London to day announces the death of Mrs. the wife of Colonel Johh Whrd, independent M.P. for Stoke on-Trent since 1906. A colonel
With an attendance of nuimer-Ward. ous foreign physicians, states Havas cable from Paris, there has begun a three-day celebration of the centenary of the death of Laennec, the great French doc tor, and inventor of auscultation and the stethoscope.
Back from Home leave, M, T. W. Ainsworth took up the duties of Police Magistrate and Coroner at Kowloon yesterday, Polleving Mr. J. H. B. Nihill who goes to the Attorney-General's office during the temporary absence of the Hon. Mr.
3. H. Kemp,
For his gallant and successfel action in pursuing and portally wounding an armed robber, Ser- geant E E. Harrison, of the Shang- hai Municipal Police, has been granted six months' seniority.
Dame Nellie Melbi, whomogene her career at the Brussels Opera House, gave a farewell performanc there on Nov. 30. Mr. Hislop, the British tenor, went specially from Stockholm to sing at
this per-
the 26th Middlesex Regiment,formance. Colonel Ward raised five labour battalions in the war. He served in Siberia from 1918 to 1919.
It is reported that Oonishiki, u well-known Japanese champion. wrestler, who retired from the
A Toho News agency message wrestling world about two years from Tokyo on Nov. 29 states, that age,
will undergo an entrance the condition of the Japanese Em-examination to, Waseda University peror is about the same, though the in order to prepare himself fo coughing has decreased somewhat.standing for the Diet. The Prince Regent and his consort Hayama to inquire after the Em- Mr. G. E. Goolden, Distribution visited the Imperial Villa at Long leave has been granted, to
Engineering Assistant, Shanghai Municipality, from December 5,
peror's condition.
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Members of the Chinese Journ- alists' Club, Shanghai, were Prince Takamatsu, the third son guests at a dinner given by Mr. of the Emperor of Japan,,, now Julean Arnold, U.S. Commercial attached to the First Squadron as Attache, on Dec. 5. A number of sub-lieutenant, is expected to study industrial films were displayed, aviation at the Kasumigaura Natal showing the electrical develop- Aviation Corps next March ment in American agricultural April, The Prince is noted for his districts and the manufacture of interest in aviation. The Naval motor cars and typewriters. authorities are reported to be making preparations for the Prince's visit.
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Dr. and Mrs. Charles O Han- sen, formerly of Baguio, have re- turned to the Philippine, Islande In connection with the conference after a trip around the world of Chinese and foreign church which required two years. They lenders in Shanghai, there was hald plan to spend the winter in on November 28, a meeting on the Bagulo. Later Dr. ad Mrs. Han-subject, "A Bible Reading Church." sen are to make another extended Addresses were delivered by the trip through Russia and will go Rev. G. W. Sheppard, British and to Scandinavian countries, Bri- Foreign Bible Society. Mr. Lin of tain, South Africa, and South the American Bible Society, the America.
Rev. George T. B. Davis of the Pocket Testament League, and Dr. Morett of Korea.
with permission to terminate his Rervices at expiry thereof. Ma N. L. Anderson has been appointed Distribution Engineering Assistant from November 15.
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A telegram has been received, by the Peking branch of the Kuomin tang Party from Hankow suting that the Canton National Govern- ment la making preparations to sta tion Mr. I. Pei-chí in Japan as its representative. Mr. I Pei-chi was formerly Minister of Education in the Peking Government.
Judge John Barton Payne; Chair- man of the American Red Cross, now visiting in Japan, was decorat- ed on Nov. 25, by the Prince Regent with The Grand Cordon of the First Class Order of Merit. This is in recognition of his valuable ser- vice in behalf of Japan after the great earthquake and fire.
Mr. Robert Fraser, former United States Consul at Kobe for four years and row United States, Mr. Motokichi Hasegawa, newly Foreign Service Inspector, is in appointed Vice-Consul attached to King George 1V cured General Shanghai. Mr. Fraser is accom- the Japanese Consulate-General, Sir George Higginson of smoking. panied by Mrs. Fraser. As Foreign arrived in Shanghai from Japan on General Higginson recalled on hie Service Inspector Mr. Fraser's Nov. 26, After studying the Chin-100th birthday, recently, that when duties take him to Slam, Japan and ese language for a year or so, Mr. he was a child the king noticed him China, where he supervises the Hasegawa is to attend the Mixed in his perambulator one day and, work of the Consulate service. Court in place of Mr. A. Tajiman,fót a joke, since the child was star Mr. and Mrs. Fraser will leave Assessor. Whilst in London, ha ing at the king's cigar, put to shortly for Peking, where he will lo said to have studied law in the the baby's lips. The nauseous. Im- confer with the American Minister Inner Temple and qualified as a pression stayed with him, all his
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