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On Tuesday the following nothIt has been decided to utilitas Aable diseases were reported donations received by the Hous one Japanese with enteric fever Kong University from well-known phoid) and one British with Chinese in the FM.S. for enlarging puerperal fever. Both patients the scope for Chinese under the are from the city district.
Faculty of Arts, taking the study of the language up to the degree Signor Mussolini's daughter, stage Two Chinese readers have Edda, christened the new Italian been appointed, as well as a tranchildish. motorship "Augustus," of 30,000slator, and the Rev. H, R. Wella tons, on the occasion of its has agreed to give his services for at Seatri Ponente. next year for part-time work The launching This is the largest mötorship in donations received total $40,000: of the world.
which $10,000 is being spent on a 'Chinese Hbrary
Charged with driving a motor car at 25 miles an hour from the Dockyard to the Naval Hospital, a Chinese was fined $12 by Mr. W. Schofield at the Central Magistracy yesterday: Sgt. Bakar prosecuted on behalf of the Police.
A message from Mukden states that 400 bandits appeared In Fusun prefecture near the Korean frontier on December 17 and looted and set fire to the city. They took the magistrate and chief of police with them as prisoners.
PRINCE GEORGE'S CHARLESTON,
THEOSOPHY will be the subject of this week's Public Lecture of the Hong Kong Lodge the Theosophical Socialya 117,PADuddal Street, on Thursday December 30, at 6 pm. Lecturer Mr John Russell, F.T.S The Public is cordially invited to attend Theosophical Literature, for sale. Good Library.
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"Miss Billy Coutts, fi we are to judge from a long article Tha Vancouver. newspaper, appears to
The belief that green is an have made decided hit with Prince George, with whom she unlucky colour is not shared by travelled Home via Canada re-members of the Royal Family. cently.. The Articla is headed Shanghai Beauty Charleston's Way Into Frince's Favour It then goes on to any
Both the Queen and Princess Mary, in their shopping expedi- tions in preparation for Christ mas, show a distinct preference "Billie sailed from Shanghai for for green-coloured articles. In her home in England on. the Em-fact, handicraft workers and piess of Russia" She had learned others who number the Queen and The "China Mail" understands the Charleston in between training her daughter among their rew Among the that the Chie-Restaurant Parisien, her race horses and carrying on her gular customers, specially make which suffered damage through many other social engagements. articles in green.
purchases made by Princess water in connection with the recent And when she met Frince George, fire on the mezzanine floor of Fed-fouth son of King George V and Mary during the last few days.
stops. der Building, has been put in orQueen Mary, en route to Canada, were a pair of green lacquer bock. der, and that this popular rendezher "Charlestoning" ability won yous will reopen to the publie for for her the envied title of favoured business as baual from to-morrow friend She sped out of Vancouver on the same train with His Royal morning..
Highness, and alas expects to sell from Quebec on the same ship for And if that
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One of the best stories told about the Prince of Wales appears in Major F. E Verney's character study of" "HRH." (Hodder & Stoughton 208), It was during |
Trade with the Orient by Brithe Old Country. tish Columbia (writes the Vancou favoured friend" status isn't the South African tour and a girl tú any maiden's who was looking particularly for ver correspondent of the. "Northren answer China Daily News") is spreading prayers, then the Charleston is a lorn at a dance at Port Elizabeth out in many directions, The Shan-real model of grace in things terpattracted the Prince's attention. "Good evening." "aid the Prince, now family, of the Fraser Valley, Esichorean." the largest agricultural district In the course of the article it"Aren't you dancing tonight" near Vancouver, and a number of states that Miss Coutts and the The girl replied that she hardly. other breeders from that part, are Prince made each other's acquaint- knew anyone present, and belonged frequently shipping pure-bred dairy ance in Nagasaki, Prince George to a theatrical touring company cattle to China, while China and having learned the Charleston In She had been on the stage since Japan are larly taking many Hong Kong. The Prince of Wales, she was seven. "I get rather tired crates of prize poultry from Fraser if we remember aright, is more up-of it sometimes. I can sympathise Valley chicken ranches. The Elfo-date than his young brother, for with you," said the Prince "for Bar ranch is shipping pure-bred he was one of the Charleston's I'm on the stage, too, in a way. Phe goats and other best quality stock: earliest devotees. Local femininity been a showman all my life. Will has been sold to Europeans in with aspirations to royalty might you have this dance with me? At China. During the past week Mr.try learning the St. Louis hop next, the end of the dance the Prince skid G. H. Miller, of McLellan, also in remarks the North China, Dally to his partner: "If it is any help to you in your job you have my per- the Fraser Valley, received a letter News. One never knows when a from Shanghai, telling him of the stray prince or so will be in the mission the future to say that you safe arrival of one of his pedigree vicinity, and the Charleston is get- are under the patronage of the English springer spaniela..
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.
Prince Henry was reported in mail week to be making very satisfactory progress after the operation for the removal of his tonsils.
Mr. M F. Key, secretary to the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, came back to the Cok ony yesterday on the "Hakozaki Maru" after spending long leave at home."
Count K: Otani was a passenger on the "Hakozaki Maru" which arrived yesterday from. London, via Singapore.
On board the "President Jeffer son which arrived here to-day from Mantle is Mr. Emil Greater, who is travelling to Europe.....
Mr. S. T. Butlin of Messrs. In stead and Davis, Accountants, re- turned to the Colony yesterday from Home leave on the N.Y.K "Hakozaki Maru."
Wife of the Quartermaster of the American Navy at Manila, Mrs. Lillian. F. Chapman la on board the Miss R. E. J. Atkins arrived in "President Jefferson" which arriv. Hong Kong to-day on the "Presied here to-day from Manila. She dent Jefferson"
Manila: le bound for Seattle. After a short stay in the Colony she will go on to America.
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A director of the Westinghouse directors of the Bank of East. Asia, arrived in Shanghai by the It comes as a surprise to see passing through Hong Kong from Blectric Co., Mr. 1. F.Baker is 8.8. "President McKinley," toge
how "grown-up" is Princess ther with Kan Tong-po, Chief Marr's elder son, George Lascelles Manila to Tokyo, his business head- Accompanied by Mrs.. Manager of the same bank. (says & Star" writer, Ambrose
M'Evoy's portrait of him at the and Mies Helen Baker, he is travel- Mr. B. Wylie, general manager" of the South China Morning Royal Society of Portrait Painting on the "President Jefferson." ers at Burlington Hause shows a Post," Ltd, accompanied by Mrs tail, slim little boy, instead of the Wylie and Miss H. W Wylie sturdy baby in crawlers of whom were passengers on the "Hako-
we have been accustomed to żaki Maru' which arrived herethink. The costume of the new Doyle, U.S.M. and Mrs. and Master. yesterday from Home.
On the Admiral Line "President Jefferson" which arrived to-day from Manila ware Lt Comdr, T. J
portrait plain white knickers Doyle. They are going on to A "North China Daily News and a frilled white silk blouse, Shanghai where they will stay for message from Kabe reports that white socks and black patent some time before proceeding to San
shoes will certainly become the | Francisco. Capt. Percy Watson, managing standard, "best suit for all the director of Messrs. Nickel and little boys of his age Lyons, a well-known figurë throughout the Far East, died on December 23 in the Internation
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al Hospital from heart failure.
The Rev. J. G. Knight Anstey, the new minister at the Wanchai Wos leyan Church was given a cordial welcome at the Sailors and Saldiers Home last night: The Rev. H.S. F. Rossiter, in welcoming the new ministor referred to the aplendid work Mr. Anstey had done
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Several transfers in the Ameri can Navy have been made, a um mber of those concerned, arriving in The Rosary Church, Kowloon, Hong Kong on the President was the scene of a pretty wedding Jefferson from Manila to join the on Monday, the parties being Mise South China Patrol of the United AMC Botelhof Kowloon States Fleet. These include Mr. daughter of the late Mr and Mrs. Jose del Carmen (and his family), Mr A J. Connolly, Mr. Stonewall JM Botelho, and Mr. C. I. da Rosa, of Messrs Dodwell and Co. Ltd Rowe and Mr. Gray Westbrook The Rev. Father Spads officiated
D Libenow is on the same The bride, was charmingly attired ship, en route for Yokohama,
Prince Henry promises to be one the best shots in the Royal Family (remarks an "Evening Standard" writer) He is dis- playing greater enthu the sport than either the Leo of Wales or the Dur of Wales
In India and the Home circuits. In white satin, trimmed with allk shadow lace, and carried a bouquet There is no doubt that the of tea roses. She was given away "Bat Charleston is taking Lon by Mr. Botelho, her brother The don ballrooms by storm, There Misses Carvalho were bridesmaids, are still those who learned the and they wore dresses of pale green dance before the kick was taken crepe de chine with silver face and out of it who complain that they hats of drinoline to match, cannot keep their heels on the linda de Luz and Aures Gill floor, but that is a matter of time flower girls and Roland Soares was gre and practice. The appeal of the page boys new Charleston is that it pro vides just the change that was wanted from the ungainly shume into which the foxtrots and one-
steps are degenerating who have been to the first dances of the London Societies lead one to that the Scots,, ale i say BOOU essaying the Charleston
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