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LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
Mr. N. T. Yang, Commia. sioner of Foreign Affairs and Superintendent of Custores in Nanking, has arrived in Shang- hal.
"Batas for the first quarter of 1927 are payable in advance on or before January 31.
A sheet. containing 100 pale blue 4d. Australian stamps of 1854 has been sold at Harmer's, London dealers, for 2450,
It is understood that. Com- rade Chieherin, Comrade Karak-the han's successor as Soviet Am- bassador to China, will visit Shanghai in the near future.
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Several deaths from cold were reported to the Shanghaf Chinese authorities during the week-end, a couple of these occurs ring in Pootung.
The remains of Mr. Nodaira, who was formerly the Shanghat manager of the Mitadi A Reuter cable from Gibral-Bussan Kaisha and vice-president tar dated December 31 states:-
of the Sino-Japanese Society, who' The Second Suffolks are going to passed #WAY in Calcutta, be taken to Shang- Hong Kong this afternoon aboard will soon À Chine soldier was the transport "Achilles."
hai, and, upon their arrival, a rested near tue Shanghai North
memorial service will be hald. Station for" injuring a ricsha The Universal Week of Pray- coolie whilst attempting to dia- er commences to-day. At St. perse a crowd which had gather-John's Cathedral the service will ed. He is being detained pend-be at 5.30 this afternoon. To ing the coolie's recovery.
When Nino Gill entered pri- son at Fadua he had been con- victed as a fraudulent bankrupt. When he came out he was a mil- lionaire. His aunt, living at San in prison, leaving him million lire.
G. FALCONER & CO. ( HONGKONG) LTD. Francisco, had died while he was
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A conductor on a City-Shep- herd's Bush 'bus found an attaché case left on the seat by a passenger. He took it to a West End police-station, where, being opened, "it was found to contain signed chaques to the value of £8,000,
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M. Serge Lifar, leaping on the stage of the Lyceum Theatre in London during the perform- ance of "The Swan Lake" by the Russian Ballet, struck his head on an overhead platform, causing serious injuries. He finished his dance, but reached the wings with his wig saturated with blood, and was removed for medical treat- ment.
The proposal of the Premier
of New South Wales (Mr. Lang) to impose a tax on newspapers finds a prominent place in all Home newspapers with big head- ings. They express astonish- ment, and point out that he has. gone back to the old "bad old days of 1711," when the tax was imposed in England. It was final- ly abolished in 1855, «
A mar was caught in the house of Captain Winter, Gov. ernor of Portsmouth Prison. The house stands on the main road under the prison wall, and is only
a few yards away from the main
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A Swiss" newspaper states that the ecclesiastica) commis morrow the observance will be atsioners of the town of Altdorf have imposed a tax of fifty een- Union Church at the same time.
times on all women with bobbed) hair. This has caused much joy, among the women of the town,! who are delighted at the Church's recognition of a mode which until recently it strongly condemned.
entrance to the prison. A prisonment to a French hero who died officer heard someone moving
A pitiful scene was witnessed in Minkuo "Road, Shanghai, on! Christmas Day,, when some 500 beggars, apparently driven to despair by hunger and the ex- treme cold surrounded two hand- carts which were loaded with several hundred winter suits be- longing to a well-known pawn- shop. The coolies were pulled and pushed about and, generally speaking, beaten up, whilst the crowd attempted to seize the load. A. shop-keeper reported the mat- ter, to the authorities and a de- tachment of police was sent to the scene. After some difficulty, these dispersed the crowd and found that 80 suits had been stolen. Inquiries are proceeding.
Three thousand yen having teen paid by the Japanese char terers of the str. "Manri Maru. the affair in which Chen Ah- I dong, a Chinese hawker, was
killed, is now considered to bel settled and the family have offi cially expressed their thanks to the public for their support and their benevolence, as well as their sympathy. Chen, it will be recalled, fell into a hold on-board the steamer and died as a result. Considerable anti-Japanese feel- Irig was roused in Shanghai when it was alleged that he was mur dered by the ship's hands, two of whom have since been sentenced to terms of imprisonment by the
This strange stone is a monu-Nagasaki District Court. The defence was that deceased was found stealing things from the men's quarters and that, during a chase which ensued, he fell intb the hold.
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about upstairs and upon going to in the early days of occupation of investigate be found a man hid-Madagascar. ing behind one of the doors. ..
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.
Mr. D. Davies has been appointed
Mr. J. Watson Assistant Secretary.
Dr. Herbert Chatley is in the Country Hospital. Shanghai ré-Secretary to the Sunitary Board and: [covering, from an operation. His condition shows a steady improve- ment.
Dr. W. B. A. Moore has been appointed to act as Principal Civil Medical Offeer during the absence
'Mr. Alen J, Bell, A.C.AI, has been certified as an auditor in Hong Kong by the Registrar of the Supreme Court,
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Lay, well- known focal residents, left the Colony on Saturday on the N.Y.K. "Hakoné Maru", bound for Europe) via Singapore.
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Mr. M. G. Breen takes Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher's place nå· Birector of the Widows' and Or-
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Mr. E.. L. Agassiz has been ap-phans' Pensions, Mr. Fletcher hav- from Hong Kong of Dr. J. Bpointed Registrar of Trade Marksing left Hong Kong, Addison, M.P.E. ··
Sir Henry and Lady Gompertz have been spending Christmas on
and Letters Patent, in addition to his other duties.
News has reached Cardiff of the Fraser's Hill, Malaya. Bir Hanry; sudden death of Mr. Fred Tillet, a who is Chief Justice of the F.M.S.former well-known Cardiff ship was formerly Puisne Judge in owner, at East Cowes, Isle Wight. Hong Kong.
Mr. and Mrs. W.. S. Cox have left British North Borneo for the United Kingdom. and will not be returning to the East. Mr. Cox has spent over 24 years in Borneo.
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At a preliminary meeting of the Committee of Lloyd'a for 1927 Mr.. Percy G. Mackinnon was elected chairman: of Lloyd's and Mr. Ernest E. Adams Was elect.
ed deputy-chairman.
The late Mr. Mansfeld, who passed away at the General Hospi- tal Singapore after a short illness, had been planting in Malaya for about ten years, and was manager of Permas Estate, in 1920...
The Governor bas received in formation from the Secretary of State for the Colonies that Mr. Kenneth C. Krentz has been ap pointed a Vice Consul for the United States of America in Hong Kong..
Brilliant scenes attended the wed diag of Miss Olive Sainsbury' and Lord Inverclyde at St. Margaret's, Wostminster. The bride is the younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sainsbury, of 2, Gloucester House, Fark-lane, London.da
A very pretty wedding was solemnized at St. Andrew's Cathe dral, Singapore, between Mr. John Carson Cuthbert, of Mstars.. Harrisons, Barker and Co., Singa pore, and Miss Blaine Margaret Fawcett, daughter of MF and Mrs C. J. Hewitt, of Bingapore
Latest gossip from Europe hag inked Princess Marie Jose of Belgium and Crown Prince Olay of Norway
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"Among the passengers who ar- rived at Hong Kong from Shang- hai and Japan on the "Hakone Maru" were Mr. and Mra. A. H. Lay, Mr. W. H. Joseph and Mr. E. Humphreys.
"Mr. A. C. McPhoderan of the Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ltd. staff sailed for Sydney by the "St. Albana" on Friday. On the pas senger list were also the names of Mr. and Mrs, E. A. Childe, Mr. and Mra. El Clarke....
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Mr. M. H. Turner, who has been: with Messrs. Deacons, solicitors,|| for a number of years, has been admitted as a member of the! firm, He succeeds Mr. R. F. Mat- tingly who died last week. ME! Turner. held an administrative post in the Police Reserve in the early days of the 1925 genera}| strike.
Besides the Bishop of London, Mr. O A. Blyth and the Rev: H. C Thomas, the "Hakone Maru" took away a good many passengers on Saturday for Slagapore and porta beyond, including Baroness F. Van Hogendorp, Ma), Gen, and Mrs. M: Sugiyama Commissioner and Mrs. W. Eadie, Rev. U. Arcaad, Dr. H. Kumagal,Miss R. Chisholm, Dr. and Mrs. R. R. Maton, Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Dibble..
The death took place on Decem ber 13 at Castle Ashby, in Northamptonshire, of Mr. David Walker Chief Assistant Editor and for soms time Editor of the Times of India," at the age of 84 Mr Walker joined the Times of India" in 1916. He went home on, medi- cal advice after several months' T news in India and received treat ment in the Tropical Diseases Hos pital in London. Though he re- oovered from his illness, his health was seriously undermined.
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