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Reminder: "musicale. Helena May Institute at 5.80 p.m. to-morrow."
Eleven thousand dolls, pre- sented by the boys and girls of America were received and joined the Doll Festival of Japan.
There will a chora) avetsong at St. John's Cathedral at 5.45 to-morrow:
The annual report of the Amer can Cigar Company shows a net pront of $2,666,681.
THEOSOPHY The excellent result of a credit balance for charity of Celebration of the 4th Anniversary $930.12 is shown in the statement The Fourth Anniversary of The Establishment of The Hong Kong of accounts concerning the pantomima production of "Little will be celebrated at The Lodge,
Lodge The Theosophical Society. Leasehold property at Red Riding Hood" by Mrs. Gay Duddall Street, on Thursday, March Homuntin was sold at the China | Cuming and the "Little
13th at 6 pm. The public are Auction Rooms yesterday, the Mummers. Dr. Barnardo's heartily invited to attend.... purchaser being Mr. Sam Pang-Homes will benefit to this amount. Theosophical Literature for, sale. fei, of No. 48 High Street, at The Hoh. Treasurer was Mr. Good Theosophical Library. $8.200 (more than treble the A. J. Reeves and the accounts Inquiries: Monday, Friday, upset price). The property con- were audited by the Rev. J. Saturday from 6-8 pm., other days
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Major-General John F. O'Ryan, President of the Colonia) Alr Transport, is busily engaged in organising an air service for carrying express,, mail and pas- sengers between widely separated: cities, among the latter being Montreal, Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago.
sista of two undivided fourth parts of shares of Section A of Kowloon Inland Lot No. 1737.
There were four notifications of smallpox in the Colony on Tuesday, all from the city regis tration district. Two of the patients are Malays and the other
two are Chinese.
An important step towards re- moving what has been regarded as a weakness of the Scottish Univer Bity system, namely the absence of provision for communal life will be facilitated by a donation made by a Laith shipowner, Mr. Thomas. Cowan, of £20,000 to enable Edin- burgh University to provide a re- aidential house to accommodate 125 male students Mr. Cowan pre- viously made a similar donation to the University, of which 10,000 was contributed in appreciation. of the students' work in the general strike..
Says a Singapore paper just to hand: A few days ago the arrest was recorded of MrE. J. Kettlewell on a charge of criminal breach of trust, as an employéo of the Yukon Gold Co. at Kampar. Mr. Kettle- well was formally charged before the Ipoh magistrate and the case transferred to Kampar for the usual police court preliminary inquiry. The case was called up at the Kom- par police court on Wednesday, anys the. "Times of Malaya," but the accused, who had been granted bail did not put in an appearance. The Kampar magistrate at once issued 1 warrant for his arrest.
Mr. Frederick Starling, at. present, counsellor of the Ameri can embassy in London,, who; is: expected to be named the first. United States Minister to the Irish Free State. As yet there le no diplomatic exchange between the United States and Ireland, relations still being carried on through London.
The following appears in the "North China Daily News: Wil the gentleman who sent up the following advertisement please call for replies on April 1. "Wanted, a in tank, caterpillars, must have minimum tread of 2 feet and be capable of negotiating crevices,
Thanks to the generosity of an with safety. Should be fitted with pheumatic compensating springs, American named Fleming, who has double acting shock absorbers and promised to provide a shelter for air cushioned upholstery. Trailerit, the historic railway carriage in attachment "for breakdown cutit which Field-Marshal Foch signed Advertiser would require satisfac- the Armistice will shortly be per- along the manently installed in a clearing in tory demonstration following. Avenues: Edward VII, the forest of Compeigne, where the
Faigning took place.
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.
Rev. John Wordsworth, grandson
Dr. and Mrs. Felix Hogson of the post Wordsworth, and sonsailed from Hong Kong yester- of the former vicar of Brigham, died day on the "Forthos" for Mar. at Plumbland Rectory in his 90th geilles.
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There is a possibility that the The death is announced of Mr. Prince of Wales will shortly under-
take a tour of the coalfields in or coveted decoration in the Zulu Warder to gain first-hand information of 1879, says the "Daily Herald."of the conditions prevailing in Though born at Birmingham he had them. lived at Barrow for 46 years.
Baron G. di Giura, an Italian diplomat, passed through Hong Kong yesterday on the M.M. "Porthos," en route from Shang- haf to Marseilles."
The ex-Kaiser, who celebrated his 68th birthday at his Doorn residence on January 29 is stated to have received some 3,000 congratulatory telegrams and 300 floral tributes, including one from the Queen- Mother of Holland.
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Among the passengers who The nobility were strongly repre- landed here yesterday on the sented at the marriage, at Inchin-arrival of the French Mail Jascha Heifetz, the famous vio- nan, Renfrewshire, of Laurence Forthos" from Shanghai were Hnist who is shortly to play in Paul, son of Lord Methuen, to Olive Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Nagel (mis-Hong Kong, is a Russian who was Campbell, only daughter of Lord. Blythswood. Both families are as- sionaries), and the Rev. 1. P. born at Vilna in 1900, the son of sociated with the Scots Guarda. Horty. The King and Queep and the Duke and Duchess of York were among the hundreds of donors of wedding [gifts.
Lord Birkenhead speaking at recently dinner at Birkenhead stated: "My folk are of humble position. I owe nothing to birth. My grandfather was a working miner at Wakefield and' meidentally heavy-weight champion with naked Asta. He did not affiliate himself. with Moscow. To my father I owe. everything for he Implanted high ambitions and taught me to believe. in myself."
Shanghai papers record the death: of Mr. Ernest Richard Palmer,.. accountant of the Shanghal Mutual Telephone Co. which occurred at his residence after an illness of some duration, Mr. Palmer was s resident of Shanghai for nearly 39 years, arriving there in 1888 to take up the secretaryship of Messrs. Hali & Holtz, Ltd. He remained. with them until 1910 in which year he joined the Telephone Co., with, whom he was connected up to the time of his death. Mr. Palmer was a prominent Mason, being Past District Grand Warden, and Past Master, while for many years Ho acted as treasurer of the Royal Sundex Lodge."
The sad and sudden death of Mrs. Irene Carpenter Merriman who was suddenly stricken, ill while attend. ing a lecture and died a 7 o'clock the lame vening, is recorded in Shanghai papers. Mede Meri was the widow of Mr.
Lane Merriman, who It
be recalled, passed away
the troublesome month o
1925. The Inte Mrs. Merriman
born in California, As
and bad resided many Japan, where her husband head at the Japanese Por 18he remained there, while
Mr. Charles Stedman, the oldest member of Congress, photograph ed on the 88th anniversary of his", birth
To members of the French ghal were in Munke Hong Kong foi
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panied by Mrs.
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Ruben Heifetz, also a violinist, and teacher. Young Heifetz began life as an infant predigy. He played on a small violin at the age of three and mastered the five positions in one year, finishing the "Arst book of De Berfot and the Kayser studies Не without regular instructions then entered the Imperial Music! School, played at recitals before he was 5 and made his publie debut! at Kovno at the age of. playing the Mendelssohn Concertos before an audience of 1,000. After, gra- duating from the school at 7 years of age he studied with Leopold Auer for several years. He then appear- ed with a symphony orchestra at the Odessa International Exhibition and achieved international fame when only ten years old. In 1912, Heifetz, made a tour of Germany, appearing as soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ander Nikisch. Next year he play ed in Vienna and made another tour of Germany playing at the Leipziy Gewandhaus under Nikisch, After the outbreak of the war he toured the Russia and Scandinavia, and in 1917 went to. America, making his dabut at the Carnegie Hall with! sensational success. He then ful
led, engagements with all the leading orchestrsa, and wave recitals. throughout the United States. In April 1928, he visited Palestine where he gave seven concerte, de voting all the proceeds to the ad
sducation vancement of musl
ng the Jawa, and
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on the Plain of Esdra
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