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LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
In Parliamentary Papers, publish. Jed on Feb 25,, Sir Austen Chamber- [lah states that in China during the past two yours twelve British sub- jöeta were killed in anti-foreign [disturbancea-two at. Canton; one at. Shanghai, eight at Wanhaloh (the. Upper Yangtze incident at sum- mer), and one at Chang-tu
The annual meeting of the Thousands of patrons are buy. Hong Kong Women' Guild and ing unfermented grape juice from Ministering Children's League will California under the slogan "From be held at the Helena May Institute seller to cellar., Lot Nature take its tomorrow at 11a.m.
course. Customers are instructed to keep the juice at a temperature of 70 degrees for three months, and, the fuld will be turned into wine.. by that time, it is guaranteed that
A copy of the first London edition of Burns's poema "in the Scottish dialect." datad 1787, Was Bold at Sotheby's to Mr. Walter Dr. Alfred Sza, the Chinese Minia-Spencer for 84. The first London ter to the United States, addressing edition came out a year after the La society of students at Philadel-famous "Klimarnock" issue,
phia, representing 25 nations, des clared that China, welcomed the con-- cillatory tone of the proposals of the Powers, but when examined carefully it was apparent that they did pot meet China's. aspirations to an extent warranting enthusiasm.
by
Mr. Harty Ora asisted: Mrs. R. Sangor (soprano) is to give Beethoven Centenary Recital at the Theatre Royal on April 26, be- ginning at 9:15 pm. Sest coupons can now be exchanged at Anderson Music Co., Ltd. for
Commander Guy Fanshawe, Con-tickets. nervative M.P. for Clackmannan
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The Non-amokers! Society whose members include Bernard Shaw, and Sir John Martin Harvey. In dropping ite crusade against women smokers, but is compiling a theatres where smoking 1 "white Hat of restaurants and pro- hibited, proposing a boycott of others which do not provide for non-smokers.
Fish are
to ride in lifts. Building of huge water power dams in the streams of the Pact fic coast gave salmon and trout interests a problem because the fish could not get back upstream the same area in 1897, there were to spawn. On the Rogue river, 104,000,000, and in 1914 there near Roseburg, a fish lift was re- were 135,600,000. In Soviet cently demonstrated and found Russia there are 99,870,000 per-successfull Fish have already
and Western, who was in China as The preliminary result of midshipman during the Boxer the Russian census shows that the riots, said in a Hyde Park speech Soviet Union is populated by on Fab. 27 that if people who talk-144,808,000 persons, whilst in od like Mr. Ramsay MacDonald could see the poor mutilated bodies The had seen there would be far less talk about leaving our people in Shanghai to the mercy of a Chiheso: rubble.
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In memory of the Right Rev. Charles Perry Scott, "who for fifty- two years sorved as priest and Bishop in North China, and who died on Jan. 18, a.service was held at the Church of St. Peter, Eaton- square. Among those In the con- gregation were: Sir Claud and Lady Severn, Lady Jordan, M, Herbert Hodges, and many others connected with the family, the Church, and mission work in China
sons, or 69 per cent. of the total gone up in the social scale. population. In the Ukraine there ars 28.870 000, and in the Trans- Caucasia there are 5,791,000,
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"DEATH AND AFTER": will be the subject of this Week'a Public Lecture of The Theosophical Society, 7, Duddell Street, on Thursday, April 7, at 6 pm. The Public are heartily invited to attend.
Good Library. Theosophical. Books for sale. Open Monday, Saturday from 6-8 p.m. All other Friday and days from 7-8, p.m.
Acted entirely by Naval men. a plece entitled "Molly Kennedy" was rehearsed last night at the Naval Cantern Theatre for the bene- At of men of H.M.S. "Despatch and in the nature of a rehearsal for the public. performances to open there to-morrow and continue on succeeding nights until Saturday There is plenty of scope for humour Five cases of notifiable disease- In the "beauty chorus" and other were reported to the Medical items and of these artistes take full Officer of Health on Tuesday, an advantage. Capt. C. P. Sparrow R.M., the manager and producer the patients being Chinese. There Mr. L. S.. A. Tett, directing the was one case of cerebro-spinal fever- from the city, one of paratyphoid orchestra, and others" are to be gence test where the monkey congratulated on this entertaining fever from the New Territories, anehow which is well worth a visit. imported case ofsammelpox register- fed in the city district, a case of lenteric fever (typhoid) from the city, and another case of enterte from Kowloon.
From time to tinie, the "China Mull recalves literature (both in English and Chinese) which du at once handed over to the propaganda editor, cure of the W.P.3. The latest pamphlet to hand, however, calls for comment not on account of its contents. It professes to be a declaration by the "society for the study of Sun Yat-eon's principles not having passed through the post. Nd address is given, nor is the name of the printer mentioned. The in cident is mentioned, however, for the information of those who main tain that there fa no harmful pro paganda going on in the Colony.
and was handed in over the counter,
ing over a Berlin monkey intelli British scientists are chuckl
demonstrated greater intelligence than its human instructor. The German inserted a bansra in a American art dealers in Lon-tube in the presence of the! don were recently beaten by the monkey, and then poked it out of National Art Gallery in securing the tube with a stick. He re- the famous Titian "Holy Trinity."peated this operation 20 or 30 The picture was, fires believed to times, the monkey all the while be a copy of the picture of the watching the operation intently. same title by Titian in the Prado Finally the German left the Gallery at Madrid. After a tube with the banana inside of ith cleaning, however, it was found and the stick alongside, and re- that the London "Holy Trinity" tired from the room to watch the differed in a number of details monkey's actions through a peep- from the Madrid picture and ex-hole. Directly the coast was clear perts decided it was not a reduced the monkey picked up the tube, copy, but a sketch for the larger turned it upside down, and gave it picture in the Prado. Several one vigorous shake. The banana American dealers were prepared tumbled out immediately and the to pay large sums for the picture, monkey calmly proceeded to peel but the National Gallery secured and eat it with evident satisfac- the first refusal on it and evention.. His operation had been tually bought it. The price is re-simpler and quicker than the ported to have been about $20,000. scientist's with his stick
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.
Senders of telegrams are in- formed that, owing to faulty cable connection, telegrams to and from Shanghai and beyond are subject to delay.
Sir Frederick Lugard, who has for some weeks been seriously ill with bronchial predmonia, follow- ins influenza, was holding his own in mail week and his condition then showed signs of slight im-
The forthcoming marriage sprovement.. announced of Lieutenant. Ronaidi William Keymer, R.N., of H.M.S. "Titania," to Mas Norah Eleanor Lynch, of Kingsclere. Kowloon.
Mr. Harry Bell has arrived in Hong Kong on the "President 'Jackson," as advance agent for the Wilbur Players who will present the latest comedies and dramas t local audiences next week.
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Falling in love at first alght, Frederick Almy, the American cattle-king, whose
wife, the Dowager Lady Michelham, died on New Year's Day, has married a mannequin, June Dibble, whom he met at a display of spring models,
The many friends who assembled to tender their good wishes to Mr.
"Lord Beauchamp. former A. W. Brown bore testimony to his popularity. Mr. Brown (assistant Governor of NSW, could tell! secretary of Messrs. Lane, Craw- Interesting stories of the at- ||ford, Ltd) went on Hume leave to mosphere of anobbery creat- day by the 8.s. "Antenor." He ised by a plutocratic social clique highly respected by the Kowloon Community and in local soccer circles;
Capt. David Livingstone-Lear-
Mr. J. B. Clark, MA. FR.SE mouth, who, besides being a descen- who recently retired from the dant of Livingstone, the axplorer, Headmastership of George la an old Etonian and has ridden Herlot's School. Edinburgh, in as an amateur rider in the Grand tends to pay a visit to Malaya this National, is one of a band of thir-month. Arrangements are being teen young London clubmen who, fired by a spirit of adventure and a desire to gombat. Communism In China, have offered their services to Marshal Chang Tso-line
made for him to meet as many Heriotonians as possible, and Mr. Institution, is receiving the names DA Bishop, Principal, Raffles of those resident in Singapore and Johore.
in Sydney," says the "Daily News." "He attempted as Governor to end the monopoly of those whom Mr. "the wealthy lower orders." Justice Higginbotham describes as At his receptions and dinners.appeared artists, writers and professional men, to the great scandal of the plutocrats."
tainly makes plenty of literary M. W. Somerset Maugham cer-
the tropics which he takes for capital out of the annual tours in the sake of his health. The Prince Takamatsu, aged 22.
"Casuarina Tree," his latest col- younger brother of the Emperor of
lection of magazine stories, Wag Japan, is to go abroad in the autumn Hong Kong friends of a former the result of his Malayan tour to study, probably, at Oxford. It is President chairman of the Easma last year, and his new play, "The learned with regret that his brother, Club will read with pleasure of his Letter," is one of these. Malayan Prince Chichibu, will not return to merriage at Home. He is Lt-stories arranged for the stage. If England to complete his, course, as Condr. Wilfred Malleson, VC the British public judge Malaya the recent death of his father and RN. (who was out on the China from Mr. Maugham's work, it the fact that his brother, the pre- Station till two or three years ago must believe that adultery, Bont Emperor, has no son make na a Lieutenant, it is belloyed, with Prince Chichibu the Heir Apparent. the Submarines) He was held in divorce, and murder are everyday high esteem by the Ex-Active Ser occurrences here, remarks the Gladys Major-General C. C. van Strau-vies Men's Association (1914-1918) Malay Mail Miss banzed, the newly-appointed General of Hong Kong. On February 28, he Cooper has become an actress Commanding the troops in Malaya, was married In St. Mark's, St. John's manager with the production of will be leaving England with head to Mise. Mary Collinson, the the play, a role she has before wife on the linen "Montcalm all-wedding having been twice.postpon-undertaken, with varying success. Jog from Liverpool on April 22, Ined owing to the VC suffering from order to connect with the Canadian an attack of shell shock, the effect Pacific liner "Empresa of Rusels China Mail" learne) was very of war service. The ceremony (the brief.
which halls from Vancouver - for: Hong Kong on May 19 From Hong Kong he will tranship to Sin- apore, his destination.
The following deaths were an- Mr. Henry Dale, a breeder and nounced at Home in mail wook:
exhibitor of hackneys, at Scar- borough, aged 80: Colonel Thomas The Duke of Argyll was 55 years Charles McKenzie, a solicitor and of age in mall week The Duke,deputy-lleutenant of Durham
Of Viscount Gort,, V.C., D.8.0.who is a Bachelor, sits in the House MYO, MC, who is in Shangha of Lords as Baron Sundridgean County at Sunderland, aged 80; My Alfred Crouch, formerly, cap- English title and is the holder of three earldoms, two Viscountcies brigade at Worthing, aged 81: two dukedoms, two marquisates, talu of the old local volunteer fire the baronies, and a baronstey. He Rev. John Smallwood, said to have entertains largely each year with beenthi oldest Calvinistle his sister, Lady Elspeth Campbell, Methodist minister at Cymmau, Aged 88 and Sh
as Major-General John Duncan's Chief of Staff, the Naval and Military Record," says:--It is doubt- ful it any modern omcer of his years has so many decorations as he can, |boant; his bravery in a tradition'.
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