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The" "London Gazette" of: March 15 announces that the King hus approved of Sir William Me Beath. K.B.E.. as Consul of Japan at Melbourne..
GENERAL NEWS.
Sir Charles Addi, Str: E. 1 "Penang possesses few land. Denison. Ross and Mr. M. Uda, lords whose names are uttered by the last named representing the the middle classes without curses Bank of Taiwan, attended a mem and contempt," says a corres orial service for Dr. Walter Leaf. pondent of the Straits Echo," chairman of the Westminster concerning the alleged rackrent. The late Sir Hiram Wilkin Bank Ltd., at Marylebone Parish Ing in the Settlement which is son. Moneyshaniere, Tobermore.Church or March 11.
said to be causing much public Co. Londonderry, and "Queen's
Indignation. Elm, Belfast, for some years ¡Crown Advocate in China, after- wards Judge of the British Court in Japan and Chief Justice of the British Court in China and Kortu Heft personal estate valued at
£21,761.
Reputed to be a millionaire, Mr. TV. F. Tibbitts (85), died in a hors- ing home. Although one of the big- gest property owners u Sheffield, he lived in a house in the slums, a 'portiod of which he let He Was Formerly էլ frequent visitor to Switzerland, but ceased, travelling owing to the earness of hotels," and lately his only outings had consist- fel of penny rides oil trams,***
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Putting a parcel on the counter of i Sundtobacconist, a man saldı he had brought his briar pipes for overhaul. The attendant found the parcel contained 37, alt of di- ferent pattern, ang the customer giairned that they were all in usa No one at the shop.could remem ber anyone who had owned more chân 19 pipes, all, in use, and it & (belidvedji)
here that 37 is a record.
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Nicholas Hunnen, who has been most successful in the part of the convict in Galsworthy's "Escape," at the Ambassadors' Theatre, Londone is the son of a. former Chief Justice of the Bri- Lish Supreme Court for China and Japan. It was the native nurse's custom of calling him "Bo-chem" which created his nickname of *Bean."
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Representative Thomas Blanton, of Texas, who knocked down Representative Bloom: New York, in a. House Committee hearing when Bloom impugned the rungy Texan's veracity during n hearing on a proposal to esta- blish a Sunday cfosify law for the District of Columbia ton, note for his physical clashes with his colleagues, jumped en the New Yorker and forced him over a table before spectators could stop the fight
The Vienna dancing masters' association has invited Cardinal Piff, Archbishop of Vienna, all Austrian bishops, and the Chan- cellor, Mgr. Seipel, to attend a special private display of the Charleston. black bottoms tango, and fox-trols in the Vienna dang ing school. Recent episcopal pastorals denouncing
modern dancing threaten many teachers with ruin and they contend that the bishops have been wrongly in formed about dancing.
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Lady Algernon Gordon- Lennox, who is to judge at thei annual show of the Paking Palace) Dog Association on June 21. founded the Association 20 years Fago. "Lady Algernon's strain of Pekingese goes back in direct line! to the original pair presented to the then Duchess of Richmond' by Mr. George Fitzroy, private secre tury to Lord Elgin when the Surt- mer Palace at Peking was occu pied by the British forces in 1860. A few others were also brought| homa in 1860, one of which was given to Queen Victoria..
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Representations were made to the committee of the Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce
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when unaccompanied by their male relatives or friends in-l variably choose to suffer the In-l convenience of travelling in third class railway carriages rather than in the mixed firs: class, and
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To the memory of Sir Patrick Munson, who for at time will be known as the "Father of Tropical!
second class carrieges. This fact The Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold Storage Co, Ltd. ¿Medicine,” a tablet was, on March
A gift of 10,000 farthings was communicated to the railway 15. unveiled by the Right Hon. was received in the Salvation authorities with the request that Neville Chamberlain, Minister of Army "Self-Denial" Week.provision might be made for Health, at the Albert Dock Hos Every Christmas for more than a separate accommodation fer pital. where so much of Sir quarter of a century they had second class women passengers Patrick's work was done. He it been displayed in an inn at Brom-und this suggestion was acted] was who first studied tropical ley, Kent, the number being add upon. The committee were in- diseases,, for, on coming to Honged to every year." Recently the formed that orders have been Kong to take up an appointment, landlord's wife, who had collected placed in England for ten second he was appalled by the terrible them, died. A Salvation Army class coaches for women passen- ravages wrought by malaria and captain entered the inn and asked gers only. These couches are ex other fevers, and set himself the for a contribution and was pre- pected to arrive by the middle of task of solving the cause.
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS,
The family of Mr. Eugene, Chon, 1 A Bangkok message unted April! the Nationalist Foreign Minister. 7 states that, Mr. Whitehead, Man have arrived in Shanghat from Hanager of the Linotype Company, ar rived there by the "Delt" but was landed and had to be removed
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A British pioneer in China who | to hospita), has been in the papers during mail week is Mr. James Stewart, still living at Stirling. He put up, sixty years ago, the first brick house on the mud fats which were then Tientsin.
Quarry Bay School are holding another Spring Festival this year, on Tuesday, May 3 at 11 am. Mr. K. E. Greig of Taikoo Dock is run ning launch for visitors, leaving Murray Per at 10.20 .m,
The death is announced on March 9 of Amy Dorothy, wife Hong Kong on Friday by the P. & Among the passengera arriving,in of Col. John Vaughan Campbell,... "Tevanha" from Shanghai V.C., D.S.O.. commanding the were Mr. Ir. G.. Swinbarn,. Lt-Col Coldstream Guards, whose son, Smith, R.A.M.C. Major F C Mr. John Ronald Campbell, is Roberts, V.C., B.S.O., O.RE., and with the 2nd Battalion in Shang- Mr. and Mrs. B. Rowe. hai.
The Chinese Charge d'Affaires and Mme. Chen, Mr. F. G. Penny, M.P., and Mrs. Penny, Mr. H. W Looker, M.P., Mrs. Looker, and Miss Looker, were among the large company present at a re ception given by Mrs. Whitley, the wife of the Speaker, on March 11.
Sir John and Lady Buchanan- Jardine, who have since their marriage resided at Comlongon Castle, Dumfriesshire, will in the course of the summer go into re- sidence at Castle Milk, in the
same county, which Sir John in- herited on the death of his father. Sir Robert Buchanan-Jardine.
Mr. Edward Gattoy, partner in the firm of Cattey and Bateman.
he left Singapore for England on retirement. Mr. Gatley Arst rame to the East in 1906 as an accountant In the service of the British North Borneo Co. He remained in Borneo for about two years. He then went to Singapore and joined the firm of Evatt and Co. A few years later he severed his connection with that firm and went into business on his own account, being joined later by Mr. O. R. S. Bateman. The firm of Gattey and Bateman was founder En 1916.
Leland Harrison, Assistant Secretary of State, who has been appointed America's Minlater to Sweden.
made by the Admiralty on March The following appofitment was 13-Act. Gunner L. E. Harris, to "Despatch"
The Scottish novelist, Mr. John Buchan, has consented to stand
Unionist candidate for the Scottish Universities. Mr. Buchan was adopted as the prospective candidate by Peebles (Selkirk) in 1911, but later withdrew to allow Sir Donald Maclean a straight| fight against Labour..
was
Miss Edith Sitwell, the poet,
A six minutes talking film of made in London by the De Forest Phonofilma, Ltd. Miss Sitwell, who wore a Venetian "hat and a long! green and gold dress, "recited two poems written by her brother, Mr. Osbert. Sitwell. She Rat in the glare of the studio are lamps with her face covered with grease paint.
"These are for baby to bite, as she insists on trying to bite my neckiaco," declared Queen Mary when ordering a short string of coloured porcelain beads at the Ex- Servicemen's Exhibition, The Queen taking out a tape-mcaaure; said he did not, want a necklace, but "simply a short string threaded on strong white silk with which! the little Princess Elizabeth Car play."
Among passengers arriving in Hong Kong by the F. & O. 3.8. "Khiva" on Saturday were:-Mr. J. Allan, Mr. L. J. Buckhouse, En- gineer-Commander R. J. Brown, D.S.O., Mr. G. W. Britten. Mr. E. W. Brambleby, Mr, C. Bastin, Engineer- Commander P. G. Bevis, Commander| P. Butter, Mr. W. Dunbar, Capt. H G. G. Franklin, Mr. D. 3. M. Fraser, Mr. and Mrs. R. Hughes, Mr. G. C. Inston, Mr. J. Robson, Mr. J. Macdonald, Capt... R. Ramsay, Lt. Col. T. A. F. and Mrs. Robinson, Mr. F. H. F. Swayne, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Scott, and Mrs.! P. P. J. Wodehouse. W
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London papers announce the Out of the 27 officers of the death of Sir Whately Eliot, the 2nd/Coldstream Guards at Shang- Among the passengers leaving well-known harbour engineer, hai, 20 are old Etonians. These Hong Kong on the P. & O... Sir Whately Eliot was engaged are: Col. P. R. B. Lawrence, "Devanha," which sailed for Europe on dock and harbour works at M.C., Major L. M. Gibbs, D.8.0. on Saturday, "were:-Mr. F. Baker, Sunderland, Tynemouth, and the M.C., Major J. C. Wynne-Finch, Lt.-Comdr. and Mrs. Carson, Mr. N. Isle of Man, and conducted a M.C., Major Sir D. M. B. Hall, Churcher, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. survey for harbour works in New D.S.O., Major Viscount Marsham, Everest. (Mr. Everest has been Com Zealand. He designed and car-Capt. A. G. Salisbury-Jones, M.C... |pany-Sergeant Major of the En- ried out works for the Peterhead Capt. Lord Bingham, M.C., Capt. gineer Company of the Hong Kong Harbour Board and the Scar-G. R. de C. B. Guinness, Lt. Volunteer Defence Corps, and is borough Corporation, and had A. E. G. Tennyson-d'Eyncourt, Lt. employed at the China Light & been resident engineer of harbour T. W, Forde, Lt. Lord Stratheden, Power Co. (1918), Ltd.). Capt. and Mrs. W. A. Faussett, L N. G. Works for the Cape Government, Lt. G. Whitaker, Lt. B. Myddel. Gannons-Williams, Lt. G. Hill, Mr. and of the Eastham section of ton, Lt. Sir. W. de S. Barttelot, J. MacCormack, Lt Comdr. R. L. the Manchester Ship Canal. From 2nd Lt. J. R. Campbell, 2nd Lt. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Stone 1894 to 1906, he was Admiralty H. B. Norman, 2nd Lt. W. J. St. C. and Engineer-Commander G. Vil superintending civil engineer in Anstruther-Gray, 2nd Lt. lars, Mr. M. P. Concannon, Mr. J. J. charge of the Keyham Dockyard A. W. A. Smith, 2nd Lt. B. L Gregory, Mr. F. C. Pavitt.
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