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The social gathering in St. John's Cathedral Hall to-morrow is at 6 p.m.
The Mounted Infantry and Armoured Car Companies of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps hold a combined dinner and concert at Volunteer Headquarters on Monday at 8 p.m.
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The road commencing at the junction of Nathan Road and the Old Kowloon Boundary, running in a north-westerly direction and terminating at the junction of Castle Peak Road and Kweilin Street has been named Taipo Road.
The name of the Alpha Tow- boat Company, Limited, has been struck off the register.
Both logs of a Chinese male worker at the Taikoo Sugar Re- finery were fractured yesterday through being crushed by a wheel when he was caught in some machinery. The man is now in the Government Civil Hospital,
A dance in the Wellington Bor- racks theatre will be held at 8.30 p.m. on Monday by the Royal. En- gineers and Royal Corps of Signals.
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At the Cercle Hoche, Paris, a club where fencing is much prac tand, M. Emille Gentil, minent sportsman, was engaged in a bout with M, Guidmard, his busi ness partner, when the latter's foll snapped and penetrated through a seam of 31. Gentil's fencing jacket An auction sale at the Grant- into his lungs. M. Gentil stugger- ham charity bazaar included auto-ed back and said, "I am done for." graphs of Mr. S. Baldwin, Mr. There were several doctors present, Lloyd George, and of well-known but their efforts were unavailing generals, admirals, clergymen, and death ensued within a actors and actresses, but easily minutes, the top price was obtained for There will be a vocal and in-Jack Hobbs's signature. strumental service at the Union. Church, Kennedy Road, to-mor- An exciting incident at the row evening, at 5.30. Dr. Ipoh races was the bolting of one McCandliss will sing "The Publi- of the ponies in the fourth race, can," by B. Van de Water, and when Mr. Brough's Happy "Ninety and Nine," by E. Cam Thoughts, a chestnut, threw its pion. Organ solos will be played rider and got away from the by Mr. G. E. Longyear. There is course. The animal careered wild- to be a Foulkes offertoire and aly through the town, knocking Foulkes service. at 6 p.m. The down a Tamil lad who had to be preacher at both morning and removed to the hospital. A motor evening services will be the pastor cycust.also ran into the drain in
(the Rev. J. Kirk Maconachie).
avoiding the animal, which even- tually got away along the Kuala Thanks to the generosity of an Kangsar Road, and was last seen American lady, Mrs. Morton Dex-making for Chemor. Įter, of Boston, two valuable panels of Felletin tapestry from the cal- lection of the late Viscount Lever- hulme, which was sold by auction in New York, have returned to Eng- land as a gift to the Victoris and Albert Museum. To these Mrs. Dexter, who has already enriched the museum with other tapestries, has added a third fine panel of Felletin tapestry, a fine gift, as French tupestries are poorly repro- sented in the national collection.
Although it would not be wise to place too much reliance on the news published to-day as to Kai-shek's activities Chiang against the Communists, yet it makes most satisfactory reading observes the "Straits Times." It becomes daily more evident that if the "Reds" now in control at Hankow once predominate the Southern position, war with one or more of the interested Powers is likely to be the final outcome.
Mr. J. A. Summers, a mem ber of the jury called to investi- gate the circumstances under which an unknown Chinese was knocked down and killed at the junction of Praya East and An Tong Street, was fined $10 for being absent when his name called. Mr. Summers, who rived late, pleaded pressure of business. A verdict of acidental death was returned at the inquest on the Chinese in question. The deceased was walking in the road when he was knocked down by a public motor car.
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The announcement that a lit
tle girl suffering from diphtheria is at large in London produces in the mind of the average citizen a rather
uncomfortable feeling, coupled with some criticism of the authorities whose conduct allowed it to occur, says a corres- pondent of the "Liverpool Journal of Commerce." Suffering from a sore throat, the girl was examined in hospital, a swab was taken of her throat, and she was then permitted to go home.
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A ragged old woman carrying a sack full of rubbish was stopped It is possible to treat with the When the development of the The Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold Storage Co., Ltd. as she was entering a house in a Nationalists, ав Britain has swab resulted in the discovery fashionable quarter of Paris fol- proved at Hankow and Kiukiang. that diphtheria germs were pre- lowing a bridal couple and their but quite impossible to come to sent it was impossible to find the friends. Taken to the police ata-any sort of understanding with patient, notwithstanding that the tion, she was able to give a satis- the "Red" party, which in reality broadcasting machinery has bean factory account of herself and was has no central control as each eraved in-aid As-one-who had-
Far from being the town or released.
area takes unto itself personal and painful experience, homeless vagabond the police local power which develops into know that in the Army in took her for, she proved to be the Sovietism, through rampant mur- France even a negative (tonsilitis) owner of several houses in Paris der and economic chaos in ex- no distinct from A positive and of farms in the Oise Depart celsis. Chiang Kai-shek fully (diphtheria) underwent a some- ment, making her total fortune realises this. With numer- what lengthy medical treatment, well over £25,000. She is 56 ous imperium in imperio, and in any event the possibility
years of age and spends her life his own authority dwindles of a person having (diphtheria
in rags wandering round the Central Market and living on scraps and odds and ends picked up from restaurant waste. She has been repeatedly arrested as a vagabond. but has always been released on proving her identity.
to the vanishing point. should surely have suggested her Furthermore, he knows that hav- detention in hospital until the ing once begun operations against swab gave its verdict.. I am at the "Reds" he has no option now a loss to understand how the but to continue to the bitter end child managed to carry on at all' or take refuge in the internation with diphtheria germs in her al Settlement at Shanghai.
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.
The Rev. G. R. Lindsay, the | retiring. Vicar of St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon, and Mrs. Lind- say left to-day for Home on the P. & 0. 3.9. “Malwa.”
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His Excellency the Governor has appointed Mr. Thomas Wil- Ham Harold Hosegood to be Assistant Harbour Master and Examiner for Masters and Mates, with effect from April 28.
Among the Hong Kong passen- gera on the. "Empress of Asia" when she sailed yesterday for blanila were Miss L. D. Kirkness, Mr. V. T. Manns, Mrs. M. Neves: Mrs. W. V. Spotswood and Mr. A. S. Gray..
His Excellency the Governor has appointed Dr. Ethel Mary Minett to be a Member of the Midwives Board during the ab- on leave of Dr. Alice Deborah Hickling, M.BE., with effect from April 25.
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Mr. J. M. Walker of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, and Mra. Walker, transhipped yes- terday by the "Empress of Asin" for Manila, having arrived here! from Home by the "Moren". on Thursday.
The infant son of Mr. Henry willis, the organ builder was bap- tised in St. Paul's Cathedral. St. Paul's, not being A parish only take church, christenings place there
# special privilege granted by the Dean, prin- cipally those connected with thei Cathedral. Mr. Henry Willis's
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The following additions have been made to the list of Public Vaccinators: L. Heang, D. Lopes, Fok Kum-yung, Hung Lai. Sir Robert Bond; the former kwan, Chan King-sim, Hui Luk- Prime Minister of Newfoundland, father built the Cathedral organ In yip, Ngo Sui-hing, Cheung Wai-has died at the age of 70. "Des- 1872, and Mr. Willis himself remov- foon, Kwok Kit-ring, Ho Lai-cended from an old Devonshire | ed the instrument to its temporary yui, and Yung Po-yick. These family, Sir Robert Bond was born position during the recent repairs ladies are
members of the at St. Johns where his father to the Cathedral fabric. Canon Victorin Nursing Division, had a mercantile business--but J. G. Simpson officiated, and the
was educated at Queen's College, pherson, the Cathedral
god-parents were Dr. Charles Mac- Sir Robert Peel is taking to Taunton. Returning to New- Mr. Goss Custard, organist of organist. dancing as an occupation, not (hefoundland he entered the legisla- Liverpool Cathedral, Miss Gertrude explains) for gain but as a hobby,ture in 1882 and became in Buc- Sinclair (Mr. Willie's sister), and He holds that "everybody should cession Speaker, leader of the op- Miss Helen Hogan, 'a celebrated accept his share of the world's position, Colonial Secretary and, American organist. The god- work." In conjunction with Mr. in 1900, Prime Minister, holding: mothers were represented by C. II. Dent, he has taken over the both the latter posts until 1909. Drexles. The child was Palace Ballroom, Erdington, He was for years a very promin- where he acts as M.C. on appoint-ent figure in over-seas politics ed nights. [Sir Robert, who is owing to his participation in the the husband of Miss Beatrice disputes which arose over the
The death is announced of Lillie, the actress, has in the American fishing rights in New Lieut.-Col. Edward Bowater course of his career been a cow-foundland, the French "shore McInnis. Well known in many boy and a concert hall manager.3 rights," and other questions. He parts of the world, the late Lieut- was a KC.MG, and a member of Col. McInnis had a distinguished Sir Henry Craik, M.P., died in the Privy Council.
military career. He was born in mail week at his residence in
1846, and entered the Army at an Dean's Yard, Westminster, S.W.
early age. During 1878-80, he
Henry.
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Sir Henry, who was 80, was proud Mr. Archibald Page, director served in the Afghan War and of being the oldest Member of and general manager of the Coun. participated in the march to Parliament, being a few weeks ty of London Electrical Supply Candahar, and the battle of older than Sir James Agg Gard. Co., for 18 months past, Candahar, for which he received ner. He entered the House & has been appointed chief engineer a medal with two clasps, and Conservative member for Glasgow to the General Electricity. Board. bronza, decorations. In 1891 de- and Aberdeen Universities in Mr. Page acquired a great fami- ceased became Inspector-General 1906, and from 1918 was one of liarity with the subject of elec. of Police, Gold Coast, and British the three Members for the com- tricity while at George Herlot's Guiana, and between 1892-1902 bined Scottish Universities. Sir School, Edinburgh, and the Doll-commanded the militia in British Henry was formerly, Secretary to ar Academy and subsequentlyGuiana. He was sent on a special the Scottish Education Depart when he became chief engineer to mission to the Venezuelan fron- ment and had had nearly 50 years the Clyde Valley Electricity Co. tier in 1896. In the following year experience of parliamentary pro- he was rightly regarded as an ex- he commanded the Cavalry of the cedure. Even when he had reach-pert on matters electrical. His Colonial Forces at Queen Vic- ed his 80th birthday he could be appointment us" 'an Electricity torla'a Diamond Jubilee, The seen most mornings enjoying a Commissioner was accepted as War Office entrusted him in gallop in the Row Sir Henry was being quite, natural, and those 1909-10 with the duty of inquir- the author of several publications, who were privileged to see any offing into the organisation of the including & Life of Swift and he work in that capa were police on the island' of Malta. "A Century of Scottish History oud in their praise the ability During the Coronation of King He is succeeded in the baronetcy he displayed. -- The Central Elec- George V." he acted as Political by his eldest son Mr. C. Crafts tricity Board are to be congratu- Officer and A.D.C. to the Sultans
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