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Hongkong, April 1, 1924.
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE WAY THE WORLD WAGS.
Don Manuel Gondra, who took; part in five revolutions in Para- guay and was twice deposed from the Presidency of that Republic, has died in Asuncion,
The elephant Gaspard, familiar to visitors to the Paris Zoo, re- cently became so unmanageable that he was destroyed with poison gas. He was 19 years old,
There were 52,614 registered medical practitioners on Decem- ber 31, in Britain according to the Medical Register which was published recently. In 1924 the number was 42,378.
Mr. Augustus John. A.R.A., [opened the first éxhibition in con- nection with Sir Joseph Duveen's national scheme to assist British artists at the Leeds. Municipal Art Gallery on March 18.
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At the funeral of Henty Jack son, aged 80, blacksmith, of Benniworth, Lincolnshire, the tiny shoes worn by his twin brother, who died as a baby, were placed by his own wish in the
coffin..
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Mrs. Jane Anne' Jewell, who celebrated her 101st birthday at Emsworth (Hampshire), was shingled in 1840 according to the fashion, which quickly changed.
A robin has taken possession of a doll's house in the village schoolroom at Rempstone, Not- tinghamshire, and, after build- ing a nest there, is now sitting on four eggs. The robin The Associated Daimler Com- watches the children at lessons pany of Walthamstow, have re-through the window of its house ceived an order for 70 omnibus and looked on with interest at chassis from the Anglo-Argentine a village dance in the school- Tramways Company for use in room. Avellaneda, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Driscoll, who was one of the A well-known Middlesex show.
founders of the Legion of man was buried in Hounslow Frontiersmen, is heading a peti- Cemetery in the presence of hun- tion to the King protesting dreds of showmen from all parts against the introduction of con- of the country. The floral tri-scription in Kenya on the ground butes included a vacant chair and that no evidence has been pro- a set of swing-boats.
duced to show that there is any danger of native risings as In order to obtain the widest stated by those in favour of field of recruitment for per, conscription.
in manent commissions
the R.A.F., the Air Council have de- cided to increase the number of
prize cadetships offered for com- petition annually from three to 12
A
foreign-looking seaman charged at Liverpool with steal ing a piece of bacon from a ship was interrogated by the inter The first number of a new preter in French, Italian, Danish quarterly periodical, Overseas and Portuguese--but he only Official Publications, has just stared blankly. "What are we been published by the Royal to do?" asked a magistrate, and Colonial Institute (price 5s, per then, turning to the man, he ask- annum, post free). It contains ed, "Do you speak English?" a list of the principal publica-"Yes, sir," he replied. He was tions of an official nature issued fined 10s. in the British Empire oversca or relating thereto.
In the Lormont Tunnel, near Bordeaux, a Paris-Bordeaux ex- press train met a goods train, ||from one of the trucks of which a number of iron bars were pro- jecting. These tore open the sides of the first three first-class coaches of the Express. Only one passenger was injured, and the express proceeded.
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An Order in Council, issued on February 7, has been published in "The London Gazette" providing for the introduction, at a date to be fixed by Proclamation by the British High Commissioner for Palestine, of the new currency for Palestine, based upon sterling to take the place of the Egyptian money now current, and au- thorising the Royal Mint to strike the new coins.
Positive cinematograph films imported into Canada during the fiscal year 1925-26 totalled 29,904,034 ft., with a declared value of $1,923,615 (£884,700), almost the whole of which
(23,593,615 ft.) originated in the United States, Imports from the United Kingdom were 286,158ft.; from China, 715ft.; from France, 1,061ft.; and from Germany, 12ft.
In accordance with the law for the protection of the German Republic, Paul Gretsch, a miner, of Gelsenkirchen, Westphalia, has been sentenced to a month's Exports of wood from Aus-j imprisonment for slandering..the tralia and New Zealand from President. The accused was July 1, 1926, to January 31, 1927, heard singing a parody of the according to Messrs. Dalgety and song. "Dem Kaiser Wilhelm Co., amounted to 1,642,000 bales, haben wir's geschworen," the showing a decrease of 222,000 refrain of which intimated that bales compared with the cor- President Hindenburg ought to responding period of last year. be hanged from the nearest The Australian total was 218,000 lamp-post: bales less at 1,398,000 bales, and the New Zealand total 4,000 bales) smaller at 244,000 bales.
The New Zealand Methodist Conference has decided to take no further advantage of the bene its of the Macarthy Trust, owing to the fact that the Trust derived much of its revenue from in- terests allied to the liquor trade. The conference has recommend- ed that the Church Orphanage, which has been receiving £200 a year from the fund, should, re- fuse this year's grant.
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The "New York," the latest addition to the fleet of the Ham- burg-Amerika Line, has left Southampton for New York on her maiden voyage. She is the fourth vessel of the Albert Ballin class engaged in the North Atlantic service of the Ham- burg-Amerika Line, and has a registered tonnage of 22,000, with a length of 003 ft. She has nine decks, four extending throughout her entire length, and five more in the superstruc- ture.
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Rooms will not be available for the Public, also Lounge and Dining Room, till after the 14th, day of June. There is a special lounge at the back of the Bar for the Public. Phone C. 373, Cables: "Victoria," Hong Kong.
J. H. WITCHELL, Manager.
EMPRESS HOTEL, LTD.
Newly opened on 12th April.
We are famous for our CHINESE DELICACIES and our liquors.
Private telephones and hot and cold baths with every room. Luxuriously furnished with the best Chinese Furni- ture. Every modern convenience.
159-161, Connaught Road Central. Phones: C.5384, C. 5385, C. 5386, C. 5387. C.5388. Cable address: "Emphotel."
TUNG SHAN HOTEL.
IS NOW OPEN,
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Tel. C.5505,
Facing the harbour. 37-39 Connaught Road West.
EMPRESS LODGE.
Tel Kowloon 290.
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Tel. Adă. "Empreslogs.” 2-12, Mody Road, Kowloon, Private Hotel, best location in Kowloon, convenient to ferry, flata of 2 or 3 rooms, also bed-sitting-rooms, daily or monthly rates. Excellent cuisine, special rates for families. For information apply to
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-Managing Director.
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Sole Importers :-
H. RUTTONJEE & SON
18, QUEEN'S BOAD CENTRAL.
Upper Lefts, Beiled sap bring povredania mow in a very popular defleney, Upper Rights Fair vislier enjoying a. tanto si Die delicacy. Lower Lotti Gathering tập from the tria-palla.. Lever Rights, Tanging the tria in aldwinter. One of the sure signs of spring about the Cans-places as in former year.
dian Pacific Express yards in Montreal is the The method of tapping is to hang the cans on *n* appearance of large consignments of maple sugar pass- inps and allow the sap to dep into them and ail care ing through their hands for local distribution and are properly protected so that no unsanitary and outside shipment. Some of the shipments are dea-foreign substances can collect. In them. The success tined to point out west. In the main these are to of any season depends largely on the weather, The former residents of Queboe who become homesick for beat, seasons' are those when there are night froste this Canadian delicacy and send an order through with snow still on. the ground which thawa during their friends in the east, kes
the day.
The maple sugar industry is one that has beenThe maple tree attain a circumference In some carried on fu Quebeo for many years. The YELP cases of ten to twelve feat. The method whop the and, sugar made in this province have estabilabed a rap is gathered is to bring it to a shack in the woods reputation for purity, Adulterating the syrup with and boil it until all the water evaporates and pure cane sugar, is a practise that is strictly guarded maple syrup is left. against.
Old-time maple sugar bees are still held all over The maple woods in the Eastern Townships section the province with the melting of the snow and the of the province are a beautiful sight at maple sugar- first running of the sap in the tro at around the ing the Citizens of Montreal take the opportunity wad of Marcia and the first two wooks of April, while yearly to go out into the woods and eat the fresh the product is one of the most useful appertaining to made angar. On thees ngaring parties members fill -the farming industry, since It brings in much needed cans with fresh, snow, On top of the snow they place. money at a time when that commodity in scaros, or the betting maple rugat," when the sugar cools they
A good "ezasizlant a typical French-Canadian harere impet exquisite delicacy and play
* still; in ifta infant stage maple syrup, farm is, the one owned by Hizam Roster, The Industry Is ar. Knowlton, Goabet. Fin this case the trees, which the Canadian government finally makes it a penal, zumber 1,400, Ate tapped in-mid-winter by them, who offemos; all over, the Dominion to adulterate maple ¿travel the woods on snowshoes and commence the sugar, thus protecting the farmar, thousands of acres work. The tossá are tapped, at the snow line, will be brought inte profitable exploitation and mil which is about three or four feat from the lions of dollars will necros to the farmer. Once muy- ground."" By gathering time the cats are high abord one has tasted the pure sugar, and especially on the Lón ground, Märge trees take two cans and small ones spot of its production, a fifetime likbit la formed that
•ebe can, while the trees are never tapped in the games is unlikely ever to be broken,
When
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