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LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
Mrs. A. T. Hamilton's concert will be given at the Cheer O on Friday evening as usual.
The construction of the new school house at Ying Wa College for boys has begun. It will re- place the present premises at 82, Bonham Road. The cost of the building will be more than $50, 000. Mr. T. Moffatt, a secretary of the Chinese Y.M.C.A.. is chair- man of the building committee.
Messra, Lammert Bros. are In order that the parents of announcing on August 4 and 5 at young emigrants may have con- 5, Peak Road, the sale of furni-fidence as to the safety of their tare, pictures, curios, etc., of the girls on the long voyage out, the Australian Government have nj- late Mrs. M. J. D. Stephens,
pointed six chaperones to look Owls recently received fur-after the welfare of the girls ther official recognition, as re- while aboard ship. gards their value to the human race, when a shipment of these The Home railway companies birds was sent by the Depart-have restored the pre-war conces ment of Commerce from Sansion to the wives of season ticket- Diego to Lord Howe Island. holders. The wife's "season" is South Australia, to help rid that now available at half rates. But. Three mien charged with territory of rats. Rats, coming the restoration is not complete. having entered. the domestic ashore from ships, have become a The holder of the half season may premises attached to a Chinese plague, threatening the crops.
use it only after 10 a.m. dally. Even railway officials recognise shop at Hunghon and held up
that such a restriction upon the the occupants with a "pistol"
concession reduces its value very i which turned out to be a toy one,
considerably. It is hardly the were found guilty at the Criminal
way to combat the bus habit. Sessions yesterday before Mr. Justice J. Jacks. A somewhat naive remark made by one of the prisoners was "I did not go to rob, but just went into the house to steal." The three prisoners were sentenced to three years' hard labour.
The three prisoners charged with complicity in a burglary at Shak Po, New Territories, when the occupants of a house were bound and articles of clothes and were found jewellery, taken, guilty at the Criminal Sessions yesterday, In expressing his agreement with the jury's ver- diet. His Lordship (Mr. Justice J. R. Wood) remarked that the men had carried out the robbery at night and quite close to a Police Station. He was going to take a serious view of the because villagers must be pro-i tected. Each prisoner would be sentenced to five years' hard labour and to receive 12 strokes each.
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What it is hoped will be the first of a successful series of con- certs is to be given at the bathing beach at Kowloon Dock on Sunday afternoon by the Band of the Cameronians and the Scots' Guards Pipe Band. The object is to raise funds for a swimming gala to be held at the beach to- wards the end of the season, the events to be confined to naval and military units in Hong Kong. A charge of 50 cents is to be made for civilians, whilst mem- bers of the Services will be ad- mitted free. An augmented bus service will be run to the beach on the days of the concerts and it is hoped to arrange for a launch to run from Statue. Pier at 4.15, returning at 7.30, Re- freshments will be provided at reasonable charges.
Donald Hall, designer of the Ryan monoplane, "Spirit of St. Louis," in which Captain Charles Lindbergh made his flight across the Atlantic from New York to Paris.
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The world's unemployed at the end of 1920 reached the astonishing total of ten millions, according to the report of M. Albert Thomas, Director of the Bureau, International Labour presented to the International Labour Conference. The unem- ployment situation was worse during 1926 in Germany, Den mark, France, England, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Swit- zerland, and Czecho-Slovakia
than it was in 1925. During the year unemployment also develop- ed in Chile, Spain, Greece, The Portugal, and Palestine. position remained stationary only in the United States, Italy, and Esthonia. Only Australia. Belgium, Canada, Finland, Hun- gary, and Ireland showed im- provement during 1926.
During mail week two books have appeared whose publishers
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seem to be speculating on the chances of a successful importa-i tion of the American craze for "knowledge tests." In the United | States, this business of testing general knowledge has attained almost the same degree of popu- At the Kowloon Magistracylarity as that secured by cross- before Mr. W. Schofield yesterday word puzzles, but it is very much afternoon, Mr. G. Bolsius was to be doubted whether the craze summoned for dangerous driving will "catch on" in Britain. and passing a motor bus, in a one thing the average Briton, un- controlled area. Sub-Inspector like the American, dislikes any. McWalter was a passenger in the thing which, in the guise of bus, and saw the defendant, amusement, tends to educate him. after sounding his horn, dash Further, in dealing with the pass and swerve sharply in front series of questions, the reader of the bus which had to turn to either knows or does not know the left to avoid the defendant's the answer, and if he does not car. In so doing, the bus nar- know, there is an end to his in-
In On the tercst.. crossword puzzles rowly missed a tree. charge of passing the bus in a there is always a chance that a controlled area defendant was clue to an elusive or unknown fined $10. The other charge was word may be afforded by the solu dismissed.
tion of other parts of the puzzles.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.
De-
The staff of the Prison partment are holding a whist drive at Lane, Crawford's Re- staurant to-day at 8.15 p.m.
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Among passengers leaving on the s.s: "President Lincoin" last night was Mrs. Wu Ting-fang, wife of the late Dr. Wu Ting- fang, en route for Shanghai.
Mr. John Cyril Maude, the only
of Mr. Cyril Maude, the The Straits Times" "learns famous actor, and nephew of Mr. that Mr. R. K. James, formerly Maurice Maude, the well-known Feditor of the "Straits Echo," has director of rubber companies, was been advised by a London special- married on June 13 to Miss Rosa- ist not to return to the East. Mr. mund Murray, in Westminster James, accompanied by Mrs. Abbey.
James, is proceeding to Australia to take up fruit farming.
The Vatican park and gardens (writes Ernest Smith in the "Daily News" in an article on the man who takes no holidays) are very beautiful and contain exten- sive drives, which enable the Pope to take carriage exer- cise at any time of the year. Early rising seems to be common to all pontiffs, and, as a rule, they have transacted their routine business long before a professional man reaches his office or a tradesman thinks of taking down his shutters.
The Rev. G. F. Pykett, Prin- cipal of the Anglo-Chinese School, Penang, who has been engaged in education work in Malaya for 37 years, is going on long leave at the end of August. He will spend his vacation in England and hopes, says the "Pinang Gazette," to return to. Penang to complete the period necessary for his retirement from active Mission work, but he does not desire to resume the Principal- ship of the A. C. Schools in this area, which have now an enrol- ment of over 2,700.
For the first time, Vollmoeller's "Miracle," staged by Reinhardt, has been presented in Budapest, with Lady Diana Cooper as the Madonna, and the first performance attended by the Premier, Count Bethlen, and most other members of the Gov- ernment, was a scene of immense
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Ernestina Calles. youngest daughter of the President of Mexico, who was recently mar- ried to Thomas Arnold Robinson, American merchant. The new Mrs. Robinson is 20 years old, and
is one of the reigning beauties of Mexico.
Mr. David Keir Hardie, only son of Mr. George Hardie, M.P. for Springrubn died at his father's home at Ealing as the result of a heart attack. His age was 17.
Amongst the passengers who left by the "President Lincoln"; for San Francisco yesterday were .a local Mrs. L. E. Basto, resident, who is travelling home to the United States on vacation; Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Howard and family, returning home to the United States on furlough. Mr. Howard is a Professor of Animal
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Wheaton, III. He has been located recently in Canton with the Lingnam University: Dr. and Mrs. N. Bercovitz and family. Dr. Bercovitz is connected with the American Presbyterian Mis- sion, and is travelling to the United States on vacation; Mrs. Wa Ting-fang and two daughters, who are going to Shanghai. Mrs. Wu Ting-fang is the wife of the late Dr. Wu Ting-fang, who was well-known in China.
Unlike Mr. Wells, Mr. Hardy
has been careful to conceal the
identity of his characters, al-
PRAYA EAST, WANCHAI
We will be leaving on the 29th instant, so come and see our show now, before we go. 9.15 p.m.-TO-NIGHT-9.15 p.m.
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PERFORMANCE
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though some of them were well THE CIRCUS POST CARRIER PIGEONS
known in their day and are still remembered. The character most people would like to be able to identify is Tess (remarks a The "Daily News" writer). novelist has been provokingly re- ticent. "I was walking along ni
In commemoration of the visit of ISAKO'S CIRCUS to Hong Kong, free prizes will be given away. At every performance, our carrier pigeons will be let off in the centre of the ring and the persons on whom they alight will be the recipients of the following gifts:—
lane," he once said, "when a wag- GOLD WATCHES, RINGS, BRACELETS
gon rubled past, on the tail- board of which sat a girl dangling her legs. The beauty of her face and the sadness of ita expression haunter me. She was the girl who gave me Tess." But there was another girl who supplied the story, or part of it. During a recent visit to the Wessex country I met an old couple who were The role of Mary Queen of then living in a cottage near enthusiasm. There were only Scots in the big Scottish Histori- Upper Bockhampton (the Upper four performances in Budapest, cal Pageant at Craigmillar Castle Melstock of the novels), where and then the whole company will be played by the Countess of Mr. Hardy was born. I put the went to Prague for two perform-Stair, who has just completed a question to them, "Who was ances. Herr Reinhardt person strenuous period of engagements Tess" "I wonder," said the ally supervised each perform in connection with the General man, looking at his wife, "if I ance, as at Salzburg last year. Assemblies. The Lord High Com- might tell" But the sentence Budapest has never seen any-missioner himself is to play thie was never finished. The woman thing like the performance of part of M'Gill of Nether Rankeil gave her husband a swift, warn- Lady Diana before.
lor and Oxenfoord, Clerk Register, ing glance, and he said no more..
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