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Considerable damage, to pro- supports the view that the ton-perty and cropa has been caused by clusion of a Treaty of Amity be a tornado which swept the town of tween France and Jugo-Slavia is Wilmer. There were no deaths. imminent.
Four hundred Northern sol- diers, who were taken prisonor by the Nationalists in the recent fight ing in the vicinity of Nanking, arrived at the North Station under guard. They will be removed to a war prisoner camp.
By negotiating 200-metres breast stroke in 3 minutes and 16 3-5 seconds Miss Ekle Jacobson, Danish woman, broke the world's record for the distance in a swim- mine contest recently held in Oslo between representatives of Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland.
The Unification Committee of the Shanghai Labour Unions has issued an order for all labour unions to be on the alert for com. munists. It is stated that a mum- ber of communists have gone to Shanghai to create disturbances and are hiding in the Settlement. The Commissioner of Foreign Affairs has been requested to nego- tiate with the Consular Body in re- ference to permitting the Chinese authorities to make arrests in the Settlement:
Two soldiers in Hankow each sold a gold ring to a third soldier, for twenty-five and thirty dollars, respectively. Later, however,
when the sellers tried to use the notes they had taken in exchange, they were found to be forgeries. The third soldier was accordingly arrested and at the 7th branch police station a further bundle of forged treasury notes, to the mum- ber of 95, were found concealed in his stockings. He was, therefore, despatched at once-to the. Bureauj of Public Safety,
Sir Arthur Yapp, the national secretary of the Y.M.C.A., in an ap- peal made to a congregation of over 2,000 in York Minster on August 7. on behalf of the Association, refer- red to his recent visit to Shanghai to see the work done for the British soldiers. The youths of China, he said, were confronted with three voices: that of Japan, which seem- ed to say that force was the only power: that of Britain, where they Saw knowledge was power; and the third the voice of Soviet Russia, which seemed to tell them that the only hope was in blood and revolu- tion. There remained. one other voice, that of religion, and he be lieved that the youths of China to- day were studying as never before the ancient systems of religion and realising how powerless were the dumb gods of history.
According to the Chinese police returns, Mukden, the population of Fengtien Province is 14,774,120 consisting of 7,640,897 males and 7,153,129 females.
Constantinople reports that the insurrection in the Persian, pro- has been vince, Adzarbadjan, stamped out. The rebels aimed at an autonomous Republle;
The Police of Vienna had ac- to have cused Russian diplomats
connected with the recent been Vienna rising. The Austrian Gov- ernment presented apologies to Convicted by Mr. W. Schofield Soviet Russia as investigations re at the Kowloon Magistracy yesteryealed the accusations to be un- day on a charge of burglary at Nos. founded. 182-184 Tainam Street, Shamshul- po in the early hours of Monday last, a Chinese was sentenced to five months' jail.
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Sen. Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., of Wisconsin, who recently, follow. ing in the footstops of iria facher, bolted the Administration com pletely on the third term issue.
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In spite of Angora's denials, rumours persist that the Turkish Finance Minister's trip to London relates to a possible Joan. city is cautious in view of the fact that the most valuable concessions of Turkey are already allocated, leaving no adequate guarantees available,
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A rather alarming accident oc- curred to Mira Forrester of Cameron ord, Kowloon, Isst night, The lady was riding in a riesha in Nathan Road about & p., when turning into Carnarvon Road the riesha was collided with by a pass ing meter Lus. Bliss Forrester was thrown out of the tiesha and bruis- ed about the face Luckily she did not suffer any serious injury and was able to proceet home.
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In an athletic meet recently held in Paris, Germany defeated France by 89 points to 62. Mar- tin, French champion, by negotiat ing half mile in 1 minute 63 1-6 seconds, auceceded in wresting the half mile crown from Peltzer, hald- er of the title.
An alleged telegram from Pek- ing, published recently by a Shang- hal Chinese newspaper, states that the miners at Pung Chi Ho have gone on strike for better pay and have clashed with the Japanese garrison. The paper claims that the Japanese turned machine guns on the workers and that four work- ers were killed, 18 wounded four Japanese soldiers and five Japanese civilians wounded.
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The following are members of the Board of Trustees constituted under the Singapore Improvement i Ordinance: The President, Muni- cipal Commissioners Singapore, the Colonial Treasurer, the Colonial Engineer, and the Municipal Health Officer, ex-office; Messrs. John Robertson and W. A. Fell, nominated by the Governor; Messrs. J. A. Elias and S. Q. Wong nominat ed by the Municipal Commission- ers; and Mr. W. H. Collyer. man- ager, appointed by the Board withi the approval of the Governor.
Last week a Chinese youth charged with the embezzlement of $1,800 from the Tin. Sing S.S. Com- pany, where he was employed, was remanded by Mr. R. E. Lindsell to enable his father to make arrange- ment to refund the money, when it was understood the accused would he given a chance as a first offend- er. When the case was again call- ed yesterday, it was stated that the father had not yet refunded a cent of the money embezzled. Lindsell passed sentence of months' hard labour, but as a last chance for the accused, intimated that he would be prepared to consider the sentence if the father could
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make proper restitution within one week It was impressed on the father that after the expira- tion of the one week it would be from impossible to save his son Jali.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.
Viscount Bearsted left London on The death is announced of Mr. August. 10 to join Viscountess Bear-Mareus Loew, cinema magnate. sted at Newtonmore.
Admiral Sir Arthur Leveson had the honour of dining with their Majestles on board the Royal yacht at Cowes on August T..
Prince and Princess Ri of Chosen, accompanied by His Excellency the Japanese Ambassador, visited the King and Queen at Buckingham Palace on August 9.
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Mr. Frank Copeman, of Clive- den, chairman of the Rubber Estates Agency, Ltd, and chairman and director of a number of other rubber companies, died on May, 8, aged 65, leaving ચ fortune of! £174,296,
The death is announced from Budapest of Mr. Martin Lovaszy.: former Minister and leader of the Hungarian Octobrists who organ- ised the Revolution of October, 1918, which led to the establishment of the present republic.
The marriage arranged between Mr. J. V. S. Brooke and Miss Muriel Fell will take place in Singapore in the autumn. Major and Mrs. Fell and Miss M. Fell leave Mar- seilles for Singapore Sept. 30 in the P. and O. steamship "Mongo-
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A farewell luncheon was given by Sir Sidney and Lady Barton at the British': Consulate-General. in Shanghai, in honour of Colonel- Commandant P. B. Sangster and the officers of the 9th (Jhanai) Brigade, who left on September 8, and returned to Jhansi in India, their former station.
Mr. and Mah. E. S. Manasseh, who have been residing, at the Piccadilly Hotel for over three months, are now visiting Paria, Deauville and Aix-les-Basins, en route to Marseilles, where they join the P. and O. steamer "Malwa," salling from that port for Singa pote on August 19. Delet
The marriage of Towkay Chang Seng Long's eldest daughter with Mr. Lim Yat Poh took place at Seremban.
Viscount and Viscountess Inch- cape have let their residence in Hamilton-place for Glenapp Castle, Ballantrae, Ayrshire,
President Siles, of Bolivia, whose death was plotted by a. group of Communists. The re- volutionary plot, just uncovered, shows that the plotters intended to invade the presidential palace during the night and kill Pre- sidont Siles. It is stated that the plotters hoped to establish a. Communist regime and recall Bautista Saavedra, the former President. Twenty persons were arrested.
Mr. C. P. Smith is appointed an Assistant District Judge, and Coroner in Singapore.
Admiral Viscount Salte was pre- sented on Augast 9. to President Doumergue by Viscount Ishii, the Japanese Ambassador in Paris.
The death is announced. of the Prohibition leader, Mr. Wayne Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler's wife was burned to death at Michigan last week, and her father dropped dead with shock, on seeing her in flames.
Mr. P. K. A. Meerkamp van Embden has at his request been honourably relieved of the post of Dutch Consul at Manila. "Mr. T. at Eremer, Dutch Vice-Consul Manila, has been placed in charge of the Consulate.·
Mr. Gilbert Earnest Traill (76),
a director of the Linggi Plantatioris, Garing (Malacca) Rubber Estate, Golconda Malay Rubber, Kamuning (Perak) -Rubber and Tin Company, Kimanis Rubber, Bidor Rubber and Craig Tea Estates, and a director of various other rubber and tea companies, left £77,262.
The Pope has appointed Mgr. Gennaro Hayasaka, of the Diocese
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A fortune of well over a quarter of a million has been left by Mrs. Rachel Beer, at one time proprietor of the "Observer," which, at a cer tain stage of its career, long prior to its present prosperity, could have been acquired for a few thousand pounds Mrs. Beer, who lived in The King has been pleased to give one of those gigantic houses, in Chesterfieldd Gardens was somé- directions for the appointment of thing of a character. She was a Mr. Herbert William Prichard, K.C. (Procureur and Advocate tiny little woman and very shy. in Shanghat, is a man without a General, Mauritius), as a Puisne but she had curious bursts of country. Katayama is an old re Judge of the Supreme Court of the energetio courage, and occasional volutionist and later a communist Straits Settlements. Japan will have none of him and he
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Two Japanese, Mr., Mahsuhatner husband, who died many years paper-editing with queer results. unwelcome Recently the man ap and Mr. Uramatsu, who had with ago, was even thyer and more in- plied to the Japanese Government them the well-known guides, Emile significant than she was, and Mr. for permission to return to his. country and live in peace for the Steari and Samuel Brawand both TP. O'Connor writes of visiting of Grindlewald, have succeeded in them and Anding two poor little remainder of his life. The Jap anese Government, suspicious of his climbing the Elger (in the Bernese figures, small of stature, with thin motives, denied the request, chiefly Alps) by the Hoernli arete. This and shrunken frames, with a look because of the man's participation climb has been vainly attempted by of pathetic timidity, crumpled up close to a fre. Their manner want that of two little affrighted mice
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