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LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
The Pioneer Silk Store has been specially decorated and is well worth a visit both by old and new patrons,
The Oriental Strolling Players have opened another season at the Lee Theatre, commencing to morrow evening, when an entirely programme will be given.
An English judge has ruled that a doctor is not entitled to charge a wealthy man more than a poor one. But the Secretary of the British Medical Association" says: "That is all wrong. I cannot see the heart of the public bleeding for a millionaire who must pay big fees so the poor may receive the highest medical skill at small coast."
The Budapest police have dia covered a secret Communist print ing press in a bakery and have made several arrests.
The heaviest snowstorms for many years have occurred in South novelty of snowballing. Australia and people enjoyed the
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The women who compose the In the current issue of the Owing to the inclement weather' the open air concert which was to "Government Gazette," are pub harem of the Sultan of Jole are de Recently Mora Itti, 20 years old, have been held on the Kowloon lished new regulations made by serting the harem one by Football Club ground on Saturday the Governor-in-Council regarding deserted the harem to marry the evening has been postponed until the various public recreation clark of the court of first instance to-morrow evening.
grounds in the Colony. A com of that province. Now Mora Sadom plete list of the various areas, to has deserted the harem. whom allotted and for what pur-are now only four women in the pose, together with the days on harem and fear in entertained that in the not distant future not one which play is permitted is given.
will be left.
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Probate in respect of the will of Lai In-shi, married woman, late of 7 Triangle Street, Hong Kong, who left local estate to the value of $8,400, has been granted to her daughter-in-law, La Loung-shi, The question as to whether
With the removal of the thea- living at the same address. The coolies who were taken aboard to deceased was the owner of the Ying look after a shipment of pigs.could tre of hostilities from the vicinity Kee Ricsha Owners busine88. be classed as passengers arose in of Nanking to polats north of services between the course of a Marine Court case Pukow, train
on
In connection with the round-on Saturday when the master of Shanghai and the capital assumed ing up of bad characters, a raid the s.s., "Devawongse" was charged more normal proportions over last was made by detectives the with arriving from Holhów with week-end. Beginning with a single ground floor of No. 1060, Canten more than the regulation twelve passenger train each way between Road, Yaumhati. The premises was passengers on board: The case Shanghai and Nanking, this service believed to be the secret den of a was adjourned until the next ar-was later doubled, while additional gang of counterfeiters. Although rival of the ship in port when the passenger trains made the journey the whole of the floor was thor- question will be thoroughly 'gone between Shanghai and Changchow,
Wusieh and Anting. oughly searched, nothing of an in- into by the Court. criminating nature was found.
The St. Peter's Church Y.M. Club's usual week-end bathing plenies will be continued until the Next ond of the current month, Saturday, the s.1. "Man Tat" will leave Queen's Pier at 3.45 p.m. and the destination will be Junk Bay. The Picnic on Saturday, will there (fore be the last Club Plenic for
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Chinese immigrants to Singa- pore which have recently shown an increase in comparison with pre- vious years showed a decrease during August, the figures being 18,842 against 16,257 last year. The total to-date la 264,878 against 227,445 for the first eight months The number of Chinese deck passengers leaving Singapore for China during August showed an increase. They were 13,920 this year against 9,662 last
of last year.
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At the Central Magistracy on Sir Ronald Ross, the British Saturday morning, Mr. R. E. Lind- scientist, whose discovery of the sell sentenced a Chinese to six methods for preventing malaria weeks' hard labour for the larceny has saved innumerable lives, has of a suit of clothes from No. 13 been lying seriously ill in London, The accused but is now making a good recovery. Ching Liu Terrace. having admitted the offence, Ser-Sir Ronald's discovery of the means geant Whant told the Magistratehereby malaria spores are con- that he (accused) had confessed to veyed from person to person by the ather larcenies and one mosquito made Sir Ronald Ross four snatching incidunt. The larcenics world-famous. He paid a visit to related to the theft of property of Malaya last year. students of the Hong Kong Uni- versity where the accused was formerly employed as a messenger,
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Since the beginning of this year 139,000 persona hava visited A huge blaze occurred at the Great Vine at Hampton Court and is now. carrying over 500 Kuala Muda village, resulting in Palace, which was planted in 1768 practically the whole village being bunches of grapes. This number of destroyed. There were no casual visitors surpasses all previous "re Bles. The glare over the mainland cords" for the same period. was observed by many people in
was 48,000, One penny being Penang. It is stated that the out- July alone the number of visitors break was the work of a gang of charged for admission to the vine Incendiaries, but this report is not house, the total receipts amount to confirmed, though the Police have
about £580, which goes to the detained one man in connection
Exchequer. with their investigations.
Mrs. Alice Shrive, 55, wife of
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The secretaries of the Batu
In order that owners may keep a check on the movements of thefr cars when parked for any length of time, the Hong Kong Automobile Bristol tradesman, had twice Caves Tin Dredging Co., advise
had that an order has been placed withi Association has
Its been declared dead, but patrola at the City Hall and Kow-awakened in time to interrupt the Lobriitz, Renfrew, Scotland, for an She "died" again re-electrically driven bucket dredge of loon ferry parking centres to keep mourning. a record of the times of entry and cently, and relatives insisted on the 140,000 cubic yard capacity month departure of members' cars. If an severing of two arteries before ly. Shipment is expected in about owner has reason to believe that they would permit burial. Thirty seven months from date. They also his driver has been joy-riding or years ago she was found alive as advise that the London register of under the company has been established, that his car has been taken away she was being taken to
takers. Two years later she had and that the committee of the by anyone else he is asked to com-
Since then. Stock Exchange, London, has given- municate with the Secretary of the the same experience. Association, who will supply him she has had 31perations for can- permission for the quoting of the company's shares in the official list. with particulars.
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.
Lady Colina Hussey is a passen- ger by the "Morea" which leaves Singapore for Europe.
Mr. Clarence W. Cumming has re- turned to Shanghai from a month's business trip to Japan and North China.
Mr. P. P. J. Wodehouse, of the Miss Mattle Megabgab, who has Hong Kong Police, who was been in Unzen, Japan, the past two formerly in Singapore, has arrived weeks, returned to Shanghai on the there on a visit from Hong Kong... Shinyo Maru."
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Miss Elizabeth Chinese students of St. Joseph's Miss Dora Gane are sailing from English College all candidates Shanghai for a short holiday in for the forthcoming Hong Kong Peking, returning to Shanghal University Local Examinations-- around the first of October entertained their lay teachers. Messrs. L. E. Haynes and C. Dragon, at the Hotel Savoy Saturday evening.
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Mr. Phil Crövat passed through Shanghai during the past week on his way from Manila to the United States.
in After, a brief stay America Mr. Crovat will go on to Europe where he will join Mrs. Crovat, the two of them returning to Shanghai around the first of January.
The following forthcoming, wed- dings are announced: Mr. J. E. Landolt, mercantile marine assis- tant, 583 Nathan Road, Kowloon, to Miss C. M. Tavares, 4 Caine Road, Also Mr. G. T Hong Kong.
གྱ་ Mr. E. T. Maitland, the Police Padgett. electrical engineer, Prosecuting Solicitor of the Shang North Point Quarters, to Miss C. W That Municipal Council, returned to May, 9 Soldiers' Club, Queen's Road
East. Shanghai the past week from a At the invitation of Rome the brief trip to North China and Lord Mayor of London,
Old residents in Malaya will learn with regret that cabled news panied by his wife and two new sheriffs, will pay an official visit Mr. C. J. Spiker, American Con- was received by the Penang office to Rome on October 1. The Lord sal attached to the Shanghai of Katz Bros., Ltd., of the death in Mayor has in the past officially American Consulate General, salled London on August 21, of Mr. Otto visited Paris and Brussels bat this for North China on the s.s, "Sear Schule, who was for many years is the first time a civic party has bruecken." Mr. Spiker expects to manager of the Penang branch and ever visited Rome. British Wire return to Shanghal in about a director of the company. Mr. less Service.
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The Resident of Perak, the Hon, known for the last 25 years, S.T. the Minister for Foreign Affairs and ed at a farewell gathering at Tal-sellor of the British Legation at Mr. O. St. C. O'Malley, the Coun- Pacification Commissioner to Nan- Fang. Mr. Goh Lal Hee was a ping. He leaves. Perak to assume Peking, who was specially man- Straits Queen's Scholar of 1899, the Chief Secretaryship on the de- tioned in Parliament early this year and has been away from Singapore parture of the Hon. Mr. W. Poel, for the ability with which he con-
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group of six, chosen from 74 com-0. "Morea." Mr. H. J. Timperlay, who left peting architects from all over the the literary staff of the "China world, to submit further designs for The Honourable Mr. Ralph Scott, Mail in 1922 to join Reuter's, will the re-building of the Shakespeare Resident Councillor, Malaya, is pro be visiting Hong Kong towards the Memorial Theatre.
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