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LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
Five hundred casual coolies in Morrison Gap Road below the Public Works Department. of Stubbs Road to the Monument will the S.M.C. ceased work as a protest be closed to traffic from Tuesday against a reduction in the number next until further notice. employed. This strike is of little, Consequence and many of the strikers resumed work the next day.
Sho Nen-you, a 23-year-old Chinese seaman, was remanded at Liverpool on August 28, accused of attempting to murder. Ah Kee, a compatriot. It was stated that You atruck Kee three blows with an axe during a quarrel; inflicting severe injuries.-
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A wash amah who had been in the employ of a Chinese at No. 84 Kowloon Tong for only five days, stole several articles of clothing belonging to her mistress. She was arrested in the street by an Indian. constable, and when produced be- fore Mr. W. Schofield at the Kow- loon Angletracy yesterday, was sen- tenced to six weeks' hard labour.
As the result of an aplum lamp overturning and setting a mosquito net alight, a fire broke out at 10 o'clock last night on the ground floor of No. 21 High Street, West Point. The fire engine from the Kennedy Town Station, and another from Central were soon on the scene of the outbreak, and the flames were extinguished within ten minutes, but not before other articles on the premises had been burnt. Amongst the property lost
Was
$46 In bankotes which was destroyed by the flames.
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The police yesterday raided the first floor of No. 6, Wingshing Street and arrested nine fashion ably dressed Chinese women who were found playing fantan on the promises.
"Mother Jones," famous women Labour leader, who is now 98 years old. She is an inmate of Garfield Hospital in Washington.
Probate has been granted the widow in respect of the $12,000 local estate of Ho Shiu-chuen, late of 8 Fook On Lane, Canton, who
The public will be interested also left considerable property in to hear that the Navy League his native country, Kong Chow, and (Hong Kong' Branch) have through in Canton. Deceased refers to the services of Mr. Ray of the various family affairs, including Hong Kong Amusements Ltd. been his lack of a son at the time of able to secure the film of "Jutland drafting the will, and pays tribute | Battle" which will be shown at the to the assistance of his eldest bro- Navy League Concert on Friday, ther, Shun Hing. In the event of October 21, at 9.30 p.m. in the deceased's death without a son Queen's Theatre. the property is entrusted with his fourth concubine with power to adopt a son.
A Chinese who was yesterday charged before Mr. W. Schofield at the Kowloon Magistracy with un- lawfully returning from banish- ment was sentenced to nine months' hard labour. He was deported: last | May and had been away only four
months.
Korean farmers immigrating Into Manchuria from the first of the end of July reached 543,084, showing an increase of 15,000 per- sons compared with last year's figures. The new immigrants are distributed as follows:-Fengtien provinca 136,549; Kirin' province | 50,431; Chentro district $56,084,
The English motorist Eyston, driving a three-litro Bugatti car, won the Grand Prix de la Baule by covering the 80-miles atretch on the sanda in 50 min. 32-5 sec. Thirty cars, which had qualified In the previous daya" event start- ed in the race; which was held over a four-miles oval track laid out on the beach.”
Visitors to Poking frequently. are heard to remark on the air of antiquity given by the growth of shrubs and trees on the tile roofs of the old temples and palaces, but It is only necessary to travel down Bubbling Well Road at a fair apoed to note the same thing in Shanghai, which boasts an empty shop between Mohawk Road and Carter Road wherein an energetic, tree is gaining a foothold. The sapling can be acen pushing a lively way up close to the inside wall of the glass show-window, its progress in inches being carefully marked day by day by a respectful Shanghat pubile.-N.C.D.N.
The Citizens League against Foreign Doplomacy sent the following letter to the Commis- sioner for Foreign Affairs:-"At 8 p.m. on September 24, severni Japanese sailora assaulted an ap- prentice, Zung Chi-yoong, of the Yuen Sung cigarette shop, Chapeo Alterations are proceeding Rond, near Quinsan Gardens. during the vacation at the Supreme After the assault, they took no Court in the interior fittings of the heed of the warnings of Chinese "We were unable to find the building. The most extensive police constables and also assaulted doctor's certificate, but we did find alterations are on the top floor In them. Since the landing of Japan- complainant's ear," stated a detec- the rooms occupied by the Attorney-ese sailors, there have been repeat- tive in the Provisional Court, In General and his staff and the fed instances of insult to Chinese: telling his version of an assault alterations also Include modifica- for instance, the assault on Miss case, as he handed the evidence tion of the third court on the first Tsang Kyi-yung, an official of the (wrapped in brown, paper) to the floor which is never used as a Y.W.C.A. We are of opinion that Judge, Complainant stated that court but which has been occupied it is illegal for foreign sailors to accused, with a knife'a first cut, by clerks engaged in bankruptcy land without proper permission and took off his car, with the second proceeding work. The height of it is not the work of civilised clti- severed his thumb and first finger, this court, is to be lowered bring-zens to assault the citizens of other the third slashed into the musclesing the celling to the level of the nations. As the general altuation and tendons of his forearm, while top. floor in order that another has now become quieter in Shang- the last blow struck him in the room may be included in the top hai, there is no necessity for the chest. One side of his body was floor offices. New electric installa presence of foreign sailors, who are entirely useless. According to the tion is also being fitted throughout alleged to protect their respective somplaining witness, accused was the building, considerable Inter-residents. Please lodge a serious sober at the time, but the latter deference having been experienced complaint with a view to having pesed that he was drunk, Judg with the old wires owing to the their sailors withdrawn, in order to ment was deferred, ・・
work of white ants.
maintain our national rights.".
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.
Mrs. Mansfield Freeman has re- turned to Shanghai from a summer at Tsingtau.
Mr. M. C. Corbett, the Ipoh' min” ing and metallurgical engineer, and Mrs. Corbett are returning from Home by the "Suwa Maru.”
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Mr. H. Lazartis has returned to Kuala Lumpur from a holiday in Ceylon and at Brastagi..
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Boissier, who have been visiting Kuala Lumpur, have returned to Muar.
Among the passengers expected Mr. A. C. Wentworth, Lewis ar by the "Suwa Maru" is Mr. H. D. L. rived in Singapore by the steamer Fisher, a popular all-around sports "Suwa Maru" and has assumed the ; man of the Malacca Club. Editorship of the "Straits Times,"
Elshop Titus Lowe, who preach- ed at the dedication service at the Methodist Episcopal Church, Kuala Pilah, has left Seremban for Penang.
Mr. and Mrs. Archer, of Medan. who recently arrived in Malaya, were in Seremban, visiting the Methodist Mission buildings, and Inter going on to Malacca,
The following gentlemen have been elected to the Bar Committee for Singapore:Mr. C. V. Miles, the Hon'ble Mr. G. S. Carver, Mossra. R. St. John Braddell, H. B. Baker, A. P. Robinson, H. D. Mundell, and P. H Battishill.
Mr. T. AM. Castle, Commis- sioner of Chinene Maritime Customs at Pakkai (part of Kongmoon); will be transferred shortly, to Wuhu, on the Yangtze River. He will be succeeded by Baron A. Sadolne, Commissioner at Santuno, Fuklen province. Our own correspondent.
Prince George, who has been ap
Mr. H. Ball, the acting head- manter of the Malacca High School, proceeds at the end of the month on medical leave to Europe. Until Mr. C. "G. Coleman's return in pointed to, H.M.S. "Nalgon" for November, Mr. A. C. Cooney will duty on the staff of the Chief Com probably act as principal of the mander of the Atlantic Fleet. school.
Captain Geoffrey, Mackworth is, Miss A. Laurie,i appointed to Singapore as Captain= | Durlan Daun Hos In-Charge, a post which Captain has gone to Singap H. S. Shipway has held for the past will stay for a two years. The only other naval turning to Malacca officer yet attached to the new baso,
says "Truth" is a parulaster lieut. The marrisge commander, but there, la stan of St. George a twelve Admiralty officials superlni. tween tending developments," Owing to l jong various modifications upon the orl Missless ginal plans, the work probably arriv Be-completed
under Rov
the ten
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The Hon'ble Mr. H. V. Towner, Colonial Engineer, S.S., is on a visit of inspection to Penang.
Mr. W. S. Phillips, of the Anglo- Chinese School staff, left Singapore on transfer to the Methodist Boys' School at Kuala Lumpur.
At a regular meeting of Lodge Johore Royal held at Freemasons' Hall, Jalan Lumba Kudo, Johore Bahru, Bro. A. J. Wolfe was elected Master for the ensuing year.
On the eve of his retirement from Government service, Mr. G. Fowler, of the F. M. S. Railways, was en- tertained at the Railway Institute, Kuala Lumpur, by his office col- leagues.
Dr. W. F. Macdonald, who was
a Medical Officer-on-Agreement and stationed at the General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, until he went on leave last year, arrived at Fort Swettenham by the "Glenbeg" and is Joining Dr. E. Glenny in private practice at Seremban.
Mr. Tony Keswick, of Ewo, left
in T.S.S., Hector for Home. He is the son of Major Henry Keswick, M.P well-known throughout Chips. | being - manager; and directory of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Co., Ltd. Mr. Tony Keswick recently had a very paaty accident, break- ing a collar bone and suffering from bad concussion while playing in the British polo team v. the American. It is hoped that he will return com- pletely recovered after a few months at Homest
of Penang Harbour to-night (Bays the "Pinang, Gazettee's The will number among her passengers one who 18 leaving Penang for good:1 the person of Captain WHAM Brown who, with Mrs. Brown, is
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