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LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
At Bury St Edmunds bank- ruptcy court Ernest Boore, a local builder, said he had four witnesses to prove that recently he laid-1,700 bricks in ten hours.
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Francs is reported to have now the second largest gold reserve in the world. :
The financial and economie situation of Germany continues to be satisfactory, it is reported,
After four appearances in court, Mrs, Stephanie Gray, a Lon don author and journalist, who was Findings of the Philippine charged with attempted suicide Health Service during the first half after one of her novela had been of this year indicate that there are rejected, has been placed on proba-10 times as many tata in Manila tion.
as there are inhabitants. The total rat population of the city is, esti- mated at 8,741,500, while the human population is placed at only 800,000.
"The more inquests I hold the more certain I am that if persons are caught by traffic in the middle of the road the beat and safest thing to do is to stand still and give drivers a chance to avoid them." Mr. Ingleby Oddie, the Lambeth
согодат.
A Chinese named Boo Tseu, a shoemaker of Jukong Road, was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment at the Provisional Court on a charge of being concerned in arm- ed robbery which occurred at 1038 Tongshan Road on September 25, It is officially announced that when a quantity of clothing and Bir Provash Chandra Mitter Ktjewellery was' stolen.'' C.I.E., and Nawab Musharaff Hus- anin Khan Bahadur have been offered and have agreed to accept office as ministers in the Bengal Legislature. His Excellency will appoint them as soon as they are in a position to assume charge.
Great excitement has been caused in Jerusalem by an alleged attempt to blow up the wall known as "the walling place of the Jews." The violent explosion caused a stampede of the inhabitants of
neighbouring houses, one of which, belonging to an Arab, was practi- cally destroyed. The wailing place," however, was not damaged
A European woman, residing at Gezina, Pretoria, on discovering native under her bad in the middle of the night, seized a revolver and ordered him to come out. Keeping him covered, the woman attempted to dress, but, taking advantage of her temporary unattentiveness, the native escaped through the open window.
One of the most curious car England for New Zealand, Austra- goes ever despatched will leave lia, and the Falkland Islands during this month.
Mr. William Wheway, who was buried at Brading, Isle of Wight, was the guard in the first train which ran on the island railway, on which he worked, for sixty years.
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The seaplane récently acquired by the Shanghal Nationalist authorities was built at Foochow and is to be housed in a hangar being erected off Klangman Ar- Henal, according to the Chinese newspapers.
A survey of the rice situation in Shanghai shows that Chinese rice is selling from $18,80 to $15.20 per picul and Saigon rice, of which large quantities are now being im ported, is selling from $11.40 to $12.20 per picul, according to quality.
A wholesala dressmaking house in Paris has added a refreshment bar and buffet to its establishment. Fatigued. buyers may nourish and sustain themselves without quitting the premises and possibly falling into the hands of competitors. Not only soft drinks but cocktails and hard liquor" are available. A small grill room is run with the bar. American buyers are particularly enthusiastic in their approval of the innovation.
The Chinese Eastern Railway Directorate, at a recent meeting, has approved in principle of the the Railway. The new line from proposed building of new feeders to Sansing to the C.E.R. Main Line about 15,000 chrysalises of the or- and a petition has been sent to the It will conalet - of was voted as the most important, Chinese authorities to give the C.E Railway necessary concession to build the line. This line will be 160 versta long and le to traverse the produce belt In North Man- churia.
tween layers of mose and kept at the right temperature so that noth- ing will hatch until the cargo has arrived at its destination at the be- ginning of New Zealand's summer.
dinary English blue-bottle, care- A vigorous plea for the enact-fully packed in wooden boxes be ment of legislation establishing the parole system in the Philippines. Was made by Ramon Victorio, Director of prisons, before the judicial committee of the senate. Without claiming to have found a panacea on criminality in the Philippines, Mr. Victorio told mem- bers that unless the present method of dealing with prisoners is chang- ed, the tide of criminality in the Islands will continue to rise.
In the entrance hall of the Mr. Stanley Baldwin's name is Navy and Army sections of the Im- to be perpetuated in Canada by a perial War Museum, South Ken- mountain peak called after him. sington, there has been set up a The Geographic Board has acted striking panel setting out in detail. on a suggestion of the British the number of men and women who Columbia Government and a peak were engaged in Empire war ser- in the Rockies in that Province vice of all kinda and the number The finance committee of the with an altitude of 10,900 feet is 'who lost their lives while on ser Sydney City Council decided not to to be called Mount Stanley Baldwin. vice. These statistics were obtain- entertain an offer by the National It is visible from the railwayed as the result of long and minute City Bank of New York for a loan through the Yellowhead Pass. research in all kinds of records. of £2,000,000 for 12 months. In Other peaks in the same Caribou Summed up, they record that || recommending acceptance of the Range are to be named the Pre- 9,291,526 men and women were in offer the City Treasurer (Mr. S. H.mier Group, after Sir Wilfrid | the roll Empire service, and that Solomon) said that it was necessary Laurier, Sir John Thompson.. Sir 1,069,526 died for the Empire. In to cover loan money by the end of John Abbott and Right Hon. Mac- the opinion of the Curator of the
current year amounting inkenzie Bowell. The Laurier peak, Museum, Mr. Charles round figures to £4,000,000. The 11,750 feet, is the highest. Moun- there has been a marked change in American bank had agreed to lend tains had formerly been named the popular attitude towards the £2,000,000 to be made available in after Sir John MacDonald, Alexan- war, judging from the mood of viBİ- London at 5 per cent, plus 3-8 der Mackenzie, Sir Charles Tupper tors to the Musenin, as observed by per cent. for brokerage.
and Sir Robert Borden.
the officials.
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.
On Oct. 4, 1874, Mr. J. W. W. Birch became the first British Pre- sident of Perak, and held this post until Nov. 2, 1875,
Mrs. S. H. Langston is visiting Penang.
Smith, Bell and Co., of Manila, announce the death of Mr. F. Stuart
Mr. R. O. Buah. Executive En-Jones, which occurred in England. gineer, Kuala Pilah, and Mrs. (Dr.) Bush will be proceeding on long leave next month.
The Hon'ble Mr. Tan Cheng-lock and Mrs. Tan Cheng-lock arrived back in Malacca after nearly five months' holiday in Brastagl.
Mr. Justice F. G. Stevens, the latest addition to the Malayan judiciary, is to be as well a Judge of the Court of Appeal for Kedah.
Mr. C. M. Hake, who has been acting as Executive Engineer, Kuala Kangsar, will shortly be leaving for Parit Buntar on trans- fer.
Mr. G. B. Towill, of Messra. Guthrie and Co., Ltd., Kuala Lum pur, left for Singapore whence he proceeds on furlough by the 8.8. "Hector."
Mr. H. J. Cockman, Magistrate and Assistant District Officer, will shortly leave the Kuala Pilah dis- trict on transfer to Pekan as Dis- trict Officer there.
Dr. R. Walkingshaw, who re cently arrived in Penang, has as- sumed duties at the General Hos pital, Penang, as an additional doc- tor for the local establishment anal
a establishment.
Miss W. H. Mitchell is at present attached to the Women's Hospital, Kuala Pilah, and will take up the duties of Lady Medical Officer there when Dr. Bush, the present L.MIO”, goes on leavė,
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Littlefair have returned to Singapore from home. Mr. Littlefair has been with the firm of Fraser and Neave for many years, latterly as branch manager at Kuala Lumpur.
Steamship Co., and Mrs. Gamblen Capt. E. Gamblen, of the Straits have returned to Singapore from home.
Francis Booit MoBride, general superintendent of the Anti-Saloon. League," of Westerville, Ohio," : "has been prominently mentioned as a′′
Foulkes,
Princess Victoria, the ex-Kaiser's sister, aged 61, is engaged to a Russian, Count Subow, a film actor, who is 83.
Dr. C. S. Ryles, Health Ofeer, Seremban, is being transferred to ceeds him at Seremban. Kedah. Dr. R. A.. Pallister suc-
H.H. the Regent of Kedah will proceed in the near future ön a long holiday to England, where his sens are being educated, p
Mr. Durward, ARIBA., arrived by the "Kashmir" from Home to join the firm of Messrs. Keys and Dowdeswell, architects, Singapore..
Mr. E. C. Tidy, A.C.P., Kuala Pilah, has proceeded to Rompin to open
the new Rompin Police Station, which will be under his charge.
Miss R. Jansz, of the staff of the | Methodist Girls School, Kuala Lumpur, who was on a short holi- day: In Ceylon, réturned by the "Macedonia,
Mr. A. L. Simmons, of Victoria Malay Rubber estates, and Mr. L. F. Dale, of Messrs. Barbour and Co, both of Seremban, are leaving for home this month,
Mr. D. T. Lewis, manager of the Borneo Co., Ltd, Singapore, who has been". Indisposed - for some weeks, has left for home on holl- day by the "Hector."
... Dr. Saravana Muttu, the doctor
| In charge of Janin Hospital, b;ds |
successor of the late Waynne. Bleaving for Singapore on transfer. Wheeler, Mr. Moride, had vir tually filed the shoes of: Mr. Wheeler when the latter was in bad physical shape during the closing days of the lant session of Con- gress, and some dry leaders for
His place at Jasin will be filled by Dr. Nicholas, of Singapore.
cast that he askin would terame temporary control pending the ap- pointment of a permanent successor.
Mr. A B. Venables is expecte
next month, when he agistrates
Mr. Murant, late manager of thest Se Enggor Coal Syndicate, accom-will panied by Mrs. Miurant, left, At pre Zer Singapore en route for Austra... Magisti Ila. They hope to return to ingeras ime Malaya carly next year
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