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LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
Eight representatives of the H.M.S. "Mantis" salled from" local Chinese Chamber of Con-Shanghai for Nanking on October merce left Tsingtao far Talian the 31. other day to interview the authori-
fles and petition them to decranso Merchants of the provinces the luxury tax.
under the Nationalist fing will hold a commercial conference in Shang- The police yamen in Pekinghai in the near future. has promulgated an order forbid- ding shops to sell firecrackers, be- cause to set them off at this time | would, disturb the peace: Those having stocks in hunt are ordered (not to diapose of them for the pre- | date.
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On the 25th ult., the leading Mukden authorities decided to place the city under emergency patrolling, to take effect froin that
The prisoner who escaped While the manth of November from the Police Stution at Cheung- is, as a rule, a dull one with to-chau but was re-arrested after 4 bacco manufacture, the Yingkou short spell of freedom, was sen. factory of the East Asia Tobacco tenced at the Central Magistracy Co. at Dairen has got to work ex- yesterday to two tra hours daily lately, What Is Inbour for the offence, turned out is hardly enough to meet the pouring demands.
Captain Prattley, Adjutant of the Penang Volunteers, was fined $10 for failing to comply with an order of a police officer. Capt. Prattley left his motor-car in prohibited parking place. When ordered to more it he said “Tid'apu."—("Never mind").
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Concerning the 10 per cent. lump sum reduction of the S.M.R. Co. Land Department's current ex- pense estimates for the new fiscal year has caused among the differ- lent educational institutes of the company a fear of a dreaded eli- mination from the existing person- nel.
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The Police have received a re- port from a shopkeeper of No. 123A, Second Street. West Point, yesterday alleging that his countant absconded on October 31 taking with him $1,236 which he had collected from various custom- era of the shop.
There are rumours in Singa pore that the trans-Pacific ships running between the U.S.A. and Manila will artly call at Singa- pore. This will mean that a ship from California will call weekly instead of fortnightly and that the supplies of fruit and vegetables now brought by them will be augmented.
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have been ordered to keep a watch upos women'with bobbed hair, as there is a danger that women of Marshal Feng's propaganda corps may have entered Tsingtao.
The Wuhan Political Council 'Issued a circular order on Octo- ber 29 to all military units forbid-! ding them from billeting, in houses belonging to foreign missions or foreign business compounds in the provinces under the control of the Council. The Council-also orders that full protection be nccorded to foreigners
pointed two delegates to the Blupe- General Tang Seng-chl has ap-
Szechwan border to inspect the Fifteenth Army which is stationed· there for bandit suppression. The troops are reported to have done checking commendable work in
·bandit activities at Tangyong, Yan- han and the districts on the North- western Hupeh border.
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The propaganda department of the Peking headquaters of the third and fourth, Mukden irmy corps is geing to send its members to various schools in the capital to make speeches to the student body. The department has already addressed a note to the Ministry of Education requesting the Ministry to circulate messages to different schools to this effect, so that a schedule may be arranged and help from faculty members may be ob
Mr. Chao Wen-chee, represent-tained if necessary. Just prior to the sailing of the jing Chinese residents in Formosa, 8.R. "Kungwo" on October 28, a
has submitted a petition to the quantity of firecrackers caught-fire Waichiaopu requesting the latter on the pontoon opposite the Ewo to establish a Consulate in Formosa Kodown in the SAD. Co. 3, Han-und that a Consul be appointed and kow, causing considerable excite sent there at any early date. This meat, The bluze was put under necessary, Mr. Chao added, be- control after burning for only five cause it will render better protee
tion to the Chinese residents.
minutes,
Dong Ah-yu, who
was found guilty on 20 charges of armed rob bery, was sentenced to: 13 years and seven months' imprisonment, by Judge Yoong and Deputy Mein hardt, at the Special Provisional Court, Shanghai, on November 1. Another armed robber, with four charges, was sentenced to nine years and six months' imprison- ment.
At a well attended debate at St. Peter's Young Men's Club last night the motion "That Marriage Is a Hindrance to a Successful Career" was defeated by a large majority,
The lendera of the affirmative were Mrs. A. E. Mat- thews seconded by Mr. P. Sands and of the negative, the Rev. W. R. Cannell seconded by Miss M. M. Clark.
Towards the end of last month three persona, a Eurgalan named Paris, of the F.M.S. Railways, Soh Yeon, a clerk employed by Messrs. Barlow and Co., and A. Dragon, of the Peninsular Lighting Service. were charged before Mr. H. R. Joynt with assisting in the run-1 ning of a pubile lottery.
It was alleged that the police got in- formation that the arcused were selling tickets on behalf of the Juvenile Athletic Club, Brickfields, and the Selangor Catholic Club, to non-members.
The American Asiatic Expedi- tion party, headed by Mr. Howard S. Reed, who passed through Dai- At Kowloon Magistracy ren for the North on October 9, is Rather an amusing discovery yesterday a Chinese woman was
now at Harbin; bually engaged in was made in the police quarters | fined $5.150, ar eight months' hard perfecting préparations for the attached to Kandang Kerbau, says labour, for prosession of 230 taels proposed expedition. The party Friday's "Malaya Tribune,” when of illicit opium. The drug was has been newly joined by six Rus- Inspector Clarke found a Chinese found concolled in the woman's sians recruited at Harbin and woman comfortably settled down luggage when she arrived from cinema engineers. They will start In Inspector Dale's bed. The Canton by the s... "Lang Chau." for their first expedition to the woman, who is believed to be in- In another case, a woman
was Korean borders via Mulin Station sane, was produced in Court and | fined $50 for having in her posses- | on the Chinese Eastern Railway sent to the General Hospital for sion quantity of Po Piu lottery on arrival of 30 hunting dogs at observation.
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.
Major J. L. Isler has resumed charge of the Swiss Consulate-Gon- eral, Shanghai.
Mr A. G. Mossop, the Crown Ad- vocate, returned to Shanghat on October 31 from Weihaiwei.
Mr. Louis Lienard hon taken over Mr V. Foong Lam has been op- the management of the Union Auc-pointed business manager of the tlontering Co., Shanghai.
Kiangnam Dock and Engineering Works.
General Chen Tiao-yuen, Com- mander of the 32nd Nationalist Army, left Nanking for Shanghai on October 31.
General Bei Chung-hsi, the Woo- eung-Shanghai Commissioner, and Commander of the 13th Nationalist Army. left Shanghai for Nanking on October 31.
The Rev. R. D. Whitehorn, who
la shortly proceeding Honie, will he entertained at a farewell tea party on November 10 by the Kuala Lumpur Y.M.C.A., of which he has been a director for several years.
Among passengers arriving here from Manila on the 8.8. "President Jefferava" on Sunday was M. Josef Borrisoff, the famous violinist, who gave recitals in Hong Kong some time ago, and is now on his way to Shanghai,
Mr. Harvey, a Bangalore piano tuner, was the victim of a shocking shooting accident. He went out, with a friend, to shoot small game. A weapon suddenly went off, the bullet plercing Mr. Harvey through the heart
An interesting meeting of mem- bers of the Union Church, Han- how was held on October 27, · · În the Church Hall, when Rev.' E. 'H. Livesley was welcomed on his.ac- ceptance of the honorary pastorate of the church.
Among appointments of Royal Marine officers is that of Captain J. H. G. Wills, from Portsmouth, to the cruiser Durham,.in China.
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Governor Edward Jackson, of In- diana, who has beeg indicted on the charge of mylag, la bribe War- Pred T. McCray, former Governor in 1928, in an effort to bite James Ei, McDonald named prosecuting alter- Bey of Marton, county instead 'of William H. Remy, present prose eator, whom the then Governor McCray appointed. ✨. At the time Jackson was Secretary of State) -
Congratulations were extended to Judge Milton D. Purdy, of the U.S. Court for China, on the occasion of his 61st birthday on November
Mrs. Smedley D. Butler, wife of the commander of the American Marines at Tiertain, was due to Errive at Kobé on October 30 in the 3. 8.8. "Korea Maru" and to leave on November 1, in the 8-5. "Hetzau Maru" for. Ticatsin.
Major and Mrs. A. Hilton-john son returned to Shanghai on Octo- ber 31.
M. Malaky, new Soviet Council- lor transferred to Tokyo from Lon- don got to Harbin over a week go.
The wedding took place on Satur- day last in Shanghai, of Miss Con- stantinovna to Mr. Wm. Jameal Priest, of the Majestic Hotel.
The staff members of the Soviet Consulate at Changsha are expect ed to arrive In Hankow shortly an their way back to Russia, accord- ing to a report issued by the Wu- han News Agency,
Dr. C. T. Wong was expected to: arrive in Hankow on October 29 on his way to. Chenchow. Dr: Wang has been appointed Director for making preliminary prepara- tions for the reconstruction of the Chengehow port.
A pretty wedding was solemnis- ed at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, on November 3, the Very Rev. Dean Symons offlelning, when Miss Hyslop became the bride of Mr. J. Walker of the China Inland Mission. The bride, prettily attir- ed in white, and carrying a bou- quet of white chrysanthemuma, locked charming as she walked along the aisle to the alfar." After the ceremony a reception was held In Seymour Road, where toasts to the happy couple were honoured,
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