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Leave has been granted to Mr. A. H. Dickinson, Assistant Super- intendent of Police, S.S.
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Six members of one family in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, are suffering from small-pox. -
GENERAL SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Dr. George Forrest Browns, formerly Bishop of Bristol, has celebrated bis 94th birthday.
The Craigongowor Cricket Club's annual Bachelors' Dance will be held on Saturday, February 26,
An opium dump was discovered The Green Howards and 200 gun- in Paris on December 10, bringingners have arrived here by the trans- to light 45 boxes of opium. A port "Dorsetshire" from Shanghal number of Chinese were arrested, on their way Home,
Mr. Lim Keong-lay, who has been on a business visit to the F.M.S., returned from the Federal Capital via Port: Swettenham by the s.a. "Kinta,"
The Lloyd Triestino Steamship Company has issued a striking Calendar for 1928 depleting one of their vessels in a futurist border.
We acknowledge with thanks| Considerable damage was caused from Mesura, Shewan, Tomes and by fire at the works of the Paragon Co. some handy pocket mirrors Rubber Co., Hull, and large quan-issued by Scott's, the makers of the tities of unfinished and finished | famous emulsion. material were destroyed.
Captain J. Huggins, M.C.. who till recently was Private Secretary to HE, the High, Conumissioner, is at present Second Assistant Secre- tary to Government, F.M.S.
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Mr. John Ingram, a patient at the Yorkshire Mental Hospital, Wadsley, Sheffield, who escaped, was found at his home in Headford Street, Sheffield, and taken back.
Invitations are out for the mar riage of Mr. William W. Fletcher, of the Penang Harbour Board, second son of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Fletcher, to Miss Louisa Philomina Chan.
Old Singaporeans will hear with interest that Miss Izard, daughter of Archdeacon and Mra. Izard, is to he married quietly at Bournemouth to Capt. Woods, of the Dorset Re- giment.
Mr. Haji S. Osman, of the Master Attendant's Office, Singapore, ar- |rived by the "President Adams" on a pleasure trip and is the guest of Dr. K. Md. Ariff during his stay in Penang.
The express train from Lyons to Grenoble became derailed, the three' leading coaches falling into a ditch, but as it was travelling slowly at the time only three per- sons were injured.
Mr. Arshak Sarkies is returning to the Straits by the "Mantua” leaving Marseilles on February 3. This is the first time that he has been absent from the East for the New Year during the last 36 years.
The King has approved of the appointment of Mr. Cloud Russell, lately Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Addis Abeba, to be Envoy Extraordinary and linister Plenipotentiary at Berne,
In view of general improvement in the conduct of the Army, the War Office has issued an order en- abling Commanding Officers to grant men under the rank of Ser- geant the right to wear civilian dress when on furlough or pass and when walking out.
A collision at Rangoon, on De- cember 13, between a motor launch belonging to some Chinese mills and a steam launch resulted in the launch being sunk with seventeen passengers, all of them Chinese. Seven were rescued. Among the victims were the children and some relatives of the mill owner.
Dr. (Miss) Kibble, lately Lady Medical Officer, Pekan, has arrived in Kuala Lumpur.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Taye, after a holiday in Europe, left England for the Straits on December 13,
The death took place at Singa- pore of Mr. Franklin Linscheer, Chief Engineer of the Pulau Sam- boe Oll Installation. -
Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Stoner have been staying at Monte Carlo. They will be going to Switzerland later for the winter sports.
The German long-distance swim- mer 0. H. 0. Kemmerich is train- ing with his pet sea lion to swim the channel this year together, aim- ing at the record,
On the motion of the President] Under instructions from the Im- at the Sanitary Board meeting res-pertal Government, the Governor terday, Lieut-Col. and Brevet-Col. has been pleased to recognise Mr. J. S, Bostock was appointed a mem- Robert M. . Fellner as United ber of the Standing Committee for States Vice-Consul at Singapore. the Colonial Cemetery in place of Lieut-Col. S. Boylan Smith.
The President announced at the Sanitary Boari meeting yesterday afternoon the as the date of the next meeting cf the Board would fall on a public holiday, January 24 (Chinese New Year) the meet- ing would be held the following day, Wednesday, January 25,
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A lato anapahot of the ex-Crown Prince of Germany. The Prince fe koenly interested in aviation and the above photo was snapped on Tempelhoff Field, near Barlin.
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A Singapore correspondent wires nows of the death of Mrs. Deason, wife of the former Secretary of the Penang Cricket Club, who is at present Manager of the Sea View Hotel.
A number of workmen in Sevenoaks tunnel
were knocked dow by a London-Ramsgate train and one of them, Mr. R. Bell, of Manor Way, Bromley Common, was killed.
The proprietor of the well- known night club. Chez Victor, which as raided on November 12, was fined £200 and £60 costs. The fines of the consumera ranged from £5 to £10.
Mr. Richard Lewis, superinten- dent of the Prescot (Lancashire) police, captured a man who is alleged to have broken into his house, and took him to the police station next door.
De- The death took place on cember. 26 from asphyxia of No. 269-1024 Pte. Gilbert Hatton, 2n. Battalion the Border Regiment, stationed at Tientsin. Pte. Hatton, who was 26 years of age, was a native of Bolton, Lancashire,
A successful experiment In the transmission of news by wireless telephone from The Hague to Batavia (Java) was made on l'e- cember 7, the originators of the scheme being the Aneta Press Bureau. Reception was very good. Perfectly clear communication was maintained for two hours.
"Are you dead?" This in effect, is the question, the Imperial War Graves Commission has addressed to Mr. Benjamin L. Phillips, a school teacher, living in Pendergast Street, Haverfordwest, England. The Commission says that a grave, with a cross bearing Mr. Phillips' regimental number and battalion, has been, discovered in the Cham- pagne district of France.
It is rumoured in Bangkok that H.R.H. Prince Kambaeng Bejra is about to relinquish his position as Commissioner-General of the Siamese Railways. His Royal Highness is also Minister for Com- merce and Communication and it
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Dunlop's have established a joint | factory council consisting of 12 women, 31 men employees and 18 directors' nominees. Sir Eric Geddes, Chairman of the company, in opening the Council's head- quarters, said that the Council | and Shanghai Banking Corporation is felt that the immense amount of would deal with wages and all announce that, subject to audit, the work entailed in the holding of twỏ factory conditions.
dividend and bonus for the half-such important positions may year ending December 31, 1927, will | prove too severe a strain on his be:-Dividend per share. Bonus | health. £2 per share. A sum of $500,000 will be added to the Silver Reserve The Ragent of Cherthon, Raden Fund, and $1,000,000 written off Mas Adipati Arlodinoto. Officer 'in Bank Premises, leaving about $34 the Order of Orange Nassau and laca to be carried forward to next Knight of the Netherlands Lion, year.
has died in Tjikini Hospital, was a member of the People's Resealing of probate of the will Council and was taken during of the late Mrs. Eleanor Hamilton a sitting. He had been 40 years Gruner, widow, who died at her in the service of the Government, residence, 10, Belsize Park Gardens, 20 years of which were spent as Hampstead, Middlesex, on February Regent of Cheribon. The funeral 9, 1927, has been granted to Mr. took place at Cheribon. C. E. H. Beavis and Mr. D. H. Blake, the attorneys for the execu- A serious explosion of gunpowder tor, Mr. A. W. Gruner, a son of the occurred at the Chihli Army Am- testator. Testator · left estate munition Store, situated near the valued at $66,900 in the Colony, Central Rallway Station, on Decem- and there is also extensive estate in bor 24. the loud report being heard Shanghai, the value of which is not all over the town. The premises known here, The English nett were completely destroyed, bricks and timber flying in all directions, estate is valued at £32,480.
Seven Chinese, five of them soldiers C. Taylor, R. W. Blair, Raja Omar who shortly will relieve Major- neighbouring houses caught fire Major-General A. E. Wardrop, on guard, were killed. Several bin Raja Ali, Mr. J. P. C. Rigby General Duncan as G.O.C., the but the City Fire Brigade eventual- the Hon. Mr. Justice Farrer- Manby, the Hon. Mr. C. V. A. North China Command, not only ly got the conflagration under con- Espeut, Messra, A. T. Bennetts, W, has a brilliant reputation
The wedding took place at St. Mary's Church, Kuala Lumpur, of Mr. John Guach and Miss Liese- lotte Dorp, the Rev. O. B. Parsons officiating. The bride was given away by her father. Miss D. A. Caldwell was Matron of Honour, and Mr. P. F. Blakey acted as best man. A reception was held at the Station Hotel..
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Leave has been granted to the following officers in the F.M.S, Government Service-Messrs. H.
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M. E. Martin, F. W. Latham, and soldier but also as a sportsman and author. After the war, he spent
Jujitsu, the Japanese art of self- some time in. Palestine, in com- mand of the troops there, and then, defence, is rapidly growing in Hla Excellency the Commander- from 1923 to 1926, he served in popularity in England with both women and men. Seven teams In-Chief, Ching Station, Vice-Ad- India, where the General, an ex-
in a competi miral Sir Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, cellent horseman and pole player, taking part Bart., K.C.B., D.S.O., flying his flag, was able to indulge freely in histion for a challenge up pre:
by. Baron Matsui, In H.M.S. "Hawkins" (Commodore favourite sport of big game hunt-. Second Class, L. W. Braithwaite, ing, and pig-sticking in particular. Japanese Ambassador, include one C.M.G., R.N.) is expected to ar- His book, "Modern Fig-sticking" is the Metropoiltan, Police; two troops each from Oxford Univeralty and rive at Singapore on Friday, from regarded as the clasale in con- Hong Kong and to leave on Monday, nection with the chase of the boar. of Boy Scouts, and one from the Jewish Lada' Brigade. A British January 23 for; Port Swettenham whence the "Hawking" sails on
with headquarters in Coventry, [Jujitsu. Society has been formed, January 27 for Manila,
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George Bernard Shaw is seventy, but he wants to kiss Mary Fick- ford. And he is jealous too. “I At the Kowloon Magistracy. yes find it extremely tantalising to see Sir John E. Thornycroft speak- terday, Robert Douglas Thompson, another man kiss Miss Fickford," ing at the annual meeting of John chief carpenter of the s.8. "Presi- said Mr. Shaw, at a film trade show I. Thornycroft and Co., in London dent Jefferson," was charged before at the London Pavilion."If you referred to the formation of Mr. W. Schofield with the unlawful offered me the opportunity of klas- Thornycroft (Bingapore), Ltd. and possession of two revolvers and ing Miss Pickford I should enjoy remarked: Although the rubber 186 rounds of ammunition on, board it but not if I were watched by a business has been somewhat under the ship. The accused who admit- crowd. I and it indelicate to look a cloud during the last year, the ted possession of the contraband, at someone else kissing Miss Pick new company is working success- told the Magistrate that it was ford on the screen." He confessed fully and securing quite a 'con- secured, in his locker. On the ap that he was a "movie fan, but siderable amount of business; par plication of acting Chief Inspector complained that film producera ticularly, as regards the construc- Aria (Kowloon) the accused was always made films and in a longtion of motor boats in Singapore, remanded until Tuesday morning and luscious kiss. He would and it looks as though we may next for the case to be heard by rather do any kiasing there is to anticipate successful trading re- two Magistrates,
do himself,
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