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LOCAL AND GENERAL SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Sixty more Portsmouth Dookyard mon have received discharge notices, bringing the total for the year up to 1,000,
Mr. A. E. Southard, American Consul-General, Singapore, has luft to take up his new post of Ameri- can Minister to Abyssinia.
A number of distinguished Japan eau auiled from Hong Kong on the N.Y.K. Kalina Muru" yesterday for Japan via Shanghini, including His Excellency Count Y. Yanigianwa, 1st.-Condr. Nakimura, Comdr. Ito, Capt. K. Hori and Lt. Col. Y. Isogaya.
Miguel Artile, who testified bo Tore the special Senate Committes investigating the alleged MexicaD Blush fund and alleged giving money to Valted States Senators, that he had taken documents trom the President's palace to Mexico and from the archives of the gor ernment which he sold to the Hearst organization which they inter published. Mr. Avila
sle testified that he had also taken documents from the office of the counselor general in New York, which he sold to Hearst, also that he took United States Government documents to Mexico, acting as messenger fer Arturo M. Elias, Mexican consul general in Now York.
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The Siamese Consul Generat, Singapore, H. E. Phys Trad baddha Tubal, has loft for Banglok.
The Shanghai Amateur Dromatic Society is to produce "Veronique" at the Lyceum Theatre on Feb. 14 to 18.
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Clothing worth $75 ns bien re- ported stolen from No. 35, Gough Street some time between 2 and 5 [p.m., yesterday.
Chevalier Henri Parrin, Adminis. trateur de la Société Francaise dos Minos d'Etain de Takkah, les left Singapore for Franoo:
Captain Lindsay Voms, A.D.C. to H.E. the Sultan of Perak, or rived in Bingapore from Kunin Kangsar by train to attend the Polo Yugoslav Club Gymkhana.
According to a Belgrado despatch, Madame Bunaw, who killed the Councillor, Prelitch Skopje, committed suicide at the moment of hor arrest. Bofors Seventesa porsens. aro under-dying, slie confessed to Invjug been going their trial at Patna on a charge ordered by pro-Macedonian
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of abetment in the case in wil Committee to kill important Yugo- Brahmin woman, committed suttec slav: personages. at Barh in Patna District.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Pilter, of Sungei Siput, ore leaying for à round tour of Australia, New Zenland, South Africa and Europe. They expect to return in October or November.
Mr. F. A. Fandall, forinerly Assistnat Superintendent of Re vonte Surveys, Malucos, succeede Mr. J. H. Spowers at Kuala Kang aar when the latter ges on transfer to Johore Bahru.
Mr. J. Sinclair, Manger of the George Town Dispensary, Ipok, is leaving for Home on furlough very shortly, accompanied by Mrs. Sinclair. Mr. Proctor, from Pen- ang, has gone to take Mr. Sinclair's place.
At the examination for honours, of candidates for admission on the Roll of Solicitors of the Supreme Court of England among those, ro |commended "by the Examination Committee TH being entitled to honorary distinction were
women.
The Hon. Mr. J. Streekan. Get eral Manager, F.M.S. Hailways, Mr. J. P. Swettenham, Director of Public Works, and the Hon. Mr. E. W. F. Gilman, Controller of Labour, arrived a Singapore from Kuala Taunpur by train to attend a meeting of the Indian' Immigration Committee.
HENAY MISLEG WAILS GY
Dr. Charles y Pabst, cute] +18? [XID= tologist of the Greenpoint Humpital, Brooklyn, N. Y. who is in Wash- ington to push legislation for the creation of a Department of Pashe Henith with a secretary to the President's cabinet. Through a de partment of this sort the various public health bureaus of the vari ous government departments can ve brought together It is understond that President Coolidge favors 'auth. * department,
The Admiralty announce in FlectRICAN Orders that the regulations for th wenring of medals and meda! rib- bons have been amendoi. Medals are to be worn whenever No. 1 dress is worn, aul with No. 6 dress at
occasions, and on Sundays in har. bour. Ribbons may be worn On other occasiona,
The Colony had a clean sheet is inspections, musters, ceremonial
the health return for Monday, Tuesday there was a Chinese can of diphtherin from the city, a case of
| enteric-fever (typhoid) from the city and another frots Kowloon. One of | the typhoid patients is British and
the other is Chinese.
Mr. M. Manuk, secretary of the Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold Storage Co., Ltd... returned to the Colony yesterday by the "Changte" from.] Australia. Other passengers B- eluded Mr. H. J. Timperley, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Chisholm, Dr. R. H. Marten, Mr. J. H. Peterson, Mr. E. Ellis.
Forthcoming weddings annoumerd include that if Mr. A. Diefenbacher, inusiomis, Tuipos Rocz, Kowlan Tong, to Miss A. M. R. Fauser, en route to Hong Kong by the B.. "Coblenz Mr. E. W. Fischle. missionary. Taipo Road, Kowloon Tong, to Mins G. A. Sarbersehwary, Jalso coming by the "Coblenz."
Mr. E. D. Bush left Hong Kong this morning on the 'President Madison" which suited for Shanglui, Japan and Seattle. Other Hong Kong passengers are referred to on page 4. Among the through pos sengers from Manila were Sir D. M. |B. Halland Lady Ira Hall for Shanghai, Deaconess Kato S. Shaw for Kobe, and Comdr. L. J, Webb for Seattle.
Governor Frank C Emerson of Wyoming; who called od President Coolidge at the White House and Informed him that the coni·atrikke situation in Wyoming was in good shape and that no trouble wai ez- pected from striking mbers,
Among the passengers who were on the "Kushima' Maru" 'when' shel left Hong Kong yesterday for Fr. Shanghai and Japan ports were Mr. WALANG B. Wilkinson, Miss Frances Burn- Tham, Mr. C. C. Whitebond, MP. J. Mr., W. Schofield in his capacity M. Hutchison, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. as Coroner and a jury held an in- Stephens, Mrs. W. N. Hartshorn, quiry at the Kowloon Magistracy, the Rev. B. Faust, Mr. Figueros, yesterday into the circumstances Mr. and Mrs. W. Paul, Mr and Mrs. attending the denths of three Chi-f'R. H. Matthews, nese women who were killed, as tho
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result of the collapse of a part of Five Chinese were anestod by the the wall surrounding the M.B.K. Singapore polico at Bedok coal yard at Yaumati. The three suspicion of having huded in the women were buried under the brick Colony without permission. They work and a large lot of coal which were subsequently produced in the fell into the strect as the result of Marine Court, and fined $100 each,
tlio collapse. After medien evi or 42 daya rigorous imprisonment.
dence was heard, the inquiry was adjourned for the Coronor and jary to visit the scene of the collapse.
The Master Attendant (Capt. G. Freyberg, R.N.), also ordered their repatriation to China. It is sup ...posed that the men landed from a
Chineso junk.
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Further evidence was taken by At tho Central Magistracy: THE HONG KONG OPTICAL CO. Major C. Willson, at the Central yesterday afternoon, Mr. R.
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Magistracy yesterday afternoon in Lindaell heart further evidence the case in which a Chinese seaman the case in which four Chinese are named Ho Tin is charged with at- charged with having been concerned tempting to obtain 54,000 from each in a piracy on board a local trad- of two Chincao women on the preing junk when cargo worth $2,240 text that he had been authorised by was stolen. The pintes were in
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