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LOCAL `AND GENERAL SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
It is announced that the next an- nual dinner of the Association of British Malayn-will be held at the Hotel Cecil' on June 4.
Mr. B. H. C. Hallowes, of the Public, Works Dopartment, has gone on holiday at Home. On Saturday, he sailed
on the Khyber" with Mrs. Hallowed.
At the School of Oriental Studios en Jan. 18, Prof. Bernhard Karig ren lectured on the "Structure of Chinese Language," continuing the subject on Jan. 20.
London, Feb. 18.-Mr. Ernest Charles and Sir Travera Ham- phreys have been appointed Judges in the King's Bench Division, British Wireless Service.
Mr. W. Ironside of Messrs. Butterfield & Swire was one of the passengers on the "Khyber" when. she left Hong Kong on Saturday for London-vin Singapore,
The forthcoming wedding is an- nounced of Mr. James Kam-ming Wong, merchant, No. 151, Kowloon Tong, and Miss Winnie Cham, No. 39, Conduit Road, Hong Kong.
Mr. E. S. C. Brooks, of the law firm of Messrs. Hastings, Dennys & Bowley, was one of the passengers on the Homeward-bound "Khyber"" which left Hong Kong on Saturday. }
"General" Frank A. Sutton, who was adviser to Marshal Chang Teo-lin, was to speak under the jauspices of the British Empire Union at the Queen's Hall on Jan. 25,
Brevet-Major Julian Nell Oscar Rycroft, Black Watch, who has died at Kodstad, South Africa, was the only son of Major-General Sir W.'H. Rycroft, who, after serving with distinction in the Great War, be- came Governor of British North Borneo, and died in 1925.
The engagement is announced of Miss Muir Newson, elder daughter of Sir Percy and Lady. Newson, and the Master of Napier, who lo R lieutenant in the King's Own Scot. tish Borderers, now in China. He is the eldest son of Lord Nanier and' Ettrick and is 27.
As the result of being knocked down on the ShaukIwan Road by motor car No. 371, a coolle received injuries which necessitated his re- moval to the Government. Civit Hospital. On examination at the hospital the man was found to have sustained a broken ankle.
The Japanese Ambassador and Baroness Matsui attended the pri- vate view of the Winter Exhibition of the Royal Academy at Burlington House, the principal attraction of which was the Iveaghi Collection of 68 famous pictures, which are now the property of the nation and will be housed at Ken Wood.
Mr. Van Lear Black, the: Ameri- last can newspaper owner, who summer established the feasibility of flight by aeroplane from Croydon to the Dutch East Indies and back, was among the passengers who disembarked at Southampton from the Cunard liner "Aquitania" on her arrival from New York on Jan. 13.
Mr. D. T. Lewis, head of the Borneo Co, Singapore, who is at present at the Grand Hotel and Kurhaus, Engelberg, has been laid up with occasional attacks of malaria, and is shortly returning to London for special treatment. It is hoped that he will be able to return to the East quite restored to health.
Mr. Christopher Smith, who has edited "British Malaya," is leaving to become news editor of the Air Press Agency, Ltd,
The annual meeting of Boat holders of the Union Church, Kennedy Road, will be held on Friday next, at 5.30 p.m.
Mr. J. A. Lyon of the Sanitary Department sailed for
Home on Saturday by the "Khyber," accom- panied by Mra. Lyon and Miss D. M. Lyon.
Mr. L. J. Blackburn, engineer and manager, Hong Kong & China Gas Co., Ltd., proceeded on Home leave on Saturday, sailing on the P. & O. 8.8. "Khyber."
Dublin, Ireland.-It is reported here that Timothy Michael Healy, better known to the public as Tim Healy, would retire from the post of Governor General of the Irish Free State. having served five years. He was born in 1855, and has been famous for many years among Irish leaders.
Mr. H. G.. Wightwick, Inte mana- ger of the Singapore tramway ser- viet, has settled down at home at "Highbury," Staplehurst, Kent.
Mr. T. R. Rowell, of the Hong Kong Government Schools teaching staff, and Mrs. Rowell, left on Saturday by the P. & O. "Khyber" for Home.
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Mr. L. E. Hopkins, of the P. & O. the Bank, Hong Kong, sailed on "Khyber" on Saturday, Homeward- bound. Mr. Hopkins has taken a prominent part in the work of the Hong Kong Amateur Dramatic Club.
Inspector Allan of the Royal Naval Yard Police has reported the theft of a copper cowl, two oil tamps, a brass stanchion and two service overcoats from the "AF miral's barge lying alongside H.M.S. "Hawkins" in the naval camber.
Judge Sir Peter Grain leaves Shanghai for Hong Kong to-morrow' to alt with Sir Henry Gollan and Mr. Justice J. R. Wood in the Full Court of Appeal. It is expected that the Chief Justice will accom- pany Sir Peter Grain on his return, to hold a Court of Appeal with Judge King, in Shanghai.
The marriage took place on Jan.. 10. at Dunster Parish Church, of Mr. Herbert John Arthur Weston Peck, eldest son of the late Capt. Herbert Peck, Sarawak Service, and of Mrs. Peck, of 19, Parkston- gardens, S.W., and Miss Joan Tas- ker Evans, second daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Evans, of Fair Elms.
the Among the passengers on P. & O. "Khyber" when she loft Hong Kong on Saturday for London via Singapore and ports were Mr. T. E. Grimes, Mrs. H. H. Bristow, Mr. W. G. L. Dunbar, Mr. H. H. Sandeman, Mr. W. Smalley, Mr. and Mrs. H. Sutton, Mr. H. W. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. D. Haig, Mr. F. S. J; Johannsen.
Steps are to be taken to ensure Thomas Hardy's birth-place being preserved for the nation.
The
Among appointments approved by the King on Jan. 13 was that of Mr. F. G. Penny, M.P., one of the assistant Whips of the Govern-thatched cottage in which Hardy ment, to be a Junior Lord of the first saw the light on June 2, 1840, at the village of Higher Bockhamp- Treasury (unpaid).
ton, a few miles from Dorchester. belongs at present to Mr. Cecil Hanbury, M.P. for North Dorset and Lord of the Manor of Stins-
More thefts of telephone wires the police have been reported to
the week-end. Capt. during
ford. Barracks Carnegle of Wellington reported the cutting and atealing of
A debate on the motion. "That sixty yarda of, the wire from the hillside at Quarry Bay. The wire 4 University Education is Not a in this case was the property of Necessary Prelude to a Successful the Military authorities. A second Career", will take place at the St. Peter's Church Young Men's Club from Mr. report received was Braude of the Hong Kong Tele- House 'to-day at 8.30 p.m. phone, Company who stated that The motion will be proposed by Mr.
A. J. May, A.R.I.B.A. about 100 yards of wire belonging R. H. Hollls and accorded by Mr. to the Telephone Company H. A, Wittenbach, M.A. and Miss atolon from Salwanho,
M. M. Clark will provide the op- Wah Street.
position.
near Kati
The police have received a report from a sallor of the Portuguese transport "Pero de Alenquer" of the loss of a wallet containing both British and local currency. The man and a friend had come ashore from their ship to do some shop- ping, and whilst they were visiting beli some shops in Kowloon they found:8. Parker Gilbert... 8. Repre that the wallet had disappeared.
Epulative..on the Reparations Cam "Mition, endeavoring to solve the reparations: question in Europe. leaving the White House after re arting to Pident Confider, on the work accomplished by the cum mlusion.
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Sir John and Lady Buchanan- Jardine's guests at Castle Milk, Dumfriesshire, recently have in- cluded Lady Buchanan-Jardine's brother-in-law and sister, Comte and Comtesse Alphonse de Cara-
Among the results of the general man-Chimay, with Sir Delves examination;of students of the-Inns Broughton, Capt. Miles and Lady of Court, held on Dec. 12, are,— Evelyn Graham, and Mr. and Mra-Roman Law, Class III: Choon Hong- Anthony Lowther.
kob, Inner Temple. Constitutional Law (English and Colonial) and Both the Kowloon and Hong Legal History, Class III: Chin Yin- Kong Fire Brigades received calls kok, Lincoln's Inn; Peng Yong- to attend to outbreaks during the tan Middle Temple; Shi Meow- Criminal week-end. In the Kowloon case it yong, Inner Temple.. turned out to be a small chimney Law and Procedure, Class III: fire in a Chinese teahouse in Cheon Hong-koh; Chin Yin-kok; Temple Street, Yaumati, and the Huck Alk-tim, Inner Temple; San flames were extinguished before Po-lwin, Middle Temple. Tlang the arrival of the fremen: The Wee-ong, Middle Temple Gim Hong Kong alarm was received Hann-toh, Middle Temple. Real from: No: 148, Connaught Road Property and Conveyancing, Class West; and this also proved to be a HI: Toshio Okamoto, Inner Temple; small fire Some tea leaves were Huck Hong-ong Inner Templé; being dried near a charcoal fire and Lucy See, Inner Temple; Shiro were set alight by sparks falling; Sasaki, Middle Temple; Gim Hann Fon them. In this case, also, the toh, Tan Sain-wau, Middle Temple; inmates put out the fire before the Cheang Lee-760h, Inner Temple; fire fighters arrived,
Kentaro Yoshida, Inner Temple..
The Rev.
The following promotions and transfers in the Colonial Service have been made by the Secretary of State for the Colonies:-Mr." W. F.. Hedges, O.B.E, Chief Ar- chitect,, Public Works Department, Gold Coast, to Architect. Public Works Department, Fedorated Malay States; Dr. C. T. MacCarthy,
late Government Medical Officer, British Gulane, to Medical Officer, Federated Malay, States,
Dr. John W. Wood, Mr. C. A, J. Shrubsole, Mr. H. M. Muir, Mr. A. W. Monroe and-the Rev. E. K Higdon arrived in Hong Kong to day on the "President Jackson" from Manila. Through passengers include Dr. C. K..Chuang and Mr. M. M. Axelrood for Shanghal, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. L. Behr for Kobe, Mr. M. Alindogon for Yokohama, Comdr. R. B. Team and family, and Comdr. V. H. Wheeler for Seattle.
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