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LOCAL AND GENERAL SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Mr. Kan Tong-po, of the Bank of East Asia, left Hong Kong to-day on a business trip to Shanghai, sall- Ing on the "President Jackson."
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No case of notifiable disease was ' reported. in the Colony yesterday.
Mr. Robert Ballay, a director of the British-American Tobacco Co..
The only case of notifiable dis-Shanghai, left Hong Kong to-day case reported to the Medical Officer on the "President Jackeon" after
short stay of Health on Monday' was that of a Chinese from the Kowloon_district with small-pox.
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in the Colony,
Mr. R. D. Gillespie and Mr. P. Fowler (of Messrs. Brunner, Mond &Co., Ltd.); with Mrs. Fowler, sailed from Hong Kong to-day on the "President Jackson" for Shang-
Mr. A. L. Barton (of Messrs. E. D. Sassoon & Co.) and Mrs. Barton were passengers on the "Presidenthal.... Jackson" which sailed from Hong Kong to-day for Shanghai.
Mr. A. Brostedt, who fa traffic agent in the Orient for the Cana dian National Railways, left Hong Kong to-day
on. the "President Jackson" to go to Shanghal
Among the passengers on the NY.K. "Mishima Maru" which arrived to-day from Japan and Shanghai were Miss D. Magco, Mr. V. Rico, Mr. and Mrs. F. R. La Sage,
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There will be A "Cheer '0 Y.M.C.A. Dance," at the City Hall. on Friday next at 8.30 p.m. Tickets
invitation. $1, ladle by
The
"Lyric Dance Orchestra" will be in attendance. This dance is "for service men only."
Mr. G. W. R. Miller (of Mecars. Patterson, Barker & Co., Ltd.,' Singapore) and Mrs. Miller are go- Ing to. England via America. They sailed from Hong Kong to-day, on the "President Jackson," which is bound for Seattle.
The 6.15 p.m. cinema performe ance will not be given in the Queen's Theatre to-day us Miss Violet Capell's pupils are giving a daricing display at 5 p.m. The 2.30, 7.15 and 0.20 picture pro- grammes will be given as usual.
A flower and vegetable stall presented by residents, fancy work and edibles made by members, and a British-American Tobacco Co.'s cigarette stall were the features of a 'successful annual sale of work held by the Hong Kong branch of the Mothers' Union at the Helena Máy Institute yesterday afternoon.
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Dr. R. Gautier, the Director of the League of Nations; Eastern Bureau, has arrived back in Singa- pore from India.
of the
Miss. B C. Preston, Daventry Centre of England Lodge, .has been installed Provincial Grand Master of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows,
Major JM Mackenzie, Royal Scots, has assumed duty as Com- mandant S.S.V.F. and C.S.M. J. Imm, South Staffords, as Regimen tal, Sergeant Major.
Mr. F. A. (Eric)
Pollock, of
The late Mr. Gershom Whitfield Mesara Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., one of the best jockeys in Guiness. 1.B. (58), of the China Hong Kong, left the Colony to-day London, N., for 30 years a medical for Shanghai on the "President Jackson."
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Princess "Mary, Viscountess Lascales, in evening gown and wearing some of her magnificent jewels. The Princess is the only daughter of King George and Queen Mary of England.
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Mr. R. K. Roxburgh, manager in Mr. L. D. Turner, of Messrs. the Orient for Mesars. John. I. Johnson. Stokes & Master; who de- Thornycroft & Co.. was a passen- fended in the "schoolboy man- ger on the "President Jackson" slaughter case at the Magistracy which left Hong Kong to-day for and instructed Mr. F. C. Jenkin at Shanghai. the Criminal Sessions (when de- fendant was discharged), left the Colony 'to-day to spend a month's holiday at Tsingtas, in North China,
Mr. W. T. Stanton of Messrs. L. Dunbar & Co. left the Colony to-day on the 8.a. "Hector." He is to spend a few months' holiday and London, Feb. 21,-The House of will then return to Hong Kong. Mr. Stanton has been hon. secretary Commons yesterday sanctioned a vote in the supplementary estimates of the Polo Club and is an ardent for the purchase of a site and the rider on the flat and in steeple
chases. erection of the British Embassy at Rio de Janeiro. It is expected that the cost this year will be £26,000 and that the estimated total cost will be £80,000,-British Wireless Service.
The annual Inspection of the Hong Kong Folice Force will be held on March 28, by H.E. the
·Governor (Sir Cecil Clementi). The Hong Kong Police Reserve will participate in the parade. In all probablity the inspection will tako place on the Murray Parade ground instead of in the Central Polico Station compound. ·
In connection with the de- parture of Commander G. B. Hartford, D.S.O., R.N. (retired), a group photograph of the Hong Kong Police Reserve was taken yesterday. Commdr. Hartford has been ad- jutant of the Police Reserve since its formation, and on Monday he will entertain the Police Reserve to tea at the Hotel Savoy, when a farewell address and presentation will be made to him.
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Lloyd Lille, 10-year-old Boy Scout, of Portland, Ore., is now a full-fledged Indian Chief with the " title of Chief Eagle. He is the only American with the exception of President Coolidge, who has ever been so honoured by the Blackfoot Indians of Montana.
Among the passengers on the "President Jackson" when she sall- ed from Hong Kong this morning for Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama and Seattle were Mr. J. Blum, Mrs. B. A. Sonneth, Miss R. Judah, Mra. L B. Wilkinson, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Ross and Mr and Mrs. H. Von Arps Aubert,”
Inland, Mission, Newington Green,
missionary, left £1,934.
Mr. P. H. Suckling, A.S.A.A. general manager of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Hotels, Ltd. left to-day by the President Jackson" on one of his periodical business vialta to Shanghai.
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The death took place in the Gen-|| eral Hospital, Singapore, on Fri- day, January 13, of Mr. J. W. Rowan, Head Assistant 'on Sungch Wangi Estate, Sitiawan. The funeral took place the following day at Bidadari cemetery.
A Blyth message says the elec- tion of Co-operative Wholesale Society directors resulted as fol- lows: London District, Mr. C. T. Darch; Manchester, Sir F. C. Dudley, Mr. J. Hawkina; Newcastle, Mr. W. Dodds. No change.
The L.N.E.R. have decided that as their signals are renewed the semaphore arms shall be made to work in the upper quadrantie. upwards instead of downwards for the "all clear position. The dan- ger aspect will remain unaltered.
The wedding took place at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, of Mr. Charles Gordon Osborne, of Mesare. Sime.. Darby & Co., Ltd., to Mrs. Hollinshead. Mr. J. M. Sime gave the bride away, Miss Douglas was bridesmaid and Mr. D. D. McDearmid was bestman.
One of the most popular lady turftes in the Colony, Mrs. R. J. Paterson, has left the Colony. She Balled to-day on the President Jackson" for Shanghai. Mr. Pater-
son
is with Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., and was formerly Clerk of the Course of the Hong Kong Jockey Club."
The speed of the L.C.C. tramcars has been increased to an average of nine and three-quarter miles an hour, fncluding."stops," the highest average speed of any urban tram- ways in the kingdom. The Lon- don General omnibuses maintain an average speed of eight miles an hour, including "stops."
Shanghai residents who camo down for the Hong Kong Jockey Club's annual race meeting and| left/to-day to return by the "Président Jackson" included the well-known gentlemen riders, Mr. V. M. Haimovitch, Mr. A. J. P. Heard, Mr. J. Pote-Hunt, Mr. H. Maitland and Mrs. Maitland; algo Mr. D. E. Sassoon (of the "Eve" atable), Mr. F. Elias, Mr. F. Gèng- berger, and Mr. W. G. Pirie. A
A Chinese male was sentenced to five years with hard labour at the Criminal Sessions yesterday for the theft of money and clothing, belong ing to a Chinese doctor living at 334 Shanghai Street, Yaumati, It was alleged that prisoner entered the house with two other men and asked for a cubicle and thereupon proceeded to keep the occupant com-1 pany in smoking oplum. The men later bound and gagged the doctor. The latter, on the following even ing, saw the prisoner. inthe street. On seeing he was observed prisoner ran away but was. cap- tured,
Two highly respected Hong Kong Chinese families will be united next Tuesday when the wedding wil take place at St. John's Cathedral, at 8 pm. of Mr. R C. Lee and Miss Esther Wong. The bridegroom a the eldest son of Mr. Lee Hysan, the owner of Lee Theatre and Lea Garden, East Point. Mr. Lee senior, has spent large sums in the development of districts between Wanchat and Causeway Bay, where he owns a great deal of property. The bride is the fourth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wong. Mr. Wong is compradore to Mesara. AS. Watson and Co., Ltd.
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