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a new Major S. H. Vanneck is the new motor road from Madrid to Chief Constable of Norfolk. Aranjuez and Toledo.
Deaths in London during Febru- Mr. G. M. Kidd, District Officër,nry were nearly 2,000 fewer than in Tampin, goes to England on fur- January of last year. lough at the end of this month,
On an average, eighty street Mr. F. R. Heron, managing accidents a day are brought to director, Singapore Cold Storage, Munchester Royal Infirmary. has returned to Singapore from Penang.
Chief Inspector F. J. Kennedy, formerly O.C.P.D., Seremban, and at present in Taiping, has proceeded Home on leave.
Mr. Arthur E. Kidson, town clerk of Folkeatone for 30 years, has realgned with a superannuation allowance of £450.
Two motor-cars stolen in South- end, Essex, were recovered and one stolen in London was found aban- doned in Southend.
Lieutenant Fanshawe, of the Army Equitation School at Weedon, had his jaw broken in motor collision near Towcester.
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Buckinghamshire County Council are asking for legislation to give the authorities power to license or prohibit greyhound racing.
Mr. Justice Prichard, after pre- siding over the Additional Supreme Court, Ipoh, has gone to Seremban, accompanied by his private secre- tary, Mr. Ralph.
The new Convent School, Klang seems to be almost completed. An- other fine building, the twin-apired church alongside, is also making good progress.-M.M.
"Old-fashioned people do not call a family of four a large one. My grandfather had n family of 24.". Judge Sir Alfred Tobin, at West- minster County Court.
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Capt. G. H. Freyberg. Master Attendant, Singapore, who has been in Penang on a visit of inspection, has returned to Singapore, accom- panied by Mrs. Freyberg.
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Medals were presented Llangollen Police court to Fireman Davies and Police-constable Davies for risking their lives in rescuing cows from a burning building.
Oswestry Town Council have appointed, in conjunction with Salon County Council and Oswestry District Council, Dr. L. Wilson Evens to be medical officer of -health. :
'An American business man who missed the boat-train at Waterloo a few weeks ago travelled by taxicab, aeroplane, and motor-car from London to Southampton and caught by a few minutes the liner "Olympic."
For the first time since the war a German cruiser, the "Berlin," has appeared at Rangoon, The "Berlin," is a training ship, and was to have remained there for a week before leaving for Java. Formosa, Japan and Australia.
The Earl of Coventry, who is 90, and has represented Croome on the Worcestershire County Council since it was formed, did not seek re-election this month. His grandson, the Hon. John Coventry, will be nominated in his place,
Yunnanfu, March 1.-Dr. J. F. Rock, the well-known botanist, who is travelling for the American Board of Agriculture, is leaving shortly for Likiang, in the north- West of Yunnan province. He will, be accompanied by the American Consul
Mr. R. Weeding Skinner, general manager in Shanghai of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd., is returning to England after twenty- one years in China, five of which were with the concern to which he recently tendered his resignation. Mr. Skinner is leaving Shanghai on March 27 on the P. and 0.1 "Mantua."
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An epidemic of Influenza raging in Moscow a few weeks ago, where 9,000 fresh casos were noti- fied each week.
Teman G. Dawes, nt Columbus, Obin, brother of Vico Prenkleut Charles Dawes le la chairman of the board of the Pure 011 Company and was recently before the special Sonate Olt Committee Investigating the Teapot Dome alt teases.
Walking alone in Canton-road, Kowloon, on Saturday evening, a Chinese was held up by three high- waymen. Alleging that they were "detectives searching for arms, the three outlaws. searched the unfor- tunate victim, and relieved him of $225 in
local currency and ten shillings English money. The trio escaped in the direction of Austin- road. The police were informed, but although detectives were sent failed to trace the cut, they culprits..
A debate ΟΣ Should Straits Chinese take up Western Dancing? has been held at Singapore.
Dr. K. Black, Senior Health Officer, Negri Sembilan, is going to Perak on transfer as Senior Health Officer.
For the fortieth year in succes- sion, the Right Hon. D. Lloyd George was elected president of the Pwllhell Liberal Association.
The Hon. Egmond Harmsworth, M.P. will preside at the 65th annual dineer of the Newspaper Press Fund at the May Fair Hotel on May 10.
Raja Sald Tauphy, M.B.E., has been appointed a member of the Board of the Rubber Research In- stitute of Malaya, vice the Raja Muda of Perak.
Amsterdam, March 26-It is learnt that the Dutch Rubber Com- mittee's visit to London has been postponed by British request until April 2-Reuter.
Mr. H. H. Banks, Chairman of the Seremban Sanitary Board, hus had his appointment as Games Warden, Negri Sembilan and Pahang, confirmed.
Anton Schrek, a German, who was charged with, having sold foreign military documents to a Power, as sentenced at Leipzig to Ave years' enal servitude.
Among candidates recommended for election as Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh is Mr. George Brown Barbour, M.A. (Edin.), 'M.A. (Camb.), Professor of Geology, Yenching University, Peking.
Three Chinese cases of notifiable discase in the Colony, were reported to the Medical Officer of Health on Saturday and Sunday. Two from the Kowloon registration district had small-pox and the other, from the city district, had diphtheria.
Gunner Williams, 31st Battery Royal Artillery, Hong Kong, who died at the Military Hospital on Friday as the result of concussion sustained by a fall at Stonecutters Island some time ago, was buried with
honours full military Saturday afternoon.
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According to the Diplomatic Cor-;
Among those bound for Home on respondent of the "Dally Tele- graph," the present British Minister the P. & O.."Karmala" which left at Peking, Sir Miles Lampson, is Hong Kong on Saturday were Mrs. likely to receive promotion, when F. J. Jenner (who has taken a the various diplomatic changes leading part in Y.M.C.A. entertain. which are bound to follow those in ment of Servicemen), Mr. G. M. Paris and Berlin, take effect next Shaw, Mr. & Mrs. A. S. Mackichan, summer. The probability is that Miss S. M. L. Mackichan.. Str Miles, who, before his appoint- ment to China, was head of the Central European Department at the Foreign Office, will return
a higher capacity, the latter in namely, as one of the Under- Secretaries of State. There is one possible alternative, in the event of any further Ambassaderial. retire- of transfers during the ments
interval.
An attractive study of Mira. Cal- vin Coolidgo, She is wearing a cream laco silk dress with lace Ecart. This is the latest approved portrait of Mrs. Coolidge.
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The first of a series of Scout rallies in the competition for the Prince of Wales' Banner was held i in the grounds of the residence of Major-General C. C. Luard on Saturday afternoon. There was a good turn out and the scouts were tested in various branches of scout- craft.
The engagement is announced be- tween Mr. David J. Keswick, eldest son of Major and Mrs. Henry Keswick, of Cowhill Tower, Dum- fries, and Nony Barbara, only daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel J. R. Pease, of Hesslewood, East Yorkshire, and Mrs. Pease, of Yewden Manor, Henley-on-Thames.
Yunnanfu, March 1.-There are zeveral missionaries here waiting to return to their stations, but travelling. is still precarious and the local Bureau for Foreign Affairs continues to discurage the residence of foreigners in the in- terior. Cortainly the prevailing conditions are unfavourable for travelling.
Landon, March 25.-His Majesty, who laid the foundation stone in 1025, to-day, accompanied by H.M. the Queen, inaugurated Lloyds third home since its start at Lloyd's coffee-house in 1688. The new building was designed by Sir Edwin Cooper at a cost of £2,000,- 000 and stands on the site of the former East Indian Company in Leadenhall-street-Reuter.
Tokyo, March 25 The Cabinet,
Havre, March 25-The airman, after re-adjusting the Budget,
Rene Fonck, has arrived from necessitated by the Diet's dissolu
America. He says that the plans tion in January, have decided to
for an Atlantic Commercial Air Ng Kwong-ting, described ng a present revised estimates in the
shipping clerk employed by the Route, which he is helping to or coming special sension totalling Hang Seng Steamship Company of ganise, will be based on the prin Yen 1,704,000,000 including Navy Yen 281,000,000; war, Yen 221,000, Singapore, who are the charterers ciple of floating islands, the first 000, The figures include supple-of the s.8. "Siestan" and whose mentary estimates, and the need local agents are the Foo Man
of which will be 200 miles east of New York and others at distances for the flotation of leans totalling Steamship Company of Wing Lok of 325 miles from each other. Yen 142,000,000)—Reajpr...
American firmadera are ready to advance $40,000,000-Router.
street waa on Saturday charged be fore Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy on three counts Mr. Lin Sen, a member of the in connection with an alleged con- On account of the warm weather Nationalist Government, has arriv-spiracy to defraud the Asiable yesterday morning, a group of ed at Canton from Nanking. Mr. Petroleum Company of $2,700. The small Chinese boys-decided to go Lin's visit is. In connection with Im-accused was alleged to have worked for a swim in a duck pond near the portant Kuomintang hairs and he in conjunation with a clerk, employ South Ginger Preserving Factory has had interviews with leading ed by the A.P.C., who has since at Shamshuipo. When the boys officials in Canton, Mr. Linhas absconded. TheSiestan" was decided to go home they found that been Commissioner of Reconstru stated to have been chartered to one of their number was missing. tion of Kwangtung. A few years carry crude oil for the A.P.C and The police were immediately in- the pond ago he had to leave Canton hastily It was in this connection that the formed. They dragged
tunnte lad'a on account of his bolj stand against fraud was allegedly committed Al and recovered the
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