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LOCAL AND GENERAL SOCIAL AND PERSONAL..
Jack Martin, 15, employed by farmer, of Woodham Walter, near Chelmsford, Essex, was killed by an omnibus after being thrown from a cart by the horse shying.
Dr, A. Boyes, the German Minister to Peking, has returend to Berlin, and during his absence. Baron W. Schoen Counsellor of the Legation, is acting as Charge. d'Affaires.
In the L.M.S. Railway ambulance
contest finals at St. Pancras the
challenge shield Was won by Leamington with 391% marks out of 500, and Stockport was second with 369 points.
were
One hundred motor-cars required to convey the mourners to
the burial ground at Crumpsall, Manchester, at the funeral of Dr. Salomon, Rabbi at the Great Synn-
gogue, Manchester.
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The Council of the Royal Geographical Society has awarded the Gill Memorial to Mr. C. P. Skrine, for his exploration of the | Gungur area and his work on
Chinese Central Asia.
Rachel Gillies, aged 17, until reaching Fleetwood last month from her home in the lonely islatið of St. Kilda, doter Hebrides, had never seen a taxicab, a railway train, a horse, a cinema picture, or even a tree.
Prince George visited Glasgow recently and was presented with the freedom of the city. II. M. air- craft-carrier “Eagle” during the recent earthquake supplied 2,000lb. of bread daily to the homeless earth- quake sufferers at Corinth.
An order has been placed with
a leading Putney boatbuilder for a four for a Japanese crew which will arrive at Henley early in June to train under Dr. Bourne or some other University coach for the forthcoming Olymple Games Regatta.
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Sir Maurice de Bunsen will head
In future, says an Admiralty" Fleet order, seamen are to have the deputation from the Royal white leather table-cloths in messes Geographical Society, to Berlin to Instead of the brown linoleum now join in the centenary, celebrations
of the sister society in Germany.
I
In 190.
been
M. Traversini, Counsellor of
hoa Legation, Swiss Minister in Tokyo, where the duties of Minister have been carried on for the past three years by the Charge d'Affaires.
A cable has been received
in
William Fletcher, formerly of the appointed Kuala Lumpur stating that Dr. Helen Research Institute, is go- ing on aplendidly after his recent operation.
Two traffle summonses were dia-
missed at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday because of the omlaalon of the defendants' names. Mr. was for the defen- A. el Arcul dants, lorry drivers charged with carrying excessive loads.
Mr. J. II. Thomas was received
by the Prince of Wales at St. James's Palace and described to him his recent visit to the Gold Coast, where he opened the new harbour
at Takoradi.
Mr. G. S. Warren has been ap pointed Traffic Inspector, F.M.S., Railways, Ipoh, in place of Mr. R. Bearley, who will become Train Controller when this new office is created in Ipoh.
According to "La Gazette de Hollande," Mr. J. Th. de Vries has at his request been honourably relleved of the post of Dutch Con- eul tt Canton. The Consulate has been placed in the charge of Mr. G. Woudenberg. Exequaturs have been.extended to Mr. Robert Steiner No. 177, the Peak, who is three and
8 Austrian Consul at Batavia, for the Dutch East Indies, with the ex- to Mr. ception of Sumatra, and Tautoma Suwa Jorohuj, na Japanese Consul at Medan.
Miss Mercedes Gleitz, pretty Bitle London typist swimmer, who Ruccessfully swam the Straits of Gibraltar.
Warsaw, June 6.-In reply to the
Little Miss Joan Newhouse of
a half years of age, will be dym-“ pathised with in having been bit- ten by a female Alsatian dog yes- terday. She was treated nt home. The dog, which belongs to Mrs. Clarke of No.. 304, the Peak, is at Kenndily Town, under obser- vation.
How a Chinese, woman, 64 years of age, committed suicide by throw- ing herself over a verandah was related to the Pollen yesterday. She lived at the 1st floor of No. 151. Belchóra-street, West Point and was picked up in the street, at about 1 p.m., with fractures in her ribs. She died shortly after being taken into the Government Civil Hospital
Mr. E. B. Williams, Official As- aignee, Pubilu Trustee and Regis- trar of Companies, will shortly be proceeding to Kelantan as Legal Adviser and Judicial Commissioner, states the "Malay Mal}," Mr. H. R. Joynt will undertake the duties for which Mr. Williams la now responsible, in addition to his own work as Collector of Eetsta Revenue,
The fourth annual Indian Em-
At Messrs. Sotheby's sale of books and manuscripts, on the top price, £215, was given by Messrs. Maggs for a collection of broad-Soviet Note of May 6, the Polish sides, pamphlets, proclamations, Government has expressed its re-pire garden party takes place at etc., relating to the Dutch East gret for the incident, and declared the Rangeiah Club, Barnes, on Indier, 1770-1881, bound in four that energetic measures would be June 27, when rendezevous post No. volumes.
taken to discover and punish the 7 near the polo ground will be the offenders. The reply adds that meeting-place of people from steps are being taken to render it Malaya and Hong Kong, A polo impossible for anyone in future to match, India v. The World will be abuse the rights of asylum and played for the gold and silver
There will be seven flights this year from Holland to the Dutch East Indies, The fare will be
$300 for each passenger. In 1929 disturb Russo-Polish relations challenge shield presented by the
there will be one light every Reutar, month from Holland and back, with aeroplanes carrying mail and passengers.
Dr. A. W. Hill, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has returned to London. Following his visit to Australía and New Zealand, at the invitation of the respective Governments; he visited Java, the Federated Malay States, Straits Settlements, and Ceylon.
Sir William H. Clark, Comp- troller-General of the Department of Overseas Trade, who has been appointed. High Commissioner in Canada for his Majesty's Govern- ment in Great Britain, was in 1901 selected as Secretary to a Special Mission, to Shanghai to negotiate a Commerical Treaty with China.
The
Committee-of-the-Law Soclety constituted under the So- Hicitors Acts sitting in London, suspended for three years a solicitor named Ernest Douglas Costain Siddall, formerly of Stata Insurance Buildings, Liverpool, who, it was alleged, had misappropriated £12.
Princes of India.
The Times" correspondent at Riga, telegraphing on April 30, stated that a message from Harbin published in Moscow is to the effect that
the Manchuria authorities have granted the anti-Soviet leader Semenaff and his adherents a large forcst concession In Manchuria.. The Soviet Press declares that it ia regrettable fresh evidance of Chang T80-lin's unfriendliness towards the U.S.S.R.
- The engagement is announced between Mr. Malcolm Berkeley, of Gaple Estate, Padang Rengas,
youngest son of the late Major-
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ware yet not translated but would geant Motheram' said the pamphlets at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Char- of 818 m.p.h., has decided to enter be completed next Monday. The case
was adjourned until June 12. the lists as a competitor for the
A memorial service for the Right Rev. Joseph Sakunoshin Motoda, Bishop of Tokyo, who was
Queen Elizabeth, of. Belgium, reen entering the Hospital of the Angels in Brussels, Belgjum.
the first Japanese Bishop in the der of the world's air speed record Rome, Major de Bernardi, hol- Anglican Communion, was heid
ing Cross, on May 3. The Bishop world's land speed, record. He la of Sallsbury, Chairman of the having a special chassis built in Missionary Council, and the Bishop which the Fint engine used to to Washington presented Miss The Diplomatic Corps accredited of Hokkaido, took part in the obtain his hydroplane speed record Matsudaira, daughter of the Japan- aervice.
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is to be fitted. He believes he can cao Ambassador, with Д allver reach a speed of some 220 m.ph. bowl as a wedding gift. Alderman James Johnston, who If everything goes, according to his Howard, the British Ambassador, died recently at the age of 82, was present plans the attempt will be made the presentation on April a prominent figure in the Socialist made at Daytona Beach, United 25, during a ten given in her and Co-operative movement in States, late this summer. The land honour, Miss Matsudaira is the Manchester, and took a great part speed record of 207.56260 m.ph bride-to-be of Prince Chichibu of in rocial welfare work. He some was established at Daytona Beach time ago returned from a round-the-by the American matoriat Mr. Day being a good tennis player, an Japan. She is fond of sports, world tour, visiting Japan and Keech
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breach of their wine and spirit licence by selling a case of Hall's
"I have never yet had a single offer to make any contribution on
The Rev, H. Castle, of Tung-lu, wine to Messrs. A. S. Watson and in Cheklang, addressing a meeting Co. Mr. B. G. K. Hawkins, of the at Minehead said that in Tung-lu any subject to the Press. The Importa and Exports Office, anld the beggars had a king who wore Prime Minister. This remark, that subsequent to the sale Messrs. a tin crown. When a beggar did made by Mr. Baldwin at a luncheon | A. S. Watson & Co. had been vory anything wrong, the magistrate given by the Institute of Journal- doubtful as to their own position referred the case to the beggar fats to Viscount Barnham, has led in buying the case of wine from king, who alone had the authority to an embarrassing correspondence. Messrs. Shorley & Co. and they cou- to punish boggar offenders." The Prime Minister, has since had sulted the Imports and Exports gars had a legal right to beg two so mazy attractive offers by letter Office laying the whole of the facts days in "a "month" Like other and by cable that were he to accept | before'; them. Mr. M. K. Lo, the people, they had - their union, and nil his peu, would be busy for a long defendants," said he was glad to once, when something, hnd - dies, time. But Mr. Baldwin has quite withdraw unreservedly the con- pleased them, the baggar enough, on hand with his job, as|struction which he had placed on of Tung-fu declared a strike, Prime Minister, and polite refusain, the actions of Messrs. Watson and | for a whole day refused to go into are being made.
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