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Dated this Pad day of March, 1931.
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ANNOUNCEMENT." Mi G. L. RoweorHAAL and Mr. J. BARNES invito all frionds to
their wedding at St. John's Cathedral, on Saturday, March 14, at 2.30 p.m.; and to the reception afterwards at Lane, Crawford's Restaurant. [416
and he drives his somewhitt betero- geucous team with the patience almost of the late Lord Asquiry. Advanced" political parties in an aristocratic nation generally ucure
in Russia,
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A Gambler's Sport.
The Oot and the Career.
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SUMMARY OF NEWS
Local.
Kowtoon Revidents' Association report.
Page 8.
The wedding took pkwo di S ladys Clenahan and Mr. R. J. Clarke, of the Hong Kong Police.
Page. 0.
mary Court where it is alleged a Contempt of Court proceedings are involved in a case at the Sun- witness was maulted within the precincts of the building.
Page 0.. To-day's wireless programe,
Page 2 and 3,
Sport.
Man They Set Walchos By. The anti-cyclone over China has good deal of support from high- increased slightly intensity, the de-spirited reins of wealthy and sion, Mr. Richard Mathews, of Although he could retire en pen. pression is crossing S. Japan in a noble families. For a while it Stony Stratford (Bucks), who has Polish University in a hurry north-easterly track, fresh monaden
works well, but not if the exit or elicated his 50th birthby, cause she had become entangled in will prevail along the S.E. Cast of China and over the N, China Sen, tremists take charge, One wontiers Prefers to remain at work, political, diffenition. She went to how for the hatred and ruthlessness service with a lisa! firm, and sur; held opportunities for women. Hr has had sixty years' unbroken Paris and lived in a garret. It of the true revolutionary is inspiring that time he has never heon But this young girl mashed hotties was in the ninetits, when science
ed, by personal contact with the late. He is so punctual that his and stoked fires to support her would-be helpers from the patural fellow-workers at their watches by Then she met Pierre Curio, a re so during her scientific studios. him. anemy,, who prove such dificult
search worker, and, we are told in a new biography Crucibles, by allies with their strange-rashnesses
Professor B. Jaffe, after a short And happy courtship they married and inexplicable cautions. LENIN Delectable as it is, spring annon Three years later, although me. and Thorsky (whore preryone will fishing in the biggest gamble in the Curio was ill and had become a be pleased to know escaped safely has a beat, on s'famous Scottish
world. A well known
mother, she and her husband dis- angler
covered radium. Aendemie hon- Yesterday's Racing : Full details. from the fire that burat his house) river, for which he pays the moder-1. and Mme. Curie. They found ours from my countries fell to
Page 4 and 5,
made short work of Prince Lvorato rent of £400 for the months of happiness in another child, and
Home football results. Pago. 5. then, ys Professor, Jaffe, "one and the Court revolutionary circle February and March. Five yours of the loveliest wilong in all the French, American, and Japanese ago his total catch was 300 salmon history of science came to, a tragic warships are due to visit Hong
Kong.
l'age' 5: su't which in hard cash end." Pierre Curio was killed in But to return once more to Eng-works out at 30s, a fish. Last year ped into his shoes as head of one a street accident, The widow step- land, it will be interesting to the fabil bag as 12, or £37 10s. of the most famous research in watch Sir CHARLES. TARVELYAN'S
per fish. And yet, such is the faith stitutes in the world. and hope of anglers, that bad sen. future movements, if he got on sons have little or no effret on with his political enreer.
As a rcati, Pacifist and a Free Trader, the Mosley schism must be loathsome to him, and he cani hardy return to Liberalism of today. He may find a spiritual home with Mr.. MAXTON and the wild men of Glas- gow, but he is an old dog to learn new tricks. Probably he will relire to his country meat and there Write a book, beguiling his spare moments with his favourite recrea- tions of shooting (a little odd for stender a conscience), walking and tricuspivl.
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HONG KONG, MARCH 5, 1931,
A SENSITIVE CONSCIENCE.
Cock-ighting.
I do not agree with the sugges tion that cockfighting has just
become the
most
The
fashionable illicit attraction of the West End" write a correspondent to a Lon- dom paper. It has never cased to be carried on, ond there is little that is actually fashionable about it, though I have known "main" attended by 13pter or two. principal devotee are, for the most part, the key-known, annle members of the racing set, sport- ing publicans, and a dash of the Stock Exchange Extraordinary socreer is, of course, preserved, and meetings are usually arrang ed at short notice, Cock-fighting is illegal, and ertel.
MR. RAMBAY MACDONALD has lost the only Harrovian in his Cabinet, The Rt. Hon. Sir CHARLES PHILIPS TREVELYAN, Bart, has resigned from bis post of Minister of Education because the Government, not only put up with the rejection of his Bill to raise the school-leaving age to sixteen, but is also prepared, to consider a general policy of economy and protection, instead Some time ago great hopea: wereed at the Apollo Theatre. May be
of exploring the alternativo of socialism in our time. Sir CHARLES PREP TREVELYAN, Bart., it will be -remembered, was Mr. Asquith's Under Secretary of State for Edu ention and resigned in August, 1914, ne protest against Great Britain declaring war on Germany [401 Sir CHARLES "appears, therefore, to have the resigning complex. He has not got it as virulently as Lord CARSON, for example, who was in and out of the Cabinet a bewilder
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Section 58 of the holiates Urdinance Hong Kong, 3rd Mar., 193 1887 (No. 2 of 1807) made an Order limiting the Time for squding to Claims to or against the above Kalite to thr 22ND DAY or MARCH. 1931.
Creditors and Claimants are hereby required to send their Claims to the Undersigned by the above Dato
Dated this and day of March, 1931.
P. H. LANG, Ocial Administrator.
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Latest Cables.
The agreement between Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India, and Gandhi is_confirmed.
Page 7. Senator Borah advises the United States Administration to recognise the Soviet Government. Page 7.
Consequent upon the retirement. of two Generals several promo tions are made in the British Army. Page 7.
At a dinner to the Legislative Yuns at Nanking, Chiang Kai Shek explained his dispute with Hy Han Min.
Page 7.
A number of well known people in England here received a com- munication in the form of a cyc Jostyled letter from one Thomas Gallacher, resident in Glasgow, in which he informs them that he is going to destroy the world by fire. Apparently he originaly intended to do this on May 3 last year, but there must have been some hitch in his arrangements, Iecause the event is now fixed for May 1 next. There may be some obscure connection between the choice of Labor Day and the fact that King Carol has bestowed thes the list of persons to whom this Gold Cross of the Order of Merit on the Prince of Wales in recogni. information has been sent are the names of nine Labour members andtion of the latter's cucouragement only three representatives of the to airmen."
Page 7. other parties. Among others who have been warned are the Binhep ning, the Government of Jemaien In order to scourage rum-run- of London (if not the Archbishop has decided to heavily tax liquor of Canterbury, why not the Bis
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hop of Birminham, who is interest-brought to. Jamaien, for tranship eu in scientific events 1), "the Holy Bent.
.:Page 7 See, Italy" and "Signor Musso- lini, Italy.These last two alone that acqulescence will be accorded It is generally believed in Japan represent foreign parte, and at the naval agreement, though as far least the President of the United States ought to be told. Is not Japan may make a reservation,
as submarine tonnage is concerned the Monroe Doctrine, involved !