Over 500 ladies and gentlemen were present at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition which was held at the Headquarters of the Hoog Kong Buddhist Association, at Lee-
Hill, Gardens, Jardine
yesterday
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Literary societies are making
Reports of cases at the Magis- Around tentative negotiations for a site tracies are given. under at the Temple on which it is pro- the Courts on posed to erect a memorial to`mark j'
CHARLES LAMB MEMORIAL
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the centenary of Charles Lamb's China Fleet movements appear "Page 6 death, which falls on December l'on 27 of this year. No more appro- been priate place could have
Training Times at Happy Val- selected. for many times the ley yesterday will be found on
Page 10 plainstares of "the most elegant spot in the Metropolis"-Lamb's own description of the Temple-
In the "Echoes for 1861" will be re-echoed his tread. It was from found particulars of the race pro- *Page. 6 the cloistral calm of this oasis in gramme for that year. the "commercial heart of London that he obtained his first glimpses of daylight, and here he spent his boyhood, and early manhood. After his parents' death he re- turned to the place of his birth and set up house with his sister.
Home Cricket results are given. on Although he resided in other dis-
Page 11 tricts subsequently, Lamb found recreation and happiness in his
Records were swept away at the declining rears by meandering Olympics yesterday. A special within the gates of the Temple. I cabled report appears on this page. understand that the memorial is See also news reports by Manila likely to take the form of a seated Bulletin on
The Criminal Session commenced yesterday and among the convic- tions was that of Mrs. Polson's a5- sailant who was sentenced to sey- en years' hard labour. Page 11
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