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Mr. Will Godwin's Death.
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Reports on the Shanghai Volunteers..
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Mr Will Godwin, who was so well-known in Bombay, died of
The report of General C. A. double pneumonia on April 25, Anderson, Commanding the Bri at St. George's Hospital. Mr. tieh Troops in South China, on
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Will Godwin was the oldest the recent inspection of the variety artiste travelling in the Shanghai Volunteers, though East and made a name for him- complimenting the mon on their Golf when he wrote those two readiness, does not, says the songs, "The Miner's Dream of "China Press," hide the defects Home" and "If those Lips could which were so plainly noticeable
at the review. The General sage: only Speak." Japanese In Trouble in London. confirme me in the good opinion "My Inspection of the Corps. A Japanese bank clerk, named which I formed of their utility in Takashi Yoshitom, was charged April, 1911. The smooth manuar recently at Lambeth with unlaw-
in which the different nationalities 'CRAIG RYRIE, No. 4, the fully presenting a loaded revolver
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After dealing with matters of storage of aminunition, etc, the General goes on to say:- I would draw the attention of the "There are two points to which Municipality:-
"First: that sight should not be lost of the Artillery. The time is not a very propitious one to again raise the question, but while guas are maintained as part them is pressary in order to of the Corps, annual practice from maintain ellicicacy.
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Hongkong, May 1st, 1913.
At sabool he was a first-class cricketer, a football champion and the work of Olive Christian he was idolised. Later we see Those who are acquainted with a wonderful oareman; at the bank Mackirdy will be a little dis- bim in the role of a literary Love's Soldier" (Mesars Cassell becomes the talk of Americs and appointed with her latest novel, genina, whose one and only book and Company, Ltd.) The same Britain; and one is quite pre- "Secondly: the question of bright and lacid, style is apparent.pated for what follows how he the doubtful safety of the Rifle but the tale is rather long drawn becomes the President of the Range. This matter is accentu-out and is too fall of the trivial Bank, saves it from ruin in the ated by the fact that the now road ities of life firmly to grip the nick of time becomes the con behind the butts in prolongation love story, developing no ear-tor, is able by his influence to to the Chinese Race Course rung reader. It is quite a conventional fidant of the British Prime Minis of the direction of fire from the prises and never leaving the prevent the Government from Political Temper in Szechuan.
Chengtu, May 15.-The politi-range at the targets.
render in doubt as to how it will tottering to its fall, has a Cabinet cal situation continues strained.
"It appears to me that the face
all end. We are introduced to position pressed upon him by of the butt might with advantage the hero of the tale, Robert Hayes, His Majesty, and eventually is An extra of a local newspaper publishes what is purported to be be built on to, so that it may rise a Shanghai telegram stating that at the steepest elope at which the promising young Scottish honoured with a Dukedom, All banker, who on the impulse of the others are such goody-goody since Yuan Shih-kai has assassinat earth will stand from a point close the moment befriende one of personages, too, save the Earl of oil Sung Chino-jen (sic) and to the back of the target galleries London's little outcast girls, Forrest, Robert's cousin, who is signed the Quintuple loan with-instead of rising as it at present whom he takes from the street the villian of the story, and, as out referring it to Parliament, he does from a considerable distance and finds her a home in his lonely all villains should be, is a leath is unworthy to be President, and behind them. As the battis con bachelor quarters. therefore Parliament has appoint-tructed of soft earth only I do
High Collars and Headache.
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distance. Such a thickening of A well-known Viennese doctor the butt would give a possibility towards the latter boldly to de- has any absorbing idea to pre- which the former has always felt be claimed for this book that It quite accidentally discovered that of basing an upright wall on top clare itself, and eventually, of sont; but all the same it will high collars produce nervous
of the butt, the materially in- headaches among both men and creasing its hoight and thereby course, after the surmounting of prove quite a readable volume to He noticed that all his its efficiency as a stop bult against summation in a happy marriage. to every story and who do not many obstacles, to have its con- thoss who like a happy ending patients who were troubled with ripochets. The question, howAll the characters, though clear-mind how frequently an author headache and giddiness wore a ever, ia one requiring considera high and rather tight collar, tion by experts in the construc- cut, are much over drawn. Robert, manufactures impossible situat
for instance, excels in every ions so long as the continuity of which compressed the neck; tion of Rongos and I would when this was removed and not advise, as already communicated thing to which he puts his hands. I the tale in preserved.
me to the Chairman worn for some days, the headache by
Municipality, the disappeared. It is just the same of the with women who wear high collar plane, sections and elevations bones, or stiff neck-bands, or the to scalo be sent to the Com- high linen collar; if they are mandant, School of Muskstry, troubled with giddiness and at Hythe, with a full statement headaches, they will probably of the local conditions and the gain immediate relief by ohang- impossibility of getting a natur- ing to a lower and easier-fitting ally safe range at Shanghai ow- ing to the fact that the very Bombay and Cocaine: ̧ ́ level nature of land forbida The Bombay Government write the acquirement of a safety as follows about the cocaine ares in rear of the butte, traffic:-There is no evidence as and that he be asked to advise as yet that the change in the law to the steps to be taken in the has put a check on the operations matter. The technical knowledge of the illicit importers. The of the Commandant, Shanghai cocaine habit appears to be ex- Volunteer Corps, should be utiliz- tending, and unless concerted ed in preparing the forwarding measures are taken to cut off the letter. In the meantime shooting supply of the drug at its source on the range must be governed by in Europe, it is not possible for the strictest rules, and on no ac- the preventive staff in Bombay count should any firing take
epllar.
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