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The Chinese National Flag, An upconfirmed ***. that the Office of the Generalis- simo proposes to change the nasional flag: (1) The national Bag to be in three colours, while, black and red, (2) the military flag to be red with three yellow lines on the top.
Two Motor Mishaps in Manila.
While driving along Cille Rer- ran, Manila, the other day, Mr. Charles B. Saill met with an accident to his motor-car, The steering gear wont wrong and osused the machine to swerve to the side and strike a stone wall, much to the detriment of the maobina but without hurting the occupants of the car. Another accident happened in the same street on the same day, resulting in a Filipino boy getting knocked down by a passing car but with- out serious injuries. He stepped from a car and was hit by the vehicle as it passed. le was struck by the radiator and thrown into the street. At the hospital it was found, says the Cablenews, that his injuries were not serious. European Injured in F.M.S. Mr. A. Wilson, Eropean engine driver on the F.M.S. Railways, was seriously injured when taking the 4.43 train from Tanjong Malim to Kuala Lumpur last week. According to the Malay Mail, he had just drawn out of Kerling station and when near a bridge 300 yards from the station Was seen by his fireman to dis. appear from the cab. The fire- man atated that he believed the driver struck bis head on the side
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seemed like a schoolboy as he ran up our gangway and jumped on desk and met onr captain, laugh- ing and talking all the while. It was pretty evident that the Ger- man High Sena Fleet was not THE HONGKONG LAND INTOL
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As I told you, I'm on a search- of the "bridge, but this is con From 2. H. Smith, an A.B.onlight at night. When the orew sidered to be an impossibility. (H.M.S. Conqueror:-
which is off duty turn in, they The engine was at once stopped. We are all looking forward to sling their hammocks near their and Mr. Wilson picked up in a Christmas, and there is a pro-light in a place which is all iron; unconscious condition. He was spect of a good time, for a good iron under foot and iron above, taken on the train to Kuala Kaba, many things have already come with open gaps at the side, and where he was at once admitted to on board. I thick the onlookers entirely open at one end. When the hospital and operated upon in London are going to help as big ceas are running, the men in Where we shall their hammocks on the weather for severe injuries to the head. all they can. His condition has been critical, spend, Christmas, of course, no side are sometimes washed clean but hopes are now entertained body knows. We may spend it out, by a ses coming up and that he may pall through. at aes or at anobor; if so we shall lover, into the water on the iron
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'Tibet.
One "spam" a few weeks ago
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K. Thaw has been brought here we commenced at five o'clock on I commenced this letter, and ap from New Hampshire and is now the Saturday evening and finished we are at sea, steaming through in the Tombs.
at 2.30 on the Sunday morning, gales and tremendous seas. This and it rained all the time. Officers morning a big sea came across According to the Shun Pao, the and men alike were wot to the
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Prosperous Manila
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Talegraph." *Did I ever tell you of the MATHESON & Co., Ltd, padding we made when we were in notion in the last place? Some- body discovered some flour, and as we know we had plenty of sust and jam we thought we would have a duff. At the last!
over the amount collected during The decks now are always run-minute we found we had no cloth the same period last year. The ning with water, but we are well to boil it in. We searched round fures for the first 24 days in prepared: We all wear ses-boots for some time, but could find January 1914 were P. 728,500 57.
up to our knees, and the Ad-nothing but an old pair of pants. During the same period this miralty winter clothing has been Well, the padding was boiled in mouth the collections totalled served out, and a fine lot it is, a cloth made from there, and P. 789,002.23. These figures are The Balaclava cap we have is turned on a great success. Every- only for the port of Manila, but more like a poacher's or bargee's one that tasted it said that it the customs collector states that cap, made of blas frieze cloth. couldn't be better if it had been he expects to show a substantial Each man, 100, wears a lifebelt boiled in the best of clothe. gain for the other ports when the round his neck all day, and at From Ganner J. Griggs, of the figures for the firet zmonth of the night he hangs it up on his 9th Battery, in a letter to bis year come in,
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Fame of T. Battery The belt is a rubber bladder, Myself and two chums have, sian Minister at Bangkok, La like a football, and has a value a small barn, and have made it a suffered a heavy loss in the death like that of a pneumatic tyre. It bit comfortable with straw and of his eldest son, who has died will keep a man up in the water, sacks to keep out the wind. So we from the effects of wounds recely and give time for the boats of mean to be comfortable if we are ed while serving under bis the other ships to pick him up. here at Christmas. You would country's flag. The bereaved,
We are all feeling the mono' laugh to see me making a jam father received a telegram stating tony of this ceaseless vigil, and pudding with biscuits, those hard that Lient. Globe de Plincon, if the enemy would only come ones. They are fine, but awfully second in command of a torpedo out, we would make up for it, heavy. But you know they fill boat crusing in the Black Sea, had succumbed to his wounds, you bet. Every now and again up a big hole. The King came we do get a slight flutter; things and inspected ne on the 2ad. Lient de Plancau was only twenty five years of age. Be happen here at times which will The brigade was in fields by the come to Bangkok at the time of only be heard at the end of the read, and the King walked right Eastern Extension Australasia
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There are heaps of incidents It sounded fine in the still air, Siam, se A.D.C. to the Grand here, though people in London louder than a German coslbox. Dako Boris Vladimiroyitoh,
What is the Grand' If the Germans had hoard our may ask, Tia Mining Industry in F.M. Fleet doing besides keeping up cheering they would have won Ipob, January 20.Satisfactory the blockade ?" They will know dered what was coming off. On tin prices have brought about an when the war is over.
the 4th General French came appreciable improvement in the Admiral Jellicae Smiling
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