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StagsporeTM Mortality Réturus.
The mortality returns for the week ending January 15 abowed a total of 178 deaths giving a mortality rate 26.49. There were two European deaths recorded. Twelve deaths were due to malarial fever, 29 to phthisis, 13 to pneumonia, 9 to beri beri.
Chinese Charged at Liverpool.
Chan Chun-lee, manager of a Chinese grocery shop, was com→ mitted for trial at Liverpool on December 13 charged with at- tempting to bribe police officers in connection with an alleged shebeening prosecution. It was stated that he offered a detective s cheque for $100. Bail of £100 was allowed.
Hexy Storm lo. Hawall San Francisco, January 20.- A fierce storm has swept over southern California and the Hawaiian islands. At San Diego the damage · is estimated at $1,000,000 G. and thousands of people have been rendered home-
In Hawaii, including Honolulu, 20 were killed by the storm. The damage will amount to $1,000,000 G.-Vanila Bulletin The Swinging Festival la Bangkok.
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Large crowds gathered to wit- nesa the Swinging. Ceremony! yesterday afternoon at the square at San Ching Chs says the Stam Weekly Mail of January 17. The procession was quite picturesque and a feature of it this year was the number of decorated motor
Culpable Homicide. cars some of which were sent by European firma in Bangkok. Th. Lam Fob, a Cantonese who was-- procession besides contained convicted at Singapore recently figures of elephants, "dragone, ■ of colpable bomicide rotamount car converted into a submarine ing to murder has been sentenc and various other representations ed to one year's rigorous im Earl Kitchener--A Silly Rumour.prisonment.
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London. Dec. 17-It was cfficial Planter's Wedding at Colombo. ly announced to-night by the pri- A quiet but pretty wedding Fate secretary to Earl Kitchener, took place in Colombo on Decem- British Secretary for War, that ber 7 when Mr. Heary L. Daly.
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Dalhi, Dec. 22.-An experi- four men killed and one wounded. drowned, attorneys for the linement is being tried by the Delhi When Rear-Admiral Sir David announced bere to-day. Of this Hunicipality to guarantee a scp- Beatty's report is received a amcunt approximately £100,000 ply of pure milk. The Govern- faller accust-of the action will would be distributed
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grazing ground and sent in locked torpedoed the German cruiser Experiments have been made receptacles for sale in special by the United States Bureau of marketa-woneer. Standarda to develop a method American Children to Help War for accelerating the hardening öf concreté, in order that the mala- rial might be used in revelment work in place of the willow mata
Gazelle of the Island of Ragen {eituated in the Baltic, one mile from the Pomeranian coast). The cruiser" managed, however, to reach Ssenitz (one of the ports An appeal to the 250,000 of the island). The amount of public school children in Phil damage is unknown
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On the La Bassee road at bareas finds that 4 per cent, offering in the European war zone Bethune the dead bodies of six calcium chloride added to the 8 sent out recently by the local German officers and four hundred mizing water increases the Superintendent of schools: "The men were picked up. The total strength of the concrete at the Emergency Aid Committee, at German losses are therefore st
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