GENERAL NEWS.
Returned to Shanghai Mr. W. Ballard, Manager of the Eastern Extension Telegraphs.in Shanghai, has returned to Shang hi from England.
Well-Krowa Trainer Released
from Ruhlebea... The Berliner Tageblatt state that the English racehorse trainer) G. Wiltshire, has teen released from the internment camp et Bahlebea.
£650 For 1 Leg.
The disastrous conclusion to, a first ride in a moter sidecar was revealed by an action for damages !
by Mr. J. Turner Gardner,
cashier Bank,
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Londas, in the King'a Bench recently. Last February he bought the machine secondhand for £45, bat being unwilling to drive in through the Lendon traffic to his home at Harrow, the firm directed an employee to drive him bome. Io Albeopetreet å ccl- lision exerred with a taxicab, by which Mr. Gardner' was.ed mach injured that he had to have aleg ampatated. The jury found that the accident was caused by the defendant's servant's neg genes, and gave the plaintif £850 damages.
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Big Storm in Japao. A great storm wept over Japan Lord Curzon's Statue. on Febranty 28 nad husdie is of Calca, February 16-Lord
fishermen tre missing. Japanese | Carmichael to-day unveiled destroyers were despatched iz Belvedere, the status of Lordsearch of 655 men on 97 craft Street Carzon, given by Six Prabbas missing from Udawara and Ködzo, banker Pattani to the Victoria. Memorial. The concr, who invited His Excellency to unveil the
- Lloyd's Register of Yachts.
1be members of the Committee
state, said the great work of Lord of Loya's Bciety of Shipping Carzon was that be made Indians give notice that in consequence thinks. He ared a healthy of the war, they have decided that impatience with every form of the anal ancusi edition of the slovenly work andstagnant policy. Society's Register of Yachts will Even the controversies which hienot be published this year- policy sometimse aroused, bid Mr. Ashmead Bartlett in Sydney. quickened, the thought and life of the people. Lord Carmichael, in the course of the speech, said Lord Uurzon, as much as any English man and dcre than most, believed that in the drawing closer of the two races in India, and in their joint work, lay the certainly of a glorious future for the intry. Interned Merchaats and Seamed. In reply to verbal inquiries, the Imperial Merchant Service Gaild is informed by the Foreign Ofice
Sydney, Feb. 12-M..Asumead Bartlett, the well-known war cur- reepondent, arrived at Sydney by the EMS. Niagara last evening. He was entertained by the B- turned Soldiers' Association 9: 2 | dinner a: Batmann's Cafe,-asco after he landed. Mr.. W. Bros, president of the ascociation, pro- sided, and proposed the health of their guest. Ia response, Mr. Ashmead Bandes delivered as eloquent speech, and was heartily chesred when he sat dars. He
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NOTICE OF REMOVAL We have this day removed our offices and Show-rooms from the First Floor to the Second Floor of 10, Des Voeux Road Central Rchinson Piano (Above the Company).
MOW FUNG & CO. Fongkong, 1st March, 1916.
that, according to s telegram is a Suent speaker, and a man of received from the United States strong personality. During the Ambassador at Constantinople, each prisoner of war in Tarker is evening he was presented with a permitted to receive only one kilo. group photograph of the officers of the Returned Soldiers' Asso of tobacco monthly free of daty; ciation. a kilo., roughly speaking, is a little over to ponade. Supple-A Chinese ia Trouble in Sydney. Thomas Lee, a Chinese, was menting farther enbstantial par. cels which are constantly being charged at Sydney recently with forwarded to each interned mer maliciously damaging crockery chant captain and officer invalued at £1, the property of Germany,
arrangements have Mabel Lawson. It was stated that been made to forward regularly the police fcand the accused to each of them parcels containing engaged in a hot argument with five large loaves of bread. This is the prosecatrix in her shop, & specially prepared, and according restaurant in Marke: street, the to advices from the interned subject being the payment of captains and officers from the wages to him as cook On being Bahleben Camp it has arrived in told to leave, he grabbed the cloth splendid condition-in fact is far on a table, with the result that. Lee the best that has sa yet reached the crockery was broken. the camp. Journal of Commerce said the crockery was broken British Baedekers-New Guide through the coretable bumping him against the table when taking Book Project. The publication of a series of him out. The accused was fined pay 209. guide-booke to take the place of 54 sad ordered to the retowned Baedekers, which, damage, with the alternative of after the war, are not likely to be 14 days' hard labour.
New Zealand Presentation to popular in the countries of the Allies or of sympathetic neutrala,
Japanese Captain. A very interesting work of art is being arranged by a private company, of which Mr. Findlay was carried out in Londen re- Muirhead will be managing direct cently to the order of the first tor and editar. Mr. Mairhead party of New Zealand soldiers and his brother, Dr. J. F. Mair convoyed to Egypt. Thisiss silver head, were for 30 years Mr.replica of an old Maori war Baedeker's English co-editore, canoe, with the tail and head and were responsible for the pieces and fall Maori decoration. volume dealing with the United The canoe standa on two blocks Kingdom. The company will be of greenstone, the base being Inown es
"Muirhead Guide formed of a fine piece of New
and Books (Limited),”
the Zealand black maire wood. It is a publisher will be Macmillan and present to the Japanese captain OFF Ally's Co. (Limited). Mr. Muirhead has in command of acquired the goodwill of Murray's warebip Ibuki, which helped the first party Continental handbooks and Mac-to millan's guides, which will fe- of New Zealanders to Egypt By move two formidable competitors. request of his Majesty the King, The new books will be in English this model was sent to Backing- and French only, and the scheme ham Palace for his inspection, includes at present, apart from and he has expressed great appre-
The Accumulative Funds of the var- the Continental countries, com-ciation of and interest in the So pleased ware prehensive guide-books of Eng. model canoe.
and by Act of Parliament, are set aside. land, Scotland, and Ireland, they with the courtesy and kind-lous Branches are separately invested nees of the captain, that they to meet the claims under the respective done separately:
decided to give him and his Departments of the Company's business. officers and men a memento of
TSANG FOOK. the occasion, and a considerable
convoy
you here lost your appetite sum of money was collected in one of the big variety of small amounts, every man of the dainty dishes at the ALEXAN-expedition contributing. DRA GAFF 48 sure to tempt not of Commerce.
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DECEMBER, 1914) £25,970,367 I-Authoritized Capital-56,000,000 Subcribed Capital 4,500,000
£2,437,500 3,837.047 Life and Annuity Funds 17,557,590
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