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Mr. Loke You, C.M.G., LL.D., has recently sent Home £50 to be expended in the purchase of oi gråttes sad tubecca for wound- ed" soldiers at fire dierent hospitals in Sartez. We believe this is his third or fourth gift of a kimiler naturs,-- Malay Mail.
The Emperor 'Husan Tung..
Peking, January 26,—▲ re- sponsible rfficial of the Imperial Houre of Taching has stated that there is a
ramour about the Emperor Bsusotong going to the US, A. to further his studies, but thin is anfounded, a the Emperor is only 12 years of age and it is almost anthought of to send him abroad. Thas be absolutely denied the report.
Kwangtung and Oplum.
H.E. Chu Hing-lao, Civil Go- vernor of Kwanglang, is reported to have interceded in favour of the opium dealers in Canton. He bas telegraphed to P.king, sek. ing for one month's extension of time for the disposal of the large, stock of opium unsold there. The Government, in reply, peremp torily ordered him to probibit
ffectively the sale of all kinds of opiam in his province on and after the appointed day, that is, April 1 ucar:
A Tobacco Monopoly...
A movement has been started in South Kores to form a combine of all tobacco traders in order to compete in the Chiness market sad to stop underselling as a result of competition. The move. ment Las extended throughout the peninsula, centring at Fasan, Pians are now on foot to establish a tobacco company with a capital of Y1,000,000. A part of the sam is to be invested by capitalists of Tokio "and · Osaka. The main market to which the concern will tara for its eativities ie China. Local capitaliste are taking up the matter and a body of man may journey to Korea for Snal conferences, says the Japan Ad- Berliert.
President and Constitution. The Shunps reporte:-The President entertained Kao Chong-bein, the Minister for "Agriculture and Commerce, and Chang Yao-leeng. the Minister for Justice, as well as Wang Chia-liang, the speaker and Wang Cheng-ling, the depaty speaker of the Upper House re- spectively and 26 members of both Houses of the Parlia ment in the evening of Jan awy 28 and discussed about the measures to promulgate the Con- stilation for many hoare, The President has decided to ask the leaders of all the polical parties, altogether over thirty members, to have dinner with him at the Chojen Hall of the palace of the President at 5 p.m. on January 26 to enquire about the conferences of all the parties regarding the Constitution and to ask them to get the Con- etitation speedily concluded.
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Chaum⚫nkwan 4 Mosque Ter- The boxing skill of Jimmy Wilde bad its full reward in ha, race, from Balikpapın.
1. Chuantioachan Tionjuan St. contest with the Italian, Giuseppe from Manila. de Mell, who Came from hop Wong Seon Kee Milkshop America under the picturer que Market.St., from Kualalumpur. title of Youug Zala Kid to chall-Hosumyow Chop Sunhing enge for the world's fir-weight Kumjoohong, from Singapore.
Ishisaku c/o Nikkoyoka, from championship. The Welsh youth won in the eleventh round amid Keelung. a hurricane of blows which bell the crowded. Bolborn Stadiam in silence marvelling that the power of human nature could withstand the shock so long without giving in.
This contest will be remember- ed not so much because of the excellence of Wilde-many
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thought him hardly at his best bat because of the heroic resistance, of Zulu Kid. In the fine art and technique of boxing he was out- Hongkong, February 1, 1917. classed, bat he fought with most manly courage according to the plane he had evidently conceived to take him to victory.
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Less than one round must have told the Italian boy that the left| In a John Bull letter, Mr. hand of Wilde, rapping out blows Bottomley writes to Lord deadly in their precision, would Haldane: It is with more than prove his apdoing unless he could i arul satisfaction that I write you, sleer clear of them. How was for nothing is more certain than to be done? Not by atand opi that your influence, unseen, but boxing. But not until the seventh dangerous because so subtle, hes round did he realise that be muar been removed from the Ministry, go in and fight, risking blowe in from Sagabizen. So long as Lord Grey was at the his hard close-shaven head for the chat, from Hon.o., Foreign Offics, the nation could chance of getting in a selling his never be certain that your to the body. This was Zalu
Juihsiu Chluchunping, from Shanghai,
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foger was not dipping into Kid's beet round, and the only Hongkong, February 2, 1917. the pio of public affairs one he won, but for the next
Greatly superior as Wilde war,
and your enervating influence three he had far more of the
ffecting the destinies of the exchanges than previously. nation. It is said that you and Lord Grey keep house together. it was obvious that he was not too little more skilful and able to go comfortable under the changed on a little longer it is probable conditions, and for a time at least that the whole aspect of the enu- he tried to keep out of the harly-at would have changed. As it borly of his opponent's rusher. as the champion won by his
Whether it be true that you actually share with him the break fast roll of war bread, I know not. Bat this I do know that you share his thoughts and have too
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