GENERAL NEWS.
Alleged Spy Arrested.
The Press Bureau issued the following recently.-A ̈Norwe giad subject of the name of Alfred Hago has been arrested in London on a charge of espionage on behalf of Germany. The casE ie looked upon as one of grave importance, and will be deals with by general court-martial,
Yon. Bode's New Find.
The Lokalanseiger sunopucar that a real Rembrandt has been. discoved in an attic in one of the Kaiser's palaces in Berlin. It is now admitted that the picture has been exhibited at the Hohenzɔl- lern Museum, Berlin. It representa the portrait of a man and has been identified sa genuine by the well-toowa von Bade, the Flore bust expert.
Co-Operators £7.500,000
Savings,
Daring the war, it was staled at a Co-operative Confer-scé held at Leman Street, E. £5,000,000 in in capital had been absorbed through higher prices in steck-in trade and £5,000,000 in war loans. The excess profite hed accounted for another $1,000,000, bat. higher wages bad resulted in the saving by co-operators of £7 500,- 000 during 1915-16, which was testimony to their thrift.
"Bllad Widow Beats War Office. In order to unil attention in her cses the landlord of Mrs. Tatfield, a blind widow, summoned her at Bloomsbury County Court for arrears of rent. It was then' etated that the authorities had called to the Army her remaining Eon, who supported her and two daughters, and bad ignored her appeals for an allowance. The War Office has now forwarded the money doe-£10, and, in addition, Mrs. Ta field is 'receiv- ing a weekly allowance from the registrar out of about £30 aubscribed by armpathisers.
-Thief's Message to Vicům. A reward of $25 has been offered by Frederick Gagenheia „Gregory (a young men of German parentage, against whose cod- tinued employment at Cheshunt research station the local arban council bave protested to the Government) for the recovery of personal and other documents of which he has been robbed. The papera were abstracted from Gre gory's office and in their pisos the ¦¦ thief left the following merasge: "Hop it, my Haa kamarad! Hop it, or I'li picol some more of your blooming papera."
Where Tea is 365. LB. Extracts from lewere written by prisoners of war to whom gifte bed been sent were, read by || Lady Henderson at the annuel mesting of the Royal Flying Corpe Aid Committee. An officer who is a prisoner in Turkey mentioned that tea bow cost 184
b. in Constantinople, la epite of the difficultise of transport. the committee had arranged to send goode 10 27 officers and seven man who were captured st Kot.
Mr. Prothero-Optimist. "I am a sanguine person, and
I am not ashamed of being an
optimist, for optimism means faith
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1917.
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B+ PORN optimist enough to believe that the farmere and gardeners of this conutry were alive to the grost part they were going to play in this world étruggle.
Duchess of Albany's Claim, The Duchess of Albany's claim for £9,179 in respect of timber oa Faber Cammon, requisitioned
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under Bathority of the Army THE ORDINARY HALF Conncil, has been decided by the YEARLY MEETING OF War Losses Commission. Axcep- SHAREHOLDERS will be held ting "a somewhat generous view" at the Company's Hotel on September, ⚫ of the applicant's direct loss, the SATURDAY, Jet
Commission has awarded £2,204 1917, at 12.15 PM. for the pur
pose of receiving a statement of 158. in full settlement of all Accounts of the Company, to The claims other than those for actual 30th June, 1917, with the report damage done to the premises in re of the Directora and to discuE moving the trees, The Clare-any matter that may be com mont Estate was purchased by 'petently brought before the Queen Victoris, and was sealed Meeting.
Breadth 23 feet 5 inches. Depth 8 feet. Nott Tonnage 176. Cross Tennage 294.
The above vissel is moored off Cement Works, Honam (Canton) and is now on view.
by ber Majsely on the late Dake. The TRANSFERBOOKS of the of Albany on his marriage. The Company will be CLOSED from duchess is now tenant for life in 25th August, 1917, to is: Septem-the possession. for son the present ber, 1917, both days inclusive, Dake of Bize Cobarg Goths, an alien ́enemy, is entitled toʻthe By order of the Board. remainder in fer-aimple, and no „sward' could be made which would benefit bim. Under the seitlement the tenant is astitled to our and sell certain timber,
J. H. TAGGART, Manager and Secretary, Hongkong. 20th August, 1917.
Terms: Cash and the steamer to be at purchaser's risk on fall of hammer.
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