GENERAL NEWS,
Umbrella Peril. While crossing the road in a heavy rainstorm, with herum- brella obscuring her sight Mrs. Lucy Lyster, wife of Dr. Lyaler, of Great Baddon, was knocked down by a motor-car and killed. The or contained Mr. R. P. Pringle, the Board of Agriculture's Executive Officer for Essex.
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Mr. C. A. Bowera. Mr. O, A. Rowera, who left Shangbai on May 13 to go home to offer.his services to the British Government, haa been granted a Commission as End-Lieutenant, and is now serving in France. He is a Shanghai born" boy, having been educated at the Pablic and French Schools and finished his education at the Diocesan School in Hongkong,
High Prices for Best-Quality"
- Teas,
At the fadian Tes Bilés in Loadon recently high prices were again paid for the best qualities in the "D" class, "the prices of which are unrestricted. For a small quantity of fine Tars tos sE much as 24.31. a pound was paid, to which the duty of ls. a pound and the distribating charges have to be added before the ten reaches the consumer, For the poorer- grade leaf teas the demand, was vay q'rict, and some were with- drawn from the sole.
Captain Palk.
Capt. Palk, Lancashire Fasi- liers, who was with Mesare, Whitesway, Laidlaw & Co. in Shanghai, writes that he is now! stationed at Hornses in charge off the musketry camp. He has bad two "trips" to Frases and is now en light daty after being wound- ed. The wounda appear to have healed satisfactorily, but Capt Palk is afraid that he will be permanently deaf in ons eur. He has been awarded the Military. Croar, being decorated at Buck ingham Palace by the King on June, 20.
Aerial Commerce.
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After the war there will be many thousands of aeroplanes | available for commercial age, particularly e mail carriers. Regular sero" mail routes already in operation in various | parts of the world, notably that of the Italian portal department between the mainland of the pedincula and the island of Sar- diais, and between Niples and Palermo, Soily. It is also pro- posed to carry mail by aeroplane between Rome and Turis. From nature's postmar, the carrier pigeor, to men's engine perfectet by war, is a long cry, but the emparison comes naturally.
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Poassic, Professor in the Uni-asset not an expense. versity of Ghent, as Lecturer in Ssnekrit and Tibetao. He will tske op his new duties on the re-opening of the school on. October 1, 1917. The Senate of tbs Uaiversity of London has cauferred University titles en members of the staff of the schcot us follows:-Professor of Persian on the Director (Dr. E. Danison Rose); Reader in Tamil and Telaga on Mr. B. W. Frezer; and Reader in Swahili and the Banta Languages on Miss Alice Werner. The Senate has also instituted a Univeraily Readership in Malay at the school and has appointed Mr, 0, O. Blagden to the reader- ebir.
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Tas silway companies and th polics, enye the Times, enpplie their full quots to the 500,000 men asked for by the War Offi by the end of July.
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At the Newmarket Bloodstock Japan's Subsidiary Colnage, #les the three-year-old colt St. Daring the last few months, Qain, by St. Frasquin-Rabre, says the Japan Chronicle, there the joint property of Major have been growing complainta Evelyn and Captain Anthony de among the factories and shop-Rothschild, was sold to Captain keepera sw to the shortage of sub L. S. Montegn for 1,050 guiness, aidiary coine, although it is said The same owners two-year-old that something like Y5,000,000 colt Sweno, by Swyaford-Venus, PERSONS ORDINANCE 1916. worth of silver money her been was bought by Mr. J. A. de minted during the last 12 months. | Rotbrabild for 510 zuiarar.
Not only has the stringency of the market not been relievod in the least, but the four city is severer fbag ever. It in mentioned that the monthly ictal of wages paid to the wo kmen by Abe Kawasaki Dockyard' roughly #monsta to Y800.000 the Mit- dabishi Dookyard Y.180,000, the Kenegalochi Spioning
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