GENERAL NEWS.
The "Great Day.”
To a Belgian woman who made, à declaration at Willesden Police Court in respect of a claim against the German Government. the magistrate observed, "I hope you will be successful on that) grest day when the Kaiser pays hindebte.”
Duration of 'War.. Elsiravili, Pa., Oct. 6-Ex-) President Taft believes Germany! in on her last legs and will be lacky if abs withstands the com- ing winter. So be told "perconŃ who attended a dinner party at the home of Attorney Sampel Miller here after he had lectured at ladiens on Thursday, it was learned to-day." The war will terminate within or at the end of. a year, Mr. Taft said. He departed early yesterday morning
for
Capso, O., where he was the principal speaker in the unveil. ing of the martyred President McKinlay
Wedding.
The first wedding in the New Walon Church of Hankow took pisca on October 31 when Miss J. P. Nelson of Taikang. Honan, and Dr. D. M. Gibson of Reifeng were married, the Rev. C. G. Sparbam officiating. The charch was prettily decorated for the occasion and a large number of friends were present. An old custom which prescribes that the first couple married in a new Church shall be presented with a Bible as observed by the mini- ster who gave the happy couple
a heideome volume in the name of the Church.
Priest's Bravery.
Father Williams, a 'Roman Catholic priest, and a lock-keeper named Basson were commended „by s Coroner's jory at Chertsey "for the promptitude they display. ad in rescuing four boys in con nection with the punting disaster at Chertsey Weir, when zghoomaster and three boys were drowned. The body of one of the boys has not yet been found.
The jury returned a verdict of
"Death from misadventure" in
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War Bread la New York. New York, Oct. 6.-War bread hse mide its bow to New York oity, Already it has been subati- tated, experimentally, for wheat) The "last will and testament” bread in the larger hotels of the which the British private fre city, and it is believed the anently writes into the little army inpuration of bread made of "pay book" which he carries with opres other than’wheat will win him, wherever he goes is an in the public over and establish the|teresting study. Wille made fact that this staple is not so in the trenches аго legal ázdnary to the sustenssca of without witnesser, and the life sé is generally expposed. soldier's signature Za The first experiment of regrind- that is required by the courts. ing bread ́arnats...into a four Even if the signature în lacking, - provid mozaccessful because of the will may still be accepted it the expense of reconverting the there is evidence as to the hand. Hongkong, Nov. 9, 1917. product into a flour of powdered writing or intention · of the form, but this obstrɑle has been testator. The War Office suthori largely overcome and it is ties make every effort to carry out animated that the larger hotels the soldier's wisher, however oisily recover a barrel of flour a crudely they are expressed or day in this manner. ....
however fantastic they may bá, v Standard Oil Co. Loses Suit. " Many of these trench will have New York, Oct. 6.—Latigation Tommy Atkins's characteristic began by the Standard Oil Com. tonoh of humour. Some are in pany to recover a franchies tax of dialect, some in phonetic spelling. $60,000 imposed by the State Beveral Lave been in ciphere Tax Commissior, on the ground which have taxed the War Office who found it, and he soon after- that it was exempt under the law experts to solve., Ocomsionally wards received notification that because it had more than 30 par they leave purely imaginary the tidy bit," which turned out ount. of its capini sock invested possesions to inctitations ar to be a substantial sum of monty, in this Safe, has failed. A decis fictitions persons. Here is a will had been deposited to his sccount. ion by the Appelinte Divison of in rhyme which was written Still another will in rhyme was the Third Department affirms while the soldier was on dety at the decision of the commission. "listening pot" in No Man's The corporation, the opinion says. Land:
for three days without food or aar authorised capital stock of I haven't a sweetheart, I haven't water, and probably without $75,600,000 all of which is out- s mother,
The Great Northern Telegraph Company, Ltd. Shohingtjhoen, Great Eastern Hotel, from Amoy..
Shingkes, from Tientsia. Shunyick, from Kobe.
· T. KRING, Act, Superintendent. Hongkong, Nov. 9, 1917.
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HOTEL MANSIONS.
written by a private who had HONGKONG & CHINA GAS been out eff from his comrades
sleep, for the greater part of that
standing. Doring the year ended I've only one sister, not even a time, antit the greatest desire în October 31, 1915, the company
brother;
paid 8 per ceas, dividende upon My sister Suku is all I've got this cock. In the following May, So of ought that's mine she cap after an investigation; the com. have the lot. mission decided that the company
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life seemed to him to be to get a big drink. It was a followe; III'm knocked out ballet or bomb
When over top we go,
& gallon of beer I leave to Tom Another to squint-eyed Joe,
soldier's thirst
Through days and nights of
woe; Give my dad the rest-but if I
go West
This will want through the did not bave 40 per cent. of ite courte without question, despite capiul stock employed in manu-ite unueast form. Another will We've borne the worst of a facturing within the State and in rhyme, leaving the money to thereupon fixed the tax. The com- the "first comer," is the following: pany fled with the commission Whoever first sete syes on this Tacions statements which quest- ioned the sccuracy of the tax. These statements abowed that the total groen mesals of the company during 1915, after allowing for depreciation, were $104 348,794. .78. Of this amount, $41,797,650,- -28 wis employed within the State -and #62,651,114.62 elsewhere.
Gate everything I lervo, For my kith and kin are deed
and gone,
And I've not a friend tol
grieve,"
There's a drink for Tom sed
Joa.
There was some difficulty in There's tidy bit in the bank you'll carrying out this bequest, owing
fico,
to the fact that half the men io And my army pay, though the company claimed to have been
email.
Of the amount employed with the So stranger, breathe oue sigh for the testator, and the whole entste
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other than the company,
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unique opro tunity for sechzing rare Men are impersonating the articles al bargain prices.
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HONGKONG.. GEORGE CURRY.
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called "Tom" and "Joe" by was finally turned over to the No. father, it being left to him to This will was forwarded to carry out the two, gallops, England by the young sergeant plause" an he should see fit.
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