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Salary for Leeds Lord Mayor.
The Labour Party in Leeds will st the next meeting of the City Council propos that a salary of $1,500 shall be paid to the holder of the office of Lord Mayor, A few years ago the. Consoil voted such a salary, but after twelve month's experience reversed its decision.
Dake and Volunteers. The Duke of Connaught in. spected troope, including Volunt ears, in Edinburgh recently, Lord Rosebery sad the Seore- tary for Bootlind being among the spectaton. The Dake Connaught hoped the Volunt sery would all soon be in mois form, but he supposed the Eng. lish Eastern counties would be served first.
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A Good Sign. Loede Manicipal Secondary schools are overcrowded and the congestion is so acute that a wait- ing list has been opened. Tha education authoritise believe this atate of things to be due to the exceptional prosperity of the working olses and their ap preciation of the importance of bigher education for their children after the wBI,
Shanghal Golf.
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Mrs. John Hapa boled her tee shot at the ninth hole at Kiang- wan. We believe that this is the first time a lady has performed the fast, although it has been done by men. Captain E. I. H, Barrett won the Captain's Cap of the Shanghai Golf Club, at Kiangwan, In order to win this trophy s player bas to win a monthly oup and all his matches in the play- oL~N, O. Daly News.
Hangchow News.
The Hangobow correspondent. of the N. C. Daily News writes: The Chinese officials, merchants, priests and schools are making a big effort to raise money for the distressed through the floods at Tientsin, etc. A big chrysanthe mum show is being held on the Emperor's Island, and is daily visited by several thousand people, and it is hoped through the show and other sideshowS LO collect at least 810,000 and for- ward it to the Relief Committee. The race week visitors to Hang- chow have been favoured with lovely weather this year, and have enjoyed their stay at the lakeside immensely.
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a language which is understood throughout the longth and breadth of Indis, and in spoken, though seldom correctly, by thousands of English men and women daily during their sojourn in that country, should so rarely be an object of serious study outside the small band of those who seek for reward. It ie- & rich language and is capable of expressing the most varied shades of meaning.
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Reducing Infant Death-Rate, has just issued what in normal Lady Jellicoe, supported by times would have have been the Lady Boxburgh, Mrs. Lessing,
The proper time for those who and Mr. E. A. Strause, M.P., first number of opened the St. George's Welfare Bulletin, says the Oberoer Sep. are going to the East to begin to Centre, Southwark, recently. She tember 29. It is a publication whilst they are at home and have atudy the Eastern languages is said that it was in such times sa which is likely to attract a good
B greater these, when statistics showed that deal of attention on sooount of the study than the first year or
opportunity it was more dangerous to be a quality of its articles. Amongst two of residence in a strange baby in this country than a soldier other features it containe country is likely to afford them. in the trenches, and when babies portant contribution on Chinese It is, in fact, the first aim of the died through lack of knowledge poetry,game of the earliest Chinese school adequately to equip the on the part of the mothers not poems being here translated for men and women whosre taking ap through Isok of love-that she the first time. The summation of their work in the East. Its second welcomed every welfare contre lectures delivered at the school that was opened. She was eure show the solirities of the in and its third for stimulating an in-
object in for scholarly research,| that the mothere of Southwark titation.
terest in Eastern languager, would find it a great boon. Dr. From the Introduction to the castoms, and religions. For the Milleom, medical officer of South-Balletin, which is contributed by first purpose the school hes both wark, said that distriot bad been the Director, we gather that Pro-European and native teachere, working at remedial influences fesor E Denison Ross is certain for the second, which concerns for 25 years with such successly not of opinion that a little chiefly classical languages, such that the death rate of babies in learning is a dangerous thing.se Santorit, Arabic, sod Chinese the borough had been reduced by On the contrary, he shows how it is recruiting the best possible one quarter what it was before.
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PROCEEDFOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS IRRESPECTIVE OF KOHALITY IN SCOTTISH HOSPITALS,
French Deaths Exceed Births Oriental langusges may be a great are popular lectares and courses
Only 312,000 children were born in France during 1918. In help to an understanding of the on subjectsconnected with Esstern peoples and how it may give an countries, especially history and the same period there were 700,009 death among the civilian insight into their literature, religion.
There is no need, he declare, to The school, which reopene to population and 400,000 amung be alarmed at the supposed morrow, occupies the site of the the military forces, making a dificulties --
old London Institution in the expes of desthe over birthe of
"If everyone who expressed a heart of the city, in Finsbury. 788,000. Before the War the
desire to learn Chinese were told circas, It was formally opened estimated number of desthe
that language contained 60,000 last February by the King, and it annuelly in Frencs was 725,000 and the number of birtha, 775,000, characters, of which the vast sum has been an agreeable surprise to ber are strange to the best educ- find that, in spite of the war, making an excess of births over. deaths of 50,000. The attention of ated Chinezes, he would vary it has strendy escured one has she American people to these facts naturally feel discouraged. If, on dred sad fifty students. Whilst is called by ra. Ratherford the other hand, he were told that handsome grant is made by the the mastery of a few hundred char Government, ita paling has been Stayvesant, Troseurer of the American Fund for the Charite acters would enable him to read and to rely upon public eapport sa Maternelle de Parie, in the latest enjoy the Confucian Analecte with well, and in other times thas the aid of a translation, he might these ampte funds would no appeal sent out by the organ be encouraged to embark on the doubt have been forthcoming. It isation. She says: "The chil. dren of this War have twice a study of this wonderful language, is the hope of the governing body and realise the keen plesaurs and to raise $150,000 to camblish an right to our sympathy and love; they come into the world amid intellectual gain which this study endowment fund. "The nicest presente. Bat none of the other thing that could happen," said sa BOZZOW and suffering—and a spark of heroism has stamped languages taught in this school authority to representative of them before their birth. Let it her ench difficulties as Chinees the Observer, would be the be our duty in give them opport and Japanees, Malay, for ex endowment of chairs like those anity. No contribution could ample, is simplicity itself as far endowed at other colleges for be too large and none can be 100 grammar is concerned, while Spanish. Here chairs might be small for the great endeavour of Persian, in spite of its unfamiliar endowed, for example, for Arabic bailding the new generation on alphabet, is an esy language to and Chinees. The cost of the
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