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F'Major Fleming's Disposal
of His Sulary. Mejor Valecetine Fleming,) Yeoman, Unionist member for the Henler or Southern D vision of Oxfordshire since 1910. of]
AD
1 Houar, Hampatesi), N_W.....a partner in the firm of Robert Firming and Co., Oroeby-square, B.Obo rowed in the Eton Eight and for Magdalen Collage. and at Henley, and who was killed in sotion on May 20, has left real and personal estate of the gross value of 5265,596. The teatator bequeathed his salary as MP from the time of the out- break of the war until his death, abould be be then H.P. for Sonth Oxfordshire to W. H. Ashurst and Sir Frank Crisp, se representing the Conservative and Libersi bodies, to be applied for the relief of soldiers dies bled in the war or their dependente residing in the South Oron Division, and who have carved in the Oxford Y60- meary or the Oxford and Backs Light Infantry,
"Impudence and Hypocrisy.'
Amsterdam, Nov. 8-Dom- menting on Mr. Balfour's speech in the case of Commons on Tuesday, the Cologne Gasette B8Y8: The Central Powers have made no detailed peace proposals because they ers in carorat regarding peace. They know that all official war sim programmes are only means of harpening antagonisme and pro- larging the war. The Eatente's impudent answer to Mr. Wilson's pesos proposal and Mr. Wileon's fqually impudent reply to the Pope's Note have not bastened the advent of prace, but fartber postponed it. When Mr. Balfour combata the reproach of Imperial- is that is likewise British hypocrisy. When Britain declarea her readiness to return all colonies to Germany and restore oár com- mercial houses abroad which the has emaebed up, and when she volontarily evacuales Mesopot. amia and the Sissi Peninsula, thens will believe that she is not fighting for Imperislist obj ate, No Britieber has a right to pass judgment on Germany on queations of international morality. Englishmen are the laat people in the world to preach international morality.” Rescues From * Burning Ship.
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Indian Industrial Bank. elected at each ordinary Annual HONGKONG & SHANGHAI” HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK, Bombar, Nov. 8.-The pro General Meeting; toxether with Vice-President, pective formation is abonneed the Presiden, of "The Tats Industrial Bank Secretary, "rreasurer, and sli with an authorised capital of six Past Presidents present from
that the Ordinary Yearly crores of rupees (about 4,000 time to time in Hongkong, who NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 000), of which two and bell gromitee ez oficio. The Committee this Corporation will be held at franesotion of business toy the stail be members of the Com- Meeting it the Shareholders in A obeidersb'. The King has been pleased to
to salt and pack batter for keep-are paid up.
shall have power to fill up any the CITY HALL, Hongkong, on confer the decration of the
ng. If, therefore, we do not portion of the capital is to b casual vacancies that may occur SATURDAY the 23rd day of Adbert Medal upon Acting Qaar-
-xport baster, we shall have no taken by an influential London in their body until the next or
February, 1918, at Noon, for the termaster-Bergeant James Wil
group of fiuanciers, who will be dinary An ual General Meeting. purpose of receiving the Report The announcement was made butter in our own country. liam Brown, RA M. C., Sergeant
to select the staff and organics At meetings of the Committee of the Court of Directors together the management. Public sat- three shall form a quorum. The Food Hog.
with a Statement of Accounts for William Seymour, Northumber at Worcester recently by Alder-
Dot invited. A land Fusiliers, and Privates man Carlton, who was to elected
That" peace and plenty" will scriptions are
To the management of the the year ending the 31st Decem Arthur Doff Hadden Allan sad Mayor, that a central block of
bones, to be erected for disabled no longer go hand in hand, and circular explains that the sober affaire of the Society shall be ber, 1917. James Cuthbertson, of the
The Register of Shares of the and that in future we must depend of the bank is to do all ordinary vested in the Committee: The Worcestershire soldiers R. AM. C. (T). The following
Corporation will be CLOSED is sp account of the services in sailore, would commemorate the largely upon our own food sap and exchange basinase, but "Committee zespoor of which the decoration glorious charge of the Worcestere plice, was the theme of Mr. will have the special function of twelve members elected at each from MONDAY, the 11th Febru- bae been conferred On the 8t Ghelavelt, whicb y d the Prothero'e speech recently, when Breisting the development of ordinary Angual General Meetary to SATURDAY the 23rd ind nstries ing; taxether with the President February. 1918, (both days in morning of February 5, 1917, British line and the Empire three be was the guest at luncheon of existing and
surer, and all Past Presidents no transfer of shares can be serious explosion, followed by a years ago. He suggested that the British Empire Producers underwriting debentures, & TE Vice-President, ecretary, Treaclusive), during which period It was almost bank will have
present from time to time in registered.. fire, occurred on the French the freedom of the City should be Organisation. troopship St. Loureet at Maita. oonferred on Lieutenant-Colonel certain, he said, that the demand intelligence section, scientific and Hongkonx, who shall be members After some time it was observed ankey, who led the Worcesters for the world's exportable surplus commercial, to report on the of the ommittee er officio. The Committee shall have power to that three men in the forepart of on that occasion. Nelson was the food would le largely increased schemes brought to ite cotics,
was after the war, while at the same Early Italian and French Books. fill up any casual vacancies that Some fine books from the may occur in their body until the ship, where the men were first freeman whose name
time the productive power of the fiercest, "were cat if from the placed on Worcester's roll.
soil of the world would be failing. library of the late Earl of Mer-inext ordinary Annual General At meetings of the rest. None of the boste near Denmark's Need to Export
Butter.
We had been so accustomed to borough were sold at Sotheby' Meeting. would approach the ahip, owing to the beat and danger of a for- Copenhagen, November 9-At go round the corner to bog sup. on December 18 and following Committee three shall form a ther explosion, until Acting a great meeting of tradere held "plies of food that it is difficult to day. They were mostly in choic quorum. Quartermaster Sargeant Brown here last evening, M. Rode, Mini persuade the people that these bindinge by well-known mōdere persoated & Maltese policeman ster of the Interior, speaking of cutside supplies would no longer craftamen, while Ackermann' to volames, had beautiful fere edg to row bim out; but when within the situation in Denmark daring be available to the same extent."History of Cambridge," in twe thirty yards of the ship the police the fourth year of the war, said: "I wish," said Mr. Prothero, manfared to go isrther. Brown The war has gradually become create no exaggerated alarm. It paintings by Edwarda of Halifax attend. returned, and was then joined by also an economie war against will be more profiteble for as to ons representing-dion House and Seymour, Allan, and Cuthbertson, neutrals. The fects of the consider what are the remedies. the other King's College. The They rowed directly to the fore blockade, war have already been The first is economy in the use are early Italian und French Rongkong, part of the ship the sides of earsrely felt in our community, of food. The food-hog is books included a fine and un which were by this time red hot, which finds itself in a position national curse; waste of food is mutilated copy of the Aldine bile the plates were falling into without precedent during the last treason not only to this nation, Columns, 1499, one of the origins) the tea. When they were within 100 years. Balter and fate are rat to the Allies as well. Bat edition of Bindelin, “Oanti XI.," a few yerde of the ship two of the to be rationed. This is waited ronomy does not go far enough, 1545, the first book priated at three men in the forepart jumped with snxiety in several quarters, To presch econoray to the man Agen in the Province of Gaienne. into thesees and were rescued ; and a demand is being made for whose cupboard is bare 18 to and an extra-illustrated cops the third, who had climbed up the prohibition of the export of preach to the converted. The only the Dido: Lafontaine of 1785. the mast, was Baved later when batter. Bat we must remember way is to increase to the utmost The same esle ire'üded, from the most fell."
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of the first edition of Tyndale THE THIRTY-FIRST OP- DINARY ANNUAL MEET New Testament printed by Jugge, FING OF SHAFEHOLDERS will 1552, of which only about three be held at the OFFICES of perfect copies are recorded, sa iessre. Jardine, Matheson & Co. was called in and burnt under Ltd, on THURSDAY, 21st Feb Queen Mary's Proclama da ofruary, 1918, at NOON, for the 1553, and a number of i"uminated purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the State- mannecripts.
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