GENERAL NEWS,
T. A. Edison's Son Balists. William Lelis Edison, son aff *Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, and honorary chairman of the Navy Consalting Board, enlisted recently in a tank divison of the United States Army and left im. medistaly for Fort Blocum.
German "Bwpress on Pesce,
The Hague, July 3. Germany repeatedly has manifested un- mistakably her readiness for peace, which, however, detar has been entertained by the opporing Fowers. This in the reply of the German. Empress to a letter written by Mme. Depong, wife of the Datoh Minister of War, on behalf of Da'oh mothers to the consorts of belligerent sovereigns and heada of states concerning peace.
Would Fly, the Atlantic. Forty army fliers, "attsobed to. the First Provisions! Wing, Mineola, L. L., recently filed with Major K. Bhinehart a petition saking that one of their number be permitted to make a trial trip to cross the Atlantic by airplane. The men are confident that an attempt to fly the Atlantic will be made before the summer is över, Major Rhinehart, commenting on the proposed flight, ssid - he thought it feasible, and that it was his opinion the large Caproni machines could make the flight: from Newfoundland to Ireland without stop. ̈".
Calcutta Corporation.
The administration report of Calcutta Corporation for the last year shows that the financial position of the Corporation con- tinues to grow stronger every year "în spite of heavy loans which bare fallen dus, for repayment and depreciation of securities. The receipts were 125) lakhs, while the expenditure was ander III lakba. Daring the last three years the surpina of asseta over liabilities has ingressed by nearly fifty lakhs. During the last year the health of Calcutts remarkably good, the death rate being 23.8 per thousand compared with 24.7 seven in 1916, the previous lowest on" record,
Boy Scouts' Good Wark.
WED
About 890,000 fest of black-
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US. Government for the manu❤
facture of certain airplane parts,
is discovered daily by the Boy
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Smuts of Americs in their search
through the country's forests,
it was -sancuroad recently
at Scout national beadquarters APPLICATION
->
forms for Membership of the above
in New York. The statement is Association may be obtained based on information received from all the Banks or from the from the Forest. Sarvice of the undersigned.
Department of Agriculture. Black THE UNION INSURANCE walent has been found in thirty: SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD.. three States. Word has been sent to the 442,000 Scouts and Scout
Fonorary Secretaries & officials that their canvass should|
Treasurers.
be_complete, "go-that it will be Hongkong, 15th January, 1917
annecessary to repest it even if the war should last five years.”
Launch Owners' Trick, We recently mentioned that the Harbour Department had been "making investigations into the
condition of the boiler pressare of launches, playing on the Menam above Bangkok, saya a Bangkok paper. In connection with this the owners of two launches, the Port Said and Sabbbbol, Mahomedans. in each case, have been prosecuted for neing safety valves that| had been tempered with in order to make use of a greater pressure of steam than that permitted by their lioaneas. In esch instance a penalty of one hundred ticala waa inflicted, while both the boats were stopped from plying on the waterways for a period of one wonth and the drivers of the engines had their oertifiostea taken away.
Death Sentences in China. The Ministry of War, says the
Peking Daily News, has issued
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