GENERAL NEWS.
House Rule for Wales. The South Wales Baboar Federation, at a confereses re- presenting 172,000 men, passed a resðlution" reosgnising: Ireland'a alaimi to immediate Home Rale, and declaring that it should bej #regarded_as an advanced insial""| ment of Hims Rale for England, Scotland, and Wales. Sir A. G. Thomas, member for Monmouth. shirs, insisted thất: Wales” claim should be made equal with that of Ireland.
14 Ruminlä's Bardea. According to a message from Milan, the Vienas Neue Frein Presse states that of a procession of 2,000 youthe -and children, mostly 13 to 18 years of age, ordered to leave the occupied districts in Bumsnis, only 47 arrived as their destination. "Tas olbers died of fatigue and starvation. Another procession of 500 sant across Prath to Bossin all perished of starvation.
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A Strange Compact. Is a bigamy case at the Central Criminal Court, London, recently, it was explained that the parties bad gone through the marriage ceremony in order that the women should not be employed dangerous work at Woolwich Arsenal, where the sale was that married women were not to be engaged on work of that nature. The couple never lived together sa man and wife.
A Baker's Dilemma, S At Feltham, England, a baker -who was summoned for selling: short-weight bread told the Court that the bread was quite 42 bours old and asid-"If I bake on a Saturday and sell the bread hot I-
- am summoned. If I bake or sell on a 'Banday. I am summoned, and if I sell #tale bread on a Monday and it's short-weight I get summoned. What am I to do?" A magistrale said he should weigh the bread and make up soy short weight. Dafendent: * Bat if I take bits of bread "round some of the people would throw them at me. They nearly throw the loaves at me now.” The Chairman said they recognis ed the "difficulties bakers had to contend with, and a fine of "10à. | would be implied.
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accordance with the Pro- visions of the new Articles of Association of the Company, the Board of Directors have this end for the First Half Year day declared an Interim Divid-"
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from Avgust 31 to September Hongkong: 12th September, 1918.
inclusive, and from
India and Self Government. Hr. E.8 Monisga (Secretary of State for India), speaking at Cambridge, said that unfortunate- ly Indie was not ripe for self. September. 7 to September 14.
inclusive. There will be 400] government, Dienster would |
offisera at the camp each of these sttend anyone giving India home rule. Our aim should be to foster the &cond Brigade, will be in two weeks. Brig. Gan. Robb, cf & progressive realisation in India command of the camp, and Col of responsible government step by step until she gave proof that she Newton E. Turgeon, of the would be able to govern bereell. in command of what will be Seventy-fourth Infantry, will be Then Indis would take her place known so "the provisional batt in that commonwealth of free alion of student officers." nations, called the British Empire. The reform proposala were not
Death Before Arrest.
fival, bat would be submitted for In drematie circometances, Dr. oriticism and improvement. "We Leon de Feron, Belgien, who "must," he said, "pat ladie's feet was awaiting trial at the Old on the road leading to nation-Bailey ended his life recently at bood."
his bcase in Cambridge Park, Twickenham. He had been com mitted on five charges of perform-
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Censor and Viscount Grey's Book,
HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
CHINESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL,
AWERS" will commence on NEW CLASS for BEGIN-. MONDAY 23rd. September 1918, if sufficient support be forth- coming.
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Application for enrolment and enquiries regarding hours school, fees, etc., should be made to the undersigned as early as possible.
By Order.
A. R. LOWE,
Acting Secretary.
In a letter to the Times Mr. ing illegal operations, but bad Hongkong, 16th September, 1918. Prothero save :-"A few days ago been released on bail.
I rent to a friend of mine in Italy death followed upon a visit lady well known to many to the house by Detective. Englishmen copy of Vidcount Laspector Prothero, accompanied Grey's pampl let The League of by sa cffcial interpreter. As they Nations This morning it wea approached the house the doctr returned to me by the Censor, was seen zitting at a table in th with the remark 'Undelivered for dining room. The visitors were: reason. Ose would like to know unable to gain admistence, and for what reason. It may be when they walked away's womar presumed, from an answer given we heard to shout from an up- in the Haze the other day, that stairs window that she knew they the pamphlet, in spite of the fact had come to re-arrest the doctor that it was, apparently, not enb- Though assured this was not the mitted to the proper authority case she was understood to reply, before publication, is not dis- that they could only have his dead approved by the Government, body. The officials were depart Moreover, copisa sent to friends ing when terrified screams of the in the United States have not been woman brought them hurriedly stopped by the Gensor, so far as I back. They were then admitted, Bu aware, Is there not some and found Dr. de Peron's body in inomaistency, and even absurdity, the bathroom. He had apparently in this embargo 1
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being FREDERICK HOWELL
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nr. 16th September
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