GENERAL NEWS.
Faneral of Sir George Reid.
At the funeral, of Sir George Esid, the following were the pall bearers :-Prime Minister of the Commonwealth, Minister for the Royal Australian Navy, Secretary for the Colonies. High Com misioner of Australis, Agent General for New South Wales, Lord Blyth, and Mr. W, Hayes Fisher, H. P. A large and re- presentative congregation attend-i ed the memorial service at St. Columba's Church of Scotland, Pont Street, in the afternoon.. The interment took place at Palney Vale Cometery.
German African "Empire." A publication, written by Emil! Zimmermann, dealing with a Get- man scheme to created a viet Central African Engire, formed the subject of an application to the Controller of Patents recently.i The applicants, Mesars. Long- mens, Green and Co., the pub-| liebers, seked for a license to itens) an English translation. The book seta forth the soheme of establish- ing a great empire in Centrali Afrios, so that the north and south would be cut off It abowed very clearly what was the trae policy of Germany. The granting of the
icense was recommended.
Highways to Rellevo Rails. Plans for the shouldering by the highways of a large share of the nation's war transport burden during the coming winter were to be formulated at a series of con- ferences begun at Washington recently by the eleven regional directors of the Bighways Trans port Committee of the Council of National. Defence, with Rod D. Chapin, chairman of the com mittee, and beade of the Railroad, and Food Administrations, the Shipping Board, the War
Industries Board and other
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being in France, where he was October 16th, 1918. gased, wounded twice and suffer- ed from frost-bitten feet. His] elder brother, Captain Llewellyn Jones, M.C.; is still a prisoner of war in Heidelberg, bqt writes cheerfully to his mother. In his laat letter, dated August 1, he ex- presses the hope of being sent to Holland abortly," and then to England,
A Shanghal Effort. November 11 was the date set for the starting of a week's driva for $100,000 in Shanghai, the money to be divided among organ inations working with American troops. The funds will be divided "between the Y MO.A, Knights of Columbus, Balvation Army, Y.M.OA., Y.W.O.A., Nations] Catholio War Council, Jewish Welfare Board, Wer Camp Coma- manity Service and Ameriosn Library Association. The commitee for the local campaign will include
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Our Day" at Ningpo. The members of the Britieb
asked the Central Committee in part of the Ningpo community,
New York for $100,000 with ve once again celebrated "Dar
Day" by a successful ¿ft tel
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NOTICE.
COMPAGNIE DES MES- SAGERIES MARITIMES.
which to build a Navy YM.O.A raise funds for the Red Croes MR. J. TOURTET has this
Memorial Service for Capt.
Cromic.
Sogisty. The committee of the
I day taken charge of the
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AH-MEN,
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A memorial service for Capt local branch of the Patriotic above Company's Hongkong Cromie, who was killed while League arranged for a grand fete Agency. defending the British Embassy held at the British Consulate, in Petrograd, was cosdacted at through the kindness of the St. Martin-in-the-Fields recently resident Coneal, Mr., B.6. Pratt, by the rector, the Rev. H. R L. The sitractions comprised a large Sheppard, and Bishop Bary. The stall of useful and fancy articles, chief mourners were Mr. Oromie, in the charge of Mrs. Pratt: Mrs. Lennard, and Mise Lanard, beautiful collection of plants The congregation included Sir and fwers in the charge of Mr Eric Geddes, who was Bookless a cake and sweet stal accompanied by his naval secr in the hands of Mrs. Babise-and tery (Admiral Everett), Admiral Mire Hughes, end vaiious enter Sir Reginald Hall, and Ledynments provided by other Hall Lady-Wemyss, (Capt, friends. The fete was sitended Marzipit representing Sir Roselyn by practically all members of the Wemyss), M. Nabokef (Baerian foreign, community in the port. Charge d'Affaires), and meny and slag by the Chinese officials other afficere. The service was and many of the gentry, The prefaced by the "Marche Heroi- total proceeds are expected to que" (Bsint Barne) played by reach about $100. The Ningro organist, and the hymns foreign community is emall ir eung wala n Through the right number, bat since the com of doubt and sorrow" and mencement of the war it has Praias for the Holiest in the laboured with great heartiness beight. The National Anthem and enthusisem to support the we also rendered.
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