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SIR HUBERT WILKINS TO "CARRY ON RESEARCH. -
Mr. Ernest J. J. Spradbery, son
Now York, Sept. 21. of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Spradbery,
Captain Sie Hubert Wilkins has and Miss Pansy Spradbery Rix, departed for Montevideo by daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L Asteamer with two acroplanes and Rix, of Woodford, England, were pilote. Ho proposes to voyage in whaler from Montevides for ceremony which was solemnised at Deception Island, 60 miles from St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon; on the Antarctic coast, Saturday afternoon.
SINGAPORE-COLOMBO-BOMBAY joined in wedlock in a pretty
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THE BLUE RIBBON SHIP OF THE FACIFIC
The Rev. Mr. W. W. Rogora,
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From:
SEATTLE, SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES; The Steamship,
"BINTANG" (8). having arrived from the above ports, that all goods are being landed at consignees of cargo by her are notified their risk into the bardous and/or extra-bazarious godowns of the China Provident Loan and Mortgage Co., at a luncheon bufore his de Lids, whence and/or from the wharves
may be obtained,
Sir Hubert Wilkins, in a speech
not cleared by the 28th
with Mr. R. Baldwin at the organ, tabllah by moans, of flights whe- The bride, who was given away ther the mountain ranges, con- by Mr. La P. Lane, Acting Chloftinued along the Pacific coast of rent Detective Inspector of the Hong the Antarctic Continent. He bel This oil burning steamer in the mul modern type of floating botol, with luxo.kong Police Force, was attired in white georgette, embroidered with riously appointed axioons and extensive promonade decks. The "Empress of
fiver, with embroidered tulla vell Canada" has a white tiled swimming bath thirty feet long, eighteen feet wide, with a maximum depth of eight foot. With convenient drossing rooms and shower
and a coronet of orange blossoms. baths, and a large gymnasium adjoining it, there is found everything one could.
Sho had silver-and-gold shoes and her bouquet was of white lilles and desire to an up-to-date athletic clau.
inaidenhair fern. ·
vicar of the Church, officiated, | parture, said he proposed to es, 1928, will be subject to
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The bridesmaid, Miss Irene Spradbery, woro adress of blue georgette embroidered with silver beada, with crinoline hat of the same shade to match, and silver chocs. She carried a bouquet of rases and creeper.
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Claims against the steamer must be results. He said that conditions kong. in the extreme north and south directly influence the weather fa presented in writing within ten days distant places such as Florida, after arrival of steamer, otherwise China, Thein, Egypt and, with they will not be recognized,
No Fire-Insurance will be effected LONDON SERVICE moteorological stations near the poles, at least 50 por cent. and, by the undersigned in any case what
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CHANGES IN COMPOSITION OF SECOND CHAMBER.
Stockholm, Sept. 22. Tho fun! results in the cloctions
the Becond Chamber are fellows:
Mr. W. Taylor, of the China Light and Power Company, UP-Social Democrata ported the groom as "best man," Conservatives
After the ceremony, there was a Liberal Prohibitioniets largely attended reception at the Agrarians...... Kowloon Hotel, at which the Communists newly-wedded couple received the Liberals..... congratulations, of their many friends.
The honeymoon is being spent in Canton and Macao: The bride's going-away dress was of dawn gured cropo de chine over which was worn a wrap cont of beige corded silk, trimmed with fur. The hat was of beige Bostal straw.
MEXICO'S RULER.
MINISTER OF INTERIOR TO ASSUME PRESIDENCY,
Mexico City, Sept. 23. Only the formalities remain to Vo completed before Sr. Emilo Fortes Gil, Minister of the Interior, Assumes the Presidency on De cember 1, to hold office until February 1980. He will support President Callos religious policy. -Reuter's American Service.
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The Socialists lost 16. Other partion showed no change,
The Prime Minister, M. Ekman, who is a Liberal Prohibitionist, was ro-elected.
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Goods not cleared by the 1st Octo- ber, 1928, will be subject to rent.
All broken, chafed and damaged packages are to be loft in the godowns, where they will be examined on the 29th September, 1928, at 10 4,m, by Mesars, Goddard and Douglas, Hong- kong
The Liberal Foreign Minister, M. Claims against the steamer must be Lofgren, was defeated.-Reuter.presented in writing within ten days after arrival of steamer, otherwise they will not be recognised,
AN EQUAL FOOTING.
NEW CHINESE INHERITANCE LAW UPHELD,
Shanghai, Sept. 22,
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The action in the Provisional Court, in which Miss Sheng Al-yee, daughter of the late Mr. Sheng Kung-pao, the wealthy Minister of Communications at the time of the Revolution in 1911, sued five male heirs for her proportional share in an catata of 8,500,000 tacks, resulted in the Court giving a verdict that the estate must be re- divided in seven equal shares of
SIR AUSTEN'S HEALTH. which Miss Sheng Ai-yes and her
FEELING 'AS FIT AS A FIDDLE.
Pannan, Sopt 22... Sir Austen Chamberlain is leny ing for California aboard the | President Adams after inspecting
the Panama Canal.
Bir Austen declared that apart from his sciatica he is as At as a fiddle.-Reuter
New York, Sept. 22.
elster, Miss Shong Fang-yee, aro to receive one each.
The decision confirms the Na- Lionalist Government's principle that Chinese men and women are on an equal footing-Reuter.
CHILEAN REVOLT.
ABORTIVE UPRISING AT..
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Santiago de Chill, Sept. 23, A Balboa message says that the
An abortive revolution broke out submarine S-17 has been refloated at La Paz. General Blanco, the and is steaming to her basa under alleged Instigator, has taken re- her own power-Reuters Ameri-fuge in the Chilean Legation- can Service.
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