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The First Time that the Prince of Wales' went to the London Pavilion to see

THE COVERED WAGON

the house was so full

that he was unable

to obtain a seat!'

With truly Royal Courtesy

His Royal Highness refused to have anyone disturbed and came again another day.

May we ask those

who were unable to

obtain a seat to see

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THE COVERED WAGON

at

THE CORONET

to imitate H‚R.H.

and try again!

TO-DAY and TO-MORROW are the last two days.

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An Entertainment that can rank with any. thing we have ever had at the Lyceum- Shanghai Times

THE MANAGEMENT

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take pleasure in presenting

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the exceedingly clever, revue Company from E.MS. Durban

10 capable and well trained performers in a Melodious and Mirthful entertain- ment along the lines made popular by

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THE CO-OPTIMISTS.

By kind permission of

Captain JC. Hamilton, R.N.

TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6 and 7 at 9.15 p.m.

Prices: $2 & $1.

Booking at Moutrie's.

Note 50% of the nett proeeds will be devoted to charity.

CITY HALL

-ST. ANDREW'S HALL—' ONE CONCERT ONLY SATURDAY, JANUARY 10th. at 9.15 p.m. Return visit of Hongkong's favourites.

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Popular prices: $3, $2 & $1 Booking at Moutrie's.

FOR SALE. Privately as a going concern

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Northam Road, Penang belonging to RUNNYMEDE HOTEL LIMITED, With the hotel business carried on for many years, extensive buildings, and whole undertaking of the Company.

Valuable sits on the sea front, area 120,574 square feet, frontage to Northam Road 300 feet.

For further particulars apply to the undersigned, whom all others should be sent.

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Solicitors, 29 Beach Street, PENANG.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

LOCAL AND

In view of the great demand

GENERAL.

The Shanghai A. D. C. are at] that has arisen for seats for present engaged in rehearsals of "Saint Joan," the Hongkong "The Mikado", which is expected A.D.C., has made arrangements to Be produced about the end of whereby $2 seats may be reserved. January." This applies to the evening per- formances only...

In connection with the Children's Sports at Kowloon on New Year's day, the raffle for the child's motor car resulted in ticket No. 149, held by Mr. W. F. Hast, being the winner...

Through a typist's error, an unfortunate mistake erept into the copy supplied to us of the Straits Settlements General's speech at Kuala Lumpur on volunteering.

According to a Reuter cable His Excellency was made to say: "There are from Paris, the interest mentioned Officers who could do something for redemption of the war debt in the unofficial French proposals, und don't." The actual words used were "There are others" to America is one half of one per that is among leading citizens, cent per annum. "who could do something and do "It is announced in Peking that the Rehabilitation Conference will open on or before, February 1. A Mr. Thio Soen-ynug, a.co-Reuter cable meations that Mar- owner of the recent ill-ffited | sha! Than` Côl-jui@has sent out steamer Sarie Borneo," has pur- upwards of 150 invitations to chased another steamer to be put delegates. on the same run between Singga- pore and Borneo ports! This new steamer of 1,200 tons will fly the British ensign. She is now in Singapore and will sail for 'Bandjermasin very soon.

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The boy who picked diamond ring in a Municipal 'bus Xin Tokyo and gave it to the cop- ductor, who promptly put it in his pocket. did what everybody else would do, since it would show distrust of the honesty of the conductors to call a policeman and hand it over to him, observes the "Japan Chronicle:"

Besides the owner might become "aware that he dropped it in the 'bus and apply to the authorities for its return. The ring, however, in this case remained in the conduc- tor's pocket in spite of all inquiries, for the father of the boy; hearing of his find, told him to report it to the Electric Bureau, and so set the Electric Bureau wondering that anybody on their staff should be so dis- honest as not to report his find. However, the manager of the bus section found a way out of the dilemma. He made an eloquent speech to the 'bus conductors and invited them all to place in a box

Two cases of notifiable diseases occurred in Hongkong, during the 48 hours ended yester- day, namely, diphtheria (Chinese) and enteric fever (Japanese)!**

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From the 1st inst. the motor

buses in Kowloon are carrying a route number in front, which are illuminated at night. The route numbers, denoting the destination of the buses, are published in an advertisement in today's issue.

which individual radio messages A wonderful invention by can be dispatched, only to be 'heard by the person addressed, is pany, according to a wireless being developed by a German com- message from Nauch

The Alight of Colonel Zanni's hydroplane. from Argentine Kasumigaura to Kizugawa, Osaka, which was to take place on Decem- With the object of bringingber 27, has been postponed t

"Asahi." The Mongona into closer touch with January, says the European

civilisation, states a machine is being brought to Osaka Reuter cable from Moscow, the to await the resumption of world Mongol National Assembly has flight in the spring. introduced the European calendar. The New Year 1929 was accord- ingly celebrated on January 1...

A useful office celendar for 1925, showing a week to a page, has been published by Nobels Industries, Limited, for whom Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Limited, are sole agents. latter also send us a couple of good quality blotting pads issued by Nobels Glasgow Explosives.

In Admiralty circles in Lon- don it is pointed out, with refer- ence to the report from Australia that a naval conference and con- centration of naval-units will be held at Singapore in February, that this is only another of a series of similar conferences pre- manders of the China, Australian, The viously held between the Com- and East India fleets, for the pur- pose of strengthening points of strategy and for closer co-opera- The B. Steam Navigation Co. have issued a fine pictorial tion of the vessels. The confer- office card of their new twin-screw ence is in no way concerned with steamers. Taires, Takliwa and the political aspect of the Singa. Talamba" (8,000 tons gross), and pore base. the Talma and Tilawa" (10,000 tons gross). A copy reaches us from An important appointment. Messrs Mackinnon, Mackenzie & has just been made by the Shang- Co., the local agents.

hai Municipal Council and will shortly take effect, viz., the pro-i

According to aDailymotion, of Major Hilton Johnson, Bulletin cable, from Tientsin, a at present acting Commissioner of of January 2 in the French Con-sioner General. This is an entirely fire broke out in the early morning Police, to the position of Commis cession and gutted a two-storey new position, specially created Its house. The fire was not discovered in anticipated that Major Hilton until the lower part was ablaze, Johnson, who is at present Acting a note anying "whom " they sus-and the residents, Mr. J. J. Gsell, Commissioner of Folice, will take pected to be the thief and, why his wife and son, aged 13, were up his new duties immediately. Of course the ring found its way trapped. Mrs. Gsell jumped off upon the return of Mr. K. J. Mc. into the box and was returned to from the balcony and was unhurt, Euen, the Commissioner of Police, its owner, who had reported his but Mr. Gsell and bis son were who is due back in Shanghai about loss.

found dead.

the middle of January:

SOCIAL AND

Bishop Titus. Lowe, the new resident Bishop for Malaysia .of the Methodist Mission, has arrived in Singapore.

According to a "Havas" cable

from Paris, another French chemist, M. Demenitrosax, aged 40, has died from a disease caused by radium researches.,

The death has taken place at Malacca of the mother of Mr. Neo Ong Hee, J.P. The deceased, who was the last child of the philanthropist, the late Mr. Tan Tock Seng, was 83 years of age,.

Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Matthews left by the "Arafura" for Hongkong and expect to be away about a month. The "British North Borneo Herald" mentions that Mr. Matthews has been suffering from car trouble for the last few weeks and intends to consult a specialist in Hongkong.

Mr. W. J. Foran, who is taking over the editorship of the "Straits Times" from Mr. A. W. Sulli March next, arrived in Singapore. about ten days ago and is now touring the country. The "Pinang Gazette understands that Mr. Foran has been a war Cofres- pondent in South Africa.

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Sir Bertram Hays, commander of the White Star liner "Majestic," and Commander of the feet, retired at the end of the year. Sir Bertram is reputed to have receive ed more honours than any other Mercantile Marine commander, be- ing the first an active servicë to be knighted. Commoder Hayes was in charge of the "ympic dur ing the war, and received the KC. M. G. and D. S. O for his

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PERSONAL.

Mr. H. Murday, the Chief Officer of s.s. under medical advice to leave the Arafura," was compelled ship at Sandakan and to return to Australia.

Dame Melba, D.B.E.; arrived at

December 10, from Australia and Queen's House, Colombo, on the stayed there as a guest of His Ex- cellency the Governor and Lady Manning until the "Maloja" left for home the next day,

Sir George Maxwell has left Penang by the s.s. "Ellora" for Rangoon. A Malay States paper hears that Sir George's elder son fall in his house, Westcroft, Wes- Mr. Justice Deane had a nasty Vernon, is doing well for Oxford

at golf, representing his Universe. Road, Penang, just before sity every alternate week.

dinner, and received a' rather serious cut on the forehead, states The death is announced of Mr. the "Straits Echo." He missed bis George Lambert D'Arc, proprietor footing while coming down the of D'Arc's Hotel at Tientsin. Mr. stairs, D'Arc was a very old resident of North China. He was 58 years! old, and leaves a wife and one daughter, Mrs. Stephen Power.

pointed Municipal Commissioners The following have been re-ap- for Singapore The hon'ble Che Yunus bin Abdullah, the hon ble Mr. E. Tessensohn, Messrs. J. A. Elias, See Tung Wah, Lim Kim Seng, Drs. N. L. Clarke, E. A. Elder and K. K. Pathy..

St. Andrew's Troop of Boy Scouts bave invited Hon. Sir Paul Chater to be Patron of the Troop and he has very kindly accepted the post. Sir Paul had previously expressed his great interest in the Scout movement and particularly in St. Andrew's Troop.

Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Featon and Tony, left Sandakan by the via Hongkong and Singapore. A Atafura" en route for England number of friends assembled on the wharf to say goodbye and to pleasant yoyage and a good ilme wish them, as we do; a calm and while on leave.

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The "Straits Echo" is Informed that the fourth daughter of Mr. Teh Geok-chee, Miss Teh Yew-susn, aged 20. is engaged to the eldest tan, of Sian Tal, Dell, Mr. Tan son of Captain China, Tan Soon- Tiam-hock, aged 24..

A number of well-known re- sidents returned to Shanghai by the B. F. s.a. "Sarpedon." Among them were Mr. and Mrs. Oxley Cumming and their son Mr. and Mrs. C. J. G. Hill and Mr. F. W. Potter

A telegram which has reached Tientsin announces that Charles, second son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P.. Ker, who is at present at Rugby, bas just won an Open Scholarship of £ico per annum at Hertfeid College, Oxford. His elder brother is already at New College where he won an Open Scholarship last

year.

The engagement is announced. Johnson, 17th Dogra Regiment, between Capt.. R. E. S. Ingram-

son of Dr. and Mrs. R. E. Ingram- Johnson, of Labu, F.M.S., (late of I South, Moor, County Durham and Colombo,) and Kathleen, only slaughter of Mr. L. G. Moore, CS, (retired) and Mrs. Moore..

services. He carried 200,000 troops The Honkong University's new In the "Olympic," including ever academic year opens today with al detachments of the Chinese Lathe congregation to be held for the bour Corps without a casualty. He conferring of degrees. Only six also sank an enemy sublarino. students will be passing t Messrs. Ernest To and Tate

A Reuter cable from. London Travellers to Japan will learn Soc kim are to be presesied for announces the death of Lieut- with regret of the death of Mr. the degrees of M.B.B.S., Mr. Yoo Colonel William Hussey-Walsh. Horace Reginald Johnson, Chief Takson Jer the B.Sc. (Eng) and who served in the "Burn war, Steward of the Oriental Hotel, Messi, K. F. Wong, T. S. Won Chin Lushal expedition, on Kobe. The late Mr. Johnson was, and T.-S. Tsang for the B. A preliminary Chinese Boundary at one time, connected with large hotels in London, Paris Calro Mastry Evil Charles Danenberg Warthabo rebellion How

math of Commission and during the and San Francisco af Chief. He the seven year old planist, who paid attache of the Intelligence joined the Tokyo Kihen Kalsha in Eglingglorie recital tti Batch Busne, 1996, and portgas traveling stewardly going Cuy Hall -Thursday next, wired with the raisk of captain in from ship to ship instructing play a supertoire of 22 pieces 18 On the outbreak of the th prove the sistlig of 'solos and seven piec South African war he joined the yeahips for two finodi Da conjunction, tele45 Bart Essex Regiment, and at Seward his fallery Pro-Danenberg. T the commencement, or the Great

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