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Two cases of enteric and one of cerebro-spinal fever, all Chinese, were reported on Tuesday.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1925

AND GENERAL. MAC'S CAFETERIA

Japanese judges who are in- quiring Into the Jury system of trying cases visited Marylebone County Court, London, on December 19...

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A constant supply of water in al! rider main districts is announced for the New Year According to a German Trans. holidays-to-day, to-morrow and foceanic radio, there is a gold rush going on in Siberia, 7,000 men and women belog already engaged in the gold hunt.

Saturday,

Saturday and Monday being China New Year, the Army Head quarters office hers

Be closed except for business of an urgent nature.

The S.M.O.'s annual inspection of the Ordnance Foremen's Quarters, etc., will take place on January 27 and not on January 26 as originally intended.

A Chinese youth, charged at the Kowloon Magistracy, yester- day, with the theft of two brass wing nuts from the "Empress of Russia," was ordered. to receive twelve strokes of the birch.

The Captain's Cup final at the Royal Hongkong Golf Club will be played at Fanling on Sunday next between Mr. R. A. Camidge and Dr. Shellshear. In the semi- finals the former defeated Mr E. J. R. Mitchell by 5 and 3, whilst Dr. Shellshear beat Mr. Benson by 2 up.

The sentence of death passed at the last Criminal Sessions on the Joki who was found guilty of the murder of his employer, a tea merchant, at No. 145, Connaught Road Central, and afterwards concealing the body in a tea chest, was carried out at Victoria Gaol yesterday.

Sentence of three months' hard labour was imposed on one of the men arrested by the police, in the recent raid on No. 122, Woosung Street, Yaumati. The man was charged with the posses sion of wine.cups, wire and gags suitable for an unlawful purpose. Another man, against whom the police could not frame a charge, was discharged.

American veterans of the Great War now in China who have not attended to sending in their claims for adjusted compensation, com- monly referred to as "the bonus," are asked to do so. Whilst 4,500,000 veterans are entitled to the adjust ed compensations, 3,000 bave not applied, in spite of the fact that ap plications come into the depart- ment at the rate of 9,000 a day.'

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The funeral of Sir John Ander son, head of Guthrie & Co., Ltd. took place at Ruislip Churchyard on December 22 and was largely attended by old Singapore and city friends, reports a Home paper.

At the Methodist Conference in Singapore the following District Superintendents were returned to their posts: Rev. G. F. Pakett, Penang Rev. W. E. Horley, (F.M.S.) Ipoh: Rev. James M. Hoover, Sarawak Rav. M. Dods- worth, Malacca; and Rev. F. H. Sullivan, Singapore.

During his present visit to Penang His Excellency the Governor of the Straits Settle ments, according to the "Straits Echo," has twice shot at Glugor, where diiven snipe have provided some first-class sport. The Hon. Mr. D. A. M. Brown, considers Sir Laurence. Guillomard one of "the best shots that have come to Malaya in his time.

Harbin authorities are report edo bave decided to repatriate some400 Russians who have bented by, Marshal Tuan's New Year amnesty.

The American Consul General at Shanghai has communicated with General Hu Chung-yi, Tuli of Henan, relative to the prevalence of banditry in south-eastern and central Honan The American missionatine Kwangchow, and their stpilons. It is said that the Kwangskap are preparing to leave present bandit gangs are composed of outlaws who formerly seryed under the notorious Lão Yang-jep}} who was eventually executed.

A. vague and ominous rumour of fresh Korean plotting, which has been in the air for some days,, is now cleared up by a report:from: Seoul of the arrest of two young The Admiral Oriental Liner Kogeans.on a train speeding from President Jackson is due from New Wiju to Fusan, the other. Seattle via Yokohama, Kobe and night. The prisoners, who have Shanghul on January 25 and will been identified as O Kakunes of sail for Manila at 5 pm, on Keikido and Li Ko-sai from San January 26 instead of on January sen, Heian Hoku-do, are charged 25 as originally scheduled

with being implicated in a plot to "blow up the Imperial Diet, as soon An option has been granted to it meals in the after-holiday, a local Syndicate, säys the "Straits session, Times," for the whole of the Kelantan Gold Mines property, "The battleship "Tosa" (39,000, one of the term of the option tons), one of the Japançar war being that the option holders shall vessels to be scrapped according on exercising the option liquidate to the terms of the Washington the sale of the property to the Conference, will be sunk at the company.

end of this month," it is stated by the Navy Department. Work on In connection with the action the dismantling of the "Tosa" has brought in the U. S. Court by been oing on at the Kure Naval Stewart Crane, Inc., against the Station near Hiroshima, and every American Trading Co., Tis. 500,000 thing movable has been removed. being claimed on alleged breach. The intention is to fill her hull or breaches, of contract, the dewith sand gravel, tow her out to murrer entered by Mr. F. J. Schuhl, deep water near the entrance to on behalf of defendant has beea Kure, open her seacocks and send sustained. The objection was to her down to the bottom, the form in which the claim was set out, Mr. Schubl contending that several distinct matters had been included in the one claim, and that it was impossible to tell whether plaintiffs were suing for Tls. 500,000 or Tls, 200,000.

The "Living God" of Onden, Japan, whose earthly name is Kichisaburo Lino, has been caught in the meshes of the police net. A writ is out for him to present him. self at the Metropolitan Police The movement to permit the office, and answer a charge of Buddhist nuns of Japan to cease having engaged low thugs to beat the life out of a Nutkichi Namiki shaving their heads is making headway. A Japanese paper says divinity is alleged to have of Asakusas, from whom, he, the that priests of the "Jodo sect

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swindled Y3,000. This divinity" country" are arging that this liberty, which has who claims to be in possession of already been granted to the nuns of occult powers has an immense the sect attached to the Chioninumber of followers, some call temple at Kyoto, ahould be them dupes, among whom are men extended to those elsewhere. and women of high secial stand-⚫ About 1,000 women of this secting, even of political lofvence. He and 2,000 of other sects are now. lives in a palatial residence of obliged to shave their heads. The question is to be discussed, It is said, at a general meeting of Iodo Buddhists of Kyoto next March. It will add to their charm to grow hair.

shrine-like architecture in Onden, ⚫ Aoyama, and considers himself] ↑ beyond the reach of the law, in the present instance, refusing to obey the summons on the pica of illness.

AND PERSONAL.

The engagement is announced between Geoffrey A. P. Sanders, R.A., elder son of Brigadier General Sanders (late R.A. Ford, Bideford, and Mildred Ismé, elder Colonel A. S. Vanrenen, of Wey- daughter of the late Lieutenant- mouth and formerly of Perak,

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Major General Sir John Fowler, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O., is due. to leave the Colony for Home by the

"Morea " & O. steamer February 7. His successor AS Major General C. C. Luard, C.B., General Officer Commanding, C.M.G., is expected to arrive op the s.s. "Malwa" a day earlier.

A memorial meeting was beld yesterday at the Canton University to pay tributes to Lerin, Kar! Liehknecht, and Rosa Luxemburg of Germany, and Hwang Oy and Pon Yuen-chuen of Honam Province who paid the supreme sacrifice for the cause of workers in China.

Major E. St. L. Shaw, late East Surrey Regiment, has retired on account of ill-health and is grant ed the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

in Bangkok of Mr. William Nor The marriage has taken place man Stuart Bratton and Miss Emily Lewis, both of the Churches of Christ Mission at Nakon Pathom.

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Passengers departing yesterday for Shanghai per s.s. Chantilly" were.-Mr. R. W. Wedderburn, Mrs. N, MacLeon Keith, Miss M. E. Strahan, Mr. J. Ralph and Miss Morosofa.

News has been received of the death at Home of Mr. E. F. Mauldon, who was manager of the Straits Trading Co., in 1916, and who was one of the ablest business men in Malaya in his time.

Mr. R. Stewart Garner, re presenting Sir Harry Lauder, is in Penang making arrangements for the comedian's one night stay there. Sir Harry Lauder is ex pected to arrive at Penang about; January 26.

Mr. Sekiba, who is acting as Financial Attaché at the Japanese Embassy in London during the absence of Mr. Kengo Mori in Tokio, left for Paris on December 18 on a fortnight's leave.

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The death is announced of Sir William Emerson, the architect, who was born in 1843, and was the designer of the handsome Victoria The death has occurred of Lady Memorial in Calcutta, which he Bayley, wife of Sir Steuart Colvin lived to ise completed. He came Hayley, who Was Lieutenant-to India at 21 and erected the Governor of Bengal between 1887 Bombay markets, several churches and 1890 Daughter of Mr. R.N. and various buildings On return- Farquharson, Bengal Civil Service,g home be designed for the Miss Julai Stansfield, who writes she married Sir Stewart in 1860University, which was carried out in various publications and has Indian Government the. Allahabad under the pen-name of "Dadge" Then 20 years of age, at Bankipore. Only recently Sir Steuart and the Royal Engineers. He alan been for years a correspondent of Lady Bayley celebrated the com-designed the Cathedral at Allaha of the Johannesberg Sunday pletion of 64 years of married life, bad for the Lucknow Diocese. There were 13 children of, the

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