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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A lecture will be given at the Helena May Institute on Monday February 9,at 5-30°p.in., by A. H. Crook, Esq., on " The Shakespeate Bacon Controversy" The Lecture is open to the public..

According to the old Chinese calendar, to-day is the Feast of the Lanterns Shang-yuan-chish), being the 15th day of the 1st moon. The Grecrackers discharged to-day wind up the New Year festivities.

An

amendment a to the The latest water mark report Dangerous Drugs Ordinance is from Ichang on the Upper Yang- published in the Government tze la 2' above zero and holding Gazette.

steady. Freight rates are such that steamship companies are The silk which left here by making a little money. Cargo is the P.&O. 5.5" Macedonia" on fairly plenty upward bound, but January IO was delivered. in downward cargo has dropped a Marseilles on February 6, a transit little. of 27 days.

The London math of January 8, and parcels of January 1, which arrived per's s. "Maiwa" yesterday consisted of 340 bags of mail matter and 136 bags of parcels.

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An "Eastern News" despatch The Eastern Extension Aus reports heavy snow in Japan. Intralasia and China Telegraph Tokio the snow was a foot deep Company announce that normal at the time of cabling. There working with Shanghal and be were heavy falls in Nagoya and yond has been re-established. Kobe, and telephone wires were down.

St. Margaret's Church, Broad- wood Road, has been added to the of marriages in place of the Church list of places for the solemnisation of St. Francis Xavier, Wanchai.

indescribable chaos, ac An cording to reports, is reigning amongst the military circles of Peking. Revolvers of foreign

An extraordinary general manufacture are worth fabulous meeting of the Queen's College sums. At first demobilised sol-Old Boys' Association will take diers sold their revolvers for the nlace ridiculous sum

at Queen's College on of $3. A colt with 25 cartridges sells to-day for

Friday, February 13, 41 5.30 p.m. $800, and these are bought by 200] at a time. The attention of the Legations has been directed to this illicit traffic.

Fifteen Chinese youths of an average age of 15 were brought before the Mixed Court, Shang- hal, recently, when an application was made for their legal custody. The boys had been recruited in Honan for service in Japan, but had been refused entry into Japan as they had no passports. They were ordered to be handed over to the Chinese authorities, with a re- quest that they be returned to their homes.

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The China Inland Mission

by the opening and delicating of has signalized a new departure

SATURDAYS a new Mission Home and offices.

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in the city of Glasgow. After more than thirty years' service, Mr. and Mrs. Graham Brown have, on the grounds of health, felt the need of seeking relief from caring for the Mission's work in Scotland, and Mr. tem- acting-

The China Pacific 5.S. Co. Arthur Taylor has been Ltd.. has been struck off the porarily appointed as register At the expiration of secretary for the whole of Scot- three months, the names of the land, with the exception of an Lee, Hong S.S. Co, Lid, and area in and around Edinburgh, Fu, Lee and Co., Ltd., will also be for which Mr. and Mrs. Graham removed.

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Frequent fires occurring in Wuchan on houses covered by fire insurance policies cause the i public organisations of Wuchang It is notified in the Govern- to suspect arson in most of thement "Gazette" that until further fires. Investigations in many notice dogs will be destroyed and cases have proven that the fires the remains and bedding, etc, occurred from incendiary sources. disposed of free of charge at The public organisations are Kennedy Town Slaughter House tuking steps to remedy the and Ma Tau Kok Slaughter House. dangerous situation.

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Hunan, are watching with keen Missionaries in Changsha, interest the current movement of the anti-Christian radicals.. the December missionary monthly meeting, R. K Veryard read a paper on the Rise of Nationalism in China, in which he emphasized London, February 6-Comment the need of making known to the In connection with the theft of ing on the China Indemnity Chinese that the missionaries had seven sewing machines from the Application Bill, the "Financial nothing to do with the alleged Wai San Knitting Factory, Cause-Times says the reference to imperialism of their respective way Bay, one of two Chinese "educational purposes" is because countries. In the January meet- charged before Mr. J. R. Wood at the French and Americans are ing, H. C. Tsao, business manager the Central Magistracy yesterday using their shares of Boxer pay.of the Hunan-Yule Hospital, gave afternoon; was committed for menis to maintain Chinese paper on the Need of Real trial at the Criminal Sessions. The students in colleges, thereby Christian Teaching. Missionaries other accused was remanded until preparing powerful emissaries for in Changsha are gathering opin- Monday, bail being allowed in French and American interests-ions from themselves on the pre- $750.

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sent situation.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Mr. H. Jeramdas, of the firm of Messrs. O. B. Kissoomall and Co. leaves by the s.s. Morea" to day

Rev. G. H. Hewitt has been aphointed chaplain to HMS "Tamar," Hongkong Dockyard and the Royal Naval Hospital,

Among the passengers who departed yesterday by the $.5. Empress of Russia" were Mr. and Mrs. E. Hayim and Mr. E. D. Bush.

Mr. Peter Tod of Messrs Jardine, Matheson and Co., Ltd., who was once honorary secretary to St. Andrew's Society, goes on Honie leave this morning sailing by the 5.5" Morea,"

Baroness Fittinghoff passed through in the s.s. "Morea" yester day en route to Colombo. Arch- deacon Moute was a passenger by the same vessel, bound for Marseilles.

Mrs. H. A. Cartwright is pre- ceeding Home by the s.s. "Morea' 'to-day.

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Mr. A. Samprez, of the French Legation, Bangkok, left, recently for Saigon on transfer.

Information has been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies that the King's Exequatur has been issued to Mr. Lynn Winterdale Franklin, Consul for the US.A. in Hongkong.

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Sir Edward Rhodes, who has extensive shipping interests in the Far East, was a passenger by the "yesterday and is making a short stay in Hongkong before proceeding to. Shanghal. He is accompanied by Lady Rhodes..

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Mr. Henry Robert Butters has been appointed District Officer, North, during the absence on leave of Mr. E. J. Wynne-Jones. Mr. Sir Edward Pearce who Butters will also act as Police represented Shanghai in the recent Magistrate and ho has been Interport yachting races with empowered to hold a small debts Hongkong, returned to the North court. by the Empress of Russia" yesterday.

Mr. W. Laughton Leask, who has had a long association with the A Reuter cable. from Miami, firm of Messrs. Keigh & Orange, Florida, announces the death of architects and civil engineers, for Mr. Jullas Fefschmann, millionaire many years as a partner in the "yeast king" and philanthropist.arm, goes Heme to-day by the Mr. Feischmann dropped dead at ss. Morea." He leaves a large. the Flamingo polo ground just number of friends of whose kindly after he had finished playing the interest in his future he can feel fourth chukker. He was bringing assured, his pony" to a halt when he suddenly dismounted and threw up ble hands and fell dead,

Mr. and Mrs. W. S Brown leave for Home to-day. Mr. Brown has been in the service of the Hong The following cable in a Shang-kong and Kowloon Wharf and hai paper of January 27, rather Godown Co. for 27 years, for the discounts the idea of Sir John last twelve years of that period as Bradbury coming to Hongkong as Secretary of that Company and Governor."Sir John Bradbury, also of the "Star" Ferry Co. The Britich delegate to the Reparation associated staffs of these Com Commission in Paris, left Paria for panies during the past week have London last night. There are testified their high esteem for their rumours current in the French departing chief by gifts which capital that he will resign as will form highly treasured British delegate to the Reparation mementoes of his long service in Commission to accept an important the Colony. position in high financial circles in London shortly."

The wife of the poted Spanish author, Blasco Ibanez, died at Valencia on January 23. The pro- secution against Ibanez has been abandoned in France.

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Congressman Chalmers, who was in Manila on a pleasure trip, was the guest of honour at a luncheon given on Thursday week by Speaker Roxas at the Manila Hotel.

Prince Yamagata left Tokio for embarking in the steamer Kohe on January 23 where he is Am- boise" for Indo-China. The Frince is accompanied by M. Claudel, the French Ambassador in Tokio, who' later is going on furlough to France, as well as by a party of 19 persons, including, inter alia,

Foreign Office and other officials and members of the Japan-Indo. China Society.

A double engagement" was notified in Peking a few days ago when Monsieur Tripler, the retiring Charge d'Affaires of the French Legation announced his engage- ment to Mademoiselle de Prat, who has heen staying during the past year with Madame Rousse- Lacordaire. Monsejur Petithugu enin, manager of the Banque In- dustrielie, announced his engage. meat to Madame Desnitszky.

Lord Allenby presented £5,000 and the silver medal of the Order of the British Empire to Mr. F. H March, the Australian, who was driving the Sirdar's car at the time of his murder. The ceremony took place at the Residency in the pre- sence of Lady Allenby, three senior staff officers of the British Army in Egypt, the judicial and financial advisers and other officials. Lord Alleoby paid a tribute to Mr. March's coolness and courage, and all present drank his health in champagne.

Mauro Mendez, the first Filipino graduate from Columbia University with the degree of bachelor of Edward Connelly, the veteran literature in journalism, arrived in' Screen actor, was painfully injured Man la recently after flye TO: TEO Mr. R. G. MacDonald, who is at the Metro studios in Hollywood stay abroad, during which time ha passing through Hongkong with when crushed in the arms of a travelled extensively not only i Mrs. MacDonald for Home by the giant ape, "Joe Martin," during the United States but also in Ge P. & D. s.3. "Morea,” is to make a the enactment of a scene of Rex many, France and other Europea

Mr. Mendez is also a tour through Morocco walle on Ingram's production "Trifing countries leave Mr. and Mrs. MacDonald will-Women, now being-proussted at "grádonte of the University of the leave the "Morea" at Egypt, and the Cororiet, Barbata La Marr, Philippines and is a holder of the while Mrs. MacDonald proceeds leading woman in the picture, was degree of bachelor of arts. He has Home by way of Italy. Mr. Mac-knocked aside in the course of the an extensive experience in jours Donald will go through Morocco, ape's rush for Connelly, but was nalism, having worked on several starting from the Mediterreanan uninjured. She was very near newspapers in Manilla before his coast and concluding his trip at fainting when Ramon Novarro, departure for the United States. Casablanca. He expects to return also important in the cast, helped At present he is a member of the to Shanghal about June.").

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