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The Bxchange Banks will be "closed to the transaction of public business on Monday, June 1.

AND GENERAL.

Searchlights will be exercised from Lyemun between 7.15 and 8.20 p.m. to-night,

Newspapers handled through the mails in Canada. average in bulk 125 tons. a day. The aver age cost per year for transporting newspapers through the mails in Canada is $3,500,000, or about 37 of of the total cost handling all mail matter.

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The return of the number of The speeding up of London's cases of notifiable diseases which telephone, service is proceeding occurred in the Colony of Hong-apace. A new exchange called kong during the week ended May "Mill Hill" has just been opened 28 showed: Small-pox, 1 in a building specially designed l diphtherin, 2 (one fatal): enteric for its purpose. It is starting

The Port of *London. fever, 8 (one fatal); para- with a modeat 600 subscribers,

sanctioned & typhoid, 1.

but can be extended to 2,680. Six Authority has other new exchanges are due to scheme for the Improvement of The China and Japan Tele- be opened within the next few the India and Millwall docks in phone Co., Ltd.,.have sent out a months, namely, Palmers Green, the Thames estuary at an estim- circular informing subscribers Tilbury.... Albert Dock, Enfield, ated cost of £1,030,000. The This scheme includes new passages for that their present subscription East Ham, and Sloane, contracts will expire in one calen- last. which will be in the vicinity. linking up the West India and dar month from the 81st inst.. and of the Sloane Square district, is Millwall dock systems that will that on and from July 1 their destined to relieve the overloadad enable vessels to reach them from subscription rate will be (in Vic- Victoria exchange of many of its the entrance to the South Dock, toria, Kowloon, and on the Peak) subscribers, and will also take which lies between them. The $108 annually, in accordance over the lines from Kensington troublesome journey round the with arrangements entered into and Western. There has also big river bend will then be un with the new company, and up-been a re-shuffle of many of the necessary. proved by the Hongkong Govern city area lines. Holborn will; next year, be the first of the London exchanges to be working on the automatic system.

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Under the co-operative scheme of the British and Cana- dian Governments to bring select- ed: Old Country families to the Dominion, sixty families recently arrived In Halifax, Nova settlement in

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the Maritime Provinces. These people were mostly from Scotland and have had agricultural experi- ence. Coming from a country not unlike that in which they pro- pose to settle and used to the type of farming common in the Maritimes, these people are expected to do well.

It has just been shown how the utilization of France's water power has been developed, al- The movement to empower though only about one-sixth of the the British Post Office to act as total potential water power is yet agents for the seller by distribut-Scotia, employed. In 1914, France had ing parcels to the buyer on a cash- equipped only about 750,000 on-delivery basis is being once horsepower, but during the war more strongly urged. The the lack of coal compelled France Central and Associated Chambers to turn its attention to the hydro- of Agriculture have passed a re- electric industry, and between solution favouring it as calculated 1914 and 1918 there was added to help the farmer to dispose of 450.000 horsepower to the exist his butter and eggs without the ing total. Since then, plans have intervention of the middleman. been elaborated, for the installa- The system claims to have worked. tion of many hydro-electric plants. well in a number of other coun- These plans have not always been tries, including Denmark and realized, but at, the present time India. In "Denmark 13% per the force generated is estimated cent. of all parcels carried by the at 1,400.000 horsepower." Another post office are stated to be paid 400,000 horsepower will. It is ex-for under it. In India it has pected shortly be available. proved a definite boon to the con-national Hostel, the Y. C. and Calculations show that France sumer. Provincial retail traders should be able to obtain eventual oppose it, since it tends to reduce ly from the waterfalls 8,000,000] prices by increasing the competi- horsepower. In other European tion of central stores. The Bri countries the potential horse- . power is as follows: Norway 7,500,000. Sweden 6,700,000, Italy 6.600.000. Switzerland 3.000.000, Germany 1,500,000, England

400,000.

tish Government, on the other hand, is neutral. Sir W. Mitchell Thomson, Postmaster-General, has now referred the question to committee which is to test public opinion in the matter.

The foreign community of Kobe has contributed generously first to the relief of refugees from Yokohama and then to the repair and reconstruction funda for the foreign cemetery the Inter-

A. C. and other needed community efforts.. The Yokohama Seamen's Club under the auspices of the Y.M.C.A., which has been con- ducting work, in Yokohama and Kobe since the earthquake, has for some time past been making a quiet campaign for funds to meet its operating expenses for the year 1925. “

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Mrs. John Cook, wife of the Assistant General Manager of the Standard Oil Company of New York for Japan, sailed from Robe on the President Pierce on Saturday, May 10, to spend the summer at betra.

The spectacular drama The Belle, de famous by the late Sir Henry Irving is to he pranced at the Imperial Theatre Friday and Saturday nights, May 29 and

·30 at 8 o'clock and on Saturday afternoon, May 30, a4 1.30 o'clock, by members of the Tokyo A.D.C.

The third Thrift Week" is bé observed throughout Jain, to day. In view of the prevailing de: chine in the amount of the postal savings, the authorities have been contemplating plans to encourage savings since the amount with dmwn totalled about Y5,000,000 the past two months.

Miss Mitsuko Aoyamu, ticket clerk of the Tokyo Station, and four other employes are to be hon- oured for faithful services in com-- mentoration of the silver wedding anniversary of the Emperor and Empress of Japan. Alias Aoyama has been ticket clerk for the past eight years and she has never been Iate or absent from her work.

Mr. H. Percy Smith regrets that he is unable to say farewell personally to all his friends. Mr. Smith leaves the Colony in the 5.9. Rhexenor on June 1 and in- tends to live in retirement in Barmouth, North Wales.

The following are Honorary Re- presentatives of the Diocesan Boya School: II. T. Dem, Esq., Taipeh, Formosu, F. C. Whitfield, Esq., Amoy, Sing King-hon, Esq. Swatow and Herry Uy Choyce. E. Manila.

Writing from Colombo. Detec- tive Inspector Mr. Earner who has retired on pension from the Hongkong Police and who left for. Home by the Macedonia on May 2, wishes to be remembered to his friends and colleagues. He says the trip was not altogether smooth, especially after the fine weather down to Penang." He also refers to a depression in the Indian Ocean-but from the date given (May 14) the Macedonia must have left Colombo before the tornado at Madras.

The King of the Belgians has joined the Brussels Rotary Club.

Mr. Ernest Hire 2 Blyth (Northumberland) pitman has joined the D'Oyiy Carte Opera Company as a leading tenor.

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Dame M. Lloyd George writes pointedly to "The Daily Herald," commented in "Daily which

on the £1,000 Herald" vein (now 2600) necklaced episode:- "Most my pearls were given me from time to time by my husband out of his earnings as a journalist since he left office. Is it a crime for, him to earn high fees for writing? If he is to be arraigned for this offence, many of the most promin- ent Socialist leaders-ex-Minis- tera and others ought to be in the dock with him. In fine, had you not better cleanse your own stable. first before you undertake to sweep the dust on the Liberal floor?"

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American society sechs to have been thrilled to the core by the Bonouncement that His many friends in Perak, and Coolidge sent his official topper to President particularly the mining com- the hatters to be reblocked, instead. munity, will regret to hear that a of investing in a new one, for cable was received in Ipoh recent Easter, as is the American custom. ly from London announcing However, the President has com- the death of Mr. S. H. B. Blandy.petitors in that line in the history who was at one time a very well-of English politics. It was the great The Yellow Dragon" says known Perak miner, says the Duke of Devonshire who invariably Mr. Crook is now well on his Times" of Malaya. If we re- went racing in the same hat, which way to England and has doubtless member aright, Mr. Blandy first grew more and more dilupiiluted as read a few books since the 8.6. came to Perak as manager of the cusous passed. At last society Macedonia steamed out of the Menglembu Lodge, Ltd., being re- felt that something must be done, harbour. He will return about the lieved there by Mr. Brash when he and 24 ladies of his acquaintance beginning of November, much (Mr. Brandy) became interested conspired to send 24 new hats of better in bealth we all hope. Mr.in Malayan Tin Dredging, Ltd., of the accepted type to Devonshire. Campbell, who had not been at which company he was a director House on the same day, but it is all well for many weeks, hae re- at the time of his death.

not recorded that he wore any of tired to Japan where we trust he

thea. will recover his lost health. Hie place here has been taken by keen young scholar from Oxford

His inany friends in Johore and with his academic honours still

Malaya generally will regret An American officer was rehear that a cable was received by fread upon him-Mr. P. Richmond. connoltring on a road in the war His Highness the Sultan of Johore This new addition makes two zone when he met boy in the from Dr. Brockie Wilson stating Oxford and two Cambridge, men uniform of a British officer. He that his father, Duto Wilson, died in the Common Room. If we get did not think the boy had say at York on May 8: Dato J..P.A.. many more we shall be able to bold place there at that particular time Wilson, like the late Mr. Buckley, our own Oxford Cambridge Inter | so he asked imperatively: "Who varsity contests."

are you?. Bu hay

entirely secured the respect and The Prince of Wales," the indBood will of a classes of the Malays. He we thus enabled to repiled

carry out hig schemes for improving the health of the indubitate of the State and organize the medical de- partment. It was uphill work i the first decade of this century, but the Dato's personality and energy Combined with discretion and con monsense, enabled him to no

A writer in the "Royal Magazine” gives this story of the Prince of Wales when at the front:

Every nation in the world, every Sure, replied the American pour and prince in Japan, and Colonel, with some derision. thesands of communities and And who re

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