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The War Office has informed the authorities it Australia House, that tenders have been invited for the supply of brandy for the Army. The specification includes for the first time Austra- lion brandy, as well as French and South African.

Silk forwarded from Hong- St. Paul's Fund now: amount? kong by the Empress of Canada to £248,482 19s. 10d The lates on May 15 arrived in New York Far Eastern subscription is £17 12. (St. John's Park) on the Gth inst. from Foochow (per the Hongkong having been 22,days in transit. and Shanghai Bank), viz.: £12 125 from Mr. W. Muller and £s from The faturu of notiable Mr. J. G. Parkin. diseases for the 48 hours ended Sunday shows one case .ol A traffic regulation stand is paratyphoid and two cases" of being erected at the corner of cerebro spinal fever-sil Chinese. Pedder Street and Queen's Road. schoolboys hus set British head Provalence of betting anong At the moment it does not appear masters to wondering what "the

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Eels a growing quantities are that it will afford much protec-world is coming to. Oire teacher being taken from the constal and tion from . šun for thin to those fold the national conference of fnland waters of the Canadian pealled upon to use it.

Testers that in one class be Dominion each year. During the

Tot put nineteen boys out of 1923 season 1114 cut were cunghi | "That the Shanghai strike forty-Biss bet on horses.

The by sea fishermen and 13.753 wer sitution has armed considerable sagg in this class was under taken in inland waters, as contention abruad is indicated in ipielen, Tisa North London. school,' pared with 1434 cwt ind 1,71 structions which correspondents lahore the boys worn to write an cwt., respectively, during the Shanghai for newspapers is on what they did on Satur ☀ previous year..

America and Great Britain, have days, one boy wrote that the first received to send all news possibic.ching he did was to make up his He is a neat and dapper ul

This led to the discovery man, but distinctly tough and

is an old saying that the bubbling over with national and House of Commons is the best club he was bookie" in ambryo, civic patriotis in, and of course in Europe. The Members are this

Juaneiling 469) a week, / was only natural that when the year to have golf competitions, Shanghai Municipal Council called tennis competitions, cricket combome were puzzled recently by The port authorities at Mel- for emergency volunteers, he was petitions, shooting competitions: the esported appearance of the amongst the first to present him and some of the Labour Members self at the recruiting office, Ho had visions of the handing back of the Light Horse sword and carbine which years ago he kept as neat and clean as the contents of his wardrobe. Imagine, then, his feel ings when a business-like Con troller put to him as the first question, “Can you stoke ?"

are arranging for pigeon races for strangest suling craft they had over their constituents. The birds are sern, "She lid four schooner-) to be set free from Westminster. rigged muste, but the "rear

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seemed to have been snapped off Timber scaled in British new the top. and it was thought Columbia during February of this she might have put into port to re- year amounted

The vessel turned out to bo to 274,681,607) fit F.B.M., according to a statement bines Duhauxiliary schooner prepared by the Department of Panekonge (1.68% tons gross), en Lands and Forests.. Douglas fir. rouse from Auckland to Fort Pirie. Peking, which has proved fatal with a cut of 131,198,732, was the which put into Melbourne for al to so many tourin companies, most important specle cut. The supplies and"Ongine repairs, saw the break un of Sgr. Carpi's) Sut of red cedar amounted to of her propellers, was disabled. Italian Opera Company. The 61,003,298; spruce, 22,150,947, and The Panange was built in 1990, capital is sometimes" enthusiastic

hemlock, 36,377,022.

hand is one of the few ships of her Jover performances of no particular

[type. She is one of the most ex©NO- merit, but when anything really On the occasion of the three micaile my cargo carriers oflost. good comes along. Peking is hundredth anniversary of the Her main menus of propulsion are almost always unkind, not to say establishment of the Order ofur huge schooner sails, but two frigid. This appears to have been Baronets of Nova Scotia, on May 6,xillary Diesel engines of 160 h.p. the case with the Italian And #tablet was unveiled in

legch, have been installed for use in Russian artists. The company Anne, Annapolis Royal, Novaning and bend winds. accordingly dissolved. Mr. Sca- Scotia. The Historical Society. muzzi and Mr. Ambrose have of Annapolis Royal had charge. gone to Australia and M. Corbetto of the proceedings. and 2 is on the way to Italy via Siberia. lecture was delivered by Rev. The rest appear to be going home W. Bruce Muir. Beneath the tablet via Shanghai, and some have was hung a beautiful drawing in already gone. Mr. Carp's last colour of the Badge of the Baronets touralsó came to an end in Peking.lof Nova Scotia.

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Deacon. J. Scott Harston and Their clothing is wrong, their food H. P. White. The same vessel is wrong, and their labits are Mrs. V. G. Lyman, wife of the brings Mr. J. H. Carlil from the wrong," she declares. assistant general manager of the Far East. Stand..rd Oil Co., Shanghai, was operated on for appendicitis at Dr. Anne W. Fearn's nursing home and is recovering nicely.

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In the second round of the were Parliamentary Golf Handicap Mr. among those who accepted the F. G. Penny (14) beat D. P. Flem invitation of the Bishop of Oxford ing Sir Frederick Lugard formerly to be present at the Fishmongers Donoughmore (16) (who, as Vis- (14) 2 and 1 ard Lord Governor of Hongkong presided Hall, London, on May 12, when count Suerdale, was A.D C. to Sir

merting of the Royal the Archbishop Colonial Institute on May 12 when presided at a dinner organised Hongkong) beat G. Griffith (12) 1 of Canterbury Henry Blake when Governer of the Hon. W. Ormsby. Gore gave an by the World Alliance, with the up. Mr. Fenny fell in the third Illustrated address on "My Recent object of creating a wider interest round to Mr. James Stuart (12) I Travels in East Africa.", -

in the movement to promote in down, but Lord Donoughmore ternational friendship through the kept up the running, beating Lord; The following cable was dis-instrumentality of the Churches. patched from Shanghai:-"His

'Massarene by 3 and 2. Majesty the King, Buckingham Palace, London. St. Patrick's:

There are between fifty and Society of Shanghai wish Your

sixty thousand Hungarian A Home Majesty very many happy returns (Magyar) immigrants and their is good to of the day. G. H. Stitt, President." children in Canada, according to Standard flying again from the roof Dr. Frank Hoffman of St. of Buckingham Palace. Never since

writer suys:-It see the Royal

Mr. Isaac Mason, secretary of Andrew's College, there being the King's accession, with the ex- the Shanghai Christian Literature settlements at Otthon, Punnichy eception of the royal visit to India Society for many years, has retired and Regina composed of very in-and His Majesty's annual bolidayı to go into business. Mr. Mason's dustrious, contented people with at Balinorul and Sandringham, has, activities as Secretary of the Royal large families. In 1921 Dr. the Jugstaf been bare for so long Asiatic Society and the Moral Hoffman established a literary time. Welfare League are well-known to society at Regina, from which the Lord Mayor of London speak- The King's message to the public.

Important social and national of the "ympathy and affection work among the Hungarians is of our people" puts the relations Major George E. A. Reinburg, carried on and the ideals of between the King and his subjects air service. Manila, is relieved Canadian citizenship brought con-in six words, from further assignment. and stantly before them. Many have daty in the Philippine Depart-been very successful on the land, ment, effective on the date of among whom are J, Troth, Sr. Chinese oction mill owner who has Mr. C. C. Nich; the wealthy sailing, when he is assigned to who, beginning with a capital of (ays the North China Daily duty at the Chanute Field, but $200 now, with his five sons, News) just tendered his re- Illinois. July 18.

He will leave Manila on owns twenty quarter sections, of signation

Mr. A. Avshalomoff of Peking,

land.

Was

from the post, of general secretary of the National Asxxdated Chinese Chamber of Commerce, is a prominent Chinese

the composer of the opera "Kuan took place at the Union Church, influence of the undoubted Buddhist A very pretty Army wedding Christian who has come under the Yin," which was sung in Peking early in May, has left for San Manila, when Miss Florence Previval. Formerly well-known to Francisco where he hopes to Whitney became the bride of the missionaries as an ardent mem- interest producers in the work. Lieutenant Birnie Lee Brunson.ber of the Methodist Church and The composer introduced Chinese The brief ring ceremony was per-chairman of the Shanghai Chinese rhythm and melody. Inte his work formed by Dr. James Rodgers in Y.M.C.A. he is now an ardent and he hopes after studying in the presence of a few friends, student of the Buddhist faith. America to return to China and The bride, clad in shell pink make jurther researches into the georgette and carrying a shower. intricacies of the musical system bouquet of white orchids, of Cathay.

radiant in her blonde loveliness the Emperor of Japan, who is com- Prince Chichibu, second son of Attending her was Miss Elizabething to England for a stay of two A total of 1,577 settlers for the Ellis, who looked attractive in years, will arrive in London during Dominion disembarked from the mauve georgette. Captain Carl the early part of July. The members first two Canadian Pacific pas- Doney served. as best senger liners to touch Quebec this Fellowing the ceremony was a Matsudaira and Count Toshio man of the suite will be Viscount Keinin spring from European ports. dinner party at the Army and Mayeda, Secretaries of the Imperial Most of the new settlers were Navy. Club, attended by Mr. and Household Captain Seizaburo from the British Isles, and north- Mrs. E. W. Kopke, Miss Sarah Okazaki, of the Japanese Army; ern Europe. The domestic and Wright, Mas Elizabeth Ellis, Lieutenant-Colonel Jun-ichi Waka farra labourers are coming to Major G. EA. Reinburg and murs, of the Medical Comps of the assured positions while the Captain Carl Doney. Mrs. Army and Physician-In-Waiting balance have either farm engage Brunson has been very popular in 10 the Imperial family; and Mr. mbuta or have arranged to take Manila society during her stay of Hachiro Watanabe, Equerry.in up farm lands in the West

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