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Another reason for Buick leadership

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There were no notifiable diseases for the 24 hours ended Tuesday.

-The Corinthians, who are re garded as the best English amateur association football team, paid visit to Berlin not long since and played against the Tennis Borussia Club, one of the loading teams of this city. The game was a draw, with the score of 1-1. This rosult was greeted with much enthusiasm, since the Corlathians

AND GENERAL.

Three of the new motor Including stops, the average buses to be used on the Hongkong- speed of London County Council Aberdeen run, were seen. in teams is now nine and a half miles Queen's Road yesterday. They an hour. The Traffic Dept, alalo are of large size, commodious, that this is the bighost average. with two entrances, and seamed speed of any tramway in Europe, to dwarf the width of the road, possibly in the world. They were in charge of neatly- dressed drivers,

W. J. McCallum, a well known horse Importer and dealer at Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, dis Brampton and Brandon, bas recent liken "The Red Flag" as a Laboury Imported the largest supply soug, and is desirous that some of Clydesdales and Percheron thing more tuneful and stirring brought into Canada since a year previous to the war. In the im- portailon were 25 Cyldesdales, 15 Percherons add. 5.Belgians, valued at over $50,000.-

| during their last visit to the Ger- take its place. Presiding over a |man capital in 1006 beat two GerLabour Eisteddfod at Newport, man teams 11-D and 12-1. After Wales, he said the Socfallat sang playing in Berlin, they went to

was not good enough, and appealed Hamburg, where they won by 4-t for one having for strains.

The Speedwell Club, an East- London hostel for girls, set up by the London Police Court Mission, has just been opened. The club is intended for girls who have been brought before the courts or who are out of work or without home-of lodgings. A certain number of beds are also reserved for girls who are on remand, in cases where it is found unnecessary or undesir able that they should be kept in ! custody. The name of the club is well selected as an augury of good for the future. The club relies for support ou voluntary contributions and from girls who are able to contribute something toward their maintenance.

The London Board of Educa ilon is considering the abolition of many 1 training and domestic science courses from public school curriculume, on the ground of economy. The plea is presented that there is a large and thorough ly efficient technical school which is qualided to handle all the pupils beyond public school grades in this work, and to carry on similar courses in public schools is duplication. A similar campaign against kindergartens, also on grounds of economy is not meet jing with public approval, however

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It is remarked in Paris that last year constituted a record year for stamp collectors. It is exti Dr. Paul Haupt, in an address mated that well over 2.000 new said, that recer i discoveries" stam på were issued. Many of suggest that Spain was probably these were the Pasteur stamps, the seat of the world's first civiliza- which are still being used; the tion. Investigations conducted in Ronsard stamps, and the Decora. the region, of Spáin known as. tive Arts Exhibition stamps. The Tartessus have revealed a tablet | two latter series will only be valid which contalus an alphabet pro- | for a limited period. In England, bably 8000 years old. Dr. Haupt too, there were a number of was of the opinion that this tablet may have contained the alpbabet which is the original instrument from which all of the Caucasian tongues have been evolved. "Dis covery of this tablet,” he said, means that there lived, more than 6000 years before Christ, a highly educated people about whose life and learning we must establish, as nearly as possible, the time of the existence of the oldest civilization.”

SOCIAL

Miss Emily Maria Lee, of Sty Leonards.on-Sea. left £100 to her doctor to open a vein to make certain that life was extinct.

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An effort will be made this year to transplant Swiss mountafo roses, in the Canadian Pacific Rockies. These roses were brought from Swizerland by Dr. Huesscher, late Swiss Consul at Montreal, are extremely hardly and only-thrive above. elevations of 3,000 feet. The initial plantings, will be made in the gardens of the Canadian Paci fic hotels at Banff and Lake Louise.

A party of twenty-four boyYI are expected to reach Montreal about the end of this month on the Canadian Pacific steamer Minne dosa to take up farm work in the western provinces. They are re- delving free passage to the Dominion and have agreed to stay with their employer until they are sighteen. when they will be at liberty to engage In other work if they desire to do so. Other parties of boys will sail for Canada later under similar conditions,

"Coral Island" was written without personal knowledge of the scenes depicted, yet contains mora stamps issued, such as those of the true glamour of the South which were intended 10 Seas than most of the host of mark the Wembley Exhibition. | similar stories it has Inspired. One There are series in connection with curious blunder, however, of which, the so called Holy Year, for the Ballantyne used to tell with gusto, Postal Union Jubilee, for the Cen-occurred in the early editions of tenary of Lifeboats. There are the book. He described coconuts stamps showing the heads of Byron, as growing on the trees without Lenine, Garibaldi and Camcēns. | the fibrous case, just as he had seen The year has-beer: `particularly them on costermongers' stalls! interesting from the point of view | Years passed before of the stamp collector.

noticed the error.

anyone

AND PERSONAL.

Mrs. Cobb, a "paying guest" of The White Star-liner Majestic, Bridgwater Workhouse, has died, which has been undergoing repairs leaving £300 to the board of guar- in Southampton for the last four dians for the benefit of her fellow months, is now commanded by inmates. "It is an unusual bit of | Capt. G. R. Metcalf, who relleved Speaking at an Animal Welfare. luck," said the chairman, at a meet- Sir Bertram Hayés. Captain. Week meeting Mr. H, W, Nevisoning of the board. "I have never Metcalf has commanded many of said Thomas Hardy once told him known a similar legacy." A com- the largest ocean liners during the that after ke published the chaptermittee was appointed to adminis last 18 years. in "Tess" describing the misery for the legacy. of the pheasants which had been wounded, the county families refused to call on him because they thought he was discouraging noble sport.

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Mr. J. S. McCann, formerly of Professor C. Egerton Lowe, Hongkong, appeared last week in F.T.CL, of London, writes: the Kobe A.D.C. production of In concluding my first examina. "Ann," taking the part of the tlon at Singapore 1 should like to Yery Rev. Samuel Hargreaves.! express my pleasure at listening Others in the caste were Mr. G..P. to so much musical, artistic play Vaughan Maughan, Miss M. The Catenlan Roman Catholicing, marked evidence of, very Anderson, Mra. J. W. Ritchie, Society's annual St. George's Day excellent teaching. Failures, which Mrs. R. W. Bisshop, and Mr.. barquet was held in London. have been rather below the general S. D. Begg. Following the Catenian practice average, have been almost entirely throughout the country, the soclety due to the fact that some of the The Victoria Institution had the first toust carded as The candidates have not yet quite Musical and Dramatic Society has Pope and the King." The Lord reached the required standard. just given two Shakespearean Mayor, who is a Roman Catholic. There is no reason why all of plays at Singapore under the stated to-night, I was invited, and these should not be successful on direction of the Headmaster, Mr. I intended to be present, but when a future occasion after another R. J. H. Sidney. It is possible I heard that the loyal toast would year's hard work: No certificate that this Society may be honoured after that of the Pope I refused to go. I will not attend any banquet in my capacity of Lord Mayor where the loyal toast is placed after the toast of the Pope."

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Mr. Sidney was recently in Hong- kong and took a great interest in the A.DC's production of "Saint Joan."

Sir George Maxwell, K.B.E., C.M.G., Chief Secretary to Govern- ment, F.M.S., was the guest of The vicer of St. Paul's Addie President and Committee of Perak man), Mrs. Montague "Ede, the

honour at the dinner given by the

Mr. W. E. L. Shenton (Chair- stone, Surrey (the Rev. A. Cum Chinese Chamber of Commerce on Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewall, Very ming), is looking for trouble. There May 26. The function, which was Rev. Father Robert and Mr. J. M. are parishioners who may not let held at the residence of Mr. Eu Alves have been elected as a board his description of marriage as life sentence "pass unnoticed. In cessful and was greatly enjoyed loon Tong development scheme on Tong-sen, OBE, was most nue of administration for the Kow- his parish magazine he refers to the by all present. Mr. Leong Sin- the death of Mr. C. Montague fact that in some parishes a bell in nam, J.P., President of the Perak, Ede. Father Robert and Mr. still rung to announce that banns of Chinete Chamber of Commerce, Alves will Investigate, and report marriage bave been published. **I give notice," he adds, "that there at at the head of the table and to the board. will be no banas bell rung from the Hon. Mr. Justice Watson on had Sir George on bis right and the Addlestone Church tower der his left. Kapitan Chung Thye Ing the present vicar's facumbency Phin, M.SC., and Dr, K.T. Khong. "Just fancy ringing a peal from jp, also occupied seats at this the belfry after the announcement table. of an imponding life sentence would not authoriae even a muffled Deal."

How old must my hat be? And 1 to go shout in trossam that are creased orno creased?? These

questions were put by Mr. Ramsay

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One of the attractions in a big car mart in Plecadilly, London, has been the car in which Maj, Forbes Leith and his companions Journey ed from Leeds in Yorkshire to

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Referring to a recent pole a woll- }

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follows. When Disraeli died Queen Victoria sent a wreath of primarOSOK bearing the inscription:** His favourite Bower-meaning the Prince Consort's favourite foweL. The public, however, took it to mann that it was Diarsell's whereas

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