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LOCAL

THE CHINA MAIL.

AND

GENERAL.

The race to Macho 20% the Cinen, proprietary and film The Manila Constabulary Ports challenge cup will be held on peticheers have been warned by the band no longer will play jazz Boxing Day, which chances to Tall central commites of Gemun Pm music at public concerts, accord on a Saturday this year. Most Industries against the employment ing to an order issued by General) of those who wen last year are of offensive Gim tiles. It is claim Crame, chief of the Philippine Constabulary, to Lieutenant looking forward to the event withed that often sehr offensivo designsFresnide, lunder of the band. keen interest.

tion is used for humless films General Crame has taken this * sensational modity for adriching step in response to criticisma from a certain type of public. 7

cettain intellectual", quarters) levelled at the band for playing.

The rhetorician who laid down the rule, "Never use pre position za and a sentence with." has been outdone, declares "The Ex The Japanese War Office, restreet music on the Luneta and Writer, by the child who asked. ports that 1041 regntar my officers "What did you bring that bookitos now engaged in directing the world-wide reputation, such as me to be rend to out of for?" miltsay drill made compulsory for

ali male students in middle-gm

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A motion picture. showing and collegiato schools lust April how the immortal salient of The system has been extended to Ypres was held by British so universities and colleges, 36 higher diers during the war, was pre-schoole 83 normal schools, 577 sented by the New Era Films at middle schools and 320 commercial the Marble Arch Pavilion on

schooly. October 5.

Mention of the world's short- est letter realis the fact that volume of essays by Mr. Hilaire Belloc is called "On," probably the shortest book title apart from fiction on record. Novels with short titles are "She." "Eve," "Now," "Fan," "Tim. "May" "Kim" and "Why?" The last of these tirtes suggests an oppor- tunity host.. Why not have Idropped the word and retained only the sign As it is the record for brevity belongs jointly to Mary Rinehart's "K" and Julian Hinckley's "E."

other public places. A band with the Philippine Constabulary band should not descend to the level of the six piece jazz orchestra found in every amusement place in and near the city. It is declared. Only classical music, opera selections and other high brow stuff" are suitable for a band which won recognition at the St. Louis ex- position it is asserted.

form of a curve to suit the fan-

Over 8,000,000 working days

Standard methods of type: were lost curing 1924 in England

wing to labour Hisputes, whichWriting are criticised by Profes sor Lahy, of Paris, in "Motion numbered 200 and involved 612,000 Study in Typewriting a new work people, says the "Ministry of book issued by the International abour Cluzette The anal low Labour Office at 1s. 9d. Experi- of working wine owing to industments have cast doubt upon the disputes during 33 yenas averaged claim that the "ten-finger" system. 12,400,000 Jaya, equivalent to secures high speed. The than one day per head of the whole amateurish "two-finger" method employed population,

is psychologically preferred. is pointed out that the analogy between, typewriting and piano The first German professorship playing is wrong. it in fatal to For calisthenics has been, confemed strike two letters in the former, by the epic University on. Dr. whereas the essence of the plane Farmar Altrock who has been anlies in being able to spread the A certain goat in a corner of instructor, of gymunstirs at the fingers out and play many notes Asia, which, having that ready Berlin Shin is appointment simultaneously. The rectangular appetite common to his kindytrally recolonizes the time-form of the key-board is also ques indulged himself in the luxury of boloured tradition that universitiestioned. The professor considers check for $25 on the Bank of the were solely intended for mentis might be better to have it in the Manchurian Company of New education. For the now profelike arrangement of the fingers. York, according to the story telt of calisthenics is not a mere up- by the company president,pendix, but a fully accredited-meni-

A picture of shipping condi- Raymond E. Jones, learned, or at ber of the faculty.

tions in the Pacific was recently least was very probably informed..

drawn by Capt. Robert Dollar, this his somewhat inadequate meal was in reality a banquet, Some very fine performuores president of the Dollar Steamship. costing, regardless of its worth recently have been pie up by companies, who passed through The commercial British motor vehicles of viris New York on a round-the-world house that had drawn the cheque, Erlusses in muces and testa. upon the inspection tour. Tonnage is after an investigation, issyed a truck and on sandy beaches. At holding up well in the Pacific, he duplicate, and then, in accordancePenthiné Sands on the Welsh coast said, while the globe-encircling with the usual precaution against the world's records for the flying cruises by his ships are also any mistake. cabled the parti-kiloueter and the flying maile have doing well, although a lot of work culars to New York, where; in been broken by Captain Malcolm yet remains to build up the ser- the bank put the usualCampbell of his 30 horse-power deficit in the Shipping Board's vice. Pointing to the $40,000,000 machinery in operation to make twelve-cylinder Sumber, now operation of vessels, he again sure that nobody was trying to doubtedly the fastestow in the urged that the Government with profit at the expense of the goat's world. Both distances were cove draw from such enterprises if reputation. Thus the goat's morsel, or banquet, depending one at a rate of more than 150 miles any private operators can the point of view, illustrated that an hour, the previous best being found. Despite the turmoil, in familiar lesson of big Business, rather under 146 miles un bour China, he said the Dollar ships that it is not so much the initial Not only the driver and the car, but had had no trouble, although it cost that has to be considered as it the magneto, tires, petrol and oil employs 600 Chinese coolies at is the incidentals.

were all British.

Shanghai:

turn,

SOCIAL AND

The Hon. Mr. Holyoak, who has always taken a keen interest. in the doings of the V.R.C, has accepted the office of chairman.

Reuter cables from Warsaw that M. Murashko has been sen- tenced to two years imprison- mant. The people in the court cheered Murashko

after the verdict.

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PERSONAL.

"Born in The Manse, Richi- Reuter cables that the condition) bucto Parish. 1858, died Lon-of the Prince Regent is improv- He is returning to Tokyo don, 1923, His ashes rest in ing. Westminster Abbey. These this Sunday: words are inscribed on a tablet affixed to a cairn in the little Canadian maritime village. where

Andrew Bonar Law was born

Syn

The King and Queen, the Duchess of York, and Princess Victoria visited the Ballater The forthcoming wedding is an Association, by which many dis- branch of the Blighty Industrida nounced of Mr. Sturt Deas, of abled ex-servicemen are employed Mesra. Butterfold and Swire Coin weaving wool. They were Chinking, to Miss Vera Helen greatly interested in the stocks of Southby, who arrives in the Colony woollen material and in the man- from Naples by the 3.5. ''Kamo ner in which they were woven on Móry.".

the hand loom. Substantial orders were placed.

The former German. Kaiser's sailing yacht "Meteor" entered Antwerp harbour recently sailing It is under the name "Alice." now owned by Mile. Herriot of Paris.

Oficials of the Sojlji, head temple of the Sodo sect of Bud-| dhlam, have decided to estab lish a Buddhist women's' univer- sity in Tokyo" at a cost of 1,500,000 yen. Work will be started early next year, and com- pleted within two years.

Prince George has loft Sheng- hai for a visit to the southern These young Frenchmen take

Arthur Henderson, the Labour ports aboard H.M.S. "Petersfield," their tennis seriously. Max Admiral Sir E. Alexander Decugis happened to see a light in leader who was Home Secretary Sinclair is making this cruise LacCoste's room late one night,in the MacDonald Government, with the "Petersfield."

and. fearing the youngster might will sail for Canada on October 29 be ill, went to investigate. He on the Megantic," accompanied Reuter's American

found LaCoste in front of the by his son, William Henderson. Service. cables from Santiago that Senior mirror, swinging a tennis racket They will visit in the United Figueroa has been elected pre- explained LaCoste, "about this

furiously had a nightmare Bates: sident by a large majority.

stroke, but now I think I knew..

A life-size statue of Giantomo what the matter is, en I got up to Faccini, composer of Madame practise

Butterfly and La Bohême, It is unlikely that. Jose arved sculptor Tropetzky, Has in Carrara marble by the On Friday night they were euter Capablanca the Cuban chess been finished and placed in the tained to dinner by the Manila master will take part in the foyer of the Scala Theatre Golf Club.

international masters tournain Milan, Italy. It represents the ment at Moscow this year. Here-composer as he appeared in 1895. Reuter cables that Lady Read-tofore the Cuban champion has ing, wife of the Viceroy of India, been provided with money to

The Hongkong Interport God; Players returned by the R.M.S Praca of and this morning

has been successfully operated on defray his expenses by the Cuban Dr. Funze, the Bishop of St. and her condition is satisfactory Government. This year, how- Albans, who has addressed a con

ever, the usual, funds will not be course of 3,000 people, was in his William V. Hodges of Denver, forthcoming, Wherefor Capa- day an all-round sportsman. Colo., treasurer of the Republican blanca is said to have decided not. When he was Bishop. of Pretoria, National Committee, has declined make the trip to Russia South Africa could boss three an ambassadorship rather than

athletic Blahops, the others being Interfere with his children's

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1925

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