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In three months, public recognition of the value of the better Buick 1926 has been so sweeping that to-day one in › "every four cars sold for G$1000: or more is a better BUILK

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The return of Notifiable Diseases for the 24 hours ended Wednesday shows a clean Bill of Health.

GENERAL.

The Kobe Municipality has. The Poor Law system is to decided to carry out the scheme of be found even in far off native laying three tramcar lines in the Africa, A City guardian who course of three years from the Has just returned from his travels. financial year of 1926 at an esti has been telling his brethren all about it. Any alien tribesman The British Cigarette Comated cost of ¥7,032,000,

who is found to be in distress, is Lid, of Shanghai has renewed

The British Museum con- promptly put into jall and kept its trade mark in Hongkong, No.

tains a dozen gramophone records there until the opportunity arises 82 of 1912.

The first to return him to his kith and kin. of Tennyson's voice.

instrument brought A Court of Enquiry was held recording on Thursday at the. Chaplain's from America was used to per- Hut, Scandal Point, "for the pur-petuate Tennyson's voice, and, a pose of investigating the circum- special scientific delegation went stances in which a telephone. the to Aldworth to make the records. property of the public, stolan shorefrom."

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Is la not so long ago that the Japanese Government selected, after public tender, the specifica- A large Siamese cat is an tion and estimate of a British firm important actor in Matheson for their new standard measure- This proves Lang's production, of the new ment apparatus. Messrs. Henry Hope and Sons' tender for bronze and steel win-play, The Chinese Bungalow," once again that in a field of op- dows for the new Customs House.now at the King's Theatre. Ham-tical discovery England stande in mersmith It enters at a tense a better position than ever it did for the Imperial Shanghai,

climax of the play. To secure a before... Both the Admiralty and Chinese Customs, has been accept-suitable cat agents searched Lon- the Air Ministry testify that no ed Messrs. Dodwell & Co. Ltd., don, and even asked the assistance better quality of optical appara- are the local agent for Messrs. of the Siamese Legation. Mr. tus is obtainable thar that manu Hope and Sons,

Matheson Lang, some years ago, Ifactured in England visited the Far East, playing in Hongkong.

The Theosophical Society, Hongkong Lodge Christmas Mes-

suge was --

Customs agents at New York A Chinese letter over a cen- We believe that God is Love tury old with a tragic history has seized 443 tins of oplum on board and Power and Truth and Light: just been presented to the Pope the Prince Line steamship. "East- That perfect Justice rules the by the Vicar Apostolle of Seoul jern Prince" on her arrival on world: That all His Sons shall The letter is painted on silk and Nov. 28 from the Far East. The ond day reach. His feet however contains 13,000 Chinese charac-drug which is valued at nearly It was written in 1801 to £50,000 at ilicit dealers' prices, far they stray. We hold theters.

ling of the refrigerator room. Fatherhood of God, the Brother-the Bishop of Peking suggesting was concealed behind the panel

the persecutedi hood of Man: We know that we pians to save

It was inter-The tins were marked with the do serve Him best when we serve Church in Korea.

So shall His cepted by the police, and both name of a Chinese merchant in Macac The chief steward, an 00000 Our brother man.

blessing rest upon us and peace writer and bearer were arrested

and killed. Missionaries in China Englishman, and a Chinese cook recovered she letter about thirty who alone had the keys to the years ago when the police archives refrigerator room, were detained

for examination.. were dispersed.

For the new fall and Winter Frocks, here are silks more exquisite than any we have ever shown in this Store before. Graceful patterns in both gay and somber tones make up this selection.

Prices are unusually moderate this fall. D. CHELLARAM

ROYAL SILK STORE.

for evermore.

36A, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. OD@OBOUDDODGODAGRÓDäauðääbadan-DonDqan the Gallery.

An interesting situation is created by a letter which Ma John Hilditch,. of Crumpsall. We are assured by every ex-

At the Gallery of the Fine Art Manchester, has sent to the Man-pert on style that the simplest chester City Art Gallery Com-language makes for the greatest Society, 143, New Bond Street, mittee respecting. the selection effectiveness. In a letter, Mr. there is on view some pottery by which two London connoisseurs William Boyd, an inspector of Mr. R. F. Wells. It is called have made from his collection of schools, makes the following re- "Soon," presumably after the Chinese pottery for exhibition in mark:-"In the course of a re- Chinese dynasty, Sung, during Mr. Hilditch says:cent investigation regarding the which period much of the finest "The selection is in no way westby proportion of common words in a Eastern pottery was produced, o the entire collection of Ham variety of writers, the two pas- and is all in the Chinese style. Of ..............................||||||||||¶¶¶¶¶ Tang Sung examples. I have, ages which stood out from all the course real Sung pottery is very therefore, no alternative büt to others as examples of prose with rare and exceedingly expensive; refuse this selection to go for ex. a very high percentage of the but Mr Well's work is an excel- The skill with Phibition. A bequest of £250,000 commonest words in the English lent substitute.

of Chinese objects of art depends language were passages from which he has learned the lessons upon the adequate exhibition of John Bunyan and from Professor taught by the ancient potters of these Chinese examples.

J. Arthur Thomson."

China is a thing to wonder at.

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The Overseas Chinese Society held its annual dinner at the Piccadilly Hotel on December 18. The late Mr. David Drum- mond, of Scott's Hotel, Lang- ham-street, W., and of Messre Boustead and Co., merchants, Singapore, left £9,040,

AND PERSONAL.

The Japan Society's banquet in 1 A marriage has been arranged: honour of H.R.H. Prince Chichibu (between Mr. Alf. Sommer and has been postponed on account of Miss Mary Bisshop, of Kobe. the death of Queen Alexandra.

The engagement is announced A meeting arranged by the Vie- of Violet. only daughter of Mr. toria (Hongkong) Diocesan Asso- and Mrs. Frederick Wickett, of ciation was held on November 25 Engger, the Federated Malay in the C.M. House, 6, Salisbury States, and Mr. J. Headley square, when the principal speak- Mr. H. W. Looker, M.P. (for-Willmott, of Messrs. Mansfield er was Dr. H. Gordon. Thompson, of Yannanfu, South China, House of Commons on November

brother of Mrs. Lindsay, Kow. Prince and Princess Asaka of loon [23, on the report stage of the

Rating and Valuation. Bill, pro-Japan arrived at San Francisco posed an amendment to Clause 5 on November 22 en route for (which was accepted..

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home after a three-years' tour of the world. Their Royal ligh thenesses cancelled all social engage

ments on account of the death of Queen Alexandra.

The marriage between Rev. G. E. A. Whitworth and Miss Phoebe May, daughter of the late Sir Henry May (a former Governor of Hongkong) and Lady May, took place, ns arranged, at St. Andrew's Church, Bethnal Green, on November. 28, at 10 a.m. ____________ GIE 130 151 15 5The reception was cancelled.

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* A large consignment of Cailler's Chocolates and California Fruits just received for the Festive Season.

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Mr. E. George Hoh, General Secretary of the Chinese YMCA.. and Captain of the Chinese Com- pany, S.V.C., in which capacity he served right throughout the recent mobilization of the Corps following the affair of May 30, and one of the crack shots of Shanghai, has left for a three months leave of absence in Honolulu.

"The engagement is announced between Captain Ernest J. M. Elridge, O.B.E., of Liverpool and the Straits Settlements, and Phyllis Mary, second daughter of of Yunnan, South Chirla The first committee elected for lof the late Robert Davie and Mrs. the newly-formed. Portuguese Davie, of 14, Victoria Mansions,

The acknowledged father of Women's Association of Shanghai Hampstead..

the rubber trade in Mincing-lane, is composed of Mesdames Mary, de

Mr, Andrew, Devitt, was the re Souza, Marguerite da Silva,

From the "Putman Book | cipient of a presentation from all Hilda G. Ozorio,. Carolina News":"Well, Johnny, what sections on the occasion of his Barradas, Sarah Diniz, Julia books have you been reading?" 75th birthday some weeks ago, Campos, Lily de Souza, Zelinda da Oh, Tom Brown's Schooldaye, Mr. Devitt has been associated Silva, Lydia Leitao, Elvic Simoes Treasure Island, Ivanhoe, and with the industry for 60 years, and Misscs Caridade Remedios one or two others." "Who was and since the death of Mr. Peat. and Melie Encarnacao:

the outstanding character in has been the chairman of Lewis Ivanhoe?":"Robin Hood, sir." and Feat, the well-known rubber The distinction of being Eng-"And who was Robin Hood?", brokers: land's most economical man has "Er-Douglas Fairbanks, sir." been earned by a septuagenarian who, boarding a train at a station

It takes more than 6,300 volun- There was broadcast from outside Chorley (Lancashire), Birmingham recently a very tary workers to help the London dropped a piece of cheese. When amusing symposium on The County Council in its great busi- he alighted two stations away he Young Woman of 2025." Several ness of the medical care of the asked the officials to telephone of the contributors were inclined children in the schools. These down the line for it to be sent to fight shy of the problem. Mr.workers are asked to visit the along. The cheese, weighing one T P O'Connor was the first to children in their homes out of ounce, was found, but in an en- prophesy that women, a century school, hours, and see that the ad- velope, and sent along by the next hence, will be better and happiervice of the school medical officers passenger train. The ower met then they are to-day,!The Hon, ia bedng followed. Still more the train and received the pre John Collier agreem Lord workers are required for this: cious morsel from the

guard.

Riddell and Miss Sheila Kaye very important work and Smith were, however, a trife special ppeal has been made to Residents and, former residents more cynical Miss Kaye-Smith focles to volunteer their help of Hongkong attending the recent supposed that the young woman te dinner of The China Association of a hundred years ahead will be included Mesara A. V.

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