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LOCAL AND GENERAL

The total butput Kailan Mining Administration's mines for the week ending Decem ber 12 1926, amounted to 72,082 tons, and the sales during the period to 53,481 tons.

ECO's Annual Child- ren's sports, are to be held op New "10 Year's day.

Mesare. Lammert Brow, will sell the steam launch Fat at their auction rooms to morrow.

open spaces

When German editor can go right into court and baldly suc ason of Wilhelm every one can There will be no Ceylon pearl see that something has happened fishery for several years. Dr. in Germany - Philadelphia. Pab Joseph Pearson, the Marinelie Ledger Biologist, has just returned from an inspection of the pear) ovabar banks, which have been denuded

The growing popularity of radio in Japan la causing the phonograph and rebord prices to fall since the demand has taken a big drop. One company is adver- tising 20 per cent. reduction in the price of a weld-known foreign make of records, and it is expect ted that similiar action will be of oysters,⠀

taken by Japanese manufacturers.

Many people, saya a Hon writer, are wonderin the passing of Queen will inspire the present

facturers Japan is to have an electric Laureate to the writing of a

The only cases of notifiable dis-power generating station of memorative elegy.. ease extending over four days to 70,000 kilowatt capacity with the December 27 were one" (British) imported case of small-pox; one British case of diphtheria, and one Chinese case of cerebrospinal fever.

installation of a second 85,000 In order to obtain photo- kilowatt unit in the Nagoya graphs for his new book on the power house of the Toho golden eagle, Beton. Gordon and Denryoku, according to an an- his wife spent over 200 hours in a nouncement by. the International hiding tent beside an eagle's General Electric Company, eyrie and established the fact which is to provide much of the that eagles at times capture quirrels and feed their young on equipment.

them.

Unemployment in the 21 leading cities of Japan amounted to 105,595 on November-1, act

Religious and educational cording to a report of the Census

A special provision of Burean..

On November 1 Tokyo leaders have started a movement

at the had 39,000 unemployed; Osaka to have the Election law enacted $281,641 was passed 18.000; Yokohama 9,000, Kobe by the last Japanese Diet altered Federal Council to cover the loss. 8,100 Nagoya 4,000, and Kyoto Ho that persons who have served in working the timber depart

of the FMS. Rail- 8,000. Of the unemployed prison terme might sequire the ment

When the department 44.065 were of the labouring class franchise. As the law stande, way And 20.178 were of the profes persons who have served more ceased work there was quite isional class. Tokyo Ead about than six years in prison are de-a large stock of timber left along- 12,000 unemployed manual work-prived of the vote and those who aide the lines. Mr. Choo Kia- era Osaka slightly more than have served prison terms of geng, a member of the railway 10,000. Yokohama 4,400, Kobe shorter duration acquire the right board, said that the loss was to vote five. years after release. legitimate. The work under. 3,300 and Nagoya 1800.

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An Ttulian opera troupe too ambitious scale.. A husband's love of books has composed of more than 60 singers been his domestic undoing, ac- and musicians will visit Tokyo in [

words of Burn's cording to the story his wife told March of next year to appear at manuscript fetched $8 at the Willesden magistrate. the Imperial Theatre under the Sotheby's. The fragment was "Until two years ago," she auid, direction of Signor A. Carpi, the written in praise of Colla in "he was all that a husband could impresario, who brought a almi-Ayrshire, of which the poet said— be; but he has taken to reading lar opera troupe early this year, Farewell, old Colla's hills and Dickens, Arnold Bennett and The coming troupe is not the same.

dales; Marie Corelli, and ever since he company of singers who visited 36A, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

has been a changed man. He aits Japan last spring. The troupe is 10000DDRUOMõjuna-ang-pandanganan poring over books all day, won't coming prepared to give more An autograph poem to the work, and when he gets the dole: than 20 pieces, including "Aida," Unco Guid," in eight atanzas, sold, he makes me sign a receipt for the "Traviata," "Rigoletto," and for £335, and another poem to ang Dittle he hands over to me." The "Carmen." The Imperial Theatre Misa Jane Ferrier, afterwards husband Charles Langourons, aenjoyed a full house almost every Mrs. General Grahame, realised French waiter, of Parker's-build-evening when the Carp! company $275. The edle was of rare books ings. Holborn, was summoned for appeared in March. The theatre and manuscripts, and a total of deserting his wife, and five child-management says that the Im- $12,854 was realised, about $2,000 ren. He was ordered to pay 208. perial Theatre has decided to being paid for various Burns's a week.

have an opera season every year. items.

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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

The engagement is announced of Miss Alice Lau to Mr. Richard Shim. Mr. Shim is headmaster of Ying Wa Collège.

Mr. D. J. Marquess, à retired police inspector who has been planting for some time since his retirement from Government ser vios, has left Seremban för Australia

Professor Einstein has been awarded the Coplay medal by the Royal Society for his work on relativity

Mr. W. Pimley, manager of the Commercial Pacific Cable Co.. hes just returned to Shanghai Bfter an alence of several

The name of the Japanese Im perial grand-child, Princesa Teru-no-miya Shigeko, WRE

Lts. C. P. Clarke and C.-L. enterad in the records of the Robertson, who arrived in Shang- Imperial Family on the 15th insthai by the P. & O months

Macedonia," have been detailed respectively to H.M.S. "Darban" and HMS Despatch

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Patrol Leader Kechiek, of the First Teluk Anson ACS.Troop, has been awarded the silver cross

Dr. John Mott of the Y.M.CAP now visiting Japan, is described

the Japanese Press 2 "America'a Living Christ," and Marshal Sun Chuan-fang has for life-saving The presenta the "Napoleon of the Spiritualined orders for the removal of tion will be made by HE. World."

the various military branches in Biritin of Pezak at the Sco Shanghai apart from the Martial Jamboree to be held at Ipoh on Law Bureau. Several offices at January 8 or 1. the railway station have been transferred to Hauchowfu

• The marriage of Mr R.. Phipps, of Messrs. Cay Tek and Co., Penang, a son of Mr. JE Phipps, and Miss Eileen da Silva, took place at the Church of the. Assumption, Penang, on Boxing

Day.

News was received by the last mail that Mr. A. W. K. Money, late of the A.P.C., Kuala Lumpur, has accepted an important post with the Anglo-Persian Oil Co. and is now on his way to the Persian Gulf.

For His clection as Master of the A Musicians' Company will not give The Bank of Taiwan, Ltd. Mr. Henry D. Truscott, quite announce that Mr. Tetsuji Takagi autocratic authority as has been appointed manager of Joved by some of his predecesso its Hongkong branch in succes in office. For more sion to Mr. Zenji Yamamoto, who centuries the is transferred to the Tokyo affice: Musicians was M. Tatami Takagi has already authority for the

public performances London, and fin Friends of Mr. William inge was the pen Buckley, of Lees, who was for ing without some time manager of Messrs. Nominally be has stili

assumed office.

The death of Mr. Vagn Gjessing Llewellyn and Co., Ltd, will be levy s fine-on unauthor occurred on the night of the 15th-gated to hear that he has ciana, int, unfortunately

in a tragie manner. He was tra- been successful in the final power to enforce his authority.

velling on the night express from examination, held recently, of the

Yokohama to Kobe when he fel Royal College of Surg

out of the train near Kodzu and Royal College of

was killed. He, deft Kobe for London Dr. Buckley

Yokohama on business Appar rom China five ently nobody saw the accident and since then. no details as to how it happened,

are yet avaliable,

Mr. Eric Rice

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