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The Russian Imperial Light ¿“Menlékaře" arrives in Fiverpool fall ilapan Young Men's Association Open Company, appear this even- with two frizzly Boats, five coyotes, to take phire at the sacationing at the Theatre Royal.
prairie wolves, six mccans had R foar days beginning Ape und Vử chipmunks. Passengers fed 13. Phia convention is to be follow- A weekly sing-song is held at
Y.M.O.A., Jed by entertainments by delegates, the Kowloon the hours with gchocolates.
who will present local songs and Saturday commencing at 0.15 p.m.
For
A good evaning in connetion with the Cathedra), banch of the Church of England: Men's Society is to be held on Tuesday next 9 p.m. in the Oathedal Hall. Refreshments will be saved.
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The return of notifiable dis- Miss Silvia Baker has visited eases for the 24 hours ended Thurs- the Zoological timdens every day day shows one Chinese caso of for the past five years, for the purchphtheria. pose of studying the animals there, and inducing them to 100 for
a Northern Chinese troupe is to be London retailers of fruit have their portraits. The result is a
selling volume of brilliary sketches of Zoo given to day, not to-morrow; at the been preseruted, for
Tate flu; ' American apples with a powdery cclebrities deposit 011 them containing jarsenic, It was not present in
The annual general meeting Two and a quarter million dangerous quantities, though candles (in 4,000 cases ul six dozen of the members of the Hongisang there is no telling how many apples a boy will eat, skin and all encha, values at nearly Horticultural Society is to be held The deposit was cunsed through ah are lying in the bottom of on Thursday, January 28, in the Wharford Room of Messrs. Jardine, spray for the killing of insect the Flames new Union pests, and it is stated that, though Wapping. They belong to Messrs. Matheson Co., Ltd. the same insecticide" is used in Price, the well-known mannfac.
A combined meeting" of the con- and were on the burge England, spraying is not
*Corona" writing transference to anembers of the Chian. Coust Off- tinued so fate und so liberally.
Baild und the. Marine Ernagö bout for shipment abronck, "week" Referring to an action recently when during "Who dense fog the Engineers' Guild of China is to bo obbage was sunk in a collision. held at 10 am. to-morrow at the' hard at home,"Truph Serves te By the way, the nows. Some of the cases, it is expected, Saliors' Home, West Point,
reports ed this case" reformed may be unshipped in the bargy
The marrie female Buro. Messrs. B. by the tide. There am net realt o the plaintif s Bapak Fade". To in excess of many witchers on the riverside in pran population of Singapore was many people prix the lower reaches of the Thames considerably augmented as a result of the arrival in port of the "City Messrs." to the names of limited on the fok-out for these cases.
of Palermo. [rom Sydney. She 11 t keempanes, but journalister ought
The Malacca. Observer" hears Pronght 53. passengers to Singapore, nat aurke this silly misiluke, 16 would be just as correct to writes of thus the out of the meetings of whom were single ladies. Miesas. Tralalgiai,Sqaure, or Picca Frantined by fan, Mr. R.
Scott Resident #usedler, some The E. S. A. M. of "Mindaya is Edilly Cirrus Esq. '
time in Natember list at the High in receipt of a letter from the hon. Eshorting the crowd to "Pol School Hall, resulted in the forma. Jorganising Secretary of the British a Cooperative Society Empire Service League, which a young dich of yenne trust in the hand,
with wild eyes, who was prongst Governist and Munic. reads as follows:-"I am directed preaching in the Town Hall squat employees, the following werefly Field Marshal Earl Haig, and Mester begun to ban appointed to form the provisionary the members of the Empire Council, Treasury notus. The crowd in- committee ---Messy. Raymond de o convey to you, and to the mem- evased quickly, and astonishment Souza, Theseiga, Hundasa; Chan bers of the Ex-Service Association Teolv Bong-bong. of Madya, sincere and hearty reigned when it was found that the long-telt...
were genuine," Seneane immanuel, Tambayah ah Hashim, greetings for Christmas and the eagerly suggest that the reingeirentury has been passed round Now Year. My Council hope that. man shold dispose of his notes by and many of the Government on the splendid work which is being Faistributing them, instead of bus-plves have signified their willing done by your organistich la ing them. Then the palice- inser- Eness to join. There will be a meet Malaya, in assisting old comrades Evened and detained the strange ing shortly to frame the necessary may continue to make steuly pro
Egress. levangelish aut if his relatives arrived. mies ar its early formation.
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Mr. Charla Maxwell. Come]. Mr. A. L. "hunenix, Assistant
Competitors at the Stable Endes" missioner, Trade and Customs, Engineer, P.W.D., who has been Boxing Tournament in aich of St. F.M.S. wit be going on leave serving at Taiping for about 20 Dunstagy's, at the National Sport- about April,
yours, rolped from Government sering (hh in January, will be Pat famous Vien yostering
Donoghue, son of the jockey, and Ernest Wilde, brother Mr. M. B. Shelley has been of the ex-flyweight champion of the appointed to act as Director of war. Education, S.S. and F.M.S., and while performing these duties will
Mr. Yong Sze-In, B.A.. Cam- act as Principal of Raffles College. bridge of Lincoln's Inn, barrister- The wedding will take placet-law, has just returned to Kinla shortly before the Registrar of Lamp Friends and relations aro Marriages, of Mr. Victor J. giving him a very hearty, wekome. Į Merdis, solicitor, Penang, and The Victoria Institution-is-able to Miss Rhoda Kanavatie, of Butter add another name to the long list of
distinguished "Old Victorians,"
Viscount. Emley and Sir Percival Phillips werd in Penang on Christ- mas day, on board. Huo "Edavana," bound for Calcutta, r
Mr. and Mrs. at Mr. E. Yules returned to the
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The enggement is sunerinced of Miss Borothy M. Hodgson, Nursworth: Ling Sister, Batu Gajal Hospital, to Mr. H. Bille, a well-known Kinta planter.
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Mr. Owen Rutter, author of
The death has occurred at Bang-o The Song of Tiadatha and "Through Formosa," is about. to kok of Madame Precha, a daughter publish a novel entitled "Sepia," of Sir Thomas George Knox, former Though the author's work is well British Political Agent and Consul known in the East, this is his Eeneral in Sium. Of those on the novel. It deals with Mulaya and stafi of the Consulate-General of fis sure to be widely read. It is to these days none but Mr. E. H.
French is now alive. be published by Fisher Unwin,,
Mr. P. F. Le Fevre of the Texas Company leaves to-day on Home leave. Mr. D. S. Scott will be Acting District Munger for the | Company.
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Mr. E.0. Morrison, formerly of
An interesting Hitje ceremony Italian Consular lodge for China, and Dr. Giorgio Pirujno, Cgular the Eorneo Company, Singapore, took place on the .. "City of Attaché to, the Shanghai Consulate and Mrs. Morrison have sex Barcia," which, it will be remem General, have arrived in Shanghai, down at Liskeard, Cornwall, where hered, grounded on the N. Laconia they have bought a small property. Shoal on Christmas Day, when the
In a letter by the mail, Mr. Morri-
presented Captain passengers that Canwall is the Haughton with a silver cigarette country for an Easter man to re-box in token of their appreciation of fire to-they hear of dreadful cold the untiring efforts of himself, and storms in London while Cars-officers and crew resulting in the wall is basking in sunshine. safe arrival of the steamer at
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Mr. Kent Clark, for nine years of the Oriental Hulch Kobo, sailed by the stray Marn for America where he will jon. Mrs. Clark, and his children who are now in Hartford, Con- necticant, and will later engage in
"An old ex-resident of Singapore. hotel work on the Pacific coast.
His Majesty the King-Emperor Previons to his connection with the passed away in London
December 19, 1925, in the person Cimol Hotel, Mr. Clark was with of Mr. William Edward Nash. has been graciously pleneed to [the Praise S. 8. Co. for 12 years In his younger days he was a direct that as this is the last occa fas, parser and in 1916, when that pioneer in Pahang, and some sion on which his Excellency Jompany changed hands, he became years ago joined the Singapore Lord Reading will be in Calcutta (identified with the P. K. K. S. 5. Municipality, and when he retired it will be proper for him to attend
Co. in the same position.
owing to failing eye sight, he was the races on the King Emperor's chief water engineer.
Cup Day and on the Viceroy' Cup He was twice married, his second wife Day, and, to present the cups as. The usual Hogmanay celebrations being Miss Marie Lemercier, a has been eustomary. There will organised by Lodges Tullibardine French lady, by whom he is be strict observance of the direc (Kuala Lumpur) and Majaya survived, but he has left notions regarding dress during the
period of Court moruning. (Khung) were held in the Scottish children.
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on December 31, about 150 guests Lady Allenby, who accompanies
M. Paul Douner, who is now and hastes, including Sir Malcolm her husband on his world tour, will and Lady Watson, heing present. oceny a unique wabe in the his French Minister of Finance, was in Singapore when he Aller line dancing tog of the late star, for the victor well known in Singapore began and continued until about of Palestine once said that without was Governor-Generul ur French The music was provided her comforting lettos he could Indo-China, where he was known by Mesars, Gardiner, Homsley, never have done what he did. A amongst the officials as the Emperor Trowell, Watts, and Weston, thing very few people do know is Paul owing to his autocratic way of Не During the dinner, the opportunity that when the trouble in Cairo was carrying on the governmont, was taken of presenting to Mr. ut 3 beight and there, was every was neverthelem, one of the ublest Lowson a cuntean of cullery, ent-possibility that Lord Allenby's life administraters that Indo-China had, ably inscribed, as a wedding gift would be attempted, she insisted on: and his memory is still popetusted. from the members of Lodge Tulli nocompanying him in the car when by one of the Saigon owned, steam- Burdine,
ever he made public appearance, ers be'ng named after him.
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