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Buick

In three months, public recognition of the value of the better Buick 923 bas been so sweeping that to-day one in every four cars sold for $1000 or more is a better BUICK

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A CHINESE NEW YEAR'S EVE

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ON

FRIDAY, 12th FEBRUARY, 1926,

(CHINESE, FANCY OR EVENING DRESS OPTIONAL)

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12. Midnight.

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A

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LOCAL

The total rainfall for Jangary was 31 inches. Rain telt on only four days during the month.

THE CHINA MAIL.

AND

GENERAL.

The Shanghal American Asso- Through the courtesy of the felation of University Woman held Management of the Russian Im- ta annual dinner and get-together perial Light Opera Company which last week in the gymnasium of the recently performed in Hongkong. Navy Y.M.C.A, with an attendance the Radie Corporation of

"Gipay A Chinese naval detachment, of about 120 members of this or-Philippines broadcasted. headed by cut-Commander T. P.ganisation.

Love." Lin. arrived in England on January 3 from New York...

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if it should become conclusive ly evident that there are loafers The return of notifiable dis-among Philippine government em- EURDA for last wek shows one ployes in different bureaus as re- British CIND of smallpox; two |ported from time to time from Chinesesses of diphtheria and different sources, Ingular Auditor one Chinese case, resulting in Wright may withhold payment of death, of cerebro spinal fever. their 'aularies as was done in the For the 24 hours outed Monday, lease of employes of both houses one Chinese case of diphtheria was of the legislature, it is understood. reported.

Word has been received of the The Women's Christian Tem- purchase in London by the perance Union, of China following Rosenbach Company of Philadel- ja custom established a few your phin of a Shakespearean rarity, ago are again launching an anti-The Troublesome Raigne of Kambling campaign' in

the

The Bukit Jaldtong Rubber Estates Limited, is offering a re

ward of $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and convic tion of the person or persons re- sponsible for th late Manager of Lim Kim-watt.

murder of the * Company, M

Among the serious drinkers of Lancashire. port wine la consider- This ak ed a teetotaler's drink. any rate was the assertion made in the House of Commons during the course of a debate regarding the use of government stamp books as a medium for carrying adver- various John. King of England, 1591," atiserents of a port wine... centres throughout China during pseudo-Shakespeare play, only two the Chinese New Your. Besides copies of which are known to exist. conducting a united thrift eum-Coples of the first edition of both paign with the National Christian parts were purchased by the

Counell and with the National Rosenbuchs for £1850. Committees of the. Y. M. C.. A,

nnd the Y. W. C...A. the Union is

News dispatches tell of the forthcoming sale in America of a copy or Gutenberg's Bible, pur chased several months ago from the monks of 1 Benedictine sendingu circular to all the presi The Philippine Council of the monastery near Vienna by Edward dent sof colleges and principals of Boy Scouts of America will do Goldston, a London dealer in rare high and primary setbols, arg-their bit to make the 1926 Manila books. This rarest of rare books ing co-operation with this work. Carnival and Commercial and In-will be auctioned this month in February. It was the first volume from The letser is

Mrsdustrial Fair a big success signed by Herman C. E. Liv, chairman of the standpoint of service rendered printed from movable types. The bought had D the public. Availing them copy Mr. Goldston the secretarial contrik

been in possession of the monks selves of an offer of a lot made

ree hundred years. by Director Luz, the Boy Scouts for more than

is still a matter with erect tents inside the Carnival

The price he city for a Scout Service Station of speculation, although it during the 10-day furnival period. now that a large sum was

Ivolved in the purchase.

is in

A perm somewhat more viru lent than the ordinary "cold bug" associated with a Shanghai winter has settled upon: Shanghat, accord ing to several local physicians, in

In addition to advertising for Addressing, the. Rotary Club what approximated an epidemiu. Although not definitely calling this Bids for construction of the new (Calcutta) on January 12 His Ex-' "bacilius. Influenza and Davan concrete pier and the cellency the Governor of Bengal

the apoke rip-rip breakwater,

de treatment of although the Shanghai Municipal Capiz Council's Public Health Depart Manila bureau of public works linquency and use and abuse

germ

on the

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1926

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ment has no record of cases of this month made available from punishment in the moulding of HONAKONG & TERRITORIAL ESTATES,LTD.

of human character. He said that infun which fa a notifiable dis- the insular treasury the sum ease, the doctors are firm in their) F472,000 for maintenance improve- punishment could inati fear and belief that certala precautions ment and development of provin- enforce habits, but it could not in- should be taken in order to check cial ports and harbara, including spire goodness as a means of moral It is worse than the spread Approximately one dredging. in regularly organised tegeneration. third of the foreign population of provinces and another F33,500 for useless and should be abandoned, Shanghai has suffered from the those in specially organised pro- Speaking of Bengal, the Governor inraide of this germ attacking the vinces. Instructions for carrying said the penal system did not us recognise anything which respiratory organs, is the state-out the work planned have been yet

to district engineers con-might be described as a moral doc- ment of one medical man in the sent

cerned.

tor or a moral hospital

city.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

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Mr. H. V: Millington, formerly When Mr. Ramsay MacDonald in Hongkong, has accepted an ap-left Victoria, en route for 'Ceylon, pointment, on the wiltorial staff of members of the Ceylon Studenta the "Japan Chronicle:"

Association put a

of garland Howers round his neck.

9.8,

Lt.Cdr. Seamon arrived from England by the P. & 0. "Karmala," and will go to Tien- tain, where

he will join H.MS "Foxglove."

Passengers departing yesterday. by 3.8. "Chungte" for Australia, included Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Hewer, Dr. L. Liser und Miss G. Douglas.

Mr. H. E. Brewer. of the Shang hal firm of Mesers. Brewer & Co. Ltd., is in the Victoria: Nursing Home, suffering from an attack of bronchial-pneumonia.

It should be noted that concert to be given this evening in the Cathedral Hall for St. Peter's Church repair fund, begins at 9 pm. and not at 5.15 pm.

Mrs. Williams, wife of Mr. H. G. Williams, M.P. for Reading, while leaving the theatre lost a diamond brooch, the gift of 6,000 Conservatives of Wednesbury.

Miss M. Partridge, a young member of the Women's Engineer- ng Society, is engaged in the in- stallation of electric light for the village of Bampton. Devonshir

His Majesty the King has ap- proved of the following regimental alnances between the Australian and English forces:-Third Light Horse to the Third King's Own Hussars, 11th Battalion to the Mrs. Lizzie B. Ried, the first Royal Sunack regiment, Melbourne women to play golf in America and University Rifles to the Rifle widow of John Ried, who intro- Brigade. The New Zealand forees! duced golf in the United States, have been allied 18 follows; to the died last month at her home in Fourth Mounted Rifles Yonkers, New York, in her 72nd year.

4-7th Dragoon Guards, Hatıraki Regiment to the Royal Warwick-i ahire Regiment, Otago Regiment to′′] the. Cameronians,

Mr. Li Ah-yain, who has been appointed a Minister of the Gov. theernment of Burma, is the first man Next only to Queen "Alexandra,

of Chinese descent to act us a Queen Margherita was for years. Minister in the Indian Empire | the

most popular of Queen Called to the Bar by the Middle Mothers. An eminent diplomat Temple in 1897, he has practised once said of the late Queen Mother at Rangoon with marked success of Italy that he had never known Mr. Ah-yain has been a member of anyone who filled so perfectly the

Legislative Council role of Queen. Burma the

Unlike her hus since 1922, and has shared, the band, who once, defined music as leadership of the Progressive, of noise," she was an enthusiastic Independent, Party.

musician, she studied classical Latin in order to keep abreast of her son's education; she spoke four languages perfectly. In her widowhood her chief delight was in rapid motoring.

The Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall LL.D., will give away the prizes at the annual distribution of the Educational Institute, in the Chinese Y.M.C.A., on Saturday, at 7pm, when there will be a con-

cert.

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Brigadier-General Ronald Marr Johnson, C.M.G., D.S.O., of Crown The visit, of the "Bobbies" to Cottage, Addlestone, Surrey, who saw service in China and during Japan as not without tragedy.

The the Great War, afterwards second- says the "Japan Chronicle." R.M.3. "Empress of Asia," by ed for service with the Shanghai Corps, who died or which the last three of the Amer- Volunteer

Marriage to the latest thing to November 15, aged 52, left un ican girl baseball players were re- turning was only a day out of settled property of the gross value be put in the de luxe class and to

ba affected by the over mounting! Yokohama when Mina Leona of £7,926, with net personalty Kerras was washed overboard.£7,653. The testator requested his cost of living. Under a decree off the communal administration at Miss Kearns came from West wife (but created no trust in the Ghent, Belgium, the fees to be Union, linole. The second class matter) to, keep his medals and deck on the "Asia" must be some decorations and the bronze mode! 50 feet above the water, but it is gun presented to him by the not unknown for a high se to heave a few tons of water aboard but ordinarily the high rail would prevent any such tragic result as this.

Shanghal Volunteer Corps for her life, and then to give or bequeath them to his son Patrick.

paid for marriage will be 800, 150 end 75 francs, according to whe ther the ceremony is to be arst, second or third class. Heretofore 100, 50 and 25 fiance wore the

A

"sume donated to the commune.

service de luxe, which includes at small orchestra in addition to the organ, how will cost 600 francs.

Rev. Brother Paul Director of St. Xavier's Institution, Penang, The Shanghal Tutorial and has just been appointed Visitor of Technical Institute (Principal, Mr. the Christian Brothers Schools in J. P. Jones, BSc., M.I.Min. E.)the Far East in succession to the The Earl of Birkenhead, in die her just commenced its new Rev. Brother James, 10.B. who tributing the prizes at the annual Courses, The Institute, which only has filled this office since 1010, prize giving of Pitman's School, a recently had the satisfaction of The Rev. Brother James, at his the Albert Hall said that when L learning of several more successes own request, and owing to falling was very young he acquired the for its pupils, affords special pre health, hea. been rellevad of the art of writing shorthand at a speed. paration in day and evening comprehensive and responsible which would certainly have en -position. He titled him in high distinctions bai

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that ter he

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