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The -"B., A T Bulletin” för Professor J. Barcroft, who wAR November contains the following recently appointed professer of At a recent Conference on Sales-physiology at Cambridge, is experi manship at Wembley the best manting chiefly with the spleen, story was told By Miss Gladys whose functions and constituenta Communications for the Hong-Barlton. She told of a shy young are not fully known Professor Association man who nervously entered a shop Barcroft contradicts the tradition kong Automobile should be addressed to Mesurs, and said. "don't know whether that the spleen is responsible for Linstead & Duvis, the Treasurers, have to get a cambole or a bad temper, and irritability. during the Hon. Secretary's. (Mr. casserole P. M. Hodgson) temporary absence.

The bright young saleswoman re- Red, "Well, air, is the bird alive

At a

The Hongkong "Philatelic for dead?? Society hold their "aginual general meeting on Friday when the ac

house in Cromorné, counts for 2020 were considered and Sydney, a lady rushed downstairs the following offcora were elect-screaming that there was a man ad: Mr. B. E. Lammort (President) under her bed. She said that the Mr. W. Sagers (Hon. Secretary), bed had moved when she entered Messrs. A. .. Torry, H. du Luz and the room, A party, of searching C. James (Committee.) Regret was fellow-boardera falled to find any

loss, to exprossed at the

the race of the man, and the lady ad- Society by the departure from the mitted that she had not actually Colony of Mr. D. Brown, who seen him, but had seen the bed had done useful work an Honorary move. The morning papers solved Secretary and a member of the the mystory for them there had Committee.

been an earthquake.

Comparative figure for the last two years of ocean-borne ton- bage passing through Port Swottenham are now available. Tr of ships which 1924 the number called was 409. imports 98,461. tons, and experts 36,655 tons. In rose, 478. ships brought 184,543 tons of Imports and carried away 30,786 tons of exports.

The head of the Morris motor manufacturing company, Christmas gift, has issued a paid- up life insurance policy to each of 6,000 employees at Oxford and Coventry The amounts insured, range from $2,500 downward, ac

Herr Lollert, & Berlin electric. The Queen's Theatre Sunday in-cording to length of service. The novations are being, appreciated.git completely surprised the Last night, in addition to the workers. It is the finest gratuity showing of a topical and comedy known in the British motor in film and a story centreing around dustry. Hoot Gibson, Mr. Hazy Ore played

The members of the American

lan, has invented an apparatus which will enable a policeman to arrest a criminal with a more touch of the fingers which will render him unconscious. It consists of a buttery and an induction coil gen-a number, of light classical pieces. erating a very powerful current, on the pianoforte, to the enjoy- Association of China, the oldest which will be transmitted by hid-ment of a large audience. "The American organisation in the Far den wires to the polleoman's hand. Calgary, Stampede?? is being shown East having been organised in The German Government is nego this evening whilst to-morrow 3698; voted at the annual meeting. tiating for the purchase of the in- night, those who have read that to ako steps to form a national fine novel The Lost Lady" will Association which would include have the opportunity of seeing the all American residents of China) film version of it..

and in case this can be done the Committee was authorised to change the name of the local or gantsation from its present title to American Association of Shang-

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A fine example of the Golden Rude in business is given to the world in general by the employees of: James Pender & Co. D, albat subsidiary of the British Empire Steel Corporation, who have agreed Statistics of oversea migration to work overtime without pay. In for November show that" 10.097" order that their firm can compete persons (5,687. males and 4,410 with foreign manufacturers in ex- females) arrived in Australia and "Laten ow duckness, we beseeport markets. The only condition 4,406 persons (2,537 males and three, 00 l, am, bay, they gray the employees asks that the 1,888 females) departed during the mehey defors us from whit pahle and accrued profits if there be any month, the excess of arrivals being dansehs of these nate for the hhvsuch; be shared between the em-5,692 persons which was 791 lege of They only Son, ah Bavayah,,ployeee and the fi Such an than during November, 1924. The Jesus Chrucst."

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An actor is accused by another Complainant of having said-

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aggregate excess of arrivals for the 11 months ended November 30, 35,488 persons, was also less by 2,867 than that for the correspond ing, period of the previous year.«

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Major Geoffrey" Moss wrote "Sweep Pepper" twelve 'times.· was his wife who persuaded him to try his hand at a novel.

That popular novelist and poet, Mr. John Oxenham, had the mis fortune recently to lose his wife, a very gifted Scotswoman.

Mr. A. Wallis,till lately British Vice-Consul at Canton, who left for England in October after a breakdown in health, has now practically recovered, but will remain in England en ordinary leave for about a year..

A doctor has left a hundredi

pounds to a cook as a taken of his. gratitude "for encouraging words and devoted services when 1 was. demobilised, broken in health for over."

Mr. R. J. H Sidney, headmaster, Kuala The death had occurred at Fraser Victoria Institution, Mrs. H. E, Hollands, the Rev. Memorial Home, Colombo, of Mr. Lumpur gave a most enjoyabla and Mrs. E. Dewatoe and Mr. and Arthur Payne Sandbach, Superin musical At Home af his house, ut Mrs. Hames were among the tendent of Le Vallon Group, which a large number of guests, Galaha.. The deceased, who was including the Chief Justice and large number of passengers whose years of age, arrived in the Mrs. Gompertz, were present island about, thirty years ago, and Mrs. Reave-Tucker and Mr. Sidney was at first. for some years in the wore the vocalista, Mrs. Cubitt,

played the violin, and Badulla District..

Misa Purdtam gave an exhibition", "uf

left by the "Malwa" on Saturday

The public dinner given by the Chinese Community of, Singapore in honour of Dr. Lim Boon-keng. O.B.E., took place at the Garden Club, Raffics Chambers, on January

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wrote. Jericho Mary Borden Sands" five times before being satisfied with it. It is having even greater success than "Jane-Our Stranger," a dramatia version of which is being prepared

Mr. and Mra F, G. Whitehead, classical dancing. Every item on of Batang Balaka, have returned the short and well-chosen pro- from Home, the former having re-gramme. reached a high artistics sumed his appointment in Batang level. Malaka estates, Mr. M. Gunnell who has been in charge during the manager's absence, will shortly be proceeding on leave..

Many after reading the third volume of the Page letters, won- dered what really happened to the #25,000 worth of jewels which Princess Lichnowsky left in the safe of the German Embassy when she left London at the outbreak

On the 24th ult. His Majesty the King of Siam received Phra Mr. D. Percebots, formerly Com-Bortraka Vejakarn,, a doctor in the missioner of Customs at Pakhoi, Department of Public Health, who of war in 1914. Eage said that he and who retired in 1921 after 40 had been studying abroad on a years' service, has been awarded by the French Government the Cross of Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur. Mr. Percebols was well known in Hongkong, having been detached in 1910 to the Colonial Government in connection with the Imports and Exports, Re venue Department

did not know what happened to Rockefeller scholarship, and who the jewels, because, though the attended the conference at. Tokyo princess left the key at the Amer- of the Far Eastern Association of Ican Embassy, he never heard Tropical Medicine and also Nai from her again Princess Pradit Sukhum on return, from Lichnowsky, who is now living in studying in America.

Czecho-Slovakia, in a letter writ ten a few days ago, stated that the jewels were all returned to her during the war through the help of the American Embnery in London.

H.E. the Governor and H.H. the

Regent of Kedah were the guests The Prince of Wales has had his of honour at the dinner given by

the Penang Turf Club at the o passion for travel stirred afresh by Penang Club, The Hon. Mr. WOf course, there never was a

the accounts the Duke and Duchess of York have given him of their ex- Feel was in the chair and others thing missing, she says. periences in East Africa Though present were Messrs. D. A. M.

no plana whatever have been made Brown Chambers, Crabb Watt, left the jewels in my safe Hereford, Morgan, Kemp, Deacon, because I knew I should, have no As yet the Prince may pay a visit Terrell, Wright, Allan Odell, need of then, and for a practical to Kenya next Winter. He has Always had a bankering for big Boutcher, Dubole, Vickers, Hume reason, Princess Lichnowsky game hunting and the opportuni Davies, Hastings Rhodes, Grant, writes. "A dog, a cat, and four

Knot Dickson, Fleury, Niven, and birds had to travel with tien be had in South Africa were Major Olive

they always did, and it seemed curtailed through the pressure of social engagements,"

complication to have to WS case filled with jewels whi not seem important to my he

falt the I simply

Mr. George M. Stad man, pro- Tire and There was a quiet foregatheringsident of The Goodye of a few old friends the other Rubber Company, died on evening at Rahang House, 22, at his home in Akron, Seremban, the residence of Mr. Stadelman Joined the

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