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Two passenger bouts crossing

GENERAL.

The Colony had a clean Bil of the Zuider Zou were caught and Health for the 24 hours ended held to the Icer and "passengers: Tuesday. continust shoir journey by walking over the ice to landh

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•Hampton United States has been selected Luber the place, and the week of October 24, 1926, as the date; for the next race for the Schneider Cup for Seaplanes..

On or after February 16, legal proceedings will be taken against any person who installe and works without licence any system of wireless telegraphy or telephony in the, Settlement of Singapore.

The total output of the Kallun Mining Administration's mines for the week endifig January amounted to 87,111 tonk, and the sales to 38,099 ton

Notice" is given that all Ame and marine Insurance officer will be closed for the transaction of business on Saturday and Monday, February 13 and 15, 1928." »

In accordance with Ordinance No. 3 of 1912, the Exchange Banks will be closed for the transaction of public business on Saturday and Monday, February 18 and 16, 1926.

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Lancaster Corporation has gizon free sites to Arms who will ercet houses for sale at 2485 each

It is reported that the Aus trahan Fadoval Parliament. is not. being transferred to Canborra until 1927, owing to the Government's destro to avoid a plecemeal transfer.,

As the Singapore Boy Scoute" annual meeting, Mr. D. A. Brown, prosiding, said he hoped that moru enthusiasm would be shown by the heads of certain schools, who had to make their troops. not done all they might The accounts showed a surplus of $972. The report was adopted.

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On Sunday (second day of

One does not expect much of China New Year) members of the

It is anticipated that the new the last day of a Farliamentary Hongkong Chinese General Cham-

term (says "Observator") but.. wireloss transmitting ber of Commerce will meet to offer mammoth felicitous greetings (Tuen Bulatation at Kirkee will be in work-Tuesday's sitting produced the best ing order by the middle of August. bull of the session, in the true ins at 3pm, and lea will be served!

The station will be capable of of Ir. Quickly and Mrs, Malaprop, Sail MF. Jack Jones The Hon

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From the "Glasgow Herald: sending messages at 1,000 words. The following schoolboy howlers te minute, compared with about 40 were perpetrated at a recent words a minute on the present

cable routes, examination:-

"Pertium, quid is a legal term meaning six shillings and eight- pence." "In his journey to Mourt "Zion Christian had a fight with a polygon." "Air, is made up of "Henry oxygen and sanatogen." V had the Prayer Book put into English to spite the Pope, who wanted to marry Catherine of | Arragon.

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'The overnight work of water

"Empress of Scotland" passen thieves was evident on Wednesday morning when four out of sevengers tell of an extraordinary phenomenon, which bouta moored near the Hongkong astronomical Yacht Club were found to be strip they witnessed the night they per of safts, rapen, anchors, and crossed the equator just west of A huge loose gear, the total loss Being Sumatra on January 27.

The meteor streaked across the heavens: estimated at about $1,000. boats visited were Diana, Falcon, in front of the vessel, becoming, Why Wonder and Nymph.

almost half the size of the full moon before it burst In a vast Flaze of golden radiance. Mariners vowed it was the largest they had seen in any Decai.

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While the "Empress of Scot-

A twelve-year-old Buropean land" was in Singapore Sir Arthur Mayo-Robson, K.R.E., CB, CV.O., boy named H. Morry was charged the eminent British surgeon who at Penang, before Mr. C. W. A is aboard was invited by his old Seanett, with vagraney and with friend, Sir Laurence Guillemand being found of the P&O 8.5.

Forty goats are slaughtered Governor of the Straits Set-Kasamir in Penang Harbour and Wements to inspect the proposed having no visible means of sub- daily at the temple of Kali, patron She is a British naval base. With Dr.sistence. Inspector Clifton said goddess of Calcutta

with William Turner, of London, a the boy had no money on him, and consort of 'Siva, one of the Hindu fellow-passenger and equally re- no relatives or friends in Penang, divine triad a black figure nowned as a physician and fee-His father lived at Kuala Lumpur. four arms, three red eyes and a turer.

site, whence the boy had run away.pointed scarlet tongue, she tip of they

the visited declaring upon their return that The boy denied that he had per which reaches to her waist. Only the protect is progressing" quite sistently run away from home and blood appendes her, and white Mr. Sennett: members of the "Empress of slowly at the present. time owing followed strangers.

Scotland" Across India party were in her courtyard on January 16 the first day of the Hindu month, a 29-year-old Indian lad plunged a knife through his jugular vein and dropped dead at her feet.

to the necessity of laying adequate If you do that, you will finiss up at Singapore. groundwork. Disease and pestil in a reformatory ence are being eliminated at the You would not like that I can tell with this you. The boy was ordered to be outset, they said, and accomplished the work will un rent to a house of detention until

This father fetched him. doubtedly proceed rapidly.

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Mr JC Duncan of the Mer- cantile Bank is leaving Bangkok on transfer to Mauritius, and the new manager is due in Bangkok about the middle of next month.

Mu. Giles Hewart, father of Lord Hewart of Bury, Lord Chief Justice, has died at Colwyn Bay.

Mr. George. Cant, of Barkestone, Leicestershire, celebrated his 102nd birthday.

Rude Valentino's wife bas the ground of divorced him on abandonment.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Povey,' of Eex-hill-on-Sea, on their diamond Commander Ronald Neil Stuart,wedding received a congratulatory R.N.R... who has charge of the letter from the King.

A silver cigarette case presented 25,000 tons tourist liner, "Empress

Mr. E E Chambers, man by his workers to Mr. C. P of Scotland," holds both the. V.C.

uger of the Penang branch Markham, the Derbyshire coal and DiS.OLA The conspicuous of the Chartered! Bank, is magnate; is a replica of a colliery bravery for which he was awarded'

going, home on leave, by the coal tram. the coveted honour occurred while Mantun" on March 13. Mr. A. engaged in submarine work 1. Cassels, who is due back in Penang in the near future, will be in charge during Mr. Chambers"

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A cable message has been re-absencat ceived from Glasgow, stating that

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It is learned that the Japanese Prince Regent's tour to the South Seas, Mandate. Islands. which was arranged to be made next. Autumn has been abandoned, on account of press of Government business...

The fame of the Buddhist monk "miracle-worker of Yenaylin la reported to have spread, beyond Burma. The Intext news speaks of as being ladies from Bombay,"

the following candidates from Mr. D. Goldsmith was sentenced Penang were successful at, then February fast to nine months Examinations of the Corporation

imprisonment, the allegation. of Accountants held in December last. A.C.R.A.: Mr.. Thos. R. Fagainst him being that he had broken windows in the house of Dawson (Co-operative Societies his mother-in-law. On the expira- tion of his sentence he was certified

a lunatic and taken to Park among his converts, or patien Prewett Asylum. He escaped to

Mr. B. Wolde, late secretary of Ireland, und us he was free for Reuben Brooks of Gloucester over the statutory period of 14 days trip to Australia in the near future, the Malacca Club, contemplates à, Mass President of the Russia he cannot be reclaimed by the

for health reasons. MEE JT Cement Company, manufacturers Baylum authorities unless a new Pearce is at present acting ag of Lu Fago's Liquid glue, is the certificate is obtained. oldest passenger on the "Empress of Scotland, having celebrated his 83rd birthday, with a party, which

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secretary of the Malace Club, pending the arrival of the newly Nine of the "Empress of Scot-appointed secretary from home.

all his fellow passengers attended, land" passengers were guests,

Dame Margaret Lloyd George. on January 29, just before arriving while the ship was in Singapore, Batavia, Java. Among the first to of Rajah Horn, the rubber king of has presented the Llanystumdwy extend him felicitations was Mas-the sultanate of Johoro The Institute with a handsome cabinet ter David G. Chase, East Walpole, rajah invited the party to his gramophone and a large number Mass., hine years old, the youngest Johore palace, situated in a 196 of records. The institute was acre garden overlooking a great given by Mr. Lloyd George to his artificial lake covered with waterboyhood village 13 years ago;, and As a reward for her ability as lies. His gardens have more he takes considerable interest in a thinker and a writer, Miss Ella than 1,300 varieties of orchide. Its welfare. Mary Martine of Berkeley, His guests were Mr. and Mrs. T. Sag

Hon Henry Morgenthau, C.B.E. California, one of the "Empress of Harry West, Philadelphia; Mr. Scotland: passengers, is making and Mrs. Harold V Lundquist, LL.D., former Ambassador of the Jamestown, NY Mr. and Mrs. United States to Turkey, Journey- the world cruise as the winner of John H. Kamman, Buffalo, NY.ed with Mra. Morgenthau, as far B world tour contest conducted by the San Francisco Chronicie She Mrs. A. M. Wiehman, Bellerose, as Bombay aboard the Empress was elected the winner from more L. Miss Marion G. Hennion and of Scotland.

than 8,000 contestants and was awarded two round-the-world tickets on the Empress of Scot land. She is accompanied by Miss Mary Helen Plettenberg, also

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Aboard the "Empress of Scot land" is Arthur Bartlett Maurice, former Editor of "The Bookman

He planned to re main in India about a month. studying British colonial govern- ment. Previously he had been studying and writing of conditions. in Palestine. He went to Delhi as

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