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Meals à la Carte at all hours from 8 A.M.. to 12 Midnight.

Xmas, Wedding and Christening cakes to order.

A large consignment of Cailler's Chocolates and California Fruits just received for the Festive Season.

Cnly the best Food and Wines served. Alexandra Building

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Proprietor. Telephore C 2336

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DANCING DISPLAY

BY PUPILS OF MISS DAISY O'KEEFE. Under the most distinguished patronage of HE. THE GOVERNOR and ] ADY CLEMENTI.. IN AID OF EARL HAIG'S FUND FOR DISABLED SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.

ON

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Tickets $3, $2 and $1.

TO BE OBTAINED FROM ANDERSON'S.

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LADIES & GENTLEMEN'S HAIR DRESSERS.

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Established 1876.

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THE CH

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Owing to the China New Iear.. holidays, there will be no "China Mail tomorrow (Saturday). On Monday, the "China" Mail"" will be published at noont

As the Chinay Mall will not, be published to-morrow, the week' local pictures will be inserted in Monday's Issue.

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Over 130 summonses against The Koda gud shop, of Kanc-Welsh miners and steelworkers for chol Kobe has been fined F150 and non-payment of income tax were ordered to suspend business for heard at Fort Talbot. two months owing to its having supplied arms to men who were en- anged in smuggling them to Cana

Kissing among children is said to be responsible for a considerable increase in the number of casos of measles In Streatham.

A fire which broke out in a row of houses used: as dwellings and shops at Laichikok Road was A gift of $10,000 or the time promptly checked by the Kowloon being anonymous has been made Fire Brigade yesterday morning to the appeal fund started by the One building was badly damaged, Earl of Balfour to promote the and the furniture and goods wore work of the National Institute of lost..

Enlustia Isychology. A donation, of 100 guineus has been made by the National Union of Railway- mentr

The Royal Tournament will be held at Olympia from May 20, to June 5, inclusive

There was a clean Bill of Health in the Colony for the 24 hours ended Wednesday.

An order for two steamers for London owners has been received by Scolt's Shipbuilding Greenock.

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Selangor, owing to its larger Chinese population, heads the States in respect of the extent of illicit liquor traffic. Stills seized in 1925 in the F.M.S. numbered 224, and prosecutions were 1,041. The total amount obtained in Bros. was $22,000.

Reports of alleged attempts of certain unknown persons at Manile

Declaration of Washington's to break into department offices.

birthday, February 22, as a Day outside office hours, apparently to Although given a "universal of National Prayer for Independ gain access to recorda and certificate in Great Britain, the ence by the people of the Philip other official documents, having Merry Widow fim la not to be pines and recognisation of the reached department secretaries, in-shown in the Irish Free State. The Philippine prese bureau in Wash structions have been issued requirBoard of Appeal upheld the Freeington, D. C with a view ton fag closer surveillance over the State censor's ban. Professor strengthening it and placing it on Ayuntamiento which houses the Magennis, chairman of the board higher standard of efficiency, highest executive offices of the said that unless one was told that have been recommended, to the Insular government.

the film was based on the musical national supreme council by its comedy one would have scarcely campaign and publicity committee, Appearing for the defence of recognised any similarity The composed inrgely of Manila editors a Chinese naval officer, charged producer had utilised avery oppor and publicists presided over by with receiving a deposit receipt tunity to embroider every possible former Secretary of Justice Jose for $7,000 belonging to another incident with suggestion. The Abad Santos. Chinese, at the Central Magis spirit of the production was a tracy yesterday, Mr. M. K. Lo glorification of debauchery. submitted that the prosecution!

Students of vital statisties andı had to prove that the document. "No mouey and materials for hygiene may make what they like was stolen, that, defendant was in the polleo just, now." Such was of the subjoined message, received possession of it at the time, and the reply of the Manila majority London from Constantinople. that he knew it to have been enuncilors to Police Chief Green's The oldest man in the world, ma unlawfully obtained. The case request for funds, following a con- Constantinopolitan, who is now 151, was adjourned."

Scilly has seen its first revue, the "Nine oClock Revue." from the Little Theatre, which was prodaved at St. Mary's Town Hall The company. complete with beauty chorus, consisted entirely of island ers, moet of bem young Duchy of Cornwall-workmen and their girl friends. Despite some difficulty in following all the topical West-end alhastons. # crowded house thoroughly enjoyed its first. ex perience of this form of entertain

ment.

SOCIAL

The H.K.V.DIC Engineer Com- pany's dinner is being fixed for Thursday, April 1

Mr. A. B. Stewart of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. is being transferred to the Shanghai office.

Mrs. Guy C. Royle, wife of Cap- tain Royle, Naval Attaché in the British Embassy, Tokyo, who has been at St. Luke's Hospital where she underwent an operation for appendicitis, is progressing favour- ably.

The members of the Tokyo Club and the British Society jointly shared the honour of being hosta at a farewell dinner to the British Ambassador Sir Charles Eliot. The dinner was held at the Tokyo Club on January 28,

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He says: eat only one meal a day; milk with plenty of sugar, and some little cakes:

"I never eat meat or bread and never smoke or take alcohol..

police, boaded by Councilor Ruperto the offices of the Stamboul Munich- del Castillo. There are more pal Couneit urgent matters awaiting appropria- tion of funds, such as school build ings, markets, streets and bridges, was declared. Besides, city in- habitants are peaceful and abiding, they said Couneitor De la Fuente also considered the marked efficiency of the police under Chief Green" another justification for non-appropriation of additional funds for the police, saying that if it already is efficient the fores needs no improvement..

"I have had alx wives during my long life. My last marriage took- place when I was 147 years of age, my wife being 801

I have never had a doctor in my life, and do not know the taste of medicine. If I feel is well, I wält: until it passes off"

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AND PERSONAL. Tel. C.781.

Lord Forater, until recently

Mrs. Famment, who died at Farn Governor-General of Australia, has borough, Kent; in her 102nd year,

of become president the Big. travelled on the top of an omnibus Brother Movement in Britain. from London Bridge to Ealing when'

she was 98...

The Rev. H. Copley Moyle,.

Miss Ruth St. Denis and Mr. chaplain of St. John's Cathedral, is due back from furlough next Ted Shawn who recently appeared month, by the 8.5. "Sarpedon." in Hongkong, are to perform in London, in connection with their tour of the principal cities of the world.

Mr. Hasegawa Motokichi, the the Japanese Chencellor of Consulate General in London, has been called to the English Bar

The engagement of Miss Agatha Martin to Mr. Edmund Penny- "Deaths from tuberculosis are Lacker, both of Tokyo, was formal decreasing."-Dr. D. M. Coana, atly announced at a dinner party, the Women Sanitary Inspectors and given by Mrs. Robert F. Moss, at Health Visitors Association, at her home, No. 79, Kogaicho, Azabu. Ledford College.

Aged 101, Mrs. Elizabeth

Among the guests of the Kobe Williams, of Pen-y-bwich, near St. Andrew's Society at the Ball Pwllheli, is one of the new mem- were the Govörner and Mayor bers to be enrolled in the Kurose Mayor Kurose has agreed Carnarvonshire branch of the Na- Captain Robert Carey, formerly to accept the leadership of a com- tional Farmers Union. She and chief officer of the "Presidentpany of Boy Scouts. The Inher ancestors have lived on the McKinley," and later commander of augural meeting is expected to farm for 300 years. the "West Himrod," is now in com take place in March next when mind of the President Madison" Viscount Vete Scout Master, and succeeding Captain Thomas Quin Count. Futaare, of Tokyo, are com- who is now taking vacation runsing down to Kobe, for other commanders on the "Ad: miral Oriental Line.

The home of Mr. William G. Bell and Mr. N. B.. Forrest, both mem bers of the Yokohama staff of the Rising Sun Petroleum Company, Charles D., Squires, accompanied was partly destroyed by fire last by Captain H. W. Melsch, of the month The house is at No. 2286 The marriage of Captain Henry US Medical Corps, are leaving Negishi. The fire was brought un Wells Stanley Hayes and Miss Manila in a few days for Saigon cer control within thirty minutes, Vera Harriett Bates took place at where they will be joined by Roy and the damage was not heavy. A the Cathedral of St. Mary and Squires for an elephant and tiger defective chimney is believed to St. John, Manila; on February 6. hunt in Camboche, Indo-China. have, been the cause.. Rev. John Williamson performed Squires said that they expect to the ceremony. Miss Bates who remain two months and that they has been the principal of the Post will return to Manila before re the acquittal of a prisoner charged School at Corregidor for several carniftg to the United States. The with theft at Cambridge Quarter months, came to the Philippines, worst drawback to an expedition Sessions. Mr. F. K. North acted last April with her brother and into the Camboche country is had deputy for the Recorder, and sister-in-law, Captain and Mia water. The natives are friendly, James G. Bates. Captain Bates, rule,

A son secured from his father

his son, Mr. R.. North, was select ed by the prisoner for a dock beles It was his firat ERBE, is in the Coast Artillery Captain Hayes is with the medical-corps Southend Justices heart their His father accepted bis suimmission irst application under-the-now Guardianship ants Act, 1925, the jury, and the accu

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at: Fort Mills:

The Kobe British Women's Ethel Petts Patriotic League has been dis mission to marry Charles Beebee,

that there was no ca

banded. This league was founded with whose parents she had lately SOMETHING EVERY MOTHER

carly in the war and its earlier been activities were largely concerned consent

with the rolling of bandages and who

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other practical work, for the war, guardian, but the registrar had give them "pains in the stoninely).

Monetary contributions were also required

10 important feature from the beHer mo gaining, and the amount of money never seens remitted by the League since the known her beginning amounts to a very large Beebees

consent of the Court bowel poll their sleep and stent:

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