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Titties to make the A Chingne pse of untorie Twenty ex-soldiers who dur new year fostivities dry, New York Lover, from the Kowloon districting the last six months of their prohibition agent rulded forty was notified yesterity.

service with the Colours received Tactomes which were permitted the-1

training in farming, dairy work; use of denatured alcohol Eight. A Shakespeargun discovery and lg and poultry brooding, will, |thousand gallons of pureguin which is genuine and interesting (with their wives and families, sail alcohol which were intended; to aid jungby, told Welsh family of this month for Australia, to take In ushering in the New Year wore Salisbury, of original. 'Shake, jup farming fconfiscated."

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A Japanese boy who is Admiralty Fleet. Orders state,prising that Shakespeuruan relics clerk in one of the Government's In regard to the recent appoint should be found "there for the offices, called on the Belgian Am ment of a committees to comsider gallant Sir John Salusbury was a bassador on January 9, and begged the condition of the Executive personal friend of the poet, und him to accept a small sum of money Lista that this step is takehad, deiljentud to him one of the-taken out of his salary for the ra periodically to ensure a regular molior poema. The document which of sufferers from the floods in Aow of promotion through altus now.come to light is, a page of Belgium. ranks, and not with a view to the First FoHo. reduction of the lists.

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"It is probably the first time come nearly 6,000 miles to find my Flare of the proposed extent member of the public has taken brother Ernest, who fa, I think, a sion of the breakwater in the proceedings under the Food and police officer," said a man whol Manila South barber which forme Druga Actin respect of ment."walked into Manchester Town Hall... the first, but major part of the unsaiden solicitor at North London Within a few minutes the brothers, tire scheme of. Manila port in Court Mrul Mand Thurgood, of who had not met for 20 years, when provement, huve been completed by Barrett's krov. Stoke Newington, John William left Oldham for Designing. Engineer J

summoned a butcher Samugh America, were talking to one, ap Cookingham of the bureng of Pullan of digh Street. Kingsland, ther over the telephone, rneat public works." and bles for go for selling her a piece of meat being a constable in the Manches- struction will be received as which she said was not of the suburb of Gorton. Then the March, 6 when they will be publicly quality she demanded. She told stranger from America, who has opened at the office of the circutor the magistrate she

usked for made. a fortune and owns 2,400 Hof public works.

of farm landa, drove to English sirloin up was shown a plece of meat at Is. 6d. per pound. Gortons police station. He handed Hongkong Amusements, Ltd, he bought a real joint, which his Bug to an officer, unaware that. They arranging with Miss Amie was later thrown me the dustbin. it was his brother Braest.. Maynard Read Dendshawn fame) Mr. A.... Bobbitt, a food inspector, have brothers at Llandudno and Blackpool and n sister at Notting- who as duncud herself 10 same expressed the view that it throughout the world, to bring chilled ment. The chae was.

ad-ham.. (direct from Hawaž a company of [journud...... ·

Royal Hawaiians. They will pur-

↑ "The renithquake in Tokyo fast

form at the Queen's Thoatre" as

year left unharmed the remarkable part of the programine for a week

The members of the newly-Oriental Library of which the Wireless nucleus is the collection formed by eommencing March 3. There with formed Per Amateur be no moreak in prices and the Society recently Hytened to the the late Dr. G. E. Morrisoul says the

broadcasted will change their pro-Programme

from Times correspondent Faking. gamme with every change of Singapore. The rebelving set usexh Dr. Morrison who knewledge of pirtuaiet

was a Marconabone, two-valve' set, the East was remarkable, colléeted. || _|| supplied by the United Engineers, something like 24,000 volumes donk poh Listeners in could hear the ing with subject of every imagin Preparations fo 1112 antá- (music play at Singapore, bus since Fable kind relating to the countries cholera vecination drive cal the broadensting set in not wol the Exst. This great, cofliction euiated to cover the entire popula powerful one, it seemed like £1 (was' purchased from Dr. Modrison- ition on the deuntry before the worn-out gramaphone record. The by Baron Iwasaki in 1917 for the rainy season gets iny are Being point is, Bowever, that 'Binga- [sum· of `£35,000; and the Baron made by the Philippine Health Ser-poru can easily be heard in Ipoh ultimately had it established in a vice To insure the success of and when 4. more powersful handsome building which ́escaped June project, Dr. Alejandro Albert.. broadcasting apparatus is estab-destruellen This was the celloe- Jacting secretary of public instruc-Hebed in Singapore good concertation's second successful issum from: tion, is seeking the co-operation of will be enjoyed by anyone having" a great adventure, for Dr. Morris the department of the pterior and receiving set. It is reported that sous house in Peking was burnt through it that of provincial and a broadcasting apparatus may be down in the Boxer "Rebellion, in municipal officials alf over the installed in Ipoh by the United - 1000 and it was only by a miracle Archipelago.

Engineers

that the library was saved them.

company

SOCIAL

Mudsing M. de Courthial return- red to the Colony yesterday by the "President Taft."

Emil Dapenberg in g give piano revital in St. Andrew's Hali E(City Hall) on Tuesday, March 9

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AND PERSONAL.

Mr. Haswald, who has been in charge of the Labour Offkú at Seremban for some months past, is being transferred to Penang next month..

A Nancy, nesange stated that the Governor of the Bank of France bas just inherited Fortune estimated to be worth $1,000,000.

Mr. GL. Hans, an officer of of Class 1 Malayan: Givil Service, | Mr. J. P. Bourne. Suptd of thehas, in addition to his own duties longkong and Shanghai Hotels at as Secretary to Resident. Perak, Hongkong, left, yesterday on the been appointed to uut temporarily Empress of Australia" on a visit as British Resident, Perak Staff, to Shanghai

with effect from Junuary 25.

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The bronze tablet to the memory

Lieutenant Frederic H. S. Roberts, V.C., the son of the late Earl Roberts, which was orginally in the Royal College Chapel, Dublin, and which has now been placed in Winchester Cathedral, was recently dedicated by the Dean of Winches- !ter.

The President, Council und

Dr. and Mrs. N.. Bradley Are The betrothal of the sixteenth visiting the ruins at Angkor, after son of the late President Yuan which Mrs. Bradley proceeds to sinh-kal to the daughter of the Senate of the King Edward VII England, the Doctor returning toate General La fien-chang, College of Medicine issued h his medical work at Yunnanfur

4.

The General Committee

former Governor of Shensi, will be vitations for the formal opening formally announced at "Tientsin in of the new building in College-rd, the middle of next month. In viewingapore," by H.E the Governor

Lolyd's Register of Shipping have of the Ified politicni situation, Sir Laurence Guillemard). un alected Sir Thomas. J. Storey the two families will not invite any Monday, February 15, when the jas chairman and Sir George Triends or relatives to attend the

Higgins as deputy chairman andi [treasurer of the Society.

ceremony:

honorary diploma of the Cofluge was also to be conferred upon Sir Durid Galloway, Sir Maleolin Watson, and Dr. Lim Boon-keng.

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Ear Bathurst, who, at sixty-one The "Empress OF Australia's still follows he hounds, likes juzz passengers, yesterday, include Mra. and many other modern things, re- A sum of no less than £100,000 Hayley Bell and Mr. A. Macgowan cently declared that in dress is stated to have been offered for, at of Swatow. Mr. Macgowan spoke women have gone altogether too hotel venture in Piccadilly in which jat a public meeting in the Colony far. He admits, he may be..some-everything is to be' secondary to in the early days of the strike: what old-fashioned, but he does the food and service. The "scheme not think women have changed is being launched by Casal, the

Those who have purchased admuch for the better. "My advice famous maître d'hotel who ia: vance tickets for the dancing disto girls in to avoid the vanity bag," severing his connection with the play at the Theatre Royal to-night sáld Lord Bathurst. The coloured Piccadilly Hotel. Within 12 hours: by Miss Daisy O'Keefe's pupils are hone and the short skirta girls are requested to change them, at the wearing made him shudder de Anderson Music Co., for seats. Aclared the peer who said he math large number of such tickets has preferred the old fashioned high been sold but very few have made Boots and 'gaiters. the exchange.

Mr. S. Collett of the Royal Naval Dockyard, Hongkong, who has been in the Colony since. 1923, the *** [left · Hongkong to-day by

¡P, and 02 8.8, "Karmala," with Mrs. Collett, on transfer to Devon- port Dockyard. Mr. Collets has been the organist at the Union' Church. At the recent annual meeting of the Union Church Mr. and Mrs. Collett were recipients of parting gifts from the memberit Mr. Collett has been also the Hon. Conductor of the Hongkong Philharmonic Society.

Mr. V. P. Bourne, Suptd. of the Canadian Pacific Steamships, who has been in the Hongkong office for about seven years, left the Colony yesterday by the RMS, “Empress of Angina Has quelque fer to the Tokyo office of the G.P.S. Mr. Buckerrough, who has been acting as passenger agant In Hong kong, will take a similar position at Tokyo. His place in the Hong- kong office has been taken by Mr. J. M. Henderson, also of the focal offica

Mary

Charlotte Pick

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out

of his laving announced that be would set up on his own, account Cusali states that he was promised. £47,000, and before a week WAB another £53,000 had been offered. The money har, time from people, famous all "over Europe. The venture le to known as the Green Park Flotel, and will be on the site of the Isthmian Club. The accommoda- tion is to bo only for 200 people.

be

A musician never goos. to a res taurant where there is likely to be music. Thin fact. Mius Katherine Eggur, the well-known lecturer, mentioned when addressing mem bers of the Soroptimist Club. If one wanted to Listen to good music one did not want to Eave a restaur ant full of people talking and waiters clattering dishes, she sale, "As far de serious music was con-- cerned it was insulting to play it during meal times. Light muste, en the culier hand, formed an ad- mirable background for almost anything. One might enjoy a mor White light music was played and only be alightly conscious of lit | did not require one's whole aften- tion as did serious music, Most of the music played in London, restaurants, Mine Eggar added, was not intended to be listened to although it was of an unusually high standard, A

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