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Keoping a "pawn-shop is ap S1 Erme. Howard, the The Soviet Trade Mission parently profitable. The fed" for British Ambassador, addressing. Persia has recently concluded one at Bagan Tuan Kes Frohe American Advertising Olub at contract with the Persian Govern" vinco Wellesley,, is $1000 per la lubcheon given in his honourment for the coinage of 3,000,000 atatechis conviction that Great toumans (about £3,000,000) of Britain had turned a difficult Persian silver money" f corner, id was now on the road to a recovery in prosperity.

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The return of holdable dis- cases for the 48 hours, onded Sun day, shows one imported Chinese case of smallpox, and one Chinese cuse of diphtherfa

In February 9,835 Chinese immigrants arrived at Singapore. making 40,804 for the two months, of whom 27,577 were adult males The departures for the two months were 12:568:

Jewish evening university lebeing opened in Odessa for the benent of workers and employees who cannot attend day classes. It will offer courses in economics engineering and literature. It is the first institution of higher learning in which the Yiddish language will be exclusively weed

Two empty chairs, draped in crimson cloth, accommodating portraits of Mr. Harry Follithard Mr. Hammington, who were present in spirit, were a novel feature of the special conference of action by the National Minority Movement on March 21, Battersea.

There was once a time. London when, except in the choy An electric bulb giving houses of the City was rent 1,000,000,000, candle power with impossible obtain the get out the aid of any reflectors of a Britian writer. Now the glasses, has heart constructed in British waiter is rapidly enp- on Friday next at 5.15 pm. Com-Leningrad by Hapfas prs Gekkel. Wanting the foreigner. It has at

The annual meeting of the Hongkong "Auxiliary of the British & Foreign Bible Society la to be held in the Helena May Institute

modore Stirling is to preside, the sponkerk being Rev. G. W. Sheppard and Dr. T. W. Poarce..

Under the provision of the Betting Ordinance, the Governor in | Council has been pleased to exempt. gandrally from the provisions of the Ordinanço the members and officers of the Penang Turf Club in respect of way totalisator or part mutuo promoted by it solely for its members.

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Bulgakoy and Mitkevich, A test of the lamp it an electro-technical experimental laboratory proves that with the help of gases the bulb can give a light of several billion candle-power, ju

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learned in proper schools, and averal technical classes for wait- exs have now been set up here. Thor L.C.C is responsible for one institution of the land.. This movement is die entirely to the action of patriotic managers, notably Mr. Reeves Smith, of the Savoy, Mr. Towles of the L.M.S and Gordon Hotels, and Mr. R. C.. Vaughan, Chef of the House of Lords.

"You may know Mr. This, or Mr That, but you will never know the average Englishman because he does not exist." So M. André Maurois told audience of 500 students and friends of students in Paris. M. While Chinamen are meeting in Maurois" thinks the quality of our great humour, as much as any single

Early in 1923 an important petition for a feprieve, of Lock Anthing. marks us English from book wil make its appearance. the Birkenhead murderer, the French. The Englishman, heIt is Squire Osbaldeston. His Orientals, of whom there are many says, loves the absurd, which the Autobiography, with an intro- thousands, in London refuse to Frenchman simply refuses to duction by Sir Théodore Cook, move in the matter... "It would be agerpt..

editor of "The Field," and many impossible," said an influential

lustrations in colour and black- Chinaman to "Reynoldsfa."Lock M. Maurois sees this love and white. For nearly a hun- An Tam is highly respected among of extravagant humour everydred years the existence of these my countrymen here, and they are where in English life and in the Memoirs has been suspected, and terribly sorry for him, but he is a English point of view. Another their discovery, awaited with im- naturalised Engahman, and on difference between his people and patience by every sportsman, has that account he is nothing to us in ours is in their respective up-recently been made by Mr. E. D. the sense. that we should make prediations of beauty. He in-Cuming. Squire Osbaldeston was the English country perhaps the greatest sportsman special efforts to save his life. Instanced London we think the English lawhouse, often--unlike the dwellings of any age or country, and his has done its "work fairly, and of the corresponding class in Memoirs describe with the racy Although we sympathise with Lock France-rambling and of irregu- freedom of the true fox hunter Ah Tam, who has been gondlar architecture as to its ex his extraordinary career as friend to many of us, we shall do terior, but a stronghold of comM.F.H., Match-rider, Steeple- nothing. We can only regret the fort within, and beautiful "with chaser, Racing man; Cricketer, passing of an esteemed and illus the beauty of ancient things long Boxer Runner and Billiard trious friend!"

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The Bishop of Southwark has Professor, W. Brown has return decided to beg from door to doored from Home leave and resumed in the wealthier parts of his his duties at the University diocese. He is taking this desper ate step owing to his failure to raise £100,000 for new churches in his diocese by the usual methods,

Mrs. Charlotte Houston, wife of the Assistant Harbour Master at Calcutta, fell dead in a Southend shop...

The Shanghai A, DO is to stage The Merry Widow to- wards the end of April No pains are being spared to make the production a gala one in every

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A chorus of seventy-five young Few works have been more

women, all students of the Miyagi warmly anticipated than the "Life"

in Sendai,. presented the of Christ," which Sir Hall Caine is:

The engagement is announced oratorio "St. Paul This is the writing. He has made slow but between Major A. C.. Gordon first time, reports the "Japan steady progress with this great Smythe, A., Burma Military Times that a standard oratorio work and it is quite possible we Police, and Dorothy May, widow das been given by a chorus com shall see the book this year. In of H. Lloyd Cowdy of Ipoh, posed entirely of Japanese. The the meantime, Sir Hall has left his F. M. S, and daughter of Mrs. director, accompanist, soprano home at Hampstead and gone back Herbert. Percival, of 25, Victoria and contralto are all teachers in to the East, where he studies at

the College. The following assist- first-hand the background of the Square, S. W: 1,,

ed: Misa Mary Hoffheins, direc greatest story in the world.

tor, Miss Mary Schneder, accom- Daniel, Mrs. W. G. Seiple, soprano Mrs. Ryu Yoshida, contralto, Mr. E. Zaugg, tenor, and Mr. C. D.

The following officers were suc. A Gilbertian situation enlivened cessful in their examinations in the meeting the Savoy Hotel Malay Dr. WC Kelly, Mias which was called as a protest A. M. Scott, Dr. A Dickson Kriete, baritone, against the reported intention of Wright, Mise A. M. Waugh Mr. Winston Churchill Chancellor ofD W. Dale, Mr. D. Smith and The National Council of the the Exchequer to divert part of Mr. E. H. Tunna in Standard Independent Labour Party has the motor taxes from the road fund 1 In Standard II M. W S. informed Mr. Ben Spoor that his to other treasury needs. Lord Corry, Mr. A. McKenna, Mr. recent articles on the relations of Derby accepted an invitation to A. W. Frisby, Mass M. B. Lewis the Labour and Liberal Parties. preside at the luncheon, under the In Standard III Mr J R, Neave and the attitude of the Indepen- mistaken impression that it was to

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Wales would act for His Majesty during he absence and thus be brought into closer touc the Government. Su ently was officially anabiine statement was totally

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