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LOCAL

The Main Agri-Horticultural Society has offered to guarantee the proposed Penang Exhibition against loss up to $500,

Consignees of cargo ex sa {"Benzooch aro reminded that goods remaining in the Godowns after May 4 will be subject toʻrgut.

The Cheung Chow Government School will hold ita Annual Athletic Sports Meeting on the football ground, Cheung Chow on Saturday

next at 13:30 a.m

AND GENERAL.

Every woman will soon be Ta that portion of Ireland wearing rabbit fur. The report which forms the Irish Free State on the public fur sales held instill a part of the United King- London in March has just been dom? Judge Sir Thomas Grainger Issued, and in the list of furs sent decided at Southwark County to be sold there were 1,128,699 Court, in a test case, that it is white rabbit skins. Only 28,000 not house cut skins were sold during !, the sale:

An inn, supposed to be the oldest in the Midlands la to be put up for auction. It is Ye Olde Whittington, near Kinver (Staffs), the holiday resort. The inn dates from early in the six- The annual general meeting of teenth century, and is where shareholders of the Canton In-King Charles stayed on his flight surance Office Ltd will be held at from Worcester, and whence he the officer of Mesure. Jardine. went to Boscobel and hid in the Matheson and Co. on May 38 at oak tree noon.

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Pulp and paper exported from Canada last year roached a total value of £30,911.000, compared with £27,898,000 in 1924, says the

The French" and Belgian Government have decided that Summer Time in their respectiva countries will come into force on the same days In England- namely, ut 2am. (Greenwich time) on Sunday April 18.

During February, Dr. Barnardo's Homes admitted 135 boys and giris (101 permanently and 34 temporarily), Including 30 from London, one from Scotland, two from Canada and two from Belgium

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His Majesty the King has graciously forwarded to the S.P.G. a donation of £25 for the Weat Australian Now Settlements Canadian Pulp and Paper Asso-anker Java Arrow," the crew of Fund for the provision of spiritualciation. News print, wrapping, ministrations to the group settlers. paper board, mechanical pulp sulphite and sulphate al showed appreciable advances, newsprint being up: 64,000 tons and double that of eight years ago,

A glowing bribute has been paid to Mr. John McCormack by aprominent resident who heard the singer on Tuesday, says the1 "N- Daily News." He was 80 Impressed that he has now decided to refrain from singing in his bath. The neighbours will be pleased,

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A very successful athletic meeting was held on the Kobe Recreation Ground, last week. One local record was broken by M. Moulton in throwing the cricket ball ich he threw 113 yards b. 6 inches the previous club record being held by Mr. Alan, Reid with 106 pdt 7 inches..

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which rescued the sailors from the Daishin Maru" which was swept out to sea from Japan, arrived at Yokohama. The Yokohama branch of the Japanese Seamen's Union made gifts to the officers and crew, The Yokohama Marine Press. Asso- ciation presented Captain Irvin with a basket of flowers.

Dr. J.

The fact that 15 plays had been banned since the beginning of this year was disclosed by Eart Cromer, Lord Chamberlain, at a

Ferguson, during a luncheon of the Theatrical lecture at the Royal Asiatic Managers' Association at. Gatti's Society, at the Society's rooms, Restaurant. Whether it was due Museum Road, Shanghal, made the to advanced views, he said,. or interesting suggestion that a com- whether people were becoming mission of Chinese and foreign

should be more daring, he did not know, scholars

brought but this year, out of 191 plays together for the purpose of making already submitted, 15. had been the early records of China avail. refused licences.

able to the Western world.. ? Dr.. Ferguson made this proposal a year ago at a meeting of the Peking Historical Association.

Why do Americans, asks the Rev. J. R.. Campbell, so commonly persist in speaking of Britons as

Britishers?" The word is an objectionable compound "but is coming into such general use that even English travellers occasion-

The King has written a lot- The telephone service ter congratulating the youth of Berlin was opened on Menday for South Africa on "their well- the rst time, writes the London deserved victory" in conrretion correspondent of the "Manchester with the Imperial Chenge Guardian." spoke to your Bertin Shields competitions. The South correspondens.. It took forty-five African team, which consisted of minutes to get the call through. 2008 boys and girls, won the Nothing eculd be clearer than the King's trophy with an average of transmission It was like apeak-76.034 points per firer out of a ing to someone over a tablet, He possible 100, which is considered ally fall into the way of using 16 told me of conversations he had a very fine performance. Other as descriptive of themselves and had a few minutes before in Berlin, placings were: Second, Great quite nice educated Americans will and I told him what Kad just been Britain (2,012 boys, average now and then accost one with the said in diplomatic quarters here. 72.286) third, Australia (2,029 point-blank question: The world seemed much closer boys, 70.486) fourth, New Britisher ? I invariably answer with time and space so astonish Zealand (2,009 boys, 67.882); "No," which sometimes leads to ingly overcome.

fifth, Canada (2,020 boys, 63.804). complications.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Mrs. J. E. Anderson leaves by the "Patrocius on May 5, on holiday.

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A git of £500 from the widow Mr. Tom Aldous, aged seventy- of a mechanic", at the borough nine, the oldest taxicab driver sanatorium was announced by Lord who is still working at his trade Elveden at a meeting at Southend- in London-probably he is the Mr. J. H. Todd of Melbourne,on-Set in furtherance of the pro-foldest in England, and possibly in is conducting evangelistic meet-ject for a new general hospital.the worlds ings in Penang and Kuala She had handed the mayor that Lumpur.

A British stoker of the H.M.S. "Iroquois," at Singapore, A. H. Watts has been absent from his ship since the 3rd inst.

The death has taken place at Penang of the Hon. Mr. Yeoh Guan Seok, partner in the legal firm of Messrs. Logan and Ross, and Penang Chinese representa tive on the Legislative Couficil of the Colony.

Bao Bai, the young Emperor óf Annam, arrived at Marseilles,. on March 20, or his way to finish

sum in bank-notes, he added, with Herr Jollya strange name for the remark that "she hoped it would the part-who is carrying out assist in helping lame dogs overfast in Berlin. "has received during the stile."

The Bath magistrates fined Mrs. Julia Smith 5a. for giving her eat a "good talking to." The cat had been away for two nights, and on his return he was lectured. Unfor- tunately, a policeman overlicard his mistress" remarks. Mrs. Smith admitted that the cat could not have used the language the policeman heard, for he was "a beautiful cut more like a Christian."

Arrangements have been made his education in Paris, which was for a sumptuous banquet to be on the last day of this interrupted by his coronation given

the past sixteen days: 200 bottles of soda-waler, 2,000 cigarettes, and over 500 proposals of marriage."

Mr. A. Webster, of the Hong- kong and Shanghai Bank, has re- turned to Shanghai after Home leave. Since he left here four years ago he has been in Singapore, from which port be went on furlough,

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Colonel A. Stead, president of the Steadfast Film Company of· London Captain and Mrs. R Morrison, his secretaries, and Mr. M. G. Benson and Mr. F. W.

He is 12 years old, and is accom- month by Baron Okura to one Green, camera men have arrived panied by Prince Vinte-Cam, and thousand of Tokyo's most importat Kobe. They will photograph by M. Charles, honorary Gov-ant personages. On this occasion various places of interest in Fernor-General of Indo-China. the octogenarian baron will Japan

formally retire from the presi There will be special plays and dency of the Imperial Theatre. dances in which the most promin- ent actors will take part,

The Hon, Sylvia Fletcher-Mon! ton, daughter of the late Lord Moulton arrived at Yokohama last week on a trip round the world. Her companion in Miss Ming Betty Baldwin, the British Lesta Ford. Both are well known premier's daughter has suffered in society circles in London and what should be a summer-time acci- New York. The late Lord dent a sprained arm at tennis. She Moulton was prominent in legal has had to keep the arm in a sling and diplomatic circles.

and received much sympathy from callers at Downing Street. The new electrical treatments, however, put this sort of injury right in a in Shanghai de leaving on long very short time nowadays, and icave, and is not expected to re- Miss Baldwin is hoping to be on. turn before he has enjoyed the courts again in a few days. “liberty" for at least eight

Mr. Duncan McKenzie, assist ant gaoler in the Municipal Gaol

months, He has been in Shang Mr AJ Holt, the genit and hal for over 20 years in the serwell known Bocomotive Inspector vice of the Council, during which lay time he has proved himself to be પાસ

an efficient lawn bowler, the en to England thusiasts of which game will miss to return until This personality":

six months. been

The following promotious route to Shang among members of the Shanghai tions at each Municipal Police Force are and his train nounced Det. Sergt. Matteeted Tinkler, promoted to Detective Mr Holt Sub-Inspector Det, Sergts, Rob pres

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Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Hadley and Mr. and Mrs. E S. Ross have arrived in Japan. They will be come permanent residents, Mr. Hadley and Mr. Ross succeeding Mr. J. Arthur Balls and Mr. J. Warren Shoemaker on the road department of the Nippon Oil company. Mr. Balls and Mr. Shoemaker will be transferred to America, departing within a few weeks.:

The Prince of Wales and General Sir George Higginson attended the Grenadier Guards. Comrades meet- ing at Wellington Barracks. St George reaches his 100th birthday in June of this year and is the oldest general in, the British Army. Nanking Rail He served with the Grenadiers for Hing on long leave thirty years and went right through He does not expect the Crimean, war, being twice after an absence of promoted on the field. He has been The vacation has associated with the regiment aver

All along his since,

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Five members of the House of ng place of

were many Peers will represent Japan at the alarity of International Commercial Confer the Couvenirs were 'ence of Parliamentary Mem- bera in London beginning May 25, alegates are Dr. Rentaro

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