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LOCAL AND GENERAL

Professor James Israel one of The French Fire Brigade held One case of diphtheria was Germany's most distinguished and an inter-company competition in notified on Tuesday, from the dis- successful surgeons, died recently the use of the fire fighting equip|trict of Victoria (city), the patient- "th Berlin at the age of 78 Profes-ment at the French Park last Satur being Chinese.

sor Israel was w specialist on day kidney troubles,

Mr. Bucknell, Senior American Assessor at the Mixed Court, said rogdbye to the Court on April 27, this being his last day in'attendance offcially Mr. Bucknell is leaving for America shortly.

A report comes from London that the principal English yachting association has repealed the dect sion according to which nationals of the Central Powers, shall be excluded from participating in English regattas for a period of 10 years after the conclusion of peace

Mr. Car! Ray Sadler, Cashier

Wo are officially informed that A magnificent monument, to the King's Birthday parade will Saint Francis is to be erected intake place this year on June 3, at the Piazza of St. John the Lateran Happy Valley. Time and details in Roma in honour of the seventh will be communicated later. sentenary of the death of the saint of Asalat which occurs this year.

In future all meetings of the Shanghal Philatelic Society will be held in the Kalee Hotel, as the manager has kindly arranged for room to be at the disposal of members from 5 p.nt to 8 pm on alternate. Wednesdays.

At the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, a cock brought a claim against Mrs. R. B Matthiason for 16 days! wages at $18 per month and one month's wages in lieu of notice. After hearing both sides, the Magietrate held there had boon a misunderstanding between the portles and recommended the 'pay ment of $10 to the complainant.. NAVN

The Secul Press Announces that a Japanese "birdman has conductor employed by the invented a "safe, practical aero Kowloon Motor Bus Company told plane." The machine is a comthe Magistrato yesterday when he was charged with absconding with

of the Texas Company. Shanghal bination of an aeroplane and a

met his death as the result of a cohelicopter: has sixteen wings; and sum of $10.95. that he was lision with a motor car driver, by is warranted to fly in any disction obliged to run away owing to his Hong Ah-sen, a coroner's jury in the

Inability to replace some one-dollar American Court decided on April

There are more than 180, rubbernates which were blown away by: 21, but no charges were brought factories in Japan. The growth the wind. He was sentenced to six against the Chinese. Actions of the industry has been remark-weeks" hard labour. any is taken, a tp to the Municipal able since the end of the Great. Police."

War. In 1918 there were but six Colonel Yen Chung-yang, Chief rubber planta. In 1917 there were of the Chinese Police, has definitely 18. By 1922 this number had been made his intention known regard increased to 152 and in 1922 theng Wong Ching-yuin, chairman of total stood at 180, where it probably remains. Few new businesses have been started in the slump which has prevailed in Japan since

Word has been received in Tsingtao from a party of Germans, that they arrived in Berlin exactly twelve days after leaving Tsingtao. So far as is known this is the quickest time ever made since the war via the Siberian Railway be-1922. tween Tsingtao and Berlin. Or- dinarily this trip has taken at least

Two Loke Yew Scholarships.

fifteen days in the past and now which provide free board and takur three weeks.

taition and one. Donor Scholarship.. which provides free tuition, at the There was a fair attendance at University of Hongkong, fall vacant the opentag of the Spring Exhibi- in January, 1927. They are open tion of the China Society of to Chinese students "Indigenous to Science and Arts on April 24. The British Malaya who have good exhibition which is being held in school records and who are in poor the old British Post Office building circumstances. Applications for in Peking Ronde, being held in them should reach the local Trispec. conjunction with the British bor of Schools on or before July 31, Women's. Association and

the 1926. American Women's Club art. de- partments.

A large-size submarine (2,000 tons), which was built at the A series of boxing matches in Kawasaki Dockyard, Kobe, and which Japanese champions will taken to the Yokosuka Naval Port take part will be held at the com-in the latter past of March in pound of the Yasukuni Shrine on claimed by the Japanese Navy, to the occasion of the semi-annual be unique, embodying all the shrine festiva early in May. The Japan Boxing Club is promoting the meeting. Due to the growing popularity of boxing in Japan, the War Office, which sponsored Japanese wrestling matches at the semi-annual festival for three days, has spared one day for the boxing matches. "

lessons of the European War, and her fighting efficiency is a match for ten submarines of the existing types. Submarine, be laid on the blocks are to be designed to this type in future Admiral Kato, Commander-in-Chief..of the Naval Station, has Inspected the sub- marine..

the Shanghal General Labour

According to the Chinese Press, Union, who was arrested recently. Colonel Ten will release Wong from éustody only if the labourers and students, cause, no trouble during next month and its many anniver

saries.

Construction of the four pr pedb destroyers called for in the recent Japan Dist seesion, is to be started soon by the Navy Depart- ment, to be completed within three years at a cost of Y26,110,400, The Diet approved an Y8,000,000 appro- priation for the current year, ¥10,274,160 for next year and ¥7,886,240 for the following year. for these destroyers, da e part of the auxiliary fleetTM

For what was held to be the balance due for wines and refresh- menta supplied to the Stonemason's Guild, the Wing Shing Company claimed $535.80 in the Summary Court yesterday but were awarded $36.00 only, as plaintiffs admitted in the course of the case, that $600 had been received. Mr. H. S. Fitzroy (Instructed by Messrs.. Les and Russ) appeared for plaintiffa and Mr. A. J. O'Donoghue for de- fendants.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

To-morrow, the Hongkong Volun- teer Defence Corps smoking con- cert (and prize-distribution); will. take place at Headquarters at 9.15 Pim

The retirement of still another old Shanghai resident has to be Tecorded; Mr. Tom Wallace, after 43 years of continuous service with the Waterworks Co., huving, decid-"] ed to retire into private life.

The funeral took place last even ing at Happy Valley of Vera Gertrudes Xavier, the fifteen months ok daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Miss Dorothy Gish, the famous film star has arrived in London. She is to make three British films during her visit...

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The First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. W. G. Bridgeman, spent part of the Baster recess on an official visit. of inspection to: Gibraltar.

Sir, Hedley Le Bas governing director of the Caxton Publishing: ¡Co., Ltd., died in a nursing home at Reigate, Surrey, on March 26 in his 58th year.

Mr. Hau Lan-tsu, industrial com

R. G. Xavier, No. 26, Jordan Road,missioner of Kiangsu, and Mr. Ma Kowloon, whose death occurred on Wen-chih, staff officer to Marshal Sun Chuan-fang, have arrived in Shanghai from Nanking.

Tuesday.

The death. took place at the Severance Hospital, Seoul, on the morning of April 21 of the Rev. C. H. I. Hodges, who in June last succeeded the Rev. Eustace M. Strong as chaplain of Christ Church, Yokohama...

Bishop Trollope, the Anglican diocesan in Korea, is shortly leav. ing for England, owing to a break down in health, due to heart trouble. During his residence In Korea Bishop Trollope took a keen interest in the construction of the Anglican Cathedral at Seoul,

Captain D. Margesson (rec. 6) beat the Prince of Wales (ser.) In the fourth round of the Houses of Farliament squash racquets handi- cap at the Bath Club on March 25 by 2 games to love (18-17, 18-15)

A hundred thousand people lined the route taken by the funeral pro cession of the Dowager Queen of Denmark from Amalienborg Castle. to the Central Station. The coffla was there transferred to a special train and taken to Roskilde, the burial place of the Danish kings, for interment. Prince. Arthur "of Connaught represented Britain at the funeral.

For the first time in history, the Sultan of Morocco is to break the laws, of the Korean to visit Paris. of the great Caids of Morocco, and Escorted by a brilliant delegation

Islamic Egypt, Palestine, and Arabia, he leaders from Algeria, will visit the French capital in July to inaugurate the largest mosque constructed in the Western world.

The Rev. James Sibres, FRCS now of Bombley, who celebrated bis 90th birthday last month has a most interesting history. It is said Mr. W. J. Bellerby, part-owner of that he learned his Greek Testa King of Clubs, which won thement in waiting-rooms and trains; Lincolnshire Handicapai: odds travelled to Madagascar in a sail- of 100 to 1 against; "had" odde fofing ship in 1863 to build four 200 to 1 to win £2,000. ---He also || churches for the London Mission- has a "double" of 2,000 to 1 about ary Society; he was shipwrecked the horse coupled with Sprig for once, and was once nearly drowned the Grand National:

In a typhoon.:-

Sir Henry Gollan, Chief Justice, The Duke and Duchess of York has granted probata to Mr. WEL have given their patronago to the Mrs Mary Wilkin, of Summer Shenton of the will of the late ball which Lady Airlie, and Mrs. bill, Tenterden, Kent, has left Capt James Henry Woollacott, Gerard Leigh are organising at estate of the value of £81,513, with master mariner. Capt. Woollacott, Claridge's Hotel, for the Prince of personalty #75,979. She left who, died in the Government-Civil Wales Sea Training Hostel at 2,000 each to her housemaid, Hospital here in December 1924, Limehouse. Among those on the Bessie Wills, and her paflourmaid, Jeft $10,000, and died intestate committee are Lady Ancaster, Lady Ellen Short: 81,000 to her conch

Beatty, Lady Carlisle, Lady Femman, Charles, Masters, 4800 each ⠀⠀⠀ Dora ~ Chappell, daug of broke, Lady Chaplin, Lady Stanley to her cowman, George Harris, the Rey James and Mrs Chappell Lady Mary Kenyon-Slaney, Lady and her cock Margaret Mallion well-known missionaries Japan, Moira Lyttelton, and Lady Kathleen sad one year's wages to each of was married at St. Andrew's Rollo, Church, Shiba, Tokyo, on April

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