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THE CHINA MAIL.

LOCAL

communication with

Macao is interrupted.

To-morrow is the birthday of King Gustaf of Sweden who was born in 1858. ··

Plague and cholera "are report e virulent at Sanwui (in the hin terland of Kongmoon) following prolonged damp wonther. Our Own Correspondent.

The China Merchants' S. N. Co.'s s.. "Kiang King," which was recently, salved above Ichang and brought to. Shanghai, is in the local French dockyard undergoing necesi sary repairs. It is expected that she will again be in commission

this week,

AND

GENERAL.

The strike of Chineso tallors A Chinese fell from the first floor verandah of No. 98, Selanded on June 6 after an increase Street, yesterday evening, and of 20 per cont on present wages from a fractured Jaw. was removed to hospital suffering was promised by the employers.

A rich coal minu, covering an The King of Slam Has ap- area of 100 mou, has recently boon at Shufkow, below pointed a Royal Commission, discovered under the Minister of the Interior, Hsienjenahan, Chunking. In Szech- Let Li-ping, A with power to proceed to any pro-wan province, vince and enquire into the Tientsin merchant, has raised funds. grievances of any person or per- and, applied for a permit from the Bons' and make recommendations. authorities to operate the mine. “ They are empowered to receive complaints or grievances, to study. the economic conditions or the efficiency of the administration.

Peking, May 20-Although tho Dragon Boat festival in lean than two weeks away, nothing is being. heard of how the Government pro- poses to tide itself over that time. Next to the Chinese New Year,, this June festival is the most important settlement day in the calendar and if there is any possibility, of money. being raised, now would be the time for doing: no.

Two Europeans. Mr. W. D. Tait and Mr. C. Breyer, both of whom are staying at the Sea View Hotel, Singapore, have been charged with house trespass at Manila, June 4-Poor pre- the Sea View Hotel, and with paration in the high schools is causing hu: to Mr. H. R. Bull, at considered the principal reason 11.80 on the night of May 1 at for the big number of failures the same place. Mr. H. R. Bull is

A Chinese telegram which ia among new students who took the Second Police Cour: Magia-published in the Hankow "Hwah the entrance examination intrate and when the case was men-Chung Jh Pao" on June 4 avara mathematics given by the Univer- tioned in that court he announced that good deal of antagonism has Bity of the Philippines on June 1: that the case would be heard-by arteen in Canton-against-the- Of the 917 students who took the another magistrate. Bail was test, only 187 passed, according to fixed at $100 in each case. figures released yesterday.

"In spite of what we say "One of the most remarkable about the modern girl, I believe things about the City of London that human suffering still appeals is its rateable value, which works to her as much as in the past, and out at £10,000 per acre, the extent that the majority of girls enter of the City being 661 acres."the profession because they do This statement was made by Sir wish to do something to help their Thomas Robinson, chairman of a fellow-creatures," said Miss R. E.

government there over the sending of the northern expedition Against Hunan and Kiangal This is not because military operations will take place but because the expedi tion has caused very heavy taxes to be placed on, the people.

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Tokyo, June. --According te the new Maritime Law which be comes effective on and after Novem ber 1 of this year, no domestic and foreign steamers are permitted to navigate the Japanese waters un- less they, are provided with wire- Jess telegraph apparatus. The law, however affects only steamers with a displacement of 2,000 tons or more, or with a crew of 50 men of more.

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Penang, June 4-A Chinese clerk is making a wonderful re- In the General Hospital after stabbing himself in the abdomen thirty-two timeN. Dr. Savage was called and found him bleeding profusely and gave out little hope for his recovery. He was taken to hospital, whenev magistrate rushed and took his dying deposition. The man, how ever, improved and it is now stated

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College Hospital at the annual Incorporated congress of the Association of Hospital Officers at the Central Hall, Westminster, in mall week. She emphasised the need for a higher standard of comfort for the nurses, with greater leisure and payment on such a scale as to enable them to make provision for their old age.

the moorings, the largest floating crane in the harbour, owned by the New Engineering and Ship- building, Works, Ltd, was used. A 50-ton lift was exerted and this failed to move the sinker. Two of this type of mooring have already been laid in Upper Section B of the river and will soon be available for use,

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The arrest of Japanese in

Among the minutes of the Seoul has uncovered an organisa-Shanghai Municipal Council is the tion there which is passing off following-In order to cope with counterfeit German paper money the increasing number of armed in large quantities. The "author- robberies, the Commissioner ities of the Taikyo police station Police recommends the immediate have started, with the aid of purchase of 80 additional bicycles Seoul and Fusam police, to round for patrol duty, mainly in the up the members of the organisa-outlying districts, at a cost of ap- tion. The arrested man divulged that the spurious money is being made somewhere in Peking and is sent into Korea for distribution." The gang has been operating in the larger cities of Korea and the police believe that large amounts of the counterfeit money have been passed off. Several scores of Japanese are believed to belong to the organisation.

proximately Ts. 2,100. After hearing the Commissioner of Police, members endorse this re- commendation as a matter of ex- pediency, but, as there is no budget appropriation for this expenditure, the view is recorded that during the current year economies in other directions should be effected to set the cost of this proposal.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

The Governor of Singapore has', The formal opening of the club premises of the Institution of En-appointed Lieut. W. A. Woods, of" gineers-and-Shipbuilders of Hong kong is postponed until Thursday June 17.

That Marshal Tuan Chi-jui was delighted to sell his country and massacre the people, and that he invented a falsehood about the students' attempt to barn down the Presdent's office," was a state- ment by General Feng Yu-hsiang, the Christian General, when inter- | viewed on his arrival in Russia. He advocated another revolution. as China's only salvation,

Mr. Perceval Landon, special4 correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" and well-known. writer, was taken to the German Hospital, Peking, a few days ago and underwent a serious opera- tion.

There were no complica tions, and it is reported that his condition is much improved. Mr. Landon is engaged in writing a book on Nepal and is collecting material for another book on China,

The marriage of Pu Chia, cousin of the ex-emperor to Tseng Huang-yunn, daughter of! Mr. Tseng Teh, Minister of interior in the Manchu Regime, took place at Peking, in accord ance with Imperial rites, through understanding with the Govern ment. Members and officials of the defunct Manchu Household, Premier Yen, the Powers" Minis- ters and a number of distinguish- ed men were present.

the 2nd Duke of Wellington's Regiment, to be his extra A.D.C., vice Lieut K. G. Exham.

Once a trooper in the Persian. army Reza Khan is

now Shah. After ruling the country is dictator and Premier, he decided to don the purple, which he did, amid brillant aconos of Oriental splendour.

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Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang has had conferred upon him by the Sun. Yat-sen University in Moscow the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, says the Chinese press.

Mrs. Bowes Smith is at present a patient at the Peak Hospital, having been operated on for appen- dicitis. Her many friends will be glad to hear that she is making "good progress.

On "Monday next, at 9 a.m., an al fresco concert will be held in St. Andrew's Vicarage grounds, Kowloon, in aid of local diocesan needs and St. Peter's Church Re pair Fund. The band of the East Burreys will render selections. Tickets are one dollar each.

Among the passenger who ar rived at Shanghai recently were Mr. Mason Turner, American Vice-Consul at Colombo, accom- Miss panied by his sister, Marjorie Turner, who has been visiting him for several months. Mr Purner will spend a few months in his home in Con- necticut U.S.A.

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Among the departures for Shanghai by the C.P.S. "Empress of Australia" last Friday were Dra. J. S Guzdar and S. C. Kwong, both recently graduated from the University of Hongkong. Dr. Kwong is proceeding to Eng- land via America to specialise in surgery, while Dr. Guzdar will be returning after a fortnight's holiday to take up an appointment at the Government Civil Hospital.

The death at Bangkok recently of Mrs. C. E. Jelstrup recalls the fact that she was born at Penang, daughter of the late Mr. G. W.

The railway station at Seoul presented an animated scene" on M. Charles Mayhon, former head-June 3, when Dr. and Mrs. F. master of the French Municipal Herron Staith and family entrain- School, was killed in a motor seed for home via Japan As a cident near Marseilles at the bemark of esteem for the admired Simon, for many years the pro ginning of May, according to in- couple, says the ""Seoul Frees,asecuting agent in all cases of the formation received in Shanghai on distinguished gathering was pre. Opium Farm in the Police Courts. June 6 His second son, Georges, sent to bid them godspeed. Vis. She was married three times, her who was driving the car, was very countess Saito, Mr. Turass, Vice- first husband being Mr. Wilkinson, seriously Injured. The late M. Governor, other high Government & British chemiet of Singapore, Maybon, who was also director of officials and their wives, Consular Her second husband was the late the Institut Franco Chinoise de representatives and a delegation Mr. Edwin Neubronner, a Commerce et Industrie, was born from the First Girl's High School, Malacca Government pensioner, at Marseilles on April 24, 1872 where Mrs. Smith taught for a and afterwards vestry clerk at He joined the educational service time, were among those seen on the St. Andrew's Cathedral Or in Indo-China in 1905, and was ap- the crowded platform. Dr. and his death she married Captain pointed to organise and direct the Mrs. F. Herron Smith took part C. H S. Jestrup, a Danish skip- French Municipal School at Shang- in a farewell concert which had per who predeceased her many hal fu 1911, to which task he been arranged for them at the years ago. After a long residence

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