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Penang. July 22-The police are vigilantly hunting for road Scorchers. Mr. N. G. Reddish, of Borned Motors, has been fined $25, for driving at a speed and in manner dangerous to the pub He on Northam Road.
A hydroplane with three sails, believed capable of making four or five miles an hour, would be tried out by the "hriation corps in Kasumigaura, Japan.. to citable it to sail back to safely in the event of a forged handing.
MAIL.
AND GENERAL NEWS.
The
San Diego. California, July A gust of wind enused a senatl 23.-The bell in the San Luis Rey garge heat to capotze in the har mission, cast in Spain and for yesterday aftern. staled 128 years ago, fell into the cupailts were rescued, by a police grave yard of the mission to-day launch. is a priest was tinging the bell to announce mass. 11 has been rung every day since it wassin stalled, announcing feligious ser- vice, hanging from the same huge piece of California cuk,
The adjourned annual meeting, of the Water Polo League, at which herangementa for matches this season will be discussed, is] being held this svening at the Victoria Recreation Club
Simla, July 16 The Hon. Mr. Watson, Agent for the Gov ernor-General in the Western States of India, has given judg- bas An agreement reached between the Marconi mant in an important Jain com Company and the Egyptian Gov-munity versus Palitana Darbar ernment in regard to wireless dispute. Mr. Watson has fixed broadcasting. The agreement is an annual payment of one lakh ch for a period of thirty years, and rupees to be paid, by Jains to the will be renewable subsequently Patang Darbar for a period of 10 years in lieu of a poll-tax to for periods of ten years.
which the community objected. Alter 10 years the matter is to be re-considered, w
Mais from the USA. Hono inlu, Japan and Shanghai arrived "Preallent Testerday by the 8.4. been
Van Buren." the total amounting! to,503 bggs. Included in the total were a number of bars from Europe via Siberia,
The village of Shuttleworth, in Lancashire, with, a population of only 558, recently held a Thazuar for the Lifebout Service, Those who organised it numbered Handy eight, and the majority were working girls. The goods sold were nearly all made by the girls themselves, and everything was sold. £80 being realised.
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The new first class cruiser: Kako, a 7,000-ton ship recently Brunched at the Kawasaki Dock- July 22. She is of a peculiar! yard, Kobe, arrived at Yokouk type and remarkable for her comparatively heavy armament.
Peking, July 25.-The Con-
Provincial Police Director ference of all the headmasters of the Japanese primary schools in Chen at Mukden has issued a North China will be held here notice to the Prefectures of Feng- for three days, commencing on tien Province not to permit any August 2, for the purpose of foreigner without proper pass- educational methodsports to stop in their districts, unifying among Japanese pupils in China since a good number of them are The foreign section of the as well as to establish connections known to be involved in the Keucho is apprised that the So-among the schools. The number smuggling of contrabands such
Baltic {{eer viel
has left of those who are to attend the as arms, narcotics, etc. Kronstadt on a work cruise. The conference is 12, principals of
Vigan, Ilocos Sur, July 26, fest, which consists of battle the schools in Peking, Tientsin.
Between 7 and 8 o'clock last night ship. 2. cruisers and a number of and Shantung.
(Sunday) a violent earthquake destroyers, will touch at Ports
An operation, said to be the was felt in this vicinity. Although mouth, Toulon, Alexandria, Cal- cutta, Shanghai... and Nagasaki.first of its kind attempted on the quake was of short duration,! Whether it will visit Kobe or not human being, hus been performed people here were frightened be-i
the The exact date in is not confirmed.
throat department of cause they remembered the pre-! of arrival at Nagasakis also not Northampton General Hospital. diction of. Bendani, the Italian, The patient, a middle-aged lady, that violent earthquake with would be was suffering from thoking its fatal consequences The arrivals, nt and de- and loss of volce owing to relaxa-registered in this part of the
of the muscles of the world.. partures from Strails Settlements tion ports during June were: 28,838 larynx, and the operation, which
-Tokyo July 26.-Seventeen Chinese arrived and 18,889 In-involved the removal and replice- diahs. During the first six monthsment of the nerve, was for the known dead and many missing" of thisyear 177,243, Chinese have repair of the nerve supply of are bestofdr floods in Southern arrived in this country, as against these muscles. The operating Korea. The storm spread over a 56,800 returned to China.. and surgeon had previously expert wide are in the North-western che corresponding figures, of In. mented on monkeys, baboons, and Pacific. The American ship dinn immigration are 49.477 and dogs with good results, and there"West Faralon" has sent, out an 1.245. The net gain to Malaya's is every hope that the present $.03 call and rescue vesses are! population, counting Chinese, operation will be a success. The proceeding to her relief. She is Indians, and Malays, during the patient still speaks in a husky eaking but wirelesses that there first half of the year is 150,495 whisper, and the final result of is at present no danger of sink- as compared with 137,958 during the operation will not be knowning, unless the storm becomes.
for six months. the whole of last year,
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more severe.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS:
Many people in lag will re- . Mr. and Mrs. A. G. MacDonald gret' to learn that Monsieur A.have returned from leave. Mr. Ritfault, who was Minister for MacDonald may be attached to France in Bangkok from 1904 to the Mines Department here for 1906, died in Paris on July some months-Malay Mail." 14. He Was very popular. jamong all classes during his stay
there.
were
Berlin, July 25.The government has forbidden the display of war, Alma showing the former Kaiser Tokyo, Jaly 26.-Premier Wakat-presenting iron crosses behind the
line. The Alms suki was instrumental in saving battle two lives to-day, when he with his found among the secret archives of It is secretary were cut deep-sea fishing the Imperial, government." in a small boat which overturned. I thought that the filma if shown Neither of his bodyguard of two would enuse bitterness and might detectives could swim, but after a even lead to disturbances of public several minutes' struggle in the order. water, Wakatsuki managed to get one man into the boat while nis secretary held the other detective above water.
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New York, July 24-Cardinal Bonzano, papal legate to the Eucharistic Congress at Chicago last month, sailed for Italy to Ipoh. July 22.-The retirement day in the presence of cheering of senior Malayan officials con-rowds. The cardinal's farewell "The tinues, the latest being the un- message to America was: expected decision of the hon ble God of nations must look with ap- Mr. O. F. G. Stonor, senior Bri-proval upon a country that made tish Resident, to retire in Septem- possible to give Him such a ber. Mr. Stonor was appointed tribute of love and adoration." to Perak in December. Recently
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Chica@yudy 26,--Mrs. A. Montgomery Ward, widow of "the mail order magnate, led to-day.j She recently made a gift of some $1,000,000 to Northwestern Univer- sity.
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the passengers who the arrived for Hongkong ny around-the-world Dollar liner 8.5. "President Van Buren" yesterday were:-Mr. S: Ismail, Ma and Mrs. K. Kan, Mr. E. Peter, Mr. T. K. Wong. Mr. and Mrs. Chin Sik yung and Miss Yung
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The engagement is, announced between Cyril Robert William, only of Mr. and Mrs William sun Thomson, of Shanghai, and Louise and May, only daughter of Mr.
H. Phillips. of Mrs. George
Silver-lane, Purley, Holmhurst, Surrey, formerly of Manchester and Shanghai.
Dame Edith Elake, of Myrtle Grove, Youghal. Cork, who died on
April 18, widow of Sir Henry Governor of Hongkong., and sister of the Duchess of St. Albans, left settled personal estate in Eng-
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the Kross land of £17,351. with £13,495.
Value of personalty
he underwent an operation for ap- London, July 23-Ill feeling pendicitis and-is-now-medicauy toward the United States is sub-Arthur Blake G.C.M.G., a former advised to leave the tropics. He siding, following editorial.com joined the Service as a junior meat in several of the leading officer in 1890. He will be fifty- London dailies criticising the at
tack of the "Daily Mail'' five years of age next June.
America's financial policy as re "The greatest menace confront-gards collection of war debts. ing any ship upon the turbulent The king and queen gave a gar
The Rev. Maxwell Chaplin of! waters of education to day does den party this afternoon, which not come from overloading, dan- it was estimated was attended by the Presbyterian Mission at Soo- chow, Anhwei, passed away on gerous as that is. It is present-500 American, guests,
July 20, at 2.20 p.m. in the ed rather by a submerged moun- tain chain
who went Tsingtao Hospital. His death of the crausest Mr. R. Alexander,
wife and materialism. Especially is this home in the spring on leave, has was caused by cholera. He is materialistic conception of life a failed to pass the Bangkok Dock's survived by his menacing obstruction in the "way medical adviser as fit for further daughter. Other relatives in of any ship headed for the port service in Bangkok, and will not China are Mrs. Edmund Lee of of Unselfish Service," said Daniel be returning. Br. Alexander "hasAnking, Aqhwei, and Mr. Harry L. Marsh recently appointed teen with the Bangkok Tock for President of Boston University.
over twangyears, and when he came motor boats and motor cars. in Bangkok numbered very few indeed. He has been in poor health for some time.-"B.T."
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It is stated that H.R.H. the Prince of Jained, who has lately been allowed to retire from his former position of Director Gen- eral of the Department of Public Viscountess Bertie of Thame Health, Siam, by H.M. the King Lock part in a unique ceremony at
Kingman of Tientsin.
The Shanghai"Municipal Police Force is shortly to lose the ser- vices of one of its most conscien- tious and capable members in the person of Detective Superintendent James Cruickshank, who is retiring" after some 21 years service locally.
of Siam, on account of ill health, the Westminster Hospital, when Superintendent Cruickshank hau, contemplates going to Europe for she presented the gold brooch of for a quarter of the number of his a change for about one year. So the Royal National Lifeboat In-years in harness in the S.M.P. far as is known His Royal High-stitution to Miss Hannah Den- been attached to the Criminal In- ness interds leaving on the 15th hem, who has been a patient investigation Department, the work August by the International ex- the hospital for nearly thirty-five of which is so quietly and un- press for Singapore where he years. Miss Denham is bedridden, obtrusively carried out; and his will embark in a Japanese mall and spends most of her time value to this department is reflect- bont for Marseilles. His con- knitting., She conceived the ideaed in the promotion which has come! sort and H. S. H. Prince of showing her gratitude to West-his way until, at the time, of his Pyarangsit, his son and Naiminster Hospital by selling her rotirement, it is ne exaggeration to Kamol Jemsevi, the son, of H.E. work, and for some years she has say that he is one of the right- men of the Director of W Phya Sthira Suraprabeni," "will devoted the proceeds of the sales
Intelligence, Mr. also accompany His Royal High- to the hospital, and the Lifeboat
Institution in equal shares. neve.
and
Criminal Armstrong.
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