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LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Monday is the anniversary of St. Luke the Evangelist.

On Monday the Hong Kong Telophone Co., Ltd. will be paying an interim dividend of 3 per cent. to registered' shareholders,

There will be two performances as the Star Thentre, Kowloon, to morrow, when the Royal Italian Opera Co. will present The Barber of Seville at 5 p.m. and Madamo Butterfly at 9.15 p.m.

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During the past few months Following are the numbers of the Immigration from China has arrivals from and departures. to inaroused at Bangkok by as much Madras Presidency for the month as 5,000 to 8,000 per month, after of September Arrivals, adults, allowing for departures, In gon-13.511; minors, 2:438 departures. The sequence of this, n third steamship | 4,863 adulta: 254 minors. lina te now plying in the coolie arrivals relate to aided passengers trade between China ports and only. Bangkok,

London, October 1-The London, September 27-It is "Railway Gazette" publishes a list announced that Lord Reading Sir showing that Sonepur (India) po.-]; Alfred Mond, Sir Hugo Hirst and Besser the longest railway station Mr. James de Rothschild are join-platform in the world. 2.450 feet ing the Board of Directors of the long, Munchester 2.175 feet, Gorak- Mr. Okamoto, Japanese farm- Palestine Electric Corporation Ltd. hapur 2,113 feet, Melbourne 2,006] ing expert, purchased 260 sheep for formed for the purpose of currying Coet, and Barauni and Gonda ench, breeding purposes."" He shippedcut Rutenburg's scheme. for the 2,000 feet,

The them to Japan by the "Himalaya electrification of Palestine. Maru." Mr. Okamoto states that capital has been fully subscribed. Guam, October 8.-On receipt the Japanese Government will dis-

of Representative Marcado's ro tribute the sheep to the export-

The draft estimates of revenuesolution providing that the Philip mental farm.

und expenditure. for the Municipine Islands be annexed to Goa. An examination for the Analpality of Penang show a total of the chairman of the Guam conreas $2,214,860 revenue and $2,444,147 called a special session of the mem examination of persons who have expenditure Including loan items.bers and unanimously opposed the

A committee is prepar-1 been bound by articles of clerkship The Malacca estimates show a total measure. for a period of Ave years as pro-

ut revenue $385,460 and expending a mentorial to the Secretary of Evided in the Legal Practitioners

ture $441,576 including loan itens. e Novy and to President Coolidge, Ordinance, 1871, in order to sear tain the fitness of such persons for The Singapore estimates are re- voicing protests and objections.

venue $12.408,600 and expenditurg |

London. admission to practise as solicitors$18,676,904 including loan. Itums.

October 3.—The 171 the Supreme Court of Hong

"Daily Telegraph," without aaming Kong, will be held on Monday, November 15, 16 and 17.

Washington, October The Lit authority, makes the seriou enlisted strength of the United charge against Premier Mussoita Stater army has fallen to 110,845, deilberately planning to make which is 8,405 Below pay strength,van against Turkey at the earliest

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already mobilised four army corps. The writer any that vigorous in- ternational efforts are in progress to settle points of diferenco and prevent a conflict,

may please as Registrar of Mar-strength. It was announced is preparing for this event and has riages were read a second time, con- day. The reduction is attributer sidered clause by clause. read to the order of September 15 which The order #third time and became Jaw at stopped recruiting. yesterday's Council meeting. At was inued to avoid a threatened the Finance meeting which follow.deficiency in funds. ed the Council all the votes which have aiready been published were passed.

In low of the fact that the Apellant Judges are now altting in the British Supreme Court, Shang: hai, many enquiries have been made

Realistically accurate in every detail is a new group, typical of the oil menace to sea birds, placed in the Central Hall of the Natural His- tory Museum, South Kensington It Bonsists of a portion of sea beach on the south const showing the

The Singapore Municipal health statement for the week ending! September 25 gives the total nur- ber of deaths a 256 representing A death rate of 32.60, compared with 29:04 the preceding week and 8070 in the corresponding week of last year. Among the nationall- as to whether Mr. Lawrence K.effect on marine bird life of oil re

ties mortality securred as follows: Kentwell is to appeal against the fuse discharged by ships at sea.

Chinese 212, Indians 22, Malays 15, judgment handed down aspinat him The birds exhibited include red-and Europeans 2. The chief causes! on August 28 by His Honour Judge throated divers, guillemets, and a

of death wero malaria, 37, pneu-j Péter Gruin

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razor bill They were picked up monia 38, phthisis 27, dysentery 22, Chow Kweb-ching versus Lawrence from sime to time on the beach in

convulsions 22 and beri-beri 12.3 K. Kentwell in which the plaintif dead or dying condition, their There were six deaths from enteric asked for an accounting in the feathers clogged with qit. This oil fever. Fourteen persons died who liquidation of the Shanghai Chinese floats on the surface of the water had been, less than three months Coal Produce and Stock Exchange. and congeals into the consistency resident in Singapore. The in- The China Press is now authorita- of tar. When the birda dive the fantile death-rate was 1799, com- tively informed that Mr. Kentwe oil clogs their feathers. They can pared with 229.5 in the previons will not appeal and will let the neither swim nor fly, and drift week and 2014 in the correspond judgment stand.

ashore and die of starvation.

ing week of last year.

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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 7- Simon Bamberger, Utah'a WEN governor, frat Democratie and non- Mormon governer, died to-day.

New York. September 30.-King Ferdinand of Rumania is contem- placing abdication ny soon as

Madras, Sept. 27-It is under- stood that the wedding of Captain Portal, A.DC to the Governor of Madras. with the Hon. Cecily Goschen, daughter of Lord and Lady Goschen, will take place in the third week in November at Madras:

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The Government of Nigeria have nominatedi Sir Frederick Dealtry Lugard, F.C., D.S.O., to represent them on the governing body of the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture.

Queen Maria arrives in America. Los Angeles, Calif., Oct. 8-award for valour in the famous

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Jackie Coogan's parents decided Mr. Bernard Gottlaib has been to-day to acquiesce in his wishes recognised as consul for the United and to permit him to have his hair States in Singapore and Mr. S. G.trimmed into a boyish bot tomor ¡Ebling as vice-consul for Penang.

Berlin, October 6.-The British ambassador who is leaving Berlin gave a banquet last night which President Von Hindenburg and the diplomatie vorps attender.

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White: Sulphur Springs, Virginia, October, 9-Tex Rickard, world famous fight promoter, "eloped" News has reached Singapore that with Miss Maxine Hodges of New Dr. Noel Clarke, of Singapore, who York and they were quietly married is on holiday in Europe, has been in Lewisburg. They arrived here successfully operated on for appen-yesterday on a brief honeymoon. Rickard's first wife died about one dicitis in a London nursing home.

year ago.

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H.E.. Prince Sarasastra Siralak- shana of Siam and his secretary, Dr. M. C. Vallabhakorn and Dr. O. L. V. Vidluker arrived at Singa- pore by the "Mantua" on October

10.

The Japanese Red Cross Asso ciation has donated 10,000 yen to the American Red Cross Associa tion as a contribution towards the relief of the Miami hurricane vle- time. »'

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Major E. Bamford, V.C., D.S.O.. R.M.L.I who gained the highest)

action at Zebrugge on April 23, 1918, arrived in the Colony yester day to take up his appointment aa Marine Musketry Officer to the China Squadron. He will have his headquarters at Stonecutters,

Among the passengers arriving from Europe yesterday by als

of "Mantua" were Dr. Saunders the Matilda Hospital, Mr. J. Murray!

of the Government Civil Hospital, accompanied by Mrs. Murray, Mr. D. Brown of the Revenue Depart ment and Mr. H. A. Taylor, Monopoly Analyst and Assistant) Superintendent of Imports and Exports.

It is announced that General Two prominent Red

Bramwell Booth, of the Salvation will vialt Manila in Army, who is on an extended tour workers December. The Honourable John of the Fer East, has re-arranged his Barton Payne, chairman of the itinerary in order to visit Singapore General Booth' is American Red Cross, will be ac- and Sumatra. companied by Dr. Frederick inspecting the work of his organisa- Humbert of the Secretariat of the tion in Canada, Japan, Korea and League of Red Cross Societies. Dr. China. He will arrive at Singa- Humbert, is chief of the health pore by the "Karmala" on December division, and one of the most pre-2, and will spend one day there minent public health experts in Europe,

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Singapore, Oct. 9-In the pass- ing away of Dr. E. H. de Vries of Malacca, the poor in particular, to Rangoon, Oct. 1-At the inquest whom in many instances he gave The Rev. E. N. Greenhow, lately into the circumstances of the Han-free medical aid, lose a very valu chaplain of Province Wellesley, in thawaddy District Police Superin-able Triend and professional adviser: the diocese of Singapore, has beentendent, Mr. J. T. M. Cowan's death. Dr. de Vries's death followed a appointed to the vicarage of Sark, the Magistrate found that the de-motor accident which occurred last Channel Islande patron, the Seig-ceased had committed suicide... He Monday week on his journey back neur of Sark

looked normal on Wednesday evento Malacca, from Kuala Sungei ing.. It is understood that the Bahru. From the time of his A farewell dinner was given to decensed occasionally suffered from admission to the hospital he was Mr. B. Nunn by the Municipal Com-neurasthenia and Insomnia. The missioners at the Runnymede Hotel, remains were buried yesterday at unconscious, except during a short period, until his death. Dr. de Penang. Mr. Nunn, who has been Kangyangam.

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April 4, 1884. He was of Dutch goes home on retirement shortly.

descent, the son of the late Mr.A. H. de Vries, and was educated at the Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore, 2. acholarship,

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With reference to the announce ment in connection with the Annual Kaifeng, October 9.-An attempt Fete which has been organised by bring out Mrs. Davies and Miss Ministering Children's League and graduating in Madras. On his re- Poppins from Chowkiakow has fail-which will take place in the turn to this country he joined the ed owing to the bandite holding Grounds of Government House on F.M.E. Government as "Assistant the roads 10 miles from Yencheng. Saturday, November 6, (by kind per Surgeop; stationed at Kuala Pilah, though General Chin Yun-ao an mission of His Excellency the and Tampin, and on. October, 1910, cther generala with large armies Governor) we have now received took charge of the Government Lore

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