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LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

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Charged with using a riesha, Thy onlycane of notifiable). the property of his employer. Dr. disense raported on Monday was Kew, na a public vehicle, a coolie that of Chinese in Kowloon was fined $5 by Mr. R. E. Lind-suffering from typhoid, sell at the Central Magistracy yesterday

Charged with unlawful pos- session of an air-rifle, a Chinese who arrived in the Colony an fboard the a.s. "Tjiliboet" Was fined $75 by Mr. T..W. Ainsworth at the Kowloon Magistracy yes. terday.

A large variety of household and blackwood furniture is to be sold af Messrs., Lammert Bros.', auction rooms in Duddell Street at 2,30 p.m. on Friday.

The Royal Italian Opera Company is paying a return visit to the Colony this week and will open for a season at the "Star" Theatre, Kowloon on Friday night

Invitations are now out for the annual inspection by H.E. the Governor (Sir Cecil Clementi) "of the St. John Ambulance Brigade From the American Colortype at the Murray parade ground, at Co., who claim "the largest calen.5.15 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 26. dar sales in the world." the "China Mait" has received a beautiful 1927 The local The second annual meeting calendar in colours. of the Law Society of the Univergent of the Colortype Co. is

Fredk. Ribeiro. sity of Hong Kong will be held in the Assembly Room of the University Union, this Thursday at 5 pm. Ten will be served at 14.30 pm. All interested are

cordially requested to attend.

A fancy dress ball will be held in the roofgarden of the Hong Kong Hotel on Tuesday, Feb. 1, the occasion being China- New Year's Eve. Dress can be in Chinese, "fancy" or "evening." Dinner, is at $4 a head. Tables can now be booked at the Hotel Fobby.

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The Prime Minister; reply- ing to Sir Cooper Rawson, in the Commons, said the question of organising an Empire shopping week throughout the country, commencing on May 23, 1927, was under consideration.

A picture in the "Daily Mail" just to hand from Londonj shows Prince George investing the Governor of Hong Kong (Sr Cecil Clementi) with the insignia of knighthood on behalf of the King.

Fred L. Mathers; a warrant officer in the United States army, was found strangled to death in his cell at the Estado Mayor- guard house, Manilay All "@vid- ence and indications pointed to

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Douglas Fairbanks, Recom- runied by Mary Rickford are ex-suicide. A garrison belt as pected in Japan towards the end rope affixed to the pipe of the of March next to stay about a

shower bath accomplished the month for the purpose of cine deed. Death apparently was matizing the "Taketori Monoga-violent and the manner in which an iron tari," one of the oldest Japaneset took place indicates

nerve was possessed by Mathers" A collision between a motor-fairy tales. A party of advance His feet. never cycle, ridden by Mr. G. S. Rodgers, representatives left San Fran- cement floor of the sel When were off the and a repair van belonging to the cisco on Jan. 8. Chinn Moter Bus Co, which ogfar-

found, the position of the body rek in Chatham Road, Kowlood on

indicated that, Mathers had pull- January 2, hadits sequel af the Kowloos Magistracy yesterday afternoon, when the driver of the repair van was found guilty of dan gerous driving, the Magistrate. Mr. TW. Ainsworth; imposing a fine of $10

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PEGGY VEMPIE

Peggy Temple, twelve, was herald- ed as London's latest prodigy when she wrote a book.

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A search by Customs officers in fed and tugged with his neck to a ship's bankers, and the discovery effery strangulation. under a load of coat of packages of opium wrapped in paper packed in tins and in sacks, was described at Gravesend Police Court when Wen Tehin. Chinese fireman of thej steamer "Pilembang" was finedi £100 or three months' imprisonment for having a dangerous drug, in his possession.

The "North China,,Daily News" reliably informed that the mov- ing spirit behind the trouble in Hankcw is the notorious Bolshevik agitator,. Li Lih-san, who is wanted| by the Shanghai police for his ac- tivisica, in connection with the anti- Japanese troubles of 1926 and the subsequent Nanking Road; tragedy, L, it is stated, has been giver official position by the Wu-Han Kuomintang" Government.

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The birth of a son and heir to Lord Gleeconner at hig town resi dence }} Sloane Street, Lon- don, has been announced. The second baron and third baronet... Lord Glenconner succeeded his | father in 1920. Lady Glençonner

was Misa Pamela Faget, the young-j ent daughter of Sir Richard and Miss Hmee, shown in her bur Lady Paget. The wedding, in Sep-rister's robes at Cambridge, is "the. tember of 1925 was one of the social events of the year,

Arst Burmese woman to be admitted to the English bar.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.

The death of M. Jean Phillippe Worth, the celebrated costumier, is announced from Paris.

Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Vida of Shanghai were on the "Taiping" which sailed from Hong Kong for Australia via Manila."

Dr. Woo Tin-po, the well known medical practitioner, left Hong Kong by the ass. "Taiping," which sailed on Saturday for Australia via Manila.

Mrs. G. F. Stopford, wife of the Army Chaplain in Hong the Kong, was a passenger on

Taiping" which sailed on Satur- day for Australia via Manila.

Mrs. G. H. Wilson, the wife of the director of Messrs., Robert- son, Wilson and Co., Ltd., was a passenger on the "Taiping" which left Hong Kong on Satur- day for Australia via Manila.

"Passengers from Hong Kong, on the s.s. "Taiping which sail- ed on Saturday for Australia via Manila included Mr. G. Harris. formerly of the Prisons Depart- ment, Mrs. E. Mackay, Mr. R. J. Glendinning, Mr. J. V. Green, and MrL, A. Blok.

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It will not be long before Prince George. takes up another naval appointment. What and where this will be is not yet known, remarks a gossip writer in a Home paper. Admiral Sir E. S. Alexander-Sinclair, under whom the Prince served in China, becomes Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, and H.R.H. ráay. pos- sibly join his staff. As, however, the Prince is in the Navy "for good," he may elect to qualify, as, specialist in gunnery or some other subject, in order to improve This chances of promotion. The Navy has certain rules for the | ambitious, and to these even royal sailors" must conform. Though the way upward lies opeit to the officer who does not specialise, it is trodden more easily by the one who does. Prince George Is but a junior liautenant as yet, having been promoted to that rank in February last, and if he elects to specialise he must shortly make dds choice,

Miss Grace Kuai returned to One of the Russian Consulate- the Colony from Shanghai yes General in Canton, Mr. A. D. terday by the "President Gar-Hassia arrived in Hong Kong field."

yesterday on the "President Gar- field," en route to take

up his duties.

Dr. H. H. Osborn, a Rangoon doctor, was in Hong Kong yes. terday during the stay in port of the "President Garfield." He is returning to Rangoon after a tout round-the-world.

Accompanied by his family, Mr. Charlies J. Huber of Shang- hai sailed for New York on the

"President Garfield last week and arrived in Hong Kong yes terday, departing with the vessel to-day...

LOCAL WEDDING.

Photo by Lay Fong.

Captain V. R. Wright-Neville, or the 5th Batt., 2nd Punjabi Regiment the popular sportsman, and Miss Gwen Northe, who were married at St Andrew's Church, Kowloon, on Saturday.

An American Trade Commis sioner in Mr. George Howard passed through Hong Kong on the "President Garfield," bound for, Manila from Shanghai, ac- companied by Mrs. Howard.

Mr.. and "Mrs. H. F. Refeil of

Vancouver, who are touring the world, are staying a fortnight' in Hong Kong. They arrived yes terday on the "President Gar- field from Boston via Shanghai

Mr. Pascel Simpson, a Penang lawyer, was in Hong Kong yes Forday with Mrs. Simpson. They are returning via Singapore on the "President Garfield," after having paid a visit to San Fran cisco.

A prominent lawyer of San Francisco in Mr. Robert Baci galupi passed through Hong Kong on the "President Garfield," He is going with his family to Singapore, on a tour round the world.

Mr, Ellridge Greene, of the United States Diplomatic Corps, was in Hong Kong yesterday. He came down from Shanghai-on the "President Garfield" and is going on to Singapore whence he will tranship to Bangkok,

Mr. Eu Tong sen, O.B.E., the Chinese multi-millionaire of Malaya, is coming to Hong Kong by the N.Y.K. "Kitano Maru" due next Monday. The owner of a $1,000,000 marble villa in Singa- pore, this prince of tin-minera has interests also in this Colony and in Canton. In 1918 he don. ated $65,000 to the Hong Kong. University and is a life member Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hanitch of the Court He was on the are passengers on the "President FM.S: Federal Council from Garfield" which left to-day for 1911 to 1920 and is 49 years of Manila from Hong Kong. They age. During the War he pro- are on a trip round-the-world sented a 360,000 tank and an and intend going to Penang, Mr. aeroplane to the Home Govern Hanitch is attorney in the East. ment, Mr. Eu Tong sem is com- ern statea for the Northerning with Mr. S. K. Wong, another

Pacific Railway

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