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THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1927.

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The Enjoyment of Chinese Drama

Notes on the Minted Coins of China.

Formoso.

With Rifle. Gun and Rod in Manchuria.

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Fresh-Water Fish as a Source of Human

Parasitic Infection..

Notes on the Unification of the Units of Measurements

in the United States, Great Britain and China.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

THE WAY THE WORLD WAGS.

The house on the Island of Aix, off the coast near Rochelle, which Napoleon occupied after Water loo, will be offered for sale by public auction.

The Roumanian Legation at 1 Paris denies the rumour of the abdication of the King of Roumania. The health of the King has much improved, stated an official.

During the coal stoppage, A fire at the workshops of the Colanei Lane-Fox: stated, 6,322,Midland Junction Railway, West 822 tons of coal were imported arn Australia, has caused damage from Germany at an averaged.f. estimated at between $50,000 and value of $2 18. 8d.

£100,000.

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Cross-Channel passengers by the air routes were 43 per cent. more numerous in the first six months of 1926 than in the corresponding period of 1925 Only four accidents involving the death of passengers have occur A decrease of $7,792 in the red in the course of flying 6.000,- 1926 collections for the Metro-000 miles during the last seven politan Hospital' Sunday, Fund, which amounted to £37.049, was reported to the annual meeting of the fund.

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Earl Russell, in the House of Lords, hoped that Lord Clarendon, chairman of the Broadcasting Cor. Some lives have been lost and British thousands of acres of grass and poration, would take some

to deal standing crops have been destroy-steps

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Using a bronchoscope through a throat incision, a Melbourne, Australia, specialist successfully operated on a four-year-old child, removing a peanut which had: lodged in a lung five months ago.

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The following estimates of this. yaar's harvest in Argentina are issued by the Ministry of Agriculture: Wheat, 5,860,000 tons; fax, 1,820,000 tons:oate, 1,137,000 tona; barley, " 400,000 tons..

In the House of Lords, the Commons' amendments to the Sale of Food (Weights and Mea-

ed by bush fires in New Southmarkable efforts to teach the pub-sures) Bill were accepted on the Wales! Splendid organisation | lic how to pronounce words in a and great individual heroism way that would shook a good have marked the grim fight that many of their lordships. is being waged against the ad-' vance of the flames.

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Awards to hospitals and con- valescent homes amounting to

motion of Viscount Peel, who ob- served that the bill now pleased' everybody, which was an extra- ordinary state of affairs."

Mr. Baldwin announced in the In a free vote on the Legiti£284,750 were made at a King House of Commons that when macy Bill the House of Edward's Hospital Fund meeting legislation with regard to the Commons negatived by 208 at which the Prince of Wales pre-King's new title was introduced to 101 an amendment aided. In spite of there being this year, the opportunity would to the provision that nothing in more surpluses and fewer deficits be taken of proposing that the the mensure would, operate to than in any year sitice the war, title of Parlament should be legitimate a person whose father his Royal Highness said, the hos-altered to "the Parliament of the For mother was married to a third pitals wanted as much from the United Kingdom and Northern

person when the illegitimate child fun or even more, as their work Ireland.” was born. The bill was read 8. was growing quite as fast as their third time.

income.

Such progress has been made

Replying to a debate upon by the Imperial War Graves necessitous areas, Mr. Chamber- Commission that there is a con- lain said that the question was fident expectation that the Com-capable of solution, not by special mission's work will be completed, grants based on temporary cir- as was originally estimated, by cumstances, but by, perhaps, a the end of 1928. Every week better allocation of the burden about thirty bodies of British between unemployment insurance soldiers are still being found in and the Poor Law authorities, A France, mainly by farmers re- new allocation of such assistance claiming the land, by builders as was given by the Exchequer restoring the devastated areas;. on permanent lines would, he be- and by people searching, the bat lieved bring some relief to these tlefields for old metal

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point with a slight preference The fur evening wrap that is of shown towards a low, placed waist dark fur on one side may be sur- line. They are equal in variety to prisingly different upon the other the waist which either boasts a very side. For instance, the evening snug outline or favours a bloused cape of fur worn by Natalie Kings- effect-particularly in the back. to in her First National motion, Skirts remain full with an em picture, The Silent Lover, is of phasis on a flare. Hemlines in black Hudson seul upon one side some instances reflect an uncertain other side. The cape, being inter while in others they are beautifully with ermine used smartly on the mood and possess uneven lines changeable, gives Miss Kingston even. two verp chic wraps of fur for for

Simplicity to the beynote of the mal occasions. It also provides the youthful mode, with little in the very successful combination of black and white, men

way of trimming that does not glitter. Colours vary from the pas tol tints to the striking combinatiun er black and white..

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young person who dances and goes teringly used on the bodices of most of the chiffon, frocks for the very to the theatre. They form a bril laat band across the shoulders and outline the pointed peck in front as well as back, or emphasize the Wraps need not combine them giraffe stencilled kid, goat, pony or lovely lines of a rounded nack." selvas with other furs, but may in cat pelts, And kasha or suede wool- Mary Brian, who wears a charm troduce velvet and fur combina lene vary adaptable to the reversing version of the youthful mode in. tions, fur and lames, and fur and ble coat Combinations of fur and the First National film,The silks as wall

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