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THE CHINA MAIL

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

A pianoforte regital will be given by Mr. Harry Ore at the City Hull next Tuesday, at 5.30 pm.

The Social and Dance of the Diocesan Old Boys' Association will be held on Wednesday, January 26, instead of on Saturday next as pra viously unnoanced,

The ship's company of HM.S. "Titanie" gave another of their suc cessful series of dances at the Holena May Institute last night.

to.

The case of a Portuguese resident with typhoid (enteric fever) was reported yesterday from Kowloon, this being the only occurrence of notifiable disease."

Observing that far too many people showed disrespect to the Court by entering the Kowloon Ainsworth neu two Chinese Magiatriey wearing their hats, Mr. Tench yesterday afternoon-forthai offence.

According

statisties gachered by the Department of Education, there are 108 middle. schools in Kwangtung province, A No. 4 Felix Villas, Mount with a total of 11,888 studente; Davis Road Pokfulam, Messrs. 1886 higher primary schools. Lammert Bros. will sell a variety of with 65,432, students, and 9.029 household furniture by publie auc-lower primary schools with 445,- tion at 2.46 pm on Wednesday next. 596, making a total of 11,008 The Hong Kong Hotel motor, busi which leaves Binke Pler at 2.15 pm. schools and 622,714 students in (will reach the house in time,

the whole of the province,

Mr. John, Rockefeller is shown "following, through” a shot on

she got links at Ormond Beach, where he was spending, the Wintar.

For their short season at the "Star" Theatre, Kowloon, the Royal Italian Opera Company arrived here yesterday on the "Empress of Russia" from Manila. They go to Shangha! next week, from Hong Kong, on the "Empress of Canada.'

Mrs. J. R. Wood (the wife of the Puisne Judge) will distribute the certificates of Ying Wa Girls' School (of the London Mission) ut 5.30 p.m. to-morrow in the Auditorium of the Chinese Y.M.C.A. in Bridges Street where the annual speech day is being held'..

The offensive powers of the Slagapore variety of hornet · were recalled at the Singapore Assizes, when the Deputy Public Prosecu for (Mr. Ng H. P. Whitley) had to ack the Chief Justice's permission to conduct the cases from his chair. owing to his inability to stand upon a awollen and bandaged fool which had been stung by a hornet..

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A he record of survice Was mentioned at a meeting of Arbroath| Town Council when it was stated that Walter Gibson, un employee in the water department, had been in the employat of the Council for eighty years. Despite the fact that he is 98 years old, he is still work-

A daring piracy was carried out The many foreign refugees nowink it was agreed to consider the of the band in the upper Huangpu, in Shanghai from parts on the Yang-question of suitably recognising

this record. Shanghai when a junkowas boarded tse wh doubtless be extremely by five armed ruffians arrayed in

old police uniforms. The mastergrateful to the postal authorities for

of the vessel called for help when the arrangements which have been

Local music lovers and opera

he saw the men whereupon he was made to intercept their correspon-enthusiasts will welcome the an- struck on the head with the butt end dence for upriver at the local postnouncement that Signer Carpi's. of a pistol and died instantly. Eoffee. In their notice to this effect Royal Italian Grand Opera Com- ged at the opposition the pirates the authorities point out that this pany is to open a short season at attacked other members of the crew, dealing out very severe injuries to sort of intercuption is usually im-the Star Theatre, Kowloon, to- two of the men. The pirates finally practicable, but in view of the morrow evening, the opera select. made good their escape with $80 in special nature of the circumstances,ed for the opening performance

the cash and a quantity of movable and the number of people involved being gear and property.

special measures have been adopted. Trovatore.""

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

A Reuter cable from London; an- nounces the death of Mr. Martin Donohoe, the well-known journalist. and war correspondent.

A well-known resident of Shang thai has passed away in the person of Mr. William Martin. The de- ceased gentleman had been in poor health since last June, and from that time had been out of hospital for only two brief spells of a fort night or three weeks on each ¡casion.

The marringe of Mr. Desinand Harmsworth, nephew of the late Lord Northcliffe. to Miss Dorothy Heinlein, a graduate of Vassar Cok lege, took place at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York. Lord Swinfen Eady was "best man."

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The Marquess and Marchioness' of Sligo, who have left England on a voyage to the Dutch East Indies, will be away for about four months.

Ninety-one, and "still going Mrs. Georgiana Wigan, of Caven- strong," Baron K. Okura, who is dish-square, W., and the Isle of one of Japan's leading, industrial Wight, left $221.234, and Mr. magnates, is going to retire from William Sheldon, Tate benches of his long business career, not to rest Lineon's Inn and the author of as most ordinary merchants do when several legal works, £70,981. The they paas the age of 70, but for the latter, on the death of his wife, took of elevating, the position of made gifts to Devon chaiitles and actors and actresses, which he con- Winchester College!

aiders to be a helpful mission" in ciety. The Baron has travelled a lot and visited Europe on a number of occasions, and there he met Napoleon 111, who asked him "What country is Fapan? There isn't such whic awakened in him a decision a country on the map," a question

to do his utmost in placing Japan

Princess Ileana, youngest daughter of the King and Queen

A well-known shipping man in for Roumania, whose name has the Far East returned to Hong been coupled recently with that Kong yesterday on the "Empress of more than one royal prince of Russia" which came in from and who will be 18 next month, Manila. He is Mr. R. C, Morton, declares that she does not desire at present the Director in the

years.

ed in

trola ecveral score of important

commercial and industrial under- takinga which have taken no little art in the development of his

to marry anybody for several Orient of the United States Ship-on the map. In this he has been ping Board. A good many years. most successful for to-day he con- ago, he was a Hong Kong resi- The following deaths were report. dent, being then the agent of the mail week:-- Mr. Alfred old Pacific Mail S.S. Co. His Jordan Holington, J.P., textile mermany friends in the Colony, will chant, who was a member of the be pleased to meet him again. first London County Council and of the City Corporation. aged 81. Major-General John Barton. Ster- ling, who formerly commanded the 2nd Battalion of the Coldstream Guards and subsequently the „reglą ment, aged 87

Simon, the fourteenth Lord Lovat, who is now 5 years or age, is a very shy member of the House of Lords. but makes an excellent Chairman of the Forestry Commission. He has A reputation for silence in the Gild- ed Chamber. Beaufort Castle, near Inverness, has been the seat of the Frasera of Lovat for nearly 700- yours. There has been a great many Fraser residences on the site of the present castle, and one of them was razed to the ground by the Duke of Cum.borlard, after the Battle of Culloden.” The prevent home of the Lavats was built in 1882. "Lady Lovat was a daughter of Lord Ribblesdalo, who died some months ago, and is a niece of the Countess of Oxford.

The death is announced of | Major-General John Barton Sterling, whose family was iden- tifled with the London "Times”. for three generations, Carlyle has referred to his grandfather, Ed- ward Sterling, as a journalist who "thundered to the shaking of the spheres," and at one time he earned the Times the sobriquet of "The Thunderer." The life of the General's father the Rev John Sterling, has been written by Carlyle. He was a brilliant man of letters, poet, dramatist, and novelist, General Sterling, who had a distinguished military career, was born in 1840,

native country and helped greatly to place it on the map.

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