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LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Four Chinese were yesterday. committed for trial by Mr. R. E.. Lindsell on a charge of having been concerned in an armed robbery at Quarry Bay

Reynold's picture of "Princess Caroline, daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales, originally painted for £100; was sold as auction for 4,000 guineas. Hoppner's portrait of Mrs. Rolleston and her children was sold for 1700 guineas.

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"There is no more despicable spectacle than young woman, dressed almost "in a bathing tume. pinning roses on doddering old men," said Ald. George Titt, when urging on Manchester Council that only meh should be employed on" "flag" days.

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A banishee who said he return- Led to the Colony to see his aged mother who was was yesterday Esentenced by Mr. We Schofield to six months" hard labour and fifteen strokes of the birch. The pollee reported they could not find the woman at the address given by the accused, and he subsequently ad- Emitted that his story was false."

The "Straits Times" is inform- edi officially that it has been décided: not to holdan Military Pageant in Singapere during 1927. At the con- Eclusion of the successful Frant held in August last year it was an- nounced that another event on a rather smaller scale would be held in May. The decision not to hold a pageant this year is probably con- nected with the present uncertain military situation in the Far Eust.

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The Englishwoman has per- fect ankles, straight and true, beautiful as any in the world" says Mr. A. J. Munnings, R.A.. who was iudge in the Ankle Competition at Norwich. "What I saw was a re velation to me," he says. "Dancing and sport have made our girls ankles things of beauty. They are a vast improvement upon thope of the Victorian Age, although it was very diffeult to get a view of the Victorian ankle."

A debtor asked his means t Bow County Court! "Not a bean, and a prospect of being called up for China.*

A huge borse chestnut tres, which for 200 years has stood on a landmark in Weston's Yard, Eton Callege, was uprooted by the gale in mail week.

At 8 p.m. to-day an orchestral

A new law brought forward in concert will be broadcast under the aegis of the Hong Kong Radio So- Spain proposea. that national rigor clety, the Orchestra (the Lyric)ous physical training shall be abil!! being under the conductorship of gatory on both aexas,, so graded as to suit all ages from infancy to adolescence, and to include mus- Mr. Dick d'Almada.

ketry. The cost will be borne by a taxon theatre tickets.

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Georgia's champion father, whose 28 children won for him medal from Congress, and President Coolidge's approbation, has become The

a father for the 20th time. lasest is a daughter.

"Mr. Wong Ching-wel, the Kuomintang leader reported to: be in France or Germany who has been urged. by his com- patriots to return to Canton.

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The Poor Law Guardians ati Abergavenny, Wales, have equipped A casual ward, in which tramps are accommodated in separate cubicles. These are provided with electrict beila to summon attendants. Springl mattresses, hot bathe, and suppers are supplied. Meals may be served to inmates in bed.

Predicting a rosy future for the aeroplane; in a brief address at the Union League Club. Chicago,' Sir! Alan Cobham said: "Future genera- tions will have the same mental at- titude to flying that the man in the street has to-day to the auto-

Even lads now possess it⠀⠀ mobile.

to a considerable degree.'

Mr Ian Macpherson's jewels, valued at £3,000, which were stolen from his wife in the Riviera, dis- appeared from the famous "Blue train" on which, for the past year. there had been a pazzling series. of robberies, The guard. Gobillot, and the assistant guard, Moury, week. were arrested early in the Mrs. Macpherson states that pearl necklace, worth several thou- sands of pounds, was overlooked.

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Ezekiel and Sons, of Raffles Square, claim that they have im

ever i ported the largest telescope brought into. Singapore. and prob- ably Malaya. The Instrument was imported by the order of a Chinese gentleman and is made by the Zeiss Company in Germany, and is of un- asual interest. It is finely con structed, beautifully Anished and can easily be adjusted to the finest degree. Its highest power mag- nifies the object under observation by 390 times, and it is made especi ally for observing the stars.

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"Noise is becoming a national danger, raucous muste, loud speak- ers, gramophones are making life greatly ex-hideous, and medical men

The startling whiteness of the marble statue of the late Mr. Joeph Chamberlain is considerad too emphatic for its surroundings. An effort is being made to tone When Nicholas Geld and, Miss down the whitences. Tea has been Freedman went to the church to be poured over it, but this was unsuc- married they travelled in a last-cessful. Coffee is now being

fear that the nation will suffer from century stage couch. This resulted perimented with. in traffic being blocked along the

the present orgy of mechanical route, and summonses. were issued, A message from Rome say music," says Mr. Bowen Partington, Subsequently Alec. Freedman, the that it is understood that the Gov- in an article on health. Periodical bride's brother, who had acted: es ernment and the Vatican are suc- noise apparently has become best man.. appeared in court, sorcessfully working out details in necessity in modern home life, caus- rowfully prepared to accept respon-Concordat to enable, the Pope, to "ing nervous ailments, breakdowns, sibility on behalf of the absent leave bis voluntary, seclusion in the neurotic tendencies, and mental honeymooners. The magistrate, Vatican. It is expected that the disorders, he says. Profes or Burt, however, dismissed the- case, ex-plans will be completed by a paychological expert, la of the pressing the opinion that her wed-September enabling the Pope to opinien that people crowd Into ding was the most important event participate in the Eucharistic Con- dance halls and music halle, where in a woman's life.

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they hear bad jazz,

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS:

Mr. A. J. Pilgrim returned to the Colony yesterday on the "Katori Maru after an absence of some months.

Lady E. Parlett is a through pas senger on the ss. Kator Maru," which arrived here yesterday from Home and sailed yesterday for the North.

Mr. Rudyard Kipling, who, is staying in Brazil as the guest of the Government has received from a Brazilian admirer rather an embar rasssing gift in the form of a live armadillo Mr. Kipling kept the "pe" one day"and then returned it to the sender with a letter, expiain- ing that life in a hotel was "too ter rible a fate for an armadillo."

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At the exact hour of the first anniversary of her mother's wed- ding, Rosaline Haddon, daughter of Rosaline Courtneidge, the actress (who did not recover after the birth of her child), was christened All Sainta, Langham Place. Many women were in tears throughout child's god. the service. The parents included the Duchess of Atholl, M.P., and Edgar Wallace, the novelist.

The toys "with which the Prince of Walos played will be used by Princess Elizabeth. Her nursery, Prince decorated "in blue, wLA

The Princess in George's room. mail week revelled in Hyde Park's-j sunshine. She now takes a lively interest her surroundings, parti- cularly in dogs and horses, and har special favourite is the Duchess's gölden Labrador dog. Her voca- bulary thus far is very limited.

Mr. L. de Rome of the Hong Kong Electric Co., Ltd. returned to the

on the 9.J Colony yesterday "Katori Maru.”

After a business trip to the Dutch East Indies, Mr. T. King of Linotype ard Machinery, Ltd, returned to Kong yesterday by the Hong "Kator Maru." Mr. King is an ardent yachtsman and swimmer.

Dr. Fatmer, H. Crais, head of The Steuer Unirersity "physics de

light, un invented a tre-magnette' detector and anpil kup" which will replace: Quitarsón and vacuum. Luther la' radio receiv metama wall us make them our Mensitive and provide grauter Cranda.

The "President Lincoln" had a

"I am not the world's greatest tener," declared Mr. John McCor- mack, who, on his return to Eng- land to hold concerts, announced his determination to retire at 50, 'prob ably to enter Irish politics. "I am of them," he added. merely one "The greatest has died, and the next has not yet arrived. The greatest all-round operatic tenor la Eddie long passenger list when she sailed Johnson, a Canadian, Thank God, from Hong Kong yesterday for he is an English-speaking singer." Shanghal Japan and Seattle Among the passengers were the Sir Charles Ellot, the first Vice-Rev. and Mrs. F. L. Sayder, the Chancellor of Hong Kong Univer- Rev. W. C. Evans, Mr. and Mrs. sity, paid the Colony another visit A. H. Remedios, yesterday, but-only for a few hours. ht

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A peerage stage romance, in- volving the Earl of Shaftesbury's! 26-years-old heir, Lord Ashley, and Sylvia Hawkes, a pretty cabaret distressed dancer, occasioned a father's dash by motor car through the: darkness from Winborne, Dorset, to London, the vain hope of dissuading his son. Starting at 3 a.m., the Earl reached town, to find a crowd outside the church. The bride and, bridegroom appeared later, and the ceremony proceeded. The bride, who wore a handsome gown, signed the register

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Princess. Bouise, Duchess Argyli, has left town on her annual. trip to the Riviera, where she will stay with the Duke of Connaught at} Cap Ferrat. The King's eldest aunt is, ffke her brother, very popular on the Riviera, taking an active part in her visits. It is difficult to realise that the Princess will be 79 in March, for she is so extremely energetic, and takes vigorous in terest in current affairs, a fact which renders har a particularly congenial companion for the Duke, who keeps p close touch with. events in this country during yearly stay in the South (observes Daily Chronicle" writer.) Bro- ther and sister from childhood have formed one of those "pairs" which Inevitably arise in large familien,

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