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LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Race pony owners should note that entries close at 12 noon to morrow for the Jockey Club's first, joxtra meeting on March 26.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 18 1927.

Clothing worth $78 was stolen | The opening performances of GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LTD.

from Mr. J. Andrewal house, No.. "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney" "will 8 Moody Road, Kowloon, on Wedbe given by the Hong Kong Amatour Dramatic Sociogy at the nesday night..

Theatre Royal at 0.36 to-morrow night.

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At the Royal Hong Kong Yacht

In the City Hall, the undergra- Club to-morrow, the racing classes.duates of Morrison Hall (one of are to compete for cups presented the University hostels) are giving by the Service members of the la concert and dance tomorrow Club.

night, beginning at eight o'clock.

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Many leading publishers are taking rigorous measures to prevent the publication of libels on dead and Hving public nien following the re- sult of the Gladstone Bhel suit. Many publishing firms have always! publication of any libellous matter, but all of them are now tightening up their methods to prevent inst minute additions to the proofs by the author.

A large variety of household Suffering from injuries retaken strict measures against the furniture will be put up for succeived through a fall while alight- tion by Messrs. Lammert Bros: at their Duddell Street sales rooms at

280 pau: on Tuesday.

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ing from a moving bus in Nathan Road, a Chinese was yesterday admitted to the Kowloon Hospital.

Special excursions will be ran to and from Macao to-morrow and Four Chinoso notifications of The Arst of 12,000 houses which Sunday, by the Hong Kong, Cantoninfectious disease were made in the will eventually compose the two and Macao Steamboat Co., Ltd, to Colony on Thursday. There were new twin suburbs of Watling: near cope with Hong Kong passengers two patients from Kowloon with Handon, N.W., and St. Helier, near (Details in sports section)..

smallpox and another from the Morden. Surrey.... will be ready city. The fourth case was of on-shortly at Watling: There is a tert fever (typhold), the patient great demand for housing sites in "the"""neighbourhood. The London being from Kowinon.

County Council have, planned-for 4,000 houses at. Wasting and 8,000) The Station Hotel at Mallhig, at St. Helier, allowing for a total|| Inverness-shire:wn completely population of about 60,000. The gutted by fire during mall week. | Morden-Edgware tube will serve the Thia building, which was one of the new areas. St. Heller is as yet a

Major E. L. Hoffman, who has been awarded the Collier trophy for 1926, "for the greatest achievement in aviation in Ameri ca", Major Hoffman directed the work of developing the parachule now in use by the U.S.A., and the armies of twelve other countries, extending over a period of five years, prior to 1924. Not a single life was lost in developing the parachute, and it is already credited with saving

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most commodious hostelries. In the tract of agricultural land

West Highlands, was a favourite! resort of tourists. A rough esti mate of the loss places it at about £50,000.

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An Organ Recital will be given in St. John's Cathedral by Mr. Frederick Mason, A.R.C.O, L.T.CL Assiated by Mr. C. D. Lake, (Tenor), to-day (March 18). at 15.45 p..

There will also be a Recital on the following Friday, hour.-- March 25, at the came devu..

A fire broke out at free Castle, the Saltash (Cornwall) 16th Cen- tury residence of Mr. and Mrs. R. Somerset, caused it is thought, by a spark from the drawingroom fire. The butler, Mr. W. Sinden,. awakened by a smell of burning, roused the household, and the flames. were extinguished after a consider- able quantity of furniture had been destroyed.

According to a Reuter message from Rochester, New York, the Eastman Kodak Company announces that Kodak, Limited, of London, has purchased a controlling interest in the French concern, Pathe Cine- ma, and that a new company will be formed, named Kodak Pathe, which will take over the operation of the Pathe plant at Vincennes on May 1.

The Right Reverend Pascual Diaz, Bishop of Tabasco, Mexico, the storm centre of the Mexican religious controversy, who wOK exiled by the Calles Government.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.

A British wireless message from A Reuter cable from London Mr. W. M. Young, Deputy Chief announces the death of Sir Henry Accountant,, Ceylon Government Rugby states that Lady Cook, wife Craik, M.P. for the Scottish Univer Railways, has accepted the appoint- of the Australian high Commis- sities since 1918. He was born atment of Chief Engineer, Palestinesioner in London, launched the Glasgow in October 1846, the son Rallways, and will leave Caylon new Australian cruiser "Australia" of the Rev. James. Craik, Moderator about the middle of this month. at Clyde bank, montioned in our of the General Assembly, Charch of Mr. Young, who is 37 years of age, shipping news to-day. ScotlandHe was educated in went out to Ceylon as Deputy Chief Glasgow and Oxford. and was Accountant, C.G.R., in 1921, and has engaged in education for several acted as Chief Accountant on two years. In 1885 he was Secretary of occasions. the Scottish Education Department Whitehall, a position he held until 1904, He has written a number of books of the subjects of education and history.

Having been in the Government Services for 32 years, Mr. G. W. Coysh (Deputy Shipping Master of the Harbour Office) goes on Home leave to-morrow on the P. & O. "Mongolia." In 1895 M. Coysh Joined the Royal Navy and he en- Colonial service in 1904,

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In' succession to the late Pro- fessor J. S. Phillimore, Mr. Wi liam Rennie, M.A.," has been ap- pointed to the Chair of Humanity Deaths announced at Home in at Glasgow University. Mr. mall week Include:--Mr. John, Toul Rennie is at present lecturer in min, head of George Toulmin and Greek and Hellenistic Greek · at Sons, Ltd., proprietors of the "Lan the university. He is a graduate cashire Daily Post" and "Preston Goardian," aged 84, at Preston; of Edinburgh and Cambridge

and Middleton Universities Arthur

a brilliant Alderman Jarmin, archeologist and historian classical scholar. aged 63, at Colchester; Major J. N. Blackwood-Price; as captain in the 1st King's Royal Rifies toolt part in the march from Kabul to Kardahar, Roes Benson, C3, whose death at Saintfield, Belfast; Capt. George occurred at Winchester, at the age

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Vice Admiral. Robert Edmund!

ered the Cis present appointment H. Rittner, of Tower House, Wood- of 62, foolt part as a midshipman in 1020. The duties of Deputy chester near Stroud, Gloucester at the bombardment of Alexandria Ilo also served in the Shipping Master will be discharged ahire; formerly of Liverpool; in 1882. by Captain F. Baylis meanwhile, director of the Port Arthur (On-Egyptian War, in which he received. the The work, as some may know, is tario) Developments, Ltd., formerly the Egyptian medal and

Unionist candidate for the Hanley Khedive's bronze star. From 1914 chiefly in connection with the sign-division; as the result of injuries to 1916 he served in the Great War ing on of crews, paying off etc.. received in a motoring collision; being made a C.B., and two years being done mostly, in the Mercan- and Lieut. Col. F. T. Cox, genersi later retired with the rank of rear- tlle Marine office next to the Sal- manager of the estates department admiral, being afterwards promoted

the" Birmingham Council, vice-admiral.

His of lors' Home, at West Polit. many friends wish Mr. Coyah aged 48. happy holiday and a speedy return. [].

The death is reported from Paris of Mr. Eugene Turpin, the famous French chemist, who dis- covered the explosive melinite. i He was 78 years of age. M. Turpin's genius Arst burat upon the world when he revealed "the Recret of making non-toxic colour ing matters, and shortly after- wards he became famous through his researches into, the properties of pierle acid. This resulted in the Invention of the powerful ex- plosive melinite. The discovery Involved him in many troubles. He was charged with having sold his invention to a British firm after he had parted with it to the French Ministry of War. On this he was acquitted but he was sentenced to five years, imprison- ment for having committed a breach of the French Official. Seereta Act ky publishing a

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