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A Shanghal housekeeper asked her cook why he could not get a calf's head for dinner. "Just now they no kill ox market atdo" was his dofonce.

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People are asked to refrain from ainging "It ain't going to rain [no more," anys, the "North China Dally, Newa," as the country is really quite damp enough for the present.

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AdmiralTakarabe, the Minister of the Navy, has requested Baron Saito, the Governor-General of Koren, to come to Tokyo and to act. as Japan's chief delegate to the forthcoming Naval Disarmament Conference...

Aralov, the Soviet Assistant Commissar for Foreign Affairs, who has been attempting to nego tiate agreements with Estonia and Latvia, has left for Moscow, and the Soviet Legation at Riga an- nounces that he has been appoint- 'ed Bolshevik Ambassador to Can- | tom.

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The Chinese press reports that work is being carried on by the Nationalist millithry authorities in connection with the repair of the Shanghai-Hangehow Riilway, it is understood that a temporary wooden bridge will be used over the Sung- Hiang bridge until the steel ons la mended. The Southern authorities are snid to expect that the Shang- hai-Hangchow service will be re sumed in the next ten days.

AND GENERAL NEWS.

A missionary in India found thai the people in his constituency were dying of disease caused by drinking polluted water: Knowing that the people readily attributed

Miss Margaret Wilson, daugh- ter of the late president, against whom judgment for $10,512 has been filled in New York. The money is said to be due to Miss Rose Fichel on four overdue notes. The notes were drawn in January. 1926, originally being for $11,000, of which $1,000 was paid.

The Queen visited the New Gallery "Cinema in Regent Street, W.. on Feb. 21, to see a presenta- tion of China's first photo film,

The Willow Pattern Play." This disease on the presence of evil film, acted by an all-Chinese cast, spirits, and realising that they was produced in one of Shanghai's would with difficulty understand British-owned studios by Capt. the germ theory of disense, he told N. A. Bogson, an Englishman. then that they should put their Included in the Roya: party were water on the fire before drinking the Princess Royal Princess it, so as to drive cut the evil spirits. Arthur of Connaught, Lady Maud He seems to have been a bralny Carnegie, Princess Helena Vic-fellow.. toria, and Princess Marie Louise.

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Mr. Stuart Yul. Professor of Political Economics at the Univer- sity of Peking, gave an address on China at St. Matthew's Church Hall, Surbiton, on Feb. 17

"One of the world's largest dinosaura, which it is estimated": died about 30,000,000 years ago will shortly be put on its legs again at the Natural History Museum in New York." The dinosaur ls: 50 feet) long and 30 feet high and (a be- Heved to have weighed about 10 tona. The bones were found In Tanganyika."

Two Australian, yachtsmen, Mossra. Robert and Francis "Luks, are preparing to leave Marseilles. In a small yawl, the Cutty Sark," to sail for Melbourne via the Red Sea, India, Singapore. Japan, the Fiji Islands, and New Caledonia. They are allowing two years for their voyage, and expect to cover about 24,000 miles,

The black Persian cat was mis- ising, and its owners were in des- pair. The bousehold goods were being packed for going Home, and five carpets noatly folded awaited the pleasure of the packers, and the black cat uacd always to sleep on the top of them. The carpots were duly packed, and in the list of things put into the case read, "five Tintain carpets, one black for hearth rug." Pussy's fate Was known at last,

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Why oh why, exclaima "Pinang Gazette," does our local General Post Offee, having care- fully provided no fewer than four windows at which stamps "may be purchased; spoil the whole effect of their tonalderation for the public, by permitting only one overworked clerk to attend to all four Mindows,

at 11 o'clock this morning? We feel there must be some answer to this riddle, but we are unable to see it at the moment.

Seventeen leading newspapers and news agencies. of Japan, have. atarted a movement against the A new poultry disease in Publication Bil now before the

known. Philippine lalands

House of Representatives, says the Septicemia The former AP.C. Chincec clerk Apoplectiform

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search laboratory of the Bureau news agencies met on the 9th in- imprisonment

This staat at the Diet building, and brunning concurrently and totalling of Agriculture in Manila. four years) for thefts from the sickness. It common in poultry agreed that all newspapers interest- A.P.C. and attempting to pass forg-of foreign countries, but, was un-ed In the movement should be made ed cheques, was again before the known there untilia woman with two to publish the following resolution Criminal Sessions yesterday after-dead fowls from a farm near Manila and to print articles vigorously at- nbon on charges of larceny of a went to the bureau to have the tacking the Bill:"Be it resolved cigarette case and cigar cutter, the cause of the death determined. A that we most strongly oppose the property of Mr. L. M. S. Lloyd, of disease with a name like that is Publication Bill now before the Diet the A.P.C. He was found guilty enough to turn the head of any 48 we regard it as a most thought- and sentenced to six months hard fowl Commenachickens, that don't less piece of legislation which is labour, the sentence to run concur- get the comple, are being rather not only anachronistic but calculat- rently with the others (st our looked dowryhtin in the chickened to put undue pressure on the years in all).

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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.

Mr. Ephraim Smith, aged 90, who

Mr. M, J.-B. Montargis, the local was chief petty officer of the flag-exchange broker. ie leaving for ship which escorted Queen Alex Home very shortly.. andra to England for her marriage to King Edward, hns. died at Chatham. ť

The engagement is announced in Shànghatch of Miss Grace Mary Coutts to 1296hn Hellyer Liddell,

The forthcoming marriage 19 an-

Mr. Hooker, M.P., &ttend. nounced of Mr. James Key, Inspec tor of Wireless Telegraphy, No. 43ed a Leved riven by the Speaker Kowloon Tong, to Miss Esther to members of the House of Com Rosalind Chan, No. 312, Nathan mons on Feb, 18," Road, Kowloon..

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Fred M. Dearing, U. S. Minister' to Portugal, who was forced to abandon the American Eegation there after it had been riddled with bullets by the insurgents during the recent revolt.

The Prince of Wales was thrown, from horse again on March 18. He was thrown on the first hurdle by his mount at an army steeple- chase. He escaped injury, how- ever, and arose smiling.

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0: Commandant R. Paterson has been appointed a Royal Marine Aide-de-Camp to the King, vice Colonel Commandant J. B. Finialson, retired, to date Feb. 10. Colonel Paterson commands

Adresing gown, two petticoats, the Royal Marines. and a mightdress worn Bỹ, Queên: Victope, have been left to "New- castle Tify by Mr. Willam Glover of Bouthbourne, Hampshire.

"I have done my duty, and never wish to hear Prince Carol's name again. He has gone completely out of my life," said Princess Helene of Grecce, wife of the ex-Crown. Prince Carol of Roumania' in an interview, with the British United Press Rome.

Sir Frederick Lugard, who wES Governor and Commander-in- Chief of Hong Kong, 1907-1912. has been seriously ill at his home. Little Parkhurst, Abinger Com- mon Surrey, with bronchial trou- ble. His condition was slightly better in mall week

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The engagement is announced between Cyril H. Pearson, only son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Pearson,

of 85, Addiscombe Road, Croydon, and Phyllis, elder daughter of the late Captain F. D. Goddard, of Hong Kong (Messrs. Goddard and Douglas) and Mrs. Goddard, 20, Foxley Lane, Purley.

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A Hollywood message that Norma Talmadge, noted. Alm star and wife of Joseph Schenck, motion picture producer and | Eugene" · O'Brien, drothory movla celebrity are planning to visit Manila At first it was intended that they should sail in February, but it now appears the date may be later in the spring.

Under the heading "A Military Faradox," a writer in the "Week ly Dispatch" refers to a Chinese. officer who is to be seen about While the Prince of Wales was London just now and who is paying a visit to Hackney Hospital universally liked. He is the recently, a mother gave birth to ber young soldier, son of Sir Robert on bearing that the Prince had Afth child in the maternity ward. Ho Tung, of Hong Kong. He was visited the hospital the mother de at Woolwich, and is now attached elded to call the baby after him to an English regiment. When The baby is a girl and the Prince's

he gets leave he comes to towD, Arst name, is Edwards. As his and the writer of the note hears of party in his honour in mall weak..

second name is Albert, however, it was decided to call the young lady Alberta,

Max Valler, author and as tronomer of Munich, who is making preparations to be abot. to the moon in a giant rocket, He fatends to make the attempt in the summer,

A motion describing the recent legislation:

restricting 'divorce reports

unwarrant able Interforence with the freedom of the Press was de bated by the Cambridge Union Bociaty Mr. 8. B Lloyd publicity made for social welfare, (Magdalene College), urging that

said the effect of ridicule as a so- cfal weapon must not be minimized. There were 50,000 divorce cases, a year in France, where they did not. publish reports, against 8,000 In Britain. The motion we lost by 105 votes to 42,

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