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LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

While onloading cement at 1 Scores of curious ara flocking Shamatulpo, a coolfe fell from a to the scone of the reported gold gangplank into the harbour and has strike in the Dripping Springa diet, been admitted into the Kwong Wahtrict in Arizona 'and plans have Hospital with injuries to his head been made for the laying out of two

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It is notified for the informa. tion of owners and occupiers of tenements that rates for the see ond quarter of 1927, are payable in advance on or before April 30,

During the time-hour, yester. day Madame Chiffon (the dress- makar) lost a silk evening dress valued at $79 from her shop at the ground floor of No. 89, Queen's Road Central It was some time between 1.18 and 145 p.m. that the loss was discovered.

The St. George' Hotel (in Kennedy Road is to be opened by Mrs. F. E. Cameron about April 10, not by Miss Cameron as stated yea- terday Regret la expressed for the error, which, however: must have Ibeen obvious, Mrs. Cameron, being so well-known in Hong Kong: „

The body of Signalman C. E. Scarlett, of the 13th Infantry Bri- gude, who was drowned in the Sheung-shuf stream whilst bathing in the New Territories last week, was recovered on Thursday and his |funeral look, place yesterday at the Protestant Cemetery with full mili- tary honours.

No. 1080 Canton Rond, . Mong- koktaui was sold at Messrs. Lam. mert's Auction Rooms yesterday for $50,000, Mr. Yu Man-po being the purehnsor. The same buyer was the successful bidder in other sales at these Rooms (Nos. 8-14 Argyle street. $25.000: Nos. 433, 435 and 437 Reclamation Street, Kowloon, $20,000).

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It is notified that the pro- hibition as regards the exchange of chubbed packages between Hong Kong and the Republic of China, the Straits Settlements and she Federated Malay States is postponed sine die, but that regarding the Netherlands Indies will be enforced as from April 1.

As from Monday, the offices of Mosers Rains, Mannsy & Co., Ltd., and the New Zealand Insurance Co.. Ltd. will be on the 4th faer of Hix- change Building,

The annual meeting of the It is reported from Moscow general committee of the Allca: that there is a tendency in the Memorial and Amliated Hospitaln higher Communistic circles in will be held on Monday in the transferring the Chamber of Commerce board room. favour of Government Institutions from 12.30 p.m. All members are re- Moscow to Leningrad. The hous-quested to be present,

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Mr. Hugh Gibson, now United. States Minister to Switzerland; who has been appointed Ambas- sador to Belgium, to succeed Mr. Willam Phillips, who has been. appointed Minister to Canada: Mr. Gibson, will; however, con- tinue to represent his country at the League of Nations prepara- tory disarmament conference,

ing crisis, which is very acute in Moscow, and the discontent of Labour in Leningrad over the location of the Government in- The rule made by the Gov-stitutions in Moscow, whither ernor in Council under section 16 they continually have to send of the Gunpowder and Fireworks delegates for different purposes, Ordinance, 1901, under the head-thereby losing much time, are ing "Making, etc., of certain fire works," has been amended by the substitution of the words "sulphur, saltpetre, aluminium and potassium perchlorate, or which have in any single con- tainer thereof more than 10 grains of any explosive mixture in which potassium perchlorate is an ingredient for the words "sulphur" and saltpetre" in the last line of the said rule.

considered to be the main causes for this project. It is also pointed out that since the Government offices

were removed from Leningrad the city has been losing, its economic and political importance. The Opposition, moreover, are conducting strong propaganda for the concentration of all Russian Government in- stitutions in the city named after Lenín.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mr. J. C. P. Rigby, Registrar, Mr. F. Mori has been transfer- Supreme Court, Kuala Lumpur, ex-red to the head office of the Mitsui pects to retire in November of this Bussan Kaisha, Tokyo, and Mr. year, after 29 years in Government Matsutaro Shimura has been Service.

pointed as assistant manager for the Singapore office in his steld.

A New York message states that Professor Stirling of California announces the discovery of a race of men who are four feet in height] while the women are smaller. In Dutch New Guinea...He stayed three months in a village of those pigmios, who use stone implements for war and agriculture."

His Excellency the Governor has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, to the following Ordinances passed by the Legislative Coun cil:--Ordinance No. 1 of 1927- An Ordinance to amend the Inter- pretation Ordinance, 1911; Or dinance No. 2 of 1927-An Ordinance to amend the Promis- sory Oaths Ordinance, 1869; and Ordinance No. 8 of 1927-An Ordinance to provide against accidents in factories.

Mr. LC F. Bellamy M.C.. A.M.I.E.E., Milnat.T fgeneral manager of Hong Kong Tramways, Ltd.) is to read a paper on "Urban and Suburban Transport" at the Institution of Engineers and Ship- builders (Hong Kong) at 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, when Mr. James Ormiston (immediate Past Presi dent) will take the chair. Needless to say, the favitation to "members and friends who may be interested" will be gladly availed of by. large numbers. This season's sessional papera at the Institute have been of very high standard, but never- theless: entertaining and Mr: Bellamy is assured of a hearty re- ception.

Very readable for resident and associate members alike and, for that matter to the general publie the March number of "The Red Triangle has made its appear tivity of members are revieweck ance. The various branches of ac

Mudford" and fte election, being much to the fore with the sporting section sec-going section, newly formed Naval and Military section. Library Committee and Camera Club activities recalving their measure .of attention. There are article humbrons and seri- cellently reproduced: No member ous and some pletures ex- or anyone interested in the YMCA. should be without copy

NEWS.

The wedding took place at St. George's Church, Penang, on March 22, the Rev. Keppel Garnier officiat-] aping, of Mr. F. S. Gibson, manager of Messrs.. Mansfield and Co., and Miss Mary Grange, of Surbiton;} Surrey, Mr. E. G. Bird; of Messrs. Calaback, Macgregor and Co., ear- ried out the duties of best-man,

Mr. C. S. Alexander, Financial Adviser and Treasurer, F.M.S... has The "New Statesman" of Feb. left for home on three months' leave { ruary 12 contains an Interesting prior to retirement. Since his aparticle on A Chinese Gentleman - pointment as a Cadet at the end of unnamed, but easily recognisable, 1900 he has, except for a brief in- terval, devoted the whole of his service to the financial side.

Lieut. J. S. Baker, R.N., who has been Aide-de-Clump to H.E the Governor (Sir Laurence Guille- mard) for about a year has left for home by the transport. "Kin- fadhs Castle." During his stay in Malays Lieut. Baker has been very popular among all with whom he has come in contact, both in his official and private capacity.

William Jennings Bryan, junfor, son of the late Secretary of State, and a prominent attorney on the Facific coast had a narrow escape: from serious injury and possible death when the motor-car in which. he was returning to -Tucson from Nogales left the road, missing by only a few feet a fall from a bridge and avoiding a twenty feet. fall to death."

The Crown Prince and Crown Princess have returned to Sweden from their visit to the United States and the Far East which has. lasted for nine months. They were received by enthusiastic crowds. when they landed at" Malmo February 9 and on February 10 at Stockholm. The city was decorat ed with flags and emblems of wal- come, and cheering crowds lined the streets from the station to the palace,

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The Press Association learns that the Hon. Ivor: Montagu, third son of. Lord and Lady Swaythling," of Kensington Court, W., was married | at a London register office on Jang 10 to Miss Ellen Hellstero; a Zory don typlat, who lives at Mostyn road, Brixton. Nawa of the wed ding did not leak out until Feb- ruary 21, so closely had the fact been guarded. Since the mar riage the bride has been attending at her office daily She stated that she had been obliged to continue ather work for the present in orde!" to falai heru Hora Ivor Montigu

head of the bi Samuel Montaru

aays the "Malay Mall," to the re sidents of Malaya as Dr. Lim Boon- "keng-whom the writer, Stephen W. Roskill, met while ashore' there,

Private Robert Gor Troop A. Eighth Cave who must marry Sa days to retslys $200,000 left him by an died recently In Reno, includes an Lapraveð about 5,000 head of Gordon cannot und his uncle H Bortmar Inheritance conditiona

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Princess Elizabeth, the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York, had an outing in one of the royal | carriages, which was driven by the King's own coachmang slowly round Hyde Park. The Queen saw her little grandchild into the open car- riage before it left Buckingham Palace and kissed her good-bye, and as they passed through the gates the guards on duty saluted the Princess.

Dr. Alexander Goldstein, who is representing the Zionist organiss- tion for the rebuilding of the Jewish homeland in Palestine, haé arrived Dr. in Singapore from Bangoon. Goldstein is one of the leading figures in this movement. Lorá Balfour describes him as a gentle- man of the highest character and qualifications. He is on a tour of India and the East generally..

Some motor-cara cannot be mis „taken, remarks a Home: gossip. writer. In Hanover-square a small closed oar with bright red lines and

a chauffeur with bright red piping on his uniform showed that Mr. Henry Coventry, Lord Coventry's second son, was paying a call Lady Louise Mountbatten has a sailor wagging flags as a mascot on her motor-car: "Sir John Ramsden has an ivory horn curving up from the bonnet of hla

The wedding of Mile. Didi Vlasto, the French international lawn tennis player, and M. Jean Serplar a young Italian, took place at the letter country house, near Athens. The couple mailed for Italy on their zm10001, Of Greek descent,

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