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LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Next Saturday at 2 p.m. Q small party of members of the Chinese Y.M.C.A. will make week-end trip to Macao.

The Board of Education have issued, for official use, a Reference Book of Gymnastic Training for Boys which la published by the Sta- tlonery Office, price 3a. Gd. net.

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A number of small turtles weighing about 500 cattles reported to have been stolen from a fish stall in the Central Market on-Sunday-morning.-The-turtles- | were worth $1,000. ́*

Quarantine restrictions have been imposed against arrivals from Sourabaya on account of plague.

Following the breakdown of the negotiations, 30,000 Rhenish textile workers were locked out on Nov. J.

It is announced that the name of Abdoolrahim & Co., architects, civil engineers and surveyors, is changed to Hail and Hall as from November 21,

There will be another practice dance in connection with St. Andrew's Ball (to be held next The West Australian Govern- Wednesday) at the City Hall this ment has endorsed the recommen-evening from 5.30 to 7 o'clock. dation of the State'mining engineer

to build a railway to the Wiluna The Hupeh provincial govern goldfield. A Bill authorising the ment has issued an order for the Construction of the line will be in-arreal of fifty-five persons involv troduced this Session.

ed in the recent Communist plots against the Nationalist authorities.

Lord Robert Cecil denies that he is advocating further un- conditional disarmament for Great Britain, He says that armament reduction is impracticable unless by international agreement through the League of Nations.

The Dangerous Druga Bill, which places on persons found with drugs in their possession the onus of proving that these have not been

A Chinese was yesterday removed to the Kwong Wah Hospital auffer- ing from internal injuries received through a fall! In attempting to alight from a motor bus whilst in motion in Nathan Rond, Kowloon.

The Honora: Treasurer of St. John's Cathedra. ns forwarded to St. Dunstan's Hoste! for the Blind draft fur £48.10.7.. being the sterling equivalent of the offertory manner prohibited taken at the Cathedral on Armistice by the Act, has passed the New Day. Zealand House of Representatives.

obtained in

Found hanging on a tree in Strict precautions have sud-Kennedy Town near Jubilee Road, denly been adopted by the military

the body of a Chinese was yester authorities along the Shanghai-day cut down by the police and Hangchow Rallway, the stations of removed to the publie which are very heavily guarded. The police think that it is a case mortuary. Passengers baggage is meticulous of suicide, ly inspected and all travellers un- able to give a satisfactory account of themselves are being detained.

Can Lau Fong, charged with embezzlement, was again before the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday morning. The accused is alleged to have converted to his own use the sum of $11,000 belonging to the Kwang Man Loong firm. Accused was allowed bail in the sum af $6,000. The case will be heard next week.

According to the "Osaka Mainichi." the Japanese Foreign Office announces that a new Japan- ese-Bulgarion treaty has been con- cluded at Angora, which took effect on November 17, the treaty of 1919 having recently expired. Mr. Y. Obata, former Minister to Chinn, who is now neeredited to Turkey, signed the agreement for Jugian.

Members of St. Andrew's Society who have not yet sent in their lists of guests are requested to Bir. E. M. Bryden, Joint Hon. to kindly do so as soon as possible

Secretary, care of Lowe, Bingham & Matthews.

with throwing vitriol In the face The Chinese, who was charged of a Chinese woman, was brought up on remand before Mr. W. Schofield at the Kowloon Magis- trney yesterday morning. The was again adjourned for a week.

case

The Hanko military thorities arrested two Chinese Com- au- munist agents while they were holding a secret meeting at a tea house at Wasinmiao in the Chinese city. One of the men resisted the arrest and opened are at the Gar- rison agents,

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1927.

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Fork Board, which has feelers like those of a lobster, has been landed at Oban by à trawler.“

The "eleventh_ordinary general meeting of the Industrial and Com- mercial Bank, Ltd., will be held at the head office of the Company, York Building, on Wednesday, De- cember 21 at 2 p.m.

It'is feared that the oil com panies in the Tampico, district in Mexico will have to disinian threa quarters of 'their employees owing to the decrease in production and unfavourable business conditions.

A total of £1,813,180, says the Miner, was subscribed by trade unions all over the world to the headquarters relief fund during last year's coal dispute. Russia sent £1,161,459 and trade unions at home and in Europe £650,997,

A consignment of currency notes to the value of half-a-million dolars was received from Kuala Lumpur by the Chartered Bank, Ipoh, on November 8. This sum of money was brought into Ipoh in three boxes by the day mail under Police escort.

The British Legion Employ- ment Department, whose head office 18 57, Palace Street, London, S.W. 1, is anxious that employers should use it, free of charge, for filling vacancies, bearing in mind that about 600,000 es-Service mea seeking work.

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It is understood that the Jap- anese Government finds it difficult chased by the Department of Agri- to dispose of the foreign rice pur-

culture and Commerce to the amount of 700,000 koku, owing to a big fall in price in the producing countries abroad.

Social Service Sub-Committee, the On the recommendation of its management of the Indian Associa tion, Penang, has decided to grant two Scholarships each of the annual

studying in the Cambridge Classes years, to deserving Indian boys value of $84 and tenuble for two

in any of the recognised schools of Penang and Province Wellesley.

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A stone tiled roof, several hun-) dred years old, over a barn at Cal-) cot, near Tetbury (Głos.), caught the eye of an American architect English" church he was designing seeking a covering for

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for Marlemont, Ohio. He bought removed, numbered, packed the roof, had each tile carefully crates, and shipped to America- in

and now Mariemont's new church) claims the oldest roof in America.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.

The Viscount Castlereagh has re- turned to England from the United States.

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The Queen of Sweden has rived at the Hotel Victoria, Sor- rento, near Naples, where she will make a long stay.

The Rev. B. H. Geary, V.C., Chaplain to the Forces, Fourth Class, has resigned his commission and is granted the rank of captain.

Judge Milton D. Purdy, of the United States Court for China, will be guest of honour at the next tiffin of the Union Club, Shanghai, to- day.

Mr. W. Pereyra, the Assistant Veterinary Surgeon, Malacca, was entertained at a farewell dinner, at the Chinese Volunteer Club by the staff of his impending retirement from the Government service.

Sir John and Lady Asser and Lt. Col. Mackintosh were among

the passengers arriving from Can- ton last night by the s.s. “Lung- shan."

They went up to Canton

on the same boat on Sunday night."

Dr. H. Black is to be appointed Senior Health Officer, Negri Sem- bilan, and that his place as Health Officer, Seremban, will be taken by Dr. W..J. Moir, now Health Officer, Kinta. Dr. C. S. Ryles is likely to be moved from Teluk Anson to Kinta.

Mr. E. B. Gaffney, from Men- takab, has arrived at Kuala Pilah and assumed duties as Executive Engineer. there, vice Mr. B. 0. Bush, who la proceeding on fur- lough. Mr. A. C. Wilson, from Seremban, has assumed duties as Assistant Executive Engineer at Kuala Pilah,

The heroism. of Mlle.. Renée Chossenotte, the young girl who, after seeing her father, a signal- man, run over and killed by a train, took his place and carried on his duties for some hours until she was relieved, is to be officially recognis

The Earl of Haddington has re- turned to England from the United States.

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The Lady Desborough has ceeded the Countess of Shaftesbury as Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen.

Bertie Alfred Withers, a perman- ently disabled ex-rervice man, was chosen to unveil the Norwich War Memorial.

Benator Les Overman, of North. Carolina, who has withdrawn bis consent from the dry counel to make further use, of his free meal. ing privilege. The document com plained ot is William Gibbs McAdoo's speech before the Tolada Far Association on prohibition nullication and lawlessness. It also believed that the Bestor's action is something ́to do with the question of Governor Smith, "of New York, nomination.

Wilkinson and Grist, who retired Mr. C. E Grist, of Messrs some years ago, arrived in the ed. She is to receive the bronze Colony yesterday on board the medal for devotion to duty.

P., and 0. 0.8. “Khiva.”

The. Viscount and Viscountess Bertie of Thame have arrived Honie from the Argentine.

wiches and an occasional cup of "City men live mostly on sand- coffee or tea, but more often a glass of water."-Sir Charles Wakefield.

Lord North is 91 He recently! attended the opening meet of his Basset hounds at Banbury in hunt-i Ing costume and followed the hounds on wheels.

Mile. Hilda Butsova, having.com- pleted her engagement with Mme. Anna Pavlova, is now terms for a British Ballet Company arranging on entirely novel lines.

Monsieur P. Legendre, Secretary. to the French Municipal Council, Shangbai, is seriously ill. His many friends will join in wishing: him a speedy recovery,

Lady Burrell and her daughter, Miss Dreda Burrell, have left Eng- land for Canada, on a.visit to the Governor-General, and Viscountess Willingdon at Government House, Ottawa.

Sir Alexander Muddiman (upon his appointment as Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh) and Sir Charles Innes (upon hia appointment as Governor of Burma) had the honour of being received by His Majesty.

Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Casey, who have been Peking visitors,

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