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THE CHINA MAIL,

LOCAL AND GENERAL SOCIAL

AND PERSONAL.

Mr. W. G. Gerrard, Assistant Br. and Mra. M. O. Pfister have! Superintendant of Police, stationed left for a short trip to Indo-China at Talpo, is leaving for Home on and Slam. holiday by the P. & O. 8.8. "Morea" on Saturday.

H.E. the Governor will distribute the prizes at Queen's College on The Eastern Extension, Austra-Friday, January 13. lasta and China Telegraph Co., Ltd. announce in our advertising columna to-day new cable rates to the Philippine Islands.

To celebrate. the New Year, a concert was given in the R. N. Yard Police Mess on Monday even- ing, which was largely attended by

members of the force and friends.

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The Bishop of Macao arrived in Hong Kong yesterday and is stay Ing at St. Francis Hotel for a few days.

Mr. Uehara, the Councillor of the Foreign Office, has returned to Tokyo from an inspection trip to

China,

The forthcoming wedding is an-

Charged before Mr. R. E. Lind- nounced of Mr. Evan George sell at the Central Magistracy yos- Stewart, schookmaster, St. Paul'a terday with trespassing at No. 174, College, and Miss Dorothy Sarah The Peak, a Chinese was fined $5. Lander, Hospital Sister, Matilda Hospital.

On January 9, the officer of the Shanghai-Nanking Consulate Gen eral will be moved from H. M. Con- sulate General to rooms on the ground floor of the Eagle and Globe Building.

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Booking is now open at Mesars. Moutrio's and the Star Theatre for the revue season. Mr. Dick Norton's company, the Globe Trotters, will begin at the Star Theatre on Sunday next. Admission is at the popular prices, $3, $2, and 31.

Mr. A. J. S. Parkhill, of the Shangha! office of the C.P.R. Co., and Mr. Parkhill returned from home leave by the "Empress of Asia,"

Mr. Claude Barr, the newly ap- pointed agent of the Canadian Na- tional Railways, arrived in Shang- hai on the "President McKinley*. from Seattle.

A fire broke out at 4.45 pak, yes terday in the Tak Chan laundry, No. Road. A large 116, Kennedy quantity of linen worth $400 WAS destroyed before the fire was ex- tinguished...

The Shanghal "Zarya", in sum- marising the Russian situation, stated that 108 Soviet representa- tives had left port: There still re- main the balance of 1,100 men and women with Soviet passports.

Mr. R. F. C. Hedgeland, Com- missioner of Customs at Canton, is the "President passenger on

Mr. Jackson" from the south. Hedgeland is going to England on furlough, via the United States.

During the week-end a safe In The R.P.A. will hold its monthly Mes rs: Alex Ross and Company's meeting to-day, January 4, at 5.30 office Was opened apparently by At present only one paesenger p.m. at the Lane, Crawford Res- means of a duplicate key, and over train travels between Pukow and taurant. A paper will be read by $900 in money was stolen. The Hauchowfu, but more are expect Mr J. D, Bush on the subject of police have since arrested and are led to be put on the run within the "Reconstruction in Modern Ethics." detaining three men on suspicion of next few days, a Kuo Wen news

being concerned in the robbery.

agency report from Nanking states.

A Chinese countryman, ignoring the cries of people in the vicinity, threw himself under a motor car travelling aleng Avenue Edward VII and sustained serfous Injuries. He was taken to the Leater Chinese hospittal.

In addition to the Opium Con- ference of the League of Nations to be held in Geneva this month, a second conference on the same: subject will be held in Paris in April next, reports a telegram from Peking to the "Shunpao."

It has been decided that a Home Products Encouragement Exhibi- tion will be held at Ueno, Tokyo from March 24 to May 31 in com- memoration of the Coronation. It is understood that the Emperor will attend the opening ceremony of the Exhibition.

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Sir Percival Phillips, correspondent of the London "Daily' Mail," who was recently in Shang- hai, is now on his way back to Eng- land after a journalistic tour of Java, Singapore, India and Afghan- istan, during which he collected material for a new series of articles for his paper.

The destroyer 41, which had beeh under construction at the Ishikawajima Shipbuilding Yard, was launched in the presence of Admiral Asuho, the Commander of The the Yokosuka Naval Station. destroyer is 1,700 gross tons, has a speed of 34 knots, and carries six 12 centimetre guns.

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Snow-fall, which bogan on night of December 24 in the district along the coast of the Japan Sea, Dis- Qou District, North-Eastern trict and along the west coast of At Home Hokkaido, continues. places the snow is more than 14: feet deep. Trains are being hin- dered at many places.

According to a Toho report from Batavia. Java, the Telephone Bureau of the Dutch Government made an experiment in direct radio telephonic communication be- tween Hague and Batavia for two hours on December, 7. Various foreign messagea were sent to Batavia with great success.

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In the Provisional Court Judge Unable to repay the sum of $50 owed to a friend in connection with Kuh sentenced a shop assistant to for the sale of a motor car, a Chinese four months' imprisonment living in Rue du Marche, French using washed postage stamps, with to cheating the Chinese Concession, decided to take his life a view tawallowing a quantity of opium. Government. The Postal Commis- The French police were informed stoner complainant in the and rushed the man to hospital. case. His condition is stated not to be. serious..

“JENNY MILLSA, VAMLIN İÇ

Mile. Marie Antolaette Claudel, sidest daughter of the French am bassador 10 the finited States. She 18 considered the most beautiful girl in the diplomatic set of Wash inglan.

The current programmes at the World Theatre and the Star Thea tre will be screened for the last time to-day. At the former is James Oliver Curwood's, "Back to God's Country," featuring Renee Adoree and the exceptionally interesting topical film, "Canton. Under the Reds." The Star Theatre is show ing Pauline Starke and Wallace Beery in "The Devil's Cargo," story of the gold rush of '49,

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The Chinese papers say owing to the fact that the Minis- ters of certain countries in Peking refuse to agree to the proposal, the agreement whereby the Powers bind themselves not to import any munitions into China will now be abandoned.

A well-known Peking, diplomat is credited by the Chinero press with having made a statement to the effect that the Northern Gov- ernment will take advantage of the Southerners' split with the Soviet by forcibly taking back her rights In north Manchuria.

About 100 persons met in Shanghai Chinese territory on Box- ing Day for the purpose of passing resolutions urging Chang Kai-shek to assume command of the Na- tionalist armies. On the other continually are hand radicals placarding Shanghai with denuncia- tery propaganda.

The League for securing Uni- versal Suffrage, the Women's Suf- frage League, the Japan Women's Suffrage Assolation and the Kwanual Women's Union have de- cided to submit petitions, through Diet members, to the Diet on the oc- casion of the opening ceremony de- manding women be granted auf- frage, citizenship and the right of forming societies.

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Before Mr. W. Schofield at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, a Chinese was charged with having stowed away from Singapore board the s.8. "Benarty." The ac- cused was found by the second en- gineer in the coal bunker on morning of December 28, the day after the ship left port. Accused's excuse was that he had been work- ing on the ship and fell asleep, the ship sailing in the meantime. The accused was discharged, and refer- red to the S.C.A.

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As the result of the sudden col- lapse of a well surrounding, the A riesha coolie, who left his Mitsu Bussan Kaisha's coal yard in The legality of the Socialist vehicle in Rue Lafayette, Shang- Tungkin Street, Yaumati, at noon Birkenhead Council requiring cor- hai, while he changed some silver yesterday, over a hundred tons of poration employees to join trade at a money changer's shop, return- coal stacked up in the yard was unions is shortly to be tested. ed to find that his riesha had gone. hurtled into the street, and seven writ has been served on the cor- Calling the police he gave chase persons were buried alivo. Out of poration by a former employee and succeeded in recovering it this number only one had a lucky named Stafford, who was in the while the French policeman arrest- escape. Of the others, two women electricity department. He alleges were fatally injured, whilst four that he was summarily dismissed other people, including a small boy, because he was not a member of a The destroyer 41, which had had to be removed to the hospital trade union, and that the continu- ment announced on December 22 for medical attention. The Police ance of his employment was con- ditional upon his being a member. that the rate of interest on loans on and the Fire Brigade were promptlyHe claims that the corporation act-|

Work of. rescuing the security of immovables, that is, on the scene.. the interest rate of the Japan Hypo- those buried underneath the coal ed illegally. thetle Bank, the Industrial Bank and masonry was speedily under-

Three men-a merchant, a coolle and the Hokkaido Colonization taken, and it was this which re- Bank, will be lowered by 2 rin dux-sulted in the lives of five of the un- and another-were sentenced to fortunta people were saved. Earlier death by Judge Liang Lone and ing the first half of next year.'

in the morning, another portion of Mr. Stevens, Senior Consul's De- the same wall, near the Yau-puty; at the Provisional Court for Mukden. Dec. 26.-Details re- mati Police Station collapse into being concerned in the kidnapping garding the newly-organised Man- Public Square Street and coal also of Dong Kyl-lewaung, a blind Can- churis Hotel Co., Ltd., are now fell into the road, but no one was tonese fortune teller, several weeks available. This company is to take injured.

over the Yamato Hotels, numbering

ago, and holding him for ransom. A fourth man, who claimed to be a 19 in all, from the South Manchuria The P. & O, s.s. "Malwa" is dus detective's second, was given life Railway Co. The new company, capitalized at Yen 8,000,000, of to arrive from Home to-morrow imprisonment, while a woman and which Yeu 3,800,000 has been paid with the mails, and a number of three other men were acquitted. up, will be subsidised by the tail passengere for Hong Kong, includ- The Judge ordered that two auto- ing: Mrs. A. A. Aris, Mr. and matic pistols and savoral rounda of way Co. during the first five years Mrs. A. C. Burford and child. Mr. ammunition seized by the police after which period it is expected to and Mra H. J. L. Creasey, Dr. W. K. from accused should be confiscated. become self-supporting,

Dunscombe, Miss A. E de Dutton to Dyer, Dr. and Mrs. K. H. Digby,

News has just come from Han Enfield and Edmonton Joint Hos- child and amsh, Mr. J. D. Donovan, kow that Dr. Gertrude Mary Terrell pital Board are thinking of insert-Mr. and Mrs. H. Dehn, Mrs. Dup ing the following advertisement in puy, Mr. C. Fletcher, Mr. M. J. Flats of the London Mission died in the newspapers:Wanted, a piper, tery. Miss A. M. Grant, Miss M. Wuchang on December 28 from preferably pled, to charm some Gubbins, Mrs. Herrlein, Mr. and diphtheria. Her father, a mission- hundreds of mice, Good wages to Mrs. W. F. Hast, Mr. V. L. Hart, ary of the Lagdon Missionary likely applicant The matron has Mr. W. M. Johnston, Mr. P Kellett, Society, died many years ago at reported that the maids at the Isola-Mr. M. W. W: McNell, Mr. and Mra his station in Sokan, Hupeh, and lon Hospital at Winchmore Hill are . B. B. McElderry, Miss M. S. Mc Mrs. Terrell with her two children In a continual state of alarm because Elderry and governess, Mr returned to England, and there their rooms are infested with mice. Moore, Mrs. P. Newton and infant, watched over their upbringing un They have been found even in the Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Owen and in-til in 1916 she returned to Central beds and the baths. Some of the fant, The two Miases Owen, Mr. C. China to her old station, where for maids "are afraid to sleep, and Poynty, Mrs. Potte, Mr A. B. the past ten years she has been

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