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Paris, March 4-The General Elections have been fixed to take place on April 22.-Reuter.

Dr. Barnes, Bishop of Birming ham, will consecrate a cemotery

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extension at shire, on Feb. 11.

Sir Joseph Hood, Bt., formerly M.P. for Wimbledon, ins given £1,000 towards swimming baths at Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

Mr. John Manners of Mesars. John Mannera & Co. has returned to Hong Kong, arriving on Satur day by the m.v. “Asia.".

St. Peter's Church Club hold a debate at 8.80 to-night and another debate will be held in the Cathedral Itall at 6 p.m. to-morrow,

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Two domestic servants will throw dice at the Guildhall, Guildford. for the year's income of How's Charity, dating from 1675.

A tobacco pipe in the canal at Driffield led to the finding of the body in the water of George Wilsons, a septuagenarian.

Owing to the depression in the iron and steel industry the rateable value of eighteen Cumberland parishes has aunk by 50 per cent.

Reminder: lo-morrow's annual inspection of St. John Ambluance Brigade by H.E. the Governor, at Murray Parade Ground, 5.15 p.m.

Mr. John Russell gave an address on "Revelation and Theosophy" at yesterday's public meeting of the Hong Kong Lodge of the Theoso- phical Society.

The Rev. Carleton Lacy, of the American Bible Society, is in Peking on business for the Society. He will sail for America with his family on March 30.

Two halls which will be bigger in their total area than Olympia are to be built in Manchester-one for exhibitions and the other for public meetings and dances.

When cleaning out a ditch ning through a residential part of Walton, Surrey, a council employee found the body of a partially dress- ed woman in 3ft. of water.

The Hague, March hins occurred of Jan painter,-Reuter.'-

The death

Carlisle City Council is consider- Toorop, the ing an extension of secondary education which would cost £80,000,

While starting a motor in a bakehouse at Caerphilly, William Price was electrocuted and killed.

A meeting of lady helpers of the Cheer O Canteon is to be held at the Halena May Institute to-morrow at 10.30 a.m.

Sanction for a loan £42,150 has 'been given by the Electricity Com-

misalon to Kingston Corporation.

No case of notifiable disease in the Colony was roparted to the Medical Officer of Health either on Saturday or Sunday,

The condition of the Lord Chan- Paris, March 4.-The death is announced of M. Lapukhin, the ex-cellor following his recent operation Tsarist police chief, who was is reported to be more satisfactory. notable in unmasking the notorious British Wireless Service. agent-provocateur, Azeff.-Reuter.

Senator Walter F. George, of Georgia, regarded by many as tho logical candidate for President on the Democratic dry teket, has for. mally tossed his list into the preal dential nomination ring. For sev eral months Seuintor George's name has been mentioned ns n running mato for Gov. Alfred Smil, of New York, but now he comes out to any that he was never a candidate for vice-president.'

Arrested in Lee Yuen Tung Street yesterday for the possession of a toy pistol, a Chinese is now being detained at Central Police Station for inquiry as to hia

character.

The wedding of Sub.-Inspector James Cargill, of the Hong Kong Police force, and Miss Isobel Kekh Wallace takes place at Union Church, Kowloon to-day. This was incorrectly reported as having taken place in yesterday's "Sunday Herald."

It is interesting to note that Bert Hinkler; who has just won fame by an historical flight from England to Australia, before he left England, patented a new type of landing carriago that will prove a boon to private owners of flight aeroplanes.

Charged before Major C. Willson nt the Central Magistracy ຕາ Saturday with failing to return to the House of Detention, F. O. Richards, a native of Walos, sald that he was struggling for exist. ence and looking for work. Sen-i tence of 14 days' hard labour was passed.

Minutes by the President relative to the appointment of a Committee to consider the changes in the Budget estimates for the Sanitary Department la 1920, and to the opening of the Kowloon City mar- ket are included in the agenda for to-morrow's meeting of the Sani- tary Board,

Rugby, March 3.-Mr. James Kidd, Conservative Member of Parliament'.for Linlithgow, died run-middenly last night after address- Ing a local political meeting. Mr.

A firing party from deceased's Kidd complained of feeling unwell ship was present at the funeral, in during the meeting and, after rest- the Protestant Comstery yesterday, ing in the aute-room, drove with of Chief Engine Room Artificer his wife to consult a doctor. He Garrod of H.M.S. "Titania" who collapsed and died in the motor-died at the Royal Naval Hospital on car. Mr. Kidd's majority over the Saturday. A large number of Labour candidate, Mr. Shinwell, at Naval officers and other ranks sent the General Election was 640.- wreaths or attended. British Wireless Service.

Mr. J. W. Russell of McAlister and Co., Penang. left for London by the "City of Calcutta" on long Terve. Mr. Williams, of Singapore, has succeeded him.

The South China Command an nounces that seven draught horses and twenty riding horses and coba ure for sale. Particulars are given in an advertisement on page. 3.

Burglars entered the jeweller's shop of Mr. A. Bettison, of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, in the night and took away 40 watches and other jewellery valued at £200.

A rent collector named Hon Yuk was walking on the Main Rund at

The Dairy Farm Ice & Cold Storage Co., Ltd. Taip during the week-end when

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he was accosted by three highway men who held him up and relieved him of $80.

The Aldwych Club, representing the publicity side of the news- paper business, held its annual ladies' night at the Connaught Rooms, Great Queen-Street, W.C., in mail week.

As the result of being thrown from a pony in Queen's Road East, a mafoo employed at Murray Bar- racks had to be removed to the Government Civil Hospital suffering from head injuries.

The King and Queen will attend the Royal Philharmonic Society's concert at the Queen's Hall on March 22, when Handel's "Solo- man" will be performed, Sir Thomas Beccham being the con- ductor.

amination:

Mrs. Den Hooper, of Wisconsin. once Demineralle candidate tor Senate from that State, who su mitted the best plan for outlawing war during the third annual con ference for the Causs and Cure of War. Stra. Hooper's plan called for the outlawry of war by the United States, entry into the World Court and the maklug of aggressive war- faro a crime, with the drafting of all wealth In a war of defense. Mrs. Hooper is one of 400 readers who have been following a course of study outlined during the last year by the conference committee.

Six hundred aircraft apprentices between the ages of 15, and 17 are required by the R.A.F. for entry Hong Kong passengers on the into the Schools of Technical P. & O "Macedonia" which sailed Training at Halton, Buckingham- on Saturday for London via Suer shire, and Flower Down, near and Singapore included Mr. W. Winchester, entry to be by ex Adamson (tate of Messrs. Shewan, Tomes & Co.); Miss K. M. Ander- son; Mr. P. E. Barker (of Messrs. London, March 3. — Captain Gibb, Livingston & Co., Ltd.) ; .Mrs. Hinkler, who is being feted in C. E. H. Beavis; Mr. W. Bell; Mr. Australia, has cabled to his wife R. B. Bell (Talkoo Deck); Mr. asking her to go to Australis to E. G. Bolas (P.W.D.); Mrs. H. B. share in the rejoicings over the Clemo; Miss G. M. Cotton; Mr. & success of his great flight, and she Mrs. G. L. Goble: Mr. & Mrs. Geo. is leaving this week. It is unlikely Grimble; Mr. & Mrs. F. S. that Hinkler will return to England Harrison; Mr. & Mrs. P. D. Harti for some time.-British Wireless field (Naval Yard); Comdr. G. F. Servico.*

Hole, R.N. (Harbour Master); Mr. M. Hepo; Lt.-Comdr. R. L. Jones; Mr. H. A. Wilbur, associate Mr. J. F. Kennedy; Mr. & Mrs. general secretary of the National T. H. King; Mr. & Mrs. Lang: Mr. Committee, Chinese Y.M.C.A. J. C. Long; Mr. & Mrs. T. G. (whose office is at Shanghai) is in Martin; Mr. & Mrs. B. E. Maughan; Hong Kong to take the place Capt. J. M. "Ainsh; Mr. & Mrs. temporarily of Mr. J. L. McPher. W. R. McWalter: Mr. & Mrs. J. sen, advisory general secretary, as Morris; Mr. S. Paul; Mr. & Mrs. the latter is proceeding shortly on S. S. Perry; Mr. A. N. Reynolds

year's holiday. At the Chinese Mr. H. E. Standaga, O.B.E.; Lt- Y.M.C.A. on Saturday, Mr.Comdr. M. Taylor Mr. M. H McPherson and Mr. Wilbur were Wallace; Mr. & Mrs. H. G. Walling- guests at dinner of the board of tons Mr. & Mrs. F. A. Wells; Mrs.

London, March 4. Viscount Younger, at Kilmarnock, last night, Baid that the general election would not be heard of until after the Budget of 1929, probably in June of next year. The financial post- tion had improved considerably but the Chancellor of the Exchequer would not be able to do much to reduce taxation this year.-British Wireless Service.

Mr. J. St. C. Arbuthnott, Miss O'Day Roberts and Mr. J. Williams were among the passenger on the "Empress of Russia" which arrived at Hong Kong to-day from Manila, Through passengers include Mr. & Mrs. Dallas, Mr. M. David and Mr. J. Findlater for Shanghai; Mr. G. C. Hitcherek for Kobe; Mr. R. 1. Clark for Yokohama; and Mr. H. H. Clark for Vancouver.

On the occasion of Missionary Sunday at Union. Church (Kennedy Road) yesterday, collections were taken for the London Missionary. Society. At the evening service, the Rev. J. Kirk Maconichle an- nounced that Mrs. A. Mackenzie, a for member of the congregation thirty-three years, who was leaving for Shanghai, had donated $1,000 to the Alice Memorial Hospitals in

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