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M E. R. Hill, of Dodwell & Co. Shanghai to Kabe, has salled for England on Special Crime Suppression fund ao omo leave.

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Two. aeroplanos wore shipped to Heuchowfu from Shanghai last week, and lator 150 Ningbo artilleryman entrained for the same destination.

Mr. A. Knowles, of Messrs. Duncan & Co., and a Captain in the Shanghai Scottish, S.. V. C. has returned to Shanghal from three months' visit to America.

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The compradore of the "Klangwah," who was arrested, to gether with alx waiters, by the Anti-Opium Bureau, after the latter. got the worst of it lo a battle with oplum smugglers, still is 'In custody.

Local Japanese papers have it that the third Osaka-Shanghai fight will be made this month, the aviators leaving Japan on March 26, returning from Shanghal on March 29.

Miss Mabel Revee Streatfield, of Shanghal and formerly a Kobe re- Mr. aldent, has been married to William A. Rawnsley at the British Mr. Consulate-General in Kobe. Rawnsley is connected with Cooper and Co., Ltd., Kobe.

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Mustapha Komal, President of Tukey, who plans, it is rumored to balance his country's budget by. selling the tremendously valuable Jewels of the ancient sultans. Emeralds as big de eggs, rubica tho size of chestnuts and 200 carat intmonds are same of these treas ures, All pawnshopa Ine work hare refused, but Kemal belleves he will ho, able to sell the gems

nlright in Parks.

According to the "Sinwanpao,” the British Municipal Council in

Tientsin has decided to reform Its election system, te permit of Chin- ese representation. Qualified Chine cse ratepayers have been asked to send in their names to the Council at once.

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A. L. Craig-Jeffreys, R.N., of .M.S. "Hawkins," has left for Sngland on furlough.

An announcement by the liquida tors of the Hong Kong Development Buliding & Savings Society, Ltd., appears on page 3 of this issue.

An Anglo-German convention for, scilitating judicial procedure has cen signed in London by Sir Auston Chamberlain and the Ger man Ambassador. The Convention subject to ratification.-British Wireless Service.

The marriage of Mr. Percy Shaw, of the B.A.T., son of Mr. nd Mrs. John Shaw, of Wallasey, Cheshire, England, to Mrs. Hen- eta Claire Chaney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Stainfield, of Kong, took place at the British

Shanghai Consulate-General Saturday.

The "Pinang Gazette" reports that the Hon. Mr. P. K, Nambyar has been confined to bed with an Attack of apoplexy.

Captain T. E. Betts, American Language Officer in Peking, hos left for Shanghai, to join his wife, and after a short stay here will sail for Europe.

. Mr. Goldschmidt la returning to Shanghai from Tientsin to take over the management of Messrs. Ullmann during the absence of Mr. Blum, who will leave shortly for Europe.

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Work has begun on the construc- tion of the new roadway to link up Lunghua with Chapel. The highway has been named after, Dr. Sun Yat-sen and. will be known as the Chungahan-road.

According to Russian papers, some of the banks in Harbin are faced with bankruptcy owing to the manipulations in Harbin dollars,

are on and therefore

transferring their cash to foreign banks.

Di Gastensten of the New En- acering Works, was the com- inant in the Shanghai Provi- Court last week when 'u was charged with the

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The Ministry of Finance in Nan- king, according to the Chinese papera, has instructed the directors of the mints in Shanghai, Nanking, and Hangchow to submit reports

t of a quantity of iron from on coins, so that efforts, may be works. The complainant stat-made to standardize them.

d that the firm lost between

and 2,050

$3,000 each year through similar thefts. The accus- was sentenced to four months' sprisonment.

Yesterday a Chinese who was stated to have had many previous convictions was committed by Mr. W. Schofield at the Kowloon Magis- cracy for trial at the next Criminal Sessions on a charge of theft of n Jeam gauge worth $76, the pro- sory of the Hong Kong Excavation, Pile Driving and Construction Co. According to a Chinese detective attached to the Yaumati Police Station, he observed the accused in' Yaumati disposing of a parcel to a marine hawker. The witness stop- ped the accused, and on opening the parcel found the steam gauge In- side. Following a statement the accused made at the police station. le gauge was taken to the Com pany where it was identified as Cheir property.

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Princess Ingrid Victoria Sophin Louise Margarela, daughter of the Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden, who is reported betrothed to Crown Prince Frederick of Den- mark.

At the Kowloon Magistracy yes- Lerday, Mr. W. Schofield took a serious view of a case in which a Chinese woman was charged with

her receiving from

6-year-old nephew a silver jug and a clock ithout making inquiries as to their origin. The small boy who was the youngest defendant ever to appear in Court, was charged with the

any of the property, or alter-painted Acting Captain in the nately receiving stolen property. Having regard to the child's youth the Magistrate discharged him with caution. The woman who admit- ted that she had been given the

rty by her nephew, and that she had pawned them was sentenced

to three months' hard labour. His

Votship also reprimanded the pawnl broker for accepting the things rom a woman of the accused's position.

Lt. G. D. Taylor has been up-

Straits Settlement Volunteer Force whilst second in command of the Province Wellesley Volunteer In- fantry. The resignation of his commission in the S.S.V.F. Reserve of Offlcers by Lt. G. S. Carver, V.D., has been accepted.

The Shanghai Bureaux of Finance and Public Utilities are reported by the vernacular press to be con- sidering the question of limiting the number of public ricshas plying Miss Shin Tak-bing, General in Chinese territory. They were H.M.S. "Argus" sailed for Home yesterday and was given a send- Secretary of the Chinese Y.W.C.A. asked recently, by the ricska coolies off by other navil vessels in the in Hong Kong left yesterday on the Assocation to limit the number to harbour which flew farewell mes- "Taiyo Mara" to attend the bi-2.000 and to do away with old and snyes at the mast-heads, crews lin-nial convention of the American dangerous vehicles and to forbid Y.W.C.A. Miss Shin has been ap-youths and old, men to pull rieshas. pointed by the Chinese Y.W.C.A.

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Because he was unable to stand represent the Y.W.C.A. of China.any longer the severe headaches At each of several preceding con- which followed a

nervous break- pations, China has been represent down, Harold H. Kirkpatrick, The death is reported of Bro.ed, in 1924 by Mrs. H. C. Mei salesman, ended his life by jump- (chairman of the National Com-ing from the seventh floor of the Robert Miller, of Dundee, reputed to have been the oldest Freemason mittee) and in 1926 by Miss Ting Hotel Vanderbilt, New York. His He had reached Shu-ching (National General Secre- body struck the roadway, narrow- in the country. the ripe old age of 92 years, and aty. The convention will be held ly missing a group of pedestrians had spent all his life in Dundee. this year in Sacramento, California, on the side-walk.

April 14 to 20. There will be when picked up. In Lodge Ancient No. 49, in that city he was Intitated at the age of between two and and three thousand

delegates, including representatives Evidence was produced at the 21 years, so that he had been member of the craft for 71 years of the various city and student inquest on G. A. Nechvidoff at the In this ociations in the United States Provisional Court, Shanghai, to at the time of his death. respect he was believed to hold the and fraternal delegates from other show that the deceased had taken countries. Miss Maude Royden of his own life following the rejec record.

London will be the principal speaker tion of an offer of marriage to a at the convention.

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On a certain officer of H. M. Navy, who anticipates being able to sail

Is from Shanghai,

At yesterday's meeting of Inid

the penalty for

theantary Board, the President, Mr. following explanation of the W. J. Carrie, referring to the ques- difference between A Welshman ions on local malarial problems

and

man prays on his knees on the Sabbath and on his neighbours on every other day of the week, whilst A Scotsman keeps the Sabbath and averything else on which he can lay his hands.

He was dead

Rusalan girl living in the French Concession. The deceased was em- ployed as a Russian bodyguard to Chinese in Jessfield-road and

was found dead in his bed in the quarters provided by his employ-

kun,

An

Scotsman: The . Welsh riven notice of by Dr. W. V. M. ¡er. Letters were produced to show that the deceased intended taking Koch, said that he had consulted his own life and death had been Jr. Koch who agreed to the ques caused by a bullet from his own tions being held over until the next meeting of the Board. The Presi lent indicated that he had had to

The Shanghai ricsha coolie whot refer to the Public Works Depart-startled binse residents by appear- ment to get figuros for the lasting on the streets garbed in 3 The Chinese Charge d'Affaires

three years, as asked for, of anti- frock cont and a derby. hat, no in Moscow is reported by the malarial work such as nullah-train-loager la the proud possessor of vernacular papers to have informed the Peking Government that the ing, swamp reclamation, etc. He either the coat or the hat.

could answer the other questions alert Chinese constable, whose. Soviet Government has requested it he thought it was better to treat curiosity was aroused by a costums the immediate release of the fifteen Russians who were arrested during hom as a whole. (The other ques-unheard of in the history of riesha Cons were as to malaria cases coolies, questioned the man. The the raid on the Soviet Embasay a year ago by Maralal Chang Tso ranted during the last three years coolfe atoutly maintained that h lin. Soviet Russia, he says, is and the possibility of undertaking had "borrowed" the cont and hat a campaign of instruction by lec-The constable was dubious and in prepared to bo friendly with the

to sendres and demonstrations). Those nisted on proof. The coolle war Chinese Government and

wresent at the meeting, in addition partly right. He had "borrowed" another ambassador to Peking in

Dr. S. W. the wearing apparel-but with the event of the request boing the President, were granted. Peking, however,. 18 of To, Dr. W. V. M. Koch, Dr. S. C. out consent of the owner. the opinion that the time is not Ho, Dr. E. W. Pope, Mr. J. P. coolie was not arrested, the for yet ripe to re-open negotiations Braga, Mr. Wong Kwong-tin and eign owner of the hat and coat r

Mr. J. Watson (Secretary), with Soviet Russia.

fusing to prosecute.

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