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LOCAL AND GENERAL SOCIAL

Alderman W. C. McLaughlin, of Andover, Hampshire, who was Mayor of Andover in 1903-4; died recently from heart failure.

Mr. David Turnbull, of the Shanghai Dock & Engineering Co., loft for Home last week by the Japanese mall. He expects to be away until the autumn.

The Rev. John C. Hawk, D.D., will be the preacher at the morning service of the Community Church, Shanghai, last Sunday, and his theme will be "Mother's Day."

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Sir William Solomon, Chief

The Albert Bridge spanning the Justice of South Africa, has been Thames between Datchet and appointed a Privy Councillor. Windsor was opened last month re-

placing a bridge bullt in 1852.

Sir Thomas Beecham conducted the orchestra of the Parle Consor vatoire at the Opera in Parls last month.

It was stated at a meeting of the House of Commons British Olym pie Games Committee that £400 of the £1,000 which the committee hopes to raise has already been collected.

The Ministry of Health has up- held the decision of the Luton (Bedfordshire) District Council re- fusing to approve plans for the construction of a greyhound racing track on land near Ickpield-road, Limbury,

New York.-Howard Lloyd Cox (teft) Brooklyn navigator, and fose Gaitt, Argentine ace, who recently arrived in this country to prepare the fight which he and Cox will make in April from the national capital to that of Argentine, Baenos Aires. This first flight by a North and South American together will be moffe in a Stinson-Detroiter masuplane. The 7,500 mile trip will be punctuated with a number of stops.

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Mr. and Mrs. F. Castleman, of The diphthoris epidemic Tranby, Pertsmouth-road, Thames Whittlesey, near Peterborough, is Ditton, Surrey, who recently re-row on the wand, although the turned from a world tour, lost more schools, which were than £200 worth of jewellery when weeks ago, have not been reopened. closed five their house was raided.

Boys' School concert amounted to The receipts for the Diocesan

$402.50, which amount, less ex- ponses, is being paid into the New School Equipment Fund.

Mr. Chang Fu-liang, a graduate of the Yale School of Forestry and the School of Agriculture of the University of Georgia, spoke at the Current lasuos Class last week In room, 206 of the American School, Shanghai, Hla subject is "Some Constructive Factors in Chinese Society." All are welcome. There will be opportunity for questions and discussion...

Madrid, April 6-With ancient ceremony King Alfonso to-day granted a pardon to three men who had been condemned to death. The King and Queen and Court clothed in the severest garments attended a public service in the morning at the palace. The kneeling monarch prayed audibly at the moment of the consecration, after which the Patriarch of the Indies carried to him a tray bearing the petitions of the condemned fled with black bands. The patriarch baid: "Sire, the justice of earth has condemned them to the extreme penalty. Do you pardon them?" The King: I pardon them that God may pardon me. Immediately the black' bands were changed for white as sign of pardon.

the ex-

Brussels,-Zoubkov, Kaiser's brother-in-law, is back in Belgium, the only pountry where for the moment he can live with- out the fear of a policeman order- ing him to move on. He had left Brussels for Aix-la-Chapelle, tak- ing back to her husband Mme. Alice Nyssens, the $4-years-old Belgian brunette who had been, as it were, lent to him to arrange his The plan however, was vetoed by voyage to the Belgian Congo. the Belgian Colonial Office. At forcibly that the expulsion order Aix-la-Chapelle he was reminded

made against him in Germany was Major C. Willson

yesterday in force, and so he recrossed the Imposed a fine of $5 on a feh seller, frontier to Verviers. There he Among the departures r Home charged at the Central Magistracy arrived at the Grand Hotel with a by the a.s. "Empress of Russia" with offering a bribe of 20 cents to prettier and younger woman than salling to-day is Lieut.-Col. Bir

an Indian constable. The defen- Mme. Nyssens. His new com- Victor A. F. Mackenzie, Bart dant said that on April 4 the panien is said to be Fraulein Gerda D.S.D., M.V.O., the popular officer Indian demanded 20 cents from Hollman, who is 24, the daughter of commanding 2nd Battalion Scots him for the privilege of placing his an industrialist of Bochum, Zoub- Guarda stationed at Shamshuipo.sh buckets outside the entrance of kov, Major E. C. T. Warner, D.S.O., the Central Market in Des Vaux-ed

furious at being star

M.C, will take over the command of the Battalion.

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at by the hotel guests road. When he saw the constable as people stare at 4 rare again on April 6, he concluded that addition to a zoo, took to his the constable wanted more money heels and was quickly lost in the and gave him another 20 cents streets of the town. The beauti- without being asked. According to ful Gerda, who was abandoned in the Indian constable, he had boon the flight, sought refuge in her

remain in Belgium has expired and from, he is hoping to be able to stay in

the Free City of Danzig,

London, Yesterday-Replying to Ming Wilkinson (Labour) who urged that there should be an en- on market duty only since April 5, apartments. Zoubkov's permit to dalry into the sentence of two and therefore he could not be the months' hard labour and a birch-man who received 20 cents Ing, passed upon a Chinese, Yeung the fish seller on the 4th. Ping-wong, of Hong Kong, for possessing seditious literature, Mr. L. Amery (Dominiens' Secretary) said that the sentence accorded with the law and called for no

| special enquiry.—Reuter,

numerous com-

As a result of plaints of the objectionable manner in which motor car touts pester people to hire cara in the Western District, West Point police carried out a systematic "combing out" on Monday. In consequence, six touts were charged before Mr. R. E. Lindsell yesterday and four were fined $5 each, with a warning that if they were charged again, the fine would be doubled. The fifth inan, with a previous conviction, was fined $10, and a youth was ordered to receive six atrokes of the rattan.

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At Whitfield Barracks last even- ing, a fire broke out in a matshed lavatory in the grounds near the Sepoy lines. The flames spread sa rapidly that the matshed was com pletely destroyed within a 'few minutes. Two appliances from the Kowloon Fire Brigade were on the scene within a couple of minutes of receipt of the alarm at 7.30, but on arrival, found that there was nothing to do but to allow the fire to burn itself out, care being taken

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The closing event in the Hong In connection with the effort to The National Products Exhibi. Kong Basket Ball League, Student eradicate malaria, the second ad- tion was opened at Hangchow last Division, will be the awarding of the Chinese, Y.M.C.A. will be given dress in the series of lectures at werk and some 40 local manufac- trophies to the winners. This will on evening at 8. turers left for the West Lake city be done by Mr. A. E. Wood, Direc- by Dr. TM. Ware of the Govern o'clock to attend. The Bureau of Industry tor of Education, at the Chinese ment Medical Department This of Greater Shanghai has issued a manifesto to the public, calling Y.M.CA, on Thursday afternoon at address will deal with disesses upon them to use national goodę 4.80. The finals were played lant caused by insect bitos, the effect of wherever possible in order to en- Friday afternoon, when the St. the fever of malaria upon the courage local industries. Attention Paul's College Team, was success health and economic condition of is called to the fact that at last ful in the Senior Division, and the the people, and methods of dealing year's conference of the Associated Ying Wah Team in the Junior Divi- with the patient. As in the Arst Chambers of Commerce a resolu slom. After the awarding of lecture, the speaker will use foñ- for was passed that national protrophies there will be an exhibition technical terms, and propose mes ducts and Chinese cloths should be Team and a selected team from sures that are within the reach of purchased in preference to Im other schools. This wil

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