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LOCAL AND GENERAL SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Mr.. J. E. Singloton, K.G., B member of the Northern Cirenit, has been appointed Judge of Appeal in the Isle of Man.

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Bournemouth Town Council are to supply fifty tons of local ahore sand for use at the children's recreation ground at Birmingham.

English breeders of Aberdean- Angus cattle have decided to sup- port. the Shorthorn Society in advocating the compulsory licensing of stud bulls.

Mr. A. Barney, who has died at Crowthorne, aged 85, was for fifty years responsible for the cleaning of 600 pairs of shoes a day at Wellington College.

M. Ladielas Novak has been appointed Minister of Commerce, vice M. Peroutka. M. Novak has held the post in two previous Czecho-Slovakian. Ministries..

The Norwegian Storthing has endorsed the recent Order in Council of the Government e8-

tablishing a gold standard on a pre-war basis in Norway as from May 1.

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Anthony Williams, of Bedlinog, walking home from Troedyrhiw, near Merthyr, when he slipped on the edge of an old quarry, fell 60ft. to the bottom, and was killed.

The New Zealand Anglican Synod has decided to appoint a Maori as Assistant Bishop to exercise episcopal supervision work for the Church of England among the Maori people.

Messrs. A. S. Watson's will be closed on Monday, on the occasion of the King's Birthday, but the H. K. Dispensary will be open for dispensing from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 7.30 pan.

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Burglars who broke into at Montolivet, a suburb of Mar- seilles, were so annoyed at finding no valuables that they smashed the furniture. On a table they left a to the chief of letter addressed police, challenging him to find them if he could..

Miss Mary Hargreaves, the 14- year-old schoolgirl from Bridg- waser, who was seriously injured In a motor-coach accident on Easter Monday, and, who de-now, lying very. 111 in the British Hospital at Lovallois, is reported to be making. slow but steady progress.

There has been singularly rest- ful domestic amosphere of late, which rather intrigued the "Topiciat" until he remembered of course that both H.E. and Right Hon. were studying other kinda. Whatever else may be said about the Governor's Deputy there is generally a reverential calm brood- ing o'er the land when he is in charge. "Singapore Free Press."

The F. M. S. time table, suya the "Pinang Gazette," is out of print: Not a copy is to be had at the Penang railway offices nor at the Federal Rubber Stamp Cols store. It is about time that a new edition made its appearance; but the railway management should riever allow its time table to go out of print. It is a very neccessary item in the travelling public's outfit.

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Another party of Chinese Red Cross workers has left for the war front.

The Bible and Tract Depot, Wyndham-street, are holding a book sale during June.

The LC.C. is now maintaining 20,000 lunatica, at an average weekly cost of 28s. each.

Phillips Lee Goldsborough, former Governor of Maryland, who has filed his candidacy for the seat in the U. B. Benato now held by Senator Willlauf C. Brace. Benator Bruce, a Democrat and wet, is allled with Secretary of the Treasury Melton's cian through the marriage of Mr. Mellon's daughter to

the son of Senulor Druce. The question has now arisen as to whom Secretary Mellon, will support,his Repub- Heaty constituent, Mr. Goldsborough or Senator Bruce,

The derailment of an engine on the Southern Railway main line at Hildenborough,** Kont, delayed traffe for two hours.

Saturday's moonlight plenie ar ranged by the. St. Peter's Church Y. M. Club has been post- poned. Weather permitting it will be held on Monday.

The Nationalist Government has Isaued an order for the lowering of flags to half mast on June 3 in. observance of the humiliation suf- fered by the Chinese on May 8, at Tsinan.

Signor Gasperini, Governor of Erithrea, has been recalled. He will receive another important ap- pointment. Signor Zoli, of the Colonial Office, has been appointed to suceed him.

Two fighter aeroplanes, piloted by Captain Petrovitch and Sergeant Jambechitch

collision came into while manoeuvring at the Novi Sad Aerodrome, near Belgrade. The the two aeroplanes crashed and airmen were killed.

A. verdict of suicide while of ungound mind was recorded at the inquest at Burwash, Sussex, on Herbert Taylor, owner of the local. gasworks, and a member of the parish council, whose body found on the railway..

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Before leaving the Belvoir Hunt kennel to take up his new appoint- ment with the Holderness Hounds Nimrod Capell, the retiring hunts- man, was presented with a cheque for £725, subscribed by 148 friends and admirers

Belvoir in the country.

A trial of direct telephonic com- munication between Kiruna, Upper Lapland, and Geneva, a distance of 2,420 miles, was perfectly success- ful. It is claimed that this is the first time. telephonic communica- tion has been established over such a distance in Europe.

A site of roughly seventeen acres has been reserved at Muar for the erection of Johore Government buildings.

At a meeting of the New Zealand Another site of three acres has also been reserved for a

Dairy Board at Wellington, Mr. similar purpose at Muar.

Grounds moved that the export A site licences of five dairy companies of three-acres, has also been re- which had

refused to supply in served at Rengam for the erection formation to the Board regarding of Government buildings.

prices paid for produce shipped on fo.b. basis and prices realised on the consignment should be cancell- ed. The motion, was, however, de- feated by 9 votes to 3.

Prot. Huge Junkar,, Inventor, and dosigner of the Junker type of air 'place, one of which, the Bremen, was used' by Koehl, von Huenefald and Fitzmaurice on their success- ful trans-Atlantic flight, who when informed that the flers had landed. bigly In Canada, declared that from the beginning he was conft. dent they would make the fight. He further declared that the flere, pioneers in their trade, had made every reparation for the flight as far as present means permit

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The Singapore health statement for the week ended May 12 gives 247 deaths, the rata being. 29.02, compared with 30.30 in the preced- ing week and 30,24 in the corres- ponding week last year. The lead-

ing causes of death were: Preu- monla 47, phthisis 23, malaria 22, convulsions 21, beri-berl 18. The infantile death rate was 176.6, com- pared with 213.1 in the week preceding.

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The engagement is announced be- tween, Mr. Malcolm Berkeley, of Gapis estate, Padang Rengas, youngest son of the late Major- General James Cavan Berkeley, C.I.E,,. and of Mrs. Berkeley, 65, Carlisle Mansions, Victoria-st., London, and Christine Thornton, of the Malay College, Kuala Kang- sar, youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Thornton, of Oxford.

A. 18-year old Chinese girl who the was charged recently before Third Police Magistrate' (Mr. C. H. Dakers) at Singapore with buying a ticket in a Chap Jee Kee lottery pleaded that she knew nothing about lotteries. She was stand-

ing at her front door, she said, when a passing Chinese placed a piece of paper in her hand with the request, that she was to hand it to her mother. "Mr. W. E. Demuth, for the defence, submitted that the "Mr. MacDonald deserves well of girl had rebutted the charge against his fellow-countrymen

the her.

The girl was, he added, of courage he 'showed in dealing with tender years. "I do not know the Egyption question when he was about her being, of such tender Premier. "Mr. MacDonald de years," remarked the magistrate. serves well of his fellow-country. "I do not believe her." His ment for the loyalty and farsight Worship imposed a fine of $10. edness he has shown in handling Indian matters since I became Adient who went into

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Yesterday afternoon Chinese farmers made a gruesome dia- covery in the waters of the district of Chalwan, when they found the dead body of a Chinese in a drift- ing sampan. Attention being at- tracted to the sampan by ita peculiar movements, some of the villagers rowed out to it, and made the startling discovery, when they got alongside. The body was bad- ly decomposed. The Shaukiwan police were immediately informed and had the body removed to the public mortuary. The body, which must have been in the boat, for several days, was in such a state that it was beyond Identification. Apparently it was the body of a Secretary of State for India." Stock Exchange broker's office one man of about 60 years.

This double-barrelled, tribute to day, writes “Autolycus” in the the. Labour ex-Premier occurred in "Financial Times," said he was The Royal Asiatic Society gave Lord Birkenhead's speech to the going away for some years. He a luncheon in London on May. & in Ladies' Imperial Club and it is as bad £50 that he would like to play honour of Sir George Grierson to well perhaps for Mr. MacDonald with, to lose or double. The broker commemorate his completion of the that he already has a moderately bought him 2,000 shares: at 6d. Hogulstic survey of India. Lord good opinion of himself; otherwise each-Kafirs they were and the Birkenhead, in a speech, said that to be overwhelmed with praise from cilent paid for them, taking them it was astonishing that one man one of the, first-class' brain of Mr. | up in his own name. Several should have a mind so amazingly Baldwin's Government might have years elapsed before the client, "adapted to one branch of human tended to make, hind kanceited. In the meantime having gone round study. V “Ec, could not lack con- Incidentally (anys a Calcutta paper the world several times, returned veraational matter" said Lord in a recent Issue) Mr. MacDonald to his brokers office and asked, the Birkenhead, "hoing acquainted with appears to have a distinctly less price of his shares. ****The broker 170 languages and 554, dialects" favourable opinion of Mr. Baldwin demanded to know where on earth "Sir George' Grierson had rendered than Lord. Birkenhead has of Mr. he had been, saying that the firm great service to the Empire. Slr. MacDonald; for in the course of a badly wanted to get hold of him George: Grierson," "In reply, tald 'n debate on the rubber situation In in order to let him know how, his atory, in referring to the difficulties the House of Commons last week shares had moved. · Cutting a long of surveyora in India, of a young | reported in full ("by: * the Ceylon story short, the broker went Inta surveyor who placed several villages papers, though not be word was the House and sold the 2,000 shares (on a map all with the same name, cabled to India-the "ex-Labour there and then at E11, 168, per He explained - that, every time ho Tremier accused his successor of share, giving, the ellent a prost of inquired the name of a village, the having: “mishandled the question': £223,460 Jean the expenses. This is same reply was given. The word hailly. In justice to Mr. Mac- not a fálry tale.......... It actually used « in vreplyTM meant, "I › don't Donald it may be noted that a great occurred. There, ought to be an Know.

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Bound for Hong Kong from a neighbouring port and flying the British flag, the s.s. "Tean" was pirated this week and taken to Bias Bay. En route, the pirates wished to reach Aberdeen, the township on the south of the island, to pick up some fishing boats to complete, their scheme. Ultimately, they gave Hong Kong a miss. In the end, they were pursued

·by a landing party from. a British warship. H.M.S. "Somme,” and also by parties from a Chinese Customs cruiser led by two foreigners,

These are some of the features in another chapter of the history of the China Seas. The story is reproduced in the "Overland China Mail" and will make presentable reading in other parts of the world. Do not fail to send a copy away. Doing

so will save a good deal of tiresome letter writing.

The departure for North China of the flagship of the commander-in-chief of the China Squadron, will arouse intense interest at Home. "Hawkins" has gone, as everybody knows, because of the situation up there. Developments in the situation.. with careful explanations and sidelights, are record- ed in the "Overland."

All the week's local activities are described, including such as the exposure of the "Femina" hoax, Decoration Day observances, the Queen's Regiment memorial dedication, etc.

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