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Viscount Lyminghton, son of the Earl of Portsmouth, has been adopted as prespective Conservative candidato for Basingstoke.
An aquatint, in colours, of the "Action between H.M.S. Endymion and the U.S. ship President," by Hill, realised £150 at Mesare Sotheby's.
Poplar Borough Council is ap plying to the Electricity Commis- sioners for sanction to raise a loan of £167,000 to equip electricity station.
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Fred Bryant, the 17-years-old
Aecture on". "Talam is the religion of peace" will be delivered at the City Hall at 6.15 p.m. to-day by Maularnu L. Haidart.
The police at San Sebastain have arrested a Russian Jew and a Hungarian on a charge of atcating jewellery and money from visitors.
Mr. Hugh A. Nisbet, Registror of the Supreme Court. is to leave the Colony on retirement on June 23 by the P. & O. liner s.s. "Ranpura."
Passengere who landed at Hong boy, of 97, The Ridgway, Enfield, Kong from the "President Van who climbed a pole supporting -Buren" Included Mr. A. A. de Eca, high-tension cable and received Mrs. L. E. Nantz, Mr. and Mrs. shock, from a 10,000-volts current,F. A. da Silva. subsequently died.
- Mr. Thomas Wall, of Blythewood, The Custom House, at Kovna has Worcester-road, Sutton, Surrey,been partially destroyed by fire and who has already given £20,000 to a large quantity of goods stored in the London and Greater London the warehouses burnt. The loss Playing Fielda Association, has is said to be very heavy, contributed a further £4,000.
Mr. J. Bryce Allan, of Wemyss Bay, Renfrewshire, son of the chief proprietor of the Allan Steamship lines, was married at the Scots Church in Paris to the Countess do Cippico, a survivor of the Lusitanin disaster.
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The Australian Custom revenue for April amounted to $2,854,000, as compared with $3,407,000 last year. For the firat ten months of the financial year the Customs revenue amounted to £35,237,000, compared with £30,705,000 for the same period last year.
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Among the passengers "Tanda" when sho sailed from Hong Kong on Friday were Mrs. J. Garraway for Townsville, Mrs. W. J. Stokes, Mrs. F. W. Maze and Mrs. H. E. Scriven for Sydney, Mr. E. A. Donnely and Mrs. E. R. Wardle for Melbourne.
At Seville the Queen of Spain christened the aeroplane "Jesus Del Gran Poder," in which the airmen Captain Jiminez and Cap- tain 'Iglesias hre attempting to tour the world. Her Majesty broke a bottle of sherry over the machine. The Archbishop of Seville officiated at the weYWEBDS="
Lord Merrivale, after spending two hours and a half in the Divorce Court in disposing of applications on summons in private, made ab- solute decrees nisl in 117 cases, two of them proceeding from the district registries. Mr. Justice Hill, én another court, was dealing with 30 undefended matrimonial aults, and Mr. Justice Bateson with 22.
A special sale during the month of June is being held by the Bible Book and Tract Depot, No. 2, Wyndham-street, to which all are cordially invited.
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· Commandant James Fitzmaurice, of treland, who with Caglaju Koch! and Baron von Haonefeld, the Ger nine, made the first east to west Atlanta fight.
Mr. Sear O'Casey, the Irish Rain was recorded at the dramatist, and author of "Juno and Dotanic Gardens on twenty days the Paycock," has become a father. last mouth, the total fall
to his being A son was born Inst month 10.13 inches. One thich a day was pretty young wife, who was Miss exceeded on the 14th 2.34 inches, Eileen Katherine Carey, the 24th 1.13 inches, 28th 1.79 inches, actress, 29th 3.94 inches, 30th 2.39 inches, 81st 2.14 inches. No rain fell on seven consecutive days, 2nd to 8th. Rain was recorded on eight con- secutive days, 14th to 21st.
Among the passengers who sailed from Hong Kong on Saturday on the "Hakusan Maru" were Mr. and Mrs. S. .M. Churn and Miss M. C. Churn, Consul and Mrs. F. Ikeda, Mrs. B. and Miss B. J. Spaulding, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Taylor, Mrs. and the Misses R. and M. Hold sworth, Mr. E. R. Price, the Rev. N. B. Slaton, the Rev. W. Short.
Miss Margaret Bannerman and Mr. Anthony Prinsep were married in Melbourne last month. A large crowd attended the wedding, and among the guests were Dame Nellie Melba and Sir George Tallis, the theatrical proprietor, while con- gratulatory tolegrams were receiv ed from Sir Arthur Pinero, Mrs. Fred Terry (Miss Julia Nelkon) and Mr. Temple Thurston. Mies Bannerman is paying her first visit to Australla, where she is appear ing in a repertoire under her hus-the things which impressed the band's management.
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Jewellery valued at £300 taken by burglars who broke Into the jeweller's shop of Mr. John Weller, Duke-street, Brighton.
Hundreds of tyres wore destroyed by a fire in the basement of the premises of the Goswell, Tyre Com- pany, Ltd., Goswell-road, Clerken- well, E.C.
London's new £200,000 al ter minus at Croydon was brought into operation last month and officially opened by Lady Maud Hoare, wife of the Air Miniator.
The Metropolitan Electric Tram- ways, Ltd., which recently raised fares, is reverting to the old scale, pending the sanctioning of In- creased fares by the Middleser County Council.
A packet of diamonds valued at £12,000 half a ton of geld, and 500- day old chickens were included in the cargo of an nerpolans, which flew from London to Paris опе day last month.
A Barcelona banker has disap- peared with 2,000,000 pesetas (about £68,966) belonging to far- mers in the Mataro district, who export large quantities of potatoes to Great Britain.
A sum of £1,644,000 has been voted by the Japanese Houses of Parliament for the coronation ex- penses of the Emperor Hirohito, who is to be crowned in Kyoto, the old capital, in November.
The body of William Hillman,
a commerical traveller, aged about 50 of St. George's-road, Aldershot, who had been shot through the heart, was found by a policeman in the Albert-mews, Kensington, W., with a Service revolver near.
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Three Chinese cases of noti fable disease were reported local- |ly on Friday. From the city, re-
gistration district there was case of small-pox and one of en- |terlo fever (typhoid). There was another small-pox case from Kow- loon.
The King and Queen of Afghani- Tatar-received representatives-of---
the Polish Army at Warsaw.
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King was presented with aeroplane of Pallah construction. Afterwards a luncheon party was given in honour of the King and Queen by M. Zaleski, the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Among the applicants who sought the advice of Mr. F. Mead, at Lambeth Police Court, was a woman, who asked for a summons against her husband, saying sho wanted a separation on the ground "He of his persistent cruelty.
never comes into the house and opens his lips to me," she said. Mr. Mead. That is not cruelty recognised by the Act. Is he a sober man 7--The Woman: Oh, no; he is always drunk. Mr. Mead- Then you can have a summons on that ground.
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The Chinese press says that numerous British, American and French journalists have called upon Miss Soumi Cheng (who is in Paris) to obtain a fuller under- atanding of the China situation and the Nationalist movement. Miss Cheng, took pains to explain to them the organization of the Na- The Prince of Wales, who is pre- aident of the King Edward VII. tionalist Government, its Ideals and Hospital, Windsor, one wing of aspirations, and to answer all ques- tions asked. She called upon the which was destroyed by a fire, visited the ruins to see for himself French Minister of Foreign Affairs, the extent of the damage. Among who received her cordially and with much courtesy, It is hoped that Prince about the building was the her visit to France will contribute large amount of woodwork used in great deal towards creating closer its construction, and he told Colonel sisterly relations between the two Mrs. F. E. Ching, the widow of Churcher, the secretary, they must republics, say the reports in con- a Grimsby Wesleyan minister, the take care to use fireproof materials frst woman to perfom a marriage when they rebuilt.
As in a Wesleyan church, ceremony
Princesa Juliana becomes was, an official at the Wesleyan
nineteen years old to-day (saya headquarters stated, acting quite The House of Commons lasta Lóntion gossip writer in a paper legally. "The event is unique so far month discussed a Bill Introduosed, to hand), and 18 heiress to the as the Wesleyan Methoflist con- by Mr. Gerald Harrison, Mr. throne of the Netherlands, it is nection is concerned," . the official | Bridgeman's Parliamentary Pri- not surprising that there should be stated. "Wives of ministers of vate Secretary," which provides for rumours of her engagement, though other, denominations may possibly a half-day holiday for school-1 no serious attention had been given have performed marriage cere children on Empire Day, May. 24 to the particular report of a bo monica during the war while their Mr. Harrison sald he wanted to trothal to the Duke of Gloucester. husbands wore on service, but not give the children a real joy on It is difficult to imagine any of the In our church. The law certainly Empire Day, and not a pretended King's sons leaving England to permits it. Providing that either Joy. Mr. Maxton, a schoolmaster, take up the position of Prince the registrar or another authorised said this was a fraudulent mea- Consort. Princess Juliana is in person such as a minister is pressure. "They are only going to some ways a very modern Princess, sent, the law does not mind who give the children half a day which and the shattering of so much performs the roligious ceremony, will have to be taken from some European monarchy by the war has It must be witnessed and regis-, other holiday, because there are not not gone unnoticed by this keen tered by the authorised person. "In enough days to play with in the Fatudant of contemporary - affairs. this particular case I suppose there year if the schools are to get their She took her law studies quite must have been some special senti-grants. This is a miserable wayseriously, and confided to a friend mental reason for the departure of Interpreting the greatness of that she thought it as well to be from our rule. We naturally hold the British Empire. Mr. Tinker, equipped for a profession. It is the marriage service in very high | from the Labour benches, urged his extremely unlikely, however, that regard, and prefer that a minister friends not to press the ejection, we shall see this Orango Princess. shall officlate at all wedding core- | but: 'suggested a whole day's holi- engaged in any but her beroditary monics." - Mrs, Ching, who lives at day should he given"-Major Owen occupation. “You don't havo:TC- Saltburn, said she had con- quoted - a Welsh proverb which, volutions,"" an Amsterdam citizen ducted several baptisms and translated," anid,- "Despleable is the once coald - to: me, “in a country? funerala. She is a hay, preacher by man who does not love his mathor where anybody can see the Queen examination
country."
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