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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1934

CHRISTMAS PARTY AT

CIVIL SERVICE

Prizes Presented By Mrs. Sayer

KIDDIES SPORTS

The annual Children's Christmas Party was held at the Civil Service Cricket Club, Happy Valley, yester- day, when Mrs. Sayer, wife of Mr. G. R. Sayer, the Director of Educa- tion, distributed the prizes.

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"THREE YEARS WANDERINGS IN N. PROVINCE OF CHINA

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book-lovers and collectors of rare the Straits Settlements. The total editions comes. from The University in mid-year, 1938, is estimated by Cocoanut Shy (Men)-Mr. Milling- Press of Shanghai who in early the Hon. Mr. R. D. Fitzgerald, Director of Medical and Health Competition January will offer a limited and Services, in the annual report on Ball

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is known as the balancing Robert Fortune, distinguished Scots what botanist and author, first published equation method-last census figure in London in 1847, has long been plus births, minus deaths, plus migrational surplus. And Singa- out of print.

pore claims almost exactly half the In this work Fortune recounts total, 514,500 being the estimate.

The populations of the other his adventures during his first visit

(Continued from Page 5.)

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