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The repnet of the Vallambirosa Rubber- troops, whose irresistible dash carried brose and Bukit Kraiong estates the Binches was taken and passed by our Company, Ltd., states that on the Vallam- them beyond the fortified work called amount of rubber harvested and the re- Biacles Fort, the defenders of which con-lative figures for the year are as follows: finned their resistance. The cunning threat of machine-guns in a battery under 599,815 s. average gross price, 25, Total erop estimate (581.000: Ibs,);

the marshes prevented a frontal approach. 10.23d.cos fo.b. Port Swefteham inadequate. The intervention of engineers marine insurance, 92d. war risk insur- A concentration of trench mortars was 7,088.; freight, „95d; selling expenses, and to Blow up the work threatened to be anee, 30d all-in-cost-por Ib. 11.108. too slow, but it was absolutely necessary The cafinted erop from Vallambresa to reduce the fort.

estate for the current season is 118,500 lbs.

The Bulletin der Armeer-publishes a In nanouncing the death of Lord Redég- 4 striking episode in the capture of the dale, which took place at his home, Bats-village of Biaches:- Despite the threatening weather, thereford Park, in the Cotswolds, inst month, was a large crowd present at the Victoria The Times says With him disappears Recreation Club last evening when the one of the most picturesque and courtly annual Aquatic sports were qmmenced figures in the sucial life of the last half Some exciting and entertaining racing sentury, a man of notable good looks and was witnessed, all interested spectalur charm, who had had a unique cater in being Major-General Ventris, 60.C. The arly life and retinet to the tust his keen feature of the programme was the swim-interest in affairs. ming of Johnstone in the kaifmile. This

Algenen Bertram litford, born in

An infantry captain offered to take and from Bukit Kraiong, estate 227,000 young swinner han done any gend February, 1857, was the son of Henry by surprise. He had ascertained the post-lbs together 645.500 lbs. things of late, but so well dk he swint Raveley A. ford and I ady Corging Ashton of the communication trench leading The profit on the year's working, after a in the half-mile, which was defided in the burnham, a daughter of the Earl of Ash-lieutenant, a sergeant, & quartermaster, expenditure on the development of Bukit to the fortress.. Followed by a sub-charging to revenue the whole of the harbour, that he made Fine the local under Dr. Hawtrey, and at Christhe penetrated into the fortifications. All to which add the balance brought for burnham. He was educated at Eton corporal three cyclists, and a bugler, Kraiani and Athione estates, 29 540,12 champion, appear quite al ordinary Church, but thougs be tuule a seront the vent ward. 24.701. moking, as per proft, und swimmer and also get up a jew record. class in Classical Mederations he left theually a number of men appeared, and loss recount. *£35,910. - An, interim The previous record was held by Finch,niversity without a degree in order to then another body of men with a corporal, dividend of 6d. per share, less income

enter the Foreign Office in March, 1834. but the officers remained underground. whose time was 12 min. 314-4 secs. Yes In November, 1863, he was attached to the The Germans gazed with stupefaction ine £10,762. leaving a balance of £44:560, tax, were baid iv „December. 1915, absorb- terday Johnstone did the falf-mile in there only six months, during which time The captain shot down with his revolver disposed of as follows:-In placing to Embassy at Petrograd, but remained at the Frenchman isolated among them, which the directors recommend should be 12 min, 17 sec., and in this connection he began to studly Russian: I already the first of the enemy, and shonte, Far-reserve fund (available for development it is interesting to note than the world's spuke both French and-German fluently, ward: ** His eight men dashed up to the expenditure). £5,000; iu payment of a record, held by H. Taylor, is 11 mins.aving as a boy passed a good deal of Germans, who offered no farther resistant dividend of 15 ner cent. (18, 60, ver ance The leader and his brave men reshare), less inennur tax, £39,257 · leaving 2525 wees, which was set up. July 17th, on the Continent with his family.

In the spring of 1865 he was again sent turned with 114 prisoners, including two to be carried forward, subiect to direc 1908. There were only three competitors abroad. this time to Peking Here he offers. The fort was taken. The captors and aurlitor's foes. 17.305. in the race, Railton, Finch and John-found time in the intervals of Chancery following terms: At the bead of a

tain was mentioned in dispatches in tho work to acquire a considerable knowledge stone, but after the first fow Laps, Finch of Chinese, both spoken and written. In body of eight men he captured with un- and Johnstone were the only real com those days the talgraph wire had not yet company of the enemy and three machine-

heard of audacity a for occupied by ai petitors, and they both race hard. Uprenched Peking and railways were not guns which for 24 hours had kept our to the final lap there was nothing to thought of. The number of foreign resti: troops in check."--Neuter :

ents, including the Legation guards, did not exceed 80.

win..

IN JAPAN.

BTUDY OF JAPANESE. The first-fruits of Mitford's study of

*

MADAME MELRA.

INHERITS A FORTUNE.

choose between the swimmers, for they

Mme, Melba's many friends in the new had been swimming head-to head; but it

But he was destined not to remain long sat in Parliament us a Conservative for he will be glad to karn that she has world, remarks the Chicago Daily Tre was obvions that the one who had sufin China; in September, 1860, he was the Stratford Division of Warwick just inherited a sum of a quarter of a ficient stamina to make a spurt would transferred to Japan, and arrived there frum July, 1892, until the dissolu- million dollars from her father, David Because of this Finch, being at a critical mount in the movement to tion in June, 1885. At the Gen Mitchell, a very wealthy contractor at apparently the stronger swimmer, was minate in January, 1968, in the restura clined

wards national unity, which was to cul-eral Election which followed be de Melbourne, in Australia. She is one of to stand again on account several children who each received a share favoured by many.. - At the right moment,] tion of the direct rule of the Mikado, of the increasing deafness which made 1 in his estate equal to her own. however, Johnstone increased. is stroke The British Minister was Sir Harry difficult for him to take part in debate. Of Scotch descent, he was a striot. I'res

Parkes. A few weeks after Mitford's In 1902 he was raised to the peerage as byterian and entertained a most profound and forged ahead. Finch made & game arrival at Yokohama a destructive fire Baron Redesdale of Redesdale in North-aversion to theatres and everything con effort to follow suit, but was unable to necessitated the removal of the Legation were the G.C.V.O., conferred on bin in that is stella's Christian name) remained umberland. Among his other hancurknected therewith. As long as Helen (for do so, and Johnstone won amid much staff to Yedo, and enabled him to prose-

cuto his studies in the Japanese language December, 1905, and the K.C.B., May, in Australin, he succeeded in resisting tho record time stated. without hindrance, applause in the

1000. He took a great part in the urrange aspirations of his daughter to win fame Finch's time was 12 mins. 23 secs., and he, In January, 1867, the succession of the ment of the Wallace collection when it with her beautiful voice, and until she also, lowered his own record. In view of Mikado, a boy of 16, coupled with the was housed at Hertford House, and was went with hon to England, in 1887, to the result the race between Johnstone and Hitotsubashi, beld out a prospect of in the accession of King Edward, with whom tion at South Kensington, as the re virtual succession to the Tycoonate of a Trustee of the National Gallery. After attend the Indian and Colonial exhibi Finch in the harbour swim on October Braved mlations, and gave Mitford a he had been on terms of intimacy for many had fer sug before a larger audience sentative of the colony of Victoria, "shi, 5th will arouse great interest, The hand Hitotsubashi and the leading Satsuma King over the rearrangement of the gurin London, however, her voice made such good opportunity of getting to know years, he was much consulted by the than thirty friends, in his drawing roon. -3010D emp for the winner of the bafunile men. In November, 1867, when Hitotsudens of Buckingham Palace. In 1906 ha sensation in society that she was able was presented by Capt. Laurence Hussey, ycoon, resigned, the direction of the naught's special mission to Tokyu to in studies which landed her on the stage as bashi, who in the interval had been made was attached to Prince Arthur of Con-to forte his hand and to commence those There was plenty of good swimming in Government into the hands of the vest the late-Emperor of Japan with the one of the greatest lyric artistes of her the other events, arul much interest was Mikado, Mitford accompanied his chief Order of the Garter.

day. atsu evinced in the polo match, which Sashi, retreating from Kyoto in order to to Osaka, and was present when Hipsteu-

In 1882 she contracted an unhappy mar- brought yesterday's programme to a close. avoid a conflict with the western du the Japanese written language were riage with Charles Nesbitt Armstron5. The full results were as follows:- mor, tered the city at the head of his translations of two of the sermons of popularly known as Kangaroo Charlie, crest fallen followers. By this time, after Kiu o published in the Cornhill Maya of that King's county family in Ireland sugar planter in Australia, a member- TWO LENGTHS Handicap members only a year's study, Mitford had mastered sine for August and September, 1869 of which Sir Andrew Armstrong, the only) First heat: A L Silva (rec. 11), the guage sufficiently to is able tu is There is and A. J. V. Rileiro free 3) Errond

considerable Japanes: Litera-third hart of his fine, is now the thief. heat: J. Evons free, 11), and 8. R.nse with the aid of an interpreter in ture in the shape of romances, novtls, his- They were divorced, however, in 1000; in Moore (rec, 5). Third heat A. II discussing business matters with Japanese torical and popular tales, and even stories Australia. there being one son born Barros free. 4), and M. L. Railles (ree officials. Towards the end of January, for children comparable to Jack and the the nich, of the name of George 1). Final to he decided to-day, Ma

when the ex-Tycoon had been driven to Beanstalk or Puss in Boots. It was RUNNING IILADER 7, M.-A. E. Souza; 2, here in some danger, and had to with attention. Many of the former class were of Light. Col. Jocelyn Otway of Park. George, an officer of the Berkshire fly to Yedo, the foreign representatives to this branch that Mitford turned his regiment, married in 1966 Ruby, daughter J. M. Silva

draw to Kobe, where some Bizen trops never printed, but copies existed in the lane, London, W. Mane. Melba settling TEAM RACE, two lengths - Won by fired indiscrimi ately upon all foreign-circulating libraries, while others formed upon her son 87,500 a year; besides pro Witchell's team, composed of R. Cers. After an establishment of oilicial the stock-in-trade of the professional senting him with an estate in Ireland. Witchell, G. U. Roz, A. V. Barros, A. relations with the Afikado'e Government, story-teller. Mitford employed his teach-The young couple spent their horseymon J. V. Ribeiro and A. L. Silva,

the omeer responsible for the attack was er to compile versions, which he them in the United States, for the mest part BOYS FACE. two lengths handicap, brought to trial and condemned to self-turned into English. The book which im Texas, and while there differences. R. G. Witchell (ree, 51)2, H. Asger (recimolation by hari-hari in the presence suited is a classic. It presents the Japan-arose between them, largely owing to their of secretaries deputed from the varias ese as they really are, unconsciously de- the time. The result of it all was that

youth, neither of them being over 20 HALF-MILE Championship; J. Jollegations. The ceremony took place late scribed by themselves without any thought two years later roug Mrs. Armstrong at night, and has been graphicaly the of a foreign audience. Many an incident secured a divorce from her husband, who sribed by aitford,

Shortly after this Mitford accompanied men and women depicted in Mitford's regiment at the front in France.

in the Russo-Japanese War calls the is now, I understand. serving with his the British Ministes to Kyoto in order to pages. Portions had already been pub have an audience of the youthful Mikado.lished in the Fortnightly Review and the Un March 22pl, as the Minister and Cornhill Hayuzine, and the whole collec Legation staff were on their way to the tion was brought out in two volumes, with Palace, a sudden and determined attack illustrations drawn and engraved by was made on them by two Japanese fand Japanese artiste, in 1871: In a one- tes, in which 'ne men of the Minister's volume form it was afterwards reprinted in connection with reporting members escurt rece ved severe wounds. On Bira ne times, the total issue amounting to Harry Parkes's return to Yoknama short- ly afterwards, Mitford was left at Osaks tu et us his intermediary with the Mikado's Government. In this position he rendered invaluable service tu hi chief, remaining at Osaka till August, 1808. He had been promoted to be a Second Secretary in March. When the Duke of Edinburgh visited Japan in Sep formerly regarded as unsuitable for the cultivation of bamboos. tember 1869, and was received by the naturalization in this eliinate. Neverthe the summer of 1870 he returned to England or denizens of Japan, China, and the Mikade Mitford was his interpreter. In less he grew over 40 species, most natives on leave, and in the following year was Himalayas-a. remarkable achievement] appointed to Petrograd, but did not take for a garden on the eastern verge of the

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stone; 2, J. C. Fingli.

The water polo match between Mr. Witchell's team and Lt. Hall's tena was won by the former by six goals to one. Included in the events to be decided to day are the 220 yards championship of the Colony and the long plunge, which will be open to the Colony

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22,000 copies; it has also been translated into Polis and German

Daring the next few years Mitford's pen remained unused, but after settling at Batsford he began to plant a wil garden which was the sonder of that part of the country, and to give his atten- tion to

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Tuesday, October 3rd. Nos, 1, 9 and 4

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4 Company under C.S. Major. Friday, October 6th.-No. 2 Company

Maxim Gunners, Recruits of No. Platoon, under 0.5. Major

PROMOTIONS..

censed with Japan, and he resigned in siasms were revealed in The Bamboo and No. up his post there. His service abroad Cotswolds. His experiences, and enthu Monday, October 2nd. -No. 3 Company August, 1872

Garden, illustrated by Alfred Parsons, Recruits). and published in 1896 During the In the following year Mr. Disraeli ap Boxer uprising of 1900 he prepared pointed him to be Secretary to the Com volume of letters addressed to his father missioners of Public Works and Build in 1885 and 1866, under the title of "The ings, an office which he held till 1860, Attaché at Peking." It gives an excel when he resigned. He had been made a Jent picture of life at the Chinese capital CB. in 1882. The most conspicuous as it then war. The Garden Mission undertaking during the period which he to Japan," consisting of letters to hisThursday, October 6th--Recruits of No. planned was the renioval of the éques wife, appeared in 1906 – 2 trian statue of the Duke of Wellington In November of last year were pub from the top of Burton's arch, which then lished his Memorica, which, though faced Apsley House, the erection of the loosely put together and showing a arch, with a much smaller effigy of the rather uncertain judgment as to what Tron Duke, at the entrance to Constituancedotes can stand the test of tire and The Ron. C.S.P. has spproved of the fol ton Hill, and the opening out of the what can not, gives an animated picture lowing promotions in No space at Hyde Park Corner to relieve the of the full and interesting career of a Platoon: congestion of traffic at that spot, An man who touched many sides of life, in Sergeants Razak and Eashum Khan to Two Members have been excused the other work carried out under his dire many places, and touched them all be Crown-Sergeanta,

tion was the resturation of the Chapel of sympathetically

P.-es, D. Rumjahn and V. Curreem St. Peter ad Vincula in the Tower and Lord Redesdale married in 1874 Lady- be Sergeante. Annual Inspection. The Detachment the removal from the Waite Tower of the Clementine Ogilvy, daughter of the

STAFF, will be inspected by H.E. Major-General unsightly modern structures by which it seventh Earl of Airlie, by whom he had Inspector Arculli, in charge of Head- was defaced. His official connection with | five sons and four daughters. His eldest quarters Club, is withdrawn from Ventris at the Military Hospital to day Bir Joseph Hooker, then Director at Kew, son. Major the Hon. Clement Freeman- No. Platoon and placed by the (Friday, the 29th inst) at 10 am. Meiled him to take a keen interest in garden- Mitford, D.8.0., 10th Hussars, was kill-

Staff SALLIERS' PARADE CANCELLATION bors should reach the Hospital not later ing, which he turned to such good pured in action in May, 1915, leaving no

pose later on,

male issue, and the title passes to the Misunderstanding having arisen in con- than 8.45

In 1886 he succeeded to the estates and second son, Lieutenant David Bertram

nection with certain reports of ab- Special care should be taken that all other property of his cousin, the second | Ogilvy Freeman Mitford, who

sence from Parade without permis -Uniforra Regulations are most carefully Batsford to lead the life of a country and has served in the present was. The

Earl of Redesdale, and settled down at wounded in the South African campaign sion, the drill ordered for Batur

day, September 30th, at 4.30 p.m., adhered to.

gentleman and to breed Shire hores. He new Peer was born in 1816, and married hereby cancelled, M RALPHS

in 1004 the elder daughter of Mr. Gibson (Adjutant and Hon Bec.).

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