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TAR HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, PRIDAY, DECEMBER 14tF, 1990.

SPECTRE : UNEMPLOYMENT MR. LLOYD GEORGE SUGGESTS EMIGRATION.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS:

IL

LORD ROBERT CECIL'S ESTIMATE OF ITS WORK.

ARMED MEN RAID CORK POST OFFICE

THE IRISH SITUATION. RAILWAYMEN'S STRIKE OVER."

LONDON, December 91st.

Irish Paitwaymen, some of whom had struck seven months ago against assisting the transportation of munitions, troops, and police, have passed a resolution de ciding to resume immediately.

The decision was reached after reading letter from the Labour leader," Mr. Thomas M.P, that a settlement must be tions are quite definite that no settlement completed, as the Government's inten- is possible except on the men's willing ness to carry all kinds of traffe, COMMONS ACCEPT LORDS AMEND MENTS TO HOME RULE BILL.

COMPANY MEETING, CHINA LIGHT AND POWER CO.,

LTD.

RATES TO BE REDUCED IN KOWLOON,

of

Mr.

The second ordinary general m the shareholders of the Chins Light and Power Company (1818), Ltd., was held yesterday morning at the offices of the Company, 8t: George's Building there were present Mr. H. F. While sud B. C. Shewan, Chairmans presided, and Mr. A. H. Compton, members of the Con- sulting Committee; Mr. Walter J. Harker, A.C.IS, Secretary; and the following hareholders: Messrs. M. 6. Northcote. George Grimble, A. A. Cordeiro, and R. J. Wilton

FAIRYLAND AT KOWLOON BRITISH SCHOOL

The scribes, who ought to know, prošens

That never may the past come back, Thas East may nover meet with Weet

Upon the selfsami, 'track', But we have proved it useless quite

Such tales of folly to relate, As Fairyland en fatal Who chanced to peep the other night

Together danced in maglo rings, With butterfion and Rowerols gar Why There, to-day and yesterday

LEAGUE OF NATIONS. LORD ROBERT CECIL'S ESTIMATE OF THE VALUE OF ITS WORK.

London, December 21st. Lord Bobory Cecil, who was "South Africa's representative in Geneva, in viewed by Router se his home in Sussex, where he is recuperating from a slight indisposition after his labours in the League of Nations, expressed the opinion Assembly of the Longue was the creation that the most important decision of the of the International Court of Justis. It future depended entirely the personnel of the judges. A number of States had already agreed to refer minor international disputes to the court, whose jurisdiction was, therefore, already largely compulsory.

The SECRETARY having read the notice Next in importsace came the admission of

The House of Commons has agreed convening the meeting, the Chairman said: FARROW'S BANK COLLAPSE, the Dew States into the League. It was a to the amendments to the Home Hale Gentlemen, The accounts now in your good augury for the future reconciliation Bill which was returned from the House hands, which, with your penission, we will satisfactory DETAILS OF CHAIRMAN'S ARREST.of the world that the ex-enemy countries of Lords with one or two unimportant take sa road, show again a

Austria and Bulgaris were admitted amendmenta,

increase on last year figures, especially LONDON, December 21st. opposed. The question of the admission of Sir L. Worthington Evans emphasised so when you consider that we are compar. Mr. Thomas Farrow, chairman of Germany would be determined on, the prim the fact that Ireland was receiving solfing the work of 14 months last year with As treasures from the heaven übove, Iid down in the case of Bulgaria government in form consistent with that of only 13 months this year. Farrow's Bank, was arrested at midnight

namely whether she was sincere in her intention of observing her internatipeal to berties both of South Ireland and of the probano scoot 13 we prow God guard the merry, romping elves, obligations.

ENGLAND LOSES FIRST TEST MATCH.

LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM. GOVERNMENT'S ATTEMPTS TO

SOLVE IT.-

• Loupon, Deccaber glet... The Government's appreciation of the gravity of unemployment was emphasised in the House of Commons by Mr. Macnamara who stated that the Govern. ment would watch the position daily to ralitve hardship and secure an improvement in trade conditions. He stated that, 205,000 ex-Bervice men, 148.000 civilians and 131,000 women were unemployed on Decem ber 10th, as compared with 149,000 ex Bervice men, 87,000 civilians, and 54,000 women st the and of August. The problem was secentasted by dearness of living The Government had spent £35.000,000 on anemployed douations to ex-Servicemen since the Armistice, but the men wanted work not gold. He described the proposals of the Government, which have been sub- mitted to the building trade unions, for the admission of ex-Service men into the buiding trade. The next word rested with the trade anions.

The Committee appointed under the chair- kmanship of Lord St. Davids would assist the local anthorities in schemes of work. in addition to the existing schemes of roads and housing. Parliament would be naked to grant the Committee £3,000,000. Preference would be given to ex-Service men Short time would be introduced in Government establishments.

Mr. Lloyd George pointed out that un-

world-wide problem employment was and it was for worse in Germany and the United States than here. The only possible exception was France, owing to the restore tica of the devastated areas. The situation Great Britain was not so bad as in 1908. Referring to the attitude of the building trade unions, which he considered «selfish, he showed that it would take ten or twelve years to wipe off the arrears in house-build. If the trade unions declined the ing. Government scheme, the Government would resort ther methods.

Referring to the causes of the depression, he said that our customers were invent We were only selling to Europe a spia proportion of what wo, were supplying before the war.

of

Ho

at his residence in St. Leonards, and conveyed to London to the police station, in bis own, luxurious motor-car.

Mr. Crotch's bail has been reduced to £30,000.

MANAGING-DIRECTOR IN COURT.

LONDON, December 22nd. Mr. Farrow appeared at the Mansion House Court and asked to see a doctor as he said he had been meeting imaginary people on the stairs. The case for the prosecution was formally opened.

Mr. Farrow was remanded on £25,000 bail, and sureties..

Mr. Hart's bail has been reduced to £4,000.

RACE RIOT IN BROOME, FRICTION BETWEEN JAPANESE

AND MALAYS,

WAXINGTON, December 1st. Serious riots have taken place at Broome owing to racial antipathy between Japanese and Malaya. One thousand Tapanese searched the town for Malays. Two Japanese were killed and three Malays were seriously injured. The authorities had to read the Riot Act.

Lornos. December Sård.

North Treland, and the integrity, of the

: To pay a dividend of 10 per

cont. absorbing To place to credit of bad and doubtful debta account **** To place to credia of Staff's

Provident Funds you And to write off goodwill

account

80,000.00

5,130.33

3,500.00

53,800.00

$141,650.33

The Assembly's recommandations and United Kingdoms. An instrument was put posed profit and loss scoopnt it was pro- ing disarmament were most valuabler) into the hands of the Irish people which, they were carried our A far-reaching pro- agreement between the two Irish posal was that a civilian commission should Parliaments with the free consent of be appointed to sit with the existing mill both the peoples, might be used to build tary commission to make suggestions for up. single Parliament representing a the limitation of armament while the united nation, without any further legin- recommendation to ratify the Arme Traffolation by the Imperial Parliament. It now remained for moderate and loyal Conventions, signed in Paris last year! should provide a real check to the sale of Irishmen to prove mutual goodwill and arms. These Conventions would already be the desire to act as good citizens of the. effective, but for the unaccountable Empire. (^ action of the United States in declining to be bound by them."

As regards the economic blockade, a simple machinery had been devised by which the Secretary-General would notify: to the Council should there be any occasion for its use, in order to scours mumbers immediately breaking all political and economic relations with she Covenant-break. ing State, micar a

Considerable progress was made

ade with the question of mandates. The Council settled for a permanent mandates commission to which all reports from the mandatories would be sent. The Mandates Commission would consist of nine members, chimen individual competence. Further, the Coun mostly fram non-mandatory States for cil settled. ** C** mandates, namely, the JAPANESE APOLOGIES.- Pacife Islands and South-West Africa, but "A" and "B" mandates were not settled, RETE (W. Australia),

December 2nd. though it is understood that the draft The situation in Broome is now in mandates were before the Couroit. Lord band, Leading Japanese businessmen Robert Cecil expressed the opinion that it have apologised and offered to do all in was most desirable that these drafts should to restore order. The be published forthwith, in order that tha their power

"B" mandates would be; posals. The Japanese rioters and the Malayan pearl-world may know and criticise. the pr fahors have been segregated in different nearly, identical as their provisions were camps. Whites are patrolling the town cicsely defined in the Covenant, but the

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BURIAL OF BRITISH SAILORS

CEREMONIES IN HOLLAND.

BAID ON CORK POST OFFICE.

We trust this will meet with your approval. As our funds are now very low we have

ME had to call up the remaining $2 per share LONDON, December 22nd

A party of armed man raided the Cork Post Office and held up the staff and the public with revolvers. The policeman on duty at the office fired on the raiders, kill ing one. Several persons were wounded. It is not yet known whether they were raiders. The military subsequently search of the building and captured a wounded raider:

NO DETAILS OF TIPPERARY BATTLE

And moths with silver wing Pierrette, pierrot, and purse and page, And wild men from the forests dun,-

The quaintest folk of every age

Had come to join the hún

And yet, methinks, what made the place

A fairyland of light and joy, Was just the smile upon the faco,

Of overy girl and boy!

smile of comradeship and love The gifts that children.bring a birth

To bless this sad old earth.

Who, with their changing dress, appear Once more their simple mortal solres, Our lives to tench and cheer S

"Uf such, the Heavenly Kingdow," spoke The One who knew men's hearts the best; What wonder if the little tolk

Were more than others best!

„Kowloon.

FIRE AT KOWLOON DOCKYARD.

still unpaid on 100,000 shares; this will be payable, 81 on March 1st and 1 on May MACHINERY OF ASIATIC 2nd, and notices to shareholders in the usual form, had been already sent out..

PETROLEUM CO. DESTROYED.

A fire occurred at 8 o'clock, last night, as Kowloon Dockyard, a matshed belong ing to the Asiatic Petroleum Company being destroyed. The shed contained many thousands of pounds worth of valuable machinery, principally Diesel engines, and those were irreparably damaged.

The Fire Brigade were able to keep the fire from extending beyond the matshed, atherwise great stores of petroleum and erosine, a short distance away, would have would have devastated the Dock. been involved, and a huge conflagration

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Good progress had been made with work on the new factory but of course it had suffered from the delay incidental nowadays in getting machinery from home. The bulk of the new plans is, however, now here or on the way and we fully expect it, anices something unforeseen happaus, to he installed in our new quarters by March With modern plant and increased prodno tion our posts should be reduced and in LONDON, December 22nd. No further details of the battle at view of this we have decided to meet the Mulinahone have been received so far duce at once the charge for private lighting wishes of our friends in Kowloon and re beyond the official report which mention From January 1st, therefore, the rate for that there worn three separate encounters between the military and Sing Feiners, Private consumers will be 90 cents per unit resulting as far as is known in 10 Sinn which, for a modest installation like ours, times to come when Kowloon has developed Fein casualties. One soldier was wounded, will, we think, compare favourably with as it is bound to do, and our turnover has No mention is made of prisoners captured what is charged elsewhere. In the good BOLSHEVIST PROPAGANDA pondingly increased we should be ablo We learn from an authoritative source to put our customers on a still better foot. that the local Syndicate which has been HOW IT OPERATES THROUGH

ing but we cannot afford to do so now, for formed to prospect, and, if found suit- theprosent reduction will make a sub-able, open up the coal deposits in certain stantial difference in nur perninga.

parts of Kwangtung embraces practically Yola

will notice from the accounts, which all the industrial and marine coal-using at the suggestion of our auditor have interests in Hongkong. The Syndicate been made out in more detail than before, has engaged the highest coal experts in that we have gone to considerable outlay the United Kingdom to report on the for putting our main lines underground, possibilities of laying down suitable and but althgh the uitial cost is heavy we cheap cost in Hongkong, and a definite shell gain somewhat by the reduced cost period has been axed by the Chines

Isis, dinaya

and

THE KWANGTUNG COAL AGREEMENT.

All the coal areas that are known to be

SECRET SOCIETIES: "A nsadates for ex-Turkish pocassions PRICE OF PETROL.

in Asia, whioli were based on independent

LONDON, December 1st. native Governments advised by the man-

An authoritative statement as regarde REDUCTION IN BRITISH ISLES.

would datory.

necessarily differ omsider the Bolshevist propaganda, especially in the There were certain difficulties as re East, shows that Soviet Russia is still Loxbox, December 22nd. gards "A" mandates, but the sooner they waging remorsolong sati-British campaign, The price of petrol in Great Britain is vero published, the sooner would the diffi-parlentarly in Afghanisten, Persia, Trans being reduced by 7d a gallon on culties disappear Lord Bobert Couil em. Caucasia, Mesopotamia and Egypt. The January 1ste pe

phasised, the fact, in this connection, that Bolsheviss policy is being pursued on wall of uppPOUR to Break about in which this work must be completed. if the Council Wanted puble suppors, it aimed line fratly, Chord

Chorough training muss ensure greater publicity emissaries in Communistic principles; the future, but I think I may say that new

The question of the League's

secondly, emissaries are sent to prepare business is always coming along occupied much time of the Assembly. A revolution in the countries selected; and our prospecta certainly stem bright for the agreement, and certain other provisions number of amallar nations, including the thirdly, the revolution is organised by current year, as orders already in hand will Dominions, advanced the legitimate grip secret societies in different guises, but all materially increase our present output...

For the benest of our staff, who have once that they had to bear a dispropor seren societies are directed from Moscow tionato share of the expenses Lord Robert Members of these societies are all armed as served us very faithfully, we have opened Cecil declared that the standard would unfar as possible and bound by a solemn provident accounts on the usual terms and we hope your will see your way to vote them the small bonus, we recommend. doubtedly be changed. at or before, the oath, the breaking of which means death. next Assembly on the terms that any change made should be antedated. Much

FIUME ULTIMATUM. criticism was also levelled at the League's expenditure, but this was unwarranted. SIGNOR D'ANNUNZIO'S DEFIANCE

League was costing £1,000,000 and the cost was spread over 49

الحمد

free in the Province are included in the are made to safeguard the Syndicate's position in regard to the important ques- tion of transport, etc.

After proving that suitable coal exists in paying quantities, the Syndicate has undertaken that, on going to flotation, Chinese shall have three representatives on a Board of Directors composed of seven persons, the remaining four being British, as required by the Hongkong Companies "Ordinances.

of the Premier dwelt of the bad condition Europe, and pointed out that until sho

the prospect was serious. tented that if the scheme now being

THE HAGUE, December 22nd.. considered by Bir Robert Horne and the

Corpses of British sailors washed ablest business men to give trade credit to Central Europe were evolvable, it would be ashore on the coast of Holland in war- anch more helpful method of dealing with time have been buried at Noordwijk and anemployment than any amount of ronds'Gravezando. The British Minister and making. China was also suffering, because a reprezentative of the Dutch Minister of Bliver was depreciating, and India, also, the Navy attended both the ceremonies. because the monsoon had not been a success. Customers throughout the world were not sending orders for some time. Despite the losses caused by the war, we had to End employment for a million more men and women than in 1014. He did not like to He thought we that we could do it. have to face the problem of emigration within the Empire. The war had brought on the fact that men who emigrated were

A remarkable thing, was in Vanadium Steels, one of the stocks | itsle short of a miracle that. 48 contribsolutely isolated and cas off from all from the Colony of. Mr. G. W. Bartons value of one million dollars (5.6., 100,000;

not lost to us.

that they were there when they were want ed, and almoss without exception the young follows who recently went out were the first to enlist in the war. Therefore, when a talked of emigration, we were far from losing the strength

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considered

BIG FIRM'S FAILURE. SENSATION IN NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

NEW YORK, December 22nd. The failure is announced on the Stock Exchange of Messrs. Frim Foster and Lounsberg, who had been actively dealing

&

Even so, this was

relief.

BOME, December 22nd. which was a small premium for insurance Signer D'Annunzio has replied to General against war, but a largo proportion of the Cavaglia's ultimatum that he do nob money cam from the British Empire, the recognise the Treaty of Rapalio, and that smaller parts of which paid much too large he has decided to rez General Caraglis,

share. compared to the cost of war timal coordingly, has ordered a stric, land and Robert Cell concluded that it was blockade of Fiume, which will be involved in the slump. The failure is had been brought in close co-operation.cn regarded as one of the most important of equal terms in so short a time

daily meetings had already removed an immensa pumber of national misunder standings. The Assembly, he declared, Edd been an unqualified success, this view poin

future of the League, po PREMIER CONGRATULATES EMPIRE DELEGATES..

recent yeaTE.

VILNA PLEBISCITE.

DUTCH CONTINGENT.

Their

the Empire PREPARATIONS FOR DESPATCH OF justifying the increased confidence in the He would like scheme co-

THE HAGUE, December 22nd. jointly with the Dominions for finding

The Foreign Minister has introduced a employment for men for whom he was Bill authorising the despatch of a Dutch afraid it would be difficult to find perman-military contingent to Vina as part of ent employment in Great Britain for some the international corps commanded by time, certainly until the world were stor the French Colonel Chardigny, which od to approximately normal conditions.

Mr. Lloyd George agreed that it was will occupy the region during the plabia desirable to investigate the unemployment cite to decide the fate of the territory. problem more searchingly than by Par Hamontary debate. He thought on indus TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE, trial conference at which all interests we represented and views were exchangeable would be better than the appointment of commission.

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Colonel Sir Norton Griffiths apponlod for immediate and extensive policy of State sided omigration to the Dominions, and anked Mr. Lloyd George to able to Canada, Australis, and New Zealand, but not Bouth Africa, because the natives did. the work there, and ascertain how many anez trained in the rudiments of agriculture would be absorbed - with ́n grant £100 ́er, 5200 each..

COMMITTEE BEGINS WORK.

LONDON, December 22nd. The Lord Bt. Davide Unemployed Com mitibo has begun alleviation works with the Government grant of £3,000,000.

PARIS

ACADEMY MEDICINE.

CENTENARY QELEBRATION.

Pants, December 20th.

A Hava mbeɛago saya;- M. Millorand presided at the Paris Academy of Medicine celebration in com- momoration of the foundation of the tearn ed body a hundred years ago, Nearly all the nations of the civilised world had sent England, China, the Une Rate Italyadapan and the United States,

SEVERAL VILLAGES WIPED OUT,

BUENOS AIRES, December 22nd. Four hundred persons were led in the earthquake in Mendoza. Several vil lages have been destroyed.

-PETROL CONCESSION. SECURED BY ANGLO-HUNGARIAN

SYNDICATE

·BUDAPEST, December 22nd.

The National Assembly has passed Bill granting a concession to an Anglo- Hungarian Syndicate to explore petrol and bitumen deposita.

FIRST TEST MATCH. VICTORY FOR AUSTRALIA.

SYDNEY, Ducember 14th, (4): England made 231 rums Hobby cont buting 59, Hearne 87 and Hendren 56.

"Australia won the match by 377.

· [There is some confusion in the dates of telegrams relating to the First Test Match, but it appears that Australia went in to but first and compiled 201 runs England replied with 190. Australia made 581 runs in the second inamas England scored 31 in the second innings, thus losing the match, as stated in the

-RHONDDA COAL-FIELD

STRIKE.

50,000 MEN AFFECTED.

LONDON, December 22nd. A general strike has been declared in the Bhondda coal-feld, owing to eleven men not being reinstated after disminals. Fifty thousand workers are affected.

ALLIED PREMIERS'

CONFERENCE.

SUBJECTS FOR NICE MEETING.

PARIS, December 21st. The next conference of the Allied Pre- miers will be held in Nice in the first week in January. The questions to be discussed include reparations," and the sixation in Greece and in the East.,

WORLD DISARMAMENT.

I now propose that the report and accounts as presented be adopted and the profit for the year distributed an proposed. When that has been seconded I shall be pleased to answer

any questions from shareholders.

Mr. GRIMBLE seconded the adoption of the report and accounts. There were no questions, and the report and accounts wore adopted. unanimously.

Half the number of shares representing. the Company's capital, which is placed at ten million dollars, is to be allotted to the Chinese free of cost and to be called "B" shares. Of the 600,000

"B" shares of 10 dollars each thus The CHAIRMAN referred to the absence allotted to the Chinese, shares to the and the necessity of chousing a member of shares) are to be held by the Company the Consulting Committee in his place. He trust for the Kwangtung Government. mentioned the name of Mr. H. P. White and the dividends on them will form, for membership on the Committee

inter alia, the amortization fund in respect Mr. NORTHOOTE proposed, and Mr. of the preliminary payment by the CORDEIRO Seconded, the re-election of the Hen. Sir Paul Chater, C.M.G... and Syndicate of one million dollars to the Mesra A. H. Compton and T. F. Hough, sad the election of Mr. H. P. White, as members of the Consulting Committee, and the motion was carried unanimously,

On the motion of Mr. A. H. COMPTON, seconded by Mr. H. P. WHITE, Mosars. F. Maitland and A. B. Lowes were re-elected auditors for the ensuing year at 8400 each, The CHAIRMAN announced that dividend warrants were ready.

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BANDMAN COMEDY COMPANY, 198 HERYL BARRACLOUGH'S SUCCESS

IN THE YELLOW TICKET."*

Chinese authorities.

Shares to the value of $500,000 (£

60,000 shares) are to be held by Trustees nominated by the Kwangtung Government for the benefit of the poor in the Pro- Fince, and shares to a like valde are to be held by Trustees nominated by the Kwangtung Government for educa tional purposes in the Province. The remaining 300,000 shares are to be allotted by the Chinese Directors to those members of the Chinese gentry who may be most interested in the undertaking,

It will thus be seen that far from an endeavour being made to usurp China's Sovereign rights, the Syndicate has con eluded an agreement on co-operative lines calculated to be of immense bencft, both Miss Beryl Barraclongh's splendid direct and indirect, to the people of acting in the part of Marys Varenka in Kwangtung: if it proves a success, and, "The Yellow Ticket," which the Band- further, that the Chinese themselves. man, Comedy Company presented to a although sharing in the profit and fairly large audience, last night, at the management, are not asked to risk Theatre Royal, will be long remembered single cent in the preliminary work of

No cash whatever, we

LONDON, December 22nd.r Mr. Lloyd George, presiding at the House of Commons luncheon to the Dominions delegates to the Geneva Assembly of the League of Nations said that much had already been accomplished by the League. It had raised the status of labour throughout the world. Its most conspicuous work was the establish ment of the International Court of Justice, but the League would not achieve real progress till all the nations were represented in it. He believed that Germany desired to carry out her treaty obligations. There would be no obstacle to her admission if she made her desire-RESOLUTION IN HOUSE OF quite manifest. He was most hopeful that America would join, This was essential, because disarmament was im- possible until all the nations were in the In the House of Representatives. Mr with the depraved Baron Stepan League. He congratulated the represen- Crooks (Republican) introduced a resola-Androyeff, a character skilfully portrayed been paid to any Chinese by the Syndi tatives of the Empire on the prominent tion authorising President Wilson to by Mr. Philip Cariton, she gave a faithful cate; the only monetary transaction that part they had played in the first invite all nations to send delegates to an representation of a pore-minded, in has taken place was the payment of Assembly of the League of Nations. international convention in Washington nocent girl, and later in explaining how $100,000 to the Canton Treasury for the Mr. Lloyd George coupled the toast of to consider means of securing world dis- she came to possess the "yellow ticket" signed agreement with the Syndicate, for the delegates, with the name of Sir armament.

before the scandalised John Seaton (Mr which sum the Syndicate bold the Tren- David Keir) she surpassed herself. Mr.sury receipt. George Foster, of Canada, and regretted the absence of Mr. Millen and Lord

Clive Woods, as the English journalist, Robert. Cecil ONE

Julian Bolle, had a part which suited him EASTERN CABLE admirably, and Mr. Carl Lawson as

REPRESENTATIVES.:

WASHINGTON, December 1st.

NEWS

by Hongkong theatregoers. In the scene proving the ventured bas

Monsieur Zoubatoff, the typical Tsarist policeman-bully, provided a delightful character-sketch.alte

NEW VICARIATES IN CHINA.. His Holiness Pope Benedict XIV, has

·Instituted a new Apostolio Vicariate ab Port Feyard in China, which comprises Hainan Island and the ferritory slong the Tonking frontier.

Replying to the toast, Sir George Foster FAR Baid that two things specially marked the deliberations of the Assembly; firstly, unity of purpose, for the great idea

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.} in the minds of all the delegates was to carry out the principles of the League; ROYAL GIFT TO RETIRING and secondly, sanity of judgment in

CHINESE MINISTER. the proceedings. There was not a shadow of difference between the dele

LONDON, December 22nd, gations as regards the inclusion of every Their Majesties the King and Queen nation in the League Es concluded that when they received Mr. Alfred and as a result of the Geneva Conference the Madame, Sze, presented them with portraits position to the Empers the with Cy Connic Ediss. It should not be missed between Northern Manchuria and the Bosk

today than it had ever been.

tores.

**Lord Richard in the Pantry,” is the play which the Bandman Comedy Com pany are presenting tonight. Although the main idea is as old as the hills, He has al Institute

Instituted Apostolic although the situations are ridiculously Vicariates at Hanchow and in Korea, impossible, the play is exceedingly funny entrusting the latter to the Benedictine and has had a long run in London with monks. This Vicariats comprises that pare Cyril Maude in the title role supported of the Seoul Vicariate which is confined by those who enjoy a hearty laugh!

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