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WORLD THEATRE

Hongkong's Most Modern Picture. Faisco..

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TO-DAY 5.15 & 915 pm performances.

ETHEL CLAYTON

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The New Adaptation for the Screen of C. M. S. MoClellan's "Leah Kleschna

THE GIRL

WHO CAME BACK

GRL REARED TO CRIME IS REDEEMED BY

HONEST LOVE:

2.30 &7.16 p.m. performances.

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SCOTTISH LETTER. BONAR LAW'S POLITICAL FUTURE..

[FROM OUR LWN CORRESPONDENT. ]

EDINBERO, December 91st. Speculations ea to the political future of Mr. Bonar Law, and in particular the auggestion that he will before long rejoin the Government, may safely be disregard ed in the opinion of his leading constitur ants in Glasgow. His only definite plan

INDO-CHINA

and Volunteers-wore their own di hingt or dan tartana, it was evident that many had the pattern known the Govern ment tartan, which was the same as that worn by the Black Watch In other Cases that Government pattern was altered by the introduction of various atripes or lines. This latton was done in the case of all the present day regt. mental tartans (except that of the 79th and the $3rd) which, therefore, are all based on the Black Watch "set." The

hard variety, something like buat CALCUTTA LINE This Lane affords regular minngs to Calentia Fang ALG tartan worn at this time was of the old

permanent garb, with a

is to spend part of the winter in ag By the end of the 18th century the warmer climate. Apart from considera-belted, plaid, a somewhat cumbersome tions of health he has found his first long though useful form of garment had been holiday from politics and basiness since done away with, and the "little kilt " ho was a youth enjoyable that he is

bocane the not in a mood to bring it to an end, un-

"Bs less that course should be forced upon him by public duty. He hopes during next session to be in regular attendance at the House of Commons, but only as a private member.

Mr. Balfour is due to return to this country from the Washington Conference about the end of this month. It is not expected by his friends in Scotland that he will retire from public life, still, fess that he will accept a Peerage. He has more than once made it plain that he desires to remain, as he always has been,

a House of Cómmona man." BOOTLAND IN THE MARKET.

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CEUNSANG". Sat, 11th Feb, 10 N. "MAUSANG". Bat 11th Feb, Noon,

FOOKBANG S 11th Feb.. 3

F.3 "YUENSANGS 11th Feb 3M "KWAISANG".

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11th Feb 5 Singapore: returning from Calcast steamer prosed via duralta and Hongkong to Japan, ocenionally calling at Shanghai. All teamers have excellent pananger accommodation, ar Etted with Electric Light and

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Trousers came to be recognised, for fatigue dress during the Napoleonie period, but nos until the middle of the 19th century, were they made of tarton. After the Waterloo period absurd changes were nude, according to CHAIPHONG Scobie, such as the increase in size of the sporran, and the introduction" of stocking knives, shoulder brooches, and cairngorums. The glengarry, he adds, has utterly been worn far too small, and he bails the reintroduction of the tam TIENTSIN o'shanter.

BANGKOK

250 VARTIETIES OF TARTAN |-

In the course of an interview, a lead Within the past two or three yearsing Scottish merchant who makes a many Scottish landed states have been speciality of the Highland dress, saya | broken up for sale. Now the arresting that there are 250 different varieties of statement is made that between the date the tartan. Of these, there are 150 of of the Amistice" and the end of last year, genuine historic origin, and the remain- one-fifth of the whole area of Scotland der of recent production and doubtful changed hands, When we learn that on authenticity. Ho is often consulted the estate of Eskdale and Liddesdale, to their proper tartan; by Scots in the, owned by the Duke of Buccleuch, there Colonies, or by those whom ancestors was a net profit of only £467 out of a emigrated during Puritan days, and he rental of about £42,000, we have not far gives it as his opinion that Scots abroad to seek for the causeswhich led so many are far more Scottish in their sentimenta owners to find a market for their land than the Scots who remain at home. in order to release their capital for in- Questioned as to the hundred doubtful vestment in more lucrative directions. tartans; he replied that in many cases If the lot of the laird is so onerous, is men newly rich would fancy. "having might be asked how buyers were found pipers of their own, and design a tartan for such a vast number of acred as the which would have no clan origin. 4,000,000 involved in the recent sales. PERSONALIA. This question is largely answered by the lact that the estates were not, in most Burnett Smith, better known as "Annie It is practically certain that Mrs cases, offered as eatates. Where they weS. Swan," the Boots novelist, will be agricultural they were offered in the main to the sitting tenants for purchase. Most farmers had a shrewd iden, that the war period of prosperity would be short- lived and were consequently. loth to avail themselves of the opportunity to become ocopying owaus. But they were in the same predicament as the urban tenant of house or business properties They really had no option if they desired to continue as occupiera There were doubtless many fariners who would have preferred higher rents, to ownership. But when a landlord knows that out of every additional £1 of rent he must part with about 15s. in Imperial and loent taxation, bis desire to carry on bis estates anturally vanishes. Under such burdens land is bound to be deprived of the capital expenditure necessary to its maintenance and improvinents

THE POTCES OF INDIA

Lord Meston, K.C..L is at present in Scotland, and has addressed several gatherings. At the Royal Scottish Geo- graphical Society he delivered as in portant speech upon India. Today, he said; we are testing the infnenses light and progress introduced to India by British rule, and if the new, wine of free dom seemed to have gone to some weak heads we need not be afraid of the ver dict. What of the future? It was never wise to prophecy about the East, but of one thing geography assured them. India still loked upon seafgirt boasta. towards Airica on the one side and Aus tralia on the other, no longer, however; across sundering oceans, but along great waterways which linked up the British Commonwealth, With those waterways India's position was going to be one of high strategical imperiance The bal ance of power in Europe was not any more the dominant factor in world poli- tics, and it was,casential to our existence be a world-wide 'Imperial power that we should have effective military and naval bases, and, above all, a great friendly country in the Indian Ocean. In other words, it was imperative, so long as we held or present place in the world, that India should either be in or belong to the British Commonwealth of nations If we continted wisely and well, and if we steadily remembered and sympathe tically considered the causes which had retarded India's progress in the past, her progress in the future should be secured and her association with na should be established on a firmer and more durable basis thin ever before. ▲ KABORIO LENTENARY.;

the Liberal candidate for the Maryhill Division of Gangor.

Miss May. F. Grant, the daughter of Dundee clergyman, has been recoma mended as Liberal candidate for Southe East Leeds. She vas a leading militant. suffragist before the war, as Mr. Chur his meetings the buffed the police at the thill has-renson to remember. At one of door, and got inside disguised as a very old lady of early Victorian appestance.

It is stated thay, William Hunter, the Amateur Golf Champibir of the British lales will not remain in America. He has lately had three offers from Scotland

ich clips anything which the Ame ricans propose two of the positions offered aro, with Edinburgh firms while the third comes from a large bunden edeberna

TTIIN CHated at the late Alexander Fehrsen Warrack, accountant, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Singapore, has been proved to amoant to a sum of £12,682."

THE NEW CRAZZON

Away his little golf clubs,

Sa Pat

The ball he couldn't hit,

Aside his tennis racket,dern From him his footer kit.

Take

He is growing tired of it. He no longer needs the dice-box,) Why does Erncet, rise so early, Why does Louis it to late- Why has Argold the appearance Of a man who plays with Fatet Why does David never aaliya With the festive wine, and cake f He has started I will tell you, gentle reader-

Put and Take. Lin Glasgow Bulletin.

GERMANYS ARMY,

WHAT FRANCE WANTS.

at Strasbourg, on November 1st on the M. Barthog, Minister of War, speaking occasion of the anniversary of the entry of the French troops referred to the Washington Conference. He said thes

Briand would today dammerate the guarantee necessary to the security of France. He continued

We are ready to accept the limitation of armaments on certain conditions which shall be our best gustantee namely, the Germany. The Minister added "Every disarmament, complete and intégral, of day we learn that Germany is breaking her engagement when the yields to pressure, the, endeavours afterwards to prepare other means of revenge."

Lodge Celtic, Edinburgh and Taith, No.201, his celebrated its centenary Its original petition to Grand Lodge boars evidence that its principal object weto promote the manufacture of tartan of their native land, and encour Age the weating of the ancient-epstume famid, napisane, of their country** 36 was cansted in

The Minister condaded by dwelling, on the necessity before rance, of putting Germany ith pl position that it possible for her to har the affiliation of the world.

Sta bylaws that all member should be des clothed in the Royal tartan in honour would

of their Celtic forefathers Twentypolog

years later the wearing of the kilt began | Bowkerel A jo fall into disse, and at the present

it's

ime all that remains of it is the Royal PIHE METHOD OF MOUNTING Start tartan of the apron and of the

shes and the ribbont of tharje ek Spectacle glames is of the greatest FASHIONABLE DISEASE.

importance," writes Dr. C. Hartridge Same people spend their epare time.0.8, Ophthalmic Surgeon and searching for nasty things to sy about Lectarer on Ophthalmic Surgery to the golf. A German once called it a gold Westminster Hospital, "they must be fame of newlow billiards

Now the

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York Telegraph describes it as a curately centred in frames that ar qutbreak of "foot-and-month disease." I light, strong and fit well, otherwise the suppose they mean that you walk all good effect of the most carefully chosen afternoon and talk about it all

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Tho thorny subject of the uniform cir Highland regiments is exhaustively treated by Cart., J. H. Mackay Scobie ins the Journal of the Society of Army Historical Rearch." At the end of the Mi 19th century, he says that the number of Highland regiments; raised -Was very bargo, and while, it is probable that some

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