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THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1936. # #♬Æ+U¶ast Price Per Month. $3.

Hector: Car About Town Notorious Gossip

June: I had a bungalow beside the river.

November I have a bungalow inside the river.

Is there anything harder than a

YESTERDAY'S QUOTATIONS

T.T. ON LONDON:−1/3 id. (nom).

T.T. ON NEW YORK:-32.1/16

SCOTTISH M.P. TO RESIGN

diamond? asks a correspondent. Sir Ian Macpherson's

Well, Claude, there's the girl who collects them.

·

A doctor declares that dentists are prone to nervous, depression. And I had always thought that when a dentist was down in the mouth it was the other fellow who felt sad.

Decision

London, Dec. 24.

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

THURSDAY, JANUARY 16. Anniversaries and Holidaya. --- St. Marcella, "P. and M.

Auctioria ----Letting of Crown Lands, at Land Office, Ping Shan, 11.30 am: Larmert's, Household Furniture, at 173, The Peak, 10

As reported, Sir Ian Macpherson, Bt., M.P. for Ross and Cromarty, a.m. has for health reasons heem com- | pelled to relinquish his Parka

Cloemas

"I say," Green naked, trying to mentary career, and is applying King's: "She Married Her Boss.?

"catch" bis actor friend, “ewn you tell me which comes first-the bird or the egg?”

"In my profession, laddle, they come together," was the reply.

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➡.

Pat went into an empty house to sleep one night. It was supposed to be haunted.

Soon he went, off to sleep, but was awakened by a voice saying. "There's only me and you. There's

only me and you.”

"Begurra," said Pat, "there will only be you when I get this other boot on."

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'It was a cricket club's annual dinner, when the wit of the team asked the following" conundrum- "If it takes a cricket team half an hour to eat a ham how long would it take the same team to eat a hammer?"

The quiet-looking man in the corner answered:"It all depends whether they are professionals or

ammer chewers.*"

A

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man and his wife found a gas bill on the footpath when they were nut for an evening stroll. He -picked it up.

for the Chiltern Hundreds,

Sir Ian, who is 55 years of age and a native of Newtonmore, has been MP. for Ross and Cromarty since 1911, and during his Parlia mentary life has held several high offices in the State

Queen's Jane Eyre,"

A Country Chrl": Oriental:-"Red Hot Tires." World:-"Chinese Picture,” Alhambra: — "She Marrica. Her

Bösa."

In 1910 he twice tried unsuccess -

Majestic:-"Call Of The Wild.” fully to enter Parlament, Arsitar:-"The Casc Of The Curious contesting Wigtownshire and then

Bride."

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East Renfrewshire. In 1911, fol- Entertainments. — “A Country loving the death of Mr. J. Gai- | Girl," at Queen's Theatre, 9.20 p.m. lowny Weir, he was elected Liberal member for Ross and Cromarty, and has held the seat since then, his majority as a National Liberal at the General Election last month över his Labour opponent,being 7506.

Sir Tan. Macpherson (Nat, L) 10,810- J. M. MacDiarmid; (Lab.) $,291

Lectures.—Mrs. Fordham dresses Women's Fellowship "Lives of famous Women," at St. Andrew's, 3 p.m.

MeetingsVictoria Chess · Club, at Gloucester Hotel, 5.30 p.m.; An- The figures at the General qual, of Fanling Hunt and Race Club Members, at Messra, Jardine Election. WenRAR

Matheson's Board Room, 5.15 pm Theosophical Society, 6 p.m. “See We Civilized?" The Bupper Meeting at Penthaula Hotel, Rooms 108-109, at 7.30 p.m.; Women's Fellowship Committee Meeting, at St. Andrew's Hall, '11 a.m.`\`__

Majority

7.528

AT WAR OFFICE

From 1914 to 1916 he was Par- amentary Secretary to the Under Secretary of State for War, and he held the latter office from 1916 until after the Armistice; acting in 1913 as Deputy Secretary for War and Vice-President of the Army What do you want to do that Connell. for?" she asked. "It isn't yours." -- He was

"No," he replied "but there's four and elevenpence discount. and I might as well have it as anybody else."

"Im going to pay this 'ere bill, Maggie."

‘ROYAL AIR FORCE

Fifle Association Badges

London, Dec. za. The RAF. Rifle Association has designed an appropriate badge for members who have represented the Service in the inter-service mat ches during the past, three years..

Those who have represented the

·R.A.F, more than once will receive

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Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1918 to 1920. Ireland was then in the throes of interna strife, and the position was one of grave responsiblity. Returning to Britain in 1920, he was Minister of Pensions until the formation of the Bonar Law Government 1929.

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Miscellaneous,Dr. Hargreaves addresses Teachers' Association, St. Joseph's College, 5.30 p.m.

Rehearsals. - Preliminary Re- bearsal of String Flayers for Handel's "Messiah," af European Y.M.C.A., 5.30 pm.

Social-Civil Service Cricket Club Whist Drive, 9 p.m.

Sports

Badminton-Men's Doubles, St. Andrew's "B" v. Club de Recreio "B",

Criz

Billiards.--Senlur Championship,

P. Pereira v. 8. M. da Created a baronet in 1933. Sir (Sports Club), 8.30 pm: Junior Lam has always been one of the Championship, F. R. Zimmern v. hardest working members of the J. A. R. Selby (Club Lusitano), Al- House of Commons, and has been bert Koh v. E A. Souza (Club de chairman of many Committees, Recreio), 8.30pm. including the Scottish Land In-

Cricket-Small Units League, gairy Committee, and of the Scottish Advisory Commit-IRAQ.C. v. BAM,C.

Meetings. Fanling Hunt 'tee on Forestry.

Messrs. Jardines Board "Room), 5.15 p.m.

a member

year-bars to the badges. Badges pm: Concert Party, H.MB. Kent, and bars are now in process of YMCA, 9 p.IN. manufacture, and the association

Lectures-Home Nursing," in

and Universities (Club Ground),

Rugby ---Hong Kong v. New Zeas:

4:30 pm..

Snooker-Steel Coulson League, will present them free to members; but to facilitate distribution, those Chinese, by Dr. Lai Po-chuan," at

Fualllers v. Royal Engineers; Gar- Ambulance Hdqtr. 5.15 p.m.;, entitled to them should make early application to the honorary secre- Capt. R. D. Walker lectures to Uni-rison Sergeante v. Chief and Festy Y.Prison tary, RAF Bice

Association, vernity Engineering Rolety., 8.30 Ocers; St. Patrick's

Officers; Naval Dockyard Pólica 'v. Reception Depot, West Drayton, P.M.

Catholic Union; Dockyard R.C. Y. Meetings Christian Fellowship. Civil Service. Middlesex.

NEW SQUADRON LEADER Helena May, 10.30 am.; Kowloon

Moon-XII Moon, 22nd. Day. Squadron Leader B, E. Embry, Chess Club, at Central British

Sunrise.-7.06 a.m. Sunset-4.00 AF.C., promoted in the December School, 5.30 p.m.; St. list, has been on air staff duties | Girls' Guild, & p.m. with No. 1 (Indian); Wing: station

at Kohat since he graduated at

Andrew's

p.m.

Tiden---High at 0.29, and 14.35 Low at 7.48 and 20,48,

Sports Badminton, Mixed Doubles, the Star College in 1933 He join Chinese R.C... Taikoo R.C.; Kow- ed the RAF as pilot acerloon Tong v. St. Andrew's; Ballors' probation with a short-service

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17.

Anniversaries and Holidays,

Cinamas

King's-She Married Her: Boss. Queen's: Jane Byre.

commission. In March; 1921, and and soldiers Home .. Club de St. Anthony, Abbot," was promoted flying officer Recreio "B" Club de Recreio" "A"

v. Bt. John's... September 1933, and fight Beuten- ant: in July, 1927, & permanent Hockey-Royal Ulster Rifles v. commission was granted him in HKS,RA (Shamshuipe Camp),

A Country Cr£?. January, 1926. He has had fivu 4.30 pm. ORA "years" service in Iraq, where he Billiards. Senior Championship. Oriental:--“Annapolis Farewell." was awarded the AFC, and as a 0.QMB. Cheetham v. F. A. Gill' world:-"Chinese Picture- fying instructor he is graded A.1.

(Kowloon 0.0.), 8,30 pm, Junior

Alhambra. She Married. Her NEW SERVICE MAGAZINE Championship, C. Fincherv

Boss." The Electrical and Wireless Lam Tu-man (Club Lusitano), F. School, Cranwell, has decided to E Bilva v. D. E. Santos (Cheero Majestic Call Of The Wild," publish a school magazine with the Club), 8.30 p.m.

object of maintaining a link be

tween: past and

of the school. It

make bi-zzzuál iss which should i be

Moon-KIL Moon, rd Day, Banrise 7.00: LÍKA first of the Si

0,00

Tides. High at 0.01 and 14.05.

at 7.19 and 19.15.

Bell, 8, p.KA

Country

Star The Scoundrel".

Darices. Entertainments Girl, av Queen's Theatre 9 20

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