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A Welsh plant-breeding expert al Aberystwyth has succeeded in producing a quick-growing grass which will give four good crops of hay a year. Those of us with lawns will be wondering whether this scientist is a benefacter or just one of those men who couldn't leave well alone.

Fanty was dressing up in har room preparatory to meeting he best boy. Suddenly there sounded angry words from the drawing room, and then the banging of doors.

"Mary," she said to the maid "what is the matter?"

"Oh, there's been fireworks in the drawing room, miss. Your father called your flance a little squlb, and now he's gone off!”

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Mr. Smythe sat back in his chair and watched the clock with 1- concealed impatience. From the kitchen came the cheerful singing of his wife accompanied by such jazz effects as the clattering of dishes, slamming of the oven door, and the scraping of pans:

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HESITATION BY ITALY

Technical Difficulties In Naval Treaty

T.T. ON LONDON-1/3} (nom.) ̧. T.T. ON NEW YORK:-32 1/4.

To-day's Race Tips

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RACE 1

Gold Sovereign Shamrock

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RACE 2

Celebration Time Stopwatch Cassius

RACE 3

King's Lead

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Zodiac The Dunkin Violet Queen

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Rose Evelyn Unicorn Wild Cat

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Aniversaries Ud Holidays - St. Oswald, Bp. and C. (a,992).

Auctions.-Household Furniture, 47B, Peking Road, Kowloon

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Kings:-"Babary Coast." Queen's:-Rose of the Rancho." Oriantal:-"People Will Taik." World-Chiese Picture Alhambra :--"Whipsaw."

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Majestic:-"Redheads On. Parade Star:-"That's A Good Girl."

Dances-R E O. C. Leap Year Dance, at China Fleet Club Theatre, 8.30 p.m.; Kowloon Cricket Club Carnival Dancé. 9.15

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Social-Civil Service Cricket Club Whist Drive, 9.20 p.m.; Fe:- lowship of Youth Social, in Et Andrew's Hall, 9 p.m.

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Athletics.-St. Stephen's College (Stanley Peninsula).

Chess-Entries Close for Open Colony Championship. 6 p.m

Cr-cke-First Division, Howloo C.C. v. R. Navý (L); Civil Service C.C. V. Indian R.C. (F); Craigen- gower C.C. v. University (F); Bec- ond Division, Royal Navy v. Kow- toon C.C. (L); Indian R.C. v. Civi

Service C.C. (F); University v. Craigengower C.C..(F).

Football. First, Division, South China "A" 7. Club de Recreio (Caroline Hull), 4.15 p.m.; Royal Artillery. Stonecutters v. Club (Club Ground), 4.15 p.m.; East Lancashirea v. Kowloon (Sookun- poo), 4.15 p.m., Police v. Royal Ar- tillery, Lyamun (Kowloon), 4.15 p.m.; Second Division, Royal Navy V. Kowloon (Causeway Bay), 2.45 p.m.; South China v. Club (Caro- line Hill), 2.45 p.m.; Club de Re- crelo v. Eastern (King's Park), 4.15 p.m.; Royal Engineers v. Univer- alty Causeway Bay), 4.15 p.m.; Third Division R.AM.C. v. Chinese Police (Chatham Road), 2.45 p.m.;

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London, Feb. '27. A meeting took place to-day, be tween the heads of the British and Italian Delegations to the Nava Conference. The Delegates includ- ed Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden, the First Lord of Admiralty, Lord.

Ambassador, Mansell, the Italian Signor Grandi and Admiral Bisula. Owing to technical difficu tes suca as the size of battleships, and the question of the gap between a bat- tleship and a cruiser, as well as across the English Channel toWorld.-"Chinese Picture." becaure of difficulties of procedure, Dunkirk will be in regular service Alhambra:-Whipsaw."

an- Majestic: "Redheads On Parade." the Italian Delegation intimated by October next This was that they were not, for the monounced at the Annual Meeting of Star:-"The Nitwits".

Miscellaneous--Laying of Wreath ment, ready to eign the treaty. the Southern Raliway Company, Subsequently, a meeting with the under whose auspices, the service 2: Cenotaph by St. David's Society, French Delegation took place to wil be conducted. It was stated 1 m discuss the position in the light of that it would enable business men Rehearsals. St. John Ambulance meeting with Italian Delegation to leave London late at night and Erigade, 10 a.m. It is also understood that, previous sleep in the same train berth un- to the visit of the Italian Delega- t they reached Paris for break- tion, the German Ambassador call- fast. Competition of air routes. Ed at the Foreign Office and, dur-must inevitably increase, but con- ing a conversation with Mr. Eden,fdence was expressed that on the clarification was made of certain London-Paris route the jew train

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