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Faction Fight, in 'Selangor. There was a fierce fight be tween Kabali factions at Kajow, near Sungei Beai, on November

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1912.

Mr. H. G. Wells' "Marriage,!*

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'OLET FURNISHED No. 119D The return of the number of picts in "Tono-Bungay."

"Marriage," at first glance, seases which have been notified gives the impression of being an as occurring in the City of Bang-ingenious mixture of the best that kok during the week ended the is to be found in " Ann Veronica 18th November, 1912, shows 1 death from smallpox, on the 15th, there being no notifications of deaths from Bubonic Plague, Cholera, ar Estoric Fever.

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Serious Riot In India, A Calcutta mesange dated Nov,

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The atory is that of a young 22, states that a serious Bakrid couple of the upper middle class riot over a cow sacrifice is report who, in obedience to keen montal ed from Ajodkys, in the United and physical attraction on both Provinces. Two Hindus were. rides, marry while they are yet shot dead by the soldiers and almost strangers. The husband is a scientific man whose whole armed police. Bayonets were freely used and 50 Hindus are life is bound up in chemical re- said to be wounded. One Mahomearch; the wile, a complicated medan was also shot dead, and mixture of Girton girl and Society about 15 others wounded. A cow woman. Quitre a few years suffice was sacrificed on November 21, to show that the community of the operatione being protected by interests that makes the perfect

little mind empty cavalry. Hindi shops at Ajodkya union is lacking; he lives for have been closed since November science, ale apparently only to tries despairingly to see into the gain social successes and outshine meaning of things and that, be the other women of her set, Both ing content with little, gains ite

end; while in "Tono-Bungay' Sir William Lee Warror, who naturally become, embittered: he depicts a deeper and more was appointed to the Council of the one because mismanagement virile nature, strong enough to India by Lord George Hamilton of the household necessitates grapple with life's facts and pro- on November 12, 1902, has now is devoting himself to retired at the end of his statutory uncongenial task of cheap lectur-blems, yet handicapped through

out by a soured consciousness of term of ten years, and so brings tag instead of to work that might social inferiority. But the hero to a close an official career in the bring him fame: the other, be-of "Marriage" labours ander no service of the Indian Government canso a limited purse stands in and people extending over 43 the way of her more paltry ambi-disabilities other than what be chooses to make for himself; years. There is reason to hope tions. After two or three years, where his predecessora liave be- that in his retirement Sir William Trafford (the husband) abandons will continue both his literary the lofty course he had planned gan life all too ill equipped, he activities and his work on ua official bodies for the advancement and welfare of the country he has so, long and honourably served.

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A Youthful Cricketer,

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for himself and applies his chemical knowledge to the manu- ficture of synthetic rubber and speedily grows wealthy. Husband and wife drift further apart,

though living in superficial amity,

starte with a clean and fair shook Whether or no he and Marjorie find the God whom they seek, must be left to the general reader to decide.

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hia conduct were re- markably funny and clever. Mies. Corinne Carkoek, "as the widow about to re-marry, was perfect throughout, and all the minor ports were well sustained. The style of " Marriage" differs The chorus girls' contest was pro- Hongkong cricketers will find

noticeably from that of any of H. vocative of endless mirth, espe something new in the following till, after ten years of married life, G. Wells' other work. The old cially the performance of the two extract from one of the Yorkshire Trafford determineson séparation. papere" In a ricket match at Against this he is poraunded by humour is there, though frequent- young ladies who gained the Eton between two Houses, his mother, who, urges him to it takes more epigrammatic second for their vagaries on roller Kindersley's and Churchill's, the take with him on his pilgrimageform; the revolt against primness skatos, Mr. Teal's "Merry Mins- lattor were all disposed of for to a lonely laad the wile from and patronage is as marked as trei interfalle was as funny as seven runs, Kindersley's then whom he has been minded ever; but one's general feeling, ever, his parodies fairly- bring- went in, and off the first ball of to escape. Cutting away all ties, on closing, the book, ie that the ing down the house. At the act Mr. the first over a boy named Young- the pair decido to spend a year author's whole outlook has under-end of the first husband hit an eighter, all in the solitudes of Labrador, gono o refining and mellowing Teal thanked the public for their run out, thus beating the other whither they retire with no other influence ince the" Tono Bua- patronage during his stay and side in one stroke. The same companion wliatever and with no gap" days. From up-to-dateness announced that he would be re- boy proceeded to make 217 not other plan then that they are ho doesn't want to; synthetic pro- course of next year. The com- DO

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