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GENERAL NEWS.

SIR E. SHACKLETON.

Southern Railways.

New British Imperial Expedition

to go South.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1914.

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Sixty one years in the railway

In the Second League Kowloon service is the beurd of Mr. Jabez Sir Enest Shackleton is to lead met Ltaff and Departments at Light, who ba retired from the expedition to the South Happy Valley on Saturday the board of the Metropolitan. Rail- Pole this year.

result being a win for Kowloo, way. He had boon a director Owing to the g eat expanse Scores.- since 1899, and before that be involved, there has hitherto been was senior jut manager of the some uncertainty regarding the B. D. Evans a and b Bar Bouth Eastorn Failway, prior to possibility of another British

tholomew the working union with the Chat-expedition in the immediate. Suulkor o Riley, b Walter- ham and Dover. "Atcns time he future; but it has now been wes also assistent goods manager definitely decided that Sir Ernest W.T. El-on.l.b.w, vie" of the Brighton Wailway. Shackleton will make a further II.E, Goldsin th b Walterson Like many prominent railway- attempt this year to add to our J. Mackenzie not out mon, Mr. Light worked his way kunwledge of the Antarctic con- up from the lower rungs of the tincus, and that be will start from service having begun his career a South American port with the JJ. Blackburn b Davis aga jualor clerk.

object of crussing the South Polar F. Sutton Barthomew regions and returning by Now b.Divia... Zealand,

A.W.E. Davidson b Davis. The first intimation of this II. Overy b Walterson Sovereigns for Subriety.

decision was mice iu a lester to

Extras Temperance reformers will ethe Time, ou December 28, gard with mixed feelings the which read:- working of the Ricardor of Pontefract's attempt to reclaim drunkarde in York. Alderman Vernon Wragge, who has thrice been Lord Mayor of York, offered 20 persons a sovereign spicce if during last year they were not once convictod for drunkenpes Seven have qualified; and with

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Sir,- Las been an open cret for some t me past that IQM.S. Batrage b Stalker have been desirous of leading Pie. Walterson b Evans

nother expediti n' to the South Pie. Inglefield o Stalker b Pular regions.

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I am glad now to be able to state that, through the generosity of a friend, I can announce that an expedition will start next year

'o, Raley b Suldker 're. Davis b Stalkor Mr. Howel b Stalker Cpl. Lalor & Overy b Evene

out a fuller kn loige of the with the object of crossing the Pte. Pritchard o Sab. b Evana conditious it is impossible to say, South Polar o atinent from sea. M. Edser not out... whether thisproportion should be to sea.

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zegarded as low or not," But the I have taken the liberty of Pte. Bartholomew a Stalker Luheme scems worthy of imitation.alling the expedition

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Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedi- tion," becne I leel that not ouly the peuple of three islands, under the Union Jack will be but our kin-men in all the lands willing to astist towards the me of exploration to which my carrying out of the fall program- comrades and myself are pledged.

Yours faithfully,

GOLF.

Club Defeat the Army at Fanling.

Fact and Fiction. Readers of Balano," by Gaston Leroux, who also wrote "The Ferfame of the Lady in Black may be tempted to propound an ingenious theory in explanation of the mysterious series of outrages in the village of Pegomas, The book referred to describes un

Ernest II. Shackleton equally inexplicable réquence of ontrages in a village, whose in- New Burlington-street, Regent On Sunday at Faoling the return golf match between, the habitants were reduced to a state tract, W.

Starting from the South Ameri-Club and the Army resulted in of panic. All the crimes were committed by an educited an-can side in the Weddel Sea, the win for the former. Play was thropoid ape, who was indieting explorer will go right across the generally of an interesting char- uishable from a human being, an Continent to the Ross Sea, taking eter, while in the morning it wis idea also handled many years ago the Pule on his way. The dis-of quite a high order. Mr by an English writer.

tance, ruglily, is about 1,700 Cumming, who went round in miles. Two ships will be utilis 78, locked like breaking records ed, one of which may go round but a falling off in the last few the basin, while the other pene holes spoiled his attempt and bates as far as possible to the gave victory to his opponent. Pole.

The scores were,

Army.

A Noted Dramatist." M. Henri Bernstein whose "L'Assaut" was produced at the St. James's Theatre recently. is one of the best known of th younger school of French play wrights. So many of his effort have been produced in London that the London playgoer ia al most as familiar with his work as was with Sir E. Shackloton in Spicer " the Parisian. Unlike the min-1007 Since then he was with Lindsay jority of French writere, he has Dr. Mawson's expedition pad l'urnbull kept aloof from

direct inter-commanded a party which explor-Matthews vention in politice, althoughed one of the great glaciers. "L'Assout" dea's with the "cou- 'Sir Ernest Shackleton has al lisses" of French political life. ready twice served on expeditions The tendency of one of his recent in South Polar Regions the first plays led to considerable contro versy, which was heightened by Anti-Semite attacks on the writer.

Although the names of the par- ty are not yet stated, it is known Gardner that Mr. Frank Wild will be Bagnall seen in command, Mr. Wild,Dobbin who only returned from a similar Terrie Discovery expedition of 1901, and alie voyage in July, took part in the TORON

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Army, time in 1001-4 under the late Gardner and Captain Scott.

Bagnal ft. bis Feconil venture Dobbin and to the Antarctic

COD. Spicǝr tinent Sir Ernest Shackleton Turnbull and commanded the expedition which

Teirie There is a gooi, deal of justi-set out in the Nimrod in 1907 fication for the assertion of an and returned in 1900 after he had American doctor that bathing is bimself penetrated to within 97

Morever, miles of the Pole. an acquired habit: with the exception of a Iew nations, such as the Romans, it is on the whole a modera prac-

Second Expedition. Another expedition, that of Mr.

tice. The delightful little pim-J. Foster Ptackhouse, will leave phlet on the history of the

for the Antarctio in August voxt. Parisienne's costume, just

Mr. Stackhouse is preparing to published by the Comtesse

chart and Purvay the vast un- Austin the Oroze, reveals an own King Edward VII. Land, absence of elementary hygiene discoverel by Scott in his first

Archbutt 1 McMurtrie and

Murray Crew and

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In London last year 16,200. cases of scarlet fever were notified, and 14,097 were admitted to hospital; of enteric fever, there 1 were 713 notified, and 385 were admitted; of diphtheria enres 1 there were 7,161 notifed, and 8,344 admitted. There were also admitted 3,415 cases of measles and 1,030 whooping-cough cases, Chose disoarea-are not notifiable in London. At present there are 5,614 patients under treatment in the Metropolitan Asylums Board's in the Middle Ages that detracts expedition South, and also toment Gazette under Sections 5 fever, 50 enteric, 1,112 diphtheria, hospitale, including 4,003 ecarlet] greatly from the romantic

solve several scientific problems and 6 of the Crown Lands 68 measles, and 167 whooping- glamour of the age of chivalry. He has an ambitions Even the Englishman's bathroom

programme, is less than a century old, so far which will probably take three Resumption Ordinance, 1900,

(Ordinance No. 10 of 1900), that cough cases, years to complete. as its general adoption is con-

the Bard of Arbitrators, appoint- The Discovery, the ship ⚫pecial- cerned.

ly built for Captain Scott's fireted to determine the amount of xp dition, has been purchased by of the resumption of certain lots compensation to be paid in respect Mr. Stackhouse. A feature of the

at Ap Liu Village, in copacitated expedition will be an aeroplane

na follows:- equipmoot.

¿M. G.C. Players in Motor Smash.

Strudwick, Hobbs and Booth on December 14 had a moet al arming experience during motor excursion to Amanzimtoti, 17 miles from Durban. Their car was approaching the Umbito

level orcasing, two miles out,

Historic Castle,

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Mr. Charles Henry Gilo, (Chair man), and Mr. Samual Burnside i Boyd McElderry, appointed by His Excellency the Governor.

Mr. Arthar Obapman V D., Nominated by the Chairman on behalf of the owners.

when, in endeavouring to pass a Devizes Castle, which will

It is further notified that. The trop, it ran into a bank, smashed shortly come on the market, is an open gate, and turned com- rich in associations of every kind first meeting of the Board will be pletely over, imprisoning all the bistorical legendary, and anti-held at the Shamshuipo Police acoupants beneath.

They were quarian, Edward I., Henry VII Station on Thursday, the 20th day. released, with little, dificulty and and Anne Boleyn, stayed there, of January, 1914. were found to have sustained only and Cromwell and Fairfax forced

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