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GENERAL NEWS.

Coming to the Far East, Mr. D. E. D. Cohen, who revoutly raod to India after organising the tour of Miss Maud Alan in the Far East, bas arrang- ed with the Ridding English Opsta Company, with a rapitore of Grend Open, to perform în Judin and the For East. company is due in India about the end of November and will give performances in Madras dor- ing the seat on.

The

Anglicised Surnames. Notic are published in the London Gazeta that Mr. Percy Rogerheim, of Liverpool, Mr, Felix Rot inheim, J.P.. of Liver pool, Mr. Michael ciegenberg, of Holloway, Mr. Samuel Siegen. berg, of Holloway, and Mr. Alfred Schacht, of the Stock Exchange, huve changed their surnames from Rosanbaim to Rors, from Siegen- berg to Curzon, and from Schacht to Dent.

"Saw an Airship Dropping

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Dr. Charles Richot, a professor Singapore St. Andrew's Society, in the University of Prtis, re-pondent of the Daily News states:

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Orwell, There was never a hint that our dead wete entitled more honour in this runtry than those who had died becaur they were our enemies. The same last respect was paid to both. Euch was "our dear brother here de parted" at the graveside where Brith bluejacke sprinkled earth upon the coffins.

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A meeting of the members of cently calculated the eat of a the Singapore St. Andrew's European war at the pressat day. Society was held at the Cricket Should war break out, he said, Club on the 11th, the President, the Triple Alliance and the Triple Mr. Frank Adam, presiding. On Entente would together be forced the President'e motion, warmly to mobilise roughly 20 million seonded by Mr. Walia Cool, men, of whom at least half would it was resolved to ask the mem beint 13 the front. Mero sirik ber to contribute to a war liefing still in the expense which fund the amount they would Europe would incur through individually have apent on the St, keeping the a huge armies in the Andrew's Day Ball, and 131ansfer field. This Dr. Richet se's down to that fund the surplus of about 82 C10.825 per day. $250 from the lust bull, tho' wbalej amount to be given by the exciaty for relief of suffering caused by drawn from Dr. Richet's figure's the war in such manner as mays that armies have come too be sub squently determined: Targe: This view is held by Mr. President emphasised the fact Ellis Parker, who in a recent Almost be only people who that we must cars for the time issue of the Fortnightly aays witnessed the golema rituel of the 'being to think of ourselves as that with the vast growth of committal were a few groups of English, ish or Scottish, and modura armies superiority in villagers. Bain fell dismally all remember only that wo

numbore has lost much of its the afternoon. It was pouring Britons. It was decided that a former importance. "Efficiency down when the sad proersion est concert under the apes of the is Lecoming more important than ont from the Navel racks, it society be held on Butas' night,

numbere," eay! Mr. Barker. 'descended steadily during the January 25, and that the proceeds hist WRX shown 'in be given in the war relief fund. Rosso Japonces

the whole of the tramp of nearly twe The miles to the churchyard, it con Russian troops were defeated, I tinuod whilst the party of Ganges' The directors of the Choices although they possessed a large lads and the bare-headed clergy.. Football Club have decided that numerical superiority in men and men took their shore in the last

far more and far better guns than offices. football will be played as for as

At the head of thin procession possible, and subject to the the Japanees, because the Japan approval of the Football Acocia were more efficient, and were walked the Grange bugler, tion the money taken for charity better led than the Russians. Au with the firing party following. matches will handed over to my may be too large. A very Then came a two-horsed coun- large army is a slow, try waggon driven by a typical the Prince of Wales' Fond, sad ponderous, and awkward machine old rustic, in which the two also a reatage of the taking which cannot live on the country, groups of coflins were laid side from the time when the eason but must cling to the railway for by side. Over the one group was its supplies, and which can be the big German ensign of the Chlet Examining Officer for led, moved, and manoeuvred only Black Eagle, over the other groupi

Singapore. Lieutenant B. A. Cator, RN, with great difficulty. It may the Union Jack. Behind the is to to chief examining officer have the fate of the whale when waggon walked a bearer party of attacked by the sword fish. It between fifty and sixty Ganges' for the Port of Singapore, and deputy to the port oflicers. Liou may be defeated by a small but boys, with two Salvation Army tenuat J. S. Sobrefer, R.N., is to more agile force. Besides, the officers and two shipmates of the districts of France dead British sailors bringing up be assistant to the Chief Examin-eastern ing Officer for the Port of Sin-and southern Belgium are so the rear..

deusoly studded with powerful! Past Village Gardens. fortresses and forta that there is Lieutenant Long, in gold braid Soldiers or Beachcombers. Saya the Straits Times not sufficient room for deploying and cooked bat, welked by the business houses, rubber, estate armies of the largest size. Lastly, side of his men, and Petty Officer companies and others tarn their the paucity of roads forbids the Foster was in charge of the firing men out of employment, or out effective use of large armies. party. With simple dignity the down'salaries until the men have When the ground is heavy troops sturdy bluejackets marched along scarcely an alternative but to on the march must stick to the the lanes winding through fields golden with sheaves of bay and turn themselves out, then it roads. becomes an impurative necessity

"A German army corps of past the village gardens in which to find ways of using the unem-36,000 men, marching on a swest peas were asbine with the ployed ep that they may be of single road, extends over 15 raindrops. There were no crowds. service to Malaya and to the miles and requires five hours The church, a building ancient in It its origin, and of curiously jum- Empire. This is not a time when for deploying for battle.

our young men is followed by two ammunition bled architecture, bardly looked a degenerate into beachcombers, columus and a baggage column, church as the little procession and yet there in which extend over urother fifteen approached it by a winding till. danger that scores of fine miles of road. Through the great At the gate there waited the trembled across the quiet connly explosion which mak theAmphion fellows will drift in that direction increase of the field artillery and venerable rector, the Ray. J. Fside.

No Knives for Prisoners. if some steps are not taken to of the number of ammunition A. Hervey, and the naval ch plain,

The bodies thrs committed to There is admiration for some save them for the service of the carts which the modern quick the Rev. John Danglish, bath

The their rest were thɔa of:

of the prie aera of war who Empire. Statement lave reach-firing gene and 'magazine rifles barebeaded in the rain.

British atokeid: William have ten removed inland, ed us from the grant planting can have made. necessary, and the bluejackets carefully arranged the ties of the T.M.S., from Sumatra recent addition of siege guns, two flags over the first of each of

Dick, 20; Henry Copland. Physically, they are fine fellows. and from Javs, that British estate howitzers, mortare, machine gune, the lines of four coffius, and the

20; Jesse Foster, 25; and Soms looked depia ed, but ɛ ɔme Albert Martin, 23.

boro themselves jauntily, with assistants are being discharged wireless telegraph sections, bal- Ganges' boys bore them to the almost wholesale in consequence toon sections, flying machines, graveside.

Germans: R. Klieve, 28; Karl adbroken spit. The officers

Kirschner, The naval chaplain .ead the

28;

Ludwig were taken to Lowes yesterday. of the ecourmies that managers field kitchens, and the like; the

Lebrandt, 25; and W. They had refused to give the have been ordered to carry ont. A length of the army corps is con- essential parts of the burial

Nassau, 33.

parole, I understand, and when fow of there men are able to pay atantly growing. As an army service separately over each coffin.

their meal in the their own passages home, but the corpa with all its impediments Then the firing party, standing At an inquest conducted privately they a vast majority of them cannot do so, requires 30 miles of road, it is with downeast heads and rifles upon the bodies by Mr. A. F. Pe-keston waiting-room yesterday clear that every arm corps re-reversed, were called to atten- Valliampy, the Suffolk corora:, it they were not allowed the use of IF you have lost your appetito quires a road for steel, and that tion by Petty Officer Foster, was stated that the Germans were laives; their food was cut up for Foster, them. One German officer is one of the big variety of the effective use of millions of drawn sword in hand. Three injured by gunfire. dainty dishes at the ALEXAN- men in battle is impossible, volleys spat into the air ever the Martin, and Nassau were brought eaid to have refused to rise from DRA CAFE' fa, eur to tempt except in countries where the sequestered graves and the haunt-in from the sea dead. Martin his bad until he was assured

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