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GENERAL NEWS.

Old Cricketer's. Death,' Mr. Charles Frederick Daft, the senior member of a great cricketing family, who formerly played for Notis and with George Parr'a All England Eleven, died at Nottingham on Wednesday, aged eighty-four.

Saw 70 Derbys.

Mr. James Chuter, of Epsom who held the reocrd of forty years service in the Epsom Board of Guardians, died on March 7 list, aged ninety-two. Mi, Chuter wLS s great huntsman and had set D. sevenly Darbya ruo.

Nelson's Urog Jug. ·

A Nelson relic of great'interest is to be included in the forthcom- ing sale at Christie'a in aid of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John. Among the people who are giving their freas- ures is Lord D'Abernon, who has presented the jug from which Nelson was eerved with grog; it bears the ball-mark of Tref lgar year...

£100,000 For Charity: M-Edward Wrigh', 41, Cler- endon quare, Leamington, War- wickebire, solicitor, formerly of the fm of Mesers. Wallington, and Wright, afterward's Mens 5. Wright, Hansall&Co.,aged eights- five, has left rate valued at £141,249. Of the property over £100,000 in to be divided equally between:

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the mission and other hospitals: bere let me say, from intimate ies I am told are no good for this whether they were well treated. She is 19 years old, and was con- assistance in the establishment of

urpose, they are too open and They resented the loss of liberty demned to six weeke' imprison- two tuberculosis hospitale, and acquaintance with the methods of the establishment of six $1000 the War Office, that Mr, MoKenna draughty-are used for the sleep (who would sot, particularly if ment for having cried ont in the and all his dilatoriness has long ing and messing of the officers, he happened to be a peace-loving streets "Vive la France," and schalsrahips to enable Chinese

since been countered by the very. They have fitted up an ingenions civilian with no thought of doing struggled against the soldiers and graduates in medicine to prosecute festive methods of the men who kitchen and their meas-room is harm against the country he had military police, calling them, studies abroad, and of five scholarships to enable Chinese are responsible to Lerd Kitchener. comfortable if

Woen the story of the alien There is a

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No Materials. country. The action taken was Aecial pleaders in the House of battle of ingenuity to stop the What is happening in this

Amsterdam, March 10. based upon a report of its special Commons, but by those who know dripping when there is rain. But converted jute factory ia typical Telegraaf gives the following The Lille correspondent of the commission, which last year made a study of the public health and the facts and will have notes the prisoners quarters have been of the late folo

motive for concealing them, it more or less effrotually "oulked." wherever these camps are set up. the once very active

of things description of the conditions of medical practice in China,

sed in their washing plais with, I since not contrast them with centres of Northern France,

industrial illicit Tin Mining In the F.M.S.ill be found that the public fo

Mr. 4. S. Matebeli, of the scme wóatha pasi have had good should think, a hundred basina hat I hear of the treatment of

Thousands of workmen are un- Forest Department, Ulu Langat, reason for adopting the Fisheria nd tape, and their sleeping berthe, Lugli-hoen #carried out a most enccessful raid advice to "sleep comfortably in there me, practically no legs should bave the Press Bureau ceased work, as all raw materials in Germany. I employed, and all factories have pon illicit tia-minera in the their beds."

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have been concated. rever recognise the visitor to Chom he was ao deurteous even if I id-Imay sy that now and then a prisoner shows his e-ib, bur ben he does that the serpent discipline is enforced. I do not. mean that any harshness is em-" play d: I mean that the Colonal standa no nonsense. I bappened tate there when the Culotel was

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Paris, Mar. 10.-The inbabit fra cs for the disc very of ma-/ADVERSURIA SINICA, by Herbert, were discovered engaged in mind really I wih it could bmaking his daily inspection. ltants of the invaded lawns inchine guns. The G man cfficera ing operations. They were sur arranged that some higbls-placer was in interesting experience to Northern Fratce. continue to and soldiers do not appear very KADIR, Tagorn im rounded but a fierce fight enened Germen, whert of the Kaiser note the care he took to see that furnish news in spite of the rigour could have safe conduct 1< sverything was all right, and, of tue Garman authorities. The and only 14 wire eventually this country to see for himself is stlection to the smallest det il latest arrivals from Lille, Roubaix, UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS, THE HEPTANERON captured. In the struggle one of the Malays was badly rut with how his compatriots are treated.even to an order card set a sad Tourcoing say that the banks, a parang. The illicit tin micers de rot suggest that they ar

ittle bit askew on the walk As as well as all other establishments, were duly taken before the nearest living in luxury. This jule fre

de passed through the art shed have since the German occupation

& China Telegraph Co. tory is na Donington Hall, but in which the beds wits their been absolutely olosed down. Mgistrate and fined in sums

is a remarkably cheery place,rown overlets were li neatly There is an ouforced stoppage amcunting to $1,300 in all,

Achon Blai Road, Bombay. well warmed-I dare not any, how Compulsory Service la Indla

arangd, he greeted the German of everything except requisitions.

Bracken, Melbourne. A letter aned March 23 has many tons of coul are used daily averseers with a cheery Good After requisitioning wool, cot-

Chuankoe, Penang. bren de patched to the Burma in keeping the steam radiators morning," and he had the same,(rought and unwrought), Shanghai.

Fer for, Passongor "Nubia," Government from the Rangoon going well appointed, with g seting for the 600 cdd men leather, skins, metsle, automo

Hopwoo 5 Trades Association supporting good beds, good feeling, and congregated in the open ground biles, cycles and arms, the Germana Francisco.

Central San the memorial of the Burma Cham-what is more,, ond entertainment. guarded by wire entanglements. send all unbleached textiles, to Luonchoisung c/o Cruz & Co., ber of Commerce on the subject of As to the appointments let me Triathe rule that when the Colonel rether with machinery, on the Chalon compulsory military service in mention one item. This jate passes all eball gabe beir hate road to Germany. In the factor- Namloon, Iloilo. India Tho association entirely factory in its great broad ware a salutary rule surely, emphasis ins they tear down every sarap of Singfunghon, Penanr. enderses the necessity of some houses, or whatever they are ing the respect due to the officer copper. If this sort of thing Singpaochang, Baiphong. form of compulsory military for modation for some 700 Germans. Saddenly the Colonel bulted, devoid of everything.

called, furnishes sleeping accom- in obarge of the encampment, continues, the country will be

Suntchin, Hait hong. vice being introduced. The ses©C

Wingsam (2), Panama. iation consider there are various They have had specially fitted up raised his stick and pointed to The German Press is boasting

for them at the nation's expense several men who with hands in that it has already carried points which should be giren

a dozen splendidly appointed hot porkete stood in a stalu of sallen from three towns goods to the fullest consideration. In place of the term volunteering it is gug bathis! But that is not all. non-rom. appro chod them, spoke In their anxiety to make apredy

baths and half a dozen shower refusal to conform to the rule. A value of £40,000,000. gested either territorial or civil guards he substituted. In the They have been allowed to con-harply, and they obeyed. This and thorough requisitions, the Ger event of Europene accepting the straut a quite admirable gymna-occurred three or four times. It mens have compelled the Moni- burden of compulsory military slum, and they have an excellent revealed the types in that motley oipality of Lille to edit (under Ger- service, it must also be extended improvised theatre. The cook group, and is emphasised the man control), a bi-weekly sheet, to the domiciled Anglo Indian ng arrangements, under a chin uead for a rigid discipline. Le Bulletin de Lille. It contains a community

who was until recently the a chance of speaking to page devoted to the official acts The asscoiation is al- so strongly of opinion that the manager of one of the bes

several of these interned of the Germans. One of these con unurken known West End restaurants

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