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GENERAL NEWS.

Betrothal

An engagement is announced between Viryen, only son of Com mander Frederick Davies, EN Reserve (retired), of Shanghai, China, and Enid, only daughter of Mr. Warsham Smith, of 91, Upper Talas-hill, London.

Mexican Women Shot as Spies.

New York, December 8--A tale- gram from San Antonio (Texas) states that the Carranzi. Camera- Ists has received advices that 15 Mexican women

were shot an

spies by the Villa sutborīties last Sanday si Cassa Grandca.

Standard Off Company's Enter-.

prise at Nagasaki.

A Nagasaki despatch says that the Standard Oil Company has just completed the three oil tanks which have been under construc- tion since 1913 just outside Nagasaki harbour. Azother will, it is learned, be started this year.

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The enormous sam of over $500,000,000 is estimated to be involved in big drastic power un dertakings, asid Mr. Alphonse Steiger, addressing the members of the Society of Engineers on "The Modern Development of

Statue of Joan d'Art in US. Water Power." The available po-

New. Tork, Dec. 7-At the wer in Great Britain is variously dedication of therquestrian statue estimated at from 500,000 to of Joan d'Arc, overlocking the 1,000,000 horse-power. To deve Hudson River, here to-dar, M. J. lop that power by steam would Jusserand, the French Ambassa require 2,410,000 tons of coal per doz, declared that the single par- annum, and the value of that coal pose of France in the preren at 10s, per ton would represent war was to fight and to win the

the interest at 5 per cent of a fight. capital of £24,100,000.

Well-known Shanghai Resident's Death

Must have come in a

Bullock Cart 1 **

The Times of Malaya, of the 27th înst., exclaims: Fro- We (N. C. Daily News) greatly digious (1) A telegram of 50 regret to sanoarce the death at words banded in at Singapore at Sidmouth of Mr. Henry William 9am. yesterday actually reached Goodenough Hayter, one of the its destination at Ipoh as 4.55 best known and most deservedlyp.just 5 minutes short of §. popular residents of Shanghai hours. It must have come along Mr. Hayter left Shanghai ins very in a bullock-cart,

poor state of health at the end of May last by the Fushimi Maru

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It will be remembered any the Naide then delivered the 29th December. The admis

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gold hidden on the premises of Indian womanhood and the es the Dantech-Asiatische Back and, tablishment of unity and concord it being ascertained on examins between the different races of tion to have belonged to the Indis in general, and the Hindos German Government, the treasure and Mahomedans in particolar. was confiscated by the Japanese

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