1916-03-07 — Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

Forthcoming Marriage. ̧

The engagement is announced of Mr. Edgecombe" "Baber, of Halay States, rabber planter, to Mary (Birdie), only daughter of W. H. and Darothes Brockle- bank, of **Ingram,” Logan River, Southern Queensland.

Penang Wireless,

The Singapore Fost Office has issped a circular announcing the working of the Wireless Stations at Singapore and Penang. The normal range by day is 350 miles, by night. 700 miles, and the normal wave length 600 metres. Coast and land line charges are 17 cents per word.

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** Mr. Wu" la Vienna.

A recent vistor to Vienna was surprised to find the English play "ME. Wu" to be a most popular Svening entertainment and great- ly advertised. He went to the Neues Wiener Volks-theater to see it and ascertained that the cause of its popularity is the domination of the principal character, s Chinese over an English business

36.25%

Rinderpest in the Philippines.

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THE SLACKER.

And what Came of His Con- scientious Objections.

With the rinderpest apparently spreading beyond all possibility of immediate control by the go- Ternment authorities, and with

Since the outbreak of war his the disease already attacking the cattle and carabao in Manils itself, life had been quite the reverse of the cattle plague situation is look ed upon as more serious than it has been for years, says the

Manila Bulletin.

German Money Matters.

comfortable. Pal after pal of his joined the ranks, and be had talked with them on their pro- spects after they had got their

AVERAGE AGE OF MARRIAGE IN JAPAN.

Late Marriage in Kyushu.

From the fact that people of warm climates generally marry earlier than those in colder coun- tries it has been generally thought that the people of Kyosho, which

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Typewriting: Manuscript of every kind accurately and neatly typed at khaki, Jolly boys they were, too, is the warmest part of Japan, TO LET-From 1st April 1916, short notice by Baglishman. and, at first, they merely express marry earlier than those in other the premises at present oc Terms 30 cents per folio. Com- ed mild surprise that he did not parts of the country. From cupied by MESSES DONNELLY mercial correspondence in ag The German Government is enlist. Bat, with generous hearts, official statistice published, & WHYTE For full particn- lish

Chinese business striving to obtain another 550, they made excuse upon excuse would appeas, however, that such lars apply to MANAGER gentlemen a speciality. Write Despatch, Hongkong Tele- 000,000 by the creation and levy for him, until one by one they is not the case. According to the HONGKONG HOTEL of fresh tazes. Thus it is hoped went into the trenches, some latest official census the average

graph.

to retum wounded, others to age. cf Japanese men is put at 32

that the growing deficit may be momentarily checked. A tobacco monopoly is probable, but at any them if they were a little bit-units of these average ages, howe

go west Who, could blame and that of women at 29. In the TO LETA House in Kauts- rate, tobacco and cigarettes are ter? Who would deny them the ever, are included a large num- Apply to

ford Terrace, Kowloon. ·

for

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set down on the black-list for right to grumble a bit? Who { ber of men and women'making « THE HONGKONG LAND IN|{ "HARTS FOR SALE-1 Com-|

applied after April 1. This will

taxation, and the measure will be shall say they had not the licence second and third marriage. The

to ask why they should have to average age of marriage has there fight when slackers like he were fore had to be sought only in skunking at home and doing respect of men and

Women st

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sdd 20 per cent. to the present retail prices. German estimates arsome that this new impost will nothing? He was quite big and first marriage, and the result produce about £4,800,000. Other new taxes are mentioned, such as strength, as well able to shoul- respectively. By way of compari-Messrs. Badecker & Co.

strong, the picture of health and obtained has been 27 and 23 TO LET Offices. 5, "Duddell Street, now in occupation of electricity, insurance policies, der a gun as they, and just as fit son the average ages of men and Apply to posters, and advertisements. to take a turn in the trenntes. No women at first marriage in the THE HONGKONG LAND Moreover, the present taxes oa wonder it pazzled them, as it did various districts of Kyushu sre. VESTMENT & AGENCY. cigars, on letter postage, telefor a while. Then that small but given below.→→

CO., LTD.. grams, and telephone messages insistent voice whispered its in- credible message, and left them no shadow of room for doubt that he was a victim of Cowardice.

will be raised.

A Loss to Tropical Medical Science. The death is reported of Sir

His khaki-clad friends fell Francis Henry Lovell, Dean of the London Sebcol of Tropical Medway from him one by one. They had no use for such as he, though,

Prefectore

Fukuoka

Men, Women, 27.58 23.28 Saga. 27 25 23.16 Nagasaki... 28.04 23:83 Kumamoto 28.08. 23.33- Oita

27.23 23.17 26.83 23.20

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28.14 24.17

Miyazaki Kagoshima Okinawa T 28.94 2477

مراد

icine, who died in Hampstead in all fairness to them, let it be 28th ult, in bis 72nd year. By said they were not altogether de bis death the study of tropical void of sympathy for him. Bat, zealous advocates. He began his good fellows that they were, they As will be seen fror, the above life work as Colonial Surgeon of were at last driven to unburden

medicine Icees one of its most

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Dynamo, &c, complete with in- struments for 100 Amps. For fur- ther particulars apply to Merers. Linstead & Davis, Alexandra Buildings.

Hongkong 15th September, 1915.

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the average age of marriage in WELLS FARGO & CO

Sierra Leone, 1873-1878. Here, their minds concerning him, so Kyushu is, contrary to the popular and in the West Indies, he saw tired were they of his paltry belief, actually higher than that!

for himself how terrible were the effects of fevers of the malarial. and yellow type, and was able to for opinions as to the necessities of dealing with the problem of combating them-London' 'and China Express.

Shanghai's Boy Scouts.

excuser

for the whole country, though Kyushu is, generally speaking, Often their remarks filled him the most prosperous part of Japan. with burning shame, and then be In this connection it will be in- as almost rash enough to enlist. teresting to note that the age of Bat always Cowardice was there marriage in the north-eastern pro ready to grab him by the cost-virces, which are the least favoured collar and haul him with scant in the country, being frequently ceremony from the very doors of abject to famines and other An interesting competition be the Recruiting Station, prompt calamities, is the lowest in Japan, tween the patrols of the 1st, 3rd, ing him to gaze vacantly into the while lare marriages are more and 5th troops of the Chinese Boy first shop window available while frequent in such large cities as Scouts was held at Shanghai lastew batch of recruits, not yet Tokyo and Osaka. In the case of Saturday week. The events, saya out of multi, went swinging by, these Japanese figures it will be the N. C. Daily News, included! And so time went on, with necessary to make some allow Semaphore and Morse station always the dread sceptre in the ances for the delay that takes signalling Scout's pace; firet back ground, for ever bold place in some instances in register- aid; music; knot-tying judging hand-Compulsion.

ling over him a threatening ing marriages; still there has been areas and distances; observation

that a positive tendency to late. (Kim's game); and drill. There became law, what then? If marriages in recent years as com the Government said "Compared with, say, two decades ago. were fifteen competing patrole, and some interesting work, dear poleion", then he was indeed lost, to the heart of Bader-Powell, w30 The Government did say "Com- accomplished. The Shanghai, Fulsion", but, thank heavens, Troop won the competition easily they had remembered such as he,

If

and had inserted a Conscientious

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with 220 points, the other troops Objectors Clanse. There was burly sergeant, who at one time gaining 80 between them. Among still a loophole. This saving had had recruiting duties, but the judges were Dr. Patrick, Messrs. A. J. Stewart, G. 8. F. clause seemed to give him a new who was now on sterner business, Kemp, A. F. T. Holland, Edward lease of life, his stride became Our slacker was yanked with Evans, Junr.; the Scoutmasters more jaunty. So it came his small courtesy back to the Chair- of the 2nd, 7th and 8th troops, anal, to state why he objected tradesman with six sons fighting turn to appear before the local man of the Tribunal, a genial old and District Scoutmaster H. 2.

to doing his share in the life and at the Front, who quite obviously Flertalet.

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