1917-01-29 — Page 3

GENERAL NEWS:

Consular Official's Sudden Death,

Says the Singapore Free Press of January 18-The painfully sudden death (ccurred yesterday of Mr. A. W. Gconeratas, Chan- cellor of the Royal Siamese Cot-, sulate in Singapore.

Mr. Gooneratus went across la the) Treasury about 2 p.m. to franesct some business, and while speaking to Mr. Stabbe, feit anwell and found difficulty in breathing. He WIE accommodated with a coal; but almost immediately died Mr. Gooneratos who was 6ity yests of spe, had been in the Вівтева Consulte for some twenty years, and had many friends in Singapore.

No Mufti for Officers la London.

Officer in London are now forbidden to wear mufti within the limits of the London District: Command, except in private houses and in clube of at least twenly five years' standing. Until recently sa exception bal been made in favour officers of the Guards Regiments, who were permitted to wear mufti in the evenings. This privilege bas Dow been withdrawn with a view to putting all cfficers on so equality. As for me time pal cificera have been forbidden to danos at hotela and clube in aaiform, the dancing which was to many such an obj·ctionable; frature at certain hotels and nightclubs, must (says the Times) Low be limited to civilians.

The Totalisator in Australia. The attention of Mr. JamABA (Minister for Education) who bas charge of the Totalisator Bill, was drawn recently to ramoura, currentin Sydney that the measure was being introduced in the in- terests of certain perenne alleged to hold shares in one particulari make of machine. "The reasone for the introduction of the bill," said the Minister, in reply, "are, firstly, because the totalisator will fford the Government mach necde) revenue, and, scovadly, because the majority of the people want it. So for ne the machice to be used in concerned, we pro- pose that clubs shall have the right of selecting their own brand, subject to the approval of the Government.

Slingsby Legitimacy Sult. The House of Lords last month, without calling on counsel for the respondents, dismissed the appeal in the Singeby legitimacy suit with costs, to be paid personally by the goardian ad litem or next friend. It will be remembered thatthe appellant, Charles Eugene Edward Slingeby, by his guardian ød litem, Commander Charles! Henry Reynard Slingsby, claimed a declaration under the Legit- imacy Declaration Act, 1853, that be was the lawful child of Cam- mauder. Slingeby and his wife Dorothy Murgaz Slingeby, and was therefore entitled as tenant în tail made on the death of hie father to the Singsby family! estates. The oase made by the respondente, Messrs. T. W. and A. P.Slingsby, who were brothers of Commander Slingshy, was that the appellant was a sopposititions child procured by Mrs." Slingsby. Beggar-Boy Kills His Rival,

On December 31at the body of a boy was found in one of the. Custome abeda at Bentenhams, Kabe. The remains were identi-) fied to be thora of a young loafer named Hashimoto Shigeo, 13 years, of Osaka, who came to Kobe about the middle of Novem- ber last. The body showed in- dications of death having been caused by strangling. The Kobol police begaa eesrobing for the murderer, and on Sunday afte non (7th instant) arrested a boy known as Yazo,15 years old, who used to pilfer in town and sleep at Bintenhams at night. Since this appearance of the murdered boy, Shigro, Yoso regarded the new comer as a presumpluona rival, who encroached on bis preserven, and had been looking for an op.' portunity to do his rival harm. Aceding to his own confession, You found Shigeo eleeping in the Castome abed on December 30.b, and at once proceeded to strang'e him with a tenugui. He then decamped, taking away Y180 which he discovered on bi violim'e person. - Japan Chronic'c

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