GENERAL NEWS.
Brothers Sentenced."
At the Suffolk Aseizes recently,j Richard Clarkson Mayhew, of Lowestoft, and Fredk. Geo, May- hew, brothers, both solicitors, wete sentenced to five years' and four years' penal servitude re- pectively for misappropriation and fraud. Bath had bearma backropta. Richard's deficiency was £24,000 of which £20,000. we owing to cliente.
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English Nurse's Death in Manila.
Miss Elissbeth Chambers, s well-known and popular nurse, died at St. Luke's hospital last evening after a short illness, says
the Manila' Daily Bulletin of February 28. The cause of death was becillary dysentery. Miss Chambers WES AD English- woman and was one of the most successful surres in Manila and bad just returned from sitending an important case when she wAR
taken ill. "
The Book Output. According to the Bookseller, 5,860 new books were published Jast year, which represente à 16- dnotion of remarkable size on the output of 1916. There have, however, toen almost "as many Dovala sa "args), over 1,600. The shallow-minded, who live. for large figures und „"records,” are the only people who will regret this reduction. The ex- pert knows what 'a maen of inferior at gets into print, Fiction remaine s game of hit- and-mies, in which one beppy. *apeculation pays for a host of failures. Who can possibly want thirty novels a week?- Exchange
Twelve Summonses For One Offence.
The North London magistrate recently commented strongly on the waste of public time and money involved in polios procesdinge under the Central Control Board ordere. The pre- sent practice appeared to be to isene a summons for every breach of every section of the clause of the orders. In the case before him a man had purchased a quare j tern of whisky forconsumption of the premises, and in order that the penalty might be fired the police had thought it recessary io issue no fewer than twelve summonses four against the landlord of the public-house, four against the barmaid who had accepted the order, and four against the man who had given it.
Pauperism Still Decllaing. Patperiem in England and Wales continues to decline. Ac- cording to an official retara pab- lished the number of persons in receipt of relief at the end of last March was 581,048, the lowest figure recorded since 1876, the year from which the returns start.. This figure represente a falling off in the number of paupers sinos March, 1915, of 88,€55, aud n deolins of 82,595 since 1914 In London there are fewer paa- pera than ever, the figure for last! March, 85,036, representing * year's decline of 13,013, and the lowest since 1878. During the
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1917.
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first quarter of 1916 paperiam SOLDIERS' & SAILORS' of the same family live together
continued at a much lower level than in the corresponding quar- ter of 1915.
CHILDREN.
New Scale of Separation
Allowance.
24, to the first and 1. to each other child.
The iceresses will be granted up to the age of 14. Beyond that age aliowances will continue to be made at the present rates and under present conditions.
Lessons From Űermany.
In view of the prevailing high Londen, January 24-Lord Bydenham, speaking at a con- prices of necessaries of life, it be ference of teachers in London been decided to make osrtain. io- yesterday, said that Germany had omaven in the rates of separation
Some little time will necess. provided the world for all time allowance payable for the children stily be occupied in effecting the with a terrible warning, and of sailors and soldiers,
re-annetament and imene of the For the lowest ranks in the allowances for the very large aleo a great lesson with regard to the utilisation of the huge Navy and Army (seaman and number of children concern-
tatem of national education private) the additions to existing að,
and meanwhile' payment for political purposes. Within allowacoon will be:---
will continue to be made at two generatinos she had Pros- Where there is a wife drawing present rates; but payment of sinnised the whole of Germany, separation allowance, 24. a week the extra allowances, including Publio morality in Germany had for the first child; ls. 6d. esch for arrears from the shore dates, will dealined most markedly, and the second and third, and la, for begin shortly. No application is there was a great increuas în | the fourth and each succeeding nEOMERTY, crimes of violence. There were a obild.
had given the world. The lesson of this sad experience was that the poster wielded by education was enormous for evil, but it must be equally powerful for good when properly handled.
Where the wife of a sailor or
direct result of drotrinpe' fiagrwal- Incrassed allowances will also soldier without children is unable ly violating all that: Christianity be given to the children of sailors from ill-bealth or other cause in and soldiers of higher rank where supplement her separation allow the total allowances to the family, ande by her earnings, and har szalasive of the man's contribe income is insufficient to meet the tions, would otherwise be less increased cost of living, her case than that to the family of a man of will be considered by the loca the lowest rank on the new scale. War Pension Committees of the For children of sailors of all Statutory Committee, Olaims for ranky aptitled to, the motherlees increased allowance to depan- best Masla, Batresh rate of allowance, the addition, dents of milors wad soldiers
the ground of increased For any child living singly £a; living will be sim and where two or more skildsen: 514 seed.
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