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GENERAL NEWS.

No Work With Germans. Labourers employed by a firm contractors on building for the War Office protested against the employment of German pri- soners of war on the same work and threatened to strike unless the Germans were removed.

Objectors Get a Ducklog. Sixty conscientious objectors, sent to work in the New Forest, mst with a hostile reception on their arrival at Brockenhuren. They were pelted with tarf, booed sad bustled, and some of the erau atragglers os.ne in for

rougher bandling. Two of the men were dacked in a stream and their luggage thrown from a lorry into the water.

European 'Drowded at

Rangoon.

„A drowning vocident took place in the Ryel Like, Rangoon on Jaly 26, the victim being D. R. Watson (23), covenanted Besistant to Steel Brothers and Co. Ltd. Mr. Watson, who was practising for Saturday's Regatts, went for a acoll and the eball capeized. Mr. Wilson, who was on another abell heard abouts and along with Mr. Goodehild ecalled to the scene. The latter dived several times bot Mr. Watson was not to be found. He was a member of the Highland Company of Bangoon R·les.

Mr. Speaker "Called Up." There was load laughter in Parliament when Mr. James Mason neked the Secretary to the 'National Service Ministry if s "notice had been sent to Mr. Speaker proposing to tranefer bim to Wolverhampton es a labourer at 43. a day with 5e. a week war- bonag, on the ground that such service was deemed to be of greater national importance than that on which he was engaged. Mr. Cecil Beck replied that, by a regrettable clerical error (laugher)-

calling op notice, intended for the Speaker's gardener, who had. volunteered, was sent to Mr. Lowther instead.

now

The Shanghai derman Bank

At lae, gys the N. 0. Daily||| Netes, the foals of the Bank of Chins, under the direction of Mr. G. Patveri, who some from Peking for the perpore a week ago, ate in a position really to start the taek of liquidating the German Bank. The keys to all the safes and strong rooms, particularly the key to a certain safe that have been do'ained at the Datch Coneulste, have now been secured and the work of invent- orging the bank's funde is well under way. A balance sheet ie being drawn up but it will, of ocurse, be some time before any definite sistement of the bank's. "actual condition on be made. It is understood that there se about 14 lakhs in losos against gold bare and the estimated

amount of eyera. in six lekbe.

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A German Fortress in.

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GENERAL NEWS.

The Universities shd War.

Indo China 9. N. Co. left the cOS for & time to a accept a post at Tangkin with the Aviatie Petro-

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A club-bouse, formerly run by Germans, was one of the place? bombed in the recent London The ffect of the war on the leam Co, but later captained the raid and it was darkly biated mac-power of our universities steamer Gatris which was lost on st an inquest at St. Pancras shown in the most remarkable Taku bar. He was later in com- on one of the victime, that the manner by the report of the nad of the river walls were very" thick. "Do graduation ceremony at Aber-Tehhsing. The decerned officer you think that this building war deen. The Duke of Lichmond teaves a widow Bud s'daughter of |

Chancellor, 12, who reside in Shanghai. · erected by the Germané with any and Gordon, the ulterior motive, to have a etong capped the graduanda, und every hold for use in case of the invaneme in the honours list wee that sion of London ?" the startled į of a lady! Our aniversities are Coroner neked. The witness for the moment "ladies' seminar-

(Mr. Carl Bentechai) replied that ios," he had often thought it strange that some of the windows and

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doors should have been bricked (Baya the Singapore Free Fress up. le could not understand subject to the approval of Hi why this was done."When we Majesty the King, has been THE took over the club on the ont pleased to appoint Mr. Raberi break of war we found statues Peebles Brach to be an Urficis: of the Keiser and Bismarck Member of the Federal Council "Weremoved daring the absence of the Bon. there," he added. them, with

other Germanie Mr. A. Payne Gallway, who bas embleme, to the cellar. On Satur. been granted leave of absence for day the Kaiser and Bismarcka period of ex months from statues were destroyed." The June 9 b, 1017. witness mentioned that Dickens

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