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"GENERAL NEWS.

London Teachers in the War.

About 2 200 London teschiera are serving in the war, 82-harS been killed during the year, and the total of death has been 157 since the beginning of the war. į These figures were given at the somal conference of the London Tenabers" "Amcoiation- at the Memorial Hall when a resolution tesa passed securing the Govern- ment of the continued loyalty and evotion of the tenobers of Loo os, and their desire to help by Il mesh in their power to bring ie war to a succesful conclusion.

A Gas Company's Offence. AL Westminater Police Court ently, before Mr. Francis, the gridge Gas Company (Limit- Is Lancashire company) and directors and seoretary were imoned for failing to furnish iculare as to coal tar and coke

by products as required by Ministry of Munitions. Mr. ne, who with Mr. William 9 appeared for the prosecu said that of some 1,500 gas rns in Great Britain which required to furnish inform. the defendant company was ly one that bad ignored the a. Mr. Francis said be tisfied that the default was the carelessness of the ry of the company, on he imposed a penalty of The company was ordered 1 fine of $20 and 10 guïness | d each of the directors

Est British Raid on Roulers

Arsenal.

rdam, Oct 16.-Describ i eroism of British airmen in ars, a correspondent of theaaf says that one of the alfa Roulers, when the sras bombed, was one of

# the dramatic and terrible epity the Flandern strug gle. Germans, be saye, bad quattroops in the arsenal; a new., building of several store he man arrived at 4 o'olcaihe afternoon, and a aquadf British sirmen ap- pesreuif-past 9, and dropped incenoom be on the building. These trated the roof and csusait colampe of fame to

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the Grafton Galleries recently la oenoldsior, M, Venizelos Mr. G. Marchetti, of the Greeksid :-*** Greece is ready to make Legation, presided, and the sacrifoes to draw her own. Minister, M. Gennadios, war frontier liner, which will be kept, among these present. The prot least, for decades, if not for ceedings were conducted centuries, so that we may continge Great.

our civilising in faepce in the The Chairman said that they Mediterranean. We are ready to

all gave an enthusiastic welcome to make

(Load Bacrifices." the man who had glorified Grasce, cheers). and in whom they had had the M. Ven sales was received by greatest faith, even in their worst the King and invited to lancheon daye. Without referring to the at the Palace yesterday. treachery that had existed at home starday he was entertained at and abroad, he could pay that laboheon by Mr. John Stavridi. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Greece resumed her cormal life honorary counsellor to the Greek Meeting of the Shareholders in when Veniseloa again took con-Legation, and Mr. Winston this Corporation will be held at trol. (Cheers.)

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the CITY HALL, Hongkong, on SATURDAY the 23rd day of February, 1918, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report with a Statement of Accounts for the year ending the 31st Decem- ber, 1917.

The Register of Shares of the Corporation will be CLOSED from MONDAY, the 11th Febru ary, to SATURDAY the 23rd" February, 1918, (both days in-. clusive), during which period no transfer of shares can be registered.

sacendediately high above Calcutta, January 24.-A cable

As much as 810a. dozen bottles thears There was panic, and from London reports the death.

Darining to speak, M. Vanizelos while trmans, some of whom last Friday of Mr. Thomas Fraser, was paid for old brandy st á eale jampe of the windows, were joint manager, Chartered Bank of wines, brandies, and cigars at was greeted with lead and con ronnibit into the Plees of Ladia. Deceased had been Obristie's recently. The brandy tinued applause. When it sub d'Armes airmen descended agent of the bank at firet at Bom-end cigars were the property of sided, he said :-It is a great CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM of the Court of Directors together and finthem with machine bay and afterwards at Calcutta, the late Mr. W. K D'Arey, of pleasure to see you all again gans. fire was seen a long and some ten years ago was Bianmore Hall and 42, Grosvenor. after an absence of four years. way tff the poise of the guns transferred to London. He had equare. About 70 desen bottles My and than he woke people se been in falling bealth for some of brandy were fered, sad the different from what they were FIRST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING will be held in far an Laeghem. The car- time. The exchange banks here prices realiasd ranged from 200a. then, when we had emerged.

on MONDAY, responddoes not know how closed yesterday after noon as a dozen to more than £2 10. a triumphant from the Balkan the City Hell

bottle. The highest figure was Ware. Those were times af February 18th, 1918, at 5.45 P.M, mpoy killed in the strenal, mark of respect to his memory.

We are all reached for .lot which included pride for Greece. but he figures given which

Shanghal S, P. C. A. six bottles of brandy, 1818, looking forward to the fature he relai mention for fear of The repart of the Shanghai Grande Veille Reserve from the (cheera), but, when I compare exagger The place was Society for the Prevention of Hotel de Paris, Monte Carlo, and those glorious days of four years 12 months. strictly until all traces of Cruelly to Animala for January choice brandies of the 1880, 1848, ago with the present M To receive Report of proceed- the dead been removed. ·

1918 recorda 13 convictions for and 1858 vintages. Sixteen dezen Venizelos at this point broke inga during 1917. oruelty to chickens, three convic bottles of 1840 cognac, Grande down sad resumed his seat amié Conditio Belgian Refugees. tions for cruelty to ponies and Liqueur Champagne, Demaret a sympathetic applause.

Mr. HFisher, the President one conviction for aruelty to a File, aine, were sold at 405, to At a later stage, M. Venizelos of the LGovernment Board, sheep, which resulted in fines to 4808. a dozen, and 3608, a dozen again spoke, and at the outset has receis letter from Count the amount of $102 being inflicts obtained for the 1860 vintage apologized for breaking down. It Gobles diells, Belgian Mizia-ed on offenders. This is the of the same growers. ter and e-President of the largest amount in fines received Belgian ate, with reference by the Society, in one month, fo: Canadian Officer Acquitted.

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At the Central Criminal Court him in his long polition! career, recently, before the Recorder, the It was very seldom that he had trial of Charles Leilob, 29, in to compare two such incompar Belgian gees and refugee banks of the Grand Junction bail, upon the charge of forging said that his hearers were in

Four boys playing on the officer in the Canadian Forces, on able situations. Continuing, he commite Count Goble d'Al- Canal at Brantford recently dug and attering a obeque on the home to see to what depth better position than those at Tiella Bs that everywhere. a channel 2ft wide, 18ft. long. Bank of Montreal for £18, was "four the refugees in and 18in. deep, with the result concluded, it was alleged that

had fallen Greecs satiefry state. Nearly that the water Bowing through

DINARY ANNUAL MEET- tellwork, and many wore away the bank. Bat for the defendans while in hospital the days of the Baikan WaTHE THIRTY-FIRST OR- filled in a cheque for 812 in the Their present miseries were due ING OF SEAPEBOLDERS will Were selpporting. The re Solvee, tih proclaiming their prompt sction of an cficial 35 name of Lieutenant E J. Bourke, to one man, the fallen King, abom be held at the OFFICES of infobiedz to the English drained and great injury done to

miles of canal would have been brother ceffioer, and got it cash the Greek people loved so much Mesars. Jardine, Matheson & Co. dation, arusly waited for the the arrounding property, while

defendant pleaded at one time, and he could have Ltd., on THURSDAY. 21st Feb- Shit The

led them to the realisation of ruary, 1918, at NOON, for the end of theile, but, sa a fald, canst trafic would have been so

"Not guilty." Mr. Travers

Sir their dearest dreams. If they purpose of receiving the Report Hamphraya ware cont with their lat. This interfered with that a number of Fimar Greenwood and

had been led getray it was ustors of the Directors and, the State- refuge 1980s, has important works would have had Hernan Doren od sed. Bir that they should suffer the results ment of Accour for the year RAINWATER PIPES refugi have adapted, them to stop. The boys were fined Sa. Herr Grind the of their own folly. The late of ending 31st December, 1917. Alves to ir new surroundings, arch.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of defence was that the defendant Greece was doomed if the Constan- Death of Famous Cricketer. offering from the effects of time policy was pursued, (Cheers) the Company will be CLOSED Memories of many famous injurice received at the front, and what would be the condition of from MONDAY, 11th February

Grade at the end of the great to THURSDAY 21st Februar vian cricket matches, will be revived at the time he signed the chets way? It Germany beat the 1918, BOTH DAYS INCLUSIVE.

by news of the depth of Harry is was not in a' condition to "re Allies,which they could not Bo Order of the Board Trott, sanounced in Benteralise what he was doing. He had message from Melbourne. Es no intent to defrand. At the battle think, they would find their here: Lirectors, wse 61 resin old.. Trost was of Vimy Ridge he volunteer to diary shemy, Balgatik, strongly the all-round cricketer, and one takes party of men to odtrgalette of the beat captains who ever tock a position won by the Comidine

prosecuted;

an Australian team into the field. Forond. The party withstood for He came to England fires in wook the bombardment. 1888, and in thres Jabrequent enemy. During the bombardi ansson, the Isst being In the defendant was blow

1898 he slayed the innings of suffered from shell:

entrenched on their frontma Even if Balguris did nor coul Greecs at once, the would wait for the right moment and exter minate the people. If the war ended ́iboonalusively, who would undertake to deprive Bulgaria of the territory which the bed

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