GENIRAL NEWS.
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Japan and Foreigners. The Sanamiye Police Station has established a staff to deal ar olutively with matters relating to fofürgüera. There have hitherto beam six interpreters, bat, no polioman anechally charged withi
“The foreiga sis
polics authorities have now instituted a "special" staff, omneisting of sis interpreters and four policemen, with the objet d dealing more rigorously with enemy aliens especially in regard to eormy trading. The new staff is quarter- ed in the Interpretere" Room.
A. Mysterious Old Woman, Japanese papers report lbs sp. pearance of a mysterious old wc- man in Kyoto who has developed a passion for cutting the hair of small school girls. It is stated thes during the last few days over a dozen girls of ten or eleven Jess of age bave had their hair out in the streets by this straugs old woman. The polios are lock- ing for her, hat so far she has not been arrested. It is not known whether the woman is actuated by some superetition or is a sort of maniac. Perhaps she does it for commercial purposes.
A Record Flight.
A world's beight "record of 23,048 ft., with passenger on board attained in 1 h. 3 min., has been established by Flight! Lieat. Francesco Brak Papa, of the Italian army, on Sie Fist biplane. The fight was made from the Taria: aerodrome on December 14, the machine carry- ing a useful load of 792 lb., and WEB, coially controlled. The rate of climbiap was se followe: 3,280 ft, were reached in 2 min. 30 BEC, 6,561 ft. in 5 mio.; 9,842 ft, is 9 min.; 13,123 tv. in 15 min. 18,400 ft. in 24 mio.; 19,085 ft. in 37 min. 30 ses. 21,325 ft. in 45 min.; and the maximum height of 23,048 fi, in just over the hour.
Attacked by Villagers.
The Bood Press reports that on the 9th ult.. when Mr. Masads; expert of the Land. Investigation Burean, was engaged-in-the survey of land at Wolpaili,O- | inmyon, Yongkang District, South Pyongando, several villagers assaulted him and his assistants, They deprived them of their saiveying instrumente, saying that the land was their own, inherited from their ancestore. Mr, Masuda did his beat to make the villagere understand that he
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was making the survey by order It is reported that the Shanghai
of the authorities, bat in vain, Chinese silk merahasta are con-
od was finally obliged to give templating the establishment of
1 the local authorities.
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A DARING VOYAGË,
Small Boat's Atlantic Crossing.
One of the smallest of steam
freighters which has ever crossed
the Atlantic, made port from Amsterdam, and is now (Dicem
p the work and report the matter school for leaching improved ber) undergoing repairs. She is methods in eericaltare and for the the Biesbosch, built in Holland planting of malberry.
Tokyo Improvements.
-7
184t
trees.
year. She escaped from obe
Reports in the Tokyo papers Arrangements are siready being of the worst storms which ever ate that the difficulties in the made to collect the necessary
y of enlarging and improving same.
t Imperial Hotel have been
D-rcome. The Home Minister's Proposed Japanese Flight.
swept the Atlantic at this time of year, after being helpless in the trough of the ees, her rudder
The Teikoka Hiko Kyokai disabled and her engines sbat
obial residence and those of (Imperial Aviation Society) is down for eix bours.
The Bieaborch is a stout orsit
oter officials which now oecapy making arrangements for a big of 242 tons net, 150 feet long, 22 theite facing Hibiys Park will fight from Tokyo to Okayama via feet beam, and a little more than be removed to a site boloweska Takamaten (Shikoku) and a the ill on which the War Office and few other towns in the 15 feet in depth of hold. She Do lands and facing the
went far to the north to keep oat neighbourhood. The event will Couts of Justice, so
that the
of the way of the U boats and
parkirontage will be at the dia. come if st the end of March or had bad weather nearly all the
the beginning of April
way. Jast north of the Faroe
. Aviation Ground Extension. Ilands she was struck by al
The
:
pose of the Imperial Botel sagement. The present build. ing vill be demolished as soon
Tekouzwa Aviation barricane. Hage oomberg at the new ones are ready to be Ground, near Tokyo; covers an roared cver the bow of the occaped. On this site of the area of 180,000 tsubo. Is ie pro- little craft, and her crew pressit hotel a number of small posed to extend the ground by thought she would be engulfed. buildnge will be erected and let 100,0000 teabo, roighly in the The deck ballast washed into the
shape of the letter T. The im
ses, and the cake of drinking mediate juepiration of the pro An interesting development of poral is due to the recent arrival Water went with it. For daye the ozew, 16 in Lumber, drank water the electric fan, described in of one monoplane end two condensed from the sea The Boientific American (New biplanes, both for military use, York), is's series of blades formed from France.
out as offices, restaurants, etc.
The Electric Faa.
A Recent Kobe Fire.
When the storm was at its woret a great wave amehed the on new linee, Says this paper:
rudder, and the ship was toered. "Instead of the propeller shaped
It has now been secerisired about at the mercy of the wind blade, the present devica is com that the fire at the offices of the and rea. While the crew was posed of sheets of metal rolled in New Zealand Fire Insurance attempting to repair the damage a oylindrical shape, ore oylinder Compary, Edo-maobi, Kobe, was the circulation ramp broke down, being within the other. The dns to carelessness on the part of torp'ng the engine. action of this fan when attach-Nagai Hatsuzo, aged 61, who was The Captain rent one half the ed to a motor in the ceiling in the Company's service 89 & crew into the engine room and the
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Attempted Murder by Polson, more effective Takatapki Babaco, a physician cooling as the heated air is nearest in Yoshino-mura, Jode-gun, Oke
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the raddar and Ister repaired the pump. Everything that was not clamped down was carried over- board. It took six hoare to make the ceiling, while the cool air. ie yama prefecture, recently found the repairs and "right the stout near the flor. Herce to draw corrosive sublimate in a present little freighter. It arrived in the cool air upward gives the best of sugar made by another physician port after 25 days ont. result, The ection of the fan is named Fujimoto Sakiji, aged 42, so gentle ibat it does not tend to living in a village near br. The Frise the doat from the floor, yet police arrested this man, bie wile A new Dame if not a new it effectively circulates the air and and his father, and examined disease. Nat N. Wills, American redeces the temperature in short them, with the result on Sunday tramp comedian and musical order. It has been tried with the trio confessed to baving comedy star, has died of petro success in restaurants and offices attempted to murder the family mortis caused by inhaling and is adapted to factorise, helis, of Mr. Takatsuki by pondo The gaolene fumes from a machine 2 blocks West of Cent, Market. and other places where perfect murderous physician was formerly on which he was, working in his ventilation is required."?
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