1918-03-28 — Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

5 Years' Work for the Bilad. Mr. Hagh E. Walford bas just ompleted 25 years" voluntary wrk for the Reading blind poor. The result is seen to-day, for, with apopulation of 95,000, there is nt a single blind beggar on the aleets. Indeed, all the blind are well boused, decently clothed, arl seemred of a regular weekly vun sufficient to enable them to libin their own homes or enïtable logings.

$300 Worth of Butter Stolen. Two youths 17-year-old caman, named Frank "Aldridge, anl Charler Johnson, 16, a win- -do alesper-were remanded in custody at Tower Bridge Police Cart, charged with stealing 48- bares of butter, valus £900, the poperty of Hay's Wharf Cartage C William Jefferson, e Hoxton deler, was charged with feloni- only receiving the goods. The better has not been recovered.

Vienna's Plight.

An Italian Evangelical clergy- min named Selli, who has escaped toItaly after 30 years' residence in Vienna, states that the poor there are dying of hanger, and thit the mortality among the chldren is enormous. The Ans- trine, he says, have so far borne everything under the persuasion that revolation in Italy would shartly bring general peace.

War-Time Cable Record,

early nine million paying woids of international traffic were transmitted across the Pacific esble in the year ended March 31 last. In addition, 650,000 words of messages concerning wounded. members of the Field Forces were transmitted free. This establishes a further record, the total interna tional traffic having exceeded that of the previous year by one and a quarter million words.

Soldier's Mother's Last Farewell.

Mr. Sarah Mary Roberts, aged 61, wife of George Roberts, 4 retired farmer living at Stowe, near Weedon, died suddenly at her residence after saying good- bye to her aco, a member of the Royal Flying Corpe, who was returning to France on the expira- tion of his Christmas leave. When his train reseked Bletchley the son was informed by telegram of his mother's death.

V.A.D. Nurse Killed on Verandah.

One of the victims of the last air raid was Miss Elio Madaline Bates, a V.A.D. sorse who had fast returned home from France. On bearing the guns she went on to a versedah, sad was almost immediately struck on the head hy a flying piece of a bomb. At the inquest it was stated that no warning.se given to this district and that the order lo "take cover" was not received antil after the

Lands for the Air Ministry.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1918.

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Army. Captain Shore, of London, eaid this statement was false, and produced the forms of enlistment used. Wellhead denied using the words alleged in the first case,) but pleaded guilty in other cares.

"Doctor and Patient Too. "There is an old saying that a men who is his own lawyer has a Delhi Telephone Fire, fool for a client; I don't know Delhi, March 5.-A fire which whether that applies to doctoring broke out at the central telephone as well," said the Lewith exci ange on Sunday night com coronez, concerning a man who pletely destroyed the whole of had tried to physic himself. the connections, and some time maat elapse before the majority of eabecribers can again be provided with telephone facilities. The

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It is announced that Sir the Western front; they are to handred of the most important Howard Frank has been appoint. porducing 70 per cent. The Government connections within POULTRY AND PIGEON SHOW ed Director: General of Lands for supplies from other sources have twenty-four hours, and the re- the Air Ministry. Sir Howard is increased greatly, which makes mainder of the work will be also Director General of Lands these figures all the remarkable carried out with all possible

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the to the War Office and the Ministry week of the Canadian compstics switchboards were not destroyed, cf Munitions. The whole business

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PURCHASERS, OF PARI- MUTUEL TICKETS on the fifth Race, Second Day, for Cash Sweeps. Places and winners, also Cash Sweep tick et holders of following Races can obtain a refund on pro- duction of their ticket at the Office of the Hongkong Jockey Club, on the Ground Floor of the HONGKONG... CLUB ANNEXE Chater Road, be tween the hours of 3.30 PM. and 5.30 P.M. on MONDAY, 4th March, 1918 until 29th and Match (SATURDAYS and SUNDAYS excepted). "HOLDERS OF UNPAID WIN, ING TICKETS (Cash Sweeps, Places and Winners) will also be paid at the same piace and between the same hours as stated above on production of tickets,

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