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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY SEPTEM
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Her Looth Birthday.
The 100th anniversary of the birth of Luvy Bons, pioneer champion of weman's rights, and noted infragist, was observed recently by the Massachusetts: Woman Suffrage Areociation: Min Alice Stone Blackwell, daughter of Luoy Stone, and pre- sident of the Association presided.
Recaptured German's Adventures. Dressed in civilian clothes, the seasped German prisoner Lieut- tenant Farnow, who was recaptar- ed at Farnborough, travelled anobserved by train from Water- loo. He carried a bag containing several tins of food, and he had a considerable sum of money. On slighting at Farnborough the Fofficer went to a house and asked for a drink of water and permis- sion to share. The tenant was suspicions sad sent for the police. On his arrest Farnow, said be. hoped to reach the coast and get away on a ship as a stowaway.
·Training for Social Work.
In connection with the newly- instituted course of training for social, work the Council of Bedford College for Women, University of London, have appointed Mr. O. D. Rackham ¡Cambridge: Classics] Tripo) 88 Director of Social Studies. Mrs. Rackham has had a wide experi· | ence of practical social work in Cambridge, having been for 13 years a member of the local board of guardians, besides serving on the Cambridge shire Insurance Committee. She has held a ten- porary appointment ander the Home Office as H.M. Inspector “of Factories since 1915.
Is it Bernhardi ?
The following” advertisement is appearing in the Pan German Deutsche Zeitung:-A German- minded author, of Germanic 1102, abo ja striving to realise large idesa of imporisnos for Germany's fatare, requests big-hearted, childless millionaire, either to adopt him together with his wife and hie fair haired and blue-eyed
reo, or to liberate him from a calling which paralyses his atrength: Osly serions invitations to a personal meeting, together with a promise to defray travell- ing expenses, will be considered. Personal inquiries may be made through the Deutschs Zeitung, Lander pledge of etriol recrecy on
both sides.
Kalier in a Watch-Towor," In describing how the Kaiser watched the Reims battle on July 15 from the top of a tower abcat! 75 feet high, Karl Bosner, the war correspondeat of the Berlin Lokalanzeiger, writes:-"At 3 o'clock in the morning the Kaisor turns to a, Staff officer and says." The Army shall know that I am with it in these serious hours, and that my witbes accompsey it. A few minutes later,
at a shaky table and in the dim light of a small pocket-lamp, the Emperor signs a telegram which is immediately dispatched to all the troopa engaged. The telegram reads: - His Majesty informs his troops that he has -arrived behind the front of attack- end will watch the battle from a
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All Steel Railway Carriage. The rapid advance of the all- sleal railway carriage in the United States during the last few years is a clear indication that this type of vehicle is gener- elly superseding the wooden coach on the other side of the Atlantio. Ten years ago there were barely 500 steel care in ass on the American railroads, but at the present time over 18,000 are re- ported to be in constant service. Before the war there was certain-: ly a growing feeling against the continuance of the wooden rail. sycosob in this country-at fasst on long distance express trains. The horrors of teles- coping and fire which followed the diesstrous collisions RL ingill, for instance, so shocked the invelling public that some reform in train construction was
ngly demanded. After the there will be a great over- ing of the country'a rolling stock, and it is to be hoped that this subcous of the all steel vähiola 8. A will be borne in mind
Mr. S-I have struck upon a brilliant idea. The men I bear ars playing golf and tennis for War Bond Tickets. Hubby has quite a few chances already, so instead of the ural silver trinkets I have decided at all my card parties, until the end of the year, to give War Bond ticket as prizes. Would'nt it be lovely if one of my guests won the $5,000 and at thir rate of exchange too fa
Mrs. G.-Capital. I think we might all to do the same and we'd not have that nasty feeling of just wasting our money on trash for half of every five dollars spent on War Bond tickets goes to help the wounded.
HONGKONG ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY'S
WAR BOND DRAWING
31st December, 1918. --
TICKETS, ON SALE ATFALL BANKS, HOTELS, (LUES & STORES.
TO BE LET.
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HAREHOLDERS are remind- ed of the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company to be held on TUESDAY the 8th day of October 1918, at 12 o,clock
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Limited No 6 Pedder Street considering and if thought: ft. confirming as a Special Resolu tion the Resolution set out underneath which was pasvei at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on the 19th day of September, 1918,
That the regulations con- tained in the printed document submitted to the meeting and for the purpose of identification subscribed by the Chairman thereof be and the same are huraby approved and that such regulations be and they an hereby adopted as the Articles of the Company in substitution for and to the exclusion of all the existing
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