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DECEMBER 17, 1921.
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The Earl Of Ducie Dies At Ninety-Four.
By the death of the Earl of Ducis at the age of 94, the House of Lords has lost its" Father."
Bora in the reign of George IV., the Earl lived in five reigns. He was elected Liberal M.P. for Strood in 1852, and in the follow ing year succeeded his father and went to the House of Lords,
He bald a minor office in Lord
Palmerston's Government over
·60 years ago.
The Earl was descended from Sir Robert Ducie who w& Lord Mayor of London in 1631. An extremely wealthy man, he was the banker of Charles I, who had an overdraft of £80.000 which was never recovered. In spite of this Sir Robert left his son nearly half a million.
A brother of the Earl succeeds to the title. He is the Hon. Berkeley Basil Moreton, born in 1834. who many years ago made his home in Queensland. The now peer has filled many posts in the Dominion Government, and has a large family.
Sir Richard Charles Moreton, another brother, and three sisters, in this longlived family, survive the Earl
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The anticyclone has moved | Temperature eastward, and a depression has Humidity formed over N.E. China.
Wind Direction The monsoon is interrupted to Wind Force the North of Amǝy.
Weather..........
Moderate monsoon may be ex- Rain....... pected over the China Sea.
Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 a.m. to-day, 0.00 inches. Total since January 1st. 97.20 inches, against an average of 82.54 inches.
FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOUR! ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.
-District. Forecast.
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N.E. winds,
1 Hongkong to Gap moderate;
overcast. Rockzury
some rain..
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T. F. CLAXTON, Director.
H. K. Observatory, Dec, 16.
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3.Bouth count of The same
Chins between
as No. 1 H.K. & Lamooks,,
4 Bouth coast of
China between H.K. & Hainan.
The same
No. 1
1. Y. CLAXTON, Director.
EL.K. Observatory, Dec. 18, 1921.
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