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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

Dr. Bradley on 19th Century Changes.

There are some abejous dis alvar tages to the French plan of extreme deliberation in the caini Wil be a line of a vichona, ) century

AMERICA AND COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE,

Washington, Feb. 26 Presiden: Harding's message proposing that the United States enter the fourt of International Justice has surprised Congressional circles, and it is doubted whether the Senate will approve the proposal. The present session, the irreconduites stormy, the debate in the Senate probably reopening the old subject of American participation in the League of Salons. The mugray of the morning papers favenz President Hirding's plan, but think the time too short for action in the present sedan of Ongress.

A NEW YORK ARSENAL.

New York. Feb. 26. The police have discovered and seized a quantity of arms and ammunition Hillen in a cellar of a Tenement Rose. The cases numi sred 170 and contained 200 modern Army ritles, 25 anchine guns, numbers of hand grenades and many thous.nas cartridges. It is believed they were destined for the Ireland.

TRAIN DERAILED.

the lite of a lanzase brin with it now war is, new phrases, and new pronunciations, Mang | Kpressions, 021 the other hand, breame obsolete, and some fall so frompletely out of us that even

their meaning can scarcely bal Curated by a generation which has succeeded that in which they wore familjar.

This paint was illustrated by Dr. Henry Bradley, the senior)

of revolver editor of the "Oxford English Irregulars in Dictionary” in an interview with

New York. Feb. 24.

A message from Mexico City says that Vincent Yode. Chair- man the Mexican Hardware has an injured read, prisibly his skull fractured and rib bruken, his wife is severely bruised, British entructor Killed several others verbondly injured. through the deramrutf a trait at San Ma

Owing to the spreading of the rall Yorke's private car fell nity fat down a ravine.

and

RUHR REINFORCEMENTS,

Pris, Feb. 25.

A Fresh semificial message from Duesseldorf says that the errones 24 reports of Buck troops sent to the Ruhr as relaftrements probably arose from the fact that ene rollet division contained "two hundred men from Martinique, whowe reziment ly remouined in the Ruhr freight hours,

HONGKONG LABOUR.

Joint Meeting of Union

Representatives.

Hongkong labour unlawte hed

OFFICIAL MEASURER'S

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Charges of Forgery.

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Dr. Bradley said that often they.! had to mark a obeolte words Phat were quite common in the middle of the nineteenth century at a letter from a foreign profes and he recalled that recently het

whwas studying Thackeray, asking him about the a-shingl of various expressions. "Most of thern," he wait,” I was the to An-wer, are sull currentbatinone or two makes I was self quite in the dark, or at any rate, verg uncertain, as to what Thackeray jurant, although evidently he was

guste faminar at the period when using expressions which were

he was writing."

The war brought in an en- nous crop of new words and hrases, "What proportion of Ihm will survive, we do not know; Dr. Bradley temarked, "they may disappear as quickly as they came, and I date ay some jare obsolete already. I thought: |I was rather challenging criticism

when I ventured to put the word! strafe in the Dictionar, but I [do not think that anybo⋅ found

fault with it.

WAR VOCABULARIES,

"Wats have always given us ng w words Those on the Con-l t.aent in the sixteenth and early

Luk Tangchenes, & yang clerk, in meeting on son buy alternate was changed bufo Mr. B. denss the proposed amalgamation | Lindsell at the Magistring pester- cf the two istrag geseral habond day afterna, na trzecharges of ucius, the King Ten Trang ia Borging the sunsture of B and the Back Bong Thing Branch in three cheque for Seventeenth century, in which large numbers of English, ead. representing all labor unions in Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in re especially Scottish volun- the Colay. The two general mai de diners dates, of uttering the fore, took part, brought a very į were represented by ten men exco cheques not

leonsiderable number into the reviving the English language. Many of them Hall out of use a quickly as they [come in.

sal the lormation of an -soviation Sinn apt SMS drawn on

sad about thirty neutral organisam ne stated with intent toms were also repressat-1.

Thh it whe the boon.m stew Lf those present that the mation of & parent vala, presenting all „lutove vances, wa-

{ passed to that effect in view of the aos-representative of thirts or the

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to

defract.

Mr. 6 N. Tand preted and Mr. RA. Wes-pl-1.

tising the ease. Mr. Tinal

Part of his dupy was step, the meeting suggested that a

writt weight certitigates. Mr. temporary sriety forme 1 with me Rept burbeque book in al

"Pronunciation also altega con- siderably. The difficuly here is,

aties.

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the armed bad been in the Flut purposes of comparison, avensary, there was no resolutionplus d' Mr. Branch, ial that the accurate phonetic incheiter, of 39 Cocovight Bondpressoration of pronunciation Central, for about tan peace as a Walker, the first pronounc

only of recent date,

ing dictionary of importance, no very THAI precision in the a view to interesting other 2 alle mall dramer in a full top desk.

discrimination of sounds WV 1.9 in the over-pt.

The Kost To Tong Waj bas it was from thus deter that the observed if one were to endeavour which was senged with a pathek tempted, and a great deal of change, therefore, might go un- azrmed, 26, but the new of its 1-fondant was alleged to bate petus to the n-ty, which will spelen the the pier in the case. OuWalker with modern diction- to indicate it br comparing (hoe lanangomated on the 1st March the Biere the defendant)

Whet formed the general associa premated

Mr. Meltban, jina will be called by the sorte in CATAY of the

"The changes we саг tracel furent Areval Igen by the

bun Yates during Deportest of the Hongkong and

most easile are those in accents ble resent visit in bana tluk Tierra Sunghat Band, when in friend and in quantities of vowels. Am I

, which suggests that purporting to hoge heen sized 1251835 to 1849 was reckoned very [Smart's dictionary of about th new a reading will be the Me Ben Native with hend vei a oflenu.

the signature Mr.

good evidence for London pia- In connecting with the tooler to base

nunciation of that period. There Cuatro of a omputation of Hong the ie vee properly.

lare a good many pronunciations kong labort there too piano kažurant so

there that are unusual new. Where endichry trumposte in the Molise moderne-te-not told him

for example, most people now ten in heter of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, defendant went

15 'fabric" Smart,gives "Ta-bric." inform it was given on by th winter.

i-a used to be pronounced "say Two that, in the demon Department, while robayan

the Met-Pope rhymed it with the word or Dr. Sught Fanton. A fail took the cheque to Mriorixinal pronunciation of sea. thed potation mentisced the wipe Photoeness, the Chief Aequatant Comparison of the process of Borang Na Linnuthin specimen ut Mr. Branch the Oxford English Dictionary and the fp To Sposture. Miter 8 All delaminating both Mr. Methali and French Academy is very favour- careful ex with that of the Dictionary of the proval Me. Postpers PAM

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as the "New English Diction. jary," was issued in 1834.

16 telephone Bow Wows are force i be message, Mr. Branch raled as the Į šiemeti employed or the Hongkong Bank ten minutes later. 'tཟ”apfh

Warhom spater- and was declar

Fare w he saw the therçan be declared dan lwful spots some time it was a forters.

lookios Ic

for Brom the emppressing of the other through the cheque book brought

14, which Cook place during the Mr. Branch it was found that taken strike.

everal phoques buri heen tera!

now. Dr. Bradley said. approaching completion, though Ipo-sibly it may take at least two

JAL KITAA

PARTNER DEAD.

Dr. Men was quoted as has ingef coropletela with the JEM MACE'S SPARRING Find the labourers that if they won jewaterfall, including the two ic spinned they had adequate reasons respurt of the other énages Mr. shop on did thems Res appenathfin Chenk, the positat com Old-time Pugilist Who, Fought ¦ tie logul fiorenm-arm the faut-) prodore, WIL- call-is and while he was examining the defen

With Bare Knuckles. Formerly travelling show

one-time sparring:

It is all that diviak of the dedant Mr. McPhail noticed a pieceman and s tunet guilds will be invited of paper in the defendant's fight! nesting to be held in the next few days to explain matters before the other wuild- take action.

THREE DAYS ACROSS SEA.

band. Mr. del'ail pened the Jem

partner of the famou

Mace. defendant's fingers and took away ed

William Naylor, acrumpled up paper which provedly at St. George's road, was th 81, who died sudden to be the voucher for the cheque, subject of an inquest at South-

In reply to the Magistrate, Mr-wark recently, Tinson suid there was no direes evidence with regard to the other engine driver, said that his father His son, William Naylor, 11 house passenger planes which at Seville and at Buenos Aires to tan cheques.

Mr. Pentzerosa, Mr. McPhaillness in his life, had done) who had never had a day's promoters hope will make regular and others gare evidence, alter nothing for 20 years; and way trips between Spain and Argent-hich the case-was adjourned until in receipt of the old age pension. ina. the ropage lasting only three today.

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