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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1926,

PRESENTATION.

DOCKYARD OFFICER'

RETIRES.

A very pleasing little ceremony was performed on Thursday on the bccasion of the retirement of Mr. U Taung-hong (Mr. T. H. Woo) from the staff of the Civil En 'gineer-in-Chief's Department of the Naval Yard," bag

Three cruisers of the Reserve Fleet, the Carysfort, Castor and Dartmouth, are being brought for- ward this week (says a Home paper of Sept. 9th) for service as trooping vessels, to convoy reliefs to the China Station The Carys- fort has been undergoing a long In presenting Mr. Woo with a reft, during which she has been token of esteem from the European paid off into dockyard control. She Staff, Mr. Carothers expressed the was to complete on Sopt. 9, and sorrow of the staff in losing one next day, commission at De of the most able and efficient ofl- vonport, as an independent.com-cers it had been his pleasure to mand, for trooping duty. Of the meet. Mr. Woo had served, as ather cruisers, the Castor is in re- Senior Accountant Clerk for serve at the Noro and the Dart-period of 30 years and was retir mouth af Devonport. Selections

Ing to take up business elsewhere. for the command of all three Herexpressed, the wishes of the vessels are announced: Captain Staff for his success in his new HA. Buchinnan-Wollaston, C.M.G., sphere. recently relieved as Captain- Superintendent of Contract-built Ships on the Tyne, will command the Carysfort. The Caator will be joined by Captain A. J. Landon, prometed a year ago, and since studying at the Senior, Officers Course at Sheerness while to the Dartmouth Captain "M. G. B. Legge, D.S.O., has been appointed. Capiniu Logge, who was promoted at the new year, was formerly S.N.O. on the Upper Yangtse, 'in the gunbont Widycon,

Captain L. W. Braithwaite. C.M.G., has been selected for the command of the Hawkins, flagship of the China Station, which ap pointment also carries with it the duties of Chief, of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief of. the Station. Captain Braithwaite joined the Navy in July, 1892 and was promoted captain in Decem- ber, 1917. He is no stranger to the China Station. He was thore

in 1908 as a subllentenant of the cruiser Endymion was with the naval brigade landed for the ad- vance on Peking, in the courae ol which he was severely wounded. le received the medal with clasp. In, the late war he saw much scr vice and was communder of the cruiser. Cumberland when it broke out. With that ship he was in various affairs on the Africa Station and in the Mediterranean'

Ilo und later in the. North Sea. was mentioned in despatches for his services in the Cameroons, 1914-16, and received the C.M.G.

Captain Braithwaite takes thờ place of Captain W. J. C. Lake,: who has been flag captain and chief of staff since October, 1924.

CULION "LEPER COLONY,

NOT TO CLOSE DOWN.

There is no immediate danger of a tie-up of activities at the Culion loper colony, according to Vice Governor Gilmore announced, says the Manila Bulletin

He said a way had been found to escape the present difficult situation of the colony resulting from a ruling prohibiting transfer of funds from one item to another in the colony appropriation in meeting, deficits in allotments for certain activities.

Mr. Woo expl'assed his thanks for the many kindnesses shown him by the European Staff and asked each one to Recept from him

small token of the esteem In which he held them.

MINERS STRIKE.

BAD NEWS FROM SOUTH WALES.

London, Oct. 5. An important development in the mining dispute is the Miners' Fed- oration has withdrawn the safety men from several, large collieries in Glamorgan, on the ground that some of the safety men are being used for coal cutting.

A special delegate conference of the South Walos Miners' Feder- ation at Cardiff has overwhelming rejected the Government's pro- posals.

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Some of the speakers advocated general withdrawal of safety men and intensive prosecution of the strike.Renter

PACIFIC HEALTH CONGRESS.

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Melbourne, Oct. 6.. Britain, the United States, France, New Zealand, Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Papua, New Guinea and Singapore, also the League of Nations, have all accòpt- ed the Commonwealth Health De- partment's invitation to send de- legates to the Pacific Health Con Ference opening here on December. 15.--Reuter.

FRENCH MONEY

PURCHASE.

A SILVER RUSH AT TOULON.

Toulon, Oct. 5. Thirty persons were injured in

a rush by eight hundred people to

The purchase price of silver had recently fallen slightly, and the crowd feared & fresh fall,

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Dr. Chiyuto, director of Culion; enter the local branch of the Bank recently reported to Dr. Fajardo, of France to exchange gold und director of health, that unless anilver. Immediate remedy to the financial difficulty facing the colony's ad ministration was found, he would be compelled to dismiss 270 em- ployees in various branches of the colony service. He also stated that such action undoubtedly would cause a serious demoralisa" THE PEKING MINISTRY. tion of the work of the colony and. endanger the health of the colon-. ists through delay in communica- tion, food transportation and dis- tribution, curtailment of police and sanitary work and suspension df track farming upon which the colony now depends entirely for most of its vegetable supply.

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Vice Governor, Gilmore declared that he has decided to allow the Philippine health service to as sume such obligations as may be necessary to keep the colony going normally until the end of this year. To offeet a probable overdraft, the Philippine health service will be permitted to send to the legisin- ture a deficiency bill Governor, Gilmore, is confident that the bill' will be favourably acted upon, by the legislature as in other years, the request being considered. very reasonable::.

The chief cause of the shortago,

of funds is the lack of provision

In the present appropriation for

an increase in the population of

the colony. The health service

DR. KOO ACCEPTS HIS NEW APPOINTMENTS.

Peking, Oct. 5.

Dr. Wellington Koo has assumed as Acting Premier and, Foreign Minister-Reuter,

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