A bill changing the personnel of the Registrar of Marriages has keen drafted and mitted to the Leg for approval. It purports to grant) lawful power to the Governor to appoint from time to time such persons as he may. deem proper to be Registrars of Marriages, and to appoint Deputy Registrars of Mar-ringes. The appointment under this draft bill need not mention any particular individual bot it may be of the holder of an office in the name of the office in which case the person for the time being in such position will be deemed to have been the Registrar of Mar-nages or Deputy Registrar. At present, the Secretacy for Chinese Affairs' occupies concurrently the office of Registrar of Marriages.
office will scon be removed to the new government building op-Fosite the Central Market. has been granted by Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands the order of "Oranje Nassau" in consideration of his long and faithful to the company, and more especially for his great' assistance during the recent strike and the present period of trade depression resulting from it. The recipient of this honour was born in Heungshan, Kuangting and received his: education at Queen's College, Hong-Kong. After his graduation, he tought in his alma mater and later: Joined a German bank. Then he secured work with the Netherland Trading Company which he has served for 21 years. His value to the Company was specially demonstrated at the time of the strike and boycott which was considered of great help to that concern. Mr. Lo has been a director of Po Leung Kuk (an institution for pen-riles Chinese and paupers) and of the Tung Wah Hospital.
As. previously reported, the Hongkong police arrested a Japat Jose passenger on board the French mail str. Angers for having in his! trunks 8,000 ounces of heroin, the value of which is estimated at)
$101,680, The defendant, Tanaka Yonejiro, was charged before the Magistrate, Mr. Lindsell for having' unlawful possession of the drug 2nd conniving at its import tion into the Colony, and was committed for trial at the next]
Criminal Sessions.
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