Those who remembered the enjoyable! dance given by "B" Company at the Rowing Club, which was said by old hands to be one of the pleasantest fanctions they had ever attended, were not surprised to find that the annual Re-union of the same Company and was conducted by the Rev. A. King, x.4., assisted by the Rev. W. P. G. Field, w.a. Sir Claude and Lady MacDonald, members of the Diplomatic and Consular Services and a large number of civilian friends" were present. After the honeymoon Mr. and Mrs. White will go to Seoul, where Mr. White has recently been appointed in the Consular Service.
Ar 3 a.m. on Wednesday a tire broke out in the upper story of " native store, Nos. 107-9 Canton Road. The Brigade was promptly in attendance and the blaze was confined to the premises in which it originated. The damage was extensive, but the contents of the store were insured for Tls. 12,000.—At 11.40 am. on Wednesday a barrel of tar, about to be used for the wood-paving of the tramway at the janction of Nanking and chekiang Roads, caught fire. The alarm was sounded by the Bell Tower watchman and the Brigade turned out, bat in the meantime the blaze had been extinguished by the tramway workmen.
Ar about 2.30 p.m. on Friday as a wheelbarrow was proceeding along the Band with a native woman and child ricsha collided with it and the oceapants were thrown heavily to the ground, the woman falling on top of the child Fortanately the child was not severely hart.
As a boat was leaving the Soochow Creek on Tuesday afternoon a plank which had been attached to another boat had not been removed. Unfortunately a well-dressed native passenger come on board the boat and the plank gave way. with the result that the man was precipitated into the water. No one saw the accident, but the man's screams soon drew attention. He was saved by a friend of his, who threw a rope to bim, by which he was pulled ashore.
'A. cawtoxsse living in Canton Rosd, one of six men employed by the owner of the shop as brokers and piece-goods merchants, reported to the police on Wednesday night that a gang of eight Cantonese armed with knives and revolvers had entered the shop at 8 p.m. and under threats had stolen $65.00. The man was detained at the police station and detectives went to the premises where a different sen-national account of the alleged robbery was given, Exhaustive inquiries were made and there appears to be no doubt that the story was an entire fabrication. The proprietor of the shop is away and in that respect and many others the circumstances are very similar to bogus robbery reported some weeks ago from North Chekiang Road. Unfortunately the law has no nate punishment for false reports of that ind.
Ir is reported that the French military authorities have conducted series of highly successful experiments with a new weapon designed to destroy hips. A. specially-constructed gun, it is stated, is able to thi new type nearly a mil The head of the shell diately on leaving the ga alight throughout its course, with the result that if it pierces, or close proximity to the envelope of the airship an explosion of the gas equivalent to the annihilation of the airship and its crew is bound to ensue.
Tar lecturer at Wednesday night's meeting of the Union Church Literary and Social Guild was Mr. A. W. U. Pope who delivered an address upon India, the position' of Great Britain towards it and the principles of government. The Rev, C.E. it presided over a good attendance. In the course of his lecture Mr. Pope dealt with the history of the country from the time of ite first' ocenpaney by European Powers, tracing the successive influences exercised by the Portuguese, Dutch aod English. He said that the principal point he wished to emphasize was that England, as she always did wherever she went, stood for the right, apart altogether from the financial result and apart from the comfort of her subjects, and consequently to this day, a small knot of Englishmen—one to more than 10,000 natives—stood in the country and governed the whole of those millions upon millions of alien races, who if they chose might by sheer weight of numbers drive their rulers into the sea. Still they kept quiet under that government because they knew that they would have absolute justice, For
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