Higher Normal School and in Jan. uary, 1913, he relinquished ah appointment in the Boone Uni at Wuchang for the purpose of working as assistant secretary to the Charity Organization Society under Mr, Loch's direction.
Chefoo correspondent ites:—The Chairmanship of the Chamber of Commerce has been resigned by Mr. Howard Stooke, after three years of able administration, in order to join the teaching staff of the Chefoo Schools. Mr. M. Heart, of Messrs. Butterfield & Swire, has been unanimous ly elected to the vacancy, The post is of increasing importance
ex officio membership of the Har-just now as it carries with it hour Improvement Commission.
Tue Canadian Press, says Reu-a telegram from Windsor, ing that a prominent citizen has received a letter a business friend in Berlin giving a cheering account of life there and of the happiness of the people in spite of the war. The writer ad-ised the recij it to preserve the war stamp affixed to the letter as valuable souvenir. On the space beneath the stamp was written:
ten; it's all lies.
"Don't believe a word I have writ, Work on the sunken steamers at Tsingtao is progressing, The "China Critic" learns that about one-third of the bull of the Ellen Rickmers has already been brought up to the surface, and she will be completely raised by the end of ths week. Shoid she be removed out of the way, steamers of 1,000 tons class will be admitted into the main harbour. Sundry arrangements, preparatory to the opening of berthing and cargo-working accommodation, are now being made by the authorities.
A muscmtgvous rumour was. circulated in Canton last week that London had been attacked, and that a Dutch fleet from Java was menacing Hongkong. The effect of this rumour was that Hongkong bank-notes fell from 18 per cent. in subsidiary coin to 7 per cent. below their par value, while Hong. kong subsidiary coin was being refused. Telegrams sent from Hongkong later in the day satisfied the Photography " was the subject of a paper read to members of the Shanghai Photographie Society on Thureday night by Mr. A.E.C. Hind. son. The paper (which had been prepared by Mr. R. G. H. Cole) was illustrated with a number of excellent lantern slides, showing pictures of the lest Balkan war, yptian scenes, and incidents of Capt. Scott's expedition (photo-a graphed by Mr. Ponting) the subjects all bearing upon technical points in the lecture, Suortty before midnight on Saturday a fire was discovered in the residence of the American Consul-General at Tientsin. The alarm was promptly given by the police of the German and British Concessions, but a considerable time elapsed before effective streams were brought to bear upon the blaze, says the "P, & T. Times." The fire was got under without great difficulty, but not before the roof had fallen in, and the interior of both the Consul-General's re sidence and offices had been heavily damaged by water.
Tue descendants of Murat, the most dashing cavalry leader of hie age, are showing in the present crisis that the blood of the "olm eagle" flows in their vei No fewer than seven of thi of soldiers are now fighting against Germany, and, from all reports, they are displaying their full share of the gallantry and prowess of the mighty Joachim, There are, of course, countless instances of military families but not many of which the name is 9 famous and the fame so ined.
A cuaxce for golfers—At—the beginning of the war much alarm was felt by local Sikhs, regarding the stability of the banks. Large numbers of men withdrew all their savings from the Hongkong Bank and from the Municipal Savings Bank, On Wednesday a cook in the employ of the Police requested permission to return his money to the bank by instalmente of $20. When asked what he had done with the remainder he said it was buried in the Race Course and he was awaiting a favourable opportunity to go and dig it up!
Sreaxino in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, says a New York despatch to the "Asahi," Sir Richard McBride, Premier, expressed thanks for the valuable assistance rendered by Japan when the German squadron menaced the Pacific littorals, said, "I wish to remove a misunderstanding arising out of the restrictions which the Columbian Legislative Assembly has put the immigration of Asiatics. This
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