Tne head of the fine tiger which was killed at Fanling last year has been returned from Home, and will shortly be placed in the Hongkong Museum. The taxidermist. was unable to preserve the skin of the animal.
Tue British India str. Golconda, with 500 enemy aliens from India on board, arrived at Tilbury on Wednesday. Her passengers were not allowed to land but will be transferred to the Flushing hoat,—Reuter.
Ix the House of Commons to-day, says Reuter's Ottawa correspondent telegraphing on the 19th, the ister of Finance announced that Canada was entirely defraying the cost of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces.
Mr. Herbert Samuel stated in the House of Commons on Wednesday thet the number of German males in Great Britain at the time of the outbreak of the war was 32,028, of whom 26,474 were interned.—Renter.
Tue funds and notes of the Back of China in Canton, it is reported, are now in safe keeping on Sha-moon, 80 that there is no special inducement for trouble makers to go looking for loot around the Bank's premises in Canton City.
Dvrixo the remainder of the war an officer on "appointment may receive pay before the date of his joining for duty at home or embarking to join for duty abroad is reduced from two months to one month.
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