Scrextists in Boston has sent a weather balloon to a height of 89,300 feet, the highest over reached by such selentifle equipment. A temperature of 59 degrees. below zero was recorded at the record height.
Tue 17th regular meeting of the shareholders of the China and South Seas Bank was held in the head office of the bank in Hankow Road on March 27, says a report to the "Sin Wan Pao." At the meeting, says the message, Messrs. Wang Yichu and Tao Hsi-chuan were re-elected Chairmen of the Boards Directors and of Supervisors of the bank, respectively.
'Tue Sultan of Muscat and Oman, who is on a visit to the United Kingdom as the' guest of His Majesty's Government, on April 1 watched a demonstration at Aldershot by the Second Battalion of the Royal Tank Corps, in the course of which he saw tanks go into action against an imaginary artillery. After the demonstration, the Sultan was given a ride across country in light and medium Army tanks.
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