Known as "the ambergris king," Mr. Adam Adamson, who lived alone jun Stewart Island, is dead.
Mr. Adamson, born in the Shetland Islands in' 1887, came to New Zealand and became' a professional He established imselt at Mason's Bay, because he learned. that the strong Antarctic current frequently carried there ambergris cast of bY whales in the Ross Sea—Reuter, London, Sept. 19.
The death has occurred, at the aged of 73, of Professor Joseph Percy Bruce, formerly Professor of Chinese in the University of London.
Educated at the University of London, Prof. Bruce went to China as a missionary of the Baptist Missionary Society in 1887 and became principal of the Gotch-Robinson College at Tsingchoufu, Shantung. Later he' was appointed principal of the Teinantu, Shantung Christian' University of
'The deceased received the degree of D. Lit. in 1922 in recognition of his researches in Chinese philosophy. He translaied "The Philosophy. of Human Nature" by Chu Hsi in' 1022 and the next year wrote "Chu List and his Masters Mr. A. W. Hibberdine Mr. A. W. Hibberdine, general manager of Cables and.' Wireless, @ied yesterday after 39 years' service with the company—Reuter, Sir C. H. E. Chubb, Bart, London, Sept. 23.
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