PERSONAL

Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 127, 1 June 1920, Page 4

PERSONAL

Th© Timarw Borcmgli Council last night from 32: applicants appointed Mr G. T. Wilson, late electrical engineer to, the Hamilton Borough. Council, to. the position of' Borough Electrical Engineer, and Mr W, A. Mowpt, formerfy of the Navy, to the position of power-house engineer. riihere were 33i applicants for the latter position..

A London, cablegram reports toe death of Dr George Ernest Monison r political adviser to the Chinese Presi~ ■ct(*Rit. I Dr Morrison was the London. Times's correspondent in Indo China* Siam, and Pekin from 1895 to 19121He was born in Geelong, Australia, ■In: 1862; He crossed Australia on foot from the Gulf of Carpentaria to Melbourne at the closo of 1882He was speared by the natives ia New Guinea in 1883. As special correspondent for The Times he travelled from Bangkok in Siam to Yunnan City in China and roitnd Tonquiri iv 1886-.and it 1897 Crossed Manchuria to Vladivostock. Ho rode from Hemau City in Central China across Asia to Andijau in Russian Turkestan, 3750 miles, in 170 days, in* 1910. T)r Mori-iron died at Sidmouth after q lingering illness. Ho was occupiedT to the last in carrying out work far the Chinese Government from hia-sick-room.

There are plays pleasant and unpleasant. "Sinners Both," at the. Kingsway Theatre, London, has been: described by the critics as "painful," ''sordid," and. "disgusting." The* critic of the Express says: "There are scenes in 'Sinners Both' which could not be repeated textually in a newspaper." Yet it is attracting;" crowded houses and bids fair to put up a- record run. "Damaged Goods'* is said to be a religious work by com-* parison I