In the Local and General column, it was reported that a snatcher was surprised by several men in Temple Street, Yaumati, on Sunday afternoon. He had 'concealed a gold mounted rattan bangle, which he had removed from the wrist of a baby in the lining of his jacket. The father of the baby was successful in his quest for the ornament. The snatcher was sentenced to six months' hard labour and 12 strokes,' the report said. Another item reported: 'The notion of a tax collector, noted in a Peking paper, arriving by aeroplane is sufficiently novel, one would say, to be worthy of some attention. The more important thing, however, is to get rid of him, whether by aeroplane or any other means does not matter.'

Under the headline 'A boy and his mistress', a report on June 12 said a Chinese boy had been summoned to the courts for leaving the service of Mrs Mary Harrow of No4 Warrant Officers' Quarters, Kennedy Road, on May 25 without notice. The defendant said he was sick and his application for leave had been turned down because she said he was pretending. 'Failing to induce an Indian constable to arrest him the complainant sent for a sergeant, who slapped him and pointed his revolver at him. The amah who intervened was similarly treated by the sergeant. He intended to call the amah as witness. Mrs Harrow said she had been very considerate to defendant during his several months' service as a boy, advancing him money and giving him leave very often. She had increased his salary from $6 to $9. On the 25th, the defendant disobeyed her and she sent for a European. The constable slapped him and the amah because they were insolent. Defendant went away that day, promising to return the following day, but failed to do so. Defendant said his mistress was very particular in her servants' work and nobody could remain long in her service. Complainant owed him one week's wages. Mr R.O. Hutchison ordered defendant's wages be forfeited and imposed a $4 fine.'

The Vanderbilt wedding was described in detail in a report from New York. It said 3,000 people witnessed the marriage at St Thomas's Church of Cornelius Vanderbilt Jnr and Miss Rachel Littleton 'as many more, including several hundreds of invited guests who could not gain admission, crowded Fifth Avenue in either direction from the church portals. As a pageant the ceremony surpassed ... and recalled the marriage in 1895 of the groom's cousin, Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, to the Duke of Marlborough, in the original St Thomas's Church, which stood on the site of the present structure. Even the most elaborate preparations of the police to handle the crowd ... failed in some respects for the motorcar bearing the bride was caught in a traffic jam, so that she was 15 minutes late in arriving. More crowds in the vestibule delayed the ceremony almost half an hour. The bride received gifts of great value from every branch of the Vanderbilt family.'