The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 25 August 1920

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    20 1 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. 130 PER AANIAW Single Copy cis. VOL. 18. PENANG, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 25TH, 1920 NO. 34
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      278 1 L CONTENTS. 1 Liadir Miicillambous Continued): Wisdom and Her Children 1,334 Young Women from the Far East 1,372 Our Sweated Judgei 1,340* Minerand Consul 1,372 The Vital Question 1,346 Malayan Tin King 1,374 The TuAnn 1 angle» 1,358 Gunong 'Kendrong 1,374 Dear Rice and Sweet Reason 1,362 Death of Mr.
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      192 2 .^'7- nj £/>».j <?€/*& ‘Rvi tfvii G-tv-’f, CC r; ,--x’f •'o'- •C.jCCCT.rn, —,A< > THE I “STRAITS ECHO” I cW MAIL EDITION. I St» §1 /13 yr V® zi j M>< n ip Published the day prior to the departure of each mail Fur Furope, < and contains the latest
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    WISDOM AND HER CHILDREN.
    792 1334 E*'* J?» 1 ladi E* JX tod th. ,o .»toli.b |k CO n •uc..**? 0 W *l tD outcr y C U< wb P Q ln th P.M.B, iL*" to» «ptoMed in 19 ’•gai L tondus >0 2k.T qr Wh.t I* th. tong.ny M,,r “f JSI
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    M.A.P.
    537 1334 r«to r nAg o f, me R M H M A J ff h 'V? ere pleased to hear that R Billet iter’"' »-fi A > B- B V ler of ‘to l«g»l firm of PnMirV nd B y M,in < D »P“‘y Sri»»/”" th K,l u La “p“'
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1178 1335 The Rice Crisis. From a well-informed source we learn that restrictions on the export of rice from Saigon have now been removed, •nd that the price there has fallen considerably. In fact, Saigon rice could now be imported and sold in the Straits Settlements for about 80 cents
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    IRISH AFFAIRS.
    271 1335 °UIR4GEd IN DCbu Significant [BbutbbT Txuoux, Dublin on si were thrown off trsmcsn T D f I and a f ew cin re info fn/rTB wbi a mi i lUry hred upon. The nit M i «u round. OT t th hw P A sinister factor of the
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    France and America.
    15 1335 Loaf Nigotiationi. "N.rioA M. PwiMllti". ‘.niwd Miniiter of F‘”‘s (pW negotiate. I»»American
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    Mexican Matters.
    15 1335 ,urrender the Califrroi. on Pr fre h rtr»-» tioo. The danger ol« ended.
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    West Prussia Plebiscite.
    23 1335 i4 Govern® 681 TheGer»‘“ ci the Bnpr«* be W«t r Conned BoP^u‘«itb t<* PKJT* <x>®P“' U /n J Treaty ••’Lj*.
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    POUND’S PLIGHT.
    86 1336 5E 30LS3EVIK ADVANCE, or T*»” CirlDWD wss I Tslwum»-] Berlin, Auguit 16. r g to newipaper report! the in th. Poli.h corridor J* 'T’ ”"t Stttta lb' im P orl nt <ortre Erimiwog wiit'oce mii expected. JjL TbOOH STOPPED BY GERMANE Berlin, August 15. 1 newspaper reports that
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    Industrial Outlook.
    80 1336 Official Announcer knt, Losdon, August 16. tyiig to Mr. J. M. H< gge (EdinrpE, L) Mr. Lloyd George said u aformation st the disposal of tho bmoiDt (bowed that the high level of swrwot ibown early in the year had ba xiatiined aud even improved in mmn, There
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    The Prince of Wales.
    48 1336 Visit to India. I. ik. n k° D d° D > Auguit 16. u. r M Commons, replying to (Pontefract, Co. L.) Mr HiibmlX* 1 1 a announcement ly B l li '*'l<>’»b e th.rth. con. &LV’ p nce cfW lM “> i©d om this year.
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    The Olympics.
    28 1336 Hdidli R ack Result. U Oi.mnm Qtw rp Au ?Ult 16. 0 fiQIU of tQB 400 I 1 is 54 seconds 11 k°? hjr L °o®ia
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    SINKING OF THE STEPHAN.
    98 1336 Bxouoh, Hx M '"Un t gfct of h 11 ’*«d 8^, b, °B for P. n ’-*®P «d Ab h°i 30 ile .nd w.t baf ot ‘be be don" rat el7 h ’tohi itnL n f w,th- wbil/th"” Of he b *a wirk others s U2
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    U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
    189 1336 Third Party’s Selection. T v 4 Chicago, July 16. Ihe Farmer and Labour Party has nominated Max 8. Hayer, Editor of a Cleveland Labour paper, as jts candidate for the Vice-Presidency. Senator Harding drcl.re. he i. confident the third party will m.k. no eerioue inroad, into the
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    Singapore Court Cases.
    307 1336 Trading with the Enemy. (From Our Own Correqjondent) Singapore, August 18. In the District Court Messrs, Hanekamp Ltd., of Rotterdam, Holland, was fined Sl,ooo for trading with the enemy in reepect of >5,000 worth of glass in 1919. The Glass was confiscated. Notice of appeal was given.
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    CEYLON ASSOCIATION.
    287 1336 Saturday’s Meeting th J 3 M'l.yan Leader ha, a full report of at th. nr r f A Ce^ 0D M h ,H on I TaJ;^ C dp Ku U Lnm P ar > ith Mg L Tambyah of Penang, m th. chair. Dr. W. A. Roger, of
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    JAPANESE IMMIGRATION.
    239 1336 BRITISH GOVERNMENT’S WAICHFUL WAITING. 1 New York, July 19. The Chicago Tribune’s London correspondent says that the British Governmeni is watching closely the developments cf ths Japanese question in California. It has a direct bearing on the Anglo-Japwese Alliance. Britain’s difficulty is that the Cabforuian attitude is identical
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    PENANG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    974 1337 Following are abstracts from minuteß of a meeting of the Committee held at the Chamber on Tuesday, 10th August, 1920, at 2.30 p.m. Present. Messrs. C. M. Henderson (Chairman), J. L. Lonie, A. Sharp, W. A. Fell, W. S. Goldie, W. J. Murray, Hon. Mr. W.
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    A SUGGESTION.
    150 1337 [2t tAe Editor I Sir, lootball matches m j being very well patlooiM Se. terest taken in them bv th. pears to be very keen. I As the majority of the Chinese High School is in dJ? port, it were good if the committee.' Chinese Recreation Club would
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    PROVINCE NEWS.
    184 1337 Motor Collision CM. (From Our Own OlfmW Bukit Bertajam, P.W.,Aug.L In the Bukit Mertajam Police Co* yesterday Mr. J• George Joubert it a Ferta, of Alma Estate, was «avicted on charges of (a) driving his B*r car in a reckless manner; (b) W motor car without a licence
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    SUPPREME COURT
    3351 1338 CASE e on^ teedini!s in the Su tprdav afternoon, id g* C iSaer willlftm AUan i Peti rce from his wife, Jose’’C for deged adultery und j V'lhescira as co-respondent, *1 be detaed $2,500 damages, >h w "'J' 1 sad: My husband was the He used to come
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    DOMESTIC OCCURENCES.
    39 1340 Yeio begi to thank all *^sA“’" g hoi 0 k "t dly of bis below! n > oth,r GimNeob, "bo eeat floral or ■w» u .wwntthr or lent motor personally lled iirttbeperioflolpo'". 0 IwfMt*" h P reOed<ld b
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    OUR SWEATED JUDGES.
    996 1340 |Jito Boekoiil, K 0., Chief Jusfic? Sittleoeoti, is leaving this b tbs near fata re to take up a la the High Court at Si departure ii a lost to the ■a .bl», painstaking and eonrteoM with the Bar, fgt tub litigants and respected by IfMil public.
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    502 1340 J nd ?7 t nd (kat m««ting of th. X. 7 R' gla!allT Council will be held her. daring the present visit of Hi. Excellent the Oosernor to thia Settlement. due course an official notification rtgtrding this interesting event will no doubt dL 1 8 11^ BHti fg
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    M.A.P.
    509 1341 < IT Field Marshal Earl Haig haa accepted an invitation to visit South Africa in February next. Mr. H. B. Dudley, of Padang Gajab Estate, Klang, haa returned from leave.— M. M. Mr. J. E Bach haa j lined the P. W. D., Klang, in connection with the new
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    988 1341 Rebellion Against Profiteers. A correspondent whim At Home for some time a rebellion against profiteers has been in full swing with excellent results. In the absence of effective official control retailers of almost every description increased their prices so rapidly and to such an extent that the middle
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    SIAMESE RICE.
    68 1341 For the P' rt Times of August iB, i hf paddy of lb® 00 b «ported, ‘be?»* 1 b J v ,nt, x c^ iiw 1 tb that a coosidsrshlo gather tha» a m js* broken# w ft3 J, d q per® 1 tie S"“ ‘SS»’ 3 5
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    RUSSO-POLISH WAR.
    1038 1342 ,tITISH ATTITUDE o WaMM’ Mcenle, rjjjjn’S TKLBGBAM3.J London, Aaguet 16. of Commons Mr. Bon ar I ti»« adjournment until J.’lM’• P'"i»o tb»‘ Ua h P*’fe if desirable, isid that JtSwoceW lines the ««ijonrn|*tL n«* h pt I*2H. till ewpepe* Go*’ lwi wd, i y oi, h h IE
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    Irish Crisis.
    130 1342 IMPORTANT TREASON TRIAL. AnjrOUNOKMBMT IM TUB COMMONB. 1«. fU rr j London, August 1«. la the House of Commons replying to Captain Wedgewood Benn (Leith L.) Sir Hamar Greenwood stated that the Lord Mayor of Cork was being court mar (tailed to-day under the Defence of the Rnlm
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    GERMANY AND THE ENTENTE.
    366 1342 Berlin, July 2A Concerning Germany’s attitude towards the Entente and its desires to help Poland, well-informed circles report that Germany has declared her neutrality, saying that she will be regulated only by general international law, because Germany and Russia do not belong to the League of
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    LABOUR’S ULTIMATUM.
    458 1343 DISCUSSION IN THE COMMONS. Government’s Views and Decision. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, August 19. Mr. N. Pemberton-Billing (Hereford lad) called attention to the resolution (the threatened general strike in the event of military measures against Russia) which was passed at the National Labour Conference last week, which is described
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    Muar Rubber.
    117 1343 ISCBSA3S OS CaFII*L I (Frow Oiw Own Cott&pvnderd) Singapore, Auguet 14. At a meeting of Muar Rubber Limited, Mr. Bime, who presided, said they were opening up an additional 400 aorea of reserve for which purpose the meeting agreed to increase the capital to 750,000 by issuing 250,0
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    SELANGOR RACES.
    509 1343 RECORD ENTRIES. (From Our Own Corre*p(mdent.) Kuala Lumpur, Auguit 19. The following are the entries for the Selangor Rices which constitute a record Races IWindup, Faeinga, Eveline Dominion Lassie, Wester Watten, Jill,’ Nankin, Babz, Lochiovar, Ann Ann’ Cookoo, Gay Lad, Canton, Mimic, Miss Moorefield, Orthei, Yarraman, Randans, Avro
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    TRAFFIC REGULATION
    324 1343 *&gt;» cf in temt io vie. Jl™ Iwk of koowledg, of the 'rfr** the authoritiw i 0 the poblU' 1 th ®’V« in which motoXLX 1,1 coolness and tact. 2. Never get flustered or tooond- u h *»h or improper expressions. I as L e TU,e of the
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    P.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    29 1343 r V-v. &lt; The ties /-0 foUowr3 M G Tynd»!® 11 5—3, &lt;{ l J KABTerr*ll 6 jB N&lt;r Chjmp io,i,b j L Do**** Roger 8 r. .J
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    CHINESE CRISIS.
    791 1344 W«r.ity, bhMgbai, writes climax The Wo .utistics of both the contending ..-.before us; we have seen «but Jay done; and now is the time for snore than neutral—but im-■ct-Mtude towards the situation, jjggdwut the strife, there have been qrioe denunciations and anathema* -a upon the heads of the
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    63 1344 Rfc’umnang Tin, No Liabil'tv, fnr the first half nf AnpnH, 2*8.45, yirde treated 35,138, yidd 173.08 picnla, o: The Selangor Polo Club has decided Jf' nrrongp a Polo afternoon on Friday, ••ptember 3rd. during the approaching J a Meeting in Kuala Lumpur Play ’II begin at. 4.30 pm.
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    CHINA NEWS.
    812 1344 —Reuter. GENERALS pardoned. Icking, July 27. A mandate wbc issued yesterday evening, cancelling the order to degrade and punish Generali isao Kun aud Wu Pei-fu, owing to eT tenuating circumstances conflicting with the previous mandate. General Teao Kun is leaving for Tientsin. ihe Armistice. Ihe armistice is said
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    CUSTOMS OFFICERS ON TRAINS.
    281 1345 the Editor of the Strait* Eeho] Dear Sir, I was travelling by the mail train on August Bth to Ipoh and in the same train was a party of Chinese gentlemen who were apparently going to Ipoh fur the Races. After passing Parit Buntar a Customs
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    HUGE RUBBER LOSSES.
    366 1345 An echo of the big rubber case, in which rubber to the value oi no less than $BO,OOO belonging to the Firestone Rubber Co., disappeared from the harbour, was beard before Mr. Langham Carter in the District Court, Singapore (says the the Free Press of yesterday), when
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    KUALA LUMPUR STATION HOTEL.
    319 1345 w vane uvtr au W hotels -Ihk Mail. We referred in Monday s editorial to complaints which had reached us ieg&lt;u jug the Station Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. Yesterday, a representative of tins paper at the invitation of and accompanied y the General Manager and other Hailway
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    TRADING WITH THE ENEMY.
    329 1345 AN IMPORTANT DECISION. After a protracted hearing spmiov a period of twelve months, an intafe case under the ordinance relating ing with the enemy came to a conch* in the District Court, Singapore, to week (says the Free Press), Mr bam Carter finding B. Hanneha*, Manager
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    THE VITAL QUESTION.
    731 1346 I f. Paoo* a |o{ l B ~M l ne to community for nbli 00 I B d’ in labour f* itfiog 00 bebftlf of its hm draw t PZZtI Utoar CommittM of British g,7hM tboroagbly well documentKfcei irt fllwr, J “*nW led &gt; the ii joofld,
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    St, Xavier's Institution.
    252 1346 Pbizb Distribution. The distribution of prizes in connection with St. Xivier’s Institution was held for the first time since 1916 this morning in the presence of a large gathering which included the Ac ing Resident Councillor, the Hon. Mr. H. W. Firmstone, who distributed the P He
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    M.A.P.
    419 1346 po.iJon 8, of V D r pp" 7 d o rl^/rh ter,,a T io th. certain oases in the rn.i g r he ooar** of Court, aay tk A Jr* a Lumpur Supreme Th ßr ,d.y Z the Mala y« loader of tiolof Milch'S Qr AMOflia Rwid.nt, Nrari h
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING.
    102 1346 [7e Editor of tho Slraito Echo Dear Sir I am glad to rad in last night's "Straits Echo" tlat a neeiog of the Strhits Legislative Council will te held in Penang for tbe first time and during the present viiit of His Excellency the Governor to thi-
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1255 1347 The Rice Crisis. From the Malay Mail, of Kuala Lumpur, cornea valuable support for our campaign in favour of a reduction of the price of riot. In this connection we wish to emphaaizs once more than we think public opinion here would be quite satisfied if the Government
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    RUSSO-POLISH
    650 1347 DEBATE IN TnE common Im PuiMtn'i s fßx [Rkutub eollowiog a M “•wags relating to Mr. uLffc’ •iposĕ cf Labour’s queJito that did not reach us in tian u in our last issue: 4 a Referring to the threat te *ll strike and the attempt to Government, Mr. Lloyd
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    Allies and Russia.
    50 1348 INCE’S ACriON. ,P ‘^Qann 0 hit t^ 00 Au B“&gt;t 17. B*p 8 *p l«ttt to Mr. and rL-i Q de towards to J** oo of the p7 r!D^n lhat Ow^D g el «O’ Mk? J"® 5 M Ci,Sf, W.II t, k ‘‘•P* 0“ behalf t 0
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    Council of Action.
    21 1348 J***, OB 8 t!,h Ad I *eon l Jj* h &gt;0 F,.„ Council M i O6 Wer 'h»t
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    IRISH AFFAIRS.
    170 1348 PRIVY COUNCILLOR'S AFFRONT. Thb Lords’ Decision. [Renter’s Telegrams.] n a. 01^00 August 17. Prior to the adjournment the House of Lords considered the action of Mr. Alexander M. Carlisle who created a mild sensation in the House of Lords on August 9 during the second reading of the
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    The Prince of Wales.
    152 1348 VISIT TO INDIA. Royal Proclamation. London, August 17. A Royal proclamation announces that His Majesty’s hope to send H.R H. the Prince of Wales to India next winter cannot, unhappily, be realised because the unceasing and devoted labours of the Prince in other parts of the
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    South Russia
    76 1348 Fighting in thb Crimea. Constantipole, August 16. Heavy fighting is proceeding in the Creinia. The Bolshevists .are receiving reinforcements from the Polish front. Ihty are attacking vigorously and are supported by massed aeroplane bombings. General Wraugel is holding his own. Wrangel's raiders crossed the Don and occupied Konts
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    Pulp and Paper.
    42 1348 Imfobtant British Entebprisk. Quebec, August 17. Britieh companies in whioh Lords Rothermere and Nortbcliife nre interested have assumed the ownership of the Gulf Pu p xnd Paper Company which has a daily output of 150 tons of dry pulp.
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    The “Vindictive.”
    45 1348 Suookmful Salvage O fee Ano we. Ostend, August 16. Amidst great enthusiasm of enormous "“"J* r in,l! of VmdiotiT. wm If R i“ n 000” P1 h«&lt;i ia th. prenoet onthJ' k— U ißlend&lt;&lt;l t 0 bl «k up the ship into souvenirs.
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    U.S.A. and Argentine.
    42 1348 Commibcial Agbbbmbnt Signed. Buenos Aires, August 17. An agreement has been sigaed between the Argentine Republic and the United Biatea enabling American commercial ♦L aVe l? on busiaess throughout the whole of Argentine on payment of a ■ingle licence.
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    New C.P.R. Liner.
    47 1348 London, August IS. Ihe Empress of Canada, the largest voisel in tbe Pacific trade, has been launched by Messrs. Govan and Co. Her tonnage is 22,000 and she carries 840 first and second class passengers, 930 Asiatic steerage passengers and a crew of 550.
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    Mayflower Tercentenary.
    34 1348 Celebrations Started. Wellfleet (Massachusetts), August 17. The people of tbe Cape Cii district have begun a long series of celebrations ia honour of tbe tercentenary of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers.
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    German Money Orders.
    21 1348 Berlin, August 17. The Money Order servioe with British Colonies and post offices in foreign countries has resumed.
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    Captain Fryatt’s Ship.
    17 1348 London, August 17. Captain Fryatt’s vessel, tbe Brussel*, realised £B,lOO in the Baltic Exhauge.
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    Home Cricket.
    114 1348 Intense Public Interest. London, August 17. The enormous crowds present at the Oval each day testifies to the revival of public interest in cricket. Tbe weather was brilliant and the spectators far exceeded the appointed limits. Each day there were queues of 200 to 300 before the opening
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    Cable Delays.
    38 1348 Where the Break Occurred. London, August 17. Tbe Eastern Extension Telegraph Company announce that owing to a serious breakdown in the cables between India and the Far East all messages will temporarily be subjeot to delay.
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    The Olympics.
    31 1348 Further Amehoan Buocese. Antwerp, August 16. At the Olympic the 100 Metres final was won by Padlock (America) with Kirksey second and Edward (Great Briiaia) third. Ihe time was
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    EX-SERVICE MEN.
    78 1349 IMPROPER TREATMENT. Th» King’s Sufpobt or Eabl Haig's Appbal. [Rauna’a Tiligiams.] London, August 17. Hii Majesty King George has sent a letter to the Lord Lieutenants, Lord Mayors and Lord Provosts emphasising that he is anxious that every effort should be made to support Earl Haig's appeal or
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    America and Mexico.
    151 1349 Question of Recognition. Mexico City, August 17. The Exoelior says that the Mexican High Commissioner to the United States has sent a message to the Provisional President stating that President Wihon will recognise the present government if the latter agrees to certain terms communicated by Mr. Bainbridge
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    German Trade Routes.
    99 1349 U. 8. Shipping Board’s Announcement. Washington, August 17. Admiral Benson, Chairman of the Shipping Board, announced that the Board approved of the arrangement with the Hamburg-America Line for the operation of American ships on former German trade routes. He emphaeieid that America did not want German money
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    Italian Dockers' Strike.
    23 1349 Ronis, August 10. The aliike ot Italiuu port workers due to disputes between the co-operative societies' men has been settled.
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    Longshoremen's Strike.
    27 1349 New York, August 17The resident of the Longshoremen’s Union announces that the Longshoremen who were on strike since April have voted to return to work.
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    Anglo french Loan.
    26 1349 u York, August 17. M. rarmeutier, representing the French Minister of finance, states that Franca is ME Ipare of the Anglo French loan
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    THE PRICE OF RICE.
    737 1349 —Malay U QUESTION OF REDUCTION Support From Thb F. M. 8, The questions of a reduction of the price of rice and the continuance or otherwise of Government Control of the poor man’s food” have been discussed freely of late. The leading Chinese residents both of
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE FUN.
    244 1349 Niabdtg thb Millioi Max, Previouily acknowledged ...OM Per Mr H B Polglue, Hon Tml Penang Strsite Born Chinese per Mr Lam Hor Phoci 1,2111 do do ijni Per Mr Arthur Edmonds, Hon Tims Negri Sembilan: Hon Mr W P Hume 2MN Collected by Mr Kader Salm; Ena
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    INDIAN LABOUR.
    6428 1350 ««’"SS" 1 5 U |.|Wtaat Document. c Ward Jackson, secretary Labour Comm.ttee of received a copy 0 the K lndfan Labour and Labour. ihe Executive Committee of that his rerv valuable and importfrom which we propose The Executive ■-irtee comprised the Hou. Mr. V t Messrs. J. Kennedy,
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    CHINESE DIVORCE SUIT.
    168 1354 OmctAL AH Rehfondknt. p 5 Meutiou was mctiee Court to-day of a Ciatlle Chi?' tta between Eunice ibxu, Jonea oi,- 6 P®‘*‘* on ®r. and dirf w u’ Cbla the respondent, re well known in I ’Witt of H,?'?* a hia was 6laff f the Chinese ’’"’t*
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    CROWN COLONIES.
    621 1354 Asiatic Representation. In the course of an interesting leading article the Straits Times says:— Crown Colonies, of course, can never develop the principle of unrestricted autonomy to the same extent as countries like Canada, Australia and South Africa. If one looks closely into their history and their position
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    THE RICE CRISIS.
    506 1354 (To the Editor oftho btrafa Echo.} bir, A? 6 r S w" 1 nd Bink ‘“ge‘her" policy of the F. M. 8., Johore aud S. 8. Govenunenta in pooling together all available supplies of rice and fixing a uniform price throughout Malaya will, if in a humane
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    PROVINCE NEWS.
    353 1355 ANOTHER GANG-ROBBERY. (Frvrk Our Own Corrotpondent) Bukit Mertajam, Aug 20. Another very daring gang-robbery was committed by eight Chinese dressed in black at Meng Kuang during the early hours of this morning- It is reported that the robbers were armed with big sticks and knives and broke into
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    THE AYUTHIA INCIDENT.
    191 1355 —Free Press. Ihe B.s. Ayuthia which a short time ago was the subject for pointed coinment by reason of her eno ii f .&lt;- the purl of Singapore flying the German flag, was, an object of discussion at a general meeting of the members of the Straits
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    MINING LEASES.
    740 1355 [2» th* Editor of the Strain 1 Dear Sir, J As much controversy has appeared in the Iress regarding the Perak Government Land Policy, I crave the favour ot space to voice my opinion in regard to the attitude of the Perak Government in dealing with the forfeiture
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    A FANATIC SONG.
    208 1355 [To tho Editor of ihs StniU r«ij Sir, —In reply to Mr. S. M. Joan I send you with this a photo at i music of that fanatic song wbrk I heard, was taught to the ckiutat Penang and Malacca It is ria and written by an
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    ST. XAVIER’S INSTITUTION.
    2809 1356 I rtIZE DISTRIBUTION. I imfiv waouuced jesterd»} the of Pf‘ zea t 0 the 6Uece lul P‘“* &gt;' e9te f day HaU of the behoof and H. “mubM bj a large numhe r of jm..Zfn’.ere«ted in this Institution, kiTHon. Mr. H. W. ITrmI XTho presented the prizes.
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    THE TUCHUN TANGLE.
    1146 1358 si.ath b fir,t n» lb. cl«ib of »r&lt;ni X*JLj i&lt;« dra ttentl n l»*" 1 &gt;. nreugih of tb« for' B be ATX* «&lt; "&gt;• CbiblU»c«oo *t. r aw, «w« ioo b n f lh.ir b"g’ i oUe n i'®« »»»"&gt;!?« n te ll P'O b bll,
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    M.A.P.
    509 1358 Mr. E. M. Baker is leaving far Home retirement by the s.i. K sly an, a Lq&lt; 7’ Straits SetUsmeita. leaving for Home next week. Hill have joined the Federated Eogineering Co., Klang. Mr.Q. P. OwenFis etill in hoepital in Java undergoing special treatment. -M M. It is notifiei
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1049 1359 Constitutional Reforms. With reference to the views expressed by the Straits Times on the much-vexed constitutional reform question, the Malaya Tribune says it shares its contemporary’s view that the time is very near when the extensive reforms recently decided upon Ceylon must be extended, almost in duplicate, to
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    Chinese Schools.
    100 1359 This is an extract frem the Shanghai Daily News Overseas Chinese have written to the local educational bedba pro testing against a new law which has e&lt;n introduced in th© F. M. 8. ©nd which, iey ulltg ■is inconaisrsot wiih the Gaineer educational system. It is claimed that
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    Singapore Football Cop.
    64 1359 S. R. C. Beat Chinms. (Arozn Out Own Correspondent Bingapre, August 21. In the Second Round of the .J* l^ ro Cup in the second replay the Sing Recreation Club beat the Chines» goals to one. ’here was a hug p 81 -i e 4 and th©
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    RUSSIAN GOLD.
    225 1359 WOBLD'B GREAT® Etort [Rbrtsr’, A romantic atory of gold held Noviuky, tt.AHi.tm"?&gt; of Finence of the AII.Rm» L ll ia B»mael Montega’, Eich»ng C fl. .Ul« a//"* reeene «t the ouibieek of w £160,000,000, then th, pMi» Mion in th, world, I, -J* meunre, requiiiie to ninon it
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    Council of Action.
    72 1359 IwTRBRATIOWAE Pub, AM*’, The Temp. jf WJPJLiI Lloyd Council of Action threato there exists an interest J Vf only against the Tree, y again?: the Britishi B I which are hic h is lb workers tbeir real aim, tion of the E®P irt Fw»&lt;” Mr. W. Ad»»*»
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    Article X.
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    RUSSO-POLISH WAR.
    380 1360 jfljiSK COHERENCE. Mt BM! ian Statement pnun'i Tiwm»l 1 London, August 18. I iWtl-iPMM at Minsk has been lt Cffici.l Bo"l&gt;7 ik r T rt J IJtiLa then y«&lt; erd »y; A n Imm K m 'l’ ‘L'u'” g M. Diniihowky, Cb.irI -IT B«i»» W’g» l o "ho
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    America and Germany.
    146 1360 WIBILM, AotMMIaT. Berlin, August 18. It ia aemi-officially announced that negotiation have taken place in Berlin regarding the reiteration of direct wireleaa communication with America for private traffic. Up to tha preaent the American Naval Station controlled tha entire service bu. tranaferred it on Aogu.t 1, f
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    American Labour.
    44 1360 Washington, Aagust 18. Following oa the dispate between the Labour Dapanment and Mr. Gaminette, Immigration Commiisioner, respecting the extent .of the latter's authority the reorganisation of the Immigration Bureau has been ordered, owing, as officially indicated, “to ut r er disorganisation. 0
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    Irish Affairs.
    56 1360 Ma yob or Cobb's Dbpobtatiov. London, August 17. The Lord Mayor of Cork, who was ane4od by the military as the result of a raid on she Cirk City Hall during the sitting of the Sinn Fein Courts, has heen deporud to England on a destroyer. He has
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    Women’s Suffrage.
    48 1360 Bill Valid. o Nashville (Tennessee), August 18. The Hou eof Representatives ratified the Woman’s Suffrage amendment which the State Senate passed last week, Tenoeesee being the thirty-sixth State to favour the me4Bure. This the Bill valid which Congrew has already passed, giving woman the federal vote.
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    The Olympics.
    109 1360 Aif Italia■ Vsctoby. Antwerp, August 18. the final of the Ten Thousand Metre VVaik was won by Frigerio (Italy) wob Perrman (United btures) second and Guno vßritain) third. 'The time was 48 min. 61 5 tecs. McMas er (South Afr.ca) was fourth. Amirican Wikb Hubllks. 'he final of
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    SHARE MARKET.
    636 1360 lean a CO’B weekly report. Tn L PenaD 8* August 20. In sympathy with a sudden riM in av U .n7hl tdTl ed from Lundon (with l«tort av.il.bl. 8 t 0n i /10 j for CM P o e the iocal market has advanced fo p, c!.™ 8
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    IN MESOPOTAMIA.
    146 1361 SITUATION NOT IMPROVING. Tboublb With Kubdutan. [Rbutkh’b Tklbgbams.] London, August 18. Tbw Tiihn' correspondent at Teheran says that the situation in Mesopotamia is not improving. The line of communication with rorsia is completely interrupted. Bakubs, thirty miles from Bagdad, was looted. It is reported that Colonel Leachman, the
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    League of Nations.
    101 1361 Ambndmbntb to Covoant. o— London, August 18. Fear amendments to the League of Nations Covenant have been submitted by Denmark, Norway and Sweden for the consideration of the League at Geneva on January 15: First, providing for a fixed annual meeting; second, special meeting on the demand
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    NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
    505 1361 Last night at the Town Hall before a packed bouse the Bandman Comedy Company delivered a Mrmon in three acts on the question of Truth. The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the tru h I But did you realk-o before last night, how deplorably
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    BABA BANGSAWAN.
    260 1361 The Penang Baba Bangsawan, in submitting hereunder, for pnbiic information, their accounts of the gross proceeds derived from their two performances in aid of the Chinese High School, Penang, beg to tender their heartfelt thanks to those who have given them warm support ler. Night, 14 August. Tickets
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    THE RICE CRISIS.
    412 1361 bir, &gt;ugh much han b ttL Unsi momentous topic, I be. /5, lacts in order to assist Ha the spot. e the The original object of n provide against famine which a-,.. 1 stared us in the face. Vnd«“t eumstanee one would have tLar’',; any attempt at
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE.
    13 1362 BIRTH. the 21st List, Bt Strathmne, X; A a. e o».
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    DEAR RICE AND SWEET REASON.
    1698 1362 bwdti constituting the stapk food of population, threatens to become the MH aenul pibulum of the res iers of STfaiiu Echo, HowtVar, we cffer ho yHy for returning to the subject, lor the hm ot the recent correspondence in oar mm iodieitei that the main
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    M.A.P.
    472 1363 Mr. J. G. B ack ia appointed 3 police msgictrate for Malacca. Mr. Heatings Rhodes ia leading for home about the end of this mouth. Mr. E M. Biker is leaving for home on retiremiut by the et'amer Kolyan. Mr. W. E. Cloarer is travelling horns by the m.
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    RUSSO-POLISH WAR.
    804 1363 SUCCESSFUL COUN IER AT PACES. HIBOIC DeFKNOB OF Wabbjw. [Beuteb’s Telegrams.] London, Auguit 19. A messsge from Warsaw, describing ths Polish counter-attack, sijs that the Poles, after allowing the Bolsheviks tn approach the outer forte, counter-attacked on both wrings, tiutly from Ivangorod in the direction of Brest Litovek
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    The Prince and Australia.
    35 1363 Prims J Th. Time» P“ b!i,ilf Prim. Mi”'’ l bi eb J Common»'» f tb Prises cf an oppsrl“'J d lai ,b dX“** bo thee I rr R H tb# ami'iet
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    IN MESOPOTAMIA.
    376 1364 FURTHER Uljc3f CtOTIW»" tilwbaM»/ I Leota Augait 19. I ttt 03«. wpor!' h t wcorr^ 13 Meiopotonu» on pwiiculwly north-ewt Baud» of tnbxmen ■Lj» K«W d Kl kuk P r 1,-jnnrf» tier, hw been •«’&lt;*«&gt; L; nilW) burcttt ■?a Suhr.» the oommauicmioM IDd Ffiu J* &rrif3Dg were c
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    The British Premier.
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    The Olympics.
    294 1364 Antwjjp, Auga.t 19. la the final of t h, t ß g. c f.„„ th Olympic, the !.itr Police, repmenth. Jrcat Bruc.ii, h at Holla-d bv to orc’. Hakmu Throwmo. Patrick Byun (America) won the final Tawing with a throw of 52 metres 87* Cfutimetresc 1,500 Mbtbbe. k
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    Home Cricket
    44 1364 London, Angcst 20. Middlesex beat Bouwset by seven wickets. Sussex beat Surrey by 223 luus. Warwickshire beat Worcestershire by nine wickets. Lancashire beat GlouCtstershirs by ten wickets. Yorkshire beat Eiscx by 121 runs. The match Kent vs Nottingbamshire ended in a draw.
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    Baltic States.
    33 1364 Deoibiox of Conference. London, August 20. Reuter learns that the Baltic States Conference adopted a convention by which Finland, Esthonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland agree to submit aH disputrs to arbitration.
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    French Anarchists.
    29 1364 Intrigue* with Troops. Paris, August i 9. Eleven anarchists have bein sentenced to imp: ia'.nment for periods janging from four io twelve nuntbsfor inciting so’diers to disobedience.
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    Irish Affairs.
    25 1364 Mator or Cork Sentenced London, Auguit 20 lhe Lord Mayos of Cork hit seLceuoed b C. irt Mirtial to two years iaop nnijmcnr.
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    PENANG AND RICE.
    208 1364 w Malay Mail, Mr. &gt; oh p AII j 4TT &lt; F iap9m Penang iMlarea thst ,&gt; 1.1 n P«r cent wore fo* its &gt;ice than !lO£3 &gt;« u lettej to the P.nao. nJ,., 5". J" MCG cost ts 07 r 1-tGS th&. a «Mfni* C 33
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    THE AFGHANISTAN HIJRAT.
    355 1364 Relate new, bom Af M !ec e!in how H. H. th? Anur has found incursion of twenty thousand qi so Muhspriu into hn country from the Kshihu er d Mohmin district anything but a and bss tak*n steps to put A t i op to t he
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    The Athenaeum and S.P.V.D.
    153 1365 The next general meeting of Tbe At he* dmud, Penang, will be held at the Misonic Hall, Northern Road, on the 80th instant at M 8 p.m., when Dr. Prosper Liston has Madly ooneented to address the meeting on the Social Problem of Veneral Diseases, and
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    P.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    436 1365 The tits played on Friday .resulted as follows: Profession Pairs: AJ L Donaldson and R N Hamilton beat J R Bennett and H Fearon 6—8,6—1. Double Dandicap B: F Wilkins and W J Edmonds beat J A McEwan and O E Pronin •—O, 6—l. The tie played
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    MR. MONTAGU.
    299 1365 SUPPORTED BY MR. LUOYD GEORGE How the Cables are Congested London, Aug. 5. Replying in the House of Commons to Mr. Rupert Gwynne, who alleged that Mr. Montagu had not taken steps to clear himself oi the charge of misleading the House with regard to Amritsar, and of
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    BANDMAN COMEDY CO.
    505 1365 THE EO ITERS.” SaC m rAdT^e C r O y“ucceUul t 0 Tbt Rotters.” previsit to Penang. in i, ouse sented on Saturday before a l lcB at the Town Hall provided a vc sant evening's entertamme applause which from t .me to timegr cd a particularly
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    INDIAN LABOUR.
    1043 1366 ~x n of the Labour Committee of seems to us very correictly both here oud m "no use looking at one side ‘.in only. Ibe source of ac is the past, as tar as the a v art concerned, has betu ’5 th’ reason why we obtained X
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    ASSOCIATED MALAYA.
    911 1366 Press) to i t SBys th e Sin K 8 P°to Free the r cent. g dl9a PPoiutment at O the Pen a orded b -y ‘he Committee ft, u .o (bamber of Commerce to ba 'toutu.uu.eauon of the Straits Settle inJ L Asdoc atl °n.. Singapore, regard
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    SYRIA’S FUTURE.
    545 1367 DISCUSSION IN THE COMMONS. France’s Attitude. ’London, July 22. Lord Lamington, in a letter to the ’l imes, argues that owing to engagements with King Hussein it is impossible to argue that the future of Syria, is a matter entirely for settlement between France and the Emir Feisul.
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    BRITISH POLICY IN THE EAST.
    266 1367 ATTACKS BY FRENCH PRESS. Remarkable Outbreak. London, August 4. A remarkable anti-British outbreak in the French press is again imperilling the good relations of Englund and France. The basis of these attacks is against British policy in the East. It is declared that British policy
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    PROGRESS IN MALAYA.
    390 1367 NEW PLA! 2«yjou S u I Noteworthy, gratifv™ I b interesting evtdeti/^;I gross attained bv trio» reached u uis uuml r of otbeud organ of the o lUuters the general appearance of subjects dealt with hV.**’ pages of «■ell.p r i ntedaad -S:?« of the initial number
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    CHINA'S DANGER.
    1030 1368 Eut iudiost» f datlbt 11 lut ‘J’t Srf Chi*»' l million. *re “tbs parting of th® ways. e depend, in great mejiure, upon f th cxt fjw JoTinni, few d&lt;n ago, of the of the Chihli iHQttiril Two Kun, Chang Teo-lin jfiPii-fo) in PtkiD K’ while th6,r L
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    M.A.P.
    551 1368 M l “br *&lt;&gt; arrive by the P. A 0. s.s. Kuhgar Reuter report I French Governmenw has approved of tho appointment of Franc^ Byer QGrmin Ambassador to Mr. Samuel RooHvelt, artist and ocosin of the distinguished Ex-President, dropped dead in the Knickerbocker Club, New York August 20. Our
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1310 1369 Lebih Korang. Zoologist writes us ai follows Dear Sir, The enclosed extract from the Field of 31.120 is of interest, as apparently no lira specimens of the local tribe have yet been eent home. The remarkable pjints of similarity between them are very atriking and the resemblance almost
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    RUSSO-POLISH WAR.
    283 1369 4lln Bbmu (Reuter's Telegram.) n, iuth ttJ lhl AmHwredor vuiud tbe **pre«i the Americr. faction at th. French gXS?' *1 toward. Poland. '"•nureX which have gon. to the landing of foodatufla f» pSU shortly be joined by the now on the way. Tht withstanding the Trade Usi* r-li
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    In the Crimea.
    28 1369 a the B»&gt; sh ‘yL P te"**s S*" Rede cros*« w Perekop h General 8 counter a j«* tbre* baok .J gvkkcvk* Reds evacu»t« booty-
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    French Loan.
    39 1370 UTERUS. London, August 19. r «ngfi’iuad» that the French M iaiue I°* u October at P re,eD 8”'" 1 ell,tl s 1MU 9 f will bs edmitted in J*, fa rataoripfi» at the price of Juiaoeor mor*»
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    Chinese Coal.
    28 1370 Do CuihmowjTPbi&lt; m. London, Auguit 20, TW Times tbat rncrchaut( have •Zai to deliver 200,000 ton? of Coineio «Il Europe it the inclusive price of fiOlM
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    Trouble in Syria.
    31 1370 Outkaoi on Train. Cairo, August 21. iaMip from Haifa reporta that Beia'iiUackd a train comingfrom Dams®«.killiigi French officer and a Damascus Mobility, and maltreating and robbing the pMpn.
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    Mexican Chaos.
    65 1370 Activity of Baiditi, &gt;r Mexico City, Auguit 20. ludili under the leadership of Zamora ■hi Aatlan, south-west of Mexico, and •Rud Herbert Job neon, a British ranch •’•ideßanding 100,000 peso® as ransom. taiaiotitiH are energetically «eking to to rtleaie, Cantu's Buoobibob, ,w Y° August 18. *we from Mexico
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    Odessa.
    36 1370 A Dud City. A Prtnrh AugUit 20. h&l returnei from ft JT* the release iwi Ito Jr erc aBt men after extreme n rCpor that Odessa r6lB no mo ™Otant io f lr kir g
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    Mesopotamia.
    25 1370 o_ m .a»&gt;&lt;ioD, 4ug a ,t 20. *4«K7SX' Jos r B’gd.i tele. k J?S W n w,f ”ptu« d Ivl"*"' 1 h W,? believed
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    Swedish Elections.
    51 1370 lhe CoD8 teo(1 10 ?\7‘ b r f ‘be I JNmXjts lad monthly eu e oom™in esp&lt;ci a| •iStor LT-time tl I I kJjSeT i. a Vi he eaf ure I h**! .editable pr^L C Ci T to hi m I u Q otian«’ J* Ilfltrß ted IBS?
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    THE OLYMPICS.
    374 1370 MABHI'HOS HELVED. Important Announcement. [Reuter’b Telegrams.] ti Antwerp, August 20. Ihe Olympic 3,000 Metres Walk final was won by Frigerio (Italy) with Warker (Australia) second, R traer (America) third and McMaster (South Africa) the fourth, Ibe time was 13 minutes 14 1/5 secs. Hcp Btkp and Jump. The
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    Trade in Luxuries
    25 1370 Prohibition in Norway. Christiania, Aaguit 19. fha importation of luxury articles, for example, motorcars, pearls, diamonds, lacs, pianos and phonographs, is forbidden.
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    Franco-American Amenities.
    52 1370 Interesting Ceremonies. Pari®, Angust 18. hree hundred Knights of Columbus who came to France to present a statue of Lafayette to Metz visited the ruins of Rheims. M, Milltrsnd, presiding at a luncheon given in their honour, paid a graceful tribute to tb° American* who fell beside the
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    ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE.
    106 1370 CONFERENCE of premiers [Reetir’b Telegramb.] Ottawa, August 19. hvM bl&lt; T reit hM th.,M WorW •‘•‘•“•n* in n 1» k L oyd QoOrg will Tilit Amtr ica p -rf n '0 raMt tho Pr ‘“iws of ths British Dominions for a confereace regarding the renewal of the Anglo-Japanese
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    Irish Affairs.
    113 1370 Coastguard Station Raimd. London, August 21. Armed masked men burned down Brown Head Coastguard station in Ireland at midnight and took off all the stores. More Dabtardlt Outbieeb. London, August 28. Altogether seven policemen were murdered iu Ireland during the weekend making the total sisty-five since the beginning
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    Germany & the Allies.
    148 1370 Germany the Allies. Barlin, August 22. The Government is preparing a note protesting against the Allies’ suspicion® that the Government was involved in the Kittowiiz disorders and demanding that the lutet-Allied Commission in Upper Stleei strictly carry out the task ooufl led to it by the Peace Treaty and not
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    New Aerial Route.
    27 1370 London, August 20. The most northerly aerisl route of the world has been inaugurated between Porjne and fivorvajaure by U.e British aviator, Colons* Henderson.
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    German Labour Troubles.
    9 1370 SHIFYARoB CLGBED. Ha mbu’g, August 2fr.
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    JAPAN IN SIBERIA.
    1167 1371 ANGLO-AMERICAN ATTENTION. Washington, July 28. A good deal of attention is being directed here to Japan’s doing in the Far East, and her general policy in that region. Particular attention is aroused with regard to Japan’s control of the Chinese Eastern Railway, and to her occupation of
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    SELANGOR
    343 1371 Fn T I (from Ot, r q w I first day of the Sohnpr Rtcer? I The Klang Stih. I Va!ue $BOO with I •nd »100 to th. third 7," 130. Dutance, Six farlwn. I G'yLH 11.2 oX, nl Wester Watteu 0.7 I ■&lt; boebiuwar 9.8 a xurraman 9.
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    WOMEN FROM THE FAR EAST.
    369 1372 furui Japanese women to Xtaler wm carefully adjusting her Siohror in the drying-room New York club. Her «me rapid psychological ind, ignoring the remark, said 'How becoming your veil is!” ft iosvend the Jepaoeee lady, gravely; t ic ilwn W owfal t 0 ch ose
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    MINER AND CONSUL
    1277 1372 Boknb at Bamohok Lbgatiok. Csna'iiau mining engioear nam.d 4&gt;burl«s Grant has been charged by tho Publ.o Prosecutor in the International G&gt;urt th. ik s g tdamags to tbs property of the British Legation and w P h Brh A ng r“ Ud n teBU iDg le!l8M b.
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    THE PRICE OF RICE.
    646 1373 -T.O.M. (To the Editor of the Strait! Echo,) Dear Sir, Vieira have been carefully expressed in your column! by various persona of the rank and file on this one of the greatest local problems and the concenaus of opinion seems to be that it is earnestly
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    THE POWERS AND RUSSIA.
    185 1373 1 tu'ia, J uij 26. 1 lie Berlin cor respondent of the Petit Parisien. says ho hub leaaou for believing that the armistice is merely a rube V? gum time while the British are negotiating with Field Marshal Ludeudorif and General Hohmann with a view to
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    SINGAPORE FOOTBALL CUP.
    44 1373 S.C’.C. vs. S.B.C. [From our own oorrevpondont j Singapore, August 24 The semi-final of the Singapore Football Cup between the Singapore Cricket Club and the Singapore Creation Club resulted in a pointless draw. The replay has been fixed for Monday next.
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    UNITED MALAYSIAN RUBBER.
    47 1373 (From Our Own Cor ro* ponded) Singapore, August 24. It was mentioned in the Supreme Court that there is a possibility of the United Malaysian Rubber Co. winding up. The terms of the petition have been settled and instructions are being awaited from London.
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    The Labour Question.
    247 1373 (To the Editor of the Straits Eeho. Sin I note your comment! on “one ptrt of the labour question. Apart from the Chinese labour question, there seem to be two other points which need clearing up. Firstly, do the rales recommended apply to all Tamil labours, i,e.
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    PRESIDENT WILSON.
    23 1373 c W‘fcte [Rium'i 1 staiiuu k.jin -.ys*■ that President JVilsoo hS®. covered iron, hii feu, umeutss. He works bis daily ride.
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    SUGAR SPECULATE
    59 1373 Heavy Losses Iqcuttm London, Auguii j American sugar speculators dm: a bad time. Their prediction* bition would lead to increased lion of soft drink* and sweeU hm terly failed to materially; and wives are economising to the .a» Moreover the great sugar-beet shortly be available when it k
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    SHIPPING.
    64 1373 New Japanese Service. I London, August Z 1 I The Osaka bhosen Kaisha have opwt I a regular service from Hamburg su I Rotterdam to the Dutch East bi» I New Glen Boat. Messrs. Harland and Wolli have livered the s.s. Gieuogle built to tb older of the Glen
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    COTTON TRADE
    44 1373 Important Annouucefflißt. New York. Augwrt rhe Manchester Chamber of Cx merce Sub-Committee decided to rocos mend the postponement of the ROtf Cotton Mission to Ear Eastern until 1921 when it is hopedmat difficulties in connection with tM rangements will be surmouu e
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    OIL SUPPLIES.
    36 1373 Important Development. New York, August n is officially ger has been completed ternational Petroleum deB i c Tropical Oil Corporation. VO IL national Petioleum P tiOD with the merger J under the laws oi
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    DISSATISFIED SOLDIERS IN BELGIUM.
    59 1373 A Dkmon»t» allo&gt; Brwtfk. Disoanded olJ ers l»® with the treatment the Belgian tbe premises o aD d &lt; ing the police c v sTrious leng r and ,be hundred arrested As a result on hete later released on Chamber mttr'eu thtroC rdmary sbVb: ioo rhe
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    MALAYAN TIN KING.
    370 1374 j |If HDAI2ELE B AT,ONS «de oi irieuds of -Ur. l oo G who a few years ago was T tm-iLiiner in Malaya and was dubbed its “Tin be interested to learn that tirtbday has just be* n celebi ated l ceremonies and conviviality p/Jin Which state
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    AMERICA AND JAPAN.
    77 1374 -Reuter. Fresh Friction. Tokio, July 28. A foreign Oilice statement, issued tooay, says that the Consul-General at San Francisco reports that the firing of the Japanese stores at Marsville, California, was not connected with the Anti-Japan-esc campaign and that file police there deny that it w U
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    RUBBER
    78 1374 (From/our own Corrospondent,') Kn«la Lumpur, August 24. A letter to the Malay Mail describes the recent careful tapping experiment under scientific supervision in Selangor. The daily single-cut gives about forty per c» nt. more than the alternate daily two-cut system The correspondent states that these results «’orrespond with th*
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    GUNONG KENDRONG.
    316 1374 Successful Ascent. On the 18th instant, a party of three Government Officers comprising (’apt. Hubert Berkeley, District Officer, Upper l‘ rak, Mr. J. B. Scrivenor, Government Geologist, Batu Gajah, and Mr E. W. Neubronner. Financial Adviser, I’pper I‘eiak, &gt;et out to climb Guuong Ken drong for scientific purposes
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    DEATH OF MR. STEPHEN ANTHONY.
    432 1374 Lon&lt;fou b !IViUt IX VU received to-day from etW ntT.T CBterda th. attack r' U d SUCl uu *Ded tu a severe ataok of influenza. The late Share'” PrT Exchan g* and &lt; Liokcib, etc Born in 1871 be was educated at the Dollar Academy,
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    MAJOR BURN MURDOCK.
    86 1374 Tribute from Planters. (Froru Our Dim Ccrrupondtnt.} Kuala Lumpur, August 24. Ar the farewell “At Home” the Kajang Club in honour Major C. Burn Murdock, the Hot* Mr R. M. Kindersley paid a triou .e to his s rvices in two wars. Mr. KinderHpy referred to the
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    CHINA’S WAR LORD.
    528 1375 REUTER’S PUNGENT CRITICISM. Telegraphing from Peking on July 28 Router's correspondent stated: —The interview with General Chang Tso-lin, published in the Peking and Tientsin Times to-day, is widely commented on in Peking. While approving the lofty expressions and frank utterance of views of the General, foreigners deprecate
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    IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL.
    387 1375 —ST PRESENTATIONS IN SINGAPORE. 'lhe Governor’s Deputy, Sir William Murison, made two presentations of medals for meritorious service on August 18. At noon, at the Singapore Prison, Mr. J. C. Harper, late senior warden, was decorated with the Imperial Service Medal. Lieut.-Col. Schomberg, D. 5.0.. who has
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    TRADING WITH THE ENEMY.
    89 1375 To the Editor of ihe Free Fre*i J Dear Sir,—ln this morning’s issue of your paper, page 5, the name of the firm is wrongly stated. —Me therefore should feel obliged if you will bring the notice of your readers that our firm the “Trading Company
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    PERAK LAND POLICY.
    186 1375 bear 2 the Government I 4. A* treatment 0 Licence-holders bv the &lt; of the Laud Office r 'y ‘a»t part of Indigo dicated the importance ot 4“*. making better provision lot T Oil? ers, who in reality should be'.* iciential treatment in view of the tins*
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    POSSESSION OF FIRE ARMS.
    135 1375 Chen Ka Bat, a Haihm. before Mr. Baker yesterday, possession of firearms anda®»» one automatic pistol and cartridges without a boence ont»« "‘■fl,., a-eused said that cartridges bad been t 1 ““’U friend ;.f bis ill Singapore Mr. z. B. Cornelius. Sow* Government Mdiiopohes 0«c. that
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