The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 15 September 1920

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    19 1 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. FBR ASA'I'M Single Copy ••els. m. 1«. PENANG, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 15TH. 1920 NO. 37
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      236 1 CONTENTS. iadix: MiioWllabboui: (Ctmtinurf): The Moving Finger 1,45 ft Sultan of Selangor 1,47 ft Passage Difficulties 1,456 Mining Notes 1,480 A Hones Divided 1,462 Passage Difficulties I,4ft 1 Rice and Tribute 1,468 Mnhajirina’ Plight ...1,481 Postal Facilities 1,474 i Estate Labour... 1,482 The Rubber Position 1,484 China News 1.482 Late
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      198 2 WWW n vtf <?v. > £VL f, 3* v i Jr? THE I “STRAITS ECHO” I X MAIL EDITION. jfc lV MT z ■■■IMOOOIW vo Published the day prior to the departure of each mail f<x Europe, &X afid contains the latest local and States news originally published in the
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    THE MOVING FINGER.
    759 1450 fab twbings on August 11, during ito«at Anglo-French-Polish crisis, w»« M hsa to the pou >d sterling, after fa tar 40 mme weeks previous when lltibok io Europe was quieter and Lgpaic, Whenever France displays tbe kM Military adventure—as when ■landed the Ruhr, deposed the lb foa!
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    THE RICE QUESTION.
    187 1450 [To the Editor of the Straits Echo.] Sir, I am in entire agreement with your correspondents “Bluffed Again” aad “A Briton” in their oornm nis on ths attitude of the Government towards the motion brought forward at the Legislative Council meeting last Friday for a reduction in
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    M.A.P.
    578 1450 The Star it.te. that the Jan of M.w». larni,l ,0 Indi, io th. aotomn ■nd that he will uke bwk with him a nntnberof well-known E igli.h ran. homer wkh U ih nB j Mo otei E ,n<l B ">oe ISJJ rh, V^° c up m,k,n n The following
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1290 1451 A Misguided Movemeat. Bout Btlangor Indian» met the Other day and passed resolutions expressing sorrow at ths death ’‘of their illustrious •ountryman” Tilak aud their intention to place his bust in their Association Hall. Now Tilak was an able man, the whole of whose ability was directed towards
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    POLAND & LITHUANIA.
    76 1451 POLAND L ITHUANIA. ROPTUBE OFNMOTIAHOIi Fao, nn P [Reptbu’s Itutmu Pd.n\ fro ,< r d l"'»rsnlXl2E: il J p d a d thus “i‘ binbsu 'be Polish delegate. Manis, to l&f i b Supremo Council his mfjjt p'buaniani that it proposas «LT demarcation running through MimiiJ Auguiiovo aud Szzugzyn. It
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    Russo-Polish War.
    35 1451 Qxbmant’i Atthudi. Berlin, Septotal The Vowiecbe ZsitUDg reports ttai British steamer from Frame tarib Daniiig was refused passage thnsgbh Kiel Canal on the ground that ita carrying a thousand tone of mui&ask Poland.
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    The Uorepentant Kaiser.
    53 1451 London, Septsatai That the ex-Kaiser is still is shown in his telegram in mw* congratulations from the Aseoouas German Officers on tbe occssms fta anniversary of the bsttls of Ttspaff» which he says, I M heartily thwk th*» for their loyal remembrance. WaOJR Fatherland might have another
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    Marne Anniversay.
    27 1451 Celebration at Yesterd.,'» celebration tbe Main, wsiotnlied Milletsnd and I’J aiu teu led ““‘/ufjj ii« byibe Archbishop rf B» tb.re w.s a barque' wW*» Allied
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    Sweden.
    23 1451 The general 4. There-ar a cooi'l" M* Bd than in M Work."*’’! that the bweduh M e h w CuS "F° rt
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    Finme Again!
    18 1451 Londofl» rfd A. menage bco ,rom ««log An, r ,,cs pZ (Laban n’®’ rigorcus ei^ 1
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    Boxing in America.
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    SINGAPORE MOTOR FATALITY
    409 1452 iC|CH tiCTOWHOS. B^«pW b; P e herB, in ukin p«tp nned hl dwi J gj r Cooper, of the <? «-M WTy.O F.B:»PP> cf ,be F ’h. tl>« wl> 6Dd Df B n M*. mo or &t s ra,orJ rd 00« of B.:urd.y morurng, ’2 ui’ lill•>•'•
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    IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
    407 1452 Tub Anglo Jbpikwb Allubob In the House of Commons on July 29 Mr Gerahom Stewart the Uader-S critsry of State for Forc’gn Affairs whether, in negotiations relating to the renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance full consideration will be given to the principle cf maintaining the open door for
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    Anglo-French Loan.
    66 1452 Announcement of Payment. New York, September 5. The French High Commissioner in the United Blates, M. Caswnove, snnouncfs lhat Fratce will repay hsr share of the Anglo-French load by 150,000,000 (gold) with the funds now in hind and gold to be imported from France and $100,000.000 (gold) by
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    Denmark.
    57 1452 KxeULT of Plebiscite. Copenhagen, September 6. ■The plebiscite, subject to the alteration of the necessitated by the incorporation cf Shsvig in Leacusri, resulted in 616,996 affirmative and 13 075 negative. The CuLitnution Bill therefore now comes into force. 0 w »r A Extraordinary announce! the deferment for another three
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    THE SHAW CASE?
    567 1452 British Chammb’b Protest. The Chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce, Shanghai, on August 18 sent to the Acting British Consul-General a letter bsaring upon the case of Mr. George L. Shaw reading as follows: British Chamber of Commbbub, Sir TI n 8h n K ht ’>
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    THE PRICE OF RICE.
    622 1453 WERE WE BLUFFED? Exactly how much or bow little the Governor i speech in the Legislative Council on the rice question meant, we find ourselves unable to decide. His Excellency succeeded in oonvsying the impression to Mr. Mitchell that if ho forced a division on his
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    Football.
    591 1453 Moxopolirs Bbit P.C.C. The Penang Cricket Club, who defeated the Government Monopolies Football and Picnic Party some time ago, had the tables turned against them yesterday evening when they met the same team ou Esplanade and were defeated by three goals to one. Although the P.C.C. eleven could not
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    UNITED MALAYSIAN RUBBER.
    341 1453 FCRTBER Court y«tSy~„“' d day s Free Preu) Jwtio», Sir Job, BncknVW reference to th. petition for of th. United M.l.y,i„ At th. ontwt, Mr. J.mjĔ Mked that the cm. be nllowU for fourteen day., Mwr,. ourkintbaw war. net repne-aTIT understood that Mtuti. All« lw i Z*
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    LABOUR CRISIS.
    944 1454 d Ubou^l«‘‘ f en ioa j.HB’S IWGKAMS.J September 5. electrical trade» lock‘■’ffE of Labour made a stute«•ftMg to the effect that as d Motiationa which were September 3 had laded iD this connection and to furnish the public with *e«til statement on the question, ‘X. under the Industrial
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    THE OPEN DOOR POLICY IN CHINA.
    545 1454 lhe bentsin correspondent of the j umg Post, writing on the “Op£ Door policy m China, recalls that nm ng was said about the “Open Door” Treatv 19 °r An glo -Japanese tatv. lhe Kusso-Japanese Wa< folFar C F C4 i langlUg Whoi of
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    THE CASE AGAINST THE MINERS.
    604 1455 There are to-day 200,000 more men employed in the coal mining industry than in 1914, but the output is considerably smaller. The miners’ day has been reduced to seven hours, and it is estimated that the miner himself works only an average of 4.9 days
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    IRISH AFFAIRS.
    664 1455 MAYOR OF CORK'S CASE. LABOUR PARTY'S APPEAL. —MM—IB HI Explanation of Governments Attitude. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, September 5. Mr. Bonar Law, replying to the Labour Party’s appeal for the release of the Lord Mayor of Cork, points out that MeSwiney was one of the leaders of the Irish
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    THE BRESLAU INCIDENT.
    245 1455 German Official Dismissed. Berlin, September i It is semi-officially announcedttattb Prussian Government has dismal Eugen Ernst, whom it described m Social Democratic Police Presided d Breslau in connection with the viohta of the French Consulate at Bred* Ernst says he was absent at the timed the outbreak.
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    PASSAGE DIFFICULTIES.
    865 1456 ,''„,„„-■«1 'l>»t once the X T 4t y of P T* t- uld «t l"* 1 r lTe Wh< uriog Uh.redUO-'d W mln te ten dener reg«rd« bsg '“tii cooßiot kurop*’.. nll w *S>r.bif *<“’ lha B,ul oa Wffik. direction of very «el. 8» f r ,rOIU Ch
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    SINGAPORE MOTOR FATALITY.
    171 1456 Accused Committed fob Tbial. ib'rom Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 9. The preliminary enquiry into the charge preferred against Mr. A. W. Cooper, engineer employe I by ths Municipality, of Ckusiug ths death of G. F* Stapp, of the F. M. S. Rtilways D pt, by the
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    M.A.P.
    577 1456 in k? 6 R 1J l Ch,r,M Bfock. Memorial Fuad m barawak now totals $«0,140. Il ii «ported that Sir Phillip B MMOa will go to India in n official capacity wb«n the new Viceroy is appointed. to jAu, r li fro Romctate. that tbe Pope .lightly injured hi.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1230 1457 La Republique Francaise. Simultaneously with the anniversary of the Battle of the Marne France hta been oelebrating the 60th anniversary of the Kilting French Republic, commemorated, according to local custom, by the Rue de Qaatre Septembre, close to the Paris Bourse. It had not the advantage of a
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    IRISH AFFAIR
    214 1457 Ma voro7wsk Wais Trade |Rtw s lE Tbe Trad. resolution iu i 1? th/ GXXte* We, to th. name of th. .ul ‘J* labour movement, will bold t?** ment reipon.ible for th. 2. k *T? Mayor d temind them nd Importamt It is announced that iccordu» a grams
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    Bishop’s Letter to the Times.
    109 1457 London, Aug®* ft It is reported that two m"i «reeled in Belhet lioonneetm"» murder of fni The Time. pabli.he. I«“ Roman Catholic' Bnbop'• Government e policy! o f M regarding the (■.coming the police of M Lord Mayor, for lorpector Swaoay, "bo ft ed in
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    Germany and the Allies.
    16 1457 ucruiauj f H,u FbMch A euPP’L tr, ji Upper 8i e ■wsmMl
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    Mesopotamia.
    201 1458 jTBIBER BLOODS j ED, iEK «B’« Teucbama J L-nd-iD, September b. u «itetieble epW«. Evolving lbe Bri'ieb crew of an t ant fight, i. '"'“lithe. War Office Mnopota.■m“» “it .pM.r, that the •’e’.te»» at Samawah railway withdrawn W the town Tering lb P T *Jb do'» »“d wd3 ,a,hf
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    Tennis.
    82 1458 Amhicii Chimpiohship. t Forest Hill, September 6. a the National Lawn Tennis H’ i J 0? tr ca beating Johnston ‘’‘-’.M, 5^7,6-3. Aiiop Ulil Crash. m CDD a Finals a »iairSt e ClrC e<l tlia courtB when ID I warning stopped M IjfLj Wlrdl tbe earth and win>*«ej by
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    Duke of Connaught.
    38 1458 ViBIT ft) India. lift 8 th. P rl '«>outb on A J Port Baid on 10 and ik’r C n p 9 h IS ,s, Dak, tf c Pul) ">“'y 7 I uoonaught f or
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    Indes Union Congress.
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    French Review.
    100 1458 Akglo-French Loam, Parig > September 7. Through shipping gold purchase?, drafts and credit operations in New York the French Treacury has already provided fully for the payment on October 15 next of $250,000,000 (gold) representing France’s share of the Franco-British loan floated in the United States in 1915.
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    Mexico.
    38 1458 Ch AMG E of Presidents. Mexico City, September 6. General Obregon has been elected President of Mexico. General Obregon was formerly Minister of War and staged the coup d’| ĕ:at which led to the overthrow of Carranza.
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    The Diplomatic Service.
    31 1458 British Ambamador to France. London, September 1. The newspapers announce that Viscount Hardingo, ex-Viceroy of India, has been appointed to succeed Lord D.rby as Ambassador in Paris. :o:
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    SINGAPORE DIVORCE CASE.
    76 1458 Judicial Decision. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 9. The Chief Justice, Sir John Bucknill, x. 0., directed that a petition he served on Mr. G. A. Scott, formerly of the United Engineer*, in respect of the allegations by his wife and that in ths event of
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    Singapore Football Cup.
    205 1458 South Stafford's Viotort. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 9. In the final of the Singapore Football Cup competition the South Staffords beat the Singapore Recreation Club by one goal to nil. :o: Our Singapore correspondent wires that at the rubber auctions yesterday Sheet fetched from 6111
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    THE RICE QUESTION—A SOLUTION.
    694 1458 THE RICE QUESTION— A SOLUTION. r iht Fr Friu l u.ar B<r,—Al far a. one oao aw f,nm he P' e «nt di.cui.ion of the r i oo probl.m both ln the prua ntl on th |a fo quite obyioualy fi.d. that all th. meuura .uggeaud ar. only temporary ao(
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    PREVENTION: THE ROOT OF THE MATTER.
    478 1459 [To the Editor of the Straits limes J Sir,— May I attempt briefly to get at the central point of the controversy ooncjrning the rightneu or wrongness of making it easy to avoid venereal infection Vices which consist of excess, such as gluttony, drunkennese
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    F.M.S. ART CLUB.
    104 1459 Lhe F. M. 8. Art Club will hoid an exhibition on November Bth and 9th at the Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, in aid of St, Dunstan’s House for Blinded Soldiers and Bailors. Admission el 00. Particulars of exhibits stating title, aitise prscc if for ara t 0
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    THE RICE QUESTION.
    342 1459 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo.] Sir, The correspondence of A RiceConsumer in which he asks for a solution to the Rice Question is indeed a very sympathetic one but it will not ba of any avail to touch the heurt-a’ringa cf the Government as long
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    PENANG’S SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
    709 1459 The annual report o. the settlement if Penang for the y.ar 1919 give. the R-W« at »7.933.252, and lb. .»P«> ;dlta 8 »2,497,«09. The incra.se iuß«venur>c 81,406,874 mi mainly «covunied for by t increase in opium eal** ttud ,< f u The amount drawn by S> 4
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    ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
    2134 1460 tU ,E MENACE TO THE vW ENTENTE. !OU nc.ajm'EKATK>N IllU4ioab Correspondent wk at iasbuda. lhe pin* t (mly of thu French Prea* but K french Parliament are unceasing The Entente is in peril, not *L has a quarrel with jt because France persists in '2- quarrel with
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    POLAND AND RUSSIA.
    194 1461 ALLEGED POLISH AGGRESSION. Outrageous Proceedings. [Reuter’s TELEGEaMS.J Loudon, September 0. A telegram from Vienna states that as a protest against the occupation of Eastern Galicia by the Poles a Cavalry division composed of Galicians and Ukrainians under General Pawlenko, who has been actively fighting the Bolsheviks, crossed
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    POLAND AND GERMANY.
    99 1461 BOLSHEVIK REFUGEES. Polish Appeal to the Allies. Paris, September 0. Information received by the Foreign Office leads to the calculation that 128,000 Bolshevik troops have taken r< luge in East Prussia. The Polish Government is dissatisfied with the internment conditions as Bolshevik bands are roaming at large
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    POLAND AND LITHUANIA.
    137 1461 Cessation of Hostilities. Warsaw, September 0. Hostilities between the Poles and Lithuanians have virtually ended an peace negotiations are expected to be held immediatelv at MarienpolAppeal to League of Nations. Loudon, September The Polish Government has appealed to the League of Nations requesting mediation in the Polish
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    ST. LEGER.
    177 1461 Ij LLbl£ S I Abbots Trac^.' j°' I (Childs), Allenby tbonort 1 field (t. BuUj.'fc; Si Jones), Dayhght Pafef Golaen Guinea (Martin r I (tolling), Orphek (V W* *1 Manton (Lane), Caligula J I X «SI The Betting. I lhe betting is 9 to 4 I hop, 9to
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    SOUTH RUSSIA.
    127 1461 General Wrangel’s CampiiflWarsaw, September 6 Another detachment of anU-M* vist Russians has left Warsaw to pin General Wrangcl. Up to the pre*** 18,000 men have left to take up W» with General Wrangcl. Successful Operations. Constantinople, September 0 According to the latest oftcial K-»» news General WrangeT. counts*
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE.
    49 1462 •it —At Caiubu.ne, a*' I,l M?Ualy 1 920 B (,rn rd 1 K of Sttlhcott Villa, ’J*? Con* Wt *TL« -At Bt. Geo>g.’« Church, 8 h iMt»nt, F? I k I L 0 ,rd l **J, ud Mr.. F. H. H.r.t of r.-f.nd to Dora Elisabeth, to*
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    A HOUSE DIVIDED.
    1714 1462 tun has always rlther P rone r {be reMtionsry and to plouah a ■iW.ii> planting politic, perhaps it i by far the oldest of all the iod io the ordinary way but ii done thereby except to iiiilf which has gradually come Timrdcd u A withered beldame
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1090 1463 Chop Suey. Europeans who may desire to sample this dish will find the following a simple recipe which gives excellent results: Two cups of boiled rice, one cup of onions, fried until brown, one cup of celery out fine and boiled in a little water, one cup of
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    RICE DOWN!
    94 1463 THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION. Our Singapore correspondent telegraphing at 1-13 to-<ay ‘‘The Government is Gazette this afternoon that d *J iw ed to reduce the maximum ret P of rice in Singapore and Pena g (one dollar) a gantang and in othe ities proportionately. onsuffl ption “All restrictions of
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    CEYLONESE ASSOCIATION.
    342 1463 MEEIING A. Clough, Planter of BatJ «nd the following “»»o>mouily pamd witkw Propoaed by Mt. Tank, pZ ru, Int.ipr.t.r of th. Supreme Coen by Mr. F.C. Perera ata Carthigaeu—“ That thu eally proteata againit xctiofl of the provisions! u deciding to hold the adjoomi Singapore on Saturday the
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    THAT $1,000,000!
    109 1464 i(iL M u»i'W pOSALnUJUTtD LIABILI'I Y. •jpot's Tblmiums.J London, September 8. mmate has been issued in cf the Bo d 2 0< the f-tatoenti to make a further war 5^1,000,000I sterling in reyear 1920 and, if the S- KBiU, to continue the same SXesrly, including the Military JE
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    France and America.
    70 1464 Tina or Nur Loam. New York, September 8. ins 1300,000,000 French Loan ■Rud yesterday, which is to run 25 wk bnr interest at 8 per cent., will A» fora of Gold Bonds and be a hs lin on the French Government, h* ip* to pay a minimum
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    Boxing.
    54 1464 Bio Matchm Off. u a London, September 8. u 2 81 decided to abandon proPromotion owing to the lg ltionB di ’P la yed by 80 JJ H™ tDB cause being •i Clbi,D inßbilit y to fulfil Jimm y Wild in «udni ß hh Cochran has <*• wW 000
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    Sugar Trade.
    23 1464 Uhion, Bmaei. n September 7. J*»! Io varied MoD^eur ann °unces Boi* r 8 T Coo ention th< > h C, ,d
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    Singapore News.
    46 1464 AtTEMPTtD «UiDEB. l P’» to Wo “««-.ioii with v J law Jer’i cl.tk Sift* UV b n 1 site'- E ’«i« a d and mJ i d<,fead “>g 0» n 0“ a U n 4 r diftiXhe U d coffe has 2?« u p"c
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    THE LABOUR CRISIS.
    393 1464 TRADES UNION CONGRESS. Important Resolution Adopted. [Reuter’s Telegrams.! rT London, September 7. Iho irade Union Congress continued its meeting to-day but again maintained complete silence regarding the vital question of the hour and confined itself to discussing minor matters such as the Unemployment Act, the election of
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    Typhus Epidemic.
    100 1464 MENACE TO THE WORLD. Shocking Ravages in Europe. London, September 7. The League of Nations, which points out that the sum of £10,000,000 mentioned on 4th September should read £2,000,000, has issued a statement supporting Mr. iLlfour’s appeal. It shows that cases of typhus in Poland and Galicia
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    Penang Golf Club.
    20 1464 The September undal will be pUfed on Satuiday and Sunday, the 11th and 12 f ,h met.
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    MERCHANT SHIPPING ACTS.
    111 1464 LABOUR PARTY’S AGITATION. I’BOFOfIiD Important Amendmivte. [Reuter’s Telegrams J Tk i London, September 7. The text is issued of the Labour Party*! M r au hl PPiug Bill which WM rwently introduced in th. Hou« of Common/witi the object of amending the M.rch.nt Shipping Acta and providing
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    Earthquakes in Europe.
    190 1464 ENORMOUS DAMAGE. Italt’i Serious Loss. London, September 7. various parts of Italy, partioulary, luicany and Lombardy, were visited by earthquake shocks between yesterday evening and this morning causing great damage and the loss of several lives. Rome, September 7. The centre of the earthquake appears to have
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    Mesopotamia.
    100 1464 Safety of Missing Europeans. London, September 7. To-night’s War Office Meiopotamia communique reports that tiamawah was shelled by the thirteen pounder lost with the armoured train captured by insurgents on 2nd instant, mentioned yesterday. On the Upper Euphrates the building of bLckhouses has begun on the BaghdadAllujah line. The
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    Irish Crisis.
    43 1464 Military Casualties. London, September 7. The War Office has issued a list of casualties among the military in Ireland in AugJit, showing that 1 officer and two men were killed, 2 office re and 12 men wounded, and 8 men injured.
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    THE COLONY’S TRADE.
    561 1465 Mobb Valux Imorbabbb. The total imports into the Straits Settlemints during the second quarter of IV2O •mounted t0’ »299,808,987 again.} >233,042, «51 during the corresponding period of 10IV. Singapore imports totalled 240, an inortueof 744,832,888; Penang,?60,449.000 on inore.ee of 529,612,240; and Melacc. 88,696,164, an inoreaee of »1,321,041.
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    AN EASTERN ADMINISTRATOR.
    858 1465 About Others and Myself. By Sir Archibald Anson. (Murray. 21a net) The fullness and lucidity of Sir Archibald Anson’s narrative, the sanity and firmness of his decisions, coupled with his impartiality in stating the objections that were raised against them, and his alert look in the photograph
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    FOOTBALL.
    131 1465 P. C. C. and C. R Tn mite of the fact that woe part in the Malayan c commence to day, e d sTFZrs.peeHtor.n h; 8 J visitors wfri E tegtn to which met included lhe horn. IM“. b ii b B wk I»* Province l c k.off the
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    MALACCA PLANTERS' ASSOCIATION.
    3040 1466 ..«nl’R COMM> TTEES (£C g Mahons OPPOSED. ">« PreseD front tb- T 0 M l Kjeral meeting oi the id cca "lnch was held at Xk, Club at 10 a.m. last Sunday .-amiitem on the agenda was, as termed it, the all import:>a of labour. That the
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    CHINA’S WORLD’S FAIR.
    146 1467 China is to have a world expowtxs* 1922. Th is will be held in the Heaven in Peking. Since 1851. m England held the first of the fairs in Hyde Park, virtually nation of any consequence except China, has had its grert tion. The first one, m
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    RICE AND TRIBUTE.
    1145 1468 «a ire sometimes told, is etar«el«" ,iO, The ohsr s *“2? h. 11,1 br th* numeroui extbufa wd WDgMtulttinn that WtJ. niched oi as a remit of the v.« taken in the eucoeeeful Muring a reduction in the WJV* Iftbereeuil thi oaln £„be need to point a
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    PENANG LIBRARY.
    110 1468 Special Gbnbral Mxbtimq bert oHhA enWftl tiDg Of tho he P, “»ORLibrary will be held n he L b ™a«U 3o p.m,on Tneeday, the 14th iwt. when the committee will propew it an be ,üb n P tion -which i, at prewnt •l oO a quarter for books
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    MEDICAL SERVICES.
    380 1468 IMPORTANT REFORMS. (I rom Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Bspt. 10. It is understood that it has been decided that the medical and health branches of the Colony and the States Medical Services will be placed under the direction of one head, whose title probably will be Director
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    M.A.P.
    541 1469 Mr. W. B.,Gibeon. who baa been appointed D. P. P. Perak, returned from leave to-day. From last nigbt’e Malay Mail Mr. H. I. Smail has returned from leave M. W. D. Ashdown, of Penang, will take the eervioe at Bluff ußoad Hall on Sunday evening. Mom. Andre Danjou, French
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    THE LABOUR CRISIS.
    619 1469 TRADES UNION CONGRESS. Important Resolutions Adopted. [Reuteb’s Telegrams.] London, September 8. On the Trade Union Congress resuming to-day Mr. J. M. Thomas, M.P., made a statement on the miners’ trouble. He denied that Congresi was afraid to raise the issue for fear of the miners' power. The
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    Prince of Wild.
    40 1469 Rivisid Iraiuir, London, Sfafal The revised itinerary of the fa g Walee's tour states that he is tai fa West Indies on September 14, fa Bermuda on October 3 sod is dual ha mouth on October 11.
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    Big Opium Seller.
    37 1469 Japaniu Caftaii Aura. London, SepUmberl A message from Hongkong Mail preventive officers seised 18,000 faf prepared opium valued at 52M.000 board the Japanese motefaw Scbena-maru. The skipper sad of the crew hate been arrested.
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    Mesopotamia.
    76 1469 IMPROVED SITUATION. Fubtheb f uoobutoi» Onuw* London, Septs»** A War Office communique with ig to Mesopotamia states that tnb«i«» bombs obtained from a wp' train ineffectively Artillery dispersed with J* rifbmon who were gfaptf All is quiet in the Br ßritish Rero P la M lt r L ld
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    Poland and Lithuania.
    58 1469 APPEAL TO THE ALLiU Mutual Ixmd?"' A and to th« L*«"’l2d th* th. Liibu.n>»"' .Hewing territory,tb»t 1 Buw.lki aUotrd troop» w n d Litbu»ni».’> pi***!"* ril fT? oonMntr»t'O“ and Mb» rtP** 00 £A* J meant to 1’"" Onthe °tb“ b t sj Pri* gram deCl r rt
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    EX-SERVICE MEN.
    210 1470 Houas. :BnOT ''London, September 8. (Mini.fr for Labour) *T M oonfereoc» »t th. M»nuo« »<1 Chairmen of Djetnct Khito London area and Home Haig's appeal to for ex-Bervico men. TSib»». in tht COQrM of J lfl a aid tint five million soldiers and two tiowodofficers had been abiorbed
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    Earthquake Disaster.
    68 1470 GutfLoMoF Lili. Home, September 8. X** w r killed ,we over north- ,erioUB dam8 B fl i ttLn 17 T e comfortL2 k ,anivor He ’Poke to k *Mttl? Dg °4 ,tr «tcher sub* I T She told nfi b done wrvived, The SHi kU 00 two godsons
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    THe Breslau Incident.
    11 1470 I- /‘T 64 frc “> U for C *lwut
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    Home Cricket.
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    IRISH CRISIS.
    654 1470 PREMIER’S STATEMENT. ISSwINBT’« TriABONABLR COURBI. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, September 8. While some quarters publish denials concerning Mr. Lloyd George’s conditional offer to release Mr. McSwiney, the Lord Mayor of Cork, some leading j mrnals this morning repeat and amplify the declaration. In the coarse of a statement in
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    POLAND AND RUSSIA.
    151 1470 MR. BALBOUR’S CHARGEBL London, September 9. M. Tchitchern, replying to Mr. Balfour's Piute cabled on September 2, expresses the opinion that the latter is labouring under an illusion as regards the RussoPolish military situation and endeavours to show that the setback before Warsaw was merely the unsuccessful
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    The St. Leger.
    257 1470 Favouritb Nowhiri. London, September A Allenby (Djnoghne up) made the running from Abbots Trace (Jellis), Silvern (F. Templeman), Doable Bed (Piper), Orpheus (V. Smith) and Spion Kop (Stern). Half way Double Bed led but gave way to Abbots Trace a quarter of a mile from home when
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    BRITISH TRADE.
    186 1471 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. GENERALLY IMPROVED COVDITIOIS. [Reuter ’a Telegrams.] London, September 8. There wm a remarkable ehrinkage in the adverse balance of trade in July. Whereas imports in July last year exceeded imports by £26,000,00J the difference last July was only £8,500,000. The great change was due to
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    Highly Satisfactory Returns.
    134 1471 London, September 8. The groat increase in exports from the United Kingdom is a feature of the Board of Trade returns for August. The exports total 115,000,000 being an increase of £40,000,000 compared with August 1919. The imports total £153,200,000 being an increase of £4,500,000. The principal
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    South Russia.
    105 1471 General Wr angel’s Plans. London, September 9. Interviewed by the represent* iva of a Russian newspaper General Wr angel said that in view of the change of ait? ude of the Allied Powers and the victory of the Poles he must concentrate his forus ui the north of
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    Diplomatic Service.
    28 1471 New Ambisidor to FaiNCa. London, September 8. appointment of Lord Hardings as Ainbaesador to France is officially announced. Lord Derby is relinquishing his appointp rminds m
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    DESIGNS ON INDIA.
    98 1471 BOLSHEVIKS’ LATEST MOVE. Envbb Pasha’s Niw Command. [Reuteb’b Telegrams.] London, September 8. It is reported from Moscow that Enver Pasha, at the request of Lenin and Trotsky, has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of Bolshevik forces which are marching on India. The Bolshevik forces in the Caucasu», Persia, Afghanistan
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    Persia.
    24 1471 Bolsheviks Repulsed. London, September 8. A Persian Cossack column moving north from Menjil repulsed the Reds who had occupied the village of Imaszadehachen,
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    FEDERAL COUNCIL.
    373 1471 Meeting in Kuala Lumpur. Following are the arrangements made for the meeting of the Federal Council to be held on the 15th instant: On the arrival in Kuala Lumpur of Their Highnesses the Rulers, salutes of the prescribed number of guns will be tired from the Saluting Battery.
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    SHARE MARKET
    313 1471 Lw» 4 Bow Both Rubber wsakuew, thl being 1/7] at suciiom iU, made 64 and 62 cent, aeon’s S tin Share-markets alrowd mained inactive and as far u neither being quite content to wxit far The decline in the price ed for by America, which largely in the
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    AUGUST RUBBER CROP.
    7 1471 guogei Arak 2,702 Ih
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    JAPANESE BEER.
    11 1471 .****ujth Competitor [JJtVTSB* Dr/' The is S a Xv
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    LOVE OR EUGENICS.
    1023 1472  -  ;Byi E. B Osbobs). JA a political force hto auffikjs6Xd by i‘%" wdE au d it is merely a single spirit of antagonism to all dilutions, including even the duties of natural living, winch believe that Man, by desdike has built “P‘ D‘hart- S be ba. done,
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    NEW CHINESE ALPHABET.
    697 1472 Pacific Torts. Phonetic is the now' ayatem of n r ne V j Sta aUd greut P°“Bibilit les for more rapid education of the Chinwe H u l Ah ’T ed f up,hronßh thouchta Al f x P reBBi »g Chinete “py The (hmeae people We, eretofore,
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    MALAYAN OLYMPICS.
    721 1473 CLOSE FINISHES ANO LARGE ATTENDANCE. [Front Our Special Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, September 10. Fairly fine weather favoured the opening events of the Malayan Athletic Sports which were held to-day and will be continued to-morrow. These popular athletic consists, which were commenced in 1906 and continued annually until 1913,
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    MALAYS ABROAD.
    444 1473 --Mala) w The F.M.B. Government is often described as a paternal Government, l ate, nit v involves the duty of protecting < Children so long as they are unable to protect themselves. We printed m yes t< rday S issue the following cube Lords Islington and Amptlifl. I»
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    LABOUR TROUBLES IN U.S.A.
    34 1473 Lund»»’ w The first seriou» occurred i rfjotcr^ 4 da n "ra"d^^ ide in r T L.diK whistle u bo cK n ,or l ''fiftv mile Il fin* J. ft';'
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    POSTAL FACILITIES.
    622 1474 nought but «-ell mented <. .be Chief of the local posta P*, L his energetic, efficient and “«us Staff, yet we have a rather to pick with the Head of the nr nerhaps we should say Xors P While the Post /ipoh, with its modern equip--7 and numerous
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    F.M.S. APPOINTMENTS.
    388 1474 The following appointments appear in the F. M S. Government Gazette of Friday, 10th September:— Dr. A. H. Savage to be a Health Officer, F.M.S Mr. W. C. G. Galloway to be an Assistant Telegraph Engineer, P. aud T. Department; Dr. W. J. Symes to be a Medical
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    M.A.P.
    519 1474 Mr. J.L. McFall ii appointed Protestor cA Chinese and Police Magistrate for Penatg. fl Mr. Buuel Tam.r hu r.tarn»<i to th« T.hUn“ n n WO Rub u»«t. C. w. JtokMD, Cowt Drf.txM m “g. r. te; Septemtwr 1 l<hl 00in en iß < The Hon. Mr. W. Dancan goes
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1257 1475 Selangor Indians and Mr. Tilak. To a Selangor Hindu who addresses us on the subject of a recent paragraph in this column it should be hardly necessary to point out that Tilth was sentenced to six years' transportation by an Indian Judge of the High Court (not a
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    THE LABOUR CRISIS.
    379 1475 FAILURE U.tOK.' UMOOMnotmtw A [Revieb'B TsUGutt- Th. confer ft 8 Executive and the MiniiUr of 45? which so much was hoped” Smillie (Secretary of thsl& pi* reformed Sir R BorTfe the Board of Trade) that ths&S-! of opinion that there wu no m 2? in hie statement
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    Sensational Disclosures.
    107 1476 jOIifIEVIK PROPAGANDA. jjnOrriuo Loxoon Jocbmxl. London, September 10. UMriireoestwireleM disclosure!iconJ2X Bdiberiki flnencing the Daily EJWhich it immediately denied, the toWnot admit, that one of its u md Meynell ha. bean offered uiid £75,000 from Russia and that ibareholders has been called to ohvheth«r the paper should accept. •mWI
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    Indian Reforms.
    38 1476 tan Pusidiit Appointed. London September 9. tt.Lttwde Frederick Whyte, Member fa Penh and Editor of Jw Europe since April 1917, *««spj»uited first President of the jpwwhambly which will shortly be in India under the Reform Act.
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    Communists in Russia.
    58 1476 Bouhivik Action, London, September 12. from Helsingfors says that irmj QDilt toctioo in Petrogard Ont ioal ,ituation *t a M Central Committee of the Petro rad J A lch til opposition group Of he Had Army !*J «*o« fo Bnd tho altercation n i iC L x
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    Shipping.
    48 1476 1 EITIBPBUB. u l «esetu Ddon io, n P d Awtalii G«ui», Limb, <W^°S lB,P U “b,r H«X) U w T lh fc'fflwly the *“«>» n,T t r g,in *75? a *k, N««' j, *J>ng in in .joß P’ rl i»lly wi ofUi.r.p*ir I We e ry ,0
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    AUSTRALASIA.
    234 1476 DEFENCE SCHEME. Wmqhiy Ornoui, Utibbamom. [Rbutkb’b Telegrams.] London, September 10. A message from Melbourne states that iu the House of Representatives Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, made a statement on the Government’s defence policy. He declared that the most vital part of Australian policy was the preservation of Australia
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    Disastrous Earthquakes.
    292 1476 Gbeat Da magi in Italy. London, September 9. A message from Rome says that another violent earthquake to-day in the province of Roggio Nellemilla caused serious damage in various communes. Aw Appalling Tbagedy. Datails of the terrible tragedy that has befallen Tuscany, which are coming io, reveal its
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    The Rubber Industry.
    74 1476 Interesting Announcement. London, September 10. Kubber-growers will be interested in a statement made by the India rubber Journal, that a company in Salome (Arisona) is turning out a ton of crude rubber«daily from ocotilla, or candle-weed, which grows well and very abundantly there. The product is said
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    London Stocks.
    86 1476 Expediency of Rmtbichoxb. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 13. Mr. Macfadyen cables to tbe Straits limes from London that unless outputs are restricted the rubber surplus in December will probably exceed 34,000 tons. Leading men interested in the industry in London are attempting to arrange for voluntary
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    Channel Swim.
    50 1476 Amebioan’i Gbeat Attempt. London, September 10. Henry Sullivan, an American, just failed to swim the Channel from Dover to France. He was compelled to give up when within 24 miles of the French ooast after being eighteen hours in the water owing to severe pains in the stomach.
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    Unrest in Italy.
    187 1476 CRITICAL SITUATION. Evidence of Bolshevik Intriguss. London, September 10. The grave situation which has arisen in Italy over the stisnre of 300 iron factories by metal-workers cabled on September lis now getting worse. At present half a million workers are involved. Negotiations between the manufacturers and workers
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    IRISH CRISIS.
    357 1477 SINN FEIN’S OBJECTIVE. Alternatives Facing the Cabinet. [Rbutbr’s Telegrams.] London, September 9. A captured copy of the official organ of the Irieh Volunteers provider an illuminating insight into the avowed purposes of the present Sinn Fein campaign of murders. The paper declares that to-day the first line of
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    A Poisoning Case.
    64 1477 Film Aotress’b End. London, September 11. The Paris film actress, Miss Olive Thomas, wife of Jask Pickford, brother cf Miss Mary Pickfard, died in a hospital as the result of swallowing lotion cnu'a uing bichloride of mercury which was intended for external application only. Her screams brought
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    Famine in China.
    67 1477 Appalling Outlook, Peking, Singapore 10. There are grave indications that Cliina will soon be overtaken by a terrible famine. a/S 0 *****611 1 8 **ki s g measures to apply «2,000,000 for immediate needs and to raise other funds to meet urgent w<nts. lhe outlook for the
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    MESOPOTAMIA.
    110 1477 IMPROVED SITUATION. Loyal Arab Co-operation. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, September 9. A War Office Mesopotamia communique covers a number of minor operations in various areas and mentions that in the Lower Euphrates region aeroplanes reconnoitering over Samawah were heavily fired on and replied with machine-guns and succeeded in dropping medical
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    Mexican Chaos.
    125 1477 Escape of Kidnapped Americans. New York, September 9. The War department learns from Mexico City that Johnson, who was captured by Mexican bandits under the leadership of Zamora at Anthan south west of Mexico, and held for a ransoon of 10,000 pesos, escaped and is now proceeding to
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    France and America.
    30 1477 FRENCH LOAN. Successful Flotation. New York, Septemb3T 9. The French loan of 1300.000.000 mentioned on September 7 was oversubscribed and the lists wore closed within one hour.
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    French Review.
    149 1477 Allies and Germany. Paris, 8< plember 11. The Ambassadors’ Conference at which M. Cam bon presided resolved on «end ng to Germany a Note protesting topping of ships passing through *isi Canal bound for Dantz'g- A reception took place in honour of a delegation of Spanish Catalonians who
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    THE HO KONG BANK LIMITED.
    398 1477 THE HO KONG BANK LIM ITED. Friday, th. 10th of purpoie of coniidering, P«mg th. toanmr require f or th .«•I» th traordioary re,olatioi Capital of th. Company’ *8,000,000 to 120,000,000 br 120 000 additioaklZ,fe J rank pari passu with the existiag ih? 1 Mr. Lim Peng Siang, th« presided,
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    SULTAN OF SELANGOR.
    951 1478 yfffl.FlFlH BIRiHD^ Yrm#»* CiBEMO» 1 Klang. 4 0 Klang, September 12, 1(lk kjrtbdaT of Hi» Higoneaa K C M G f j iWinrar, “>« cca,lon l jubilation in Klang l».t •TL baadaj- In honour of the •JjLbit the Stat, of Sd.Dgor. Sib» (wod»J« »I» borate proT* J
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    MALAYAN OLYMPICS.
    2433 1478 SUCCESSFUL REVIVAL. Seven Records Broken. (A'rom Our Sptcitl Corraponimt.) Th, x, i Kual a Lum Pur. Sept. 12. The Malayan Athletic Sports which 19 8 becD held at Jpok feUbpended owing to the war, waa revived <*n 1-riday ast and continued on the Satui day .follmvmg, the venue
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    MINING NOTES.
    1775 1480 A FIXED PRICE FOR TIN. Is am Imtbbmatiomal Abbamqxmbmt POBBIBLB Many yean before the Great War, an aniucoeaaful attempt was made by the French Secrctan Syndicate to control the price of copper. It was a speculators’ syndicate, and too big a proposition to be handled by those who
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    PENANG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    870 1481 Following are excerpts from the minutes p mw tlng of the Committee of Penang *®ber of Commerce held at the Chamber on luesday, 7th September, 1920, at 2 30 p m lhere were present: Messrs. C. xM. u i* n er n Ch ,rr nan) J.
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    MUHAJIRINS’ PLIGHT.
    32 1481 I LVTy fl?® through th DialD icg nearly all The on fo r t j district h'| O o< Britta/ uk io full.' rca 1 kcharT J t «necif» l
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    ESTATE LABOUR.
    1165 1482 A. e »sv”iM^7 oUtSldt:r tu iO T as t 0 whet her d Association has acted S* burning down” the proposals ’I General Labour Committee and matters remain a* they arc. It X clear whether the Penin- whole, agrees with hese proXi, but it seems to us that
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    CHINA NEWS.
    819 1482 The New Ministry. A mandate has beeu issued appointing members of the new Cabinet, as follows, ion Wei clung (Dr. W. W. Yen) is hereby appointed Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs (bang Chih-tan, Acting Minis ter of the Interior, Chow Tzc-chi, Acting Minister of Finance, Chin Yun-pang concurrent!}
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    LATE SIR EVELYN ELLIS.
    153 1483 TRIBUTE BY BENCH AND BAR. (From Our Oicii Correspondent.) Singapore, September S in the Supreme Court Sir John Bucktiill, Chief Justice, paying a tribute to the late Sir Evelyn Ellis, described the deceased as one of the most striking and most important personalities in this country.
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    Reparations.
    42 1483 Gbvbva CovrßkiMUß Postpohbd. D t London, September 11. Heater e agency stated that it is expected iitat the Reparaliona Conference at Geneva, Jhwh wu provisionally fixed for September *4, will be postponed till October owing to the International Fineneial Conference at
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    REGISTRATION OF DOMESTIC SERVANTS.
    342 1483 flo the Editor of the Times of Malaya.) Sir, —There appears to be a “clothesdisappeaiing” epidemic in Perak nowadays. To my knowledge two gentlemen in Tpoh have lost their clothes and two in Taiping. In one case the “boy” got 4 months’ rigorous imprisonment and in
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    TAXATION AND REPRESENTATION.
    137 1483 ‘To the Editor of the Straits Echo.] Sir. r When I wrote you on -July 10 re etaf rest Moi!”' I anticipated, in my own mind. that, to quote Sir Laurence (Inillemard. “money which belonged R ih. country and of which bovernmen wore merely trustees” would again
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    PADI FOR STOCK
    159 1483 J,Mr .->/ the- (No. 1150)was public Settlements Gov’rnm *>4 ordinary announcing that th** Prohibiting the use of L 7 4e tohan broken cargo rice’ f or try. horses, cattle or thereby rescinded. It was then generallv o such foodstuff fo r pou i v t to other
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    THE SHAW CASE.
    244 1483 Official Statement. In reply to Lieut.-Colonel Piny i 1 August 16 Mr. Harmsworth slid; I* 1 question of laying papers oo sfe I subject will be considered wta ftports which are now awaited han received that there is no evident* to show that the Japanese Consent had
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    THE RUBBER POSITION.
    979 1484 Ifacfcdjen’» «RoriiDg fr X d TZw F’Voatput hou!d MDd SSjLhtiek io the report of the **JS«ioii of 191«' Mr o<orge fiK* drafted the report, “,,„„1 i s addition, by Meaere. R. C. M. Kinderaley, in i a! (TGordon Brown, l !K B. P. Clodd, W. G. iffiA
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    M.A.P.
    577 1484 Mr. H. I. Bmsil has returned to Kuala Lumpur from leave, Mr. F. L. Jones, of the Malay Mail returned from leave by the Kashgar: Mr. F. E. Harmer, A. 8. P., on retaraZ WMd*"’ bMn P d 10 Oh Lu “‘"<' Chain»,» of th, Kinta Tin Mines, Ltd.,
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    933 1485 The Japanese in Korea. We reoommend those who look to Japan m the future leader and saviour of all the coloured races, to read Mr. McKenzie's Korea’s Fight for Freedom.” The worst terrors of negro slavery as exposed in Uncle Tom’s Cabin pale their uueffectnal fire beside the
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    MR. J. GORMAN.
    175 1485 Dxath At Six. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star, Kedab. September 14. Information has bean received here by wireless respecting the death of Mr. JGorman, State Engineer, Ktdsh, which occurred in the Red Sea. The deceased camo out to j'nn M-ssrs. Stark end McNeill sod about twelve
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    P.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    32 1485 The tie played yesterday resulted as fjllows:- Mr Mixed Doubles Handicap and Mm Bennett beat Mr and Mrs Wh 6-2, 6-2. o: TIN OUTPUT. t th* nrnift- rd Augcd
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    COST OF LIVING.
    62 1485 HVGB INGEEabes. [WebTtbjmui ■vingm Eutopnn KMlna < h L.. g ueofNMio September 20. Tskiag uZ?" 7 for fooditaft f 'he present fig areiMlll 339, 1 r.nch proriaoe. 3JL Ui, h? Norwa, 2 »8, Bwiturlsad M fi:.",,?' fi Swidii’s Exntrm, Stockholm, BiptmhwU. The statistics for Aunt increase of
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    Women's Rights.
    118 1485 Notabli Amibiou Ciuium London, Bsptmkr 11 The Times’ correspondent io W4hpi says that the President eslsbnM i recent ratification of the ooutiMM amendment enfranchising won If appointing Miss Mabel Baden one of the three oommi»®» ministering Washington. Mia W man is one of the bat taa women in
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    German Disarmament.
    58 1485 German Disarm ament. Th» lateit °®°'ji-iu’S Germany i> h ‘11» thou allowed by jyT thou,and macbine-g ih.ll,and I,M’W W Germany by off' ,rf to oolleet larg<' j«u he hidden in T niorfm but the aulborilie. ditto tbirt niilb* Ob, bundwd b f ■mall arm’ dO iiil>« but double lbi being
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    Boxing in Australia.
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    THE LABOUR CRISIS.
    419 1486 JJADE UNIONCOSGREB3. 51 Commitim. BSCTE»' S TEE.EOaA.MB. J London, o.ptember 11. Tr*d< Vnion Congre" »t Ports bLw this morning when tbs iff ti» Of tb. Ki .M moused. Mr. J. H. the t di w'b ft wtew ’bile it •>g D h nt Jfu! B. BmiHie. who
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    Food Control Announcement.
    65 1486 Prbparation fob A Strikb. London, September 11. The Food Controller announces that in the event of a coal strike the weekly sugar ration will immediately be reduced from twelve to six ounces a head and steps will be taken to restriot tbe consumption of other essential foodstuffs,
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    French Review.
    404 1486 London, September 11. The combined proceeds from taxes for tbe month of August is over 800,000,000 francs whioh is a large increase compared with August 1919 and compared with tbe official estimates. M, Millerand to-day visited the Alsatian cities and Colmar where be reasserted the government's readiness to
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    MESOPOTAMIA.
    270 1486 BRITISH OPERATIONS. Kapurthala’s Offer. [Reuter’s Telegram a.] London, September 11. The War Office annoucoed that a strong n of J Ddi^ n k Un n e L n S adi "-G«neral ConyngAft eft BRk H bt north-east of Bagdad on September 6 to operate in a northeasterly direction along
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    American Labour.
    123 1486 Washington, September 11. In connection with the action on the 2nd inst. of 100,003 anthracite miners called “taking a vacation "as a protect against the award of the Anthracite Committee whioh was appointed as a re.ult of the coal strike, President Wilson has notified tbe miners his refusal
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    Portugal.
    29 1486 Lisbon, September 18. Don Miguel Braganzi has renounced his claim to the throne in favour of hia son Prince Duarte who is favoured by the Intsgralists and Legitemisle
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    Home Cricket.
    29 1486 M.C.C. Austs a lian Tram. Lmdon, September 11. Ihe M-C.C. teens to visit Australia beat Mr. Thornton's eticog All England eleyep at Ros rbrc 1 1 a—<|
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    BOREA PERFORMANCES.
    523 1487 [To the Editor 0/ the Strait» Echo.] Dear Sir, Some of my friends, especially the Chinese, have been misinformed regarding the preparation! for the Borea performance! thia year. The Malays have prepared nothing for this year’s performance!. I am sure those who make preparations to entertain these performances
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    CRISIS IN ITALY.
    130 1487 OMINOUS DEVELOPMENTS. Climax Nbibly Rnioaso. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, September 11. Latest reports show that Italy may be on the verge. of a revolution. Negotiations are proceeding between the metal workers and their masters but in this connection reports are at present conflicting. Meanwhile the movement is spreading.
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    Russia and Poland.
    246 1487 PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. London, September 9. A message from Moscow states that M. Chitoherin, Bolshevik Commissary for Foreign Affairs, announced that the Bolsheviks at the eleventh hour had decided not to send peace delegates to R’ga to meet the Poles. The hitch appears to be due to the
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    U.S. Presidential Campaign.
    65 1487 U.S. Presidential Campai gn. Unusual m bnv. 9e P^ViJu is The presidential election c P noWQ proving unusually exciting aw the Vicespeakers participating in K m -gij and Presidential candidates, Daniels Governor Coolidge, and also Mism and McAdoo ana Senator Lodge. women will participate in forecast® the 6r«t time. which
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    The Monroe Doctrne.
    93 1487 ENGLISH ANd7re nch Q Manon, (Ohiol n Wcg t Ate 11 for th. Pre.id.M.f’S™» Monrc Doctrin, and French text. in tbit oom* Covenant of th. Loigm jj |t former mdieited tbit tb. fag* not be overridden by uTTJN of the Covenint while tb, httHj! made the doctrine
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    Poland and Lithania.
    39 1487 Warsaw, Septeahr 11 Poland has agreed that Polito Lithuanian delegates meet at (tap discuss all the disputes between Potawl Lithuania except with regard to to demarcation line whioh the Supreme Coml laid down on December 12,1919.
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    French Finances.
    51 1487 Imobkabi or Rxvim Paris, Septeata 11 An encouraging position is diiotad if the latest revenue returns of indirect to» tion and monopolies for August, via yielded 822,000.000 francs, reprootaat a excess of 203,000,000 over the tap estimates. Since January exm ay over the Budget estimates have smta® 2,177,000,000
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    Turkish Crown
    21 1487 ComtMttaopK 8e Th. Turkish Crown Prinw attempted to tl.e to Anatoli* Nationaliiti. rigorous control and bi boats were niaed.
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    Aerial Mail Service.
    21 1487 Sui Frinoisco, WP!’“"| j The fir.* r e B ulM 'X?N«« aeroplen. which it»r ied #BJ 0 53
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    U.S. Amateur Golf Championship.
    50 1487 L). 3, am*»»» .«I London, 8«P u h|a^ r The Amwj»’? .hip reuW m «L* Ouim«t m the fi hoi* six to pIM wore four Briti'k P cb»mpit®< British Amet Hopl Wethered .nd LDj** whomfs'>‘d. w q“‘ V <ho KM* the Scottish gol«’. third round. —j-
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    KUALA LUMPUR NEWS.
    14 1487 F.M.Bj2i? W n rf A» o® ol 1 Msf 1 ;;x.
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    PENANG ASSIZES.
    626 1488 ALLEGED MURDER. 17Ps oi the year opened in f Court vestorday, Mr. Juapresiding. There U-' puts on the calendar, includmurder from Bukit Mertajam, this cast ar< three in were charged with the murder of nf s.van bin Mat at Ara huda, Provnce Wellesley, on the Ist oi July
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    MINING SUB-LEASES.
    596 1488 GOVERNMENT’S REPLY TO PETITION. Original Holder Safeguarded. it will be generally remembered (says the Ipoh paper) that some little time ago quite a storm of indignation was roused among the miners of Perak at the announcement that the Government would in future only renew’ mining leases to those
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