Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 27 December 1920

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE HOLIDA Y EDITION. PUBLISHED DAILY ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 298. VOL. LXXVIII. MONDAY. 27th DECEMBER, 1920. PRICE 15
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  • 927 1 MR. BALFOUR’S REVIEW, [Reuter’s Telegrams.} London, December 22. A highly interesting survey of the work of the League of Nations during tie first eleven months of its existence was given oy Mr Balfour in the House of Commons, 'tn the course of dealing in the first instance with
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  • 41 1 LARGE DEFICITS FORECASTED. Washington, December 23. The Secretary of the Treasury, addressing the Senate Finance Committee, forecasted a gross deficit on rational transactions in the present year of $2,100,000,000, and a deficit in the next fiscal year of $1,500,000,000.
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  • 55 1 POLICE MEASURES. New York, December 23A motor sharpshooter squad, armed to the teeth, has been organised in New Yoik to bunt down bandits. It consists of twenty motor cars, each manned by five snipers, and a miniature machine gun. It is officially described as most ‘suitable
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  • 60 1 London, December 25. The “Times” New York correspondent says 11 out of 39 cotton millb have closed on Fall River, and factories of all kinds are closing in the New England and Eastern States, or employers are drastically reducing wages, Apparently the policy of the employers
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  • 60 1 New York, December 23. In the early morning, 25 masked men at Fort Worth (Texas) took a man from jail, where he was incarcerated af er shooting and killing a policeman who was trying to arrest him for intoxication. They hanged him from a tree near a
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  • 45 1 BURIALS IN HOLLAND. The Hague, December 22, The corpses of British sailors washed ashore on the coast of Holland in wartime were buried at Noordwjk and Sgraverznde. Brit sh Minister and a tepresent*tive of the Dutch Minister of the Navy attended both oeiemonies.
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  • 515 1 FOREIGN RELATIONS. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, December 24, The King’s Speech on the prorogation of Parliament, referring to foreign relations, says The situation in Greece will require the earnest attention of my Government, who, in conjunction with the Allies, will endeavour to reach a solution compatible with their
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  • 93 1 SELANGOR BEATS SINGAPORE (From Our Own Correspondent,) Kuala Lumpur, December 26, At Rugby. Selangor scored 8 points and Singapoie 7. It was a magnificant game. Singapore attacked io tie opening stages, ard Ablett cleverly droppedagoal and Black scored a try. Selangor then° pretsf d heavily and McMichael kicked a
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  • 137 1 D’ANNUNZIO’S PLAN. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, December 23. The Times Milan correspondent says it has now leaked out that d’Annunzio’s plan just before the Italian Government’s declaration of tl e blockade was to abandon Fiume to her fate, to land with all his forces in Dalmatia and incite the population
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  • 79 1 SIR PERCY COX REPORTS PROGRESS. London, December 23, A White Paper gives a statement by Sir Percy Cox that the pacification of Mesopotamia has progressed satisfactorily and it has been possible to declare an amnesty in the recently disturbed areas of the Middle Euphrates, where the inhabitants have resumed
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  • 130 1 A NEW AGREEMENT 1 Paris, December 23, Under the new coal agreement between Germany and the Allies, which has practically been concluded by the Reparations Commission, Germany will provide a minimum of 2,000,000 tons monthly, without the compensation provided in the Spa agreement. France’s share of this
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  • 220 1 SIR ROBERT HORNE’S STATEMENT. London, December 22, The reluctance of the Soviet Government specifically to undertake to discontinue inimical propaganda in Persia, Afghanistan and India, was explained by Sir Robert Horne in the House of Commons as the r£al obstacle to the signing of a trade agreement, He
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  • 84 1 THE NEW REGIME. [Reuter’s Telegrams.} London, December 23. The new Armenian Government has issued a proclamation on approved Soviet lines. It declares free possession of all land, forests and mires, whether private, Church or state, the annulment of all foreign leans, especially the American Loan, which it asserts the
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  • 63 1 ARMED ATTACKS INCREASE. Bondon, December 23. A Dublin Castle review of conditions in Ireland states thab the week ended Decern, ber 20 was marked by an increase in the number of organised, armed attacks on the Crown forces. Seven police and two soldiers were killed and six police and
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  • 71 1 THE PREMIER’S ASSURANCE. London, December 23. In the House of Commons, Commander Bellairs asked an assurance that nothing material would be done towards the renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance until the Imperial Conference in June next had considered the matter, together with the growing Americo-Japanese naval rivalry. Mr.
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  • 86 1 ROMAN CATHOLIC DECREE, Rome, December 23. The Y. M. C. A is attacked in a decree by the Holy Office asking the Bishops to watch organisations which while professing absolute f.eedum of thought in religious matters, instil indiff rentkm and apostacy to the Roman [Catholic religion in the
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  • 35 1 THE BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. Ntw York, December 23. Over fifteen rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world, Joe Lynch outpointed Pete Herman. Notwithstanding his defeat, Herman sails to-mo-rrow for England to meet Jimmy Wilde.
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  • 32 1 Washington, December 23. The House of Representatives passed an emergency bill for the purpose of aiding farmers by the imposition of a high protective tariff on imported agricultuial products.
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  • 22 1 Constantinople, December 23. Cholera has broken out among the Russian refugees. Seventy cases occurred in one day, with thirty deaths.
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  • 42 1 London, December 22. The price of petrol ii Britain will be reduced by 7d per gallon on Jar uary 1A donation of $25 has been received fiom Mr. T. Ireland to the Convent Orphans’ Christmas Fund, m?kirg tie to’ll $3OO.
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  • 80 1 FRENCH CHAMBER’S VOTE. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Paris, December 25« The Chamber debated an interpelli* tion on the Government’s attitude td* wards Bolshevik propaganda, whicK Some Deputies declared was wide* spread in Franca. The Premier, winding up the debate' said it was the Government’s desire to pursue the work of
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  • 180 1 —Vate. SITUATION IMPROVING. Paris, December 22.—Official statistics of French foreign trade in the first eleven months of 1920 show that the situation is Constantly improving* Exports exceeded by over £480,000,* 000 at par last year’s figures for the same period. Imports during the same period show an increase
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  • 48 1 New York, December 25. The failure wM announced dn the Stock Exchange of Messrs. Frim,Foster and Lcrtfllaberg, who had been actively dealnajj’in VanaDium Steels,one of the stocks fhvrtlved in the slump* The failure is regarded as one of the most important W rweant times.
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  • 125 1 —“S.T.” The expectations formed regarding the voting on the 18 propositions for a reformed Council have been belied by the actual figures. Up to poon yesterday, as reported previously, only, 12 persons had recorded their votes, and it was thought that with more tfrne at the public
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  • 71 1 This Cinema hall which has been drawing crowded houses nightly since the last change of programme will screen to-night three superfeatures from well known productions the most attractive of the lot being “Soldiers of Fortune” with Dustin Farnum in the principal role. Almost equally good is “With
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  • Page 1 Advertisements

  • 856 2 The Hon Mr A B Voules and Miss Voules left Koala Lumpur for Taiping on Friday. Dr and Mrs Ong Bah Hin, of Malacca, are in Penang, and staying for some time at the Crag Hotel. The Hon: Mr 0 J Saunders, Official Assignee, Singapore, has returned
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  • 826 2 —"M.T.’ STATEMENT BY CHIEF SECRETARY. The Acting Chief Secretary has read with interest the report of the meeting held in the Selangor Club on 183 h Dec and desires to take an early opportunity of answering certain questions which were put at the meeting. Thfse questions
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