The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 17 March 1920

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    19 1 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. PER Single Copy 40 cis. Fro. i«. PENANG. WEDNESDAY. I7TH MARCH, 1920 F 11
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      270 1 CONTENTS. J Leader: Miscellaneous (Contiued): Boarbons of Malaya 44* Stamps of the War 464 Rampant Reaction 458 The Decay of Pugilism 465 The Empire of Room—Push 468 The Australian Elections 466 Reconstruction 474 Map-Making and its Problems 466 An Objectionable Practice ...478 Japan and America ...467 ATrueßill 484 Crisis in
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      200 2 .l u> J •>4’*’ z r *r WWS crSzMS v\>4 ruC J £fr THE I I “STRAITS ECHO" wl 5 MAIL EDITION. j m/R I 58 4 ‘V, Publish?J the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, and contains the latest local and States news originally published
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    BOURBONS OF MALAYA.
    934 448 T' B<l “McW seem 9 s l who te»l^h. L T la,iM I® sfe u S' ha fot the from the Fait j a J*** ■Mk’i tin» tl Mri,b oUb 8 fe ‘II it. P f\? Mn P wi ll re- “mer of lh, ‘“P«“»ce W“' ‘I»
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    MAGNA EST VERITAS.
    547 448 With our Kuala Lumpur contemporary we agree in toto, that to official shortcomings are unquestionably chiefly due the impression of our new Governor that the people of Malaya have concentrated too much on. making money that they “have thought too little of securing and developing the orderly
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      104 448 Struts W F AT THI «"“Ki®” HY4BUI» ADVANCE DHL! EDITIONLocal S'®;, a j4 Foreign. Delivery. F.M.S.i tatblj 12.50 13.00 »8.50 Ourteriv 50 9,00 10,50 Half-yearly 15-00 18-00 21.00 Yearly 80.00 86.00 42.00 IffiH EDITION By Poet. Monthly L6 Quarterly 4.50 Half-yearly 9-00 Yearly 18-00 Chu IDDBEBBECHO PENANG.” Telephone Noi. (Echo)
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    M.A.P.
    568 449 The following roMengtn imied by the Trang from morning Major Btynitte James, Mr. and Mrs. Strutt, Mr. Cognac, Messrs. H. J. Boslen, Tobin, H. Leaser and C. Isaac. Th* d«tb, at Btogkok on the 2nd initant of Mr. D. J. Hendrik., of the Bi.m«e Cneiom. «rr.ce, is wnonnced. He
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1173 449 Club Life In the East. A Territorial, writing in the Pioneer, sums up club life in India rather severely. Club life in India,” he remarks, is well known, it will be better known in future, for scores of Territorial cfficers who knew nothing of it have experienced its
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    FUTURE OF CONSTANTINOPLE.
    35 450 ««Twi»" 8 w London, M«; b6 the Council of tbe tin Lesgu* EM OOB, Germany's Loan from Neutrals. Paris, March 5. The Temps understands that the Su PJJ“® to obainfooi »nd rw
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    Prince's Australian Tour.
    103 450 PettpoiM Wlwm Board. London, March 7. The official departure of H. M. 8. Renown ii unavoidably postponed owing to the outbreak of influenza in the Renown, which a strictly in quarantine. It is hoped that no fresh cases will occur. The Prince of Wales intends to sail
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    Loan from America.
    49 450 Britain and trance Assume Liability. London, March 7. The loan to which Mr. A. Chamberlain referred yesterday evening was floated as me result of the visit to America by the Mush and p o owing on the American exchange Britain 0 WM~ h ,he U bili
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    The St Paul.
    6 450 Arrlva. at Halifax.
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    Y.M.C.A. War Exhibition.
    37 450 (he I!SM|at|on Tfae Chinese Miniate?^ 0051&rch 1 opslaB 5 la 8 of the Y/M Ca’ w ak n g at lhe M tribute to the Wor C xhi hition, ‘he Chinese kh™ fhe Nation
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    Britain's Boxing Championship.
    11 450 Bri tain's Boxing Championship. Alter's Victory Hall :s*?d oD March 5
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    Fuel Oil.
    9 450 Price. 3 1 ***** Marell 6, -S?Ws
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    U.S. AND THE TREATY.
    164 450 U. S. AND THE TREATY. Substitute to Reservation. Washington, March 5. Despite the opposition of the Republican leaders the Senate is debating the Peace Treaty. It was decided by 37 votes to 32 to substitute the reservation of Mr. Walsh, of Montana, agreeing to convene a conference of both parlies
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    Mexaicn Bandits.
    86 450 Attempt to Capture Carona. Washington, March 4. It appears that the Mexican bandits who killed Mr. Augustus Morrill, ex-United States Consul at Manzanillo, merely intended to capture him for ransom. The bandit chief, Carona, ordered the hanging of one bandit near the scene of the shooting. The corpse
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    American Prohibition Law.
    99 450 Repeal Voted Down. Washington, March 6. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted down the proposal of the members for New Jersey to repeal prohibition in Mew Jersey. The State his filed in the Supreme Court a suit to have the Federal Prohibition declared void and argues that
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    New York Train Service.
    40 450 Threat Frqm City Law Official. T T New York, March 5. be City Law Official has threatened to seize and operate the Inter-Borough Railway Cowan/. lil)e8 within ui s unless »h e train service is improved.
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    PORTUGUESE LABOUR TROUBLES.
    548 450 Communications Completely Cut. a x ■>< London, March 5. Grave unconfirmed reports are beimr culated aa regards Portugal where llbout roubles are acute, railway, postal and tele g^ apblc trlke o P eratin S- All comtnunication has completely ceased. Qlca Oenial of Revolution in Lisbon. Kt. Madrid
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    101 450 Obituary. rp. New York, March 5. D 18 anQ °unced of Mr. George bmith, the millionaire and book dealer. bays the Kuala Lumpur paper: to I J! rice rationing scheme here appears havp i Wor^ln B satisfactorily. Those who iwed erlaoked I have not Ee.n cations k 11C0QCG,! are stiU
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    THE STRAITS DOLLAR.
    555 451 The recent announcement n J' p e commons that the fineness of the Mtraiu D>£r Tto b. reduced should occasion l>Miar w for it hai been effect of the «oaring of eilrer to riddy height! wme change in the intrinsic SLJ of oar token waa inevitable in
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    SUNDAY TRAIN SERVICES.
    570 451 Official Correspondence. We have receded thTfollowing correspondence, relating to a matter of coniderable public interest, from the Penang c“ of Commerce for pub teattom and purpose commenting upon it in our next issue: Penang hamber oi Commerce, Penang, Bth March, 1920. The Honourable, The Resident Councillor, Penang.
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION
    357 451 FORTNIGHTLY MEETING. At the ordinary fortnightly meeting oh. Municipal Commission held at the M® cipal Offices yesterday afternoon th© were present Mr. G. A. Hereford (President Mr. Yeoh Guan Seek and Mr. P. K. Namta The Municipal officers present were Dr. J. i Rose (Health Officer), Mr. J.
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    LEGILATIVE COUNCIL.
    3956 452 B -19 2°' and Comma»U““ M GuilleB r,J P 11 I.C-B-) i, c General Officer Com- >■&■£—» C. 8., C.M.G.) H Sle"the Colonial Secretary (Mr. (Sir J. the Colonial Engineer (Mr. the Treasurer (Mr. A. M. Mr. R. Addie. Mr. W. Lowther Kemp. Mt. M. J. Upcott. Captain
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    PROVINCE NEWS.
    555 454 Farewelling a Popular Engineer, The kindly feelings which had existed for nearly two years between Mr. A. Rogers, Acting Executive Engineer, Province Wellesley, and his staff was amply demonstrated last Saturday, when he was entertained at a tea party and a ronggeng performance, writes a correspondent from Bukit
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    THE KEDAH ROAD AFFAIR.
    675 454 o ACCUSED COMMITTED FOR TRIAL The preliminary enquiry into the charge of attempted robbery in house bio. bO, Kedah Road, on the lath of last month, preterred against two Cantonese, was resumed in the Second Court before Mr. A. C. Baker yesterday afternoon, Kong Chuan, one
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    A SCANDAL BOOK.
    558 455 TO BAD s; stress.» M d“‘ SeXrieg W** buhne tbar rbe German Pdepartment in innumerable instance» pubbahed 1.1« newa.” It fa hton fe and deceived them in the grossest fashion, Ind this evil habit is being maintained in our histories of the war.” Tirpitz he describes as
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    THE JUDGES AND THE EXECUTIVE
    571 455 The Court or King's Bench has, the Times declares, proved once again to be what Clarendon called the asylum of the people s liberties.” It has held that a regulation made under the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Act, 19H, is ultra vires, and in
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    THE EXCHANGE CRISIS.
    527 455 Cause and Remedy The collapse of the foreign eX( w ducing something very lik e a 7 an < is Ue. ness world. And this with the stability in exchange merce a wild speculation, and nr? barrier to any establishment international trade. It is a pitiable spectacle.
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    HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANK.
    1752 456 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANK. Di ,lotion Exchanges. A “”L X chaos >M° wld ILed bj the late war, uol the been plun e > g dis oc ation of ka=t urgent aa b extent which, in nevt Ce been concoupled wrth the a uits 01 obtauuog Silver sufficient lot the of
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    EGYPT BOY RULE.
    1198 457 ARTIFICIAL RISINGS. (From J- M N- Jeffries.) C.iro, hsve ret T r 0“ Tastab, n«r Cairo, where Bntub soldiers «ere tolled reeentlj. 1 was able to aee th complete order has been aatabb.hed now The circumstances of the nuts there at the beginning ol the week deserve»
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    THE JOINING OF TIADATHA.
    510 457 Should you question, ghnnia r 0 earlh "as TiadatU? »bould answer, I £hould He r.as What we call affilerb ert Youth of two and twentv lou could see h im an In July of 1914, Strolling slowly down St. p-l-.tau e leckea he of ia those
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    RAMPANT REACTION.
    948 458 7TZ7 it h«i k*" our frtqo eDl 'y 10 tpnl S» on public nutt® n STto fi»a o""’ 1 l W wUh our Bing»p«re Sai Ximenti on tbo WM P“ Md thr ng r th 6 Urtliuon <3‘ ch a H Monday. 18 1" ,he fi “iitatte tai
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE FUND.
    55 458 WeTa LLI N Ma K Nearly in Sight. ‘ribu'orsto the e ß*ffl a r r i t ber list of coathe Hon. Secretar» 8 Fund from «rog’ted S6B9 P 370'2r 1? acknQwl e<iged agmade i« Md ,DOB coHeo">e total uTtoT’ f e n aod P 'rok *763,*****.
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    M.A.P.
    538 458 The wedding of Miss Ida Margaret May Hilton and Mr. E. H. Bulford will take place at St. George’s Church on Saturday. April 10. 7 The French Minister in China becomes Doyen of the Corps Diplomatique in Peking upon the retirement this month of Sir John Jordan. A Peking
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    884 459 n, MMl«m Conference in At th» recent KhiWa M Knd Bombay a rmolution e u Yemen, depuUtions to the JJ. in or er SX ,b iulnitoly greater servi ayetem MtmnpJ to. bobur up M ‘Xtefor. 19U ■?L urkeT STdXZT of Arabia tb« theatre of almoet continuous strife. The
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    Singapore News.
    189 459 Attempted Smuggling of Sliver. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, March 10. Fifty-three Hokiens have been arrested for attempting to export 9,000 silver dollars to China. Bolshevists In Singapore. Two Bolshevist detained here a>e being deported. Rubber Auctions. Singapore, March 11. At the opening of the auctions there was
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    Allied Debts to U.S.
    150 459 British Policy In tha House of Mr. H H. Asquitb, Mr.^fe 8 lain, Chancellor of the that the Government dy reborrow outside the United part of the »250,000,0000 (raid)£? *1 repay the British half of th, Anffllj loan of five hundred million doll.» the United Btat
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    Holland and the Kaiser.
    30 459 1 he Hague, March 5. Replying to the Allied Note of February 16, the Netherlands Government m&inteiiu its decision as expressed in its Noted January 21.
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    Reconstruction.
    164 459 Supreme Council Manifesto. London, March I The n < imee states that the Suprens Council’s economic manifesto has been submitted to the French Government for approval. Signor Nitti, the Italia Premier, urged that the economic construction of Germany should be ths first care of the Allies. The French, however,
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    Aviation and the East.
    39 459 Dutch Encouragement The Dutch Government nas offer a large money PJ I®’ 1 g o Hand to, airman who first flies fre• 1 Dutch East Indies. D l are expected to make an e j
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    Cotton Control Board.
    29 459 The Cotton Control Boa rd “J in for surplus funds of a 110 Q mOD g relief of war hardship o work and to finance trade
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    CHINA AND JAPAN.
    358 460 ffi lM »»s B K!CB w ..w” M»reb on the »P“ ch B, Ti»».'»”” e b 6 Mr. SbidehM». A i, Jfa- Y» k to the United J»e. A A»red tbnt J«pan ’i. punue he' raid wiierviW P t) j t contained jjutiuig’ ,k J References toChin..
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    The Prince's Tour.
    47 460 u,. > feotto i, Much 6. a ''«tb harbour w b e ™‘tion i n t J! “> bo,d h i oasea of j** lo Q whether X 19 8 ate d that the M will l, rt of l be medical 7 to thl fe
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    Portuguese Strike Settled.
    25 460 P “‘X that th, llhe mal service. ha HI rd to th, owin g to the Th,T’ eddi ‘IWWIoon D r ““'Otic
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    THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
    111 460 Neutral Adherents. Berne, March 5. T L, Council of State has voted by 30 to favour of Switzerland’s adherence to the League of Nations. Stockholm, March 5. Both Houses of the Riksdag have authorised Sweden's entry into the League of Nations. Christiania, March 5. The Storting
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    The West Indies.
    71 460 Government Disclaimer. Loodon, March 8. In the House of Commons, replying to a question by Mr. Gideon Murray regarding the American suggestion that the British West Indies should be ceded to the United States in exchange for the cancellation of certain war debts, Mr. Lloyd George stated
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    Economy at Home.
    158 460 Bread Subsidy Reduced. London, March 8. In the House of Commons at question time Mr. Lloyd George stated that the Government had decided that the abolition of the bread subsidy was inadvisable at present but a substantial reduction m the estimate for the current financial year was
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    German War Criminals.
    25 460 Trial Authorised. T XT Berlin, March 5. Rin i ,on *l Assembly has passed the eahng with the trial of war criminals.
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    Gold Melting Case.
    81 460 Male Defendants Convicted. All iv« London, March 5. ed on T ma C e en dants, who were arrest«m“rkaW? a,y 15 i 0 connect w» with a C ao ln which tho Bant of defence of under a section of the tho melting 4 u m ct
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    CRISIS IN TURKEY.
    300 460 Grave Situation. Constantinople To Be Occupied. London, March 4. A telegram from Constantinople states that in view of the gravity of the situation the Cabinet has resigned. The Sultan has summoned Marshall Izzat Pasha to form a new Cabinet. Strong British Action. London, March 6. The Daily
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    Caillaux Trial.
    109 460 Sensational Revelations. Paris, March 5. In the course of the Caillaux trial M. Martin, former French Ambassador at Madrid, created a sensation in court by declaring that King Altbnso, during the Agadir crisis, confided in him that M. Caillaux had sent an emissary to King Alfonso threatening to
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    Labour Troubles in Japan.
    39 460 Strikes and Rioting. Tok io, March 6, The strike of 13,000 ironworkers at Yawata in the Province of Kyushu which was settled on February 11 again broke out on February 24 accompanied by violent rioting
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    Cairo-Cape Flight.
    594 461 Pilots' Thrilling Adventures London, March 4, Th. dkrv of the pilots of the Times aeroJ he p Turn ■torr of thrilling adventurer. It tells he used soap for the stoppage of a landing north of Rook early on March 10 in long bush grass. They camped round a
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    TWO BAD BILLS.
    320 461 Strong Singapore Criticism. We may have occasion (say’s Tuesday’s Straits Times) to further discuss the prongs of the Legislative Council yesterday, but for the present .office t o Bav that the passing of a Volunteer Abolition Bill, in view of the strongly antagonistic public -cling in settlements,
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    MALAYAN MINING INDUSTRIES.
    294 461 Great Shortage of Fuel and Rolling-stock Imperilling Miners’ Interests. "9 Going from bad to worse during the 1 .st three months, the difficulty experienced by miners in the F.M S. in obtaining adtqiaie supplies of fuel of eny kind hav p it seems, become so serious that
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    POLICE COURT.
    617 461 COUNTERFEtt^pjs Cigt I The preliminary enquiry into tk. l I of being in poseeeeion of couoterf.il A I currency notes was held h u'®'* I Baker in the third court yaterl.. 1 1 Chinese named Eow Tee was I dock as the accused peron PWi I Court loepector
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    AIDS TO TRADE.
    479 462 K.s"-»‘W”. I» ble M fOTW r d prt «■>«“““" he F. M. 8. «d w r DHL instead of MViog mails about 4 P- m n Lves as a further useful aid Tabling merehuf. uanni, wd b, r Zr> to eave a deal pta" Me” time when
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      Cricket
      29 462 A Cricket match has been arranged between the Penang Cricket Club and the Indian Recreation Club for Saturday, the 20th March, at 2 15 p.m. on the padang.
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      Baseball.
      58 462 The two leading U. 8. baseball teams are expected in Japan about the end of October, on the completion of the world series. They will then sail for Manila and give a series of exhibition games in the Phillipines. The players will return to America by way of Shanghai
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      International Lawn Tennis.
      38 462 Davis Cup Draw Sydney, March 5. Great Britain, the United States, South Africa and Holland have challenged for the Davis Cup. The draw resulted as follows: Great Britain versus Holland, United States versus South Africa.
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    SHARE MARKET.
    261 462 Latest Quotations. (Penang, lUh March). Messrs. A. A. Anthony <fc Co. favour us with the following changes in the Share List:— Yesterday, To-day. Rubber t f J r/j co (jj Bnkit Pat.ni 04) 045 0.35 O.4‘U 315 330 310 32) edah 5.10 525 5.00 515 Lunas U 7515
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    WOMAN’S GOLF TEST.
    929 462 MISS C. LEITCH BEATS SCRATCH MAN Wonderful Driving. (By R. Endersby Howard.) Miss Cecil Leitch, the woman golf champion, dealt another blow recently to man’s pride m golfing supremacy. In a 36 holes match on level terms on the Mid-Surrey course at Richmond she beat Mr. Josiah
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    A GERMAN GUEST IN GERMANY.
    1072 463 [ln view of the considerable interest evinced by the progress of the Allied Commission of Control through Germany, the following incident, which occurred during the inspection of the Naval Armistice Commission and which is here related by an eye-witness, will doubtless be read with care
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    JAPAN AND KOREA.
    484 463 -Ex. There ls an interesting monthly by br. Suehiro whom lht Chronicle describes as a well L on international topics and, great friend of Britain." the real problem in Korea is whether be governed 111 the interest of Korea or-' interest of Japan, and a middle cows
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    HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANK.
    1321 464 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANK. VQTTNG AND INSTRUCTIVE CUM Heß e“’ <<>*« A bring T: a practical 6 olnt‘° n ffe ll baffle has not ye t pra)[C «l the remedy must he and the moat topH feature of the mO eD^ 8 fc <L and moderation I believe the •“m rel”
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    STAMPS OF THE WAR.
    469 464 Kings of old, says a contemporary, used to celebrate their victories by carving triumphal inscriptions upon cliffs in the countries which they had conquered, or by erecting arches or obelisks in their capitals. Doubtless satisfaction was obtained from the vicarious exercise, but to a thoughtful conqueror
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    THE DECAY OF PUGILISM.
    1406 465 aOBITMHWnNGBERETHinEPV M. MUbod. bT 0“ cta lo,, mp uast the feeling has been For wine time P BBt 1 18 not we ll growing in hpnrbug circ eB U Brittah bpxmn. JX o r reswnx JSS.O* <«£ fog. I h»ve dwcussed this problem in severe article»,
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    294 465 Minutes of a meeting oi the Muwcipii Commissioners held on Monday, the 23ri i February, 1920. Present Messrs. G. A. Hereford (President), J. R. Murray, A. M. Goodman, leok Guan Seok and P. K. Nambyar. Absent Messrs. C. R. Samuel and Lin Eu Toh. 1. The minutes of
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    THE AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS.
    1168 466 pgtltlOD «f M L Ha^h rl»B^ inSmdl>s <**% Ryan have been express* Mr.W»'“ dMr 7 h 5 eresult6 oi Saturday feei s poM, e ov ervvhehi on the Federal 191 b.. «ver s existence. I>ar party u> p e J era l Elecresult gain ol ffieeu n»>
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    MAP-MAKING AND ITS PROBLEMS.
    838 466 THE STORY OF THE NEW TIMES ATLASBlow to German Supremacy, The appearance of the first part of the new Times Atlas marks a fresh departure and a higher standard in British map-making. The work of preparing the maps has been entrusted to the well-known house of
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    JAPAN AND AMERICA.
    1034 467 THE DANGER OF WAR. A Philosophic View. The Toyo Keizai Oriental Economist,” a Tokyo weekly) is the least jingoistic and bcllicoee of Japanese papers, and its warning against the danger of an American-Japanese conflict is therefore all the more interesting. It says, in effect: Every intelligent man
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    CRISIS IN CHINA.
    355 467 FIGHTING IN KWONGTUNG PROYHCI Yunnan Troops Defeat Cantomie. Canton, March 1. —According to latest sen to hand, fighting has actually started in th North River districts between the Cwi» troops and the Yunnan forces, but with lb strict censorship maintained between Cub and Chiu-kwan, reliable information ia
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    THE EMPIRE OF KOOM-POSH.
    952 468 i* de k,ped Raw”-with it! picture of the future, raised alm»* ■F I®®’ 1 J wJi by new discoveries •sjrXd Limiomcj, L 1W imgiMi SLXdincy-»!! o' whdom, were buried LutUMlf in moraw of blatant 'l°°? ,U Lytton nailed Kwm-Poab. 5? nd. lie w "W*. 8"”“ Mt
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    948 468 A Weapon To Be Barred. We confess to much sympathy with Labour both in this country and in Europe and are perfectly willing to admit that occasions may well arise when it has no alternative to the strike as a means of obtaining reasonable wages and fair conditions
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    POLICE COURT.
    282 469 A Padi Caw. A Chinese junkman was charged to-day with being in fraudulent possession of 2j bags of padi end pleadM not guilty. It appears from the evidence that oi the 4’h instant while a policeman was on duty at Jelutong Road ne noticed the accused removing ill**
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    CRISIS IN TURKEY.
    257 469 Drastic Allied Note London, March 3. It i. officially rated that probably there .ill 1« no need to rend troops from W-nd to Constantinople as au ample force k available from the troops stationed nearer l”rkish territory. A Note from the Allies »u despatched to the government.
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    Cairo-Cape Flight.
    102 469 Bal Luck ot the Silver Queen. Buluwayc, March 6. The Silver Queen crashed. The pilots, Colonel van R'neveld and Lieutenant Brand, were slightly inured. London, March 6. The South African High Commissioner states that there is a possibility of Col. van Ryneveld cm* inning bis flight to the
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    Japanese in Siberia.
    104 469 Evacuation Arrangements Completed. New York, March 6. Arrangements for the evacuation of the Japanese from Siberia have been completed. *he first detachments will leave Vladivostok on March 23. Ja P an '8 deeply concerned in the rapid spread of Bolshevism and desires the creation of a buffer
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    Resignation of Swedish Cabinet.
    19 469 The Pwedish r.U B J°r kholu h March 7. are no details, Q?t re9,gnfkl There
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    THE AMERICAN
    345 469 "ar Decorations. The majority report of the Beu,,/ mittee on war decorations t/ i naval officers uphold. Admiral R~? i tention that Mr. DauW ;X 8 ?> ating officer, who let th ri detrimental to the navy, but al 1 tk e?ree that do permanent hatmhujj?* K the
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    America and Soviet Russia.
    38 469 Resumption of Trade. Washington, Marek* It is stated that the virtually decided to permit t e rjj of trade with Soviet Russia whe have outlined definite action does not involve the K the Soviet.
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    Soviet Russia.
    67 469 Councils Abolished, Lradon, Mr. Philip Snowden '«nu* 1 paper, confesses that the Sh local kJ* of Russia is compelled to a Councils and points out (jggjabolishing them. B «sinta* 0 or< j oils have signally talle< aud actually produced g caused the demoralisation industry. Mr. Snowden sion and
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    RECONSTRUCTION.
    1039 470 1 (fccUr» UOD 0D j br the B°P’ A T ‘jiffs ‘W (Wil on M’jca flT j D g all the tfig problem, fifiig recommendations For P« ce Cond l S k P* 9ible date throUg flrtdlt u W T n or der to achieve this !±”UbI.(.) »h.' o
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    U.S. and the Treaty.
    113 470 Compromise Reservations. Washington, March 6. Efforts are now being mide to piss certain compromise reservations to the Peace Treaty, including the revised reservation to Article X, whereby military forces and other specific agencies would ba namad as means which the United States would decline to use
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    U.S. and Latin America.
    94 470 Monroe Doctrine Reservation. Rio de Janeiro, March 6 Commenting on the United States Senate’s approval of the reservations with regard to the Monroe Doctrine, the Paiz protests against what it describes as an attempt on the sovereignty of Latin Amirica. It says that it upholds Pan-Americanism
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    Chinese Labour on British Ships.
    151 470 Deputation to President of Board of Trade. London, March 7. A deputation from the Parliamentary Committee of the Trade Union Coigress and the National Sailors’ and Firemen’s Unions waited on the President of the Board of Trade with regard to the employment of Chinese labour
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    Nationalisation Campaign.
    111 471 Momentous Labour Conire*«* I/jndon, March 9. n. W> U“O» iag convened for“ O f the Labour lt hL ailed to decide the th. Gown»™» Ln b. «,-p.im e^n he oir T 0 »h e «ener» 1 strik.> »nd Mcoodly, intensive polmcal P P g H«o.tb. Conpv- »iU h»"
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    Wheat For Europe.
    57 471 Washington, Mu;ch 7. The Ways and Means Committee of the FTaqm nf Representatives has parsed a resoluticn authorising the Government Grain Corporation, to sell 5,000,000 bushels of to needy European countries on credit. Whayt w iH be offered as a substitute for the Treasury Department’s proposal to
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    Japanese Labour Troubles.
    20 471 London, March Jk. message from Tokio says that work hat been partially resumed at the Yawata ironworks.
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    Empire Cotton Growing.
    58 471 Flea for Larger Subsidy. London, March 10. Mr. Lloyd George has consented to receive a deputation of the representatives of the cotton trade as regards Government aseiataaoe for the development of cotton growing throughout the Empire. The deputation will plead for a larger subsidy than £10,000,000 annually
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    New Cable to Bombay.
    31 471 London, March 6. The Eastern Extension Telegraph ComSny anticipate that the new cable to anhay will l>e completed and may be in working order before tha monsoon.
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    An Unruly Hohenzollern.
    142 471 Berlin. March 8. A acene of extraordinary violence occurred at the Adlon Hotel. Prince Joachim Albrecht of Prussia, a cousin of the exKaiser, observed two French officers and ordered the orchestra to play “Deutschland Ober Allee.” The Frenchmen remained sitting, whereupon ths Prince and his party uttered
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    THE DEFENCE BILL.
    767 471 PRESS CRITICISM. If anyone ba. doubt, «.peeling th. muddling that ha. been going on for week, in official circle, over toe.Defence Force Bill now before the Legislative Council .11 be need do i. to devote a few minutes ta thoughtful perusal of the criticism, o the proceeding,
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    Mishap to “Theseus.”
    29 471 Port Baid, Mardil The British steamer Theseus fromSnL pore bound for Rotterdam and bX struck the canal bank. Her damaged. Phe is being towed to Ponkij
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    University of Paris.
    66 471 Establishment of Chinese Institute, Pans, March I In view of the large numhan of Chis# students proceeding to Paris a Clum Institute for higher education will k established in connection with the Univnij of Paris The Institute will be under k Presidency of M. Painleve and otherda
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    London-Singapore-Java Bank.
    104 471 Offer of Puchases. London, March I The directors of the London-Singip» Java Bank announced that certain proposals have been made to them on behalf mi financial group with the object of a> uiring a controlling interest in the but by the purchase of its shares. Inis Ar i,
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    Bombay Mill Strike.
    158 471 Fear of Extension. ""Bombay, Marchl Several thousand cotton mill struck owing to no pi y“‘ u n no t ijifr previous strikers, the st oned. pathising with the strik. extension of the trouble feared. From last night's J^ a J leave. Mr. Justice Whitley is J° IDg^
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    DISTRICT COURT.
    375 472 Tjjjt ‘gerday,* the D*’ icl rt i m j 01 Ift '‘FfXered tbe ““'u fo?Tb« tbeft 01 g f 1 aintiW «n» 10 h h 2®lh« in W’ h a i id „rf th® same clan a> **> be come from “Jb>“ W* 1 Mode bicb be hed
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      THE C.S. AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
      120 472 THE C. S. AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. [To the Editor of the Strait» Echo.] 4 Sir-I have read with amazement the report Of ie Colonial Secretary's speech m the Legislative Council on Monday. ill T can sav is that in the days of Mi. Th L Shellord, Mr. W. 11.
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    THE CALL OF THE EAST.
    459 472 Sir Alex. Hosle Again in China. Retiring from 11. M. service two years before the war after many years service in the Far East, Sir Alexander Hosie —who is approaching his seventieth year—has found the call of the country strong enough to bring him back
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    ST. GEORGE’S.
    598 472 ANNUAL MEETING. The annual general meeting of the subscribers to St. George’s Ball was held at the Penang Cricket Club, yesterday evening, there being present Messrs. G. A. Hereford, (chairman), E. G. Bird, XV. H. Thorne, Allen Dennys, R. N. Holmes, W. J. Edmonds, F. H. Baker, J.
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    CHINESE OF MALAYA.
    581 473 a.--X- •TXwneZ «‘1 W 6 tone of inVj!e \f tt av a and .mongM <hme-t y amongst <0 h ,1 eoM.de.. U»> dictaU ,ho wprkiog eUsws ol t Ur bUe. than the let-, can earn .o Ch.MO. India.” Having F*'‘“ twl h e inevil, that aboukl l*
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    LIABILITY OF GARAGES
    577 473 SEQUEL TO A MOTOR ACCIDENT. Interesting Legal Proceedings in Shanghai. A message from the Shanghai correspondent O f the Hongkong Post dated 29th February states that the Shanghai Garage Co. has lost a suit in which damages were claimed tor the negligence of their chauffeur which caused
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    CHINESE LABOUR.
    504 473 STRAITS IMMIGRATION. Official Flgujgi At the meeting of the Legi s l ativ on March Bth the Hon. Mr. W. Lowth»t asked (1) Will the Government furnish a ment for the quarterly period fromManA? 191.9, to February 29th. 1920 showing (a) Total number of coolies entX*. Colony from
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    RECONSTRUCTION.
    1013 474 cb»P te f’ Sapid WU«> o f hil L*r« a njj George that would home D President “TnothiM that wm no fc ri B ht nd Wdmo to<io nothing extraor( hDj* L*W S-d*»* e TT ""’"'“CiSh i‘ inpaHble to .«•.•SSLIi W with ‘he Connell wbe>> g situation the si»
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    RESIDENCY "AT HOME.”
    566 474 The Acting Resident Councillor will be u At Home” at the Residency on Thursday, March 18th, at 5 p.m. ;o Small half-grown chickens are now 81.75 in Kuala Lumpur and full grown fowls $2.75. A trio of Russian artistes—M. Kiriloff, Madame Potapovitch and Mlle. Tushinska—• who have
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    959 475 Tb< PNiltoat', Repo title,' m New flo rumour Hying, as usual) invented the story d»T wb« Hogw g .town over Vbit, Hom. by Mr.. Wd»on. Itotwo.nt«rwltb.g«.t Mid Mrs. Hoover, looking longingly at the great bed, I wonder when I shall sleep there.” Baid Mrs. Wilson: 'You should not
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    Singapore News.
    208 475 federation of Labour Employers. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, March 13. A federation of labour employers is being formed in Singapore. Engineer Strikers. The engineer strikers have accepted the increase of 50 per cent to those earning under 51.80 daily, 40 per cent, to those earning above 11.80
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    M.A.P.
    505 475 M.A. P. Mr. A. H. Turner i 5 going the Rumohius to catch a hV' boat.—-ALT. CQBhc Mies A. M. Waugh, M.A. (£];.> has arrived from home to ioin A Raffl.s Girls’School. PlDlh,[ Mi °ur Singapore correspondent Mr. ana Mrs. BA. Lane are pore to-morrow homeward bound. Captain McDonnell, of
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    CRISIS IN TURKEY.
    20 476 jrltut C"" 11 0 in* fc** feS. The aWnet. ComUotinople. Maroti waP *Mon*Wfora°a&biuet. wlchuMtw prwriieB°'°» tf r
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    The Swedish Cabinet.
    8 476 March9. frpujon of I cabinet.
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    The Joachim Affair.
    31 476 Berlin, March 9. tk. p ore tai Miniater h»« aprcMed to the French Charge d’Affsir» with X* to the Joachim affair and premiakUW lhe culprit! will be punished,
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    Rhine Army Command.
    27 476 London, March 9. Gfwnl Sit William Robertson has reiMoiihed the command of the British Rhine Army. He is succeeded by Lieutenant General Thomai Napier-Morland.
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    Transport Workers’ Conference.
    46 476 London, March 9. The Traneport Workers’Conference, mentioned on March 4, decided to refer the diesfed5 fed matter to tbe decilion of the Industrial Jrta It ii probable the hearing will Uke place on March 14. The danger of write action hai been removed,
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    Future of Bessarabia.
    6 476 London, March 9.
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    Freights and Fares.
    33 476 The London, March 9. the ttticini’ed addition to •h, which ge j rates 10 certain *4 ,re «My to b“ >* the present llllt ”orki I l Im» an at present.
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    Price of Bread.
    19 476 t LondoD M »rch 10. f kJ f* the qaart «rn (4 pounds the raising of
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    Air Force Estimates.
    15 476 Zfej S'J. 92 ®'»2t 'aUhL“? I r d »iffi £sffi' 930 *H030,«50
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    FRENCH REVIEW.
    672 476 Paris, March 9. The co»l mt»«« of tbB P C r a department have be g ua a Btrlke demaudlng increased wages. The Reparation Commission, The Conference» of the Ponaration Commission held this wees m P.H, under the presidency of M. Potncsrd are directed towards finding a workable
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    The Red Cross.
    148 476 London, March 10, The first general council of the League of Red Cross Societies just concluded at Geneva was attended by delegates of twentyseven countries. At the first conference the Chairman stated that the object ws to develop a plan for calling upon the whole world through
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    LABOUR IN JAPAN.
    255 476 Osaka, February 26. Work at the Yawata iron works has been suspended indefinitely. A company from the Kokura division has arrived. Osaka, February 25. The men’s representatives at Yawata had an interview to-day with Mr. Nakagawa, Sub-Director of the iron works. They presented nine demands additional to
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    U.S. AND THE TREATY.
    55 477 U.S. AND THE TREATY He,«v«Ho« *«’P W n Th« 8«n»<« ?'’£*L/T rM w aod wbi<!b reiemtwo tb Xi< don not bind the limitation of r£ m ratification by CongfT. .moment, without the r« ht oi the Le.gue coorent of tbs vou threatened Nation, whenever It also with invasion or engaged
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    Amsterdam-Java Flight.
    111 477 London, March 9The Time» MJT» that Lieutenants Backer and Palther, who are flying from Amsterdam to Java for the Dutch Government .< pnw, atate that they have chosen the r ule J 1 Brest, Marseille» and Naple». without celling at Pisa and Rome. Egypt will not visited as
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    Horncastle By-Election.
    34 477 London, March 9. The following was the result of the Horncastle by-election hold on February 23 Captain Hotchkin (Coalition Unionist) 8,140 Mr. Pattinson (Liberal) 6,727 Mr. Holme» (Labour) 3,443 Coalition Majority 1,413
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    British Trade Returns.
    256 477 London, March 9. The Board ef Trade return» for February show imports amounting £170,500,000 and exports £B6 000,000 the increases £63,275,000 and £39,000,000 respectively compared with February 1919, Lady Astor's tint speech io the House of Commons evidently wa. a great success, and it will be noted
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    INDIA’S GREAT DOCTOR.
    623 477 SIR LEONARD ROGERS RETIRES. Yesterday, “"be 2, a great mau who baa done pe"P le of th, whole r ceofpohumentsof luou gj r L, ooard ciana left year’s furlough in Rogers ha. gone I J b but hi co.eequence of b a not return l 0 h
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    CORONER’S COURT.
    602 477 ALLEGED MURDER, In the Second Court, this rxrtu quest was held by Mr. A. C. f into the circumstances touching thad^ 6 a Chinese named Nga CLeow' 0 alleged to have been attacked by a Chinese, including the six accused Court on the 29th February last Inspector McLernon
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    AN OBJECTIVE PRACTICE.
    926 478 jTl i» Time»*!•■. d the Prang M* ’/AlTdin»» P" ty 'L,,, befor» '■>• C ooll l ar.t d p,p V JL.wii.nw council 5 kJ! ,SE? ~J„ lb. M» Governor. Hll E«*M J W-f-« ri<!? “"J X .boa to lik* h?’ !>• d fba be lilw IDd 11
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    M.A.P.
    493 478 Mr. Edc Dickson resumes duty as D. 0., UxU Selangor. Mr. D. A. M. Brown lias gona on a short holiday to Ceylon. Mr. P. T. Allen succeeds Mr. E. fyker at the F. M. S. Treasury. Dr. J. Sharp is going home on leave by a Blue Flunel
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1235 479 Sane Labour Uloir, «poking with ■>» rt direc J ba. turned down th. pmpo«l» for utioD io conneetion with ths j ße ninars for tbs Bstionsluauoo of miaes. 1 “cisioo i. 00. which should > th", who fared tb.t.f«r «ghtiog m «ke th. world ufe lot would h»v«
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    CRISIS IN TURKEY
    633 479 Allies' Military M iUur t The Supreme Council meryi llll issued a communique' annoanei.n has considered the measure, Ll 1 being taken to ensure the nJ |T| Armenians and other minorities k?. < It is significant that Mr. Winit™ ci T* Secretary of State for War, Mr.
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    Rugby Football.
    19 480 Paris, March 11, The French Army defeated the British Army it Rugby by 15 points to six.
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    Steelworkers' Strike Settled
    13 480 London, March 11. The Welsh steelworken’ strike baa been NtU
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    Egypt and the Soudan.
    38 480 Cairo, March 9. i Fifty-two members of the Legislative Asaembj met at the house of the Nationalist ■mder, Zigbhul and passed a resoluI tloo proteauflg agiioet the suspension of the Lt. V p ">"«or-
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    New Swedish Cabinet.
    11 480 i Brrntin. S^ 01 March 10; U ri
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    New Turkish Cabinet.
    14 480 Mini’ M»rch 10. ‘‘«Miall, k. h “‘rmeda •Mj” ,l “'«MM th,form,;
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    Home Rule Bill.
    12 480 M r «h 10. «17 Rai, bShTI f ecidea
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    Labour Minister's Resignation.
    12 480 *"4 t v k j n,| t»r, ttVes qqj
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    NATIONALISATION CAMPAIGN.
    646 480 Direct Action Rejected. London, March 10. The Nitinnal Federation of Gen-ral Workers with a membership of a million j a half unaoimously decide! on “oeiimtiooal ee again.» strike action a, regards the nationalisation of mines. Tne Riilwaymen Unions exectiwe decided similarly. 1(> The Miners Conference has declared in
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    Empire Wireless Scheme.
    186 480 London, March 10. The Marconi Company have drawn up a scheme for the approval of the Government for a network of wireless to serve the whole Empire. It comprises routes from England to India, thence to Singapore and Ausrralasia with a branch from Singapore to Hongkong; from
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    Mandatories in Africa and Asia.
    65 480 London, March 11. In the H)use of Cimnaom, replying to Lord Robert Cecil as to whether mandates have yet been all'ted to mandatories in Africa and Asia, Mr. Lloyd George said it had not yet been possible to complete the preparation of all the instruments
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    British Air Force.
    131 480 London, March 11. Major G. C. Tryon, Under Secretary for Air, in introducing the Air estimates, stated that the personnel of the Air Force had been reduced from 164,000 to 34,000. The normal strength would be 31,500. He paid a tribute to the services of the Air
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    U.S. and the Treaty.
    28 480 Washington, March 10. The Senate re-ad jpted by 57 votes to 23 the reservation on the equality of voting paver on the of Natiow,
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    FRENCH REVIEW.
    207 481 Tk. of the collections of Frerch The figures of tn incrMlfl MWBU» fw indirect taxes and mono30Ofr.n0. which i. polies brought m 7341 tht estimated '«“«XVne. «I»" amount »n d 3>63 12l g p or the first wu th* of b 1920 T the revenue IL’Xat*. by «2
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    The Hungarian Treaty.
    84 481 Supreas Council s Decision. London, March 11. Reuter understands that the Supreme Council has agreed m principle that the Hungarian Peace Treaty as presented shall not be modified. The Allies are unable to accept the counter-proposals for the revision of frontiers and economic relations, which in effect
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    Cairo-Cape Flight.
    30 481 London, March 10. The Givernmsnt of Bjuth Africa h’S placed a new aeroplane at th« disposal of Colonel V*n Ry m veld to continue hi* flight from Bulawayo.
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    Rome-Tokio Flight.
    20 481 Rome, March 11. Another party of Bvi Aeroplanes have started for Tokio acc rnpanied by a cinema operator.
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    The Australian Hight.
    25 481 London, March 10. A telegram from Karachi says that Captain Matthews, who is a tempting the London to Melbourne flight, has arrived.
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    South African Election.
    89 481 Lxmdon, March 10. Extraordinary interest is centred in tbs general election iu South Africa which will take place on March 10. The rna n issue is between the South African Party under General Bmuts, who will support Imperial connection,and the Nation tint* Übd« General IKrz.ir. who will
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    ATTACKS ON ALLIED OFFICERS.
    237 481 London, March 10. Th. atuok-on AUi.I officer, in Germany o the French Military Flying Cjmmiion, -bo -ere alleged to be poachin. name in conflict with the Utiz.n. Guard near Potedam with the reeult that one mo.tally injured. The German government baa i»»uiJ a proclamation witha moat
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    Naval Estimates.
    78 481 London, March 12. The revised naval es i mates for 1919 20 show a gross expenditure of £97,000.000 with a personnel of 136,000 compared with £173,000,000 and a personnel of 289,0 0 for 1919—1920. The amount assigned to the “lew” construction is £1,009,000 but this is entirely for
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    The British Budget
    87 481 Official Estimate*. London, March 13 '1 he official estimates which have been issue»! indicate that the national expenditure for the period 1920—1921 is estimated at £1,187,000.000 of which the sum of £557,000,000 is for the Civil Services, £400,000.000 for interest on the National D.b\ £125,000,000 for the
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    Price of Wheat.
    82 481 London, March 11, n the House of Commons at question time Mr. Lloyd George stated that in order to relieve the anxiety of the British farmer the price of the 1920 wheat crop would be UP the ci f P rice of imported wheat provided it did
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    LEAGUE OF NATION.
    178 481 The third meeting I league of Nation, will be I Maicb 12 and wiS eppeint a I of enquiry which will prcaedTSl nar y in April. It i, twelve out of the thirteen aati^X ll not ilgn the Treaty of V ewil u, T?* I were, invited
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    The Monroe Doctrine.
    41 481 Ban Salvador, March i An official decree states tbit invievtf the answer of the United Statu toil Salvador’s request for an interpretation i the Monroe Doctrine, San Salvador mow the proposal to adhere to the League d Nations.
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    Russia's Internal War.
    49 481 London, March U< General Denikin has driven back th Bolshevists attempting to break hie oeow but was compelled to withdraw his left wfy eighty miles south of Rostov while on bi right wing the Bolshevists advanced with, twenty miles of the all-important Rorttw Petrov rail wav.
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    Sewing Cotton Prices.
    201 481 London, Narch The cotton manufacturers, MeMiiWj A Co., have issued a lengthy repW Profiteering Act February 18 in which they claimi thal; M her of the figures advanced by th om were inaccurate, also the the general accepted com reD ace ujenl(ii basing calculations on P cost.
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    "ARTICLE X."
    64 482 J. Wito e e b^““ rf Jue mtodtoent of h«“‘ ,„d its defeat th* t faces «f imperialism d do«nneist«; c se Me J f wb’ch the United States canor weaken without repudiating I!! t" He refuses to accept any the Article which must go *TXri rbe «toed.
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    INDIAN LABOUR TROUBLES.
    22 482 Bombay Strike Spreading. Bombay, March 11« Tha iw cotton-mill strike here is spreadleg; there are now eighteen mills idle.
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    THE BOXER INDEMNITY.
    37 482 London, March 8. In the House oi Commons, replying to Sir Samuel Hoare, Mr. Lloyd George said that no decision had yet been arrived at with reierance to the remission oi the Boxer indemnitj7
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    INCOME TAX IN U.S.A.
    43 482 Washington, March 11. The Supreme Court has declared as unconetitutlomi the provisions oi the Income Tax Act of 1916 whereby the authorities taxed corportation stock dividends from the earnings of profits accruing subsequent to March 1, 1919 w income.
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    NEW MEXICAN INDUSTRY.
    45 482 ft. r Wash ipgton March 9. aT Ce aMO ‘he A^tin-f or L C Operatlve kidnapping iw:®,.'' tee B erB preferably R ‘SotcDc Mn Sl gtm “*«>■ 12. miw,“i th A»«ith/ire.v I lcan ba ndits Who atoi which wiiii. ffi6 as at a
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    OIL AND SHIPPING.
    88 482 <k lt Wi a *reh 11. I***» »X°t s l ate,th r a C tMuW 9 IKnie the tar??, H e P ted an offer of 11 pri It is yp rc above cii k st before it fa H ,hat prices !ec,: "foc tw“X to J
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    Poland and the Bolsheviks.
    92 482 'a Smashing Victory London, lO. A telegram from Were- gi™ an official report that the Army ...fl.cted a emeehwg Kon the 81-h.v/k. on th. L.thuanHn. Wuite Bti'hen'an front, compelling the R ds to retreat in P»';'®.. The !v® fortv eeventh Red d Tt.nn amonget the tbousaoda
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    MR. JAMES AND PENANG.
    476 482 Sinoapork Comment. We referred the other day, in the course of our review of the Legislative Council debate on the Defence Force Bill, to the Colonial Secretary’s “unfortunate attack upon the well-meaning ‘junior member for Penang,* such as is far tr im calculated to promote amity
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    DORA.
    626 482 Speaking purely as j lurnalists, we would (says the Mtlay Mail) divide Ma'ayau officia s roughly into three classes. First we have—or had, for the breed is rapidly disappearing the Od Type official who regaided all aB j. terloper- and newspapers as anathema, Sucta as these, hau they had
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    WAGES AND FOOD SUBSIDIES.
    1231 483 trj tackle in the near future, ioey bare w »c** o f t he WGr ld, are not peculiar to this part inde®d Government® are everywhere etrugg ing to find way. out of the Bread and Labour at home are i tran lated her® into Rice
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    THE ASSIZES.
    533 483 ALLEGED COUNTEBFE ITI o The J ze Supreme Court thi. mOTnin Justice P. J. Sproule, gapore on Saturday specially owing to the illness of Mr. Woodward. w *-1 The fust case taken was that Chinese named Goh Hi Lan whn -v. 1 being m possession of 571 counW,/,
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    A TRUE BILL.
    965 484 disturbing r--i^o^ 1 b ZSThe *?.held of a move jjce him*lf permitted to 5Mb/. L Without a .up unchecked megQ very ST4 i,h Fr T jT* Em ?to ,tt P *b ,k '-J »1« d d Hr D id his g* tl e t jj e question
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    M.A.P.
    529 484 Mr. Sidney Morgan is joining the firm of Wilde and Co., as a partner. -M.M. We hear that Mr. F. A. 8. McClelland will act as Under Secretary, F.M.B. vies Mr. O. F. Stonor. M.M. Our Singapore correspondent wires that H. E. Sir Laurence Nuum Gnillemard entertained the Military
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1181 485 Hardship* of ths H*J. It *ti cnnniipwi in th® ludiaa LwiiUtir® Coancil recently that asch Maooa tor pilgnrai from MM e4« “<* ib Indian M*homedan would m the nearfuture ‘Ld. there p"m.n.ntl, interest, of Indian P ,l K r m *'u”° IoM who b going to p«y for
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    “ARTICLE X."
    331 485 beginning to find aj m P common m the Pacific” •«bitioua of the p JW6rfttl which the United Bcatei wm as» o 2Li’ 4 war are in no way dead ev« counsels of the nations we most must desire to be m paace tasks. He declares throughout the
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    France and U.S.A.
    75 485 Senator Lodge’s Criticism* In the Senate Senator ously criticised Pres» den J. »u dw ment cabled earher, p» ferences to the Allies. U» in France there was 0 Italy, as regards Pia f entitled to consider self- —Uan It ia authoritatively yied the Freuoh Governm»' United State,
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    Steelworkers Strike Settled.
    12 485 Lon4 The steelworker® The men will ts foreshadowed. f
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    INDEPENDENT SYRIA.
    31 486 Trouble London, Mar^ n V’gt .a Pre» corr®’P uD .d 0n fn »«s B‘ irn tJt Drc» K Sfri“ b« E“ ir fi sfri* Kng to-no"»’’ tf*" l Pile,line
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    France and the Vatican.
    50 486 France a nd the Vatican. Official SUiemeot. p««, March 11. iJU ;j Bill G iiibiag relations */v±X d»«» that there «4 V ZaS of lh 'V wte ta I» M „f Church and State ‘‘“■ThSt Mrt of French cueu’oFthe laws- France f Mfhn at the Vatican ith r M,ern qaeMwn®.
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    Home Rule.
    53 486 Ulster and the Nev B 1 London, March 11. At a meeting of the Ulster Unionist Council a reflation demanding the tdaftJQ of the whale Province instead of only th» lit Protestant cmnties from the Dahlia Parliament was defeated. It was declared that if the bill wm passed
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    Japan and Russia.
    23 486 London, March 11. A telegram from Tokio states that the diplomatic advisory council decided to W» Soviet IliMia'g peace offer.
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    German War Criminals.
    110 486 Note to British hemler. n n London, March 12. Tie Gore Not. to Mr.Llojd George ieelim tin the Leipzig court will prt--3?"“**" rf o®«equrnce«. It t^tofQer over of thore arrest de&" C rt th ’."l’reeof Ger«uilv TPftsn la I W V f )r SOQ Cam P3 for
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    American Coal Strike.
    45 486 w of t( !h March 12> h(Q t ato quesii )D| ari Co,OI »i88ion ,trike^mmeni a n i OUt oflhe i Cjrrearw.nrT 2 per ceDt “”Mi ngOW f* Uh ’ut a Stv en ‘"•M Coareiraton whh th. r””™ gi di «Moneh,« MrBl
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    U.S. and the Pacific.
    130 486 Big Naval Programme. Washington, March 11. Daniels, Secretary for the w civiug evidence before the naval 8 the H iveof Representatives, «teneive improvemllnte in th. ’il aC ili“ aon the Pacific coast were “V 1 nXry. The Pacific Fleet was hither than the entire American Liiea
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    America and Aviation.
    64 486 Trans Pacific Flight. London, March 11, The Times’ correspondent at New York reports that it is stated that the American Navy is cons ructing two giant seaplanes with which a flight will be attempted from San Francisco to Hongkong via Honolulu, Wake Island, Guam and Manila. It
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    Singapore-Hongkong R.G.A.
    77 486 London, March 11. A Rnyal Warrant announces that as from April 1, 1919, native officers and men of the Hongkong-Singapore GarrLon Artillery who were granted service pensions in wartime or after February 2 will be paid the same rates as would be awarded in similar circumstances to Indian
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    Income Tax.
    64 486 New Exemption Limits. T London, March 12. Ins report of the Income Tax Commission recommends new exemption limits for and single men of imai tt,) atem?nts for the first child of *4O and subsequent children of £3O each. B abolishes the wife’s abatement of £5O. he tax is
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    Non-Bolshevist Division.
    138 486 Arrival in Manchuria. C’nl r k irr LondoD > March 12. tarhi f’ hh i ard > who wa9 recently atin fin e Britiah Military Mission “Br,celve<i 8 telegram Iron. i "Orvr.th reporting the arrival in prZ “"V f 3 od re formed Q 6 W L )r^
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    Libelling Herr Erzberger.
    58 486 Herr lielffericb Fined. Berlin, March 12. Herr Helfibrich has been sentenced to pay a fine of threa hundred marks in the libel case in which he alleged that Herr Erzberger had utiliz'd his ministerial position for private financial advantage. London, March 13. A telegram from Berlin says
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    Armenian Mandate.
    40 486 Washington, March 12. It is understood that an American mission headed by General Harboard recommended that the United States accept the mandate for Armenia but President Wilson refused to publish the mission's report notwithstanding the Senate’s double request.
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    Viscount Astor's Estate.
    30 486 New York, March 12. Part of the estate of the late Viscount Astor in New York, known as the Astor Farm, was sold at auction for $5,000,000.
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    U.S. Presidency.
    34 486 Parkersburg, West Virginia, March 10. The Democratic State Committee has cabled to Mr. Davis, the American Ambassador in London, to ascertain his attitude with regard to becoming Democratic candidate for the residency.
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    Admiral Sims and the Navy.
    76 486 Washington, March 12. Speakmg before the Senate Committee, Admiral Sims denied the charge of throw» ing mud at the navy and resented the charge of divided allegiance because he happened to have been born in Canada. He said that if Americans did not want a
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    Indian Chamber of Commerce.
    46 486 Inauguration in the Federal Capital. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kua'a Lumpur, March 16. The Indian merchants and traders of Kuala Lumpur held a mealing and founded a Selangor Indian Chamber of Commerce Mr. Cumaresamy was elected President aud Mr. Kassoolbhoy Vice-president. :o:
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    Sungei Ramal Syndicate.
    86 486 General Meeting (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, March 16. At the sixth annual general mee ing of the Sangei Ramal Syndicate, L r d., Mr. H. R. Moullin presided. The pr< fit for the year nas $101,371. A final dividend of 10 per cent, was declared,
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    Captain Poulet.
    43 486 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, March 15. Captain Etienne Poulet has arrived here and is awaiting spare parts, on receipt of which be will return to Rangoon to resume the flight to Australia either via Bargkok or along tie coast to
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    HIGH COST OF LIVING IN PENANG.
    892 487 RECORD RISES in FIVE years. U is msttvrof common knowledge that the prices of all necesaariea of life have risen grontly thii <» anl, 7 d ttrin S the last fir® years. But while practically everybody has long since realised this to his or
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    SINGORA-KEDAH ROAD.
    582 487 It will interest thn mot,ri, tB to learo «being putiato th Sumese and British reepontlent to B« De k J* I ’"‘«TS cently, after a J, oocMioato motor S'ugor, to Klong fl Singora, and just twruthS 53 U from the latter town to the Ke/u’ ’t was an
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    Presentation.
    303 488 fr flll g 1 neW GOV«’ DOr S-» «S' h i '*?•’,li?» fit 0 J duty of fre®'»? d .na dewlre» tb« OTp hMi« F“ t LCI, ”f c J Mt “Lie to npreseotetion, but Pfeiff": IXeot-and, if aC H'S ll Co mm ,ionet m not mtauled to reprewnt--2k
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    RICE MATTERS.
    659 488 Six inner TbeP “'hL C bX brought up to Janunry CI o’Th’chbf 0 ’Th’chbf featuru of it i* that it indi--3U u fh« extent of ths damaged area ct», that the, e e ubli hed J u there >» in th. corrected mm..ul»t»nii*l increase cowpar., with aL return
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    REALM OF SPORT.
    80 488 O Penang Golf Club. March Monthly Medal. The following was the result of the March monthly medal competition:G. N. Saye 52 f 47—99 21=78 R. D. Acton 40 f-43=83 3=Bo J. C. Cowap 46 -49=95 -13=82 The following also played but made no return J. J. L.
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    NEW BASEBILL LEAGUE.
    516 488 Janesville, Wis. A aew bisebdl league to comprise twelve cities in the middle West with Chicago as the hub will be formed soon, according to au announcement made here by George W. Perringo, a former Cleveland American Langue infielder. The teams wdl include some of the biggest
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    THE ASSIZES.
    2097 489 attempt to murder CASE. 1 S. taken at the Assizes The ot Sat against a Kheh Chiujeaurdav V t>£ hoQn alia cbm 3m Charged with attempting Yoon who h d Awang and on the ttth -xx XT that motor car No. •> driving a Xlne i nrhire ,roBl
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    SIR JOHN JORDAN.
    1748 490 A CHINESE EULOGY. lt is not altogetheTT” sound rule that prescribes the speaking of no evil of the f ea d Less sound would such a rule be d applied to the, living. Happy is the whose subject is one who, still 1-v nl has no need
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    THE WAY OF THE EAST.
    642 491 Outside the Council Chamber and the news, paper» there was singularly little interest taken f, the Defence Force Bill. Perhaps because no ODe had seen what the amendments are like. How very characteristic of the Last, to have had weeks to think over the Bill,
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    SEMBRONG RUBBER
    545 491 -T.O.M. Iu connection with the S<™k her Estate Limited, an ex .'““t 8 general meeting was held on noon at the Registered 02»«“™?’* Company, 29, Chartered a* bers, Singapore. Mr. F S fTj n sided and others present were Forrester, Mr Song Ong bee Swi, and Mr. f).
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