The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 24 March 1920

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    22 1 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. Single Copy 40 eta. t |g rBR AWMfJM* 4 m PENANG. WEDNESDAY, 24TH MARCH. 1920 NO. 12
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      268 1 CONTENTS. Miscellaneous (Confined): Lwn: naAxUnM»®»™»- -493 A fugitive From Kedahs26 Tbeßoed to Damascus 499 Honeymoons 526 Rubber Valuations Eliza Comes to B'ay 526' Sr®*™"'?. '/.a Federntion in Malaya 528 £c. t wm 519 China News 530 Itota B ,n 627 Malacca PA ...530 is. Two Strange Deaths 530 UI Uu,rtl:
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      193 2 5 TME u I “STRAITS ECHO’’ S MAIL EDITION. 1 ■IUtPCIHB ih y> Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, SY and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the fc daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts
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    THE AUSTRALASIAN CHANCE.
    730 493 ’J? ““«Al Auitnlas-.il pwBUM I «< a fur:h ttsrtalLf n- T uen ce a pressure XZ l t „r->, Mi ,er9 f Auat ™lia Z B hoat ‘he Australian ,ro f the Australia fanliu [«ODle m,i efe r Oe t 0 the "««J li flr P haTa
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    M.A.P.
    537 493 The Rev. Keppel Girnitr is going on short visit to «Singapore. Mr. W. Duncan gave a small farewell tiffin in honour of Mr. G. Stothard at the Town Club to-day. Dr, and Mrs. F. B. Croucher were in town to-day on their way home on leave by the Kashmir.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1052 494 Ulster end Home RuleSince Lord Nortbdiffr Mttle th. In.h qo-txm, R no right in th. ey f Georg Home it had reject*! Mr. 7 Square 1 .h.n it waa first brought in, tie Uleter a«;, b jut Empire etc, No. th»t ■> tance. And y<rt all, Ul-tor w
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    REVOLUTION IN GERMANY.
    786 494 A telegram from revolutionary plot by thenJrtS been discovered. General commanding the first ReichswJ? to be implicated. It is was planned for th. 6th postponed for a fortnight SJ The Chief Conspirators. el ra T fr Bsrlio »t»tw fa j, d w C brf Pa Germ.n. He
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    Transport Lost.
    31 495 Rd r Pari arch 12. k< t? “'«idonSfT T? that h °P e to Cn r ,tl,ef tra wort and uT Ople ith bw?’k‘ Oo ,e| U”e° s Phtt
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    Emir Felsul.
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    TURKEY.
    153 495 Allied Measures. London, March 12. It is understood that the Greeks are prepared to undertake the task of dealing with Mustapba Kemal’s force in Anatolia which is estimated at forty thousand. The Greek army at present in Asia Minor and ready to act if necessary comprises six divisions of
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    The Navy Estimates.
    213 495 First Lord’s Explanation. London, March 16. In an explanatory memorandum on the Navy Estimates Mr. Walter Long, First Lord of the Admiralty, shows that after deducting nineteen millions non-recurrent war liabilities and forty millions recurrent expenditure due to war conditions such as increases in prices and wages
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    Plague in London.
    196 495 T London, March 10. tne Health Ministry announce that a case of plague occurred on the Alps Maru in the Port of London on February 19 and was followed by another which proved fatal rliLk Wee^‘ l-'h o cargo for London was k urged into lighters and
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    ULSTER & HOME RULE.
    54 495 ULSTER HOME RULE. London, March 13. The Times’ Dublin correspondent states that moderate opinion throughout Ireland condemns the action of the Ulster Unionist Council, declaring that it is now clear that the Council intends the partition to be permanent, which will hopelessly prejudice any prospect of general acceptance of the
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    British Gold for America.
    102 495 London, March 13. The Times’ New York correspondent says that as regards the reports of pending shipments of gold from Great Britain to America, the British Government has received from Germany for foodstuffs payments in gold between thirty-two and forty millions sterling which ic is utilising
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    Cabinet Crisis in Italy.
    32 495 London, March 12.0 A telegram from R)ma states that some of the Cabinet Ministers resigned whereupon, all the Ministers placed their portfolios at the disposal of Signor Nitti,
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    The War Criminals.
    72 495 Berlin, March 12. The German Charge d’Affaires in London handed Mr. Lloyd George a Note stating that the Entente’s lists of war criminals have been submitted to the Supreme S ate Attorney of the Impanel Court at Leipz'g in order that measures may ba taken to prosecute
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    Double Income-Tax.
    57 495 London, March 12. The Dxily Chronicle states that the Royal Commission on Income-Tax recommends that within the Empire double income-tax shall ba abolished. It is proposed that hencefjrward the tax on the profits of trading concerns should be paid at the highest leviable rate in Great Britain or
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    ARMENIA'S DEMANDS.
    150 495 London, 23rd February: A representative of Armenia on the Commission for fixing the Armenian boundaries, in an interview published in the Times, says the recent massacre in Cilicia is the Young Turks’reply to those who believed it still possible for the Armenians to remiin under the Turkish yoke.
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    ST. PATRICKS HIS DAY.
    758 496 Mr. Arthur Bri,b ne patriotic Once more che gr'-at re g omefl around, day of th. IrUh jX the Irish Every year trough long c, wlt h have celebrated this y» taU gfat and gratitude to the noble m taken worked in the island to which
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    THE HIGH COMMISSIONER IN PERAK.
    162 496 Official Programme. March 2bth, Wednesday. His Excellency will leave Kuala Lumpur by special train for Kuala Kangsar. Guard of Honour of Malayan Volunteer Infantry at Kuala Kangsar Station on arrival. His Highness the Sultan, attended by a procession of Chiefs on elephants, will pay an
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    COMING BYE-ELECTIONS.
    172 496 Tendon, 29th February.—Mr. Kindtll is contesting the 8 ockport bye-elecrion as an Independent under Mr. H?rati j Bottomley’s banner, Lady Bonham Carter (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A quith) who was a most conspicuous platform fighter iu the Paisley election, has been invited to contest South Edinburgh where
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    THE KALIPHATE.
    216 496 Britaik’7 R»., 7_ London, February the British Pal e B.. .«ju an article on the t in which it eava that of Turkey may ver ’i m «5 mers and concession hunte, 1 Empires interest i 9 not r/? Sultan as in the Kaliphate isolated in Constantinople, emp
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    MORNING POST’S” VIEWS.
    283 496 Hindu-Moblbm Unity. London, 24th February: A leids in the Morning Post infers from Mr. Lloyd George's recent references to th Sultan’s Government that he would not have been a party to the decision to law the Turks in Constantinople without 1001 strong inducement. It finds a clue
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    INFLUENZA.
    910 497 Hc-n t X C Xy” o ffil!e e Fr memo 1 He“hb“ J,, e ,h. the Mini’ I o« condiibni: England and Wales Th< rel r which (ni»f e do not at present »how tlija «ctnre» r deaths attti'j M u flaen» jtinutry of b£«' P nea h r
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    MALAYAN LABOUR.
    676 497 -Straits Times. An Employees’ Union. It ia a wise step to form an Association of employers in Mnlaya, and though it has originated in Singapore we hope that is the form it will ultimately take, so that there may be a c immon line of policy in the
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    THE PRICE OF RICE.
    132 498 I, i. (th. Fr« Pre» ‘°o« way round to get lu f f h o Colony Food Supply, but the pu C Qllowing e xtr*ct will find the news in t the Morth cUrc. comforting M to the price of rice. Food Bupplim. Correspondence received rum
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    ANOTHER STRIKE AT K.L.
    419 498 RAILWAYMEN 01 f o (From Our Own Correipondeni.) Kuala Lumpur, March 17. A strike hai broken out among the labourers and ar I iians em ploy ed at the Cen t ral Workshops. Thirteen hundred men are cut. The strikers demand increases in wages ranging from
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    THE ASSIZES.
    629 498 WORTHAM road tragedy. The Assizes came to a conclusion yesterday J*\he trial oi Ong Ah Khye, who was eh Ld with culpable homicide not amountb T murder by stabbmg Lim Soot hung, the m”ht of the 17th lebruary. Mr. Isaac Tambyah appeared tor the de'“he Solicitor-General, in outlining
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    THE ASSIZES.
    387 498 Major Chas. man who is organising the Aert t now in Penaim. w y imorms us that u, P 1 M. Henderson, Chairman cf tk. ot Commerce, has been Commissioner for Penanc P j with the following notes 'on thXj?L' and its organisation: The Commission organs™ Aerial Derby
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    PRINCE’S VISIT TO INDIA.
    114 498 Arrangements for TourllHlu. Muich states: The work t His Eo al India has been entrusted to tne partment of the Government o Excellency the Viceroy has appvisorv Committee to discuss t e for the tour as a whole Secretary and advise in r a monies and
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    THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS.
    958 499 M 1* "'kl„ tlad w “■’V &C" D»pl. 1 I l)lan Itf i Tmi th»» iM “a A well e<i»»» led d &,li.b Uoiver-ity d T ‘B ree W» wbb l:. Governtneot of India I, ibtew »P hu U gomo thirteen rather than remain under J*
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    KUALA LUMPUR STRIKES.
    113 499 Our Own Correspondent.) The FMq u a Lumpur, March 18. re-urned to w Wa^S c irr ‘*'g d cleaners the Central W V? but the ns f a,6 0 Mess-s D* r h °R m n Brd 8 i!i our Wear?e R E b rtB)Q Co. and
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    M.A.P.
    600 499 M-. Jus in PJ Sprout returned to the B;uth<ru Betri n- te t-s afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Vv. i^ K-mny, who were on a flviug Visit to Pma g, re mned to the Teaer.il Capital this afternoon. Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent wires news of the death of Mr. J.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    786 500 Derilted Port- the Province: A lady «Dace in T° ur "Will you allow rn kfl B 0 gppeal to valuable P»P* r on behilf of the tboee it the tramport of pip ‘f S in n>o.t cruel which i« earned out 1 the e manner. It “>‘7 bMU
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    IPOH PRINTERS’ STRIKE.
    320 500 Fime Reduced. (From Our Own Corretpondknl.) Ipoh, March 11. The Appeal Court, comprising Mr. Justice W. Earnshaw and Mr. Justice A. V. Brown, dismissed the appeal of the four compositors of the Times of Malaya Ptiss Ltd, against the conviction of the Ipoh Magistrate who fined them
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    IRISH AFFAIRS.
    212 500 IRISH AFFAIR S. Sinn Vein rajdj to co TOni London, 4th M.rch: T n .1, to-day Mr. l aß the continuance for twelve 1 the Defence of the Realm < case of Ireland. The Act wanH i 1! England on 3ht August. Mr Mt!? 1 said that Sinn Feiners, were
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    198 500 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. There wm fair attentac Penang Golf Clnb yeaterday ennio|; the annual general meeting wai bell the absence of the President, tie H* It G. A. Hall, Mr. J. Crabb Weft Captain, presided and he was BU PP° r the Hon. Mr. A. F. Goodrich,
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    OVERSEAS BANK CASE.
    1169 501 L«^ f uHh win»de. of Chop Kong *C*».l£- Hoo -±J g 0“ b 27 b Joo, 6lD po <l ’t to the 0«r«»’ Ba k faW J »ppM for te,e B ra P hlc i 000 a f*’o« f Pl,b S’” 8 Shroff to whom Ig»r. PB*»f
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    HEAVEN HELPS THOSE, &c.
    651 501 There is an extraordinary amount of diffidence among non-Briiishers of the lower class in Singapore to take advantage of the protection which laws have been made to afford them. The general reluctance of the Chinese to resort to law and authority is possibly a relict of
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    CORONER’S COURT.
    626 502 cint«a S treet_« agEl,? ing th® death of have been CM>« Tin who No. 86, assaulted by no jc K bruary Ciatra Bt".r, on the snd jury reiunoed by Mr. A. for '>>• de ,d R for No. 6 Lc Tambyah for No.. ?.t MLtJ B°« *■>« 6
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    THE DOLEFUL DOLLAR.
    745 502 uum -Malaya Tribune, A SINGAPORE APPEAL. G’e.t'y dying, njAw i« melancholy tact which toX- more and more accentuated every We have already appealed to the Government to treat the public with toms sense of consideration m this matter, and not beatow all its indulgence upm the opulent
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    THE FUTURE OF RUBBER.
    368 502 A Production Forecast of thi ton Few Years. The January issue of the WorU? Rubber Potiiion is accompanied by i supplement of statistics of rubber production and consumption. The conclusions ootks figures arrived at by the compiler? inn follows: aking the actual world’a coranapta of rubber
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    PENANG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    6022 503 ANNUATRf 0 1 Ao Interesting Recorll Penang'- bal tl ac ts'., .he folio» 111 mbersbip. uat C y Tte •£§ytA K KY-«“‘ y bam \ir John Mitchell resigns of his fir® to member. ibl P Meetings- Tbe following meetings were held ?s” 1 ‘-“1 h^ e
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    RUBBER VALUATIONS.
    887 507 few ,b L r*«* to tea l» lle L new ubbc «blic F i° the cireums lMb S curious to ewbs toll he accorded t» «< rf ."‘fTtbe prapectoe of which Kuu*» “d’nrtiwment columM on in»" w S. «lu»tio« )68^ 778 Jp2tod»r Tb |675,000. Thu |»wtoM' ww th»»
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    M.A.P.
    575 507 Mr. Armitage Smith has left England for Persia to take up the duties of Financial Adviser to the Persian Governntit. Mr. and Mrs. Chung Thye C.iong left for Sumatra to-day by the Speelmau the former to recuperate his health. Mr. Khor Kok Khoon also left by the same vessel
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    760 508 land, India or Cbma wcu d b Utfh for purely roagon dollar.. But soun «>- m roial opinion i. tgM»» any tinker» fc wi h the currency and we are F 1 to wager that none will take place. Women at the 'Varsity. Oxford Unirenity appears to be
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    AFFAIRS IN JAPAN.
    212 508 The Franchise Issue, Tokio, Feb uary 27. Ihe Government had issu.d tho tollowing statement on the subject of the di solution of tho Diet: Extension of the franchise has twice been ilf cUd and last year’s revision has not yet had an opportunely of trial. The attf-mpt
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    The Bolsheviks.
    166 508 <ie 1 DcA.iti’s lew. Lu idon, Feb. 2d. lhe Mii ruing Boil learns from Paiij that General I) is el in the course of an in rrvit w deci?.nd th t Bolshevism as a mil noy die ,f to E;r pe w-.s not s nse as a siimll
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    The Caillaux Trial
    51 508 The Caillaux ’tu I y ’-oby Acctpe 1 was r lu r x 1 r rling h j lurney i> a y and cspt e lf ii[y bis relations with ‘fc l! r Mar ini, r j (1 )0 Silandra .o.imt. Ini. brough the crosi-exami-unliou to a
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    HIGH PRICES
    386 508 bbUAIU IN THEm w In lhe li rase of Comm high prices was reamed Sir. Donald Maclean r/tfwJ r doctionof the Civil Service p M £100,000,01)0 end urged ihs t of the sale of surplus war at ra V** to the re fuction of the fl oat i
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    Levy on War Wealth.
    156 508 Bankers’ Opposition. London» The oi position of the hanker 3 hvyon war wealth was Hoa,c d Coming Commute. 91 r the Mr. Martin, Ch»ir«“yAd iW j Bankers A-sxiitw». obt rflrJ** tax on war profit» pop*»* that at xon L” a direct attack on the during the
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    Profiteering in Electric Lamps.
    162 509 Sob Committees Deport London, March 16. The report of the Bub-committee enquirXT*»»* in ,h e T IC "7 (he industry controlling factories and Lew and filing prices stall stageland M gl<tint output. The report c aiders that standard vacuum lamps now sold to the public at
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    Amnesty in Ceylon.
    69 509 How Applicable. London, February 26. Io the House of G Dimons, replying to f w u reCeiTOl a rnteet 'KtattS „< S h ,W0 D «g>i«t the reIl »u n« Bud °I Ba,l y Bai i> lk« i‘° ke any Bte P a Ibe Ptineinl ’<» d
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    H.E. The Governor.
    52 509 Oarile Club Dione,. poKdent > ofeW Marcb 19- I j n,e ’Uineil H. E Si, T h e Gar,lco “J b dii> r er 1,1 ren< Guille T? ,e, f great hJ7’ l uu| Bion We Hon. h, T diBei P«e g Sb gUdBt b mw »nh.
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    PREMIER ON TURKEY.
    550 509 English Press Comments. London, Feb, 27. Thii morniot’s editorial articles on the CnX“ da,ate on Turkey reveal a marked division of opinion. Tne Limes insists that the Premiers declaration of January, 1918, was not a nkd 'e but an offer to the lurks, and a o ks
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    Future of Constantinople.
    65 509 Lord Lamlngton’s Views Lord i London, Feb. 23. TT„, sa i» a letter t 0 lhs trol of international cauin view of tl 7?“°? S be d isc»r.led rotemio’o f a “K lfcr iI,! wcuriiv to tu l, L L r h k 8 sovere igu'y "i'h
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    PROHIBITION IN U.S.A.
    276 509 Conflicting Attitudes. Iron River (Michigan), February 25. Mr. McDonough, S ate Attorney, has issued a warning that he is prepared to arrest every United States prohibition agent in the Iron County, and that he has arranged for a hundred picked men to carry out his orders. This
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    INDIA AND THE RICE TRADE.
    87 509 Statement in the Commons. London, March 16. In the House of Commons, replying to Lord E. Talbot in regard to the Indian Government control of the Burma rice trade, Mr. Fisher on behalf of Mr. E. 8. Montagu pointed out that the export price fixed
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    French Review.
    159 509 Pari?, March 15. Marshall Foch arrived at Mainz this morning. Important military discussions will take place on the whole situation in the occupied territory. M Berthelot, Director < f Political Affairs at the French Foreign Ministry, is now in England, and will arrive on Saturday night at the
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    THE GERMAN REVOLT.
    149 510 FURTHER fighting. London, March 16. t}, a t the claim of It is pointed out tn P xnert V An the Government for expert Dr. Lapp on t centres round nr m 7 trb 3ion FachasB irned K P X": the appointment ofpen—head» of department who «il
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    IRELAND.
    26 510 London, March 16. The military made a nocturnal raid at Queenstown and arrested eight men and lads in bed and conveyed them to Cork gaol.
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    NEW HUNGARIAN CABINET.
    32 510 London, March 16. A telegram to Copenhagen from Budapest states that a new Hungarian Cabinet has been formed with M. Semadam ns Premier and Count Gcleki as Foreign Minister.
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    MAINTENANCE BILL.
    147 510 London, March 16. The House of Lords passed the second reading of the Bill to facilitate the enforcement in the United Kingdom of maintenance orders made in the Dominions and vice versa. The Bill applies to husbands and others liable who have gone to another part of the
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    GRANTING OF CREDITS.
    65 510 London, Mai ch 16. A Whit, Paper nas been issued indicating legislation authorising th Board of Irade to grant credits up to £26,(XX),(XX) in connection with export trade where it is found advisable, owing to the cir cumstanees arising out of the war. The proposed powers dab.-
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    MODERN MONGOLIA.
    757 510 O t Or Trails- A. 8 Kent, (North"A- “•> llO ‘■w-■6h,n-gha 1 Europe h»» «0 P l 1 1 m inr,c cf Mongol?, f r these p- pie hove fr.ni time to lime swarmed suddenly up of their £ti,e wrntis and overfl «d mtoe vilizrTheir advent wa h
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    BALIK PILAU NEWS.
    213 510 (From a I Inspector McQuirriu has bwm A I to Bukit Mertajim vice Mr I has relieved him at Relau I An fnqnert was held by Hashim, the Coroner, at Polios Cm 11 L par, relating to the death of T«h A? 1 a vegetable planter of
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    MR. JUSTICE EARNSHAW.
    279 510 SUDDEN DE4TH AT IPOti. (From Our Own Corretpondeni.) Ipoh, March 19. Ti e death occurred suddenly this morning of Mr. Justic3 Albert Earnshaw, who bi been attending the Appeal Court. Hew apparently in his usual health yeiteriij evening. [Mr. Jißtico Albert Earnshaw, born Netherion, Huddersfield, on October
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    MR. MONTAGU ON TURKISH PEACE.
    1592 511 INOIA’S^^^ 1068 L %X^ b e nrtjcßt atlVfc U 1 tarv Of tate 101 3cC “SbjU^ tobl rl CpW to, ".EZZj out 01 the u adv<x»ti»g the (joustautiu- > Taking ol Coukom then as Prec6 Delegation, t0 t ought not to have he suggested tiw
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    BOLSHEVISM AND RELIGION.
    394 512 The Hibbert Journal contains an cle by I’nnce Eugene Iroubetzkoy, fessor of Law in the University o > eow, Which Should attract general intent because of the light it sheds on the conditions existing in Russia a present time. f’nder the title The Bolfehf vn-t topiu and
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    CANADIAN RETORT TO U.S.
    782 512 “WE LEFT MORE DEAD IN FRANCE I HAN Yuli.” Eai.ned a League V./ie. Ottawa, February 17. The Press of Canada is sir mgly run, or ing the pcsiiion of the Canadian G ven m nt u its deterrnmati n to tn intai 2 Canada s position
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    SIR JOHN JORDAN’S FAREWELL
    359 512 China’s Fuiure Rests with thbChuhi he Rt. Hon. Sir John Jordan, P.C, G.C I E K.C.B K C.M.G., LL.D, bads farewell to China on March 8, after a brief visit to Hongkong. A reporter of the Daily f ’nss we nt on bond the Kashmir shortly
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    OPIUM AND RICE.
    1022 513 U M' 4 hl) P torßl the g«“ p/r eTcry time the L^‘P tUrge j rhe cooly demands *> TT «4 «wctort^“i P *wa r “he rt S. li;i;: T S r mliMd bul 00 leBB marked increase O* ml et I'tiog which wok place L“tlZl« of
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    M.A.P.
    619 513 Air. W. M. N. Miller was a p&esenger by the Tura to Negapatain yesterday. The Thongwa which sailed for Madras yesterday had as passengers from Penang Messrs. J. Ford and H. G. Carless. The Archdeacon of Florida (U. 8. A.) will tfckeall services at St. George’s Churck on Sunday
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1036 514 The Price of Rice. currtbt There >" 4 D c l«,«.» throughout ara ,eg the working QoTernro ent >» thi, country th» rlce c D trol. mak ng money ou ue rly bastlees Not only ibe «port bat the exict Wavily on every the «'Vernn-ent -0.. thr ugh
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    Mr. Justice Earnshaw.
    160 514 (Prom Our Own Corre^po'.dents Ipob, March 19. lhe death of Mr. Jus ice A. Earnshaw caused a prof, und shock to the whole c minanity. It appears that he remarked in C< u t yesterday that he had never felt s > ill (wc-li mah his life.
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    CONSTANTIA
    115 514 Statement M lo w ‘b H A“ 3e of I Mr. H. H. Aiquiih j 0 rwuj’ occupau.n ofCur.stan^' 41 Law Elated that the general of Constantinople would not but the Ministries o f W» would be occupied an J th/p lelegraphic eervices and th, JJ* I the Bjsphorus
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    Miners’ Wages Demand.
    167 514 Nationalisation or Bankruptcy. rp London, March 11 lhe seriousness of the mioen a wago demand is admitted in < quarters. It is estimated to iwi additional wage bill of £40,000,000»mii? and an increase in the price cf c«H three shillings a ton. Recent «pen of the miners’
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    Chinese Labour Corps.
    24 514 Vancouver, March iEight thousand Chinese coolies boj»* bound fnm France started n Victoria. Two thousand escape cantonment but some have bjen
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    Food and Freights
    25 514 New York, Freight rates ou foo*«® land on British vessels from 45 to 75 pounds. There are 3 of products awaiting shipment.
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    U.S.A. and Poland.
    57 514 Ihe correspondent of k tbl Pre»» in Warsiw d States L q dd-ition 1 rCJ y ,ell to Poland P A deliverable at Hat credit at fiva P’f t jjj n g fo*’ JK wi 11 th( r»-by obrain men, locomotives, pounds of O‘CO niar^a -rha 4
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    REACTION IN GERMANY.
    490 515 SKl[sst d t Former M iflistefSillFhght Berlin, March 13. fhreateDed during h Berlin WB immediate danger 0 Jht by d> e im j for midnight, ““/“Jpg haffl begun Bevolting from Dceberiiz w march on g I( j 9r j lBaBe n and yon generale von nant .Colonel
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    The Ex-Kaiser.
    157 515 Scheming for Restoration. London, March 13. The Daily Telegraph quotes a well-known statesman of considerei judgment as declaring that von Kuhlmaan has been recently visiting the ex-Kaiser at Amerongen twice a week secretly at night and is the direct connecting link between Amerongen and Erzaroum, furthermore he declarer
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    French Miners’ Strike
    85 515 Sitnat on Becoming Grave, Paris, March 13. Ihd strike of coal miners which began a weik ago in the Paa de Calais dis'rict ia hemming grave in c< nstq’.ience of the adhesion to the Nord and Anzim miners. The Times estimates that there are 330,000 now striking.
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    French Review
    122 515 r Pari B March 17. the Drench Military Mission to BcrPn refused to receive communications from General von Lujttwitz. he French Consul General at Mayrnce go to the headq larters of the old Government and f .llow event*. The following i 8 from iheDdlyMail: Mu T i i*
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    Insurance Profils
    146 515 rp, z London, March 17. I he report of the departmental committee on the business of industrial insurance companies and collecting societies has been issued. It make» a number of drastic recommendations and points out that thepreT>s non nnn iU m? 1 pol! ieB in 1918 exceed £25,000,000.
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    Mexican Bandits
    20 515 m, El Paso, March 17. The American, Mr. Williams, who was captured by Mexican bandits, has been released.
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    France and U.S.A.
    30 515 Paris, March 17. The French press is furious over President VVilson’s letter to Senator Hitchccck describing France as a militarist and frankly comments on the President’s health.
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    Admiral Sims and U.S. Navy.
    125 515 Washington, March 17. Admiral Sima, continuing his evidence before the Naval Committee of the Senate, declared that he found it impossible in 1917 to secure effective co-operation of the American Navy in the war. So at bis request Mr. Page, the American Ambassador in London,
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    Article X.
    54 515 Washington, March 17. Although the Senate’s vo*e adopting the reseivatian to Article lea showed a twothird’s m j rity it do s not mean a two-thirdl m j irity for the ratificitim of the treaty, as ihe m»j >rity for the reservation inc u ltd a score of
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    Rugby Football.
    18 515 Loiion, March 13. Under Rugbv rub.s Wales beat Ireland at Cardiff by 28 points to 4.
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    A Mine Disaster.
    26 515 Mexico City, March 12. A fire occurred at the Elbordo Mine in the State of Hidalgo. Oae hundred and thirty-six men are missing.
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    INCOME TAX.
    323 516 ReP» rt London, March 17. witb nunb rof roiuority reser J.mbit (o d “A ’L_ire.be inc.me-tax w!l> 18 an arrat g<n>< ul Commission rlt ,n 1 BU b. c ,,rnmi tee and reached between th’ p w! ere the repreeentaUTM of the U.m hy th e JW»2« deduct«l
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    Nurse Cavell.
    116 516 Ur.vdllnX of Statue. Loi.d 'it, Mirch 15. Qu rn Ahxir. Ira unveiled the st‘due of the late MissE'iih Unveil iu rafe’gir Hquare on th»- i land site wh re G mml Gord >n’s statue‘•iiiod rior to the rem .v d to Khart< ihi 1 hi-siaiute was creed out
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    Sterling Rising.
    17 516 N w Y<> k, March 12. Burling continues to rise and has reached *3 80.
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    Crisis in Turkey.
    60 516 Lmhi-, Much 13, The i m«. >re■ n‘ ’i‘ in nutatit ho pie w. < I ba' is h f t i j of uu»a*iboi pr ;.i bn r u li- city, nc.ably in HeiiUri, where u is believed arms m.l immu i i u w king
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    THE NAVY ESTIMATES.
    263 516 London, March 17. T. th» House of C.mmoas Mr. Walter Ia pr<f. i 1110 Admiralty, K ,1,0 Nmy estimate», emphasis '1 mtroducmg the A» y t the f° mm”s kOy to challenge “retn ey of ths ESZH b»“b< idea Of‘ be directe.l K.w«<h the r< 'tot. nof
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    The Estimates.
    44 516 London, March 13 The Civil Service Estimates for *****921 amount to £557,000,000 being six times greater th»n the hst peace year. The total estimika, including the repayment of the A ;gio-Fanch louu io the United S ates, aie appr< xim tcly £1.250.000,000.
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    U.S. Credit to Germany.
    40 516 Washington, March 17. A Private Bill has b'en introduced in the Hou-e of R pre-entaiives to ixxnd a credit of 81,109,000,000 to G rm my for the purchase of fj.d an I raw inatorinh in America.
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    U.S. Loans to Allies.
    47 516 Washington, March 17. Mr. 11 miff n, > c etary < f the Treuury, announced that the Allies w uli receive no further loins from the Unind Statts G ivernment. He stated that Am.-iicrn loans to the Alins total 9,660,009,000 cut of the 10,0)0,090,000 authorised.
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    Rome-Tokio Flight.
    60 516 Rome, March 11. Ilm aeroplanes, which s aftid for Tok io Un morning, were pilottd by Captain Maj»r Ranzara aud Lieut?. Gr ssa and Mecozzt with Lieu's. Mazzui a Bilbo a? ref e ve pih t< r R une, March 12. *he five S. V. A. aeroplanes, menti
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    Association Football
    23 516 London, March 13. Ay.-ofi itiyj f johjji Sc > [and beat I^ n l ,t 0!&8g w hy lhrc g 1a19 lr)
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    PENANG SHARE MARKET.
    520 516 Lean o's Weekly Rum?” 8 Telegraphic delays have barn,., red roduoe-burine,, and wbue ihe I u.™ L, a <l M prid?* to l.u 2,4’, husinm M V’’*» 51.07 for sheet and $lO6 fo J* RuctlollB u ctl0118 which c fc Rrboer-sharu contiuur exonSSl <1 net wnha undencyon
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    LABOUR IN MALAYA.
    331 517 t J y al ■‘—Malay Mail. Uhflf uire,t 1 b rS Ait doctrines «21W A»‘. ,IC X“ 0 e ,llec ire l d 22u«l he >”!”’tld i» hBt J f rwc inf to draw the s# feL dLmfod 10 g’W'* Mobb beta i‘ <B T •J*£SL H»
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    P.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    51 517 W f u ?h and W S Our owe J. >»d C or’j’? rMe9sre IX» 'l ttd 0 J e <o«gbt one other n- e a PP® ar ed to u G*. 5 bi th. 7 tbe °’l>er bX lBetW «"gh l 10 Thretfll lb pa w
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    DINNER TO THE GOVERNOR.
    589 517 Ftngapork Chinese Entertain. Last evening Oys yesterday’s Free Frees) in the fine nl lG Garden Club, Ruffles Place the Chinese community gave a dinner in honour of H* B. Sir Laurence Geillemard and Lady Guillemard. As befits the most wealthy community in Simpore, the banquet was
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    RUBBER IN 1919.
    624 517 Lewis and Peat’s Optimistic Report, Messrs. Lewis and Peat, in their report for 1919, state the highest figure touched for standard plantation qu dity was 2s 10id in December, and the lowest was is. Bd. in June. The average price was about 2s. lid. per lb against
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    SINGAPORE SHARE MARKET.
    413 518 Fraser and Co’s c,rcul{ dud In their ««kiy c M«rch 17, Mears H.s-r «.r d•. )y jhe rubber BUCtiOD'ojjn Y J ica !ly Tin ha. fluctuated CODB dfc^ b he 15th the week dropping tolM o th inttaot, but hw.ince record to ‘‘«X. With th. b X
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    THE RUSSIAN TRIO.
    190 518 EsTTIRTAINMLNT AT TUB E O. The dining hall of the E. <fc O. Hotel wa. filled to its utm at capacity last night on the occasion of the entertainment given by the Russian Trio but the general impression wbb that the hall was hardly a suitable one
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    RICE CONTROL IN SIAM.
    309 518 .—Siam Observer. l r.in (t Rice Control The new law respecting i will be generallj welcomed. It gne»_■* definite assurance that there is a su cienev of rice in the country to meet the internal needs and that is goM news Hut the stocks of Hee
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    AN OBJECTIONABLE PRACTICE.
    297 518 With reference to the pre-Council dinners tt Government House the Malaya Tribune says: lhe principle, however—no matter how urquestionable the practice may be—is wrong. For one thing, these dinners are the prime cause of the general popular scorn as to the part played in Council matters hy
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    MENGLEMBU MEETING.
    490 518 adjourned For Wakt quorum ANt Of The eleventh annual of the shareholders of the M '-ode Syudi.-.to, Ltd., whS, been held at uoon to day, to next week for want of -Mr- W. H. ThtXX*Entire Hoard of Directors, men, we have waited half an ino Ijuorum being p
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    THE CARDINAL FACT.
    911 519 H its changing P 1^ 8 of the European «uw6 f»c d f 4C t chat tba till J during European urv from 180 millwna 'ijrto miinJ. a* .f” p u oolr by u ll g J w ’“J’Lk W> 4“®* .«m#* limited extent’ It wl »*»j
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    M.A.P.
    592 519 -T.O.M. o Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Lane, of the Rubber Estates cf Krina, are hawing fjr heme in June. The Hon. Mr. F. S. James is appointed to act as the Govtrnor’d deputy during Sir Laurence Guillemard’s absence in the F.M.B. The Governor has accepted the resignation of
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    REACTION IN GERMANY
    2849 520 M .,t.ai u« n-rwO— 1 ~,e Co tf! Berlin, March U. i The attitude of the uncertain. I raw towards the rejo uM Hambufg have law to the whole of Germany. **■%£**>» It i. .rated in tb’.n”' token th of” Muto "and tuTiba old f x? Mtoter,
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    Sooth African Elections
    83 522 Bum Lo»d«n. M*>ch lift» results of ““.VVre* now »T“il,ble.kctioiu of M‘ reb Elected for. General Small baa maprny. tori* West by an of Mr. N. J. ‘J® Tfc e outstanding h«a abo b»n re-el ur BUC eertCT, The ••eepinj f ,im»tion. *lt creeled M eh ciion will
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    British Politics.
    180 522 Ykt Another Coalu ion. I/indon, March 15. The Times aaya iW Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Bonar Law aui Sir George Younger hare agreed upon the permanent fusion of the Unionist! and the Coalition Liberals with Mr. Lloyd George m the leader of the new party. The unfolding of
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    America's Duty to Humanity.
    65 522 Annapolis, March 15. Mr. Josephus Daniels, Secretary for the N*vy, tdlreswbg the midshipmen at the N.v/l Acidetny, urged that in rrlcr to save her soul America must uud* some great ta-k for humanity For help to secure peace in the Balkans, accept the matdce for Tutk*
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    Empire Day.
    55 522 Loudon, .March 19. The Empire Diy parade, which has Iren suspended s uce 19'4, will be resumed on May 24 when Prince Allert will taka the a lute on the Guards p radt* ground in Hyde Park. The six y-fuur dags of the Empire will Ire carried in
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    Italian Cabinet.
    63 522 Rome, March 16. *1 be Nitti Cal ioel has l*e;i r; constructed. I N ne cabinet noM-der-» have iren repltctd, Hgnar Nit'i i« premier ai.d In’trm (xi’»iui»l and S gm r Scia’cja I .b«- Foreign Ministry. I :o; A special cabie from the Hague repoits that Dr. Kapp
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    Italy aid Hungary.
    46 522 London, Merch 16. Timm «tales that, einoe the return Tj e lune. Nin he ha 9 tek t° Rome tme Council insisting gr pfced vki„n of the frontier, of Hungary Whw/tb deeded »01 7o oLge, in wb.eb connection th. It.h.n Foreign Ministir aesentod.
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    Canadian Minister at Washington.
    46 522 Lotdon, March 15. Itisstattd that the Fonign Office has agreed to the appointment of a Canadian Minister Plenipotentiary m Washington. It is incumbent he will be second in command of the British embassy. Canada has not yet made the ap t ointment.
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    League of Nations.
    50 522 Paris, March 16. The Secretary General of the League of Nations announces that all the thirteen nations invited to join the covenant and the pact of the League have signified adhesion, namely, Argentina, Chile, Cd urania, Paraguay, Ptrsia, Spain, Denmark, Holland, Norway, Salvador, Sweden, Switzerland and Venezuala.
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    High Prices.
    105 522 March 16. In the House ef Commors, during the debite on high price?, Mr. H. H. Asquith said that the revenue should be used for the reduction of debt rather than sheltering the consumer from prevailing prices. He advocated calling an international economic conference, including the late enemies,
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    The Ex-Kaiser
    51 522 Holland Uneasy About Him. London, March 15. A telegram from Amsterdam sajs that significant activity prevails at Amerong'ii. There has been a constant stream of cars to (he ex Kaiser’s residence. Meanwhile the Government is reinforcing the guards and has adopted extensive precautions to prevent any attempts to
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    British Aerial Supremacy.
    45 522 London, March 14. 1 ii announced that a powerful syndicate has purchased from the Disposals Board for £100,000,000 all the surplus aircraft material in Britain, including 10,000 aeroplar.e?, ai d 35,000 new aeroplane engines, vith the object nf maintaining British aerial supremacy.
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    The Slesvig Plebiscite.
    68 522 ount Indicates German Success. ICopenUgen, March 1X Ihe vo’ing for the plebiscite of the bltavig Z>ue will result in favour of Geimany. The final results f ur the (bs nets of Flensborg are 8,986 in favour H Dc-nrnark and 26,689 in favour of G'rm.’ny. In the 134
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    BANDITS IN NEW YORK.
    93 522 Darimg c j A baid of two jewellery stores in P evening and decamped with 2 dollars worth of valuables, while that busy «ie crowded with theatregXj h Three bandit, i n one a crowd at bay with rewohm emptied the tray, of j ewell and
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    Rome-Tokio Flight
    28 522 Rome, March U A cable from Delhi, dated MsrcH reporta that two 8. V. A. aeroplanes for Tckio, piloted by Lieutenant! Hanim and Ferrarin, have arrived.
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    Independent Syria.
    125 522 Ixmdon, March 11 Replying to Captain Ormsby-Gott, ft. Lloyd George stated that Great Britain sod France have informed the Emir Feisnl tbit they are unable to recognise the decision of the Damascus Congress. The Emir Feisnl has been invited to come to Europe to dacites the situation. Cairo,
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    Antitrust Law.
    36 522 Washington, March 12. Despite the recent decision of Supreme Court, that the Steel Corporation does not violate the Anti-t Law, the Department of Justice annouwi that it intends to jroceed agamst allegid tius s.
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    The Panama Canal.
    35 522 Closed to Vessels Dbawino ovib 22| Feet. Wasbiogtoii, March U The Panama Canal is ejo««<i draught vmsele exceeding 22, f« 0 fresh landslide. It is believed that the will shortly be overcome.
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    The American Navy.
    30 522 In the interest of econ m f Joseph ol !üb-committee has rfj°cted ofl Daniels’ naval.* programme, dm March 8, and (J appropriation of $/2,000,00 the 1916 programme.
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    Association Football
    16 522 In the foothall matebunder rules, which whs played Wales baa’ England by two I
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    Lawlessness in Ireland.
    116 523 I, liceßa,rac s London, March 18. f Commons, reply ig fa X Guior. Si Mr. M, j ,r ’Kw*»**"? Micpte-K» e, ,_i rrß of lhe R ,T’ eighteen iwmUn oi Puli» tt utd-nd id IreW®"' murder of •and, winle tb fl Hilary seventeen if !b twT Police
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    Cabinet Crisis in Rumania
    98 523 London, March 16. A critical situation has arisen ir Rimauia. It is reported that M. Bt. Pofj who «u acting Premier in the absence oi the Prime Minister, M. Vaitoianu, who went to London, resigned and the King cutnmiesioned General Averscu to form a new cibinet.
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    America and Russia
    33 523 freaumptioo of Commercial Intercourse. WtsMsgtoa, Mwh 15. ,i, t? w |,sr, M 1 bM mhwitud io Cm,l a d.fi.j-e |liaa fi ,p c M "i‘l«l«tio O! with Ku b i»
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    Rumania and Japan.
    24 523 Th New Yovk. March U. Own Prince from the Kin? to I 7 &D aiito B ra ph billing ex^\ wlthaTi
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    Labour Crisis in America.
    23 523 Jr]j n Strike, ?f| dioosiQj e Yoik, March 15 H »Dd ■> e 7 ,;r for hi k fcrviC(rf bavo
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    U.S. AND iRELAND.
    21 523 m|£ ’t'“S 0 19. >r treal Xffi"' lt e *> ti h ‘’Piivti V o’.' 1 b -=d X
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    Dempsey in Trouble.
    68 523 Attempt to Abduct His Wife, London, March 15. The Times’ correspondent in New York says that g( vernment detectives have discovered an alieg-d plot to abduct tho wife of Demp-ey, the heavyweight champion, to Mexico to prevent her giving evidence when her husband is tried on a
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    International Labour.
    235 523 London, March 19. I Mr. Albert Thomas, D rec or ol the I I International Labour Office, in the course I lof an interview pointed out that the I I agenda of the meeting governing the I I unions in London next week includes I I a proposal
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    Prince of Wales.
    93 523 T London, March 16. wn n< r ol B&V f t 0 the Priuce of Wales a A n<l O V rOm VictoHa thn to AuEtr a The crowd of many a p 8 L ieir e& K ern ess to bid farewell cordons "tT M°- e
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    Bombay Mill Strike.
    14 523 AH .ho cotton h Q ow working full P thre are
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    Chinese Institute in Paris.
    142 523 M. Psiulmi ...i March 14. meat lee tLe Cbi »*«e Govern ,he foundation ,f l"rv e,ail rp K ßrdifl g connexion with ths TT t 1 lns 'itu ain aekd k' fo r AH ni VerB t Y of f’-™, ha, bi a letter from u'
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    Crisis in Turkey.
    53 523 r. k™d >n. Match 18 I is reported that the C nnmand.r of th. Turks ,n ihraco refuses to accept order’ from yonstantmople aud has denounced the armistice H aBta te s that 4 o) m pul Siou will be opposed. Ho pro,’.? t 0 establish a
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    Watching Little Willy.
    20 523 Aiusti rdam, March 16. A Hutch torpido destroyer arrived »t Wtern gi., to watch the ex-Crown Prince.
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    Steamer Aground.
    44 523 The wj i- N .Z W kork M ch ’2I bo Ward hner hspsrauza, b.«-,d for New York from a Mexa: n port, went ashore ou Mad.garear re<-f ofi Progreso Her ongiues are disable 1. Two vresels h«v« gone to her assistance-.
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    RUBBER MARKET.
    395 523 Bime Dabby Co.’s Weekly Report. «.Jai n,T rago K ice cbfai e l f»r Standard «l oi: S i per b and for Stendard Crepe i sl.Ob cents per lb. The course of values were as follows L*»< Week’s Th s Week’» r r icer, Prices. Ribbed Smoked
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    MRS. WILSON.
    63 524 London, March t Washington says that A teV aU o ir hin./ton Memorial Assothe George \i rb Wilsons ciation is Jjjdeucy thereof. It acceptance of h> I thc p resld ent s illdeelarea that during nurge aQ d *I .a Wilson ha i <u‘ting neaa Mrs uld be
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    HELP FROM AMERICA.
    33 524 Washington, March Li H Representatives in an [h- House ot Kt pr Rill corpora'“'T. H W barrels ol soft wheat Ind flour on terra ereditw to Poland, Austria and Armenia.
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    LACK OF TONNAGE.
    122 524 Australia's Urgent Need. London, March 17. larue meeting oi tiw .teamship lines ncaetd in eastern trades yesterday co th. statement of the bh.pp.ng Controller that additional t<.i».a„. required to bring wh-at irom Austral* in Xpril. May and June It appear.-, that the tonnage now required to bring
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    ADMIRAL SIMS AND THE NAVY.
    66 524 Washington, March 15. Admiral Sims told the Senate Committee of the Navy Department that the most apprehensive summer was in 1917 when the enemy attempted a battle cruiser raid against American troopships. Many impractieable plans weir suggested to guard against any contingency. The Department requested
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    BRITISH ARMY ESTIMATES.
    75 524 Great Reduction <»f Cost and Personnel. London. March 20. Jhe British \rmy Estimates for *****1, which will hr considered in th> Commons on 22nd inst. sh >w total 125,000 cornpar d with 105,(100 in 1919-20 Men on the (-dablisliment exclusive of India totals 525,(HY) compared with 180,000
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    Federal Prohibition Act.
    29 524 Washington, M*rch 15. Tie Supreme Court of the Grand New •Terwey Rtatw will ir.stim*? proceedings to test the wnlid’ry f the Fed. rd Pr thib-rinn Act.
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    Submarine Ashore
    30 524 Four ue t kev Dkuwped. Diego M arc h 15 Submtnue 51 i« Mh re io M npda!elin "V- Luutmut Comrwmdfr Wpl h and tl).« .< 1U c ..< I
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      231 524 P. C. C. V 1. K. C. A cricket nntch »a« played Esplan-.d; ou Haimdiy be.ween the p C U. aud '>>' t b resulting in a victory for the home team bf 183 funs. The fea< urea of the afterurx n were tbe b.ulfog.ofCle-kosn.rNrcH.nd the betting ot HamdtOJ,
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      Polo
      492 524 PENANG VS PERAK. A DRAW. ■W*’” A very interesting game of Polo—the best Wd have yet seen played in Penang—was witnessed by a large concourse of those interested in the gune, including several ladies, on Saturday evening on the Polo Ground, when a team from Perak met a team
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    FIRE IN PENANG.
    264 524 Shortly after midnight last night t fire occurred at No 2F, Argyle Road, occupied by a Japanese named Isowaibi, a rubber toy manufacturer. It appears tbs proprietor and a friend who lived in the bouw had been to the theatre and returned at 12 o’clock. After a
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    CONCERNING PHRASES.
    988 525 swords anicmnun Sense the filial n> oods ;jT s SStSSS J King Ds t enemies whom he 21,22, 23— to “““L God's enemies, ■jniraih' ““““fc, t i, e contrast in the S be Struck mth the plthy «e f f toS useful «hee fresh u expressions ueeze d
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    DISTRICT COURT.
    608 525 THIEF SENT TO PRISON. in the District Court on Saturday, Chan Weng Leong was charged with dishonestly retaining stolen property, namely, a silver watch belonging to Mr. Wright, of Ceylon, staying at the E. O. Hotel, and a silver cigarette case belonging to Mr. W. Y. Semple, of
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    A FUGITIVE FROM KEDAH.
    970 526 third warrant NOT in order IN CEYLON. i®* I t <eX.b, was dismissed AJ third 'time yesterday by the Uolorno ]>olico 1 P 0 t is Tin.es of Cevlon of March 6. Or t.ns oeXn «s or. the two previous occasions the Magistrate upheld lh." leg"
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    ”ELIZA COMES TO STAY."
    346 526 Ge ha.u bwl, u-j tioCuVi I. pluluc ■u.ioscdvcriy the various performances ol the Kinta Amateurs presented by Mrs. Herbert Cooper in Penang, that adverse criticism never seemed possible—until Eliza came to stay at the Town Hall last S iturduy. V e must frankly admit that Ac
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    HONEYMOONS.
    219 526 To our not very remote ancestoß honeymoon was an unknown The newly -married couple went from the church-door to their and began their normal life witbo such romantic interval. Wejjj that there is a movement for re*® to their primitive ideas, andWj quite seriously suggested honeymoon should be abolished.
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    PLANTING MATTERS.
    1107 527 “”L“ e m““» f he X IMII °c ZU on Bll y J.VA.*- J‘, flight.of eloquence •’"“‘“n, tb ««Li «‘“t 11 ftfew 1 ‘i t ne Association which p depiriment arC h there can w r l r roo” for f tail b l m/b M Kchards, k«»
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    M.A.P.
    606 527 o Invitations are out for the ma'rhgeof Mr. Lim Paik Hong, of the Post ant Telegraph Office Penang, with Miss Hmg Khet k Ee ihirl daugn er of the late Mr. Hong Pak Tew, of Penang, on the 28tb. instant. From last night’s Malay Mail The Chinese Chamber of
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1326 528 An Unfortunate Co cl^“'‘ .hop, ‘here A‘ .11 the han«ed jbort g e seems to be at P ]g Hue to an actual of opium- Wbethe o ffi c i»l policy lack „f t 0 dircorer, but hare not •>«“ t h prevailing P nce coincidence with the
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    REACTION IN GERMANY.
    606 528 I A ‘«logrim from March Ifi ,ajs that the ctuL p? S* «yog Dr. Kapp’, Kiel whereupon anti-Kapp d S* took plact, the people ceseion through the .treets !'“?> etatee that 400 to 500 Many home, were A more the marine, ,t olme(i ,5 d S and
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    P.C.C. Tennis Tournament.
    158 529 PionssiONAL Pairs Final. leiterdny afernoon saw the final in the Prob!.,n Pairs betwe a Messrs E G. H W E j m 3 EvereBt aud hfesers HJjogh and W. 8. Goldie. It was a wellm eittd game from beginning to end. wer n‘?h ere decided and aU
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    FEDERATION IN MALAYA.
    1074 529 Frrm lime to tim* during the last deca< rr two the Pess of Malaya has dwelt, upon the possibilities of and advantages that, miaht accrue from federation of all ihe Stat.s in the peninsula Prominent among exponents of the views of those favouring Buch a unification of
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    Constantinople.
    37 529 Occupied by the Allies, Constantinople, March 16. Ihe city was occupied this morning by Allied tro>pB under orders from General Sir George Francis Milne without any trouble. Ihe city is in a normal confiuon and quiet.
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    Civil Service Salaries.
    122 529 A Further Rise. Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, March 23. I hear on good authori y that a further •s of Service et-laiiea has been granted, namely, ten per cent for the mb rdinate and twenty per cent. ;o; Two hundred people in England have made 280
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    CHINA NEWS’
    854 530 ExrßDirroM Ao*i»» Yox*» Bahdit Can«n’ itrongl, guarHfd Tang Cbi-ya'< e African. 3rd March <?” duc y™ to try to into the hill» of Dor‘W'< Shrlton, an «cure the releMe of Dr. A. U n American missionary f Yang captive by the notorious han lit chiei, g Tien-fub, since
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    MALACCA P.A.
    288 530 Annual General Meeting. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, March 22. At the special meeting of the Malscca Planters* Association yesterday the Hon. Mr. Campbell, who presided, said the medical scheme catne into force on January Ist and was working smoothly. Chinese Immigration. A conference of planters would
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    TWO STRANGE DEATHS.
    613 530 Chinese who went out k». F Retuen. 111 Extraordinary was the iter» u Coroner in Singapore last inquiry into the death of Z r l curiously both of them .S their respective houses, one iixd the other about the middle of lu? only to be discovered after
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    THE MALARIA SCOURGE.
    1127 531 stfrU lB fc'-T the last s-> deal» w« —i ji Fel>r“* r J’ ,1 1 f rM uospecifitd umwr °i ferers- IDI, I causes was returned i* bi froal Hear that one cut oi v 290 it ,8 l c 1 due to malaria defined. Commenting I’«te
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    ARE MEN AND WOMEN NATURALLY HOSTILE?
    498 531  -  (By Walter M. Gallichan.i (Author of 'The Psychology of Marriage.”) Sex antagonism appears to be nothing moie, in many alleged instances, than the ordinary human differences noted between friends of the same sex in business partnerships, in social groups, and between children. In all
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    THE PEACE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
    1257 532 The Peace in the Making- By ll Lur Swarthmore Press. i'rx> net The Peace Treaty and the tconomi Chaos of Europe. By Norman A.» Swarthmore Press. 2s. 6d. ne The British public has we suppose, long ceased to think about the leace or, at least,
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    RICE CONTROL IN SIAM.
    336 532 —Bangkok Times. I he time has now arrived to the pnee ol rice, and j4,T* taken to exercise efficient control r existing stocks throughout the KiwJ. Ihe step was inevitable. We a.. A ways see eye to eye with theß®?; Lice Control, but the past is
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    KIPLINGANA.
    130 532 The collected edition of poems recalls a small item of h-ipM xvhich no luckv possessor would ing to part with, even in exchange» these handsome new volumes. 15 its author has said, only book ’’-an oblong docket, with printed on one side only, ire bound m brown paper, and
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    GIRLS WHO CANNOT MARRY
    364 533 WWBBB» STANDARD. ioa More Women Than Men. a re now more than a million lb z of reproductive age, p, B Murray Leslie, lecturing of Hygiene, London on y/, !sß «non of the sexes and real social rest with.X, n contentment, he said, and IE bulk
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    THE BRITISH IN INDIA.
    635 533 an ENEMY’S VIEW. We have recently had occasion to note his estimate of the British in Indiaand of the Germans at home. And now the Calcutta Statesman has found one German who agrees with Mr. Hardyal’s revised estimate of the British, whatever he might have to
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    THE LATE MR. JUSTICE EARNSHAW.
    503 533 TRIBUTES FROM BENCH BAR. In the Supreme Court, yesterday afternoon, before the work of the Court began Mr. Justice L. M. Woodward, Senior Puisne Judge, made touching reference tQ the death of Mr. Justice A. Earnshaw, Acting Chief Judicial Commissioner, 1.M.5., practically all the members
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    THE AGA KHAN.
    519 534 ®£r”" Bomb»y, Hit Higbnta» lh oi UnglUj u,U; rvie» bpeaKing ou the ry reBeut X m e Indian Eexurw ache e U p on “Xea 1 England who rules, and weiTiniorxned nor given to abstract consideration, we really work the scheme to dcveLp iully its possibilities, and
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    AFTER THE WAR.
    790 534 —P.M.G. IN SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE. ,n v M Michel Gavrilovitch, The Newly Appointed Serbian M i \'ister i n Lon don > Man, points impress th mind in the < EX notlly- of course the abn.pt :,|1 o Vienna from the proud P r th canital of a
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    M.P.A.A.
    256 534 SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING. A special general meeting oi the Malay Peninsula Agricultural Association was held in the Caledonia Club, Caledonia Estate, Nebong Tebal. on Sunday, the 21st March, 1920, at 10.30 a.m. Mr. J. AV. Kennedy presided and to were also present Messrs. AV. Duncan and 11. H. Wardlaw
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    YOUTH AND ROMANCE.
    1197 535 —Spectator. '*T*7 n ot endure toutb’» 8 /'fjobvious one. B is ta king tfs M, diaP baDOU Z sun and wind youth of one q circumstance, an repro duction of the deration is n eX p ass i o n has a reaction, vuthcftbelast heart has M
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    THE EASTERN QUESTION.
    990 535 —Tre hM. “Democracy and the Eastern Question.” By T. F. Millard. (Allen and Unwin. 12s. 6d.) Reviewed by T. Earle Welby. Taking the case of China in toto, it presents almost an ideal test to apply the announced principles of the major nations in prosecuting the war
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    THE COST OF LIVING.
    575 536 Referring to our recent article on the m livin- in Penang, the Malaya u° tet v The plight of the poor is ir n He that of those who have to pitiable, and n respec tability ”on maintain a certain m a moderate, income is quite
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    COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
    274 536 FEBRUARY Tl» OWHjh The output of tin ore from th property of the Siamese Tin 8 n for the month cf February »u MARCH TIN OUTPUTS MesErs. Katz Bros, Ltd., the of the North Taiping Tii d’SJ L d inform un that the output for‘wfi half of the
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE.
    147 536 BIRTHS. Boiy Chbno Tat.- On 16th March M at 14a Stewart Lane, Penang, Mrs. Boey Cheng Tat, a son. IpohPF please copy. Whitlcck.—On the 21st inst. the w of M. K. Whitlock—a daughter. MARRIAGE. MIKHBLL-GBAnIM-O» 1920, »t Holy Trinity Church. W.W L v.rpool, Ben Roy -J’ 11 i,
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    29 536 ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Mr. Lim Joo Chon/ begs to tbuH those who attended the funeral oi bis yesterday, sent letters or telegrams oi W dolence, wreath*, scrolls, banners, carrsg* and motor-cars.
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