The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 28 April 1920

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    18 1 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. IfBS Single Copy 40 eta. til PMC, WEDNESDAY. 28TH APRIL, 1920 NO. 17
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      237 1 CONTENTS. BB 1 t B Uim>. Miscellaneous (Contiuri) B .J ...699 A Starting Outrage ...726 B h W and Economy’ ...705 The Coat of Living ...726 Pliinrfßight! 711 Japan and Siberia 730 K AlneWex 721 American Naval Administration 730 727 Defaulting'States 730 Bb ti&ieSj Avenged 735 The Johore Causeway 731
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      181 2 < THE I “STRAITS ECHO” MAIL EDITION. A 4 s Co -Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts of rhe Far East,
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE.
    685 699 1 M jJX th ae«tle lhB ‘>" desired, 1 ’>>« The' IC S° a tion Mr. and cJ B ot 0d lucid ‘y, 2“ 01 th. i! 10 1 «H tb« 4 which ut L*!». definVelr M«lan »17 qaile "«My, r"““ nf the nL a h ***** •>
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    M.A.P.
    552 699 Renter cables that an American financial commission has arrived at Prague, the capital of Bohemia. An Aneta cable from the Hague announces the resignation of Baron Th. Ph Mackay, president of the Court of Accounts.’ t? Anthony, general manager, r.MS. Railways, arrived here yesterday morning from the Federal Capital
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1192 700 P in Pentng continue io increase ranidlZ both in number» and prosperity. Doctor, on the other hand are fewer, thong probably not lee. prosperous, thani a yeti two ago. Which may or may not indicate that u the physical health of the com munity haa improved its moral
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    INTER-ALLIED CONFERENCE.
    399 700 French J UBIUsi I ar 9 message sar?' l Lloyd George at San Pa H I w’th Signor Nitti, the I Ihe newspapers i n p ari la I Britain a initiative rfsnectin?** 1 I regarding Germany and belie?/f I conference at San Remo 12 I ultimatum to
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    Aivation.
    61 700 Thb A cable from agdi n l o f<T bj says that 'he »eropl‘“« P. f kio ant Rants bound ior Basra. niloted The machine pl BaDgk i Farrarin 11*3 arr rtioßT-Rome-T° kI F p K A Bsara in««lS’ d Liea t. Captain Kants «d h prtwho are bound
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    THE IRISH TERROR.
    263 701 Lindon, April I 7 a .t Tralee h« been shot «««table T gix fcu llet holes. in There ire w D y 7 were found tied &•> f b XW He London, 4,» evening attacked the Mdh yesterday ~e TX*. in bond in,^Ked’“ ,l,ep lic who “'Stdta’bou,..
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    Ex-Servicemen's Grievances.
    43 701 I in London. Ib" »<rj H-s Jk laBt liS “’Md? j*’*'"’’- th. p th .‘he I Charged reiQle r’s I i ]T 1 loa ««Hinn »ith K ngOn ■a, frjta th.n c h‘fgi.g ei ~Uqls>. :>'»4t V 'S rd I '"•’«to».-.
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    THE FAR EAST.
    131 701 CRISIS IN MANCHURIA. Japanese Aggressiveness Denounced. London, April 18. A Peking message states that the members of the Interallied Railway Technical Baard have protested to their respective Governments against anti-Rusdan ac s by the Japanese including the recent arrest of the Russian workmen’s leaders at Hailar. It
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    Troubled Germany.
    177 701 Princes Fined. London, April 17. Prince Joachim Albrect has been fined five hundred marks and Captain Platen three hundred for an attempted assault, and Prince Hohenlohe-Langenburg a thousand for an assault on French officers at the Adlon Hotel, Berlin. Kapp’s Flight. Stockholm, April 17. Dr. Kapp (of -Berlin
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    The Ex-Kaiser.
    107 701 n Q I ®f ArEMKNT Ix The Commons. castle? 7 Co S u? Vl? r- R Or a Uj y le New NathprLni ri r Jnar Law said the all resnon ih’r ov J rQQIen i' bad undertaken ex-KS bl liyf r theBafe custody of the resnond Bpe
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    Crisis in Silesia.
    100 701 Nllal lied Demonstrations N «w 8 comes m Pari| A P ril 17 lation of rj n m 9^ 9 11 at the popu'““PMgn t? P 8:? ll^,a t h -ve beg P uS a force, there <atl n he Jh® 'our»e of '’which X larr in
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    French Review.
    151 701 M Pari S April 20. Marshal Foch reached San Remo at 645 p.m. and was welcomed by Bignor Nitti and the Italian authorities. The American Ambassador to Rome arrived in the evening and says he is merely passing through and will proceed to Rome after a visit of
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    Maritime Disasters.
    171 701 London, April 17. The steamer Hotham Newton, from Ardrossan, signalled that she is sinking in latitude 54.30 north longitude 13-45 west. (West of Ireland) A fast British destroyer has been sent out to her assistance. London, April 18. A message from Laurenzo Marques reporta that the British barque
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    Mexican Chaos.
    146 701 New York, April 19. A message from Agnaaerieta states that the Sonora revolutionary forces underGeneral Flores have entered Culiacan. Washington, April 19. The Mexican authorities have a-kid the United States for permission to move troops through American territory in order to attack Sonora from the North. New York,
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    Romanian Crown Prince.
    42 701 Visit to India. Bombay, April 16. The Crown Prince of Rumania is expected at Bombay on April 20. He will visit Agra, Delhi, Patiala, Simla and I akutta and leave for tbe Far East about the 7th of May.
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    United States.
    206 702 N«w Aib-Mml Bbbvicb. Washington, Aprilll7. j* ta«.'bmenYof a n air-mail million» for th® d g an Francisco. are returning duty. -Mattomb Hilp fo r Stricken Na ti °n New York, April 18. Mr Davidson, Chairman of the Ameri“j'lWC^’Society, io a the United States Government tcimme Hiatelv nrovid© the
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    Denikin's Plight.
    245 702 British Mediation. Paris, April 18. The Temp» learns that Great Britain haa requested the Moscow Government to grant an armistice and amnesty to General Denikin and his forces. 0 Chinese at Medan are said to be boycotting Hampton’s Circus, on the ground that it employs Japanese. Bays the
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    NORTH BORNEO OIL.
    77 702 London, April 19. The Times say the drop in the price of the ten shilling share» of the British Borneo Petroleum Syndicate is attributed to a report that Anglo-Persian interests have intimated that they do not intend to proceed with expenmenta development work on the syndicates lands.
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    Disaster at Wolverhampton.
    76 702 London, April 17. A hall used as a billiard saloon at Wolverhampton collapsed without, the slightest warning. A quantity of debri» fell in the street. Ono hundred and twenty people were in the saloon at the time. A number of passers-by were killed. It is feared there
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    Guatemala Revolt.
    22 702 Triumph of Revolutionaries. Washington, April 18. The ex-President of Guatemala, General Cabrera, with his army, has surrendered to the revolutionaries.
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    The Australian Tariff.
    65 702 Sydney, Mar. 25. The new tariff comes into operation immediately. The duty on matches is trebled and on china and glass nearly doubled. Enormous duties have been placed on metals and machinery and on cot ton’socks and stocking» and on piece gocdi the duties are almost prohibitive.
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    DUTCH CABLE NEWS.
    197 702 The following items are from the DJi Courant: Anti-Revolutionary Legislation. Fresh legislation to repress revolutionary activities is being prepared. The Shipping Strike. At Flushing the police intervened energetically to stop fighting between strikers and men williag to wo:k. Two hundred thousand sacks of Cuban sugar meant for
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    'BRITISHER
    277 702 Says Adversarial w i, rm I evidence we judge to b I with all his old Mail: a« a word! Let us co „2, I ■rntation with the fathetf.-J »«t I lingual purist», wiih A I qualification». No liyi». I*** I remain pure,” i Q X> I only such
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    BOLSHEVISM IN CHINESE ARMY
    176 702 Precautionary Miasurm. A Peking despatch to the Caiiho Nichi says that the llltie w discovered in the military ham intended for the dissemination of tof thoughts. This iterator. of a pamphlet assuming the mo J f Guide to Soldier». this pamphlet in Bua i<»i» ment to
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    COLLEGE.
    2712 703 |ejW t Cou"« llorsW r 3 .-section «3th V The Hon. Mr- v .< th e chair and among >leggrs> G. A. Clark, G. Hower TumHamilton. Loh *0« Dr’- K. M. Connolly, Bev. S. Beddi Hon. Mr- Firmstone s Speech, addressing the meeting the Hon. the «nt Councillor said
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    FUNERAL OF THE LATE INSPECTOR H.V. MASON.
    363 704 One of the emhTTT" I oorducted in Pensnr w,;’ 1 I aryln.ptcior HrX v* sl I to-* Place r main 6 were f* I Hospital 10 the Weat« n Uff* I interment. There was a la r fl practically «II th, Euro^,* l
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    83 704 8. T. N. 5 K MiNioEß'a Den» 1 (Hom Out Own Miyuebita, the lcc pany who i’ J silver W an illuminated add ess Death of Mb. Tho funeral of the attfD( kdj Meesrs. Evatt A vu. a large number oi Hc rtI »u now totals FillU rt
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    THE BUDGET AND ECONOMY.
    942 705 .’"I •isw®«’ t courageous J'l® be b,ck d 1 rf iw»d d Z Jtf >rem»cy it P’* P A Budge* m «7 beta .the .*"i,j, M j only W ft ’"““Jn ud lergely MToi<1 l>le pnvid. 7 for Wb•’ftX Of debtee well, m«y lor .«•>" JtomX
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    M.A.P.
    513 705 We regret to hear that Inspector P* C flDt ral Station, is on the Mr. D. Richards, Acting Second Magis* rate, will, we hear, be transferred to the Protectorate as Assistant Protector of Chinese, when Mr. A. M. Goodman goes on leave. 6 Captain William Bowden-Smith C.B.E. been appointed
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1259 706 a Rreak at Billiards. possibility offered V does, came to no agreed result, i either iowmuch m the n demonstrations, contention with co the room Then on. of m m could wh *‘J"m b .k?b? two successive 'trokw poMibly mak y thought it tie unanitnoua reply. Sixteen Though
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    The Budget
    1667 706 Huge Jigtiity I greatly INCREASED I taxation. I A COURAGEOUS EFFORT I In the House of Common^J I Mr. Austen Chamberlain, ChinetD» I 1 I Ihe Budget provides for 2d. for I by letter post and a halfpenny faZ I additional ounce; a minimum of oneihih I for
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    International Finance.
    265 707 IMPORTANT CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN BRUSSELS. London, April 19. The International Financial Conference mentioned on the 4th February will be held in Brussels at the end of May. The Council of the League of Nations has invited twenty-five countries—including Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand and South
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    TROUBLED GERMANY.
    170 708 iiiron Fbikch Withdrawal. London, April 19. A Berlin memge state. that the Vossische Zeitunz report» that there are increasing aigiao’f the French gradually evacuating the new bridgehead on the Main owing to ?b. removal of the uns.netroned R,ichaw.hr from the Ruhr. Th. French have already left the occupation
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    United States.
    111 708 Train Services Resumed. New York, April 20. The railroad officials assert that except in a few isolated sections the majority of strikers have resumed work. Freight and passenger services are rapidly becoming normal. The Murder in a Church. Simpkins, the man who shot Doctor Murkoe on the 18ih
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    Mexican Chaos.
    29 708 New Y irk, April 20, An Agnapriete message states that General Uphalji with 12,000 soldiers, deserters from President Carranzs’s forces, at Chihuahua, hasjfined the revolutionists in Sonora.
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    Bolsheviks and Poles.
    39 708 Consternation In Moscow. Berlin, April 19. The Viennese newspapers report from Moscow great consternation in Bolshevik political circles over the failure of the great offensive against Poland the press demand the courtmartialling of the military leaders.
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    Irish Crisis.
    45 708 Bloodshed in Londonderry. m. 1/Rulon, April 20. f ll O noting IU Londonderry continued Lu- *"1: i Crow l a{ t*ckel the •oidieri i with stick* and crowdbars Fifteen X. mi,ie chlr 8”. u, '“B their V»i^U«? e h'y e iu e aih,iDi!
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    Commercial Aviation.
    175 708 BRITISH COMPETITIONS Prizes Valued at £60,000. London, April 19. The Air Ministry announces the inauguration by the Ministry of Aircraft competitions in 1920, the obj-cts being to ascertain the best types of aircraft which can be regarded as safe, comfortable and economical for travel. The regulations have been
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    Aviation.
    17 708 Rome-Tokio Flight. Karachi, April 19. Captain Serrucio has arrived at Bunder* abbas en route to Tokio.
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    Inter-Allied Conference.
    45 708 TURKISH PEACE TREATY London, April 19. A communique issued at Ban Remo states that the Peace Treaty with Tuikey was discussed and it was decided to summon the Turkish delegates to Paris to receive the text of the treaty on the 10th May.
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    Far Eastern Trade.
    85 708 London, April 20 In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. W Clough, Liberal member for Skipton, Mr. F. G. Kellaw.iy, Deputy Minister of Munitions, stat«d that the Department of Overseas Trade bad been endeavouring to arrange to send a textile mission to the Far Easton which
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    TURMOIL IN ANATOLIA
    116 708 London, April 19. A Constantinople ineisage says that Nationalists attacked Ortakeni, in Anatolia, and are attempting to overwhelm the Greek populaiion. There has been severe but indecisive fighting. Mustapha Kemal has decided to defy the Sultan and declare war against the ConHitutionalists. News from Southern Anatolia is
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    EXHIBITION
    442 708 Th. 1 ihe long-looked-for mxl.. P.c.c. champion, started at 5 o'clock, with M* as referee, was somewhat Which fell during the ,ir kept pouring o j though not so heavilj m,t t u «J t dunug most of th. glme going somewhat heavy. Both contestants were in fi Qe
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    COLONIAL LAWS.
    440 709 britoh 0 subjects. jo< ‘"inJodawS 8 into iB S“U) OTcb o ed o L,?b’ “A judgment of the Privy •A „ow bwn pnbJiehcd, .nd the AipleluJ*’ o is applicable to kcnee 1’“ J 0 t Oris.»». The order to banMb K,Mi»ii m«<ie under the Deportation hat I’' 7
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    DOCTOR G.L. TICK & HIS WORK.
    643 709 DOCTOR G.L. TICK HIS WORK. We (L. C. E have received the annual report of the North Manchurian Plague Prevention Service for the year ending September, 1919, signed by Dr. Wu Lienteb. The good work which Dr. Wu has accomplished in China in the prevention of plague is well known,
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    WEDDING JEWELLERY.
    599 709 NOVEL CHINESE SUIT IN SINGAPORE. Our Singapore correspondent telegraphs that 8;r John Bucknill, K. C, has delivered judgment in favour of the plaintiff for 15,C00 in the suit brought by Khoo Gia ng Neo against her mother-in-law. Chang Kim Hong Neo, for the wcovery of possession of jewellery
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    THE CROWN AGENTS.
    602 710 Malav Mail. It Chamber of Com Crown Jesuon of the W o£ G .°B e S e firm7 me ‘was in 18OT ment of British brms. cO that 'ed J nm ttee There was talk of between Ceylon and Singapore to end the evil. But Hongkun 0
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    AVIATION IN MALAYA.
    545 710 The aeroplane which arrived in Penang on Saturday is a magnificent specimen of a Nieuport Nighthawk fighting scout tne identical macnine which carried the t M aerial mail in India) and has been despatched from Bombay to Messrs. T. K. Wong, Ltd. by the Nieuport and General
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    POLICE COURT.
    404 710 CIiANDU I to be.ng in pfcsesiy <b—>ed I was fined $3O. Se 1«l to Gambling 6a I Shortly after 11 o’clock 1«, I i-P-etor Clifton, of the fa./M shop, and arrested thirteen IX T' I stairs. Ine front and back dto 1 barred and the Inspector culty m
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    PLANTERS' RIGHTS.
    1071 711 «mo tinw to obtain the rf tb«‘» ojQdgeB r e ?“?A A t P ih-fi»»ny ‘«n«med- lhe ,f b hXi pl»nten «nd mm«« w jed point* known as the t R»“ b Gold U tbe«judgments have not 1»; b L J local pnw th ‘j *J"«S by tb’
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    M.A.P.
    564 711 Mr. M. 8. H. McArthur, British Adviser, Kedah, is on a visit to Penang. B on Mitchell, jr., accompanied by Mrs Mitchell, arrived from home by ths Tydeus last night. The Penang arrived from Renong yesterday bringing as passengers Means. Henry Price and J. Milne. Renter cables from Rome
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1206 712 The Same Old Ireland Thw stories that reach one from Dublin terrible is the condition which Dreraili there at present. The latest story which i> vouched for »b»t of who «uoceeded in wmnmgofShatcardsOa hi, way home he wee held up y with a revolver who relieved him of
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    FATE OF TURKEY.
    308 712 A San Remo Conference to-day the finance clensee of A terward. it diicwed ti U territorial question, lnternatio n ,l| S ,tio n ,f ft, A ..mi-offici.l memgffitJl •ay, the Council MnitSy > nationalise the Dirdanellw gnh nop? cont D genti it Naval and Military Meuira Allied
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    Europe’s Perilous Position.
    36 712 Labour Party s M The executive of the issued a manifesto economic paraand tody r e P reBe IIDg .iitih 1 *1 Slate, and ingjthe whole ation .nd P I immedUte difficiM* J
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    UNITED STATES.
    237 713 Hxbbom. London ApnJ the steamer HtlM A J fitt> ..«nd two pierth rrying <•>. "L* in tog« tbro B b'Jw'w d ‘*“°b du. the ni,,,te m nuDDffi IKTBRVIBW® 0 gB Arciix Neff York, April 20. inekland Geddes the new British 5r iiemna wj* has just -aidßritain’s was to
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    De Valera in U.S.A.
    47 713 Btbikinq Rebuff, ‘«aTKL 41 A P ril 21 Uo, '”s««iog then ("’*edare®luthe fin. Va era a persona S’a’MMH. 0 X r ,"P‘ ied that &•4' 1,18 P er8o “»l bu- 1 h fe. of °ficial of that T‘ W r «Her -hZi' mei
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    The Wolverhampton Disaster.
    29 713 i»q». d 0M < T^ <c ftheWoi v ..L a a li]e victi m 8 *t^ f 0 er ffi »rvelled y° Q billia rd Th. rr:——
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    The Irish Terror.
    16 713 Tl D M BaoiB this Ma ’hot i n k M ,o V.
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    ALLIES & THE TREATY.
    291 713 ALLIES THE TREATY. MISGIVINGS IN FRANCE. London, April 21. The Times publishes a San Remo message stating that conversations between the Premiers assembled there have apparently aroused misgivings in France, wbioh favours application of the whole Ireaty, while Mr. Lloyd George seems to favour a policy to suit changing conditions.
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    The Prince’s Tour.
    238 713 Visit to Fiji, London, April 20. A message from Suva reports that r xv R* nown H. R, H. the Prince of Wales on board, arrived there this afternoon. It was raining at the time and the Governor was expected to board the warship to greet the
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    Tornado in America.
    28 713 A tOrnarl NeW Y rk A P r il 20. /f l Pt throu 8 h portions of About thh’tv ami and Tennessee, Qd reat
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    The Guatemala Revolt
    60 713 Ex Pbmidbnt a Pawoiai. ar a 1 New Orleans, April 21. Mr. cchaumberger, a former American secret service agent, has sent the following cable from Guatemala M President Cabrera has been declared insane and is now a prisoner awaiting trial. Shells Stbike Legations “During Cabrera’s bombardment of
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    Shipping Affairs.
    37 713 Freight and Passenger Ratm. London, April 20. The Times states that shipping exports are of opinion that freights will shortly fall owing to the great increase of tonnage. Passenger rates, however, are likely to rise.
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    South Russia.
    181 713 Bolshwiks Invading thi Cbimna. Constantinople, April 20. General Wrangel’s army operating in the northern part of the Crimea drove back the Reds ten miles. The Bolsheviks are advancing along the coast from Tuapse towards Sochi where Sikuro is opposing them, though it is believed that ultimately he will
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    Britain and Russia.
    81 713 A Labour Resolution. London, April 20. The National Executive of the Labour Party passed a resolution urging the Government to permit the immediate admission to England of LitvinofiT and the Russian Trade Delegation with a view to giving effect to the Government’s decision to resume trade with
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    Troubled Germany.
    65 713 Reduction op Military Fobceb. Berlin, April 20. The German Government, yielding to Allied pressure, has agreed to disband the so-called Civic Guard, while declaring that it cannot admit that the treaty compels it to deny the population the protection essential to the maintenanoe of Germany’s internal security. The
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    THE RECORD BUDGET.
    358 714 A MIXED RECEPTION. Mr Asquith s Approval. London, April 20. The Budget has met with a tion in the Commons an the Government’s generaily of a real desire proposals do not show sig increases ?o Effect drastic economies. The increases of duties on luxuries are ftCCe P
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    The Speedonia’s Cargo.
    179 714 Saved by Steel Deck. London, April 19. Reuter cables that the ship Speedonia bound from the Dutch Indies to Cape Town with a million gallons of petrol caught fire south of Durban. She has arrived at Lorenzo Marques with her af.erpart completely gutted but the cargo was
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    Black Troops in Europe.
    101 714 Am Echo of the Ruhr. London, April 20. The Executive of the Labour Party passed a resolution protesting against the use of black troops (by France) in the Ruhr district The resolution declares that the practice is degrading and dangerous, especially seeing that the negroes are
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    Future of Palestine.
    58 714 Announcement in the Commons. London, April 10. In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. G. Terrell (Chippenham. Co. U) Mr. Cecil Harmsworth (Under-Secre-tary of State for Foreign Affairs) said the Government’s policy as regards the Jews’ future position in Palestine remains as defined in the Rt.
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    France and China.
    330 714 Ex Premier’s Visit. 0 London, April 21. The Times’ Paris correspondent says that in response to an invitation from the Chinese Government M. Painlevr is going to Peking on May 11 to study the development of Franco-Chinesa intellectual relations. He will return to France in September. o
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    RAFFLES
    425 714 l 'I o tho Edit» of it, a I Dear Sir, I I imagine that I perused your report 0 the meeting 80 coneid •o tactful y p reBid#J J Resident Councillor in Tuesday afternoon wih they, in with regret the coniraet *l of Mr. Hereford, who held th
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    ST. GEORGE.
    1662 715 r Xuch. Hon, »>->•’?£ tenon. Artistshave s.^»‘ thtlle j f?or our delight, ;j:fcd de r t BV e celebrated it in CA ®d«r/®d it has duly taken its literature of the world. pceatbe btif this charming X'imphcitly believed by the of St. George wan so m mystery that,
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    POLICE COURT.
    1168 716 c *rH OF PAWNBROKER'S BfiEACH ordinance. The caw concluded in the Second lhcc Mr D Richards, yesier Court, before Loon Hock, dBJ Bf TX' was —ed at the ina pawnbroker, w v K stance of- DeU-cu i pawn Lissimer, for a > taking in pawn an broker's S2W,
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    PENANG HUNT CLUB
    450 716 oy v— There will be B Sunday morning the J P"lo Ground Towkny Heah reduce. All 41 invited to at end u this is. V fn Sfl Mr. J, McNeill. The historic estate i fl Ayr.hire, owned for 7“ hwited de Mslahide from th, oU leek House
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    RAUB GOLD MINES APPEAL.
    6002 717 U <l £B n, U ml rnr •J»' -.Sii"""", mffl ttion brought by i the appellants for an in--1 them from oiihng fa stream running through -d for $23,000 X of their t bv reason of such fouling. Tranof the judgments of the Court o total
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    CHINA NEWS.
    620 720 NEW BRITISH MINISTER. Shanghai. April 11.—Mr. Beilby Alton arrived from Japan by H.M.S. Hawkins this afternoon. Sir Everard Eraser (British Consul-General), and the British Consular Staff, and Mr. Brooke Smith, hairman of the Municipal Council, met him at the jetty. After an inspection of the guard of honour
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    A TRUE INDEX.
    1074 721 the French fr ftDC Mt the tb n aril2 the r L ;k J®.E menus at roundabout ,!j ,?;b? uhen British and A® crlc irf nnri for French excbang fell steadily from rJ August last to Dinepence m o f t h lB bw P>Sp enorm u
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    M.A.P.
    545 721 The funeral of the late Mr. Chan Kim Boon, which took place this morning, was a very elaborate affair. Many leading members of the Chinese community attended it. The Englishman understands that Reuter is incorrect in the announcement that Mr. Edmund Candier was created a Knight Commander of the
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1305 722 Welcome, Little Strangersl hX M.i.ud St the birtb-.ndde.th-of quite a number of newspapers in X with .n interest not unbng d with melancholy that a daily i Lumpur .nd fortnightly in Pen»ng .re ■hortlr to join the small if not select band of European journals published in this
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    SAN REMO CONFERENCE.
    400 722 AUIED IBeutem TEL£Gtu A c able from 8« rL™’*’*! the disagreement of Britain*?.* with France regarding (i« regards the method disarmament, the fo tmet S nomic pressure while F, uced pressure, a reduction of the occupied ’J? extension of the period of British Intbuioj. British circles an”
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    Pacifying Palestine.
    80 723 P acifying Palestine. I Cairo, April 21. I It h reported from Jerusalem that General I Boa Chief Administrator of Palestine, I ddrmng the Moslem, Christian and Jewish I *i*n, aid that there was only one I «ahority, which was his. They were free I io txpres their opinions which
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    The Ill-fated Speedonia.
    84 723 i Fubthir News. I brenzo Marques, April 21. I the Captain, Second and Third Officers, I ths Wireless Operator, a seaman and I twenty«three Chinese, who left the barque I with s cargo of petrol, which caught I fire mi of Durban, in three boats are I
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    SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY.
    31 723 f Our ft™ At the aMtin, < Wl e A P ril 24. k “uT 11 <>*• wiei that he win u gliBton gave •*i '">o liahli 6 pteB3 ’>» be “jibing
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    14 723 X’ X 21 I* rtl beheld »iii ra L MIJ 3 > th
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    THE BUDGET.
    333 723 CRITICS ANSWERED. Mb. Chamberlain’s Reply. [Reuters Telegram.] London, April 21. Iu the House of Commons m the Budget debate Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, replying to criticism!, declared that the Government did not apprehend that the increase in the wine duties would appreciably increase the difficulties
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    Britain and the Dominions.
    214 723 Fortunes In the Scale. London, April 22. Speaking at the Banquet of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce in London Lord Birkenhead, referring to e close union between the Dominions and the Mother Country, said that the ortunes of the Empire for the next three
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    MORE NEW TREATIES.
    174 723 ITALY AND THE TYROL. Conflicting Interests. [Reuters Telegram.] London, April 21. In the House of Lords, Lord Milner in proposing the second reading of the Austrian and Bulgarian Treaties emphasised that the boundary of Tyrol which brought a considerable nnmber of Germans into Italy was the result
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    The Prince’s Tour.
    196 723 Crossing th» Line. o Suva, April 19. The Prince of Wales had a memorable experience crossing the line. The celebration was on an unprecedented scale and the result of much research into ancient customs and the employment of the rhyming talent of the crew. The ceremonies were
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    Irish Concessions.
    45 723 Treatment of Political Prisoners, London, April 21. The Irish Government has announced that political prisoners awaiting trial will in future be granted special ameliorative treatment including separate furnished cells, freedom of movement within the prison, and liberty of conversation with other political prisoners.
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    Oil In New Guinea.
    40 723 London, April 21. A cable from Melbourne states it is understood that the Federal Government has completed arrangements to place the whole of its oil-boring operations in Papua in charge of the Angle-Persian Oil Company. f
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    BY-ELECTIONS.
    112 724 COALITION SUCCESSES. Minister Re-Elected. [Reuters Telegram London. April 22. The byelection at North j/” IftSSSttSed as follows: QQII Mr. Ford (Coalition Unionist) JMr. Runciman (L' beral Major Graham-Pole (Labour) 38«« Coalition Unionist majority l«o [At the last byelecti >n Mr. J-A. Giy defeated the Libor*! Candidate, Mr J Johnston.
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    Anglo-American Relations.
    148 724 Washington, April 22. Majir J. E. L. Wrench, of the Ministry of Information, io presenting Mr. J. Daniels, United States Secretary for the Navy, with cheques for £6OOO for the erection of a memorial to the British and Amcrii an navies for the joint maintenance of the Dwer
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    Trade with Russia.
    81 724 London, April 21. In the Housa of Common* at q lestion time Mr. Bon ir Liw stated tint a Trade deputation from Russia at present in Copenhagen hud had preliminaiy discussions wi ti the representatives of the Supreme Economic Ciuncil butthat further progrtsscould not be made psnding
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    Tornado in Africa.
    89 724 Heavy Death Roll. Lmdun, Apiil 21. A cib’e from Birmingham in Alabama states that over 140 persona were kill'd and many millions of dollars dimage was caus'd bv a tornad > io Eastern Ms i s’pi, N rih West A iibama und Sm.h T n up- r.
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    Women’s Labour Conference.
    228 724 London, April 21. The National Conference (f Labour Women opened in London. There were four hundred delegates. It was presided over by Miss Mary R. MacArthur, Secretary of the Women’s Tra ra Union League and National Federation of Women Workers, who said that this was the first
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    A Loan to China.
    68 724 Finance and the Future. London, April 22. A cable from Washington states that the efforts to negotiate a loan to China through a consortium of American, British, and Japanese bankers have been suspended but not abandoned. A representative of Sun Yat Sen informed United States officials
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    The Mexican Rebellion.
    57 724 New York, April 21. A cable from Agu.tprieta states that General Ptsquirera, whom President Carranza appointed Governor of Sonora, has reported that the whole State of Michoacan h is gone rebel. According to American Array Intelligence reports Obregon who recently fled from Mexico City is now at
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    The Land of the Free.
    42 724 London, April 22. A message from Albany (capital of New York State) reports that the State A?s mbly passed two Bills aiming at the ex lusion of the Socialist Party ol America from the official election ballot.
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    ENGLISH TURF.
    61 724 “The City and Sub,” London, April 21. ’be following was the result of the City and Suburban Handicap at Epsom: Corn Sack 1 Square Measure 2 Furious 3 ran. Won Ly a short head a utek between second and third. 1 tii g; 10 to 1 against Corn
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    IN THE COMMONS.
    130 724 llmiuno! Bv I In the Hiuie of I Mr Austen J not kno„ O f any with regard to reyaraiioß Bf„.S 8 f „.S lnere wa no ream t 0 many was unable to pay contribution under the Leity Mr U IE F BLiCIT ®«l Mr. Bonar
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    America’s Prosperity.
    52 724 Washington, April U Trade s atisfies for March show aa despite heavy imports, the ta balance in favour of the L;i States increased to §336,000,000 pi for the mouth. Exports of gold in ms were 147,000.000 and the impn ¥17,000,000. Exports of silver ra H 4,000,000 and the
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    THANKS TO Malaya.
    151 724 The following letter has been from the Secretary of State for Colonies and is published for general ixfx I mation. I Sir, Now that the war is over, 1 the honour to request that you will H public expression of my high appiwfci of and gratitude for
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    The "Athenaeum".
    59 724 friends are rc Baker given by Mr. u 4 oa ic 9 15 P “rhe es* d Road, on “1 he EaBt The Allababnl Hi? Royal Hig will arrive in I j n th*t oil cemberand that i probably extend o. opening of the n i 8 fjpt
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    ST. GEORGE'S DAY.
    2409 725 E A Brilliant Ball. Hall prtcbefore has tne 6Cene a» b o nSoeca.ion efe d 2 K o°*k br6tiDg tb6 st. George, and it acconv re u crowd of :rx‘ >■* “-“«S iWtf!*X‘TownHall was J the scheme being d «nd simple■ It® simplicity "tr its best feature.
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    A Startling Outrage.
    224 726 The Englishman's Frontier Correspondent gives a startling account of an Afridi crime in Pishawar. A few nights ago the home of a British Officer, who was away on duty, wag surrounded and rushed by a gang of Pathans. Thev burst into the room in which the officer’s
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    THE COST OF LIVING.
    497 726 A HOME 4 qijt R i In the course o f a I Malay Mail says a l theF.M.B.,noUti»<| much more to li Te in country. We .till to get something l eBB have gone up ever .i nc We u, considerably. •*>»■ leave write. Moo
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    AT SAN REMO.
    1008 727 ,he ra mbw Fl wßtering-pl» 0 be "“y; O rd« mto I l °nX gt fflfopew p j. r DZ that nearly rSuta tn V, of boitilili* and that *S?> wu signed with Ger- Tnn w ith Austria in m! a J f -jth Bulgaria in bp*»[*
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    M.A.P.
    502 727 Dr. T. C. A. Cleverton has been appointed a magistrate for Labuan, 8 ManM,ah appointed a Municipal Comm’Esioner for the town of Singapore. Reuter, cabling on the 23rd instant, says that Sir John Jordan has arrived in England. Reuter wires that His Majesty the King has conferred the K.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1095 728 Tit for Tat- the Irish American 8 ket we have m these European stock e Byrn pathy with the “““““X F XU ’P iw f f memory f University Club, Te X‘S o ;Vm,friend BUkaD Us r:“ oT.\un tJd ’am—t to be got out a dance U.W than
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    THE PROFITEERING ACT.
    154 728 NEW I [Rivtib', Tb—..., A b iU bn hem I Houn of .Common to'X’!''! the duration of th, p'“ ‘jSl It pro,ide, that the WIM W approve the «ehenwX/>| substantial proportion Z Bg f tl P"*»* ‘ton of article, f OT profit at any Bta g Pi
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    Rome-Tokio Flight
    90 728 AviATOBS’ ExPIBIHOB. London, April JI A telegram from Karachi itsts tb Captain Raoza, who is flyiag k Tokio, has arrived. Interviewed by Reuter he itito he and Lieutenant Mamri captured by a band of Turk» Arabs near Aleppo on April 2 A firing with their revolvers till M
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    U.S. Shipping
    66 728 Washington, AprilU Ths Sub-Committee of the Seal merce Committee substitute measure for the now g preeentatives measure an provision demanding the as soon as practicable. German Sea Bout®. Admiral Benson, Chief of the Ujj Naval Operations, after con Herr Kuno and other dn« Hamburg-America hoe,> Vi,it wa, conneckd
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    Copper-Miners' Strike.
    36 728 vuppv. Spokane 0 A detachment of <* despatched to B ikM< 1J disturbances. IM pper-fl* j, troops fired, wou striker. [Butt, I» ,he «1»* U S. A -nd > j, a population of 39. D jJ
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    SAN REMO CONFERENCE.
    194 729 t|)£ Tklbgbamb fl .nßfimo,Apnl32. iy ftp*® 6 regarding the CUl* Straits the Udon of clausai in <rf «w» 1 liwwl fr 1118 oooapotio» of th® Ji'vffir br F« nch AII1 U Ur co«l aopplw® ’«’“‘J Sie bonds of France who would _ib nt to Germany. The French
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    The Prince in Fiji.
    53 729 n. e™>. April 20. ««moniul p«,e n I kiin., “d the brewing P of W.le. 1 ■£t bL“r“ d te<l s lB itehl, WiX,; drBi p ,nU<l »“<i ThB th. *ull Wi’th. f P r n Qo ein S’ 1 r B «Mefo, J option. B
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    Murder in a Church.
    66 729 S’. lie a 'I Y k A Pril 23. J* l 8 h iMt&nt in i MurJ*** taking tk. A 0 ch urch 'IV I,cti on PPd k!, 'Mr.J p S k 'H the i» Jbe'fiVj; rf Gen,?. d grM n. “toified k: 8 88 con.
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    Boxing
    9 729 LiV !BDa:,s I *t touad bout a mling
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    REVOLUTION IN MEXICO.
    152 729 AMERICAN SQUADRON DESPATCHED. Tampico Threatened. Washington, April 23. Official reports emphasise the growing Rtreneth of the revolutionary movement in Sonara. It ia reported that the States of Htidalgo and Tlaxcala have joined the secessionists who have occupied Tuxpam and are threatening Tampico. [Tampici ie town on the
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    United States.
    84 729 Suicide of Amebican Admiral, Washington, April 24. Rear Admiral Carlo Brittain, Chief of Staff of the Atlantic Fleet, committed suicide while on duty with the fleet in Cuban Waters. Amebican and Japanese Relations. A Honolulu message states that Professor Benjamin Wheeler, President Emeritus of California, University, who is
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    American Railroad Strike.
    47 729 New York, April 22. The railroad general managers have announced that the strikers will lose seniority. Mr. McHugh, Chairman of the Executive °f the Railroad Workers of America, replied that if this is so he will not ask ins men to return to work.
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    Proposed American Taxation.
    167 729 Tk n ,Washingson, April 23. nrpfl Ricans on the House of Re2 VM Way BandB and MeaoB Committee Exphinv, 011 J eglBlat iOQ for taxing Stock eaual ge tran9act onB up to an amount moat tO roka fo order to raise agreed tel dler3 relief The y
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    Paa-American League.
    85 729 x Montevideo, April 23. President Brum, addressing the students of the university, proposed the formation of an American league on ths basis of equality for all the American nations for mutual defence and settlement of inter-American disputes. The President declared that all other American countries should make a
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    Work and Trade.
    81 729 Ajsociated Chambers’ Appeal. London, April 22. The Association of British Chambers of Commerce passed a resolution urging the Government to appeal to the Employers’ Federation and the Trade Unions temporarily to extend working hours to meet the deficiency in production, thereby rendering more exports available to assist
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    Aircraft Deal.
    71 729 London, April 28. Speaking in London the Marquis of Londonderry, Under-Secretarv for Air, emphasised the magnitude of the aircraft deal cabled on March 14 which involved 10,003 aeroplanes, 40,000 engines and enormous quantities of equipment and products of British industry. It was announced that accessories are finding very
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    Mayflower Tercentenary.
    34 729 Washington, April 23. The House of R a presentatives voted for the minting of half a million fifty-cent silver pieces to commemorate the tercentenary of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers. :o:
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    Singapore News.
    194 729 Pbofiteebing Commission. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April 26. The Profiteering Commission will commence taking evidence on Wednesday, the 28th instant. Lieutenant Paber’s Flight. Last Saturday evening at the Auzacs* dinner at the Hotel Europe Mr. C. Wearne, who presided, read a telegram from Lieutenant Parer in which
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    JAPAN AND SIBERIA.
    538 730 Juovaui Ut Japan Chionicle, question of KEEPING order. Both th.Tui.hoN.ch. Mp °rt that the,jn«\ e in Jul 7 the Japan»® troope w t u. t \he objects of Th. former journal »T• th. J.p.o- "cond J!, th. hexto be Smpleted early next month, K.n th. fir.t object
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    AMERICAN NAVAL ADMINISTRATION.
    276 730 Washington, March 24. In the Senate Naval Committee’s investigation, Senator Trammel produced a letter in which Mr. Lansing, then Secretary of State, informed Admiral Sims that he was not convinced that the Naval Operations Bureau erred in the general plans. Mr. Lansing, giving evidence, said the letter
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    DEFAULTING STATES.
    248 730 In the current report of the Cjunoil of Foreign Bondholders Russia takes pride of place »s the world’s premier defaulter, though there is no encouragement for the holders of Russian securities, the committee appointed in June, 1918, having as yet taken no steps on their behalf. Next in
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    RUBBER AND COPRA.
    501 730 Dual /1 ekbhTTTg?,, Due of the difficult in coconut and lo |>/ nie. feque.tl, euZ u deteth aa to profit, •A. of the former praJllcu ception 13 provided by a company that e P ren >'erlubber and of Malaya The report year ended December JL* -1 the
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    P.V.R.C.
    295 731 P.V. R.C. j, d 89.20 g^ffMLßow* 1 60 8850 s?‘<i s Sicß»k« MC .40 8620 «ftlWty .58 85.60 «425 3 ’4gß W- Mo,10 .52 82.72 taU 39 Bt7 A E to lilt 4 Q 4 74.00 IrtMijorßowr. jßaoipuAiiw. 80 OXii.Wri<ht-Motion... 79 J Ut Shoot. Tfc sext Club Shoot will be
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    180 731 A meeting of the regulative Council «ill be held on Monday afternoon, May 3: border, of th. Day are: Motion, by the Treawrer to approve of a special vote cf 86 000 for filling the P° nd the r unds of Lake Villa, Penang; for a vote of
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    C.R.C. Tennis Tournament
    394 731 The following was the remit of the tie played off on Saturday: Double Handicap A Hooi Hye and Tiang Liat beat Thean Hock and Oo Teng by 6—2. 6—2. Entries for the next P.C.C. Bowl Tournament will close at 8 p.m. on Friday, the i r stant.
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    THE JOHORE CAUSEWAY.
    233 731 GOVERNOR’S VISIT TO JOHORE BAHRU. Reception at Palach. Our Singapore correspondent reports by wire to-day that the ceremony of maiij&Hk ting the construction of the Singapore-Johpiw Causeway was carried out most successfully. His Excellency the Governor, Sir Laiirenee Guillemard, K.C.8., visited Johoro liwt Saturday to inaugruate the
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    281 731 The following are the agenda for the meeting of the Municipal Commissioners of George Town, Penang, to be hdd to-morrow 1, Minutes of last meeting to bo read end confirmed 2, Any special business the President may bring forward. r. Questions. 4 Some bills to be passed. 5
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    BASSETT RUBBER CO.
    920 732 SECOND ANNUAL MEETING. The second SeTcldaUhe the comLw K„ 1 Weld Quay to-day, Mr. pany. No- h J e others present Duncan presideDg_ Hughes, were Messrs. J- (representing G. Stirling, H a Ma Coj, S and Mr'H. Meyrick manager of the “Th! notice convening the meeting h.vmg
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    MUNICIPAL REFORM.
    855 732 A good deal that was said and done at a committee meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commission last Friday will not be without interest in this Settlement, where the condition of civic affairs is generally conceded to be capable of no bttle improvement. We, there fore, draw rather
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    INTER-SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
    349 733 Free School, had ever bl av as the tirst of its theabove IQ- ;^baturdav <Jll lt hC Sch l Wted gamt 1 One o£ the 7^ lor some time w& 8 a scoring bt art to reir h f? rSt half but b he drew ‘ters from their
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    THE LATE MR. CHAN KIM BOON.
    403 733 The following is the biography of the late Mr. Chan Kim Boon as it appeared in the Twentieth Century Impressions of British Malay: The influence of the fortune-teller in the Last is illustrated by the life-history of Mr. Chan Kim Boon, the book-keeper and
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    PENANG ARABIC SCHOOL.
    409 733 PROGRESS DUr'iNG THIS YEAR. A correspondent who recently visited the Penang Al Mooshoor Arabic School writes us that there has been a marked increase in the attendance at this ipgtitution since the arrival of teachers from Arabia and the addition of English to the curriculum. The communication
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    THE SOUTH AMERICAN TROUBLE.
    119 733 Washington, March 27. Chilian newspapers state that the American Chamber of Commerce at Valparaiso criticised the American Note to Chili, asking that the country avoid hostilities. The hamber said that the Note was contrary to the expressed principles of America. The State Department in a public
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    KEDAH PLANTERS ASSOCIATION.
    1140 734 a .pecial meeting of the ed JZ fm» Auocialion wa.beldrn Saturday, 24 h April, 10 a.m. when tMre were pretent Messrs. G D F. Sinclair (in the chair) Wilson, Symes, Jeffrey. Harvey (representing Henrietta Estate) Cassels, Darke, an the Hon. Secretary. The minutes of the last meeting
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    BRUSH WITH GANG-ROBBERS IN PENANG.
    322 734 Smart Po lice I from Leith B’reet Station Ml «IX Chinee, om 7™' Mf" 1 d Wher 88 naif nest fw>v»n u. u" *»l r»ini n gh S r P l ttheti J W *kJ °f the ruffians on tbe at first not heeded, it
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    BALIK PULAU NEWS.
    117 734 Motor Accidie. On April 21 a a"® chop Thean Pow, «I Bap fail eight bag. of copra t >< town. Unfortunately A ta ui the hill between Teh» Penara the steering, and the lorry fell„ Jmej* of about 20 feet. d* on it one and he escaped
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    CALMETTE AVENGED.
    839 735 o aT a ago nel I w I B* ’’“..‘'‘Ji of Mad«““> i, P»r» the o f M. Gu,on Kg.™- wt was quit® over |> rf ,to i" 1Z *«8« by b b e I Ln nt a» l ll f ro STrfJWJ*’people who I** X off-kMd he
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    Wedding in Taiping.
    184 735 Tai e—Newington. (/rotn Our Own CorrMpondent Taiping, April, 27. At All Saints Church to-day, the R-v. an am officiating, the marriage was eolemnurfofMr.Harry Lawton Howard Ute, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Tate, of .I? 1 1 t 0 Katheiina Hayes Newington, S h °o the
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    M.A.P.
    594 735 The Ben Line steamer Benmohr arrived here at 1.25 a.m. to-day bringing as passengers Mr. 8. H. Hart and Mr. H. P. Newman. Mr H. J. Markes, the Superintendent of Hie Fire Brigade, and Works Engineer, Kmta Sanitary Board, is shortly leaving Ipoh on eight months’ holiday. The departure
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    RANDOM NOTES
    856 736 Th' Chinese and Tennis. Th» keennew and by Chinese tennis h well in remarked upon in M.» f ~a rt a of the Hongkong, Shanghai andl oth P 1 world. Recently the in the B ,C. Wu and Wei W>ng n Cambridge D°“ bl a2O Reuter our columns,
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    DEATH OF MR. E.E. FORD.
    346 736 The staff of the Times of Malaya (says that paper of last night) suffered a sid loss by the death yesterday in Ipoh of Mr. E. E. Ford, who had for many years served in various capacities both in Perak and the Straits Settlements. Mr.
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    THE CAILLAUX TRIAL.
    182 736 c.iii fro 1 ba, bttn benat» sitting Hi > J reepondeuce with ths i »1 to four years’imprison J The Court i,dslib.rati Dg c St.li D.liherau.j I The High Court by the charges of high treai»2*| Caillaux mentioned on thesth!&| Court will now decide whether Zil of
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    England and Russia.
    43 736 Pacific Assurances Dann® London, April 34 The Times states that the Goren* has sent a strong note to out that General Denikins way practically beaten and theref J Britain must have a definite aaurtf hostilities in South Rumis will ceue.
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    War Indemnity Bill.
    46 736 To Legalise Uilawfvl Aon London, AprJ®’l Th. text of a W-Mjlfil been issued P r vld f geatte noa 0 cation »8»“’ t J he but validating certain proclamations ana and other courts. S* It ie expected to seven hundred mi ice 9.
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    U.S. Profiteers IN Trouble.
    19 736 The Federal Grand the three Gh' c,go ..totbei"^* Swift and Wil.on-»l’° lD here of profiteering-
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    Arctic Exploration.
    17 736 Arctic Explor ation. The Alaska -Z arrived at Anadir indicates that to fthi ,eJ possible abandonmeot J
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    GERMANY AND THE TREATY.
    1383 737 (f Lloyd Geor^ 11 J, Eoojom^” 78 April 2L Havas. -ph joaintlwtß, S-l u Lm of enforcing the ““““L 5 b"‘ elte, u i*J J* wold depend on h T?ho breach. Ho tmre ineolTing 11 dld PS .upplieo. Th<" •WfjLK io Germany alreadye* 1 nut be
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    The Prince in New Zealand.
    31 737 London, April 24. An Auckland message reports the arrival there to-day of H. M. 8. Repowu with H. R, H, the Priace of Wales on board.
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    FATE OF TURKEY.
    177 738 ECBOMAN BoUKDiBIM FlX«t>, The Control of Finance San Remo, April 23. The Supreme Corneil haa been red iscussing the territorial clauses of the Turkish Treaty and haa fixed the frontier of European Turkey. The Council likewise heard Bogoa Paaha, who explained the etandpoint of the Armenians. The
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    America and the League.
    142 738 A PRESIDENTIAL ISSUE. The Pledge to Mankind. London, April 24. A Wiehita (Kansas) message says that President Wilson in a letter to Jouett House, the Kansas delegate to the National Convention, definitely reveals the President's expec ation that the League of Nations will be the main
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    The National Physique.
    68 738 I'rlnce Albert's Appeal. London, April 23. H. R. H. Prince Albert, in the capacity of President of the Industrial Welfare Society, in adiressing the Londm Chamber of Commerce, dwelt on the necessity of national physical education. Business men and workers should, he said, combine in the task
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    Armenia’s Future.
    50 738 Supreme Council’s Ceclslon, San Remo, April 24. The Supreme Council dis, u<sed the Armenian mandate and the reports of military advisers. Ihe Council decided that Smyrna should )>e placed under Turkish suzerainty but be administered by Greece. It is expected ths Confeience will conlulc in session on Munday.
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    The Irish Crisis.
    54 738 Government 3 New Policy. London, April 23. The Daily Chronicle says the Government has decided on a new policy in Ireland, including cessation of raids for seditious literature and so forth and arrests. Henceforth its action will be confined to murders. A number of minor irritating restrictions
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    Kipling on Character.
    130 738 Britain After the War. London, April 24. Rudyard Kipling, presiding at the St. George’s Day banquet and referring to the effects of the war, said we and our kin after great strenuous years are sick, shaken and dizzy like all convalescents, but instinct tells us our national
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    Austrian and Bulgarian Treaties.
    162 738 LORD MILNER’S DEFENCE. The Tyrol Boundaries London, April 23. In the House of Lords the Austrian and Bulgarian treaties bill passed the third reading. In winding up the second reading, Lord Milner declared that sympathy with the Bufferings of the Central Empires almost amount to injustice
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    The Siberian Cauldron
    127 738 JAPANESE DEFEAT BOLSHEVIKS. Threat to China Frubtraed. London, April 22. A Tukio message of the 19th instant •tales that the Japanese War Office has announced that a Fujii detachment defeated the Bolshevists at Pobowa on the 11th instant. The enemy counter-attacked but was defeated. 1500 Bolshevists were
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    UNITED STATES.
    246 738 Thousand, turned Orerall Parade in Brosdn.’.i’’* b hut only a few hundred MrtidiJrS Many of the participsntT,^ 1 1 with various theatric]J** Chorue-gnls m .utomobil. by three elephants b overalls. A group of aid. TH denham trouts P For economy dress of the hou,^ 4 feature of the
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    Anglo-French Relations.
    28 738 M. Mir.LEBABD 88,1 ?“d ra M. correspondent, «ail a lation, were very good. at the conference wen moat satisfactorily. ooncloid. ed the conference oald complete accord.
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    SHARE MARKET.
    91 738 LatesTq^i o B, (Penany, 27i* Messrs. A. A. Auth 3 L j, ibi 0> with the following clnu>B“ List: Ytgteritf' mH Rabber, < J 135 }s 1# Aver Kaning 150 1 Bassett 125 jjl Perak River Valley Temerloh ]|to Mining- U 12« h o jl3 Deebook 3pj 3.2)
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    RECOLLECTIONS AND IMPRESSIONS.
    1378 739 —Malay Mail. —”"”7 famous en u 00« P tal in the factory brilliant pe"od J r tect ed V settlement» .U -is. strait» c prv jce was aurm g*tSWe> C ±tteOo’' J l, i b ti’btie» (Jlenienti h Dl th fite men »bo «ere then fitM- 6
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    A MEXICO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE.
    104 739 New York, March 19*. The Senate Sub-committee on'Mexican affairs has received secret notes sent by Mr. Eliseo Arredondo, the Mexican Minister to Spain, to Carranza, which reveal the efforts of Arredondo and the Japanese Minister to Spain to formulate an offensive and defensive alliance between Mexico and
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE.
    39 739 BIRTHS. Ciceron. At the Maternity Hospital, Penang, on the 2Cth March, the wife of J. Ciceron, a son. Masov—At ihe Maternity Hospital, Perang, on the 22nd inst, to Captain J. A. and Mrs Mi son, a eon.
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    80 739 DEATH. Lim Tiang Guan At No. 2 Green Hall, on the 19th A[ri), 1920, Lim liang Guan, aged 56 years. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The family of the late Mr. Chan Kim Boon hfg to extend their heartfelt tharka o their flier ds aid relations for th<ir kind attendance at his funeral on
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