The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 16 June 1920

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    20 1 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. 130 PKR AWMOM Single Copy els. VOL. IL PENANG, WEDNESDAY. 16TH JUNE. 1920 NO. 24
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      191 1 F CONTENTS. Lum: Mibcbllahbous: (Continued): Warn and Turkey 960 The Coming University 977 I Conscription 966 Singapore’s Housing Problem 980 I Jtptneie Competition 972 Captain Carroll Complains 986 I TkeCrosn Agent. 978 Number Ten Thousand 998 “Commercial Principle. 982 Miss Hoj)bl 986 II 988 f Conscription 992 p Uw Count
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      176 2 THE “STRAITS ECHO" I B MAIL EDITION. It rtJ y hx —laooooo—<■■ M Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, and contains the latest local and States news originally published In the m daily issues, as well as ail important news from various parts of
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    ISLAM AND TURKEY
    1321 960 Jj? l l> 6 car ned to mH» y rei Ki-ateoa «■gurcliajg b,, Ike M bl, P 7'T '.<W of b F l M »0 „1 b L “pe,i,| r' Empire »1 HMM, G G I«u- tnll Eo.u* to A d a ,eD > b„, 'lA''" 1
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    M.A.P.
    585 961 Reuter wire* new. of the <l. ata if R Admiral Winterhalier, of the States Navy. The marriage i. announced io of Mr. John Mu.r Bathgate, plan er Batu Tiga, Selangor, and Mi«s D or nuraiog a’ster in the Government Civil Hoepital, Hongkong. J“;1K X'“.»> t-rss: ing from Penang to
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1181 961 General Election —New Date. AcCi.diug to a wrlli funned London eoirespon :ent, Mr. Lloyd George is said to he very pleased with the result cf the la«t batch of by-elec ione. The da’e which “those in the know” now as ign for the General Election is two years,
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    THE WAR IN IRELAND.
    191 962 FtRTHER OUTRAGES. Assailants Captured. rBECTEB'9 IELEGBAMS.] London, 'BeUTEB' 3 IELEGKAM3.J I London, Jane 6. Svbpbised. aiomdy /loßiod bicycles. Mots Marines for thk West. Lond* d, June 7. Twmre father» have left QueensOT f OI the we»i ooast, conveying 300 LOCAL government elections. Sin Fein’s Victory. London,
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    The World's Food.
    92 962 Vest Sehiqus Position. Aaxietv h inn LjndoD > June 7. I’^ofaworiUh' 08 a 8 resardfJ jfasloot l wioph hor !i ag r ofwheat L i 3 J* p eC ,Qe d iD ftU lhe «pon. S C Uatne9 Uoit *l FWically aj xt ~B ea* >Q will
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    German Trade Routes.
    72 962 German Trade Routes Of De o W June 6. St of the n' at ,OQ9 wilh the ’-■■u Bbip a o 7 e c“‘ etk9 '?>'■> over ibiTT b ’be H-ivm he lra, la |*Cj“Hree^ji. of w»r. It i 8 P«klk' i "W'«| I;,''' 1 A,tuer >* fc'^ N Y^Juoe
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    German Elections.
    107 962 A Satisfactory Report. B.rliu, J tine 6. The elections all over Germany took place to-day. There w B re no disturbaaces. The Provisional Results. Bsrliu, June 6. The first provisional results of the elections show that in N rnh Berlin the Majority Sicidists polled 19.003, the Independent Siciilists,
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    Miners and the Public.
    84 962 A Curious “Alternative,” London, June 7. Mr. W. Brace, M.P., presiding at a conference of the South Wales Miners’ Federal ion at Cardiff, said that the mmers had failed to convince the public or the workmen in other trades of their honest desire in pressing for
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    The Spa Conference.
    41 962 Paris, June 6. Tbe Matin states that the Sp* Conference will probably bo adj mrned to July .5 or 6 M. Millerand and Mr. Lloyd George will meet at a French coast town before the end of June.
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    The “Dinkum” Prince.
    36 962 London, June 6. A cibie from Melbourne states that the Prince of Wales’s public programme in Victoria concluded with a brilliant gala performance at the theatre there. The Priuo. had a tumultuous reception,
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    Indian Cotton Mill Fire.
    30 962 London, June 6. A meesag? from Calcutta says that a fire destroyed the spinning machinery at the Cotton Mills. The loss is five lakhs of rupees.
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    Shamrock IV.
    229 962 New York, June 7. he Shamrock IV. carried away her gfcff while undergoing a sail testing spin t>nd Laa gone to City Island fur repairs. a :o: A very interesting case was heard and concluded in the J bore Courts on the 31st 9 the Johore correspondent of
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    THE TURKISH TANGLE.
    84 962 A NATIONALIST ULTIMATUM. Efebctivb British Reply. [Reuter’s Telegrams. •ju ri -i London, June 7. jhe Duly Expre.B learns from Constan>h? P 7 hit > y of re P ly t 0 ,n impulant ulumatum b, the Turkish Nationalist. lerad" 18 lhe Br !l8 J forceB ‘0 withdraw
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    The Turkish Treaty.
    34 962 Tu Ail. Constantinople, June 9. Ihe Allied Hgh Commissioners have informed tbe Porte that the Peace Conference has granted Turkey a fortnight extension of timo to examine the peace terms. r
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    President and Congress.
    81 962 Severe Criticism. d -j w Washington, June 6. rresident Wilson, replying to a request by the Rai Iroad Brotherhood to prevent the adj mrnnimt of Congress, sharply criticises the failure of Congress to deal with the cost of living and deplores its inaction in other vkal matters.
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    Fire at a Boarding School.
    75 962 < London, June 6. A fire broke out at two thia morning at the Methodist B tarding School at Bideford. One hundred and forty girls were roused by the mistresses and paraded most calmly in the emuke-filled dormitories and marched in their night-dresses barefooted to
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    Port of London
    45 962 Encouraging Figures. London, June, 7. Statistics of the Pi rt of London issued on June 2show that ninety-seven ships with a tonnage of 227,117 were discharging and thirty S'X with a tonnage 101,761 loading; none were wai ing in dock or river.
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    German Ghouls.
    47 962 Poets’ Tombs Rifled, Copenhagen, June 6. According to a tek-gram from Weimar, robbers broke into the Prine s’ Mausoleum there and 8 ole the gold and silver wreaths from (he tombs of Schiller and Goethe and their pro eclor the Dako Karl Alexander of Saxe-Weimar.
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    Stale Trading in U.S.A.
    56 962 Washington, June 6. President Wilson has signed a number of bills, including a bill permitting Govern-ment-owned wirelera stations to handle private and press telegrams, also a bill inc easing the pay of postal employes which will involve an extra expenditure of £30.000,000 (gold) next year and
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    French Review.
    338 963 (Havas.) Success in Africa. Paris, Jane 6. A despatch from Casablanca state» that French Hying columns from Meknes a.J. Zsdla scored a success by the cap ure o t le M.goaneit Ridge VsM surrender of the Zaim tribe living in 2,501) tents in that region. Economic Improvement. The
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    Population of New York.
    38 963 Result of the War. London, June 6. The latest census of the population of New York is 5,621,000, an increase of only 854,000 compared with 1910 owing to the stoppage of immigration in wartime.
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    Aeroplanes on Fire.
    39 963 London, June 6, One hundred and fifty of the moat modern aeroplanes were destroyed by fire in a shed at the Aviation School at Cranwell. The damsge is estimated at £250,000. An enquiry is being held.
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    War’s Aftermath.
    63 963 Ex-Boldieb’s Career of Crime London, January 7. Ibe career of an ex soldier named Toplis, who murdered a taxi-driver at Andover in April and has eince e.uded pursuit all over the country, ended at Penrith where he was surrounded by a cordon of police after an txcharge of
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    ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE.
    121 963 CHINA’S OBJECTIONS. Official Statement. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Peking, June 4 The Chinese Foreign Minister has issued a statement as regards the renewal of the Anglo Japanese Alliance declaring that the continued treatment of China in this connection as a territorial entity will no longer be tolerated but will be
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    England and Russia.
    152 963 The Economic Negotiations, London, June 7. The Daily Telegraph e’ates that the nego iations wi h M. Krassin have hitherto not given results indicating that a prolonged stay of M. Krassin in London is likely. It is pointed out that M. Kraesin quitted Moscow several months ago
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    Railway Wages.
    191 963 National Strike Feared. London, June 6. Mr. J. H. Thomis, the railwaymen’s leader, announc'd at a meeting of railwaymen that the London Council of Railwayman had decided to r*j ct the Wages B >ard award cabled last week Mr. Thomas warned the meeting that the on y alternative
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    U.S. and South America.
    35 963 A Significant Bill. Washington, June b. The House of Representatives unanimous* lv passed tbe Senate’s Bill authorising the President to detail American officers to assist 'outh American countries In deve* P’
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    NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DISCHARGED SAILORS & SOLDIER.
    454 963 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DISCHARGED SAILORS SOLDIER. STRAUS Ibe following an the R-hm. j. n,?i„ P i e ented h ‘“““I mg 1U biogapore on Inert» I* Ihe year commenced with th. !<! the Victoria H.II when ,Z! ■ng addresses were given byVFt G-neral Officer Commanding t |J “m n D
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    AFTER SAN REMO.
    2247 964 A fresh start. IRv G. Gakdi^R- 1 W. nf Siu Remo is plain -L Tbe Tthe bankruptcy of the Peace ia foreshadowed a new clear breach has appeared in Cy f France on the one side, and oi eaW D U \nd Italv on the other. No
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    TIM.
    23 965 Luff Quotai lin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at 1131, no Business done, and for tin ore done. In Kings pore business
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    AN M.P. IN MALAYA.
    728 965 M I ED kll HORNE'S IMPRESSIONS. 1 is DOt’V-ryday that Singapore las a M uib-r <f Patiiam u f-r a Visitor lo t emj r y of l it g uii-meu of the House of mir ns the to ivi g par 8 of Empire are
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    LOCAL COMPANY LAW.
    407 965 up» WM r/fr'lhiog aXw |?7 h# *S Ol engaged on Com p ny l[ I am sorry, however Ta** "rI ith 7A r fir Reform of the Local (Vm ;X' h. M. 8.) are each a copy of the C/».,? (Consolidation) Acte 1908 Efland The last named
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    9 966 D OMESTIC OCCURRENCES. 5, E! ID fflfe !0 nHTH.
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    CONSCRIPIION
    1052 966 -Truth, 1 MnpMdeoTsujawti that we should ■open the Still cum Darbiebne protest X?tb. M»« Fores Otd.uauee of |.rj 'Sack itflaeoce as we command is S, on the Side of these ««“8« tat diuiaguisbed bedfellows, each 0 ,Mn probably realises by now the nib of what we told both of
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    M.A.P.
    619 966 Mr.. Justice P. J, Sproule, acting ojo and his Private Secretary, Mr. C J A Van lefc f )r S?remb*n yestday conduct the Assizes there, siys the Mally an Leader of yesterday morning, ™u lr A r> QreaVo9 cb o f inspector of police, Kelantan, has arrived in Rush
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    84 966 DEATH. Mar 10, at 1* Chester Crta»» 80 Thoma, Cuthbertson, eld son d Tbotu.s dBiiyp w A; thtir thank® w f° r t* l U» 4 occurrence. r “‘t‘ a 4 L ncCb,Dg LI -T occurrencen H a and Lim h<wo M** C'? family of tLe late Ho W “>“*
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1196 967 h a clause so mischievous in 8 tenuen y that it is surprising that it tea no me With th. Parliamentary cr, cl9 u |d BMd h th.’ Uurt to h’ea X n XT- to prohibit the publication of the proceedings. At h light the average man, shocked
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    CHINA.
    89 967 ’’EACeTuast; •ioml Nmj™ SkhW IReuteb’s Telegbams.' P.acs between North d^ a T n T“ le 8th0 lh Llon Ine immediate e ff ect among the politicians of South Chia* occurred at a biMoricrf meeting at-sea a bouse at which th. nsj? ativat of the Gonrw, of 5 Szechuan,. West
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    British Trade Exhibition,
    175 967 London, June The Lord Mayor presided over i larp meeting at the Maneion House thiufir noon in connection with Imperial tndi relations and the forthcoming BritishTm I xhibiiion. He read a letter from te Prince of Wales, President of the Gem Committee, stating that the Govern»® had
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    Trouble at Tabriz.
    68 967 MORE GERMANMICHINAIIOSsA Con&vl’s Suicid®. It is reported that sieged 4.h demanding the reW Bolshevist. wh h “A“ul, Herr Wwtrow, th 'XI,un<»l 1 ,un<» lb B L opeiw-l fire «> h s atl bUItWjJ Thereupon the democt. 001B compelling h'“ b Wm®*,* L Jr. it committed suici K
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    Post-War Finance.
    19 967 AIUt3 ,392.0«« including Grt »t B" 5112,99/.«0« I .U. which th® I B bro»l W()T inateit» 1
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    On the Caspian
    40 968 J“ uar G in Teber&u that in of Cbo party h the Bolshevik at Elz It w«h l J w i bdrawn from geßfkiib W’ h Boljjhevik f orCe of «a. jo MeiJ 11 emeraa fe‘ bu
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    Zionist World Conference.
    37 968 London, June 7. > Wnr'd Conference meets Jul? 4 to deal with the jj Ljcdan w 7 gnd the fiuances WOi r°The Conference will appeal to .kbit ha. l«o deeded to »»e h,tl»Jewtbrougbout the worn!.
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    Russia and Poland.
    53 968 BoUBIVtKS IN Estreat. London, J une t. A W&ruw communique states that between the Dvina and Borysoff our «mter-effensiw is developing most siirfictorily. Th® Bolsheviks are retreatiag in disorder leaving considerable prisoners nd material. Desertions from the Bjbbevik! are increasing. Bolshevik itucii on the bridgeheads at Kieff
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    U.S. Presidential Election.
    102 968 tomiCAN Candidates. Chicago, June 7. Hnnidible roster has been propared rf the candidates for the Republican fensl Convention to be held on June 8 which prom'B% to open with nodecisive sdvantage for any presidential aspirant. There is the greatest uncertainty with rf g*rd to the Convention’s potential
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    Imperial Preference.
    79 968 CoUWH Views. hiku L ™foo> June 7. p y in g to «tag h,iu, ,Mr Ui,eW "B™ £**‘l of h““,| p f o !i<1 r lhe Mall |L’f. ‘‘.PoefereoM had Pr I°'ec»iLS:Tt9orin wbic *‘•liable r V be en en f>rc j d or Hig R P B l
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    Persia and the League.
    17 968 u' j*; 1 0 cil aadCar t G S« ic tion L to
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    BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.
    586 968 ECONOMIC RELAIIONS. Premier’s Attitude. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, June 7, There wag a second meeting of M. Krsasin with the British Minister® to-day lasting two boura. Krassin gave various answers to the Ministers’ enquiries rrgirding prisoners and propaganda but there are other matters to ba settled. A further
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    IRELAND.
    312 968 THE CRIME CAMPAIGN. Government’s Intentions. [Reuter’s Teleobams.] t xi tt London, June 7. H o u eof Commons replying to Mr. T. Djnald (Belfast Lab. U.) Mn Lloyd George emphasised that the Government intended to taka steps to bring justice to all persons associated with crime in Ireland. Ihe
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    The Agricultural Bill.
    192 968 Security All Round. London, June 7. In the House of Commons during the second reading of the Agricultural Bill Sir A. Boscawen, Secretary, Board of Agriculture, pointed out that before the war we only produced enough wheat to suffice from Friday night to Monday morning. For the
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    GERMAN ELECTIONS.
    154 969 latest figures. Interesting Results. [Reuteb’s Telegrams.] Berlin, June 7. Candidates elected up to the present include, as Democrats Dernburg and Hamann; as Majority Socialists bcheidemanu, and Eduard Bernstein and the Minister Bauer; People’s Party, Helffcjich; as Independents, Frau Zieta and Georg Ledebour. Enberger’s election is regarded as assured
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    Spa Conference Date.
    46 969 Preliminary Conversations. London, June 7. Reuter’s Agency learns on high authority that it is almost certain that the Spa Conference will not meet before July. It is very probable that there will be an Inter-Allied discussion in London prior to the C nfererce.
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    Women and Emigration.
    61 969 London, June 8. Mr. Windham, the Government representative on the Overseas Settlement Committee, speaking at a colonisation dinner of the Lyceum Club, announced that a Bill would shortly he introduced appointing a committee to deal with the question of emigration, but before women left the country they
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    Levy on War Wealth.
    71 969 Official Decision, London, June 7. In the House of Commons at question time Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated that after carefully considering the suggested scheme for a levy on war wealth iu the report of the committee on war wealth Government concluded that
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    The Housing Problem.
    37 969 T lw London, June 8. Ihe L >ndon Housing Bond Camiaign to raise £10.000,000 fur metropolitan housing schemea has l>een launched bytheCiunty council. It estimated that 5 ),000 immediately cud that 11 i I
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    THE MATERNITY HOSPITAL.
    605 969 ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1919. I have the honour to submit the annual report on the working of the Maternity Hospital (King Edward VII Memorial) for the year 1919. Advisory Committee.—The C-mmittee consisted of Mrs. C. G. May, Mrs. Gilman, Goh Taik Ciee Esq and Dr. J. Sharp
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    International Cotton Congress.
    60 969 Berne, Jnoel The Tenth International Cotton Coogna is being held in Zurich from Jonh June 11. It is the first meeting m the war. Fourteen States are represent* The principal discussions will beoolhs® change problem, assistance to th edn industry by scientific research wd institution of an
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    GERMAN SHIP IN SINGAPORE
    228 969 (From Our Own CoTTitpondmi Singapore, Juwjl The greatest excitement Tanjong Pagar yesterday when thei to* steamer Ayuthia from Sumatra, by Holts for, 2 tea and tobacco, put into tbe flying the German flag- She as a B German ship Fort Canning. A B n M ?d
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    SUPREME COURT.
    1503 970 ÜBEL ACTION f «I«^ s 7 E mNCAN. Statement oi Claim. Supreme Court this k fore Mr. Justice V the case was comH Ihnsitore, t H Mc m jvhich Mr. *L k is suing the Criterion 1 ress Zj M r Chesney Duncan, until Straits appeared for the
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1197 971 half-yearly meeting. D. A. M. Brown, F- C. Gregson, Chambers, C. D. D. Hogan 1. Wright, Hastings Rhodes, M S. Goldie, L. E. Slowe, J- dll bois, Lun Ivan Thong and others. Mr. I). A. M. Brown was, in the absence of the President, Mr. G. A.
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    CONVENT CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT.
    430 971 awhence 7’ the was an unqnd.fied suLAI L Th yrct for which it WM becefit accordingly bj n excellent pregnant ote D «A‘ march “Vuccuot Nel TO W ?’J Xaviers Orcbeet,,. Ib V by Mr. Martinez, a| M ndewi aelectmna during th. A Quatour on two pi
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    JAPANESE COMPETITION.
    852 972 mnrt to th® topio»! oommerci»! competir S "iiii. P Stb.Brit»hF«E«>«rn by »11 wh» 11 «Ut th. »m--linoirf b3th £?•< iw* ,nd ’"h co I rt, p < <i future. J* wntM ha V mt nut idriatige in the low ecalo of Z wkiDf «P*«* Amstanto and toiiMemdily obtained
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    THE TIN MARKET.
    54 972 Extraordinary Situation. The state of the tin market becomes more ■nd more complicated and obscure. In Eoodon the quotation bee dropped Bensation*’*y by XlB. At the same time, there are ri n the Btraite at a price well above parity. Stocks in Hongkong are fht fe rßo
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    M.A.P.
    487 972 Mr. H. H. Wardlaw, manager of Ch«rfu°urs Es:a e3 ia oin S on in the near Mr. .nd Mrs. J. W. Wil.on, of Kedah Rubber Estate, went Home by the mail yesterday. 7 Reut?r cables that the late Sir Chentung Hongkong, left A72,V33 sterling m England, Mrs. A. Earnshaw,
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1266 973 M r “Jt.h.s» rival io America t r Chicago ia planning the biggeat hotel io tow woild It will have 4,000 rooms tnc- jng 400 kitchenettes for those de.-ung cook their own meals. onar Bachelors will be isolated in a sepa.a e rx teen-storey unit. The oat is
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    RENTS AND LIVING.
    229 973 Averting to the lettirnf.«v appeared in y OUr jf wKh him that <> f *‘>e P fi.eS T' 8 t fir« bu[ not be fortbemi t 1"* Kes r,c,| on Enac.ment S' w«ee«,e 9 to h a effective th’ war. Will h„ kW Mr. El,tor .whether the
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    THE LABOUR SHORTAGE
    198 973 Emigrants to ths Stbaitb. Hongkong has recently been loser through a strike shortage of labour at suited in the detention of port fur lengthy periods, ,a y® Commerce. Managers of rubber plantations have been money in oidsr t° P rovl with food at reasonable prices, y 1b
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    TAIPING NEWS.
    828 974 Sou»w Chi^bUi-b |LUI0 'faiping» June “’i hZo on >»>• of '.be conferred by the Giverti- rea J. leadin'* and universally f® D P° D 1 w Mg 800 Bee, who is ed of tbe P r k' here .nd driving through the 08 .L. L at once caugbc
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    American Navy
    122 974 New York, June 8. Mr. J. Daniels, U.S. Secretary of the Y »vv, in a statement deploring the redue ions made in the Naval Appropriation Bill and complains of the failure of Congress to m ike adtquate provision for the naval expansion in the Pacific made imperative by
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    American Railroads.
    129 974 —S.F.F T Washington, June 8. e Supreme Court has dismissed the root] ns cf the Philadelphia and Reading ai.road and its subai liary companies o>g for a m d fication of the decree '"’hftre >y th? comp-ny and o'her companies i icmdi ig co a companies are ordered
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    THE COST OF THE WAR.
    149 974 interesting figures. An Economist’s Estimate. v r p, n London, June 8. Air. Edgar Crammond lecturing at the Bankas Institute estimated that the real cost of the war was a 9 follows: G eat Britain X 3 500.000,000 ranca 5,450,000,000 p a y •>. 1,900,000,000
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    State Shipping.
    76 974 BIG CANADIAN SCHEME. Services to the Fa a Eart London, June 8. The Times forecasts that the Canadian Government Merchant Marine, Limited, will shor ly institute cargo services from Atlantic ports viA the Mediterranean to India, Ceylon and the Straits Settlements, between Atlantic Ports and South Africa, and
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    U.S. Prohibition Law.
    115 974 Firmly Established. London, June 7. A cable from Washington state* that the Supreme Court bolds that the Prohibition amen fment and also its enforcement as Jaw are constitutional. Chicago, Jane 8, Mr. Mayer, the attorn?y for the distillers, on hearing the prohibition decision said that the fizht
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    British Trade Returns.
    97 974 A New Record.' London, June 8. The Board of Trade returns for May show that exports anrrunted to £119,219 OOOcomnarrd with £64 344 000 for May 1919 and £43,859,000 tor May 1913. 'This consulates a new record, the previous highest being in April 1920 when the total
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    ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE.
    331 975 question of renewal. London Paper’s Views. [Beuteb’s Telegrams.) London, Jane 8. Alliance fays undeniably ‘^P 0 of the forward party in Japan J looked a. if it Wued o concession# from China w nr?non«souring a prehion .of econom e prepoo donut» to which Britain and the United Blate,
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    Japanese in U.S.A.
    48 975 Exclusion Threatened. Washington, June 8. Members of the Immigration Committee of the House of Representatives who have been appointed to investigate Japanese immigration in the Pacific States, declare that they hope to secure evidence justifying the enactment of the Japanese Exclusion Bills now before Congress.
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    County Cricket.
    23 975 Ixmdon, June 7. Essex beat Northampton by an innings and 102 runs. London, June 8. Worcesteshiro baat Gloucestershire hv 112 runs.
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    Arson in Ireland.
    27 975 T- n k Loudon, June 8. w ft/ i T ouw &t kismore, County J*«2*rforJ, ths property of the Duke of wasjnrpel F’etrol arrl
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    CLOTHING THE ARMY.
    224 975 PRE-WAR UNIFORMS. Statement in the Commons. I Reuter's Teleg fuiiis.] London, June 8. In the House of Ciramms, replying to quee ions whh regard to the decis ou to reuniform the Army in a manner similar to before the war, which bas caused some critic sm, Mr.
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    Aviation.
    110 975 BRITISH EMPIRE LEAGUE. o General £eely on National Defence. London, June 8. The Lord Mayor presided at a meeting for the inauziiratiou of the Air League of the British E npire at the Mansion House. A resolution was passed unanimously pledging support to the League. Major General Seely, M-
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    AIRSHIP CONSTRUCTION. Modern Vessel From Germany.
    171 975 London, June 8, later. lathe House of Comm ma, replying to qu siions by Commander Kenworthy and Viscoint Civzoa, Mr. Churchill said that the German airship L7l had not yet been handed over but was expected to arrive in England shortly. The British airships
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    America Cup Defender
    19 975 h This Be Vanities Newport, Juns 8. In the second tr,al Vaaltie heat Resolute fy t£itconh.
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    RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA.
    212 975 Thb Kbabsis Mibbioi, Th, following insuperable ditficaliie, q_i«, ton of reopening trid. ,J V 1 appear, that the Bopreaie Cou-Ktl »«,0, i 0 p„ ilh !a as ragard, th, Bd,b,,ik,' it ha, umpired that in Brrtr.b are dupored to accept offered and al,, the tb. e zwtenc,
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    LABOUR IN U.S.A.
    84 975 ANNUAL CONVENTION. A Full Proramme. Montreal, JoNi Tb, annual Contention of ita Federation of Labour pr«> Samuel Gotnpwa I'M op™'! l inclule, reiolotiot, political siiuatioa io the high cost of nvwg, dent Wien’s fore,»» P'' Court., public ownerrtiP ,h ,lbeI i, .bo ‘«Xlsntu Mr. 8101 el 0
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    British Sea Power.
    12 975 Dnuju Earl Beatly, I Australian e recogi Hing w
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    SUPREME COURT.
    2322 976 HEiisnso ÜBEL .unos. C! CHESNEV DUNCAN. Further ProceedingsCourt yesterday 2 £Mr Justo w the case vvas reH Dinsmore the iff tte Criterion Press, uTwlMr. Chesney Duncan, until Editor of d*- 1 S < a,ts S for’jleged libel and claiming damFor The Defence. Hr Cleaver, in the course of
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    THE COMING UNIVERSITY.
    850 977 The lists of subscribers pretty frequently published, in the newspapers of the Colony show that money is coming in slowly and surely to bring into being the great scheme for commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the Settlement of Singapore. Slowly, if surely, the money conies in, and
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    THE CROWN AGENIS.
    1692 978 time p»« »!>• !t nd ,g tbu Celoej regerdiog 1« 1’"“,. nl t of "lied M use S'" too» W h bee d j tab" bj the loc»l news2T»W'< tie ,<ia J r,it w«“o" l| t n iei b h--2 ,«>». If «o b «aw e big
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    M.A.P.
    586 979 with undisguised relief.—Japan King Constantine of Greece was depoaed three years ago to-day. In the will of LiangCbeog only sterling is property the United Kingdom. Mr. Palgrave Simpson, of M MBr Presgrave Matthew», and Mrs Simps .n Jailed by to-day’s boat for the Sou hern Element thence for Batavia
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1088 979 L6.T. The Reichstag Election», Pri: c 1 Biiliw complains in “Imperial Germany hit th» l German is not a political animal and has no iostinc' fir pditLssuch as the ex Cnanctd'or fu »4 in the nus-es of Western Europe. Ceriamly the results of the recent elections wou d
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    PENANG SHARE MARKET.
    350 980 L»»i Co 6 VE “Ld“o’'“ sP Bobber or Tin are s* pn a «hue tbe produce <2 •““•‘Xon bailee, Tin, eloa-ng b.s I»’’ o!her 1 r have by DO mean” always me Changes and Tin, af er and $135 closes buyers sss* picking "P h l re9
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    C.R.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    46 980 v ‘tube a tB of Wed r 01-'®.O 1 T1 «g Liai Wo k, S VeT 7 Cbiansc Stt*- *stf; '-tr c'" 1 Cl> »Or.-i 7‘e-l 8 A:,n ‘O.l of the ti &Sb. S V' jh &)av Ok 01 Ok 7-5 V h
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    SINGAPORE’S HOUSING PROBLEM.
    648 980 The housing problem in its larger aspec'B remains one of the gravest that Singapore has to face. There is scarcity of houses for all classes, and we fear that there is very seriom overcrowding in the humbler rsnks of local society. That observation might have been made
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    BRITISH TRADE EXHIBITION.
    302 980 MANSION HOUSE MEETING. Support from the Dominions. [Reuteb’s Telegrams.] London, June 7. ihe Lord Mayor presided over a large meeting at the Mansion House this afternoon in connection with Imperial trade relations and the forthcoming British Trade Exhibition. He read a letter from the Prince of Wales,
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    SUPREME ECONOMIC COUNCIL.
    187 980 The Russian Problems. London, June 9. The committee of the Supreme Economic Council consisting of English, I Tench, Belgian and Italian delegates are again engaged m discussions in view of the forthcoming meeting with M. Krassin, but on what subjects has not yet been communicated. It is
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    UNITED STATES.
    256 981 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. Senator Lodoe on Wilson. [Reoteb’s Telegbaus.] Chicago, June 8. Opening the Republican National Conmotion at the Coliseum, Senator Lodge, the temporary Chairman, defendsil the Senate’s opposition to the Peace Trea y as a patriotic duty. He decl&red that I resident Wilson and the autocracy he represented
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    The Churches and Reforms.
    147 981 Address by the Premier. London, June 10. Speaking at a meeting of the Union of Welsh Independents at Pwllheli, Mr. Lloyd George, discussing the duty of the Christian Churches in connection wi h reforms, said that their especial task was to create an atmosphere in which
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    POLITICS IN INDIA.
    63 981 IMPORTANT PROPOSALS. Immigration and Reciprocity. n Simla, June 8, Lhi.ing the Autumu Session of the < C T Oil i nun fficill proproab lr "««Ming a emr.ll conl min.e of tboao elected to advise the GivcrrXt n io connrciion |»i h the ..ague of Natiow, also in
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    BRITAIN’S FINANCES.
    160 981 CHANCELLOR’S STATEMENT. More Satisfactory Position. Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, June 8. In the Housa of Commons Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that no other country had attempted any financial effort comparable with Great Britain’s or any in which the well-to-do were so heavily taxed. Illustrate g
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    GERMANY.
    106 981 AFTER THE ELECTIONS. Resignation of the Government. Berlin, June 8. The Government has tendered its resignation to the President who requested it to carry on provisionally. Ho also asked the Chancellor to ensure that results be di finitely established as soon as possible to enable the Reichstag to be
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    Chinese in London.
    80 981 An Interesting Move. London, June 9. Mr. Lo Cheong, the Chinese Consul General in London, and others have initiated a school ia Poplar to teach Chinese eeamen E glisa and the Chinese children of Chinatown district Chinese. About a hundred pupils have already been enrolled. The teachers
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    French Consular Service.
    65 981 Paris, June 9. M. Outrey, Deputy of Cochin China, in an article in the Press refers to tho grave rbk owing to the serious shortage of the French Consular Service in the Far East. He urges that a greater number of Consular posis should be given to
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    Britain and Armenia
    27 981 London, June 9, In the Hours of Common?, rrplyiox <° ft question, Mr. Bonar Law said that Great Britain would not the mandate for Armenia.
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    The Crystal Palace.
    64 981 HonH! I «WuM nRM for public U th» the Kin, Imperial Wat P«l.aoe. In the conn, k Mejeety urged that n m ,h“u 5* Hi Bn-ain owed her ,k. «a God not to armed force. .u labour, ,„d «crifa, civilian,, men an d worn,, d ik democratic
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    Home Cricket
    88 981 ><• j«V London j JDug < Middlesex beat Hampshire by a Wickets. In their first innings 445 towards which Hendren contrite ed 183 not out. Surrey beat Sussex by nine wm towards Surrey’s first innings, a total d Hobbs made 110 and Ducat 203. .Somerset beat Warwickshire by
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    British Trade Returas.
    37 981 London, June! Exports for the first five months of Hfe were £521,114,000 compared wits £*****3,000 last year. Imports £863,201,000 compared with £534,094,001 Re-exports of foreign andlto merchandise amounted to £115,767,0w r increase of £72,296,000.
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    Warship Gifts to Belgium.
    36 981 London, Jaw J Mr. Walter Long n House of Commons that the 1 Intrepid, Iphigenia and Vmdict blockships sank at Ostend and in wartime, have been presented toW as a free g«ft.
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    An Opera Star's Jewels.
    26 981 New York Valuable jewels, >75,000 (g# pearl necklaces, eac boo* have been stolen ft n of t-ignor Caruso, the gw East Hampton.
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    Dempsey in Trouble.
    18 981 The boxer Jack up for trial io th. «o n charge of W»d“>« W draft.
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    The Spa Conference.
    15 981 M. Milbrand baa oce rf* poMm.otoftb. 8l» W" Sow meet on July»;
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    Women's Suffrage Congress.
    17 981 womcuo- 1 The »d« Congr»’ opened b« of Mr.- Carr» Cai were rapi«« ntM
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    "COMMERCIAL PRINCIPLES."
    1716 982 Ben it»» 1 decided to buiid tbe first the Government Byways in the Na ire mw the Secretary of State fur the Cohki of that day laid down, iu the imtch in which he official sanction w !be icbeme, that the line when comtad mott be managed “on
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    M.A.P.
    444 983 Mr A V. Alton i’ appointed an iw ant District Judge “>» Se ie eOt f Penang. Mr H. E. Somerville haa arrived in BiXo-e, anti taka» up the P«»>»on by Mn°D. K. Somerville, who it homeward bjund. The Hon. Mr. A. M. Poun’ney, C. B E., Treasurer, Straits
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    CHAOTIC IRELAND.
    183 983 CAPTURE AND RESCUE. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] L' ndon, June 9. A military patrol euc .umered 100 armed Sinn Feinera at Cahir, in Tipperary capturing several with cycles, arms and ammunition. A huge crow i subsequently attacked the soldiers and rescued the prironers. Strike Negotiation» Ended. London, June 9. A
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    Poland and Russia.
    141 983 Polish Claims. Warsaw, June 9. An official menage says that two Bolshevist divisions were wiped out during the eouuter-ofliiubivs between the Dvina and Bi-resina. Captured papers show that panic prevails in the Red headquarters. The Bjlsbeviks removed the eyes of Polish prisoners whom they then sent back.
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    The Near East.
    124 983 Sporadic Fighting. L m ion, June 10. In Syria the French are continuing their punitive operations iu the southern areas with good rvsul 5 Arab raidings in the British zone have decreased. In Me«f p rtamia a car ain amount of unrest throughout; ilia c untry conrinusa.
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    Mr. Watt Resigned.
    128 983 London, Juse 1 he Aindralian Minister, Mr W A. Watt» who ia at present in Europe in connection with toe luieruatinual Financial Conference at Brussels, has resigned the Commonwealth Trt?asurer*b'p owing to variance with Mr. W. M. Hugh ea an j other members of the Cabinet. De,eßce
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    British Foreign Trade.
    130 983 Advancing by Liam aid Boom a London, JoiiM, on Robert Horne, President of the Baiii of Trade, writing in the MiMhmt Guardian on our foreign trade, ittt j had advanced by leaps and bntk thereby increasing the country'» tolnvy. The most successful traders in kin would be
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    The Housing Problem.
    36 983 London, Joni 10. Mr. C. Addison, in a statement to th Parliamentary Housing Committee, that at present 10,000 houses w»re IM erected under the subsidy J®™®*' issues of the housing bonds bad oversubscribed.
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    Annamite Temple in France.
    27 983 Paris, Jun® An Annamite Temple memory of .he fallen iu the w« on June 9 Nogent eer.ee of notable pent»' Jcffre and M.
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    Train Crash.
    25 983 The Schenectady X'»?* rear of a which wm broken do« c Eleven perron» sleep l ari o' of the latter tram twenty-one were
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    Port Sunlight Strike.
    12 983 ruri Eight thoueand oM light have dispute regarding unions»
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    The Anglo-Japanese Alliance.
    20 983 tVedt* 39 Lloyd received a comm u of|b if xegard to the re f Alliance but ne
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    GERMANY TO-DAY
    272 984 fBE EIECJ ioN RESU, TS Bi< Party Turnover. EttTEE 9I Federalists f Denjocra Q prao4n Peopbs Si,Uj. «rtSS iMlkb*Mi»»'« Llbnnr t be mL.J™!). Wnta-tb. Mowing Me.: Jnmii 30, «n3 lb« Centre 4. The M» lh «r?- 1 P P 5», Gem“ P V p e ‘o»‘ 7 ad
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    Japan's Trade Outlook.
    21 984 outkxk 10 Jau «9. h ,”> OT t Bunker,’ “< C .Wy«J? U "7 e8 reMi S rUB are uij
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    Major-General Ravenshaw.
    22 984 &5 l A'iwa; ffi J e9 rS h«i?' dl#l 01 heart f ths Aido“‘l U,e ,hil knZ^ nili W f
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    Coal Prices.
    285 984 Loudon, June 10. In consequence of the Guvernmeot’s coal decision of May Btb and lOch the Conference of Miners’ Federation to-day decided to examine the data relating to the industry’» finances with a view to formulating a demand for increase in [On May 8 Reuter cabled IheT-mes says
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    Pulp Paper Combine.
    47 984 Canadian Entebfribe. London, June 10. A cable from Montreal says that the details published regarding the new Canadian Pulp Paper Combine show that the timber holdings of the Combine are 10,000 square miles and the output of the mills is 275,000 tons per annum.
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    Indian Coal.
    78 984 Simla, Juno 10. The Committee appointed to erquire into the coal question in India advocates the appointment of a controlling authori’y to prevent wastage of coal which at present can be wasted by coal owners without restriction. The nationalisation of mines wts considered beyond practical politics a °d
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    International Cotton Congress.
    133 984 London, June IU. A telegram irom Zirich siys that the International Cotton Congress has opened there. To-day’s programme deals with cottongrowing in the British Empire, Belgian '“'On t o, French and Spanish Colonies, It w »8 pointed out that despite the war cottongrowing hr.s steadily increased in
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    U.S. POLITICS.
    453 984 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. Labour’s Position. [Reuteb’s Telegrams.] o Chicago, June 9. Mr. Samuel Gompers, President of the federation of Labour, submi ted to the Prog<mme Commits* of the Republican C uveution a series of demands with rtference to ths high cost of living and pnfleering, opposing unpriced immigration and
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    East Indies Transport Officer.
    31 984 London, June 10. Commander E. J. Headlam has been selected for the post of Principal Naval Transport officer in the East Indies aud granted a temporary acting
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    BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.
    154 985 TRADE WITH THE SOVaEV. Contradictory Reports. London, Juns 9. The Daily Telegraph .ays bat the Tre.eury ba. decided that it is m Pl’ a b have definite dealing» with the Bobber k in gold unless the Soviets «re recognised. Difficulties Remove Loi don, Jerne 9. The Daily
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    Bolsheviks in Persia
    142 985 A Moscow Message. London, June 9. A Moscow wireless message decb r* a that a revolutionary Government, has ben formed at Resht in Persia, ami that the Briiish have left Resht for Bagdad. f o message alleges that part of the Ind?.n troops at Resht have joined
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    British Shipping.
    90 985 New Eastern Services. London, June 9 The Times siys that in addition to the Canadian Government tervic 8, EiLt-m m are es ablisbing a service in July between Montreal, India and the Fir E? -t. The Times records a sharp fall in timecharter rates and Bibish tonnage rates
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    Poland and Czecho-Slovakia.
    89 985 Tj London, June 10. Replying to questions, Mr. Lloyd Georne s ated that the Ambassadors’ Confcrei c4n 1-r s was giving j tB att n io to th f h> Slovak hi n dispute wi;h regard to ee heu, and conirnunica-in- t’-p representative of the K-p U
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    Imperial Entomological Conference
    188 985 London, June 11. The final meeting cf the Impel ini Entomological C'-iuf rence, V scouut Harcourt yrtfeiong, pass'd a resolution in favour uf holding a similar conference in London ‘Very five yea»s for the ri; iiblbbm.it of au mpTial Bureau i-r Entomology on h permanent basif’, n
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    Parliamentary Army Committee.
    142 985 London, June 11. The Parliamentary Army Committee is forwarding a memorial to, the Premier and Mr. B nar Law suj>g stir g important change's in the Empire’s Defence Organisation, The schema iiivulvts represents »o i of three services ou she body charge d with I ility for
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    Heine Cricket.
    25 985 L ndoiJ, Jute 10. Burrnv beat Leicesteishirc by an innings and 105 runs. Busies h -ii Worcestershire by au innings and 281 rims.
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    Poland.
    25 985 Warsaw, June 10. The Polish Ministry has resigned owing t) the opposition to the Gov> rnni nt control of the sale of agricultural produce
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    America Cup Defender.
    22 985 New York, Juno 10. Re- >ln‘e defend Vaniiie by one minute cv r a, 30 mi o c urB3.
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    America and the Treaty.
    43 985 oiu Frincisce, June 9. Mr. Cummings, the Chairman of the Democrat c Niii uial C•xarsittee, says that ha roTu phnk «,f ihe D.m icra ic p aiform will he a dricl-iraliou in favour of the ifttificMioa of the Treaty.
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    Coal and Labour.
    39 985 London, June 9. I'-e Seo'tLh Coalowners’ meeting r e 8 Ived strongly to protest pgaiott the men* prop «al fu a ley week. Th y out that th'y m-au a loss of C)VI MTOJTJO übb aumjiiby,
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    TROUBLED ITALY.
    298 985 ISIS Tht Cabi "M [Rccra's leuoumj taportßut develop -be lialun »i tu tio ,r J 16 res d riot» i 0 differ. “>»»ry coupled i‘t e n. The of the of'thVhV* foreiB gr,iil i b .i? r fhieb the G™»J?’ lo»i g 400,000,000 Ik, Bcc:eli,!» i B p„li,
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    The Spa Conference.
    24 985 AnOTB»’ .re »f lk, dS'i**' 'the n cws P, aP n?u owing to’■b'' l be t4p»t' llf ft(ljourflin ent 01 certain.
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    Dominion Business.
    93 986 London, J»"« Citnooons repn'Dg b h BirNewton M„re »i' H, ?B D e propowl to transfer jtgtrl W the Cjlodi«l P** t X cXil. Mr. Lloyd to the answer given on GtfF ,err iviuierion mentioned a let er Jaae3. L» rJ feut to the Premier a ihii ooDD
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    CAPTAIN CARROLL COMPLAINS.
    168 986 —B.T. 1«« tb. who arrived by J, w W humpur. tb.B wore.mg. M Cipuiu K-girald 8. Carroll, A F.C, no before be came to Mahva at the ilwueit of Mr. Gordon Wovg gave «ringeimbitioL® in manv p j .rf« of India S intertill of the British Nuuport
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    TRIAD SOCIETY.
    142 986 Allied Accomplice! Acquitted. who were c t iarf i McFill and fi'iei (hy the te&W ,M 1 w "Staled ,u a dj?u w t prrd I"‘f w.i.ing. 4-. 7T“"o Ot ,heT 4 'i'UifK Arralw C.urt r k ho ,lcB ll uf 'Ay nd P|, a w a ou
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    NUMBER TEN THOUSAND.
    237 986 This morning’s issue, says the 8 njapora Free Press of Saturday, ifl No. 10,000. The paper was originally started iu 1835 end iis activities caused the demise of the Singapore Chronicle, which was the first papier started in the Settlement'and lasied from 1824 to 1837. The Sing
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    C.R.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    364 986 The following are the results of the ties played iff on the 12. h inscant bingle Handicap A: Hooi Hye —4O beat Tan Thean Hock—2/6 by 6 —l, 6—l. Championship: Chee Leng beat Lay Cbeang by 6—4, 6—l. lbe following is the result of the tie played
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    “MISS HOBBS.”
    599 986 A SUCCESSFUL P.A.D.C. PRODUCTION. Whether the committee of the Penang Amateur Dramatic Club might not have selected a phy more suitable both to local talent ard local taste than Jerome K. I Jerome’s “Miss Hobbe,” is a matter abort i which opinions outside the committee I itself do
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    SITUATION IN RUSSIA.
    76 987 [Reuteb’B Teleoeams.J London, June 10. T Turner a member of the Mr. Ben lu J ner rc turncd from Labour Delegation, that the Russia. Interviewed 1 Bolshevists “d™tted therc x^utid Red terror and pl)D i s bment terror had ceased but <-.. n -I M Wn "St
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    TARIFF REFORM.
    50 987 London. June 10. At Birnnngham the < ynkW*■ lh« National Unionist Association P‘ resolution supporting the whole po tariff reform and asking their leader. to tariff The amendin' nt to omit prepare a tiu in. im «unu the latter on the ground oi uiipi.ti.tica bility at present was
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    SUGAR RATIONING.
    26 987 uu VI i\ nr. Washington, June 10. From dune 21st all hotels and restaurants throughout the country will he rationing sugar as during wartime.
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    NEWBURY CUP
    50 987 London, June 10The 'following was the result of the Newbury ('up: Tangier* U Grandeourt 'y Bridgewater Ten ran, won by a neck three lengths between second and third. The betting was 5 to 2 against I anglers, 6 to 1 against Grandeourt and 100 to 9 against Bridgewater.
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    MINERS’ CONGRESS.
    45 987 London, June 10. The Miners’ Congress also demanded the withdrawal of troops from Ireland urging a special Trade Union Congress for the purpose of determining the attitude of organised labour towards the handling and production of war mat ('rials for Ireland and Poland.
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    BRITISH RAILWAYS.
    27 987 London, June 10. The results of the Government workin the railways for the year end'd March 31st show that the Treasury liabilities amount to 1,2511,000.
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    SIAMESE HEIR PRESUMPTIVE
    110 987 Death in Singapoe. Sringapore, June 13 The Heir I’ resumptive of Siam died this afternoon Funeral instructions from Bangkok are being awaited The Straits Tinws of Saturday said: We regret tu h<> u r that H.R.JI.' Prince 1 lm>> Fa < hiikrabongs Itlmvanaith, the 11,.T Presumptive f<>
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    CRICKET.
    257 987 1* C.C. v. P R.C. A tiiendly game of cricket was played on the Esplande on Saturday afternoon between the P.C.C and P.R.C., resulting in the former eleven emerging victorious bv 3b runs and a wicket to spare. The feature of the afternoon was the fine bowling of Hamilton
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    302 987 i'he following passengers embarked by the P. O. s.s. Delta:--For Marseilles: Mr. Alex. Rose. From London: Mr. and Mrs. J. Fraser mid two children, Mr. C. C. Barlow, Mrs. G. S. Evans and child. Mr. D. King, Mr. J. Dick. Mr. and Mrs. J P. Souter, Mr. F.
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    I.O. AND F.O.
    188 987 Wll A Ridiculous Situation Votldon, y In view ot the fresh I ersia and Mesopotamia the are giving prominence to fe tnS? nary division ot control of the U.j i-.y ,i, ,o and the India and Colonial Jv pulling different wa Js Iti s tiM the K
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    BOLSHEVIKI IN AFGHANISTAN
    176 987 Dismissed Agent’s Story The Allahabad Pioneer states.-k Austrian who recently arrived in Into from Kabul after a long sojourn in-V ghanistan has furnished Nation in regard to the BolW» at the Afghan capital. Braun, an official of the old Russian‘ ,pgl e dto t a rry on
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    CIRCUMSPICE.
    1813 988 r j «b»rf— a wooden or 6tone which tbipc n»y 1)3 oor d rt: [g or Oblwdiog-1’ n u »1J E g M> word left i JtbeoM E»g ..h AW- pll! of to turn of r 0.1 Norwegian hvarj a turning, ihe ;lnc f toe ancient is expressed m
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    M.A.P.
    574 989 The death took plac>, of apoplexy, H Kuala Lipia on June 9<b, of Mr. U E. Bacho, Manager of the Government Plantations at Kuala fembeling. We regret to announce the t’eath of Mr. Quah Kok Tee, cf the Chartered Bank, Ipoh, which occurred on Sunday morning at the residence
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    884 989 Passages Rates. 'J he fir-t ciat'B P. O. rate f r>m Coirmho to Loud n 18 now £9O Io P neng it is £ll4 A diff re< ce of £24 between Penang and Colombo seems exe t-.ive. Troubled Italy. Hgnor Nitti’s fall is no great surprise to those
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    CANADA.
    34 989 A Labour Sitbaci. Ottawa, June 11. The Government Bill introduced at ih instance of the Libour the deportations of people of British guilty of sedition was J Senate by 30 votes to 17.
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    The Davis Cup.
    20 989 Arnhem, Jud* 11 lu th, first tie in the D.ru Cup ISSStf by 6—3, 6 —3, 75.
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    Disturbances at Bagdad.
    35 989 London, h fa officially disturbances occurred a B aD May following tbo arr Afl Order was apsemly rj« tor wgg fire J cur with a broken and replied with a no casualties.
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    Persian Affairs.
    37 989 Io .heCommf»»’ («J U<.cilH»rmswortl> .W. d nl/ oaOT 3. t J F..reign Mla te J,’ n ra anic»t i iu constant a cciup pgaM Foreign Office etnndmg had l*« oO i b.«»<*' «nd Bni>»h Mt«*’
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    U.S. PRESIDENCY.
    326 990 ?LATFOBiI Ai;A CK ON WILBOS- I Chicago, June 11. h.. adopted ■jO.lplltfaO' JU Mtf»» Oppo8 Chicago» Juoe 11. a m »;ictu pl«Ho'“ condemn 8 the SR'I» 1 "I'*’ 1 f 0 e c power for Arm-m. a,WP “.h« Il accept-nca rIW throw isiSS s..i uyKODtry in Europe or
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    Italy.
    4 990 'qu'itid'a'’ Jua u.
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    French Review.
    264 990 Paris, June 11. An Anuamite temp’e was inaugurated in the Colonial O-irdms rt Ngtot-eur-M*rne, near Baris, to the memory of the Annamite soldiers who fell in the service of France during the war. Buddhist priests perfjrmed the ceremonies of their religion in the Pagoda which has been consecrated
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    The Court.
    36 990 Princess Mary's Debut. London, Juue 11. The first Court was held at Buckingham Palace af er six years. The drhutautrs included Princess Mary. Trains, feathers, etcetera, were not worn in accoidance with Royal wishes.
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    Fishing Strike.
    36 990 London, June 11. In consequence of the refusal of the Government to guarantee a minimum price of herrings all the herring boats in ntish snd Scoich puts have been laid up for a fortnight.
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    U.S. Labour Federation.
    41 990 The Colour Line. Montreal, June 11. After a bitter debate the Federation of our passed a resolution requesting the rctherhood of Railway Clerks to el ruinate a colour Ims from its cons.itution and tiive the negro full membership.
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    Typographers’ Strike.
    85 990 p London, June 11. allowing on a ballot the Typographiff. A* B relation has r- fu-e 1 the employers’ r cf ten shillings increase in wages has tendered norices of a s rike in a or nights time. The Association has a irking membership of 26,000. All (he
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    FUTURE OF PALESTINE.
    170 990 HIGH COMMISSIONER’S programme. A Picture of Paradise. [Recteb’s Telegrams.] rr i London, June 13, Mr. Herbert Samuel has been appointed Grand Cro. a of the Brid.b Empire on hi, pXXe. e l 88 High fo' Mr. Samuel in a etatement of policy .aya that compbte religious liberty
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    New Drugs Bill.
    212 990 London, June 11. ine House of Commons passed the second reading of the Dangerous Drugs Bill. M jor J. L. Baird (Rugby, Co. U) stated that one of the reasons the Government was anxious to have powers under the Bi 1 was that the British representatives in
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    Official Transport Scheme.
    93 990 London, June 11. The Daily Express sajs that the Cabinet has adopted a transport scheme whereby transport organisation is to be directed by the Bta'ealtbough actual undertakings remain in private ownership. The Transport Ministry becomfS permanent with considerable power to control transport services, lhe nationalisation of railways
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    Great Rockefeller Donation.
    32 990 London, June 11. The Daily Mail says that the Rockefeller Foundation has given a donation of AT,260,000 to University College Hospital Medical School in London for teaching and reieaioh.
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    THE ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE.
    132 991 CHINA’S PO ITION. Statement bt the Premier. [Revteb’s Telegrams.] Lcndon, June 10. In the House of Commons, replying Lt. Co). Lestrange Malon<Leyton Co. L,< Lloyd George denied tW tne Al B Japanese agreements of 1905 and 9ll fringed the integrity of Corner r without the consent of
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    America and Japan.
    84 991 A Bankeb b Opin.on. London, June 11. A telegram from New York ssys that the banker, Mr. Vanderlip, has returned from Japan. He de lares that the utter impotence of the S u e Depar ment hat created a critical international situation. The American Government does not
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    Germany.
    55 991 After the Elections. Berlin, Juno 11. Herr Scheidemann, ex-Premiwr, in en interview, urged tie Majiriiy Somalia s closely to co-operate with tne Indepen'-en s and not with the People’s Pary and tie Rights and said they should tnke up office to prove whether they can carry tut their election
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    Ireland.
    41 991 London, June 11. Sinn Feiners attack*?! the police barracks at Carrigadroa d a in County Cork, and partially deslr y d the 1 adding with explosives. The occupants relu ed to surrender aid repulsed the assailants after four hours’ fight.
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    The Polish Offensive.
    54 991 Warsaw, June 11. An official message enya that despite the arrival of enemy reinforcements the battle at Beresina resulted in the defeat of the Bohhevists. The Poles on June 9 were advancing in their attack, expelling the enemy from positions b yond the Riy er Btuta and
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    Mission to Russia.
    48 991 d rr IL HU. M n p TU r' Cr W Mr. m i ni’;,; b bruug :i ir <>™ nm referring to th, r(l r •root, uof tb. a,);.. h o.pu.li.t&at.n" M 1 ,„i' J conferee, th .t many .J tIM) d R 1 'b«
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    The Cotton Congress.
    90 991 Z ir’ch, June 11. The Cotton Congress uiscusstd a nsolution appealing to all c< uu*ries toexempt from taxation all fundi st aside for the purp se of social welfare work a d emphasised the world dai gtr of he ehoriMg? of cotton, p iutiog cut that with
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    Unrest in Mesopotamia.
    52 991 British Officers Killed. Bombay, June 11, A telegram from Bigd-td says that tribe-men a iackel Telafar near Mosul, seizing the Givemmmt buildings and k 1 lb'g all ihe g ivernm nt officials, including two Bini b < ffi era and a number of natives. A puuitivu column
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    Golf at Home.
    58 991 Cha mf ionship Results. London, June 11. At Muirfield in the Ama eur Golf Championship Cyril Toll y of Eye beat Rober Gardner (ex-champion of Ametica) at the thirty t<v nth hole. At Sheringham iu theLadb'SChampionship Miss Joyce Weihered of Worplefed n beat M ss Crcil Lei
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    Home Cricket.
    36 991 London, June 11. Gloucestershire boat Warwickshire by 77 runs. L e b?at Northamptonshire by an innings and 33 rar E. Ymkshire beat Cambridge by five wickets. The match between and Kent was a draw.
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    Gallipoli.
    293 991 Sir lan Hamilton Refuted. London, June 1. Interviewed by the Evening Standard with retard to the statem nt in Sir lan Hamilton’s bn k on G Jlipoli, that Lord Kitchener and General Sir J bn Mixwell di! not ecni Indian troops from Egypt to Gallipoli when Sir Ir IGrrilion
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    THE KHALIFAT.
    381 991 Nbam 8 Act»,. H EH. th. Ioau ed a firrrutn with perjow h 0 a;t d W turbance in cnn re i(jn 4 queattonandaent disloyal Exalted Hi,hne„ tefarnng to the fo mei f the bolding of public reference to the K h »lif at U Anw continnea: 1.0
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    CONSCRIPTION.
    1048 992 have been put those wlr 4ents Defer J help'vecouMinthe ;si or^“ ce protest against the d Cl u these is one served as a eoinmis- ng the war liable tqbe .•?.i Q ranker in the De- have no doubt iXSoned ranks during the war semWl d "X r’Vthe JA-
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    CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES.
    622 992 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUBORDINATE STAFF. rhe following despatch, addressed by the Hon. Mr. F. S. James, C.M.G., to the Secretary of State for the Colonies on April 9, 1920, together with the telegram dated June 6, 1920, received in reply, are published in the Government Gazette for general
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    701 993 COMMITTEE MEETING MINLTES. The Secretaries forward the following I excerpts from minutes of the Committee I Meeting held on the Bth June, IUM, m I the Chamber. I Present. Mr. C. M. Henderson and I Co.',.Ltd.) in the Chair. Messrs. J. L. Lonie (Boustead and I CoJ.
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    TAIPING TIN.
    329 993 EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Taiping Tin Dredging Co., Ltd., was held in the Chamber of Commerce, Penang, at noon to-day, when then- were pr mt the following: Messrs. D. A. M. Brown (Chairman), L. E. Slowe, J. H. Burden, J.
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    NORTH TAIPING TIN.
    243 993 Extraordinary General Meeting An extraordinary general meetinj the of th Mrth TaipmsTs Dredging Co., Ltd., followed. There were pres-rt Messrs. D. A M Brown (Chairman), L. E. SI we, A i A. B. Terrell, W. S. Goldie and Mr F 11. Baker, r presenting the Secrete Messrs.
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    THE OUTLOOK IN GERMANY TO-DAY.
    1662 994  -  ii*> JOBS STAI-l-f 0 in V Jo bl m ood in Germany fle A great A' b nian public, in particular •zi llK mi, Xht "looks before and for What is not '-looks jfer and tof the San Kemo Mtheeonunenc c(jnclusiont an d trcDt j
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