The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 29 September 1920

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    20 1 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. 130 PEB AW I'M Single Copy cis. 1,0.11 PENANG, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH, 1920 NO. 59
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      248 1 CONTENTS. Liabiii; MnoaLLAVBOua; ((fontinwi): The Minin 1,528 Wage» in Trinidad 1,551 How Do We Stand 1,534 Singapore Motor Fatality 1,651 Mining Matter» 1,542 The Famine in China 1,551 I Robber and La bon r 1,546 A Quaction of Principle... 1,552 I Whither? 1,554 Advertising 1,558 Modern Journaliim 1,560 St Xavier’»
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      184 2 <S£ 4 THE 3 I “STRAITS ECHO” w MAIL EDITION. f i 8 UIHQWIW a vJ X> Published the dsy prior to the. departure of each mail far Europe, Slo y and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the Mj daily issues, as well as all
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    THE MINERS.
    466 1528 s Bobert Horne has succeeded in minsn, who never had very S i owe, quite in the wrong. First, I ible to demonstrate that the for a redaction in the price of eoal, intended by Mr. Smillie gw friends as a camouflaged bribe upblic, wu a fraud and
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    H.E. THE GOVERNOR.
    498 1528 His Excellency the Governor, and High Commissioner of the F.M.8., will leave Kuala Lumpur for Singapore on Sunday, the 26th instant. He will travel to tbe Southern Settlement by the yaoht Sea Belle from Port Swettenham, and will land at Singapore on the evening of Monday, the
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    M.A.P.
    562 1528 M K; *PP n '-t«l 40 Mt U HNo Joho B hra Mr. T H «ho hu beta sa £ut\hXV,r r aro to The engagement ie announced of Mr J Duncan Roberts and Miss Edith Hardinw* at one time superintendent of St. Marv’a Homo, Singapore. The Hon. Mr. W.
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1237 1529 Not Viceregal Timber. Mr. J. L. Garvin we have long regarded as one of the sanest and soundest, aa well as the meet brilliant, of English journalists. Bat he goes sadly off the track when he writes in the Observer to support the candidature of the present Secretary
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    THAT £1,000,000!
    743 1529 -1.0. M. tnmtie. to publub “th, qaeiuom u iuo, u < detrly demon, fraud than «ition yeiterday of “th, «h/Lft ,he “gift «feudal oormpondmt who peadd?! Iho notn de plume “Pnßiee L? Grege.” Who he i, it nm fc, lOMcerteio. bat that ot people who have very littli
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    Cotton Spinners Strike.
    30 1530 Mills Affzctbd. ■••Ufidwri •J jon< on September 19. b *dle at Oldham L/ e Btrl^9 o P ini, ra oe kj re ?z ment included by Thirt
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    Presidency.
    32 1530 r«*~ (Havajj oTthe PREMIER. f au4 ”V^Et SOTIOW ha W |H l BQ d that if he I without A’jgr** 2L IIM ba Mey t ®eet at th. 23 at < h
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    ITALIAN LABOUR TROUBLES.
    270 1530 RED PERIL AVERTED. Workers Signal Victory. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Rome, September 19. It appears that the Red peril in Italy hae been averted and an agreement, which constitutes a signal victory for the workers, has been reached, owing to Signor Giolitti’s insistence upon the men’s claims. The agreement
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    Famine in China.
    58 1530 WORLD-WIDE APPEAL. Need of Speedy Relief. London, September 20. A message from Peking says that the Honan Famine Relief Committee appeals for world-wide assistance. It declares that the famine is more severe than the reports up to the present have indicated and that countless lives will be
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    The Altenburg Tragedy.
    139 1530 Funeral of Victims, (F'rom Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 22, The funeral of Mr. Jack Watt, foreman shipwright, was largely attended, including the Hon. Mr. W. F. Nutt, Messrs. W* G. A. Trimmer, G. M. Alford, G. F. Robron, Brocks bank and representatives of the various departments
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    THE COAL CRISIS.
    552 1530 GRAVITY OF THE IBBUEB. Londov Jouinal'b View,. IRedteb’s Telweam».] D London, September 19. ViewiD tbe industrial crisis Ths Observer points out that if the coal strike comes it will mean the suicide of Labour interests and it will be impossible after that to restore the workers’ wages
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    SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    1651 1531 -M. HALF-YEARLY MEETING. Dbprbmibci Trad* Outlook, The half-yearly meeting of the members of the (Singapore Chamber of Commerce and Exchange was held in the Exchange Buildings on Monday afternoon, when the Hon. Mr. R. J. Addie presided over a representative attendance. The minutes of the general
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    G.M.R.S TOUR.
    494 1532 filUl iO-KEU!^ S KAILWAy i M” F*M. 8. R.ilw.y-, Cbtf Kaident Engineer tor tram’d on Tu«»d*y <rom a tooieoi the r»ilw»y nnder P»b»Dg ,nd el n, D > s*Xbn completed provide an alterejection between Singapore p r iiy JghWrt th. war, i. now again >u “5» Beilbaad in
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    Robber Notes.
    608 1532 Evidentlytbe present slump ”i n rubber was hardly expected in well-informed circles for we read in Truth of August 25: An ewier tendency, due mainly to the political situation and other outside influences, has developed in the Rubber share market, but the decline in quotations does not amount
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    THE FAMINE IN CHINA.
    618 1532 (To the Editor o/ the Strait» Echo). Sir, It is indeed lamentable to learn of the laiiiint prevailing in China and the appalmg conditions the people are subject to <it present, man) men even poiaomug their wives and children rather than them starve slowly to death.
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    “KARANGAN.”
    435 1533 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo). Dear Sir, With reference to the Random Note that appeared in your ieeue of yesterday, this is what was said at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Karangan Company “At the time the Company was formed Mr. Stothard valued the property at
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    COST OF LIVING.
    72 1533 PESSIMISTIC OFFICIAL FORECAST. London. September 19. Speaking at the Grocers’ Exhibition ,n London Mr. C. A McCurdy, Food .ont roller, declared that, apart from the possible coal strike, food prices bv Christnias would have risen to such an extent aa ma ke the working class family foodbilU
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    FEDERAL COUNCIL MEMS.
    581 1533 —Malaya Tribune. Something more needs to be oaid about a motion that passed smoothly through Federal. Council on Wednesday last. It was to provide $155,000 to buy a certain piece of land over two acres in area at Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Marks said that it adjoined a
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    IRELAND.
    156 1533 FURTHER DESPERATE ENCOUNTERS. [Riutib’s Bnna,] London, September U. A fight occurred in the Wicklox ba: tains between a large number dme while drilling find the ConsUbulaq.Thi affair occurred at Enniskerry where to Constabulary surrounded the m 1 training, one of whom was killed ni several were wounded and forty
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    NEW YORK EXPLOSION.
    88 1533 <llO 000 has KtO A reward ot »1 the for information oeW.P 1 Street bomb 11« state that the d,»cou J mechanism have. con ties that an eno winch believed t<» have bus been Attest«dTh® pmmabst owing n t he hnaD e!ttl oC >- A t" wls
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    HOW DO WE STAND?
    1116 1534 born fool, or an unnappy ’*L U In» speoulaung wub d ba,og P reßaed *S-iH or tn. bank., would ever >“ bb,r 01 n ha n“ 13 of lb. market. But a »jS ,i,icb Joe. so much of de with borrowed cash, a. h the British
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    M.A.P.
    527 1534 Lav.' 0 D r d H? “".T to --T 0 M H lh eud Ot QBXt moD<h Mr. G. W. Wood has replaced Mr. J. E. zf a «üb-agent o f the Hoagkona and Shanghai Bank in Ipoh. 8 8 r b«> been appointed an Assistant Engineer, Public Works
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1221 1535 A Mayor's Nest? Mr, MacSwiney, M.P., Lord Mayor of Cork, and organiser of murders of toe Royal Irish Constabulary, was arrested on August 12, If be has really been persistemly hanger-striking since then be has beaten all fasting records, including Succi’s, hards down. But we have our doubts.
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    THE COAL CRISIS
    189 1535 EV E OF CLIMAX. Miners [Reutxb's TeZsoum» After the tea htemi M Miners' Executive met priff*/ hours at the Board of WV? qusntly diapered with» Robert Horne, who wu It 11 generally leum(rf thl matter will be pieced Mor, th, Conference of mintrs’ dilmfc London to-morrow when
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    French Review.
    116 1535 Thi Tbipu Emn Pirii, Answering M. ID Giolitti’ijoint telegram M °|JJ of th. Aix.les-B.in. George wired stating th«t lately the conviction tb.t th. Entente between F'»"-' el lß n: f Britain is ewnt>»l for »»1« < European problem, and P 'Thx Pbbmibb in> TB New effort, M. Milieraod
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    THE P. AND O.
    13 1535 n tell me I ’’A bl ,D<i *2l* China
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    MESOPOTAMIA.
    217 1536 IBtt BAOUBEDG ABRI3ON Fobci’B Activity. 'Rectkb 8 Telegrams. J London, September 20. fu-rriicnßtKara hw been beleaguered bat it i* inferred that it ia .applied with necessaries and by air for according to a Qgji Mesopotamia communique the IJLgrtl recoDnaiaance ascertained that a only being made for tobacco ‘be request
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    American Shipping.
    159 1536 THE NEW ACT. DmUIOIATIOS OF I RRATIEB. V h ’Dg‘on, September 21. detadT 4 tbi Preiident Wilson *taJder th a °M ClDg tbe commercial S |L h B e trchtn6 Mari Act m countries in order to in r h° D k dCr lbfl when tawcifij the H
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    Doncaster Cup Result.
    31 1536 i/° t h' Se P len >her 10. of the 7®“» a 1 C feß b l**'wart i C y fi,w I of. jS liec: ud .00 t
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    FRENCH PRESIDENCY.
    159 1536 NATIONAL SENTIMENT. M. Millerand a Changbd Attitude. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] mm u j P»™, September 20. M. Millerand, id a formal statement, expresses the opinion that nowhere could he do such useful work as he can as Premier but nevertheless if a majority of the two Chambers considered his
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    Prince Purachatra.
    40 1536 Tour in Britain. London, September 21. The Siamese Prince Purachatra is touring the industrial centres of Great Britain He is going to Newcastle as the guest of the Lord Mayor and will visit the Armstrong’s works at Elswick.
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    Persina Situation.
    22 1536 London, September 20. In northwest Persia the Persian Cossacks report that a Bolshevik aeroplane dropped four bombs at Imamia. :o:—,
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    Singapore Rubber Auctions.
    47 1536 Improved Tons. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 23. At the rubber auctions there was fair enquiry fur all grades. There was keen competition for sheet which realised from 48 io 51J cents a pound. Standard crepe realised up to 56 cents a pound.
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    Where that £1,000,000 Goes.
    205 1536 Reading between tne lines of the Public Accounts Committee’s Third Kwport, it is amazing (says a mail paper) to find whui, immense powers of uncontrolled expenditure have been left in the hands of irresponsible civil seivauta. Two votes under the Ministry of Information, for instance, amounting
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    IRELAND.
    38 1536 KANBPORIATION DISPUTE. suspension of Railway Tbaffio. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Owinrr m .London, September 21. Zhich’ 1 c- Irl^9 Zf be men tn 7°* nlt f ,h 9 trsn 'Port tmmunition, hM dealt a hear, blow to Iriah trade.
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    Poland and Russia.
    55 1536 THE REDS’ RETREA.T, Dub no Oooupind. Tk. D 1 u London, September 21. a H j. Vl^B continue their hasty retreat »n the districts east and eouth-eaet of Lemberg. The P o l„, who them, have ,«oh«i th. Galician border at Brody and Hueiatyn. The Pole. W
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    Housing Shortage.
    26 1536 Swbden’i Prbdioamsvt. Stockholm, September 20. Owing to the great shortage of house» thousands are homeless and are taking refuge in old schools and workhouses.
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    Italian Labour Troubles.
    143 1536 Wagxs Question Dboidkd. Rome, September 20. A conference at the Ministry of the Interior between the delegates of the employers and the employed agreed that the new wages scale should be retroepective from July 17; the payment of wages sought by the workmen during the period they
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    Britain, Japan and Korea.
    33 1536 London, August 31. A strong committee is forming with a view, the Anglo-Japan’io Alliance being in the melting pot, to raise the Korean question on lines of aelf-decermination.—Englishman. :o:
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    Singapore Motor Fatality.
    92 1536 Trial of Ma. Coopbr. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 23. The trial of Mr. A. W. Cooper, of the Singapore Municipality, at the Assizes will probably be concluded to-day. Mr. G. G. Beth, D. P. P., pointed out that the prosecution did not maintain that the
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    PLANTERS PAST AND PRESENT.
    1218 1537 outi'jy ««v -E. T. H. W. in The Planter. THE HON. MR, WM. DUNCAN. Tak awa Aberdeen an’ twal’ mile roond aboot it, un’ whaur are ye is the patriotic creed of the true Aberdonian. Nevertheless, the comparatively small adjacent county of Banff has produced not
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    PROVINCE NEWS.
    326 1537 l' Torn Our Q u n n unoccupied houu in'"’”" 1 While they were searching fa*?? wanted” gang-robben. Hem’S ‘0 givea eatisfactory acmt of ZJSS 4nd c<lr >ty is tin m »100 for bn good behsyiou fa f six months or undergo simple meat for six months. Hi
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    BOREA PERFORMAANCES.
    57 1537 “i. -<■".Si appeared m yen ,U shall be much J f en h “thi wfereuce by f repudiate the thßl th« Malay stoppage oi Young M»* 1 emanated fro Yoo re c bo..6<«*2; y 1 22 Penang.J the hrroic e a j( in o# will obiaia i9 380.00°
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    RESTRICTION OUTPUT.
    475 1538 RESTR ICTION OUTPUT. fitor~ofth‘ Malay Hail.] ‘“V± jj.-Wl 1 n ygQf l»iU0 cf 17th Bymb nto fjrmulate <-ible eugge.•«f’Locfflit.g ths pn«’Ot of tb. tubber 4 ,ki e fe“ io lcoll wtf I 1 bdor< rt Sit of course ewentiul. CoBeswru rubber produo- i»cW‘«g tbe D “J Ch u L I***
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    POLICE COURT.
    588 1538 A FALSE CASE. Hssan, P.O. 119, was charged yesterday before Mr. A. C. Baker, with receiving an illegal graMtiwion cf one dollar on the 14;h it st. The accused denied the charge. A. 8, P. Alien conducted the prosecution and Mr. C D. D. Hogan defended. Oh Lok
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    A RAID THAT FAILED.
    561 1538 the LIGHTER SIDE OF SINN FEIN c burn Fein in Ireland is not without its lighter side; in fact, as a working-man sxpremd 1:, “Oulyfortho ehootin’ it would bo as good as a pantomime to watch ths tbe military and the people.” I m against murder,”
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    IPOH APPEAL COURT.
    574 1539 A TAMIL CAUSE CELEBRE. Yesterday afternoon the Pudu m order case, which occupied the attention of the lull Court of Appeal in Ipoh lor two or three days, and in which great interest nas been evinced amongst Tamils all over the country, was brought to a conclusion
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    MALAYA'S TIN DECLINE.
    701 1539 I-Free Ihe public of Alafaya generally cun tmues fondly to cling to the illusion that rubber is the second string in the harp of our harmonies, and that what is required is the addition of further strings. It looks upon tin, the first stimg. as a thoroughly
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    THE COMMERCIAL CRISIS.
    962 1539 I. A ILUREMNDy UMOI S Singaporey 0 111, F»ilurea and million- involv d n Dr vb<in>iB bring down a g°° < big weathered the storm f b credit had not bren (b [m--rubber industry h itc S o |>rious tre* h t h«< hk the difficult.es o(
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    TRENGGANU.
    1930 1540 INTERESTING FACTS AND FIGURES. Signed by Mr. J. L Humphreys, the British Adviser, and dated Trenggauu Ist May, 1920, the Report on this State for last year, w hich has just reached us, constitutes hu exceptionally interesting record of -olid progress and greatly im proved conditions upon which the
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    DEFINITION OF “EUROPEAN."
    113 1541 With referenre to 'f‘ d *’£2l» been exprewd mto J* JL ><ilr tioii of the definition of nrfib pean” in Part IX of Legislative Asiembly Ruk that the pbraie w ?ny includes British India. Any. therefore, ia of E“’°P* Id* line, and who reak l« w i
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    MINING MATTERS.
    469 1542 „.nu connected with the tbit country «re of u2at *t the preeent time, of tin b...omp- end when i e tin producer 1» being >**tiu«»edbr Bolivia and Nigeria «f cMtribation to has receded iB 1905 at the prevent time. Tru% that notwitbetanding thia •*Tw atatua yet the actual
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    980 1542 An Exploded Myth. Those Southerners who still cling to ths belief that the Scot is a canny, careful person, must surely now revise their opinion. For the City Fathers of Glasgow are in distrese—tbe result of prodigality. They have entertained visitors at banquets and dinners on such a
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    THE RUBBER INDUSTRY.
    101 1542 PROPOSED RESTRICTION. SUIAMGOB CHAMBEa’B DeOISIOU. (From Oar Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, September 24. At a special meeting of the Selangor Chamber of Commerce Mr. A. K. E. Hampshire proposed and Mr. C. D. Mathewson seconded that the meeting is of the opiuion that the restriction of rubber
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    PENANG MORTALITY RETURNS.
    129 1542 The mortality returns for the Municipality of George Town, Penang, for the week ending September 18 show that the total number of deaths was 60, of which 38 were males and 22 females. The death rate per mille per annum was 28.96 compared with 34.76 in the
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    M.A.P.
    529 1543 Mr. A.E.E. de Vos is now acting Auditor, Selangor, Negri Bembilan and Pahang. Mr. G. A. Hall, Resident-Councillor, Penang, is expected back here early next year. Mr. Justice Watson is proceeding to Kuantan in the Bea Belle to take the Assizes there which begin on 4th October. The engagement
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    FRENCH PRESIDENCY.
    470 1543 M. DESCHANEL'S RESIGNATION. Official Announcimknt, [Reuter’s Telegrams.] (Havas). Paris, September 21. A message from President Deschanel resigning the Presidency was read simultaneously in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate to-day. lha ceremony lasted half an hour. The message says “My state of health no longer allows me
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    U.S. Politics.
    27 1543 Exi’xLLKD Socialists. Albany, September 22. Three cut of the five ci 118 £*Legisexpelled from the New York lature on charges of were recently re-elected, nave
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    THE COAL CRISIS.
    157 1543 T HE COAL CRISIS. FtILCBE F^r 3 (Reuter's Telegram.) It ".fated that fcfr 1 ‘U National m London to-day that during the negoti MlMl J m»»t justifying th, on September 25. llBO Exkutivx', Rnon Executive Committee’s report. Twwpom Woaxm' iwfr A special gtnenl council m*. National Federation of after an
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    Eopen and Malmedy.
    39 1543 Fbmd From Gnw Ix>ndo.,9«P«“ t r J The Time.’ corre.pond.nt*» that fl.g< flj“« of Nation'. deo»W" Hx AS; come. Eupen aid Iblm by Germany to u pr Treaty subject biscite. Out of tw 250 declared L
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    French Trade Retort
    30 1543 Paw. 3< French foreign firlt eig h t iucrewe of A® 1 > period ,ith the but «he impoit» ot" ,«r« for eleven b> Il i w6io qo,o»
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    Hayti's Future.
    10 1543 A we w^^ u,k ’d« r Hayti under
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    IRELAND.
    133 1544 jgiD CONSTABLE SHOT. by Polios. rgtCTES' O TELBOBAMS.] London, September 21, children, wheeling their D perambulators, are fleeing village of Balbriggan, the toiery centre, in consequence of dinorbanoei throughout the night 2 oat of the shooting cf Head Sb Burke. It is alleged that the exacted reprisals, subjected zX
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    Wire Commercial Congress.
    57 1544 Ai Important Dbcuiqm. London, September 21. it Ninth Congress of the Chambers cf jaereeof the Empire has begun its wap at Toronto under the Presidency of IftiDaborongh. Delegates were present h»mqpaniofthe world. The ConV* hedtd m the establishment of a Jflw.wimii for the standardization o! ictcmauou Dominions
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    Swedish Elections
    71 1544 Stockholm, September 22. XtTf 10r lhi Riksdu final1 (hi F gaining twelve stue the Union seven, Wrati 'j 1 twelvc the Social •of fir 8 IQ d tbe k f ft Socialists four naber o f held. Tho ■Win |»r“«u"n r tUrD j d Ky th •Wlto lu?
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    Race Riots in U.S A.
    55 1544 Mob’, Actiok. from Chi; Ser te ber 22 S’ ’nb n,, Ul 9 B° «ay, that a P«o?>c.Jly cat ofl the ttiwd lr j eaTln B him dead. A aT ,i#to »C«ho!ie ‘k' r wd cha!td b «e bZ I“™!’’ Two hid the p, a;
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    Prices of Cars.
    65 1544 Price s of Cars. Coßrf' 1 0 Member 22. a ncid the wTL BMtI *iDg f cu .f War Pnoea irnmer*P*ctivelJ° tinr ty-one per nei «mail a J lD tke prices of L? 00 th e ground 4n T* to bri 4 back 81 and call a t Prices anj
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    THE TRADE SLUMP.
    531 1544 Treaties given a chance to operate.—Malaya Tri* une. th. Mr Commerc», i, far f ronl c h,»rf a h "t* a course, as far m?.2 Trade of substantially eh Malaya is concerned, is •uoitaotmiiy, th ough far from h n X or« n? r b 7 Both
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    Danish Elections.
    63 1544 Emall Socialut Gains. Copenhagen, September 22. Tbe Elections for tbe Folketing necessitated by the incorporation of North 81e«vig with Denmark reeulted in the composition of the new Folketing being essentially unchanged. The reduc ion oi tbe voting ag? frem 29 to 25 wnich was expected largely to increase
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    Chihli Province.
    369 1544 r *g*ng at present h.. b,ch fam,nt u lation of about OOO ,umtttcd P o >Q cede, and ran.d, o th? j popu'aud plain i n to t Th. n o Wa,,he- he lowland* the QreMw’aU "buih n, Ilu ,ent •go. cr0,,., Chihli; th.“ Grand O*C«.T 0 *C«.T
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    THE FAMINE IN CHINA.
    141 1544 fTo the Editor of the Straits Echo). Sir, I appreciate very much and agrte with in general “A Sympathiser’s” article on the ab:.ve subject that appeared in your valuable paper of tbe 18th instant. Inter alia bis idea to start a “One Day's Pay Fund in
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    RUBBER PROBLEM.
    870 1545 (To the Editor of the Strait» Timex.) Bir, —In regard to the effect of restriction of output on ihe price of rubber, I would like to point out that the expected “surplus" of about 40,000 tone is by no means ail real surplus. Probably stocks amounting to at
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    POLICE COURT.
    392 1545 Chiatixg Cabxs. Chui Chong, a Cantonese was yesterday charged before Mr. Baker with cheating one Liong On in respect of $l7O on the 15th August last. The charge was denied. The complainant stated that he kept a glass-mikieg factory at Cbulia Street. The accused approached him on the
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    TAMBALAK RUBBER
    368 1545 4 I Ot the "j 181 T«mb*l,k Rubb,/ I Saturday, i Q Bmg a p 3re u U hi presided and there wAi C PMk Iq ‘be caurwof hu .mml .1.-. kx ed r*\ M tep i market has hecomt acute be would readily J Dneoion thM h
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    Selangor Turff Club.
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    RUBBER AND LABOUR.
    1107 1546 —htiaf m been tho recap'ion J*"! of the Dutnct g iiciUWM to the recommend.«rdiei »»8 M »o» Ulned ,D th u /.port of th. Exeootiv. of Üboor Committee of Bnfth J do not detpiir of iceing the M eventually adopted thiough?M«Ey- Opposition founded on local u d
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    M.A.P.
    508 1546 Mr. F. J. Bourne, Court Inspector, has •*n appointed Acting Coroner, Singapore. Mr. V. G, Ezecbiel, of the Singapore Ireasury, is leaving for home on October 1 and will be away about eight months. s."' K Kuala Lumpur correspondent wires 8 hon >' 0“ I»4 by the P. and
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    THE COAL CRISIS.
    523 1547 FATEFUL MEETING IN LONDON. DIPUTATIOB TO TH! PbBMIKB [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Loddon, September 22. A fateful meeting of the Triple Alliance, which wae attended by about fire hundred delegatee, met in London to-day to discuss the threatened coal strike and late in the afternoon an official statement was
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    New Shipping Enterprise.
    85 1547 A Strong Amalgamation. London, September 22, The Times' correspondent in Toronto says that the head office of the Canadian National Railways announces a joint arrangement between the Canadian Government Merchant Marine, the Canadian National Railways and ths British India Steam Navigation Company under which the Canadian Government
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    World Boxing Championship.
    81 1547 New York, September 23. The Cuban sportsman, Ordapol, has cabled to Mr. Kearns, Jack Dempsey’s manager, offering a guarantee of 1100,000 for a fight between Jack Dempsey and the so-called Spanish Heavyweight Champion, John Sanches, at Havana on the second Sunday in January. Kearns is willing to
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    A Train Accident.
    58 1547 Qovbbnob Cox Shakbn. New York, September 23. A message from Phenix, Arizona, states that a special train in which Governor Cox, the Democratic candidate for the Presidency, was travelling, was wrecked owing to the rails spreading. Governor Cox and severs! of his party were shaken but not
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    Germany’s Hoge Debt.
    27 1547 Berlin, September 23. At the Cabinet meeting the Finarca Minister stated that Germany’s debt totalled 243,700,000,000 marks, including the funded debt of uinety-one milliards.
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    Empire Chambers of Commerce.
    193 1547 Imperial Communications. l -r Toronto, September 22. The Congress of the Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire passed a resolution urging Oversea on the Imperial Shipping Committee, taking all practicable measures to develop rhe resources of the Empire, especia. y cotton growing, and also urging
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    ITALIAN LABOUR TROUBLES.
    36 1547 B nUATlON6iiu oßBcrtt Btnunß, IKectbb'b Tjugumi Although 8 obscure it already u X u nt who art rescind act to nwl during oocuputiou, wUh Z Jibbing m the nature Signor Giolitti hu devised.
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    Ilford By-Election.
    252 1547 Primus's Anna. London, M-i I In his letter to the Coalition for the Ilford by-sleoikm Mr. Lloyd fa. enumerates the substantial beoehhi democracy has won in the put by constitutional meant is wbieh there is none more hit asal sun. He declarea that the eelilnm I of a
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    Mexico
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    Cotton Goods.
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    FRENCH PRESIDENCY.
    326 1548 pgESIDENTS POWERS. Lirr Phtt’i Opposition, fBxCTEB’B Telegrams.] Paris, September 22. .«narentlr at M. Millerand’s Indent of the Repablic 2f\„e no» ’«xwn'iw P ower ‘be r*. J Ib« Left resolved to ot poee M. Erf,.betion »d decided to vote in JtfLp.retory b.llot for M. Pĕret. Lj-icftbe Chamber of Deputies,
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    Poland and Lithuania.
    109 1548 i aW^T^ Cf ,c«D ftaPi. ..A T doa 23. tV’ B PP aKn,| y to T‘ Peace iD r «»w m... 0810 th contrary. *<• h n d’ ,utM ,hi “>« h '«'b'.cf t heT W ing t 0 military I.?®. f&llh particularly h? ,On Wl ‘h
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    POLAND AND RUSSIA.
    257 1548 BIG OFFENSIVE REPORTED, Polish Claims. [Reuteb’s Telegrams.] Wk-I *l London, September 22. p e zr the Bolshevists report a big Polish offensive in tbe region of Grodno, a oil C aim t 0 htve captured Rovno. A Do.shevut cavalry regiment surrendered to the Poles who captured 1,000
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    Ireland.
    184 1548 SENSATIONAL FIGHT. Severe Casualties. London, September 23. A sensational fight, involving five killed, occurred in County Clare, when a lorry transporting a number of constabulary was ambushed by a large force of armed men. Four of the police were killed and one severely wounded. The military reinforcements rnsbed up
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    Germany and the Treaty.
    24 1548 bhu-mm Satuj.ctorily SDBBmiUD G.rm»n tonnage eurri^jf’rrf .u'ttS' 1 7 a’ *****00 ’*<**» T 'mo.t .U cut u dn, ond th Pmm
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    Dutch Shipping Combine.
    65 1548 Snm. a/ .k London B«pt«nib.r M. oome of the most important Datah ■bippmg complies, including tbe JavaJapan Line, the Holland-Amenka Line «nd tbe Rotterdamecbe Llord, bare oom’ h n‘“ b f Uni,,d N «l*W r.f rAA P k n,t C on, P»‘>iea with a capital of £16,500,000
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    Selangor Tori Club.
    354 1548 Bkte Meeting Results. (I 1 rom Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, September 24. ♦lo? weat ker favoured the .first day of the Hkye Meeting. The going was good and the attendance fair. Appended are the details Race I. Bruce 9. o Mr. Watson 1 Battleaxe II 9.
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    PENANG CRICKET CLUB
    890 1549 DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. SUCCESSFUL TbNNIB MATCHES. The distribution of the prizes won at the recent Lawn Bowls and Lawn Tennis Tournaments under the auspices of the Penang Cricket Club was preceded by a tennis contest between pairs representing Married and Singles. Seven pairs from each category selected
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    WORLD’S OIL RESOURCES.
    311 1549 With the rapid resumption of former conditions the Manchester Guardian contends that there can be little doubt that the production of petroleum throughout the world will speedily increase. Production and export from Mexico are extending rapidly, and new countries such as the northern republics of South America,
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    SHARE MARKET
    355 1549 Rosb Rabbet hu ,hc»n s*" 5 g S i w *k throughout to», b oih London and Biog IDc •light improvement at th* 1 liquidation may y e J? Bion within London figures are h. A Sheet and Is. 6'd. for CJ* 0 m®*** fir« d.y of th,
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    FOOD PROSPECTS.
    1114 1550 Contributed;. m e.ght mouth, '"il then be out o the >•- ii bad qui selves laced ur perplexity as regards loodhigh cost of living than «hh during the S: ihebC arc questions to which attention at the pre alien no one having the inter oiuunumty at heart .dare
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    H.C.L.
    547 1550 «ould appear that a n Jh gUr teo V r llVin B «nd the house-keen ng eaj.ahihtles uf the w jf e O f cou ICiir.-"" r“ S l lt> to lay down definite t nee’es WoU n ma y de6 on h 5 f* Pe, d twico “‘“e*
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    FAMINE IN CHINA.
    681 1551  -  THREE PROVINCES AFFECTED. (Bj J. Guifeith of the C.P.M.) Following is the full text oi a report supplied to the Shanghai Gazette of September 3 by Rev. John Griffith of the Canadian Presbyterian Mission: Changteho (Honan), August 30.—1 n this cradle of Chinese civilization we are not
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    WAGES IN TRINIDAD.
    448 1551 A committee was appointed in Trinidad by the Governor in December last to consider and report on the rates of wages paid to labour in the colony and to investigate the economic position of the various classes of workers, with a view to recomulending rates of wages
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    SINGAPORE MOTOR FATALITY.
    768 1551 ACCUSED DISCHARGED I (From Out Own Comtpwtoi I Singapore, Septtnue 3 Mr. W. A. Cooper, of the wl Municipality, who was Chief Justice Sir John Buehllx.B and a special jury at the sizes with causing the death, bjniß and negligent act, of Mr. G. F of the
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    AMAZING REVELATIONS.
    834 1552 [To the Editor of the Straits Echo.] Sir, 10 say that the revelations of slackness and of sins of commission and omission in respect of the vital statistics of this Settlement, which formed such a conspicuous feature of the proceedings at the last meeting of the Penang Municipal
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    A QUESTION OE PRINCIPLE.
    295 1552 (ommenting on the proposed grant of $20,U00 to Dr. Middleton, the retiring Health Officer in Singapore, the Malaya Tribune says: “An important question of principle is involved in voting such a substantial sum of public money as that proposed to an individual. It may be that
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    M.P.A.A.
    772 1553 SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING. Labour Report Adopted. A special meeting ol the Malay I’cum aula Agricultural Association was held at the Chamber of Commerce to-day, there being present the Hon. Mr W. Duncan (Chairman), and Messrs. G. Reis (Batu Kawan), A. S. Gulstou, (Bakap Estate), D. R. C. Law lord
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    ALLEGED HOUSE-BREAKING.
    194 1553 Abu Btikar and Maidin who had been arrested by the local detective police on the 15th and 16th inst. respectively in connection with the burglary which occurred a| the premises of the British Bombay Bazaar at Beach Street on the night of 15th September were committed! to the
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    NORTH CHINA FAMINE.
    77 1553 f ’/’o tlu Editor of the Si rails Echo). 'Hu Penang Mutual Improvement Association’s Dramatists have, collected huge sum lor the Raffles College, Simp pore. \re they not going to give similar performances to collect funds tam 1 their suffering brethren in North ID< Yours, etc UoiHTR
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    THE SMELTING MYSTery.
    216 1553 D«r Sir, Ed k r 0/ lhe ft, E»r.ern HmchingYj 7 fc J» for your upon the myiteryrf tbnt important «tarpri»^>!,*•< great hope, of Pv®? l '“’«tel in OC D > “d lb»: the wh, rfft? «bc»db»,ef al mM th'.t puitlei I cenoot c.jmprehendekyUhi-n Lr it is
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    Advertising.
    59 1553 Speikiof neaitljr Edward H.Hurl.y 1 United Ststee fibipp»» J, Advertising tc-day a« e et. The time n-.mufeeruKMud tb. f o ilyfi k nr..dT<rl U >.g“*»s l ,pa c time, are dull J amount aod «rfa rt-w.t.U ffA number Tw.ntyfo" r g* ‘b® Mr Siraet, Eonorary A Hongkoo? tW i>
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    wHITHER?
    1031 1554 a, ctb]a relating to the coal nd np to noon to dB T ifc wou,d te Ml both the Government and the Kinders in «till msEmuvring for K MMDtime, the strike notices have to week and the lnx,ou KJriwoslittle breathing space. From &T of the oegotiatione it is pretty
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    M.A.P.
    508 1554 tr.te’’S l d' K Bgi R li M M" P. n Dd D -‘ri« J= d P fX from'}/ ?1 Murr v *>«• been di,ch,r«d i~r h H fi.“ Bd.; 8 d k in Mr. Juiiio. W.teon i, proowdin, Ka.Qt.n m th. 8« fcU.'TtS? tU AeiUteth.,. which b.gin on
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    IRELAND.
    168 1555 THE FIGHTING IN CLA.BE. Official Statement, [Reuter's Telegrams London, September 24. An official statement of the Clare fighting says that the police report that the attackers used dumdum bullets. In addition to four of the police who wera killed, one was musing and has since been found dead. The
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    Mayflower Tercentenary.
    49 1555 New York, September 22. A big American delegation warmly welcomed the representatives of the British Seagrave Institute who arrived on board the Carmania. They will be entertained at various cities before going to Norfolk, where they are participating in the Mayflower celebrations at the beginning of October.
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    German Intrigues.
    86 1555 Official Dufuoity. London, September 9. Communications have been exchanged between Berlin and Moscow regarding the amalgamation of seventy thousand Red army refugees with the German militarist party with a view to organise an offensive against the Allies. The Times states that thirty thousand Spartacis's have already joined the
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    Bolshevist Congress.
    75 1555 DELEGATES FROM CALCI ITA. To Free India, Lot don, September 9. It is reported today that at he Bolshevist Oriental Congress to be no J next, week at Baku the principal business io be discussed is tho best means of freeing India from British tyranny.'* Lh egatts will
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    Acting Chief Secretary.
    30 1555 Unexpected Affointme nt. (From Our Own Correnpohdent.) T ii Be»t«mb«r 27. Ad.iL/k Mr A B Vo4i,t Leg»! n,„T!“ we appointed Acting Chief 8*255 yJ Qavem merit, F.M.B.
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    U.S.POLITICS.
    197 1555 THE TARIFF QUESTION. Republican Candidate Interviewed, [Reutbb’b Tsleobams.] London, September 23. The correspondent of the Westminster Gazette cabling from Marion, Ohio, says that Senator Harding in an interview declared that, whilst he is a protectionist, he did not think of imposing a tariff with the object of keeping out
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    Bombs in New York.
    156 1555 Hoax W askings. New York, September 23. Fallowing on the fiasco at the Customs House, where nothing happened after a warning that a bomb explosion would occur there at a specified time, the public and the authorities in many towns in the United States are now
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    Power Alcohol.
    70 1555 Production in India. London, deptember 24. Arrangements are being made for t e experimental production of P°y* r on a considerable scale m India, believed it will be found that a too 1 fuel can be produced on a comma to basis in large quantities m various p»r
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    The Australian Navy.
    47 1555 Reduction of Pleet. Melbourne, Bep;ember bo reduced to 4,651 by nex. uy. j to The seagoing fi« et h,B ,ee t «loops, six submarines, six dißtryera, cru i» e r ths cruiasr Brisbane aud the tram go ofl Sydney. Eleven ships have been p*
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    Bombay Postal Strike.
    13 1555 PwtaM an denaadia?-**’J* J Volunteers are P°«»l. delirwin, rtkh organised,
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    Russia and England.
    48 1555 Bouhivie Dnun A Moreow Kraiim on S,ptenber complied, to deny that the J?? was concerned in the sals d Hetald* ft wW,to The Daily Mail points on to A statements of Moscow and Mi, tog. this connection are directly and that both cannot bsoorrwt l
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    FOOTBALL
    176 1555 The football match between tbflto ment Monopolies Picnic and Fort to and a team from Bukit Menijs to B was played on the Eiplsnsde I evening, resulted in a victory for thha I team by three goals to nil Ikwal crossed ever with a blank sheet to a to
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    New French Premier.
    67 1555 New French P remier. M. Georg.» L 7 g l haa been «PP 01 £"“f th, MiW Mini.ter. CMbinet remain 1»»®* Str" l9 warned by tne they amt obtain in Madras presidency Rangoon. Th, follom»!! ed liceoce. to p.jjp, tbroogbool th f F.rrouaMelai W Miuubnbi Bboji BrW M»»» end Compe»r.
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    THE COAL CRISIS.
    910 1556 TH E COAL CRISIS. allun-ce coyg£RENCE Rijected. pjiuTEß’s Telegrams.] London, September 23. fw Triple AHiwce Confereoce wa. reta morning but .djourned jmmeSborder tocolder the repor of the nLion to the Premier het night kJ lection. It i« no» ‘nnoonced th.t of Minor. Delegnte. rejected anwel to take MCond ballot 0D
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    Mesopotamia
    152 1556 Minor Operations. London, September 23. A War Office Mesopotamia communique announces minor British operations without serious opposition. The blockhouse system on the Bagdad-Kut el Amara line has been completed. ISamawah Still Beleaguered. Loudon, September 24. A Mesopo amis communique issued tonigal shows that the.e is general improvement in the
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    China and Russia.
    200 1556 Delioatr Queitiomi at Ibsur Pekin 8. September 23. Legatin’ ,0 n the ,UllM the Tsarist Legation and C insulates in China has been brought to B head by the KadaJh.ff 10 D Ur Prioee Kadaobeff, the Russian Minister, to resign, n h rJ a /t r fir
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    Lower Prices.
    42 1556 Drop in Wheat. Chicago, September 24. Wheat fell thirteen cents in to-day*s marked largely ns the result ci agitation for a gsneral reduction in the prices of foodstuffs. Other grains dropped to oi lowest prices touched fur tho 1920 crop.
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    THE RUBBER INDUSTRY.
    200 1556 RESTRICTION OE OUTPUT. R.G.A.’s Recommendation. London, September 2-1. The Council of the Rubber Growers’ Association iu London unanimously re solved iu view of the low price of rubb< r to recommend an immediate and genuine reduction of twenty five per cent, cf the i stirnated monthly output
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    THE RUBBER POSITION.
    620 1557 RESTRICTION OF OUTPUT. Local Action. The following circular letter has been iosuod to all members of the Rubber Producers Association. Dear Sir,—The serious position of the Rubber Industry owinft to the steady fall of tho price of the commodity has recently been receiving tho serious attention of
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    THE COST OF LIVING.
    618 1557 FURTEtER CHINESE ACTION A meeting of the trustees and Committee of the Chinese Town Hall, on which the different sections of the Chinese community are represented, was held in the Chinese Town Hall on Saturday last, the 25:.h instant, for the purpose of considering, among other
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    SELANGOR TURF CLUB.
    237 1557 8m Munn 1 (From Our Own Conumfa., I Kuala Lumps; Bnunteu The weather was day of ths Bkye Meeting and the 1 A ppended are tbs details >- 1 Raci I. I Bruee 10. 4 Mr. Wites 1 I Battleaxe II 9. 0 UUfa I Miss Padd
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    THE FAMINE IN NORTH CHINA.
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    XAVIER’S CHURCH.
    1019 1558 Iu Et DOTASi^E R JUBILEE. u io Penang. celebration of the ordma«hsrsr'JiE r which commenced with Hi>b Mass last Wednesday, to 8 successful conclusion in edifice imd in the adjoining the entire proceedings reflectTbitle credit upon the Committee J with the task of organising and ftthrough the lengthy
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    CHINA NEWS.
    825 1558 Importance ot Waichow Chen Chun-ming, following rep e successes, la now advancing rapid y a ong the East River and the war situs 1D R W* 0 very cn tical. Both sides are centering their attention on Waichow. Waichow the door to Canton. If Waichow falls, Caaton will
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    F.M.S. APPOINTMENTS.
    811 1559 The following promotions appear in the F.M.B. Government Gazette of September 24:—Mr. H. E. Swan, Second Assistant District Officer, Kuala Kubu, to be a Supernumerary Officer of Class V. in the Federated Malay States Civil Service: Mr. P. M. Carrier. Settlement Officer (Special Class), to be Second Assistant
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    MOSLEMS AND DAYLIGHT SAVING.
    169 1559 The following k XT ho». MrrfwyV b, lu.situie: o: Wnim A specu) g Men Ipsufu ewm held st in 51 R’ceCou™. Ro.d, M tj.?**» dent, in the ohsir. Mr. 8 0«? before the L,gi,l» ti 8 d IBi J*» W wid greatly iaconTenienoitMftwi.i!. classes who Bt
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    THE BADAK SENSATION.
    178 1559 A Melbourne memge d ifl I nysAt the request of tbo Badak Company, the cjaaiitoidH Exchange decided to*day not (obi c /mpany’s sbareo on the rntaop such time as further reports aw from the propory os <k company’s general manajr (If. Consequently after mdhj w will be
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    MODERN JOURNALISM.
    1204 1560 4)| put few months we bave 22ftbi of quit® a crop of local dailies, weeklies, bi-weeklies *2JJL Already we are beginning ’tiliuli doubtful abcat the future of one of them and to wonder ire not deitined to figure in JltfitiTflylarge heap of "no l’s” wbep iu a drawer
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    M.A.P.
    619 1560 iX'fokk 8,8t rk h uf ki foaia for Labour recruitment duty Ute Notific.tion No. ***** r«*rdio» th. w'h‘h *Li« t o. a “iT”’ M r VolubU StFu. P 'a“ fo,m rl r °f ‘h« M.hv »U. Quid.,, played a g O j ßnin H.mp«bir. agaio.t W.rwick.hir. at Port.“ur. ll
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    RANDOM NOTES.
    1048 1561 Here and There. Mr. F. 8. James —whom future generations of Malayan housewives might have tailed blessed had he had the courage of his conviction! and instituted much-needed registration of servants —has fired a Parthian shot in the local press with his letter on volunteering. We shall probably
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    P.A.M.
    62 1561 IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS. RESTRICTION RECOMMENDED The Labour Report. dO’orn Our Oivn Correspondent.) Singapore, September 28. Tre Planters’ Association of Malay» the meeting held in Johore P a a resolution unanimously recommend g Government to legislate with rega friction of output to the exten “Tt also approved by a to 9
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    Eastern Smelting Co.
    43 1561 We are informed that Mr. of who formerly acted as loc< tbe the Eastern Smelting management was vested in o f and Cu.—is expected ou* Comp» 0 the Board of Directors of that uomt early in November. To-day Mho anniver.nry
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    FRENCH PRESIDENCY
    177 1561 «EBBAGETO« NOliEBl DoMttr >c u. (Reuter's Telegram.) M. Millerand in »nd th o Chamlwr ctadZ?.ii*?** duMMion. i n otdw conentrnt. wholly on W Ot her great D ud mJ"** affirm, that hi. .Wo, T* couitry u detained w *l* d .‘broad th, policy Will continue with mm iTj
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    French Colonies.
    108 1561 Naw Btmw or Parish* An important step si character has just b* D administration of the Friocb order to ensure oontmuiy policy, which, owmg change, in 0* being overlooked. M. bm» Minister, has recast be of the Colonies, c,ut D k g n is s»• mainly ex-Goeernorsw present
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    Martyaside Aeroplane Works.
    11 1561 a,— tynsid» A.ws’ > afternoon: b*> -3 to have
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    U.S. Coal Strike.
    11 1561 rPennsyl’““‘'.'’^‘*'j21 tViiUehart*., ,■> oear 1 1 Tbe .k.join- 11
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    POLAND AND RUSSIA.
    113 1562 RIGA CONFERENCE. gjDI MoDlfttD Dimamdi. rpfcria’s Telegbams.] London, September 25. -.•.fc PolM coati».» ,h,ir P 0 of to the iouth of the Pripet, ee Coof« re i’wy' ,terd »y got to rib the realirie» of the situation. Joffe, JTjfclertlP, dramatically announced Jl.BwietWMpn’P*™ l to •b.«d<m it. hr
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    Britain and Russia.
    72 1562 QMfMERCIALNEGOTIATIONS. ibul or M. Kamkjieff’B Succmsoi. London, September 25. >, Rytwnoff, the well-known Russian emmet, is coming to Great Britain letewior to M. Kamensff, who has t refilled pennies ion to return. He actor of medicine and reputed to be ey responsible for finishing M. Keren* riiqims.
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    H.C.L.
    151 1562 hooßiir DavßLOPMnrre. t New York, September 24. rrommiDt fainewmen believe that IWi jnoioutting, which was foli irCo., will coneider- not only the motor industry commercial enterprise». Many >. Te llreßd r announced reducV 4, J. a lumber concern in b M ndueed il. p r i ceB hy w/rfM,
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    Polish-Lithuanian Tangle.
    58 1562 Lhb„ ee P ,e “h.r 25. tangle «f NMi«L P^‘ e h ve “°‘iArrni ®'-‘ca oa deQoQ “cing the tZ. tmv &ccount of the lt>o PoLa 10 j Lithuanian < new cff n aod the .-4 r± the •a,’ '"'‘t th. Kopxt iwo. t PP« I d VL.
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    Ireland.
    111 1562 Attempt ok Bbitish Offices, a m• London, September 24. An official massege says that an attempt to assassinate Major-General Edward Peter Strickland, m Cork, was frustrated by the General himself, who was uninjarod, returning the fire, it is believed, effectively. DITAILB OF THI OuTBAQB. m tr. London, September 25.
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    America and Ireland.
    93 1562 IWTKBVATIOMAL IVTBHFBBBBOB. London, September 24. A telegram states that the New York Weekly, The Nation,announcing thecompletion of the Committee of a Hundred to enquire into the question of Ireland, while claiming that the internal affairs of one nation profoundly offset every other nation, •duel's that Americans live
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    Toll of the Air.
    41 1562 London, September 25. While pleasure cruising rear Harrow at noon to-day an aeroplane containing six persons crashed. Three men, including the pilot, and two women were killed outright and a girl badly injured. The machine was smashed.
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    HELP FOR THE HELPLESS.
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    SIAM'S RICE CROP.
    227 1563 k.— Siam Obwrwr. oro P njwTiw whiob take., B fa th W hope to pnblieh it fdl J informution ii a little m/J? though the report. frmX’? oh.ngv.d .re .till mM But, w. .re afraid, ft, faZ?* report u that it nark. .«El* for th. worn in
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    114 1563 Govibsmmwt’i Nk Bci«* (From Our Own Kuala Lumpur, Bepu»*a Th. Hon. Mr. F. J* Secretary to letter to the F.M P r the Government! athtu local defence and iayi defence comidered war are now inadeqaste (fter crefol h ta* to rely on the vo la “Wg V.g,
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    “DYING EUROPE."
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    IMMIGRATION IN U.S.A.
    185 1565 Acute Situation. Ni w York, September 24. Mr. Wallis, Commissioner of immigration, is going from Washington to• try to remedy the terrible congestion on Bibs Island. It is declared that he might even ask the State Department to hold up passports in order to prevent fur er
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    FRANCE’S NEW PREMIER.
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    BANK FAILURES.
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