The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 30 May 1922

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  • 21 1 The Straits Echo MAIL EDITION. (s 0 .EH askc" Single Copy cis. VOL. 20. PENANG, TUESDAY, MAY 30TH. 1922 NO. 22
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    • 226 1 _r~ i CONTENTS. I x B I biim: MIWiLUWIOUI: (Conft’mwl): I The Prince’» Visit 629 Progres» in Penang 640 I Genoa—and After 637 Chinese Unemployment Fund 640 I Trade Revival 641 Newspaper Proprietor! 642 I Need of Help 647 Progress of Johore Causeway 643 I Rubber Prospect» 647 Bale of
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    • 180 2 TMIE Sr “STRAITS ECHO” MAIL EDITION. K b{r 0 •£> <Vk <\j 5% \v> Published the day prior to the departure of each mail far Europe, A and contains the latest local and States news originally published In the daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts
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  • 17 629 birth. Geh-Ou May 2hi io Dr. and MrB Job Gw 2 Sepoy Lines, a son.
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  • 1097 629 The Prince of WrJes has gratified thn wishes of the people of this island, lie> has pome to ns and received onr welc<»me», listened to onr cheers, seen oar decor»ted stmts and the wonderfully beautiful triumphal arches. He has spoken with gome of us aid shewn as
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  • 274 629 (To the Editor of the Strain Echo.) Sir, It was a great pleasure Io the fin tncially stricken public to het»’through Router a day or two ago that effort are now being made by the Imperial Government to Malaya by means of another loan of upwards of <fi4,bUo,ooo.
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  • 269 629 Sharp Sintbnces. (From Our Own Correspondents ingapore, May Fourteen Indian members of the crew of the s. s. Clan Matheson, who refused to work, were sentenced at the. Muster Attendant’s Court yesterday to four weeks’ imprisonment with hard labour on the fiaet charge and six weeks’ op the
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  • 7420 630 ROUSING WELCOME. Showery Weather liet Brilliant Scenes* Tml« A.s’uva.u, It wu aunouaced originally that Ilia Boy 4 Highneas the Prince of Wabs would land at 10?30 at Victoria Pier. On Monday the programme was amend?-.! to 11 am. Then on Tuesday word went round that it would
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  • 121 634 The following wireless message wag received thia morning from H R. 11. the Prince of Wales James, Officer Administering the Government:—• H.M.S. Renown, May 23. Please convey to all in Penang my sincere appreciation of the welcome which they gave me to-day. It was a great pleasure
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  • 71 634 Following is a mrther list of donations to the und r, 0 admirably used for decoration nf Penang Road yesterday; -pi < a previously acknowledged n ?i an 1 pu Mothers Tobac- k -y-essrs. Tye Sing Kongsi D t Lock Co. $lO, Messrs. *lO T c 5O
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  • 2774 634 I'IRST HAND t ß h at “r n Pa ia 8 the follow mu “■'“ii labour condition» in IndahWO result of the New EmiL,-,?". conditions ou board shim to this country at the «S'* general meeting ,f the S bungksi on Friday, May 19 "’"'«M Gentlemen:
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  • 135 636 SINGAPORE WHOM. (By ouwrifsy of the Borneo Oo. t Ltd.) Singapore quotations 24th May Smoked Sheet 24i cents per lb. Crepe 24 i. Market weak. LONDON PRICES. (By vowrtesy of Messrs. Ghuan HJuiig C>.) London quotations 23rd May Crepe 7]d. Smoked Sheet 7}d. Market weak. AMERICAN PRICES (By courtesy
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  • 496 636 At Alor Star the India-Ceylon Association, on the 19th instant wasthe venue of a rejoicing in connection with the celebration of the sixth anniversary The premises were tastefudy decorated for the occasion. A large number of members and friends partook in the proceedings After
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  • 103 636 ITS VALUE TO PEVCt Mn. L„v sSttomei [Reuw B Tjidow,, j A powerful testimo^telA 23 the Entente w lls giv J Law at a meeting of the a JJ o’Ur 0 Ur Franco-British Societies. Mr. Bon ar Law declared that «U4 en.ng of Anglo-French friendAip be a misfortune
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  • 87 636 M. TCHICHERIN’S STATEMENT Questions in the Commons. London, May 23. In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. J. R. Clynes with regard to the reported statement of M. Tchicherin in Genoa that a Japanese attack on the Far Eastern Pvepublic would automatically cause a state of war
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  • 88 636 Question of Ratification. London, May 23. In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. Lestrange Malone. Mr. Chamberlain said that the Nine-Power Treaty with regard to China, the China Customs Treaty and the Quadruple Pacific Treaty would be ratified as soon as possible. The British constitution did not
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  • 25 636 A. E. U.’s Counter-Propo 9ALS London, May 22 The Amalgamated has arranged to confer n rfl mg employers on May 24 submit counter-proposals
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  • 46 636 Paris, May 23., o t i. of for th 6 An official message «ay amountfirst four months of 19>2 im P eX port s ed to 7.010.000,000 francs ?d P 7,331,000,000 francs. {raocf com(>10,000,000 and 215,000, o f pared with the correspond 1921.
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  • 5 636 bMt er wickets.
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  • 1182 637 GENOA AND AFTER. h«t tks G B,mH C° n <,s3 bSS *'J L to a conclusion, the personintact, drtpite nnmeroue “2 «/«nts. Tree, its labours got b«n completed, but it H tog. Renters summary of JJori Georg’s spseib at the of the formal proceedings that ,"b more has been acoompli-h-d
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  • 539 637 oiuganore -S.f f. 8 1 U r n don. re,lCa Gui e Zi '<• We regret to announce the death of Mr». th al 9 a wh ch took plaoe in Singapor. on the 23rd instant in her 69th year/ F A Reuter’s cable says that Mr. Peter Ihomson,
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  • 1100 638 MARKET CONDITIONS. 8o far from the clouds that have hung heavily over the rubber industry for months past lifting, it is obvious from the latest available reports of last week s and yesterday’s auction sales m Singapore, M well as from the telegraphic advices from New York and
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  • 218 638 RUMOURS Mk Sa9 ™^w«i XO (From Out Own The Mala, “‘Hi Colombo says that Mr °Sri?° IXlect !a interviewed iu Colombo, accounts of harsh Ceylon and the Straits f Pwl had fostered a disinclination to J? tenanoe schemes of laUr .migm”!; distant region, where the arm of ft.
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  • 266 638 At the All-Ireland Ratepayers’Association Convention in Dublin a speaker said they never had more freedom than at present on paper, but never less in fact. A delegate from Wicklow said the station in Dublin was worse now than in the days of the Black-and-Tans. T
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  • 1684 639 y/oL BBo, s ADDM33 n.v~' by toe •W!™ r‘e School yesterday, among Mrs. P. H. Pwhorn, *TI Mre KW* 1 Oarn,9r M s rS M "t n R Swains, Mrs. Arnold, wJrHand Rev- A. Ewing. “t *.■»*> o« 6 Bogle Band on their right. %t l H.X Bbode.
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  • 159 639 naveni -Em. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 24. The correspondent of the Malay Vail in olombo says that a Times of Ceylon cable states that Mr. Ward Koen, Chairman of Rani Travancore, expressed the opinion that tbe Dutch were still sitting on the fence. New uses
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  • 681 640 SEASIDE RESORT. Bcilding Operations at North Beach. North Beach (Kelawei) District is developing pretty rapidly despite the slumps and serious depression in trade. Lately a neat bungalow, erected by Messrs. Swan Maclaren (architects) to the order of the Penang Building Society, was completed and occupied by a
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  • 177 640 WHITSUNT IDE PROG RAM ME. Golf. June 3rd and 4th. —Cambrian Cup (one club competition). June sth. —Flag Competition. Tennis. June 3rd and sth.—American Tournament (entries close June Ist 7 p.mJ Dance. June 3rd.—--Informal Dance from 7 to 8 p.m. The following are the results of yesterday’s
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  • 185 640 'Phu Committee of the Penang Chinese Labourers Unemployment Fund acknowledge with thanks the following gifts presented by the following firms and individuals in the month of April: 1 rom Penang Rice Guild: 30 Bags Rangoon Rice. From Mr. Cheah 'Cheng Lean: 4 Pots Ointment, 3 bottles Pills,
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  • 510 640 T. ,-d Up'--F P- p C.C, vs. R.g A A large concourse of 4 galnered round the hc nade yesterday evening Wag t e fast and clean game in wl; i J Bted| o 4 Cricket Club succeeded in one goal to nil a who are m Penang j
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  • 1050 641 with our own worries *‘•/Kettle time d les inoli “.totek beyond onr own horizon, higher level and take a tier Of t?ade >■> other oounSJ to note whether or no there is in the clouds of depression ‘vTavarhanf them, even as our own hiM are gloomy and forbidding.
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  • 512 641 The Sultan of Johore is a 0.c.M.d., and not as stated in our issue yesterday. Admiral and Lady Siartin patted throng a Penang on their way to Singapore by the Kashmir to-day. Mr G. Cuscaden, Assistint Commissioner of Police F. M.S., returned from leave by the mail to-day. Dr.
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  • 1282 642 Queen’s Birhday. Her Majwty, who celebrates her both birthday to-day, enj <ys t‘»e distinction of being Mie on V Eugiish-born Queen Cohort Hi? e li st-Jdish ient of t >e H twiv-oan dvu-i iy ov «*•**»<»■ cen’ niii-s ago. Also w&e ib ouiy the seooud Qv-*-n Contort ol
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  • 163 642 production c^ AN PRICES*' 0 SELlls t o-» ECT io^ T >uctTiw <f ron Colombo Rays that Ti o “'c cables repm is ibatMr. H.Trotter cv’ 1 of the Unggi Pla n uti on !t been decided it would not w t h interests of the sh,
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  • 46 642 Lowest Mabe Touched 'From Our Own CorretponM.} Kuala Lumpur, May 2fi The Malay Mail’s correspondent s, Colombo says that a Times of Cey* cable states that rubber touched its iw r! low price of 7|d for Crepe and >heet i the 23rd instant.
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  • 39 642 TOWKAYB CHABGED. (From Our Own CorretpoiM) > ingspore, May Two towkays, Lim Biow and Lo o were charged yesterday with calc infeiior Japane» with an imitation of > 5 Co’s, well known "elephant P tree" trade mark. ThecaaewwP»
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  • 121 642 ing Chung Mv’i. The Newspaper in acknowledging the /ccopns'' 12 Associated Newspapers» tthe Daily f ai’, theßv v’? g ar? Weekly Dispatch whic a by Lord Northchffeldwel P were e that the Associated Ne NeWgpif t c ntly very aot, Y e ne drti»** ng Proprietors Associations the
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  • 941 643 TRAINING notes. and c °u’ l re er, a Vis a good gathermg on the «i Ak ea ys Wednesday# <*« f r T be “in? M hea y FW Tthe fences out there was no b rLkingdone, whilst in many eases XT went separately. Bdlett s and
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  • 339 643 Work on the Johore causeway is progressing apace, and the ultimate appearance of the completed work can easily be mentally constructed by anyone passing in the ferry steamer. The causeway proper is most in evidence on the Wooulan is side as there has been no other
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  • 208 643 —S.F.P. Messrs. Sam Hu it and Co., 52. Kling street, at e defendants in an actmu biought against them before the hief Justice in the Supreme Court, by Khoo Swee Yeow, trading under tue name of Swee Thye and Co., 4S Clyde terrace, who cluiu $13,804 for
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  • 155 643 S. T The following Singapore properties were sold by auction by Messis. Cheong Koon Seng and Co. at their saleroom, 3’ l Chulia Street, od Wednesday afternoon .—Freehold land off Bedok Road, 1 acre 11 poles, bought by Mr. A- T. K. P. UM. Meyappa Chetty for
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  • 232 643 ’’residing at the annual meeting of the National Hank of India last m mth, Mr. Robert Williamson referiedti t ie bank’s strong financial position, the liquid position of the assets in cash aud securities, and the satisfactory position of l ie cu. rent and fixed d-poshs,
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  • 230 644 .—-B.T. Am the cate of E. ft. Fernando, late of the Europe Hotel, stands at present, there one lamp said charge of criminal breach of trait of >B,OOO as a servant against him. Saturday was set apart in Mr. David’s •ourt for arguing points of law
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  • 156 644 The foundations for the new Roman Catholic school (St. Michael’s) in Ipoh have been laid and the work of construction is proceeding fast. It is a three storeyed structure and will be a most handsome building. It has been designed by Messrs. Stark and McNeil,
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  • 190 644 The American Secretary of State, Mr. Hughes, addressing the Convention of Daughters of the American Revolution at Washington, assailed editors end public men who attack foreign nation* by reeklees statements especially injurious •o the interests of our country “Some of our editors and public men
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  • 394 644 London advices re the Manila Hemp Market as at April 20 are as follows The market has dragged along heavily during the past month. Notwithstanding the reported firmness in Manila, buyers have become increasingly conscious that the times do not permit producers to drive the market, and the
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  • 230 644 ous searofi —T. O. M, London closing quotations on April 22 for rice of various kinds Wire as follows:—Rangoon No. 2 spot 13s 63, ex wharf, London. For «shipment new crop afloat 13s 7 d, Apiil-Mry 13s 7-|d c f and i U. K. or Continent. Rangoon No
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  • 2089 644 D r-l, «urwH.pj -8. B. P, EMER GENCYM EBTINt Malaya Cannot Act Aw(j Branch of “I?* merce was held on Fridav^'i 0 of the secretaries, Mem. E T^4 to consider the sudden dechL? sister organisation in KuX lL cable the Secretary of State nies requesting that
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  • 866 646 ODDS AND ENDS. That what uncharitable peop^ e uua< quainted with the difficulties to be encountered in obtaining and publishing promptly a full report in this part of the Empire of a series of important functions, may be inclined to regard as sins of commission and omission
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  • 126 646 Easier Tone. To-day prices of all sorts of <zrai’l are down, excellent Burma whites and parboiled being on offer at prices (per bag) equivalent to about 38 cents a aautancr. f he market e.’osing with a downward tendency. Dealers* Prices. The following are the latest Leal market rates
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  • 459 646 OUTRAGE BY CANgr WER KUNINq. h the railway, line near Aver at midday on the 16th instant””!* 4 tim, vno had about $7OO on himi out wage, was Mr Kuan manager Punew Rubber Estate* S It seemed that he w a9 walking, the railway hue near A
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  • 1197 647 n« Sitin' that attention be drawn ea’t condition of the trade and this portiou of Hi« Majesty The general depression which d "takeo the business of the world 1", worked with dice effect upon the rnir, industries of the Malay Peninsula—-.-iter and tin. Bankruptcies tuere have taoan
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  • 383 647 Elsewhere to-day we publish a Reuter message, despatched from The Hague, Mentioning that a Dutch official is proceed jeLlf "the' d- 1013 aPPGarS lhat tL °keffort°3 Ut to f,y g tha he wo ld B P are “o the Dnteh r V6 so «“>8‘-ee.neut with munU.Ve w. n
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  • 175 647 Malata ix a Storm. The Straits Steamship Company’s liner s- s. Malaya plying between Penang, Renong, Tongkah and Kopah, encountered exceptionally rough weather on her last trip and arrived here yesterday morning, being overdue by about twenty-seven hours. Shortly after leaving Tongkah she ran into very bad weather
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  • 560 648 Mr. A. de V. Leigh, Assistant Secretary, London Chamber of commerce, left Ipoh on Thursday for Kuala Lumpur. A Reuter’s cable says that Sir Eric Geddes has been elected a director of the Dunlop Rubber Company. Dr. J Webster, expected from home this week, has been appointed Professor of
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  • 579 648 [To the Editor of the Straits Echo.] Sir, Your correspondent “Chinese Merchant and Planter” raises questions affecting the existing financial distress which it is hoped will not fail to catjh the eyes of power-that-be. It is supposed that the function of the Government is not only to govern
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  • 528 648 LEAN C 0 ‘he week at £152.0.0, Ut Rv. further declined to 7U Qbber bj local price realised »ttt 9 >i, auctions being 24 eent» fo, r cents for Sheet. Rubber-shares B h ow tendency and are rather nff buyers are few and far between invited for a
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  • 275 649 First Quabtbr 19—. the Q o rrterly'Re‘" rns ot Trade Pro® ,k *n lamed with commendable w bich bavĕ l»f ’j t h a t Imports P reop de ;h« first quarter $152,799,000, V$ 64 747,0(X) in 1921. for $11,000,000 ’’«r’m Sregated $143,028,000 against tISjVo 5 Singapore was
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  • 25 649 From Our Own Correspondent.) Tk Kuala Lumpur, Mav 27 he correspondent of the Malay Mail in a’j’d™™ f p}' 1 cable
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  • 131 649 ■-fi lug Ei. P indent.) ,th of tbl“q aporc Ma Z 27 c»»»i SSI o U e tT p r e Munioi motion .1, este rd »y Mr. conditio v ew ra de Ordinate of 1 t, r pa,Bed in ion b re foment be J and t!,at
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  • 2925 649 CHARGES AGAINST POLICE. A HYLAM’S STORY. (From the M. M.) In the District Court, Malacca, before Mr. P. A. F. David, District Judge, Singapore, with Major Langley, D.P.P. and Acting Attorney-General, Singapore, conducting the prosecution, Mr. James Nolan, Chief Detective-Inspector, Malacca, was on May 13, arraigned upon two
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  • 2094 651 —Sunday Times. an industial solvent. DEFECTS OF WHITLEY COUNCILS. /By the Bt. Hon. Lord Levbrhulme.) Provided a man does his duty, whatever his station, he is neither more nor less than the equal of the highest in the land. Those who do their duty and those who do
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  • 478 652 4SSISTANT SECRETARY, LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The Times of Malaya of May 21 says: Mr. A. de V. Leigh, Assistant Secretary of the London Chamber of Commerce, who is touring the East, is in Ipoh. He arrived at Penang some days ago and went from there to
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  • 772 652 RUBBER AND OTHER CROPS. Silent on Restriction. L “What are your view’s on restriction?'/ queried our representative. But on thid subject Mr. Leigh was not to be drawn J “I have formed an opinion on that point,’’ he admitted, howover, “but foe obvious reasons I would rather say nothing. And
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  • 52 652 Tennis Tournament results The following were r tAl)lE i the ties played off Doubles— Mrs. Sam —15.1 beat Mr- Wxw 3n 2 t 6-3, beat£ -Mrs Bennett andl 4 byK 'Miss Thmn and ’a 1 Mens W Bl „.,i Hi'"’ 6 2 _3 beat ii- 5 L
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  • 755 653 East concluded the proceedings.—Financial Times. p „oductioncost reduced. company- J ,in v r r9 E aU L 8 Hamilton (the E»V‘i .j. Chairman* l’ res din^ r p E. Maguire) Tfe S‘E See convening the hl B 1 the -eport of the auditors, meeting and the.
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  • 362 653 Mr. G. R. Francis recently read a paper before the British Numismatic Society on “Curious Errors on our Money in the last four centuries. ’’Some mistakes appeared in the reports and the author sends the following notes to the Pall Mall Gazette: The Latin w’ord
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  • 234 653 INDIAN CHISTIANS’ GREETINGS. The Indian Christian Association sent a telegram to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, tendering loyal greetings, as follows “May it please your Royal Highness. As loyal subjects of the British Throne we welcome your Royal Highness to this picturesque Island. “We feel confident that
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  • 266 653 -Pall Mall. Why Lower Prices are Impossible. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and members of Parliament recently received from the brewers of Great Britain, an official statement pointing out that of the price of 2|d. before the war taxation absorbed about |d., so that the beer
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