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ECONOMY IN COAL
Tuchten Lamy Coal stands for copaty in Cosi value. All tomy Conte bassa tarve percentage at dat which are PILACTICALLY WASTE. The dost la FCCHIEN Lomy bare into lampe as soon they are cast into bolier Fachan Tump sont barne gratially and is therefore a decided ROONOMY.
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QUESTIONS IN COMMONS.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, July 18,
HOLY CARPET.
MEDICAL MISSION DISPUTE.
HUSSEIN EXPLAINS.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail:).
-LONDON, July 18.
In the House of Commons, asking questions The reply of King Hussein in the dispute with regarding the sinking of the steamship Race" Beypt, says that Hussein's representative, so in- off the Malayan Coast. Mr. Shidwell, (Labour) sug-formed the Emir of Elhaj, the Egyptian representa gested that there were very strong comments all five, that Hussein was quite willing to receive him along the China Coist regarding the section of the and the medical mission and to permit him to land Merchant Shipping Act relating to the complement unrestrictedly all the medicines and hospital equip of officers to be carried on ships.
ment required, but refused to countenance Emir's plans to establish hospitals in Jeddah and Mecca as an infraction of the sovereign rights of the Mecca Government. King Hussein therefore blames the Egyptian Government for the incident
Ford Wolmer, Parliamentary Secretary of the Board of Trade replied that the court of enquiry had found that all the requirements of the law had been carried out regarding this particular ship.
CHINA'S POST OFFICE.
WHAT THE TRANSFER MEANS.
BLOW TO DRUG TRÅDE.
LONDON, July 18.
In a letter to the Times, Sir John Jordan, reply? ing to Mr. Oscar Berry, says the transfer of the foreign post offices in China generally to Chinese]] control is an important positive result of the Washington agreement.. It is true the actual trans- fer in Shanghai was attended with considerable in- convenience, but the few who had witnessed the admirable work of the Chinese postal administration in recent years, will doubt that the efficient service will be maintained.
[A, serious dispute developed between the Egyptian and the Hedjaz Governments, owing to the latter's refusal to admit, the, Egyptian_medical mission sent as usual with the Holy Carpet to Mecca, on the ground that it was infringing Hedjaz Independence. Consequently, the Egyptian Goyen- amment has ordored the return of the Carpet from Jeddah to Egypt, with the medical mission. The £8,000 and the shipment of corn and oil annually sent to the Hedjaz are also being withheld.]
ROUND THE WORLD.
BRITAIN'S AIRWAY SCHEME.
F
FAR EAST THE GOAL.
LONDON, July 18. International morality perhaps will be the Air Ministry, presiding at a meeting of the Air The Duke of Sutherland, Under Secretary of the greatest gainer by the change, as it will no longer League of the Empire, said he was hopeful that a be possible to introduce morphia, cocaine and other decision would be taken very shortly on the big drugs into China through the foreign post offices... airship scheme before the Imperial Defence Com- [lo a letter to the Times, Mr. Oscar Berry, who raittee met. He believed the scheme would turn out has just returned from. Shanghai, asserted that everyone there was put to the greatest incon- to be a far-reaching one both as a means of linking venience by the handing over of the British Post up the Empire and making the Far East' our eventual Office to Chinese control.]
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OUR EXPORT TRADE,
PROSPECTS STILL NOT ROSY.
WORLD UNREST BLAMED."
LONDON, July 18.-
goal. "We shall gradually move by stages in that. direction, first possibly to Egypt, then to India, perhaps in 72 hours, and then on round the world,...
AND SO IT GOES.
FRENCH SEIZE GERMAN MONEY.
BELGIUM'S EXPEDIENT,
PARIS, July 18.
In the House of Commons, replying to the debate on the Board of Trade estimates, Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, President of the Board, pointed out that the export trade at the A message from Duesseldorf states that the beginning of 1922 showed a deficit of 35 French have seized 26 milliards of marks intended per cent. compared with before the war. By for railway strikers. the beginning of 1923 this ́ deficit lud dropped to
BRUSSELS, July 18.
20 per cent. Traders and others, however, had The Chamber by 76 votes to 69 (eight absten- almost unanimously said orders were not coming (tions) adopted the article of the Military Service in to-day, owing to the general uncertainty dae to Bill prolonging the period of service for two months the failure to obtain a world settlement. The during the occupation of the Ruhr..
prospects throughout our industries were nothing like as good as last January. The speaker stressed the vital necessity of getting stable conditions, also the necessity of a steady, bold policy in developing Imperial resources in the Dominions and colonies.
£4,000,000 RAILWAY ISSUE.
SOUTH MANCHURIAN BONDS.
LONDON, July 18 The South Manchurian railway issue Is £4,000,000 in 5 per cent, sterling bonds, price £88.
The Japanese Government unconditionally guarantees the principal and interest
The Times, City correspondent stated that arrangements were far advanced for the flotation of new capital in the neighbourhood of four million sterling by a well-known Far Eastern railway com- pany guaranteed by the Government of the country in which the railway operates.]
INDIAN BANK FAILURE.
GOVERNMENT CENSURED.
SIMLA, July 18.
RUSSIA AND PERSIA.
TRADE OVERTURES FAIL.
-TEHERAN, July 18.
The Soviet trade delegation has left here, ap- parently without achieving its object of inducing Persian merchants to participate in the Nijni Novgorod fair;
The Soviet delegation which is working for the revision of the Russo-Persian tariffs is, however, remaining,
[Nijni-Novgorod, at the confluence of the Rivers Volga and Oka, is a great commercial centre with a population, of 100,000. The famous fair is held every year, and merchandise to the value of £25,000,000 has been sold at one fair.}
_NEW
DUTCH: NAVY - BILL.
FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS.
THE HAGUE, July 18,
The Legislative Assembly by 48 votes to 39 The Cabinet has decided to submit to the States passed a resolution moved by Sir Sivaswami Aiyer General in the autumn a new navy bill to be enfor censuring the Government for its action in guaran-ced on January 1, teeing the Imperial Bank against loss in connection
The Minister of Finance does not approve of with payments by it in connection with the failure the project and has tendered his resignation to the of the Alliance Bank of Simla.
THE PROPERTY BOOM.
ANOTHER BIG DEAIA
Queen who has referred it to the Premier."
filty and sixty thousand dollars. offer of $40,000 for his house which The now owner paid Mr. Silva originally, but a few years ago, most Netto 8878,806,60, the equivalent him $14,000. Such offers are tempt of $8.00 per square,, fout The ing, bat as one owner said to a A big deal in real estate was com Chinese purchasers have, held an China Mail man; if we sell, where pleted at noon to-day in the office option over the property for the past can we go? It simply aggravatos four months. Mr. B. E. Nesh base the housing question. People who of Mr. F. . Nagh, solicitor when acted us solicitor to both parties are able to make immense profits Mr. Silva Netto's proporty "Bel throughout the transaction,
by reason of simple transactions mont," at. No., 6, Robinson Road, There in apparently no cessation made some time back, not always was sold to Meserer Ngai Lai-tong, yet in sight of the great property with a view to ulterior profit, have Nga Ping-yim, Kong. E. Sten and boom in Hongkong and Kowloon, the means af band to pay the Kong Siu-lacy, described as gentle. We hear of several offers being mand for the flats and houses they onlanced -renta which owners de- mon of Victoria.
made by brokers on behalf of pros Mr. Silva Noto purchased the pective owners, all Chinese, for are building. If any good is done property, then known as "Dethick"! single houses. The owner of one by these sales, it must be to make from Mr. A. Bevington, a partner house in Kowloon which cost him the trok into the country beyond in Mesars, Showan Tomes, when he $3,000 has received an offer of Kowloon, more inevitable, which retined a few years ago, for between $28,000. “Another has received an will be all to the good;
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