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VILIFICATION BY LA VOLLETTE,
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NEW YORK, November ́2.,, On the eve of the presidential · election, Mr. Calvin Coolidge is favourite at odds of 9--t on.
Nobody can be found positively to pronounce on the chances of Mr. John W. Davis (former Ambassador to Britain), the Democratic candidate,
LA FOLLEITE'S VILIFICATION. The campaign of villfication by Senator. La Follette, the Progressive candidate, is growing through the use of wireless and the cinemaa to
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ODERATES JOIN SWARAJISTS.
DEKONSTRATION' HELD.
Reuter's Servics.)
CALCUTTA, November 27
ber of public meetings have been-
held
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Kënd ́as; a protest against the the alleged terrorist leaders under the
The Moderates joined the Swarajists and organised a monster demonstration in Calcutta on Friday evening.
DAY OF MOURNING.
Hafal (day of mourning) was observed through- out the Province on Saturday, but appears to have- been more successful in the country districts than in Calcutta, where conditions are normal except in the
The Swaraj Party Executive meets on Tuesday. to consider the situation, which the local Indian Press describes as graver, owing to the adront of the reactionary" Government in England.
The coming elections have aroused unpreced-Indian quarters. ented public interest a ̈d a record vote is expected ** as the registration throughout the country is the biggest ever known.
CHARGES OF GRAFT.
MOSCOW AND DOPE.
The charges of graft and references to the oil soVIET DECLINES LEAGUE'S INVITATION. scandals do not appear, greatly to have moved the multitudes.
Democratic politicians do not admit the possibility of defeat, but there is abundance of evidence that something like a landslide is expected.
(Reuter's Service.)
Moscow, November 2. The Commissariat of Foreign Affairs has declined the League of Nations invitation to the Sovjet to participate in a conference at Geneva to be held this month for the limitation of the drug REPUBLICAN CLAIMS.
traffic, on the ground that the Powers are thinking Republican paperi estimate that Mr. Calvin of promoting their own economic interests rather Coolidge will secure 300 electoral votes out of 531than organising a practical campaign against the
abuse of narcotics. in the Electoral College.
VIEWS OF DEMOCRATS.-
"The Democratic papers publish. · expert estimates, giving Mr. Coolidge as high as 278 votes. This would mean that if a single important Northern State went Democratle, it would bring Mr. Coolidge's vote below the required 266 and throw the choice of the President into the Lower House,
But everyone seems confident that this will not happen, because it is believed that Senator La Follette's candidacy will take a greater toll of the Democrats than the Republicans.
P.W.D. CONTRACTS.
PROGRESS IS REPORTED UNSATISFACTORY.
DUTCH FLIGHT.
AVIATORS RESUME JOURNEY.
(Reuter's Service,)
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CONSTANTINOPLE, November 2. The Dutch aimmen (as route to the Dutch East. Indies) have arrived here from Philipoppolis.
leave to-morrow for Aurora from there they will By to Aleppo and Bagdad.
During the period of testing.: the foundations by Mr. Duncan's office, the contractors had eight months to prepare stone at the quarry, and have had nine months since commencing actual building The Hon. Mr. Harold T. Creasy; operations on the site a period Director of Public Works, laid the of seventeen months which is two following quarterly reports, more than reasonable for carry- dated October 7, before the meeting out a contract of this type. ing of the Legislative Council by command of H.E. the Governor.
The first deals with Queen's Pier and reads:
The work at present is not quite completed up to the level of the crown of the arches, and the value of the work done to date is approximately equal to half the value of the total contract,
COLONY'S FINANCES.
VOTES UNDER VARIOUS CHARGES.
At the meeting of the Legislative Council this afternoon, ELE, the Governor recommended the mem- bers to vote the following surps of money to be classified under different charges as follow:
A sum of $1,500 for repairs to boats and buoys in charge of the Harbour Master's, Department.
A sum of $20,000 for a new architectural office for the Public Works Department" : fals
Asum of $1,500 for the
H.K.V.D.C. for campexpenses and equipment.
For the beacon light in Cheung Chau Channel a sum of $500 was recommended towards the vote under P.W.D. extraordinary, New Territorities.
In aid of the “vote. Governor,"
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His Excellency recommended $500 under the heading of in- cidental expenses
OBITUARY.
The progress with this contract is unsatisfactory. The con-
The question of cancelling this tractors do not appear to be mak ing any serious effort to carry out contract has been carefully con their obligations under the considered and though another con- tractor would probably carry out tract in a business, like manner, and their assurances, given from the work with more expedition, time to time, to expedite the work there would be a suspension of the work during the period required have never been fulfilled.
The date of completion of the to adjust the prices and fix up a contract was 30th June; however, new contract, and as these nego in view of alleged difficulties the tiation might be of a protracted. contractors have had to contend nature the final date of comple- with in regard to the stone tion would probably be later than ***masons but: from the respons by continuing under the present bility for which the contractors conditions, assuming that the pre- cannot be entirely absolved-an sent rate of progress although
slow be maintained": extension of time without penalty
MR. A. B. JOANILHO, was granted until 4th October, on the contractors assurance that
The second report deals with The death occurred yesterday the work would be completely the erection on existing founda at his residence 8 Glenealy, of finished by the latter date, tions of Bonham Routt School and | Mr. B. Joanilho ho had been A slightly improvement though states: The contract for the above in business. în Hongkong- for still slow was shown in carrying building was sigged on the 11th many years. “Me.. Jaonliho had out the worka, during the months of April last and until recently the been greatly affected by the death of July and August, but even this work has been seriously delayed of his younger brother a few rate of progress was not main by the difficulty of obtaining months ago. He was as a re tained during the month of facing bricks in suficient quanti tiring disposition but a number of September, and work was com- ties. Within the limits which this intimate friends as well as his pletely suspended from 19th to difficulty enforced the contractor aged mother, will mourn his loss. 22nd inclusive.
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