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Political vultures from all parts of China are casting covetous eyes on Canton, rival forces being at work to prevent hostile factions getting into power or approaching too near.
There are indications that help will be forthcoming for the Kwangsi Party in their attempt, if sustained, to recover control of the Canton Government from the Ironsides.
Military complications may affect the whole situation in the east of Kwangtung and several armies may soon threaten Swatow again.
The General in command at Kongmoon has declared his independence of Canton.
The Diplomatic Corps in Peking have held more than one meeting recently to discuss piracy, but no
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Barcelona, Nov. 14-A Catalan | Rangoon, Nov. 14-Mrs. Morri-| group has signed a $2.650.000 con- son, the wife of Major R. V. Morri tract with an American group for son, of the I.M.S. dfed at the Ran- dam construction
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In 1910 there were 26,792 ricshas New York, Nov. 16.-Bandits In Tokyo and only 96 automobiles. took Quilpam City, burnt down To-day there are about 8,000 public edifices and plundered and ricahas and in the neighbourhood cut down inhabitants. Govern- of 13,000 motor cara. ment troops later chased. off the bandita, killing 40.
Rangoon, Nov. 14, The death has occurred of Mr. Francis James Loughlin, who recently arrived here from Calcutta to take up the posi- tion of Postmaster at the Rangoon, General Post Office.
A sale of Work done by the blind will be held in the Helena May Institute on Tuesday, from 10.a.nl. to 6. p.m. Mrs. J. R. Wood has kindly consented to open the Sale.
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London, Nov. 14. Sir Basil Blackett has arrived in London. He declined. to make any statement before discussing the Indian Re- serve Bank question with the India Office.
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London, Nov. 14. Cape Town: Mr. George. Londt, the famous! South African mountaineer who was the first to scale Kilimanjaro, fall 60 feet in a Table Mountain gorge and was killed Instantly.
21.---In Singapore, November the Bankruptcy Court, Sir William Murlson (Chief Justice) ruled that a person who is examined by the Official Assignee in connection with bankruptcy ought to be allow- ed by the Court to be represented by counsel.
Berlin-Mux Gruehl, leader of the German Ethiopian Expedition,
Rangoon, Nov, 14-Mins Daw states that a German frem of con-
Me Me Khin, the first lady tractors are already negotiating with Great Britain to build a dam The Shangha! Japanese press to pass the Rangoon, B. I at Lake Teana, and will afterwards; states that lims for damage are to Examination, has been appointed negotiate with Abyssinia.
to be made on behalf of the Jap- Officiating Assistant Registrar of anese owners of houses in Chapel In which Nationalist troops have been billeted.
The Honourable Dr. A. L. Hoops, P.C.N.O., Straits Settlements, is going to Calcutta with other. Mr. William P. Hunt has been Malayan delegates for the seventh appointed Agent of the United Congress of the Far Eastern Asso-States Shipping Board Merchant ciation of Tropical Medicine, sit Fleet Corporation at Shanghal. Mr. ting from December 5 to 11. and Hunt was former!: American Vice will then proceed Home on leave.
Consul at Tents and latterly manager of a commercial firm in Shanghai.
london, Nor. 9-Mr. Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, announced in the House of Commons that £2,766,000 was re- ceived for the betting tax during
Already there are strong signs of opposition of the new Shanghai Federation of Labour which Kuomintang la
the Rangoon High Court. This is the first time that the post has been offered to a lady..
A marriage has been arranged between William Milnes Millington, of the Malayan Civil Service, younger son of the late. Mr. and Mra: Thomas Millington, of Lymm, Cheshire, and Geraldine, eldest) daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Preece, of 41, Coltenham Park) Road, Wimbledon, and of Dunster, Somerset.
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Au oficer on the staff of Gen.) Pel Chung-hai, the Shanghai Chi-| nese Defence Commissioner, has tendered a verbal apology to the Japanese Consulate in connection with the firing on the N.K.K. "Woo- sung Maru" by the Woosung Forls, together with an assurance that such incidents will not be repeated.
The Soviet Commercial Fleet has decided, with the approval of the Moscow Government, to purchase Bix,steamers of about 3,000 tons from Japan, and also to build a large ocean-going steamer at the Vladi- Far Eastern Dockyard in vostok. The steel and other mate- rials for the steamer will be pur- chased from Japan.
Gen. Chiang Kai-shek's intimate friends have made a statement to the effect that he definitely has de- |cided not to resume his former posi- tion of Commander-in-Chief of the Nationalist armies, but hopes to go abroad in the near future. Mean- while, it is of interest to note that the position of Commander-in-Chief has been abolished by the Military Council in Nanking.
The Singapore agents of the Norddeutscher Lloyd have inform- ed the Press that they are in re- ceipt of a telegram from their Shanghai' agents reading as fol- lows:-S.S. "Elberfeld". Is badly stranded near Gibraltar, will prob- ably be a total loss. The steamer Iwas on her way from the Con- tinent to the Far East and was due in Singapore about December
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local lahour bodies have threaten- ed to withhold recognition of the Federation.
Paul von Hindenburg, President of Germany, in the full dress uniform of n Field-Marshai. He holds the baten carried whenever full dress at- tire is worn. Von Hindenburg ra- cently celebrated his 80th birthday."
to the eminence of "Tawny Owl," and the designations of Boy Scouts, from the "Wolf Cub” to the "Scout- er," and their respective : badges, are now protected by an Order-in- Council, which has just been pub- lished in the "London Gazette."
Calcutta, November 0.-Accord- ing to the Department of Com- mercial Intelligence and Statistics. the grand total of the gross Indian sea and land Customs revenue (excluding salt revenue) during the month of October, umounted to RH. 42,000,000, as against Rs. 43,000,000 in the preceding month, and Rs. 42,300,000 in October, 1926.
Commenting on the decision, of the Government to develop Ipoh as the capital of Perak, the "Times of Malayn" urges that a suburban road system should be made be- fore buildings are put in hand, to prevent profiteering in land. A sum of $200,000 has been voted for Ipoh town improvements and our contemporary considers that, in view of the failure of the P.W.D: to "deliver the goods," the Kinta Sanitary Board should secure works staff of its own.
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Ipoh. November 22-A special meeting of the Central Perak Planters' Association strongly opposed the new restriction rules that the and passed a resolution Planters Association at the meet- ing at Malacca in December, should firmly dissociate itself from the application of the new rules on the score that the industry had not been consulted. A resolution was also passed to question the re- presentative character of the Cen- tral Restriction Committee.
London, Nov. 14.—Jerusalem: A message from Mecca states that a Council for Good Morals has been established by Ibn Sa'ud to enforce the Government edlet that the population shall not trim or shave their beards, and must either clean- shave the head, or else leave their
London, Nov. 9.-Nice: The local lawyers are dumbfounded at a strike of judges. A lawyer whoj has been acting as a Civil Court Judge' for a considerable time re- fused to occupy the bench because Kagoshima, Noy. 20. About hale entirely uncut. Anyway, his nomination as judge had not twenty Chinese students at Kago-European styles must be avoided. arrived. The other Judges struck ahima vainly demanded an inter. It is also forbidden to wear gold sympathy and the Court pro- view with General Tang Seng chi ornaments or silken clothes, Ibn ceedings were delayed for over two yesterday. Seeing General Tang's Sa'ud has abolished the right to, hours. The sitting of the Court secretary, they presented a resolu- and use of, titles and decorations dealing with minor civil cases has tion characterising the General as awarded by Ibnali Husain. been postponed till the beginning an enemy of China, of December.
The death occurred suddenly at Berlin, Nov. 16.-At last night's Johore Bahru on November 20. of Penang, Nov. 23-An explosion occurred on a tongkong loaded banquet at Vienna, the Reichs Mr. Thomas Dunk Bush, Financial with drums of benzine in Penang Chancellor to visit Berlin, Prest-ment, Johore Babru.
Chancellor invited the Austrian Assistant, Public Works Depart- harbour. The crew cut the tong dent
Mr. Bush, Hainisch decorated kong adrift and it floated towards Reischs-Chancellor, the Reichs For- been for 14 years in the Govern the who was only 42 years of age, had the roads,-a-blazing mass which ign Minister and several members ment service, in which, says the constituted a great danger to the of their suite with the Austrian Straits Times," he was-regardod- shipping in the harbour For tunately the tongkong changed its Order of Honour.
course and ran on to a sandbank. Eight of the crew have been ad- mitted to hospital. The cause the outbreak is a mystery. damage amounts to $10,000.
John MacMurray, American of Minister to China, who left. San The Francisco November 11, on the "President. Pierce," was expected to reach Yokohama Nov. 29."'. On 'ar- rival at Tokyo, the American Mia-:
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