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DEFENCE AND COUNTER
ATTACK
[The writer, a bading, feminist and one of the fire women Inwatüdents, zo- plies to the allegation of Bir Joan. Enili and the Metropolitan Railway, Coospany that women are the worst railway chants with a counter-charge
Is it true, Sir John Kall, dealing with fraudulent railway travellars sug gests, that women are the wont cheats
Much depends on the teste employed. If men were cleverer cheats a fraudulent railway travelling, of course, fewer of them would be detected, and to the white Bower of blamelesing might be sent to Lins wrong address,
But if Sir John Knill's striktares ar just in a narrower sense, are they right in a wider onal: Do not men by a sex shamelessly and continuously chens women of their just material duen T
FEDAH TIN-MINING
SENSATION
FAMINE IN NORTHERN CHINA
SHARES RECENTLY WORTH 29,000 FORMATION OF RELIEF SOCIETY
KNOW VALUELESS”-
OFFICIAL REPORT
PROPERTY VALUELESS.
Arstralian papara report :----
[ARIATIO NEWS AGINCT]
POPULAR CONVENTION
MOVEMENT.
SHANGHAT STUDENTS UNION'S VIEWS.
vising means to urge the Peking Gogen-
PING, September
FASIATIC NEWS AGENCY.}. 130.. According to the vernacular papers Me
SHANGHAL, September th Liang Shih-yi, former President of the Ender the leadership of the Chiame Sonate, returned to Peking from Hong Students Union, & society whose duty it A monmational reply to a request by the
kong, vid Tientsin, the day before yester is to hasten the early organisation of the diretors of the Badak Company No Liability for an explanation of a mutilated Executive and the Premier about the affair heen established in the French Concession. day, when he interviewed the Chiel proposed National Citizens" Convention bas cable message and other cryptic cable messages sent by Mr. H, Scarborough, the interest in Chinese politics and in view of
ble of the moment, As Mr. Lisag takes 20 Acording to the announcements of the company's representative in the East, was the dreadful famine in Chili, Shantons within a few days for the purpose of de society, special conference will be held re eived by the board on August 5th The Badak Company has a sin property in the and support of his friends, he has now and Hosan this year, with the concuITEROS State of Kedah, Malay Peninsula, sad has been very conspicuon in the share marko mediate relief of the poor sufferers The
atablished a Chinese society for the intent and provincial authorities to losna time in convening the convention and to during recsal months. Mr. Scarborough's following are the regulations of the Famine Permit its early organisation by the age was as follows:- In reply to Belief Society of North China, which, in Chinese people without official interfer- your telegram of 29th, 80 bores bottomed Chino, is to be called "Haapei Chiutalence, valcalces, full length valley. Convinced rebui
The aims of this society ars To the great surprise of the promoters, property valueless, “Now boring high threefold, via:-1, to effect immediate the acting Garrison Comuniainter, Gamers)
WHO BUDE THE SUGAR!;
ground goʻng north. Cancel engagements relief to the ruffører; 2; to turn the famine Ho, under orders from Paking, has pro- Suppose that instead of railway travel your end. Do you require check boremufferers into workmen or labourers and hibited the organization of any How Fling, women chobe to make the crime of In one of the messages recently recurved 3, to find itable employment for the
food and milk 'adulteration the test of
sufferers in accordance with their positions soiety in connection with the proposed honesty, how would meg fars! What from Mr. Scarborough he stated that Persons who contribute money or labon Popular Convention without previous would any magistrato say as to the pro certain bore rezulta were valueless, and ho are eligible to the membership of this official sanction. The Chinese authorities portion of offender of women traders to ady sed the directors not to appoint a ton of nationality or class. There will be way that all will be right if a really pre-
socioty without discrimination or distite men? Can the aes that, consistently sands the angar and waters the milk ay very manager. A reference was also made to one President, two Vice-Presidents, sentative legislature can be convened in much 7. And all this beating cuts at the Trengganu, another pars of the Peninsula, In view of the philanthropic nature of the Peking siter the official abrogation of very physical existence of the working where the Bux Company has a concession, work of this society, the President, Vie the old, so that there is no necessity for the classes and their defenceless" children, an
Presidents and others will not draw any What, too, of the laws of primogeniture,
and there was some uncertainty whether salary or subsidy of any kind, but the convocation of the Citizen's or Popular whereby the daughters for ever yield place the reference to the valueless bores related actual expenses of clerks and investigators Convention as proposed by General Wu in the wealthier families to the eldest son, to Trengganu or to the Badak property are to be defrayed out of the funds of the Pei-fu. The Young China Party is fiercaly even though he be their juniort Suppose The directors were at a loss to understand Society when they are despatched to famdae that Henry VII, had entered into a for the messages, and they cabled to Mr affected districts to make investigations or protesting against this interference by the more matrimonial adventures and reared Scarborough for further information. The on other official or public erranils by the Government, 247 a few more young tiger cuba be reply received from Hr. Scarborough leaves President or Vice-Presidents. Edward VI, then good Queen Bess would no doubt as to his spizima of the pro- At the commencement, on account of its have been for ever robbed of her, chance,"
perty
hmited funds, the investigations will be What of daisghters in humbler familier
The Badak Company has provided on confined to those district which are who are given les training and apprensation after sensation in the share market, actually affected by famine. Immediately ticeship than their brothers, and forever Os boring results obtained by Mr. T. W. after its formal opening, the society will must earn less money 1
Ortan, the prospector who discovered the attend to the folowing matters:-1, to
Mr. Charles A. Farry relates the follow property for the Badak wyndicate, and by purchase rice and other cereain for feeding But of course the greatest robbery of Mr. W. Wilson, who checked Mr, Orton's the sufferers; 2, to supply food and fooding incident of a tour in Japan in the all is that system of payment which in bores, the value of the syndicate shares in staffs to the sufferers free of cost; Advertiser certain callings underpays a woman just the early months of this year, made a Lablish supply depots where rice and because she is woman phenomenal advance. Shares which were other cereal will be sold to the sufferers Why women trachers, eivil servants, and placed on the market at £10 were bought at greatly reduced prices; and 4. to point soon do not constantly tender some four up to £2.000. Since the the values have out the ways and means through which the fifths of the price of everything from been continually on the town grada famine, sisterers enn find relihood for
husband had been a sakey. but, partly railway tickets onwards, is simply inson A Melbourne mage of August Sath themselves.
from the persuasions of his wife, had given ceivable They are paid only four-fifths, says: The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) The fund of the society are to be el up that bad occupation, Won't your roughly, of the price of their work.
stated to night that Mr. Ortop, the levied by subscriptions. The methods as to husband be present??? asked. I. when the No one form of pilfering exceeds an original discover of the Badak mine, how upscriptions can be collected will be wife returned from consulting him, bring- other and so one may humbly proffer the would be unable to leave Australis, and jointly discussed and decided by a confering a bowl of water and haplin. No, he advice to women who are thinking of mak that it was better that the State should ence of the President, Vice-Presidents and has a little business just now?' she replied, ing a penny on the tram fare or cheating decide whether an inquiry, should be made other officials. The working rules of the the business being apparently merely the the innocent and resourceless Metropolitan into the Ridas transactions,
ociety will be drawn up after its formal continuation of the customary noon recess Railway Company not to do it. -,
That is not the road to high success the committee of the Stock Exchange of Chinese politicians, such as Mr. Shiby front room. She is nico. gentler ättle-
iTunes was decided today at a meeting of establishment,
and chat with half a dozen cronies which: In addition to the activities of leading had been going on for the last hour in the Have large coeptions of life and proper Melbourne, to send the following letter to expenditure.“ Trin hard and work! Hard to earn a salary big enough it meet, at the State Ministry The Stock Ex and others, the Central Government hare romani aged 25 pretty bus with, a cre Your Hablities handsomely at have some change committee have alrenchst-bald an injuss wired to all the previews throughout plesion slightly spoiled by rice powder. thing over for a rainy day or to help quiry in regard to the Badak Tin Mining the republic liciting immediate cost The ceremony took place in the back room adame dog over a stile Daily Express Vroposition, but wing to their limfamnine sufferers, and it is anticipated that it cat was playing with her half-grown fands for the relief of the looking out on a steep tangled bank. Above in impossible, to obtain the evidence which couple of millions can be collected kitten, which was sliiking its parent with is negemary to some to definite conclusions through Chinese sources shortly. The great ludicrous earnestness through the thick Nating in the Press today that it is pro interest taken Thuy the Hon. Charles weeds, an example of the mocking com posed by the Government to hold an in- Crane, American Minister and other pie montary which nature so often makes on quinty, the Stock Exchange heartily radoras minent foreign residents in this charitable occasions serious to human beings. After Yet another German seaside resort, should be held forthwith. They will gladly joint co-operation, thousands of innocent of life and freedom from supernatural this action, and urge that such inquiry matter has given inspiration to the Chinese all, might we not take a lesson from the so that it is sincerely hoped that through animals, with their contented acceptance Awinemuende, has been the scene of anti render every asistance. The reason the lives will be saved in North Chinn, Semitic demonstrations, in which soldiers Stock Exchange committes looks in the participated. Reactionary visitors and troops gathered every evening on the State Ministry, for action is that the Badak beach, sang patriotic songs, and shouted. Co. is registered under the Victorian Mines. "Out with the Jews," afterwards pro- "Act,
UNDERPATIE WOMAN.
JEWS IN GERMANY.
WATERING-PLACE, SCENES.
ceding
Jewish guests st to
Annoy the various hotels and to make anti- Jewish specebes This persecution was carried to such a pitch that, several hun- dred visitors left, with the result that the waiters and others who cater for the' boli-
powers over persons outside their control
THE RUBBER SLUMP:
VOLUNTARY RESTRICTION OF
OUTPUT.
bution of
CONVERT. THE LONELY
JAPASESE WOMAN'S BAPTISY.
July 18th,
At Minami Wada to-day, I witnessed the baptism of a young woman, wife of the young owner of a small silk flature. The
(ancies 7
The only other person present was a young man whom T. had baptised a emple- 45,000 PEOPLE PAY SUPER. of years ago. Tsked him "Do you and some incomprehensible things (wakaranai TAX
tokoro) in the Bible. He replied, "Waka ranai tokoro bakari" (nothing but incom- THREEFOLD INCREASE IN SEVEN probentible things). Y
TEARS.
The number of people who paid super-
"THE HAPTINKA
After singing a hymn, in which the
day-makers, seeing their livelihood.The Straits Times has received the tax in 1813-14 was 13,83% The number andienos of three marcely joined (partly. threatened appealed to the trade-anions. Following cable from Mr. Erie Macfadyen, had increased to 13,686 by 1919-20.of course, from not knowing the topel T. who called a protest meeting, when it was dated London, September 8th The Chancellor of the Exchequer is and-eo, shiniji nassaimaan kapa complained that the police were powerless Unlos antputs are restricted the rubber the parliamentary papers, gives the follow
"aked the usual questions as to belief in Lace of the
| soldiers and St.tude of the surplus in December will probably exceed]
the Government
created:
was requested to protect the visitors and 34,000 tons Leaders of the industry here ing table showing how the number of inhabitants from the effects of this persecu restrict one-fourth of the normal output
are attempting to arrange to. voluntarily people assessed for super-tax has in tion. The authorities have now taken in October-December and thereafter one measures which, it is hoped, will prevent arth till the situation is cleared. a repetition of the scenes, and the troops have been ordered to remain in barracks during the evening.
the local bodies cabled to secure their meni. This can probably be arranged provided bers' adhesion
A cable, our contemporary received some days ago by the local asso
1913-14
· 1914-15:
1815-18
1916-17
1917-19
-1918–39.
1919-20
13,937 29,991 $29,275 32,040
34,507
44,500
43,696
which the young woman replied Shinji main, rather by the movement of her lips then by anything sudible, betraying here nervoLines by picking at threads or her kimono and tying and untying knots is a string Then, the house cat came in and tried to drink from the baptismal bowl, but wax suppressed. After which the baptism
What is your name. To-1 offer
the name, Mariya. (Mary) as ciation, which includes practically all the No figures are available of the same the ceremony, the husband came in; no memorial of your baptism," Just after, dollar share companies, pointing cut the
WWW dost he had not appeared sooner because Fadyen, and asking for the co-operation graduated from duty of is. 6d. in the himself. sitnation as described by Mr. Erie Mments for the current year
The super-tax for the current year is he did not wish to be urged to be baptfeed of the association in the policy indicated sound for incomes of 22,500 year to to When thinking of the possible courts by the telegram The matter, we under- The death of Professor Politzer remover stand, was referred to the local committee in the pound for incomes of £30,000 or gunners to this young woman if she persists one of the great medical figures of a great of the Rubber Growers' Association and more a year. age of progresin the treatment of to the Planters Association of Malaya disease. Politzer was a doctor of wide
DEATH OF FAMOES AURIST
Professor Adsu Politzer, of the Medical Faculty of the University of Vienna, has died in Vienus
eral culture and made a profound in or whom it is now being carefully consid pression on his own period but to-day: he
cred
is chiefly remembered because of his work therma
on the ear So famons did this become that a veri war coined out of his name,
NEW ATLANTIC RECORD.
and doctors all over the world speaks to 10 TON YACHT SAILS 2,158 MILES day of politzering cases of middle ear disease
The idea underly
IN 15 DAYS
in Ber creed, it was impossible not so feel some emation at vitaming this simple ceremony. As a childless wife, her position according to Japanese notions, already
|20,000 U.8. “MILLIONARIES"
insecure, and, as T. rentacked--he had not visted this place tinom å year and a half- New York, August 19th.
if requires & good deal of „Armness to kee The income tax returns for the past year contained 20,000 wintements showing in ap even a trace of Christian belief so little helped by the surroundings However, comes of 50,000dole (nominally £10,000) Japan is not a land of persecution except yesɛly, or more. This is the lowest income
underlying his method was to remarkable vorage from Nova Scotia of the millionaire" class, tregimit / Petty, persecuti
It estimated that these 20,000 returAN represent family groups totalling 50,000
inflate a Cabo the eustachian tube-lead to Cowen in twenty-two days has been ing from the middle ear to the back of accomplished by a small 10-ton ketch-rigged the throat when this should have become yacht the Typhoon, which is only daft persons, which is apparently the maximin MARSHAL TUAN'S RELATIVE pecinded, by nflammatory process. The tang on the water-line and 12it, begin number of American millionaires," Bis. infiation was carried out by an indiaryb The little craft has one roomy cabin teen thousand returns of 50,000dels, or ber bag or springe, which at a givat mo about 25ft. long used for living and more were made in 1917 the present in ment, while the patient swallowed, was sleeping in, and crew of three crease being die to war profits squeezed, thus forcing a strong current of air into the open ends of the eustachian Toronto, manages of Mr. Alexander Gra- ing coups extreding 1,000,000dol They were Mr. F. Baldwin, of Thure wore 189 reth-ns this year show tubes. The bag is known as the Politzer bam Bell's laboratory, and designer of the (£200,000), as compared with 141 in 1917. bag" and the method as the Politzer famous 70 mph, glider HD WW
method, green Nutting, managing editor of the Moor
Dr. Politzer, who was director of the clinic for ear deases in Vienna Univers sity was born in 163. He held deg
Virana and London and became pro of fessor in the Vioma University in 1874.
Boat Publishing Company, New York; and Mradim Dorsets Columbia
Mr. Notting, examining the ship he had during the voyage, wid:
We left Baddeck Nova Scotia, at 1.40 KAOn Sunday, July 18th and this is
SENTENCED TO AKO YEARS
#IMPRISONMENTASIES
ALLARTATIC SEWE AGENCY.) *
Wycuise, September 9th. The sentonos of fifteen years imprison ment has been Manctimed by the Ministry
br of War ap the ex-General Wo" Kuang-
Pin-law of Marah
Dr. "Audison said in the Rouse of Cour mens last month that he hoped within few days to produce his proposals for i dealing with landlords who refuse to vacant houses, preferring to sell them st
19.
3
ng and be
rikkha to the military pris by tan soldiers.
thle
How our first stop an exhorbitant price. He told Mr. Myers account of A woman charged at Highgate with Our log distance from Cape Race to that a house which in 1813 would have relation to alaraha dronkenness said she had been to a little, Bishop's Rock Scilly Isles, which weight cows £250, to build, would now cost £800 factor so be reckoned wi long, the lead 976 jollificatión / fo celebrate the return of aed on Friday, July 9th, was 2,158 miles, or more The mount reprecated by of the Feiyang Military rty4y though beg soldier from Ireland She added, "It is and the time decupied was 15 ya
varies from 2100 2a not in office at the moment, kapec:1} model um £350 to room has been prepared for Wn in
military prison at Wuckang
an ocasion for rejoicing when one returns 25 min Wreathe Cowes at thre from there^alive.”
morning (August 2nd),
purs wages in
former