GENERAL NEWS.
Motor Car Rule la
Shanghai.
new motor car liceres-con- dition in published in the Shang- hai Gowite, providing for the installation of a red, rear light on care to illuminate also the num "ber plate, and for the carriage with of head light fitted suitable appliances for reducing the power of the light within a certain area to be prescribed. In- cidentally it may be remarked that to a number of oars in fitted arear light in which the glare from the red is sufficient to pre- vent vision of the number plate st short distances-thas entirely aircumventing the purpose for which number, plates are carried.
Aboltion of Likin.
Since the Chinese Government made the proposals to the Foreign Powers for the increase of the Customs tariff, preparations have bean made for the abolition of the likin system. The Ministries "of Finacos and of Agriculturs and
bave sent
Commerce instractions to their repre sentatives in the provinces to institute an investigation, in order to and out whether after the revision of the tariff the receipts of the Customs will be sufficient to cover the loss of revange through the abolition of the likin system, which has been provided for in the Budget of the year.—-* Peking Daily News
New South Wales Finance.
In his financial statement the Premier of New South Wales claims that hie State shows the most satisfactory position in Australia, with a true surplus in the
year of 8100,000. All the State business undertakings show. ata' profit except the railways and tramways. The deficiency on these he attributes entirely, to war expenditure. The amount of State taxation per bead he states to have actually diminished, while ihe amount received from the Federal Government was lens as a whole as well as per head of population. The public debt
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"The cload of mystery which Giman Embassy in Washington, has overhang what is happening was in this city as recently sa in the Holy Land throughoa week ago, according to are these terrible months is not yer presentative here of the Depart lifted, and one almost tremble ment of Justice in Washington to think what will be revealed: who is charged with the inben we have access to all the vestigation of a smuggling plot facts," wrote the Archbishop of involving two interned German Canterbury to a meeting held a abips at the Philadelphis the Mansion Boase in aid of Yard. Captain Bishop MacInnes's Fand for Bay
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Harrowing tales of the cruelties sache to the Cherman Embassy indicted upon the unfortunate was dismissed the country by inhabitants of the Holy Land- President Wilson in 1915 for Christian, Jew, and Moslem alik sileged conspiracy. He is beby the Tarks were reisted by lieved to have returned to the
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·Chinese Minister of Finance
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pathetic cause beau-made before Peking, April 19-This morn- ing's papers publish the mandate even from the Mansion House, from dismissing the Minister and Vice declared the Lord Mayor sad Minister of Finance and, quite Lord Bryce: and among the regardless of the fact that the cheques announced from the is sub judice, discuss meeting itself were one for £200 and another for, £500. At least relative facts and blame or exonerate personages con- £50,000 in needed to supply food, cerped according to their poli.clothing and material to be poured sical abiliations Apparently Dr. from Egypt into the Holy Land Chen Chin-iso, in consequence of, as soon sa opportunity offers.
Lord Bryes told particularly be hullaballoo over the case in the Press, has made an explans of the massacres and organised sion to the Cabinet in his own destruction which took place
Grimshow, Hongkong Hotel, from hanghai. defence, whereby bedenis round Jerusalem and in Lebanon
In Jerusalem itself 40,000 people Kakoji. Watanabe olo Japanese baving received any im proper payments bat admits existed only on the rations served. Consul, i om Shimonoseki.
0368 Kihsun Company, from be out by the order of the German knew that the Vice-Minister of Government, and in the village. Hankow.
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