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THE VOLUNTEERS.
Meeting of Scottish Platoon.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1920.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
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MINISTRY OF HEALTH BILL
A mealing of the Scottish Platoon of the Hongkong Volun teer Defence Corps was held at the Volunteer Headquarters yes-
London, Dee. 15. terday afternoon to discuss re
The House of Lords rejected the Ministry of Health Bill last cruiting for the above unit. The night. This will seriously affect the Ministry's housing plans as the Hon Mr. John Johnstone presid-building subsidy will now cease on the 31st. whereas the Bill extended ed, being supported by Major Lit to April next. Private builders are at present constracting twenty- G. Bird and Mr. J. M. Gordon. dve thousand houses, hoping to earn the subsidy. Hitherto saly four | There was a large attendance,
thousand have been completed.
The Chairman said: Gentlemen.
Another effect of rejection will be to preven; execution of the
1 accept your invitation to preside at this meeting with considerable Ministry's plans to relieve congestion at voluntary hospitals by em-
The Powering County Councils to acquire Poor Law infrmaries. Thej diffklence, for two reasons. first, because I am about to leave last-named provision is one of the principal reasons of rejection of the Colony. The second, because the Bill, as being likely to throw the whole Poor Law administration, it strikes me as rather inappronto confusion.
The Last Government measure defeated in the Lords was the priate that 1, who have only volun- teer service, should be addressing Welsh Disestablishment Bill of 1912, which was subsequently enacted you who have experiance-most of Under the Parliament Act. you-of the "real thing."
However, I suppose I have some! right this wear to address a Te- presentative gathering of Scots- men, and I will therefore endea-l vour to do my best.
CONSTANTINOPLE.
London, Dec. 15.
In the House of Commons: Mr. Lloyd George declared that the guardianship of the Straits
To commence with, I have some and Constantinople must remain under the present control of Britain, experience of volunteering, com- Fracze and Italy. Any other decision would invite the same treachery mencing with the "Eton Digshoot-as nearly proved disastrous to the cause of the Alles. At present ers." where I blew a bugle-very the Powers were awaiting developments in Greece before deciding badly thereafter in Hongkong on the police as regards. Constantinople.
and Shanghai, both in the ranks-į
as a trooper in the S.LH. and as
REPARATIONS CONFERENCE. A
Brussels, Dec. 1à
Was
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The Reparations Conference has opened. This morning jkong in 1910-11. I think.
devoted to the statement of Herr Schroeder, the German Finance From the administrative side, Minister, depicting Germany's economic situation mor gloomily. *** also I claim some experience, be declared the Allies must not put the knife to Germany's throat cause whilst serving as a Trooper if they did not wish her to reach a condition similar to Austria. in the Light Horse I was at the same time of the Watch Commit- tee in Shanchai, which emmit-
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NORTH BORNEO.
London. Dec. 14.
pon where there is no Gar-l
The Culesial Offee has issued a White Paper dealing with the Trison or Navy, as was the case 1:11] Anti-Slavery Socletits allegations against the administration of the very lately in the North, and British North-Borneo Company and containing a report by Sir West where there I a large native Ridgeway and Mr. M. Elphinstone denouncing the Society and inding population-mostly very faw-all its changes gatene. Lord Milner expresses gratification that the jabiding I will wimit, but possess- charges have been satisfactorily met.
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NEGRO STOCK EXCHANGE.
New York. Dec. 16,
The latest banking innovation is a proposal to establish a special to see and judge for himself of stock exchange exclusively for the use of negroes in manipulating what value his services are to the stocks of corporations owned and managed by negroes, It is stated:
a charter has been obtained and will be called the Haarlem Stock The occasional risk of stopping Exchange. A prominent negro inancler declares that the object is! with your head or other part to safeguard the negro inventor. "your body, some household article i
JAPAN AND VLADIVOSTOCK.
London, Dec. 14.
24 useful but unordamental nature-hurled by an infuriated old lady from her bedroom win- (dww, or of doing patrel work arm-!
ed to the teeth and with live am- The Japanese Embassy has Isiged a statement of the situation munitina, serves but to keep up at Vladivostock and concludes by declaring that apart from political your interest as a volunteer. questions arising from Bolshevist developments, Japan has important It is different in a place like commercial interests at Vladivostock which she cannot leave to the this, where you have a large Gar-tender mercies of an avowedly Bolshevist regime. rison and equally large Navy al
waga in evidence, and a volunteer!
is
to ask himself-1 will ap: frankly admit to having done so
all these
THE CUXHAVEN AFFAIR
Berlin. Dec. 16.
myself "Of what use am I with! The Foreign Minister expressed to the President of the Inter- soldiers and saltors Allied Naval Commission deep regret for the incidents at Cuxhaven about?"
on 19th, November, when Allied naval men were assaulted in the Prior to 1914. gentlement, that dockyard, sausing him that the guilty parties would be severely. question required a lot of answer- punished and offering to pay twenty thousand marks for the damaged ing. Nowadays, however, it does uniforma.
not. Experience has shown that given the training the civilian can!
go anywhere the professionali leads.
It has also been shown that the
FRENCH MILITARY SERVICE.
Paris. Dec. 15.
The Military Service Bill tabled in the Chamber axes the period exigencies of one situation may require the withdrawal of most of of military service at thirty years, including a year and a half with the personnel of both the Services the Colours and eighteen and a half in the Reserve, followed by ten and the protection of this Colony years in the Territorial Army. would again fall to your lot..
It is a sweat-and there's dashi'
ed little honour and glory working
|a searchlight by night and doing your work in the office next day,
NEW BRITISH MOTOR TAXATION.
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THE FRENCH LOAN.
thorities require a Volunteer De. fence Corps. and there is always the chance of something out of the! ordinary turning up.
The Singapore Volunteers cer- tainly never anticipated trouble in the direction from which it came.
Scotsmenareby nature clannish;| the further they get away from home the more closely do they hang together. and here is the
SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES PASSED.
London. Dec. 16.
In the House of Commons the Supplementary Estimates were agreed to.
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
Delhi, Dec. 15.
The result is
| best of opportunities of drawing! The Coart of the Hinda University of Benares has rejected a It is estimated that between a wee bit closer the bonds of good no confidence motion in the present executive. eighty and a Fiandred million fellowship, which unite us all and significant as it is a big blow against Gandhi's movement. france were collected for the for which we are proverbial the French Loan OR
"Commerce world over. Day."
KING CONGRATULATES CENTENARIAN.
The addition of a "Kilted" Com- pany to any body of volunteers immediately raises the standard)
lew
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Toronto, Dec. 16.
It is reported that silver deposits rivalling the gold discoveries Miss Ball, of Woking, who has the whole corps, because ac of the Dawson in richness have been discovered in the Mayo district celabrated ber 100th birthday,
jexample of good fellowship and of Yaken. The ore will average over two hundred ounces to the ton.
esprit de corps is set by a Scot- received a congratulatory inessagetish company which from the King.
equal and none can excel. WORLD'S OLDEST PRESS CLUB.
Now, gentlemen, Scottish com Manchester Press Club, the panies exist in the
Volunteer oldest Press club in Europe and Corps of Calcutta, Colombo, Sin- Bean Leonard, holder, and Ritchie Mitchell have been matched probably in
the world, has gapore, Hongkong and Shanghai, for the world's Lightweight Championship, at Madison Square Garden celebrated its jubilee by a recep and I am prepared to wager that on 14th. January. Leonard is receiving $40,000 and Mitchell $20,000. tion of the leading citizens.
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CRICKET IN AUSTRALIA.
Sydney, Dec. 15.
A team of twelve New South Wales "colts" scored 34. Maddington the Chiaotungyu and Peking however, a minimum of 190 men is getting 8 wickets for 33. Marylebone scored 702 (Heame 144, sy cdicate concerning the con- required, and this is what I ander Hendren 211). The Colts had 148 for four wickets, in their second struction of the Chinghus-Meng stand this meeting has been call innings, when the match was drawn. hsien branch of the Chinghua-ed to consider.
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