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LABOUR LEADER'S CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNOR.
Rugby, Feb. 7.
One had only to make a cursory
Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, the comparison of the figures of the total quantity of illicit chandu Labour leader, who, with his three and upium captured during the past year by officers of the pre-daughters, has been on a visit to ventive service at Singapore with Ceylon, arrived back in Londoa yesterday. In interviews, be the figures of a year ago, to come to. the immediate conclusion that the
The main smuggling of chanda and the like stated that he had greatly enjoyed Is on the increase, writes a Singa: the rest and change.
And interest of his trip had lain in pore Free Press reporter: when a practice is on the increase it tour of the far-famed ruins of the is a justifiable inference that it is ancient cities of Ceylon. Referring because iL is. remunerative, to political conditions in the island, despite the fact that those con-he expressed confidence in the cerned in the traffic have been ability of Sir Hugh Clifford, the deprived during the last twelve Governor, to deal with existing Mr. Macdonald de- months at Singapore alone of difficulties.
a modest felined to discusa lome political contraband worth at estimate something like three questions. He made a jocular re- Indications are ference to the talk of a Labour million dollars. not lacking that, not only is the Liberal approchement, but de traffic more considerable, but thatclared that he had nothing to say it is being conducted on well on the Subject.-British Wirelesse organised lines.
During 1921 something like 00,000 tahils of chandu and 12,090 tahils of opium came into Govern- the ment possession through medium of its preventive service. Very possibly, since practice makes perfect, the officers of that service became more expert in their investigations during the However last twelve mouths. true that may be, the captures of chandu during 1925 aggregated much more than 200,000 hits, while opium seizures showed an increase to considerably more than 30,000 tahils. Now, chandu
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GERMAN PENSIONS.
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Germany now has 42,000 ex- army officers on her pension rolls. The budget estimates for pensions: your total for the coming $440,000,000 for the Reich, not counting pensions paid by States and community estimates for next year's budget.
Of these pensioners, 1,400 hear the title of General or Marshal, drawing pensions as high as $6,000 annually.
Nor do these payments depend: on the recipient's state of health or financial condition. Ten years of servico, cuunting warlimo as double, entitlos a German to al pension.
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Former Crown Prince Rup- precht draws the pension of at Post characterizes us financing Field Marshal, which the Morgen enemies of the republic." The Wittiesbach family has received from the Bavarian Statos not only their valuable regal properties] but also large sums of money as awards from the courts.
the following At noon to-day ssels were expected to be in communication with wireless
langkong: Danfa, Toba Maru. Cheribon Wabash, Wakasa Maru, St. Albans, Empress of Russia, Maru, Porthos. President Jackson, President Adams, Santhia, West Tanda. Hail Jester-Laome:lon, of the quality usually sought toning. Kuijo Maru, Malwa, Helenus, Tjiliwong, Simferopole, Fushimi be irregularly imported Singapure is sold here at the Maru, Altui Maru, Hellas, Kaying,
Eumaeus, Cliona. present time at between six and seven dollars a tahil, sc that, how- ever much may have escaped the vigilance of the preventive officers HARBOUR COLLISION, which the Cabinet me
into
A JUNK DAMAGED.
and it is inevitable that some must-chandu of an approximate value of $8,000,000 passed out of the possession of the smuggling
While in Low, and proceeding fraternity during the past year. Matters have changed very much from east to west in the southern Two fairway, a cargo boat was run into during the last few years.
or three years back most of the by the Yaumati launch Man Fat at illicit opium that was seized in 16 am. on Saturday.
Damage to the extent of $100 was Singapore was destined for China i from Indian suppliers. The pro-done to the junk. The collision cars is entirely reversed nowadays ecurred near the Yaumati Ferry and practiently the only seizures wharf. The junk was being towed that have been made upon vessels the steam launch Kwong Chee coming from the west, have been
during the last two years, since
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CHESS MASTERS.
WAYS OF MODERN SCHOOL
brilliant young Paul Morphy. This school believes in venturing nothing. Hanging grimly on to the advantage of a pawn and re- lentlessly exchanging pieces,
it Warm
A Chess correspondent of a they frequently end their gamtos with the threatened queering of Shanghai racing circles have Home paper writes:-
The appearance of Alekhine, the extra pawn and the rosigna. suffered a big loss and Hongkong as big a gain in the transfer of the Russian master, at the Hast-tion of their opponent.
Following this school, if not Mr. Hugh Maitland to the Ewo ings Chess Tournament this week office at Hongkong, says the N.C.brings home the fact that even in actually members of it, are such Duity News, Of the young the chess world the pioneer reaps masters as Rubinstein, Lasker. Tarrasch, our own present cham-| career in Shanghai, "Brufly" He is the undoubted champion plon; Sir G. A. Thoinas, and Cap- jockeys who have started their a rich reward. easily in the most brilliant of the modern school of chess ablanca himself who however, in the "last 10 years, that did so well at the recent brings to the game. for
ride with the Moscow Tournament, when Cap-southern imagination that enables of cocaine and morphia.
The Fong Pin Hospital, on
star was dimmed.him to outplay any other mam- visited best on the flat, whilst twer the ablanca's One has the authority of Sir
former Cheungchan Island, was
It is unfortunate that we have the Edward Stubbs, Governor of Hongkong, for the by armed robbers during the sticks he is excelled locally only Other Jeading players of the ber of the same school. statement that the drug question week-end. Three mon, who arm by a few veterans at the sport. same school are Bogoljubow,
sors of Blackburno, Staunton, and is going to be a far bigger pro-ed with knives, entered the care Beyond that, his buoyant spirits Gruenfeld, Snosko-Borowski, and had so few British masters we
helping hand whero ro-Capablanes. blem than opium, so far as China taker's quarters and stole money and his readiness at all times to the youthful Torre, conqueror of have still to welcome the succes These new giants scorn the old Burn. No country, however, can is concerned. This would appear and jewellery to the value of $35, lend u
that he was in the nature of a idea of maintaining at any costs rival England in its wealth of to be supported by a comparison One man has been arrested in quired had made hini so popular
the pawn in mid-board and even amateur players, owing to sur mascot to the racing clubs. of the, total, quantities of cocaine connection with this case.
shados of Howard Staunton! careful organisations or the chose and morphin seized in Singapure!
open frequently with a knight, clubs and county associations Britain, too, can claim the best! Gloomy Dean," de-game as intricate as possible and Bo seized wore intended for abusiness is carried on there with-
Mrs. Anderson enst
than out any considerable degree of Inge, the destination further
Obviously, it is being clared in his Christinas sermon quickly finish off their opponent women players. Misa Price, Mrs.
the by a few brilliant moves, often Michell Singapore. Captured cocaine in-secrecy.
players of their own sex, with the creased in quantity f. om. 98 enrried on extensive and well at St. Paul's Cathedral that ounces in 1924 to 556 ounces last organised lines. The chandu is coming danger to the English involving the sacrifice of a major standing well above Continental In such tactics Alekhino, prob-exception of Miss Menchik, the Control of our destinies," he said, year, while morphin shewed the carefully packed, by machine one nation threatons from within, piece, such as the queen. cnormous increase of from 80 infers from the rent appearance has passed into the hands of ably the next world champion, Russian girl, now playing at ounces in 1924 to about 5,000 of the containers, in small brass that class which seems-I hope stands suprome. Wounded and Hastings. She, however, has ounces last year. It is signifi-tins of a variety of shapes and I am not unjust to them-to, be captured by the Austrians during learnt most of her choss in Eng- cant, further, that the ships on sizes dependent upon where theyat prosent not most fully educated the war, he developed his game land as a pupil of the brilliant old
concealed in the to those moral qualities which to an astounding degree in the player, Geza Maroczy, which these seizures have been are to be
These tins make the nation great, united military hospital, and it made, are out of European ports, smuggling process. which indicates-if is a well-usually contain one tahil of and happy. I mean the class of thoro, he acknowledges, that he
very equalled blindfold play. known fact that this particular chandu and in a large number of organized labor. We can only laid the foundations of his un- The predecessors of the modern traffic is in the hands of European cases bear the chops of the people trust-I am afraid, 'not
concerned in their preparation. confidently-in what Edmund organisations.
The majority of the illicit The tins are usually done, up in Burke called the ancient inbred school of chess were termed the English which may be credited to Steinitz, chandu that is seized in Singapore bundles of 25 and 30, and in many integrity, pioty, good nature and German school, the inception of
of the good humor of the
who became champion, after the is cooked in Amoy, which would cases they bear the' stamp Appear to be the centre of the Chinese Revenue service.
it may be inferred that the drugs export traffic.
Seemingly, the The Very Rev. William R.Their plan is to make the middle throughout the country.
people.""
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