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The White Empresses are the largest, west and fästest liners on the Pacifia. They crow from Yokohama to Vancouver In '9 days; from Shanghai to Van- couver in 14.
These stilpe connect with the summer -traing;-"Trans-Canada-Limited” and “Mountaineer," at Vancouver, enabling passengers to make the earliest miling ní a Canadian Pacific Atlantic lines..
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name
the world Travellers' being spelled with one " This advantage of the Cheques was ao apparent that other banking institutions adopted the system."
Quoted from Pitman'a Dictionary of Banking by Wm. Thomsen. Issued in G$10, G$20, G$100 and £5 and $10 donomination-- bound in a small handy wallet and cost only 3/4 1 per cent. Secure your steamship tickets, hotel reservation and Itineraries; or plan your cruise of tour through:-
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US. OIL COMBINE.
20 AMERICAN COMPANIES ENTER THE RING.`
New York, Oct. 23. Twanty American petroleum companies have now approved the plan to form an expert associa- tion provided the details can be worked out-Router'a American Service. "
pose of competing with foreign. manufacturers, the Executives of the fifteen largest oil companies were considering plans to organise
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER
ALLEGED LIBEL ON CINEMA STARS.
ACTION COMMENCED IN SHANGHAI COURT.
Shanghai, Oct. 18.
JAPANESE FINANCE.
GOVERNMENT FORCED TO ADOPT RETRENCHMENT,
Tokyo, Oct. 23.
ibbs.
THE
BLUE FUNNE
LINE
REGULAR AND FAST FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICES |
The draft of the estimates for the coming financial year show Legal action was instituted in that revenue, and expenditure the Provisional Count hero to-day are balanced-1,732.9 million yea against the Chinese publishing which la. 23.8 million yen firm, Silver Light Publishing Com- increase over the current year. pany, alleging that the firm has The main feature of the draft is [A message dated the 16th inst. published a book entitled: "The retrenchment which is indicativo announced that taking advantage History of a Thousand Evils in of the government being forced to of the facilities afforded under the the Motion Picture World," which modify its traditional positive Webb Export Trade Act, which ap
contains allegedly defamatory policy owing to the general poll- proved in 1918, permita combines material pertaining to American tical situation.
motion plebure stars, including Various departments have de- in the United States for the pur Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford manded appropriations for new en-1
and other well-known screen idols. terprises totalling $71,000,000 yon The action was brought by the but only 110,000,000 yen have beon Chinese Moving Picture Associa-allowed, though it is likely that the tion for the announced purpose of Finance Department will be induc- a big, asabciation for the purpose learing the good name of all ed to increase this before the es of effecting economies In export trade. The association contem connected with the picture indus-timates are finally presented to the plated would follow in the main try and in order to prevent further Diet, owing to pressure on the part
of the departments concerned. LONDON SERVICE the lines of the Copper Export As-
similar publicationa."
Though the total estimates of Bociation. The Standard Oil Com-
The offending book was publish- each department "nre not yet pub-| pany of New Jerney, the Gulfed in the Chinese language and Hished, the amount allowed for new Coast Company, the Atlantic Re-extensively circulated which action enterprisce shows that the navy fining Company, Roxana Petroleum the Chinese Picture Association demanded 61,000,000 yen and was LIVERPOOL Company, and various service considers detrimental to China's allowed 13,000,000. The War De Companies in big cities were rapidly developing picture induspartment demanded 47,000,000 and netively participating in the pro-try.
was allowed 10,000,000. Ject.]
For the purpose of re-PACIFIC SERVICE The action was brought under venus it is proposed to float the new Chinese criminal code la 198,000,000 yen National which provides a penalty of one bond issue. The proposed bonds year's detention or a fine of one will include 107,000,000 for rail- NEW YORK SERVICE thousand dollars.
ARMY INSPECTION.
CHIANG KAI-SHEK TO LEAVE ON TOUR.
Nanking, Oct. 23. Chiang Kai-shek will leave on a tour of inspection of the various reorganised armies on November 1. He will first proceed to Talan.
Reuter,
New Garrison Commander.
Shanghai, Oct. 23. General Mow Fel-nam, former leader of the "Ironsides" troops in Canton, has been appointed by the National Government, Commander of the Garrison Troops at Yon chow, on the Tientsin-Pukow Line, Recently he was made Commander of the new Fourth Division of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek's Army Group-Wah Kiu Yat Po..
PATROL SERVICE.
TWO MORE GUNBOATS FOR
*EAST RIVER,
As a result of investigations re- cently conducted by Captain Li, Com- manding Officer of the patrol gunbox's on both the East and West Rivers, it is considered improbable, says the Canton Gazelle, that the tranquil conditione now ahinining in the West
River reaches will be ruptured by the activities of piratical gangs, but traffic on the East River in the neigh- bourhood of Tuh Shu, Shin Kok, Kei Chang, Sal Chow, Nam Kong How etc., in still subject to the depreda- tions of small roving gangs.
and
After having made inspection of the local conditions in Cheung Pang, Ma Teunx and San Tong, in the vicinity of the above mentioned loca- ties Captain Li has detalled two additional
Kwong On for servlen in these sections. With the addition of two gunbonts to the East River patral service, it is confidently anticipated that it will not be long before peace and order again prevails, and water borne traffic will be enabled to pursue the even tenor of its way without let or hindrance.
Lung Santa, the
of these
THE GOLD STANDARD.
POLICY OF THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
"PATROCLDS" "MENELAUS” -**ANTENOR"
"TITAN"
31st. Oct. M'ies, London, R'dam & Glasgow 13th Nov, Mies, London, R'dam & Hamburg 20th Nov," "M'lci, London, R'dam' & 'Glasgow
SERVICE
“GLADOUS".
2ru: Nov 20th Dec,
Genna, Havres, Liverpool & Gʻgow Ganos, Havros, Liverpool & O’gow
vis Kobe & Yokohama
"TALTITBIUS“ 27th Oct, "IXION"
17th Nov.
ways (Colonial). which are treat- ed as separate accounts and not Included in the National Budget. INWARD
Reuter.
NICKEL COMBINE.
CONTROL OF METAL TO SECURE WORLD PEACE.
Osaka, Oct. 23,
New York, Oct, 23. Vis-a-vis the joint recommendn- tion of the Tokyo and
According to the New York Osaka
American the merger involving for the Im- Clearing Houses mediate or early restoration of the 288,000,000 just ratified between Gold Standard. It is hoped the the International Nickel company Government will take an early and the Mond Nickel Company opportunity to indicate its gold places the control of almost the polley. The Finance Minister's entire world's nickel resources in speech at the general meeting' of British hands, The merger will bankers of Western Japan at be effected through the Interna Osaka on November 13 is nwaltedtional Nickel Company of Canada, with keen interest. Meanwhile it a subsidiary of the International is generally believed here that Nickel which was incorporated in there is no likelihood of any im New Jersey. mediate action on the part of the Government.-Reuter..
Pity the poor chiropractor. He never gets anything but
back pay.
Britain's Policy.
Toronto, Oct. 23. The Globe and Mail and Empire, state that Canadian interesis headed by Sir Herbert Holt, have accured the majority of stock in the International Nickel Company from its former New York control, through active buying in the New York and Canadian' markets dur- ing the past few months, Both newspapers state that the action is a "part of Britain's policy to secure world peace by dominating the source of supply of one of the essential implements of war."......... Reuter's American Service..
[A message dated the 20th inst. stated that it was rumoured in New York that a merger was being prepared between the International Nickel Company of New York and the Mond Nickel Company, two of the largest in the world.]
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4tb,.8 a.m. President Garfield
Bunday, Nov. 18th, 8 am, President Harrison
Sunday, Deo. 2nd, 8 a.m. President Monroe
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President Taft President Adams President McKinley President Jefferson
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21st NOVEMBER, 1928
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