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The Central Federated Union, which proposed to aid the Britain by hampering the exportation of coal, has passed à resol the Government to return to wartime control “óf distribution. shoremen's Union announced that it would urge fellow workers not to load | coal except what was necessary to meet the requirements of vessels.

PRENOR TRADE.

INCREASED IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

PARIS, October 24.

-French Imports for the first nine months of 1920 are valued at 27,189,000,000 francs, and the exports at 16,500,000,000 francs, increases. of 2,500,000,000 francs and 9,850,000,000 franci; respectively, compared with the corresponding period for 1919.

SWEDIAH POLITICS.

WHY THE CABINET RESIGNED.

STOCKHOLM October 23.

The resignation of the Cabinet was due to the refusal of the Liberals to co-operate with the Social Democrats in the formation of a coalition government. The Social Democrats did not obtain an absolute majority at the recent elections.

NON-PARTY CABINET OF EXPERTS,

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STOCKHOLM, October 24.~ After conferring with the leaders of the Comervative and Liberal Parties, the King requested Baron Louis Degeer, Governor of the Province of Christianstad, to form a non-party cabluet of experts,

CHINESE IMPORT DUTIES.

OBJECT OF NEW SINO-AMERICAN-TREATY.

WASHINGTON, October, 22.

The State Department explains that the new Sino-Acerican Treaty pro viding for graduated increases of import duties into China on tobacco, sugar, spirits and luxuries instead of the present 5 per cent. flat rate, is designed to make effective as regards imports to China the revised tariffs recommended by the International Tariff Commission at Shanghái in 1918. These schedules have been accepted by the other partion to the Treaty of 1903 under which import duties to China are Emited to five per cent, ad calorem.

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL

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placing: the Standard Oil, Company's módocis on the French market, will devote

siderable capital to the exploration of petroleum strata in France, and the French Lolonies in order that. Frazes may have a national supply of oil, which will be invalu

importance

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Company, for the first time, bag under- laken an enterprise where the control is left to non-American capital

ALASKAN AERIAL" EXPEDITION.

NEW YORE, October 1st. It is understood that, the Commander' of the Alasks Aerial Expedition recommenda a regular aerial service to àlaika and're porer that be frequently, sighted herds of reindeer, caribou, bear and mintais sheep- The Indians fed at the approach of the machine

MINFEAPOLIS, October 27th Four: United States Army-saroglices, which started on July 15th for "trip to } Alaska and back, have completed 'a round trip of 9,000 miles. The object was to establish an serial route to the north-wes corner of the American continent and pho or otherwise inaccessible areas in

Alaska

FIRE ON ** ZACA.”

→PORT OF SPAIN (Trinidad), Oct. 2nd.

The British cruiser Cambrian sad" the Canadian Government steamer Parmer se ceeded in beaching the United States Skip- ping Boxed steamer Zaca on which a fire had broken out. Effects are being made so airest the flames by flooding the hold.

DAYLIGHT BANK RAID..

CLEVELAND, October 22nd. An attempt on the part of 18feyes to Cleveland Trust Company's Bedford Carry off $30.000 from a safe from the

branch, in broad daylight, was foiled by a the town. brave clerk, Petre, who the alarm to

gave A pistol battle followed. Two bandits were filled Petre was seriously *oaded. Four robbers were captured, four ped. The money was recovered intact,

WAR FINANCE CORPORATION.

WASHINGTON, October d The Bankers' Association bas decided to

SINKING OF A STEAMER.request President Wilson to re-create the War Finance Corporation for the purpose of siding the export of cotton, wheat and other agricultural products.

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JUDGMENT AT LAST.

A LONG DRAWN OUT CASE

U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

On Oct. 11 judgment was given acrimonious.

arch-conspirator of the age."

He

There was a good attendance at St. John's Cathedral last night when

New Yoar, October 21st. Mr. Dengan Fuller, F.R.CO.

The Presidential campaign is becoming L.R.A.M., give a recital, assisted by Mrs. W. H. Bell as vocalist. The in the Osaka Chiho Saibansho, in a

Governor Cox, in a speech at Boston, programme included some well long-drawn-out case, in which Messrs, denounced Senator Harding and Senator known compositions all of which were Murakane & Co., of Akits prefecture, Lodge for opposition to the League of appreciated. Nevins Water Scene was claim from the Osaka Shosen Kaisha Nations, and described Senator, Lodge ar splendidly rendered and theinde damages, amounting to 13,322,925, declared that Senator Harding was deliber. may be said of Rubenstein's "Melody on the ground that the loss of the stely attempting to deceive

The outstanding item was steamer Fuki Mary (time). Elihu Boot. In his first campaige

igstre probably Gailment's Grand Choeur. in a collision with the O.S.K. steamer Mr. Faller also played "The StormTaichi Mare" on April 26th, 1915. speech at Carnegie Hall, declared that by Lemmens which is always off Korea was due to negligence Article X. of the Covenant of the League, here. Mrs Bell sang on the part of the Captain of lances. He was of opinion that a large favourite

meant a throwback to the old discredited "The Lord is my Shepherd" | OSK steamet. The verdict majority of Americans esmedly desired an (Handel) and "The King of Love" went against the Osaka Shosen Kai (Gorinod) 'doing well in both.

Mr. Denman Fuller gave his organ ordered to pay to the plaintiff firm the United States should do her full share sha, and the shipping company was organization of civilised nations which may [co-operate to prevent future wars, and that recital last evening under excessively 184,955 as damages. The suit was in it. He urged that the provisions of the difficult conditions. The sudden instituted in October 1916. At first, Covenant should be changed to meet Ameri dryness of the last few days has the damages claimed were Y220,000 played havoc with the Cathedral This figure was subsequently STRUTS RUBBER FOR RUMIA. Organ and although every possible creased to Y380,000, With the steady je precaution to cope with it has been | advance in the price of vessels taken one of the heavy pressure re-charterage consequent upon the

LONDON, October 22nd. servoirs split from end to end yester European hostilities, the somalaimed In an interview, Mr. W. F. Regan, who day and leaks developed at once has damages continued to rise. The has arranged two million sterling cos ba Behalf of the Rabber Planters Union, the whole of the wind system so that pisintin tem estimated the price of tract for supplying rubber to Rusia, sajd it was impossible to get enough wind the lost "ship at 71,812,750, and that the rubber will be delivered from to use the instrument to gay extent the charterage hich thought March 1991 to December 1908 and decen A large, section of the organ had 12 would have been - realised from himself

with tom ence to be opened up and the defective the fater vessel from which the rubber will be paid for de B

for la parts leathered, repaired and screwed May 1915 til December 1917,

the currency, while for sian

1922 gold will in order for the instrument to be used 1510,175, claiming the total of be paid in Amsterdam. He emphamand thai

currency at all. This work was only finished 73,322,325 as damages. In fact, the the money paid by Russia in the deal will an hour or so before the recital and amount of the original claim was be switched do to

Malay "Federated Mr. Denman Fuller had to play a multiplied almost sixteen times. It the Excess Proft Taz, thus helping to

States, the British Government drawing heavy programme physically fatiguis said that in point of the sum of duce the Nations] Debt-

objections

the

ed and without having had any damages claimed the present caN STAND chance of playing it through before constitutes, a record in the Osaka CHINESE STUDENTS IN FRANCE band. The difficulty of such a task Chibo Salbambo, and that the result can hardly be appreciated by those of the suit would affect the rate of unfamiliar with the labour necessary dyldend to be declared by the Osaka. A hundred – Chinese

by

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"gudents, including

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The schools

to keep a large organ in good com Showen Kaisha Naturally It has six wong, have arrived on board the mail dition in such a climate as this or been claiming moch attention in steamer Andre-Leben so study, the Frmch who are unaware of the strain of in shipping playing beary programmes on large instrument without proper time for the rehearsals

Thé – Englishman A farewell dinner will be given that India is on the to Mr. B. Tammer, Head Master of ↑ an indcatrialism at: Queen's College, this evening by Mr.badly needed la Lee-Hy-san, at his residence on the econesale surty of Occasion of Mr. Tanners departure one knows for England. The memb of the fofodia European and Cinema Staff

College Haims he prehen very enjoyableženi

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