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PLUCKY "ATTEMPT FAILS.

[FREOCOHL_RECTER'S AGENCY,]

BorLoose. Oct. 21st. “Miss Gleitza abandoned her chan- nel swim at three o'clock in the afternoon.

swin

"! Hard Luck.”

LEAGUE OF NATIONS CAMPAIGN.

WHY BRITAIN SHOULD BE INTERESTED.

VISCOUNT CECIL'S VIEWS,

(BKUTEK'A AMERICAN SERVICE]

LONDON, Oct. 1. Miss Gleitze abandoned the Viscount Cecil's campaign for seven-miles from Dover-educating-publié opinion regards awing to the cold. Her failure was ing League ideals has opened at greeted with a general eborus of

hard fuck. Before retiring last the Caxton Hall, with an address night she went to church at Cap largely attacking the argument Grisnez and prayed for success.

that the British Enipire can afford She was accompanied by a ñshing smack and a"tug, the former carry to regard European troubles and ing jazz Bandsmen to enliven the dungers with detachment. swim, Miss Gleitze demanded many repetitions of "Tipperary ant the poor fellows were too ses sick to perform and had to

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"Became Sleepy."

BOULOGNE, Oct. 22nd. Miss Gleitze abandoned her Chan- nel swim at three this afternoon.

Half way across to Paris the air. mail circled over the swimuner who in the latter stages became sleepy at intervals, whereupon the whole; crowd accompanying the swimmer goared at her and she roused her. self, smiled, and struggled on. She was unconscious for half-an-bour after being taken out. She was loudly cheered by a large crowd at Folkestone after the swim.

IRAK AFFAIRS.

KING RECEIVES BRITISH VISITORS.

(BRITISH WIRELESS KERVICE]

ROBY, Oct. 22nd. King Feisal of Irak had a con. ference yesterday with Sir Henry Dobbs, High Commissioner Irak.

for

His Majesty also received Sir Hugh Bell, Father of the late Miss Gertrude Bell, Oriental Secretary to the High Commissioner, and Mr. Bourdillon, counsellor for the High Commissioner at Bagdad

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Sir Austen Chamberlain, Mr. Ormesby Gore, Lard Allenby, Sirl Heary MacMahon, and Sir Herbert Samuel also calied Од King Feisal

The King and his Prime Minis- ter. Jafar Pasha, are to be enter- tained at luncheon to-morrow by the Under Secretary for the Colonies, Mr. Ormesby Gore.

The conversations British "Irak afaits" "will begin or Tues

day.

on

FOREIGN-MADE TYRES.

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MARK OF ORIGIN RECOM- MENDED.

[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.]'

RUGBY. Oct. 1st.

OCTOBER 24th, 1927.

PALESTINE'S NEW CURRENCY.

TO BE INTRODUCED NEXT MONTH

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE)

Recor, Oct. lat. The Colonial,' Ohce announced that a new currency "of; coink and currency notes, issued by the Palestino Currency Board, will be introduced 10 Palestine en November 10th.

The standard of the new car- reney will be the Palestine pound. equivalent to the English pound, and divided into one thousand mils. The denominations of the silver coins will be one hundred mils and fifty quits, and there will be nickel and bronze coina Lord Cecil instanced the obscure twenty ten, and äve wils, and origins of past disputes which ulti- bronze coins of two and one mil. mately jarolved Great Britain in The inscriptions will be in English, war.

He pointed out that four-Arabic and Hebrew. teen shillings out of every pound of It is not intended at present to taxation was due to past wars, or introduce any gold coins, preparation for new

and The denominations of the cur asserted that Britain hitherto had rency notes will be one hundred held back from the mavenient by wils. The new currency will he European nations in favour of arbi- sterling exchange currency. tration, though she generally was! ready to accept arbitration after a dispute had arisen.

THE MEXICAN BANDIT OUTRAGE.

REPORTED RELEASE OF MITCHELL

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.] ·

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 22nd.”- According to newspaper des- patches, the bandits have released 3. W. E. Mitchell but up to the present this is not confirmed "officially,

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A BRIEF ATLANTIC FLIGHT.

MRS. FRANCIS GRAYSON STARTS AND RETURNS.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN BERVICE.]

OLD ORCHARDS (Maine).

Oct. nd. Mrs. Francis Grayson started on her trans-Atlantic flight to Den- mark at 6.13 this morning, but returned and landed 23 lacer,

The value of the Palestine pound will be maintained by the Currency Board at parity with the pound sterling, in the same manner as that successfully adopted by the West African and East African currency boards.

The Egyptian currency used in Palestine since the British ocenpa- tion will be withdrawn during the next few months, and will then cense to be legal tender in Pale- stine.

FOSTERING EMPIRE

COTTON.

LANCASHIRE LEVY TO REMAIN.

%.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

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LONDON, Oct. 21st. Representatives of the Master. Cotton Spinners' Associations, and the Cotton Spinners and Manu facturers' Associations, have passed a resolution at Manchester urging the renewal of the Cotton Industry Act, terminating in 1928, whereby the spinners will pay a levy ofsix- Peace a bale

all cotion pur chased.

The money will be used for the encouragement of cotton-growing in the Empire. Speakers mention ed that cotton production in the "KEEPING KING GEORGE_Empire, except in India-had-n- creased over 300 per cent. since 1920. The Empire might, therefore, Sonfidently hope to become the pro- ducer of a substantial proportion of Lancashire's requirements.

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CHICAGO'S LATEST VAGARY.

FREUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

THE NORWEGIAN ELECTIONS.

LABOUR VICTORY.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.}

NEW YORK, Oct. 21st. Mayor Thompson is keeping Chicago alive with various phases of his avowed policy of keeping King George out of Chicago,the latest being an effort to realove Mr. McAndrew, the superintendent of the Chicago schools, on a charge of recommending pro-British text- books, and also that he forced. teachers to study "un-American are: history.

Mr. McAndrew has been arraign ed before the Education Board, where the eminent historian, Pro fessor Dodd, has been, summoned in his defence: but the palm for spectacular evidence hitherto mast be awarded to the former Judge

addressed the Board for over Ap hour on the thesis of Britain seek-

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CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

OCTOBER 2975, 1997.

$1,140 buy.. 1,150 al

B.K. Bank...

Da,

Chartered Bank... £201 nom

Do., Londos.£120j nom. Mercantile Bank, A. &B...2313 hom. P. & O. Bank. Fast Asia Bank Canton Insurance Ohio Underwriters North China lus, Union Lamarance

·O...£13 nom..

.210 nom. $t8 nom. $370 BOLL ..$1.20 zum.

113 no

$299 bav., 2*3 ROL, 192/3 1.

Rom

Yangtaze Insurance $45 bay. Chios Fire Insurance....1216 buy. Hong Kong Fire Lua......1590 Douglass. 1941 bay. Steamboat HK. Tog

321 sel $1.90 nom. Indo-Chinas (Pref.)......$30 nom

Do.

*****90/-11022. .854 161.

(Def.) $48 buy..

Shell Transports

Star Ferries

Waterboats...

817 nom Clans Bugars

$13. Malabon Sugara ........ 30 Al

nel Benguet ....... buy, Kailan Mining Ad......... 82/8

TL 16 buy. Langka (combined)..

(aingla)......

Tix. 8.40 buy.

ZOEL

TEL. C. 370

EXCHANGE.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

ON LONDON.-

October 22, 1937.

Telegraphic Transfer

1.112 1/11 13 16

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right

Credits, at 4 months' sight 2/Uf Documentary

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Credits, 4 months sight

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Bark Bills, on demand

Credits, a 60 days" sight... ON BUNKAT.

Telegraphia Transfer

Bank Bille,

ON CALCUTT

demand...

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1,230

1,305

132)

OM BRANCH demand... 132

Bank Bilb, at sight

733

Privato, 30 days sight ON YOKOHAMA On demand... 10t

O2. On demand 87-

ON

On demand.

857 1191

DOM ***

ON BATAVIA On demand On HatsMong,--On demand ON SAIGON-On demand ON BANGKOK. Da demand SOTEZLIGN, Bank's Buying rate $975

The final results of the elections away. Explorations...7.2 90 buy,, 8 sel GOLD LEAY. LUV fas, portul...

T) 580 bay,

$37-bay.

The Conservative-Liberal coali- Shanghai Louna

which formed. tion,

the last Barbara Ministry, has lost 29 seats; the Tronoh Mines ...........1973 nom. - Labourites have gained 27. and Ural (Caspisza)...... bold a total of 59, being the largest. W. Docks...

H.K. & K. Wharfs 3119 bay. single party; compared with the Ho Conservatives and Liberals, who Now Engineering.....

Hongkow ... have 32 seats; the Agrarians, 26;

munists, threc.

The standing committee of the Board of Trade, in a report issued today, recommend that imported foreign rubber tyres should be Bausman, of German descent, who the Radical, 29; and the ComDanghai Docks

unarked.

ing to conquer America by means of organized propaganda. The testimony fills columns of the news- paper's, whose comments, however, are most facetious,

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SOVIET'S SPY MANIA.

MORE ALLEGATIONS.

{THEUVOH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

The Herald-Tribune saya! Moscow, Oct. 2nd.

this new heresy trial at Chicago, The trini of further five prisoners a mediaeval witness in the great Bateman testifies with solemnity, on a charge of espionage has open- el in the Supreme Court, two

cause of undefiled Americanism." rothers (Prove), two

The New York World says: "The military cficials, and M. Korepanov (legal trial is a fantastic spectacle outside

the pale of rational thought." adviser to the Revolutionary War Council) all being accused espionage behalf of Great Britain.

оп

of

ALLEGED PIRACY "OF LIQUOR.

RUSSIA'S SURPLUS

MANPOWER.

8,300,000 UNABSORBABLE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Do.

Amusenrents Cautun Ices

(few)

....$35 nom

Tis, 143 buy. Tim bay. ...Tia, 02 sol..

164 nom.

26) 6).

B.K.& S. Hotels FL.K. Landa Shanghai Lands Tis. 117 zel, HAK Territorials. Hong Kong Healtys......$6 sa

....... $14 sel. Humphreys Katatas,.... $12.40 sel. Prince's Buildings.........$110 buy. Bural Landı

$120 Ewo Cottons,

Tis 7.00 bel Orientale. Th. It bay. de a

I' Shanghai Cottons (old)...11 17 zou.

· LENINGRAD, Oct. 1st.

Do, (new)......Tim. 30 nom. A report by M. Kuibyshele, the Chins Buses

Thi. Ở bus, 20,1ừ tay. chairman of the Supreme People's RK Tramway

..$1.4 mel.. Economic Council, on the economic Poak Trams (old) position and prospects" of the

..$7 sal Soviet Union, states that industry Singapore Tractions...19/- buy., 18,9 xa. -

$1 is unable to absorb the surplus a

nom. manpower of the villages, which in

..$181 nout.

$Ú DOBL winter amounts to eight and a half Cemente (combined)......37 sol. millions.

Do, (old)....$6.6 nom, Do. (new) nel Lights (comb.)...12 nom. (old).$9 nam, Djo, (new) ...........161 nom Constructions $12 100. China Providenta .........$4 por..

NEW YORK, Oct. 2nd.

Dairy Fa

..$15.10 me). Messrs. Heller and Son, a firm

(THROUGH.RECTED'S AGENCY.] Der A Wings

$6 nom. of New York jewellers, announce

H.K. Electric... they have acquired control

Macao Electrics 443 com. The Dutch steamer Almakerk E.K. Roper (old) emerald mines in the Urals after Miami, to be tried for alleged haa arrived with 84 Chinese 'stow-

Do, (ROW) competition with various Euro- piracy, with CH. Mesle, who is aways, who were found unconscious Lane Crawfords.... pean firms.

The mines will be charged with seizing, liquor from in a ballast tank, and are believed Mackintosh........ worked by American machinery a vessel off Bimini, within British to have boarded the ship at Port Sinceros and the gems will be sent to Paris territorial waters,

Said.

United Asbestos by air,

Micale's trial has been fixed for The Customs authorities have Watsons (old) November 15th. It is alleged that been ordered to prosecute the Wm. Fowells ....... Christiansen steered the reseci, master of the Almakerk for allow Telephone........ $3.65 sal. which seized the British liquor ing, prohibited immigrants to enter Bque, Indus. G. Bonds...52% bay. vessel.

Australia, and the Chinese will be bay,buyers; sel-sellers; as waler; deported immediately.

rom.--nominal,

· URAL EMERALDS.

U.S. FIRM ACQUIRES MINES. [RECTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

EXTRADITION SOUGHT OF U.S. COASTGUARDSMAN.

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{xxuten's AMERICAN SERVICE.)

NASSAU, Bahamas, Oct. 21st.

being made through Sir Esne

It is reported that efforts are. Howard to extradite Larry Chris- of tiansen, 3, coastguardsinän It

A PROTRACTED TRIAL.

ÜR. SHIPMASTER EXONER- ATED AFTER TWO YEARS.

[REUTER'S, AMERICAN SERVICE.]

Boaros, Oct. 1st. After two years of litigation, the Federal Court has haally cleared Captain John Dichl, the master of the American steamer City of Re, which rammed a submarine in September, 1925.

The court has decided that the evidence showed conclusively that the accident was due to the sub- marine's defective lights.

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UNCONSCIOUS IN A BALLAST TANK.

FIFTY CHINESE STOWAWAYS.

FREMANTLE, Oct. 21st,

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China

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100,

OR.

302

10 năm.

$5 sel.

ROM,

$12 aol. Silt nom. .85 sol.

LECLERC'SALLY FOR THE

R.A.F. FLYING BOATS AT NAPLES.

DUTCH AIR MAIL.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

KOPPEN REACHES INDIA,

NAPLES, Oct. 9lat. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] The Royal Air Force flying boats have arrived here.

CALCUTTA, Oct. 21st. Ruour, Oct 21st. The Dutch airman Lieutenant The four British flying-bonte on Koppen, who is returning to Bol their way from London to Ausland by air, after inaugurating the D, LE CLERC'S VILATORT tralia, loft Berre, in the South of first official air mail to the Dutch DLE CLERG'S ANANIA, F France, this morning, and have East Indies, has arrived here TEN SON BEANS FOR MENIM ALACHES reached Naples.

from Bangkok.

OVER MAIS ALGINTURY REPUTATION

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EXCHANGE RATES.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

Paris New York Brussela

Geneva

RUGBY, October 1st.

124.05 1.87 7/32 2-1.09

23.25

Amsterdam......................... 12.10

Milan......

891

Berlio Stockholm

20.40

18.0%

Copenhagen

18.17

Oslo

18:50

Vienaa

34.51

Prague

1041

Helsingfors

1934

Madrid

26.31

Lisbon

Athens

368

Bucharest

783

Rio

*.5 28/22

Buenos Aires ........... 47

2/01

1/114

1/10 29/327

954

Bombay ............................ 1/8 15/10

Shanghai

Hong Kong ... Yokohama

Silver (spot).....

Silver (orward)

23 13/16

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