1917-02-03 — Page 3

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TELKURAPIE NATURDA

FEBRUÄKT

GENERAL

NEWS.

No Wonder!

The war costs over £5,000,000 a day. This is how the item in

made up. The other day a Danish steamer was captated by our patrols. She was loadeď with phosphate for Amsterdam; but after being kept fire weeks st Gravesend she was released, with | her cargo intact, and paid £3 500 —or £100 a day—for the deten- tion -John Bull,

India's Sportsmen, Altogether the som "of B*. 7,70,000 (over £51,000) has now been subscribed to various war funds by the Western India Tarf| Club, Bombay and Poons. The latest,derations include £6,500 to the Officers' Familica Fand, £5,500, to Lord Kitchener's Memorial Fund, and £6,500 to → St. Danitin's Home for the Blind, Appointment for Cardinal Bourne.

The Pope has appointed Car dinal Bourne a member of the Coneistoris】 Congregation. Since Great Britain, Canada, and the United States were removed fro a the jurisdiction of the Propaganda and were placed under the Con-) istorial Congregation, the latter has become the most important esngregation of the Roman Chur ch, remarks the Timer."

"Our Day" and the Colonies. Oa "Our Day" £1,850 wan collected in the Babama Ielande. Of this sum £1,300 is for the purchaseoltwo motor ambalances, Nigeria has subscribed a further £6,200, making £11 850 in all, to the Red Cross Society. Trinidad has subscribed £250, Montserrat £190, and St. Helena £140 to the Sciety, Trinidad has also given £750 for relief in Belgium,

Bavaria and "After the, War."

Discussing the commercial situation after the war, the Bavar ian Industrial Unica agreed that the most nogeary things were to render German industries in- dependent of the outside world and to gain the home-markets | before trying to reconquer the export trade. The president, Deputy Hieppel, said that all forcen must be concentrated on defeating the most relentless foe -England.

China's Flances.

The domestic communication loan of $200,000,000 proposed by Mr. Heu Shih-yio, Minister of Communications, for meeting the: various expenses of starting new communications enterprises bas been passed by Cabinet meeting sad will be referred to the Kno Hlui for discussion after the Chinees new year. The Peking Daily News does not thick Mr. He will succeed in view of the deplorable Chiceso situation.

financial

Concerning Metals. The high prices of zino, asys : the Mining Magazins, bas led the metallurgiate at gold and silver; mines to seek alternative moitois of precipitation from cyanide: solutions. The users of alumini- om dust at Cobalt have been con- strained to modify their process for the same reason. In America experiments are being made with electro- deposition on lines simi- lar to the Siemens and Baleke process used many years ago ob the Transvas). Racd metal- largiste have recently, turned their attention to the recovery of the sino, and in the course of their investigations bave evolved now method, of which more will be haard later,

The Late Generzi Tuson.

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Peking Daily News, Jan, 22.— The citizen's mass meeting war held for the third time for die- cuming the Lobeikni qaration at the Sung-yan An Guild yesterday, and it was reolwor that the government should not. give way to French demande,

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WAR LOANS INVESTMENT

TRUST OF MALAYA..

(Incorporated in the Federated.

Malay States)

CAPITAL—$6,000,000.———

General Sir Beary Brasnel! Tason, K.O.B., who died at Sar- biton on 21at alt, aged 80, entered the Royal Marine Artillery

In shares of $10)—each (Strails in 1854. He saw considerable service during the oond Chins Mr. Pearce, Australian Minister - currency)-fully paid, War. From Aug. 28 to Sept. 5, for Defence, has received a cable 1858, he commanded a detach from the A.I F. headquartere, THE Shares bear interest at the rate of 6% per annum mbat at the caplere of a battery London, announcing that the which together with repayment and the destruction of ICO janke British military authorities conf capital in full on liquidation is and 236 guns on 20 expedition sider that the 3rd Acstralian guaranteed by the Government against pirates at Kalan Island, Division could be regarded as the of the Federated Malay States. for which he was mentioned in beat and most completely (quip Interact accruos from the 1st day despatobos. In Jan, 1859, he ped force to leave England. Mr. of the month following the date was present at the attack on the Pearce expressed gratification at on which subscriptions are re- Peiho Forta and at the capture of this message, and added that beceived and will be paid half the Taka forte la 1860, 'Ho wat | Was confident that the 3rd yearly on 1st. January and on promoted captain in 1865 and Australian Division would, on the 1st July, Copies of the pros- pectus and forms of applications major in 1877, and to the rank of battlefeld, maintain that mg for shares can be obtained from lieutenant-colonel for special ficent standard of valour, resource, and subscriptions will be received service in the Zila. War in 1880 and efficiency charioteriste of the by, any of the following Banks. Throughout the Egyptain cam| Australian soldier.

The Chartered Pank of I. A. paign of 1882 he rendered dis

& China,.. tinguished service, and was re«: warded with the brevat rank of of colonel. In 1888 be was promoted bisal, and, in August, soluutenant general; Ye in 1900,

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