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The Telegraph

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1:26.

INDIA'S CURRENCY,

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1926.

DAY BY DAY,

poses of reconstruction. As T- gards silver, the Americán ovi- dence was equally adverso, for

A VICTORY WON OVER SELF 18 THE BIG silver a very largely a by-product ONLY VICTORY ACCEPTABLE TO GOD, of the production of the base me--Charles. Noel Douglas.. tals, and it is therefore natural to

fever.

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NEW RAILWAY STATION.

PROJECT FOR SINGAPORE. The construction of

DEATH OF MR. T H. T ROGERS.

DOYEN OF THE F.M.S. BAR.

The death occurred at Kuala

apparently being seriously consider. T. Rogers, doyon of the FM.S. ed by the F. M. S. Rallways ad-Bar, who completed his 81st year ministration.

last August.

way station for Singapore, in place Yesterday's honith return shows of the present undersized and un- find the silver, copper, lead and two Chinese cases of typhoid dignified structure at Tank Road, is Lumpur, on October 20 of Mr. T. tin interests in the United States up against a proposal which would

Charged in connection with the result in a serious depreciation in

attempted robbery in the Hong the value of silver. It was made kong Bank of $510 from a Chinese, clear to the members of the Coma Tamil named Singram pleaded mission that the Indian Finance guilty in the police court at Po-

nang on the 20th instant. Son Department's scheme could only tence was deferred. be carried out with the help of credits raised in the United States agalaat which toy draw gold and as the opinion of the American ex- perta was so definitely adverse to the proposal, it is surprising

the Commis that

"Could not ap- prove it.

In connection with the scheme Boforo a full attendance of the for a new station the Singapore bar on the following day, in the Municipality have been asked to Supreme Court, with the Chief agree to the deviation of Tank Road Justice and Mr. Justice Farrer and the provision of a new road be Manby on the bench, many tributes. tween Killiney Road and Oxley were paid to Mr. Rogers: Road. Proposals to this effect haveMr. Freeman, on behalf of the It is officially denied that the re-been prepared by the departments bar, spoke in feeling terms of the

dosth" of their oldest colleague," cent visit of Sir Joseph Cook, the concerned and approved. Financial Advisor, to Singapore was connected with the floating of a Siamese loan in the Straits. Slam has no intention of seeking to float a loan,

Two-British Vassels arrived in port and nine departed during the twenty-four hours ending at 9 a.m. to-day. The number of British vessels in Harbour is now 22. The Total number of ships of all ng- tionalities was 62.

:

Last Saturday night, a fire broke out aboard the s.s. Eastmore which was lying alongside McKenzie's wharf at Pootung, Shanghai. It

The new station will be situated who, he said, was the oldest prae- in the angle between River Valley tising member of the bar of the Rond and Tank Road, and the main FM.S. and the Colony.

The Chief Justice said the entrance will be off River Valley Road, which in to be widened to Judges desired to pasociate them 80 feet. Ample parking space for selves with everything sald and to cars is to be provided; and the pub-express the deepest sympathy with lie amenities of the station will be the deceased's family. He paid much more comfortable than those tribute to Mr. Bogere sterlin

qualities and amiable and upri at present available.

disposition.

EXCHANGE RATES.

Rugby, Oct. 27

158

84.857

12.12

20.40

84.354

.192.52

Aires

"The aime which the Indian Fin- ance Department had in ww was the acceleration of the education of

The plans of the F. M. S. R. in the Indian peasant class in the

regard to doubling the track, etc. Mr. Rogers was widely known are not yet known, but the facilities and respected throughout Malaya. habits of deposit and investment,

for handling traffic and storage of He was admitted an attorney and and in financial circles, it is

A special dinner dance is to be gooda will certainly be greatly im solicitor in the Hilary Term of 1870, and practised for some years thought that that can be as well, given at the Cafe Restaurant Pari-proved...

sien on Saturday night, when Mr. if not better, served by the pro-and Mrs. Youry Yourlo will appear there will be three passenger plat-East

The provisional plans show that in London before coming to the posals of the Commission for a in characteristic dances. These forms, 800 feet long, as compared gold bullion standard without artistes have become very popular with 875 feet at present, and the gold, circulation. In other words, at the "Parisien" on account of station will be constructed in two the Commission accepted what was their clever dancing and effective wings, respectively 220 and 100 feet

costumes.

long. reasonable and prudent (the de-

The level crossing in Tank Road

Paris will be abolished, and Tank Road Brussels mand for a full gold standard) and rejected what was, for the

will swing to the left and meet a Amsterdam new overhead bridge which is to be Berlin present at least, imprudent (the

consiracted in Fort Canning Road. Copenhagen demand for a gold circulation). took the Fire Brigade three hours It is possible that in the future Vina

Helsingfors A cerTank Road will be continued be- Lisbon Amongst other things, the Com-to extinguish the blaze.

tain amount of sugar

washind the new station to connect Buenos mission pointed out that a gold damaged, but the loss incurred with River Valley Road, but that Shanghai

is mere speculation at present. circulation for India would of was not great.

The station scheme involves a New York necessity mean a blow to the

Gerieva At the Marine Court, this morn- certain amount of cutting in the Milan silver market, which would be aing, a junkmaster was fined $15 face of Fort Canning Hill, but not Stockholm grave injury to the millions of for being under way without ex- as much as they would have been alo

involved by the original proposal to Prague peasantry in India who are wont hibiting regulation lights, the mas-

Madrid ter of a launch was fined $10 for take the, railway right round themad Rio to hoard in silver. These

are obstructing a wharf, and another hill and construct a station fronting Bombay some of the main point which launch master was fined $5 for on Hill Streat.

Hongkong The proposal for a station hotel Silver (spot) arose and which animated the failing to observe the rule of the

for Singapore, which was talked of Silver (forward) Commissioners in, coming to the road.

several years ago when hotel ae- conclusions which they did. The

The local branch of the Boycommodation here was very difficult will höld to obtajn, has apparently been drop- next development of interest will Scouts Association

their annual swimming sports on pea, and also the proposal to double Saturday next. 30th October, the line to Woodlands, the opening, vez

of the Johore Causeway having Troops will be all the keener, diverted must of the pageenger Dollar on demand 1/10 13/16 because the Hon. Mr. H. W. Bird traffe to the road.

Lighting-up has very kindly presented a chal- lenge cup. The sporte begin at 3 p.m. punctually,

In view of the fact that the re- cent drop in silver has to be at- tributed in part to the recommen- dation that India should adopt the gold standard, it is extremely in teresting to learn the reasons which actuated the members of the be the actual decision of the Im Indian Currency Commission in perial authorities on the recom-This year the competition between arriving at a decision of such ex-mendations måde."-- treme significance and importance, This we are able to do after read-

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Since the time of Barnum, American circus agents have can- vassed the European Lillipurts. One town, it was said, had a popu

They might escape the car's attack Jation made up largely of midgets.

A great rush of these folk was And answer bus conductors back, started some years back when

Taxi Driver: Where shall 1 Lilliputians who had played in America returned to their native drive you, sir? .

Raveller: I don't care Shay, land with fat bank rolls.

A large number have "retired" d'you know where Johnson street and will not return to the show is? Taxi Driver: Yes.. game for any sum.

Once before a midget, famine Reveller: Well, don' drive me threatened, but the situation was there thash where I live. saved by the discovery of another

Alphabetical order is a good.. midget colony on the Tisza River,

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Belgium has just taken the bold subject by the leading British step of stablising her franc, and A polsonous snake, over 6% financial papers, from which we it is an action for which the outfeet long, was killed in Nathan gather that evidence of the utmost side world should have every ad-Road, near the Po Hing theatre, miration and sympathy. The ex- on Tuesday night. The snake, value was given before the Com change value of Belgian, currency green in, colour, was seen to drop mission by Mr. Benjamin Strong, has experienced wide and almost down from a tree in front of the Governor of the Federal Reserve disastrous fluctation within the shop occupied by Messrs. Kong Bank of New York, and two dis- Past year or so, and, in company Bross, and Mr. A. F. May, who was with the French franc, has been walking near, hurriedly obtained a tinguished experts who accom the despair of financiers. Infla-bamboo pole from a shop and kill panied him to "London, namely,tion of the paper currency has, ofed the snake. Altogether, a most Professor Sprague, of Harvard, course, been at the root of the unusual and exciting incident.

trouble, plus unstable and uncer- and Professor Hollander, of the tain political conditions. Normal-

The Civil Service pass list shows John Hopkins University. In-ly, the Belgian franc has a par the following. among the top value of 25 to the sterling, but Cadets, some of whom will be cidentally, it was regarded as 3

it has been above the 200 mark coming to Hongkong.-P. H. Mor-. notable event that these American this year. With the brightening ris, B. Cockram, G. C. L. Griffin, exports should have visited Lon of the political outlook and the 1. By Jones, R. I. Langham Carter, don to assist a British enquiry better organization of internal C. M. File P. D. Martyn, A. W M'Kenzie, E. Slade, J., H. Colling- finance, the franc has partly re-ridge, R. J. W. Stacy, D. I. R. Muir, into the currency of India, and the covered, but it must have taken T. B. C. Coen, D. J. K. Coghill, E. cordial spirit of co-operation thus a considerable amount of courage Whittaker, H. S. C. Gill, A. G. Wells, evinced was highly appreciated in for the Belgian authorities to W. Nisbet, L. C. Simpson Gray, financial circles at Home.

agree to stabilisation at a rate of R. H.-Owen, R. F. S. Baylis, G. U 174.40 to the £. At one time the Whitchend, O. C. Morland, F. E. A It appears that the officials of figure of 150 was mentioned as beTaylor, J. Johnston... the Finance Department of the Go- ing that which Belgium hoped to

A correspondent signing him- vernment of India put forward a rench, and the figure of 174 repre-

sents, therefore, a considerable self "Vlady-Yos-Tok" writes: tentative proposal for a gold cir-giving way. The raising of an in- "The writer le in no way interest culation, and that it was mainly ternational loan p $100,000,000 ed in the Cafe Parisien. or its on this point that Mr. Benjamin (gold) in America, England, Swit- management but would like to say Strong and his associates offered zerland, Holland and Sweden has that he feels that its management is to be congratulated on the en- been enthusiastically supported, valuable evidence. To put that America's quota (one half) Eagement of Mr. and Mrs. Youry proposal into effect would require and Britain's share being al- Yourio, the dancing experts.

ready over-subscribed. At the is a long time since he witnessed the export to India of £100,000,000 rate of seven per cent, this will a finer display of dancing than the worth of gold in the next tea represent a considerable, annual one, given last evening, and he years, in addition to her normal re- sum to be paid out by Belgium, feels that the general public quirements. It would also entail but that gallant little country will should know more" of this inter-

have all the benefits that accrue esting engagement" the sale during that period of an from possessing a stabilised cur-

A house off the tenth mile, Tam-

Glasgow tallers have announced amount of silver equal to three rency. The new gold unit is to

It's the one you discharged their new autumn styles for men, times the total annual production be known as the Belga-one of Penis Rond, Singapore, was the cook like that"

which will be worth five of the scene of a shocking brutal murder last week, dearie, I told her you For street wear, they recommend: of the world. The American evi-

which will last week. A woman named NS were lunching with me to-day "A stiff hat, crown from four to present franc notes dence, it appears, was directed remain in circulation. Europe Ah Tuah and her ten year old son, atrongly against this proposal. has had many new currency unita Ong Kim Eng, were killed through issued since the war and sume of blows on the head inflicted with Mr. Strong stated that it was an their names are still uutamillar, an axe. Another son, Ng Sal, illusion to suppose that there was But there is not much risk of non-aged 14, was also attacked, and about the name seriously injured, but managed to a great surplus of gold in the recognition United States, that the United "Belga" and it is to be hoped that escape and give the alarm.

everything will conspire to keep alleged murderer la said to be Ang States had parted with about the international value of it high Seah, himself only a youth of 18. No motivo for the terrible crimine $134,000,000 in gold during the all over the world.

is known. Ang Seah made his es- last year and that the realdum of

capo, and so far has not been, ap- free gold available was not in ex- cess of the probably requirements of other countries for the pure

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Mr. S. Bolem won the first prize prohended, but the police are in the Weymouth angling festival searching the whole island for with a shark caught from the him, and his apprehension Is ex- beach with conger cel tackle.

pected

in the lowlands of Hungary. working rule, but it sometimes Trading in them was carried on brings out odd results. Who largely by peasants who, say the would have expected that the first Broadway agents, are now demand- vote for the admission of Germany ing exorbitant prices because of to the League would be given by the midget scarcity.

South Africa? That is because Parents of midgets are said to the French order of the names be retiring on the price exacted is taken and South Africa in for a single child. Recent figures Fronch is "L'Afrique du Sud”

garded) Germany (Allemagne) were $600 per "midget," it is said. (the preliminary article is disro-

She asked the man to curl her

was the first to put her signaturo to the Locarno Treaty, followed hair, Ha couldn't call her bluff, by Belgium, France, and Great · 'Cause when he tried to do it, Britain (La Grande Bretagne).

.shucks,

At Versailles, on the other hand, Mr. Lloyd George signed not for": La Grande Bretagne," but for "L'Empire Britannique," and so came before France."

It wasn't long enough.

"You have a wonderful cook. She has talien such paing with everything. I could never get a

PUTTING IT ACHOSS.

"please keep to the pavement" en

a suggested street warning. Anal tho ifs and buta

Of London's traffle fix!

I man word only, coconuts

And cars wore balls or sticks? But flash is grass, n' fragilo herb That rash ambition needs to kerb,

If stations underground

Alternate eldes would stand, The street were crossed by tubing

round

Trafalgar Square to Strand, "Dr ladies on the bargain mareh From Bond-street cross by Marble

Arch.

five inches high and the brim. modelled something like an auto-

mobile feuder. The suit is blus serge, double-breasted, the coat very short and loose at the should- ers and the trousora very loose and flappy, their bottoms about three fnches above the shoe, tops,.

Little Girl: "Please, have you a sheep's head?

Butcher (trying to be funny), "No, my dear only my own,

„Lstile "GIM: That won't do. Father watts ono with brains in