Too Great a Loss to the Treasury ston Churchill, Chancellor' of the Exchequer, stated in the House of Commions to-day' that, The coffee crop in Cartago Pro. vince, Costa Rica, which fetches wood prices in the London and Hamburg markets, where it is used for blending, has been ruined by the recent storm, which stripped tha trees. The Government will pros Dably have to re-establish the smalt growers of the crop financially—" Reuter. contrary {9 reports, there was no intention to revert to the penny. postage for letters in the near
penny postage on a pre-War basis future.
The re-introduction of the
would entail a loss to the treasury. estimated at between £6, 750,000 and Hongkong, ast Flight Squadron, ts under $7,250,000 per annum.—Reuter.
Cave-Brown-Cave, left to-day for Tourane, in Annam.—Reuter.
New York, Nov, 23:—Mr. George L, Harrison, Deputy-Governor of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, succeeds the Into Mr Benjamin Strong as Governor of the Bank.—Reuter.
Marsrites, Nov. 23:—The Duke and Duchess of Brabant sailed day on the steamer Insulinde for thy Dutch East Indies on a tour of of inspection—Reuter. cult
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