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(Received January 22, 11.30 a.m.)
LONDON, January 18
The Admiralty announces that Lord Jellieoc returns to England forthwith, and will temporarily abandon his visit to South America and South Africa.
XF/NY YORK, January 21. The exchange rate of the £ has fallen to 362-2 cents.
WASHi^GTON, January 18
At St. John (New Brunswick), Hon. McKenzie King, leader of the Canadian Liberal Party, delivered a speech advocating United States and Canadian reciprocity on the ground that it would be an important factor in the reduction of the cost of living.
A plan lias been referred to the Commissioner oi' Internal Revenue by which liquor interests holding large stocks will be compensated. The plan contemplates ■the issue of Treasury certificates to the owners of liquor, and the Government will dispose of tho liquor stores for non-beverage purposes. (Received January 22, 11.50 a.m.) CAIRO, January 19. jjjgypt has made at least a hundred million sterling oiit of the cotton. Many cultivators, living in mud huts, made unexpected fortunes, often twenty thousand, and sometimes a hundred thousand pounds.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XL, Issue 9210, 22 January 1920, Page 5
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