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Evening Star, Issue 17327, 15 April 1920, Page 6

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GRAIN ELEVATOR BURNED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright* Australian and N.Z. Cable A tkm« GAPE TOWN. April 14, Fire destroyed the South African ItUR. ing Compan/e grain elevator at Port Elizabeth, one of the biggest in the couqtry. containing over 4,000 tons of wheat, The mishap hae considerably aooento, ated the wheat shortage, and quotations are already advancing. The damage if estimated at £100,006. FLYING OVER MALAYSIA. BATAVIA, April 14, The landing ground at Grisssee hae Apt been approved, making it uncertain whats Lieutenant Matthews’s next landing place will be. His departure from Kand Qati will mostly probably b© postponed till Friday morning. BRITISH TRADE. Imperial News Service. LONDON, April 14. The Board of Trade return* of the inx* ports for ALarch were £167,000,000, on increase of £61,000,000 j the export© wets £104,000,000, an increase of £51,000,000, as compared with the previous March. The principal increases m imports were raw cotton, £28,000,000; grain and flout, £11,000,000. The principal increase in eg* porte was manufactured cotton ooooL £15,000,000. RETICENCE. Imperial News Service. London, April 14. In the Commons Air Bonar Law stated that it would be undesirable to publish the Anglo-French Notes in regard to the occupation of German towns. Ha declared that Anglo-French relations were harmonious, as he hopes they will always be. He intimated that the matter would bo discussed at San Remo.