Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 6 January 1920

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 4. VOL. LXXVIII. TUESDAY, 6th JANUARY, 1920. PRICE IO CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 916 1 of 1 Repute^ 110 ®d i F I w I Sold Everywhere. I I >f row have mt tbiesl BEAB BRAND MILK I HIGH-CLASS CIGARETTES S 1 |Hh Jr at MODERATE PRICES. i you can have no idea what a W. &S» wrß,lly S,cr is l I real,yis Do not
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    • 24 1 I THE BEnCARiH TOWN f g I f 1 g g aMMorro mvs7/«-MUO 3 Sole Agents S.S. F.M.S- 3 LOng Sam Leong a Co.
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  • 961 2 ECHO OF JNORTHAM ROAD ROHBERY. The third case in connection with the sang robbery which occurred in the residence < f Mr Chung Thye Chong, et Northam R <ad, came for trial ai the yesterday afternoon, before Mr Jus ice L M Woodward and a common jury, the
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  • 248 2 HANDICAPS FOR FIRST DAY, The following are the handicaps for the opening day, Tuesday, the 13. h January, of the Penang Turf Club’s New Year Meeting. Race I—(7| furlongs). Jill 9.10 Noel 9. 4 I Know You 9. 4 May 8. 8 Orthez 7.3 Race 2—(5 furlongs). Talisman
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  • 56 2 Th© ties played yesterday afternoon resulted as follows: Championship.-—E. Reimann beat R. Owen 21—13; G. Wright Motion beat J. Duguid 21—11; Unfinished tie i W. S. Dunn beat Capk Kerr 21—17. The following is fixed for Friday, 9th January Championship Pairs.—R. N. Goodwin and J. M. ChalmeiM
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  • 15 2 The entries for the P.C.C. tennis tournament close bn the 15th insh
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  • 73 2 A hockey match was played laii evening between a team from H.M.S. Hawkins and Penang Cricket Club, the visitors winning a good game by three goals to one. The Club played with ten men, but this fact does not detract from the merit of the naval side’s success. They
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  • 70 2 In the moist heat of this tropical climate one can never feel safe from catching a chill. The least exertion causes excessive perspiration and then, either a sudden gush of wind if but of doors, or the draught from an electric office fan strikes the body in its
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  • 79 2 is the finest corrective of a body jchill that can be taken. Just a few doses when out of sorts and the bad condition is at once corrected. It is well to always have a bottle in the office as well as at home. No mafler
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  • 726 2 ORIGIN OF THE TROUBLE. A large proportion of the rikishi» pal ms of Kuala Lumpur have been idle since Thursday evening, says yesterday’s Malay Mail.” Residents of the town and travellers have been—and are being—seriously inconvenienced. The Police have succeeded in limiting major acts of violence after
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  • 173 2 Pbnang, January 6, 1920. 8. P. Tapioca No. 2 $l3} —sales M. P. Tapioca sl4.oo—sellers Gold leaf $72 sellers. Pepper (W. Coast 3 lbs, 5 oz) sl6} buyer?. Black Pepper $25 nom. White Pepper $65 sellers. Trang Pepper nominal Mace $9O nom. Mace Pickings $75 sellers. Cloves $l5O sellers.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 555 2 I Meat Lassitude 000 rod I)r. Tablets Give Splendid Energy and Safeguard the System Irum Infection. India. Soulh Africa. Mr. Upendrakriehna. Bromhopadha- t Mrs. Elkn Flowers. 8 I j.iva, T’oradalia, P.O. 2B Railway, Nadia, '•■•.’it River, C.P., Sorth Africa, writes:Bengal, India, writes:—” lam enjoying I suffered terribly with headache, and
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    • 598 2 NEW ADVERTISEMENT,, POSITIONS VACANT Two Experienced Young Lady Assi. tantS wan ed for Drapery Dep^tm" 1 Must be exporienc3d. Apply per 8 on a Drapery Department, Manager, M eg ?Z' Pritchard Co., Ltd. s Wanted.— Active Man to travel Kedah and local disliricts. Good sah r? able man. State experience,
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 204 2 nnnnnnnannannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn (imperials n From Mon., sth to Wed., 7th January, 1920. n In the Second Show at 9 p. m. The Story sensational of a Woman’s Way. q THE LAST MAN 0 H The Social Butterfly and a Manly Man. H n a 5 act Vitagraph Star of romance and
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  • 215 3 The report of the Singapore Harbour Board for the half-year ending 30th June, 1919, states that the cre- dit balance of income and expendiI ture account for the half year under review is $2,321,285-01. Of this sum the interest paid or due to Government on loan funds,
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  • 127 3 Inaugural Dinner in Madras. Madras, December 20.—The first dinner inaugurating the formation of the 1914-18 Survivors’ Club was held at the Madras Club on Thursday. Ninety officers, all of whom had been under fire during the war, attended. The aims and objects of the club are briefly
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  • 129 3 Calcutta, December 19.—The C. J. D. are enquiring into a sensational case that has occurred in the Gun and Shell Factory at Cossipore. It is said that a system which is known as the Black scheme is being introduced in the Gun and Shell Factory for
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  • 112 3 Rangoon, December 19.—A revised scale of pay has been sanctioned by the Secretary of State for Civil Sub-Assistant Surgeons in Burma, and will probably take effect from the Ist December if the money can be found, otherwise from the Ist March next. The starting pay of Rs.
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  • 100 3 Calcutta, December 20. —Lieuten-ant-Colonel I. A. E. Edwards, a representative of the Handley Page Company, who is now in Calcutta, expects two Handley Page machines in a fortnight. These machines are Rolls Royce twin engine, Handley Pages, very like that in which Generals Salmond and Borton
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  • 171 3 Owing to the ambiguity of the original announcement made by the Railway authorities very few people expected the night mail train to Penang to start on December 31, although there were a few who read the eleventh hour announcement to that effect and came to the
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  • 145 3 —“M.M.” The mail train from Singapore on Saturday evening, which should have reached Kuala Lumpur at 6.45 on Sunday morning, did not arrive until 3.45 in the afternoon consequent upon two washouts on the Singapore section of the line. The train, a very full one with three
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  • 170 3 December 29th saw what may well be called the first of the public happenings in connection with the celebration of the natal day of His Majesty the King, in the form of the ceremonial opening of the new Administrative Building of the Royal Siamese State Railways and
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  • 157 3 One of the most important questions, from the Ceylon point of view, which is to come up for discussion at the special conference of representatives of the various Indian and Ceylon Chambers of Commerce to be held at the beginning of this month will be that
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 1065 3 POSITION WANTED. THE GLOBE CINEMA. anaze a email Rubber Estate by a The public are hereby notified that as T over 10 years experience, lately from the first day of January, 1920 Planter o fche gftme tinae 2 European Khoo Keng Chew and John Francis Perriere' aua J‘? tßte3 i
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    • 46 3 DULL AND GLOOMY? If so try Pinkettee, the gentle little liver stimulants, and see how quickly these symptoms will be dispelled. cure Constipation, torpid liver, biliousness, sick headaches, coated tongue, foul Kinel ling breath, clear the skin. Of chemists, and post free, 90 cents the vial,
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    • 784 3 THE SUBSCRIPTION LIST XA/IL.L OL.OSE UA/ OR BEFORE IO TH JANUARY, /920 KEMAYAN EXTENSION LIMITED (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements under the Companies Ordinance 1915.) CAPITAL $450,000. Divided into 225,000 Shares of $2 each DIRECTORS. LOUIS WILFRED WILSFORD GUDGEON Esq. NEVILLE STEPNEY MANSERGH Esq. WILLIAM ARTHUR SIMS Eeq. PERCY FURLONG
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  • 17 4 Cowley-Brown —On the 4th instant at Singapore, the wife of P C Cowley-Brown of a daughter.
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  • 1336 4 Although the United States Senate has by its vote in November emphatically rejected the Treaty of Versailles it must not be imagined that Americans are solidly united in approval of the action of the Senatoia. Lord Robert Ceci), who was specially concerned at the Pesce Conference
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  • 1351 4 The report of Mr I H Burkill, m a, Director of Gardens, for *|*he Waterfall 1918, states that the rainGardeas, fall in Penang was normal in amount and in distribution, except for the pheoncmenal downpour of December Bth which did great damage iu the Waterfall Gardens The
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  • 25 4 Yesterday’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang wassl7o| per picul, buyers, no sellers; and for refined tin sl7o| per picul, buyers, no sellers,
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  • 154 4 The output of the Renong Tin Dredging Company, Limited, for the second half of December was No. 1 Dredge 72 piculs, No. 2 Dredge 207 piculs, No. 3 Dredge 266 piouls, making a total of 545 piculs. The output of the Malayan Tin Dredging. Ltd., for December was:
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  • 232 4 JEWELLERY TAKEN. The Chinese “with the black coat,” whose depredations in the bungalows cf Penang are becoming almost as regular rs the rising of the eud, made a good haul early on Monday morning when he visaed the residence of Mr Tyndale Powell in Western Road, the bungalow
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 150 4 JUST ARRIVED J I Galofina Jamaica I J CIGARS. Perfecto’s per box of 25 $6.25« H Bouquets 5.00. 1 OBTAINABLE FROM PRITCHARD CO., LTD. M. N. NOOHU CO. B CHONG KEE CO. g I F. G. TAYLOR CO., Ltd., I Merchants and Agents, n 43, Beach Street, Penang, 21, Market
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    • 7 4 “E. O.” TANGO_DJNNER FRIDAY NEXT 9TH JANUARY.
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  • 177 5 SPEECH by lord R. CECIL [pim»’s Tixbobams.) London, January 3. I 3 a epeeob »t Lew’s, Lord Robert Cecil de.it with the »«‘’ude of America and the X. treaty. He emphasised that Br.tam .anted the aesent not of one party m America. th 6 Whol6 A er,Ca
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  • 88 5 WET” IN PLACES. New York, January 1. Despite prohibition, New York was decidedly “wet” in places on New Year's E»e. Restaurants and hotels .are crowded with wine parties, which paid exorbitant prices for pri„re supplies. A few arrests were made, the authorities refraining from strictly
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  • 113 5 SEIZURES AND ARRESTS. New York, December 31. The authorities are now on the alert to prevent further mischief arising from the consumption of denatured alcohol. The Federal Agents lust evening seized 18 barrels at Brooklyn, sufficient, according to the chief agent, to kill 20,000 persons. Two reea
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  • 56 5 CANADA’S ACTION. Ottawa, January 1. With a view to encouraging the White fishing population of the Pacific Coast, the Dominion Government has decided to discontinue (he issue of salmon cannery or -mon seizing licences, except to resident citizens of the White race. Hitherto the fishing has been
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  • 180 5 TRAVELLING EXHIBITIONS. Loudon, January 2. bir Hamar Greenwood, mp, Secreof the Department of Overseas xra Ip, in an interview, sai l the Treasury bid sanctioned expenditure on a scheme in which a travelling exhibition of British ttanuiacturea would be held at the principal commercial centres in South Africa,
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  • 115 5 MR. CHURCHILL BOLSHEVISM. CRAZY FANATICS. [Rsunn’s Tzliorams London, January 3. Mr Churchill, in a speech at Sunderland, dealing with Bolshevism, said it was impossible for civilised people to adopt or agree with Bolshevism, which destroyed freedom and attempted to establish class Government. Were we to take lessons in constitutionalism from
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  • 406 5 Koltchak* Denfekin and the anri-Bolshe-vist military movement in Russia are doomed unless they get new Democratic leadership to succeed the present reactionary regime. This is the conclusion of Major-General Alexis S. Potapoff, who has reached Shanghai from Japan, from which country he was deported
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  • 364 5 Describe Life Under Bolshevist Rule. A glimpse into the conditions of British prisoners of war in the hajids of the Bolshevists was given by the three released men who landed at Hull on November 29th on tlie steamer Arcturne, from Helsingfors. They are Private Richards, of
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  • 666 5 Sir Bernard Pares, who has just returned from Siberia, sounds a note of warning with regarded to Germany’s plans in the East. There is not, and cannot be,” he declares, any world peace which leaves in chaos half Europe and nearly half
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  • 207 5 THE TREATY CEREMONIES. Paris. January 3.—The procedure fixed for January 6th is as follows. First, the Germans will sign the protocol dated November Ist, which specifies the reparation for the Scapa Flow sinkings, then the documents certifying ratification of the Treaty of Versailles. Afterwards M. Clemenceau will hand
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  • 33 5 [Fbom Ous Own Cobbxspondint.] Singapore, January 6, 'A Boating mine, apparently German, was sighted on January 2nd in Lat. 3 deg. 24 mins. Souths Long. 110 deg. 7 mini Eaat<
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  • 120 5 THE MESOPOTAMIA INCIDENT. [Rbutkb’s Tklbgbams.] Basrah, December 28 An official representative of the Arab Government, conferring with the British authorities, suggested that British troops return to Dair ez Zor and restore order. The representative of Ramadkan 8h al ash made a similar appreciation and asked the Officer Commanding
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  • 456 5 Christmas in Camp. Deraj at Column, Mandana Each, December 25. —The day has passed off quietly, though it has not been a holiday for the troops. The 55th Rifles, 57th Rifles, 4-39th Garhwalis, 2-76th Punjabis and 103rd Malirattas went out this morning to the hills west of
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  • 284 5 London, December 18.—The “Morning Post," in a further leader on the Amritsar affair, to day says that with General Dyer’s tiny force audacity was his best hope. He was able to strike a blow which put an end for the time being, not only to the trouble
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  • 48 5 Jan B.—New Club, Taipi< g, Dance, 9.30 p.m. Jan 11.—P V.R.C. Shoot-, 200, 500 and 600, 7 30 a.m. Jan 13, 15 17—Penang Races. Jan 15—P.C.C. Tennis Entries Close. Jan 25.—PV.RC. Sho t. 300 and 600, 7 30 am. Jan 28.—P A M Meeting, Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 436 5 AN 1895 LETTER. [Rzutkr’s Txlbgbam*.] London, January 1. The first instalment of the letters from the ex-Kaiser to the ex-Tsar, which is published in the Morning Post to-day, includes one dated April 2nd, 1895, of particular interest to the Far East. The ex-Kaiser in this letter writes
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  • 273 5 [From a Cobbjbspondbnt. Alor Star, January 5. The bendangs of Kedah promise a good harvest. The state seems one vast land of padi stalks, and ecare-crows indicate the closeness of reaping time. Fowls. Fowls have risen enormously in price. Profiteers have been excessively exporting poultry to Penang, and
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  • 70 5 Wd are informed thaf Sir Eaurence Guillemard, the new Governor, will pass through Penang privately and unofficially. There yrill be no reception of any kind. He will take the first opportunity of visiting Penang officially after Assuming office in Singapore. His Excellency, accompanied by Lady Guillemard, and
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  • 562 5 Mr H S Whiteside, of Port Dickson,!ha» left for Home via Australia. Mr D B 8 Teale, of Siliau, has taken up the managership of Ainsdale Estate. H H the Sultan of Langkat and suite* travelled to Penang by the mail.train yesterday. Mr H M Butterfield, Assistant
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  • 140 5 EVANS—ROBILLIARD.) The marriage took place in Andrew’s Church, Penang, yesterday afternoon, of Mr. E. J. Evans, chief officer of the Eastern Extension Tele* graph Company’s cable ship “Patrol’ 3 and Miss H. M. Robilliard, daughter of Mr. H. P. Robilliard, Manager of Stuartpuram Estate, Madras. Thei Rev.
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  • 539 6 Ag far as the public of this Colony knowg, wireless telegraphy has not proved the success that was predicted for it says the “Free Press.” We have t wo installations here, tlie Commercial Wireless and th* Naval Station, the former being of very modest, dimensions, the
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  • 212 6 rtticism of Government. London, December 16. —As it was not intended to endeavour to proceed beyond the first reading of the Home Rule Bill this session, the decision not to introduce it but merely to announce on what lines the Government! intends to proceed is only a
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  • 150 6 Costing Britains 2£ Millions Annually. London. December 18.—Mr. Harmsworth announced that Colonel Jacob’s mission had arrived safely at Hodeidah on the 13th December and had departed foy Aden. hi the House of Lords, replying to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Curzon stated that 53.000 refugees. Assyrian Christians
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 24 6 The best time to settle a strike is before it starts. —“Detroit Journal.” We rise to suggest the nationalization of common sense. —“Arkansas Democrat.”
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    • 306 6 -v. cxxxxnxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I MALTHOID. u M ALT HO ID. a Raefiag f®r all kinds of Permanent a*d <2 A Temporary Buildiags, Railway Carriages, Boat Decks etc 1 X f MALTHOID.+b a Flwar Covering for Hospital Floors tad I 96 Bathroom Floors. It is Vermin Proof and Insect Proof and X
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  • 1910 7 the great fight, Fhom Oub Own Cobbbsponmnt.] London, December 4, 1,, ,reat fight between Joo Beckett, the rfntlish heavyweight champion, and George? rnentier, the Frenchman, who served as pilot daring tlia war and who was ““led v rdon in s fisht Wi h in mid-air, tskea place
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  • 905 7 SAILORS’ TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL. A weird story of the sea, wh’ch recalls the mystery of the Marie Celeste—‘he greatest of all sea mysteries—comes from a Scilly correspondent of the Daily Chronicle” Soon after daybreak on November 27th a three mssted four-and-aft rigged schooner was seen to the
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  • 78 7 A Singapore Scheme. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, January 6. The Rice Distribution Advisory Committee, composed chiefly pf mencibers of the Chinese Chambers of Commerce, has raised a loan pf $500,000, without interest, to buy rice to sell to the poor at the controlled price. Each
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  • 284 7 .We have now received the Paddy Crop Report for the six: inner provinces for the week ended the 14th December, says the “Bangkok Times.’There is no change in the area under paddy, which remains at 7,799,000 rai, or 3,342,000 acres. No report for the whole Kingdom has been
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  • 231 7 An interesting review of the year, in the Straits Times,” gives the following regarding rubber, tin and copra. Rubber Production and Value, Since 19C6. Malayan Average Total Exports. Price Tons. per lb. value. 1906 430 5/- 240,800 1907 885 4/6 446,040 1908 1,629 4/- 729 892
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  • 196 7 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy* Co.’s share list:— Y esterday. To-day UD SO SHARES. J? Jj> .S'® 5 72 CQ M Rubber (Dollar). c. c. c. c. Balgownie 7.25 775 7.75 8.25 Bassett 1.60 1.65 1.65 1.74) Kamasan 5.20 5.40 5.50 5.75 Kempas
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  • 112 7 The following are additional rubber outputs for December Alma lbs 33,000 Ayer Tawah 30,017 Bukit Toh Alang 24,205 Batu Lintang 14,382 Bernam Perak 27,760 Cluny 32,256 Chemor United 26,819 Consolidated 59,893 Dindang 13,250 Glenealy 30,200 Gula-Kalumpong 153,500 Hill Rise 24,500 Hopeland 7,788 Kelubi 4,160 Kapayang 22,040 Kinta Kellas
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  • 365 7 By George Street, A newspaper line to the effect that every vessel of the Australian fleet was in Sydney harbour, inspires a writer in The Bulletin of that city to address a poetic welcome to the gaunt gray ships on their return from war. Every
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  • 32 7 Expected Arrivals. Ai ratoon Apcar, Singapore, 6th. Thongwa, Negapatam, Bch. Kleist, Singapore, 9th. Benalder, London, 10’b. Bessie Dollar, Hongkong, 15th. Melville Dollar, Hongkong, sth Feb. Harold Dollar, Hongkong, 10th March.
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  • 57 7 The ss Kleist, is expected to arrive here on 9th instant, and to sail the following day for Colombo, Port Said, Marseilles and London. Ships in communication with tue Wireless Station, Penaga Grotioa, Gienapp, Kwaisang, Amir al Nielly, Idomeneus, Chicago Maru* Andre Lebon, Pundua, Demodocus, Muttra, Doylestown, Ganges
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  • 389 7 DAILY (except Sunday). Parit Buntar, Bagan Sorai, Taiping > By train Ipoh, KualaKubu, KualaLumpur 7.15 a.m, Seremban, Malacca, Johore, L& 6 p.uu Singapore and Hongkong J Parit Buntar and Bagan Serai By train also 10.15 a.m. 3.45 p.m. Taiping By train also also 10.15 a.m. Batu Gajah,
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  • 41 7 The homeward mail “O by the Tara, closes at 10 a.m. to-morrow registration 9 a.m, and parcels 8 a.m,, pillar boxes 9 a.m. The Thongwa with the mails from Europe is expected to arrive here at daylight on Thursday;
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  • 118 7 Penang, January 6, 1920 [By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank ...2/4 1/4 4 months’ sight Bank ...2/4 5/8 3 Credit ...2/5 3/32 3 Documentary ...2/5 1/8 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 3 days’ sight Private Bombay Demand Bank Moulmein Demand Bank M a 3 days’ sight Private
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 964 8 By using xA Hall’s Distemper your home can be made brighter, f healthier and more picturesque, IB- at a cheaper cost than wall-paper, and without X u K the objectionable smell of paint. I Hall’s H I Distemper L/ B (Tradt Mark.) is deservedly the popular wall covering of the
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