Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 January 1920

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 6 VOL. LXXVIII. THURSDAY, B>h JANUARY, IS2O. PRICE IO CENTS.
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    THE N. W. FRONTIER.
    1416 2 MAHSUDS ACCEPT TERMS. Delhi, December 27.—1 t is officially announced that the Mahsuds have accepttd ah our term*. Tonk, December 27.—Dersjat Column, Mandanna Each, Xmas eve. All has been quieb again today Reports have come in that the Mahsuds held a jirga at Kot Kai on
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    DORMANT BANK BALANCES
    84 2 Three Million Owners of £8,000,000 Untraced. London, December 23.—The Sekct Committee on Dormant Bank Balances bas presented its reporb showing that the amount of unclaimed money dormant in banks is less than eight million, the owners of which, numbering about three m Ilion, cannot ba traced. Wherefore
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    PARIS-LILLE EXPRESS COLLISION.
    33 2 London, December 23. The Paris express was to day run into by a good-traiu outside Douai. The last three carriages were completely destroyed. Nine people were killed and numbers injured.
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    TWO MEN MAULED BY LEOPARD.
    52 2 Calcutta, December 27. A leopard bas made its appearance at Sibpore. Two men, it is stated,were mauled by the animal, one of whom is lying in a p-ecariou j condition at the Hcwrah Ho®pital. On Christmas day, a European shikari wnt out to shoot it,
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    Band Programme
    44 2 The Band will play the following programme <f music at the Dbti Kramst Ga’dcns from 5 p.m. tn-day 1. Selection Macbeth Verdi 2. Galop Alexandra Kuhner 3. Waltz Hansel and Gre’el Short 4. P.-lka Bon Vivants Godfrey 5. March Old Faithful Kling.
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    SINGAPORE THEFTS.
    102 2 A theft of clothing and jewellery to the value of §356 belonging to a Hylam trader named Goh Huan Suan is reported to have taken place last Friday night at 404 North Bridge-road. A Hokien woman, named Tan Beng Ti reports the theft of $lOO in notes and
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    TERRIBLE.
    20 2 Mac “I'm smoking a terrible lot of cigars lately I” Jack "‘You certainly are, if that’s one of them!”
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    THE DESOLATION OF BOLSHEVISM.
    822 2 BOLCKADE AS A WEAPON AGAINST PROPAGANDA. In the abundance of testimony to the real meaning and the dangers of Bolshevism which reaches us, says the “limes of Dec. 1 particular interest attaches to the e' 1 dence of neutral observers. Such a one is Dr. T.
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    THE TSAR’S MURDER.
    92 2 —“Boston Herald.”- A Confession. Berlin, November 28.—A felegraH from Warsaw to the -‘Wiener Morgenzeitung” says: A Russian Bolshevist whs was arrested at Warsaw admitted in the course of his examination that as a Red Guard he took part in the murder of the Tsar. The Russian was
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    AN ANSWER TO PRAYER.
    250 3 Presiding over the annual meeting at the recent Australian Congress, His Excellency the Governor, Sir Henry Galway, K.C.M.G., (bld the following line story oi an answer to a -famous General's prayer. General Sir Edmund Allenby, now, Field-Marshal V iscount Allenby, who defeated the Turkish and German
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    LANCASHIRE AND AMERICAN COTTON MILLS.
    163 3 Mr. John Taylor, secretary of the Blackburn Cotton Employers’ Association*, one of the Lancashire representatives at the World Cotton Conference at New Orleans, who has just returned to England, states that the Lancashire cotton trade has nothing to fear from American competition. “We are miles
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    TURKEY’S FUTURE.
    104 3 London, December 15.—1 n the Commons, at question time, Mr. Lloyd George stated that it was impossible to take steps for the future administration of countries in the Near East or the Middle East already or likely to be under control of Great Britain until the Turkish Peace
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    THE EXCHANGE QUESTION.
    121 3 Calcutta, December 23. —The Bengal Chamber of Commerce has telegraphed as follows to the Finance Department regarding the Exchange question: The Bengal Chamber view with anxiety the action of the Secretary of State in reducing the acquisition value of gold at a time when the dollar cross
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    CARDINAL CONDEMNS PARIS DANCES.
    66 3 Paris, November 28.—Cardinal Ametta, Archbishop of Paris, has issued a pastoral letter protesting by many women and the indecent dances now in vogue. He declares that Christian women and girls ought to abstain from wearing such apparel and from taking part in such amusement. The letter
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      1646 3 POSITIONS WANTED. NOTICE OF SALE. MEALIE MEAL. The present stocks of Mealie Meal are To manage a-mall Rubber Estate y a UNDER ORDER OF COURT now exhausted and fresh supplies are due fpr of over 10 years experience, ate y t 0 arr j ve j n January 1 .pdng
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      718 3 THE SUBSCRIPTION LIST WILL CLOSE ON OR BEFORE IQTH JANUARY, 1920. 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 WISE
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    BIRTHS.
    38 4 Haigh—On January 5, at Singapore, the wife of F D Hatgb, of a daughter. Cooke—On the 7th January, at the European Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, the wife of C F Cooke, Kent Estate, FM. S of a son.
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    JAPAN’S OPPORTUNITY.
    1052 4 There was a time and that within the past year or eighteen months when the Allies, if they had only a clear cut policy and had determined to make a swift, decisive stroke with adequate forces, might have intervened in Russia with such effect that the Bolshevist could
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    TIN OUTPUT.
    308 4 The total output of the Tronoh Mines, Ltd., from all sources for December was piculs 1,164 The Japanese cruisers Tokiwa and Adzuma of the Japanese training squadron left Singapore, on Monday for Colombo and Europe. The fund originated by the Editor of the Singapore “Free Press’’ to provide
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    HERE AND THERE.
    915 4 Penang’s celebrated robber, who must yet be nameless, will have Pill Boxes" come to tbe end of bis ia Banks. tetber before occupants oi bungalows follow the lead of the American Banka which have erected ia their premises pill boxes as protection against burglars. The boxes are
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    PENANG ASSIZES.
    166 4 THE INSURANCE CASE. Ab tbe Assizes, this morning, the against Teh Cheng Wah, formerly emnlo* ed in the Insurance Department of Vf y Guthrie Co. Ltd, Penang, was cornue®*!? The following special Jurors were ernnJ/ led Messrs. L. W Learmounb (f or L J. E. Hibbert, N. J.
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    Singapore Assizes
    367 4 —8 F P.” At Singapore Assizes, by six votes to one vhe Jury found Tang Khow guilty voluntarily causing hurt in committing gang robbery, but his Lordship the Chief Justice, deferred sentence Prosecuting on behalf of the Crown, Mr Gaunt said on the night of the Ist October
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    TWO SENTENCES.
    51 4 [From Ovr Own Correspondent.) Singapore, January 8. The Chief Justice, at ti e Assize», sentenc* ed a Chinese to two years’ rigorous and eight strokes with the rattan, for causing hurt and committing robbery. Another Chinese was sentenced to two years’ rigorous for possession of ten forged $5
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    SINGAPORE RAINFALL.
    175 4 .—“8. T.’i For the rain it raineth every day, is quotation that hag been very applicable Singapore during the past fortnight or bo. It hag rained every day and since the old year slipped away the downpour has been quit© exceptional. On New Year’s Day and January 2.
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    ACCIDENT TO A FIRE ENGINE.
    93 4 Calcutta, December 22. —A serious broke out yesterday afternoon in a doublestoreyed jute godown of the Ocean jute pr® ss at Chitpore. The fire was brought un<h' r control after five hours- The extent of the loss and the cause of the fire are at
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    62 4 DEATH. Ho.-e—At General Hospital, Singapore, on January 4 Francis Michael Hose, age 21 years, from pneumonia. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. To all who with their loving sympathy and help tried to ease my heavy hours, and for the floral iffetings which have been sent as a last good bye to the friend they
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    SIBERIA.
    131 5 JAPAN’S FREE HAND. Pari?, January 5. n "cummentinucD the reported 1U 1 e '1 in Siberia which America ha? w l to f couferred on Nippon a supremacy Ifcl neither m H ary triumphs in tie 7 t.psne e «or the negotiations ■?> ,1.7 Entente during the European war
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    Japan’s Naval Programme.
    112 5 AUSTRALIAN COMMENT. London, January 5. The "Daily Mail” Sydney correspondent japan’s announcement that she intend? !7’ end £75 000,000, on an eight years’ Koal programme, of which £30,000,000 V iii be spent in 1920, causes uneasiness in Australia, where the scheme is regarded as a further whittling
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    Opium for China.
    187 5 THE "TIMES” ON IMMENSE SMUGGLING. London, January 3, The "Times refers to the immense and increasing quantities of nt xious drugs that are being cultivate 1 or smuggled into China. Unscrupul us Britishers and Americans are concerned io tile (smuggling, Japan undoubtedly being the principal distributing centre
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    The Paris-Saigon Flight.
    108 5 A HYDROPLANE EFFORT. Paris, January 5. The plans for the Paris-Saigon fl'ght, upon which the civilians, Drouilh and Des Noyelles, have sfa-ted, have been carefully prepared. The aviators have studied the route fur many months. The Hight will differ from previous lon;»Uuiaiice Hights inasmuch as a hydroplane
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    Dr. Morrison.
    37 5 SERIOUS ILLNESS IN LONDON. London, January 3. Doctor George Morrison, Political Adviser to the President of the CLiuet-e Republic, is seriously ill in a nnr-ing home in Lor.dun. He has undery os a third operation.
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    China’s Peace Delegates.
    30 5 .—Havas. bi,i3 January s.—China’s peace mission I a» sailed from Marseilles for China. -.700 Chinese left Le Havre for Halifax route for China on the steamer redian.
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    The Peace Treaty.
    36 5 FURTHER DELAY. laris, January s.—Further delay is jounced in the oxchange of the Peace -<baty ratification?, official circles giving 15th at iha probable date when J treaty of Versailles comes into force *Uvas.
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    A TREATY COMPROMISE
    948 5 The Position of Bbitain. \N a-diington. December I.—Congress met to-day m a state of mind which, judging f 10m messages from Europe, is still not thoroughly appreciated there. The fact that the majority of the Senate undoubtedly dosires gratification of the Treaty does not mean that, unless
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    1499 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr ENT Cummins has arrived in Kuala Lumpur, Mr L N Legge, mining engineer, Ipob, has returned from Home. There are rumours of changes in high circles of the F.M.B. Oivil Service. Mr and Mrs J Dunford Wood left Ipob by tbe mail train yesterday on their way
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    CARPENTIER'S WIN.
    1063 5 BY EUGENE CORRI. (P. Q, Special.) London, December 11 Once again Carpentier has bewildered the majority of the critics, Despite his physical disadvantages he disposed of Joe Beckett in the marvellously quick time of 74 seconds. Just think about it. One can scarcely comprehend the fact by reading
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    The Seine in Flood.
    27 5 Havas. Paris, January s.—The Seine's swollen waters B'e vtfy threatening The optimism prevailing in official quarters is not shared by the population.— Havas.
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    French Ex-Minister Dead.
    26 5 —Havw. Paris, January 5» The burial took place in Paris of M Jean Dupuy, the former Minister, and proprietor of the Petit Parisian.”—Havas.
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    Future of Turkey.
    38 5 I.—Havas. Paris; January 5. The news that the Ottoman Govermenb will be expelled from Europe, and that the fate of Constantinople has been settled by the Allies, is now stated to be at last premature.
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    THE BURMA CROP REPORT.
    183 5 The summary of the crop report fur thq week ending the 2/th. December statest lhe week was practically rainless. In both parts of the Province reaping of Winter rioQ is progressing. In Upper Burma sowing ot island crops is proceeding, the gathering o£ groundnuts and plucking
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    IMPERIAL PICTURE PALACE.
    134 5 Another splendid programme will bo presented at the Empire Theatre to-night and the three following nights. Included in th.® items is a 2-reel picture entitled “The Real Roosevelt” which shows the strenuous life of the late President of the United States* It will be screened at 9.15
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE FUND.
    93 5 [Fbom Oub Own Corbbspondbnt.] Singapore, January 8. The Raffles College Committee, at a meeting yesterday, accepted the offer of Mr. Oei Tiong Haam, of Samarang, of a donation of §150,000. The donor wishes this sum “to be appropriated for building the central block of the Reception Hall,
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    THE GOVERNOR’S ARRIVAL.
    109 5 It is notified that on the occasion of the arrival of His Excellency Sin Laurence Nunns Guillemard, K.C.B.* admission to Johnston’s Pier and to. the Council Chamber will be by ticket. Seats will be reserved foe members of the Executive and Legislative Councils, heads of the principal
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    P.C.C. BOWLS TOURNAMENT.
    43 5 The ties played yesterday after* noon resulted as follows Championship.—G. B. F. Southani beat W. S. Dunn 21— 6; J. M. Chalmers beat E. Reimann 21—15. Single Handciap “A”.—Scr. EL .Wright Motion beat «—1 R. N. Goodwin 21— 14. J
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    AMRITSAR CONGRESS
    1441 6 RELEASED AGITATORS PRESENT. Amritsar, December 27—The Congress met at 2 30 to day. The big pandal was full to overflowing. Fourteen thousand people attended, including eight thousand delegates. Mr Harkishen Lail, Pandit Rambhaj Dutt, Dr Kitchltw and Dr Satyspal entered the pandal and received a tremendous ovation. They
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    ENGLISH OR MALAY
    431 6 The Johore State Council has made an attempt to get over the bi-lingual difficulty. Rule 18 of the Coancil as proposed was that the language sbou'd be Malay, says the Free Press.” Mr Gawler moved that it be Malay or English The Legal Adviser moved tbac tbe
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    THE WORLD OF SPORT.
    987 7 THE TURF. [From Our Own .Correspondbnt London, December 4. Interest in racing affairs has been concentrated on the Jockey Clnb’s reform resolations rather than what has happened daring th 3 first ten dajs of the National Hunt season. So far the &tte[ lechasing and hurdle racing
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    KAISER’S WAR GUILT.
    1065 8 KAUTSKY'S REPORT. The following extracts from tha report by Karl Kautsky, the German Socialist writer, who has been studying documents a K the Wilhelmstrasse concerning the personal and political responsibilities for the war, are published in the Herr Kautsky state? that he has definitely ascertained the effect
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    THEIR USE.
    29 8 If there were fewer fools about, the world would be a much more pleasant place to live in- Only it would be harder to make a living-
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    SHARES.
    869 9 NAMES. S. gj I leg| H 3 RUBBSB (Dollar.) 4:5c Al lft g HHa>'> d i’lanting Syndicate 16.25 16.75 Inning Rubber Estate» L£ J- 60 Ay€>r Sm.« Rubber Estates H.oO 10.00 vt K;wßub“" r E.it~ j.™ ;.so Su* Indragiri Rubber Co. ...100.00 110.00 Jebong Rubber Co. 3 C 0,
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    THE RUBBER MARKET.
    984 9 MONTHLY REPORT. Messrs. Sime Darby and Co., Ltd., Singapore, report- a 3 follows on the rubber report during the month of December Loudon prices daring the month for Fine Ribbed Smoked Sheet and Fine Pale Crepe were as follows: On the Ist December Rubber 2/5, 2/5, market
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER MARKET.
    52 9 [Fhom Our Own {Correspondent.] Singapore, January 7., Messrs Barlow and Co s report says the rubber market is rather stagnant with sheet at $l.ll cents and crepe $1.12 cents* At Singapore rubber auctions, sheet was Sl.OB to §l.lls and crepe §1.13 per lb. The quantity catalogued was
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
    123 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list:—— Yesterday. To-day SHARES. Rubber (Dollar). c. sc. c.T[S c. Bukit Katil 1.60 1.7° 1.70 1.80 Lunas 12.50 13 00 13.00 13.50 Nyalas 15 00 16 00 Perak R. V. 3.70 3.80 3.80 3.90 Pantai 1.70
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    BROWN BAST.
    264 9 Meeting of Investigation Committee. The sixth meeting of the Brown Bast Investigation Committee was held ab the Offices of the Department of Agriculture, FM S, on December 13th, 1919, at 10 am. Those present were Messrs R M Richards, Mycologist M P A A (Chairman) WN C Belgrave,
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    Kemayan Extension, Ltd.
    297 9 Messrs Baker, Fearon Co, Kuala Lumpur, tho brokers, write as follows regarding Kemayan Extension Ltd, the subscription list of which closes on the 10’h inst. Amidat the rush, now takirg place, for not only the old dividend payers, but also for the rubber Companies that shew fairly
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    CORNISH TIN MINE DIFFICULTIES
    507 9 Plea For State Help. The sitting of the Committee appointed by tbe Board of Trade to it quire into the non-ferrous mining industry are not open to the Pres®, but we have received an official summary of evidence given at recent meetings, under the chairmanship of
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    RUBBER CROPS.
    55 9 The following are additional rubber outputs for December Ayer Kuning F.M.S. lbs 102,195 Bradwall n 70,823 Bukit Mertajam n 94,682 Chersonese 73,256 Dennistown 54,104 Highlands Lowlands 158,203 Klabang t 1 34,196 Krian Plantations 27,050 Sumatra Consolidated 62,000 Sungei Siput tl 16,423 Sungei Reyla 21,055 Sungei Krian 75,802 Sungei
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    PRODUCE.
    190 9 Penang, January 8, 1920. S. P. Tapioca No. 2 $l4 25—sales M. P. Tapioca sl4.7s—sales Gold leaf $72 sellers. Pepper (W. Coast 3 lbs. 5 0z)... sl6s 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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    LOG BOOK.
    555 9 The steamer Kai?er-i-Hind, which had been detained in quarantine at Alexandria owing to a case of plague aboard, left Alexandria on the afternoon of tbe 10th ult. Captain Wilson of the Calypso, which arrived in Singapore on Sunday, reports that at 6,30 a m on that day, one'mileS
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    RICE DISTRIBUTION.
    292 9 The following information has been forwarded for publication; The Singapore Rice Distribution Advisory Committee was formed with the object of selling by retail rice to the poor at the Government controlled price. The committee has been able to raise the sum of $500,000 as a loan without interest
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    91 9 To-day’s Arrivals. Paugkor, Leyne, 94, Trang, Eas era Shipping Co, general. Kedab, Maple», 94, Sitiawan, Eastern Shipping Co, general. Sappho, Scott, 328, Teluk Anson, Adamson Gilfillan Co., general. Thongwa, Carey, 3,428, Madras, Islay Kerr, Co, general. Expected Arrivals. Benalder, London, 10th. Kleist, Singapore, 12th. Bessie Dollar, Hongkong, 15th.
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    INDIAN LABOUR.
    57 9 795 coolies arrived to-day per ss Thongwa. 267 go to Pulau Jerejak for quarantine. Tbe balance go on to Port Swettenbam for quarantine there. Ships in communication with the Wireless Station, Penaga -Muttra, van Waerwijck, Rajab, Slavic Prioce, Virawa. Moorish Prince, Andre L*»bon, Gorgon, Commandant Dorise, Legazpi, Thongwa,
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    PENANG MAILS CLOSE.
    296 9 DAILY (except Sunday). Parit Buntar, Bagan Serai, Taiping By train Ipoh, KualaKubu, KualaLumpur 7.15 a.m. Seremban, Malacca, Johore, i& 6 p.m. 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, Tapah
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    COMING EVENTS.
    62 9 Jan B,—New Club, Taiping, Dance, 9.30 p.m. Jan 10—Agricultural Show, Kuala Kaogsar. Jan 11.—Malacca P.A., Special Meeting. Jan 11.—P.V.R.C. Shoot, 200, 500 and 600, 7-30 a.m. Jan 12.—The Athenaeum, Debate on Bolshevism,’* in Masonic Hall, 12 Logan Road, 9 p.m. Jan 13, 15 17.—Penang Races. Jan 15. P.C.C.
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    EXCHANGE.
    114 9 Penang, January 8, 1920 (By Courtesy o/ the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank ...2/4 1/4 4 months’ aight Bank ...2/4 5/8 3 Credit ...2/5 3/32 3 M Documentary ...2/5 1/8 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 3 days’ aight Private Bombay Demand Bank Moulmein Demand Bank 3 days’sight Private g Madras
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