Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 21 January 1920
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section20 1920-01-21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY ESTABLISHED 1333. No. 20. VOL. JLXXVIII. WEDNESDAY, 21st JANUARY, 1920. PRICE IO CENTS.20 words
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Advertisement678 1920-01-21 1 JtHE N'KKO I STUDIO I NOW AT H I 7. NORTHS ROAD. I NEAR CHIN' SEN® CO. I jg.. nTr n TT r ‘7.‘ 1 J t rrrrrrnrtaG L* IMQI IRANCF I- w rnwrwiMiT ■ru.h i f the 3 j= j£t *SP «gg* jjSf A TP LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION. WmbM678 words
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Advertisement24 1920-01-21 1 I THE BEST CAR IN i ma&al i 1 I b £i Sole Agents S.S. A.F.M.S- g j Ong Sam Leong a Co, fi24 words
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Article, Illustration858 1920-01-21 2 BY B. J. EVANS. London, December 12, There were some very important League matches down for decision l»sn Saturday, and the crowds which gather el at th? various enclosures throughout the country were larger than some weeks pas**, in spite of the fact than in most parts858 words
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Article206 1920-01-21 2 The Draw. The following are the ties and handicaps for the Championship, f A ,r Class Single Handicap, and Professional Pairs in the P.C.C. tennis tournament: Championship. E. G. Bird Bye M. K. Whitlock Bye C. O. Tyandale Powell Bye R. J. Saunders v. J. R. Bennett.206 words
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Article110 1920-01-21 2 London, December 31.—Brigadier General Colomb, on the strength of thirty two years’ service in India and two j mrneys through Waziristao, writes to the “Times” to say that up to date India military opinion will never approve the belief attributed to it that there has been continuous frontier trouble110 words
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Article170 1920-01-21 2 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade, from 6 p.m. to-day 1. Fantasia Bonnie Scotland ...Hare 2. Fox Tret Mountain Young Lady ...Canlas 3. Selection Bocaccio ...Suppe 4. Waltz Li Barcarolle ...Petras 5. March Marirana ...Riviere A decree dated the 17th of last170 words
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Advertisement626 1920-01-21 2 Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States VICTORY BONDS. Bearing interest from the date of purchase at 5 per cent, per annum, payable on the Ist September, and the ist March* REPAYABLE AT PAR ON THE IST SEPTEMBER. 1934 PRICE OF ISSUE-100 PER CENT. All proceeds of this issue will be626 words
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Advertisement672 1920-01-21 2 NEW ADVERTISEMENT». THE PERSK R| VEr RUBBER co POSITIONS VACANT. Do, Annanl tl Clerk wanted for Estate office, know* fco be helJ oq s tu u ?of the q ledge of Harrisons and Crosfield s of 1920, the Director* will Y 31,t accounts, also Typewriting, App y Cluny F ingd672 words
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Article4695 1920-01-21 3 VICTORY LOAN AND INCOME TAX. DEFENCE FORCE BILL. A meeting of the Legislative Council was held on Monday, Those present were His Excel'ency The Officer Administering the Government (Mr F S Jam c e, c m g), His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops (Major-General D H4,695 words
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Advertisement467 1920-01-21 3 POSITION WANTED. Utter 7 Driver. C.n < f Factory engine and all ke frioe ruacllioery. 15 year» r» bber experience. HoMe B ood te.tcO ech'nio« i g |M> c y o p.,,tmarter, ujonials- r > Pf»i-00-31- 1 vacant. w i News Compositors Jobt n ?,‘ply Works Manager, The wante rGazeHe467 words
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Advertisement128 1920-01-21 3 THE BURDEN LIFTED. Sciatica causes the most acute agony, making your life a burden, but if you don’t fight the disease, it will gradually get a firmer and firmer hold on you —and then! There is only one sure weapon that you can use in your fight—and that weapon is128 words
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Article1065 1920-01-21 4 The Government cannot be accused ol precipitate actionjin regard to the introduction of neces.’ary legislative changes affecting the status, organisation and military training of reliable, able-bodied men resident in the Colony for its defence in case of attack and for the suppression cf internal disoiders* The1,065 words
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Article28 1920-01-21 4 Yesterday s quotation for refined tin in Penang was $187.50 per picul, business done; for tin ore $lB7, and unrefined tin $186.50 per picul, business done.28 words
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Article55 1920-01-21 4 Messrs. Lean and <’o. are officially informed that the output of the Ipoh Tin Dredging Ltd. for December was 270 piculs. The output of Lingui Tio, Limited, for December was tribute piculs 78.68. The output of Tin Bentong N. L. for the first half of January was hours55 words
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Article127 1920-01-21 4 “3. F. P.” A total of 22,034.45 pikuls of tin and tin ore was exported from the F.M 8., Prai, and Singapore in the week ending the Bth inst. In the Third Court Singapore, Mr. Langham Carter sentenced a Hokein named Ee Kim Sui to a fine of“3. F. P.” - 127 words
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Article1224 1920-01-21 4 The seven-year term of M. Raymond Poincare’s Presidency of New the Republic of France President. expires on 17th February, and the members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate in Congress have elected as successor to President Poincare, M. Paul Eugene Louis Deschanel, who was elected1,224 words
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Article73 1920-01-21 4 Increased from Tomorrow, JVe are officially informed tht, commencing to-morrow, the retail price of rice in Penang will be in» creased io $1 per gaixiang. Hither» to the fixed price has been To centi The reason for the short notice re< garding the increase is the preven*73 words
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Article156 1920-01-21 4 At a meeting held at the Saniw Offices, Kuala Lumpur, to consider the ur trod uc tion of a system of house-rationing rice. Mr. F. E. Taylor presided. The working of the rationing schemes 1 5 Taiping and Ipoh were explained. It was decided that,156 words
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Article171 1920-01-21 4 There was another full tent last night- Two performances will to-day, at 4.30 p.m. and 9.15 plll- the success attending ‘•Who’s who, 1920” has 2,847 more than the previous issue. e contains about 30,000 biographic'l\e hav e iteceived numerous ap L for the Straits Sheet Almanoed and171 words
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Advertisement192 1920-01-21 4 F ALLSOPP’ S So>\ beer. The Only BEER to DR,NL known< all over the WORLD I A—ff Jhj The Only BEER that Shows it s Irf I m n »I MI ndi why W Because IT'S BRITISH, SOLE AGENTS: CALDBECK, MACGREGOR Co., I PENANG. anoBMBSHKamKeaamsESEsnmHKMMi j I Apollinaris CMJIDMCUT i192 words
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Advertisement25 1920-01-21 4 THE CRAG HOTEL. PENANG HILLS. The Sanatorium of tne Straits Settlements. Completely Renovated. Bungalows for families, also single and double rooms. Laundry on the Premises.25 words
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Miscellaneous38 1920-01-21 4 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for To-day, and To-morrow Penang Standard Times;High Water. Low Water. To-day. 1.00 a m. 7.16 a.m. 12.59 p.m. 7.15 p.m. To-mobrow. 1.50 a.m, 7.45 a m. 1.30 p.m, 7 45 p.m38 words
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Article417 1920-01-21 5 —Havas. Jj, veschankl elected. 18. —Yesterday, at Paris, JaD hen M. Leon Bourgeois y e reaill e 9» election, the ,«c»“ cfd Mi at oaoe rose and acclaimed ’«'•T“itbX’' Vive la Fr nce/ irele VX moch moved, stood up in M. De,cll V!,arm’d thanks. Our hopes b‘P. —Havas. - 417 words
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Article357 1920-01-21 5 Übshcixs in Way of Relief Loans. Washington, December 4. —It seems to be Ttily impossible for the United States <- any immediate financial aid in reL.ulhng Austria, in answer to the proposals irun Europe. The Government has no funds available for loans to Dreign countries, and357 words
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Article310 1920-01-21 5 M. CLEMENCEAU’S LETTER. [Rkuteb’s Txlkobams.} Paris, January 19. The text of the letter, signed by M Clemenceau, sent to the Dutch Government regarding the ex-Kalser is published. The letter announces that the Allies have decided to put into execution without delay the conditions of Article 227 of the[Rkuteb’s Txlkobams.} - 310 words
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Article393 1920-01-21 5 Tlie most pi-vbabl* course of events has been thus outlined to nie writes the Berlin correspondent of the “M. G.” “Some of the persons on the Entente list will give themselves up voluntarily but others will flatly refuse to obey the summons Towards the last the393 words
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Article173 1920-01-21 5 CONFERENCE IN LONDON. London, January 19. The Imperial Statistical Conference, which holds its first sitting at the Board o* Trade on January 20th, is the outcome of the recommendations in tht report of the Dominion Commission of 1917 that a conference of statisticians of the Empire should b»173 words
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Article87 1920-01-21 5 OFFICIAL DENIAL, [Rzutek’b Telegrams.] Washington, January 14. The Japanese Ambassador has made the statement that the Japancsd Government has not been a patty, directly or indirectly, to the supplying of arms to Mexico, adding that when a Mexican Emissary reached Tokio he was informed that it would[Rzutek’b Telegrams.] - 87 words
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Article282 1920-01-21 5 London, December 30.—The prospects of an early ratification of the peace with Germany, followed by a speedy solution of all the outstanding questions, including those of Fiume and Turkey, is now generally regarded as very favourable. M. Dennis Cochin, writing in the Figaro on the Ottoman282 words
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Article198 1920-01-21 5 Calcutta, January s.—At to day’s meeting of the European Association Mr. G-orge Morgan, the President, in his -peech, referring to military service said: This Bill, which is to take the place of the IDF Bill, was considered carefully by die committee of the Bengal198 words
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Article291 1920-01-21 5 A Mohe Settled Outlook; London, January 2.—Although voiy few writers in the Homo papers have anything good to say of the past year the main fault lies not with the events of 1919, but with the extravagance of many persons’ hopes- The fact that w e have got291 words
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Article1173 1920-01-21 5 MASTER MARINER’S CLAIM. In the Supreme Court, before Mr L M Woodward, thia morning, the suit was com- > menced in which Captain G A Glenday is suing the Eastern Shipping Coy, Ltd. for damages for wrongful dismissal from defendant company’s employment. Counsel in the case are Messrs1,173 words
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Article402 1920-01-21 5 Dress Immodesty That Soils Body And SoulWalking up and down his barely furnished room, with bands clasped behind his back. Father Bernard Vaughan, an ascetic looking figure in cassock and skull-cap, delivered a scathing attack on extreme modern fashions in an interview with an402 words
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Article225 1920-01-21 5 The story of how three robbers relieved a Chinese of the money which he had been given to pay his employer’s coolies w ith was, related at Kuala Lumpur Assizes when a Chinese stood in the dock before Mr. Justice Voules to answer to a charge of robbery225 words
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Article647 1920-01-21 5 Major W. L. M. Bower, the C.P O is out of hospital. Mr. H. F. Elliott, of th© Straift Trading Co., Butterworth, ha* turned, via Batavia t from leave Bpenl in England. Mr. G. W. Crawford of tKff Medk cal Hall, has again been admitted id the647 words
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Article58 1920-01-21 6 H.M.I.M. Northbrook is expected to arrive here to-morrow with the Ist battalion of the 70th Burmese Rifles bonsisting of 11 British and 17 native officers and 956 men. The whole will be placed in quarantine at Pulau Jerajak, where special arrangements have been made for their58 words
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Article28 1920-01-21 6 The tie played yesterday resulted as follows: Double Handicap (Final). —3 E. Reimann and G. Wright Motion beat R. N. Goodwin and A. Lindley, 21—13.28 words
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Article132 1920-01-21 6 —“S.F.P.” The first race for the Commodore’s Cup came off on Sunday morning, when 10 yachts turned out in splendid sailing weather. Messrs. Stevens and Smith sent the following boats away to handicap times. Elizabeth, Marion, Stella. Betty, Helen, Joyce and Jean at 16.8.0; Betsy Jane at—“S.F.P.” - 132 words
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Article220 1920-01-21 6 Born Accused Acquitted. The International Criminal Court at Bangkok, after a lengthy trial has acquitted Mrs. Sybil Wendt, the wife of Mr. A. W. Wendt, Locomotive Inspector in the R. R. D-, and Nai Plai, a fireman on the railway, who were charged with having murdered a220 words
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Advertisement1109 1920-01-21 6 «k» NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that' a Prospectus has been filed with the Registrar of Companies, Penang, whlehjstates amongst other things:— The subscription list will open at 10 a.m. on the 15th January, 1920, and will close on or before the 31st January, 1920 for local subscribers, and on the1,109 words
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Advertisement289 1920-01-21 6 A FAR-EASTERN FALLACY. Among foreign residents in the Far East the belief in purgatives as a panacea for half the ills of mankind is a firmly rooted fallacy. At times purgatives are necessary, j but their habitual use weakens the whole system and means ultimate ruin to the digestion. The289 words
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Advertisement273 1920-01-21 6 a- a FtiTcompu< -x- A <► from whlch yo« ProbaWy suffer m fßueurus Company, r <► excellent general health you rtouJl n M Bucket Dredges, Excavators, &c* <[ tmue, or it w m goV™ bnd m t o° w c n <► It is essential to seek without anj VaSompson273 words
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Article403 1920-01-21 7 The niotb annual general meeting of the Perak Hirer Valley Rubber Company, Limited, will be held at the Registered Offices of the Company, No. 9, Union Street, Penang on Saturday, the 31st day of January, at noon. The ninth annual repcrtj for the year ended 30th403 words
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Article203 1920-01-21 7 Pbnang, January 21, 1920. S. P. Tapioca No. 2 $l5 00—sellers M. P. Tapioca $16.00 —sellers Gold leaf $72 sellers. Pepper (W. Coast 3 Ibe. 6 0z)... sl6j buyers Black Pepper $4B nom White Pepper $65 sellers. Trang Pepper nominal Mace $9O nom. Mace Pickings $75 sell era Cloves203 words
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Article112 1920-01-21 7 Pbnamg, January 21, 1920 (By Courtesy ot the Chartered Bank), London Demand Bank ...2/4 1/4 4 months’sight Bank ...2/4 11H6 3 Credit ...2/5 1/16 3 Documentary ...2/5 1/8 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 3 days’ sight Private Bombay Demand Bank Moulmein Demand Bank z 3 days’ sight Private r Madras112 words
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Article68 1920-01-21 7 An Important Project. [Fbom Oub Own Cobbbspondbnt.] Bangkok, January 20. The Government of Siam announces that it has decided to bridge the Bangkok River, linking up the Peninsula and Northern. Railways. This involves the converting of over 600 miles of track, mainly built by German engineers, from a68 words
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Article135 1920-01-21 7 To-day’s Arrivals. B. Whatt Soon, Murphy, 199, T. Anson, Eastern Shipping Co, general. Yat Shing, Mitford, 1,424, Hongkong, Bcnstead Jc Co, general. Will-o-the-Wisp, Caswell, 145, T. Anson, Quah Beng Kee, general. Krian, Barnes, 453, Singapore, Adamson GilfiHan Co, general. Expected Arrivals. Tara, Negapatam, 21st Ellenga, Singapore, 220 d.135 words
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Article209 1920-01-21 7 DAILY (except Sunday). Parit Buntar, Bagan Serai, Taiping> By train Ipoh, Kuala Kubu, KualaLummr 7.15 a.m Serembar, Malacca, Johore, i& 6 p.m Singapore and Hongkong J KEDAH. Al or Star, Sungei Patani and Semiling ..6.30 a.m., 9 am. <f 1.30 p.m. Padang Serai (via Kreh) >.30 a209 words
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Article44 1920-01-21 7 The B I packet Tara with the mails from Europe is expected to arrive here at 6 pm. to-day. The homeward mail “F by the Elleoga, closes at 10 am. to-morrow; registration 9 a.m. and parcels 8 a.m.; pillar boxes 9 am.44 words
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Article141 1920-01-21 7 Jan 21.—Fillu’s Circus, Dato Kramat Gardens. Jan 24. Kedah P.A., Annual General Meeting, Penang Chamber of Commence, 11 a.m. Jan 25.—P V.R.C Shoot, 300 and 600, 7 30 a m. Jan 25.—Penang Swimming Club, B Class 100 yds handicap. Jan 28 —P.A M., General Meeting, Kuala Lumpur. Jan141 words
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Advertisement69 1920-01-21 7 -T-T— —r— h— rrwm—l— I Constructed through- out of the well-known x j BS. A. high quality material and workmanship, the B.S.A. Motor Bicycle is unequalled for reliability. It is the ideal mount for 5010 and sidecar as the B.S.A. Three* Speed Countershaft Gear makes hill-climbing easy. RIDE A Motor.69 words
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Advertisement109 1920-01-21 7 PRITCHARD Telegrams: jn T Telephone: PEANCO °C AjVOm PENANG 335- With DepartmentPenang, incorporated in s.s. a i connections. SOLE AGENTS FOR: VITAFER The Greatest of all Tonic Foods Composed of the entire Protein constituents of Milk (Casein and Lactalbumen), combined with the Glycerophosphates of Calcium, Sodium and Magnesium. rich $5.00109 words
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Miscellaneous387 1920-01-21 7 Fiiiis' Cram Circus 2 PERFORMANCES 2 TO-DAY WED.. JANUARY 21&T AT 4.30 P.M. AND 9.15 P.M. PyE RY ITEM SAME AS EVENING except tigers x B Booked seats cannot be kept open after 9.45 p.m. BOOK YOUR SEATS NOW AT ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY POPULAR PRICES. full Box (6 Persons) $l5387 words
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Advertisement1364 1920-01-21 8 P-g O -BRITISH INDIA DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES. and Sailing 1 from Hongkong to Vancouver. APCAR LINE. a s “Bessie Dollar [lO,OOO tons displacement] leaves H kong on Jan. 30, 1920 Oontpoaies Incorporated in ■nfflaad.) ss “Melville Dollar" [lO,OOO tons displacement] leaves H kong on Mar. 11,1920 *esaeSß9seeSESS=9 ss Harold Dollar’’1,364 words
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Advertisement617 1920-01-21 8 small inflamed itchy patch is a Ring;, worm—and if care is not taken to get rid of it, it will multiply itself and keep on moving about the body from one place to another DAU RINGWORM OINTMENT 15 a powerful remedy which wiß, after a few applications, completely destroy the617 words
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Advertisement346 1920-01-21 8 THE MERSANTILB BANK OF INOIA, LIMITED. (lioorporated in England), Authorised Capital £1,500,00C Subscribed Capital 1,600,006 FaM-up 75C.50C Reserve Fund and Undivided Profits 785,000 Boa; d oi Directors. R. J. Black, Esq., (Chairman), J. M. Ryde, Bn H. Melyill Simons Esq.. P. R. Cbalmen. &c. Sir David Yule, Lord Carmichael, G346 words
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