Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 September 1920

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ÜBLiSHED DAILY ESTABLISHED: 1833. No. 209. VOL. LXXVIII. FRIDAY, 10th SEPTEMBER, 1920. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 571 1 f 'oiSnablc everywhere wholesale from 1 I on s? X- I lei 2 I Wf/W If i i Cng Sim Leong Co., Penang. _xx ,-sg aaaaagl ***************0000 annooooooooooooooo***** (MINIMAX pBITROMARCj o i ZBlaek Enamel tjlfC L^xtill€j l jil£i)£rs» FOR preserving all classes of n El n j n Iron, Steel
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    • 15 1 the best car in town -/,T HU9 sole Adeats S.S. P.M.SOng Sam Leong a Co.
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  • 833 2 The Rev J Horace Johnston a-rived here this morning from Ka&la Lumpur. 1 Mrs Wong and Mr Gordon T K W nt* left Kuala Lumpur on a trip to Auatrah*. Mr. C. W, JBradbu'ne has been gran i a first class Appraiser’s licence for trie State of
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  • 342 2 S.F.P.” ANGLO-INDIAN WIFE’S PETITION. A British ex soldier was the respondent in a petition by Clara Matilda Scott, an Anglo-Indian, for judicial separation from her husband George Arthur Scott, the adjourned hearing of the case coming before the Chief Justice, Sir John Bucknill, K C, at the
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  • 291 2 s F P Mr. Coopbr Committed The preliminary enquiry into the charge preferred against Mr. A. W. Cooper, Engineer of the Mu dcipaiity, of causing the death of Mr. G. F, Stapp ot the F.M.S. Railways Department, by driving his cat in a rash and negligent manner
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  • 278 2 Notice of Insolvency on Calcutta Firm. Calcutta, August 17—At the High Court before Justice Greaves an application was made on behalf of Paul Tdkowsky of the firm of A. P, and C. Talkowsky, diamond merchants in Antwerp, toadjadicate A H. Ismail and Company, jeweller?, having bu’iness in
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 134 2 [To Tn Editob or na "Pdumq Gasans.**] Sir,—A great many Chinese residents in Penang were very pleased to see our new Municipal Commissioners, accompanied by Mr Yeoh Guan Seok, making a tour of inspection in the Argyle Road »nd Hutton Lane districts. The resulo of their investigations would be
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    • 173 2 [To Tub Editob or thb “Pinamb Gasbub.* 2 Sir, —In regard to the comments on Borea performances by your two corre?pondent?, Y< ung Mu?lim and Malay,” I corroborate their point of view and concur with the aim of the Mohamedan Advisory Board, that thesi should be abolished. By
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  • 271 2 A PROTEST MEETING. A crowded protest meeting of Ceylonese was he’d in the Town Hall, Kuala Lumpur. Mr A Clough, Planter, Batu G»jah, presided. The following resolutions were passed unanimouslv. Proposed by Mr Tampa Pillay, Chief Interpreter, Supreme Court, seconded by Mr J C Perera, and supported
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  • 80 2 In spite of the inclemency of the weather there was a large aulienee at the E npire Theatre last night to see the screening of Robertson Cole’s five reel feature entitled The Turn of the Card." It is a story fall of thrilling situations with a suitable
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 609 2 Weak Men and Women Are Soon Made Strong. Healthy Vigorous by Dr. Cassell’s Tablets. India South Africa. Nervous Exhaustion, but am thankful ur. sllch gp]enJid cure derived immense in me that I feel I Scientific Opinion. “”S pr ‘“'T S They imparted fresh n c suffered for five vigour and
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    • 88 2 AN IMPORTANT SECRET OF, HEALTH is to keep the bowels free and regular. Constipation is the root cause of sick headaches, bilious attacks, disordered liver, coated tongue, ill-smelling breath, bad temper and dull spirits. If any of these symptoms trouble you take a dose of Pinkettes, the tiny, gentle-as-nature laxatives
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    • 334 2 NEW ADVERT, The Govern^,, t h., the maximum retail p,i ce o( r i po_re. n dPen.u ol .ll. 6 Qt prices in Other locality wil! b 1 th < proportionately. J r It has farther b;en decided to re restrictions on the co„ S u mption rice, hot the
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  • 455 3 VIEWS ON THE POSITION IN FRANCE. We publish the following from a French correspondent of the Straits Timta.” M Andre Dabosc, one of the editors of the Paris Temps”, who passed through Singapore a few days ago on his way to Peking, where he is attached
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  • 453 3 According to reports from industrial centres there are indications of a future contraction in trade rather than an early recovery. The report have been drawn up by Cbamb’rs of Commerce throughout the country in reply to a request from the Association of Chambers of Commerce. The London Chamber
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    • 1800 3 POSITIONS WANTED. FOR SALE. TENDERS INVITED. Clerk or Store-keeper—Man wi h Two Brand new five sealer Dodge Sala af GnuapnmPnf L experience requires immediate re. Cars. Delivery next week. What offers? VI MU VC 111 Hl Cll I it° Ho Rubber (Plantations), Kuala Tembeling, 1 l aBb arrived from London
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    • 143 3 A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. DON’T MISS H. T. DOULATRAM A CO’S GREAT CASH SALE New Stock of Gold and Silver Brocaded Embroider- ies for Ladies’ Shoes, Camphor Wood Boxes, Brass I Trays, and Superior quality Silk Just Received. I Everything Going Cheap. The More Buyer’s Profit I the More Seller’s Loss.
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    • 226 3 imperial EMPIRE THEATRE PENANG ROAD. Thursday, 9th, to Sunday, 12th September, 1920. 1 Second House at 9-15 p, m. 3 ROBERTSON COLE Pr ents Paralta Play of exceptional I merit featu r ing the handsome and popular J. Warren Kerrigan in 3 5 THE TURN OF CARD 5 I Reels
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  • 47 4 Crowe—At Butterworth, on September 9tb, the wife of B A HUI Crowe of a sou Manchester paper please copy. Fernando—At Leith Street, Penang, cn the Bth inst, the wife of Mr Francis Fernando, of the Prai River Wharves, a son. Straits and Ceylon papers please copy.
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  • 58 4 Jambs Mitchell.—At Cambourne, Cornwall, on 28th July, 1920, Bernard K. James of Caledonia, Province Wellesley, to Eleanor Mitchell, of Southcott Villa, Cambourne. Hirst—Godley.—At St. George’s Church. Penang, on the Bth instant, Frank Leonard, son of Mr. and Mrs. F, H. Hirst, of Streatbam. England, to Dora Elizabeth, daughter of
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  • 1299 4 It may seem rather strange to the majority of people that so much has been said and written in the F M S on the alleged dark designs of the Colonial Government with regard to fuiion” of the Straits and F M S, which many F
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  • 1351 4 A lady correspondent in the F.M.S. Minden Rose,”) writes The Woman’s us as follows “An article View. in last month’s Planter on the subject of domestic life in this country was to the general effect that we had no adequate cause for a feeling of boredom. Perhaps
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  • 35 4 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, September 10. Mr. Pratt will go to Kuala Lumpur as D.P.P. Mr. M.B. Shelley is appointed vice Mr. Pratt. Mr. W. S. Gibson is appointed D.P.P. Perak,
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  • 377 4 The Penang Golf Club’s September medal will be played for on Saturday and Sunday, 11th and 12th. Tbe Kashgar with the mails from Europe is expected to arrive here at 9 a.m. tomorrow. We have to acknowledge the receipt ol a copy of the Straits Civil Service
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 151 4 “GARRICK” THE CIGARETTE OF DISTINCTION. $1.25 per tin or 50. UNINTERRUPTED ELECTRIC SUPPLY R R IS ASSURED IF YOU install A M B DELCO-LICHT PLAMT 2 SUPPLIED IN 2 SIZES. 3 (a) 3/4 Kilowatt, 32 volts, will light 35-20 Candle 3 Power Lamps. 5 j: (b) 3 Kilowatt, HO volts,
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    • 8 4 DINNER AND DANCE AT THE “E. O.” TONIGHT.
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  • 28 4 DEATH. Balavendrum —Ebenezer Satthianathen Balavendrum, youngest child of Mr and Mrs Louis B Balavendrum. The funeral will take place this evening at five o’clock from 214 Patani Road.
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  • 293 5 THE COAL QUESTION. Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, September 7. Trule Union Congress continued to-day. but again maintained silence on the vital question of a ml confined itself to discussing ,tiers such as the Unemployment in n election of the Parliamentary A a nd the ban on the Russian
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  • 62 5 A EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN. London, September 8. It is reported that Labour liens of a Bolshevik nature are planned in nearly all European countries for September 25th. If the British miners actualh strike, then the demonstrations rill include one day general strikes demanding recognition of the Soviets. Fur, thermorc,
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  • 104 5 I.ABOI R’S AMENDING BILL. London, September 7. The text is issued of the Labour Party's Merchant Shipping Bill, which was recently introduced in the House of Commons, with the object of amending the Merchant Shipping Acts, providing inter alia, for great improvement in the accommodation of seamen
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  • 102 5 THE LEAGUE’S APPEAL. London, September 7. U e League of Nations, whicli points out that the sum of £10,000,000 mentioned s ptember 4tA, should read £2,000,000, n k's a statement supporting Mr. Balappeal. It shows that the cases f, f typhus in Poland and Galicia, which
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  • 32 5 Brussels, September 7. Moniteur” announces that owing to v "us denunciations of the 1902 Inter--1 ioiial Sugar Convention, the Interna--1 "al Sugar Union ceased to exist from September Ist.
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  • 44 5 MILITARY CASUALTIES. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, September 7. The War Office has issued a list of casualties among the military In Ireland during August, showing that one officer and two men were killed and two officers and twelve men wounded, and eight men injured.
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  • 94 5 It is not surprising that Sir Hamar Greenwood should seem to see the light through Dominion Home Rule, by which presumably something is meant less than Canadian or Australian Home Rule, but something much more than the present Home Rule Bill, especially in giving Ireland control of
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  • 420 5 It was a very weary Archbishop Mannix who sought refuge and sleep in the early hours of the morning at Nazareth House, Hammersmith, after his journey from America by liner, destroyer, train and taxicab- In accordance with the rules of his Church, however, he had first of all
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  • 70 5 New York. September 8. The new $100,006,000 French Loan will run for 25 year£ at interest of 8 per cent, and will take (he form of gold bonds and be a direct lien on the French Government. France agrees to pay a minimum of $4,400,000 annually
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  • 110 5 TO REDUCE WAR DEBT. London. September 8. A Treasury minute with regard to the proposal in the Straits Settlements to make a further war contribution of a million sterling, in respect of the year 1920, and. if the revenue permits, to continue the same contribution yearly, including
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  • 84 5 SAMAWAH SHELLED. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, September 7. To bight's War Office Mesopotamian communique reports that Samawah was shelled by the 13 pounder gun lost with the armoured train captured on September 2nd, and mentiontd yesterday. On the Upper Euphrates, the building of blockhouses has begun, on the Bagh dad-Fallujah
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  • 233 5 .9 —A Military Cor London, Septem describes the respondent of t e pota mia aS a strategic value «f Mesop out thc in the Indian to run 'of an at danger India Russia f rom tack by an The jondn North and the invasion throug tions
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  • 588 5 THE INDUCEMENT OF LOOT. Lahore, August 26,-The “Civil and Military Gazette” special correspondent wires from Peshawar. through Persistent rumours are filtering th g Afghanistan and are generally current m Peshawar of continued sion on the Turkistan side of the Afghan frontier, and it is possible that fighting
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  • 205 5 A PROJECT OF 60 YEARS AGO. Paris, August 8. —A telegram from Beirut states that General Gouraud. who went to Zahleh and there announced the reincorporation with Lebanon of the four cazas of Baalbek, Bekka, Rachaya. and Hasbaya, received a most cordial welcome. Delegations from among
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  • 157 5 September 1. —The “Times correspondent with the Headquarters of the North Persian Force says that British aeroplanes effected a reconnaissance over Entiel and bombed the shipping in the harbour. The correspondent mentions that the Political Officer at Shaira, north of Nasiriyeh, has been rescued by an aeroplane. The
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  • 202 5 In the Imperial Legislative Council at Simla, His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief moved the Indian Army Act Amendment Bill. He said that the ob ject of the Bill was mainly to abolish flogging as a corporal punishment in the Army. Government’s intentions in this matter
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  • 182 5 GREAT DAMAGE. [Reuter's Telegrams.] London, Septemttef 7. Various parts of Italy, particularly Tuscany and Lombardy, were visited by earthquake shocks, between last evening and this morning, causing great damage and the loss of several lives. Troops for Affected Areas, Rome, September 7. The centre of the earthquake
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  • 292 5 A Darwin message of August 9 states Flight-Lieutenants Parer and M lntosh had a very early breakfast on Monday at the Government Residency, where they have been the guests of the acting administrator since their arrival, and left for the Fannie Bay landing station about sa. m.
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  • 220 5 Vladivostok, August 9. —The Government has received information from Okhotsk that the Japanese residents have been massacred and the town burned. In March last, according to the Japanese Foreign Office, 700 Japanese were murdered in Nikolaievsk by BolsheviksPrince Tokugawa, in his address at the memorial service to these
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  • 221 5 A REDUCTION. In oar advertisement columns bo-day|will be foand a notice signed D. A M. Brown, Agent for the Food Controller, Penang, announcing that the Government has decided to reduce the maximum retail price of rice in Singapore and Penang to $1 a gantang. The prices in
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  • 83 5 MR. COCHRAN’S STEP. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, September 8. Mr. Cochran has decided to abandon professional boxing promotion, owing to the disregard of obligations displayed by so many boxers. The immediate cause wag Mr. Pete Herman cabling his inability to fulfil the contract to meet Jimmy Wilde in London
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  • 59 5 A football match between Penang Cricket Club and the Chinese Recreation Club attracted the largest crowd of the season to the Esplanade last evening, a very close game being anticipated. The P. C. C. showed much better form than the Chinese players, who had to acknowledge defeat by thrq,e
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  • 280 5 “T.0.M.” The following tie is fixed for Monday,, the 13th September: Mixed Doubles Handicap (Final) —.5 Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Whitlock vWinners of —3 Mrs Goatly and Saunders v. —15.2 Mr. and Mrs. Bennett (4). Tuesday, 14th September. Championship Pairs (Final) —R. N. Hamilton
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  • 797 6 PLANTER’S HOMETEAD RAIDED Colombo, Aug. 26 —The decoy elepha Billigamsans, which ran amok after loweek’s kraal, killing one mahout and injur ing another, is still providing thrills. Tt animal, which is the biggest in Ceylon, remains at large in Ambanpola, and is doing enormou? damage to property, whothe
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 100 6 PRITCHARD Telephone Xr -f Telegrams. With Departmental f T TTA PEAN< "O Connections. CO., LTD.,( PEJNANG. INCORPORATED IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS PENANG IPOH. snipe season. BEST ENGLISH SPORTING GUNS 12 BORE HAMMER PRICE $125. Sporting cartridges HUI’S AN# KVNOCHS 12 Bore 16 Bore 20 Bore Ball Buck Shot LESS 10
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    • 129 6 THE BURDEN LIFTED. Sciatica causes the most scute 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 thenT There is only one sure weapon that you can use in your fight—and that weapon is
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    • 175 6 NOTICE OF REMOVAL 1 On and after Monday, September 6th, B the Offices of the g import and Estate Supplies Department I WILL BE REMOVED TO No. 6, China Street Ghaut, (Opposite Railway Buildings) ’Phone No, 505. g j I (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) PENANG. I TANGYE’S SEMI DIESEL
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  • 556 7 MORE value increases. Mfal imports into the Straits SettleInrioe the second qaartar of 1920 eD nted to $299,808,987, against o42 868 daring the corresponding f 1919 Singapore imports totalled r ,n'L°3 240, .n increase of M 4,832,838 SGO 449 000» an increase of P q °H9 240
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  • 292 7 Milan, August 4.—Exciting scenes took place at Savona, near Genoa, People while bathing were attacked with stones by a mob. Women and boys escaped while the mob was faced by officers, who fired several shots. Two dead and many wounded are reported. Before Mr AC Baker, thia
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  • 349 7 A letter in the Free Press,” urging local rice production, says to restrain the future drainage of wealth of Malaya on this question tbe remedy is quite at hand. The two factors which are essential in the production of rice are :—(1) Land for cultivation. (2) the
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  • 118 7 Regarding the Siamese rice situation, a private communication which we have received from Bangkok, from a gentlemen who knows a good deal about his subj et, contains the following: Prospects are not very bright as the rainfall has been patchy and there has been practically none in
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  • 451 7 Messrs James F. Hatton i Co., Ltd, Manchester, reported on Wednesday, 11th, as follows: Liverpool Cotton. Fully Mid-American—Spot 28.24 26.81 Mid-American, Current Month 24.68 23.60 Sakellaridis F.G.F. Egyptian—Spot 69.00 67.00 do. Current Month 62.00 57.50 New York Cotton. Spot—Cents. 39.00 39.50 Current Month 34.25 33.40 London.
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  • 821 7 Expbctkd Arrivals. Kashgar, London, 11th. Kaga Maru, Colombo, 11tb. Sado Maru, Singapore, 11th. Innsbruck, Venice, 12th. Japan, Singapore, 14ch. Tbongwa, Madras, 15ch. Bombay Maru, Singapore, 15tb. Birmingham City, Singapore, 17tb. Tara, Singapore, 18th. Kansas, London, 20th. Jeypore, Singapore, 20th. Kitano Maru, Singapore, 23rd. Yokohama Maru, Colombo, 25th. Swazi,
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  • 49 7 From Dur Own Correspondent. Singapore, September 10, At Singapore rubber auctions, the quantity catalogued was 991 tons, offered 726, and sold 525 tons. Values showed a decline at tbe opening, and later met the the market at 62 cents for sheet and 64 cents for crepe.
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  • 288 7 Tbe liquidator of the Damansara(Selangor) Rubber Company, Limited (in voluntary liquidation), in an interim report for year ended December 31, 1919, states that since the closing of accounts tbe company has by special resolutions, gone into voluntary, liquidation to permit cf a scheme of reconstruction being carried out
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  • 76 7 Singapore, September B. Since last reporting, values bave shown a further decline and at the opening of the Auctions on Wednesday sellers were inclined to bold off, but later met the market at 61| to 62 cents for Standard Sheet and 64 cents for Standard Crepe, at
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  • 106 7 Removal of Offices to Taiping, The Taiping correspondent of the Malayan Leader writes under *date, September 6 Tbe Kampoog Kamunting Tin Mines are removing their offices from Kamunting to Taiping. They will occupy tbe premise, lately vacated by Messrs Whiteaway Laidlaw and Co., who bave already gone
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  • 48 7 Messrs Barker A Co., Ltd advise having received a cable from the Secretaries that the general meeting of tbe above Company will be held on the 15th instant, when the Directors will recommend a final dividend of ten per cent, free of income tax
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  • 273 7 Mr. Chares T King, in a communication to the Daily Express,” notes how the Chinaman is stealthily invading the Latin streets and underground kitchens of Soho. Now and then, if you are observant while eating your piulet-en-casserole or drinking your glass of red St Georges amid the
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  • 91 7 The following are tbe latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy A Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day SHARES. £Q 3Q S 90 Rubber (Dollar c. sc. c. c. Mayfield 11.00 12.00 11.50 12.00 cum Punggor 1.20 1.25 1.15 1.20 ex Tambalak 1.20 1.25 1.15 1.20 Tapah 24.50 25.00 25.00
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  • 65 7 Tin was quoted in London on Sept Bth at £266 spot, and £273 three months. To clay’s quotation for raw tin in Penang was $136.50, tin ore $136.50 per picul. The Directors of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, bave'declared an interim dividend for the past
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  • 183 7 Penang, September 10, 1920. SP. Tapioca 58.75 buyers M. P. Tapioca $9.75 buyers Cold leaf $72 sellers. Pepper (W. Coast 3 lbs. b oz) sellers. Black Pepper $2l nominal. White Pepper nominal Trang Pepper nominal Mace Pickings $5O nominal Cloves ‘sllo nominal Nutmegs average of $55 sellers. {No. 1
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  • 115 7 Penang, September 70, 1920. (Bv Courtesy of the Chartered Bank) London Demand Bank 2/3 25/32 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/4 3 Credit 2/4 25/32 3 Documentary 2/4 7/8 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 122 3 days’ si<;ht Private 128 Bombay Demand Bank 122 Madras Demand Bank 122 3 days’
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  • 37 7 Sept 10 and 11—Malayan Athletic Sports. Kuala Lumpur. Sept 13—Penang Assizes. Sept 18—Kedah Company Ltd, Annual General Meeting, Chamber of Commerce, 12.30 p m. Sept 26—P S C Monthly Races. Nov 13 and 15—Public Holidays.
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  • 45 7 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade, from 6 p.m. to-day 1. Selection The girl from Kay’s ...Cary 11 2. One Step lona ...Battye 3. Waltz Blue Bells ...Waldteufel 4. Fox Trot Smiles ...Robert 5. March Misterioso ...Hume
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  • 1024 7 KENNEDY CO.’S SHARE LIST. NAMBB. j f I I 11 JI RUBBER (Dollar.) 1 C -S a. Alleabjr Rubber Co. Ltd, 87bc; -J Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 3 3.7- «uib Amalgamated Malay Estates ..j 4'49 4.6(1 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 23.00 23.50 Ayer Kuning Rubber Estates 1.3 c 1.40. Ayer
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 108 8 BRITISH U D D” expanded metal I D D DIAMOND MESH I v A I HMR SOLE AGENTS: Wm. JACKS Co., Singapore SUB-AGENTS: R. T. REID Co., Penang. a I NOBEL’S GLASGOW kmosim g I Gelignite, sexfnn>ic I I Deiniiniors, Safety fuse j ISandilands, Buttery I I s Co.. Penang.
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