Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 29 October 1920

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 251. VOL. LXXVIII. FRIDAY. 29th OCTOBER. 1920. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 434 1 H s o IgOwo e I I Ong Sam Leong Co., Penang. lll """■"S ria nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnann □na ana nnnnnn IMIN AX I t j I Jire Extinguishers. 1 SIMPLICITY.—No experience is necessary to use the appliance. S EFFECTIVENESS.—Fire Brigades are rapidly adopting it for first aid H p I aAW
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    • 23 1 *aiauwwrw*-. ?qrav^"wccacars ■—r THE BEST CAR IN TOWN 1 lixiu-dfedlnl i -aiBWJSBa K.U9 -in -nus Sole Agents 8.8. F.M.S. Ong Sam Leong Co,
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  • 77 2 F. JI. 8. RAILWAYS SPED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 29. An action has commenced in the Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice Barrett Lennard, in which Chop Hong Joo ia claiming $1,600 from the F.M.S. Bailway, the cost of 10 bags of rubber, alleged to have been
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  • 343 2 Dublin, September 22. —A Republican leader, who is also a Sinn Fein “judge” at Limerick Arbitration Court, was shot dead in a Dublin hotel early this morning. A military party guided by members of the Royal Irish Constabulary, went to the Exchange Hotel, Parliament-street, for the
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  • 183 2 A correspondent writes to the “Lembaga Melayu (The Malay edition of the Tribune”) complaining of the methods of teaching in the Malay Schools in Malacca. He alleges that the resident teachers do not understand the policy of the visiting teachers, whose plan of campaign does not appear
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  • 83 2 The Ipoh Fire Brigade received a call from Lahat on Wednesday about 4-30 p m and proceding to the spot at once, found two or three attap kongsis ablaze. One had already been burnt to the ground. Two were well on fire and, realising that it would
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  • 73 2 A correspondent writes I would like to draw the attention of those responsible for the road from Penanti to Permatang Pow. The brushwood has grown up at several sharp turnings of the road, making it very dangerous to motor-cars. In fact, one has to travel very cautiously for
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  • 499 2 BATTLE ON BORDER. Seoul, October 13.—A police patrol to day encountered five Korean women on the left bank of the Y«lu River. The suspicions of the police were aroused but, when they approached to nuke invts igation?, the women opened fire with revolvers. The police returned the
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  • 169 2 Fenang V Perak. The following players will represent Penang in the Rugby match at Taiping to-morrow evening: Back, F H Baker (Captain); threeqnartere, E G Grafoon, G Milner, L V J Laville and L B Gibson; halves, W W Roger and EA de Buriatte; forwards I 8 Grant, P
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  • 172 2 Interesting football matches will take place, at Caled nia to-morrow and on Wednesday nex\ On Saturday, Malaki ff pay a visit to Caledonia, and on <he 3rd proximo, the »4- ven from the 70 h Burma R fles, Taipiog, wiil come north. Against Malakoff, Caledonia will be
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  • 56 2 —Aneta. DEVASTATION 1N JAVA. Batavia, October 28.—Owing to very heavy rains and falls of earth iu the district of Tjiaudjosr, a large number of kampong homes were buried. Hitherto there are 34 dead, wFffi many ir jured and miesing. A fall dammed up a river, and in
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  • 615 2 The French Government ha? planned a great cffensive movement against the 8.000,000 ra*s which infest Paris. Every householder has been told how to introduce arsenic, phosphoru 3 carbonate of barium, and other poisons dainty dishes which will tempt the rodent’s appetite. The use of dogs and cats
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  • 30 2 DEDICATION FESTIVAL. Sunday, October 31st, Eve of All Saints, Day. 6.30 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. Monday, Nov. Ist, All Saints’ Day. 7.30 a m Holy Communion.
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  • 122 2 Sunday, October 31st, 22nd after Trinity. 7.30 a.m. Holy Communion. 10 a.m. Matins and Sermon. There was a sensational collapse in the Ceylon copra market on Oct. 18th. In the morning business was done at Rs. 129.50, but before evening the price had fallen
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 165 2 M?" jr ygk 3r =y—. DON’T FORGET I I'l r THE I Penang Orchestral Society’s CONCERT 6 DANCE On Saturday, October 30th. x Prices $3 and $2. BOOKING AT ROBINSON PIANO CO. <^jiauiiiiiiuuuniinmniiiiiJiuiiiiuimuiiiiiiHiHiiiimuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiii»uinr-y/A > fl A Tea of Richness j LIPTON’S TEA 3 Pure in Quality and Delicious in Flavour
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    • 499 2 NEW ADVERTISEMENT! POSITION Immediately wante d (or a io a healthy di a t,i°t 0 S «la QJO .*«1 qanhfied Dresser. Applied ’«Uy of most recent te«tim<, n i a a to he t CO P'« to Jeram District Ho.pitsl 4 jeram, Selangor. P 4s ’«i»ti (lai notices' L. E.
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    • 129 2 ANOTHER GRAND CHANGE OF PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY, 28th, to SUNDAY, 31st OCTOBER, 1920. IMPERIAL EMPIRE THEATRE PENANG ROAD. In the Second House at 9-15 P- m Theodore C. Deitrich and A. F. Beck Present Doris Kenyon in 6 Reels The Band Box Reels 6 Picturized from the famous novel by
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  • 653 3 M, CLEMENCEAU’S VISIT. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipob, October 28, A meeting was held at the R.sidency this morning to decide on the form of reception to M. Clemenceau when be visits Perak on the 21st November. Lieut Col W J P Hume presided. Col. Hume outlined the
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  • 145 3 Mr Elgar Warwick’s season in Penang will open with H. V. Esmond’s delightful comedy, The L%w Divine,” which had such a remarkably long and succesJul run at Wyndham’s Theatre recently. Miss J an Mayne will undertake the Lad, •‘Edie La Bas,” a part which gives
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  • 766 3 M.L” ADVISER’S DEPARTURE. Mr F Bolton, who has spent the last eight months in the Straits aud the Federated Malay States investigating the various electrical schemes with a view to reporting on the suitability or otherwise of a centralised scheme for tbe whole of the Peninsula,
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    • 1186 3 positions WANTED. STEAMERS FOR SALE. ieLC 7ToTdTesd" Under instructions received from «“oX Maliy, Tamil, Chinese, I The Ministry of Shipping, London. u a* Assistant on Robber Estate. Qg ers are j nv jt e d for the purchase of 4 the f L-psent disengaged* Apply ox following Ex-Enemy Steamers. til,
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    • 73 3 YOUR WIFE AND YOU. As a remedy for one of woman’s wo.is troubles, Pinkettes are just as efficient for the fair sex as for men. They dispel constipation in a night, bringing the de sired relief next morning. They cure disordered liver, biliousness, sick headaches. foul breath, pimples and blotched
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    • 157 3 GET RELIEF—QUICKLY. A twisted ankle, a sprained wrist, a strained muscle —these are t hings that demand relief in a hurry. And that is just why thousands who are liable to these mishaps always keep a bottle of Little's Oriental Balm close at hand. There is absolutely nothing equal to
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    • 613 3 IMPORTANIJ.AND SALE. BY DIRECTION OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE WILL OF L. R. YZELMAN, Deceased. THE UNDERSIGNED WILL SELL BY AUCTION, AT 12 O’CLOCK NOON. Saturday, 13tlj Jfovember, 1920, near ttje Supreme Court, Jfuala Xumpur. The Following Valuable Properties Situated at Treacher Road, Kuala Lumpur. Lot No I- The whole
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  • 16 4 Fur ley.—On October 27th, at Kajang, to Captain and Mrs. K. G. Furley, a daughter.
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  • 1138 4 The Hon. the Resident Councillor informed as a week ago that it ia expected H, M. S. Malaya will visit] the Straits of Malacca early in 1921, and that it is hoped she will spend a few days at Penarg in February next. This is provisional nothing definite
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  • 1858 4 From the recent) meeting of the Mani* cipal Commissioners at Municipal Singapore, the public Commissioners, learnt that the restriction of the enlarged Council to 25—31 was the original proposal—is to be attributed to those gentlemen, and not to the Government or anybody else. The Malaya Tribune expresses
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 111 4 SAFETY TYRES THE BEST IN THE I LONG RUN. SOLt MINTS. ADAMSON, CILFILLAN j AND CO. LTD. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND). ii inn I ill' iWW—WWIV WF"*—• r {Baxter's I Qorsar’s sQan v as I Jill Jlax fig® Jill grades. 6an v as. Xlii bi —uni ■■ijiiwiiwrii i jamwmßMnMrrf 8 I
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    • 11 4 E. &0. PENANG. I RAFFLES, SINGAPORE. STRAND. RANGOON. ‘SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 86 4 THE TIDES' The following are tbe tides for to-d&y and to-morrow, Penang Standard Time High Water. Low Water To-day. 12.57 a m. 7.38 a.m. 1.25 p.m. 7.39 p m. To-morrow. 1.32 a.m. 8.15 a.m. 2 04 p.m. 8.17 p.m. TOWN HALL November Bt6, 916 and ICtfy. Warwick Comedy Co. Mon,
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  • 845 5 seitlement expected. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, October 27. Aa optimistic feeling prevails as to the reen;t J yesterday’s coal negotiations, and a Battlement to-day is regarded as probable. It i 8 anticipated, consequently, the ainers will assure the Trades Union Con- which is meeting to-day for the pur--Bof considering
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  • 392 5 London, October 18,—The beginning of the miners* strike has been marked by some shocking unscrupulous speeches made during the week-end by Labour leaders associated with different industries. Ernest Bevin, known as the “Dockers' KC.,” told an audience at Plumstead that the strike had been engineered by the
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  • 423 5 London October 15, —Tbe most singular feature of the coal strike, assuming it to take place, will be that it is tbe fruit of disunion but is intended to give tbe appearance of solidarity. Mr Smfllie and some of the other leaders realise not only that they
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  • 84 5 SOME CONCESSIONS. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, October 27, In the House <f Commons, during tbe Committee stage of tbe Emergency Powers Bill, the Government made several concessions increasing tbe authority of Parliament under the Bill. Parliament must now be summoned within five days after the proclamation of an
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  • 65 5 IMPORTANT DECISION. London, October 27. A Conference of the Building Trades Unions at Manchester re-affirmed the refusal to suspend tbe Trade Union regulations, whereby ex-Service men may be engaged to provide tbe labour regrisite for the solution of tbe bousing problem, The decision is importent, in view
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  • 217 5 SETTLEMENT PLANS. London, October 26. The Times’ Toronto correspondent says it is stated here that tbe Japanese are planning pioneer settlements in Northern Ontario, which a prominent Japanese, formerly connected with tbe Japanese Legion in America is now visiting. He refused to answer questions whether he was
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  • 42 5 MR. GANDHI’S LATEST. London, Oct, 26, The Times’” Simla correspondent says Mr. Gandhi’s latest effort in the noncooperation movement is his advocacy of celibacy. He appeals for the cessation of all additions to the population until India becomes a free nation.
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  • 90 5 SCHEME OPERATES FROM NOV, 1. London, October 27. Ata meeting of tbe Council of the Rub ber Growers’ Association, it was announced that over 89 per cent cf tbe producing acreage owned by members of tbe Association domiciled in Europe was included in the signed forms of assent
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  • 73 5 A FAILURE IN LONDON. London, October 27. Owing to the fall in the price of rubber, it is reported an old established firm of rubber dealers in Mincing Lane has failed. Tbe liabilities are estimated at £lOO,OOO to £200,000. Other brokers are taking over the firm’s commitments
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  • 15 5 Stockholm, October 27. A new Cabinet has been formed, on nonparty lines.
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  • 36 5 Washington, October 26. Exports from the United States in September were valued at $606,000.000, including $17,000,000 of gold and $7,000,000 silver. The imports were $363,000,000 including $39,000,000 of gold and $7,000,000 of silver,
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  • 91 5 VERDICT AT INQUEST. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, October 27. At the inquest on tbe Lord Mayor of Cork, the jury returned the verdict that be died from heart failure and acute delirium, following scurvy, due to exhaustion from prolonged refusal to take food. New York Irish Exeited.
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  • 274 5 London, September 29.—Yesterday was the 49th day since the hunger-strike began of tbe eleven prisoners in Cork gaol. All the men have received, it is said, is boiled water and an occasional dose of medicine. The spirit cf the prisoners is shown by the fact that Hennessy,
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  • 102 5 BRITISH DECISION CRITICISED. Paris, October 27. The Echo de Paris says the French Government intends to protest to Brita n against the decision not to confiscate German property in England in the event of Germany defaulting. Tne Paris Press comments adversely on tbe decision and sees therein an
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  • 76 5 ON FRANCE AND RUSSIA Berlin, October 27. The Imperial Chancellor, Herr Febiecbach, in the Reichstag, drew attention to the growth of French militarism. He stated that with tLe support of Belgium and Poland, it was striving for predomin ance on the continent. He strongly con demned the
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  • 39 5 London, October 27. The decision to remove the headquart< rs of the League of Nations from London to Geneva was carried into effect to day, when the Secretariat departed by special train from Victoria to Geneva.
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  • 112 5 A MATCH NEXT YEAR New York, October 27 A match contract between Jack Dco>p«ej and Georges Carpentier which will be rign ed on October 27, stipulates a ntei-j* between February Ist 1921, and Ja y 1«» 1921, fora 10 to 15 rounds bout. The p zis a
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  • 91 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, October 27. Arr vival of the reports that trouble is impending in Russia is contained in a Helsingfors message which states that the Soviet is most anxious, fearing a counterrevolution, and has placed Moscow in an intensified state of siege, and issued a proclamation that
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  • 23 5 PEACE TREATY RATIFIED. Warsaw, October 27. Both the Poles and Soviet Russia have ratified tbe Peace Treaty signed at Riga.
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  • 129 5 THE LEAGUE’S DIFFICULTY. Brussels, October 27. The Council of the League of Nations, which is at present meeting here, is confronted with the Polish-Lithunian question and the complications induced by the action of General Zeligowski, It is stated, however, that the Council is unable to induce either tbe
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  • 424 5 THE CHINA FAMINE FLOOD RELIEF FUND. —“T. O. M.” Amount previously acknowledged $47,386.70 Mr. Cheah Kok Ching $5O Mr. Cheah Boon Choo $5O Per list from Messrs. Chip Hin Co. $25.50 Messrs. Cheah Lean Huat Co. $lO per list $l3 Staff of Messrs. McAuliffe, Davis Hope $B5 Chew Seah Seng
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  • 732 5 Sir alentine Chirol left London on October 15 for India. Sir Percy Cox visited Mosul by air on the 16th October, returning on the 17th\ Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Roberts, of Highlands Estate, went Home on leave on Wednesday. Sir Verney Lovett, formerly of Balliol College,
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  • 264 6 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Persia for Singapore, China and Japan. Kedah for Dindinge and Sitiawan. Sappho for Teluk Anson. Cbowfa for Rangoon (Mergui and Mculmein via Rangoon) Expbctkd Akbivals. Tara, Singapore, 30th. Kashgar, Singapore, 30th. Alchiba, Holland, end Oc\ Tandi, Rangoon, Nov Istx Elephants, Singapore, Nov Ist. Thoogwa, Singapore, Nov
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  • 282 6 DAILY (except Sunday). BY TRAIN. Parit Buntar, Bagan Serai, Taiping, I Ipoh, Batu Gajah, Tapah Road, By train Teluk Anson, Kuala Kubu, £-7.15 a.m. Kuala Lumpur, Seremban, 6 p.m Malacca, Johore, Singapore I and Hongkong J Parit Buntar and Bagan Serai By train also 10.15 a.m. 3.45
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  • 22 6 Despatched from Penang Delivered in London. 19th September By B I 12th October 23rd By B I 21st
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  • 78 6 Oring to washout on the railway line near Tampin the mails from Singapore and Malicca due to arrive here at 6 43 a.m. *o-day were not received. They are expected to arrive here at 6 23 p m. to-day. The hou eward mail, by the Tara, closes at
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 112 6 fßsk for it at the Club and ffiotel. Something Really sood. SIMOND’S MILK STOUT A REVOLUTION IN BREWING. Each Pint Contains the Energising Carbo-Hydrates of 10 Ounces of Pure Dairy Milk. 1“Bull Dog” Lager Beer THE FINEST. OBTAINABLE to u Per Case 4 doz. Quarts $4O 0 Pints 044 Special
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    • 479 6 HUDSON’S LIGHT RAILWAY I I TIPPING TRUCKS, RAILS, DOGSPIKES, I POINTS AND GROSSINGS I Ready for Immediate Delivery Ex Penang, I THE BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED, I I I g (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) I f Penang, Singapore and Ipoh. s 3 z n 4 When you have your house Re-Decorated insist
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  • 880 7 18 20 SPEAKS TO 1920. APPLIC ABLE to TO-DAY’S CRISIS. hundred years ago, at just such a of national crisis as that through n r‘h we are now passing, the poet Shelul.nte to die impassioned words which see the light for the frst time, says Mr. B. A. tt l
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  • 424 7 THE DIRECTORS’ REPORT. The report of the directors of Temerloh Coconut and Rubber Estate, Ltd., for the year ended 30th April, 1920, says: Profits. —After allowing $2,017.90 for depreciation the net profit for the year amounts to $32,092.23 to which must be added the balance brought forward from
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  • 185 7 The first-class brains behind Sinn Fein are missing no chances. Almost as much attention is devoted to the organisation of international propaganda as to the organisation of “terror.” The London representative of a leading Italian newspaper says he and other British correspondents of the Italian Press
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  • 205 7 —Straits Times.” We are glad to know thab the planters who approached Sir Laurence Guillemard found him ready and willing to help. His attitude, we think, may be stated in a ph*aie—“Dive me a clear mandate, and I will act.” Locally, that mandate, was given without equivocation or
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  • 153 7 Messrs. Harrisons and Crosfield, L d Kuala Lumpur, inform us that the following London Companies under their Agency have agreed to restrict outputs on the basis of the Rubber Growers Association Scheme: Anglo-Malay Rubber Co, Ltd,; Bikam Robber Estate Ltd Golden Hope Rubber Estate Ltd London Asiatic
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  • 223 7 Messrs Barlow Co, Singapore, reported on the 27th Octobe r as follows: Since last reporting the market has weakened considerably and at the opening of the usual weekly auctions this morning prices were slightly below those of last week. Standard sheet sold from 50 to 50| cents
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  • 50 7 Yesterday’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang was $128.50 per picul, no market, tin ore $128.50 per picul, business done. To-day’s quotation for rt fined tin in P* nang was $131.75 per picul, business done, 25 tons unrefined tin $l3O 75, tin ore $130.75 per picul, no sellers.
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  • 64 7 Messrs. Ths Borneo Company, Ltd., advise us that the undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by them at private and auction sales held this week Cts Per Lbs Smoked diamond sheet No. 1 35 to 45| diamond No. 2 28| 34| Crepe fine pale thin 35
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  • 101 7 Pznang, October 29, 1920 SP. Tapioca $7.00 sellers M P. Tapioca $8.50 sellers Cold leaf $72 sellers. Pepper (W. Coast 3 lbs. b oz) sellers. Black Pepper $35 sellers. White Pepper nominal Trang Pepper nominal Mace Pickings $5O sellers Cloves $llO nominal Nutmegs average of $5O sellers. {No. 1
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  • 381 7 Mr G P Nicholson, in tbe course of a leng r bly article to the “Straits Times,” says: Judging from the huge quantity of sago imported into Singapore mostly from Sara wak and the Dutch East Indies (details given below), it is time that planters in Malaya
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  • 145 7 Oct 29—Orchestral Society, Rehearsal, Town Hall, 5 p.m. Oct 30—Rugby, Penang v Perak at Taiping Oct 30—Football, Eastern Smelting Co, v Topham Jone* and R&ilton. Oct 30—Tenth Ordinary General Meeting Temerloh Coconut and Rubber Estates, Ltd, No. 9 Beach Street, 12 noon, Oct 30—Orchestral Society, Concert and Dance,
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  • 129 7 Penang, October 29, 1920. (Bt Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/3 3/4 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 9/32 3 Credit 2/4 11/16 3 Documentary 2/4 25/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 135 3 days’ sight Private 145 Bombay Demand Bank 135 c Madras Demand Bank 135 3
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 146 7 TO PLANTERS. RUBBER ESTATES WANTED. Since 1912 we sold the following Estates and can now place sound producing properties in connection with which reports brought up to date and plans must be furnished, giving particulars of crop for past three years. Es tates sold the DJEMBER, THE DAEJAN, WOLBERS, DE
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    • 236 7 □nnunnnnnnnnnnnunnnunnnnnnnnnn HassiamuliJ i ASSOMULL&Co’s I I GREAT I I SALE I n u n n ENDS 30th OCTOBER I rt a n COME IN TIME TO SAVE S fl fl fl I 40 per cent. fl fl fl fl annnnnnnnnnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnn I INSIST ON GETTING I Moconochie’s I I PROVISIONS J
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 745 8 A LARGE SHIPMENT JUST ARRIVED. BEST INDIAN BRITISH CARPETS. F I F I F F I British Carpets 6 6by 4 6 Indian Carpets 9ioby n 2 Indian Carpets 5 II by 6 I „9 b „63 by 6 i 11 11 by 9 r 12 Iby 9 4 8
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    • 331 8 SIAM COMMERCIAL Bank' LIMITED, BANGKOK (Incorporated by Royal Charter,) BRANCH AT TUNG SONG. (Junction Royal Siamese State Raf wo Southern Line,) a,TJ Capital—Ticals 3,300,000 Reserves—Tical? 1,810,000 Agents in Penang The Netherlands Trading Society, Agents in Singapore: The Banking Corpora. The Netherlands Trading Society. Every description of Backing and Ex. change
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