Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 6 November 1920

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY ESTABLISHED 1333. No. 258. VOL. LXXVIII. SATURDAY. 6th NOVEMBER, 1920. PRICE 15 CENTS
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    • 11 1 THEBES! mIN TOWN Sole Agents S.S. F.M.S» Ong Sam Leong Oc„
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  • 1262 3 MEETING OF GENERAL COMMITTEE. The first meeting of the General Committee of the Association was held in Kuala Lumpur on the 31st October. The seven branches of the Association already formed were as presented by the following delegates:—Kuala Lumpur: Capt. C. J. Foot,
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  • 270 3 The “Siam Observer” of October says M e are able to say on very reliable information that the prospects of the coming rice crop are very good. A party who travelled from Bangkok about the middle of th? month by mot>r launch via Krung Kao as far
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  • 196 3 The summary of the crop report for the week ending the 23rd ult. says: The rainfall during the week was general throughout the Province, being heavy in the dry zone of L'pper Burma- and light to moderate elsewhere, Prome receiving a fall of 2.04 inches. The transplanting
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  • 1336 4 On October Ist, tecator Warren G. Harding, Republican candidate for the Presidency of the United States, in the language of the American H man in the street” was favourite at 5 to 1, a month later, to continue in the phraseology which Reuter found useful as the
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  • 1745 4 The report on the Government Monopolies Department The Monopolies, for 1919 sta'es that chandn sales in the Colony increased considerably in the latter half of the year, and it was sought to diminish consumption by raidog the price 20 per cent, the amount sold during the year
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    • 24 4 L DINNER DANCE AT THE "ID.& 9 O.” ON ARMISTICE DAY, Thursday, 11th Ncvtmber, 1920. Mr. dt J/rs. J. Malcolm Allan. P. P. C.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 79 4 THE TIDES The following are the tides for to-day and to-morrow, Penang Standard Time I High Water. Low Water To-dat. 10.14 p.m. 3.44 p m. To-morrow. 10.12 a m. 4.30 a.m, 10.48 p.m. 4.33 p.m. TOWN HALL ftovember Btf). 916 and ICtfiWarwick Comedy Co. Mon, H, V. Esmond’s Comedy Bth
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  • 531 5 H HIDING’S SWEEPING VICTORY. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, November 3, Whatever doubt exited regarding tbe outcome of the United States Presideatisl election— it was small—baa now disappeared by the sweeping victory o f the Republican, Senator Harding. His party returns to power after eight y eir3, The Republicans
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  • 114 5 LORD CURZON’S REPLY. London, November 3. Lord Curzon replied to M Krassin’s £ote, stating that the belief of the British Gvernmefjt regarding the aggressive of the Soviet submarines was on the open avowal by a Soviet IBIJ tr when launching a submarine in e Black Sea, that
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  • 15 5 London, November 3. Wil. C!ub announces that racing Burned at Newbury on Friday.
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  • IRELAND.
    • 244 5 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, Novi inber 3. Following an attack on a milrary lorry at Athlone, in which three soldiers were uniformed men last night burned down and totally destroyed large printing works at Athlone. The damage is estimated at £lOO,OOO Many of the inhabitants are thrown out
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    • 104 5 Dublin, October 4.—Dublin is faced with a black winter. Owing to the shortage of money, sanatoria for consumptives and asylums for lunatics are being closed. The burning of creameries has paralysed the staple industry. The closing down of 600 miles of railway has cut off certain areas
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    • 197 5 —Ex. Mr. Asquith’s letter set ail the tongues wagging. First Lord Grey, then Lord Morley, now Mr. A‘qwh with his remedy, and each going further than bis forerunner. Who will be next with an offer of the most absolute and complete independenc Mr Asquith has left
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    • 499 5 Since my return from Ireland I have been askfd what has most impressed me of all I have seen or heard, says Mr J M N Jeffries. Without dcubt the most impre.-sive thine which I find to comment upon is this: In Ireland when people talk to
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    • 259 5 Mr Arthur Griffith, the “Acting President of the Irish Republic," made a series of extraordinary charges against the conduct of the Government in Ireland at an inter view. His chief allegations were that reprisals were not accidental but part of a deliberate policy, that ex
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    • 136 5 Mr Cox, the Democratic candidate for the U S Presidency, in a speech at Kansas City, Mi:sou i, asserted that Ireland had the right to separate from Great Britain and to establish her own Gjvernment in any form she pleased and to that end might wage
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  • 74 5 THE ARRANGEMENTS. London, November 3. It has now been arranged that the body of the unknown warrior who will be buried in Westminster Abbey on November 11th, will be conveyed to England by the destrajer Verdun on November 10th, and will repose in a temporary chapel at
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  • 44 5 London, November 3. Miss Sylvia Pankhurst is appealing against the sentence of six months’ imprisonment, and was released on bail of £2,000, on signing an undertaking not to publish a Communist paper and to abstain from public meetings pending tbe hearing.
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  • 38 5 London, November 3. The Zionist Organisation has received a cable from Mr Israel Cohen, stating that be has collected nearly £79,000 in Au tralasia, for the Palestine Restoration Fund He is now going to Hongkong.
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  • 99 5 There is something like consternation in Moscow. Lenin’s Government has sent a message broadcast. Thousands of desertions have taken place from the Red Army, and are still continuing. This message has reached Paris and London. It calls on all deserters at once to join the
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  • 55 5 GLASGOW’S LABOUR GAINS. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, November 3. In contrast to thek failure in the Municipal elections in England, tbe Labour Party scored a great triumph in Glasgow, where 400,000 people voted, with tbe result that Labour captured 44 seats cut of a possible 111, or 20 more
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  • 234 5 A poll to decide whether drink licences shall be abolished, reduced, or left as they are is ensured in every ward of Edinburgh and Glasgow, Under the Scotland (Tern perance) Act of 1913. one-tenth of the electorate must sign requisitions before a poll can be taken,
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  • 130 5 THE EXCHANGE QUESTION. London, November 3, In the House of Commons, replying toMr C Jessnn, who drew attention to the damaging effects to producers in East Africa of the course of txchange with India, Colonel Amery stated that the rupee, for which the florin is being
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  • 317 5 S. T. THE EX-SERVICE DINNER. [To The Editor of the “Pinang Gazette. Sir, —Capt. McLeod Craik must surely appreciate tbe conciliatory to: e in which Mr Holmes has replied to bis letter, and everything should be peaches now. I am sure tbe ladies wont begrudge the boys this one
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  • 771 5 Mr J Dunfo* d Wood is expected back in Ipuh next Thursday.—" T O M.” Mr J V Qaiun, of Singapore United Rubber Piantati n.s, is going home on leave iu a few days. Mrs Taylor, sister of Mrs M A V Allen, is engaged to be
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  • 31 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, November, 6. The entries and classes for the concluding day of the Ipoh Skye Meeting are the same as for the first day.
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  • 75 5 A Rugby Football match between Negri Sembilan and Selangor will be played at Seremban to-day. The Negri Sembilan team is expected to comprise the following:—Ahearn, Clifton, Cranna, Cameron, Duncanson, Dunsford, Fisher, Forbes, Foster, W.R, M. Fouler (captain), Heriot, Kirke, Macnamara, McHardy. There have been further changes in th(S
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  • 71 5 (From Our Own Correspond ent.) Kuala Lumpur, November, 6. At the meeting of Eastern Tungsten, Ltd., Mr. Henggeler, who presided, stated that the loss on the year was $104,816. He referred to the abortive attempts to obtain compensation from the Ministry of Munitions, which eventually made an “ex
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  • 115 5 Amount previously acknowledged $96,702.23 Mr. Tan Eng Choon $20.00 Staff of Chop Leong Chan $15.0Q Chop Joo Choon, 21, Gladstone Road $220.00 Mr. Ooi Thean Soo, 21 Gladsttone Road $120.00 Chop Guan Soon $lO.OO Mr. W. Duncan $lOO-00 Penang Rubber Estates Co., Ltd., European
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  • 163 5 Vladivostok, Oct- 20. —It is stated on good authority that Ataman Semenoff has renounced the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Far Eastern Army. Telegraphic communication between Oloviannaya and Karymskaya has not been working since yesterday. Possibly this is due to the disturbance around Chita, which have been
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  • 55 5 Thursday, November 11 (Armistice Day), Saturday, November 13, and Monday, November 15 are public holidays. There will be no issue of the Penang papers on the Thursday, but the “Pinang Gazette” will publish cables and latest news at about noon on the Saturday, while our contemporary will do
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  • 334 6 S. GEORGE THE MARTYR. The Services next week will be as follows 23rd Sunday after Trinity. 8 am. Marins. Pa 110 and 135. 8.30 a.m. Holy Communion. 10 a.m. Matins (Chinese). 5 p.m—Children’s Service. "6 p.m—Evensong. Hymn 220, Ps CXXXVII 267, Ps CXXXVIII 265, Ps CXXXIX 272, Magnificat
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  • 122 6 Penang, November 6 1920. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/3 3/4 4 rnonriis’ sight Bank 2/4 9/32 »> 3 Credit 2/4 11/16 11 3 Documentary 2/4 25/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Ra. 130 3 days’ sight Private 139 Bombay Demand Bank tl 130 o Madras Demand
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  • NEWS FROM INDIA.
    • 188 7 The Government of India have received a free gift of 100 aeroplanes from HisMajesty’s Government (60 D. H. 9s. with Siddeley Puma engines and 40 Avros with Mono engines.) Some of these aeroplanes have been offered to and accepted by Local Governments and Administrations: others have been
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    • 134 7 Lahore, October 25. —The LieutenantGovernor has declared the Districts of Lahore, Amritsar and Sheikhjura as ‘‘Proclaimed, Districts’’ under Act 10 of 1911, as in his opinion a continuance of public speaking on the lines conducted during the last few weeks in the central areas of
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    • 143 7 Bombay October 23. —To-day the coroner concluded the inquiry into the death of Mr. L. S. Haskins, a European aged 38, a stocktaker, at Mazagaon Dockyard. The deceased went out for a drive on 20th morning and after aimless driving for a few hours asked the gharryy,allah to
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    • 79 7 Calcutta, October 23. —The “Englishman’" understands that the long rifle with which the I. D. F. was armed is to be withdrawn and the Auxiliary Force is to have the short rifle. The others are going to England. [lt is not clear from this telegram
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    • 77 7 Bombay, October 25. —There is no change in the Post and Telegraph strike which has entered on its sth week. The Pathans on guard at the Tramway Depot are reported to have molested the strikers who went to attend Colonel Wedgwood’s welcome meeting. One Tramway Inspector, on strike.
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    • 48 7 Bombay, October 21. —The prices of sugar and milk have been of late, abnormally high and owing to the prevailing epidemic of strike fever and high prices considerable unrest prevails. The number of small robberies is reported to be on the increase.
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    • 56 7 Madras. October 25. —A Cochin Correspondent writes to say that on Saturday five persons were struck by lightning at Ernakulaxn while they were having tea in a tea shop. One of them died instantaneously and another after his admission to hospital. Of the three survivors one
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    • 49 7 Calcutta, October 22. —The seventh session of the Indian Science Congress to be held in Calcutta under the Presidency of Sir Rajendranath Mukerjee, K.C.1.E., will be held from 31st January to sth February. His Excellency the Governor of Bengal will open’ the Congress on 31st January.
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    • 298 7 .—Ex. The general exchange situation has not materially altered since we last wrote, directing attention to the factors which have to be considered in any attempt to forecast the future. Although silver has fallen in London, the bullion value of the rupee is still well above its exchange value,
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    • 246 7 Simla, October 20. —According to an abstract of vital statistics for British India for the first quarter of this year, issued to-day, Delhi City suffered about 1,000 less deaths than in the preceding quarter, the difference in the birth-rate also being about the same. While the 1
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    • 110 7 Allahabad, October 28.—The “Pioneer” understands, in connection with the Conference of Directors of Industries to be held at Cawnpore next week under the presidency of Sir Thomas Holland, that the question of arranging if future conferences shall be opened is under discussion. If an affirmative decision is
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    • 105 7 Calcutta, October 25. —A fatal accident took place on Sunday at about 10 p. m. at the north-east corner of Dalhousie Square. A middle-aged Mahomedan whose identity is yet unknown, was knocked down and run over by a motor car driven by a European and killed. The
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    • 54 7 Calcutta, October 23. —It is understood that the Yokohama Specie Bank is continuing its big business in the export of rupees to Shanghai to be melted down to sycee. During the past two weeks 36 lakhs of rupees have been exported from Bombay and two lakhs from
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    • 35 7 Bombay, October 25. —At the meeting of the Western Indian Liberal Association Sir Narayan Chandavarkar, Mr. K. Natarajan and Sir Dinshaw Wacha condemned the Non-co-operation movement, the last speaker calling it “political suicide.’-
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