Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 7 February 1921

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ?VBUSHED DAILY ESTABLISHED 1833 No. 30. VOL. LXXIX. MONDAY, 7th FEBRUARY, 1921. PRICE 15 CENTS
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    • 479 1 rwiK.no No, 7, NOR l HAM ROAD. Telephone No. 579, nnnnunnnncnannnnanunannnaDDnnnuuuuauns u ci a s a i an n 1 Fmrh /"I CV >C< fSPv} s D «rtMCT 1“ regard to accidents n M ilWl n “you never know your C ffTnwt S P X v luck D P <LSENER
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    • 15 1 I THE BESI GARINTiIW v V V sole null ‘‘•«•a* Ong S«m Leong a 00.
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  • 1615 2 SLUMP ON THE CLYDE (From our own Correspondent). Edinburgh, January 12. The Clyde is being severely menaced bv the slump in shipping. In 1914. the selling price of a ship on the river was from £8 to £l4 per ton. But within the last two years as much
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    • 1293 2 position wanted. STEAMERS FOR SALE. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. A Young Energetic Man. has about 11 n years experience in Booit-keepiug, holdt* Under instractions received from The Exchange BailkS THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING, will be closed on TuesLONDOH da V’ Bth and WednesNo. 79, Dato Kramat Road, Penang. Oflers are invited for
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    • 519 2 V v 1 J K f Gives a Glorious Sensation of Vigour and Well-being The more highly-strung your nervri are, the more quickly they will respond to the intense invigorating effect of Sanatogen. But even the dullest nerves respond to it in time —feel the powerful access of energy that
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  • 523 3 THE WIRELESS LINK. Mi. Henry Barnes writes: Some mouths hence it will be possible to semi a message by wireless telegraphy from Loudon to Peking, thanks to the praiseworthy efforts of the Chinese Government to improve communication within the borders of the vast Republic and with the
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  • 123 3 “S.T.” Preliminary excavation is now proceeding in connection with the building of a new railway station ami a station hotel for Singapore, rhe work is an extensive one, and we understand that it is not expected to be completed before about three years, by which
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  • 120 3 The proposal to send both crosscountry and rowing representatives from the English I Diversities to the I nited States m the early sunimei. has met with much support at Oxford and Cambridge. Their American antagonists will be drawn mainly fiom Cinuell University, but Yale, Harvard, ami
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  • 433 3 English armament experts are i.u no way alarmed at the prospect held out by the invention of the. new cannon ‘‘ailed the Turce, whose range is declared to b e three times that of th® German gun which bombarded Paris in 1918. lhe inventor
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  • 351 3 —“C.M.” In the course of an article in Lhe Financier,’’ on “Openings in China, Mr. Thos. Bowen Partington, of Hongkong- discusses the Compradore System, explaining in detail how it works. His conclusions he slates as follows “The system is nefarious, and should be destroyed. It makes for
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 91 3 EVERYTHING HALF PRICE FOR CASH THIS WEEK ONLY. NO LIMIT OF PURCHASES. BRITISH BOMBAY BAZAAR jVo S, ffieaefi Street, I GUAN KEE CO., BISHOP STREET. STOCKTAKING SALE Special Reduction of Prices on provisions, etc, Commencing 1-2-21 to 28-2-21. Customers having an account will be allowed to participate in the reductions.
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    • 596 3 i PRODUCED IN W/gp DEVOE’S IMPERIAL FAT’D JUNE 23-63 IMPERIAL BRILLIANTOIL B ?rtirT A T standard PAT’D JUNE 28-64 OIL CO.' In Patent Cans <lnewyorkl Notice L hereby given that the above three T ia de Marku coueistiog of the device with the words as shown thereon are the exclusive
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    • 285 3 All Roads will lead to Penang Road for the “Tit Bits’’ Entertainment THE EMPIRE THEATRE BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL UNION IN AID OF THE CHINA FAMINE FLOODS RELIEF FUND FOR TWO NIGHTS ONLY Saturday and Sunday, 12th and 13th February, 1921 Commencing At 9 p in. ENTIRELY
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  • 1059 4 \R RANOEMENTS FOR PENANG’S WELCOME. The “Malaya” arrives and anchors oft Pulo Kendi, op Saturday, 12th inst. a.m. Ship remains at Penang 12th to 16th inclusive. Visitors are allowed on board from 9 a.m. to 11-30 a.m. and from 1 p-m. to 5-30 p.m. daily. Entertainment Committee. —Hon.
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  • 164 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. February 7. ('apt. Buller ami the Officers of H. M. S. Mai aya were entertained at the Singapore Garden Club. Doctor Lim Boon Keng the President proposed the health of the Captain and Officers. Capt. Buller replying expressed the hope that the
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  • 228 4 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.] Sir.—lt was with very great pleasure I read in your paper that the famous H-M.S. “Malaya” is to visit Penang on or about the 12th instant. It is a well-known fact, that the citizens of Penang are anxious
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  • 1411 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. 11. Earle Blunt, of Bangkok, ar-; rived in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. Mr. J. I. Miller has been appointed j Secretary to ihe Food Controller from Ist February. Mr. L. B. Gibson, has been appointed Agent for the Food Controller, Penang, vice Mr. J. I. Miller transferred.
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  • 233 4 Paris, January 20,—TinCabinet has authorised the Mi t; j s i Pl Finance to furnish fund.', for lp blisjiment at Shanghai of a coinme' cial school under the joint directi, of the French and Chinese (roven. meats. The French Government will contru bate £3,000 towards the
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  • 207 4 Ihe “Daily Chronicle is informed that Lady Wantage has left a fortune of some £1,300,000. The particulars given below are supplied by Mess s. Freshfields ami Leese, solicitors to the estate, and in a covering letter they say, “Our reason for sending you tins statement is
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  • 132 4 —“S.T.” The life of a railway offi< ial on outlying parts of the F.M.S. system is full of interest. A few days ago we published the news from Ayer Hitam that a herd of fifty wild elephants had visited the station and damaged the station-master’s house
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  • 108 4 For the first lime England will have, a real employment record in this year’s Census. Formerly it has been enough to state one’s occupation in a rough-and-ready way; the new papers will demand an exact account of the particular branch of work done in
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  • 88 4 t hi Saturday and Sunday next, entertainments will be given in lhe Empire Theatre by the members of the AngleChinese School I nion, in aid ot the China Famine Relief Lund. A- "■ill be seen from the advertisement columns, the programme is an am' tious
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 565 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. FOR SALS. One 25 H P 1918 1919 Studebaker Car six sester, E cc'ric stai tor—horn and lights. 18 miles tn r gallon U-oJ lightly for 15 months. 53,600 nr urnrr-st offer G. N. S. Ssbspsthv. Satm STRAITS ROUGH DAIRY 1921 ONLY A FAW COPIES TO BE DISPOSED
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  • 335 5 CLOSING DAY’S RESULTS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ku .la Lampur, Ftb airy 5. heavy downpour of rain just before ue first raca on Saturday made the going heavy, but the weather thereaf er was fine, 3n j the attendance the biggeit for the meeting The Cups were presented
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  • 383 5 PC.C. v C.R.O. Neither side was fully represented in the game between P.C.C. and C.R.C. on tbe Esplanade on Saturday. The latter batted first, Tnean Lye and Cbee Choong being the opening pair. Chee Choong soon fell a victim to Ba low’s trundling but the score increased rapidly when
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  • 118 5 Scotland v France. London, January 22 —Twenty thousand people were present at I>>varleith to witness the match between France and Scotland. A gale was blowing down the pitch, Scotland had much the better of the play during the opening ha f. Their forwards packed and combined nicely but
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  • 95 5 —“S.T.” This Malaya Wins Over S. C. C, The men of H M S Malaya may not have been doing so well at soccer, but when the Rugger team turned out against the S C O it was a different tale altogether. A useful combination of lieu tenants and
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  • 74 5 Perar v. Selangor The following will iepre eut Selangor in the Association football match against Perak on February Brh H F Oldbury D Laidlaw, A Davidson S J Cooper, G H Corbett, W R Cockbaro C E Maslin, A O Wilson, J Huggins, AC Watkins, P M Cocke
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  • 297 5 Hitherto Singapore has escaped the attention s of the train thief, who is so common in Northen India. This individual, or individuals rather, has however made his debut in this part of the world. At.about 840 o’clock on Wednesday morning, “says the Straits Times,’’ as the train
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  • 126 5 The Band will play the following programme of music at ih« E planadc to-day from 6 p,m, 1 Ma r ch ...Copenhagen ...Kads 2 Selection... A Country Gi 1 ...Monekton 3 Waitz ...The Firtt Violin With 4 Fox Trot... Mountain Young Lady ...Canlas 5 One Stop,..Merry Mitzi
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  • 532 5 PEKING’S PREDICTION. Peking. January 20.—With lli< peace of the country becoming daily more threatened by the gradual converge!) <-y toward a struggle of the rivalry between the war lords of Chihli and Fengtien, Generals Tsot Kun and Chang T’so-lin. and the aggressive military actions taken by southern
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  • 234 5 Peking, January 14.—Negotiations for the rolling stock loan of $6,000,000 between the Ministry of Communications and the Native Consortium of Bankers have been completed and the agreement awaits signature. The terms are interest, eight per eent per annum; discount, one per cent commission on bond sales,
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  • 159 5 Peking, January —Three delegates representing the Shanghai silk industry are now Peking endeavouring to secure stance for the silk trade, which s. described as being hi a very bad eoudi-‘oii. The price of ■'ilk is said to be Hundred taelbelow the cost of production, and ex
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  • 47 5 Peking, January 19. —The Japanese Legation this morning addressed a protest to the Waichiaopu against the American contract for the erection of five wireless telegraph stations in China, on the ground that it conflicts with the wireless contract awarded the Mitsui Company in 19IS-
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  • 165 5 J UDK'I AL Ct IMMTSSIONER’S WARNING. Lucknow, January 12.—Mr. B. Lindsay. Judicial Commissioner. today disposed of a civil revision against an order of Maulvi S. M. Karim, Additional Munsif, Fvzabad, sitting as a Judge, Small Cause Court. Mr. J. K. B: ruer.ji, counsel for the applicant, took a
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 362 5 HAD ALARMINC ECZEMA ON LECS AND FEET. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills The World Renowned Blood and Nerve Tonic, Work a Permanent Cure in Ceylon. It is but a waste of time and money to try to cure Eczema by external means alone. These things may give temporary relief, but the
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    • 315 5 MMMMM a M Fo inaugurate the removal of our M b Ladies’ Dressmaterial Dept. from the “Grand Hotel” to 3 L Union Street, W g We are holding a BARGAIN CHEAP SALE jj From 27th January to 9th February, 1921, at guaranteed Original Prices Less 25 per cent. X About
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 205 5 imperial EMPIKE THEATRE PENANG ROAD. Present their Best Compliments to Patrons and Friends, and wish them a full.share of Long Life, Prosperity and Glory tn the New Year Now Dawning, and Request Your Presence to witness the Grand Entertainment To-night specially selected and for Three Nights From Monday, 7th, to
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  • 1241 6 Writing on and financial problems, Sir George Paieb, w?u Las dealt at some ’ecgtb with pest wsr cou=itious, atd the c»ngers of pursuing a war policy iu peace, in his cxamiLaticn of e recommendai; c f -s FrU:-e’ Fmacc; Conference, rtmin* s the u.t .-t.s ‘bat they
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  • 1190 6 .We tender oar Chinese readers and the Chinese coinraunby generally, Chinese 'he compliments of the New Year. season. The New Year begins to-morrow, February Bth, and both Tuesday and Wedne day have been proclaimed public holidays, The past year I as uot been a ve. y successful
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  • 62 6 There will be no issue of the Pinang Gazette to morrow. The telegrams and local news will be published on Wednesday forenoon. To morrow, and on Wednesday, the Chief Post Office will be closed at noon These will be Deliveries to Town at 9 a.m 10.30 a.m.,
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  • 512 6 A special Chinese New Year programme has been drawn up for to-night, including the stirring serial “Trailed by Three/ which will giip the audience from the start, and a Blue Ribbon feature in five parts, entitled The Greel Mystery,” starring the famous actor Earle Williams. The fvst
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 123 6 THE I PORT OF MANCHESTER MARINE INSURANCE CO., (1919) LTD. I I agents: I rkt h R A C O wcssS** ■Mm b i I PENANG. I I «mhbmwbmmmm» «MamameweomaßMß es.'v “Carnation” Brand I Unsweetened Condensed I MILK I s Quality par excellence Stocked by Dealers I AND Sandilands, Buttery
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    • 10 6 E. 0. PENANG. RAFFLES. SINGAPORE. STRAND, RANGOON. SARKIES BROTHERS. Proprietors.
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  • 743 7 GERMANY’S aT Hi UDE. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] —V«le. London, February 3. Germany’s stage-managed refusal of the Allied terms has nos perturbed official circles. It was duly anticipated, consequently it is discounted. The Germans systematically refrained from offering proposals so long as the Allies had not reached any agreement in the
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  • 19 7 Buenos Aires, February 3. The Government has exempted wool and leather from tXpert duty for a ear.
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  • 213 7 lURKEY’B CLAIMS, [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Constantinople, February 4. According to the Preis, Turkey is submitting the following claims to the London Conference :—Abrogate n of the privileges accorded to Greece in the Smyrna region by the Treaty of Sevres, autonomy of Thrace based ou the principle of nationality, maintenance
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  • 198 7 THE TIES OK KINSHIP. L >ndon, February 4. The Canadian Premier, Mr. Meigheu, speakb g at a banquet, outlined the Government’s fiscal policy, which upheld the prin ciple of protection, with a revision cf tariffs >uitab'e to the altered conditions. Referring to Canada’s national position, he
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  • 44 7 BUILDING TRADE UNIONS’ ATTITUDE London, February 3. The Building Trade Operatives rejected rh<- G ve nmmt’spr p sals for dilution by he admission cf u employed tx Service men. Their reply, w! ich may embody alternative proposal Has nob yet be<n decided tn.
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  • 45 7 THE DEMPSEY-CARPENTIER MATCH. New York, February 3. Mr Tex Rickard announces that the Dempsey-Carpentier fight is fixed for July 2. Jess Willard’s fuht with Dempsey is off, bu" it is planned that he fight the winner cf the Dempsey .Carpentier match on September 5.
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  • 51 7 Pari®, February 7.——Marshal Pilsudski, the head of the Polish State, arrived this morning in Paris and was received at th station by M. Briand, Marshal Foch and M. Weygand. Marshall visited President Millerand, and in the afternoon deposited a wreath on the grave of the unknown
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  • 32 7 Paris, February 3. A Geneva message says M Hymans bes handed over the Presidentship of the League of Na'ioi s to Senor Cunha, the Brazilian Amb smdor in Pari®.
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  • 31 7 London, Febuary 3. In the Cardigans ire by-election, Sir Loveden Pryse has withdrawn his candidature and will support the free Liberal, Mr Williams, against Mr Evans, the Coalition Liberal
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  • 30 7 Washington, February 3. The Foreign Relatjnr s Committee of 'he Senate approved Senator Johnson’s resolutions for an investigation into American activities in Siberia, Hayti and Santo Dcmitgo.
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  • 98 7 AMBUSH IHAT FAILED. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, January 3 Two lorri» s, with twenty police, ambushed at Risacatbery, Cork, feught and repule. cd 500 assailant®, killing six, w unding several and capturing many bombs, rifles, and amrnutiition. The police had no casualty. The attack was made from the grounds of
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  • 126 7 THE BRITISH DRAFT. London, February 3. The Philadelphia Public Ledger announces the terms of the British draft of the Mesopotamian Mandate, which will be submitted to the League of Nations at the next meeting, to be held at Geneva on the 220 d February. The Daily Mail regards
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  • 65 7 THE BRITISH MISSION London, February 3. The Briti-h Government is receiving iegulaily, reports from the British Mission to Kabul, who are conferring with the Afghan Foreign Minister twice or thrice weekly, but at prt sent it is impossible to -ay when a settlement will be reached, or when the
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  • 113 7 UNEXPLAINED AFFAIR. London, February 3. The findings, of the inquiry Lave been issued by the Admiralty re-pecting the loss of submarine K 5, Cut fail to throw light on the dL-as’er. They exp aia that the submarine, which recently underwent a periodical refit, whs practising
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  • 89 7 AN ADMIRAL’S VIEWS. San'isgo de Chile, Fob ua-y 3. Admiral Rodman, who is visiting h®re with rhe American Fleet, says the object is ro visit, a sis'er nation. As regards the Monrce Doctrine, the United Sta’e- never entertained pretensions to absorb the South American R®pnb ics. The Doctrine
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  • 117 7 THE 1920 OPERATIONS. London, February 3, His Majesty’s Petroleum Department’s report of dribing operations in 1920 showthat the prospecting of wells in Derbyshire, North Staffs and Scotland made steady progress. Most of the wells have now reached a great depth. The total feet dulled was 7.670.
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  • 90 7 Washington, February 3 In connection with the American oil em’argo, it is pointed cut that a bill is being introduced by Senator Phelan, of California, and it is most unlikely that any rec mmendation from Mr Daniels will l ave any effect on the initial stage of the
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  • 239 7 AMERICAN N kVAL POLICY. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Lor don, Febiuary 3 A Washington message spates that Air Daniels, Secretary of the Navy reiterat* d his belief in battleships. He said the United States could no’e bops t > comp ie with existing navies. He that while equality of
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  • 156 7 A LABOUR ULTIMATUM. London, February 3. Disquieting repotts from Italy iniic ite the dsnjjer of a big strike. The Socialist and Labour Conference, assembled in Rome, has sent an ultima'urn to the Gover. ment, giving a short period of grace, to cease alleged secret complicity iu nationalist terrorism,
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  • 39 7 London, Fel ruary 3. A t legram from Washington says the ar nual report of the Morri- Company, ore of the ureafc meat packer, declaration cf stock dividtn l of over 1,200 per cent.
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  • 349 7 M.L.’> A Chinese wood cutter’s life is not altogether a bad of roses, but it is doubtful if any wood cutter in this country ever expe ienced such an txciting incident as Ong Chin who is now an inmate of the Sungei Be si Huspi al.
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  • 342 7 no new taxation. [Reuter's Telegrams.] London, February 3 Speaking at Bi mioghcu’, Mr Austen Ohsmberlaiu announced tbe practical ttbandonm nt of 'be excess profits durv, wibhoui the substitution of new dutie?, He declared there would be no taxation in the forthcoming Budget. The Budget. London, February 3. Mr
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  • 108 7 STAND XRD OIL’S ACTION. London, Fib uary 3. A telegram bom New York says the Standard Oil Company is endmg the 10 per cent war bonus granted ro ail employees The Railway Companies are appealing to Congress to follow suit;. Recent i eductions in w>ike s’ wag
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  • 58 7 BiLbane, February 4. The Premie Mr Theodore, in a speech at lhe Trades Hall, t-aid that, anyone who d übted that Australians would so >n be called upon to defend homes against the Asiatic invasion was living in a fool’s paradise. The Asiatic ideals and aspirations
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  • 293 7 Storm in a Pkking Tba Cup. Miss Yu Pei-Kao. Principal of a Chinese Girl' School in the Straits S tllem-n’s, according to a Chinese News Agency, is now in Peking appealing to Government and the educational authorities re garding tbe enforcement of a set of new educational regulations
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  • 203 7 OFFICIALS BLAMED. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, Feb’nary 3 The verdict at the inquiry into the railway disaster ar Abermule finds Acting Stationmaster Lewi® and Signalman Jones guilty of gross negligei ce, ar d Porter Rogers and tb<- clerk Thomson gjuilty of negligence and excess of duty. The verdict
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  • 28 7 Paris, February 3. Ten were kiilei a d 37 iojared in a head-on colli ion bet ween a and a goods train, near i.imogt®.
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  • 43 7 Cop°nhag n, February 3 The Foreign Minis ei submitted to ths Folketing a bill f r iuc. using the diplomatic and consul ir representation abroad, and providing for independent legations iu Hollanr*, Japan and Siam, and a new Consu'ate in Batavia.
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  • 390 7 The Singapore Chamb-r ~f C« mm rce is int'oducing a eys’em if r-gis’ration for tainbien, a numerou clrss wh ch it i® most necessary to ke”p under control. Car’s have been printed am will be issued by the secretary of the Chamber < n npp’ cation by
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  • 220 7 Burma, we believe, took thirty years to get its University incorporated by statute. Malaya is possibly a little more energetic than Burma, but we can re mem be? that it took a va*y long time to emerge from the “talk” period with regard fo Harbour -cherres, says the
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  • 812 8 SEA POWER. We have always held, says jhe ‘‘Morning Post,” that an agreement concluded between the United States and Great Britain, under which the maintenance of the security of sea communications was shared by the two great maritime nations, would be the strongest possible guarantee of peace.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 276 8 Pritchard c©., l»td., f Chcorporated in tfe Straits Settlements) PE.NANG JPOH. NEW GOODS FOR THE CHINESE NEW YEAR Hats. £/>4 .•’■■■■isi Christys Townends Double Terais in Pale Castor. Steel, Fawn and Pearl 4 Christy’s and Townends Soft Felt Hats ....-> f| olours above, Townends White Cork Topees with Puggaree, Chin
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    • 335 8 □nnnDcaQDnnnnnnnnnnpuu 'jou □nuonnnnnn s “Clifline-Heiice” LIQUID ELEVATOR. X ADVANTAGES. “PERFECTLY HYGENIC” n Wo ABUNDANT SUPPLY n L “LOW COST UPKEEP” j I RW Extreme Simplicity. Depth of well V I immaterial. a j No P’P es buckets or valves. In fact, absolutely fool proof. jH B Call and see demonstration
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  • 971 9 A BUSINESS TRANSACTION. I'ne Morgan v Pooley was resumed in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme C u ton FridayMr Ford continued his examination of Mr Morgan, who stated that after the) ’lasii ah the Morgan liabilities were met i by Mr Eu Tong Seo, After he had signed
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  • 328 9 A bill is abou k to ba introduced iu the Legia'ative C >uncil to transfer to the Town some of the prop rty of the Penang Free School for the crea'io i a» d incorpor atiqn of a statutory bouy of mi f ees of the school
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  • 50 9 Feb 7—Taiping Ice Co, Ltd, Extraorcnn-t-y Meeting. Feb Saud 9—Bank Holidays, Chinese N.w Year. Feb 8 and 9—-Cricket, Penang v P.rsk, Esplanade. Feb 12—Batu Lintang Rubber, Co, L <l. Statutory Meeting, 12-30 p.'n Ff b 15—-Courr of Appeal, Penang. Feb 18—Lodge Kriau, Meeting, 6.30 p.m. March 15—Penang Assizes.
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  • 80 9 The following tennis.ties are fixed for Thursday. 10th February: Double Handicap Class A.—3 S- F. B. Martin <l. Crabb-Watt v. —2 E.S. Haslam C. O. Tyndale Powell (o); —3O IL N. Hamilton X- F. N. Syer v. Ser. H. T. Clark F. W. Harris (4). Single Handicap
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  • 324 9 PENANG’S TEAM. The following will represent the P.C.C. in the two day match against Perak, commencing to-morrow at 11.30 a.m. Dr. W. W. Martin (Capt.), G. E. Clayton. E. G. Bird, R. N. Hamilton, A. J. L. Donaldson. W. W. Dean, H.D. Jensen, C.G. May. J.H. Spowers, G.
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  • 196 9 TO-DAY'S DEPARTURES. Glensanda for Port S Singapore and China. Kxpictbd Arbivalb. Tara, Singapore, 9th. Tanda, Rangoon, 9th. Thongw-», Madras, 10th. Karmala, London, 12rb. D. Ita, Singapore, 13 h. Kashmir, Loudon, 13cb. Keemun, Liverpool, 13th. D. ucali n, Singapore. 17th Takada, Singapore, 17th Dilwara Bombay, 17th. Thongwa, Singapore, 19th.
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  • 288 9 DAILY (except) Sunday). BY TRAIN. y Parit Buntar, Bagan Serai, Taiping, I Ipoh, Batu Gsjah, Tapah Road, By trail Teluk Anson, Kuala Kubu, 57.16 a.m Kuala Lumpur, Seremban, 6 p.u Malacca, Johore, Singapore and Hongkong J Parit Buntar and Bagan Serai By train alee 10.15 a.m. 3.45
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  • 36 9 The homeward m*i*, by the fa’s, close-! at 10 «.m. cn Wednesday. A mail for Europe, vU Singapore, pe' the M M steamer Paul Lecat, close? a' Penang Post Office a’ 7.15a.m. to mono*
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  • 116 9 P«nd‘g, February 7, 1921 (By COUBTBSY OF THR CHARTERED BANE London Demand Bank 2/3 11/6 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 3/16 3 Credit 2/4 1/2 3 Documentary 2/4 19/3? Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 160' 3 days’sight Private 175 Bombay Demand Bank 160 Madras Demand Bank 160 3 days’ eight
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  • 777 9 (JJNSIDERABLE ACHIEVEMENT LAST YEAR. lhe diiectoib’ report on Luna* llubber Estates, Ltd., for the year ended October bl, 1920, states that the net profit lor the year as shown the profit and loss account amounts to $143,093.91, to which must be added the balance of $2,497.40 brought
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    • 77 9 CKOWN WITNESS SHO". [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London. Februai v 4 A sensation v m created at a Dublin court-niftrrial rn the youths ch- in c nnection vith he mu der of offie rs n the 27'h N vember The am.ou. ced that a message had been r ceivtd stating
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    • 37 9 TWO MEN ACQUITTED. London, Febiuny 4, Two men, F<>wl-r and McParthia, were bequitted Liverpool on a charge of n urder in correction wi'h the Sinn Fein ou'rages in Liverpool mentioned on the 28<b November.
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    • 84 9 DUKE OF CONNAUGHT LAYS COMMEMORATION STONE. Calcutta, February 7. The Duke of Connaught laid the co<r>mt morati m stone on the sue of the new King George Dock, si’uated in the Garden Reach, five miles b a low Howrah Bridge. The d ck will b rth 35
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    • 98 9 New York, February 4. Eight European Salvatioi Army officers, including Captain and M s Lo »is of Amsterdam, have arrived here en route for the l e per cjlouy iu Java where they expect to arrive about the Lt of April The party volunteer-d for work in
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  • 90 9 The following are additional rubber outputs January Ayer Hitam lbs 33,772 Bahru Selangor 12,000 Beverlac 10,280 Blackwater 6,490 Bukit Cloh 25,000 Bukit Selangor 29,436 Batu Matang 15,655 Bakap Plantations 10,300 Batu Lin tang 8,278 Dusun Durian 75,648 Juru 15,000 Jong Landor 39,682 Kong Lee (Perak) 470 Kapar Para
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  • 18 9 Tin wa“ quoted in London ou Fi-b u»rj sth, at £164 spot, and £169 three months
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  • 176 9 Punang, February 7, 1921 SP. Tapioca $4.75 buyers. M. P. Tapioca $6.50 buyers. Cold leaf $72 sellers Pepper (W. Coast 3 lbs. b oz) sellers. Black Pepper $l7 nominal White Pepper s3o| nominal Trang Pepper nominal Mace Pickings $4O sellers Cloves $7B nominal Nutmegs 80s *40.00 sellers n 110
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  • 959 9 KENNEDY COS SHARE LIST names. t 5 ca x H RUBBER (Dollar.) S 9 c Allenby Rubber Co. Ltd. 35c 40c Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1.75 2.05 Amalgamated Malay Estates 2.60 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 13.00 Ayer Kuning Rubber Estates 1.00 Ayer Molek Rubber Co. LBO 1.75 Ayer Panas Rubber
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  • 597 10 STRIKING RISES IN SHARES. Berlin, Jau. s.—The way in which Germany’s industries have gone ahead since the end of the war can be briefly and strikingly illustrated by reference to the Stock Exchange quotations of the shares of the country’s most important concerns, says Mr. George Renwick special
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  • 149 10 “Duringmy recent lour I realised.” declared the Prime of Wales “that we were in danger of losing' our hold on certain markets in the Dominions in which we formerly were supreme and from which we are gradually being ousted by foreign competition. I am quite
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  • 62 10 ili an effort be made to suppress public whist drives following, the important decision at Surrey' Quarter ssions in mail week that such gatherings are illegal? Lord Chief .Jusice Alvei stone and two colleagues in ,'d Upheld a fine imposed on a whist d’ ve promoter for
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  • 858 10 VIIAT REMAINS FOR EXPLORES. When Mount Everest has been climbed, what great things will there be left for man to achieve upon the earth? asks Mr. Harold Lake. The North Pole and tie South have been visited. The maps of all the countries of the world witness
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  • 359 11 JLlie discussions on the French Military Service Bill resulted in a coinpromise between the advocates of thy retention of the old system, involving at least two years’ service with the colours, who were headed by Marshal Foch, and the more numerous but younger element who desired the
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  • 322 11 Captain Monckton, in his nook about New Guinea, says Mr. Holmes, a missionary, sent oil one of his Mission boys to borrow some dozen six-inch wire nails from a trader, who lived some miles away the boy was shortly to be married to a village girl, and
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    • 486 12 I The recognized t ypewriter I of the day is "The Remington < A shipment of the very latest models lj] has just arrived. i »♦«< p g MCALISTER CO., lit, AGENTS. I y BANKS. •MARTIIIKB MANK «P INBIA, AUATItALIA ANB AHINA Incorporated in England by Royal Charter 1853 Paid
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    • 371 12 fNR MBRBANTILK BA MX »F INAI& LIMJTRB. '.{■•orporttod ii faflaad). Authorised Capital £3.000,000 Subscribed Capital w !.800,(X-X; P*id-np 1,050,000 Reserve FundJ and Undivided > j Profits 1,146,400 i Boa d of Directors. R. J. Black, Esq., (Chairman!, J. 81. Kyrte, (S«q, !H. Melvill Simons Esq., P. R. Chslmera, 8»c 1
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