Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 17 February 1921

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 38. VOL. LXXIX THURSDAY, 17th FEBRUARY, 1921. PRIOE 15 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 553 1 Obtainable everywhere wholesale from i One Sam Leong Co., Penang nnnn»H« «h» kbimi a «nnn nacNWNW mb d dHI j JEa .-l ..^.l>..«. MsSBV.ii’ w >^.».«^ > tc >t^J ai-,„ ,-_v. x.-..L«iu!_. P GREAT AUK’S HEAD 9 PETERLINEUM I n T aIHI M JL STOUT. ML p| je Excellent Wood
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    • 14 1 THEBES'! CAR INTOWN I I Sola AWnt« w- w I One Bam Leons Co,
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  • 1489 2 A SCOTTISH CANADIAN ENTENTE. (Fkom Oub Own Cobbespondent.) Edinburgh, January 19. “We all look to Scotland as our home/ *ays the leader of the party of Canadi. is at present in this country for the rarpose of playing the “roarin’ game’’ of curling. “We have one man with
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  • 86 2 Th<? King, in a message to a League of Notions’ meeting at the Albert Hall? Kensington, said: “The nations must be true to the faith that in the League lies the sure guarantee of }>eace, and that only in the fulfilment of its high ideals
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 978 2 POSITION WANTED. TENDERS INVITED. Young Bachelor. Scotch, spending few/ The Municipal Commissioners of George days Middle March in Penang wishes Town, Penang, invite tenders for the refirst Class Board and Lodging pleasant roofing of the premises known. as the surroundings and Company, Reply Box Electrical Store Room and Electric SubNo.
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    • 167 2 36 44 Cal. Rif and Cartridges There is a demand among spertenMH for a 1 rifle of medium size and price, yet with the j requisite shocking power to effectually “stop” j the game. The Remington eleven-shot re- 1 I peater —38-40 and 44 calibre —is invaluable a I for
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 355 2 All Roads will lead to Penang Road for the “Tit Bits” Entertainment AT THE EMPIRE THEATRE BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL UNION IN AID OF THE Chino Famine a Floods Relief Fond FOR TWO NIGHTS ONLY Friday and Saturday, 18th and 19th February, 1921 COMMENCING AT 9 P.
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  • 324 3 I—“ M.M.” MR. FERRERS EXAMINED. When the hearing in the above action was resumed at Kuala Lumpur, Mr. H. N. Kerreia was called to the witness-box. Mr. Ford: When Mr. Shearn was cross-examining plaintiff, Mr. Shearn said Mr. Morgan had discussed certain matters with you over the
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  • 416 3 PORTALS OF PARADISE. “Onlooker writes to the “Malay Mail” Of course there are clubs aod clubs. Mine is the fulfilment of my dream, the ideal paradi-e. where scandal reigns not, and the humble Planter’s Assistant is the beloved <.f the God B The Mem Besars flock around him
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  • 136 3 —‘M.M.’’ The *‘BN Borneo Herald says:— Thanks to the generosity of Mr MacDonald Sutor and Captain Dun of the Demamud we find ourselves presented with two beau r iful cups which will help to make our Spring Meeting so attractive that we shall have "no fear of a
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  • 464 3 Messrs James F. Hatton Co., Ltd Manchester, reported on Wednesday, January 19th, as follows Liverpool Cotton. Y ster Last Week Folly Mid-American—Spot 11.22 11.78 Mid-American do. Current Month 10.21 10.51 Sakellaridis F.G.F. Egyptian—Spot 23.00 22.50 do. Current Month 17.75 18.25 New York Cotton. Spot—Cents. 17.60 17.50
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  • 211 3 —Ex. The vie*B of British organised labour re grtrdiug Bolshevi-m are embodied in a letter addressed to the Socialist and Communist. parties of the world by the sub committee on the reconstruction of the In rerna'ional appointed by th« Labour Party and ti e Trades Union-Oorg-ess.
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  • 209 3 Passengers on the top-deck of a tramwaycar in South London watched a man who meet be the most particular smoker in th? world. Grey-haired and thin, he laid upon a corner seat a black leather bag and a brown paper-coveied paro l. Inside the parcel wiS a chocolate box.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 234 3 Prudence and Economy Prompt You to Buy Here. f'i'JSG'S own” z -*~> SET a Lucas Lamp set, gives powerful light, not to be excelled for quality and finish. Price $45 Bates’ Tyres. Cover 26x2} +2O. Motor Horn. Ebony Black. Best finished. Tube do $5 Price $2O. KENG CO., ;-"g g.
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    • 176 3 Pritchard Co., Ltd., (Incorporated in t6e Straits Settlements) PgNANG A IPOH. Poyie Cnfield S H. P. Fitted with S /till fJI Enfield Zl Pat ell t two s p c e a n L*ee Engine T7 eld d e s i g n, W? Body, Coach I ass^ s^ r
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  • 808 4 Mr. and Mrs. L.D. Wood, of Sungei Besi, have left for England, on leave. The death has occurred, from typhoid, of Dr. Tsunekata Miyake, Professor of Tokio University, and a celebrated entomologist. First Deputy Councillor Luang Mitrakann Baks a has been appointed Con-sul-General for Siam in Calcutta,
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  • 746 4 APPOINTMENT OF MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS. At a meeting of the committee of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association, held in the north room of the S.C.C. on Friday afternoon, to which the press was invited for the first time, the principal business was the determination of the procedure to
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  • 1058 4 COMMITTEE AND THE RECRUITING CONNECTION A meeting of the Indian Immigration Committee was held in Penang, on Monday, February 14th. There were present: Controller of Labour (Mr. W. Peel) Chair man, Principal Medical Officer F M S. (Dr R. Dowden), Director of Public Works, F M S. (Mr
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  • 190 4 (From our own Correspondent). Taiping, February 16. In connection with the fatal accident to Able Seaman B Tilson, of the Malaya, at ihe Taiping Swimming Club, it appears that of all the party, he was most keen on going there, and immediately on arrival, he donned
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  • 273 4 DAILY (except Sunday). BY TRAIN. Parit Buntar, Bagan Serai, Taiping, Ipoh, Batu Gajah, Tapah Road, Teluk Anson, Kuala Kubn, By trail Kuala Lumpur, Seremban, )-7.15 a.m Malacca, Johore, Singapore 6 p.ixand Hongkong J Parit Buntar and Bagan Serai By train alsc 10.15 a.m. 3.45 p.m Taiping By
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  • 216 4 A MEMORABLE VISIT. H. M. S, Malaya left her anchorage, rff Pulau Kendi, at 7-40 thia morning af’er a stay at Penang lasting five days. The battleship is proceeding t) England, via Bombay, where she will embark H. R. H, the Duke of Connaught, on the conclusion
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  • 253 4 H. M. S. Malaya v P. R C. A large crowd watched the football match between the PRC and a scratch team from H M S Malaya at the Explanade last night, The pitch was fast. Unfortunately, the navymen played two men short, and the game was very much
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  • 148 4 A successful concert for the visitors from the Malaya, was given in Taiping Town Hall on Tuesday. The diversified fare was much enjoyed. The programme is given, Song chorus, Miami, Mr R J Pennjca ick; song, lu England now, Mrs Cochrane; trio, The Old Branpie, Miss De
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  • 206 4 (From our own Correspondent). Chaperoned by Mr. J. S. W. Arthur, about seventy units of H. M. S. Malaya arrived in Alor Star on Sunday before noon. The visitors were accorded a heirty welcome, and n*val men being a novelty ro the mnprity of Kedahite», they
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  • 827 4 TO-DAY’S DRPARTURE3 van Goens for Deli, Langna, Edi, T Semawn Segli, Olehleh and Sabang. Pangkor for Teluk Anson. Lian Choo for Palau Langkawi Perlis at H Set uh Kinta for Port Swettenham, Port Dickson Malacca and Singspire. Expxctxd Arbivalb. Takads, Singapore, 17th Dilwara, Bombay, 17th. Thongwa, Singapore, 19th
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  • 28 4 415 Coolies arrived per S S Egra to-day of which 170 go to Pulau Jerejak and the balance proceed direct to Port) Swettenham for quarantine there.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 63 4 DISCOMFORT AFTER MEALS, usually due to flatulence, or wind in the stomach, may be remedied by the occasional use of the gentle little laxatives. Pinkettes dispel constipation and flatulence, cure biliousness, sick headaches, liverishness, coated tongue, ill-smelling breath, clear the skin of pimples and blotches. Of dealers, or for 90
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  • AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    • 294 5 [jondon. January 20:—The resump, of the prosecution of Farrow, i (1 (li and Hail at the Guildhall in luedion with the failure of Farrow’s Bank, disclosed a remarkable state of -dfairs- Sir Richard Muir stated that lew months before tlie suspension a contract was entered into for
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    • 186 5 A Sinn Fein plot to destroy the great store house of the Vacuum Oil Co. at Battersea, where millions of gallons are stored was frustrated by three policemen who chased a gang of a dozen armed men through the tide streets for three-quarters of a mile, in
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    • 269 5 COMMENTS ON PRINCE’S SPEECH. London February 2.—The “Daily lelelegraph” devotes its first leader to the Prince of Wales’ unveiling of ihe Patcham memorial to fallen Indians recalling the unspeakable thrill •>f pride which stirred both Houses of 7 he Imperial Parliament in 1914 when there was read
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    • 481 5 “Pioneer.” London, February J. —Since the decision of the Supreme Council was made known the principal topic in the papers has been the question whether the debt thus fixed can be recovered. Persons with pacifist leanings are, of course, loud in their assertions that tin* collection
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    • 179 5 London, January 20.—Mr. W. T. Massey in “Allenby’s Final Triumph” just published by Constable, tells for the first time how on the very eve of the day fixed for the great attack the secret was almost disclosed- A fanatical Moslem soldier belonging to one of the Indian
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  • 149 5 Jacob of Simla, the hero of Marion Crawford’s “Mr. Isaacs,” and the original of Lurgan Sahib in “Kim,” who died recently was born in Constantinople of Jewish parents, but long residence in India had given him the appearance and nature of a native. At the height
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  • 351 5 SHOOTING EXPEDITION Mandalay, February 4.—After the Garden Party on Monday, His Royal Highness had a further inspection oi Art Curios and Jewellery, which Mr. Noyce had brought with him His Highness made some more purchases and showed Mr. Noyce the Royal Collection of precious stones which
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  • 211 5 MADRAS MERCHANTS’ RESOLUTIONS. Madras, February 4.—At a meeting of the Madras Import Merchants Association, to-day, presided over by S. Srinivasa Iyengar, resolutions were pas-ed that the Secretary of State and the Government of India be requested to take prompt means to ease situation by stabilising the exchange, by
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  • 170 5 Calcutta, February 4.—At the High Court to-day before Justices Teunon and Ghose an application for admission of an appeal was made on behalf of Guy M. Purchase, a tea planter of Assam, who was convicted by a presidency Magistrate of Calcutta of theft and sentenced to one year’s
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  • 432 5 “THE QUEEN OF PAPACLISE.” A tired-looking little woman carrying under her arm a wicker basket, landed from the Blue Funnel liner Ulysses at lilbury, having journeyed alone from the rim of the Empire. Miss Jolliffe, the passenger concerned, had come from a little kingdom of her own,
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  • 377 5 The expedition sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History, which will set forth for China early this year, will search not only for February, will search not only for fossils of the ape man, regarded by biologists as the “missing link”-, in the chain
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • 1383 6 —“S F P.” Jb'will be observed from to-day’s cables tbab a very interesting political situation is developing at home. A grievance seems to be felt by those opposed to the Coalition, and particularly by the critics of Mr. Lloyd George, that, instead of making changes in the
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  • 1463 6 Ab the beginning of the week the Deputy Controller of Labour, The Danger of Penang, issued a notifiStopping Labour Cfttion t 0 the e ff ect Recruiting. that reciuiting had been resumed in the Madras Presidency with the exception of ceitain taluq?,”—including several in Madura—where disease is
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  • 312 6 Monday’s Agbnda A meeting of the members of ‘he Legislative Council will be held next Monday afternoon. Among the items on rhe agenda are two questions by Mr Campbell: (1, What st e ps have been taken by Government to ascertain the value o’ utplan'ed rice lands in
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    • 494 6 wr II Cut this out and paste on office wall. j Engineering I nr=<r.ecrtr.g Supplies f 11 V*> of every d escr iP^ on Pamphlet Indicator. Write for those Including: that interest you. Bates oil and gas engines G O E Fairbanks Morse oil engines, pumps, etc. U r M
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    • 10 6 E. 0. PENANG. RAFFLES, SINGAPORE. STRAND. RANGOON. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • 481 7 THE IRISH QUESTION. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, February 14, H. M. the King reopens Parliament tomorrow in pre-war splendour. Their Majesties in state robes and wearing their Crowns will drive in a gilded coach eccorted by household cavalry, while foot guards will reappear in the glory of bearskins and
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  • 60 7 In the five cons Puenoi s where byelections are pending, the general election returns were as undsr Cardiganshire, Mr M Vaughan Davie? (Coalition Liberal) unopposed East Woolwich, Mr Will Crooks (Labour) unopposed. Dudley, Sir A Griffi h-Boscawen (Ccali tion Unionist) majority 3,080. Moseley, Sir H Rogers (Coalition Unionist)
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  • 28 7 MR CLYNE3 CHAIRMAN. London, February 14. Mr J R Clynes has been elected Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party,, in succession to Mr W Adamson.
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  • 63 7 FOUR SENTENCES. London, February 14 At Liverpool Assizes, three men were sentenced to ten years' penal servitude in connection with the incendiary fires at Liverpool in November. Fowler, who was acquitted of the charge of murder in connection with the Liverpool fires, was sentenced to two years,
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  • 33 7 SCHOOLS REOPENING. Cairo, February 14. Some of the secondary schools have been reopened. Numerous parents and students are giving the guarantees required by the Government against propaganda in the schools,
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  • 299 7 THE GERMAN IDEA. [Reuter’s Telegrams J Berlin, February 17. Speaking at Stuttgart, on the reparations, the Foreign Minister, Herr Von Simons, deolared'tbat doubts as to the Government's attitude, owing to its acceptance of the invitation to London, were unfounded. His declaration in the Reichstag held good (1 ud applause).
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  • 96 7 THE TURKISH DELEGATIONS. London, February 14. It is announced that if two separate Turkish delegations come to the Near Eastern Conference iu London, only the K rte’s delegation will be admitted, and the N a l ioualists must use it as a mouth peace. It is hoped
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  • 68 7 DUTCH DELEGATES. The Elasue, February 14. Doctor Lely, ex-Ministr r of Waterways, who is n>w a m mber of the Second Chamber, has been appointed head of the Netherlands delegati n to the L r_uo of Nations Conference on communications ar.d transit at Barcelona on M *rch 10.
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  • 50 7 TRANSPORT PROJECTS, Amsterdam, February 14. The Government introduced a bill providing for the construction of a port near the village of Born, between Roermond and Maestricht, and canals from Born to Maestrichb and connecting the BornMaestricht canal with the Maestricht-Liege canal. The cost is estimated at over £5,000.000.
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  • 58 7 MORE ORDERS FROM THE EAST. London, February 14. The trade current is at last changing in a beslthier direction, especially the markets in the Far East, (declared Mr. F. G. KeliaWay at Northampton. Meantime the stablisation of exchanges and barter were useless under the present c< n ’itions.
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  • 51 7 Melbourne, Feb ua<y 17. Australia in the first innings scored 389 (Armstrong 123, nob out, Gregory 77) England, in the second innings, made 123 for one wicket (Rhodes 66 nut out). [England were all out for 315. and Australia, making 211 for two wickets, won by eight
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  • 67 7 A BIG CONCENTRATION. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, February 14. Speculation has been aroused by reports that Poland is extensively mobilising. The German Government recently notified the Allies that 213,000 Polish troops were concentrated on the Polish German frontier. A Kovno telegram gives detail of compulsory mobilisation in six Polish
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  • 38 7 Bucharest Ft bruary 14. The universal Socialise problem of Communism has been settled in Rumania, on similar lines to those in the majority of European countries recently, the rejection of terms having split the party.
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  • 30 7 Stockholm, February 14. The Swedish Cabinet has resigned, in consequence of the Finance Minister’s withdrawal in connection with the Coffee Bill which prohibits the importation of coffee.*
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  • 30 7 Berlin, February 14. Following up clues secure! in the recent raid in Berlin suburbs, the police discovered an extensive dump in the Lehrterstrasse, including 2,000 rifles.
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  • 49 7 POSTAL STAFF RESUME. Bombay, February 17. Workmen to the number of 5.5C0 of the Bombay-Baroda-Central India Railway struck, demanding increased pay. All the postal and telegraph workers, who struck in September, and bad not already resumed, have now surrendered unconditionally to the Post Office authorities’ demands.
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  • 34 7 London, February 14, Messrs. Coats’ thread mills, at Paisley, have reverted to fu'l time, after short time due to the accumulation of stocks. The prospects are regaidtd ss good.
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  • 92 7 AMERICAN ATTITUDE. Washington, February 14. In the House of R «presentatives, Mr Biool s moved that no portion o jhe $90,000,000 appropriated for naval construction iu 1921 be ex pended until the President called an international disarmament conference. After a h. at«d discu sion, the motion was rejected
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  • 243 7 The present naval programme of the United States is the most extensive ever undertaken by any nation. They are now rapidly completing s x battleships of the Tennessee New Mexico class, and while these vessels are to-day urn quailed in mi'i tary power they wiil become secondary
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  • 173 7 expensive movement. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Vale. London, February 14 The recent activity of the French Police against Communists is having sensational results. A Paris message states that the police investigations produced unmistakeable evidence that the Communist movement extends throughout ti e country, witl its centre in Paris and secondary
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  • 31 7 (From our Own Correspondent). Singapore, February 17. At the presentation of prizes to Eurasian Volunteers for musketry, Ma-jor-General Sir D. H. Ridout congratulated them on their efficiency in musketry.
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  • 31 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, February 17. At a meeting of the Jewish community, at which Mr. Manasseh Meyer was present, it was decided to form a Zionist Society.
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  • 34 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, February 17. The Methodist-Episcopal Church Conference dealt with social problems. I he reports expressed regret that open solicitation by Malay women in the towns was increasing.
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  • 86 7 —“Malay Mail.” A London cable of Feb. 12th to the “Civil and Military Gazette” gives the following results of League football, division I. Chelsea 3, West Bromwich Albion 0. Tottenham Hotspur 2, Manchester City 0. Oldham Athletic I, Woolwich Arsenal I. Sunderland 5, Aston Villa I. Bradford
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  • 208 7 People in New York are icamusement the detention iu the liner Makura, in which he arrived from England, of Mr. Osmond Grattan Esmonde (son of Sir Thomas Grattan Esmonde), who is suspected of being a Sinn Fein ambassador. Owing to the stewards’ strike, nearly all the crew
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  • 1078 7 THE GOLD COIN CASE. The hearing of the appeal by M. K. Kader Bawa against a judgment by Mr. Justice A. V. Brown in favour of Chop Chong Hin and Ooi Thean Soo, was concluded in the Court of Appeal before Mr. Justice Whitley (President), Mr. Justice Barrett
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  • 385 7 THE AYER ITAM ROAD AFFAIR. The three men arrested last mouth on suspicion of assembling for the purpose of gang robbery, in the vicinity of the house of the tindal on Mr. Heah Swee Lee’s plantation in Ayer Itam Rojjd came before Mr. A.C. Baker, in the
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 195 7 Sir, —It is extremely kind of the P A.M. to propose the formation of the “Planters’ Unemployed Committee” in Kuala Lumpur, which really amounts to calling on the individual planter to help his unfortunate brother. They have apparently overlooked the fact that a lot of new men are
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  • 247 8 Mr. Harington G. Forbes writes to the “Times” —The court of directors of the British North Borneo Company have directed me to address you on the following matter. In your edition of June 15, 1920, you published with some prominence a communique from the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines
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  • 210 8 1 he “Daily Mail” is informed from an authoritative source that three people out of every five have appealed against their income-tax, assessment* during the past few weeks. On this basis the number of appeals, reaches the enormous figure of 1.470.000—a record in the history of income-tax
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 476 8 iwuarjraMuuinß— ———M—— OLD CHRONIC COUGHS All Coughs Yield to Yono’s Lightning Cough Cure. The curative power of Veno’s Lightning Cough Cure is never more strikingly shown than in those hard, chronic coughs and wheezings from which so many old people suffer. The relief it gives is quick and lasting, because
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    • 342 8 HOW RHEUMATISM CAN BE OVERCOME. When the general health is broken down, if conditions are favourable for the disease, rheumatism is liable to develop. Without conditions of low vitality ami weakened resistance nature will protect the body against disease. A marked feature of the development- of rheumatism is the thinning
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    • 323 8 I J? Remarkable offer of I I todies' smort Dresses I fRt Under @ost Prices. B We have left over from our recent highly successful sale B about 30 Ladies’ smart and stylish cotton dresses in white B and coloured voiles, which we wish to dispose of before the end
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  • 80 9 The following are the latest quotations iu Messrs. Kennedy dr Co.’s share list:— Yesterday. To-day. g gw SHARES. >, JS JL Js .2 "5 o 'll M 'J2 2J UD Rubber (Dollar) Perak R. V. 2.00 2.25 1.90 200 United M. 1.40 1.60 1.40 1,50 Mining. Asam
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  • 14 9 The following are additional rubber outputs for January Punggor 9,500 Pinggor 7,129
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  • 162 9 Tin was quoted m London yesterday at £163 «pct, and £167 10s three months To day’s quotation in Penang Lr raw tin was $77 per picul, no market, tin ore $77 per picul, business oi na; refined tin, no market. TIN OUTPUTS. North Taiping Tin Dredging Co. Ltd,
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  • 187 9 Penano, February 17, 1921 SP. Tapioca $6.00 sellers. M. P. Tapioca $7.00 sellers. 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 ?40 sellers Cloves $7B nominal Nutmegs 80s $40.00 sellers 110 s
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  • 119 9 Penang, February 17, 1921. (Bt Courtesy op the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/3 13/16 4 months’ eight Bank 2/4 1/4 3 Credit 2/4 9/16 3 Documentary 2/4 21/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 165 3 days* sight Private 175 c Bombay Demand Bank 165 c Madras Demand Bank 165
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  • 37 9 Feb 18—Lodge Krian, Meeting, 5.30 p m. Feb 18 and 19—A C S Union Entertainment, China Famine Fund, Empire Theatre. yif,, 19—Kuala Ketil Bnbber Coy Ltd, meeting, M»rch 15—Penang Assizes. j 20—Penang Swimming Club, Handicaps.
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  • 26 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, February 17. At Singapore rubber auctions, the market was steady, with sheet at 36 and crepe 39 cents.
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  • 295 9 I/Jm 6 ol Braunston (Malay; ibber Estates, Limited, states that he profit for the year to September 30 UonuT if 2 p; duty for 1918< «“XTt! IWwisT-20 and thel U Of £W ’’hicbfS oi indust™ H? Co udltlo1 > of the rubber should I,’ le
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  • 348 9 PENANG, FEBRUARY 17. 1921. BEEF— otft. Soup per catty 25 Roast do 50 Steaks do 55 Stew or Curry Meat do curry 35 stew 35 Rump Steak do 59 Ox Tail each 60 3o Tongue do 70 do Feet do 60 Heart per catty 70 Liver do 60
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 526 9 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. POSITION VACANT. Good Chinese Clerk wanted for Mining Office at Kroh. Must understand accounts. Apply with copies of testimonials to L. Vaughan, Kroh. MISCELLANEOUS. Double and Single Rooms vacant with B 'ard in good Locality, Terms moderate Europeans only need apply. Apply Box No. 41, c/o Pinang Gaz'te.
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    • 660 9 2 -w D I G o s i fj| I'he PRESENI CRISIS necessitates every ESTATE OWNER PLANTER to cut down expenses more than ever. U Wide awake Planters an d Owners are now using the CLETRAC ”to keep down K pq the weed and to Cultivate their estates since one
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  • 277 10 Au interesting discussion look place in mail week at a meeting of the Modern Language Association on “Modern Languages in relation to Commerce and Finance.’’ Dr. Russell Wells, Vice-Chancellor of London University, whose name is associated with the successful inauguration of the new commerce degree of London
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  • 233 10 Jack Alfred Field and William 1 humus Gray, who were sentenced to death at the Sussex Assizes at Lewes in December for the murder of Irene Munro, a London typist-, on the Crumbles, near Eastbourne, on August 19, denounced each, other in the Court of Criminal Appeal
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  • 242 10 SOCIETY PROMOTES A NEW YORK FIGHT. Professional prize-fighting reached a new status as a sport for society women at Madison-square Garden, New York, when women leaders of New York’s highest social circles attended the match between Benny Leonard and Richie Mitchell for the world’s lightweight championship.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 253 10 New Shipment of TUCK’S CARDS JUST ARRIVED. “nil Ff PCIM” SERIES POST CARDS with UlLrAuOlln H. R. H. The Prince of Wales in uniforms of Colonel of the Royal Scots Fusiliers and of Colonel of the Welsh Guards. @75 cents a packet of six cards or 15 cents each card.
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    • 462 10 O i j "Another step forward ini fciSl Tyre Construction HA vl Ml'/ lUjffn <1 I N L The tough, thick tread gives many more miles of wear with a safe hold. 'jij j 2. More cushion stock, pure rubber between fabric y* l .Jifejiß i:| and tread as a
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  • 358 11 ACTION BY NATIVE BANKERS. Peking, January 16.—Much interest attaches to the loan agreement just signed by the recently formed Chinese Bankers’ Association, composed of 27 banks conducted on modern lines. Under this agreement the banks will underwrite Government bonds for $6.000.000 (£908,000), the proceeds of which will
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  • 396 11 London, Thursday, January 20. In summarising the position in regard to Chinese railways, in recent articles, Mr. T. Bowen Partington states that altogether about 7,000 miles of railway are in operation in China, the result of 25 years of enterprise. Schemes to add another 10,000 miles of line,
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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