Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 March 1921

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 68. VOL. LXXIX. THURSDAY. 24th MARCH, 1921. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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      507 1 NIKKO No, 7. NORTHAM ROAD. 1 Telephone No. 579, f ROSS’S l F Z Z I ase a < w ■as™ a I Jmportant Jxnnouneement. i i I 1 We have pleasure in announcing PILSENER I that our Sale of Toilet and General I I g™ Goods, Perfumery, etc., j
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      19 1 > THE BEST CAS iN TOWN I VWaws. I 1 Sole ARent» &S. A FM S Ong S*m Uwong O<».
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    UNIQUE MASONIC OCCURRENCE.
    731 2 LODGE JOHORE ROYAL NO. 3946, E.C. In masonic eircle s the 19th day j»>f March. 1921, will not only be a masonic land mark in the future, but it will also mark one of the most interesting and historic meetings ever held in this country, and possibly
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    FANTAN AND POH.
    195 2 —“M.M.” AT RESIDENCY COOK’S QUARTERS. A very interesting case occupied Mr. AV. T. Simmons at the Kuala Lumpur Police C ourt for over an hour, tvhile C. C. I. Taylor prosecuted. A day or two ago some Chinese came from Klang to pay a visit to rtheir
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      565 2 MISCELLANEOUS. European wants bungalow from 1st April, 1921, or willing to rent part of bungalow, furnished or unfurnished. Apply Box No. 71, c/o Pinang Gazette. 412—24-3 TO LET. Double Room Facing Sea, Falmouth House, Penang. 405- -u c Newly-built Bungalow. No. 23, Vermont Road, fitted with electric lights. Apply Isaac
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      256 2 BANK HOLIDAYS. The Exchange Banks will be closed on Friday, Saturday and Monday, 25th. 26th and 28th March, 1921, which have been proclaimed Public Holidays. KRAMAT PULAI, LTD. I have received infortnation from the London Office of Kramat Pulai. Ltd., as follows: “Declared a dividend of 1/- less income tax
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      455 2 CUTICURA HEALS 1 feflJL RASH On Anns, Neck, Limbs and Reming ton Face. Could Not Rest I per Wwlß I I Tl l e fiat matted sighting rib, mat- Ĕ “For six months I came out in a gd Jj prevent the gleam of re- g drv scurfy rash on
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      81 2 TOWN HALL PENANG. ONE NIGHT ONLY SATURDAY. MARCH 26TH. 9.30 at 9.30. MAURICE E. BANDMAN has the honour TO ANNOUNCE THE FIRST APPEARANCE of the famous Russian Danseiise and Pianiste Thamara swlrskaya Assisted by the World renowned Violin Virtuoso MARGOSHA AND Mme. Sadowska The famous Russian Pianiste. Thamara owirskaya FROM
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    PRESIDENT HARDING.
    2049 3 INAUGURAL ADDRESS Tn amplification Reuter’s summary of the speech which President Harding delivered at his inaguration at Washington on the 4’h inst, we extract the following from a full report wirelessed by the U S Navy Radio to Shanghai. The President having dealt with foreign relations as they
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    652 3 MINUTES OF LAST MEETING. The following are the Minutes of a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners of George Town, Penang, held on Tuesday the Bth March 1921 Present, Mr S. Codrington President, Dr P. Liston. Messrs. W. H. Thorne, J. L. McFall. P. K. Nambyar Absent, Messrs. Lim
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      181 3 □annacnnannnnwM □nnnnannnn JUST RECEIVED a n H SMALL MODEL SEMI V-BOTTOM O “BROOKS’’ g MOTOR BOATS g J EQUIPPED WITH SPECIAL g BANTAM MOTOR ".th MAGNETO g n CHEAP ECONOMICAL AND RELIABLE g n INSPECTION CORD! ALLY INVITED AND TRIAL q y- RUNS CAN BE ARRANGED. M i SIN TAT
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      418 3 pinang Qazette RATES OF CASUAL ADVERTISEMENTS. FOR SALE. TO LET. SITUATIONS VACANT. Etc. Minimum Charge $2.00 For 1 insertion 1.75 per inch insertions 1.60 »i 3 1.40 4 1.35 6 1.30 3 1.25 »’0 1.15 12 i.oo 13 075 25 0.60 Advertisements are charged by space. A line of ordinary
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      154 3 ■■Nn—N— ini mi iinrr nrr Mumi—■ ■i mu GRAND EASTER HOLIDAYS’ PROGRAMME. IMPERIAL EMPIRE THEATRE PENANG ROAD. To-Night Thursday, 24th to Sunday, 27th March, 1921. In the Second House at 9 p.m. A Picture of the Great Outdoors presenting a Melodramatic Story of l*ove and Vengence. A Robertson-Cole production above
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    912 4 Mr C H La BruO), the well known Ipoh resident who recently settled down in Bangalore, is due on a visit to Kuala Lumpur this week ML." The following arrived bv the Pyrrhus from home to-day :—Messrs R H Moullin. M Sharpe-Smith, Mr and MrsE M Schabe,
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    THE THEATRE ROYAL.
    920 4 PENANG’S NEW CINEMA. It is hoped to have the new theatre in Penang opened in April. More than ordinary interest has been displayed» in the construction of this building, and in view of that fact, we publish the following details of the construction for which we are
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    PADI IN THE PROVINCE.
    947 4 CROP CONDITIONS. (A Correspondent Writes.) Some two or three months ago padi dealers, licenced local rice millers, the planters themselves and others alike, expected that the incoming crop of padi in all the padi producing mukims would turn out bumper crops of padi. But the wise
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    BANK OF BENGAL.
    182 4 FINAL BALANCE SHEET. Calcutta. March 10.—The final balance sheet of the Bank of Bengal, showing its operation till the 25th ultimo says: It is notified that after transferring Rs. 25.00,000 from the special reserve tor depreciation of investments to the writing down banks holding of 4 j>er
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    CALCUTTA POLICE RAID.
    111 4 RECOVERY OF Rs. 34,000. Calcutta. March 11.—The police made a successful raid yesterday in the house of a Peshawari taxi-cab owner in connection with the recent taxi cab dacoity in Lyons Range, in which a sum of Rs. 95.000 belonging to the Chartered Bank was stolen, and
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    CEYLON POLICE PAY.
    82 4 London. March B.—ln the House of Common- Ixud Winterton urged an increase of pay tor the white police of Ceylon, and asked that the Salaries Commission should be instrm ted to report on this matter before they enquired into the onditions of other civi -ervants. Colonel Amery
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    NEW SUGAR FACTORIES.
    75 4 Rangoon. March B.—Sir A. K. Jamal is ojienlng two sugar factories in Burma, one 14 miles north of Mandalay at Lanaing village, the other near Lonlx». six miles south of Mandalay. Most of the plant is already here. Sugar cane plantations cover a large area of land-
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    TRADE WITH BOKHARA.
    197 4 Lahore. March 11.—Trade with Bokhara is -till at a standstill and Peshawari merchants are l>eing adviser by their representatives in Turkistan not to purchase g(x>ds for export to that <ountr\. Reports are also received to the effect that the Bolsheviks are prohibiting the export of various articles,
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    DARING BURGLARIES.
    80 4 Calcutta, March 11.—Cases of daring burglaries in Calcutta aer increasing daily. Three cases are reported to-day. In the first case the burglars raided a house in Belliaghata and carried away some valuable articles. In the second case a house in Burra Bazar Was burgled and property worth Rs.
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    128 4 ANNUAL MEETING. The annual general meeting of the Penang Golf Club was held last night. The Hon. Mr- G. A. Hall, Resident Councillor, occupied the cheir. The report and accounts fot the year just ended were submitted and approved. The following were elected as officebearers for the
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    P.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    27 4 In the Single Handicap Class A, final of t e PC C. Tennis Tournament: —R.N. Hamilton beat W.H. Threlfall, 5 —7, 6 —2; 6—l.
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    48 4 —“M.M.” W oolwich Arsenal 1, Burney 1. Sunderland 1, Chelsea o. Bolton anderers 2, Sheffield United 2. Bradford City 1, Manchester United 1. Huddersfield Town 1, Aston Villa o. Liverpool 1, Middlesbrough o. West Bromwich Albion o, Oldham Ath letic o. Derby County 1, Bradford 0.
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    CRICKET.
    198 4 M.C C. LETTER TO UMPIRES. It is not improbable that the letter which the M.C.C. Committee has deemed it advisable to address to all first class umpires containing slight modifications of the existing laws has been rendered necessary by the unfortunate incidents that have been reported from time to
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    THE ENGLISH CUP.
    50 4 Lahore. March 22. —A London cable of March 19th to the “Civil and Military Gazette” gives the following results of the semi-final matches in the competition for the F. A. Cup: Tottenham Hotspurs 2. Preston North End 1 (at Sheffield). Wolverhampton Wanderers o, Cardiff o N(at Liverpool).
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    IMPERIAL PICTURE PALACE.
    123 4 The programme for the latter half of the week promises to be a good one at the second house, Man’s Desire presented 1). Mobertson ole and featuring an all star cast w ill be screened. It is a story of the unpleasantries that often go hand in
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    SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB.
    425 4 VOTE TO LATE SEURETAKY. A general meeting of members the Singapore Cricket Club was held to consider the following resolution“rl hat the sum of $4,000 be granted to Mr. G. P. Owen out of the funds of th? Club as leave pay and money.” The President Sir
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    PROGRESS OF MARK MASONRY.
    112 4 The General Board of the Grand Mark Lodge, in a report, just issued, state that during the three months ending December 31, 1.166 Mark and 313 Royal Ark Mariner certificates were issued, making totals respectively of 83,119 and 16,251. Seven warrants for Mark Lodges and four
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    OPIUM TRADE.
    77 4 London, March 9.—Replying to Mr. (rilbert in the House of Commons Air. Montagu stated that the agreement for the supply by the Government of India ot opium to the Government of Hongkong, had lx‘en renewed for five .years from the Ist -January with the modification that Hongkong' should
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      212 4 WHY MR. MAXWELL SHUNNED HIS FRIENDS “My nerves were so shattered,” relates Mr. H. J. Maxwell, of No. 17 West 4th Street, Oklahoma City, U.S.A., “that I became very sensitive of my affliction and withdrew entirely from acquaintances. I felt ill at ease in company’ for I had shaky spells
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      150 4 DON’T GIVE UP. When you suffer the unbearable twinges and tortures of Rheumatism, when you are oppressed by the awful spectre of ceaseless pain, when you have tried all the cures yen know and these cures have failed—don’t up. The skill of man can find a way to solve any
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    SUGAR CANE.
    220 5 Its Probablr Geographical Sprkad. B. C. 327—0 n the other side of the Ganges according to Nearchea, 250—China. A. D I—East Indian Islands (Java). 400—Kashimir, Tibet, accoroing to Fabian. 450—Gondiaapnr, according to Moses de Chorene. 600—Ceylon. 643—Egypt. 680—Syria (Damascus) 700—Cyprus, according to Mas-Latrie 700—Cambod ja, according to Abel
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    MARKET PRICES.
    395 5 Prnahg, March 24, 1921. ct»; Soup per catty 35 Roast do f. 5 Steaks do 55 Stew or Curry Meat do curry 35 stew 35 Kump Steak do 50 Ox Tail each 60 do Tongue do 70 do Feet do 60 Heart per catty 70 Liver do 40
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      435 5 B Mrs. Thrifty says I B When such savings are I h H offered, who would VFb I B hesitate to buy I B I B Prices only reduced. Qualities I 8 as usual —the Finest. j ■;"'MS I B fSL i W I Superb Exhibition of Attract- V® t
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      300 5 I “THE SILVER LINING” I B The following extract from a British Trade Jouurnal B B should be of interest, during the existing slump in B B trade, to local B I MERCHANTS, PLANTERS AND MINERS. I B The average Britisher is not alarmed at the ups and downs of
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    THE UPPER SILESIAN PLEBISCITE.
    1302 6 There seems small reaacn to doubt tba\ fiom rtpoits now to hand, the plebiscite in Upper Silesis, which started on March 13, has resulted in a majority of the population casting their votes in favour of the Province continuing as a part of Germany. The importance
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1430 6 As stated a week ago, the Selangor mining town of Kuala The Water-Logged Kubu, through which Town. the Railway and the river run, is to be abandoned in six months’ time owing to constant flooding, and presumably to the difficulty and expense of adequate protective measures. It
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    THE HOLIDAYS
    299 6 The Pinang Gazette will nob be published on Friday and Saturday. Tbeie will be an issue on Monday about noon—telegrams and local news, The Penang Library will bs closed on Friday, Saturday and Monday, 25tb, 26rh and 28th March, 1921, being public Holidays. The Chief Post Office will
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      62 6 THE TIDES. High Water. Low Water To-dav. 12.25 a.m. 6.46 a m, 12.53 a.m. 7,11 p m. To-morrow. 1 1 a.tn 7.20 a.m. 2.24 p,m, 7,47 p.m. Sai u RD ay, 1.35 a.m. 7 51 a.m. 1.54 p.m. 8 20 p.m. Sunday. 2 7 a.m. 8.18 a.m. 2.22 pm. 8
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    UPPER SILESIA.
    161 7 PLEBISC ITE FIGURES. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Paris, March 21. News from Berlin giving the figures <>i the Upper Silesia plebiscite on which the Polish and German inhabitants voted yesterday to determine whic h flag they desire to be governed under are already arriving. These show overwhelming German victories. In
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    OFFICIAL RETURNS.
    79 7 Loudon. March 21. Official figures of the Upper Silesian plebiscite show that the greater part of the territory will remain German. Hitherto the majority is 2to 1. but two likelv to give a Polish majority aie -landing out. A pro-German result should Im* to the advantage of Britain,
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    JUBILATIONS IN BERLIN.
    133 7 Berlin. Mai ch 21. Government buildings are alreadx in celebration of a German majority being secured in Si]esi*t It is semi-officiaily stated that 713.799 pro-tier-man vote- were cast against 460. <99 pro-Polish vote- in the whole plebiscite area. The voting in the Press district wa- 14.990 pn>-Germau
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    RECEPTION IN GERMANY.
    73 7 Berlin. March 21. Following the receipt of the Silesian idebiscite results, prices on the Bourse paradoxically slumped. The market is apparently affected by the appearance of newspapers which apprehensively pipe in choru- welcoming the aggregate German majority, nevertheless fearing the Entente will r«i<l.l«st the frontiers in a
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    A CHAMPION OF THE POLES
    1328 7 KORF ANT Y AND THE GERMANS. After the coal and iron, and the peculiarities of the Polish racial character, the most important factor in I pper Silesia at present is Korfanty, the Polish delegate to the Inter-Allied Commission, writes the Warsaw correspondent of the ‘•Times”
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    KRONSTADT.
    40 7 REOCCUPATION REPORTED Paris, March 21. Ihe newspapers give prominence to a Reval telegram declaring that the insurgents on Saturday night reoccupied Kronstadt, to which place the revolutionary committee hit" returned from Finland. There is no confirmation at present available.
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    KRONSTADT SAILORS.
    301 7 CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE. London. Feb. 17- —News about the troubles with the Red sailors in Kronstadt continues to arrive in a disconnected sort of w ay. The real cause of all 'that is happening there seems, in vulgar parlance, to lie in the stomach The old Imperial
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    RUSSIAN TREASURE.
    79 7 ITALIAN AUTHORITIES’ FIND. Rome, March 21. A great haul of treasure, of which "unie is apparently part of the Russian Crown -Jewels was made by the customs while searching the trunks of the Russian Trade Commission visiting Rome. The boxes contained a quantity of precious stones, medals, 17
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    GENERAL WRANGEL’S ARMY.
    81 7 SAD PREDICAMENT. Constantinople, March 21. A telegram from the French Government has informed General Wrangel that it is unable longer to bear tile expense of maintaining the Russian army at Constantinople and offered it ihe following alternatives: —firstly, toreturn to Russia if an amnesty is obtainable from
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    M. CLEMENCEAU’S RETURN.
    13 7 Toulon. March 21. M. Clemenceau, has arrived in excellent health.
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    IRISH CASUALTIES.
    130 7 AN APPALLING LIST. London, March 21. Sir ilauiar Greenwood stated that the weekend casualties in Ireland were 19 soldiers killed and wounded; police killed 11 and 5 wounded. 7 rebels were killed, 7 wounded and 6 taken prisoners 3 civilians were wounded in ambush. A sergeant missing after
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    BRITISH DIPLOMACY.
    125 7 A STRIKING TRIBUTE. Paris, March 21. “Eyes, ears and hands everywhere” was a reference to British diplomacy in the course of a striking tribute paid by M. Lucien Hubert, chairman of the Senate’s foreign affairs committee. The Senate declared that Britain showed skill in winning friends everywhere in
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    MORE MANDATES.
    122 7 SOUTH WEST AFRICA AND PACIFIC. London, March 21. The text of tour new mandates have l»een issued. German South West Africa Las been conferred on South Africa. the German possessions in the Pacific south of the equator, except Samoa ami Nauru, have been conferred on Australia. German Samoa
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    ANGLO-PERSIAN AGREEMENT.
    58 7 QUERY IN COMMONS. London, March 21. In the House of Commons, replying to Col. Wedgwood Benn, Mr. Esmond Cecil Haimsworth stated that according to the latest news from Teheran, the new Persian Government did not intend to submit the Anglo-Persian agreement to the Persian Parliament, in which ca>e
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    JEWS AND PALESTINE.
    52 7 London, March 21. A Zionist delegation headed by Dr Weizmanu proceeds to America on Thursday to open a <£24,909.990 fund to initiate the establishment of a national home in Palestine. The famous Professor Einstein accompanies the delegation and will specially appeal on behalf of the Palestine U
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    M. VIVIANI’S SPECIAL MISSION.
    44 7 Paris, March 21. M. Viviani has gone to America on a special mission. It is believed he will urge President Harding to ratify the treaty of Versailles and ask the United States to remain a member of the allied concert.
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    INDIAN BUDGET.
    33 7 Delhi. March 21. The Legislative Assembly adopted the Budget. An amendment proposing an import tax on silver and an in<•rea.se of customs import/duty from 11 to 121 [>er cent was rejected.
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    THE LOSS OF K. 5.
    218 7 IMPRESSIVE SERVICE AT SEA. London, March 21. A moving ceremony at sea, 100 miles from the Scilly Isles, took place yesterday afternoon" when 14,000 officers and men of the Atlantic Fleet returning from a spring cruise participated in a solemn service to the memory of
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    DEATH OF SIR ALGERNON WEST.
    87 7 London, March 21. The death of the Rt. Hon. Sir Algernon West. P.C.G.C.8., is announced, at the agt> of 89. Sir Algernon West was an Alderman of the Ijondon County Council. He served as Secretary to Sir C. Wood at the India Office, and later
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    U. S. TARIFF BILL.
    60 7 Washington, March 21. At the request of President Harding, whose idea appears to be to avoid any embargo and to limit the bill to a few items including the wheat pool, the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee is sounding Republican Senators as regards the
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    CONGRESS TO PASS BILL.
    29 7 Washington, March 22. The Committee decided in favour of taking up the Tariff Bill and will pass it through Congress with a six months limitation.
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    BURGOMASTER MAX’S MISSION.
    29 7 Brussels, March 22. The Government has decided to invite Burgomaster Max to undertake a Mission to America to congratulate President Harding on his assumption of office.
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    DISSOLVING MINISTRIES.
    23 7 In the House of Commons the Bill abolishing the Ministries of Shipping and Munitions on the 31st Mar* h was adopted.
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    THE NEW UNIONIST PARTY LEADER.
    71 7 MR. CHAMBERLAIN’S WELCOME. London, March 21. Mr. Ch amberlain has been unanimously elected leader of the Unionist part v in the House of Commons. In the House of Commons, Mr. Chamlierlain was enthusiastically welcomed by the Coalitionsts. Replying to the congratulations of Mr. Donald Maclean
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    BRIGHT GERMAN TRADE PROSPECTS.
    54 7 “IMMENSE REVIVAL” INDICATED. London, March 21. An immense revival of German trade and prosperity within no remote period is indicated by the position of the German exchange which is an advantage to German attempts t<> re-capture trade, and the increased even remarkable prosperity of many German
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    THE REPARATIONS BILL.
    59 7 London, Marcn 21. Lord Birkenhead, in a reference to the Reparation Bill, which was read for a second time, described the bill as the best method of securing a purpose common to all the Allies. He repeated Mr. Lloyd George’s statement as regards the disposal of the
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    DOUBLE MURDER IN PENANG.
    345 7 MYSTERIOUS AND CALLOUS CRIME. A grim and mysterious tragedy was enacted in the shop at 84, Bridge Street, Penang, tins morning. About 4-45 a.m., the Chinese tenant of the house above the shop, heard a slight disturbance and proceeded downstairis to investigate it. He found the
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    TOMLINSON HALL SINGAPORE.
    76 7 OPENING CEREMONY. Singapore. March 24. There was a large attendance at ihe opening of the Tomlinson Hall, the gift of Mr. S. Tomlinson to the Presbyterian Church. The moderator. Rev. Mr. Douglas gave touching expression to the feeling of the Presbytery at the gift. Mr. L. G.
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    FAR EASTERN FILMS.
    82 7 Singapore, March 24. At the annual meeting of the Fai Eastern Films Company the Chairman spoke encouragingly on the results of last year. There had been increased film rentals, whilst the sales show an increase of 46,009. A number of leading planters had installed cinema machinery on
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    BAGAN RIVER RUBBER.
    253 7 Singapore, March 24. At the Bagan River Rubber Company’s annual meeting, the Hon. Mr. W. F. Nutt presiding, it was stated that progress has been disappointing ly slow, chiefly as a result of the severe shortage of labour. Now that conditions had improved and development was proceeding,
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      IN THE RUGBY WORLD.
      370 8 Science and pluck gave Watsonians a victory over Glasgow Academicals, —6 to 0, This increases their chance of carrying off the club championship. Many better game» have been seen between the teams, none of a harder complexion. For two-thirds of the play the Academical forwards held
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      THE TEST DEBACLE.
      323 8 Pioneer. The disappoiutiog succession of defeat? experienced by the M CC team in Aubtralia has revived the old question as to what is the bear way of choosing a team when considering the claims respectively of amateurs and professional?, and the cricket pundits at Home are plunging
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      SOCCER INTERNATIONAL.
      136 8 England Draws With Wales. London, March 14.—The Association football match between England and Wales at Cardiff n-sulted in a draw o—o. The match was played in heavy showers •if rain, while a high wind b]«w down he pitch. Ten thousand people were present Play was of somewhat a
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    THE RESIDENT OF BRUNEI.
    919 9 FAREWELL FUNCTION ON EVE OF DEPARTURE. A correspondent writes as follows to the ST” —A very interesting and pleasant ceremony took place at the Government offices, Brnnei, on March 11 when Mr G E Cator British Resident of Brunei, was presented with an illuminated address enclosed
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    F. M. S. CHAMBER OF MINES.
    321 9 PRESIDENT AND GOVERNMENT BUYING. Presiding at the annual meeting of the F. M. S. Chamber of Mines, the Hon. Mr J. H. Rich «aid there was every indication of an absolute lack of demand for tin, to account for the price. Under these conditions,
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    PENANG RUBBER SALES.
    58 9 Messrs. Ths Borneo Company, Ltd., advise that the undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by them by private and auction sales held this week Cts Per Pound. Smoked diamond sheet No. 1 15 to 20 j diamond No. 2 12 141 Crepe fine brown 8 12
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    TIN PRICES.
    65 9 Tin was quoted in London on March 21st at £156 10s spot, and £l6O three months. Tin w*B quoted in London on March 22nd at £157 epot, and £l6O 10s three months. To-day’s quotation for raw tin in Penang was $Bl per picul, buyers, no sellers, tin ore
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    PRODUCE.
    180 9 Pehang, March 24, 1921 SP. Tapioca 54.50 business. M P. Tapioca $5.00 business. Cold leaf $72 sellers Black Pepper $15.00 nominal White Pepper s3o| nominal Trang Pepper $25.00 nominal Mace Pickings $35.00 sellers Cloves 56 nominal Nutmegs 80s $37.00 sellers 110 s $31.00 sellers {No. 1 $23 50 per
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    482 10 TO-DAYS DEPARTURES. Pyrrhus for Singapore, China and Japan. Perak |E 8 Co] for Deli. Psngkor for Teiuk Anson. Malaya for Bheket (Tongkab) and Renong. Kinta for Port Swettenham, Poib Dickson, Malacca and Singapore. Bxpbotrd Arrivals, Foyle, Singapore, 25th. Arratoon Apcar, Singapore, 26th. Yamagata Maro, Singapore, 27tb. Karmala, Singapore,
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