Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 14 September 1921

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. 40. 211. VOL. LXXIA. WEDNESDAY, 14th SEPTEMBER, 1921. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 564 1 No 7, NORTHAM J> roa6. !j 1' > '1 Telephone No. 579, P •> I LJsSSExEiSxEi sap ij k f n I I g I I J is described by Medical men as me mosi I pOltr I I digestible water bnawn to scieece. I ***SS 5! 8 I The
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    • 21 1 > THE BESI GAB IHiTGWH I 'I I; I I 1 Sola Monti &S. F.m.B. I 1 Ong Sam Leong a 00,
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  • 1077 2 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Sir Thom»» Sutherland, who for 34 year» was chairman of the P and O Company, was 87 on 16 h August. Mr B. Tanner, Head Marter of Qaeen*« College, Hongkong, who baa been Home on leave, returned to the Colony on Awgast 31st by tbe Kamo-mara. Mr D
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  • 666 2 1 k FUNERAL AT ABERDEEN. Tbe fun-ral-nf Mr James R Murray, of Messrs Sime Darby <fc C>, Ltd, Penang, rook place at tbe Grove Cemetery, Aberdeen, on Saturday, the 13 h August, Amongst those present were Messrs W J Murray, Strai s Trading Company, Ltd,
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  • 2018 2 3 JUDGMENT OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE. The following is the full text of the judgment of the Chief Justice Bit W 8 Sbaw, in the appeal Bartels v. tbe Crown, which was issnid yesterday Criminal Appeal No 16, of 1921. C. B. G, Bartels appellant v.
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  • 355 2 We received the following ment:The Committee are paying from the fund pensions to seven persons amounting to $1720 per annum, owing to higb living it has been to pensions making annual payment $3440 pe r annum. Tbe present income from investments is $3500 p*»r annum.
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  • 48 2 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade at 6 p m to-day. 1 March ...Oriental Echoes... Rosey 2 Dans? ...Macabre ...Saeis 3 Wahz ...Arc-en-ciel ....Waldteufel 4 Fox Trot ...Siren of a Soutbehn Sea... Weeks T Romance ...Underneath the Stare... Spenser
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  • 202 2 Penang, September Z 4. 1921 (By Courtbsy of thb OArtbbbd Bank) London Demand Bank 2/3 7/8 4 months' sight Bank 2/4' 5/16 3 Credit 2/4 17/32 3 Documentary 2/4 5/8 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 163' 3 days’ sight Private 168 Bombay Demand Bank 163 c Madras Demand Bank 163
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    • 503 2 NEW for F r "•I»— 1917 b rrr* 8 cycle, new Lucas aaip perfect order. A n i U Gala Estate, Per»fc t pp h B. 8. THE PERANG COBBERCE. Notice is hereby gi Ten G.ner.l Mratlon of tb. P MM of Commerce will be held i Q tilnj on
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  • 568 3 SPECIAL MEETING. A special meeting of the Penang Municipal Commission was held in the Municipality last night to consider, and if approved, to pass supplemental Budget No 1 of 1921. There were present Messrs 8 Codrington (President), J L McFall, P K Nambyar, Yeoh Guan Seok, Dr P
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  • 335 3 Mess Tuan writes to the Free Press What pleasure it must have given housewives to read of the heavy drop in market commodities. In order to test this, my cook was told to buv Ikan tingiri, and if he could not buy it at 35 to 40 cents
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  • 886 3 HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING. f Tbe half-yearly general meeting of the b Ipoh Golf Club was held yesterday evening at the Club with tbe Honble, Mr A N Kenion, the President in the chair. The I Chairman said thanks to the efforts of their 1 Honorary Secretary they
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    • 1140 3 POSITION VACANT. TENDERS INVITED. Pawnbrokers’ Licences, j experience, to Box No q Mo“| Negri Sembilan. Pin» l gazette, >?() 9 Tenders will be received at the office of e-s- A M ‘J 16 S 7 to Resident, Negri Sembilan, MISCELLANEOUS. Seremban, up to noon op the 30bh Septem- 5 her,
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    • 273 3 GRANTS scotch whisky FROM Land of Brown Heath and Shaggy Wood. Land of the Mountain and the Flood.” ■i f THE WELL KNOWNand 'ul F f s7' POPULAR BRANDS OF I GRANT’S WHISKY pv BEST PROCURABLE LIQUER STANDFAST.” K C an b e obtained from all Dealers K \_N' and
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  • 63 4 Gardiner —To Mr and Mrs D I Gardiner of Bukit Rhona Es ace, Taiping, on the 11th inst. al» the Maternity Hospital Penang,a sou. Jordan.— At Seremban Hospital on lOtb September 1921, Cicely Austis, wife of A B Jordan, M C S, of a daughter.? Gillingham.—a t Clonlee House,
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  • 1286 4 There ara organisations which come into the limelight a good deal oftener than the Penang Chamber of Commerce. It is perfectly true that, by meats of excerpts ftom minutes communicated to the press, the general public is better informed than in former days on what tKe
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  • 1408 4 The R. G. A. scheme was certainly well advertised, especially in The Producers’ the financial press, in Corporation. mail week, Papers received to-day show that it was the main topic of conversation, but it was noted that there was then a good deal of pessimism with regard
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  • 232 4 Working with Firearms and Motor Cab Telok Kurau district, is at p-wut beug terrorised by a gang of armed bandits. UJ Tbursdav evening says the Straits uM eight of them arriv d in a u,otor r coconut estate, between Cbangi »od E«« Coast Roads, and held
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  • 104 4 T’ludo* On Jnly 22 not-. "< w China to the value of on b»ifrom th“ Atni r *l Founc "n hour. The? were part of of uniesu-d note? f” naturally the rhi6«e»h-<» «.< in an hour or «o tb, W pre-ented at the Saig' n d p D
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  • 48 4 European Unemploy ment Fund. «ho* j The latest Us* <>* Bai s "’^l.’ 69 Previous’? 8ckl! w ed U <l5 •M r G M <4lb b» Bidd l ’m l BoM2° J,!». Total $91,809.1* „o 2i0 -■> < j Previously "ck oo ge ?0690.47 >° r week 420.25; Total 20,
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    • 165 4 MO»—rra film Wwi. YOUNGER CO.’S, BITTER BEERS. i > i a 3 PALE SPARKLING ALE *L! <D|g 1 s THE ABBEY-EDINBURQH. f ssaisicatD fc BEERS WITH A “BITE.” I SOLS AGENTS: SANDILANDS, BUTTERY A CO IkRMII Rib—■— B« «MMHHHaHBSgHHMR? I BOOTH’S t RECOGNIStD AS "'?>q “THE GIN’ I CT (fe|P
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    • 9 4 Dinner AND ANCE AT TjHE “E. O.” Every Friday.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
  • 29 4 DEATH. Swinney— At Alor Star on 13th instant Leslie Alt red Edward Swinney, Manager Padang Plandok Tin Limited, Interment an Western Road Cemetery Penang at 7-30 a m to-morrow.
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  • 673 5 taTF MFXT by MR. WELLINGTON SM KOO. [Reuter's Telegrams.] Geneva, September 12. Wellington^ oo in a statement to Kruter’s representative, said the honours which had come to him from the League I Xations as President of Council and acting Chairman at the opening of the secund
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  • 59 5 Paris, September 12. Interviewed by the “New York Herald” benor da Cunha, Brazilian delegate to the League of Nations, declared if Mr. Elihu luot declined to be a candidate for the -ourt of International Justice, Brazil would reserve her vote. He said Latin
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  • 104 5 DISCOVERY AT CONSTANTINOPLE. Constantinople,-September 12. It is reported that the British Intelli gence authorities have discovered a plot organised and subsidised from Angora, chiefly among Turkish officers with a view to stirring up a revolution at Constantinople, seizing surrendered war material, spreading disaffection among loyal Indian troops and
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  • 45 5 HARD FIGHTING. o London, September 13. The latest reports from Anatolia indicate that the Greeks and Turks fought to a standstill. The Greeks are on the outskirts of Angora, but both armies need to be reorganised before further heavy fighting s possible.
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  • 58 5 OFFENSIVE AGAINST RIFFS. Madrid, September J 3. A Spanish ogensive against the Riffs has started from Melilla. The strictest censorship is enforced. An official com munique says the Sukelarba posit on was brilliantly captured under cover of the guns of the Spanish fleet. The enemy is abandoning the camp
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  • 125 5 ACCUSED’S VERSION. Saai Francisco, September 13. Fatty Arbuckle has given, the police his version of how Miss Rappe the Cinema Actress, who is a beautiful girl, equally well-known in New York and the West, met her death. He says she became hysterical after several drinks at a
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  • 53 5 HISTORIC TIES. Amsterdam, September 13 The visit- of the British fleet is attract ing the greatest interest. Speaking at a mun’cipal banquet in their honour, the Burgomaster dwelt on the historic ties binding Britain and Holland. Admiral Hodges, replying, hoped a squadron would soon return the
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  • 25 5 The Hague, September 13. Queen Wilhelmina received Adm l al Hodges and his officers at Hetloo. The Prince Consort was present.
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  • 51 5 MANY DROWNED. Chester, Penny si vania, September 12. Twenty-four were drowned and 5 injured by the collapse of a bridge over a river owing to the breaking of rusted iron supports. The majority of the vic tims rushed tn the bridge to watch the rescue of a drowning
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  • 41 5 Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 12. A terr fic explosion shook the town of Darmouth. An oil tank blew up following an outbreak'of fire. Hitherto only one man h reported missing, but the’e if serious damage to proeity.
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  • 23 5 Calcutta, September 12. The'Operation of short time in the jute mills is extended till the end of December.
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  • 35 5 New York, September 12. It is reliably estimated that 500, <><>'» including 100,000 ex-Serviee men, will be idle in New York in the Winter. The city authorities and charitable organisations are devising relief.
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  • 115 5 HUNGARY’S London, September 12. Foreign Office telegrams show that the att tude of the Hungarian Government as regards the Burgenland dis puty continues most unsatisfactory? Hungary replied to the Allies’ note suggesting that the work of restoring order shall be entrusted to Hungarian troops. This is
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  • 62 5 London, -September 12. Ihe question of German Missionaries resuming work abroad was raised at the Methodist Conference at Westminster to day when a resolution moved by tl>- German delegate, the Rev. Heir Bek urging the Conference to seek ways and means to open a way for German missionaries
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  • 13 5 Munich, September 12. The ent re Cabinet has now resigned.
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  • 30 5 Berlin, September 12. A)wing to a strike of electricians, Berlin newspapers are unable to appear. Trams are not running, and the supply of electric light ig suspended.
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  • 20 5 London, September 12. The German mark touched a fresh low record to-day of 380 to the
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  • 379 5 It is stated that the Reparations Com mission in Paris, enlightened by experience, has intimated that in future it will take measures tq avoid violent fluctuations in exchange as a result of reparation payments. There is uo doubt that the Commission misjudged the effects of
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  • 67 5 London, September 1. —Messrs. Montagu’s silver report on the past week says that the Indian bazaars have been a most active factor and havp often been buyers and sellers on the same day. Quantities -of German silver anticipated Eventually to reach 35,000 000 ounces are arriving in
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  • 162 5 POLICE CHARGE AT LIVERPOOL. London, September 12. There has been a recrudescence of unemployed disturbances at Liverpool The police charged with batons and a hundred were arrested, many of whom were taken to prison and the hospital. Conflict Between Crowd and Police. London, September 13. Yesterday’s disturbances at
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  • 298 5 I.UPLAR’S ACTIJON. London, September 1. —The problem of reconciling rates, which have reached the breaking point, with the demands of the unemployed is approaching a cris-s. The Im employed in London demonstrated in huge numbers in Shoreditch, Hackney and Holborn presenting the Guardians with demands in the region
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  • 72 5 GUARDIANS HELD PRISONERS. London, September 1- —The deputation of Woolwich unemployed quitted the Council Chamber at seven in the morning after twelve hours’ possession and allowed the guardians, whom they had barricaded in the Chamber, to leave an hour earlier. Some of the unemployed slept on the floor,
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  • 23 5 Lille, September .’2. The metal-workers, municipal employees and co-operative bakers at Roubaix have struck in sympathy with the textile workers.
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  • 111 5 London, September 12The British production of pig iron for August was 93,000 tons compared with 10,000 in July and 386,000 in March before the coal stoppage. The production of steel ingots and castings in August was 432,000, compared with 117,000 July and 359,000 in March. Forty six
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  • 42 5 SOVIETS’ PROCLAMATION. Riga- September I?.* The Soviet's have proclaimed martiailaw in the Bessarabia and Rumanian frontier 4 zone. 48,000 hungry half naked children from the Volga distr ct are stated to have assembled at Cheliabinsk awaiting departure to Siberia.
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  • 299 5 The famine has been caused by a terrible drought similar to those experienced m 1840, 1873 and 1891. The ancillary conditions, which enhanced the gravity of it, are to fc be found in the character of the Bolshevik regime. Having destrdyel the large estates, the Bolsheviks by
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  • 127 5 EXCHANGE AND TRADE. Paris, September 12. The proceeds of excises and monopolies f<*r August last exceed those for August. T 920, by over £5,500,000. Sharp fluctuations in foreign exchanges were features at yesterday’s Paris Bourse, sterling and the dollar rising strongly against France. .According to Company circles the
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  • 57 5 j Paris, September 12. Father Bourjade, who is going to New as a missionary, covered himself with distinction in military flying service in war time. He is fourth in the list of French aviators for the number of enemy aeroplanes brought down. He was awared the Legion of
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  • 222 5 London, Auyust 31. —In connection with the compliments paid to> the Prince of Wales for the example he has set other owners of house property for his management of the Dutchy of Cornwall property in Kennington, the Manchester Guardian’s” London correspondent says the Prince put so much
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  • 247 5 INTERESTING COMMERCIAL action. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 14. An action of considerable commercial importance was commenced in the Suprme Court before the Chief Justice. The action was by Messrs*. Goodall Company against Messrs. H. H. Godwin, J. J. Blandin, H. W McKerrow, R. S. Nelson, H.
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  • 373 5 COLOURS v. WHITES. The rugger match between V hites and Colours on the Esplanade last night, was as is always to bo expected in first of season games, rather scrappy. The ground too was sloppy and the wet ball difficult to catch. Consequently there was much fruitless dribbling.
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  • 51 5 AMERICAN MATCH POSTPONED. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] New Y©rk, September 12. Owing to the illness of Mdlle Lenglen, which has forced her to default again after playing one set in an exhibition doubles match at Brooklyn th<i match between Mdlle Lenglen and Mrs. Mallory has been indefinitely postpo
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  • 32 5 JOE BECKETT’S SUCCESS. London, September 12. At the Covent Garden Opera House for the heavy-weight championship of Britain Joe Beckett beat Boy Maeormick. The latter retired in the twelfth round.
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  • 422 6 The application by the Dutch authorities for the extradition of one ft L- B. M. Regout, a Dutchman, on a charge of embezzlement in Java was again men. tioned in the District Court, Singapore. It will be remembered this is the case in which the accused, previous to
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  • 152 6 London, August. 25. —The President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Sir Edwin Stockton, in an article in the Trade Supplement of The Times suggests that the best plan for a friendly settlement, o.f the cotton duties question will be a conference of Lancashire and the Indian (government’s
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  • 122 6 According to the report- of the Agricul tural Department, Assam, for the year ending March 31, 1921, tobacco experi meats are being conducted at the Karimganj farm, as well as in. a few centres in Sylhet district to see whether the superior varieties of Rangpur can
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  • 195 6 TO-DAY'S DEPARTURES Aing Thye for Alor Star. Thongwa for Port Swetteuham and Singapore. Seaug Bee for Singapore and China. Expected Arrivals. Keemnn, Singapore, Sept 16. Teesta, Singapore, Sept 17. Antilocbue, Liverpool, S-pt 19. Sardina, London, Sept 19. Neleus, Singapore, Sept 23 Khyber, Singapore, Sept 24 Kitauo Mara, Singapore,
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  • 121 6 DAILY (except Sunday). BY TRAIN. Parit Buutar, Bagan Serai, Taiping, Ipoh, Batu Gajah, Tapah Road, I Teluk Anson, Kuala Kubu, |By train Kuala Lumpur, Seremban, 7.15 am Malacca, Johore, Singapore 6 pm. and Hongkong j I Parit Buntar and Bagan Serai By train alsc 10.15 sro 3.45
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  • 26 6 The Homeward mail by ss Kashmir, will close at 3 p.m. to-morrow. The homeward mail, by the Teesta, doses at 10 a.m, on Saturday.
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  • 25 6 The following are non-delivered cables for week-ending 14th inst, at the E E A and C Telegraph Co James Lazarus; Gbista; Waogtsersian Chongwas.
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    • 294 6 CTVgigawA vW #X rMS 7n& 4 s \il f<l J |i| |i! /®r ll I £h eAsk 11 WWH/ jtes f W J3wir s I g From a photo of 1 |~~~j| Bonnie (jlazo Bab '”"*3 I Britain’s Bonniest Babies j are GLAXO Babies I S| Infant Welfare Centres have
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    • 147 6 NOT FOR BABIES ONLY. BABY’S OWN TABLETS BENEFIT CHILDREN OF ANY AGE. Baby’s Own Tablets are not for babies only. They are a remedy for teething troubles, indigestion, feverishness, constipation, colic, or diarrhoea in children cf all ages, and they also allay colds and expel worms. Mrs. Ford, of 391
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    • 198 6 I* 'nmmdvr'Drafr sc I john i. |IIVKIM I VKVr j LONDON. x 4 FACTS ARE STUBBORN THINGS X THE BEST MATERIAL AND WORKMANSHIP X ARE THE BUSINESS MAN’S GREATEST ASSET. X x X 1 J X i ft S IBr iH h——? I COMMERCIAL VEHICLES 2,3, 4 t& S TON
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  • 3069 7 IIAL F yearly meeting. somewhat depresgpg picture of the f Penang for the past nix months, ,!W Unted bv Mr. S. Goldie (Messrs rXt, <’♦, Ltd ->’ wl, Prelt the half-y«arly meeting of the p Luig <-'ha>mber of Commerce yester < n was a lar &e
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  • 166 7 MR. KELWAY BAMBER ON MALAYA. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. September 14. The Malay Mail” Colombo correspondent says Mr. Kelway Bamber is not alarmed at the report of soil deterioration in Malaya. He? declares analyses made by h’m in 1903 show that the Malayan soil is
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  • 38 7 Bangkok. September 14. It is offic ally announced that the million ticket lottery drawing has been postponed till all the tickets are sold, mhieh will probably be November. The balance of the unsold tickets ><tlso.ooo.
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  • 97 7 Amount previously acknowledged $B4B-3, Chia Sim Kee $B, Neo Don Boon $5. Chia Sean Cho $5, Ooi Kheng Loo S<»o $5O, Ooi Geok Kin $lO. Teoh Hoon Neo $lO, Chee Kok Seng $3O, Soon Poli Yeong $lO, Soon Kim Yeong $5. L< ng Guat Gay
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  • 837 7 GOVERNMENT ADVANCES TO BURMA PLANTERS. In order to enable rubber planters to t r de over the present period of depres sion, the Burma Government is arranging to guarantee advances made to planters by banks on the terms and con ditions specified below: The object of the guarantee
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  • 58 7 The following are the latest quotations I* Messrs. Kennedy <fc Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day., E SHARKS. a O t> o 3 OS co so OS Sc. So. so. sc. Robber (Dollar) Nyalas 4.50 0.00 4.25 4.50 Mioia». Batang P’ang. 70c 72jc 7oe Taiping Tin 1.00 1.05
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  • 132 7 —M M A Reuter’d cable spates thab the Malay* States Government Agency in London isexhibiting a specimen of robber paving block in*innfactu ed in the Malay States, In is claimed that i* is non-slipping and practically noiseless and can be manufactar* ■vl at about 37s 6d a yard.
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  • 46 7 Tbe following are additional rubber outputs for August Consolidated Malay lbs 72,700 Chulsa (Selangor) 27,000 FM 8 Rubber 71,500 Hevea (Johore) 14,830 Kong Sang 29,909 Kuala Pergau 36,000 Mambau (F.M.S.) 40,000 Sungei Salak 30,600 Tangga Batu 11,500 Thirdmile 33,600 Trafalgar 3,500 Trafalgar (coconuts) 13,000
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  • 113 7 The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., give the following London prices, Sept 13th Spot £156.125.6d up I2s.6d' 3 months buying £1 58.15 j 10s,Od 3 selling 159.0 s lOs.Od Local Parity $78.17 Sept 14th Singapore sold 75 tons at $7B; Peoang buye s no sellers at $77 3/8 The
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  • 246 7 Phnano Septbmbrk 14, 1921 SP. Tapioca $6.75 sales M. P. Tapioca $7.26 sellers Cold leaf $72 sellers Black Pepper $16.00 nominal White Pepper S3i) sdes. Trang Pepper $25.00 nominal Mace Pickingi* $35 nominal Cloves no stock. Nutmegs 80a $45.00 nominal 110» $32.00 nominal !Nu. 1 $l3 50 per picul
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1348 8 a I AUSTRALIA BY BURNS PHILP PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP Bucknall l6 ’i 1 v Stttamshlo Co.. Ltd., Singapore to Java Ports. Port Darwin, COMPANY. [lncorporated Ib E.’g’ and.] Thursday Island, Brisbane and Sydney, (Incorporated in U. 8. A.) Vla Torres Straits, also with tranship < The following fast steamers of
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    • 730 8 RUSTIKQL The Artistic Wood I J preservative Made H Four Standard Shades, Proof against White Ants, Dry Rot etc, Ih Timber. I Used tfy Jtandreds of Eg .1 fates throughout Malaya. I. ik e Manufactured by the well-known makers ol x HALL’S DISTEMPER j Sole Agents: Sub-Agents: e j William
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