Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 September 1921

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 220. VOL. LXXIX SATURDAY/ 24th SEPTEMBER, 1921. PRIOE IS CENTS.
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    • 606 1 SIIKKOi n 7 IwR HAM ROAO. I i* <• Telephone l|o. 579, nj-i-H-n > i. I I R ,O. SS' S |r- 9 I BEER g Is to, be obtained from all Retailers, w dp SOLE IMPORTERS: CIGARETTES I The BORNEO Co., Ltd., JF (Incorporated in England.) sx J J
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    • 16 1 > x*vw^r«*«r^a<wv^^ TMtuic: v.4i .f, i(j9i I if^u 1 4«i« «itent» S.S. APRS Ong »«<ys 5..->c»n tlo
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  • 876 2 ZLOW WAGE? AND low EXCHANGE. ‘According to calculations made by the “Frankfurter Zsitung,”prices of commodities in Germany have been increased sixteenfold since 1914. Taking the pre-war index number of 77 principal commodities as 100 present prices are equivalent to an index number of 1,620. Consequently
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    • 1323 2 auuuw.* miscellaneous. FLOWER DEPOT. Jew? <*//, peijang. Wanted to purchase for cash, secondhand 312, ANSON ROAD, PENARG. TQ~NIGiHT light or medium weight Motorcycle in good at ICi n m running order. Any reputable British All kinds of bouquets Or wreathes, P m mike. Particulars and price to No. 248, cut
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    • 328 2 I "is CHINEE UNEHJ>LOYME«T m? I I NAI REURK I J In His Latest Acrobatic. Feats Played befo j •H. M. THf KING OF SIAM j I I In conjunction with Chinese Bicycle Trick I I* A T THE EMPIRE TlsEaVre' I TO-NIGHT I Popular rt>iees of Admission I •I
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  • 500 3 FRANCE Alft MR. Of all the economists who h.i »m. ten on. the Peace Treaty none has roused *he ire of Frenchmen more than Mr J il. Etynes, writes tjie Paris correspon dent of the “Daily Telegraph. The latest article of Mr. Keynee, in. whicl>he doubt* whether Germany
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  • 265 3 THREAT TO “PUT HIM OUT OF BUSINESS.” Air. Henry Ford has lost no time in utilising his control of the Detroit, .Toledo and Ironton Railway for fighting high freights. His.first step is an arrangement to reduce freights costs on all sections of his line. Other
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  • 56 3 Shanghai. September 15.-An ihquert on th. ■body of A Watson. »h.. found dfowned in the hangpoo on Tues day did not solve the mystery of his death. Watson was. for jnany years an employee of the Municipal health office in Shanghai. The facts point to foul play. The
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  • 355 3 "The Tunes of August 25th-states A party of golfers had a remarkable .experience on the Harrow Hill course •during th.o severe thunderstorm of Tues day if ter noon. They were all struck by lightning and thrown to the ground, but except in the case of one
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  • 100 3 A bat tie was fought betw.een the Greek- and the-Turkish Nationalists it Gordium, situated -at the confluence of the Rivers Sakaria- and. Piirsak. It wits at Gojcl um that Alexander the- Great defeated the Persians- and .'severed the Gordian knot.. Gordium is the andiĕlit town of- Phrygia, whose
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    • 896 3 stuhits sehllments. loan 1921/ ISSUE OF $20,000,000 J.OAN. e Bearing interest fro* the date ol at 7 per cent, per annum payable halt yearly on the Ilm May and Ist November REPAYABLE AT PAR ON THE Ist MAY, 1926. FREE OF INCOMOTAX AND OTHER DUTIES. price jssue —loo per cent.
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    • 393 3 WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE CHEERLESS. Charles Dickens, the great English author, once described n one of his famous sketches how some men change in a.- fewyears from good humoured well-dressed beings to seediness in appearance, languid and dreary in manner. Hou true these words are at the present time.' Men
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    • 104 3 RiTCHWS Wine and spirit Department. ROBERTSON’S “PRIVATE STOCK” WHISKY This is Whisky of Pre-War distillation —hence the distinction in the name Compare it with any other Whisky for quality, mellowness and price. It is a REALLY SPECIAL WHISKY. SIMONDS “MILK STOUT.’’ ’A Revolution in Brewing. An Ideal /fIX Invigorating Beverage
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  • 823 4 RAILWAY OFFICIAL’S APPEAL. Before Mr Justice M H Whitley, od Thursday, the appeal was heard of D Krishnasamy, of F M S Railway Police, who was convicted by Mr GA Smith, Senior District Officer, Province Wellesley, on the following charge ;—That you on the 11th day of
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  • 58 4 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Golf Club at 6-30 p m, to-day—--1 Selection... The Yeomen of the Guard... Sullivan 2 Romance... Underneath The Stars... Spenser 3 Song ...Up from Somerset... Douglas 4 Waltz ...In Hie Gloaming... Logan 5 Fox Trot... Siren
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  • 3438 4 FURTHER EVIDENCE. The action in which the Singapore Cold Storage Company, Ltd., claim damages for libal from the Straits Times Press, Ltd and Mr A W Still, was continued in the Supreme Court, Singapore, before the Chief Justice, Sir Walter reports the Free Press. Mr G
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  • 142 4 Penang, September 24, >(Bv Courtesy of the Ba sk London Demand Bank 4 months' Bank 2/4 V 3 Credit 2/4 12 H 3 Documentary 2/4 J9/32 Calcutta Demand Bant> 9, J’ j? 3 days’ sight Private >. 1 g Bombay Demand Bank Madras Demand Bank e 3 c 3
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    • 421 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. MINING PLANT ANO STORES 9 FOR SALE. Owing to the closing down of their gold miLes Messrs, The Borneo Co., Ltd,, Sarawak, are prepared to consider offers for parchase of all or part of the above, The plant comprises 3 Beiliss and Morcom Engines each with alternators 314
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    • 70 4 Theatre Royal c TO-NIGHT TO-MORROW NIGHT* 5 Second Show at 9.15 p.m. The Vitagraph ALBERT E. SMITH’S Production 5 Reels EVERYBODY’S GIRL Reels 5 with ALICE JOYCE. At 10.30 p.m. Scientific, Mysterious, Astounding Performances by Mr- Jack Cogo and Miss Annette Famous European Artists introducing Lu- Singing, Dancing and Sensational
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  • NEWS FROM INDIA.
    • 315 5 I is Sept-ember 9. —Mr. J. 1‘ I ,lS h;r iman of the Conciliation writes that the Committee Cono 11 11 1 ;i letter in reply to tneir I i from the management of thr I P r Sil bun and Carnftic Mills (\.m- Uek "'bit they are
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    • 160 5 Mombasa. September 9,—The Secretary of the Congress Committee. Momhasa. wires:—“The Colonial Secretary influenced by European threats, has postponed a decision on the Indian question and left the st element n the hands of the Local (bvfiment. The Government, Europeans and th? Prefes are thoroughly ajtiti Indian. The
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    • 95 5 Madras, September B.—There was a heavy bore in the Hooghly a few days ago. The Port Commissioners steam launch “Reazuddy” sank off Peterserang i carm- boat off Princep’s Ghat bent down the steamer “Kamsang” parted her chain, and some small crafts were damaged. Early in the
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    • 97 5 Rangoon, September 10. —The Deputy Commissioner of Pegu resumed the,jhearing of the fase against S. Naziruddin, A'sstant of Peinzalok, in connection with the recent collision on the Burma Railways between Peinzalok ami Tawi. iTie whole day was occupied in th<‘ cross examimftion of Mr. C. P. I
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    • 109 5 s nnla. September 8. —The total approximate gross earnings. of the State Railways fr<>m the Ist Apr-1 to the 27th ■Migust, 1921, amounted to Rs- «3.11 crores. The. budget estimate for the current year was framed in anticipation ’’f the total gross earnings of Rs. 8< crores
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    • 375 5 LARGE SURPLUS OF BRITISH > OFFICERS. Th? Military Secretary to Army Headquarters in the position of British Officers in the Indian Army, #ate s that from representations made from time to tim e His Excellency the Gommander-in Chief is well aware that a feeling of uncertainty and
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    • 227 5 The following commun que has been issued by the Punjab Government. The Railway Board has asked the Railway Administrations and Companies generally to provide special facilit es in the matter of wagon supply and movement for the transport of and foodstuff for consumption in India and to give
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    • 194 5 Bombay, September 9. —Those who have to use it declare that the Bombay Telephone Service is the worst in the world, but steps are being taken which w‘ll make it one of the best. £,400,009 is being spent on the <»f an aufbmatic installation t# carry 15,900
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    • 390 5 The views entertained in financial cirf*• as e»>ct >gnificanc« at aching to the sharp recovery wi\es3ed of late in the Indian exchange Wre by no means unanimous. The rate llac << Is. sd. on Saturday, representing a rise of over l{d. on the week. Some
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    • 261 5 Referring to the report of the Indian Sugar Commitiae xihich assembled in Delhi in October 1919 and carried on its investigations light to the end of the. summer of last year, the “Pioneer’’ says: Besides thoroughly covering India, the members in their itinerary visited Java, where they
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  • 182 5 The secrets of Lord Derby’s breakiast tablet conferences last month are being very well preserved. But it .s rumoured that at one of them Mr. Lloyd George, in an expansive moment, after demolishing a Itrgei plate of ham and eggs, gave the Conservative M.P.s who Lad been
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  • 488 5 Large numbers of men attempted again to join the Spanish Foreign Legion. They were not successful, for at an office in Jewry street, Cl utched Friars, which had been specially opened for the purpose of receiving recruits, a notice was exhibited to the effect that recruiting had been
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  • 124 5 It rema ns an abiding curiosity of the film industry that the writing of th e “letterpress should a.]>parently count for so little, and that there seem to be no regular “readers” to look out f< r obvious mistake-. It happens, very rarely that a word is misspelt
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    • 196 5 “SAFE AND EFFICIENT.” DR. MILTON HERSEY’S REPORT ON BABY’S OM’N TABLETS. That there are no Injurious drugs or opiates in Baby s Own Tablets is proved by rhe certificate of Dr. Milton Hersey, Official Analyst to the cities ©of Quebec, and Montreal,' of which the following is copy “I hereby
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    • 327 5 t ALWAYS IN STOCK French Novels BY POPULAR AUTHORS. By every French mail latest titles in the following series of books are being added Bibliotheque Pion Bibllotheque De la Jeunesse. Collection des Romans D Aventures et D’Action. Ideal-Bibliotheque Le Livre National Modern-Bibliotheque Edition Illustree Nouvelle Collection Illustree Select-Collection The Federal
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  • 38 6 Whitlby.—On tbe 24th September, at 78 Western Road, Penang, the wife of Michael Henry Whitley, of a daughter. Blackhall. At Bata Anam Estate, Johore, on September 20, 1921, to Mr and Mrs L A Blackball, a sou.
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  • 1168 6 The terrific explosion at the Badische Company’s Chemical Works is said to have been caused during tests for tbe compression cf a new gas the properties of which were imperfectly known. Under ordinary circumstances the working of the Haber process of making synthetic ammonia, by tbe combination, under
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  • 1518 6 < lengthy report of the mating in the interests of the Dollar The Dollar Producers appears in Producers. the Malay Mail.” The Rubber Producers’ Association is only par&y representative of the dollar interests in Malaya, and it so happens that not a great deal is’ known about
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  • 207 6 reference to current reports th& the working of the Cherok* Petai Coy tin property, situated® near Belong Southern Siam, has fallen far 3hort of expectations and that L\ Co Turner, D. 8.0 one the principal p moter>, who left by the P “Kashmir" some days ago,
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    • 444 6 —r.’T,• C 4Fighting The Iron Eater c <; i Think of the metal the Railroads use—thousands of miles of tracks, engines, cars, bridges, fences, tanks, towers —millions of dollars of the Colony s i L wealth, at the mercy of the great destroyer, rust. i The mind cannot grasp the
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    • 9 6 Dinner AND ANCE AT THE “E. O.” Every Friday.
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    • 36 6 THE TIDES. High Water. Low Water To-day. 3.31 a.m. 10 03 a.m. 3.54 p.m. 10,01 p.m. To-morrow. 4.22 a,m. 11.18 a,m. 5.06 p.m. 11.15 p.m, Monday. 6.08 a.m 12 00 m.n. 8.04 p.m. 1 33 p.m.
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  • 48 6 DEATH, Keun.—On 22nd Sept 1921, Ernest Reginald Keun, Late Assistant Medical Officer, F M B.’ Mr and Mrs Victor Lunberg wish to express heartfelt thanks to all those kind friends who remembered them in their grief. Is it well with the child’ It is well.”—2 Kings, IV. 26.
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  • 420 7 IuETHER DETAILS. Reuter’s Telegrams.] Vale Mayence, -SejMeinber .22. Rescue parties, including French sq! s are* searching tK- ruins for bodies, blll t is to estimate the IlU inber of the dead, owing to the -change L.fts C'hftc were some 3,000 men of sum s pot at the
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  • 85 7 NEVf PREMIER’S POLICY. Berlin, A new Bavarian Cabinet has been formed. with the PrenWer, Count Lerchenfeld. It includes all the members of the Kahn Government, except the Minister of Jus face, Doctor Roth of German National Party, whose portfolio*Count Lerchenfeld hag taken. Count Lerchenfeld, in a spe,ech in
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  • 75 7 GREAT DAMAGE AND LOSS OF LIFE. Lisbon, September 2*. A thunderstorm and' torrential rains <ir Tuesday night and yesterday did en*”inous damage in the c ty. and caused heavy loss of life. Hundreds were injured The streets were transformed into tot* "’•ls, and numerous buildings were flooded,
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  • 265 7 I EAUUE COMMISSION •AND AMERICA Geneva, September 22. Ihe temporary .mixed Commission of ■-«< ague df armaments, reporting to the Assembly in regard to its work, emphasises .that none of th e problems confronting the League is more difficult than disarmament, regarding which eff&tive regulation of th
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  • 22 7 Geneva, September 22. The Assembly voted for the admission of Esthonia.Latavia and Lithuania to the League of Nations.
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  • 127 7 LORD ROBERT CECIL’S SPEECH. Geneva, September 23. The Assembly of the League considered a report by the Mandates Com mittee, presented by Dr. Nansen. Lord Robert Cec h in an important, speech, supported the Committee s resolution. already published. He said he would have preferred more precise terms with
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  • 103 7 IIsARMAMENT OR PACIFIC PROBLEMS FIRST? London. September 22. Reuter learns that enquiries are now being made at Washington as to whethen- it is the view of the United States Government, as was originally thought, that the Pacific Conference should precede the Disarmament Conference, or, as appears to
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  • 120 7 CONSUMPTION AND STOCKS. London. September 22. The international Federation of Master Cotton dinners and Manufacturers Associations estimates the world s consumpti» of raw cotton for *he six months ended July 31 at 7,357,000 bate», „f which Britain used lndia 904,000. Japan 971.000, and the United States 2,540,000. The
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  • 168 7 LADY RETU RNED •—1- 1 London, SeptembeV23. The second lady member of the louse of Commons was elected to day as the result of the by-election in Louth, where Mrs. Wintringham. widow of the late member for Louth, standing as an 4nde pendent Liberal, was returned. The
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  • 157 7 In the course of the last month, four by-electiftis have taken place, the latest being in the Louth division of Lincoln, where the lady Independent Liberal can didate has been elected. In the others. Labour was again successful in Caerphilly, and in both the Abbey division of Westminster
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  • 87 7 PREMIER’S STATEMENT. London. September 23. The Premier met the Mayors of London Boroughs. The latter, who speci ally journeyed to Gairloch. complained of the inadequacy of the prev :«>u- measures for dealing with unemployment, and submitted important -schemes to cope with the problem. The Premier declared that he had
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  • 34 7 London. September 8. —The .M nistry of Health has circularised Boards of Guardians recommending more stringent control of unemployed relief, and forbidding doles larger in amount than the worker’s normal earnings.
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  • 56 7 London, September 8.-Twenty<hree arrests have been made in fundee, where damage to the extent of thousands of pounds was caused bj employed. Windows were smashed, and many were injured m the l iohce ton charges. Over fiftyshops were attacked, and fully a hundred plate glass wndows were
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  • 42 7 London. September ».-An attempt to rescue four men arrested at Bristol n connection with the unemployed riots led to a police baton charge. were casualties, and many of ?he scatteTng crowd threw, away weapons, which the police picked up.
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  • 31 7 FOUND DEAD IN STUDY. London, September 22. The late Sir Ernest Cassel, who had logons been suffering, from heart trouble, was found dead m his stud..
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  • 33 7 Copenhagen, September 23. The death has occurred of Commodore Suenson. formerly Manager of the Gi Northern Telegraph Company, who supervised the laying of cables to the Fa East.
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  • 76 7 THE PARIS CONGRESS. London. September 23. The International Congress of Textile Workers, in Paris, passed unanimously a resolution, declaring that affiliated societies should immediately combine to ob tain a 44 hour week, and inviting the International Secretaries to enter iqto rela tions with the Amsterdam Federation of
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  • 111 7 —Vale THE LABOUR CONGRESS. Paris, September 22- —The Congress of die General Labour Confederation in Paris ended in the extremists’ defeat. The American Generalissimo, Pershing, arrived to-day, and will lay the American Congress medal on the grave of the un identified French soldier. Speaking before the Montauban General
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  • 104 7 MAYOR AND THE PRESS. London, September 23. Mayor Hylan of-New York has followed the Mayor of Chicago in falling foul of the respective local newspapers. The former, annoyed at press cr.ticis.ms of the action of the New York police in suppressing demonstrations by unemployed, issued a proclamation
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  • 62 7 CINEMA COMPANY’S ACTION. Nev Y’ork, September, 22. As the outcome of the Arbuckle case, a large Cinema Company’s Attorney announces that a morality clause, pledging actors and actretsses to “conduct themselves with due regard to public convention” will be immediately inserted in all the company's contracts, and
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  • 54 7 Geneva. September 22. The fifth Commission of the League adopted the Dutchman. Heer Swinderen’s report regard ng opium, also a proposal by the Norwegian, M. Bonnevie, providing that States interested in the opium trade, or the cultivation of the poppy- particularly Germany, be invited to collaborate with
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  • 81 7 THE SOUTHWARK EXPERIMENT. London. September 23. The experiments in Southwark in the use of rubber for road surfaces have hitherto been satisfactory, but it will be some time before definite information with regard to the practicability of rubber roads can be decided. A great drawback at present is
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  • 27 7 Brisbane, September 23. All the bodies of the Mount Mulligan Colliery disaster have, been recovered. The total is 74, of whom 20 are unrecognisable. >
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  • 42 7 London, September 23. The Arizona Copper Company, which closed down in May, owing to the serious condition of the industry, submitted to shareholders, in Edinburgh, a proposal to transfer the business to the American Company, the Phelps Dodge Corporation-
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  • 41 7 Paris, September 23. The value of the 2,153,407 gross tons of German shipping handed over to the Aliies before May, 1, is assessed by the Reparations Commission at 745, <»00.000 gold marks, which is placed to Ger many’s credit-
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  • 1074 7 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Groundwater re turned to Bangkok from Home by the train. Mr. Groundwater joins the State Railway service. We regret to record the death of Dr. Keun, of the Kuala Lumpur District Hospital, which took place in hospital on Thursday nighti Mrs. K. Grollet,
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  • 363 7 The inquest into the death of illiani Woodford Gray, who died after tak’ng part in a boxing contest at the Star Opera Co. on August 25th, was opened be fore the Coroner, Mr. F. G. Bourne, at Singapore. Dr. Van Cuylenburg, L.R.C.P. and S. (Edin.) and Dr.
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  • 82 7 The following tie is fixed for Tuesday, the 27th September: Singles Handicap Class “A” (Final). Scr. E. J. Bennett v. —l5 M. K. Whitlock (4). Wednesday, the 28th September. Championship (Final). —W. H. Threi fall (Holder) v- H. G. R. Leonard (4). The presan tat ion of
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  • 475 8 SOME POSERS FOR UMPIRES. Contrasted with the lot of a football referee, that of a cricket umpire is one of classical renose. In first-class games disputes with the man in the white coat are rare indeed, but even in this present year of grace there have been barracking
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  • 339 8 M \KING A WIX A CERTAINTY. London, Septembei 8. —Commenting on Mr. Ga’staun’s system of entering good horses for insignificant events, making a win <i certainly, the "Daily Graphic" asks why accept his bets, it says that if the> ring declined his wagers Mr. Galstaun w ould
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  • 413 8 >IPOH IgiATEN. < Th«lpoh Club met the P.C.R.C. “A” team* in the Kinta Football League and the game provided one of the most inter esting contests witnessed this season. The P.C.R.C. have fared best of ali the teanta taking part in the League this season, los ng
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  • 380 8 HIXESE AXD BAXD MUSIC. t At a meeting of Seremban Sanitary Board, the quest) on of Alternative amu i sements in view of gaming suppression was discussed. Mi. P. Ohient said that of the People)' Park in Seremban. only one third was I available for recreation. The
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    • 326 8 I Awarded Qold PKedal WjJ Ih'ernetienel Medical Congress Exhibition, Landen, 1913. /“t 1 1 Ws# h® fi £v<w =z^sFWj rro I! £y r s/ Jp Hoyal JtpyoMmM 9 7 JlppoMmenl S&£ •J« <. tte f| U Court of Spain. Coart W The Food of Kings S JT for your Baby
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    • 371 8 n 1111 11 1 I H L. V keif -1 II I Ji A A I “Thank you,*Mother.* I feel j Wincarnft doisg me so g much gocra. •That is the secret of the wonderful popularity of Wincarnis’—its effect is g so quick, and its benefit so pronounced, I that
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  • 2055 9 “M M." COMMITTEE APPOINTED. Following i« from notes of meeiiag held .ije Rauls Lumpur Town Hall on Sept. *Mr R 0 Ladell: Sonri two or three weeks u> I tut Vnotiee local Press uflfer--4S ro p Q t i° to toacll with OQe anot,bt!r diftc- of lac*UjCOUJpanies and
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  • 427 9 Penaug, September 24, 1921. beef— ota Soup p er catty 35 Ro»st do 48 Steak® do 48 Stew or Curry Meat do ourry 36 Rump Steak do 48 Ox Tail ewh 50 do Tongue do 80 do Feet do 59 Heart pe r catty 40 Liver do 89
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  • 100 9 Sept 24—Parish Hall, Prize-Giving and Concert, 5-30 p.m. Sept 24—Entertainment, Town Hal), 9_30 p.m. Sept 28—Athenaeam Meeting, 1 Leith Street, 9 p.m. Modern Spiritualism.” Sept 28—P C C Tennis Tournament Championship Final. S e pt 28 PG C Tennis Tournament Presentation of Prizes. Sept 30—Somme Rubber Co, L*d,
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  • 306 9 Messrs. Kennedy and Co., Penang, reports as follow»: There is nothing fresh to report on the Share Market which is lifeless, the volume of business passing having but little effect on quotations. The Straits Steamship Company have paid an interim dividend of 4%, Kampong Kamunting distribute 6d
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  • 32 9 The following were the rubber quotations in London on September 24 Plantation Ist latex crepe 9f d Smoked Sheet 9 d Market firm. [By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead Co
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  • 83 9 The Straits Trading Co,, Ltd., give tbe following London prices, Sept 23rd: Spot £156. 5«. 0d up 2<.6d 3 mouths buying £ldB.ss.od 25.6 s 3 selling £158,75.6d unchanged Local Parity $78.09 Sept 24th: Singapore sold at $78.50; Penang buyers, no sellers at $7B 1/8, Messrs Botistead and Co
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  • 243 9 Prnang September 24. 1921 SP. Tapioca 56.50 sales M. P. Tapioca $6.75 buyers Cold leaf $72 sellers Black Pepper $16.00 nomina 1 White Pepper $3O sellers. Trang Pepper $25.00 nominal Mace Pickings $35 sellers Cloves no stock.. Nutmegs 80s $46.00 se’lers 110 s $33.00 seders fNo. 1 $lO 00
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  • 46 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, {September 24. The report of Colinsburgh Rubber Coin pany states that there was a loss on the year of $55,268. The rubber harvested was 66.200 lbs. Tapping ceased in December. The Board is considering the matter of future finance.
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  • 702 9 GILT-EDGED WANTED. Messrs. Fearon and Co., Kuala Lum pur, reported on Wednesday. There is nothing of special interest to report th s week, unless it be a somewhat increased enquiry for very cheap parcels of rubber shares and fihe good demand for all gilt edged securities. The tin
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  • 505 9 PENANG HILL RAILWAY > The members of the Engineering Association of Malaya, who arrived from Kuala Lumpur yesterday, inspected the Penang Hill Railway to day. The partyleft the Crag Hotel,, where they overnight, about 10 o'clock this morning and walked across to the top of the
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 105 9 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”] Sir, 1 see in the automobile papers from home this mail that the price, of She’l petrol is 2/54 a gallon. The price locally in Penang is $1 or 2/4 a gallon. It would be interesting Fo know how the local magnates
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  • 135 9 The present post-card rules would not have seronsly disturbed Dumas. Desirous of knowing how the sale his latest novel was progressing he sent his publisher a post-card on which he wrote “1” He was quite satisfied with his publisher’s reply. Drake Armada r«--port would have been well within
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  • 646 10 Undoubtedly the most momentous deci- sion during mail week has been the settlement of the joiners’ strike, which was fas' strangling the remnants of shipbuilding prosperity and filling shipowners with disgust at the manner in which their vessels had been held up, The strike has been in existence since
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  • 542 10 Majestic’’ To Be Ready Next Spring The Whi’e Sr*r L'ne ouadruple--crew at -arn-hip “M» jestic," 56 000 tons now nea ing comple'ior will b* the largest vessel in the world. She will t»ke her place iu the White > tar Line’s mail and passenger service between Southampton,
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  • 175 10 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES Malaya for Bhsket (Tongkali) and Renong. Nelens for Colombo. Dhanushkodi, Suez and Loudon. Ipoh for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Koemai for Deli and Laugsa. Aing Thye for Alor Star. Bharat* for Singapore. Expected Arrivals Kitano Maru, Singapore, Sept 24. Andre Lebon, Marseilles, Sept 25. Hyson, Liverpool,
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  • 251 10 DAILY (except Bunday). BY TRAIN. Parit Buutar, Bagan Serai, Taiping, Ipoh, Batu Gajab, Tapah Road, Teluk Anson, Kuala Kubu. |By train Kuala Lumpur, Serembau, 7 15 am Malacca, Johore, Singapore 6 pm. and Hongkong Parit Biintar and Bagan Serai By train alar 10.15 a.m. 3.45 p.m. Kr<
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  • 49 10 The M M. Packet Andre Lebon, is expt c ed to arrive here at daylight to-morrow. She is xpected to have Continental mails i n board. -The B I Packet Teest-a, with mails from Buri,pa is exppe ed to arrive here on Wtdtesday morning, the 28th instant.
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  • 416 10 Jr. GEORGE THE MARI YR. Services for Week-ending Odtober Ist, 1921. Sunday, Sept 25cb, 18th after Trinity, 8 A.m. Matins. 8.30 a m. Holy Communion. 10-30 a.m, Matins (Chinese). 5 p m, Sunday School. 6 p.m. Evensong. Hymns 203, 214. 43|, 595. Psalms 107—222, Magnificat 47, Nunc Dimittis
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    • 390 10 pinang Qaxe tie RATES OF CASUAL Advertisements. FOR SALE, TO LET, SITUATIONS I VACANT. Etc. Minimum Charge S2.OU For 1 insertion 1.75 per inch insertions 1.50 3 1.40 4 1.35 130 8 1.25 10 1.15 12 1.00 18 075 25 0.60 Advertisements are charged by space. A line of ordinary
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    • 171 10 I r*i {northern. Assurance! I CO,, LTD. H ESTABLISHED 1836. ASSETS EXCEED £16,000,006.. i. Fire. w b 2. Life. i; g 3. Motor Car. I 4* Motor Cycle* 3 5. Personal *Aocideiit. 6. Plate e (ilas i s. j can <give you any particulars which you j R may require
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  • 502 11 —Ex. Mr W mston Churchill’s; -graphic- account, m fr ;g s’ptcech the («vernment’s >ddl> eastern l.olit-y Hi June last of .the romantic eairkr of J a fat Pasha, the Minister <>f Defence, aroused consideXble public hardly less interest/ yig,' however— and> in its Way hardly less romantic—is
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  • 126 11 -“M. L.” Some days ago it was mentioned :n these columns that Railway te>gmph wires were being cut at Serdang by some mischief makers and considerable difficulty was experienced in the transmission of Railway messages til! ‘he wires were repaired. It now transpires that the culpr
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  • 72 11 At a meeting of the Colombo <K 5 Council a letter from the Medical Officer of'Health was considered recon, mending that Government psked adopt legislation with a v,e P t .Ic-truction of mosquitoes. The matte, considered by the Stamlmg Com, mittee on Sanitation and Markets and U
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    • 146 11 RUSTIKOL The Artistic Wood Preservative •Made In Four Standard Shades.’ F proof against White Ants, Dry etc., in Timber. Used by hundreds of Es I tales throughout Malaya. 1 S Manufactured by the well-known makers ol 7J HALL’S DISTEMPER I I Sote Agents: Sab-Agents: William Jack% Co., ft. T. Reid
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    • 438 11 AVERY I: I TRACTORS AND PLOUGHS. 11l II D, I 3' <. i 'l BRIEF SPECIFICATION :—Four Cylinder Horizontal Low Speed Engine. Circular Forced Draught Radiator, Eliminates Pump, Fan and Belts Sensitive Governor Controlling Speed of Motor, Thereby Saving Fuel. Full Weather Protection for ►,i Driver. Direct Drive Forward and
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    • 1455 12 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP EASTERIT IP ?J^?. > LT CnlVlPil NY TEL. ADDRESS; TELEPHONE ZZ n SA SHIPPING. PENANG 1 No. 474. trans-pacif.c service. Head Office :-No. 63, Beach Street, Penang. > “HOESIER STATE” from Hongkong 31st October, 1921. d ATI L •Wong Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama. Manila, Honolulu, San Francisco. Renong
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    • 412 12 I f*' I Standard I I t ill The Machine tfou will I j ‘Eventually* Buy. n I H I I I M I 3 I I Paterson, Simons Qo., Ltd., I (Incorporated in Engl? nd) I <• AgentsPenang, Singapore 1 and Kuala •Lumpur. A’ w e- •> BANKS. THE
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    • 281 12 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkong Al S Paid-up Capital Reserve Funds: Sterling Reserve £2.500,00C Silver Reserve $21,506.000 Head Office: —HONGKONG. Branches and Amoy, Bangkok, Batavia, Bombay, Calcutta, Canton, Colombo, Foochow, Hankow, Hongkew, Harbin, Iloilo, Ipoh, Johore, Kobe, Kuala Lumpur, London, Lyons, Malacaj, Manila, Nagasaki, New York, Peking', Rangoon,
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