Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 3 March 1922

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 48. VOL. LXXX FRIDAY, 3rd MARCH, 1922. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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      32 1 A-.-.-.-.-.-.-. J J BRITISH BOND Writing Pad ii •J of 100 leaves with 25 envelopes $1 ii Hermione Box contains 50 > lined Notepaper, 50 Envelopes ’> i $1 ii > Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd. ;>
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    “LEAVE IT TO MARY.”
    621 2 THE WARWICK COMEDY COMPANY The sporting comedy, by Douglas Hoare and Sydney Blow, with which the Warwick Comedy Company opened their short return visit, at the Town Hall last night, may no perhaps, rank with the best of i’» kind •'Leave it to Mary” is a
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    115 2 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Tregonell for Singapore. Jin Ho for P Brandan. Perak [S S Co] for Teluk Anson. Totbori Mara for Rangoon and Calcubta (Mergui and Moulmein via Rangoon). Trang for Dindings and Sitiawan. Keetnan for Colombo. Dhanushkodi, Smz and New York. van Noort for Langsa, Olehleh, Sab an
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    The Mails
    52 2 lhe M M Packet Oordillere. is expected to arrive here ab 8 am. to-morrow, and is expected to have Continental mails on board. The homeward mail by the Elephanta closes at 2 p m. to-morrow. The Novara, with mails from Europe, jgs expectei to arrive here at 11
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    THE SUNKEN WHARF SUIT.
    788 2 EASTERN SHIPPING Co’s CLAIM The hearing was continued in the SupremeCourt, Penang, yesterday, before the Hon Mr Justice Whitley, of a suit by the Eastern Shipping Co Ltd agairsr the-Handel Maatschappij (G H Slob Co Medan (third party) and Mr Quah Beng Kee (fourth party) in
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    Military Route Marches
    196 2 The 2nd Battalion, the Middlesex Regiment has been detailed to carry out two Company tours during the month of March. The first begins on 3rd March when a company proceeds by the Kelantan to Malacca and then marches in easy stages via Tampin to Cbengkau Station in
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    1085 2 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr- AV. J. Gallagher is in Penang on a business visit. Dr. Dive, Taiping, is ill in hospital, says the “T- O. M.*” Mr. and Mrs. F. F- Faithfull have left i Kuala Lumpur for homeThe death is announced at Paris of MDuval, who claimed to be the
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    MR. MULLER HONOURED.
    266 2 Lumut has been the scene of much unusual activity, in honour of the departure on leave for Home of Mr- G- C. G. Muller, who has officiated as District Officer, Dindings. for the somewhat unusually long period of nearly two years- The Chinese Community presented him with
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    JAPAN’S TRADE IN 1921
    274 2 In the annual review of trade in 1321 issued by the “Manchester Guardian,” a Kobe correspondent states that Britair resumed her position as a seller to Japan rather than a buyer very soon after the end of the war. In the first nine months of 1919
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    THE PRINCE IN INDIA.
    546 2 “Fresh-featured and smiling, the Prime of AVa’les hag, of course, certain human as sets, and the students of Benares Univeisity are said to have been delighted with his appearance, and to have cheered wh« i. a turban was put on his head- But it is doubtful
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    TO DAYS SHARE CHANGES
    55 2 The Malaya Co.. Ltd., reports the 1 lowing changes in to-day’s market Shares. Buyers. .Sel.f Kuala Sidim SL4O ’9 Lunas Rubber 4.. r >o Radella Rubber 3.50 Deebook Dredging 2/Jelantoh Tin < O 42 Nawng Pet Tin North Taiping Pap.n Tin Taiping Tin Tongkah Harbour Oversea
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      311 2 THE GOLDEN RULE STILL WORKS“In February, 1914, a British steame-'. The County of Devon, capsized on her way from Norfolk (U.S.A.) to Rotterdam. The crew drifted helplessly on the stormy sea for three days, when they were sighted by a German ship, whose captain went to their rescue in a
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      459 2 4 F °R -Rems, a complete Suitable fo r horses i h XtI H Inspection invited B, IV V r y Gazette. c o I' u V |SIT highness th Eprin e l WALES. Tickets of Admission to R eten Pavilion Stand (by Raffl Statue). lhe public are reminded tl
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    STRAITS VOLUNTEERS.
    887 3 STRENGTH OF THE FORCE. The Soraita Settlements Volunteer Force has been in being for two months, and, we are informed, has reached the strength shown below Corps. Europeans. Reserve. Auxil. Total Colonr. S. V. C. 435 108 67 610 Penang 171 5 38 214 <fc P.W, Rifles M.V.
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    DUTCH RICHES IN THE EAST.
    671 3 JAVA. THE TREASURE HOUSE. VisC'iunt Northclifie writes that at Weltevreden, the well-planned well-built modern adjunct of Batavia, there is one of the best medical schools and hospitals in the world. Storia as it is called, is spreading the art of medicine throughout the Dutch East
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    Coming Events.
    178 3 Mar 3—Warwick Comedy Company, Town Hall. M ar 4—Cricket, PCC v St Xavier’s. Mar s—Eurasian Community, Meeting, Parish Hall, 9.30 a m. March B—Football, Colours v Whites. Mar 10—Lodge Kedah. Patani, Regular Meeting, 5 pm. Mar 11—Crickeb, P C C v Kuhm. March 15—Football, P C C v
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      864 3 short classified notices. S. m p. MOHAMED IBRAHIM CO. ■rcn FOR SALE, TO LET, &c. 3a Union Street, Penang. yyANTtu, parted n the “Pinang P. Mohamed Ibrahim twenty years ser- b vice under the late K. Pachee. at Loading and unloading general cargo 20 ncC CENTS A WORD, cents per
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      617 3 Malarial Fever Dysentery Dr. Cassell’s Tablets are the Sure Means to Splendid Health and Fitness. India. South Africa. Mr. Cobble. Janjpir P. 0., C.P., Mr. O. E. Diederike. an Officer in the India, write:—“l feel I rouet. write and Oape Point Prison. C.P.. South Africa, tell you of the great
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    BIRTH.
    22 4 Swkttenham —On Sunday, 26th Feb,, 1922, at the European Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, to Lt. Col. and Mrs J P Swettenham—a daughter.
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    MR LLOYD GEORGE HITS OUT.
    1216 4 There is seldom smoke without fire. Rumours of an approaching general election and the break-up of the Coalition have been rife for sometime. It would seem from the latest outburst of Mr Lloyd George that disintegrating influences which have been known to be at work
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1191 4 Interesting correspondence between Mr A G Glenister, President Stocks of Tin. of the FM S Chamber of Mines, and Mr W Wallace Cook, Managing Director of the Straits Trading Company, Ltd, on the Company’s unsold interest of 45,000 pikuls of tin is published. Rumour has attributed to
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    Singapore News.
    501 4 AN EXCITING AFFAIR. (Fbom Our Own Oorrbspondent Singapore, March 3. An exciting incident occurred aboard the steamer “Ranee", when she was about tc sail on Wednesday. A runaway Chinee couple attempted suicide by stabbing, oc the appearance of detectives who came to arrest the girl on a charge
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      146 4 J Show of Smart Day and Evening J W For One Week Only < J At E. &O. Hotel Penang. J: BICYCLES I HALF PRICES.! ONLY A SMALL STOCK TO CLEAR. I Buy now. Don't lose this last chance. CYCLE CARRIAGE CO., LTD., Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore Ipoh. i shrink
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      37 4 E. O. BY SPECIAL REQUEST. There will be a Dinner, CONCERT AND DANCE To-morrow Night. SATURDAY, 4™ MARCH. During the Dinner and Dances Mr. and Mrs. KarilofT and Miss Tushika will appear in special Songs and Dances.
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      46 4 {"town HALL, PENANG. I TO-NIQHT AT 9-30 I I EDGAR WARWICK presents the WARWICK COMEDY CO., I IN Bernard Shaw’s Greatest Comedy I I Fpiday PYGMALION I I March 3rd Gertrude F- Godart as Eliza Doolittle I Plans at Robinson Piano Co. $3, $2 and $l.
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      28 4 THE TIDES High Water. Low Water. To-day. 2.18 a.m. 8.42 a.m. 2.35 p.m. 8.57 p.m. To-morbow. 2 44 p.tn. 9. 3 a.m, 3. 1 p.tn. 9.20 p m.
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    PREMIER'S PARLIAMENT.
    274 5 PREMIER 'S PARLIAMENT. [xT im.\tion to rxionists. Reuter's Telegrams, i London. March It ~l iall correspondent of the v Teleg>aph- reports that Mr. Lloyd kt d’ssatisfied at not receirift‘ IS ni ,F v the loyal support of Parliament, to he is entitled, and has written to M bmd <4 Ihe
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    MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S APPEAL TO “DIE-HARDS.”
    157 5 (amLn, February 3, With the crystaliion of the determination to continue t.’. («•aJition the Government spokesmen r'Jicent i iiting on the consolidation of t ree-. Mi. Chamberlain, addressthe Primrose League, made a bid for bn Hurds support. He termed the i'ltiriinent Act a violent revolution
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    ENGINEERING WAGES.
    127 5 A NEW CRISIS. London, March 1. lA" 1 S l4s llx,,| i in the shipbuilding 1,1 resequence of the men rejectI l )r °P < ”'C'| c U t i n the war I •< week, in two """'"’s beginning o n March ji;,..,?' ,ln overwhelming vote of
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    ENGINEERING DEADLOCK.
    28 5 T, D'ndon. February 28. H at| d ri'." I rin g employ- 'tv.f 1( 1 s Wi|3 abortive. The possiMarch 11 i s bv no "mote.
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    TORPEDOED STEAMER.
    39 5 (in v IM 'GAINST GERMANY Amsterdam, March L f t -< 'tli <,f the inquiry into *'“iin, i liibantia (torpedoed in t l;! bui.T r'| l,,an Submarine). <h? v claiming 10,000,000 !1 -l"i 1 l '“''tn.iij Government as
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    GEDDES REPORT.
    474 5 THE CHANCELLOR’S SPEECH. London, March L In the House of Commons, in the course of a survey of the Geddes Committee s proposals, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,» Sir R.obe”t Horne, announced. amid Opposition cheers, that the Government had rejected the recommendations regarding th e reduction of teachers’
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    PRESSMEN STRIKE.
    149 5 New York, March 1. The Union Pressmen of New York’s morning and evening newspapers voted last evening in favour of a strike, refusing to accept the wage award of the arbitrator, by whose decision both the pressmen and the publishers agreed to abide. The publishers are using emergency
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    NON-INFLAMMABLE FILM.
    23 5 Berlin, February 28. A chemist named Schaaf exhibited a new Iv invented non-inflammable celluloid film, which merely melts under great heat-
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    THE ROYAL WEDDING.
    368 5 RICE AND CONFETTI. London, February 28Beholders in the Abbey were even more impressed by the family nature of the ceremony than by the splendour of the spectacle. The final touch to this family aspect was given at Buckingham Palace, on the occasion of the departure for the
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    PRINCESS MARY’S BRIDAL TRAIN
    436 5 The Secret of Princess Mary s wedding dress was kept until January--31. when a number of Press representatives who visited Brain tree, at the invitation of Sir M arner, had a hint of it- The visitors hail been invited to see sides from various parts of
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    EGYPT.
    202 5 THE BRITISH PROPOSALS London, February 28. The Government- has published the declaration addressed to the Sultan of Egypt with regard to the future status of Egypt, laying down the following principles 1. The British Protectorate over Egypt is terminated and Egypt is declared an independent, sovereign state. 2. As
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    AMERICAN SHIPPING.
    195 5 PRESIDENT’S SUBSIDY PLAN. Washington, February 28. President Harding presented to Congress his Shipping Subsidy plan, provid ing $32 4 000.000 annually, provided principally by the diversion of 10 per cent of the American customs receipts. Not more than 50 per cent of immigrants may be„ transported in foreign
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    THE SHIPBUILDING CRISIS
    254 5 London, February 1-—When the iepresentatives of the engineering and shipbuilding trade union meet on Tuesday next, prior to the resumption, of the joint conference adjourned at Carlisle on the following day, they will have before them an important memorandum from the employers requesting the abolition of the
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    WASHINGTON TREATIES.
    273 5 THE SENATE’S ACTION Washington. March 1The Senate’s first action in connection with the disarmament treaties was the rejection, by 50 votes to 23, of an amend ment to the Yap Treaty, amplifying the provision that existing treaty rights should not be abridged. The Senate also rejected a proposal
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    WASHINGTON—AND AFTER
    160 5 JAPAN COMMENCES DISARMAMENT' The Japanese Consul-General, Singapore,, sends to the Press the following copy of a communique issued by the Japanese Foreign Office on February 27., and received from Tokio: The treaty on the limitation of naval' armaments at Washington on February 6th. 1922. come» intoi force upon
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    RUSSIAN FAMINE RELIEF
    70 5 THE BRITISH EFFORTS. London, March 1. The Russian Famine Relief Fund, the Save the z Children. Fund, and the Society of Friends, three bodies at present engaged in sending relief to Russia have agreed to combine their efforts. Sir Benjamin Robertson has undertaken the direction of the
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    STOCKBROKING FIRM FAILS.
    77 5 London, March 1 At a meeting of the creditors of the stockbrokers, Messrs. Ellis and Company, the Official Receiver said the liabilities were approximately £2,000.000, and the assets £500,000. He said that Mr. Bevan, who amassed a fortune between 1914 and 20. did not keep the partners
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    CITY EQUITABLE FAILURE
    20 5 London. March L The Judge ha» ordered the winding up of the City Equitable Ae»ociated Insurance Company.
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    TENNIS.
    14 5 THE DAVIS CUP. New York. L Australasia his. challenged for the Davis Cup
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    DUTCH INDIES TAXATION.
    37 5 SIR F. DETERDING’S THREAT Amsterdam. February 28Interviewed by the “Hague Post,” Sir brands Deterding denounced the Dutch Indian oil taxation, and declared that it would drive the Royal Dutch Company from the Dutch Indies.
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    NETHERLANDS INDIES—FINANCIAL POSITION
    146 5 In reference to the 1922 Budget, the “Nieuw Indie" committee has called the attention of the First Chamber in Holland to the financial position of the N.E.I. The committee arrives at the conclusion that the deficits in 1917 1922 are chiefly the result of the war that
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    SUCCESS OF DUTCH LOAN
    43 5 New York February 28The entire Dutch loan floated on February 22 was subscribed in a few minutes at 949 dollars per 2,500 guilders. The bond issue matures in fifty years with the option of the reduction of a decade.
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    FRENCH LOAN IN LONDON
    30 5 Loudon. February 28A £5.000,000 loan, at 6 per cent, issued at 86 for the Paris, Lyons, Mediterranee, Railway was subscribed in London in a few minutes.
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    GILT-EDGED MARKET
    36 5 London. March 1The market for 5 per cent war loan jumped .1 P er cent to 06. V due to the impending issue of 4.1 per cent Treasury Bond» at the price of 99.
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    THE RAND STRIKE.
    103 5 Johannesburg, March L The Government seized the power sta-tion,-but the volunteers have not yet got steam up. The city is again in darkness. Dynamiting is increasing. There were eight heavy explosions to-day. five on the power line, but little damage was done. There was a fatal affray
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    INDIA’S BUDGET.
    136 5 INCREASED TAXES. London, March i. Trade depression, a poor monsoon and labour troubles resulted in the anticipat’d surplus of 71 lakhs being converted into a deficit of 34 crores in th e present Budget of India. Sir W. Hailey. Finance Member, in a statement in the Legislative Assembly,
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    BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE
    47 5 Pari.», February 28Tho Cabinet decided to ask the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber to shelve the proposal for a parliamentary inquiry into the failure <-Lthe Ranque Il'dustrielle de Chiye, in viA* <>( the fact that a judicial investigation is to fellow in the normal course-
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    GERMAN GENERAL STAFF.
    36 5 A NEW ASSOCIATION Berlin. March 1. The principal German war time General» were present at a dinner, which re sulked in the creation of an Association of Members of the old General Staff.
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    EDUCATION IN CHINA.
    832 6 \I)DRESS BY DR. WU. Under the auspices of the Penang tree School Debating Society. Dr. A\ u Lien Teh (G- L. Tuck) delivered an instructive lecture, on Wednesday, on Modern Tendencies in Chinese Education,” before the Masters, the boys of the upper forms of the School, and
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    THE RUBBER POSITION.
    485 6 The vicissitudes rtyit. the Rubber market is passing through- says the “China Express,” do not become less, whilst the uncertainties haye certainly been more pronounced during the last month. Though there is some niudification in the volume of the London stocks price has again fallen away by
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    ALLENBY RUBBER.
    259 6 —“M.M.” RECONSTRUCTION ADOPTED. An extraordinary general meeting was held at the office of the secretaries, Messrs. Harrisons and Crosfield, of Allenby Rubber Co., Ltd., to adopt teconstruction proposals. Mr. C. D. Mathewson, the chairman, said the special object for which this meeting has been called is explained in
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    LABOUR FINANCE.
    110 6 One of the most interesting speculations of the political clubs is the finance of the Labour Party. It is not thought that this party can pur anything like the 450 candidates in the field as at the last election. In the first place the trade union funds are
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    METAL MARKETS
    498 6 BEAKS MORE A< iGßtSs!v ■Hope-,.!', j tals have Oller .I_. rn h 1 says the Financier r 't ’’am, far from re< ovei i nt; they hav, further reaction, ~i lTOi a|l v l > considering ,h,- previ..,,. *'i 1 another severe fall. Ne».,p, 1,11 siness has be.-n
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    156 6 Mr. J. M. Sime presided at an extraordinary general meeting of the Singap Chamber of Commerce Rubber tion and moved the adoption of th'* vised rules and bye-laws. After the planation of certain alterations in 1 proofs the rules were carried unariini". ly. When the motion for
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    HONGKONG BANK.
    2246 7 jE cH AIRMAN and china. rn a»l meeting of the Hongkong Banking Corporation whs i d Bl on February 18, Mr he i! u w jKins presiding. G™ rhairman said the statement ThP nnts Hhowß a net profit for ;l hCC9 o f $10,821,295.42 com ti> e $8,841,166
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    FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF BORNEO
    408 7 SIR WEST RIDGEWAY AT SINGAPORE. i The statement that a very great deal of money is going to be spent during the next few years in the development and opening up of Borneo, was made to a Free Press representative bv Sir J West Ridgeway, the
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    FRENCH CHINA RICE.
    242 7 In Tonkin ana in Cochin-China the question of how to make the moat of the rice crop continues to engage the attention of the various more or less public bodies that form part of the administration. Ihe Resident Superieur of Tonkin stated last year that the object
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    Burma Rice Market.
    178 7 Rangoon, February 21--Business is still brisk in the Rice Market and this is evidenced by the fact that during the whole of this month not a single milling notice has reached the market. One estima’e places the business done during the month at at least 20 lakhs
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    Manchester Weekly Market Report.
    368 7 Messrs James F Hutton and Co, Ltd., Manchester, reported on Wednesday, February Ist as under Cotton prices have again fallen sharply, the markets being the weakest for some time. A general lack of confidence resulting in much liquidation appears to be the cause of the trouble
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    Province Wellesley Chaplaincy.
    49 7 sth March, Ist Sunday in Lent. St. Mark’s Church, Butterworth. Holy Communion and Address 9 a.m. Sungei Patani. Evening Prayer and Sermon 6 pm. Monday, March 6 Holy Communion 8 am S. Paul’s Mission Chapel, Bukit Tengah Thursday, M ich 9. Holy Communion 7,30 a m
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    ALL SAINTS, TIAIPING.
    34 7 sth March, Ist s nud»\ in Lent —Litany 7.45 a.tn Holy Communion 8 a m.; H'D Communion at d S-rm Tamil) 9-15 a.m Hr-rvice 5 i.m Evensong and Sermon 6-30 p.in.
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    RUBBER OUTLOOK.
    174 7 MR W DUNCAN’S VIEWS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, March 2. The Malay Mail states that Mr William Duncan, in a private letter to a local resident, says there is as much rubber in the world now as there was a year ago. During 1921, 120,000 toneless
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    ON CHANGE.
    342 7 Inert Rubber Shares. Messrs Fearon and Co, Kuala Lumpur, report on March Ist in their weekly review Gild-edged securities have continued in demand during the week and constitute the one bright feature of an otherwise dull market. Rubber is quotably unchanged at Singapore 25| cents, London 7 7/Bd,
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    Singapore Share Market.
    312 7 Fraser s Weekly Report. Singapore, February 28.—The Share Market has shown little improvement during the week under review although a moderate amount of business has been put through in investment stocks the prices of some of which appear to be quite attractive at present values. Tin—Although £3.10.0
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    RUBBER AUCTIONS
    138 7 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 540th auction, on Wednesday, March Ist, when there w«s catalogued 1,738,956 lbs Tons. 776.32 Offered 1,463,765 lbs. Tons 653,47 Sold 1,270,992 lbs. Tons 567 41. Prices Realized. Ribbed Smoked Sheet; cents per lb. Singapore Standard Quality 25| to 26
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    RUBBER PRICES
    47 7 3rd March, 1922. Smoked Sheet 24 o Fine Pale Crepe 22 c Unsmoked Sheet No I 12 c c 1 Smoked Sheet 264 c Singapore >r, J Crepe 26 a r 1 Smoked Sheet 7 7/8d Losdoh J Crepe 7 7/8d New York G 13|®
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    LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
    30 7 The following were the rubber quotations in London on March 2 Smoked Sheet 7 7/81 Plantation Ist latex crepe 7 7/8d [By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead Co
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    TIN PRICES.
    90 7 The Straibs Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following London prices, on March 2: Spot £141.15s up 15s 3 months buying £143 15s 15s 3 months selling £144 15s Local Parity $71.17 March 3rd; Singapore sold 10C tons at $73 75; Penang buyers no sellers at $72.75. Messrs Boustead
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    38 7 Hit&m Tin, Ltd, for February, 358.46 piculs. Kuala Lumpur Tin, No Liability, for February, hours run 507.10, yardage 64,492, output piculs 149,08. Batang Padang Dredging Co, Ltd, for February, output 124 piculs, hours 523, yardage 48,000.
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    214 7 BP. Tapioca 56.75 sellers M. P. Tapioca $7.30 sellers Cold leaf $72 seller» Black Pepper $16.50 sellers White Pepper $23 buyers. Trang Pepper no stock Mace Picking? $4O buyers Cloves ...$l2O sellers Nutmegs 80s $4O nominal 110 s $32.00 sellers [No. 1 $lO 00 per picn. Sugar <
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