Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 March 1922

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833 "No. 52. VOL. LXXX. WEDNESDAY, Bth MARCH, 1922. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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    TRADE COMMISSIONERS.
    363 2 MR. LITTLE RESIGNS. Private cabl e messages were received in Melbourne, announcing that Mr. E. S. Little had resigned the position of Australian Trade Commissioner in the East, says the Age.” Similar information reached the Minis ter of Customs, but Mr. Rodgers declared that he had not received
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    CHINESE DOCTORS IN BRITAIN.
    324 2 Dr. Philip William Lamb, M.D., Ch B (Edinburgh) takes up the cudgels on beI ilf of Chinese doctors here, and in a letter to the Press, states: —Having resided in England for ten years, I have at lea<t learned that nothing is more objects nable to
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    THE PARTHENON.
    206 2 —Ex. Lovers of the classics and of ancient beauty will be alarmed to learn that the Parthenon is in danger. On this occasion the threat does not come from Turkish cannon, but from native vandalism. The Greek authorities have decided to repair the northern colonnade of the Parthenon.
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      MR. BOTTOMLEY.
      321 3 L« f u iebiuary 21.-1’ gLcw iu- .< quiltal «.i the Birmingham Printer, Reuben Bibland, at the Shropshire Assizes on Saturday, on a charge of inciting to extort money from Mr. Horatio Bottomley, M P. ?»Ii- Bottomlej' wrote to the public Prosecutor inviting him to send a representative
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      BURDENS OF THE WAR.
      106 3 London.. February 16- —The induction in income-tax by 2s. in the pound, the abolition, of the corporation profits tax. and proportionate adjustment in the su per-tax by private firms, also the advisability of permitting future generations to bear their *4iare in the nation’s indebtedness were the
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      EXCHEQUER BONOS.
      92 3 L ndon. February 3<J.—The ctut-lanJ-ing feature <4 the new Government offer to holder- of 5 per cent Exchequer Bonds maturing in April to exchange them into 3’ per cent conversion I'can is that the terms virtually express the price for the latter ab’V“ in contiadistinction to be low
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      BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION.
      74 3 London. February 18.•• Referring to the criticism- in the House of Commons. Lord Southborough. Chairman cf the Finance Committee of the British Empire Exhibition, explains that a lump sum contract was rejected because tfie Dominion?. Colonial, and individual exhibitors’ space requirements are not yet available The “time
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      REVIVAL OF PRIZE RING.
      68 3 London. February 17 —The Lowei House of the Convocation of York has passed a resolution regretting the revival of the prize ring in the form of public boxing matches and expressing the opinion that cwie’ of the most serious signs of the times is the alienation
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      POWERFUL NEW AERO-ENGINE.
      37 3 London. February 16—Lord Gorell and other distinguished personage-, inspected at Acton, the new Napiei b. n. aero-engine weighing 2.2(X‘1 Rwhich, it is claimed. wil'l revolutionise the carmi n g power and cost of aeioplan<*
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      AIR FREIGHT RATES.
      229 3 London. February 20 A cut of 50 P f r emt in ai freight rates between L< 1 11 and Paris is announced by the H ;l Page Ccmpany- I nder tho new t<ni- lb. parcel will be collected, carried and delivered for 1< 10d. There will
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      GILT-EDGED BOOM.
      90 3 London, February 20. —The boom in gilt-edged securities overwhelmed Stock Exchange dealers to-day The immediate over subscription of the 4.000,000 Victorian Government Loan showed the huge Surplus of mof'ey available. British Government stock set the pace, but buying spread to French Government Bonds, and Home Railway stocks. There
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      REMARKABLE TELEHONE INVENTION.
      55 3 London. February 16. —The bottling up of telephone messages till required has been rendered a possibility by a new invention. a combination of the Poulson telegraphone and the wireless valve. The message is magnetically impressed on a steel ribbon which can be run off. a simple soundproducing
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      HOTEL CHARGES REDUCED
      55 3 L<-nd*-n. February 20- —A fillip to the Brighter London” movement was given on a number Gt important hotels announcing that accommodation, charges are re. duced to the pre-war level. The F dera tion of British Industries has approached thrt Port authorities and railway companies with regard to
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      HOOLEY COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
      52 3 London. February 16. -Hooley and five ether defendants in the Jubilee Cotton Mills case have been committed for trial at the Central C riminal Court. Bail was all we I In the case of Hooley bail was fixed in two sureties of £5OO each and himself
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      "PUSSYFOOT" CAMPAIGN IN SCHOOLS.
      42 3 London. February 16- —The “Daily Mail” says: Atten.ticn has been drawn to a “Pussyfoot Campaign” in public preparatory schools. Harmful microbes lurking in intoxicants were shown to the s '.’dent- after which were exlub’teil the beneficent microbes absent-
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      VISCOUNT GREYS MARRIAGE.
      30 3 L' ”d( n. February 17. It B understood that the marriage between Viscount Grey and Lady Glenccmner v. ill take place quietly after Lent in the ccu"try
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      IRISH OLYMPIC GAMES.
      72 3 London. February 24 —The “TailtCan games, ctherwLe the Irish Olympics, will he held in Dublin on the 7th MarchEach country is invited to send a minimum team of 45- The Gaelic Athletic Association, in announcing the foregoing, claims that the world has hitherto been ignorant of Irish
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      INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY.
      163 3 London, February 19. —A message from St- Moritz states that the English team, after defeating Switzerland and drawing with Sweden has won the International Ice Hockey Cup- An informal parade rf Ex-Service men will take place on the tennis I'awns in front cf Crovernmenb House. Singapore, at
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    MINING ENGINEER’S SUIT.
    1681 4 CLAIM FOR $5,000 DAMAGES. In the Supreme Court, Peuautf, yesterday, the action was continued S a for» the Hon Mr Justice M H Whitley at the instance of Mr W J L Smith, mining engineer, Ronpibon, Southern Siam, against Mi Arthur Ruthven Thornton, Mr Roland Graham and
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    Burma Rice Market
    310 4 Rangoon, March 3.—Although there is nut much demand for big mills specials in the rice market European millers have sold on Wednesday and yesterday considerable quantities of orh®r qualities of rice, chiefly small mills specials nearly 4,000 tons uf Bas«ein small mills specials for early March milling
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    1460 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mrs. Openshaw and Miss Kershaw are leaving for Home.—“M.M.” Major Graham, the new Commandant of the M.S.V.R., has arrived in Kuala Lumpur. Mr P W. Ward, Canadian Government Trade Commissioner to the Middle-East, is on a trip to Siam. Mr N H. Morphett arrived at Bangkok from home
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    MALAYA’S GIFT TO PRINCESS MARY.
    51 4 (From Our Own. Correspondent.) Singapore, March 8. A telegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies states that H. R. H. Princess Mary approves the proposal that Malaya’s gift take the form of a piece of plate in gold or silver of Malay workman
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    GIFT FROM FREEMASONS.
    58 4 London, February 21- —Among numerous gifts offered to Princess Mary at Buckingham Palace yesterday was a piece of antique furniture of French workmanship from the I’nited Grand Lodge of English Freemasons. Princess Mary in acknowledging the gift said it would always remind her of the splendid influence
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    CITY OF LONDON’S GIFT.
    48 4 London, February 22.—An imposing procession of sixteen coaches with the Lord Mayor. Sheriffs and Aldermen accompanied the City’s wedding gift to Princess Mary to Buckingham Palace. The gift, consists of a diamond chain pendant and a congratulatory address enclosed in a classic gold casket.
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    EIGHT WEDDING CAKES.
    56 4 London. February 22- —In addition to Princess Mary’s wedding cake s officially ordered from Edinburgh, which is eighty inches high and weighs 560 lbs-, the National Association of Master Bakers arc presenting a cake ninety inches high. Both are described as masteipieces of architectural symmetry. Altogether Princess
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    LAX LEGAL FORMALITIES.
    316 4 —“ST.” RASA RICE CASE AT KUALA LUMPUR. The carelessness with which public prosecutions in provincial Magistrate’s courts are sometimes carried out was revealed in the Rasa rice case in which the Ulu Yam Station Master is appealing against his conviction for criminal breach of trust in respect
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    117 4 The following is the draw for the Men s Foursomes Golf competition (W round) to be played by March 19. G- N- Save- and J. C- Cowap v- W-V.L. Van Someren and J. Crabb Watt, W. W. Martin and R. H. Pinhorn v C- R. Samuel and
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    P.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    106 4 The results of. tennis ties played yesterday were as under: Championship Paris. —A. K. A. B. Terrell and R. N. Hamilton beat P. E. Groom and A. J. L. Donaldson 6 —3. 6—2. Doubles Handicap Class B. —15.1 E. A de Buriatte and W- V. L- Van
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    DR. WU LIEN TEH.
    1060 5 xS INTERVIEW. P G.” Special) hia departure to-day frnm P fl «nd Maochari*, Dr W« ?e a r j G LTuck) was interviewed by a t’ p 0 v ,f the Psoang Gazette,” tep f eD p r Wu expressed the very great t u him
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    NORTH BORNEO.
    669 5 THE COMPANY'S POLICY CLANGED The Rt Hon Sir J West Ridgeway, President of the Chartered Company left Jesselten on February 21st after a stay of nea r !y two months in the Territory, writes the n Free Press” Jesselton correspondent Europeans of the West Coast and the Interior
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    A WILL CASE.
    521 5 M.M.” BENEFIT SOCIETIES LEGAL. The following is the text of the judgment of the Chief Judicial Commissioner, Sir L M Woodward, in the Keun will case, in which a point at issue was whether the benefit and provident societies, into the funds of which the late Dr
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    Penang Millionaire Will Case.
    198 5 The difficulty of carrying on with the Penang millionaire will suit in the Supreme Court Hongkong in the absence of counsel for the plaintiff was got over recently when the hearing was resumed by holding the proceedings in Chambers. A solicitor cannot take the place of
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    Singapore Diocesan Association.
    168 5 The annual general meeting of the Singapore Diocesan Association will be held this year at Taiping, on Friday, at 6-30 pm in the Freemasons' Hall. The Bishop of Singapore will preside, and will review the work of the Association in the Diocese during 1921. Mr E W
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    116 5 i’O-DAY'S DE?ARI'UREB Thongwa for Madras taking mails foi Europe, etc, via Bombay, Pungah for Asaban. L'rang for Kancang (Trwg). The following ships are in communication with rhe Wireless Stations at Phnang—Anjer, Antilochus, Ascot, Azay Le Rideau, Banc», Bandoeng, Commis saireramel, Cyrena, Dalny, Demodocu?, Ekma, Elephants, Glenap, Halfmoon, Indus
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    PENANG MAILS CLOSE.
    299 5 DAILY (except Sunday). BY TRAIN. Parit Buntar, Bagan Berai, Taiping, > Ipoh. Batu Gajah, Tapah Road, I Teluk Anson, Kuala Kubu, |By train Kuala Lumpur, Serembau, am Malacca, Johore, Singapore 6 pm. and Hongkong J Parit Buotar and Bagan Serai By train 9 30 a.m. &4 p.m.
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    The Mails.
    50 5 The Ekma, with mails from Europe, is expeced to arrive here at 6 a.m, to. morrow. The homeward mail by the Kashgar t closes at noon to>morrow. The mails despatched on the Bth ultimo by the B I Packet Teesta, was delivered in London nn the 6th instant.
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    Undelivered Cables.
    27 5 The fo’djwing are non-deiivered cables for the week ending Bth inst. at the E E A and C Telegraph Co HaKsms-mgh, Pola-ingh 310 Police Constable.
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    EXCHANGE.
    135 5 Penang, March 8, 1922 By Coubtist or the Chabtvbbd Bank). London Demand Bank 2/3 23/32 4 months' sight Bank 2/3 31/32 3 Credit 2/4 1/8 3 Documentary 2/4 7/32 Calcebta Demand Bank Rs. 178 3 days* sight Private 184 Bombay Demand Bank „178 Madras Demand Bank ~178 Z 3
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    BIRTHS.
    38 6 Simmons.— On the 2nd March, at Johore Bahru, the wife of J W Simmons. Malay Civil Service, of a daughter. Wbbb. —On sth March at ‘'Culwulla”, Singapore, the wife of G R H Webb of a daughter.
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    SOME VIEWS ON CHINA
    793 6 For reasons which can be understood and appreciated Dr Wu Lieu Teh (better known locally as Dr G L Tuck) declined to be drawn into any political discussions regarding China when interviewed by one of our representatives on the eve of bis departure from Penang. It
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    G.O.C. v. Captain Law.
    396 6 (Frcm Oue Own Corrbspondrnt.) Singapore, March 8. The Solictor-General asked the District Judge to fix a date for the hearing cf the action, General Officer Commanding versos Captain R. O. H Law, in which the military claim the retarn of the sum of $lO2 lent, which,
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1199 6 Evidently some British Governors are deserving of sympathy Governors in lake the case of the Revolt. Australian State Governors who have protested against the inadequacy of the official income. Sir W L Allardyce, Tasmania, who receives £2,750 according to Whittaker, has resigned and is now on his
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    LOCAL SHARE LIST.
    115 6 The following are the latest quotation: in Messrs Kennedy Co’s share Hat Yesterday. To-day. t M SHAKES. > X i f 0. J 0. Jo. f c Rubber (Dollar) K.-Sidim 1.60 1.70 1.50 1.60 United M 1.10 1.15 80c ‘JOc Mining. Aaam K 26/- 27/- 25/- 26/Batang
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    59 6 Bth March, 1922. 1 Smoked She d Penang t Fine Pale Crepe J Unsmoked Sheet No 1 Smoked Sheet Singaporb J Crepe 1 Smoked Sheet London J c 8i GW New York LONDON RUBBER MARKET. The following were the ri' etions in London on March 7.. Smoked Sheet
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    TIN PRICES.
    85 6 Th-Strait. T-.<lin 2 Co. following Loudon price» on pi 19 down ,> Spot £2l<». w 3 months buying^ l4 £2.15’ March Btb Singapore, .old 75 ton, -”»> sold 25 ton» at $73. The Eastern Smelting Co -< Ltd o j London, March Gdx £146 17?.6d three months sellingMessrs
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      8 6 “E. O.” Special Tiffin Every Wednesday and Saturday.
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    25 6 DEATH. Andrews. —On 4th March at No, 1988 Joo Chiac Road, Singapore, Cecilia, wife of Mr J T Andrews, in her 38th year. Deeply regretted.
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    PREMIER INDISPOSED.
    222 7 ptii.n i< o. < iii'i'- miter's Telegrams.] London, March 6. I rtamlK*"' P r, id J lt mC ting r in the absence of rge, who i. lightly tad» I. I to continue in Office I Loudon, March 6. I rw-papcis are most conI o f the political
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    THE BY-ELECTIONS.
    236 7 ts ,Ln February 21. The labour fl nth' I ainbrrwell result is hailed Be 1-nu'h: la Laboui and the Indepenwho'»* oigans point, out the eighteenth seat lost to fl men the General Election tw- ilh Wai l>\ Labour and w hich ir Mili. substantial nature of the isat
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    SHAGPAT IN POLITICS.
    356 7 I |C'4|l|. u ils t one man in England |Hlit v y*'? < lve<i wi,h complete inhtheuKi' Vtl eo ‘f? e s warnings Ij 'Ji’et of a revival of party war|s"v f' S i’ Mamdiester Guardian h ve, J ‘d at an inn near nl rnan <>f
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    TURKEY AND GREECE.
    126 7 —Vale. ANGORA DELEGATE’S sTATEAIENT. Paris. March 6- Youssouf KemaL who has just arrived at Marseilles, stated to Hava', that not only will he represent Angora, but the whole of the Tur kish people, in the coming conversation'. Turkey ha' decided to throw back the invader energetically. and
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    FIUME.
    29 7 RESTORATION OF ORDER Rome. March 7. .■signor Castelli, the Italian representative in Fiume. ieports that the work of restoration of order in Fiume is proceeding satisfactorily and uninterruptedly.
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    OIL IN BRITAIN.
    88 7 SIX MONTHS' PRODUCTION London. March 6. In the House of Commons, in answer to questions, the Rt. Hon. AV. C. Bridgeman said the only oil-producing well in Britain at present was at Hardstoft. The production in the six months ending Decembei .31 was 78 tons. No oil
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    LOANS TO CHINA.
    88 7 MR. HARMSWORTH’S STATEMENT. London, March 6. In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. C. J. L’Estrange Malone. Mr. Cecil Harmsworth emphasised that the conditions under which loans were made to China by the Consortium were not laid down by the British Government, but were contained in
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    TREASURY BONDS.
    50 7 London. March 6. In the House of Commons- Sir Robert Horne announced that it was not intended to resume the issue of Treasury Bonds a fixed price, but it was proposed from March 17 to invite tender' for 5 per cent Treasury Bonds repayable on January 1. 1927.
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    EXPLOSION IN CARTRIDGE FACTORY.
    73 7 GIRLS’ TRAPPED IN BLAZING ROOM London, March 7Thirteen girls have died and eleven were seriously injured in an explosion at a cartridge factory at Tipton. Stafford shire. The victims were trapped in a blazing room, having been denuded of clothing by the force of the Explosion.
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    THE LATE VISCOUNT BRYCE.
    35 7 New York, March 6. The Cathedral of St. John the Divine was thronged, on the occasion of a service in memory of Viscount Bryce, formerly British Ambassador to the United States.
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    LYONS FAIR.
    48 7 —Vale- Paris, March A.—A party of prominent Dutch merchant' and shinner- ar lived «‘it Lyons to vi'it the Fair, which A.S again an" unqualified success- The Dutch visitor' were the guest' of th* l May ->r. M. Ip riiot. and the City Council at lun- cheon
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    REPUBLICANS SEIZE LIMERICK.
    46 7 BRITAIN’S ATTITUDE London, March 6. Mr. hurchill announced in the House of Common' that a large foive of Republicans had seized Limerick Town- The British (government could best discharge its responsibility for law and order by leaving the Provisional Government to take action.
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    CONCEALED GUNS.
    36 7 DRESDEN FIRM PROSECI TED. London. March 6 In the House of Commons. Mi. ham berlai" announce! ?hat the Geiman <■ vernment was criminally prosecuting the Rockstroh finn of Dresden, where concealed guii' were recently discovered-
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    LEGAL CHANGES.
    36 7 SIR G. HEM ART’S SUCCESSOR London. March G. The Solicitor-General*. Sir Ernest Pollock. ha' been appointed neralMr. Leslie Scott. K.C., Coalition Unionist M P.. for tho Exchange Division of Liverpool, has been appointed Solicitor(ieneral.
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    PACIFIC TREATY.
    76 7 QUESTION FOR PRESIDENT HARDING. Washington. March 6 The Senate adopted a resolution sub mitted by Senator Borah, asking President Harding how the Lansing-Ishii agreement- would be affected by the rati fication of the Four Power Pacific Treaty. Senator Underwood, prior to the adop tion of the resolution, contended
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    REPARATIONS.
    46 7 THE TOTAL PAYMENTS Paris. March 7The Reparations Commission state' that the total of the payment' in cash and kind, and cessions of state property by Ge*.many, from the armistice till De cember .31 la't. is 6.487.856.<M)0 gold marks, of which 1.041.409.000 i' direct payment s-
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    THE MURDERED MISSIONARY.
    34 7 Washi»‘gton. March 7. The State Department has requested China to take immediate steps with a view to the apprehendon of the rnur derers of Dr. Skelton, the American Missionarv. in Tibet.
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    ARMS FOR CHINA.
    23 7 AMERICA’S PROHIBITION Wa'hington. March 7. President Harding has issued a preda mation prohibiting shipment of a>ms and munition' t<> China.
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    MISHAP TO DUTCH STEAMER.
    30 7 Port Said. March 7The Dutch steamer Merauk. from Batavia for Rotterdam, arrived at Suez w ith one blade of h#r propeller brokenA 'iirvev will he held
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    DAVIS CUP TENNIS.
    14 7 New York. March 7. Denmark ha' challenged for the Davi' Cup-
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    PLOT TO POISON PAPAL OFFICIALS.
    60 7 London. February 14. —The Daily Mail” Rome's correspondent says a dastardly attempt was made to poisdf* officials at the solemn mass at- Avigliona for the Coronation of the Pope. Arsenic was mixed with the wine of Monsignor the Provest, who collapsed during the celebration- It
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    FLIMSIER BATHING COSTUMES.
    119 7 London. February 14- —The Dailv Mail” says swimming costumes f<»> women, according to the leading English designers, will be flimsier and scantier than ever during the coming sea'onOne of the most daring is a tight fitting one of stockinet with a low cut neck. The sides are
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    HONGKONG STRIKE.
    188 7 WORDY DUEL IN THE COMMONSLondon. March 6. in the House of Commons, Mr- Churchill was heckled regarding the proclamations by the Governor of HongkongCommander Kenworthy aske-d whether thi' policy of conscripting labour had the Government’s approval Mr. Churchill replied that he should have thought, judging from Commander Kenworthy's
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    A FULL SETTLEMENT.
    501 7 Hongkong. March 4 It was the influence of a geneial fear of intimidation which caused hundreds to strike unwillingly New'paper compositors cea'ed work this morning. The European staffs are producing strike editions. Yesterday's clash between police, and strikers occurred at Shat in. seven miles from Hongkong. Three
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    THE EAST IN LONDON.
    145 7 SITUATION IN INDIA London, Match 7I he guests at the Lycoum Chib Oriental Circle dinner incl’uded Sir Bhown igree Dalal, of the India Office, Mr. Chu. tho Chinese Charge d Affaires, Mr. Ohta> the Japanese Consul-General. Doctor Chiang. Peking University', and others, including ladies- Professor Herbert
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    The Prince and Japan.
    59 7 Mr. Tokutawa, responding to the toast of Japan, said the forthcoming momentous visit of the Prince of Wales to Ja pan. which was keenly awaited throughout the country, coupled with the renewal of the alliance embodied in a new Pact was calcul'eted to cement still further
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    THE RAND STRIKE.
    233 7 A NEW PHASE. Johannesburg. March 7The Strike Executive has called a general sympathetic strike Effect of the Decision. Johannesburg. March 7 The Strike Executive’s decision to call a general strike represents at any rate a temporary victory for the extremist', a Conference of thd Strike Committees o-f
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    CITY EQUITABLE.
    212 7 LORD MARCH RESIGNS FROM DIRECTORATE. The Earl of March, one of the director' of the City Equitable Fire Insurance Company, the affairs of which are to be wound up resigned for health reasons. This resignation is noted by the company on a return of directors dated January 26
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    VISIT OF H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES.
    75 7 THE PENANG DECORATIONS. Ihe Penang members of the Reception Committee have decided that, ft is advisa ble to devote the fund raised for the erection of an arch in Singapore to decorations in Penang on the occasion of His Royal Highness’ visit here.
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE BALL.
    40 7 (From Om Own Correspondent.) SiugaiKire. March 8 H. M. the King has sanctioned the Government House Ball, this year, being given in honour of the Prince of Wales, not, as usual, in honour of Hi' Majesty’s Birthday.
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    SIKH LOYALTY.
    656 7 PRIM E OF WALES’ TRIBUTE Lahore, February 25. —His Royal Highness, laying the foundation-stone of King George’s Royal Indian Military School, said As one who had the privilege of serving in the field in the Great War, I feel I may address as comrades those gallant soldiers who
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    PRINCE RIDES ANOTHER WINNER.
    53 7 Lahore. February 28. \n enormous crowd witnessed H.R.H. the Prince of Wales riding in the Lahore Gymkhana Race» this afternoon. His Royal High ne-s was fourth in the second race and first, in the third. Every he appealed on the racer urse he wav given a
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    A KUALA LUMPUR APPEAL.
    324 8 “M.M.” The Chief Judicial Commissioner, Sir L. M. Woodward, sat in the Supreme Court. Kuala Lumpur, to hear a number of criminal appeals against Magistrate’s convictions, the D.P.P., Capt. Pratt appearing as respondent in each instance. Soo Choon Wqp, alias Soo Choong Yee, proprietor of Chop
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    QUEEN ELIZABETH'S BEER.
    141 8 The latest book oo Queen .Elizabeth tells us that, where bet r xxas in question she desired a full tankaid We may add that? she als< liked it strong, and he hosts were well a<i\i~id of this fact. Thu> th Earl of Leicester writes from Hatfield to
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    QUEEN VICTORIA'S LETTERS.
    125 8 The King has decided to make public a further instalment of the Letters of Queen Victoria These Letter* are a selection from her Majesty's correspondence from 1837 to the death of the Prince Consort in 1861- They are a continuation of those published in 1907 under King
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    THE NEW WARSPITE.
    130 8 Th e annual Court of Governors of the Marine Society was held at Clark's place, Bishopsgate, the President (Lord Romney) in the chair. The committee, in their annual report, stated that H.M.S. Hermione an old second-class cruiser, had been bought for use as a training slip for
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    "PROFITEERING."
    74 8 Profiteering has spread everyw’here sinert thei war, inp» als places, even into the Sudan, and has extended to all things even to wives,” said Lord Dewar at the Laysian Mission, City Road- “Before the war a wife there,” he said. “could be got for four speatheads now the price
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    LUCK IN THIRTEENS.
    35 8 Dame Fortune smiled c-n a French polic'mao of Strasbourg. He had the winning number of a lottery fund—l3l313 w hich entitles him to million- fianc(nearly £50.000 at normal rate of ex change).
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    NAVAL STRENGTH IN NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    348 8 Tie steps being taken by Holland to strengthen hei navai forces in the Dutch East Indies have passed almost unnoticed in this country, says a Home Paper. It is true that the proposals as a whole have not yet passed die Bill *tage and that
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    A DARING IMPERSONATION.
    357 8 A curious case of alleged blackmailing hag been revealed in Paris. In December. 1 ‘Ju.'a young sailer named I’iatel donned the uniform of an. aimy pay master, and ca’’ w d at the Ministry <f Finance, where he feared certain document- and secured £4lo' allegedly to pay
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    SOCIETY OF PLANTERS.
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    210 9 BP. Tapioca 56.70 sellers M. P. Tapioca J 7.40 sales Cold leaf $72 seller® Black Pepper Si 6 50 sellers White Pepper 523 sales. Trang Pepper no stock Mace Pickings S4O buyers Cloves $l2O sellers Nutmegs 80s $4O nominal 110 s $32.00 sellers fNo. i JlOOOperpicu No. 2
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    Rubber Crops.
    201 9 The following are additional rubber outputs for February Ailenby lbs 13,297 Anglo-Malay 73,618 Anglo Sumatra 57,00 Asabau 58,000 Bikam 21,200 Broome 34,040 Batu Tiga 43,200 Batu Matang 17,675 Bakap Plantations 13,500 Batu Lintang 17,452 Bah Lias 104,810 Bila Sumatra 27,000 Bandar Sumatra 22,400 Central Sumatra 19,977 Cluny 16,500
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    MARKETP RICES.
    339 9 PENANG, March 8, 1922. BE EE— et® Soap per 35 Roast *io 48 Steaks do 48 Stew or CUrry Meat do curry 36 Rump Steak do 48 Ox Tail each 50 do Tongtie do do Eeet do 50 Heart per catty 40 Liver do Fillet ot Beet do
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    KENNEDY & CO'S SHARE LIST.
    979 9 KENNEDY CO'S SHARE LIST. s 9 NAMES. .2 a H a a tn HUBBER (Dollar.) Bc. 8 c. Bc. Allenby Rubber Co, 15c 17|e Alor Gajah Rubber Estate ijq i.2C| Amalgamated Malay Estates 1.25 1.501 Hit&m Planting Syndicate iq.qo iq to Ayer Kuning Rubber Estates l.OC| Ayer Moiek Rubber Co.
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    1916 10 ROMANCE Q? LLOYD’S REGISTER (From Our Owk Correspondent). Edinburgh, February 8. Lloyd’s Register is interesting reading to all connected with shipping and an odd volume for the jear 1889 provides some good copy for a writer in the Glasgow Herald.” The name on its lettered binding is that
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    INDIA IN PARLIAMENT.
    1539 11 THE CIVIL SERVICE. London, February .13.—1 t is understood that the India Office is earnestly, considering the decrease in the number of English candidates in the Indian Civil -Service. Tlie University correspondent of The Times” at Oxford says the prospects and the want of security- of tenure
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    INDIAN IMPORT DUTY.
    177 11 L ndon, February 18. —The effect of the Indian import duty on the Lancashire cotton trade was discussed at a number of meetings in Lancashire yesterday. The Cotton Trade Propaganda Committee, including representatives of workers and employers, decided to make representations to the Government on the matter.
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