Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 3 May 1922

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. N’o. 97. VOL. LXXX. WEDNESDAY, 3rd MAY, 1922. PRICE 15 CENTS,
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 650 1 f NIKKO I 7IOPERH art j PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO J n q 7. NOU HAM ROAD. < Tel. No. 579. J s > s > l,,, lUlliiii. (l ».mii 1 ***** *****11,1 t Union insurance society el cnnton, ltd. G— O j ESTABLISHED 1835. INCORPORATED IN HONGKONG. s 5 PllTity and
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    • 31 1 > I; BRITISH BOND Writing Pad ij «f 100 leaves with 25 envelopes <[ II $1 Hermione” Box contains SO fawp. I lined Notepaper, 50 Envelopes ;I $1 i; :> Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd.
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  • 1340 2 SOCIAL PERSONAL. S.F.P.” Mrs. Stamford Raffles is leaving for Homo to-day-Mrs R W Hiam ha-* returned to Kuala Lumpur. Major H N Edwards and family have j returned to Ipoh- I Mr. I L- Dickson, of St. Andrew s J School teaching staff. Singapore, has gone home m ecus qu'
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  • 194 2 Calcutta. April 19.In connection with the disfigurement of the War Memorial and the Holwell Monument, the police made an arrest to-day. The significance of the letters G. T. S. and B. Al. found fo have been -cribbled with coal tar on the panels of the structures
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  • 52 2 Allahabad, April 18.Further reports from Kabul, says the Pioneer,” indicate the Bolsheviks are taking active measures against Enver Pasha and his adherents and they claim to have recaptured one or two important strategic points in Bokhara and to have repaired the railway at Kermineh, Samarkand
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  • 311 2 Meeting at Chinese Town Hall. A public meeting was held at the t’hinese Town Hall on Monday, to consider the question of the best forms of decoration of premises on the occasion of the visit of H.R.H. lite Prince of Wales on the 2.3 rd instant. Mr.
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  • 113 2 SjH'cial Orders by- Lt.. Col. W H. Whyte. D. S. the Commandant, stale that the following guards will be found on the occasion of the visit of H. R. 11. the Prince of Wales io Penang on the 23rd May:— officers and I<H) other ranks at
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  • 388 2 The return of His Excellency and Mrs. Pearson from the Malaya-Borneo Exhibition at Singapore with the wonderful news of the projected visit of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to Jesselton, has caused a wave of enthusiasm ami gratified surprise throughout the Territory. North
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  • 763 2 Views on League of Nations and European Affairs. His Excellency Dr. Wellington Koo. (ht- ('hinese Minister to Great Britain, arrived in Singapore by the s.s. Khyber on hi® way to his native land, whither he has been summoni'd to confer with his Government on important matu'rs relating
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  • 125 2 On Saturday one of the Indian conductors on Hendra Estate, Sungkai. had a dispute with the coolies on the estate, and when they rushc*d at him to assault him, Mr. J. Whyte, the manager of the estate, pluckily ran to his assistance and the coolies attacked him
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  • 544 2 Major Gooding Field’s Report. There has now been issued Major Gooding Field’s report on the cost of living in Singapore, undertaken at the request of the Municipality. Cost of living is taken i<» mean the expenditure required to maintain the household in a condition of wellbeing, together
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  • 323 2 Mr. J. H. Thomas, the M. P.. can now count himself amongst those who have had the unique experience of seeing what people are likely to say about them after they are dead, says the Englishman of the 19th April. But in Mr. Thomas’s cast* he will only'
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  • 869 2 An Englishman’s I^p ression I n tlie Round T; l>le tlu-r i. of that very «rood ami very piece of observation of sicial and i„ made with no wish but to l f fact® are. Th,, writer does IM »t l„ theory or a passion and
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  • 161 2 Meeting at TAii’i >i,; A general meeting ol J. h '.pĕrak Gvmkhana (’lub will be held in thCinb, Taiping, at fI.3D p.m. .j j. day. the Wth May. The in t n^ 1 aske.l («> decide definitely on d" of the amalgamation oi the b Gymkhana (’lub.
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  • 958 3 The Opening Fixtures. The prospects for the English County cricket season of 1922. which opens to-day, are bright. AVith no touring side in England this summer, the County Champion ship will be the principal feature of th’* season, and if the interest is as well sustained as in
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 846 3 classified '";'T’ E T m.,. To Those > |b i Pinaritf wbo are 80 unfortunate as to have a F inserted n ne 4 feeble or faulty digestion, Beecham’s J D Pills are a remedy upon which full I e tte at /non reliance may be placed. The medicinal F
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    • 75 3 KEEP ON GOOD TERMS w ith your wife and your stomach- For the stomach’s sake an occasional dose of Pinkettes is exceedingly beneficial.. They aid the appetite, gently cleanse the system, stimulate the liver, banish constipation. biliousness, sick headaches, clear the skin and purify the breath, also relieve Piles and
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    • 706 3 BANKS. TH C MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, IhONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING LIMITED. CORPORATION. (Incorporated in England.) (Incorporated in Hongkong.) Authorised Capital £3,000,000 Paid-up Capital $20,000,009 Subscribed Capital 1,800,000 Reserve Funds: Paid-up 1,050,000 Sterling £4,599,000 Reserve Fund and Undivided Silver $23,500,000 Profits £1,287,600 Reserve Liability of Proprietors Board of Directors. $20,000,009 R-
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  • 19 4 RodgerAt the European Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, on Ist May. to Mr. and Mrs. \V. Rim liter, a son.
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  • 1266 4 A great experiment in represent.itive Government haslieen tried by the Americans in the Philippine Islands. The young men in a hurry who are trying to drive the English out of India and immediately to hand that country over to Indians, to do as they like with it.
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  • 1475 4 Once again is the now familiar contention of over-centralisation Government raised in the F.M.S. and < Machinery. the question of devolution. so-called, discussed, ami we daresay Sir Latirance Guillemard will return to find it very much alive. The effects of over-centralisation, of course, have been seen in
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  • 137 4 The Qte.-tion ot The arginneii* as to cost i ll 111 brought by the Eastern SlnpF Ltd., in xvhich the.' claim' demnified by either t he t.iii I fourth party or which the plaintiffs b may recover against 1 1 J Shipping <Ltd..' 1 e 1 11
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  • 64 4 Allegea Dreg»-»-l■l■ t '«|>*>lld' i| Our Singapore pn that the case in which Clerk, is elutraerl «Uh" trust at the Europe tn> h I nearly SI(HMH > belong>n- i (1 I commenced in the 1 v |iic I adjourned. Ihe I 1 .j.jjniiu- J Fernando is
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    • 207 4 I AMSTEL”! Pilsener Lager Beer 1 New Shipments Arriving. I 1 Reduced Prices Quoted j on Application. 1 I -9- 0. H. SLOT 6 CO., PENANG. 1 SHOW OF SMART DAY AND < EVENING GOWNS FROM V* s london I <* gjp FROM J WEDNESDAY 3rd j FOR ONE WEEK
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    • 25 4 Special Dinner. Dance AND Variety Entertainment BY THEQUAISTS” On Friday, sth May. Dinner $3. Dance Entertainment $2. Extension of Licence. Booking, ROBINSON PIANO Co.. Ltd.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
  • 41 4 DEATH. TEARLEOn March PJ22. at Bedford. William Tearle. late Manager Singapore ami Kranji Railway, aged 70. OBITUARY. AMERICAN CHIEF OF STAFF. Washington- May 2. The death has occurred of MajorGeneral -lames Mc Andrew. Chief of Staff of the American expeditionary force.
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  • 240 5 Japan s Part. H>K PARIS. V. B' Reuter's Telegrams Genoa. May 2. ..*ked to be included in lapan f th,. Economic Coniinis- -.ojh* ot me .....Jutions. and to participate Ui economi-- r draft .lauses of to the w completed, and the pointed this afternoon pp,,,! commission, presided '"7;';, f
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  • 149 5 SHELL MON’ )P( 'LY. Paris, May 2. The newspaper lnformation/’ publishes a telegram from Genoa stating that a contract between the Soviet Government. and the Shell Oil combine granting' the Shell Co. a monoply in the transport and sale of Russian petroleum for a stipulated period has been
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  • 69 5 2° n J° n i A P ril n The Daily Mail” i/t'i/ r bl°yd George’s scheme at Genoa ent n UCe nations of Europe to ofvp int °i a peace l )ac r f° r a fixed number (..a/atheir word not to attack II» A ,f
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  • 95 5 Gen< )a ri 12 -The Daily Mail’s” i' Sp 1 0ndcnt wires: The Conferspectre tL r aUntedl with an unwel Ume]y i> 1 cannot be driven away, |,aratons which with disarmat° be a forbidden topic, f UBa t° comply with Allied r at 4 h’ r b°use in
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  • 789 5 015 s to a revival fiunan who has recently ''H’tit.ij;,! USs ia. where he has had on 1 onit.es of forming an present situation, both economic and political. of that country, has given to a representative of the Tim?” the following statement:There is no doubt that a
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  • 123 5 London, April 11.—The Daily Mail’s” correspondent at Genoa states that the neighbours of Russia believe that the Bolshevik proposal regarding disarmament is nothing but a huge bluff. They point out that while Chicherin is waving olive branches at Genoa. M. Trotsky’ is directing military operations on thedi
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  • 211 5 Question in the Commons. A LONDON DEM< INSTIGATION. Tendon. May 1. In the House of Commons. Mr. Ammon drew attention to what he described as the Japanese offensive against the Far Eastern Republic. He declared that this did not conform to the Japanese promise, at the Washington
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  • 862 5 POSITION BETWEEN JAPANESE AND CHITA. Simla, April 25.—The Consul-General fcr Japan has received the following communication from the Foreign Office at Tokyo relating to the Dairen Conference The Far Eastern Republic, since it* formation ha* repeatedly expi -ssed to the Japanese Government its wishes for open ing commercial
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  • 88 5 WASHINGTON OPINION. London, May 2. The Westminster Gazette's” Washington coi-respondent think* that the despatch of United States warships to North China ports, and the reinforcement of the slender United States forces in North China, reveal that the belief is held that the political disintegration of the Peking
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  • 90 5 London. April 23.—A wire from Shanghai says It? is reported that Sun at Sen has dismissed Chen Chiug-ming from the Ministry- of the> Interior of Canton, the civil governorship of Kwantung and the commandership of the troops. The newspapers believe he has taken this step as the result
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  • 156 5 Hongkong, May 1-Sen Yat Sen. who is shortly going north, states that combined with General Chang Tso Lin. he can cjush Wu Poi Fu- Sun Yat Sen does not expect any trouble from Chan Kwing Ming, whom he dismissed fo’*’ insubordinationCanton is quiet. The foreign
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  • 176 5 Fourteen Banks Raide.l. Loudon. Muy 2. Anti-treaty Irregulars yesterday raided 14 branches of the Bank of Ireland, and took £50.0(10 giving receipts. The Banks concerned are insured with English companies. Railway lines in Tipperary have been torn up, bridges destroyed and t degraphs cut. Appeal for Unity. A manifesto,
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  • 57 5 London, May 2. In the House of Commons replying to Sir T. -J- Bennett, Earl Winterton. Under Secretary for India, stated that a British, also an Indian firm had offered to construct and work a direct wireless service between India and Britain, under licence, in
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  • 37 5 A BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP. London, May 2. At the National Sporting Club, for the cruiserweight boxing (‘hampionship of Britain. Jack Bloomfield be.it Harry Drake, whose seconds threw iu the sponge at the conclusion of the ninth round.
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  • 33 5 Suva, Fiji. May 2. Over 12,(MM) cases of hookworm were successfully treated with carbon tetrachloride by Government agencies. The tests show that bi) per cent were cured with one dose.
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  • 42 5 London, May 2. The report adopted at the annual meeting of the Church Missionary Society showed a general income of £467,475, and a total deficit ot £138,677. The Chairman hinted at the necessity for drastic reduction of work abroad.
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  • 95 5 London, April 17.The Athens correspondent of the Times” wires that the Italian steamer Barbita arrived at Patras and reported that when she left Samsoun nine days earlier the Kemalist Bashibazouks- led by Turkish officers, surrounded and fired on the Greek quarter and shot down the people
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  • 96 5 London. April 20.—Mr. Justice Slater, in the King’s Bench Division, {pund for the Bengal Iron and Steel Company against its late General Manager, Mr. Fairhurst, for breach of duty, the allegations being that Mr. Fairhurst during his service disclosed confidential information to intending competitors of
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  • 243 5 Japan and China. London. May 2 Further mail repoits of the League of Nations Opium Conference, at Geneva, show that Sir John .lonian con giatulated Japan on the frankness and honesty of the figures of morphine imports which she had given the Commission. He asked what had
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  • 164 5 PRESS COMMENTS. London, May 2. The Budget is greeted with a certain amount of satisfaction by the morning papers, which however, are far from enthusiastic, and freely voice criticisms. All point out that Sir Robert Horne's statement contained no surprises. It is declared that the concessions Io taxpayers
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  • 95 5 London, May 1. In making his announcement in the House of Commons as regards the reduction of the duty tea, Sir Robert Horne explained that the new Bd. duty would only be fully payable by foreign tea importers, in consequence of the preference to tea from
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  • 203 5 The Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Stevenson Horne, 51. son of a parish minister, Grammar School boy. Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities, lecturer in philosophy in the University of Wales, and later teacher of another kind of philosophy and at more profit to himself as a successful member of the
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  • 18 5 PARTIAL REORGANIZATION. Tokio, May 2Thp Cabinet has resigned, with u view to partial reoiga’ ization.
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  • 1490 6 Additional Ground Acquired. The eighth annual general meeting of the shareholders of Kamunting Tin Dredging, Ltd., was held on March 28, at the registered office*. 7 Martin’s-lane, Cannonstreet, E.C., Sir Ernest AV. Birch. K.C M.G-, presiding. The Chairman said An examination of the accounts shows that the expenditure
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  • 195 6 The '< mmissioner of Police, F-M.S. has supplied the following to the Malay Mail” :Owing to the extremely high price of Imther during the war, it was decided to make the experiment of using rubber instead of leather to repaid th« boots of the rank
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  • 116 6 May 3P.C.C. Tennis Championship Challenge Round. May 3P.C.C. At Home.” Dancing l».3O p.m. May 3—Football, P.C.C. v P.H.B. May Cricket, P.C.C. v St. Xavier's, Esplanade, 2.15 p.m. May Football, Krian Club v The Hospital, P. Buntar. May 9Penang Assizes. May 12—Penang Golf Clnb, Cinderella Dance. May 13Football, Hospital
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  • 843 6 A Singapore Opinion. Further reflection regarding the tin restriction scheme put forward by Messrs Brown and Waugh, of Penang, does not bring with it any conviction of a likelihood of a successful issue to such a proposition, says the Free Press.” Were the authors of the scheme
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  • 231 6 The Ipoh Assizes commenced on Monday with the case of Sevasamx’ (’hetty, who is charged with the alleged murder of his mistress at Silibin some time ago. The accused it will be remembered was remanded from the last assizes for a certificate of sanity. On the case
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  • 697 6 Association’s Meeting. The annual general meeting of th. t> Association of Malaya was h c at f of the secretaries. Messrs It i SingajMtre. Ul( l C f) Mr. J. M. Sime presided., being the Hon. Mr. Lowther Kent, u Koh San Hm. Egniont Hake. Ch.. Poh, J.
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  • 124 6 TO-DAY’S DEPARTFRES. Teesta for Madras taking mails lot I- 111 I etc, via Bombay. Trieste for Port Swettenham, Sin.-'-ip" l and China. Lake Gitano for Singapore and Jin 110 for I’. Brandan. Aing Thye for Rang Nga. Trang for Kantang I rang). The following ships are in commune
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    • 257 6 PWnii i ii h i I 11 I d > i > i Awarded GM XeJal fvjy IrJernatienal Medical Congress Exhibition, London, !9! 3. r 5 Ar' ~''Tm H b® E t B fflsz [gsSjj Ssi .rj? .Appointment a appointment 'Wx. Ito the to thc Court of Spain. j!'* fZ7.y’;r""j*
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  • 459 7 u of the Industry. W eJS ,’iiMi gi ncral meeting of tt 'uLZ«in< e>np:n>y. Limited, wax Winelx-ler House. <>!<! -'l”', '< Mr. A. W. Tint. C. B. E. tie r<iinp "iy). r exi<le<l. tl moving tin* ad<»plion of ».ii»l the result of Ihe -lump >n trade was ne
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  • 221 7 11 ""i. v who takes the trouble to 1,1 >ii|i< rlicially. <»ui* postal rates Siam Observer," must admit an-exceedingly high. We will I ait her. and say that they are li a scale as to cramp both '"’iihiercial life of the tuition, social side. But, it may
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  • 73 7 1«. fiL Windham, f,r <h!< v f Messrs. Mant ,<! nbay x <'hange brokers Cl (lr< 'u®gtari rKt h* B death under '< U r talidm n n r Karoda during 'nC *ta n hi/t He was out pigM'f'aJ1 HSP Ver a pig ~J hig h. r
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  • 2024 7 Government’s Purchases. SIR E. BROCKMAN’S EXPLANATION In the Mining Journal” of April Ist, appeared the following letter to the Editor from Sir Edward Brockman on the subject of the F.M-S. (Jovernment s pur chase of tin. The federated Malay States Govern ment has on three occasions come
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  • 360 7 Most seriously complicating the situation was the position of the tin industry, says the Straits Times. The Straits Trailing Coni panx under Mr. Nutt, did all that any private com-ern could jiossibly undertake to uphold the industry when the great break in prices came. The Government
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  • 438 7 The Directors of the Serendah Hydraulic Tin Mining Co.. Ltd., rejiort for the year ended 31st December 1921. as follows The profit for the year, including interest on investments. was 57.548.92 which with $3.592.69 brought forward from last year makes a total of SI l.t».'iti.7l standing at
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  • 126 7 Presiding at the sixth annual meeting of the Hamilton (F MS) Rubber C<». Mr J Murray pointed out that the working result ot the past year was satisfactory 165 acres were added to the tapping area and an additional 144 acres will be added in the current
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  • 44 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 'i'he tr.ule of the Straits Settlements for the first quarh i- of 1922 was of the following values 1922. 1921. Imports $152,799.000 51(‘»4,747,(MM> Exports 143,02»5,(MH1 1(81.239.000 l'he ex|x»rt figures for Penang were Exports $2f>.987,0«M) $20,110,(MH1
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  • 92 7 I'he following are the lat«*st «piotations in Messrs. K»*nnedy »V Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day fl -n fl n Shares. 'Z 'Z sc. sc. c. sc. Rubber (Dollar). Bassett 65 70 70 so Mining. Mambau Tin 45 55 Murai Tin 4.50 4.75 4.(‘,0 4.75 Nawng Pet T
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  • 80 7 3rd May, 1922. Local/ 4 Sm«>ked Sheet 241 c Penang/-Fine Pale Crepe 24 c T'nsmoked Sheet No. 1... 17/»c Si ng a- Smoked Sheet 28 c PORE J Crepe 271 c London and New York. 1 Smoked Sheet <8 3/»8d London f w J /Q Crepe 8 3/8d
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  • 106 7 London. 'l’he Straits Trading Co.. Ltd., gives the following London prices, on May 2: Spot £152..>s up 15s 3 months buying £153.15 17sJi<l I* selling 153.175.(»«l 17sd’»»l Local parity $7(».19 'l’he Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd: London, May 1. £151.10s spot, and £ls2.l7sJ>d three months buying. £153 selling. Local.
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  • 38 7 Tongkah Harltonr Tin Dredging Co.. N. L. for April, 88 tons. Rat rut Basin Tin Dredging Co., N. L. for April, output 252 piculs, 4GI hours worked, 40.DD0 cubic yards treated. Lost eight days repairing ladder.
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  • 37 7 'l’he monthly repot of Nawng Pet Tin. Limited, states that mining operations were suspended whilst repairs were being made to the main <lam. This has been successfully carried out and mining has been resumed.
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  • 195 7 Following are the numbers of arrivals from an»l departures to the Madr.is Presiil»‘ncv for the month of April. 1922. Adults. Minors. Arrivals 2.41$ 202 Departures 4.855 227 The arrivals relate to aided passengers only. A case of some interest to employers of labour occupied the District Judge’s (Mr.
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  • 1032 7 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. NAMES. g 3o >* H 3 KUBBUR (Doll»».) Sc. Sc. J c. Jlenby Rubber Co. I -dor Gaj&h Rubber Estate F ikmalgaraated Malay Estates vyer Hitarr Planting Syndicate i nnn r® Lyer Knning Rubber Estate. ...j ,uu I PJ Iyer Molek Rubber Co. ...f or Ar
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    • 1418 8 MESSAGERIES MARITIMES COMPANY, straits steamship co., ltd., Cr> '‘h French Government (lucor grated iti the Strait. Settlements.) Mail -nd Pas” i ger Services. for INTENDED TO SALL STEAMERS D!HI T FOL.’X. >ETLY MARSEILLES FAR EASTERN SERVICE 01 TV» ARD MAILS. Port Swettenham and Singapore. I E'*‘ n T- hur Um.
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    • 470 8 KJk K. P, M mL MCKET NWIB/ MH »ui (INCORPORATED IN HOIUNO) < Telephone No. 582. Telegrams: i-()| > ix I Exin:l» (l SAIL. ST! -A.Mh- k j Ma\ r Belawan Deli. <p], |v ,U| Ul'I'MBclawan Deli and ^l 14th Max 'an H-. Belawan Deli. Langsa. Edi, Llio-Seuniawe. Sigi*. I
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