Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 August 1922

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 190. VOL LXXX. THURSDAY, 24th AUGUST. 1922. PRICE 15 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 525 1 I J CIGARETTES <; «J CT KT CT Vinjinia s Number J S Synonymous »dh Re""""»"» »<• *> Quality. !j I The Empire Typewriter I i<? 9 1 I A Really Good and Cheap Typewriter. 1 3 there’s Purity and Vigour I g i More Empires are in use in
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    • 9 1 T. NAGATA, I DENTIST. NBHT DOOR TO TBK iI»PE«ARY
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  • 447 2 TO BE HELD AT THE RACECOURSE On Saturday, September 9th. ADMISSION FREE. ENTRANCE FREE TO ALL EVENTS. Event 1 (3-30 p.m.)—The Bankers' Cup. A 3 furlong scurry for polo ponies only catch weights, over 12 stone. Event 2 (3-45 p.m )—The Pritchard Cup A Bending Race
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  • 947 2 3 FAILURE OF "COMMISSIONERS/’ At the t'>p <>f the market reports for July, issued by the leading exporting firms, says the Melbourne Age,” appears the definite announcement that the Trade Commissioner service is no longer recognised. Several of the firms have gone to the extent
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  • 346 2 THE RECENT MANCEI’VRES. London, July 21.The Admiralty has issued the following statement on the sub ject- of the alleged success of aeroplane attacks on battleships on the 7th inst. In vi«*w of the unauthorised and inaccurate reports published regarding the aircraft attack on the fleet
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  • 207 2 Miss May Wirth, who moved on to the London Coliseum recently, is doubtless the finest horsewoman on earth the ease with which she has accommodated her performance from the fortyfoot ring circus to a thirty-foot mat on the variety stage has amazed even equestrian experts. May Wirth
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 411 2 SHORT CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. Wanted, For Sale, To Let, &c., can be inserted in the Pinang Gazette at THREE CENTS A WORD counting the address to which replies are to be sent. Minimum Charge $1 each Insertion. 6 Consecutive Insertions $5. Cash must accompany order, otherwise the advertisements will be charged
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    • 227 2 I grew sturdy and strong on KEPLER’--Cod Liver Oil with Malt Extract Parents who insist on Kepler’ Cod Liver Oil with Malt Extract give their children the power to resist disease dnd maintain WWW P their health and strength in the Tropics. Delicious to take n > A d COOu
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  • 1042 3 THE ANN» AL INVASION.” (By a Lady orrcpondent.) Paris, .July 26. With Inly, comes the yearly big invaParis bv visitors from all the counV |OII ol 1 <O S |II<S of Europe. It IS a common joke Hpiu Parisians, that in summer Paris no I.ploiuj'- to the
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  • 168 3 INI >1 AN EXPORTERS WARNED. The Berlin correspondent of the Eco nomist” reports that the Federal Supreme Court at Leipzig has given the new im portant decision that a contract may be repudiated owing merely to a fail in th" value of money. In this case
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  • 403 3 SUCCESS OF LAST YEAR’S WINNER Loudon, August 7,—The Aerial Derbv over a 200 miles' course around London in the fastest time was won by last year's winner, J. H. lames who finished in 66 minutes 4b 2/5 seconds. There were 9 starters- James flew the Gloucester Aircraft
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  • 47 3 London, August 8.Travelling at 110 miles an hour yesterday at Brooklands a Vauxhall ear. whilst overtaking a competitor, collided with a fence and turned a somersault. The driver, Mr. Douglas Gibson, was killed, and his cousin, Mr. Arthur Gibson. the mechanic. was seriously injured-
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  • 69 3 London, August 8-A New Aork message states that- as a memorial to Mr. H. L. Herbert, for 25 years chairman of the Polo Association, the Rumson Country Club has offered a beautifully engraved silver cup for competition between the American, English, Irish and Argentine Polo teams in a
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  • 88 3 .Reuter. Paris, August 8.A telegram from Nancy says that the French Government have decided to try German war criminals by the French Courts- Courts-martial .n three regions have been instructed to get particulars of crimes committed i>> their areas. The list for Nancy comprises about 50 offenders,
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  • 48 3 Aug 25Kedah Rubber Co.. Ltd.. Meeting, .3.3 Beach St., noon. Aug 31—-Chin Seng and Co., Ltd., Meeting, 41 Farquhar St., noon. Aug .31 Public Meeting. 'Town Hall. 4..30 p.m. Sept .3 P.S.C.. Gibbons Cup. 50 yds. Sept 'J Penang Polo Club. Gymkhana. Sept IIiP.C.C. Sports Gymkhana.
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  • 292 3 dry FARMING AND IRRIGATION. Sydney, July 15—The Premier mad: available the recommendations to the Ca binet of the sub-committee on land de velopment. It is unlikely that the proposals will he modified. Referring to th" Murray lands, the committee report- th.it pending a report upon the character
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  • 253 3 PROPOSED REBUILDING. Regarding the proposed rebuilding <;•* the Bank of England some <rf the main points of the plans for reconstruction decided are that the interior is to be re constructed entirely throughout. In or der to preserve the character of the pre sent building as far
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  • 107 3 But now the whole Round Table is dis solved M hich was an image of the migh’y world.Tennyson. To inspect the legendary Round Table of King Arthur kept in the County Ha 1 1, the Knights of the Round Table visited Winchester under the
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  • 112 3 PENANG, AUGUST 24. 1922. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/3 15/1<» 4 months’sight Bank 2/4 3 Credit 2/4 9/32 3 Documentary 2/4 11/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Ksl77 4 3 days’sight Private ISO Bombay Demand Bank 177 Madras Demand Bank 177 5’ 3 (lays'sight Private- l«S0
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 236 3 WHAT TO EAT, AND HOW. Easy to get, hard to get rid of that is what most sufferers think of dyspepsiaThey are astonished when their stomachs begin to trouble them seriously. They can’t think of any adequate cause. They have been eating hurriedly and irregularly for a long time to
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    • 96 3 A WASTE OF GOOD FOOD Food that you eat and do not digest is worse than wasted. Not only will you get no benefit from it, but it will ferment and give you stomach pains. To get strength and nourishment from our food ycur blood must be pure, and to
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    • 141 3 gg KAAI’S HAWAIIAN COMPANY. Use Steel Guitars, Ukuleles and BanjoMandolines to produce their dreamy and fascinating music. I ALL ARE EASY TO PLAY AND CAN BE LEARNT IN A FEW LESSONS. I Hawaiian Steel Guitars $25.00. Ukuleles 12.00. Banjo-Mandolines 40.00. HAWAIIAN GRAMOPHONE RECORDS IN STOCK. ROBINSON PIANO Co. (Incorporated in
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  • 1246 4 Honda Beats Oliver. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lnqipur, August 23. Having shown in the past two days that he always had something in reserve, A. Honda to-day beat E. N. W. Oliver d-3. tl-3. putting up a game fight, from the start. The match was played
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  • 419 4 Mlle Lenglen. Mlle. Suzanne Lenglen always makes the sturdy Californian. Miss E. Ryan, despite her strong volleys and chop drives, look like a beginner. For she is not only a genius but has practised so carefully and so long that she has the mechanical accuracy of a
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  • 482 4 It is early to judge of the attractiveness of the new Wimbledon. This year the management have had to think only of the courts, and especially of the centre court, which is the feature of the whole establishment. This is surrounded by a construction in grey 'stone,
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  • 408 4 rp A well attended meeting of Rugby football players was held at the Singapore Cricket Club on Monday evening under the chairmanship of Mr. C. Graham Brown. Before proceeding to ballot tor the captain, etc.. Mr. Graham Brown suggested that the successor, whoever it might be. should
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  • 93 4 Penang-Selangor Match on Saturday. 'rhe suggestion made from Penang that the Penang and Selangor replay in the Malaya Cup competition take place at Ipoh on Saturday has been accepted. The Penang team will leave for Ipoh by the Ba. m. train on Saturday. Penang will play in
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  • 720 4 Demand for Abolition. MUSLIM ACTION. There was a large attendance of Muslim merchants ami traders, including several chetties, representing the whole jof the chetty community, and others at the public meeting held at the premises of the Muslim Merchants’ Society, No; 1 Transfer Road, yesterday evening to move
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  • 32 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, August 24. The Japanese community unanimously passed a motion supporting the Straits Settlements Association s resolutions for the abolition of the Income Tax.
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  • 302 4 A public meeting of the leading Indian and Ceylonese residents of Penang in support of the general desire of the Colony for the abolition of income-tax was held in the upstairs hall of the Ceylon Dispensary yesterday afternoon. The following, among others, were present: Messrs. T.
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  • 205 4 in these days, strikes are a commonplace of Chinese labour, but there is ncthi”g commonplace, remarks the NC. Daily News’’ in lhe lates. addition to the number, viz. a strike by Taoist priests. We learn from the Chines? press that a number of priests are up
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  • 198 4 M. M.” We are born, many of us get married and all of us must die- And when we get married, have our children Christened, or have 1 bury cur frien j® or relate ns we expect to obtain the services of a clergyman of our own
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  • 103 4 Entries for the Polo Club gymkhana at Singapore on Saturday has been satisfactory. In the open handicap ponv race there are ten entries, including the ex-Gritfin ponies Marella, Princess Minier, Merry Maiden. Sterling. Sorlrong. For the polo pony race there are ten entries also, for the
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  • 824 4 1 M LIGHT ON THE BROTH EH hooi, Gne of the raft w in a home paper G more every year Fr.M- rilaS(JI) v universality- Like love it 1 'S as H’ijp the world. In Great Britain for initiation has <• bt come s ing that many
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  • 2093 5 Hl.M' TIIH ASSIZES. i Ipoh A'-i/*’' 0,1 Monday before Mr Justice E. Watson the public Prosecutor v. Mr. Iluuli h 1 H]l recently practising as a ;1! I’aipinu. was railed. re|MH'ts i J’ o. M. u, .1. V. Mills the Deputy Public j v .< for ho
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  • 593 5 At the beginning of the present calendar year the commercial prospects of the island of Jamaica were not bright. Retail buying had almost ceased. Islands’ products, with one exception, were not moving because of lack of business, and it now seems that the constant demand for bananas was
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  • 379 5 I’hiladelphia, July 12.A monster diri gible, the ZR 1, is bt *ing built in the air craft factory of the Philadelphia Navy 'aid. It ig to be fully as big as the illfated leviathan of the air, the ZR-2, "huh collapsed and fell in flames in
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  • 158 5 Paris, August 2.Madame George Breyer, a French woman of Lyons, to-day achieved the distinction of being the first woman to give birth to a child in an air plane. Madame Breyer was at a remote seashore resort in Southern Italy, where she felt the first warnings.
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  • 164 5 Peking, July 31-The Chinese woman’s suffrage group which has just come to life, is apparently working on the idea that vociferous publicity will gain the ends desired. The members have issued another manifesto on the subject of woman’s place in the world. They deplore China’s isolation in
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  • 110 5 Hankow, August 3.A Kiukiang tele gram states that on the night of August 2 the Ist regiment stationed in the Chi nese city mutinied, starting looting with the consequence that foreign residents outside the town took refuge inside the foreign settlement- Though there seem? to be no
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 391 5 IWHITEAWAYSI I SALE j j j Ladies’ Smarti Shoes, Black Glace Kid Shoes, EE One Button Bar. Toe Cap ami Plain J S zz Fronts. Sizes, s|, 6 and 7. I Bargain Price Per Pair EE Children’s Black Cashmere Socks,— -Hard- wearing. Fast Dyed. All Wool. Bargain Price 4lfor M
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  • 39 6 Marsh.—On July 'J. at Ootacamund to Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Marsh. Eastern Extension Telegraph Co., a son. Mathewson. At Maxwell Koad. Kuala Lumpur, on the ?4th August, to Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Mathewson, a son. still-born (premature).
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  • 1155 6 There is hardly a principle or argument which its advocates cannot damage by pushing it to extreme lengths. Fighting under the banner of Democracy. Socialism ami even of religion, zealots have done more harm by their own excesses to bring their cause into discredit than the direct
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  • 1381 6 The majority of people, on reading the report of the annual The A. B. M. meeting of the Associaand Policy. tion of British Malaya, will certainly find themselves indulging in speculation. Sir Frank Swettenham was provokingly indefinite with regard to recent official correspondence between Sir L. N.
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 91 6 [To l’he Editor of the Timing Gazette. SIR,No one deems it worth wh'!controvert my statement about th' >,r Cricket side so 1 will now wagei that the following Penang side \ul the Straits Xias chosen lor thmatch against the F.M.S. H. X. Hamilton. A.-I. I- l’"»l H.
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  • 79 6 In the Police Court. befure Air. 11. C. Bathurst, 1 i; ('hie Youg, Wai Seng. Ong Phong ami la were examined on a charge <• assembled for the purpose o < gang robbery at Gaunter a (t 21. They were committed the next Assizes. rh-m" Liong Chai. N«
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  • 53 6 From (bn Own (oi n"’"’'" I Singapore. AugiH A Wai del Mr. Mount ford. Eu l "I" t!l fica t:V charged with receding l l of s iso and a gold ring hint Ah Poey. a> an mem The eii'e favour to a prison' ..(.It-iu-eii inartded- Ai-rmo'd
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 197 6 1 Bi 1 J r j A D c 5 83 CALCO WATER GATES. AUTOMATIC, SLIDE RADIAL. M j- Automatic. Self H ,T opt t am I .self I* is V ofc,. m <""■ c ii 11 >.'• T--■••"• itf inlet gate g p to }n muni tff feet m
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    • 18 6 E. O.” DANCING TO-MORROW NIGHT. The whole of the Dining Room Floor will be cleared. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • 853 7 Killed by Irregulars in Cork. GREAT BLOW TO IRI-l AM). Reuter’s Telegrams. Dublin, August 23. Ii Js officially .stated that Mr. i !1( .l Collins was shot dead in an (1Ill (nish, near Bandon. The Fatal Ambush. Yesterday's fatal ambu-h of Mr. ollins occurred in. or neat
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  • 1202 7 Michael Collins was the most dramatic figure in recent Irish affairs. For more than a year he was the most hunted man in Ireland, YIJMM) being the price put on his head on the assumption that be was head of the Republican army. On one occasion it
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  • 57 7 DISPUTE NEARING AN END. New York. August 22. A message from Chicago states that the coal strike in the Illinois district has been settled on the basis of the 1922 wage scale. A settlement has also practically been agreed upon in Indiana, while progress in the
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  • 43 7 INCREASE OF WAGES. New York. August 22. The United States Steel Corporation announces a2O per cent increase >'i the wages of its employees. New York, August 23. The leading independent steelmills in the country are following the Steel Corporation’s example.
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  • 55 7 Cincinnati, August 23. The Baltimore-Ohio railway has come to a settlement with the clerkand freighthandlers by a small increase in wages. The Union-Pacific railwav dispute is also settled. The Miners* Strike. Philadelphia, August 23. The strike conference between the anthracite coal miners ami operators adjourned sine
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  • 29 7 WHEREABOUTS OF CONDEMNED MEN CONCEALED. Riga, August 23. The Soviets have secretly removed the condemned social revolutionaries from gaol in Moscow and refuse to disclose their whereabouts.
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  • 106 7 Improving Situation. London, August 23. Orders arriving from abroad, paitieularly for the iron and steel indus tries, point to some lift in the Hade depression. The first effects ol the autumn demand are already being feb A distinct improvement in the amount of business was repelled at
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  • 59 7 CREW PICKED UP. Washington August 23. The cruiser Denver picked up the crew of the seaplane which left the Bahamas for Rio de Janeiro. The wreck occurred when an attempt wadbeing made to alight on the water from 100 feet. The crew cluiig to the half submerged craft
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  • 54 7 SUN VAT SEN’S STATEMENT. Shanghai, August 23. Suu Y’at Sen yesterday made a statement to members of Parliament tha. ihe war between the North and the South that has divided China, for the past six years is ended. He advised them to proceed to Peking and take
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  • 29 7 Paris, August 22. A decree has been published cancelling ihe prohibition of the import of real pearls, precious stones, cut and artificial stones.
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  • 45 7 London. August 22. The Japanese Embassy has issued a statement with reference to Tilinsky. declaring that should anyone in England require evidence for use in the courts regarding the documents tn question, it is prepared to furnish the necessary information.
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  • 53 7 Paris August 23. According to a report communicated to the Academy of Sciences, M. Boutan, Professor of the faculty of Science at Bordeaux, after a careful investigation of pearls cultivated by the Minimoto method, has come to the conclusion that it is impossible to distinguish between the natural and
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  • 24 7 London, August 22. The mark’s new low record of 5,95'1 to the pound is attributed to speculative selling following the recovery yesterday.
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  • 272 7 Shanghai, August 7.Shanghai is setting down to a situation possibly leading to a serious hold up of all coastal and river traffic. The crews of 13 vessels owned by five Chinese Companies, berthed at the wharfs here, walked off yestei day. The crews of 20 others are
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  • 147 7 Surrey v. Yorkshire. London, August 22. At the Oval, Yorkshire led Surrey on the first innings in a drawn mate'.. Sutcliffe (Yorkshire) :cored 232. Kent v. Lancashire. At Dover, Kent led Lancashire on the first innings in a drawn match. For Kent, Hardinge scored 109, Woolley 155 and
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  • 179 7 The table to date is as follows Won Lost 'jl ss (g; 3 iSurrey 15 1 3 3 110 81 73.63 Yorkshire 17 2 6 2 135 97 71.85 Notts 16 4 5 1 130 'JO 69.23 Kent 14 3 3 4 120 76 63.33 Lancashire 15
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  • 428 7 A representative of the Straits Times” had an opportunity of visiting the Tanah Merah training camp for police recruits, and likfe any other visitor to it. was impressed with the advantages such a camp gives to these men. In the camp beautifully situated on an eminence
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  • 674 7 LODGE KRIAN’S INSTALLA I’l<»N MEETING. There was a big gathering last night at Barit Buntar- of Freemasons from Perak. Kedah, I’rovince Wellesley, Penang and other parts of Malaya, the occasion being tin fourth Installation Meeting tint! Banquet of Lodge Krian Xo. ll9<> Scottish Constitution. The 11. W. M. Elect.
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  • 116 7 The Municipal Band will plat th* following programme of music at the Esplanade from 6 to 7 p.m. to-morrow 1 March Souvenir de Belgrade Fahrback 2 Gavotte My Sweet Heart Sa bat hi! Waltz Pickaninny Blues Henrik 4 Selection A Southern Maid Simson Spanish Dance Chiquita Fernandez God
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  • 1797 8 T.O.M.” CRITICISM OF MALAYAN GOVERNMENT. The second annual general meeting of lhe Association of British Malaya was held at (lie offices of the Rubber (>roacie’ Association, London, on July £6.” Mr. W. Darbishire, President of the Association. presided over i representative attendance. In moving the adoption
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  • 635 8 lhe first of a series of quarterly reviews on India Rubber and Proofing appears in the Manchester Guardian.” The write! A. H. H_.” deals with the early history cf vulcanisation, the pneumatic principle, proofing and other matters, and notes that rubber enters largely into the“hianufacture of artificial teeth,
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  • 470 8 PENANG. AUGUST 24, 1922. S cts GOVERNMENT MUTTON--Head, sheep or goat each 80 Liver with heart lung do 1.20 Tripe do 1.0 Goat or Sheep per lb 50 Sweet bread eaeh Leg of Mutton lb 50 Kidney pair 30 Feet the four 40 MUTTON— Head, sheep or goat
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 228 8 1n A GAB light purple I jßMaa ale triangle.; J A FRESH SHIPMENT HAS JUST ARRIVED. I SOLE AGENTS: ADAMSON, GILFILLAN Co., Ltd., I 2 (Incorporated in England.) S JL JL b„„2 I* Never risk running out of for every day use. Bovril Bovril. Buy two bottles is the best
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  • 503 9 MEETING IN PENANG. A public meeting was held at the Chinese Town Hall yesterday afternoon to inaugurate a Relief Fund for the sufferers at Swatow. Mr. Yeoh Paik Tatt, President of the Chinese Town Hall, occupied the chair. Among those present were the following Messrs Tan Lo
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  • 692 9 Later Details. Hongkong papers of August 8 and 9 give further particulars of the typhoon wreck: According to (ship’s officers who went ashore, there is every danger of a plague unless the decaying corpses that are now piled high in the joss yard are soon buried. The
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  • 385 9 Benares Opium p. chest $5,000.00 nom. Cloves 129.00 sales Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Pickings 70.00 Nutmegs 80s 50.00 1105... 40.00 Coconuts per 1.000 37.00 Copra Smidried 9.50 buyersj Rattans 11.20 sellers Rattans Coarse 10.50 i Green Snail Shells 13.00 > Siam Rice No. 1 15.50perbag j do
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  • 151 9 SINGAPORE VIEWS. I rom Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, August 24. The wellknown head of an American rubber firm, interviewed by the Free Press with regard to the rubber combine scheme, said he thought the idea a good one. but it should be British capital. Americans ought not to
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  • 53 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day. S® JQ JQ Shares. 5 x CQ c. c. c. c. Mining. BatangP. 371 40 30 421 Nawus* Pet 85 90 871 921. T’kah Hr. 9.00 9.15 8.75 9.00 General. E. Shipping 9.00
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  • 70 9 24th August, 1922. Local. cts. 1 Smoked Sheet 23] Fine Pale Crepe 231 Unsmoked Sheet No. 1... SINGA- Smoked Sheet 24 pore j Crepe 24 London and New York. T Smoked Sheet 6 5/8d LONDON J Crepe ;5/8d New York Gl3l The following were the rubber quotations in
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  • 72 9 The following are additional rubber outputs for July lbs. Bintang 15,500 Burma 3,080 Bnkit (K. 8. 5,773 Bute Plantations 19,100 Clovelly 11,500 Consolidated 62.590 Dominion 33,222 Gula-Kalumpong 100,000 Jimah 13,661 Kota Tinggi 30,500 Kota Bahroe 32,608 Karan 8,817 Nellmay 11,990 Pundut 62,000 Pelepah Valley 41,000 Padang Jawa 23,000
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  • 134 9 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following London prices, on August 23 Spot £16(1 down 5s 3 mos. buying 160.25.6 d 5s 3 selling 160.5 s 5s Local parity $79.17 Local. August 24th: Singapore sold 75 tons at $BO. Penang sold 25 tons at $BO. Messrs
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  • 1057 9 KENNEDY CO'S SHARE LIST. NAMES j J I 00 RUBBER iD" llar 1 S f' «’lf Allenby Rubber Co 'X) (jO Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 00 1 10| Amalgamated Malay Estates 1 10 1 25 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 9 0010 00 Ayer Kuning Rubber Estates 1 00 Ayer
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  • STOP PRESS.
    • 134 9 FRENCH PESSIMISM. I Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, August 23. While Reuter’s Berlin correspondent reports there is nothing to be said at present in regard to discussions between the Reparations (Commission’s delegates and the German Ministers, Berlin correspondents of French newspapers are pessimistic. They mention a statement, described as semi-official, that
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    • 65 9 Helsingfors, August 23. The Soviet Government has seat a note inviting Finland to send representatives to a Disarmament Conference at Moscow on the sth September, staling that Latvia and Esthonia have accepted the invitation. Ruman a and Poland have also been invited >• < the last named
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    • 73 9 THE DAILY MAIL’S” OFFER. London, Augu-t 23. Tncreased interest in air sail ng i t consequence of the German suc< ss resulted in steps being taken to -a uspecial club, u hile the Dail hiil'’ offers a prize of £1 ,(MM), open an, nationality, for the longest fiigiU
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    • 21 9 Berlin, Angus* 23. I he Bava Cabinet and tie lilion leaders endorsed the fesuF r th;» negotiations with Berlin.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 470 9 POSITIONS VACANT. Dresser wanted for it) Kedah. Apply with copies ot h' 1 1 stating salary expected, to Gazette. for Estate, Clerk with good of book keeping and typek:iow (;<„><! salary to capable man. letter to Arcadia Estate, Bagan patch- miscellaneous. I arge Airy Room, available from the sM.trniber, near
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    • 261 9 SUFFEREDMGNTHS WITHRASH Skin Would Itch and Burn. Face Disfigured. Cuticura Healed. For months I suffered with a rash which broke out all over my skin. If I got the least bit warm my skin would itch and burn, and at night I could not rest. My face was disfigured. After
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 100 9 LYRICKINEMA I hc.ltre Royal. Penang Road. Presents a Monster Programme of Excellence. from Thursday, 24th to Sunday. 27th, August. lI M First National Attraction Charlie Chaplin in A Dog’s Life 3 Reels of Joy f w j|| I,’ock the World with Laughter. WILLIAM FOX Presents TOM MIX IN The Dare-Devil
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  • 737 10 IMPROVEMENTS COMBINED WITH ECONOMY. At a special meeting of the general committee of Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, revised rules for the construction and classification of steel ship were approved and adopted, and these will come into force at the expiration of six months. They may,
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  • 91 10 Late on Monday afternoon we were informed by the Agent?, for the British India Line in Hongkong that iio word had been received of the Gondia. which is now six days overdue, say> the Hongkong Daily Press” of the 12th inst. When last heard of on the
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  • 654 10 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Perak. [E.S. Co] for Deli. Fooksang for Singapore, China Japan. Ban Whatt Soon for Teluk Anson. Kinta for Port Swettenham and Singapore (taking mails for Port Swettenham, Klang and Kuala Lumpur). H. M. S. Despatch, which is coming out East in place of the H. M.
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  • 65 10 Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half-an-hour earlier than the Ordinary mail. BY TRAIN. Monday. 2Sth instant. New Zealand by s.s. Waihora via Singapore 7.15 a.m. 3T STEAMER. SATURDAY (26th instJ Ceylon. India. Aden, Port N Sardinia 1 p.m. Said, Marseilles and Regtn np to
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  • 28 10 The homeward mail, by the Sardinia, closer at 1 p.m. on Saturday. The Uhilka. with mails from Europe, is expected to arrive here on Saturday afternoon.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 144 10 A a H Our persistent aim TO GIVE BETTER VALUE than you can obtain elsewhere. I I B Lucas Motor Cycle Horn, Ebony g B Black, superior finish, reduced to g H $12.50 each. 1 g f 0 Clayrite Motor Car Horn nickel 1 plated, Al quality reduced to $15.50.
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    • 389 10 iflreieSsiiess The Primary Causes of Most 111-health. Carelessness about one’s personal condition is the cause of much of the distress and the source of a large part of the serious complaints which to-day contribute to ill-health. Constipation is at the bottom of nine-tenths of all the ailments from which we
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  • NEWS FROM INDIA.
    • 193 11 Secunderabad, August. 9.The Director General of the Nizam’s Police has offered a reward of Rs. 250 for the arrest Ahmed Bin Sheikh, the Arab who mur dered Mr. Tom Dobson, of the United Free Church Mission, at Jalna. The des cription of the Arab is, age
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    • 163 11 Bombay, August 11.The Bombay Corporation last, evening hotly and at great length discussed a proposition put forward by Mr. P- C. Sethna, demanding an explanation from Government regarding the circumstances which led to the sending away of patients, even some serious cases, from the indoor wards of
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    • 132 11 Bombay, August 11— Mr. Justice Kemp at the High Court, has commenced the hearing of the suit filed by Punjabhoy Shabagohand, a minor under IS, against the B. B. and C. I. Railway for damages of Rs. 100,000 owing to the death o" his father
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    • 100 11 Bombay, August 7-—A private limited company known as Cold Storage (India) Ltd., is being registered in Bombay with a capital of Rs. 3,000,000 with the object of carrying on general import and export business in all commodities requiring re frigerated storage and also to provide such
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    • 83 11 Calcutta, August 12.According to the final general .memorandum on the wheat crop, issued by the Department of Statistics, the total area reported under the crop is 28.234,000 acres, as against 25,783,000 acres last year, showing an increase of 9 pei- cent. The total yield of the crop
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    • 62 11 Calcutta, August B,—ln pursuance of a resolution recently adopted the Calcutta Corporation is contemplating the con struction of an aerial ropeway to carry refuse from the city to the dumping ground outside. This will replace the existing railway which serves the same purpose at present. It
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    • 31 11 Simla, August 8.His Majesty the King has been pleased to approve the appoint merit of Sir Harcourt Butler to succeed Sir Reginald Craddock on his departure from Burma-
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