Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 25 August 1922

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 191. VOL LXXX. FRIDAY, 25th AUGUST, 1922. PRICE 15 CENTS
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    SEVEN CONVICTS SHOT DEAD.
    943 2 Desperate Struggle in Train. SEQUEL TO ALOR STAR GAOLBREAKING. News of attack by nine prisoners on their armed guard, in the third class carriage of a south bound Siamese train, reached us from the Kedah boundary this morning. Seven of the prisoners wer* shot dead. and
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    AMERICAS FORCES IN THE EAST.
    378 2 REDUCED BY ONE HALF. The War Department, says the Manila Times,” has decided to reduce the forces in the Philippines one-half, all forces in the islands and China not to number more than 9,500 troops »f which 3,500 will be compared to (he present strength
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    ISLAND PARADISES.
    293 2 WHERE PEOPLE GO TO AVOID TAXES. The Chancellor of the Exchequer stated in Parliament that he proposes to ask for increased contributions to the Imperial Exchequer from the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. In the case of the Isle of Man any addition to the statutary
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    TENNIS DOUBLES FINAL
    981 2 SINGAPORE VICTORY. (From our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. August 24. The Malayan Doubles Championship final, to-day, resulted, after a fast and fierce struggle, during which the Singapore pair were at one time playing against heavy odds, in a great win for Kleinman and Sinclair from Bagot and
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    LAWN TENNIS FOR WOMEN.
    539 2 THE RIGHT MOVEMENTS. If you watch a strong man who is a master of the game, you should notice that he ngnores the existence of the net. This fact goes down to the bedrock. principles of the drive. Ninety girls cut of a hundred begin lawn
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    FOOTBALL
    408 2 Free Press.' THE MALAYA” CEP REPLAY. Penang and Selangor meet at Ipoh to-morrow at 5 p.m. to decide which team is to play Singapore in the final of the Malaya” Cap competition. The Penang team will leave to-morrow by the <S a.m. launch from the Railway Jetty. Penang plays
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    FROITZHEIM AND KREUTZER AS PRISONERS.
    120 2 Referring to German Rugby football paragraphs, a military correspondent writes: During the war Froitzheiin and Kreutzer were interned at- Lofthouse Park Camp, near Wakefield, which was for civilian prisoners of war only. Duty took me to the camp on two or three occasions and though
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    SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB.
    326 2 The report of the committee of the Singapore Cricket Club for the year ended June 30, which will be presented at the annual meeting on Monday next, says new ice chests and sinks have been installed in the Bar and the results have proved beneficial. In May
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    SELANGOR CLUB.
    255 2 The half-yearly general nm.-t; Selangor Club will be h.-l i n ,he Room on Thursday, tin- '5l f r -'N ««*"< »«nt under reyew shows a forward to profit ailt i ''‘mH 5,233.11). Of this s(H>is serve tor debenture red.-mof todepreciati j'V Mil An extraordinary general be held
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    SINGAPORE RACES.
    419 2 "S.F.P.” The programme for th- Sinuuiiore Sporting Club’s Antuinn meeting has some interesting stake possibilities for owners. Apart, from the ordinary prizes which are very fair and include ajjood deal of place money, there is a race on the third day for hoi-ses in which their is a
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    BETTING IN BOMBAY.
    169 2 r A ridiculous statement has h* fished by a Bombay paper to that the Western urf < template opening at nll ,>ction race course at Bombay 1 1 sea with and during the peeph* son so as to give the who are unable or un" 1 I
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      151 2 WHEN YOUR LITTLE ONE IS UNWELL TRY THIS SIMPLE REMEDY. Almost all the ailments of infant? and young children arise in the first place from stomach and bowel troubles- It is usually because the child is not digesting its food properly and the bowels are failing to de their work
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    THE THORNE CASE.
    852 3 I CONVICTION ON FIRST CHARGE The hearing was continued of the in which Mr. Hugh Thorne, recently practising as a solicitor at Taiping, was indicted on two charges of criminal breach of trust (in respect of $2,900 and *3OO respectively) at the Ipoh Assizes before His Lordship
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    THE LASCAR DEFENDED.
    564 3 BENGAL LABOUR MEMBER S PLEA. alcutta, August 7.Interviewed by a Press representative, Mr. K. C- Roy howdhury, Labour* Member of the Bengal Legislative Council and founder of the British Indian. Seamen’s Institute London, replied to the accusation against Indian lascars brought by Mr. Cotter, ;President of the
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    ALLEGED BAMBOO AND HOOK THIEVES.
    149 3 Rangoon, August 15.For some time past people in all parts of the town have been annoyed and put to considerable loss through the depredations of the Seinthagyo r s. a gang of thieves who go abcut stealing things from houses with the aid of a
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    DRUG HAUL IN RANGOON.
    112 3 Rangoon, August 11,—One of the largest seizures of cocaine and morphia was made by the Customs authorities yesterday, the quantity being 530 oz. cf cocai"e and 136 oz. of morphia, valued at about Rs- 75,000. The seizure was due to special investigation that has beetn in
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    TATA IRON AND STEEL.
    294 3 Bombay. August 15.The annual report of the Tata Iron and Steel Co-, Ltd., for the year ending 31st Match has been just issued. During the year the Company made a net profit of Rs. 48,37,000. The report says the past year has been one of the
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    THE WORLD’S WHEAT.
    239 3 Simla, August 15.—The latest information which has reached the Government cf India about the position and prospects of wheat crops overseas is extremely interesting. The yield in 1922 of wheat crops in a group ot countries representing about one half of ihe northern hemisphere is 39.5 million
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    RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT IN MADRAS.
    276 3 Madras*, August 9.The Maxlras Mail’’ understands that out of the big loan iaised in England for railway development in India, South India is to receive a i allotment of Rs. 25 < ot-3 for carryi,g out long delayed railway development projects. Out of this amount the
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      888 3 SUORT CLASSIFIED tenders invited, ADVERTISEMENTS. THE PAWNBROKER’S Wanted, For Sale, To Let, &e. ORDINANCE, 1898. i inserted in the Pinang rriuTC a u/non lenders are invited for the sole right THRt-E CEIN 1 o A WUixL) to open one pawnshop for the period of to which three years from the
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      455 3 I|h u M I I I ffl. I I Never mind the Oysters I Drink MILK STOUT’ It s good enough on its own. You t never tasted ordinary Stout tha 1 equalled it. Creamy and nntribous and absolutely delicious. Besides that, invigoratm. l is not ;he word. It II
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    BIRTH.
    17 4 TateAugust 22nd, at Batu (rajah Hospital, to Mr. and Mrs. H. L. H. late, a daughter.
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    THE IRISH TRAGEDY.
    1260 4 An evil spirit seems to dog the footsteps of Irishmen who attain prominence as leaders of a nation rightly struggling to be free." There is now a supreme crisis in Ireland's history when it was never more imperative that she should have men at the head of
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1266 4 The new’ laboratories of the Research Association of British Rubber and Rubber and Tyre ManuScience. facturers w ere opened at Croydon on July 26, by Lord Colwyn. This Association was formed in 1919 to take advantage of the Government scheme of assisting British industries to establish organisations
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    MINISTERING CHILDRENS LEAGUE.
    148 4 A meeting of tin Ministi-iin, Children's League in Penang last week, when it was decided to. continue the League. The following oflUrs were elected: President Mr> daini-i. Hon. Secy, and Treasurer Mrs D> u.c. Committee Mrs. Pyk'-tt. Mrs Law. Mm Smith. Miss Mathieu and Miss Souths It
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    KEDAH RUBBER.
    145 4 The twelfth ordinary genera! of the Kedah Rubber Coy. b held in the registered offices o daV ,r pany. 33. Beach Sired I’-"»"«. p A noon. The chairman, j| u Brown, in the course of his sp- R ded to the companx s > n [iolicvJ said it
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      18 4 66 E. O.” DANCING TO-NIGHT. The whole of the Dining Room Floor will be cleared. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors.
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    MR. COLLINS’ DEATH.
    467 5 Further Details of the Ambush. s\|) minis LN DUBLIN. Reuter’s Tslegrams.] London, August 23. I, that the timbushers outb,linhere<l Mr. <'••lhiis’ party by ten to on**'l’li,. paity. "hi<h included General.' jjjmn and < (onnell, left Cork at six )n H morning on Tuesday on a tou; f
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    REBELS' SURPRISE ATTACK.
    107 5 London August 15. The Free State Garrison ot Dundalk completely sur--1 mderi'd to an onslaught ot 400 wedanned Irregulars, the first pail of the Hacking force approached unobserved Legate of the barracks, against which di'-y exploded bombs wrecking the guard'""•m am] damaging netighbourmg houses. H”' inhabitants tied
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    ITALIAN NAVAL ECONOMIES.
    33 5 Rome. Augusf 24. tlie'v of the Treasury and <iyy agreed on important naval ""Hues, in, Indiiio- the suspension vcs, U< <U| several auxiliary |t| pill) ,H 'eduction by at least
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    GERMAN-BAVARIAN AGREEMENT.
    26 5 Berlin, August 23. liti< i* I I' :11 !illl Fahinet and the Count.,,' '*■'s end'» l -ed the result of the -'”'utim,s wit], Berlin.
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    REPARATIONS.
    198 5 French Pessimism. r.omloi!. August 23 M hile Reuler’s Be rl i n orresponden I 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
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    NEAR EAST.
    39 5 THE VENICE CONEERENCE. Paris. Augu.sl 24. The I 'rem h reply to the British note with regard to the Near East Conference at Venice has been despatched. It is understood the reply agrees io the British proposal.
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    "AIR SAILING."
    68 5 THE DAILY MAIL’S” OFFER. London. August 23. Increased interest in air sailing in consequence of the German success resulted in steps being taken to form a special club, while the Daily Mail” offers a prize of £l,OOO, opep to any nationality, for the longest Hight by a motorless
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    THE RIO FLIGHT.
    37 5 London. August 24. Owing to the seaplane coming to grief after leaving the Bahamas fol Rio de Janeiro, another machine is being despatched immediately, if. necessary, to enable the pilot to continue the journey.
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    THE WORLD FLIGHT.
    107 5 The Governor and a number of officials of the* changvad anti lieutenant Suchai of the Siamese Air Force’ waited, in vain foi Major Blake at Tachin yesterday, says the Bangkok Times” of August 19- A lauding place in the river has been prepared and on his arrival
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    A DARE-DEVIL FLIGHT.
    100 5 FROM 'FRISCO TO SYDNEY. London, July 2o.—Major Morgan, pilot and navigator, who made the fust attempt to fly across the. Atlantic in 1919,- has decided to enter for the £lO.OOO prize offered' by Mr. I homas Ince, of Los Angles, for a flight from San Francisco to
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    TELEPHONE INVENTION.
    53 5 Paris, August 24. M. Sinturel, a French pt sfal official who was head of the wireless service bit General Headquarters in wartime, has invented a new apparatus whereby, he claims, six and even eight telephone conversation s can be conducted simuL taneotislv on out* wire. IL* calls it
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    U.S. STRIKES.
    291 5 The Coal Industry. Washington, August 24. he House of Representatives passed. by 219 votes to 55, the Adminis frat ion Bill, for the creation of a Fe deral Commission to obtain all the facts relating to the coal industry. The Railwaymen. New York, August 24. The prospect of
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    TUG BOAT STRIKE ENDED.
    31 5 Amsterdam. August 24. The strike of the staff of river tug boats between Holland and Germany has ended. The Engineers’ and Firemen’s Union accepted the employers conditions.
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    THE STEEL TRADE.
    59 5 New York, August 24. Trade circles believe that the wage increase of 25 per cent in the steel trades indicates an increased demand-, with the likelihood of an early advance in prices. Pig Iron Prices. London. August 24. A Birmingham (Alabama) message savs pig iron reached the
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    VIENNA NERVOUS.
    104 5 SEQCEL TO BASELESS RCMOCR. Vienna. August 24. The slightest provocation suffices to create awkward situations in the present nervous state of the population, and whirlwind demonstrations arise and die down in quick succession. Foi example, 3.0(H) unemployed, dissati'fled with the dole, which was recentlv increased, were peacefully demonstra
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    MOSCOW AND DISARMAMENT.
    66 5 Helsingfors, August 23. The Soviet Government has sent a note inviting Finland to send representatives to a Disarmament Conference at Moscow on the sth September, stating that T»atvia and Esthonia have accepted the invitation. Rumania and Poland have also been invited but the last named has suggested
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    DEPORTATIONS FROM RUSSIA.
    36 5 Riga, August 24. A Moscow message* states that 239 Russian scientists and writers who were arrested in Moscow and Petr >- grad .will be deported. They are accused of unfriendliness towards the Soviet s.
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    BOKHARA.
    29 5 Soviet in Control. Peshawar, August 24. Tin* latest news confirms the <"(• lapse of Enver Pasha’s forces. Ihe Republican Government of Bokhara has been re-constituted, under strict Soviet control.
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    REBELLION IN CENTRAL ASIA.
    483 5 London, July 7.For some time the Soviet Government and its Press has been emphatically denying the existence of a powerful anti-Soviet movement in Soviet Russia’s Central Asiatic colonier, to use the Communist equivalent, in 'he allied federative Soviet Republics of Turkestan, Bokhara, and Khiva,’ which, under
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    MODERN CHURCHMEN.
    148 5 CHRISTIANTTY AND BLDDHISM. London. August 24. Addressing- the Modern ('liuichnien’C’onference at Oxford. Mr. Soothil. professor of Chinese at (Ixford 1 Diversity, said religious rivalry in the l'a' East was likely to be between Christianity and 'Buddhism, rather thn-i Confucianism or laoisin. M hil Christianity was writhing in its
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    AMERICAN COMMUNISTS.
    63 5 Washington, August 24. It is stated in official quarters that the arrest of seventeen Communists in Michigan disclosed a plot for the organisation of Communist groups in the army and navy and for the initiation of militant action by Communists it’ the United States. It is also alleged
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    BRITISH SHIPPING.
    76 5 Germany Wants More. London, August 24. It is stated that negotiations are in progress for the sale of further important tonnage to Germany. The Times” estimates that 13,000,000 tons of the woild’s shipping over 20 years old cannot normally foi long be kept out of the shipbreakers’ yards.
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    BROADCASTING IN ENGLAND.
    228 5 London, August 16.Listening in" promises to be a new pastime for Lon doners. It is stated that the recently formed broadcasting company has been receiving many inquiries in regard 4 o the expense of installing wireless tele phonic sets and hundreds of orders have already been placed-
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    INDIAN ARMY MAJOR’S AFFAIRS.
    185 5 London, August 15.—A remarkable money-lending transaction was mentioned in Brentford Bankruptcy Court during the public examination in bankruptcy f Major Gerald Charles Drinan, of the Id dian Army. Drinan giving evidence as cribed his position to a moneylender and said that in 1904 he owed a
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    VITAL STATISTICS OF ENGLAND.
    79 5 London, August 16-All roii'id reduc tions in births, deaths and mar. .ages ai‘ shown in the June quarterly return of the Registrar-General of Engl’i'd and Wales- Births numbered 200,0i.'i, a fa l of 7,000 compared with the preceding quarter. Deaths totalled 12”,OJO, a fall of 45,000.
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    ACCIDENT TO LORD HARRIS.
    84 5 London, August 16.—While batting for the Band of Brothers against the Royal Marines in a cricket match at Walnie.’ Barracks yesterday. Lord Harris, at tempting a short run after reaching double figures, fell and injured his right thigh. He was assisted off the field and attended
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    LORD MANNERS TO MARRY.
    50 5 London, August 15-It is announced that the marriage will take place in Sep tember of Mrs. Claud Guinness and Lord Manners, father-in-law of Brigadier-Ge neral Asquith, son of the ex Premie*. Lord Manners, who is 68, rode Seaman, the winner of the Grand National in 1882.
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    PRACTICAL RECOGNITION OF PRINCE’S SERVICES.
    37 5 London. August 10.Leading Lcndon underwriters headed by Lloyds have con tributed £lOO,OOO to the guarantee fund cf the Empire Exhibition as a tribute to the Prince of Wales’ services to the Empire.
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    INDIAN COOLIES FOR FIJI.
    318 5 FOR SALVA lON OF SI G.\l; ESI.VfFS London, August 10. Th-* l imes'' says that the Colonial sugar represv'datives under the skilful directions of Mi. E. K. Knox are engaged in London in a u’iplo matic campaign, to enable a htav.v influx of cheap coolie labour
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    INDIAN REPRESENTATION AT LEAGUE SESSION.
    48 5 LondUn, August ft.—lt is understood that in addition to Sir William Meyer. Sir Sivaswamy Aiyer will rerpresent British India at the, forthcoming League < f Nations session. It underto-ui that the Jam Sahib of Nawanagar is being in vited to represent the Indian Princes.
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    CIVIL LIST PENSIONERS.
    56 5 London, August 15. Lady living has been granted a Civil List pension of £lOO in recognition of the services of the late Sir Henry Irving in dramatic art. Other pensioners are Sir George Green hill, in recognition of ballistic work, the Arch Druid of Wales, the widows
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    HOW PUBLIC MONEY GOES.
    98 5 London, Augu.st 10.The Select Com mittee on Public Accounts, reporting instances regarding the statement of the Accounting Officer that the History oi accountancy in Mesopotamia was a very black* chapter” refers to the purchase ai-d adaptation of the residence o!’ the High Commissioner at Baghdad, costing
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    ANCIENT GRAVEYARD FOUND IN ITALY.
    65 5 The Rome correspondent of the Times” says a necropolis dating back to 700 B. C. has been linear!h-o near Tro iea in Calabria S: t v stone tombs were found at a depth of four feet con taining |>ottery, bronzes lings, bracelets ,i nd amber,
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    SIR HENRY WILSON’S MURDERERS.
    186 5 London. August 9.A petition to 'he Home Secretary signed by 4l.!»o5 fw-ople for the reprieve of Sir Henry Wilson’» murderers was refused I hey wire re fused permission to app 'tl to th»* House of Lords. The numbers seven and nine -••cm to have been regarded
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    AFFAIRS IN CHINA.
    586 6 SUN’S FAILURE WELCOMED. Canton, July 31.A certain M.P. who recently arrived here from the North has made the following statement as to the situation there: The coup d’etat recently carried out by General hen Chiung-ming has somewhat met the approval of Northern militarists, including General Wu Pei-fu.
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    PROFITEERS SPEND LAVISHLY FOR GEMS.
    255 6 Paris jewellers foresee the passing of the crisis in the trade that resulted from ihe dumping of about a billion francs worth of stolen, confiscated and smuggled jewels on the Paris market. Mr. Leonard Rosenthal, the jewel ex pert employed to value the Hapsburg treasure,
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    DAMAGED CARGO AND MR. DENBY.
    396 6 WHY SHOULD BRITISH SHIPPERS TAKE UMBRAGE A representative of the North China Daily News” spent half an hour with Mr. Denby, the United States Secretary ot the Navy, who, with Mrs. Denby, had arrived from Peking. Our Shanghai contemporary’s representative drew Mr- Denby's attention to
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    CHINA NEWS.
    237 6 Shanghai, August 19.-The Peking Ca bi net is tottering. Cheng Kung Min and the Southern Navy are consistent- Cheng Kung Min is planning the unification of north and south. Wu Pei Fu has prepared twenty divisions and naval reinforcements for the subjugation of Manchuria. Sun Yat Sen published
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    EMERALD RUBBER AND COCONUTS
    588 6 A HANDSOME PROFIT. The tenth annual general meeting of the Emerald Rubber and Coconut Company, Limited, was held in the registered office, 124, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, on July 20. Colonel Sir R. D. Moncrieffe, Bart., C.M.G., V.D-, T.D., A.D.C-, (chairman of the company), presided. The
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    Coming Events.
    53 6 Aug f hin Seng and Co., Ltd., n Meeting, 41 Farquhar St., noon. Ang-^3lPublic Meeting, Town Hall, 4.30 p.in. Sept 3P.S.C., Gibbons Cup, 50 yds. Sept 9—Penang Polo Club, Gymkhana. Sept 16P.C.C. Sports Gymkhana. Sept. 20Hoard of Licensing Justices. Meeting, District Court, 2.30 p.m. Sept 23Anglo-Chinese School Sports,
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    HENRIETTA RUBBER.
    361 6 REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS. The Directors of Henrietta Rubber Estate, Ltd., report for the year ended the 31st December, 1921, as follows: The planted area is 2,137 acres, tapping 1,453 acres, not tapping 684 acres, reserve 640 acres, buildings, 54 acres, swamps and jungle 884 acres, coconuts 7?,
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    SIAMESE RICE CROP.
    291 6 B.T.” The second paddy crop report deals with the first week of July. At that time the crop was doing quite fairly well, and planting was proceeding apace- In the three most important of the Inner Cir cles. which fortunately take these re ports seriously, as much
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    786 7 Mrs. W. G. Tagg have return'’'■X’ ji Lumpur after a long holiday I pl K 1,,H n Europ- < t rachan is exacted in Kuala October. Miss Peggy Strachan home in November. rciZl -et to hear that Mr. H. T. W. lt present in the European t
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    SEMPAH RUBBER ESTATES.
    424 7 SAD SFA(TO RY FIN ANC i A L POSITION. Ihe twelfth annual ordinary general meeting of the Sempah Rubber Estates, 1 Limited, was held at 59, Eastcheap, E 1 C., Mr- Fra»'k Ccpeman (the chairman) presiding. I he Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report and
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    MALAYAN RUBBER LOAN AND AGENCY CORPORATION.
    386 7 The twelfth ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of tha Malayan Rubber Loan and Agency Corporation, Limited. was held at Winchester House. Old Broad Street, E. C., Mr. Francis O. Streeten (the chairman of the- company) presiding. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of
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    PROVINCE WELLESLEY AND KEDAH CHURCH MISSION.
    47 7 S. Mark’s (’hurch. B'ltterwortb. 11th Sunday after Trinity. 27th August.—Morning Prayer and Sermon 9 a.m. (T. Smith F«|., I.C.F. Missioner. Prai.) The Chaplain will be taking duty in Selangor. S. Paul’s Mission Chanel. Bukit Tengah. Thursday, August 31.Holy Communion 7.30 a.m.
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    LOCAL SHARE LIST.
    60 7 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list: Yesterday. To-day. g 35 0Q Shares. 5 X M 02 c. c. c. c. Mining. Batang P. 39 42] 39 41 Lingui 2.60 2.75 2.75 3.00 Nawng Pet 87] 92] 90 92] General. Robinson Co
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    67 7 25th August, 1922. Local. cts. Sheet 23} Penang J-Fine Pale Crepe 23i J Unsmoked Sheet No. 1... 17| Sing a- Smoked Sheet 23| PORE J Crepe 24 London and New York. London Pmoked Sheet 7d Crepe 7d New York Gl3s The following were the rubber quotations in London
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    TIN PRICES.
    112 7 London. 'l’he Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following London prices, on August 24: Spot £ls<S.lss down 1.5 s 3 mos. buying,, 158.175.6 d 1.5 s 3 selling 159 1.5 s Local parity $78.54 The Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd: London, August 24, £158.15s spot, and £ls<S.l7s.fid three months
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    193 7 Benares Opium p. chest $5,000.00 nom. Cloves 129.00 sales Gold !eaf 72.00 sellers Mace Pickings 70.00 Nutmegs 805... 50.00 1105... 40.00 Coconuts per 1,000 37.00 Copra Sundried 9.00 nom. Rattans 11.20 sellers Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.50 perbag do do do
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    TO-DAY’S SHARE PRICES.
    94 7 The following are the important changes in The Malaya Co., Ltd’s., re]»ort for to-day’s market. Shares. Buyers. Sellers. Bassett Rublier Co .76 .85 Pajam, Ltd 3.50 4.60 Parit Perak Rubber 1.20 1.80 Batang Padang Dredging .37] .42] Chenderiang Tin Dredge 5/6 7/6 Hitam Tin Ltd .95 I.oo]
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    REPORTS, DIVIDENDS AND NOTICES.
    303 7 Henrietta.Loss to Dec. 31, £9,096, and deducting credit balance forward and refund E. P. D., there is credit, £1,034 forward. Kuala Reman.Crop to Mar. 31, 1,031,265 lb., realising 7.62 d. at cost f. o. b. 7.46 d. Loss £2,204, increasing debit balance to £19,443. Sungei Sayong.Particulars
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    GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE.
    186 7 Tired Taxpayer” writes to the Straits limes’’:The past is dore and cannot be recalled but the future is never unconnected with the past and we can only e-aiinate it from our knowledge of the present and the past. A good deal has been said and written about extravagant
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    DR. WELLINGTON KOO ASSUMES OFFICE.
    163 7 Peking, August 10.When Dr. Wellington Koo assumed the office of Foreign Minister on Tuesday, in addressing the staff, he stated that he had been so long away from China that he was out of touch with Chinese affairs. In the gathering which welcomed him at
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    204 7 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Calypso for Dindings, Sitiaxvan, Port Swettenham and Singapore. Perak. [S.S. Co] for Teluk Anson. Kedah for Dindings and Sitiawan. The s.s. Umlazi of the Natal Direct Line is expected to leave Calcutta for South African ports on or about October 31st, via Rangoon and Colombo. Messrs.
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    PENANG MAILS.
    62 7 Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half-an-honr earlier than the Ordinary mail. BY TRAIN. Monday. 28th instant. New Zealand by s.s. Waihora via Singapore 7.15 a.m. BY STEAMER. TO-MORROW. Ceylon, India. Aden. Port A Sardinia 3 pan. Said. Marseilles and Regtn up to Ettrope(taking mails
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    THE MAILS.
    26 7 The homeward mail, by the Sardinia, closes at 3 p.m. to-morrow. The Chilka, with mails from Europe, is expected to arrive here to-morrow afternoon.
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    THE NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY.
    175 7 At the annual general meeting of the Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij (Netherlands Trading Society)» held on July 18» the report and accounts duly passed. The Chairman, Dr- van Aalst, in reply to a question as to cost of production and sale price of sugar in the company’s factories
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    JOURNALISTIC SERVICES.
    140 7 PRIME MINISTER’S GRATITUDE. The Prime Minister sent the following message to the British International Association of Journalists, vho dined at, the Prince's Restaurant, with Sir illiam Berry in the chair: But for the pressure of other cgag merits I should have been delighted to have accepted your invitation.
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