Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 3 October 1922

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833 No. 224. VOL LXXX. TUESDAY, 3rd OCTOBER, 1922. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 18 1 a lit j T. NAGATA, j DENTIST. 2 NEXT DOOR TO h 5 THE DISPENSARY.” S ««an o
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  • 368 2 ONE OF THE SURVIVING CONVICTS RECAPTURED. On .Monday morning, about 2 o’clock, a man, answering to the name of Talib. was arrested in North Kedah, near Junun, between Sungei Patani and Alor Star. On inquiries being made, it was found that hr was one of the
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  • 300 2 M.M.” A SMART CAPTURE. Before Raja. Musa, Assistant D. O. Kajang, in the Kajang Police Court with Mr. Hobbs, Supervisor of Customs Selangor, prosecuting, six Chinese named Teh Lye Seng, Fong Yee Wong, Lee Siew Yoon, Lim Loy,, Lim Quee and Chew Soo, were charged that they
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  • 129 2 The attention of British firms interested in trade with Trinidad is directed by the Federation of British Industries to legislation recently introduced providing for a charge of income tax within the colony. It appears from the ordinance, which already received the sanction of th" Legislative Council
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  • 831 2 RUGBY FOOTBALL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) The trial Rugby match between Ipoh and Taiping on the school padang at Taiping on Saturday proved to Im* but an indifferent display of the code: and the two tries scored by Ipoh were only excelled in their tameness of effort by
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  • 1064 2 BA NGSAWAN PERFORM ANCES. I For the first time in the history of Penang, Chinese Nonias appeared on the stage, and naturally great interest was excited among the Chinese Community here when the Chinese Amateur; Dramatic Association staged, under, the distinguished patronage of thej Acting Resident Councillor
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  • 419 2 We have received a, bulimy volume of Reports (1918-22) of the North Manchurian Plague Prevention Service, edited by Dr. Wu Lien Teh, well-known in Penang, director and chief medical officer of the ilervice. It- contains many illustrations, full reports of the ex| eriments tried on marmots, the
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  • 621 2 FACTS ABOUT THE AUSTRALIAN CANNIBALS. Nearly half a million square miles of territory, 1,700 white people, 50.000 semisavage blacks; the rest heat and emptiness.” This is how Captain David Doull, who lectures in the Town Hall here on Monday next, sums up the Northern Territory of Australia.
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  • 91 2 In response to numerous requests, we have republished in pamphlet form, the reports of the protest meetings at Penang, Singapore and Malacca, the memorandum by Messrs Braddell and Ward, etc. The pamphlet, price 40 cents a copy, exclusive of postage is now on sale at The Pinang Gazette
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  • 107 2 The Literary Digest states that for its poll on the Volstead Act and the Eighteenth Amendment it obtained many of its names from the telephone directories. This is scarcely fair to the- drys-”’ Most of those chaps have already been driven to drink. If all the roubles in Russia
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 186 2 MISTAKES THAT MOTHERS MAKE. Many mothers give their children, solid food at too early an age and say proudly that their babies eat everything that grown up people do,” when such a course is almost certain to bring on indigestion and to lay the foundation of much illhealth. z Others
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    • 447 2 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICES. Notice is hereby given that the business carried on under the style or firm name of G. H. James and Peeris De Silva Bios, at 71, King Street, Penang has been dissolved and has ceased to exist as from the Ist October. 1922. Dated at Penang this
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 67 2 BRITISHER Have you seen the INDIAN FILM VISHNU AVATAR OR SRI KRISHNA LILA 8 Part.. If not Please Come to the GARDEN THEATRE (Argyll Road, Penang.) By Special request We are Screening TO-NIGHT and TO-MORROW Tuesday 3rd Wednesday 4th Octr., 1922, ALSO TOM MIX in 3 GOLD COINS BILLY WEST
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  • 820 3 A FEW SUGGESTIONS. The following is contributed to the Bangkok Times From time to time criticisms of rhe Ministry of Justice have appeared in the local Press, and some of them have not been very complimentary. If, however, one considers the matter impartially th? wonder
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  • 73 3 News has just been received of the triumph of a Pitman writer in the open championship contests held under the auspices of the National Shorthand Reporters' Association at New London. Connecticut. Mr. Nathan Behrin, the world’s fastest jiorthand writer, qualified in the 200, 240 and! 280 words
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 1161 3 SHORT CLASSIFIED NOTICES Wanted, For Sale, To Let, &c., Mrs. A. B. MILNE, S \kuf***y 3 IB f m be inserted in the Pinang Specialist in lacc Massaje and Manicure can g l reparations for Beautifying the Skin rflfSji' Gazette” »t i and Complexion. g //MOs?) THREE CENTS iA WORD
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    • 649 3 Penang Sales Room. IMPORTANT TO CAPITALISTS By Order of the Mortgagee TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, AT 38, BEACH STREET, On Thursday, 12th October, 1922, AT 11 A. M. The following property belonging to LIM EU TOH (The Mortgagor) All those several pieces of land and hereditaments together with
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  • 788 4 This morning’s news on the situation in the Near East, on the whole, is of a favourable tendency. Those whose hopes are set on a peaceful solution will derive Satisfaction from that fact that, so far, no regrettable incident, such as an attack on some advanced post,
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  • 317 4 ACCUSED ACQUITTED. In the District Court. Penang, yesterday afternoon, before Mr. E. E. Colman. District Judge, the trial of Mohd. Yahaya. a Malay interpreter to the Chief Police Officer, on a charge of having received an illegal gratification. nameTy s 2. in consideration for the transfer of
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  • 137 4 A drowning tragedy occurred in Penang Harbour the other day. A Malay about 25 years of age, named Mat Hus-ain bin Ebrahim, with his brother, took a s;mipan to go ab<»ard the Jin Ho. When they arrived at 'the foot of th** gangway, they stood
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  • 1722 4 To-day’s telegrams report a favourable turn in the Near hast. The Outlook. following a somewhat mixed crop of reports the trend of which served to emphasise .the uncertainties and the The proposed Military Conference will be held to-day, and on the whole, judging from the information available
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  • 43 4 The homewar,l mail by th,* Maced»>nia. -.*los»*s at 1 p.m. to-morrow. The Teesta, with mails from Europe, is expected to arrive her,* at noon on Friday. A mail for Australasia, by the Roggeveen, (via Singapore) closes at 7.15 a.m. on Friday.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 152 4 S 87 M REAVELL g I AIR COMPRESSORS I I For Gas Engine Starting, f Motor Garages, etc. These little machines are M w constructed for either hand St IS or belt power. They are m also manufactured as M separate units driven by electric motors, or by S paraffin
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    • 40 4 E. O.” Tuesday, 3rd October. Dinner and Dance. Wednesday 4th October. Special Tiffin Orchestra. Tenth Orchestral Concert 9-30 p.m All Request Programme. Friday, 6th October, Guest NightDancing. Saturday. 7th October. Special Malay Curry Tiffin Prepared by Experienced Malay Cooks. Orchestra.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 774 5 An Improved Outlook. SAFEGUARDS l.\ THRACE. Reuter s Telegrams. (oustantiiiople, October 1. There seems lit lie doubt now that the Turkish forces in the Chanak region are merely intended to act as a blind, while Kemal Pasha matures more serious plans. There is absolutely no evidence of
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  • 148 5 Smyrna. September 18Smyrna is a sepulchre of a-hes. Only the shattered walls of twenty five thousand homes arid the charred bodie- < f countless victim- remain. They tell a story of death and destruction unexampled in modern hi-tory. Ihe rums of the city are still smoldering, while
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  • 103 5 London, October 1. The United Kingdom revenue foi the fir.-t six months of the financial year decreased £*52,250.01)6. compared with the coriesponding period of lasi year, including a reduced return from income tax and propel tv tax amounting to £26.666,666. Satisfactory Figures. London. October 2. The revenue returns
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  • 81 5 THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE. New York, October 2. The Convention of the Democrat c Party of New York State unanimously adopted Mr. Alfred E. Smith as the Party's candidate for th Governorship of New York. Mr. Hearst’s campaign foi nomination failed. He withdrew. The Convention adopted as
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  • 66 5 The Hague, October 2. The Foreign Office announces that as the result of a consultation between the Powers concerned, it vas agreed that the Commission of Jurists, which the Washington Conference decided should be established to consider the question of additions to the rules <>f international
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  • 61 5 Ixmdon, October 2. Fifty thousand pounds in sterling bonds'of the 5 per cent gold loan of 1913 of the Chinese Lung Tsing Hai Railway are on offer in London at nearly £l4 per bond of £2O, equal to over £69 per cent, whereas H*e Times” points out
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  • 21 5 Buenos Aires. October 2. The Japanese squadron has arrived in connection with the assumption o! office by President Alvears
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  • 87 5 New King’s Assurance. Athens, October 2. King George assured the members of tlie Revolutionary Committee that his father’s decision to abdicate was sincere and final. The Creek Ministry. Athens, October 2. M. Colitis refused the Foreign Ministry, being of the opinion that the new Cabinet should be
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  • 17 5 London. October 2. The Daily Mail’’ Trust Debentures for 1.666.666 have been heavily oversubscribed
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  • 322 5 ihe "Daily Express” says the question of the future control of thv Time- is the subject of much speculation. According to the la-t balance -heet issued on June 30, 19*21. the capital of the nens. paper consisted of £3*20.000 fully paid prefere nee -hares and
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  • 327 5 TIMES” CRITICISM OF COMM Is SION’S REPORT. London. September 26.Commenting on the Indian Tariff Report the Times” hopes from the Commission's re commendation that no obstacle will be raised to the free inflow of capital which will involve a differentiation between Briti-h and nonBritish capital. The paper
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  • 127 5 Italy and the Loan. London, October 1. Earl Balfour’s insistence upon the independence of Austria in connection with the loan is explained by the Observer’s” Geneva correspondent, who says apparently Italy, which is one of the four guarantors of 80 per cent of the loan, desires that the Control
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  • 35 5 I he Hague, October 2. A special mission, composed of three court dignitaries, will proceed to Bukharest on October 6 to represent Queen Wilhelmina at 1 the Coronation of Their Rumanian Majesties.
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  • 30 5 New York, September 30. Stillman was refused divorce by the referee appointed to hear evidence, who cleared the wife of all charges made by the husband.
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  • 307 5 London. September 23-Association football matches played to-day resulted as follows: First Division—Tottenham Hotspur 1. Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 2. Middle-boro 2 Bolton Wanderers 3. Birmingham 0: Li verpool 3. Burnley 0 Cardiff City 0. Everton 2: Chelsea 4. Oldham 0: Manchester City 3. Huddersfield 1 Nottingham Forest 1.
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  • 37 5 On September 26. the leaders of th? respective Football Leagues were Liverpool. Barnsley, Halifax Town. Ports mouth and Edinburgh Hibernian. The bottom places were held by Stoke. Rotherham, Wrexham, Newport and Hamilton Academicals respectively.
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  • 74 5 London, September 25-A Paris message says Carpentier in a statement today says he stands by the referee’s first decision. He declares he was knocked down by Siki’s kick on the ankle, but admits he was a bit groggy, having mad the mistake of underestimating Siki in
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  • 52 5 London. September 26—A message from Boulogne says: Four Englishmen attached to the War Graves Commission were motoring to Peronne in the evening when the car overturned and fell into canal- The petrol apparently exploded and all the occupants of the car we e burnt
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 496 5 (To Ihe Editor of The Pinang Gazette”.) Sir,In this planet of ours we are living in a vicious circle. Those wellmeaning enthusiasts who predicted that the late war was a war to end future wars, have had a rude awakening. In spite of the efforts of
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  • 190 5 A Tamil woman from Sentul was fined §250 in the Kuala Lumpur Police Court, for being engaged in the illicit sale of toddy. Mr. Hobbs, the Supervisor of Customs, in pressing the charge stated that Government had closed all the toddy shops in Selangor and had
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  • 83 5 London. September 22. Messrs. Montagu’s weekly report says the silver market has been steady and movements in prices narrow. Buying orders continued from bazaars, but many remained un executed as owing to poorness of supplies, prices rose over the limits at which orders were effective- Bear covering
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  • 79 5 Simla, September 25.The Bill providing protection to Ruling Princes against seditious attacks in the Press, which the Assenibly threw out on Satur day. has, it is understood, been circulated under the orders of the Governor-Gene-ra! to members of the Council of State prior to its
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  • 552 5 The engagement is announced of Dorothy E. I*. Ransome, youngest daughter of the late John Wilmer Ransome. M. I. C. E., of Orwell Lodge. Stoke Newington, London, and William I*. Webb, of North Carolina, U. S. A., Attorney and Manager of the Standard Oil Company of New
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  • 69 5 The Municipal Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade to-night from 9 to 11. 1 March Health to Scotia’s Shore Hewitt 2 Overture Tancredi Rossini 3 Walz L’lngenue Penso 4 Selection An Artist’s Model Jones 5 Songs As sou Pass By Russell 6
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  • 52 5 O ct 3p.C.C. Tennis Championship, and At Home.” O c t 7Paradise Rubber Estates, Meeting, 33 Beach St., 12 noon. Oct 14Rugby, Penang v Selangor, at Penang. Oct 21Rugby, Penang v Perak, at Tai ping. Oct 29—Loke Yew Cup, Rifle Range, Kampong Bharu, 7 a.m. Xov I—Rugby, Merchants
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  • 397 6 T.O.M” HALF YEARLY GENERAL MEETING. The half-yearly general meeting of the Ipoh Gymkhana Club was held at the Ipoh Club. Mr. P. G. Short presided. The financial statement for the seven months, February-August, 1922, ua> presented to the meeting. Information on matters «>f domestic interest to tlhe
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  • 283 6 The annual report) of Mr. T. Wilson, superintendent of the Singapore Fire Brigade, states that there were 51 calls in 1921, a decrease of 21, and the genuine calls- on assessed property within Municipal limits numbered 31. The total loss estimated on, assessed property wa> $137,273, an
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  • 160 6 Tokio, September 28. H. M. the Emperor has approved the sanction to honour Princess Nagako with' the Order of the First Class of thd Crown prior to the celebration of her engagement with the Crown Prince. Count Chinda has denied the rumour that the Prince Regenit will
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  • 663 6 BUSY DAYS. Married Woman writes to the Malay Mail :Much is written much is said about the empty ami artificial lives of the women who live in the East. It always surprises me. I consider a woman’s life in the East so full. The ordinary
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 430 6 Heat Lassitude and Fever Dr. Cassell’s Tablets Give Splendid Energy and Safeguard the System from Infection. India. South Africa. Mr. Upendraknahn*. Bromhopadha- Mr. Ellen powers 8 Hsasgtesa symptoms of any work Nothing did kind. Dr. Cassell s me any good tall I Scientific Opinion. and I shall do my M.A..
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    • 155 6 Once more Influenza in epidemic form is thoroughly unsetting the life and work of the Country. We would warn you to take care, and if that heavy feverish feeling be noticed, do not hesitate and allow it to get a firm hold upon you, just buy a bottle of Woods’
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    • 449 6 See Your Teeth with the dingy film-coats gone You can feel on your teeth a people, despite the tooth brush, viscous film. It clings to teeth, escape some film attack, gets between the teeth and stays. If not removed, it may do cease- Must combat it less damage. Most tooth
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  • 507 7 EFFECTS of the slump. 'flir third annual industrial fair opened with the usual enthusiasm on the inom- f th»’ says the Straits Tinies correspondent. All roads led (and they Jill d<>) to the fair grounds and nearly .jl Bandoeng and his wife assembled th«r<in. This enthusiasm is,
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  • 286 7 The report of the Committee of the Singapore Municipal Commission appointed to consider the question of individual transport allowances was received and adopted. The report contained the following In view of the excessive mileage which has to be cover'd by the Chief Sanitary Inspector and -dsn by the
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  • 28 7 Hairdresser: Hair’s getting very thin 111 to P, sir!” ustomer: Yes, 1 know it is.” Have you used our hair.food, sir?” dh, no. It isn’t that!’’
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  • 572 7 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Menggala for Deli and P. Brandan. Peng Fook for Jamgsa. Sitiawan for Asahan. Glenfalloch for Singapore and China. Perak, [S.S. Co] for Teluk Anson. Klang for Port Swettenham, taking mails for Klang, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Soudan for Colomlio, Dhanushkodi and Bombay. Kedah for Bindings and
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  • 36 7 Following are the numbers of arrivals from and departures to the Madras Presidency for the month of Sept., 1922. Adults. Minors. Arrivals 3,151 325 Departures 4,273 174 The arrivals relate to aided passengers only.
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  • 64 7 Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half-an-hour earlier than the Ordinary’ mail. it num. Friday, 6th instant. Australasia by 8.8. Roggeveen via Singapore 7.15 a.m. IT STEAMER. TO-MORROW. Rangoon and Calcutta (Mergui and Moulmein via Rangoon) Hakonate Maru 10 a.m. Ceylon. India. Aden. Port 3
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  • 55 7 (From, Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 3. Mr. William Kellie Smith has a lengthy letter in the Free Press.” supporting the theory that the equilibrium in rubber production has already been reached, and quoting figures from the R. G. A. Bulletin, showing an excess of 16,870 tons
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  • 42 7 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day. E 2 Shares. 2) X CQ 32 c. c. c. c. Mining. Nawng Pet 1.25 1.30 1.27» 1.324 South Taiping (1922) 85 90 874 924
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  • 71 7 3rd October, 1922. Local. cts. I Smoked Sheet 25| Penang [-Fine Pale Crepe 25A Unsmoked Sheet No. 1... 21 Sing A- I Smoked Sheet 26] PORE j Crepe 26] London and New York. I Smoked Sheet 8«d London f Crepe sgd New York Gls] The following were the
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  • 21 7 The following are additional rubber outputs for September lbs. Henrietta 24.000 K.M.S. 27.100 Laras (Sumatra) 35.900 Sungei Matang 27.251
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  • 90 7 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following London prices, on Oct 2: Spot £164.75.6d up 20s 3 mos. buying 165.75.7 d 175.6 d 3 selling 165.125.6 d 20s Local parity $81.75 Local. Oct 3ixl: Singapore buyers no sellers at $82.75. Penang sold 75 tons at $82.75.
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  • 91 7 Tongkah Harlxuir Tin Dredging Co., N. L. for September, 91 tons. Kampong Kamunting Tin Dredging. Ltd., for Septemlier. hours run (two dredges) 1,186. cubic yards treated 183.000, total piculs 861.87, nett value $40,297.75. Lost 93 hours in first half of month for boiler cleaning. Asam Kumbang Tin Dredging;
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  • 150 7 Benares Opium p. chest $5,000.00 nom. Cloves 130.00 sellers Gold leaf 72.00 Mace Pickings 65.00 Nutmegs 80s 47.00 1105... 35.00 Coconuts per 1,000 30.00 sellers Copra Sundried 9.00 sales Rattans 11.20 sellers Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.50 per bag do do
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  • 275 7 In their weekly report issued on September 29th Messrs. Baker, Morgan and Co- say: Rubber shares strong and active” is the opening sentence of our wire from London yesterday, which looks as though we might expect some news of interest, on the restriction question, after the week-end
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  • 236 7 TAMBALAK R. E-. LIMITED. Ihe directors' report for the year ended June 30th for the meeting to be held at- Singapore on October 6th at noon, states that the profit was $149.95. brought forward $11.251.93. making $11,401.88 which the directors recommend be carried forward. Area of Estates.The Estates
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  • 263 7 The fifth annual report? of the directors of Kluang Rubber Co., Ltd., to the shareholders (to be presented at the annual meeting at Singapore on October 7th) states-:Your Directors sub mit their report and statement of accounts for the year endetj 30th- June, 1922, showing a loss of
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  • 696 7 INTERESTS IN SIBERIA. The Malaya Tin Corporation’s interest in Siberia comprises 19 gold reefing properties with an area of about 12,(MM) acres, together with several gold dredging and platinum properties- Of the former, one block of claims, 3,000 acres, has been fully proved, and capitalisation on the
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  • 170 7 The Siam Gazette contains a decree amending Sections 140 and 145 of the Lawon the Organization of Railways- and Highways. Im the existing law these sections provide that in the case of an industrial railway, under no circumstan.ce> shall fares be taken or charges be made
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  • 343 7 The following directors' report, signed by the chairman, Mr. V. V. Lemberger, will be presented at the annual meeting of United Engineers, Ltd., to the shareholders on. October 10: Ihe directors submit the duly audited statement of the accounts of the company for the year ended June
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  • 241 7 'Hie claim of the Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovitch to- be the Guardian of the Throne of the Tsars” does not indicate that any good fortune for the dynasty can be epxected. He has not been a success at anything, and has always- contrived to
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  • 97 7 All along the 400 miles line from the North Sea to Ihe Swiss fiontier reached by the Germans during the war, milestones” are to be set up by the French Government. It is’hoped that they will foim a monument for all time of the
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  • 97 7 The following are the latest quotations in the report of The Malaya Co.. Ltd., for to-day. Shares. Buyers. Sellers. Kedah Rubber Co 1.7«) 2.00 Kuala Sidim Rubber Co 1.35 1.50 Lunas Rubber Estates 4.75 5.50 HitamTinLtd 1.02 j 1.07} Kamunting Tin Dredging 19/6 21/6 Nawng Pet Tin
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