Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 4 October 1922

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833 No. 225. VOL LXXX. WEDNESDAY, 4th OCTOBER, 1922. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 571 1 NEW STOCK j FRAME MOULDINGS Frames made to Order a VISIT SOLICITED Ĕ NIKKO STUDIO i No. 7, NORTHAM ROAD. I glHllilllHlHlliliilUiiilHHiiiillillll lillllllllllllilllliilillllilHllililliiilii illHllllHHHillhiHlillliiHUiHiiUiS GORDON S SLOE GiN MAKES THE I CIGARETTES 1 I BEST GIN SLING. T? 1 i’T’oXT IT* I g ZZ of Cheap f TRY 11! "•nufaclured
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    • 46 1 ar *< a# a K r 0 ESin rs 7 h pairomzel bypoyaity B. P. de SILVA i THE LEADING JEWELLER J IN THE EAST. 5 so vfar S experience. 1, Bishop Street, Penang and g 62 63, High St., Singapore, a a«R*sn«*aavß» B B <{kSHaaava J
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  • 258 2 PRESIDENT LI’S SPEECH Peking, September 18. Iwo hundred and ninety-two members >f the House of Representatives and 143 Senatoi> were present at the closing ceremony < 1 the second session of Parliament this morning. The Gendarmerie Band opened the proceedings by playnsg the Chinese victory song. Mr. W
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  • 221 2 Shanghai, September 10—The Italian vice-consul, Mr. Guiseppe Brondelli, acting as judge of the Italian Consular Court, ordered two Shanghai financial institutions to close their doors. The concerns affected are the Far Eastern Bank. at Ezra and Kiangsi Roads, and the International Gold and Silver Currency. Stock and
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  • 324 2 Peking, Sept. 13.—The Asia Banking Corporation has offered a large reward for information resulting in the arrest and conviction of Robert Hilliard. Chester James and Max Elliott, who are accused of swindling the Guaranty Trust Company, of New York, through its subsidiary. the Asia Banking Corporation, by means
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  • 583 2 -Ex. No doubt there have been many smiles at the expense of the ex-major who thought he ought to be addressed Esq. and punched the headjif the jirtiior clerk who wrote to him as Mr." Certainly most people are either more philosophic than this retired warrior, oi seek less
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  • 308 2 t The preliminary report on the income and profit taxes for the fiscal fear ended j June 30 shows a decrease of more than I $1,000,000.000. The 1921 collections were u $3,228,13/,673. In 1922 the collections f were $2,087,946.243, a decrease of $1.140.191.430. As to
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1562 2 SHORT CLASSIFIED PENANG SALES ROOM. tenders invited. ADVERTISEMENTS. RY ORDER OF THE mortgagee. municipal notice. Wanted, For Sale, To Let, &c., The Municipal Commissioners of can be inserted in the Pinang TO BE SOLI) B s George Town. Penang, hereby invite Gazette” at t>t tdt I/'" separate tenders for the
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    • 220 2 milk y, Good Health If s MILK STOUT .And there's Good Health in every foaming bottle. It’s a fine, creamy, delicious drink. It’s a nutritious, invigorating tonic. So see that you gel SIMONDS’. Each Pint contains the energising carbohydrates of 10 ozs. pure Dairy Milk. Obtainable from allHigh Class Dealers.
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  • 486 3 X ,\gEAN I' OF PEKING On<v )■■<>'« ,bo curta.m K se cn j picture of the East at His ll Vot -f i-«»-spl.-ndou.-. an <..»• rf nakedtui»*4, but a pageant ot life |> -king today, a vivid moving crowd, tninge mosaic of Eastern and Wesi.in coshime, n-
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  • 165 3 Sofia, Aug- 10.The Narod, organ of lie Bulgarian Social Democratic Party, publishes an interview which a leader f the party had with M. Stambouliski, thf Prime Minister, a'- Cham Keria Asked why he» still stayed in the mountains when the reparation. affair wap going on in Sofia.
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  • 195 3 n the report, of the Washington Joint; Board, embodying the results of the' Annrican Admiralty experiments < n the bombing of battleships by aeroplanes, published in the Review, it is stated, hat with reference to the effect of air-) ci ati. on future naval
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  • NEWS FROM INDIA.
    • 293 3 Calcutta, September 25.Calcutta waag;yn inundated this morning, ten inches of rain haviyg fallen in a few hours. A heavy storm broke over the city in the early hours and this was followed by a continuous downpour which continued without break from four until eleven. In thd 24 hours
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    • 220 3 Simla. September 23.Colonel Gidney communicates to the press the following letter which he has written to the Private Secretary of the Viceroy, offering the services of his community for employment in the Near East On behalf of the Anglo Indian and Domiciled Community in India
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    • 153 3 Jamshedpur. September 25The strike at the lata Iron and Steel Works continues. To-day was the day by which th'* men had to return if they wished to avoid a cut of ten per cent of their pay as an nounced by the management, and a
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    • 136 3 Rangoon. September 27The rice market on opening yesterday morning had the appearance of strength for it opened at Rs. 430 September specials, and Rs. 411 October with Rs. 390 going for November. The reports from India gave no fillip, however, to any bull tendency for both Calcutta
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  • 40 3 Oct 7Paradise Rubber Estates. Meeting. ?>.”» Beach St.. 12 noon. Oct 14Rugby. Penang v Selangor, at Penang. Oct 21Rugby, Penang v Perak, at Taiping. Oct 29Poke Yew Cup, Rifle Range, Kainpong Bharu, 7 a.m. Xov 4Rugby. Merchants v Rest.
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  • 640 3 M.O’- [HALF YEARLY GENERAL MEETING. Mr. P- G. Short presided over the ha’f yearly general meeting of members of the Ipoh Club. The accounts laid before member' in the financial statements disclosed profit on the bar amounting to no less han $7,688.97. while the profit on the library
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  • 97 3 The People’s Council of the Netherlands East Indies has received the Government Budget for the islands for 1923We extract therefrom the following: The expenditures for the ordinary service are as fl. 706,348.742. whilst the revenues are given as fl. 609,338.645. form ing ft deficit of fl.
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  • 426 3 TRIBUTE TO BRITISH STATESMEN Ambassador Page’s letters in the World’s Work’’ contain the following: Impressed by the qualities of Lord Bal four and Lord Grey lam afraid. (he writes to President Wilson). I have al most outgrown my living hero worship There isn’t worshipful material enough lying
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  • 433 3 It is a familiar female taunt that men are all alike yet the women would not have it otherwise. Mrs. Jones is annoyed f her husband wears a hat which i' different from the hats that other men are wearing. I wouldn't be seen walking
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  • 101 3 According to a Chicago telegram. Dun bar, the favourite horse of his master was found standing patiently by the sid#of the dead body of the millionaire Chicago financier. Mr. Franc.s Stuyvesanf Peabody, in the hunting fiehl. MrPeabody had been leisurely following th hounds in the first fox-hunt
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 79 3 A TIP TO TENNIS PLAYERS. To keep in good form for ycur favou -ite game the avoidance of constipation is important. And to d’spel constipation there is nothing better than Pinkettes. These dainty little laxatives act as gently as nature. They regulate the liver, ensure daily regularity, dispel bilious attacks
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    • 357 3 WHITEAWAY’S FOR Gent’s Smart Stylish ENGLISH MADE FOOT-WEAR. STYLISH. COMFORT and with SMART e ASE SAXONE."— BIack Patent Oxford SAXONE.” Black patent Oxford dress shoe- with toe cap. light shoe, no toe cap. very light sole and sole, smart shape toe lull fitting and low heels. The most comfortable suitaole
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 519 4 (To The Editor of lhe P.nang Gazette.”) Sir,As you pom; ou: in your issue of the first inst. Mr. A. B Milne’s suggests .n that th» iv-nage planlei has not kept j ace with development» is somewhat unfortunate- If Is un.'or'unate, giving as
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    • 456 4 Our good friend Mr. A. B. Miln.», with whom we have the pleasure of disagreeing frequently, says the Straits Times.” has apparently been sending a letter to Mr. Zorn of the Rubber Shareholders’ Association- Correspondents- from time to time have sent us details shewing how agencies may
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  • 573 4 CALCUTTA’S NEW TAX. With effect from Sunday, the Ist Octolx*)-, the entertainments tax will be charged in Calcutta in respect of theatres, cinematograph exhibitions, circuses and other classes of entertainments, in accordance with the provisions of section .3 of the Bengal Amusements Tax Act. 1922. An entertainment, as
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  • 261 4 At a meeting of the Committee of the Burma Chamber of Commerce, a letter, dated 14th July, was recorded from the Government of India, stating that difficulties have been experienced in regard to the assessment of profit of foreign shipping companies which are now
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  • 207 4 EXTRAORDIN ARY GE NER A L MEETING. An extraordinary general meeting of the Eastern Shipping Company, Ltd., was held in the Registered Office of the Company, 03, Beach Street, at 3 p.m. yesterday to confirm as special resolutions, the resolutions passed at an extraordinary general meeting
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  • 285 4 Something akin to consternation is seizing the Hylam fraternity* in Seremban through the sporting enterprise of a local Japanese restaurant keeper. 3’his cute person has conceived the novel idea of supplying European residents, .3 times daily, with the conventional 5 course meals we have all accustomed ourselves to,
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  • 294 4 T. 0. M.” In the J|M»h Supreme Court, before His Lordship Mr. Justice Watson, the Yau Tet Shin Estate, which was the subject matter of interesting discussion in the recent sessions of the Court of Appeal, came up again. It will be remembered that the
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  • 23 4 The following is an non-delivered cables for the ending 4th inst, at the E. E. A. and C Telegraph Co: Vickers.”
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  • 166 4 FIRST SINCE 1913. For the first time since I*» 3 French Army manoeuvres were hald la-t month. It is particularly interesting to ncte that the French High Command chose Brittany as- the scene *»f the manoeuvres very likely with a desire not to arouse the unfriendly suspicions
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  • 88 4 E. O. Orchestral Concert. The tenth of the series of orchestral concerts will be given at th»* E. A 0. Hotel to-night (Wednesday*) at 9.30. when th»* following special all-re»iuest” programm»* will be presente»!: 1 Overture William Tell Rossini 2 3’wo Pieces (a) Chanson Triste 3'schaikowsky* (b) Nocturne in C
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  • 526 4 Ex. 'Hie Municipal Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplana»le from (i to 7 p.m.. to-day: 1 March Death or Glory Lehnardt 2 Polonaise Der Fackelzug Faust Waltz Parma Handy 4 Selection A Runaway Girl Monckton 5 Foxtrot Cherie Bibo Seine months will t-mpse
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  • STOP PRESS.
    • 38 4 LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. [Reuter’s Telegrams. Constantinople, October *3. A Turkish »-oluinn which withdrew from Erenkeuy, atterwar»ls moved cir<*uitously ami eventually appioached closer to Chanak. To-day’s report shows a slight backward movement ou the entire Chanak front.
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    • 200 4 MR. LAMONT’S ADVICE TV) AMERICA. N»*w York, October 3The well-known American Banker, Mr. T. W. Lamont, addressing 10,000 delegates at th»* Ameii»*an Bankers’ Convention. sai»l the question of In-ter-Allied imleb.tedne.ss had reached the stage in public opinion, both or America ami Europe, at which repara tions are taking
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    • 43 4 London. (h tnbei- -3. A schenn* was inaugurated at (’ar»!’ff for th»* establishment of an important oil industry, similar to the Anglo-Pet-siau at Swansea. The capital is .£‘500,000. It is understood that New Aork oil magnates are backing tb<* venture.
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  • 347 4 Previously acknowledged $11,557.25Mr. Lee Thean Siew $2O Methodid Chinese Church, collected dui ing Rev. Chow’s Meeting $lOB, Staff Oversea Chinese Bank $79." Collected by Mr. Chenh Leong Keah Pinang Gazette $5O. Mis- Tan Kee Kah $lO. 2 Subscribers at $1 $2. Selama.Mr. Lim Cheng Keat $l5. Collected
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  • 40 4 7th OCTOBER, 1922. Commencing 3 p. m. Events. Polo Pony Race 3 furlongs. Hack Race 5 Mule Races. Pig Sticking, Musical wands. 4 Mixed Events. I’ote etc State Band. PERAK GYMKHANA CLUB, W. B. Stephens, Hony, Secretary.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 335 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICES. Matinee and Night Show. 5-30 p.m. 8-30 p.m VISHNU AVATAR O R SRI KRISHNA LILA 8 Parts. GARDEN THEATRE (Argyll Road, Penang.) To-Night Wednesday 4th Octr., 1922, ALSO TOM MIX in 3 GOLD COINS BILLY WEST IN DODGER 2 Reel, 50, 30, and 15 cts. Same Admission
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  • 786 5 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Hakodate Maru for Rangoon and Calcutta (Mergui and Moulmein via Rangoon). Sampit for Asahan. Ghirbi for Asahan. Pangkor for Kantang (Trang). Macedonia for Ceylon, India, Aden, Port Said, Marseilles and Europe. The British Resident, Selangor, telegraphs that the Light Buoy has been replaced on Glamorganshire Shoal,
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  • 402 5 CAPTAINS MALINS MACMILLAN IN COLOMBO. In the course of a dramatic narrative of their terrible adventures on the wrecked plane. Captains Malins and MacMillan, who arrived by P. O. Nellore” on their way Home, told a Ceylon Observer” representative that they’ will institute enquiries at Home regarding flying conditions in
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  • 362 5 BY TRAIN. CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday) Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half-an hour earlier than the Ordinary mail. FOR AT Federated Malay States. Malacca. Johore. Singapore and Hongkong Ipoh. Batu Gajah, Tapah Road,) By train Teluk Anson,KualaKubu, Kuala /.15 a.m. Lumpur. Klang. Port Swetten-
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 356 5 l ALL PRICES dealers J WMt reduced. L i@hb I ft stol Three Castle Cigarettes Ord. 80c. I do. Mags. 95c. I O H do. Super do. $l.OO. I PER TIN OF 50 CIGARETTES. I HIT mrWKMCTIBW 5 r- «MMMtaMMMMmaBHI ei Z**SZX S /-y^—>. J <8 y' 7 S'\Q- r>
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    • 308 5 LULL]J 1 1 1 1 !J LLl^Ll^^jJJL! *71 *****! I'l't J W zWX ffil I hMIWz O 7 I Mr. B. 1 was auflaring Z’ tc from overstrain, too high tern ion. Kt i and sleeplessnaas. I gave Glass a trial, and have found tha ZE E. greatsgt benefit from
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  • 1216 6 Reuters cables refer to a message from the Washington corresi>ondent of the New York Tribune" which is a strong supporter ot the Harding administration, dating that the President and Mr. Hughes the Secretary for State are "«lumb-founded by an avalanche of demands that the United States
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  • 1467 6 The conference iJra has spread from Europe to Asia, and The Mudania Mudania. on the sea of Conference. Marmora and situated sixty miles south of Constantinople, is a preliminary meeting at which some interesting interchanges are certain. It is to be hoped that Kemal Pasha was able
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  • 24 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. Octobei 4. The Ex-Service Association’!; Bali ie<i lised $2,900 on behalf of the Bene' olenf Fund
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  • 32 6 (From Our Own Correspondent-) Singapore, October 1 A tongkang was caught in a storm a" f sank off Johore, losing cash and provisions to the value of $1,400.
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  • 118 6 The Teesta, with mails from Europe, is expected to arrive here at noon on j Friday. A mail for Australasia, by the Roggeveen, (via Singapore) closes at 7.15 a.m. on Friday. 'l’he Money Order Service with Germany. which wss temporarily suspended by the German Postal Administration, has been
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 116 6 r Ts 1 ll— 11Il l^l rfX4® i ii> VIRGINIA MBI BrSS SOLE IMPORTERS G. H. SLOT Co., I» E N A N G J? Wj-'aBKBSBI&■KSSSM—EHK—KB—H—ESS 'ZLj?j SKSa&S—B—l IQBBBSB— rriCSLVj: ĕ» AUSTRALIA CIVILISED SAVAGE A PICTORIAL RECITAL BY Capt. DAVID DOULL Your opportunity to hear a clear, concise and interesting
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    • 41 6 E. O.” Wednesday 4th October. Special Tiffin Orchestra. Tenth Orchestral Concert 9-30 p.m All Request Programme. Friday, 6th October. Guest Night Dancing. Saturday. 7th October. Special Malay Curry Tiffin Prepared by Experienced Malay Cooks. Orchestra. J//s. Italph S'utt P P (J
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 104 6 STAR ATTRACTION AT LYRIC KINEMA Kff 1 TO-NIGHT AND TO-MORROW WILLIAM FOX Presents TOM MIX in 5 part» THE BIG TOWN ROUND UP parts 5 The Romance of a Brawny Ranchman and a Society Belle together with 2 reel- THE BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP reels 2 5 parts Supported by THE
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    • 22 6 THE TIDES. High Water. I Low Water. To-day. 11.04 p.m. G. 1 p.m. To-morrow. 12. 1 p.m. 6.20 a.m. Midnight. »1.27 p.m.
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  • 70 6 FUNERAL I'he funeral of Mr. Gan Nc.OH Bee. .1. I’.. will take place on Sunday, the L»th October. 1922, at 10.30 a. m. when the remains of the deceased will be removed from his residence. No. 3, Light Street for interment at deceased's plantation in I dini Road. Glugor. Friends
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  • 366 7 Angora’s Reply. Reuter's Telegrams. oiixt;ini inople. October 3All Angora nn-**iige say s the basis f u icplv to the Allied N. I<* was by the National Assenil.lv. British Liberal Manifesto. London. I ictober 3. '[’he Indep-i dent Liberals. Mr. As Viscount Grey, the Marquess of Cicvve. Viscount
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  • 47 7 Bellin. < Ictober 3. Kemal Pasha's emissaries are busy conferring* with Soviet representatives notably regarding tin* effect of ratification oi the I rquhart-Krassin agreement on Russo-Turkish relations Supporters of the agreement contend that ratification will tend to good relations between Britain, Russia and and Turkey.
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  • 30 7 CLSTGMS AGREEMENT. Beirut. (htober 2. Ihe Syrian High Commissariat signed a Custom* agreement with representatives of the Angora Government, designed to re-open relation* between Syria and Anatolia.
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  • 34 7 Athens, October 3. M. ZaimiL ha* declined ihe Premiernli i p. Constantine in Sicily* Palermo, I h-tober 3. Giiistantine and his family arrived aboard the I’ani*. escorted by a destroy er.
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  • 46 7 Am*terdam, (tetober 3. 1! reported that it has been ag(,ed hy the Royal Dutch, Shell and Oil Companies to send rel’l, *entat ive- to Angora to negotiate l* a< ((uisition of oil concessions 111 region of the Black Sea and the spian Sea.
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  • 84 7 An Expedition Suspect. London October 3. In order to increase its influence in Mid Asia, tin* Soviet Government is preparing an expedition to Tibet, according to the Daily Telegraph,” with the avowed object of scientific and geographical research, but, as it will include several military topographers and
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  • 29 7 ENVER PASHA kGAIN. Berlin, h-tober 3. It i* reported from Moscow that Enver Pasha again defeated tin* Bolshevists in Turkestan, where large number of volunteer* are joining him.
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  • 135 7 A REMARKABLE EXAMPLE. London, October 3. A special report by the AuditorGeneral on trading by Government Department* for the year ended March 31, 1921. states that owing io the payment of £4O [>er box. instead of £3O. tor Chinese bacon and lard, a certain film of importer* received
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  • 89 7 SIGNS GF REVIVAL. London. October 3. Speaking to the Textile Society n Manchester. Sir Edwin Stockton de clared that the proposed revival of the Cotton Control Board or a similar combination would be a step in th* wrong direction. There were distinct sign* of trade revival. The
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  • 63 7 THREATS AND CA CANNY” POT/ICY. Berlin, October 3. The Siemens Halske Company ha* closed its Werner Works, throwing idle 10,009, following threats of violence by a number of workmen, in consequence of the dismissal of a shopsteward. The Allgemeine Elektrizitaets Gesellschaft ha* dismissed 10.009 men from one of
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  • 78 7 G() VERN MENT’S POSTTTON. Paris, October 3. Discussing the dispute with regard to the abolition of the eight-hour da\ in the Mercantile' Marine. M. Rio. Under-Secretary for the Merchant Marine, expressed the opinion that oversea ports would not follow the example of the seamen at Marseilles now
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  • 31 7 Paris. October 3. A meeting of the Banque Tndu trielle. with 115 dissentients, passed the accounts for 1921. The new Director* elected are outstanding men in Far Eastern (inks.
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  • 16 7 London. October 3. The Prince of Wales received Sir Reginald Stubbs. Governor of Hongkong.
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  • 32 7 Rome, October 3. The Italian Cabinet authorised the acceptance of the modified proposal before the League of Nations regarding the loan to Austria, thu* removing th** last obstacle.
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  • 936 7 A NEW CHAMPION. In the P. C. C. lawn tennis tournament last evening, R. N. Hamilton, the challenger in the Championship met \V. H. Threlfall. the holder. The weather had l>een against tennis for some time, but the conditions for this match were favourable. The turf
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  • 405 7 S.T S-R.E. (V.) THE WINNERS. in accordance with general expectation < he team of th»* S.R.E. (V.) Singapore «ho. incidentally, had the last go” at the Ainpang Range, Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday—came out first and won the Warren Shield with a total, of 277 points. The competition,
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  • 157 7 S. T.” The annual athletic sports meet and the gymnastic and physical display of the Victoria Institution. Kuala Lumpur, took place on Saturday before a large gathering. The programme was a very lengthy onethere being about- thirty t vent* A feature of the day’s sport was the
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  • 108 7 Mr. L. V. Snowman write* to the Times” I have recently returned from a Continental holiday, part of which I spent in German and Austria, and w’ould bear witness to the courteous treatment I. in common with many other Englishmen, have received from our former foe*. 1
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  • 34 7 SOLDIERS SENTENCED. Reuter's Telegrams. Berlin, October 2. Eightv-f<»ur soldiers were sentenced to short terms of iinpiisonment up to three years in connection with th? mutiny at Loetzen, mentioned mi Ser» ember 26th.
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  • 1183 7 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mrs. D. F. Topham leaves for Home by ss. Teiresias from Singapore. Mr. and Miss Anthony arrived in i Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday morning. Sir John Campbell has resigned the management of Johan Tin, Ltd., says the T.0.M.” Mr. W. T. Chapman, Secretary for Chinese Affairs, is on
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  • 234 7 THE CABINET’S PROGRAALME. According to the Japan Advertiser thq Tokyo Cabinet, at a recent session adopted an extensive programme for the reduction and regulation of prices as the first step necessary to reduce the cost of living, relieve the present depression and stave off an economic crash
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  • 567 8 THE TRUE INWARDNESS OE THE AMERICAN BID. A correspondent writes to the Ein ancier” e As the Dutch Government have refused to accept the proposals of the Stevenson Committee, it is imperative that prompt action should Im* taken by some other means to put an end to providing
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  • 563 8 Forward Contracts with America Policy Questioned. The meeting of the Sumatra Proprietary Rubber Plantations, Limited, was held in London on September Ist. Mr. 11. A. Barrett presided, ami in moving the adoption of the report ami accounts said that, owing to forward sales, they had been
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  • 241 8 Messrs. Sanderson and Co-, in theii report, in mail week state the market has remained in its state of stagnation and apathy, with practically no change in value. The report that the Dutch Goveminent does not consider any legal ac tion concerning restriction necessary as yet caused
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  • 202 8 The decision of the Dutch Government not to interfere in the matter of production of rubber in the Dutch Indies and allow the rubber industry to find its natural level, is prompting a number of shareholders in rubber companies to suggest that it is high
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  • 174 8 Messrs. Geo. White A Co., London, reported on the sth September, as follows: A quiet market has ruled during the past week and business has been on a restricted scale but the general tone has been steady and quotations are a fraction dearer than those ruling a
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  • 388 8 LATEX IN THE MANIFACTURE OF PAPER An interesting lecture on Rubber Latex in Paper Making,” of which the following is an extract, was delivered bv Prof. Frederick Kaye, A R-C-Sc-. to the Institution of Rubber Industry. The u *-e of rubber latex in paper mak ing
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  • 203 8 German princes are hammering at the door of the pensions office- The exCrown Prince Rupprecht cf Bavaria has applied for a general’s pension.: Prince Oscar of Prussia applied for a biigtde commander’s pension and has also demanded the 'alary due fo him for the last quarter cf
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  • 129 8 The follow ing extract from a recent report by the British commercial secretary n Stockholm is of interest- On this sub ject of German competition H- M- Commercial Secretary in Stockholm (Mr. H. Kershaw) 'ays in his recent report :The dissatisfaction in Sweden with German methods, especially
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  • 115 8 A bout half the club' in the West End just now are offering hospitality to the f-tr-er half while annual decoration, is in piogrtss, and the guests of eno wellknown Piccadilly club have been caused considerable amusement by the posting of two notices side by side, tine runs
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  • 632 8 NEW EMIGRATION CONDITIONS. Colonial industries which are in want of lalxtnr regard India as a satisfactory source of recruitment. In 1919 a special mission from British Guiana visited India inviting settlers and assuring them of generous treatment. This year a mission from India returned the visit and made
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  • 112 8 PENANG, OCTOBER 4, 1922. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/3 31/32 4 months’sight Bank 2/4 1/32 3 Credit 2/4 5/16 3 Documentary 2/4 11/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rsl7B|'| 3 days’sight Private 1811 Bombay Demand Bank 178} Madras Demand Bank 178] > g- 3 days’sight Private
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 319 8 Williams HOLDER TOP SHAVING STICK The Perpetual Stick in the Holder that Holds” This original holder device has been imitated, but never equalled. Re-Loads for this box have firm, threaded, metal collars that can’t shrinkcan’t swellscrew tight—hold well. D'Tat The big, wonderful and thoroughly effi- <•' cient lather lather that
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  • 1754 9 MK.KEI.LIH SMITH'S VIEWS. Vl W. Kellie Smith writes us as '"i'i’X* r-cently received the official U.G. A. for .Inly wiving for the first six months of this abstracted some figures from H aatisties compiled in it and as they l 0 indicate a much more hopeful ||(I1
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  • 119 9 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following London prices, on Oct 3: Spot £164.15s up 75.6 d 3 mos. buying 165.125.fid 5s 3 selling 165.15 s 2s.fid Local parity $Bl.BB The Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd: Ix>ndon, Oct, 2, 164.75.(id spot, and £165.75.6d three months buying, 165.125.fid
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  • 26 9 Mefesrs. Hamilton. Oxenham and Co., have received cabled quotations from Australia as follows Nawng Pets 3/6 3/8, Asam Kumbangs £1.8.0 £1.10.3. Rawangs 2/3.
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  • 126 9 Taiping Tin Dredging, Co., Ltd., for September, hours 1,072, yardage 120,000: output piculs 375. (No. 2 Dredge lost 4 days, water trouble.) North Taiping Tin Dredging, Co., Ltd., for September, hours 641, yardage 73,000: output 305 piculs. Batang Padang Dredging Co.. Ltd., for September, hours 598, yardage 54,500,
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  • 57 9 NOVEL PROPOSALS PREDICTED (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, October 4The Malay Mail’s” Colombo corres pondent says the London Times’ understands the Stevenson Committee s report will contain novel and far-reaching proposals. The India Rubber Manufacturers' Association has forwarded a resolution to Mr. Churchill, asking that it
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  • 203 9 The inaugural meeting of the Malaya Malayalee Association was held at Trolak, on September 24. The organizers of this meeting had arranged a varied programme for the entertainment of the fifty odd Malayale?s who had come from different parts of Malaya. At 3-30 p.m- a reception was held
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  • 62 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day. Shares. S *5 c >» S Q 32 X c. c. c. c. Mining. K Kamunting 32/- 33/ 33/- 34,Rahman H. 15.50 l(>.00 15.75 16.25 General. E. Shipping 9.00 9.50 9.25 9.50 F.
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  • 43 9 4th October, 1922. Local. cts. Smoked Sheet 25 > Fine Pale Crepe 250 Unsmoked Sheet No. 1... 21 Sing a- Smoked Sheet 26 2 pore J Crepe 2fil London and New York. {Smoked Sheet B£d London <; ij Crepe *»d New York Gls]
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  • 82 9 The following are additional rubber outputs for September lbs. Asahan (»5,000 Ando Sumatra 61,655 Bertam 122.0’>u Bassett 19.000 Bah Lias 114.752 Bila (Sumatra) 35,000 Central (Sumatra) 21.643 F.wffiilL (Malaya) 14.000 Investment Tru<t 86.300 Investment Tea 551,266 Kuala Sidim 42,231 Lunas 32,400 Mendaris 108.928 Malakoff 42.000 Mayfield 29.80» Sialang
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  • 154 9 A fatal affray occurred on a tengkang which mailed from Singapore on Saturday afternoon for the Dutch islands with a cargo of rice. There was on board the tikun or four coolies, Hokiens, comprising the crew, alsot four Macaos going to the same place to cut
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  • 195 9 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 Copra Sundried 9.05 Rattans 11.20 Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.50 per bag do do do 2 15.50
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  • 374 9 PENANG, OCTOBER 4, 1922. cts G« IVEKX M EXT Ml'TT< >X Head, sheep or goat each 80 Liver with heart lung do 1.20 Tri]M‘ do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 50 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Mutton lb 50 Kidney pair 30 Feet the four 40
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  • 1067 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. I NAMES j. Jg c =t 2 r 35 K Hi RUBBER LDollar.] S e; c!s Allenby Rubber Co 50 60 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 00 1 10 Amalgamated Malay Estates 1 10i 1 25 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 9 0010 00 Ayer Kuning Rubber
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    • 79 9 If, when you go down the street, you *ee one of our favourite shops being improved and enlarged, it afferds you little surprise because in your own mind you have always associated that shop with value in hats, boots, or furniture. The enlargements are made to cope with the increase
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    • 234 10 The Italian Light Car Grand Prix rac“. on September 3rd. the first event to b" run on the new Speedway just construe ted at Monza, a few miles from Milan, was won by Pietro Bordino who with his four cylinder Fiat of 1,500 cc. piston dis
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    • 222 10 Motor-cars are going to cos« less, and the manufacturers’ lists for autumn whi 'how substantial reductions. Indeed. British cars are likely to be cheaper shortly than at any time since the armistice One well-known firm announces a reduction in its standard car from £467 to £360 and
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    • 178 10 Statistics gathered fronr varied and re iiable sources indicate that a considerable number of serious accidents are occasioned by reason of defective and worn-ou 4 tyres. This is particularly true with re gard to old casing on the front wheels when the vehicle is travelling at
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    • 155 10 Confronted with the difficulty of con trolling speeding automobiles within the city limit', Rome, Italy, is considering a device which will prevent the car to which it is attached from traveling over ten miles an hour. The more the driver steps on it" the slower the car
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    • 79 10 The average motor vehicle buyer of to day is 34 years old. according to a i analysis of 2.500 sales made by experts of the Metropolitan Securities Company of Cleveland. He buys a ear averaging 81.3:q.f»6 gold in cost, on which ho pays down £6'.)B-31. He
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    • 327 10 diamond-hard surface tou corc ma ke prcl th® bearings of the j THE ALL-STEEL bicycle A a I practically frictionless. That is one of the secrets of the easy running and the fl/ t EVERLASTING guarantee. s**4/•*” Beeh sj the Raleigh. Il Raffles Place, Singapore. II Robinson Co, Ltd FIAT
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    • 345 10 E i Have you a Stubborn Beard? j a Tender Skin? j Here’s Shaving Comfort! i matter k° vv tou £h your beard, _l\j no matter how tender your face s you can shave clean and comfortably with the New Improved Gillette. I The New Improved Gillette Safety Razor is
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  • 378 11 the point elucidated. The Malayan Observer.” Ipoh. has the following When we received the letter under the above heading, which was published in our first issue, we submitted it to his Lordship Mr. Justice Barrett-Lennar l whose recent interesting lecture on citizenship will be remembered- His I.ord
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  • 137 11 By fixing the income-tax exemption at its present rate-, the Imperial Government expre—ed a definite opinion as to the amount cf income adequate under prevailing c< ndition- for ihci support of (a) the -ingle man or woman (b) the married man. However, through the grant cf the
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  • 93 11 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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    • 1175 11 Become an Accountant Company Secretary, Office or Works Manager 4 I A M A HESE are the men who are needed to-day in business, Facts that arc more r r r wonderful than fiction I I and you can definitely qualify for such positions by ""TT"who e b've u .nr
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    • 41 11 WILL YOU SOON BE RICH Here is good opportunity Make haste send us your name 9 and address TO-DAY! We will give you the way how to quickest and easiest fortune. WEST-JAVA CREDIET AND HYPOTHEEKBANK, BATAVIA, (JAVA). MKSW W llliw jr
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    • 736 11 Underwood Standard I iw s Typewriters I The Machine you will Eventually Buy. Paterson, Simons Co., Ltd., i (Incorporated in Engknd) AfentB Penang, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. BANKS. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. CORPORATION. (Incorporated in England by Royal (Incorporated in Hongkong.) Charter 1853.) Paid-up
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    • 1669 12 T> Tt> T) ~\r t t i\y T 7 Australia by Burns Philp Line CANADIAN PACIFIC l> I OID I JL l IAI lL in Auiir.L. STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. fc (Incorporated in England Fast twin screw mail passenger steamers bet wee? Rangoon, Colombo, Port Said, Marseilles and London rimrXv isIand'BRISBANE and
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    • 527 12 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO, Managing Agents U. S. Shipping Board. Regular I'rans-Pacific Freight and Passenger Ser vicebet ween HONGKONd AND SAN FRANCISCO Calling at the following Ports Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu, and San Francisco. CALCUTTA-HONGKONG SERVICE. (Freight only). Calling at the following Ports Calcutta, Rangoon, Penang, Singapore, Saigon and
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