Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 21 December 1922

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 291. VOL LXXX. THURSDAY, 21st DECEMBER, 1922. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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    • 593 1 One at a time. i MESSRS JAMES BUCHANAN &CO LTD s i HAVE RECEIVED THE ROYAL WARRANT OF APPOINTMENT TO TW YT TAAT" TTB H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES IVA W U JLU 1. KU 1• E: g j|| The following figures are taken from the Agricultural Bulletin of the
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  • 923 2 FATAL FALL FROM TRAIN. Delhi, December 11.—The usual formal inquiries by the Railway police into the death of Mr. AII Kingston,Eastern Manager of Reuters, are proceeding. The emdical ferdic to was accidental dearth. The funeral which took place this aft-ennopn at the Nicholson cemetery near the Kashmir
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    • 1209 2 positions wanted notices. irTmm R A HAITI IP Gentleman, age f7 PENANGTURF CLUB. OU I I IKIU MUN IHU merly import ex t >ort trade, estate office Notice herpby given that a Specia l UJITU DA OU manager, accountant, correspondent. Gener;d Meeting of the members of the VV Ifl KDaII
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    • 396 2 What Better Gift Than A Bool? WILL MONKEY GLANDS i. O| BRING BACK YOUTH I discussed by v SCIENTISTS ARE STILL EXPERIMENTING We are already organised to please the most critical you We always make excellent provision at Christmas time for l v ngSter and their parcel of gift books
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  • 1110 3 TURKISH NATIONALISTS ANU THE KHALI FATE 1 Professor Arnold J. Toynbee says for years past Christendom has been' watching itg ancient rival sicken, and we were just preparing to announce (with rather perfunctory sorrow) that death had supervened, when, lo and behold, the corpse turns out
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  • 367 3 Messrs. James F- Hutton and Co., Ltd-, Manchester reported on Wednesday November 22, as under: The tone of the cotton markets has not been so entirely given over to bullisimess as- previous recent weeks, and fluctuations have been much wider. Whilst still active, trading has been
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    • 72 3 abdljlla! PURE a /noX I BRIGHT I l] SMOOTH I \75/ VIRGINIA ABDULLA CO., LTD., New Bond Street, LONDON. (Incorporated in United I I Latest REDUCED Pri STANDARD TOURING CAR I $1,300 I ONLY EX GARAGE g SELF STARTER EQUIPMENT $l5O EXTRA. Wearne Bros. Ltd., PENANG. I Underwood j Standard
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    • 211 3 THE WOMANLY WOMAN. CHARMING AND OVERFLOWING WITH HEALTH. Most cf us carl call to mind girls whom nothing daunts- They] have all the energy of a man, and yet» retain their womanliness. They go steadily on from day to day quite unaffected by ailments alnd nervous fears. It is, in
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    • 150 3 nT? 1 J J T)OVRIL is a food of I 1 such vital importance no household 3 should ever be without it. w 1 Whenever a meal in a S hurry is wanted, when someone feels tired or chilled, whenever a hot drink is required—give Bovril. Always have BOVRIL in
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  • 2991 4 —“M-M.” “RAINING AFFIDAVITS.” In the Supreme C<*uirt, KuaJa Lumpur, before the Hon. Mr- Justice FarrerManby, the much discussed civil suiL in which Mr. Frederick! Charles Peck is the Plaintiff, and Mr- Johni Archibald Russell. J. A. Russell and Coy-, and The Malayan Collieries
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  • 362 4 S. T.” On Sunday evening, Rt. Wor. Bro. W. F. Nutt, 0.8. E., the District Grand Master of the Eastern \rchipelago, visited Seremban with his officers to lay the foundation stone of the new Masonic Temple which is about to be erected by the Brethren of Lodge
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  • 186 4 Mr. F. N. Pickett, a young engineer, who made industrial history by the discovery of a means of utilising metal from the ammunition dumps after the war, was entertained at luncheon in London. In a speech he said that during the war Great Britain felt being without
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  • 146 4 As already announced the, New Year Meeting of the Selangor Turf Club has been fixed for February 13th, 15th and 17th, 1923, with nine races on each day. Innovations to be introduced are that ten per cent will be deducted from a sweep of $20.000 for members
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  • 779 4 COLLECTOR-GENERAL’S REPORT. The Collector-General of Income Tax, S.S. in bis report upon the working of the Income Tax under the Income Tax Ordinance, 1921, for the financial year Ist April. 1921, to 31st March, 1922, states:— With the rates of Income Tax unchanged and the
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    • 415 4 O ADVERTISEMENTS PRELIMINARYNOTiJ’ penang Sees room, An aKSX>M le F^ Comprising Single and double iron i i child’s cot, marble top dressing B wash stands, wardrobe able cabinet sewing machine, chimin? rattan drawing room suite, car,w <r tal|e and chairs, sideboards ni?' 118 glass, crockery, iron safe bv Cv.- r?
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  • 1740 5 PERCIVAL PHILLIPS’S DISCLOSURES. Tn the course of pan article, one of a j (>s written for the Daily Mail as a S t It of personal investigation of condirf' j n Mesopotamia, the well-known r an<l special correspondent, Sir PerSal Phillips» C When yon suggest the desirability
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  • 876 5 MYSTERY OF SULTAN’S GIRL WIFEThe “Daily Mail special correspondent Mr- C. Ward Price telegraphed frmn Constantinople on November 19 How the Sultan Mahommed VI left Turkey in the British warship Malaya on Friday morning is a romantic episode that may well prove to be also of historic
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  • 462 5 “One who has suffered”' writes to the “Daily Mail-” If only gossips realised the evil that they do! Would it deter them I wonder. The love of gossip is so deeply engrained in human) nature that nothing less than a miracle would kill it. People more
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  • 417 5 Shanghai is often the scene of very peculiar incidents in the commercial world- During the past weeks there has been large purchasing of rice for export to Checkiang, and some 50,000 bags of Saigon, Rangoon and Bangkok rice have been negotiated. All this trade has gone
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    • 59 5 scxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx KXXXX I x I x x i JatSilk I I LAST X X (few DAYS I x 2 X 5 B or, B X I Whiteaway’s X X X X X X I GREAT X MAS I i x I BAZAAR| i I j DOORS OPEN X X I
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  • 43 6 Barraclough—Kendall.—At St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore, on December 15th, by the Rev. Archdeacon Swindell, Frank Clarance Bariaclough, Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, son of Mr. ami Mrs. 1 Barraclough, Woodside, Linton. Burton-on-Trent, to Maud Phyllis Kendall, daughter of Mi-, ami Mrs. J. Kendall, Bidford-on-Avon.
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  • 1117 6 As our contemporary the Singapore Free Press” has already pointed out, there has not been the same excitement in the Colony over the question of Legislative Council Reform as in other communities, where one result of the war has been to give an added impulse to the
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  • 1117 6 The important Constitutional changes represented in the enlargeNew Year ment of the Legislative Honours. Council of the Colony may be reflected in the list of New Year Honours, *and there is some speculation as to who will be elevated ”on this occasion. It will be recalled that
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  • 303 6 Site Taken up for Mixing. (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, December IS. The removal of the Gopeng District Hospital to Ipoh which has for a long time been under consideration has only recently been accomplished. Not only has it been thought that a large hospital like the
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  • 40 6 (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, December -1For her farewell performance, Anna Pavlova faced the largest audie the Victoria Theatre ever held public entertainment. 1 he takings i. The pertof' easily broke all records, mance was a brilliant success.
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  • 113 6 The P. &0- Packet to arrive here at 9 a.m. 0,1 pect ed 23rd instant. This stealilel -j" o n Ixwrdto have outward European n The homeward mail 93rd closes at Wa.m. 011 Saturday, instant. be tfontoro, A mail for Australasia, I >s on {he (via Singapore) closes
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    • 236 6 ENGINEERING, MINE, PROSPECTING I and ESTATE SUPPLIES. I GENERAL HARDWARE AND TOOLS. If your requirements are SMALL, enquire from us; you will have the g benefit of the LARGEST STOCKS IN THE COLONY and F. M. S. to select from. If your requirements are LARGE, let us know we ourselves
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    • 29 6 “E. O.” First Night of the X’mas Festivities. Monday, 25th December, X’mas Dinner. Dancing in the New Ball Room. TILL 1-45 A.M. BOOK YOUR SEATS NOW E. O. ORCHESTRA.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 120 6 GRAND CHARLIE CHAPLIN ATTRACTION AT LYRIC KINEMA 7= Xr From Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 21,22, 23 and 2 4th Dec., 1 122. 1923 CALENDARS GIVEN FREE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY TOWER FILM CORP. PRESENTS CHARLIE CHAPLIN In Tillie’s Punctured Rorftance. 6 Reels. ALONG WITH MAE MARSH in THE RACING
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    • 22 6 THE TIDES. High Water. Low Water. To-day. 2.13 p.m. 8.26 p.m. To-morrow. 2. 8 a.m. 8.55 a.m. 2.50 p.m. 9. 2 p.m.
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  • 316 7 The Allied Proposals. Reuter’s Telegrams. Lausanne, December 19. The Greek and Bulgarian delegates also strongly supported the Allied pio. p<>s,ds regarding the Straits. Deadlock over Capitulations. Lausanne, December 20. The meeting of the Capitulations Sub-Commission this morning ended in a deadlock and the question must be referred to
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  • 86 7 New York, December 20. Ihe Supreme Court adjourned till the 27th December, the hearing of the Irish Fiee State Government’s application for an injunction to prevent the rebel leaders De Valera and O’Mara from withdrawing funds amounting to $2,500,000 collected in the I nited States. The Judge
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  • 87 7 DAVIS CUP CHANGES. London, December 20. A Conference of delegates of various tennis-playing countries, including Mr. Slocum, on behalf of Japan, approved a proposed zoning system, und(‘i which the Davis CuP competition be divided into two sections, American and European. Each entering nation will declare in which section
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  • 37 7 AN EASY WIN. Wanganui, December 20. beat the Minor Asso(Uil i()i ls by ten wickets. The Asso''ation scored 129 and 200. Marylemade 296 and 34 for no wickets. ahhorpe scored 117 for M.C.C.
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  • 35 7 Brussel, December 19. the. result of an incident in tne minbf*!-, M. Franck, Minister for the'denies, sent seconds to M. Paul Lilians, the principal Belgian delcof the League of Nations Council.
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  • 105 7 France’s Pcsithn. (Renter’s "Selegrams. Paris. December 20. Discussing the Government’s decision to recommend Parliament to ratify the Washington Agreement, the “Echo de Paris” complains that the agreements do not favour France, because on the 16th December, 1921, the Trench delegates were suddenly confronted with Anglo-Japano-American accord, which
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  • 12 7 Paris, December- 20. The Chamber adopted the Naval Estimates.
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  • 78 7 THE QUESTION OF SCRAPPING. Washington, December 20. Mr. Denby, Secretary for the Navy, transmitted to Congress a report showing that neither the United States nor Japan plans to complete the scrapping of existing capital ships, at least pending the promulgation of the Armaments Treaty, although both had ceased
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  • 42 7 PROPOSAL FOR UNION. Washington, December 20. The Central American Conference decided to postpone consideration of the question of union of the Central American Republics until 192 G, when another Conference will be called to establish a basis of union.
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  • 75 7 THE REPLY TO GERMANY. New York, December 20. Mr. T. W. Lamont, of Messrs. Morgan Co., referring to newspaper reports giving the impression that the German envoy’s request for a loan has been refused, said they told Heir Wiedfeldt that a loan was impossible because at present
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  • 59 7 FOREIGN SHIPPING. Washington, December 19. Counsel for foreign steamship lines filed a brief in the Supreme Court attacking Judge Hand’s decision as regards liquor on foreign vessels, and argued that while prohibition legislation applied to the United States and territories subject thereto, it could not he extended to regulation
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  • 64 7 IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. New York, December 20. The Supreme Court upheld the contention that the National City Bank is not responsible for the funds of the depositors of its Petrograd Branch, as the Soviet seized the assets, therefore liability with the Soviet. This decision, if upheld, will
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  • 41 7 New York, December 20. The ex-Premier Mr. Chow Isu Chi and 22 other Chinese have arrived. Mr. Chow denied he intended to negotiate a loan, but admitted he would taU to American bankers on the subject.
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  • 29 7 Havre, D ceraber 20. M. Clemenceau has returned from New York. In an interview, he denied having said he was opposed to the occupation of the Ruhr.
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  • 259 7 The Only Remedy for Unemployment.” (Route’s Telegrams. London, December 20. Sir W. Joynson Hicks was the guest of the Colonial Institute at luncheon on his taking over the Overseas Trade Department. He emphasised that the sole remedy for the present unemployment in Britain was the development of Inter-Empire
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  • 59 7 London, December 29. The Directors of the Indo -Burma 1Oilfields, which had £7,507 in cash remaining on the 31st March propose <i reorganisation of capital with the object of writing off half of the issued amount and raising £165,000 by offer ing preference shares to shareholders proportionately to
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  • 51 7 Warsaw, December 20. The National Assembly of the Republic gave 298 votes for Wojbich?wski against 227 cast for Mora wski, a candidate of the High:. Wojoichewski belongs to the party led by Witos and was a member of the Paderewski Cabinet. Morawski is a Professor of Cracow’
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  • 56 7 Paris, December 21. The Passau, Ingolstadt and Stettin incidents are not yet closed. The Ambassadors’ Conference, replying !o the German Note of the 10th December, demands that Bavaria and the local authorities be included in the German apology, which shall be officially published, and insists on more
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  • 40 7 London, December 20. The British-American Tobacco Company’s net profits for the year were £4,400,000, compared with £4,323,000. The dividend is 25 per cent compared with 24 cent last year, and the sum of £3,276,000 will be carried forward.
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  • 15 7 London, December 20. Prince George is progressing satisfactorily, after the operation for appendicitis.
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  • 16 7 London, December 20. The newspapers are not publishing on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
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  • 80 7 MAHARAJAH OF COOCH BEHAR. London, December 20. The Maharajah of Cooch Behar died in London this morning in a Nursing Home. [Sir Jiteodra, Maharajah Bhup Bahadur of Cooch Behar, K.C.S.I-, was born on the 20th December, 1896, and succeeded his brother in 1913. In that year he married an
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  • 552 7 Pronouncement by the Governor. IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, December 21. In the Legislative Council, His Excellency the Governor said the Secretary of State had approved certain modifications of the Constitution of the Council. As the result of the report of the Select Committee, it had
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  • 234 7 SUBSTANTIAL PROFIT. (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, December 21. The Straits Trading Company’s report shows a profit of $1,349,416, which, with the sum carried forward, amounts to $1,563,342. A dividend of fifty cents per share was paid in June, leaving $1,113,342 available for distribution. The Board recommend
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  • 194 7 Despite the inclement weather, there was a large gathering at the “At Home” held in the reading room of the Penang Cricket Club, last evening, when the prizes were presented to the winners of the Bowls and Tennis Tournaments. The Hon. Resident Councillor Mr. A. B. Voules
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  • 238 7 P. V, INTER-COMPANY SPORTS. The race from the Swimming Club, Tanjong Bungah, to the Penang Cricket Club, one of the events in the inter-com-pany sports promoted by the Penang Volunteers,was run off in miserable weather yesterday afternoon. There were sixteen entrants, only one of whom failed to
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  • 774 7 Messrs. R. D. Binnie and J. Seller passed through to Singapore in the Glen Sanda from London. Mr. Walter Makepeace of the ‘‘Singapore Free Press’’ is in Penang to-day, and will go up Penang Hill to-morrow. Messrs. Johnson, E. W. Josselyn, C. Bailey and Miss Odisay arrived
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  • 1294 8 —“M. M.” SUNDAY LABOUR. A genpral meeting of the Malacca Planters- Association, was held at Mala ca Club, the Hon’ble Mr. J. W. Campbell presiding. The Chairman said the matter of Sunday work arose out of a letter received from the Manager of R’ m Estate- The letter
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  • 343 8 HOW AMAZONIAN INDIANS DEAL WITH THEIR ENEMIES. Some of the grotesque practices of the Indian dwellers in the dense forests of the Amazon—practices that in all probability are perpetuations of the remote customs of the Incas of Peru were recounted by Sir John Bland-Sutton at the Royal
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  • 187 8 Ait a meeting, at Melbourne, of the Head Mistresses’ Association, at which representatives of the Medical Women’s Association were present, the question of recreation for growing girls was discussed, and a resolution was unanimously passed deploring the number of dances to which boys and girls are
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  • 165 8 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Gregory A pear for Singapore, China and Japan. van Goens for Deli, Langsa, Edi, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh and Sabang. Jin Ho for P. Brandan. Perak [E.S. Co] for Teluk Anson. Trang for Dindings and Sitiawan. Kinta for Port Swettenham, taking mails for Klang, Kuala Lumpur
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  • 385 8 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). BY TRUK. 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,'J By train Teluk Anson.Kuala Kubu, Kuala 7.15 a.m. Lumpur, Klang. Port Swetten-
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  • 457 8 The reduction in steamer fares is both substantial and very welcome. But can anyone tell me why at this particular time, when running costs are still so high and freight so scarce that a large number of steamers are unemployed, a reduction has been made? I have an
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  • 138 8 Dec 23—Runnymede Hotel, Special Tiffin, Special Dinner and Dance. Dec 23—Cinderella Dance, Penang Club, 9.15 p.m. Dec 25 and 26 —Public Holidays. Dec 25—E. O. Xmas Dinner and Dance (New Ballroom). Dec 25—Runnymede Hotel, Xmas Dinner. Fancy Dress Dance. Dec 26—E. &O. Boxing Day, Dinner and Dance. Dec.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 262 8 gm VIRGINIA CIGARETTES IF good judgment leads you to smoke Piccadilly Cigarettes you I™ J 1 will realise that their fine appearance is but a hint of the still finer smoking qualities which lie underneath the pure rice paper. tin ensures The pure Virginia leaf is matured by the natural
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  • 735 9 “S. F. P.” a RESTRICTION difficulty. T'he thirteenth annual general meeting o f Ak>r Gajah Rubber Estate, Limited, held at Gresham House, Battery Singapore. The Chairman, Mr. J. y Sime, presided and there were also ]ir nt the Hon’ble Mr. J. M. Campbell, y r \V. I’.
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  • 154 9 are informed that at a meeting of i‘ s :il|| ling Committee of the Planters’ of Malaya, held on the 13th it was decided, as a result of the 'i-iging support already accorded to ‘‘“constitution Scheme, to proceed fScheme. Negotiations are there- »eing conducted with Government r p.
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  • 559 9 AMPLE RESOURCES. 1 he thirteenth annual general meeting of Pajam, Limited, was held at Gresham House, Battery Road, Singapore. The Chairman, Mr. W. L. Watkins, presided and there were also present Messrs J. M. Sime, W. P. Plummer, L. J. Hayes and D. J. Ward (for the Secretaries,
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  • 188 9 Messrs. Wilson Holgate and Co. favour us with a copy of Rubber Trade Association of London monthly statistics dealing with the rubber position up to end of October, 1922. For the ten months 1922 the U nited Kingdom imports were 51.519 tons compared with 75,450 tons in 1921
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  • 69 9 21st December, 1922. Local. cts. (Smoked Sheet 46 Fine Pale Crepe 46 Unsmoked Sheet No. 1... 41 Singa- (Smoked Sheet 46| PORE (Crepe 46? London and New York. T (Smoked Sheet ls.2d T.OXDON Crepe ls 2( j New York G 27 Dull. The following were the rubber quotations
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  • 110 9 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following London prices, on Dec. 20: Spot £179 down £1 3 mos. buying 180.10 s 1 3 selling 180.15 s 1 Local parity $89.34 The Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd:— London, Dec. 20, £179 spot, and £lBo.los three months buying, £lBO
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  • 206 9 Benares Opium p. chest $5,000.00 nom. Cloves 90.00 sellers Gold leaf 72.00 Mace Pickings no stocks Nutmegs 80s 1105... Coconuts per 1,000 30.00 sellers Copra Sundried 10.15 buyers Rattans H-20 sellers Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00 per bag do do do
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  • 461 9 The measures of development which are to be outlined at Wednesday’s meeting of Legislative council says the Singapore Free Press are. we may assume a definite step on the road to that political indepence, or semi-independence, which is the ultimate right of the people if they are prepared
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  • 446 9 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, December 21, 1922. cts Government Mutton Head, sheep or goat each 80 Liver with heart lung do 1.20 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 52 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Mutton lb 52 Kidney pair 30 Feet the four 40 Mutton Head,
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  • 116 9 PENANG. DECEMBER 21, 1922. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 1/32 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/8 3 Credit 2/4 3/8 3 Documentary 2/413/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs 174| I 3 days’sight Private „177 Bombay Demand Bank 174 i 2 Madras Demand Bank > 3
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  • 1105 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. E" S NAMES g, |-2 CD H 3 RUBBER [Dollar S c' S c’ S c Allenby Rubber Co 6o| 65 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate ...[1 20; 1 40 Amalgamated Malay Estates ...i 2 101 2 25 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 12 00 13 00 Ayer
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    • 279 9 VALUABLE NEW TREATMENTHeals Strengthens The Lungs. Keeps Colds Chills at Bay. The discovery of the Peps breathable treatment solves the problem —hitherto only not by a costly visit to the Alpine pine-forest resorts of applying a natural, volatile healing agent direct to the throat, chest and lungs. Peps owe their
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    • 338 9 Talk to Advertisers and Buyers The man with reliable goods to sell is the man who advertises —and ad vertises discriminatingly. The reason is obvious after a moment’s consideration. No amount of advertising will secure large and permanent sales for inferior goods. Advertising in this case is mere publication of
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  • 624 10 SURVEYORS’ PLEA FOR ABOLITION. The Ihperial Government Committee on the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Intel est (Restrictions) Act, 1920, will have in thg memorandum from the Surveyois’ Institution, something more thani the property owners’ view of the question, for the council, after ascertaining the opinions of members
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  • 187 10 The Prime Minister of Australia has received a draft of the immigration agreement which was framed by the Premie iSir Joseph Carruthers, and other members of the State Cabinet in consultati .a with the director of migration and settlement- Mr. Hughes has announced that he accepted the agreement,
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  • 568 11 INDIAN INDUSTRIALISTS VIEWS. Calcutta, December 8- —Employers of labour in many departments of industrial enterprise have complained in recent times of the decreasing efficiency shown by the average workman locally- Complaints have not been made by the managers and engineers of factories alone mines and tea
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  • 185 11 Simla, December 7- —A great fire hitherto unequalled in the annals of Simla history occurred in the Grand Hotel at 5 pm- yesterday. The fire is believed to have started in the chimney of one of the rooms in the top flat of the main building and
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  • 159 11 The Cunard liner Scythia, which arrived at Liverpool from New York, when four hundred miles from the American shore with a strong easterly wind blowing, was boarded by a flock of birds numbering several thousands- The birds alighted on the ship’s deck- It was presumed
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    • 315 11 MONDAYITIS How to Avoid It As a general rule everyone feels less energetic on Monday than any other day in the week. This is very aptly termed Mondayitis. Instead of the i week-end rest bracing up people it has the opposite effect. The principal reasons for this are an interruption
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