Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 December 1922

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1838. No. 296. VOL LXXX. THURSDAY, 28th DECEMBER, 1922. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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    • 580 1 II aL wT y >ji 5 J 1 I I Wi/ J I Made by Hand o ne at m e B*‘ s «««»MB«MMMMagaHgg MMMMMWH>MMMM>I| 4 > Haboko Tea. I MOULDY ROT. j Carefully selected and free from 1 Sf JJ The following figures are taken from the Agricultural Bulletin
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    • 14 1 ■■■■■HB2ka«4aaaii«*ki«izaX T. NAGATA, DENTIST. MBXT DOOB TO E 11 I “THE DISPENSARY.” I 'WISIMIIIMMIIUUUIMMX
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  • 909 2 LORD BUCKMASTER AND HIS CRITICS. On October 11 you granted me the privilege of using your columns for a letter on the question of divorce:, writes Lord Buckmaster to the “Times-” I then arraigned the existing law upon the ground that it was subversive of morality, contrary
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    • 1476 2 POSITION ft. ft. COOKE Energetic Youth, weU up in Merean- BUTTERWORTH. <j tile and Estate Accounts. Typewriting MOTOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER. J V and General Office routine, seeks position in Mercantile or Professional Man’s SUB-AGENT TO Repairs L A Office. Any capacity. Well experienced. ivcadnpc mp >< r 1 31 J/s
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    • 250 2 Bergounan Pneumatic Tyres. are known through- j out the length and fj breadth of France. IH ||i|j Every Motorist in France knows them. They are made by 1 the same firm that, during the War, 111 wIMF equiped almost all the > Allied guns with Bergounan Solid Rubber h Tyres
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  • 1185 3 WOMEN AND THE VOTE. (By a Lady Correspondent.) Paris, November 27. Madame Gruppi. the writer, social worker and keen feminist, believes that women will have the vote in France, whether they want it r not. It is, she thinks, a thing vhich must come, and she is
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  • 306 3 Colombo was visited on the 12th inst, 1 by a Japanese Squadron, which is going on an extended tour for the purpose of training cadets of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Speaking of their mission an officer said that their squadron consists of the flagship “Idumo,” a vessel of
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  • 732 3 JAMAICAN COMPLAINT TO WHITEHALL. Sir Leslie Probyn, the Governor of Jamaica, has come in fop strong criticism in the Legislature there. Cabling from Kingston, Reuter reports that the elected member for the parish of Clarendon moved a resolution deprecating the way in which Sir Leslie dealt
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  • 450 3 Appended is the summary of Ihe third i forecast of the Rice Crop in Burma foi 1 the year 1922-23. The district estimates for the third provincial forecast shov 11,071,620 acres as the area sewn with rice, an increase of 39,211 acres on +he ‘total area, 11,001,367
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  • 101 3 Rangoon, December 21- —The marker was a bit jumpy yesterday opening the same as the closing on Wednesday when the prices were Rs. 385 for January and Rs. 383 for the three months. They firmed later in the day to Rs. 390 for Janua» and Rs. 389
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  • 69 3 Opening the British Legion Club al Nel-on, Lancashire, General Jan Ham'ltorn suggested the construction of the Forty-Clyde canal. It would be not only the means of providing work for ex-ser-vice men but would add to the strength of the navy. Such a scheme would, a»
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  • 816 4 Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Pinhorn are staying at Fernhill, Penang Hill. Mr. J. G. Black, police magistrate, Malacca, is away on a fortnight’s holiday at Bangkok. Messrs. S. B. Hamilton and A. J. Cooper arrived by the Kampar from Teluk Anson this morning. The Kopah arrived
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  • 725 4 STOREKEEPER CHARGED. In the District Court, Penang, yesterday, before Mr. R. Scott, the hearing was resumed of the evidence in the case of Khoo Chin Teong, who stands charged with criminal breach of trust while a servant in the employ of the Borneo Coy.. Ltd.
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  • 158 4 One of the oldest items in the seamen’s dietarv mav disappear as the result of a new Admiraltv order. It has been represented that salt nork is not appreciated as a ration on pertain foreign stations, and. further, that its issue to ships in the tronics
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  • 563 4 LODGE ROYAL PRINCE OF WALES. There was a large gathering of the Masonic fraternity from all parts of the Peninsula at the Freemasons’ Hall, Northam Road, Penang, last evening. The occasion was the installation as Worshipful Master of Lodge Prince of Wales 1555 E. C., of Wor. Bro.
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  • 155 4 The undermentioned are appointed Second Lieutenants in S. S. V. F. (Penang Volunteers): J. J. Saunders. C. D. Twynam, M. C., W. H. Mair, M. M., R. M. Richards, M. B. E. and E. E. Watson. 2nd Lieut. J. J. Saunders is posted to B Company and appointed
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  • 78 4 The Municipal Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade to-morrow from 6 to 7 p.m.:— 1 March The Rifle Regiment Souse 2 New Round Dance Moxina Hurndall 3 Waltz Linga Hurndall 4 Selection Patience Sullivan 5 Fox-trot Humming Breatt God Save The King.
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  • 538 4 SINGAPORE IVINS THE TROPHY. All those who turned up at the Padang at Kuala Lumpur, to witness the trophy match against Singapore did so with the hope of seeing a “great*’ game and their hopes were repaid far beyond expectation. The game was the finest played on the
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  • 135 4 The half time interval arrived with Singapore leading with three pointsThe second half opened with the visitors still on the aggressive, but Selangor defended valiantly- Langworthy then made an individual effort, but was well tackled by Webster before he could get dangerous- A grim struggle ensued both sides
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  • 57 4 The results of bowls ties played yesterday were as under: Singles Handicap Class B. —Dr. CHenry Hertz beat B. E. Mitchell 21 —14; J- G. Barrett beat W- H- Mair 21 —16Doubles Handicap-—J. G. Allan and' E. Reimann beat R. L- Buckwoll and D McLeod Craik 21
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  • 64 4 The Eclectic Competition held over the X’mas holidays was won by Mr. W, S. Dunn, with a score of 31. The monthly medal for December w ill be played for on Saturday and Sunday, the 30th and 31st inst. The entries for the Club Championship close on
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  • 482 4 MR. SVSTRT ON RESTit» HIS TOVR LTS OP Poona, December 13th—y Sastri gave some imnressinn nnivas Dominion tour at the Deccan M\i° f hi was a pleasure, he said to O Z^ a patriotic attachment Indiana! the towards India, while Indi-L felt utterly forgotten an,l neglected was difficult
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  • 52 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Decemlier 28. The following hockey team has been selected to play for Perak against Selangor on Saturday at Kuala Lumpur —goal, Toft backs. Barwis and (e Moubray; halves, Welch, Byers and Brayshay forwards, Gardiner, Kite in Bede Cox, Hoblyn and the Dato
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  • 34 4 On Christmas Day Singapore at hockc, .y -antortab 1 nil, holding the visitors 5 cre throughout the game- 1( oa i Marshall who shot the hrst .trf* and Blair who secured the st
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  • 154 4 —“M.M.” THE FINALISTS--prpd courts In the Singapore, c Hooi tournament Singles j Kleimna 11 Hye, beat Dean 6—2, 6 beat Kitch 6-3. 6-1- i|iman mJ In the Doubles final h Kee Dean beat Hooi Hye ant 6—2, 6—lMr F. W. Moore, s ec y etar in Australian
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 544 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. FOR SALE. Baby Grand Piano New. Price $BOO or nearest offer. Apply to Box No. 278. c/o Pinang Gazette. Immediate Sale. A second-hand 5 seat er- British Car for $6OO or even less. Good running order. First come first served. Apply Box No. 279, c/o Pinang Gazette. NOTICES.
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  • AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    • 335 5 London, December 16,—Commenting on M. Poincare’s speech the “Times” describes it as revealing a new perception of I iance s position? in the world a sense that the obstacle.? to isolated action on the part of France lay not in the unintelligible and irrigating restraints
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    • 130 5 London, December 18. —Especially inview of Ismet Pasha’s repeated declarations with regard to the protection of minorities and the solicitude expressed ir that connection by the Angora Government, a very painful impression; has beta created in Conference circles by telegrams from Constantinople reporting the continued
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    • 133 5 Leafield (Oxford), December 16.—The Lausanne Conference appears now to have embarked upon a period cf calm, and good progress is being made in subcommittees with various problems. A the sub-committee on minorities a programme cf ten points has been drawn up and is under discussion.
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    • 89 5 Sir Eric Drummond, Secretary-General of the League of Nations, questioned at a press interview regarding the admission of Turkey to the League said it was possible according to the rules of procedure that the Assembly could be called together at any given moment if reason aide
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    • 51 5 London, December 17. —A Liverpool message says that the British steamed •Smerdis, from Bordeaux, ran into the anchor cable of the steamer C ;t y of London and sank. Five of the crew we’e saved but the remainder, about eleven, are missing. The City of London was
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    • 56 5 London. December 17. —The “Observer” says that Mr. A. S. Vernay, the well-known l art connoisseur, is proceeding to India cm Thursday to meet Colonel Faunthorpe a!t Lucknow with the objei-t of forming a collection of mammals, reptiles and birds of India for presentation to
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    • 177 5 London:, December 18—The Home and Colonial Stores were fined forty shillings at Richmond Police Court for selling cocoa adulterated with arsenious oxide to the extent of one-fortieth of a grain to a pound. Rowntrees, Limited, were also fined £2O for abetting Home and Colonial Stores. It was stated
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    • 225 5 Madras, December 14- —J he Hon. Mr. C- A. Innes, Commerce Member of the Government of India, this evening, met the members of the Southern India Chamber of Commerce who made certain representations to him regarding railway requirements in Southern India In the course of his reply
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    • 152 5 Bombay, December 20. —Details have jusF reached Bombay of a serious accident which occurred near Igatpuri on the G.I.P. Railway line on the 11th instant resulting in the death of two European employees and serious injuries to four Indian trollymen. It appears that in the morning
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    • 265 5 New’ York, November 26.—Hollywood' is gossiping eagerly of Mr. Charles Chaplin’s latest romance, his reported engagement to Mild. Pola Negri, the Polish actress who recently came to this country and has become a film star. When he was aske-d yesterday Mr. Chaplin remarked, “It would not
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    • 346 5 Lahore, December 14. —The NorthWest Railway Union, Lahorel, has suggested to the Inchcape Committed method's and means by which retrenchment could be effected on the North-Western Rail way. Mr. M- A- Khan, General Secretary of the N- W. Railway Union has addressed a letter to Lord l
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  • 403 5 UNION OF THREE VOLCANOES. Mr. George Gillman read a paper before the Geographical Society of an ascent a year ago of Kilimanjaro, which he alluded to as Africa’s highest mountainThe party which he led were ther first to ascend after the mountain had become British territory- From
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  • 72 5 Mrs. Annie Swynmerrton has been elected an Associate of the Royal Academ 7 Mrs. Swynnerton is the first woman? to be elected to the Royal Academy since its foundation in? 1768. She is not the first woman Academician, for boffi Marie Annie Angelica Kauffman and
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  • 278 5 1 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Torilla for Calcutta. Perak [E.S. Co] for Teluk Anson. Trang for Dindings and Sitiawan. Kinta for Port Swettenham, taking mails for Klang, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. J Kitano Maru for Colombo, Dhanushkodi, Suez, Port Said, Marseilles and London. The Bibby liner Gloucestershire left Rangoon for
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  • 290 5 Dividend 15 per cent. The regular general meeting of shareholders of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha was held in Tokyo recently to receive the business report and accounts for the first half of the year. A dividend at the rate of 15 per cent, per annum was declared.
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  • 214 5 Rangoon, December 19.—0 n the arrival of the B. I steamer Lady Biake on Saturday from Tavoy and Mergui, her Commander, Captain Kimber, made over to the Principal Port Officer. Sanda, the master and six men forming the crew of the schooner Ban Leong which was wrecked
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    • 123 5 S s Es EE I The Local Management 1 OF i i I I Whiteaway, s 555 I Laidlaw Co., LIMITED. I (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) J PENANG and TAIPENG. I Has been instructed i I by the Board of I Directors to an- 1 g nounce that their Ĕ stores
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  • 24 6 Symes.—At the Maternity Hospital, Penang, on the 27th December, to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Symes of Paya Kamunting Estate, Kedah. —a daughter.
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  • 25 6 Goh—Lau.—On December 26, at 19, Duxton Hill. Singapore, Mr. Goh Lu Tong, eldest son of Mrs. Goh Sam Sye, to Miss Lau Ut Ngoh.
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  • 1134 6 Yesterday we gave the views of a writer in one of the leading quarterly reviews on the maladies from which China is suffering, particularly the effects of the present political situation on agriculture and industry. The effects on the railway situation are, he says, a
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  • 1037 6 Admittedly the state of the mechanical equipment of the teleTelephone phones in Penang, leaves Manners. much to be desired. Not infrequently the human element is badly at fault and tempers are lost by carelessness and inattention *on tfio part of operators, particularly those of the sterner sex
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  • 56 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, December 28. A trolley, engaged in the fitting up o f concrete posts for electric lighting, broke down at 2 p.m., yesterday in Hugh Low Street. The workmen. fortunately, scattered, but one was injured in the spine and removed to hospital. However,
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  • 180 6 CARGO OF COPRA ABLAZE. There was considerable excitement at Penang Harbour about 7 o’clock last night. An alarm of tire was raised and the rumour went round that the Kinta was ablaze. Capt. J. W. T. Saunders, the Deputy Harbour Master, at once set out in
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  • 193 6 A large Christinas party for children was given by Capt. and Mrs. Krens of 372, Anson Road, lasi evening, when over a hundred children attended. Their bungalow house, raised high over a cemented floor, lends itself to artistic decoration, and Mrs. Krens had arrange' a beautifully festive
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  • 128 6 111 I -"B.T. The homeward mail by the k c,) closes at .10 a.m. on Saturday, t' l instant. ..a The 8.1. Packet Teesta. with 011 European mails is now expectm t" ,l here at 6 a.m. on Saturday. §The homeward mail w jll steamer via Rangoon and
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    • 153 6 I FISH. ĔĔ Fresh Salmon Kippers Turbot Haddocks x Cod Fish Fillets -w 3E Singapore Cold Storage Co.. Ltd., Penang. ;SLIX. t» *I« XI«CjfXYJ* CUTJILU! U Fa.l JJ XyJ,YJJ I /ClWs EandJ I I Burke’s g ft 3 I CA-UTjni nTOU^ 1 H j GUINNES SI 1 STOUT. I fe
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    • 63 6 TMAS WEEK at the “E. 0.” Thursday, December 28th.—DINNER and DANCE. Friday December 29th.—THE DANSANT, S p.m. to 7 p.m. Orchestral Concert 9.38 p.m. Saturday, December 38th—SPECIAL TIFFIN-QHCHESTRA DINNER and DANCE. NEW TEAR’S DAT, Monday, January Ist, 1923.—GALA NIGHT. Official Opening of the Ball Room. SPECIAL DINNER. BUCK AND WHITE
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 99 6 Home News Sporting Comedy Feature and Serial Attraction at LYRIC KINEMA TA"' From Thursday 28th to Sunday 31st December, 1922. William Fox presents BUCK JONES in 7 Parts “STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER 7 Parts J. A. Stuart Blackon presents HERBERT RAWLINSON in 5 Reels “THE HOUSE DIVIDED” 5 Reel» William
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    • 21 6 THE TIDES. High Water. Low Water. To-day. 8.34 p.m. 1. 6 p.m. To-morrow. 8.38 a.m. 3.18 a.m. 9.14 p.m. 2.35 p.m.
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  • 20 6 DEATH. Bodestyne.—At Kandang Kerbau Hospital, Singapore, on December 25, Virginia Bodestyne, beloved wife of C. Bodestyne of the Municipality. Singapore.
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  • 1065 7 Mosul Controversy. Reuter’s Telegrams. Lausanne, December 27. The general tone in Conference cir again tends to the pessimistic. The Turkish attitude, which at one time seemed to promise a reasonable „.ttlenient, is now most recalcitrant. long interview between Lord Curzon ill( j Ismet Pasha last night does not
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  • 129 7 PROFESSOR SHOT DEAD. Cairo, December 27. Mr. Robson, Professor at the School of Law, was cycling homewards this afternoon, when h e was shot at with a revolver and killed, by three natives. Another Britisher, Mr. Rowntree, wli> was accompanying Mr. Robson, was also fired on, but he
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  • 343 7 Cairo, November 27. —The second vo tim of the political outrage reported last week, His Excellency Hassan Pasha Abdel Razak, succumbed after two days of agonised sufferin-g and was accorded one of the most imposing funerals that have been witnessed in Cairo for several years. His
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  • 77 7 London, December 27. Mariners fell thrilling stories of a Christmas storm, which they declare to be fhe worst in the Atlantic within an extended experience. The toll of damage is not yet measurable, but wreckage has been washed up. Ine London steamer Maid of Delos was last
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  • 281 7 Mr. Baldwin’s Mission. (Router’s telegrams. London, December 27. Mr. Stamey Baldwin, Chancellor of the Exchequer, accompanied by hh-> wife and daughter, Mr. Montagu Norman, Governor of the Bank of England, and two financial experts sailed in the Majestic this afternoon for the United States on a
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  • 92 7 London November 24. —Mr- Stanley Baldwin has provisionally arranged to leave for Washington on December 27, to discuss with the United States Government the funding of the British debt. As was Sir Robert Horne’s intention, he will take the Governor cf the Bank cf England with
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  • 171 7 New York, November 28-—American opinion regarding inter-Allied debts has been strongly influenced by an article in the current issue of the “Saturday Evening Post,” which the New York “Times” reprinted on Sunday under the caption of “Shall Europe Pay Back Our Billions?” The article, which is
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  • 223 7 London, December 5. —Addressing businessmen ’n Manchester Mr John Darling, a former ranker, proposed that no attempt be mad© to re-, store the gold standard by monetary de-, flation but that permanence should be' given to the present system which should be extended in order to embrace
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  • 280 7 Shortage in Timber Deliveries. (Reuter’s Telegrams. Paris, December 27. The newspapers describe the discussions of the Reparations Commission as most animated, M. Barthou urging the definite proclamation of German default, and Sir John Bradbury opposing it. A Commission communique announces that it has notified the Governments concerned of German
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  • 185 7 A statement of just what Germany has paid to date in reparations and the medium in' which the payments have been made is of peculiar interest just now in view of reparations situation. The London “Stock Exchange Gazette,” using official figures, estimates
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  • 23 7 London, December 27. A record obelisk, 133 feet long an 1 weighing nearly 1,200 tons, has been unearthed at Assouan.
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  • 35 7 Washington, December 27. Senator Nicholson introduced a resolution, asking the President to appoint a Commission to communicate with other nations for the purpose of increasing the use of silver in the monetary systems.
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  • 39 7 London, December 27. The papers devote much space to glowing articles appreciating Pasiteur’s work on the occasion of th? centenary of his birth. He is hailed as one of the greatest scientists of the nineteenth century.
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  • 32 7 Port Said, December 27. The Japanese steamer London Maru, which was reported on the 22nd December to be in distress in latitude 37.8 north longitude 7.35 east, has arrived.
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  • 349 7 Presidential Speech. (Reuter’s Telegrams.• Gaya, December 27. In the Presidential address at the opening of the Indian National Congress, Mr. C. R. Dass outlined a scheme of Swaraj,- based on small, practically autonomous centres. He urged the appointment of a Committee to draft such a scheme. He
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  • 296 7 Madras, December 11—Tlie Associated Press is informed that some prominent Congressmen of Madras have written to the President-elect of the National Congress supporting the view in regard to Council entry as embodied in Pandit Motiilal Nehru’s resolution at the last meeting of the All-India Congress Committee,
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  • 89 7 MR. SASTRI’S SPEECH. Nagpur, December 27. In his Presidential address to the Moderate Congress, Mr. Sastri asserted that delay in cutting down army expenditure and the Indianising o' officers was daily aggravating the antiBritish feeling. He declared it would be a political blunder to prolong the transition
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  • 49 7 VICTORIA BEATS N. S. WALES. Melbourne, December 27. New South Wales scored 160 (Kippax 68). Victoria made 125, Macartney taking five wickets for 8 runs. New South Wales, in their second innings, scored 142, and Victoria re plied with 179 for three wickets (Woodfull 84 not out).
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  • 109 7 ENGLAND’S LEEWAY. Johannesburg, December 27. In fine, warm weather, before 7,000 spectators, and on a fast pitch, South Africa reached 420, by very steady batting against excellent English bowling and fielding. Taylor made 176 in 308 minutes, a chanceless innings, in which he showed the soundest judgment. He
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  • 39 7 Washington, Det-ember 28. Mr. McKellar proposed another amendment to the Ship Subsidy BiR, whereby goods imported in American vessels after his proposed abrogation of various commercial treaties would be given a ten per cent tariff reduction.
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  • 56 7 London, December 28. Under the auspices of the Y.M.C. A. a lecture, illustrated by films, was delivered for the first time in London, showing everyday scenes among th? working classes in China and portray ing the civilising influences of recent years, much of which is claimed tn
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  • 52 7 Bareilly, December 27. The bodies of an Englishman and an Englishwoman travelling by express train from Debra Dun to Gay W’ere discovered on the railway track. Apparently they had been murdered after a severe struggle. Hill men, who boarded the train, are suspected, but no arrests have
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  • 40 7 BOMBING RAIDS. Dera Ismail Khan. December 27. Aerial operations were carried out in the past week against enemy villages on the north-west frontier, ami 16£ tons of bombs were dropped. The machines flew low and used machine guns.
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  • 169 7 TWO TAMILS ARRESTED. i i The ordinary busy routine of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank was suddenly disturbed this forenoon by what appeared to be an attempt at theft !on the part of two Tamils. Two Chinese i were engaged in paying in money, and one
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  • 456 8 The price of lubber has had a smart rise during the week, says the “China Express” of November 30, and, judg’’’.g by the trend of the ma*ket, the spot price of Is. 3d. pet pound should be reached very son. If it is sustained there for three
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  • 308 8 li port-, from Japan dated at the b?j ginning of October refer to the depressed state of the rubber planting industry, in which local capitalists are largely interested. and go on to describe various attempts which were being made there t? secure the Japanese Government’s assist, ance
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  • 134 8 The report of Pahang Consolidated to July 31 shews total production 2,702 ions, against 2.412; percentage of black 'tin per ton of ore treated, 1.48, against 1.33. Average net price realised £lOO per ton, again'st £132. Profit on mine and alluvial working £2,162, against £9,260 deducting London expenses
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  • 259 8 The conference that took place on November 29, between Cabinet Ministers (headed by the Prime Minister) and a number of chairmen and managers of railway companies to discuss the putting in hand of development schemes that wouhl relieve the present unemployment, points to the possibility of
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  • 325 8 In their weekly report issued at 5 p.m. orr December 22nd Messrs Baker Morgan and Co- write: Another full week of business falls to be recorded, certain tin shares receiving almost as much attention this week as rubbers, while business has become possible of negotiation in the
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  • 184 8 From the proceedings of a meeting of the committee of the Burma Motor Association Recoidod letter, dated November 23, to the Managing Agents, Burma Oil Co., Ld., inviting their attention to the world -wide reduction in the price of petrol, as well as to the additional fact
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 198 8 A BRITISH TRIUMPH. I THE I 4H. P. TRIUMPH MOTOR CYCLE FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY EX STOCK AT 1923 PRICES TYPE H. 4 h. p. Free Engine, Clutch and Kick Starter, and Is Stunney-Archer 3-Speed Gear, Chain-Cum-Belt Drive. g Tool-kit. g Price $785. Ex Godown, Penang. (COMPLETE WITH LUCAS LAMP HORN).
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    • 75 8 When a man asserts his disbelit in advertising, ask him whose soap he uses, whose he drinks In nine cases out of ten they will be advertised articles, and though he states that he has not changed his taste for years it proves not so much that he is not
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    • 320 8 TTieJiemedi/ Bedtime I When you feel S y° u want a drink I sast at I take the best of all g 1 j hot dr nks B ovril. I Have you tried a spoonful of Bovril WESWt 1 -J in hot milk before a retiring r Always have I
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  • 190 9 sequel to motor car COLLISION. ’l'he sequel to a motor car collision at U 10 p.m. on Christmas Day, was heard before Mr. H. C. Bathurst, in the. Police Court, Penang, this morning, when W. Theseira pleaded guilty to (1) driving motor car No P. 1557 recklessly and
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  • 216 9 The fifteenth annual report of C. A. Ribeiro and Co., Ltd., for the year ended September 30, 1922. states that the directors regret that the profit and loss account shows a loss of $47,259.93 for the year. Continued depression in trade, depreciations and keen competition are
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  • 117 9 Accounts of Bukit Kajang Rubber Estates for year ended June 30, 1922, after writing off £2,396 for depreciation on buildings, machinery, etc., show a net loss of £4,560. Amount brought forward was £10,303. plus excess profits duty recovered, £24,598, making £34.901 Deducting income-tax London and S. S.
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  • 354 9 Mr. Douglas Hogg, K. C., M.P., His ajesty’s Attorney-General, has not joined the Cabinet, nor accepted the usual knighthood. Watch Hogg! It was a vigorous whip up of “blither Scots” and the Pacifists that gave Mr. Ramsay Macdoftald thfe majority over Mr. Clynes in the fight for the Labour
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  • 127 9 A private bill is about to be introduced in the Federal Council by the Hon. Mr. R. C. M. Kindersley, M. F. C. The objects and reasons state: —This enactment is designed to constitute the Planters’ Association of Malaya, a corporation with limited liability, with perpetual succession and
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  • 94 9 We read in the market report of the local Chamber of Commerce that the export of latex from Belawan, Deli, during the third quarter amounted to: July 69,364 kilogrammes August 56,400 September 122,862 The report goes on to state that up to the end of
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  • 158 9 PENANG, DECEMBER 28, 1922. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 5/32 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/4 3 Credit 2/4 7/16 3 Documentary 2/415/32 Calcutta Demand Bank R» 1741' 3 days’sight Private 177| p Bombay Demand Bank 174 j g Madras Demand Bank 174 j
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  • 166 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list: Yesterday To-day. o E£ E Shares. zs CQ GO CQ QQ C. C. SC. SC. Rubber (Dollar). Allenby 60 65 62| 674 A Kuning 50 75 50 60 Ayer Molek 90 1.10 1.00 1.10 Ayer
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  • 44 9 28th December, 1922. Local. cts. (Smoked Sheet 46| Penang] Fine Pale Crepe 46| (Unsmoked Sheet No. 1... 41 Sing a- (Smoked Sheet 47 pore (Crepe 47 London and New York. (Smoked Sheet ls.2d London Crepe i s .2d New York G 27
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  • 113 9 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following London prices, on Dec. 27: Spot £182.25.6d up £1.58 3 mos. buying 183.10 s 1.5 s 3 selling 183.125.6 d 1.5 s Local parity $90.57 The Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd:— London, Dec. 27, £182.25.6d spot, and £183.10s three months
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  • 191 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 10.20 sales 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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  • 1083 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. 1 a NAMES _S <U >- Q CO m H S RUBBER [Dollar.] 8 c c 8 c Allenby Rubber Co 624 674 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 20 1 46 Amalgamated Malay Estates 2 10 2 25 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 12 00 13 00
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  • 491 11 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, December 28, 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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  • 83 11 Dec. 28 and 30—Children’s Pantomime, “Abu Hassan,” at Town Hall, 5.30 p.m. D ec 28—E. &O. Dinner and Dance. Dec 29—E. O. The Dansant, Orchestral Concert, 9.30 p.m. Dec 30—E. &O. Special Tiffin, Dinner and Dance. Dec 30—Police Dinner and Dance, Masonic Lodge, Northam Rd., 9 p.m. Jan
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