Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 April 1923

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 88. VOL LXXXI. WEDNESDAY, 18th APRIL, 1923. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 535 1 f “NIKKO” MODERN ART I I PHOTOGRAPHIC i I STUDIO i No. 7, Northam Road, Penang. Telephone No. 579. r -t< ltrr>»mn»T liIIT* £4— ffi- ~~<- -~O I GORDON’S SLOE GIN 1 W!te./X v '^g2ig flr I MAKES THE I F***» BEST GIN SLING. j “FISH” TRY IT 1 <
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    • 46 1 xssx e>:b>: jek as >: x s. EITI. JfcWM 1172, x patmuo it rotaltt ||lj hUPS! CUPS! CUPSIi |j ULL MARKED STERLING SILVER. W AT REDUCED PRICES. |j B. P. d<TSIL VA, j 1, BISHOP STREET. 'V k|| x s x s x s x x s;.; ;<
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  • 1121 2 A DELIGHTFUL VOYAGE. There is one little steamer, and one only, wh .ch plies in the inner waters of the Mergui Arc! ijielago. and she, once a fortnig; t, carries His Majesty’s Mails to these t.ny fishing hamlets, m ining' stations, or remote Government outposts wh.'eh have
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  • 281 2 Calcutta, April 7.—Periodically agitations aroused in. Calcutta consequent on the appalling cruelty practised on animal and bird life in the city. A strike occurred as recently as October last, when efforts w ere made to improve the conditions under which poultry and small an-mals, monkeys,
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  • 192 2 Rangoon, April. 7. —Among the excessively large number of violent crimes of (iacoities ard murders that were commited in the districts during the last forti ’cht. is one due to political activities and another to differences in KangJnwa village in t’e Yegi Police Station jurisdiction as
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  • 115 2 Deaths from plague in Burma during March numbered 1152. as compaied with 1732 in February and 1626 in January. Increases were recorded in Rangoon pert (247 deaths as compared with 120 in February). Bassein port. (55.27), Thaton District (16.20), Amherst District (23.10, Pvapon. (24.8), Moulmein port
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1076 2 Short Classified a Oakland six, electric light and starter, AClVCrnSdlldltS* n P condition, fast and economical. I Vice $1,500. Wanted, For Sale, To Let, &c., Apply Box No. 100. c/o Pinang Gazette can be inserted in the Pinang >7S—l9-4 Gazette at TUPCT fTNITQ A WCIPR Baby Triumph in perfect running
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    • 20 2 MARTIN’S A Remedy for a!» •‘regularities. Buperaedinf Bitter Apple, Pennyroyal, PU Cochl*. K Ohdkk or CHEMISTS H ABTlN.Cbemlat SOUTHSaPTOM »SCUb«
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    • 1274 2 Taiping Town Hall INDIA LIMITED F GILBERT SULLIVAN CONCERT (Incorporated in Eng] an( j) In anl of Dr. BARNADO’S Authorised Capital P Homes and the Local <MHL Subscribed Capital guides organisation, R er -;p Fnnd and i.»SATURDAY, 21st APRIL, 1923, R»>rdof I)ire t s Sir R. J. Black Bart, (Chairman)
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  • 502 3 COMMENTS BE FORB LEAVING FOR ENGLAND. Bombay, April 7, —H.H. the Aga Khan is leaving for England to-day-Interviewed by the Times of India” His Highness expressed the hope that the second Lausanne Conference would lead not onijy to peace with Turkey but to strong
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  • 259 3 T he one institution which seems to maintain its vitality in Calcutta even in the over-powering heal is the Rotary Club. The Calcutta Trade- Association, whose annual dinner promised to rival in public interest the Scotch dinner on St. Andrew's Day. has this year abandoned its banquet. It
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  • 71 3 London, April 7.—ln consequence id the decision of the French Government to suspend summer time there will be an hour’s difference between the 22nd April and the 15th Septem her. The time tables of the crossChannel services are comnletelv upset. Negotiations are proceeding between the British
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  • 269 3 FILM OF PIONEER FLIGHT. At the New Gallery, London, a film record of the daring attempt made last year by three young aviators to go lound tlie world by air entertained a large audience for more than .two hours. If was on Empire Day, in -la\,
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  • 190 3 London, April B.—Lord Inchcape, interviewed by Reuter’s correspondent in Paris, said he was most gratified at the results of the labour of the Committee and paid a warm tribute to the work of his «-olleagues both British and Indian. IL* expressed appreciation at the manner in which
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 286 3 Williams holder top shaving stick The Perpetual Stick in the “Holder that Hold»” Get one. Look it over. Examine the threaded metal collar. See how firmly this is set in the holder device. No chance of its getting loose or wobbly. Then use the soap. Note how the wonderful lather
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    • 316 3 Newspaper Advertising Pays Best. Cumulative Testimony. At the annual meeting of the Colwyn Bay Advertising Association, on November 23. the annual report showed, by tabulated figures, that advertising in the daily and weekly Press formed the best paying investment. The annual report of the Ulverston Chamber of Trade states that
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    • 399 3 iff a, pj gtOoMA I: II -mWw I Mrs. fz. sags: "Biby lia< IwJ .Jc L Glaxo for year ot so She is wfc" jv» full of life and has never been the slightest trouble. Your CTjrt y j food has built her splandidly.” Does your Baby laugh [i like
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  • 3787 4 Governor Dilates on Public Matters. The second annual dinner of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association was held at the Singapore Club on Saturday night, reports the Straits Times.” The President of the Association, Mr. Dudley Parsons, presided over a large attendance with His Excellency the Governor as
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  • 488 4 A Ceylon official communique published on April 7th states:— The Secretary of State for the Colonies has been pleased to select Mr. J. Strachan, Assistant Director ol*Public Works, Federated Malay States for appointment as Director of Public Works in Ceylon on the retiremen of Mr. T.
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  • 359 4 HOTEL VAX Wl.lK (From Our Own Correspond Singapore, April ]y At the annual meeting of q 4 an XV ijk, Mr. Koopman, w| 1(l sided, said the year’s result $75,000 less, which was m-eountj? by the fact that the decrease j h penditure was unequal to the d,.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 183 4 SLUGGISH LIVER OR KIDNEYS AND CLOGGED INTESTINES. Often called The beginning of all disease.” Don t wait for Hardening of the Liver, Dyspepsia, Bright’s Disease, Chronic Rheumatism, etc. It may be too late then, says famous medical author. Even simple constipation always means the rapid absorption of toxins into your
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    • 182 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. MISCELLANEOUS. WANTED Airedale *****, must bn well bred and cheap. Apply Box 105, c/o Pinang Gazette. WANTED Ford Car, in good running order. State price, age, condition d tyres, hood, etc., to Box No. 104. Pinang Gazette. TO LET. Unfurnished Bungalow, facing the sea, No. 53 North Beach.
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  • AHEAD OF THE MAIL
    • 106 5 April 3. 1 opal ()s--111;lll. who is held responsible for the niun lei <d Ali Shukri Iley, Deputy for .hiz<Hi<l. aftiarently died gamely in H fatal encounter with gendarmes. strong force of gendarmerie surlolHide<l the house where Topal Osman ujs taking refuge with his bodvouard. and
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    • 56 5 London. April 2.—Tin* Constantinople correspondent of “The Times” states that it is learned in official Turkish circles that Sultan Mahomed Wahid-ud-din, at present in Mecca, will shortly issue a proclamation to the world asserting that he has abdicated neither the Khilafat nor the Sultanate. denouncing Angora
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    • 113 5 London. April I. The Constantinople < orrespondent of “The l imes” states that there was an unexpected development in the Angora National Assembly. Essad Bey, on behalf of 200 proKemal deputies, proposed that new elections should be held forthwith instead of after the signature of the l’ea<
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    • 227 5 Loudon. April 2.—“ The Times” Constantinople correspondent tidegraphs that Kemal Pasha’s bold stroke in deciding on the immediate holding ot new elections for tin* Assembly before the signature of the Peace Treat;» is doubtless due to a desire to substitute, a new interest in the mind of
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    • 159 5 •-ndon, April 2.—While fashion- “Ik m the West are adopting '•‘*bnn modes of dress a la Tutankhsuii 11 Us,: ‘b Kemal Pasha is pur;,i :,ni P iign to impress Western T|\ ,<>>s on ur kish women, of ti" u, ls t a ntinople correspondent p.
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    • 286 5 London, April 3. lh«* special correspondent of “The Times” at Constantinople states that the Khalifa headed vast crowds with great pomp and pageantry on a pilgrimage to a mosque outside the city to attend the ceremony of the whirling dervishes to greet the Vernal Equinox. The
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    • 170 5 Lucknow, April 4.—Mir Rahmatullah from Kabul sends a letter to an extremist organ, the “Medina,” of Bijnor. expressing surprise at the incredulity of Indian Moslems who still seem to have some misgivings in regard to the news of Enver Pasha’s death. The correspondent gives a graphic description
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    • 104 5 London, April I.—lhe Gibraltar correspondent of “The Times’’ states that Zaghlul Pasha has received numerous congratulations from Egyptian sympathisers. He is shortly proceeding to Paris to consult an eminent doctor relative to treatment at a Continental Spa. His future plans are at present indefinite. The Cairo correspondent of
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    • 130 5 London, April 2.—The official history of the War dealing with gas illustrates the progressive development of British protective measures. When the Germans first used chlorine loud gas 24 per cent of 4.207 cases died. Later when lethal gases, such as phosgene, were used the
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    • 48 5 London, April 6. —With reference to the Anchor line steamer Circassia, which put into Suez with part of her cargo on fire, Reuter is informed that tile ship left Suez at 9 a.m. vesterdav with all passengers on board ami will follow her usual itinerary.
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    • 64 5 London, April 2.—The principal Easter achievement of the Irregulars was the blowing up of the railway bridge between Dublin and Faireyhouse race-course and holding up <i string of special trains. Race goers dismounted and took motors, donkeybarrows, etc. They found the roads blocked by trees which had
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    • 170 5 London, April 6.—Remarkable evidence was given at an impiest at Tralee on John Conway, a civilian prisoner, who was shot dead on the 24th February while in military custody at Tralee Workhouse. It was officially stated then that Conway was shot while trying to «‘scape,
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    • 179 5 Leafield, April 12.—1 t appears tha' Lynch, Commander-in-Chief of the rebels in the Irish Free State, died of wounds which he received when the Government troops yesterday raided a meeting of the rebel executive at New castle in Tipperary. The Dublin correspondent of the “Evening News’
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    • 44 5 London, April 4. —LieutenantGeneral Sir Hugh Ssndham Jeudwine has been gazetted Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery in succession to the late Major-General Trevor Bruce Tyler. Colonel Carton De Wiart has relinquished the rank of Major-General and has been placed on half-pay.
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    • 122 5 London, April 2.—ln connection with the scheme of wireless development in the Empire, recently outlined bv Mr. Godfrey Isaacs, the Marconi Company will shortly be erecting stations on two sites on the Marlborough Downs, in Wiltshire, or in the Midlands. The present scheme contemplates the erection of
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    • 114 5 London, April 6.—The Paris correspondent of “The 1 imes’ states that the little commune of Blanc Misseron. near Mons, became intoxicated almost to a man as the result of a railway collision. Workers on the rails noticed wine leaking from a large reservoir wagon, holding 16,600 litres
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    • 208 5 London, April 3.—The Paris correspondent of “The I'imes” statethat the disappearance of the mark as a serious monetary guarantee is forecasted. Mr. Jules Descamps, in an important article, states that Germany is now thinking in terms of gold, and fixing prices, obtaining credits and conducting exchanges on
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    • 132 5 London, April 6.—The Government agricultural tribunal, in its investigation report, urges a reduction of 25 per cent on the existing railway rates for farm produce and supplies and the imposition of a duty of 16 shillings per quarter on imported malted barley with a preference of
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    • 86 5 London, April 4.—Details of the commercial aspect of the Government wireless enterprises are given in a written answer of the PostmasterGeneral stating the expenses in connection with Leafield, Cairo and Northolt stations which were £36,606. £49.600 and £9,606 respectively. The revenue from Leafield was £24,660 and Cairo
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    • 76 5 London, April s.—The Duke of Buecleuch and his son ami heir, the Earl of Dalkeith, have decided to float a private joint stock company, with a nominal capital of £160,060, of which they will be the sole principals, for the purpose of acquiring certain of tin* Buecleuch estates
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    • 60 5 London, April 1. —The Cairo correspondent of “The limes” states that the result of three months’ criminal investigation bv the Police is the prosecution of a number of Egyptians who were arrested on barges of conspiracy. The trial will lie most inqantant. as it is expected it will
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    • 107 5 Lomlon, April 9.—A striking feature of the returns of standard gauge railways in Britain last year is a «leerease in gross expenditure which is £191,066,666, eompare«l with £246, 600,(MM) in the previous year. The gross receipts are £238,000,060, compared with £236,000,(MM). The total net income amounts to
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 271 5 m Colgate's ijL Ta lc Powder SO OTHIN G RE^ESHt N<s ANNOUNCEMENT. S We have the greatest pleasure to inform the Public that we have just unpacked a large selection of Lace and Em- ss broideries and inspections are cordially invited, s 2 Please kindly note that we have discontinued
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  • 17 6 Porter.—At the Maternity Hospital, Sepoy Lines. Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Porter, a son.
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  • 1154 6 To turn the universal passion for gambling to useful purposes by legislative recognition of betting and lotteries has been the object ot agitations conducted in England and in Ireland. In the course of his budget speech, as reported in yesterday’s issue, the Chancellor of the Exchequer
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  • 1209 6 It may be no more than a coincidence that the ‘‘Envoy The Death of of the De Valera Party Mr. Ginnell. to the United States should die when the Irregulars in Ireland are making what may be the stand that precedes the dissolution of the opposition to
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  • 373 6 M.M.” The Blue Funnel .s.s. Glanciis. i- xpected to arrive here at 5 p.m. to-morrow with 5 bags of mails from the I’nited Kingdom for Penang. •A mail for Western Australia, by the Charon, (via Singapore) closes nt ".I a.m. on Friday, the 20th instant. The homewardmail, bv
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 211 6 1 GREAT REDUCTION j S IN PRICE OF I ROYAL TYPEWRITERS. I I i I i FOR FULL PARTICULARS APPLY TO:— i Huttenbach, Lazarus Sons, Limited. I ’“Old Soldiers Never Die They Simply Fade Away.” BURFORDS SOAPS I k By Lathering Freely Without Waste, Fade Away Economically I FREE TRIAL
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    • 16 6 “E. O.” St.' George’s Day. Monday, 23rd April. Gala Night, Special Dinner, Fancy Dress Ball. EXTENSION.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • 246 7 An Excellent Reception. Reuter’s Telegrams. I.otidoii, April 17. M,,,!<•!." “fair” arid “popular” tile adjectives applied by on Mr. Stanley ~,I,|W l„ Budget, «hu ll is generally |;11 tor holding ''>.<• scales evenly debt redemption ami the reJj'.f taxation. The latter, indeed, ri\eii le>> prominence than the 7 Ito
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  • 43 7 London, April 17. 11l the House of (’ominous, Mr. McNeill, replying to Mr. Win. Pringle io legaid' the proposed marking of and othei commodities in the Merchandise Mark' Bill, said it evoked unfavourable views from France, the Xetherland' and Lithuania.
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  • 44 7 ANOTHER DECREASE. London, April 18. 1 lie Labour Ministry statistics show that the cost of living on March 31 yvas 74 pel cent, above the pre-war level, the lowest since April 1917. It compares with 76.6 per cent, on February 28.
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  • 56 7 TWo More IRREGULAR <<i M M AND El {S AR R ESTED. London, April 17. It is officially announced that Cork (loops arrested, near Mount Mell eray, B:nreft and Sean Gaynor, the Commanders of the West Division Irregulars. Another Arrest. London, April 18. Ihe well-known Irregular, Dan Bieen was
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  • 34 7 New York, April 17. I death ha' occurred of Mr. Laut'tice (linndl. The deceased conclu,i(d a stormy career as the self-des-1 Envoy of the J) e Vaterites in America.
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  • 92 7 £10.090 DAMAGES. London, April 17. Tl '<<nd Duchess Xenia Alexan<d Russia, sister of the late s •uni niece oT Queen Alexandra, uwar.l.M £19,000 damages in Mr. 1 11 Dai ling’ s Court, against Mr. Frederick Calvert and Mr. Mau- I' t nbaf h, the latter of whom
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  • 35 7 Buenos Aires, April 17. '‘‘““E»* l passed a bill authori’•Xlmnd 1 Government to hli 1 1 .''M'OO,OOO piastres to esfaAii.l S| 1; 'ge Works at Buenos tin e 1 Ministry of Agricul-
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  • 142 7 New French Scheme. [Reuter’s Telegrams.; Paris, April 17. Ihe I rench scheme of Reparations which is being submitted to Belgium is based on the 1921 schedule payments of .“A” and “B” bonds totalling fifty milliard gold marks while the bonds series will offset- the inter-Allied debts. A semi-official message
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  • 70 7 A RECALCITRANT LEADER. Munich. April 17. A trial of strength is impending in Bavaria as the result of the Government’' decision to summon Herr Hitler. the leader of the Bavarian Fascisti. for inciting his supporters to oppose Republican institutions. Hitler declares he does not intend to obev the
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  • 64 7 MUSSOLINI’S ATTITUDE. Rome. April 17. The Mini .'ter, Signor (’avazzoni and three Under-Secretaries of State, N assallo, Milam* and Gronchi, all belonging to the Popular Party, resigned at a meeting of Minister' convoked by Signor Mussolini, who criticised the attitude of the recent Congress of the Popular
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  • 77 7 132 SEAMEN SUMMONED. Paris, April 17. One hundred and thirty two mem hers of the crews of the “Windsor Castle” and “Almanzora” were summoned at Southampton for unlawfully combining to impede the progress ot the voyage of the vessels. Ihe cases were adjourned till April 25. Ellerman Liner
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  • 108 7 STATE AID. London. April 16. Sir Robert Sanders, Minister of Agriculture, in an interview, outlined the Government’s proposals dealing with agriculture. He announced that the Government would introduce a bill in the present session to reduce the assessment on agricultural land from a half to a, quarter, and
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  • 121 7 London, April s.—“ The Times’’ Riga con esponderit cables that the Government and Anthonin are plotting the complete dissolution of the Church in Russia. A convocation of priests and laymen has been called for the 15th instant to unfrock Mgr- Tikhon. Owing to Anthonin’s scheming the
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  • 310 7 France’s Interest. [Reuter’s Telegrams.j Baris, April 17. According to the “Matin,” M. Poincare has instructed that the Washington Government be approached with regard to the Chester concession. It is pointed out that certain concessions granted to the American Syndicate negative the advantages conceded to French nationals in 1914.
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  • 246 7 PERTURBATION AMONG ALLIES. Considerable perturbation has been caused among the Allies, especially the French, by the Angora Assembly's .idoption by 185 votes against 21 of the concessions associated with the name of the American Admiral Chester and extending to many kinds of under takings in and around
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  • 517 7 QUEST FOR CONCESSIONS. The Federation of British Industries in a letter to their members, convey the substance of reports they have received as to the growing activities of American capitalists in the Near East. Great efforts, it is recorded, are being made to obtain a
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  • 55 7 FORMER BORNEO OFFICIALS INVOLVED. London. April 17. Mr. Arthur Bruce Charles Franco.. ex-Resident of British North Bm r.t hafc been granted a decree nisi m th»Divorce Court on the ground of h.s wife’s adultery with Mr. John M arren Norman, who was formerly under
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  • 112 7 London, April s.—An engaging vista is opened up of widet'ing office windows to admit clerks winging their way in from the. suburbs as a result of M. Bardot’s remarkable flight from Francazal to Toulouse in an “Aviette” glider, fitted with a 7 h. p. cycle-car engine,
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  • 60 7 Lor.don, April 6. —Conferring the role of spectator upon Inman, Newman continued in record-breaking mood a’d carried his u"fm.shed break to 850, the •highest score made in any championsh.p. The previous best was Smith’s 785. The closing scQres were Newman 6,658 ami Inman 3,442. Irman’s aggregate for
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  • 56 7 Their Political Representation. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, April 17. In the House of Commons, replying to questions, the Hon. W. OrmsbyGore declared that the High Commissioner, Sir Laurence Guillemard,. was consulting with the Malay rulers, with a view to arranging for the best form of
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  • 555 7 Foity-five representative Indians from the four States of the Federation assembled di the Indian Association Hall, Scott’s Road, Kuala Lumpur on Sunday to consider one of the most imvortant steps taken by the community in its history in Malaya. Mr. M. Hmarasa.mil proposed the first iesolution requesting
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  • 82 7 DENOUNCED BY MR. GARY. New York, April 17. Mr. Gary, the chairman of the United States Steel Corporation, who is no admirer of the Immigration Law, told the shareholders that the barriers to aliens erected thereby, threatened to create a serious labour shortage and that the law
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  • 36 7 Washington, April 17. Admiral Long has become Chief of the Bureau of Navigation; Rear Admiral Andrews will succeed Admiral Long as Commander of the American Fleet in Europe, with the rank of Yice-Admiral.
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  • 626 7 Pleas of Guilty. (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, April 18. The lottery case was taken up to-day. before Mr. Sircom. from Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Upcott, with the Hon. Mr. Kenion, appeared for all concerned. Mr. Hope watched the proceedings on behalf of the Straits Racing Association. At
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  • 200 7 S. T.” Beyorid the two arrests, made by the Orchard Road divisional police, there are no further developments to be recorded in connection with the terrible murder of the late Mr. De Salle in his bungalow in Adam Road, off Bukit Timah Road, on Friday morning. The
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  • 437 8 THE TROLAK ESTATES’ CASE. Ipoh, April 16. A sitting of the F.M.S. Full Court of Appeal began to-day in Tpoh. The Judges who had come down to participate were the Hons. Sir Lionel Woodward. C.J.C., Mr. Justice-Farrer Manby and Mr. Justice McCabe Reay. Mr. Justice Watson made
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  • 197 8 Messrs. Baker Morgan and Co., Kuala Lumpur, in their weekly report state Except for the continued and increased demand for loans, the market during the week has been featureless. There has been a certain amount’doing, however, in all sections. London continues strong buyers of all Sterling rubbers
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  • 55 8 The Municipal Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade from 6 to 7 p.m.. to-day 1 March The Ruins of Athens Beethoven’s 2 Gavotte Queen Christina Schmid 3 Waltz Our Day Verral 4 Selection The Allies in Camp Engleman 5 Fox Trot Cherie
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  • 383 8 QUESTION OF FURTHER FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS. The report by the directors of Titi Tin Co.. Ltd., to the tenth annual general meeting of shareholders to be held on April 25. states Gentlemen, —Your directors beg to submit herewith their report for the year ended October 31, 1922,
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  • 199 8 Benares Opium p. chest $5,000,00 nom. Cloves no stock Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Pickings no stocks Nutmegs 80s 1105... Coconuts per 1,000 46.00 sellers Copra Snndried 12.50 sales Rattans 11.20 sellers Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00 per bag do do
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  • 85 8 Apr. 18—Ex-Service Men, Penang and P.W. Meeting, P.C C. 7 p.m. 18 Soccer, “Colours” v “Whites,” 5.15 p.m., Esplanade. 19 Football, H.Q.’vs B. Coy P.V.1., Esplanade. 19—Penang Choral Society, Meeting, 9.15 p.m. 21—Parit Perak Rubber, Meeting, 33 Beach Street, 12 noon. 21—Cricket, P.C.C. v. Free School. 2.15 p.m..
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  • 290 8 league football. London, April 7.—League Division' I.— To-day’s football resulted as follows: Aston Villa 1, Arsenal 1 Liverpool 0. Birmingham 0; Oldham Athletic 1, Blackburn Rovers 0: Middlesbro 1. Bolton Wanderers 2 Burnley 0, Everton 1; Chelsea 1, Manchester City 1 Newcastle United 1, Huddersfield Town. 0:
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  • 227 8 Colombo, April 2.—Air. M;icla’-ns team of amateur cricketers, with one or two exceptions, are returning home by the Oimonde which arrived in Colombo yesterday from Australia. Owing to Lis son’s inability to obtain the necessary leave from India. Mr. Maclaren, who had intended to remain in Ceylon
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  • 52 8 London, April 5.—A Cologne telegram to ‘‘The Times” states that the jockeys there threaten to strike at the second flat 'ace meeting on Sunday unless their fees, which! at present are 6,00(1 marks (°ouivalent to one shilling) for a flat race rnd 7.500 maiks for a steeplechase,
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  • 140 8 London. March 28.- At considerable personal risk the Prince: M Males pluckily rescued a hoise which, he was riding at a steeplechase army meeting. The horse refused the water jump the second time round and baulking at the bank slipped into several feet of water,
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  • 62 8 London, April 4.—The Prince of Wales had am easy win in the Welsh Guards Challenge Cup at Hawthorne Hill. The distance of the race is two and a half miles and there were five starters. Two finished, the Prince on Little Favorite beatn gW. 1). Campbell
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 365 8 The Great Antiseptic for jj CUTS, WOUNDS AND SORES Many a limb has been crippled and many a life sacrificed through ect of a simple cut or tiny scratch. Germ-infection causes the throbbing shooting pains in your cuts, scratches and burns, it’s the source of blood-poison v and inflammation. D■«
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    • 65 8 A NECESSITY FOR GOOD HEALTH Daily regularity is essential for the retention, of good health. When irregularity sets in a small-dose of gw speedily sets matters right. Pmkettes banish constipation, bilious attacks, sick headaches, liverishness, clear the skin ard purify the breath. Dealers sell them, or post free, 60 cents
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  • 1455 9 SOCIAL PERSONAL. —“S. T.” Mr. <B. Towill has left Selangor for Horne. Mr. an<l Mis. G. W. A. Trimmer have rPturn e<l to Singapore. |> 'l'hoinsen. of the Isast Asiatic (1 I’t,].’ Bangkok, has left for home. Mr John Lee. custodian of Hongkong’s ~,.n ation grounds, who is 79 years
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  • 597 9 GRACE DOLLAR'S RESCUE WORK. The China Press” of the 15th April says that what probably would have been one of the worst marine disasters in the recent history of the China Coast was averted on Tuesday night by Capt. W. H. 4 homas and the
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  • 115 9 PENANG. APRIL 18, 1923. (Ry Courtesy of the Ohartereo Bank.) London Demand Rank 2/4 1/8 4 months* sight Rank 2/4 7/32 3 Credit 2/4 1/2 3 Documentary 2/4 9/16 Calcutta Demand Rank Rs 173| 3 days’sight Private 176 s Bombay Demand Bank 1731 g Madras Demand Bank 1731 3
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  • 40 9 The lesuft of a ten.-n’s tournament tie played yesterday was as follows: Final Profession Pairs. —B. W. B. Powell and N. A. Sedwiok beat E. G. Bird and E. H. Everest 6 —2, 6 —2.
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  • 181 9 MUNICIPAL CASES. In the District Court, before Mr. R. Scott, to-day. a large number of Municipal cases were disposed of. Kong Ah Bee, a woman, claimed to be tried on the charge of allowing her pigs to be at large at East Jelutong. The sub-Sanitary Inspector stated that
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  • 134 9 A drowning fatality was reported to the police on Saturday, the victim being a Chinese boy, Soo Lam Fatt, aged twelve years. It appears that a party of Chi'nese school boys went to the Kuala Lumpur golf course on Saturday to look for lost balls. After searching for
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  • 53 9 These examinations will be held at the Free School as follows: Wednesday, May 2nd. at 5 p. m.— Stfniiors. —Commercial and Industrial Lav. Book-keeping and Accountancy: Shorthand Book-keeping. Teachers Diploma. Book-keeping arid Accountancy Juniors. Bookkeeping: Shorthand. Thursday. May 3rd. at 5. p. m. Seniors.—Typewriting Juniors.—Modern
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  • 387 9 DIRECTORS' REPORT. The Directors of the Serendah Hydraulic Tin Mining Co.. Ltd., report for the year endud 31st December. 1922: —The profit for the year, including interest on investments, is $10,406.36 and with the balance of $3,152.41 brought forward makes a total of $13,558.77 available which your
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    • 95 9 (Reuter’s Telegrams.) Berlin, April 18. On th© ground that his office is prejudicial to the authority of the Inter-Allied High Commission, the latter expelled Prince Hatzfeld Wieddenburg, the German Commissioner in the Rhineland, notwithstanding the Prince’s protest that his appointment was made by the Ambassadors’ Conference. A
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    • 27 9 London, April 17. The Hull seamen’s opposition to the reduced national rates of pay has been broken. The Aleppo obtained a full crew.
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    • 35 9 Brisbane, April 17. The Governor, Sir Mathew Nathan, in a speech at Ipswich referred to the need for white immigration as there was a real danger of the Japanese spreading in Australia.
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  • 55 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday To-day. w Shares. g, J s'--® sX X x C. $O. sc. c. Mining. Asam K- 35/6 36/6 35/- 36/Hitam Tin 1.40 1.45 K. Kamunting 42/- 43/Taiping 95 97} 92} 95 Transactions recorded in:—N.
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  • 64 9 LSth April. 1923. Local. cts. {Smoked Sheet 54 Fine Pale Crepe 54 Unsmoked Sheet 50 Singa- (Smoked Sheet 54} pork 1 Crepe z 54} London and New York. i xw (Smoked Sheet ls.4>}(l l-oxno.N New York G33} The following were the rubber quotations in London on April 17
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  • 50 9 The General Produce Agency, Ltd.. Church Street, Penang, reports the prices of rubber realised at their Auction Rooms to-day Gd. F.A.Q. Smoked Ribbed Sheet 73.50 F.A.Q. do 72.00 Off'quality do 69.00 Plain Unsmoked Sheet 60.00 Fine Brown Crepe 62.00 Scrap Crepe 58.00 Bark Crepe 56.00 Loose Scrap 43.00
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  • 108 9 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following London prices, on April 17 Spot £211.15» down £2.5» 3 mos. buying,. 212 2.7».6d 3 selling 212.5» 2.5» The Eastern Smelting Co.. Ltd:— London. April 16, £214 spot, and £214.75.6d three months buying, £214 10» selling. Local. April LSth:
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  • 16 9 Tin Bentong No Liability, first half of \nril. hours 300. piculs 118, vards 37,100.
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  • 1123 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. C Ska NAMES g, go £8 RUBBER [Dollar.] S c S c 8 C Allenby Rubber Co 1 20 1 1 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 25) 1 40 Amalgamated Malay Estates 2 25 2 35 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 12 5043 50 Ayer Kuning Rubber
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  • 120 10 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Kalmoa for Asahan. m/s Siberg for Deli. Muroran Maru for Rangoon and Calcutta (Mergui Moulmein via Rangoon). Janus for Calcutta. Priam for Suez. Pembrokeshire for Suez. Portsaid and London. Bolton Castle for Colombo, Dhanushkodi and New York (taking mails for Australia via Colombo). The following ships
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  • 395 10 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). BY TRAIN. Federated Malay States. Malacca. Johore. Singapore and Hongkong Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half an hour earlier than the Ordinary mail. FOR AT Batu Gajali, Tapali Road. By train Teluk Anson.Kuala Knbu. Kuala 7.15 a.in. Lumpur, Klang, Port
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  • 505 10 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, April 18, 1923. cts Government Mutton Head, sheep or goat each 80 Liver with heart luug do 1.20 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 52 Sweet Bread pair 3' Leg of Mutton lb 52 Kidney P air 30 Feet the four 40 Mutton
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    • 157 10 k s S v ''B j LATEST MODEL i I CANADIAN i I iFORDI CARS A R RIVED A number of improvements have H been incorporated in the new ĔĔ s model FORD INSPECTION INVITED. g j WEARNE BROS. I LIMITED. g PENANG. .The New 1923 Model Is Now On
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    • 60 10 THE PINANG GAZETTE List of Places where the Gazette can be bought at 15 cents. Local. Railway Book Stalls. Victoria Pier. Logan’s Archway E. O. Hotel. Runnymede Hotel. Messrs. Look Bros., Co., Penang Road. Outstations. Federal Rubber Stamp, Taiping do do Ipoh. do do P. Buntar. do do A lor
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    • 76 10 When a man asserts his in advertising, ask him whose soap he uses, whose beverages he drinks In nine eases 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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    • 250 10 Bukit Mertajam Motor, General Engineering Contracting C o BUKIT MERTAJAM, pi Importers of Cars and Accessories, etc. -i j Contracts of all descriptions undertaken. Estate Bungalows and Factories Erected and Repaired, Painted, etc. Estimates given. m Copra Kilns (Reinforced Concrete) erected, permanent special line. Rice Milling Plants erected and overhauled.
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  • 725 11 FORMIDABLE GANG WIPED OUT. Peshawar, April I.—The following details have been received regarding the action in the neighbourhood of Drazinda on the night of the 21st March, in which the Frontier Constabulary surrounded a formidable gang of Mahsuds and Sherani outlaws and accounted for every man of
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  • 94 11 Peshawar. April 7.—The Amir recently paid another visit to Jalalabad and Mam Khel. returning to Kabul on the Ist April. Robbers have been active on the Jalalabad-Kabul road lately. On the 23rd March a large gang of thorn held up the weekly caravan on its way to
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    • 247 11 j.T—' .I^——. The Pen for Busy Writers It fills in an instant from any ink J supply. Open and close the lever; L3g that’s all! The lever is flush-locking and cannot be felt when pen is in use. MB A special feature is a patent catch which locks gjfl the
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    • 329 11 T— n .W.trarSS—- i I I Inventive genius j helps you to shave in comfort i I A HE New Improved Gillette Safety f JL Razor is a triumph of invention. a Its many exclusive features combine to bring you new ease, new*pleasure inshavin ĕ- Note particularly the Fulcrum Shoulder,
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    • 1374 12 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE 1)01 AR 1 ,NF ISTHMIAN LINE. INTENDED SAILING» hIOM PENANG. via Suez DIRECT SERVICE IO BOSTON, HOMEWARD ESTHER DOLLAR NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA PRIAM in port Havre and Liverpool. Due 23th Apiil. BALTIMORE ANTILOCHUS 24 Marseilles, Havre, Liverpool and Glasgow. DIANA DOLLAR via. SUEZ LYCAON 27 London,
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    • 622 12 P. 0.-BRITISH INDIA I AND APCAR LINES. I (Companies Incorporated in England). MAIL, PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co. (Under Contract with His Majesty’s Government) p. o. SAILINGS. LONDON-FAR EASTERN SERVICE. From London Due Penang. To Marseilles London Leave P enan about a bo Ut 1 SARDINIA
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