Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 1 June 1923

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 124. VOL LXXXI. FRIDAY, Ist JUNE, 1923. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 509 1 NIKKO” I I MODERN ART I photographic i STUDIO I No 7, Nortbam Road, Penang. filtphone No. 579. 1 JODELITE I I I (REGISTERED) The wonderful TIMBER PRESERVATIVE is too well-known g Sthroughout the tropical world to need a lengthy description. E Ik has saved and u saving owners of
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    • 27 1 ESTD 1171 MTRONIZEB BT MYALTt LADIES’ GENTS’ I'! GOLD SILVER ii CIGARETTE CASES ij IN J" ATTRACTIVE DESIGNS u B. P. de SILVA, SINGAPORE AND PENANG. 11l
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  • 336 2 NEW COMPANY’S FINANCIAL PROSPECTS. In our comment on the prospectus of The Malayan China Clay and Potteries, Ltd., says the Straits Times,” we pointed out one or two items of the finances that might with advantage be enlarged upon. Information has since reached us which
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  • 467 2 M.T.” Tokio, May 24.—Mr. Kagami, a secretary of the Home Department, who was detained by the authorities of Vladivostock, has now been released. The Premier. Baron Katoh, interviewed by a member of the 'Koyu Club, declared that the Government would enter into further negotiations with Russia if a
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 881 2 Short Classified BOOKS YOU WANT. We can supply them. Buy from us and save A mouey. A million Second-hand and New on VP|*||Sft every subject in stock. Also Rare Books. State your wants and send for Catalogues Wanted, For Sale, To Let, &c., (post free), can be inserted in the
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    • 1265 2 the petaLing tin, LIMITED. Something for Nothin« OIITIPIIDA UfAIQ (Incorporated in the F. M. S.) uU I IbUnn nLnLu LOST transfers. free a,>vi <’ k on ITPUV DIMPIIQ electric energy. 11 Illi I II IIIILLIJ Whereas application has been made to null I I Ilin the J)j rectors of the
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  • 594 3 -“S.T.” IRREGULAR application disallowed. When Captain R. H. Whippey was ~i before Mr. Gourlay, at SingapKlCt u I. with cheating Messrs. John pore. "<“• little i"il U°- t,IC accused, at the outset the proceedings, said he wanted to v tor a postponement, and on his WHl sliip
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  • 104 3 rom Our Own Correspondent.) t r Ipoh, May 30. The counterfeiting of King’s coins was ,tbe charge preferred at Perak Assize nurt to-day, before the Hon. Mr Justice i Matson, agamst a Hakka Chinese named hin Sui l ong. He was alleged to have counterfeited 44 Straits
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  • 135 3 At the Conference of Ministers for Agriculture of the various States held at Melbourne on May 4, with the view of formulating definite proposals to be placed before the Federal Ministry for stimulating trade with the East, and in regard to the Commonwealth Advisory Boards for fruit, dairy,
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  • 558 3 Dili): [TABLE WORK IN SINGAPORE GAOL. TLe Superintendent of Singapore Prison, in his report foi 1922 states: Most of ths work done during the year was, as in the past, done for other Government Departments. A certain number of articles were sold to the public but the total
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  • 271 3 It is clear from the fact that the Oka ra” was able to continue sending out met i sages for help for several hours, that she was disabled long before she finally sank, says the Englishman.” Although the vessels that responded to her calls were
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 166 3 GRAND CHEAP SALE DOULATRAMS The cheapest silk and curio store. 230-232 PENANG ROAD, PENANG. PHONE No. 978. Commencing 30th May, 1923. ton a few days only. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES Buy now while the prices are low. < "’Hr uriH 11 If x .wnMHA ir»w UMM -w r i iMnaai
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 151 4 PENANG v. PERAK. One change is announced in the Perak eleven Mr- E. Ffrench Mullen takes the place of Mr. (J. A. C. Prestonin the cricket mutch at the Esplanade, between Penang and Perak, to-morrow and Monday. The team» are given Penang.E.G. Bird, F.C.D. La Bj-ooy, H. C.
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    • 386 4 Colombo, May 21.Dr. H. V. Horden, the famous Australian cricketer, is at present in Oeylon and played in a match at Colombo on Saturday. Intz?rviewtedJ, Dr. Horden said Today Australia has batsmen modelled on the lines of Trumper, but not so loosely built and so lissom limbed as
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    • 31 4 A football match between the Penang Cricket Club and the Penang Free School will be played on Wednesday, the 6th June, at 5.15 p. m. on the Esplanade Ground.
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    • 39 4 London, May 18.In accepting the resignation of the Organising Secretary, Major Stanley, tli/' Oxford Rugby Club pays a cordial tribute to his many years of unstirred service and warmly sympathises with h’m in his bad health.
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    • 153 4 The resultsi of bowls ties played last Wednesday lare as follow: Mixed Doubles Handicap.Mrs. McLernon and J. G. Barrett beat Mr. and Mrs. E. Reimann 2117. Single Handicap.Dr. C. H. Hertz beat B. E. Mitchell 21—12; J. G. Allan Walk Over” from T. E. Mason. The results
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    • 165 4 We have joceived from the Secretary of the Selangor Turf Club the statement of accounts for the six months 'nded March 31st., which will be presented at the half yearly general meeting of imembers at the Selangor Club on Saturday. At first glance it would appear that
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    • 79 4 London, May 18.—The latest Derby betting is as follows: 9 to 2 Town Guard19 to 2 Papyrus. 10 to 1 Ellangowan. 100 to 9 Pharos. 100 to 8 My Lord. 18 to 1 Legality. 20 to 1 Light Hand. 25 to 1 Roger de Busli. London May 18.—The
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    • 28 4 London. May 18.—Norton defeated A A. FyzCe. 63, I—6, 6l, and hereby qualified for the semifinals of the Men's Singles in the Henley Tournament.
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    • 49 4 London, May 18.—The polo team from India will appeal- at Ranelagh for the first match of the London season tomorrow. Th? teams are:The Tigers: Count Jean De Madre, Jaswant Singh,, Colonel Atkinson, and Jogindra Singh. Eatons: Isaac Bell, Duke of Westminster, Colonel Hunter and Joe Traill.
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    • 134 4 The annual prize meeting cf the M. S. V. R. Battalion Rifle Association will b? held in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. Sunday and Monday, 4th. sth, and 6th August. An attractive programme has been arranged and special consideration will be given to the comfort and convenience of
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    • 32 4 Plav in the Sydney Cud competition—--18 holes match play-will commence about th° middle of the month. The entry list iis now open and will clod? on the 10th inst.
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  • 97 4 RAILWAY CONCESSIONS. In connection with the Agri-Horticul-tural Show and Trade Exhibition at Kuala Lumpur, on the 30th June and the Ist and 2nd July, the F.M.S. Railways intimate the following concessions for exhibitors, exhibits and visitors: Exhibitors first class and second class, single fare for the double journey
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  • 67 4 Nagpur. May '2O.The District Traffic Superintendent, Bengal-Nagpur Railway, telegraphs from Nagpur as follows: One combined inter class and third bogie on the 2 up mail train caught fire on Saturday between Salwa and Kanhan. The train divided, and the front portion with the burning vehicles was practically
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  • 54 4 Calicut. May 20.—An Indian Christian woman was drowned at Chowhat in an attempt to rescue two children who had fallen into a tank. The woman, who could not swim, rescued one child, and was going in to save the other when she ventured orft of her
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  • 1098 4 PENNY v. PENNY. A dispute between a husband ano wife over the ownership of £5,000 worth of diamonds and jewellery was the subject of an appeal which came before Justices Lush and Salter in the King’s Bench Divisional Court on May 2. The appeal was by Mrs.
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  • 307 4 THE CHURCH AND THE MORAL ISSUE. In an article on the proposal to tax betting the Guardian” says It is one of God’s perpetual miracles that He so often leaves the drunkard a tender heart: but there is no duty from from which the priest shrinks more
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  • 179 4 Afiscount Leverhulme, speaking at Port Sunlight, attributed his business success to strokes of luck. He told a gathering of grocers from London and the Midlands that he first thought of becoming soapmaker in 1881 when on a holiday in Scotland. On his return he registered the name
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  • 206 4 AN ILLEGAL WIRELESS SET. (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, June 1. Air. H. A. Chase Currier, of Messrs, the United Engineers, Ltd., was charged with installing a wireless receiving set at his residence in Serangoon Road, without a licence. He pleaded guilty, and the Second Magistrate, in convicting
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  • 99 4 Suggested Decentralisation of Control. At a meeting of the Council of the Incorporated Society of Planters, held in Kuala Lumpur on the 25th May, a special subcommittee was formed to consider the question of reorganising the Society on lines somewhat similar to the P. A. AL and its
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  • 61 4 Charles Chaplain, in The Idle Class,” drew a large crowd to the Lyric Kinema last night. The film is an excellent one written by’ the inimitable comedian himself and the adventures of him and himself are funny in the extreme. The Aliracle Of Manhattan,” Jack SpurlockProdigal.” What Happened
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  • 343 4 A rehearsal parade of the Penang Volunteer Infantry, Police and Cadets was held at the Polo Ground this morning, in view of the special King’s Birthday parade, to be held there to-morrow morning at 7.30. The death has occurred of Air. Frederick Kirby, builder of the Bombay
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  • 293 4 NEWSPAPER MEN’S TOEr The palatial American yacht 0} rived in the Huangpu O n the with a party of prominent Am-rica'r' U'tpaper men on a. cruise to the FT* and South Seas. The party E. W. Scnpps, president ot the s<, Howard newspaper syndicate wh r
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  • 429 4 The number and tonnage of al] vessels i.e., merchant-vessels, native craft and warships, etc., entered and cleared at the five ports of the Colony during the year 1922 were 69,493 and 29,547,730, being an increase of 1,646,470 tons as compared with 1921. Of this increase between the years
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 195 4 BACKWARD BABIES BEGIN TO THRIVE WHEN BABY’S OAVN TABLETS ARE USED. Derangement of the stomach and bowels is responsible for the ailments which trouble infants and young children and keep them backward in development. Baby’s Own Tablets clear the stomach and bowels in a thorough yet gentle manner, and this.is
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    • 119 4 I EAT PLENTY, BUT IT DOES ME NO GOOD. So say millions, but only e tuallv that their trouble is J ndl f es, o'\weakharmful acid, i« attacking tit st il l ing ening it, setting up fermentation 1 oinnieil (l the food of its value. Doctors Bisurated Magnesia as
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  • 4830 5 Federal Council Discussion. lt the special meeting of the Federal held on Wednesday the E S. Hose presiding, the H i n business on the agenda was the n i'l r Exports (Restriction) Bill which rod need on a certificate of urgency; "Irts the Times of Malaya.” re
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 66 5 OUR WEEKLY CARTOON. IN THE PUBLIC EYE.” g- II rrf... "11 -ir- r J r o\ I 1 in i \\V W®* 1 >i w kkk Jf B v 4 £■<'<■ ylSy x £iF J 4 i X. -:i- r S- W,t< 7 C '7 r- \2 1 Q 'X
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  • 1128 6 Since the conflagration of 1914. when European civilisation united in the common cause of rendering innocuous the threat of the Prussian jackboot and rifle butt, the world has witnessed many changes, some of them startling and dramatic in their effects. Perhaps the greatest transformation of all is that which
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  • 1389 6 A steadier London market has put tin on a firmer basis,£200 Tin. has been reached again and the propects are that there will be a gradual improvement of the position, as the market adjusts itself to the new conditions that recently developed. Tin interests in London in
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  • 80 6 The Chief Post Office will be closed at noon to-morrow, a public holiday. Letter posted at pillar-boxes within the Municipality of Penang up to 5 p.m. <’•' at the Chief Post Office up to (> p.m. will be in time for inclusion in the mails to Singapore
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  • 190 6 The homeward mail, by the Nyanza. closes at (5 p.m. on Thursday, the ith instant. One bag of correspondence from tin United Kingdom for Penang is expected to arrive at Singapore to-daj by the Blue Funnel steamer Rhesus. One bag of correspondence from the United Kingdom foi Penang
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 51 6 THE TIDES. High Water. Low Water. To-DAV. 1. 37 p.m. 8. 23 p.m. To-morrow. 2. 12 a.m. 8. 23 a.m. 2. 14 p.m. 9. 4 p.m. Sunday. 2. 54 a.m. 9. 4 a.m. 2. 49 p.m. 9. 44 p.m. Monday. 3. 37 a.m. 9. 45 a.m. 3. 22 p.m. 10.25
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  • 66 7 The Wages Question Reuter’s Telegrams.] London. May 31. -i[ji r Conference at Blackpool, lar-'e majority, adopted the Exeb\.:' .\i~ mlmmn in favour of adjourndiscussion on the national wage ~'nt till the annual conference at Elestone in July, pending action by i House of Commons in regard to the
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  • 40 7 OPEIIA.TIVES RETURNING. Bombay. May 31. The thmedabad mill strike, which )i( 111 on April 1, shows signs of ending, wi rkers in two mills are returning to work, accepting the 20 per cent cut in wages.
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  • 31 7 PRF-WAR claims against CONSTANTINOPLE. Lausanne, May 31. The Japanese delegate informed the Economic Committee that Japan had some pn-war claims against Turkey which sir-would discuss privately with the Turks.
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  • 31 7 Cairo. May 31. The members of the Egyptian Wafd x\h<> wet interned on the island of Seychelles will be released to-morrow. Their future movements will be unrestricted.
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  • 40 7 EXTENSION OF RENT RESTRICTION ACT. London. May 31. The Housing Decontrol Bill was introduced by Mr. Neville Chamberlain in the House of Commons, providing that the Rent Restrictions Act of 1920 continue in force until June 24. 1925.
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  • 37 7 TEMPORARY RESPITE FOR FOREIGN SHIPS. London. May 31. It is officially announced that alcoholic liquor for beverage purposes aboard foreign ships sailing for America before June 10 will not be seized at American ports.
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  • 160 7 bOOD BOWLING PERFORMANCES. London. May 31. Surrey beat Glamorgan, at the Oval, by nine wickets. In the first innings Hobbs scored 75 and Ducat 126. Yorkshire beat Derbyshire at- Derby A an innings and 126. Robinson J oiks/ made 96. and Kilner in Derbypres second innings took
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  • 121 7 VICTORY for lycett and godfree. Brussels, May 31. Oodir' 1 >avs < llp doubles, Lycett and (Lf at Washer and Watson, 6—l; Mr. F ("T twe n t v lenn y said he had lived for (Sin».'./ HS 1,1 immoral cesspool,” it— tv and left none the
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  • AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    • 191 7 London, May. 1’.—The Brussels correspondent of ‘’The Times” states that the vigilance of the driver of the Brussels express averted a disaster between demelle and Marloie. Coal and earth had been heaped up on the line and the tr;un was on ly just pulled up in time.
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    • 152 7 London. May 18th.The Daily Mail s Dusseldorf correspondent says: The full significance of the phrase Searching their pockets is beginning to dawn on the Germans. Herren Tengelmenn and AVustenhoper two members of the Coal Syndicate, which fled to Hamburg on the French occupation of the Ruhr, received
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    • 117 7 London. May 17 The Berlin correspondent of The Times” states that the existence of secret relations between Lieut Rossbach’s organisation and the ex-Kaiser’s house in Doorn was revealed at a court martial on Glade, a business man. who was charged with giving military information to Germany’s enemies. The
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    • 84 7 London, May 1 i. The Budapest correspondent of The Times states that archaelogists have unearthed near the capital an ancient burial-place*bearing traces of pre-historic man and the remains of the various historical epochs in the Roman and Celtic migration periods. Bronze age weapons as well as 14
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    • 88 7 London, May 20.—The Vienna correspondent of The Times’ states that antiSocialist forces on the lines of the Fascist!, with strong monarchist tendencies, are making great headway. Ludendorff’s agents are secretly working to give the movement a pan-German impulse. A huge demonstration was planned by The League of
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    • 94 7 London, May 20,—The new stream line rifle bullet will be used in match rifle competitions at Bisley this year. Its muzzle velocity is 2,900 feet a second, and the elevation necessary at 1,100 yards is 39), minutes compared with 68 minutes for the mark seven. The
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    • 204 7 London, May 18.—The Lobby correspondent of The Times” stated that the Indemnity Bill bids fair to rank as an important measure even if it is of the shortest, and deals solely with indemnify ing Ministers lor their past actions. No attempt has been made to explore rhe
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    • 145 7 London, May 20.Mr. Clynes. M.P., in a speech at Newton Abbot, yesterday evening, said that when the sneer was next used that Labour was unfit to rule the people minght recall what happened in connection with the Irish deportations. The Cabinet’s supreme bungling of this
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    • 92 7 London. May 19.Both parties in the Whaddon Chase Hunt dispute having rejected the suggestion to divide the country. the plan for the next season’s hunting is likely to be seriously affected. The opinion is expressed in some quarters that the Master of the Fox Hounds' Association
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    • 74 7 London. May 18.Tho War Office announces that a special course of training for candidates for promotion from the ranks to combatant commissions as Second-Lieutenants will commence at Sandhurst in January, 1924. Commissions will be granted only in cavalry, infantry, and service corps of the British Service and
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    • 55 7 London. May 18.Official returns of recruiting fof the Territorial Army show that 20.171 enlisted during the seven months of the present recruiting year. The total strength for the same period rose to 139,698, an increase of 5,636 despite the loss of several thousands of men who enlisted
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    • 46 7 London, May 19.—The well-known Carl Rosa Opera Company against whom a creditor recently obtained judgment have decided to go into voluntary liquidation: but the Chairman of the Board foreshadows steps towards the re-con-struction of the Company and the fulfilment of all contracts.
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    • 43 7 London, May 18th.—At the annual meeting of the Surrey County Cricket Club, it was announced that the Club had granted Hobbs 100 guineas in recognition of the feat of scoring 100 centuries. Lord Midleton succeeded Sir Jeremiah Coleman as President.
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    • 41 7 Secunderabad, May 18.On the occasion of the Id. His Exalted Highness the Nizam has entered into matrimony with the youngest daughter of Nawab Khurshid-ul-Mulk, a Paigah nobleman. The religious ceremony was duly performed in King Kothi Palace.
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    • 204 7 London, May 24.The Powers must put the Washington Confe renee completely out of their minds and deal with the situation as it is,” declares the Peking correspondent of "The Times” referring to the bandit outrages. He adds that unless some gesture is now’ made calculated to re-establish
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    • 39 7 London, May 18th.—The Anchor line steamer Cameronia, was diverted to Halifax. Nova Scotia, to land 250 Scottish immigrants for the United States, in consequence of a warning that the monthly quota had been filled.
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    • 111 7 Washington, May 19.The Immigration Commissioner has given permission to the Scottish immigrants mentioned yesterday to land in the United States. The Immigration Commissioner says that the British quota is not yet quite exhausted, and the Cameronian's passengers will probably be discharged in Halifax in order to
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    • 119 7 London. May 21.Letters fron India, says the Evening Standard,’’ deplore the somewhat inadequate recognition of Mrs. Starr’s extreme gallantry in going to the rescue of Miss Ellis. The newspaper declares that Mrs. Starr performed a deed greater than many which earned the Victoria Cross, and to give
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    • 54 7 London. May 18th.—A French courtmartial at Hatingen has concluded the trial of three French soldiers who were charge with ill-treating and robbing Germans on the highroad, house breaking and assaulting a woman. Two were sentenced to 20 years and expelled from the army, and the third was
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    • 60 7 London, May 19.—The King, accompanied by the Queen, Princess Mary, and the Duke of Connaught, reviewed 8,500 troops on Laffans Plain, After the inspection the parade, including armoured cars and tanks, marched past to the music of massed bands, concluding with a gallop by the cavalry and
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    • 106 7 London, May 18. An echo of the occurrences at Wembley on the occasion of the final match in the competition for the Association Cup is provided by the Football Association’s statement that they have been inundated with applications for the return of their money from ticket-holders who were
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  • 1249 7 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. Percy Smith has succeeded Mr. S. C. Young as accountant in the office of the Estate of Loke Yew-. Miss A. G. Boyd, of Batu Gajah District Hospital, is going Home on leave early this month. Mr. A. V. Raper has succeeded Mr. R. G. B. Farrer,
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  • 215 7 The news was received to-day by cable that Mr. Aviet Sarkies. eldest brother of Mr. Arshak Sark’es, has died suddenly in Paris. Deceased, who was in indifferent health for some time prior to his death, was one of the original proprietors Yif the Raffles Hotel,
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  • 425 8 We record with deep regret, the death of Brigadier-General Arthur Herbert Hussey, who passed away at Singapore General Hospital at 7.45 on Sunday night after a very short illness, says the Free Press.” General Hussey had contracted blackwater fever, and was only admitted to the General
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  • 287 8 M. M” Before Mr. Pryde, in the police court, Kuala Lumpur: the hearing was concluded of the case in which How Tam was charged with using as genuine sixty forged rubber coupons. Mr. IV. C. Stuart, superintendent of the Rubber Coupons Department, said that on the 9th
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  • 77 8 June 2 and -1 Cricket: Penang vs Perak. Penang. 2 King’s Birthday Parade, 7.30 a.in. Polo Ground. 3 King’s Birthday. 3M. F. A. Cnp Semi-final. Babrnl Alam F. C. vs Darul Aihsan F. C. Dato Kramat Ground, 5 p.m. 4 Inter-State Cricket: Penang vs Perak. Penang. 6Footboll, P.C.C.
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  • 380 8 S. GEORGE THE MARTYR. (Ciii Kcn of England.) Ist Sunday, after Trinity. June 3.7.45 a.m. Litany, 8 a.m. Matins. 8.30 a.m. Holy Communion, 10.30 a.m. Matins (Chinese), 5 p.m. Children’s Service. 6 p.m. Evensong. Hymns 12, 27. 192, 538. Psalms IV and VII. Thursday. 8 a.m. Holy Communion.
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  • 357 8 The following are the Minutes of a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners of George Town, Penang held on Tuesday, the Bth May, 1923 :—Present M r J. Arthur Deputy President, Mr. F. H. Grunutt, Mr. J.H. Pecflow, Dr. Linn Guan Cheng, Hon. Mr. P. K. Nambyar. Mr.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 434 8 EJECAUSE the throat is the highway to the ft lungs” you should take Peps immediately v*£ it feels tender, sore or inflamed. HC V-A Peps are the wonderful healing and germicidal medicine WVuV which you breathe from pleasant dissolving tablets down the air passages into, every nook and corner of
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    • 205 8 NEW SHIPMENTS JUST UNPACKED EX. s. s. Glentara n Is. s. Devanha s. s. Ajax” s. s. Kotori Maru Parcel Post, Etc. I WWEf I -SHOES J I J I I &i I Amongst a Host of New Goods just arrived is a I Delightful Selection of LADIES’ NEW SHOES
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  • 406 9 MARKET ANOMALY. Writing in the Financier on May 8, Mr. E. L. Killick says the dwindling price of crude rubber in the face of substantial weekly reductions in stocks is an anomaly that is apparently only to be accounted for by the speculative position built up during the
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  • 389 9 Weltevreden, May 29. Tin is firmer but no business has been done. The Banka limit is 110.Aneta. The case against the Chinese amah, who was arrested last week for the theft of $2,924, the property of her employer Soon Wan Hin at No. 316 E, Dato Kramat
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  • 118 9 T1 e Malaya Company. Limited, reports that the following are the important changes in the share market. Rubber Shares. Buyers Sellers Ayer Molek Rubber Co Ltd $1.15 $1 25 Balgowine Rubber.Est Ltd 2.55 '*2*85 Bassett Rubber Co Ltd 1.021 1.07 1 Bukit Jelotong Rubber Est. .521 .021
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  • 492 9 Messrs. Symington Sinclair’s Weekly Market Report, dated London 3rd May states: There has again been considerable liquidation on our market, both of near and forward positions. The demand has been small, so that prices have again declined, and show a loss on the week of |d per
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  • 40 9 Ist June, 1923. Local. cts. (Smoked Sheet 51}) Fine Pale Crepe 51} pom Unsmoked Sheet 48 Singa- (Smoked Sheet 52’ pore (Crepe 52} London and New York. r (Smoked Sheet ls.2}d London Orep( u2|d New York G 29
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  • 31 9 Messrs. Lewis and Peat Ltd., state that their London cable gives the London stocks on May 26 as 54,496 tons, a reduction of 1,128 tons for the week.
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  • 44 9 The General Produce Agency, Ltd., Church Street, Penang, reports that the following prices were realised at their* auction rooms to-day Gd. F.A.Q. Smoked diamond sheet 66.50 F.A.Q. do 64.50 Off quality do 61.00 Brown Crepe 57.00 Scrap Crepe 55.50 Bark Crepe 54.00
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  • 88 9 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following London prices, on May 31: Spot £2OO up 5s 3 mos. buying 200 5s 3 selling 200.5 s 5s Local. June Ist Singapore sold 225 tons at $99.50. Penang sold 50 tons at $99.50. Messrs. Boustead and Co., Ltd:
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  • 200 9 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 Sundried 10.5010.80 Rattans 11.20 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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  • 112 9 PENANG, JUNE I. 1923. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/1 1/16 4 months’sight Bank 2/4 7/32 3 Credit 2/4 7/16 3 Documentary 2/4 1/2 Calcutta Demand Bank R«174 1 3 days’sight Private 176} Bombay Demand Bank ~174 2 Madras Demand Bank 174 3 days’sight Private
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  • 510 9 CHOWRASTA MARKET Penang, June 1, 1923. cts Government Mutton Head, sheep or goat each 1.00 Liver with heart lung do 1.20 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet Bread pair 40 Leg of Mutton lb 55 Kidney pair 30 Feet the four 50 Mutton Head,
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 310 9 advertisements. POSITION VACANT. xV \XTEI) experienced Office Clerk •I knowledge of Dresser’s work for ’i estate in Perak. Chinese prehefi y ns t thoroughly understand prisons Ifc.rk- r A Uo.’s accounts State "L.nws and salary required to Box 152, c/o Pinang Gazette. NOTICES. s s “GLENIFFER.” C.msigneo of cargo per
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    • 33 9 AUCTION. Penang Sales Room. AUCTION SALE OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS, At 137 Macalister Road, On Monday, 4th June, 1923, AT 11 A.M. USUAL CONDITIONS OF SALE. Terms :—Cash Before Delivery. TAN KIM KHOON, Auctioneer.
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    • 51 9 K lylo Q 1 "I DELICiOUS, Tlle Standard WHOLESOME, 1 tor Purity and I REFRFSH!‘:e. Excellence. N r A a from Pure SAFEGUARD Wcst AGAINST 1 Lime Juice FEVF.::s. and the .L-""”’” 1 j- qij Finest Refined MSI r v LIME JUICE iuiw fh iiiiiii i'■mill 1 i 1 mirif
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    • 78 9 When a man asserts his disvbeht. in advertising, ask him whose soap he uses, whose beverages 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
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  • 304 10 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES, Teesta for Madras taking mails for Europe etc, via Bombay. Kam par for Deli. Ellenga for Port Swettenham, taking mails for Klang, Kuala Lumpur nd Singapore. Sumatra Maru for Colombo, Dhanushkodi and Bombay. Poh Ann for Teluk Anson. Glaucus for Colombo, Dhanushkodi, Suez and London. H.M.’s
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  • 420 10 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). BT TRAIN. Federated Malay States, Malacca, Johore Singapore and Hongkong J Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half-an-honr earlier than the Ordinary mail. FOR AT Batu Gajah, Tapah Road, By train Teluk Anson,Kuala Knbu, Kuala 7.15 a.m. Lumpur, Klang, Port Swetten->
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  • 693 10 OBSTACLES TO SELF-PRODUCTION. Suggestions in Washington that the United States should be growing its own India rubber in its own tropical islands lend interest to the latest figures of America’s enormous and rapidly increasing rubber importation and consumption, according to a review by the National City Bank.
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  • 127 10 Following are the numbers of arrivals from and departures to the Madras j Presidency for the month of May, 1923. Adults. Minors. Arrivals 940 85 Departures 3.547 282 The arrivals relate to aided passengers only. 704 coolies arrived per ss Ellenga, today, of which 372 were sent to
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  • 569 11 Dusseldorf, May 1.As usual May Day will be celebrated in the Ruhr to-morrow, and preparations have been made for imposing Labour demonstrations. If the organisers of these gatherings have made any special plans outside programmes of speech-making, these are not known. It is known, however,
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  • 280 11 Vice-Consul Wade Blackurst (Singapore) reports that the population of the Straits Settlements is approximately 884,000, of which only about 8,000 are Europeans and Americans, while 876,000 are natives of the different Asiatic races, the Chinese largely predominating. It is safe to say that not more
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    • 650 12 P. 0.-BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (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 A London Leavp PMALWA June 8 NYANZA j 7 KHIVA 22 SARDINIA
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