Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 7 June 1923

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 128. VOL LXXXI. THURSDAY, 7th JUNE, 1923. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 278 1 [KIDD’S 5 letter press J hlO 1 COMPOSITION J AGENTS t- J j P. G. Press, Ltd. < > “Oliver” Typewriter i j s® J Nk I iii S» IS THE C=4;• *lfek POSSIBLE j highest CLASS to g The Super I MACHINE IT IS jg «*"»FACTD»B I Driving Belt
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    • 17 1 fisa.xa Kakici'kai.rtßfeaatiUtfrKfiadA T. NAGATA, i > 5 DENTIST. •3 S NEXT DOOS TO “THE DISPENSARY." E E '■■■■■■■■■■■•«■■■■■■■MW**
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  • 560 2 REALISM RUN WILD. When (the periodical coinplaint as to the evil influence of the cinema crops up, it is generally directed towards the display of films in which the moral law is violated we are reminded that it is bad for young persons to become familiar with the
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  • 318 2 The other day we discussed the question as to whether, sooner or later, this country—both Colony and Federationmust not face the total loss of its opium revenue. Events of the past year or two and perhaps especially of the last month (at the sittings of the
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  • 419 2 Osaka, May 23,—Points gained up-to-date are as follows T ...152.6 Japan 86 2 Philippines China The track and field championship has been won by Japan. Tu Yung-tang, the Chinese on whom all hopes of that country for the Pentathlon depended, collapsed to-day while running in the 220
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  • 157 2 American exports to the Straits Settlements in 1922, totalling $5,623,206, showed a decrease from the $7,458,302 of 1921. Imports, however, registered an increase from $56,797,261 in 1921 to $89,500,000 in 1922, largely due to renewed buying of rubber at somewhat better prices. European countries are regaining
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 911 2 Short Classified Trade with Australia Advertisements. A*; Wanted, For Sale, To Let, &c., 9 can be inserted in the Pinang Gazette” at THREE CENTS A WORD counting the address to which Mr. E. T. SHEAF, the Austrian replies are to be sent, Government Trade Commissioner in Minimum Charge 1 each
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    • 886 2 BANKS. reraK TH e mercantile War Memorial. The Perak War Memorial Subscribed Capital will be unveiled Reserve Fund and Undivided Profit, J iv/]?, AT THE Board of Directors. IPOH TOWN HALL, RjSe, E sq J H. la Melrin rt SiL?nTE a Bnq’ 8 n q’ pp 1 Chalmers, Esq., Sir
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  • 1564 3 LADY’S STORY OF HARDSHIPS. Shanghai. May 22.--. Mrs. Manuel Verea, the heroic young Mexican >ride uho has iaied, with her husband, the terrible experiences suffered at the hands of the bandits lather than leave him, returned to Shanghai and is receiving medical treatment, here.
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  • 291 3 Shanghai, May 24.—Due to a very t. ick fog about- 200 miles from Dairen, namely at the Shantung promontory, two vessels the Teli and the Wanli operated by the Jensien Transport Company, collided on Saturday last at noon wi h each other, the Wanli going down
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 328 3 Dexnia Has Cured Thousands Already J ff? Why Not You? Are you suffering from some terrible itch or angry MF f pain of your skin GA. Have you weeping \,S» sore* or hard scales •-M erarts Is you; 3) itc and body dis •&W’ ared by blemishes J&K Here is
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    • 310 3 ff 5 11 FI I >i Always another a bottle handy wj It’s a wise housewife who keeps an extra hottie of Bovril in reserve —in case fC of emergencies. The Grocer isn’t always handy, or isn’t xjw wl open if he is handy—and if there’s need for /v «I
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  • 1082 4 MR. R. O. WINSTEDT’S BOOK. It is only when one picks up a book on Malaya and begins to read it that one realises the remarkable lack of literature, explanatory of this country, in existence. Mr. R. 0. Winstedt in his Malaya. The Straits Settlementsand the Federated and Unfederated
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  • 165 4 Kuala Lumpur Criticism. Foolish Wives.” produced at the Coliseum last night, says Tuesday s Malay Mail,” has been the cause of much discussion by our contemporaries. The personal impression of a member of our staff is that it is a very long drawn out story of some thoroughly
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  • 204 4 •The Centenary Athletic Sports of Raffles Institution were held in the school grounds, at Singapore, on Monday, and were as successful as could be desired. A programme of twenty-seven events was splendidly contested, and the heat was tempered by a refreshing breeze. The boys themselves
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  • 312 4 On the afternoon of the 19th May, says the ‘‘Hongkong Weekly Press.” two European ladies and P. S. Rogers of Central Station had an exciting encounter with a large snake in Bowen Road, close to the entrance to the Military Hospital. The reptile was
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  • 668 4 ACCUSED’S EXPLANATION. The case in which Capt. R H. Whippey is charged with alleged cheating of Messrs John Little and Co., came on for the crossexamination of Mr. Hester before Mr. Gourlay at Singapore. In answer to the accused, witness said it was he himself who suggested
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  • 164 4 The F.M.S. Railways are granting reduced fares from all stations in the F.M. S. to Kuala Lumpur during the Malayan Agri-Horticultural Show and Trade Exhibition on June 30th and July Ist and 2nd. Visitors obtain a return fare for the price of a single, fare. The admission fee
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  • 383 4 POSITION OF U.S. AND BRITAIN CONTRASTED. An interesting contrast between the course of affairs in the British Empire and in the United States is drawn by the “New York World,” a pro-League of Nations newspaper, in a leader on the recent Budget. Of Great Britain it sketches
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  • 359 4 A contract has just-been made between the Westminster Council and the Plantation Rubber Manufacturing Company for road paving which marks a very import tant new departure in the use of rubbei in connection with public thoroughfares. Ah hough this new system involves an extensive use
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  • 85 4 Lyric Theatres, Ltd., announce a treble feature attraction in their bi-weekly change of programme to-night. A Selznick production in 7 parts, entitled “Out of the Snows,” featuring Ralph Ince will be screened. The story is set in the Hudson Bay Territory, and deals with the work of the
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  • 141 4 ADVISORY COMMITTEE Tri im FORMED. K With regard to th© report of a Sn Committee on Chinese Labour issued the/ General Labour Committee and' i lished in June last by the Planters" A ciation of Malaya, says the “MM Governments concerned have agretMl the appointment of a Committee
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  • 203 4 The following are the weather returns for the settlement of Penang, including the Dindings, for the month of May. 1923 The Prison :—382.50 m.m. in 26 hours maximum daily fall 70.25 m.m. in 3 hours on the 29th. There were 16 days’ rain. Kort Cornwallis:—4sl m.m. i n
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  • 180 4 The schedule of the Final Supply Enactment, which will be introduced at the next meeting of the Federal Council, is as follows Heads of Expenditure. Excess. c. Pensions, Retired Allowances, Gratuities and etc. 281.658.24 Charges on account of Public Debt 237,053.51 Courts 11,837.66 Legal Adviser 1.208.2« Treasury
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    • 466 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. POSITIONS VACANT. Wanted A Nurse for a little girl. Outstation. Apply box 155, c/o Pinang Gazette. Engineer wanted for Steam plant. With dredge experience preferred. A pply Box No. 156, c/o Pinang Gazette. Lady requires English Nurse for child age 9 years. Apply Robinson, Teluk Anson. Perak. Rubber
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    • 197 4 NERVE-ENERGY. Its Secret and How to Obtain It. “Those who are fit and well.” write* a London physician, in his book Nerves an the Nervous,” “find it difficult to imagine t ie condition of a person, who is never able to f• 1 fresh, but is weighed down by that
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  • 912 5 TER ESTI N(J DESCRI PT I OX. T}ie permanent Way Institution of Eng- v;l s established in 1884 and the F. cC tion of the Institution was formjoiu and has now a membership of eu ni 1 1 j- 51 ly meeting was held this*year in The
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  • 594 5 It is impossible to overlook the danger of the League of Nations becoming fad--Ist, and in a sense parochial, says the ts Times. It has been harping on the opium question almost more than is good either for the subject or for the League itself, and
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  • 240 5 In considering the question of the improvement of the arterial roads, longsighted views are necessary, states the c’.tv engineer of Birmingham, and the planning must be undertaken upon generous lines if satisfactory provision is to be made, not only for the vastly increased traffic which is
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  • 320 5 THE EXTENSION PLANS. t Hongkong, May 24—The report on the proposed harbour improvements at Hongong y Sir Maurice Fitz Maurice has been published at the request of the Hongkong Government. The report states that, with a view to PUPii ing a scheme affording at an early uate a
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  • 149 5 Tokio, June 1. —Admiral Tochiuchi and Vice-Admiral Saitoh Hanroku have been appointed a member of the Generals’ Council and Commander-In-Chief of Sasebo Admiralty port., respectively. It is announced that Vice-Admiral Saitoh, the Commander of the training squadron, will start for Australia and New Zealand in November. Mr.
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  • 286 5 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Pangkor for Kantang (Trang). Tanda for Singapore, China and Japan. Jin Ho for P. Brandan. Kinta for Port Swettenham, taking mails for Klang, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Kedah for Dindings and Sitiawan. Taipeng for Teluk Anson. Nyanza for Ceylon, India, Aden, Port Said, Marseilles and Europe.
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  • 368 5 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 Gajah, Tapah Road, By train Telnk Anson,Kuala Kuhn, Kuala I 7.15 a.m. Lumpur, Klang, Port Swetten-also
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  • 40 5 The following are non-delivered cables for the week ending 6th inst, at the E. E. A. and C. Telegraph Co: Kumarandi c/o Kondainppukara Subbiah Scaranda, Kalukanden c/o I’ichan Kangani South row Therlookurgi rubber garden, Huanghockchai Sinhwa School, Tongtjai.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 238 5 IS THIS YOU? Some people live in an eternal gloom. They believe themselves to be the object of all the vexations that beset mankind. Petty grievances a"d trivial troubles rasp and irritate beyond endurance. They magnify little annoyances that would pass by o'ther people, with stronger nerves, unnoticed. Admit that
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    • 108 5 I i I 1 Whiteaway, I B Laidlaw Co., Ltd., I (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) HP f PENANG AND TAIPENG. '1 u 1 I Ex. s. s. “Gleniffer” I Ladies’ Smart .Hl Evening Dresses. l" 1 I 1 Exclusive 1 J Models. I lii I II I Stylish Millinery. Including A
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  • 15 6 Bassett.—To Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bassett. Klang, on the 4th inst., a son.
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  • 1148 6 There is not. at the moment, a loud vocal demand for the Government to come to the assistance of enterprising individuals who would like Malaya to engage, within its own borders, in the conversion into saleable and exportable manufactures of its wealth of natural products, vegetable and
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  • 1258 6 The feature of the Derby run at Epsom yesterday, was Steve Papyrus’s Donoghue’s third succesDerby. sive victory in the greatest event of the English Turf. The hat-trick had never previously been performed in this event, and in making this new record, Donoghue placed his fifth Derby victory
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  • 44 6 (From Our Owm Correspondent.) Singapore. June 8. The Iskander club won the Lady Gnillemard Polo Cups, benting Singapore by four goals to three. The Sultan of Perak scored the winner’s second goal in the first chukka. Lady Guillemard presented the cups.
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  • 80 6 A motor car accident, attended by fatal consequences occurred on the roadway at Pulau r ikus yesterday evening about 6 o’clock. It appears that a Chinese hawker. walking on the road, failed to observe the approach of a car—a four seater recently brought from Singapore—which was
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  • 263 6 The homeward mail, by the Nyanza. closes at 6 p.m. to-day. The P. O. Packet Malwa with outward European mails is expected to arrive here at 6 p.m. to-morrow. Tlje M. M. Packet Porthos is due to arrive here on Saturday morning, the 9th instant., and is expected
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 468 6 I TOWN HALL, 4 Only j li Commencing To-morrow, June Bth, At 9-30 p.m. i BANDMANS EASTERN CIRCUIT i|j PRESENTS ROBERT COURTNEIDGE AND W. E. HOLLOWAY'S j] 111 Loudon Comedy and Dramatic Company in the Following London Successes. jij Friday, June Bth at 9-30 p. m. I “THĔ MAN FROM
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    • 12 6 “E. O.” Friday* Bth June, GUEST NIGHT-DANCING. Saturday, 9th June, SPECIAL TIFFINORCHESTRA.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
  • 23 6 DEATH. Unger.—On June 3. at Singapore. Ernest Johann Unger, second son of the late Johannes Leonard Unger. Holtingen. Zurich, in his 18th year.
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  • 210 7 Expenditure on Singapore. M GUARDIAN’S CAUSTIC CRITICISM." Reuter’s Telegrams.] London. June 6. Commenting on the House of Lords debate on the Singapore naval base, the "Manchester Guardian*’ says the taxpayer found few friends in the House of l ords, when the plan of pouring at least
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  • 73 7 RD READING PASSED. London. June G. The House of Lords unanimously pi- d the third reading of the Indemnity Hill, coupled with a motion by Viscount Grey, which was accepted by the Government, affirming that it was "alone established principle of the constitution that the Executive should
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  • 104 7 MEASURES TO PREVENT RECURRENCE. London. June 6. In the House of Commons, replying to Lt.-Col. Howard Bury, Mr. McNeill said that according to the latest report of the British Minister at Peking, dated June 3. regarding negotiations for release, the captives were being made as comfortable
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  • 59 7 THIRD ASSEMBLY REPORT ADOPTED. Berne, June 6. The Swiss National Council adopted the Federal Council’s report on the third Assembly of the League of Nations, and also two postulates one of which expresses satisfaction at the efforts to effect disarmament, the other asking that the Opium
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  • 63 7 PLANS FOR A NEW CITY. Cairo, June 6. It is reported that the Cabinet is considering the proposal of the Suez Canal Company to plan a new city on the Eastern Bank of the Canal, called Port Said East. The company proposes to advance Frs. 10.000,000
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  • 24 7 TWO ARRESTS. Madrid, June 6. Two suspected murderers of the Archof Saragossa have been arrested at the village of Utebo.
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  • 56 7 London, June C. Six steamers. Stathis, Triolos, Amjaticlos. Neephalonia, Millan and Panagis, tiJMKI tons net and 42,000 tons deadcapacity, built at Hongkong in H were sold on the Baltic Exchange Yl l ,< h M>. The prices are regarded as good considering the state of the markets.
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  • 100 7 The New Note. Reuter’s Telegrams.] Berlin, June 6. According to an unconfirmed but very definite summary in the Boersen Courier.” the forthcoming German Note «cmands a moratorium till the end of LL<, but offers untilthen to make deliveries in kind to the value of 2i milliards of
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  • 126 7 ARRIVALS IN BRUSSELS. Brussels, June G. M. Poincare. M. De Lasteyrie, and M. Le 1 locquer arrived and weie received on the platform by M. Theunis. M. Jasper and M. Max. They were warmly cheered by the crowd. The Conference began immediately at the Foreign Ministry. Adamantine. Brussels.
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  • 55 7 ISMET PASHA AND MR. GREW CONFER. Paris, June G. The New York Herald correspondent at Lausanne states that Ismet Pasha and Mr. Grew, the American observer, had a two hour interview last night.. It is stated in Turkish circles that documents Were exchanged with a view to the
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  • 95 7 MODIFIED DEMANDS. London. June G. According to a correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph.” M. Krassin is doing his utmost to induce Moscow to accept the modified demands of Lord Curzon s latest note, which does not insist on the recall of the Soviet Ministers from
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  • 78 7 London. June G. Following on reports of considerable activity among Riff tribesmen in Morocco, a Madrid official statement says that several columns are operating in the Tizziass sector. They attacked and aeroplanes followed up, inflicting heavy losses. The Spanish casualties are not yet known. The Casualties. Madrid,
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  • 77 7 NO SIGNS OF MISSING STEAMER. Perth, W. Australia, June 6. The steamer Trevean which rushed to the rescue of the steamer Trevessa in response tos.o.s. calls crossed the Treressas Uaition and found no sign of her. she is now zigzagging in the hope of picking
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  • 40 7 New York. June 6. Representatives of the Protestant, Catholic and Jewish Churches joined in a formal statement denouncing as> moral > indefensible the recent report by Mr. H. Gary upholding a 12-hour das the steel industry.
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  • 395 7 Papyrus the Winner. DONOGHUE’S “HAT FRICK’’ [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, June G. The Derby, at Epsom, resulted as follows Mr. B. Irish s PAPYRUS (Donoghue) 1 Lord Derby’s PHAROS (Gardner) 2 Mr. M. Goculdas’s PARTH (Walker) 3 Nineteen ran. Won by a length a length and a half between
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  • 264 7 The result at Newmarket on May 2 of Two Thousand Guineas was as under:— Stake 100 sovs. each, h. ft. with 2,000 guineas added second to receive 600 sovs. and third 300 sovs. One mile. Ellangowan. b. c. by Lemberg—Lammermuir (Lord Rosebery) 9st. (C.
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  • 30 7 RUMANIA SCRATCHES TO SPAIN London, June G. Rumania scratched to Spain in the first round of the Davis Cup. Britain thus meets Spain in the second round.
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  • 274 7 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE RECOMMENDED. Geneva, June G. The resolution adopted by the League Opium Committee recommended the convocation of an international conference of the Governments and States manufacturing morphine, heroin, cocaine and other drugs, and also the States producing raw opium and coca leaf, also a resolution by
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  • 164 7 THE FINANCIAL FACTOR. London, June 7. In the House of Commons, replying to Dr. W. A. Chapple. Mr. R McNeill said Britain had not been approached by any British representative in China with the suggestion that the reintroducti<»n of opium in China was necessary to protect China,
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  • 42 7 London, June 6. The Shell Transport Co. announces a dividend of 2/6 free of tax, making per cent tor the year. The Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. announces a dividend of 16| per cent, making 26| per cent for the year.
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  • 59 7 London. June 6. The mental specialist, Dr. Crochley of Clapham, ex-Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital, Hongkong, is dead. London, June 6. The death is announced, at Edinburgh, of Dr. James Webster, known as “Chinese” Webster on account of his long missionary experience m Manchuria. Amsterdam, June 6, The
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  • AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    • 85 7 London, May 25. —Mrs. Philip Snowden wife of the well-known Labour Al ember, who recently strongly condemned Bolshevik methods after visiting Russia, has now returned to England after an exhaustive investigation of the political and economic conditions in Palestine- She declares herself a whole-hearted supporter of
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    • 95 7 London, May 24. —The Brussels correspondent of the “Daily Mail” states that the Belgian Government is adopting drastic methods against the strikers. They have issued a proclamation stating that all men who have not obeyed the call to resume work will be regiaj-ded as having resigned, and
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    • 153 7 London, May 24,—The “Daily Mail” states that a great motor road about 226 miles long, from London to Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool, on which there will be no speed limit and no police, is a project for which a company, with Lord Montagu of Beaulieu
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    • 143 7 London. May 25. —Prior to leaving Aidershot His Majesty the King handed to Sir Phillip Chetwode a farewell order to the troops, in which he says that Their Majesties’ short stay among the trooos was full of interest and enjoyment. He has been impressed by the progressive
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    • 49 7 T.nndon. May 26. —Tn the open LondonBrighton walk, for which there were 14 starters, the Italian. Pavesi won in 6 hours 26 mins. 23 secs. Baker was second in hours 35 mins. 5 secs,, and Povnton wa‘.s third in 8 hours 54 mins. 24 secs.
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    • 53 7 London. May 25.—The Milan correspondent of “The Times” states that Etna is continuing to threaten an eruption. The crater, which opened in 1911, has renewed its activities with loud roaring, and is throwing incandescent matter to a great height. A lava stream 10 yards deep is advancing
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    • 54 7 London, May 24.—The Dublin correspondent of “The Times” remarks that the fact that Ministers are able to travel about -the country illustrates that order is gradually being restored. Mr. Cosgrave and other Ministers have visited Cork and inspected the Mallow Bridge, large quantities of ammunition were seized
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  • 50 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Allahabad, June 6. News from Meshed reports a recurrence of earthquakes at Turbat-i-Haidari, which, with the surrounding villages, has now been evacuated but there are no fresh casualties. The total deathroll is at least 3.000. [Tnrbat-i-Haidari is a commercial centre 80 miles south-west of Meshed.J
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  • 32 7 Members of the P. V. R. C are reminded that the Donegal Badge for 1923 will be fired for on Sunday, 10tb instant. Distances 300 and GOO yds.
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  • 800 7 M.M.” Major Priestley and Mrs. Priestley leave for Europe by the P. and O. steamer Nyanza. Mr. W. A. Sims has presented a shield for competition among the Scouts in Singapore for physical drill. The Chief Justice, Sir Walter Shaw, and Mr. Justice Barrett-Lennard are sit ting
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  • 825 8 STEVENSON COMMITTEE CONGRATULATED. The twenty-seventh annual general meeting of the Linggi Plantations, Limit ed, was held at the offices of the Rubber Growers Association, 2-4, Idol Lane, E. C., Mr. Charles Emerson (chairman of the company) piesiding. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts
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  • 501 8 CHOWRASTA MARKET Penang, June 7. 1923 TIT Ctf GoVER N M E N T M U TTO N Head, sheep or goat each Rog Liver with heart lung d 0 120 Tripe do fog Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet Bread p a j r Leg of
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 440 8 y.»-..,.--—, >«•> "J I iplCC*®®»iLltt I 111 I I VIRGINIA CIGARETTES g I INDEFINABLE QUALITY which every true this patent g 1 1 lover of Virginia Cigarettes learns to appreciate will be 1 1 found in Piccadilly Cigarettes, no matter where they may be sent. perfec t 1 1 Extreme
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    • 80 8 When a man asserts his disbeLri in advertising, ask him whose soap he uses, whose beverages he dri’As In nine cases out of ten they will be advertised articles, and though he states that he has not changed 1 ,9 taste for years it proves not so nm p l
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  • 582 9 WHXT V PILGRIM TO MECCA HAS TO PAY. n Indian press communique says .pecmr Rakim Said Hassan, M. B. E., liin Police Officer, has worked out, in J the minimum expenses incurred pilgrim during the Mecca and Aledina Pilgrimages after he reaches Jeddah harbour. •fhe same officer has
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  • 304 9 A his: g-ical event occurred at Treng- n May 24. when II. M. sloop A’agn-dia Captain Ward. R.X.) cruising tr x H' _kmi_ to Singapore paid a surv> and anchored off the Kuala at a. m. Great interest and enthusiasm i. Her stay lasted
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  • 1133 9 NEW MONASTERY AT GROOM. A Picturesque ceremony took place at beopentngof the newly reeonstmcted temple and monastery of Yi- g0 Choline Ewltn”’ thTc Darjeeli,,g b y His Mav 15 in th. Governor ot «entstl on b v of R. H. PreS lCe o£ a lar e bly of
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  • 149 9 A iscount Leverhulme, addressing at I ort Sunlight, a party of grocers from London and the Midlands, said he wanted to make it clear that tobacco had its right and proper place, but not in business hours. A man who smoked at business was reducing his
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  • 199 9 Benares Opium p. 55,000,00 now. Cloves 120.000 sellers Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Pickings no stocks Nutmegs 42.00 sellers Coconuts per 1,000 46.00 sellers Copra Sundried 10.70 sales 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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  • 102 9 June 8. 9, 11,12 —Courtneidge-Holloway Comedy Company, Town Hall. 9S.C.S.A. Gymkhana. Dato Kramat Padang, 3 p.m. 9S.C.S.A. Smoking Concert, Club Premises. 8 p.m. 10P.V.R.C. Shoot. Donegall Bodge. 10—P.S.C. Monthly Medal, A Class 100 yards Handicap, B Class 75 yards Handicap. 10M.F.A. Cup Semi-final. Hutton Lane F.C. vs Muth-hibol
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  • 190 9 Hoxgkoxg Puts Up a Good Score. The Hongkong shoot in the Inter-port ritie match took place on May 26 at the Taikoo range. Out of a possible aggregate of 1,050 points Hongkong secured 956. This is considered a really good score, and the Hongkong men think they
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  • 104 9 The Courtneidge-Holloway Company, who arrive this evening from Kuala Lumpur, will commence their short season in the Town Hall, to-morrow, w th the breezy comedy, “The Man From Toronto,’’ from the Duke of York’s Theatre. London. Miss Leslie Graham, who plays the fascinating widow, was in the
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  • 98 9 Rangoon, May 25. —Information has been received by the managing agents in Rangoon to the effect that the directors of the Burma Oil Company, Limited, have declared a final dividend on their ordinal y shares for the year ending the 31st December. 1922 of 4s. per
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  • 31 9 Rangoon, May 25. —The latest report bom Yenangyiaung shows that about 70 men have returned to work, but the majority of the Burman labourers are still on strike.
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  • 331 9 PENANG, JUNE 7, 1923. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 1/32 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 3/16 3 Credit 2/4 13'32 3 Documentary 2/4 15/32 Calcutta Demand Bank R» 173< 3 days’sight Private 176| s Bombay Demand Bank 173| 2 Madras Demand Bank 173 j
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  • 73 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday To-day. Shares. 2? >» s >» s p CO M QQ Sc sc. sc. sc. Rubber (Dollar). Jimah 1.27$ 1.32 i 1.30 1.35 K. Sidim 2.25 2.35 Tambalak 721 77| 75 77* Mining. Lahat
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  • 65 9 7th June, 1923. Local. cts. (Smoked Sheet 50 'I Penang] Fine Pale Crepe 49Hnom (Unsmoked Sheet 44 J SING A- (Smoked Sheet 51 pore (Crepe 51 London and New York. r (Smoked Sheet ls.2|d London New York G2B} The following were the rubber quotations in London on June
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  • 111 9 The following are additional rubber outputs for May lbs. Ayer Kuning (F.M.5.)... 53,500 Bradwall 32,703 Bandar Sumatra 31,500 Bute Plantations 12,100 Consolidated 39,300 Chersonese 39,618 Dennistown 19,744 Dominion 32,799 Eastern Sumatra 37.500 Glen Bervie 22,023 Gula-Kalumpong 81.000 Highlands and Lowlands 98.500 J urn 12,670 Klabang 29.800 Krian Plantations
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  • 104 9 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following London prices, on June 6: Spot £196.17*.6d down 175.6 d 3 mos. buying 196.175.6 d 175.6 d 3 selling „197 £1 The Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd:— London, June 6, £197 spot, and £196.17* three months buying, £197 selling. Local.
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  • 126 9 Hitam Tin, Ltd., for May, 265 piculs. Tongkah Compound No. 2 N. L. for May, hours 577 hours, yardage 60.430 cubic yards, output 270 piculs} Ngow Property of the Siamese Tin Syndicate, Limited, for May, 1,490 piculs. To-day is the anniversary of the capture of the Messines Ridge,
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