Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 21 July 1923

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 166. VOL LXXXI. SATURDAY, 21st JULY, 1923. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 430 1 "NIKKO” MODERN ART j photographic i STUDIO No. 7* Northatn Road. Penang. W»~ 87 1 ■■■mil"" 1 wm-i' I iFORD DF POT Tl" T~>k E A TH" "ST *S i i BUTTERWORTH. JOD ELITE j me»’ INSURE YOUR CM i (REGISTERED) I SALES SERVICE 2 WITH THE 2 The wonderful
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    • 10 1 j T. NAGATA, j g DENTIST. i NBXTDOOBTO “THE DISPENSARY.”
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  • 826 2 FUTURE BALANCE OF POWER. The third of the series of articles on Far East problems written by a special correspondent of the “Morning Post,” states that up to 1904 probably no European nation had more influence at Pekin than Russia, but the Japanese war gave her
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1852 2 Cl.l m -fl notices. NOTICE. PENANG TURF CLUB, bhort Classified “TAMIL LESSONS.” CASH CHEMISTS LIMITED, PENANG. AUTUMN MEETING. (lncorporated in the S. S.) Any one wishing to learn Tamil JULY 31st AUGUST, 2nd 4th Wanted, For Sale, To Let, &c., Tuition arranged individually or collect- y o tice is hereby
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    • 223 2 CURED OF THAT (J p- S MCKACHE I wiS Mrs. B. L. Hunt, writes: I first became ill a' out 21 ve» and suffered terrible piin 9 i n .‘f. sleeplessness, and swelled thL h, I not move about in bed I was doctor, but bad very little relief t;
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  • 1760 3 -“S. T.” THE LEAVE PAY AND PASSAGE QI’ESTION. An interesting general meeting of the Incorporated Society of Planters was held at Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. Mr. G O Hara Hickson, chairman of the society, presided, and there was a good attendance. The Chairman said*that from the auditor’s
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 253 3 T I I l, l- A N CEMENT Fresh shipment, in Casks of 378 lbs. nett each. AYLESBURY NUTTER, LTD., 39a, VELD QUAY. I Telegram Aylesbury Penang. Telephone 1058. a black, galvanized J I STEAM J 3 q i I JR. T. Reid 8 Penang L I REPRESENTING I 0
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    • 38 3 Key for Shorthand Rapid Course. at $1.50 each or $l.BO post free, stocked by The Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd. Rubber Companies Account Books, at $3.50 per hook or $3.80 post free, stocked by The Pinang Gazette Press. Ltd.
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    • 214 3 —> h <■ WHITEaWAY’S j TENNIS VALUES I Tennis rackets made by the best workmen, the best materials and all strung with best black gut. At prices to suit all players. —O I The Challenge Racket. I A square frame racket with bcurd shoulders, iui double centre main strung groved
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  • 1458 4 THE ENTRIES. The following are the entries for Penang Turf Club Meeting on July 31st and August 2 anti 4. FIRST DAY. TUESDAY, 31st JULY. 1923. 1, 4 6.— The Visitors’ Plate, Gold Cup and Purse. Values —A Division of $1,200 and a Gold Cup presented by the
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  • 816 4 PRESENTATION TO MR. A. M. WHITE. Another pleasing function took place in the Governor’s Office, here, to-day, the occasion being the presentation of the Imperial Service Medal to Mr. A. M. White, retired Government Veterinary Inspector, Penang, by the Hon. Mr. A. B. Voules, Resident Councillor. Among
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  • 558 4 THE LA SALLE MURDER TRIAL POSTPONED. At the Singapore assizes on Wednesday the trial of the six Chinese, stated to be members of the Sin Ghee Hin Society, on alternative charges of attempted murder and rioting, was concluded, four of the accused being found not guilty and discharged.
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  • 378 4 THE PENANG-F. M. S. SERVICE. The arrangements for the Penang-Taip-ing and Penang-Ipoh trunk telephone system are proceeding apace. The materials for the lines have arrived and it is hoped to commence on the preliminary works very soon, probably in about a month’s time. The new cable to connect
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  • 433 4 A CANDID OPINION. Mr. George* W. Wickersham, AttorneyGeneral in President Taft’s Cabinet, who recently returned to America after a visit to England gave the “New York Tribune” some very plain spoken comments on Bri tish public opinion in regard to America. “It is very unfortunate,” Mr. Wickersham is
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 267 4 [To the Editor of the 1n I S1R,— Re the article Kl fins” in your paper of .b,| v e 1 from the Madras Weeklv' v. 'I aider the article is a dn'r AB B.I.S.N. Co. Ltd., and as i experience with them. I I to make the
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 186 4 NERVE-WEAKNESS. How to Remove and Prevent it. The symptoms of nerve-exhaustion,” writes a distinguished physician in the London Medical Times comprise the whole extended gamut of all the manifestations of nervous disease. The wandering thought, the headache, and the depression, the mental and moral weakness in every form, the hysteria,
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    • 279 4 STARVING AMIDST PLENTY! V ith a plentiful supply of food, good food. too. men and womi n can starve just as surely as if they had no food at all. And they cannot be really healthy unless the food they eat is perfectly digested. Most of us spend our lives
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    • 211 4 NEW ADVERTISEMEliirl POSITION VACANT. Wanted an Englishwoman for them of Assistant Superintendent or Matra I of Girls Home (S. Mary’s Home Singapore). Must be a responsible pen and fond of girls. Apply for terms J Miss Lee, S. Mary’s home or Archdeacon F. G. Swindell, Singapore. < < FOR SALE.
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  • AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    • 204 5 Ij v 2 There have been many < 4 11 t years between France and n one so lamentable in its s ,l, ltl es than that now opening, de the I’aris correspondent of The commenting on the present posi--1 Lfh regard to reparations discus T he unofficial
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    • 33 5 hmdon, -July 2. A Cologne telegram savs the French have seized a part of Kiaipps Works at Essen in which there He a considerable number of engines and rolling-stock.
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    • 135 5 London, -July 2.— The Times’ Constantinople correspondent says much perturbation has been caused at the sugebtion that the Allies will continue to occupy Gallipoli as a hostage of Turkish --mil behaviour. The Press declare that \llied occupation after the signature of peace would render the peace derisory
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    • 121 5 London, July 2. —The Constantinople orrespondent of “The Times"’ says that unless the unexpected intervenes Patriarch Meletios will leave Constantinople, probably on Wednesday, on board a British torpedo boat and will be taken direct to Iviron. It is understood that Patriarch Meletios is withdrawing simply be'■ause M.
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    • 179 5 amdon, July 3. -The experiences of I 1 111 the Cunarder Berengaria, 111 1 ,l,, ived at Southampton from New Hus morning, dispelled the idea th'' me passage from America 111 1 I eriormed on a strictly teetotal nominally dry the Bĕ'la was considerably wet, although
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    • 60 5 1 M)( V ,lUf 9 Mrs. Stuyvesant PeatboK, n i'j' ai ’L an eight year old jiihioin’ broke the world’s high ..j '"ord tor horses when he cleart th, x ight feet an < l 13 16 inches how country club horse 1 'l 'l’hc old
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    • 211 5 London, July 2. —In the House of Commons, Mr. George Lambert suggested that as the gross expenditure during the current year on the fighting forces was nearly £60,000,(.*00 above the pre-War ex penditure excluding the recently announced increase of the Air Force, a small commission should be
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    • 129 5 London, June 28. —The Paris correspondent of The Times” says that Great Britain’s new air policy has aroused the liveliest interest in France. There is not much inclination to regard it as a challenge. Several newspapers suggest that a pact of aerial defence between France and England
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    • 184 5 London, July 2. —Sir E. Marshall Hall, defending the Duke of Leinster at the hearing of the charge of obtaining credit while a bankrupt, pointed out that previously a similar charge was dismissed. He said that the Duke succeeded to the Dukedom in the most unexpected
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    • 142 5 London, July 3. —Admiral Bradley Fiske of the United States points out that Great Britain, France ami Italy are lined up against the States on the question of seizing sealed liquor supplies. Nations, he said, had gone to war for lesser causes. W ar, he added, was unlikely,
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    • 156 5 London, July 3. —The prevalence of betting in Scotland was revealed in the evidence before the Betting Inquiry Com mittee to-day. Mr. James McLean of Glasgow, described as the largest bookmaker outside London, stated that he employed 60 persons, and that the receipts averaged £5,009 daily. He
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  • 590 5 TEX TO OXE REJECTION. “A continuation of the rising curve of Labour votes from the 62,698 of 1900, through the 323,195 of 1906 and the 506*.*69CT of January, 1910, the 2| millions of 1918, and the 4] millions of 1922, would produce a clear majority of
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  • 124 5 London, July 3. —Two milkmen at Kennington hearing the mother s terrified cries rushed into a burning house to rescue a four year child. They opened the door of a blazing room, and found the child darting about in a panic with its night-clothes ablaze, piteously crying for
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 63 5 TO KEEP COOL AND WELL IN THE HEAT. daily regularity is essential. To dispel constipation, gently stimulate the liver and aid the appetite, banish biliousness’ and summer headaches. Pinkelt > are perfection. Th.*>e d.iiiiiv little also clear the skin, sweeten th- breath, prevent diarrhoea and dxsentpry. Of dealers, or post
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    • 45 5 PRITCHARD C° LB (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) NEW FROCKS, HATS and SUNSHADES just arrived for coming RACE SEASON LIBERTY’S CREPE-DE-CHINES ’SILK and Wi GEORGETTES 11 SILK SATINS. STOCKINGS. CvJW Etc> QUALITY AND PRICES UNEQUALLED COME AND SEE. PRITCHARD Co., Ltd., PENANG, IPOH AND S. PATANI.
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  • 20 6 Van Cuylenburg.—On July 18, at Maternity Hospital. Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. A. N. H. van Cuylenburg. a daughter.
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  • 1136 6 We have experienced so many disappointments in regard to what seemed promising prospects of a settlement of the reparations problem that there is a natural hesitation about putting very much reliance upon reports that some new scheme looks like finding a greater measure of acceptance among the nations most
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  • 1407 6 More recently, the name of Pancho Villa, the boxing chain- General pion, has been figuring Villa Dead. in cables and newspapers, but for a considerable period the much better known Francisco Villa, about whom w r e were wont to hear with remarkable consistency, had seemingly been
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  • 168 6 THE HOOT HYE-NAKAMPRA MATCH. (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore. July In connection with the Hooi H?' Nakamura tennis sensation, Committee controlling the Gaunt C”P tournament decided that the mate be resumed on Monday. v l! it was left off on Thursday and tinned day by day until it
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  • 57 6 A mail for Europe, by sS r Witt, via Singapore, closes 1 to-day. Tt .,43The homeward mail, m .r-, closes at 10 a.m. on Trid l instant. vnti’oel” 5 The Blue Funnel steamer u fr with one bag of corn-^P'’" 1 ,!U x the United Kingdom for pected
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 309 6 I INSIST UPON HAVING EXSHAW No. 1 BRANDY. Ĕ KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD |f For its FINE QUALITY AND I For its BENEFICIAL EFFECTS. 1 HAVE NO OTHER. Caldbeck, Macgregor Co., Ltd., S» (Incorporated in Shanghai) SS H Office 4a, Beach Street. telephone 587. g Z. H. B. BEER.
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    • 48 6 E. O. RACE WEEK. SPECIAL RACE DINNERS AND DANCING ON TUESDAY, 31st JULY, THURSDAY, 2nd AUGUST, SATURDAY, 4th AUGUST-DANCING TILL 1-45 a. m. THE SYNCOPATED BAND FROM RAFFLES WILL PLAY THE DANCE MUSIC. ORCHESTRAL CONCERT ON WEDNESDAY, Ist AUGUST, 9-45 p. m. SPECIAL TIFFIN EVERY DAY—E. O. ORCHESTRA.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 93 6 LYRIC THEATRES, LTD. Theatre Royal. Penang Road. From Thursday, 19th to Sunday, 22nd July, 1923. CHARLES CHAPLIN in 6 Reels of Joy THE KID 6 Reels of Fun The (Million Dollar) Comedy which took a year to make. A WILLAM FOX presents WILLIAM RUSSELL in 5 Reels LEAVE IT TO
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    • 35 6 THE TIDES. High Water. Low Water. To-day. 5. 5 p.m. 11.52 p.m. To-morrow. 6. 48 a.m. Midnight. 6. 56 p.m. 12.52 p.m. Monday.. 8. 28 a.m 1. 8 p.m. 8. 48 a.m. 3. 3 a.m.
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  • 83 6 DEATH. Wee.—On July 2. at 15, Pa yah Lane, Singapore, Madame Wee Wan Neo, aged 65 years, beloved mother of Mr. Lee Choon Seng (proprietor of Thve Hin Co.) ANNOUNCEMENT. The funeral of Mr. Toh Khay Beng, beloved father of Messrs Toh Eng Swee and Toh Eng Hoe, will take
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  • 243 7 The Way Out Reuter's Telegrams. Paris. July 20. ....«papers are paying great t Reparations settlement outlined in the "Matin” at present nothing will be asked “J.ntlennnny except the stuns necessary p.pair lite devastated regions, say 26 milliards of gold marks for France and live milliards for llehtinm.
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  • 215 7 Sir W. Joynson-Hicks (Financial Secretary to the Treasury), in reply to Mr. C. Roberts (Ind. Lib., Derby) states that the following amounts, due to this country from the countries mentioned, were outstanding on March 31 last on account War Loans, Relief, Reconstruction, and other loans: War Loans. France
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  • 43 7 OXFORD UNIVERSITY’S RECOGNITION. London July 20. conferred n j versit v in convocation on lori nv honorary degree of D. L. in emu ,nH S and Sir C h arles Eliot, Rovti the centenary of the al Asiatic Society
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  • 34 7 Louis, July 20. crew nf ti “m foiled Ik»,. e 1 '<*'« ssa proTll, iocal i.n U r a,,oard ‘he Goorkha.” gUrv ivors chJ'i th° widows of the at 17.00(1
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  • 222 7 Reichsbank’s Action. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) Berlin, July 20. Frantic scenes occurred on the Bourse, on account of efforts to convert marks into foreign currencies, and culminated in the Reichsbank threatening to cease to discount bills of exchange. The day’s demand for foreign currencies was mostly Dutch. British and Belgian,
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  • 428 7 Berlin June 25. —“The course of to-day’s Bourse proved that the new supporting action of the Government has so far not had the effects which might have been expected, and that after the repeated failures of our financial and economic policy the widest circles of the nation
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  • 56 7 KEEN CONTEST FOR N. R. A. SILVER MEDAL. Bisley, July 20. After four had tied, each with a score of 97. Lieutenant J. Elgood, late of the Royal Flying Corps, won the shoot off for the National Rifle Association Silver Medal for the highest aggregate in the
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  • 112 7 Russia to Sign. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) Lausanne. July 20. M. Chicherin replied to the invitation of the Conference agreeing to sign the Straits Convention at Constantinople within the speciffrd time of three weeks. The Russian reply is controversial, reiterating Russian objections to the settlement, but the agreement to sign
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  • 67 7 FIVE DEATH SENTENCES. Cairo, July 20. Five out of 13 persons convicted of conspiring to kill British officials were sentenced to be hanged. The others were sentenced to penal servitude ranging from three years to sentences for life. The proceedings against two of the sentenced men were
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  • 81 7 STRIKE ON THE WANE. London. July 20. The dock strike is apparently collapsing. Following the resumption of work at Liverpool, the dockers at Manchester decided to resume. The striking Smithfield meat carriers have also resolved to return to work. Grimsby Coal Trimmers Resume. London, July 20. The
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  • 118 7 JAPANESE VIEWS. London, July 21. In a newspaper interview with reference to the Singapore base debate, the Japanese Naval Attache. Rear-Admiral Tamakitosu, termed the British decision as strategically sound and almost an essential move. The big ship would be the dominating factor in maritime warfare for many years
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  • 144 7 GENTLEMEN DRAW WITH PLAYERS. London. July 20. The Gentlemen v Players match at Lords was drawn. The Gentlemen made 451 for nine wickets (innings declared), Stevens scoring 122. and Lyon 120. The Players made 228. Hearne scoring fi9 and Louden taking five wickets for 49. The Players in
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  • 55 7 Won Lost Pts. W. L. Ist In. Ist Poss. Obt. Per. Yorks 16 1 2 0 95 84 88.42 Notts 12 2 3 0 85 66 77.64 Lines 9 1 4 4 80 53 66.25 Surrey 9 2 3 2 80 51 b 3.75 Sussex 10 4
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  • 18 7 Washington, July 20. France and the United States have renewed the Arbitration Treaty for five years.
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  • 87 7 Fate of a Famous Rebel. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Chihuahua. July 20. The famous Mexican rebel. General Francisco Villa, was shot dead in the course of a fracas arising out of his followers’ dissatisfaction at non-payment. Killed in Ambush. Mexico City, July 21. It is officially stated that General
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  • 93 7 NOT A MONOPOLY. Washington. July 20. The State Department, replying to an enquiry regarding the Government’s commitments in connection with the Chester Concession, denies that the concessionaires received moral or political assurances that in the event of a dispute the American Government would be bound to
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  • 63 7 VESSEL RELEASED. Boston, July 20. At a conference of Customs and Treasury officials, the Captain of the coastguard cutter Ossipee, and the Captain of the Kaduskak’s counsel, it was decided that the Kadnskak had been illegally detained. The schooner will now proceed to St. Pierre, but the Captain
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  • 35 7 New’ York, July 20. Lieutenant Maughan aliandoned the attempt to fly across the American continent between dawn and dusk, when he had reached Rock Spring (Wyoming), owing to a broken oil pipe.
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  • 50 7 PROMINENT OFFICIAL PROSECUTED. New York. July 20. The grand jury has indicted a prominent official of the New Y'ork State Anti-Saloon League, charged with larceny and forgery, and requested a legislative investigation of the League’s activities. The accused pleaded not guilty and was released on bail.
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  • 177 7 A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN. Paris, July 20. The Banque Industrielle de Chine hearing was resumed. Counsel, addressing the Court on behalf of M. Andre Berthelot, recalled that the original report of the expert, M. Doyen, concluded that the profits figuring in the bank’s balance sheet at the
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  • 36 7 AMALGAMATION FAVOURED. Bombay, July 20. The shareholders of the Tata Industrial Bank passed a resolution in favour of amalgamation with the Central Bank of India, which the latter’s shareholders have already approved.
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  • 39 7 Dr. Marie Stopes’ Appeal Allowed. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London July 20. The Appeal Court allowed the appeal of Dr. Marie Stopes, with costs. Judgment was entered for her for £lOO, with half the taxed costs of the action.
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  • 425 7 “S.T.” of pocket through the scheme. The me thods adopted at the clinic were approved by certain distinguished medical men, but at the trial there was great difference of opinion in regard to any method of birth control at all, even though the methods adopted at
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  • 44 7 CEREMONY AT THE CENOTAPH. London, July 20/ Furl Haig wreathed the Cenotaph at Whitehall with Flanders poppies, on behalf of the British Empire Service League, in memory of fallen comrades. All the delegates to the Conference of tlie League were present.
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  • 86 7 PERAK v. PENANG. The teams for the football cup tie at Taiping are as follow Penang.—S. A. Gray (P.C.C.) T. Thean Bin and L. Khay Seng (C.U.) T. Cheng Hoe (C.U.), F. A. Reutens (P.R.C.) and J. B. M. Wilson (P.C.C.) K. Coombs (P.C.C.), T. Kheng Teong
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  • 123 7 In the course of his annual report for 1922, the Hon. Mr. W. G. Maxwell, C.M. G., Chief Secretary, F.M.S. Government, states: —Very satisfactory progress has been made by the contractors responsible for the Johore Causeway. The lock is completed. The lifting bridge which will carry the road
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  • 96 7 “S.T.” There was a curious case in the third police court, Singapore, in which a Kheh was charged with a breach of the Post Office Ordinance by bringing letters into the Colony other than through the Post Office. Accused said that he was given these letters in
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  • 51 7 We are asked to state that any one who could assist the Exhibition Committee (Malaya) by designing a cover for the Official Guide, and who has not seen the previous announcement on the subject, should communicate with the Secretary, Raffles Museum, Singapore. A prize of $lOO is
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  • 871 8 SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT IN GROSS INCOME. The twenty-fourth annual general meeting of the British Borneo Development Company, Limited, was held at Winchester House. E. C. Mr. W. J. Cotterell (the chairman) presided, and, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, said :—Dealing with the profit
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  • 812 8 LOW COST OF PRODUCTION. The ordinary general meeting of the Kuala Selangor Rubber Company, Limited. was held at 2-4, Idol Land, Eastchai.p, E. C., Sir Edward W. Wallington, K. C. V. 0., C. M. G. (the chairman), presiding. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 239 8 For the most effective ignition Fit SHHMCIIEf PLUGS in your engine Universally acknowledged the finest plugs ever made. Will greatly assist with: Eisy starting. Regular firing running dead slow. Great power <*?>■». at high speed. No overheating. Illustrated is tin Lodge standard metric plug, model Cj, the best plug for
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    • 166 8 A DOCTOR’S WAY WITH INDIGESTION. The wife of a well-known London physician liecame a sufferer from digestive disorder, and, naturally enough, she asked her husband for a remedy. The doctor made her up some medicine of the kind usually given to mild cases, but it failed, so. without more ado,
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    • 434 8 1 1 I H RESULTS JUSTIFY ITS USE. 'TO every dish with which a sauce a can be used, add a little Lea Perrins’. This famous old British Sauce, most versatile and economi. cal, conveys a delightful piquancy of flavour to the simplest and home- liest fare Use a little
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  • 857 9 yI v G VPORE EYE-WITNESS OF RED SEA TRAGEDY. v very interesting description of the ,r the 5.000-ton Brocklebank sinking 01 UH 11)1( r Maidan, in the Red Sea on June 9 is given in a letter written by the wife o p t W ell-known
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  • 1289 9 THE EASTERN SHIPMENTS. London, June 22. —Tuesday’s market closed at a decline of 45s, but the tone on Wednesday was good, and final quotations showed a rise of 55si cash and 48s 9d three months, which improvement was, however, lost the following day, says the ‘‘Metal Bulletin.” America
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  • 244 9 Kampong Kuantan. —Int. divid. 10 p. c. Waverley-—Loss for 1922 £133, which leaves credit balance £7,754 forward. Bukit Mertajam Rubber.—At meeting to be held July 27. divd. 74 p. c. will be recommended. Last year nil. Kapoewas.—Crop for 1922, 239,266 lb., averaging Bd. loss £4,841. and
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  • 144 9 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 612th auction on July 18. *when there was catalogued 1.4.30,204 lbs. Offered 889.059 lbs., .396.90 tons. Sold 644,744 lbs., 287.8.3 tons. Prices Realized. Spot. London Is. l*d. N. York 25| cts. Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents per lb. S’pore
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  • 331 9 •Some* interesting statements are’ made by Mr. R. Eustace Tickell in the “Financial Review of Review's” on thp ques-tion of rubber investments. He shows how the investor was attracted to rubber by the amount of information with which he was supplied in his annual report, which far exceeded
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  • 241 9 In addressing a meeting of shareholders in a Java company Mr. Noel Bingley said it might interest them to know that the British-owned proportion of the area undey rubber in N. E. I. was abcuf 30 per cent-, or 270,880 acres, out of 88 >,006
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  • 213 9 Yesterday, says Thursday’s “S. T. we reported how the mystery of a stern frame of a bigship recently picked up in the channel off the wharves at Tanjong Pagar had been solved it proved to belong to the Mogul liney Sikh a.nd was torn off
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  • 98 9 The Public Libraries Committee of the Stepney Borough Council have decided to remove from the institutions over which they exercise control works which deal with or relate to the subject of birthcontrol. Two months ago thn Council passed a resolution in favour of advice on the subject
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  • 399 9 Messrs. Kennedy and Co., Penang, reported as follow s on Saturday The week opened very quietly but towards the close there has been considerably more enquiry for both Rubber and Tin shares, the former at slightly hardening quotations. The price of Rubber has improved to 1/2] while
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  • 211 9 A bill is to be introduced in the Johore State Council to carry out the policy of Government in tightening up rubber restriction. Under the enactment to be repealed the procedure is provided for almost entirely by rule. The present bill incorporates some of that procedure in the
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  • 223 9 Messrs. Barlow and Co., Singapore, reported on the 19th July:—A steady but quiet tone has characterised the market during the past week, with Awarded Spot Sheet remaining round about 46| cents. Yesterday’s local auction was fully steady and prices realized, show a slight advance on these of
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  • 101 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday To-day. c, 2 E Shares. >» S S co ao CO as Sc. c. sc. sc. Mining. Batang P. 45 474 45 47} Johan 32 34 30 34 Nawng Pet 1.45 1.50 1.474 1.52}
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  • 60 9 21st July, 1923. Local. cts. (Smoked Sheet 49 Penangj Fine Pale Crepe 49 nom (Unsmoked Sheet 44 Singa- (Smoked Sheet 50i pore (Crepe London and New York. Sheet New York G 26 The following were the rubber quotations in London on July 20 Smoked Sheet 15.21 d Plantation
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  • 45 9 Messrs. The Borneo Company, Ltd., advise that the undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by them by private and auction sales held this week: Cts Per Pound. Smoked diamond sheet Good F.AQ. 43 to 44£ Smoked diamond sheet No. 241 „42
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  • 75 9 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following prices, on July 20 Spot £183.25.6d up £Al2s.6d 3 mos. buying 184.25.6 d „3. 75.6 d 3 selling 184.5 s „3. 5s Local. July 21st: Singapore buyers no sellers at $93.25 Penang sold 50 tons at $93.25. Messrs. Boustead
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  • 73 9 Ipoh Tin Dredging, Ltd., for June, 850 piculs. Renong Tin Dredging Company, Ltd., Tin ore for the Ist half month of July, No. 1 Dredge piculs 145, No. 3 Dredge piculs 64, making a total of piculs 209. Kamunting Tin Dredging, Ltd., first half of July, No. 1
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  • 200 9 Benares Opium p. chost $5.000.00 nom. Cloves 120.00 sellers Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Pickings no stocks Nutmegs 42.00 sellers Coconuts per 1,000 46.00 sellers Copra Sundried 10.10 sellers 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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  • 131 10 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Malaya for Bhuket, (Tongkah), Renong and Kopah. Ipoh for Port Swettenham, taking mails for Klang, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Paul Lecat for Singapore, China and Japan. Erinpura for Rangoon and Calcutta (Mergui and Moulmein via Rangoon). M.V. Formosa for Colombo and Dhanushkodi. Seang Bee for Singapore
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  • 380 10 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). 81 TRAIN. Federated Malay States, Malacca. Johore and Singapore. Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half an hour earlier than the Ordinary mail. FOR AT Ratu Gajah, Tapah Road. 1 By train Teluk Anson,Kuala Knbn. Kuala 7.15 a.m. Lumpur, Klang, Port
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  • 108 10 July 21—Football. Perak v Penang, at Taiping. 24—P.C.C. Lawn Tennies Entries close, 6 p.m. 24 Pedlers’ Fair and Entertainment, Racecourse, 5 p.m. July 24, 2G. 28—Moonlight Band Performances. 25 Penang St. Andrew’s Society, A. G. Meeting, 6.45 p.m. in P.C.C. 27—Y.W.C.A. Concert, Town Hall, 9.15 p.m. 29—P.S.C. Monthly
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  • 101 10 London. July 2. —Nineteen books belonging to the library of the late Earl of Carysfort who died in 1909 were auctioned at Sotheby’s for £35,550 in 25 minutes. The well known Philadelphian collector, Mr. Rosenbach, secured the Marzarin Bible for £9,500, the Latin Vulgate for
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