Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 22 August 1923

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No 192. VOL LXXXI. WEDNESDAY, 22nd AUGUST, 1923. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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      626 1 I MODERN ART photographic I STUDIO I No 7i Norlbam Road, Penang. I T,lrpl>»"“ No 579 u— XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXJfc THE EMPIRE TYPEWRITER I h, 8 Ljmm gi X More Empires are in use in The Straits x Oil HD JB Bl x and E M.S. than any other make. x IftPMy
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      37 1 5 aw. ~7? PATBOWIZED 11 ROTaLTT GOOD JEWELLERY 51 MUST POSSESS THREE VIRTUES 0 Seßuty, Utility Giiauty AND THE GREATEST OF THESE IS QUALITY. II B. P. de SILVA, 1, BISHOP STREET. £s xS3x s X Ti
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    JAPAN AND THE BOLSHEVIKS.
    414 2 QUESTION OF RECOGNITION. The Tokyo Correspondent of the “Morning Post’’ says since the arrival in Japan of M. Joffe, representative of the Soviet Government, the question of Japan’s at titude towards Russia has been uppermost in the public mind. The Japanese Government, having adopted the policy
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    THE PRINCE OF WALES'S HOLIDAY.
    407 2 VISIT TO HIS CANADIAN RANCH. The Prince of Wales, travelling as the Duke of Cornwall, proposes, with the King s sanction, to visit Canada, and to spend a short period on his ranch in Alberta during the early autumn. The visit will be of a
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      1584 2 CL I m J TENDERS INVITED. □nort Classified i wentworth s for\ AJ r MALACCA MUNICIPALITY. CLOTHING Advertisements. c I P Tenors are invited for the erection of i «oe «.cjtn- Wanted, For bale, lo Let, <scc., a new nn j c ipal Market. r tUPn n t M cASi?oN
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      683 2 NOTICE. Tenders will be received at the office of the Harbour Mastp noon the LOth September, 1923, (Monday) for the supply O f r Pen ang,r <D for the Registration of (1) Lassenger (2) Cargo and (3) Fishing nnrntx 'r(< plates for (4) Nets (5) pompangs and (6) Hooks and
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    FUTURE OF AUSTRALIA.
    993 3 ATTITUDE TO JAPANESE PROBLEM. Sir Matthew Nathan. Governor of Queensland, who speaks with the experience gained as Governor of Hongkong, has. says the Melbourne corres pondent of The “Morning Post” made a striking commentary, which one must assume was prompted by or at least ac<|ui“sced in by
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    PHONING—BUT NO TEARS.
    404 3 LONDON’S CHANGE-OVER TO AUTOMATIC SYSTEM. Hello Hello Fizz-z-z buzz-z-z. Ah-a-a-a Hello Crash Telephone subscribers will recognise the symptoms. They are what sometimes happen even in the best regulated exchanges, and though we blame the longsuffering telephone girl, it is not without a tinge of regret that we
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    Coming Events.
    145 3 Aug. *22—Hat mston’s Circus, DatoKramat Gardens. 9.15 p.m. 22 Football, H. M. S. Magnolia v Mr. Thean Bin’s XI, Esplanade. 25—Tetnerloh Estate, Meeting. 9 Beach Street. 12 noon. 25—Taiping Gymkhana Club, Tai ping. Gymkhana, 3 p.m. Ball, 9.15 p.m. 25 —Municipal Fire Brigade Competitions and Display, 4.45 p.m.
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    HOOKWORM INFECTION.
    409 3 THE REMEDY TO FIT THE DISEASE. I P to quite recently humanity had to look for its drugs and medicines to metallic salts or such active principles as could be extracted from plants. Unfor Innately this field has now been pretty xx ell explored and there seems little
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    BEST BALLROOM DANCERS.
    401 3 “Let’s dance the Blues!” This, it is said, will be the expression most often heard in dance halls and ballrooms during the coming season. The “Blues” is the title of a new dance which is to be demonstrated at Holborn Res tauiant during the present congress of
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      315 3 p/SRIS GARTERS No metal can touch you There is leg comfort and long comfort in PARIS Garters. They are always higher in quality than in price. When you buy ask distinctly for PARIS. Fastidious dressers prefer them. a STEIN COMPANY </ICAGO,U.S.X NEW YORK, U.S. A vf ?ARIS > I n
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      26 3 TO PRINTERS We hold a large stock of Kidd’s Printing Inks (In various colours) To be disposed of at reduced prices. The Pinang Gazfttf Press LIMITED
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      383 3 r I .-1 ---hi: W O I 'A// 1 x Mrs. E. says: **B>ny hes liad kt > Glaxo for a year or so She is J full of life and Fas never been il the slightest trouble. Your I j food has built her splendidly/’ I Does your Baby
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    BOXING.
    245 4 Visit of H. M. S. Magnolia. FRIDAY’S TOURNEY. Followers of the noble art in Penang, will be interested to learn that Mr. J. W. Callan has been instrumental in arranging another boxing contest in which the men of H. M. Sloop Magnolia will take a prominent part. Since their
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    PERAK GYMKHANA CLUB.
    136 4 HANDICAPS FOR SATURDAY. The foliowing are the handicaps for the. races to be held at Taiping on Saturday under the auspices of the Perak Gymkhana Club, commencing at 3 p.m. The Gymkhana Ball will be held in the Taiping Town Hall at 9.15 p.m. Race 1. Ranee
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    TAIPING SWIMMING CLUB.
    117 4 The Taiping Swimming club’s annual sports will be held on Sunday, August 26, when the following programme will be undertaken 1. Relay Race.—Teams of 4 representing Penang, Ipoh and Taiping (4 prizes presented by the Club.) 2. Diving Competition.—(Open) 4 dives. 2 straight, 2 Springboard (2 prizes
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    R. S. Y. C.
    207 4 The annals of the Club seem to be blest with some exciting events, the last race for the Elizabeth Cub being no exception to the rule. The Helen beat Jean II for first place by one second only, and the next four boats were so close
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    MALAYA CUP FOOTBALL.
    745 4 FINE WIN FOR SINGAPORE. Singapore qualified to meet Perak in the final for the Malaya Cup by defeating Malacca on the Singapore padang by three goals to nil, says the “S. T.” The first thrill came when Yong Liang sent across a beautiful pass for Smith to
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    SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB.
    47 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, August 22. The report of the Singapore Cricket Club shows a surplus of income over expenditure of $3,657. The active membership is 936, against 1,020 in the previous year. All sports were well supported, the Club attaining many successes.
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      EDUCATION IN MALAYA.
      6 4 EDUCATION IN MALAYA.
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      INDIAN EMIGRATION.
      411 4 To the Editor of the “p;„ Sir.-Upon W h al evil H, n -y r -P-K. x aml away ‘he s i tna ti on he j, For argument s sake Malaya exempted ”j s dI W thought and the te s ti correspondents to the H ”«-h,
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      516 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. entertainments. miscellaneous. The Penang Choral Lady and Gentleman offer share of home to European Gentleman. Com- kJvVlvlj» fortable, quiet. Good locality. Apply Box No. 220, c/o Pmang Gazette. Preliminary Announcement. FOR SALE. The p enang Choral Society Ford Car detachable wheels, one will PRODUCE man hood, extra wheel
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      235 4 Newspaper Advertising Pays Best. Cumulative Testimony. At the annual meeting of Bay Advertising Association, on 23, the annual report showed, J figures, that advertising t weekly Press formed the investment. The annual report of jhe Chamber of Trade l attended this year s syate in the daily and the publication
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    CLEMENCEAU AND POINCARE.
    856 5 o\ AN OLD QUARREL. I'”' 11 |it vl .tx.r M M Mermeix, who was for s a prominent figure in French p.veals in the “Gaulois” (Paris) ''i t po rtion at least of the facts out re< ‘l‘J h arose, in January. 1913, the serirl,l (which came
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    EUROPEAN PROBLEMS.
    1037 5 SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH DR. BENES. The world is obliged to look at success, says a correspondent in the “Daily Telegraph. For this reason it is especially delighted to see success come in a good cause. Dr. Benes, the Minister foi Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, is a member of
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    “JOHN D.” AS DOCTOR.
    409 5 TAVO HEALTHY, ACTIVE MEN OF 84. “John D.” is a poor subject for a doctor despite his 84 years,” is the verd\ t of Dr. Hamilton Fisk Biggar, of Cleve land, Ohio, U.S.A., physician to and friend of Mr. John D. Rockefeller. Dr. Biggar, who is
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    CLAIM TO A BARONY.
    240 5 The claim of Sir Bruce Gordon Seton. Bt., to the barony of Gordon in the peerage of Scotland appears in the official list of “Claims of Peerage Depending. Sir Bruce has petitioned praying that his Majesty will be graciously pleased, on sufficient proof of his right
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    The Band Programme.
    52 5 The Municipal Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade from 6 to 7 p.m.. to day 1 March Changing Guard Hnme 2 Gavotte My Sweetheart Keefe 3 Waltz Thoughts Anclife 4 Selection Ballad Memories Baynes 5 One Step Do I! Akst God Save
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    THE TURKISH PEACE.
    654 5 EFFECT OF THE TREATY. The Near East is to-day confronted with one of the strangest and most experimental developments in its kaleidoscopic history, writes Mr. Crawfurd Price. For five centuries the once-mighty Ottoman Empire had been engaged in a steady retrocession, back from the walls of Vienna,
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    COWS AND AIRSHIPS.
    154 5 More than half a million cattle have made their contribution to the giant American airship, “Z.R. 1,” which ’s nearing completion, and is to be flown round the world arid to the North Pole. The animals have been called upon to provide the goldbeater’s skins which are
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      277 5 j J LATEST MODEL j 3 1 1 CANADIAN i f IFOR DI I CARS I I ARRIVED I A number of improvements have been incorporated in the new f model FORD g J INSPECTION INVITED. g 1 g I j WEARNE BROS, i I LIMITED. j PENANG. I WILLYS-KNIGHT
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    BIRTHS.
    37 6 Gan.—At 28-1, Grange Road, Singapore. on Sunday, August 19, to Mr. and Mrs. Gan Hock Chwee. a son. Lowe.—On August 15, at Waterloo Street, Singapore, to the wife of Mr. R. Lowe, a daughter. Both well.
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    MARRIAGE.
    37 6 Lopez—Fernandez.—On August 18, at the Church of St. .Joseph, Singapore. Rodolph S. Lopez of the Empire Cinema, to Miss Mercy Mary Fernandez. 8.A., eldest daughter of Mr. G. A. Fernandez, late of Singapore and of Trivandrum.
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    IRELAND.
    1061 6 Amid a variety of distracting incidents in international politics the attention of Irishmen and of all interested in the future of that lively little island will be concentrated, to the exclusion of most other matters, during the next few days, upon the elections that are in progress for the
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1353 6 1 This month is rich in Malayan anniversaries. On the 2nd i Local Anni- August, 1829, the Island versaries. of Singapore was ceded to the East India Company by the Sultan of Johore—it was in i February, 1819, that Sir Stamford Rattles > hoisted the Union Jack
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    THE MAILS.
    273 6 The B. I. Packet Tara, with mails from Europe, is expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. on Friday, the 21th instant. The homeward mail, by the I'”' 11closes at 10 a.m. on Iriday, the ~it instant. The Blue Funnel steamer Mermnes. from the United Kingdom for Oemm-'.
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      169 6 GREAT REDUCTION g —IN PRICE OF 3 ROYAL TYPEWRITERS. I s *S I ft EE 1 1 i Wilfl! I jßM|i I I g FOR FULL PARTICULARS APPLY TO»— s Huttenbach, Lazarus Sons, Limited. I IF K K K x K —fi BOXING jjj SHIP vs. SHORE* On the Padang
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      36 6 “E. O.” The Best Situated Hotel in the East. 812 feet Sea Frontage. Unique Ball Room —Up-to-date Orchestra. Guest Nights and Dancing every Tuesday and Friday. Special Tiffins every’ Wednesday and Saturday—Orchestra. Orchestral Concert every Wednesday.
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      68 6 To-night To-night!! Harmston’s Circus againtclnight OUR STAR PROGRAMME. >»♦»< Location :—DATO KRAMAT GARDEN. Special trains will run after every performance to all parts of the town. >»♦»< POPULAR PRICES PREVAIL. Full Box (6 Chairs) 115-00 2nd Chairs $l-50 Single Seat (in Box) 3-00 Stalls 75 cts. Ist Chairs 2-00 Gallery
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      24 6 THE TIDES. High Water. Low Water. To-day. 10.15 p.m. 4. 27 p.m. To-morrow. 10.21 a.m. 4. 16 a.m. 11. 4 p.m. 5. 15 p.m.
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  • Obituary
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    27 6 DEATH. Ibrahim. —On August 18, at 12. Joo Chiat Terrace. Singapore, Mrs. Ibrahim bin Abdul Kadir. aged 31. wife ot Mr. Ibrahim, of Straits Times Press. Ltd.
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    HOLOCAUST IN NEW YORK.
    215 7 Firemen Killed in Dance Hall Fire. wall collapses. Reuter’s Telegrams.) Xe*w York, August 21. t lir P force of firemen were buried 11.1»«* of a w ill during a fire in Brooklyn. It is feared ’.'■‘"ten perished and that thirty were tha i The disaster occurred
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    THE RIVIERA FIRES.
    130 7 WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION. Draguignan, August 21. The forest fires have abated as the mistral is no longer blowing. Huge tracts of forest have beert destroyed, iucluding the magnificent woods of Igt (ia Hard. The Hames spread from the Mann'S mountains seawards, and even twveed on the beach was
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    THE HONGKONG TYPHOON.
    58 7 EFFECT on LONDON INSURANCE MARKET. London, August 21. The limes” City Editor says the taticial effect of the Hongkong typhoon 0,1 the London Insurance market Umiises, as far as can be at present D'lti'd, to be light. Qualification is J l because some time must elapse the
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    JAPANESE SUBMARINE SUNK.
    25 7 jl{l al trip tragedy. I okio, August 21. Tdest submarine sank H' n o"‘n ial <lip Kobe ,ww were saT and 85
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    THE “CHANGSHA” ASHORE.
    167 7 T| Sydney, August 21. 6 reef lan "sha” is ashore on in nodanJ^i eS from Sa ndakan. She is Mer in th*’ >Ut there are eight feet of Ko.l hold 7 ,r, T ea k and eleven feet in VesB< ‘l is I e ot^er holds are
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    EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.
    60 7 Mr. Mellon Pessimistic. 1 Benter’s Telegrams.] Washington, August 21. Mr. Mellon, the Secretary of the Treasury, has returned from Europe. He conferred with President Coolidge. Interviewed, Mr. Mellon was pessimists about the completion of the debt funding settlements in the near future and European affairs generally. He said
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    THE REPARATIONS PROBLEM.
    26 7 FRENCH REPLY TO BRITISH NOTE. Paris. August 21. The French reply to the British Note was handed to the British Embassy this morning.
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    GERMAN REPORT ON SIX MONTHS’ OCCUPATION.
    100 7 At the close of six months’ occupati >n by the French of the Ruhr, the German authorities have issued statistics showing that the army of France and Belgium in the Ruhr region totals 87.000. In the old occupied area there are 97,000 troops. There
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    THE GERMAN MARK.
    61 7 FURTHER FALL. London, August 22. Tn the London exchange market, the mark reached 40,000,000 to the £1 and closed at 27.000.000. Sequel to Mark Slump. Berlin, August 22. I he resignation of Herr Haveifstein, President of the Reichsbank, who > accused of the responsibility for the slump
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    GERMANY’S ECONOMIC MEASURES.
    31 7 Berlin. August 21. It is officially stated that the Cabinet yesterday evening, after consultation with the party leaders, adopted resolutions for the immediate enforcement of emergency economic measures.
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    GERMAN EX-CHANCELLOR IN MOSCOW.
    14 7 Moscow, August 21. The German Ex-Chancellor. Herr Wirth has arrived.
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    SPANISH REVERSE IN MOROCCO.
    88 7 A GARRISON SURROUNDED. Madrid, August 21. Military critics attribute the Spanish reverse in Morocco to the holding of a big salient. The base at Afrau on the coast is now isolated. Tifarauin is surrounded and the garrison is holding out. Reinforcements are proceeding thither. A Spanish
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    LORD CREWE’S RETIREMENT.
    19 7 London, August 21. The report that Lord Crewe is tetiring owing to ill-health is not confirmed.
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    SIR AUCKLAND CEDDES.
    40 7 London, August 21. It is learned that Sir Auckland Geddes will continue to act as British Ambassador at Washington, but hi< health will not permit his resuming his duties. He has lost the sight of one eve.
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    NEW ZEALAND AND THE NAVY.
    70 7 Wellington, August 21. Mr. Massey, in a speech at a banquet, emphasised the importance of the Navy. He said a second-class navy would mean a second-class Empire. Britain was bearing an unfair proportion of naval expenditure, ami the Dominions should take their due share. He
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    UNEMPLOYMENT GROWING WORSE.
    73 7 Increase of 20,000. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, August 21. I nemployment has been gradually getting worse during the past weeks. Last week it increased by 20,000 to 1,212,000. On the contrary, trade condition® in South Wales* are perceptibly brightening owing to the increase in coal shipments and the
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    AMERICAN COAL MINERS.
    55 7 STRIKE IN PROSPECT. Atlantic City, August 21. America is threatened with another coal strike, in consequence of the breakdown of a conference between the owners and the anthracite miners which was endeavouring to reach agreement. Mr. Lewis, President of the Miners I nion, announces the cessation of
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    WELSH COAL FOR AMERICA.
    29 7 Boston, August 21. The municipality is purchasing fifteen thousand tons of Welsh coal which has been offered cheaper than the £15.50 charged for American anthracite.
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    THE “COPHER” AGAIN.
    48 7 SINKS IN GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE. Washington. August 22 The U. S. gunboat “Gopher, which Vas seized by the Canadian Government on August 17, whilst being towed from Montreal to Boston, sank in a gale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence There were no casualties.
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    FUEL RESEARCH WORK.
    95 7 MINING PROFESSOR’S SUCCESS AFTER 16 YEARS. London, August 21. Professor Illingworth, of the South Wales School of Mines, after 16 years’ research, claims to have produced by low temperature the carbonisation of small coal, what is practically an artificial anthracite, calculated to revolutionise the coal and patent
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    ALLEGED CHEATING.
    194 7 Chow Ah Weng, a Cantonese, living at 16, Cintra Street, appeared before Mr. A. V. Aston, in the Police Court, this morning, on a charge of cheating. He was remanded for a week, bail being fixed at $250. It is alleged that at noon on the 20th, he
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    A FATAL BRAWL.
    120 7 As the result of a drunken brawl, which occurred outside a toddy shop in Penang Street, at about 4.30 on the afternoon of the 19th instant, a Tamil named Govindasamy is dead. It appears that duri ig the brawl, Govindasamy was struck wi r a a piece
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    CRICKET.
    266 7 England v. The Rest. TATE’S SENSATIONAL BOWLING. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, August 21. At Lords, England defeated The Rest by five wickets. The feature of the match was the sensational bowling of Tate (Sussex), who after lunch yesterday took five of the Rest wickets for no runs. Icßryan scored 80
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    LAWN TENNIS.
    75 7 JAPAN’S INVITATION TO AUSTRALIA. Sydney (Australia), August 21. The Lawn Tennis Association hni list Fileted Anderson to accept the Tapane<se offer that the Australian Davis Cup players visit Japan on their homeward journey, and has requested Anderson to ask the Japanese whethei they are willing to play return
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    BOXING.
    32 7 New York, August 22. Firpo has signed a contract to fight the negro, Wills, at Buenos Aires, i» April, regardless of the outcome of the Firpo-Dempsey fight on the 14th September.
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    GLIDING AT VAUVILLE.
    66 7 ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS UNSUITABLE. •> Paris, August 21. Lack of unsuitable winds resulted in low totals at the gliding at Vauville. The meeting hitherto has consisted chiefly of a duel between Maneyrol on a Peyret glider and the Belgian, Simonnet, on a Poncelet monoplane. The longest flights hitherto
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    THE CASSEL TRAIN SMASH.
    217 7 London, July 31. —The Berlin correspondent of ‘‘The Times” says the Cassel train smash was even more serious than at first reported. Already 35 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage and 35 others more or less badly injured have been rescued. Hie financial stringency has
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    1064 7 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. R. D. Acton returned from the Bindings this morning. The Rev Archibald Ewing left by the mail train this morning for Perak. Mr. P. Trump has been admitted to the European Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. Mr. and Mrs. Russell F. Grey have returned to Kuala Lumpur from Brastagi.
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    INTERESTING MINING CASE.
    257 7 At the Ipoh Supreme Court before Mr. Justice Watson, the suit was called of Chen Yoon Seong, of Ipoh, Low Khuan and Chow Fong, of Sungei Si put, against the Heawood Tin and Rubber Company, Chen Kok Thye, Choo Poh Yuen and Wong How Yee, all of
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    THE CHANNEL SWIM.
    173 7 London, August 7. —The thrilling nature’ of Harry Sullivan’s final struggle was revealed in the story told to members of the party when returned to Dover this morning. Sullivan covered the first five miles in three hours, and, encouraged by relays cf swimmers, was only a few
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    BRITISH RUBBER “ MONOPOLY.”
    1573 8 BRITISH RUBBER MONOPOLY.” NOT A MENACE. In an article by Mr. William Hamilton to “The Wall Street Journal,” fo which the Rubber Growers’ Association directs attention, the writer says:—ln spite of th© refusal of the Dutch producers of rubber to cooperate, it may well be admitted that the British control
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    WATERFALL (SELANGOR) RUBBER.
    877 8 SUBSTANTIAL PROFIT. The third ordinary general meeting of the Waterfall (Selangor) Rubber Estates, Limited, was held in the Council Room of the Rubber Growers’ Association, 2, 3,4, Idol Lane, E. C Mr. W. R. Davies (chairman of the company) presiding. The Chairman said the accounts before us
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    MARKET PRICES.
    473 8 c how R astam 4Rket Government MuttonHead, sheep or goat Liver with heart Un fl I'X) Tripe s l_2i) Goat or Sheep 1.00 Sweet Bread ll) 52 Leg of Mutton P J lr .40 Kidney 52 Feet ji) Hie four Mutton— Head, sheep or goat eap t Liver
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    FIRST CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY.
    816 9 A XI)T. ORGANISATION. fir 4 annual meeting of the F M. Th ..nd Telegraphs Cooperative I Loan Society, Ltd., was held Th" ft iLdl, Kuala Lumpur. NearAt th embers were present. Ij M,.|ville presided, and in his Mr. r sOOCCh ‘'I 1 1 vnn will remember the
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    RESTRICTION.
    492 9 Teluk Perak writes to the Malay Mail :—lt will be interesting to see what November brings forth in the way of correcting the present hastily constructed, and therefore imperfect, mode of assessing Export Licences.” The position at present is, of course, that restriction has be?n introduced through the pressure
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    RUBBER PROSPECTS.
    203 9 London, July 10. —In view of the continuous improvement in the statistical position of crude rubber, it is reasonable to expect ere long an advance both in the price of the product and in share values. The United States alone is credited with an estimated consumption for the
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    EXCHANGE.
    119 9 PENANG. AUGUST 22, 1923. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 1/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 7/32 3 Credit 2/4 p/8 3 Documentary 2/4 21/32 Calcutta Demand Bank ***** 3 days’sight Private „177 p Bombay Demand Bank „175 g Madras Demand Bank „175 g- 3
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    LOCAL SHARE LIST.
    120 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list:— Yesterday To-day. E Shares. >* s zES I 5 CO 02 CO CC I c. t c. c. Sc. Rubber (Dollar). Katoyang B. 1.00 1.05 97i 1.02 i Kedah 2.40 2.50 2.45 2.50 ex Lunas
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    71 9 22nd August, 1923. Local. cts. (Smoked Sheet 51 Penang- Fine Pale Crepe 51 rnom ,Unsmoked Sheet 47 Sing A- (Smoked Sheet 51 j PORE 1 Crepe 511 London an© New York. i (Smoked Sheet ls.3<d I O,sDON ICrepe U3?d New York G2Bj The following were the rubber quotations
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    RUBBER SALES.
    43 9 The General Pro luce Ltd., Beach Street, Penang, report that the following prices were realised at their auction rooms to-day Good F.A.Q. Smoked diamond sheet $67.00 F.A.Q. do 65.00 Oft quality Smoked diamond sheet 57 to 60 Plain Unsmoked Sheet 56.00
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    TIN PRICES.
    109 9 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following prices, on August 21 Spot £lB7 up 1 3 mos. buying 188 1 3 selling 188.5* 1 The Eastern Smelting Co., Ltdj London, August 20, £186.5» spot, and £187.5* three months buying. London, Aug. 21, 187.5 s spot, and
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    203 9 Benares Opium p. chest $5.000.00 nom. Cloves 110.00 sellers Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Pickings no stocks Nutmegp 42.00 sellers Coconuts per 1,000 46.00 sellers Copra Sundried 9.75 sales Rattans 11.20 sellers Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00 per bag do do
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    KENNEDY & CO’S SHARE LIST.
    1103 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. S S NAMES a J s E r 0 00 El S RUBBER [Dollar.] S c S c S c Allenby Rubber Co 1 35 1 40 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 45 1 55 Amalgamated Malay Estates 2 25 2 30 Ayer Hi tarn Planting
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    EXCISE REFORM IN MADRAS.
    384 10 Madras, August 8. —The Excise advisory committee meeting summoned by the Hon’ble Mr. Patra meet to-day at the Secretariat for the examination of witnesses selected by the committee at its last sitting in. Ootacamund. Out of the ten members of the Committee, only five attended. One
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    DIVORCE MANIA.
    226 10 ONE TO EVERY SEVEN MARRIAGES IN PARIS. Remarkable divorce statistics show "hat petitions for divorce in France rose from 19,000 before the war to 35,000 in 1920, apart from judicial separations, but slightly decreased in 1921 and 1922. There were 5,200 divorces in 1922 in Paris alone, equivalent
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    PAN-PACIFIC CONFERENCE.
    159 10 After the Pan-Pacific conference being held in Australia from August 13 to September 3, the scientists will break up into sections to deal with specific sun jects, among which will be oil possibilities of Australia and New Guinea, entomological questions, such as the fruit fiy. blow fly and
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    204 10 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Kalmoa for Asahan. Peng Fook for Langsa. City of Pekin for Colombo, Dlianushkodi, Aden, Port Said, Marseilles and London (taking mails for Australasia via Colombo). Warialda for Singapore. A fifteen-ton yacht which had voyaged all the way from Fremantle, West Australia, arrived in Singapore on Satur
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    SAILING BOAT WRECKED OFF TRENGGANU.
    58 10 The Pattani correspondent of the Siam Observer,” wiring to that paper °n August 14. states —Two Americans and one Englishman, in the sailing boat Margarette. ten days out on the open sea from Trengganu. were caught in a storm and picked up by fishing people.
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    SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO.
    140 10 An extraordinary general meeting of the Siam Steam Navigation Company. Ltd. was held at the offices of the East Asiatic Cohipany, Ltd.. Bangkok, for the purpose of considering a resolution relating to the reduction of the capital. The following resolution was proposed by th»Chairman:— “That the
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    PENANG MAILS.
    387 10 CLOSE DAILY (except Snnday) BT TRAIN. Federated Malay States, Malacca. .Tottore and Singapore. Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half an-honr earliei than the Ordinary mail. FOR AT Batu Gajah, Tanah Road, 'j By train Teluk Anson.Kuala Kulm, Kuala 7.15 a.m. Lumpur, Klang. Port Swetten-
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    UNDELIVERED CABLES.
    30 10 The following are non-delivered cables for the week ending 22nd inst, at the E. E. A. and C. Telegraph Co: Kayambunadar Kalukaday Periamathan, Kalimuttu Tandal Old Garden Kulangan.
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    ATLANTIC SPEED RIVALRY.
    703 10 CAN THE LEVIATHAN BEAT THE BRITISH RECORD? A Shipping Correspondent of the Observer writes:—Since 1907, when the Lusitania made her advent, the speed record of the North Atlantic has been held by British vessels. Prior to that date the fastest ocean-going steamers were under the German flag.
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    THE SPECIAL INDIAN CONGRESS.
    288 11 MRS. SAROJINI N? IDU ON CHANGE OF VENUE. Bombay, August 9.- -Mrs. Sarojinj Naidu, President, Bombay Provincial Congress Committee, writes as follows to the Press regarding the change if venue of the special Congress To correct any misconception arising out of the incomplete reports of the
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    INDIANS AND U. S. CITIZENSHIP.
    464 11 Calcutta, August 9. —The following memorandum signed by representative American Missionaries in India has been sent to the American Press with copies to the Officials concerned. The undersigned citizens of the United States resident in India desire to place before the American people the following:
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    MADRAS PEARL FISHERY.
    103 11 After a blank irterval of fifteen years the Madras pearl fisheries promise a revival in 1927, with the biggest fishery re corded for a century. Fnormous beds of young pearl-bearing oysters have been located by the Government Director of Fisheries in Madras in th»» waters of the
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