Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 31 August 1923

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No 200. VOL LXXXI. FRIDAY, 31st AUGUST, 1923. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 57 1 Jp x x s s x y 1171 II I 2588 BTRIULn 5 GOOD3JE WELLER Y Jl iJ MUSI POSSESS THREE VIRTUES ii Beauty, Utility Quality jj AND THE GREATEST OF THESE IS QUALITY. I B. P. de SILVA, X 1. BISHOP STREET. I bs x 9 x s x
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  • 824 2 LOW STOCKS AND INCREASED DEMAND. There appears to be no doubt now that the turn of the tide for which shippers to, and merchants in, British Malaya have been waiting for so long is at last asserting itself sufficiently to provide opportunities for new commercial enterprise
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    • 1310 2 Cl m T- 1 TENDERS INVITED. □hort Classified iajggajfeMt i Federated Malay States Railways. Advertisements. Construction Department Wanted, For Sale, To Let, &c., Supp|y of 3 Gantry Type Electric W JMi can be inserted in the Pinang Cranes for the Penang Hills Gazette” ft Railway. THREE CENTS A WORD v
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    • 332 2 Mir 1 —-arr. j PAINT YOUR OWN CAR Senfl to-day for a free copy of our bocklet Instructions for Amateurs to Enamel Car” If the paintwork of your car is shabby and lost its brillia A) finish, it is not a difficult or expensive problem to make” M look like
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  • 2329 3 VKIC miller explains M" U i-AIH PRICE. following letter from Mr. 11. Eric inclutlfi in a circular issued by bh. r Association of America. The i .ted London, 21 June, 1923 Hotchkiss As promised I ivnlir to summarise for you the f ..Hs which it js necessary
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  • 297 3 Messrs. Sanderson report in mail week: There has been no pressure to sell and no special demand, business being confined to small orders for day to day trade requirements. Both buyers and sellers are marking time, and waiting for the other side to commence. The continuance of
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  • 93 3 Sept. I—Warren Shield Sioot. Taiping. I—Temerloh Estate. Adjourned Meeting. 9 Beach Street. 12 noon. I— Footliall. P.C.C. v H.M.S. Magnolia, Esplanade. 5.15 p.m. 2 and 3—Malaya Command Rifle Meeting. Taiping. 3—Forties Russell Comedy Co., Town Hall. B—M.F.A. Cup Final, Dato Kramat Gardens. ll Penang and Singapore Assizes. 14
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  • 595 3 Messrs. Symington Sinclair’s Weekly Market Report, of the 2nd August, states that after a fairly active week’s trade, prices to-day are unchanged to an sd. lower, compared with those reported last Thursday. A moderate business has been done for American account, mostly on c.i.f. terms, while
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  • 175 3 Juru. —Crop to Mar. 31 (restricted). 167,115 lb., realising Is. 1.95 d. coconuts. 630.048. realising £2l Bs. Id. per ton copra profit £4,078 and £4,931 brought in: divd. sp. c. forward, subject, £4.835. Prye.—Profit to Mar. 31. £5,142. and £6.189 brought in. le> s Deb. int..
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 289 3 PLEASE GIVE US YOUR SUGGESTION. On each tin of Quaker Oats are printed several ways of serving H this health giving food, but we are looking for new suggestions S which we may present to millions of people all over the world. You know that Quaker Oats is a health-giving.
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  • 756 4 Miss Hose will be at the Cottage, Taiping Hill, during September. Mr. W. R. Armstrong of Kuala Lumpur is going Home by the Kashmir. Mr. C. L. Green, of Rambutan Estate will be leaving for Home early in September. Mr. W. G.A. Trimmer, general manager of the
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  • 828 4 QUINN—HUNT. The wedding took place it St. George’s Church, Penang, yesterday afternoon the Rev. Keppel Garnier officiating, of Mr. Edward Burn Quinn, Chief Engineer of the Straits Steamship company’s s.s. Kudak elder son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Quinn of Newcastle-on-Tyne and Singapore, and Miss Beulah
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  • 199 4 Forthcoming Court Cases. (From Our own Correspondent.) Singapore, August 31. Included in the list of Supreme Court cases for September which will be fixed by the Chief Justice on Monday, is the action of Colonel Pearson against Mr. Still and the “Straits Times,” also the action of the
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  • 120 4 A FALSE TESTIMONIAL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) K.tala Lumpur, August 31. A Chinese clerk, named Choo Long Tuck, formerly employed by the A. P. C.. Singapore. was fined $l5O for using as genuine a forged document. The latter purported to be a testimonial from a European in
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  • 223 4 WARRANT OUT FOR SANITARY BOARD SECRETARY. (From Our Own Correspondent,) Kuala Lumpur, August 31. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Mr. R. A. Boardman, the Secretary of the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board, relating to alleged defalcations, in which connection investigations are progressing. Mr. Boardman
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  • 195 4 Conclusion of Inquest JURY’S VERDICT. Accidental death from a fracture of the skull” was the verdict returned by the jury, before H. M. Coroner, Mr. A.V. Aston, in the Police Court, Penang this afternoon, at the conclusion of the inquiry into the circumstances attending the death
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 569 4 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.' Sir.—lndian immigration is an asset to this country a> we H as India, to the former in the shape of labour developing th© resource, of the country and to the latter in that o t money remitted to the country. There
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 633 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. MISCELLANEOUS. TOWN FOR TWO Xlcht South African Fruit Farms etc. Mon. and Tm, HTS n LY “VA.” F. R. LONG, St. George’s Park, Port Bandman’s P 9rt Elizabeth S.A., late of Dept. Agric. F.M.S. and late manager, Lunas Estate, VIFCUIt I Kedah, undertakes to visit and report on
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  • 1038 5 ohigin of the plan. to what some of the critics Conti ai y the Singapore scheme did not oria U pntirelv with the British Admitv the •»<« M Record.11 j|i e course of discussions at the last ln ,nfen'» ce Austra,ia and New Zea j .trong'y urged
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  • 351 5 INCREASE IN LAST DECADE. K. C Li, president and managing director of the Wahchang Trading Co. since 1918, who furnished much of the tungsten, antimony and other metals used in the war by the I nited States and Canada, after an eight months’ visit to
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  • 137 5 The Eastern Telegraph Co. is introducing on Sept- 1 next a system of plain lan guage cable letter telegrams acceptable tor transmission on any day of the week (except Sunday), with normal delivery after forty-eight hours, at one-quarter of the ordinary rate of charge, subject to a minimum
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  • 150 5 The kissing of a bride by a clergyman whom the husband then thrashed, is imported from Boston, Massachusetts. The three persons in the incident were the Rev. Geogre Lyman Paine (48), secretary of the George Boston Federation of Churches Lieutenant Wesley McLaren Hague, of the U. S. Navy,
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  • 281 5 -“S.T.” At the enquiry by the City Coroner, Singapore, Mr. C. H. Nicol, regarding the deaths of the two Chinese, who were murdered in the sensational secret society riot at Geylang some time ago, four Chinese, named Choon Cheng Hoon, Lim Siang Swee, Ang Cheng Yee, and
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  • 159 5 At the Assizes at Bandar Bahru on the 27th August, a Hokien named Ng Chong Fatt was charged before Syed Hassan, Chief Judge, with being in j>ossession of thirty forged ten-catty rubber coupons. Accused pleaded not guilty and evidence was lead. Major Kidd, Secretary of
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  • AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    • 277 5 August 20. —“Such power is terrible, but handled by a true servant of mankind will be glorious.” This is how a Harley Street expert in an article to the “Weekly Dispatch” describes the possible developments on Voronoff’s forthcoming revelations at the Surgical Congress in
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    • 90 5 London, August 16. —Gertrude Lady Elgin, widow of the ex-Viceroy of India, is engaged fo be married to Colonel J. A. Stirling of Perthshire. This is Lady Elgin's thi r d marriage. A daughter of Commander Sherbrooke of Oxton Hall Southwell, she married first Captain
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    • 80 5 London, August 16. —The next Lord Mayor of London will be Sir Louis Newton. Sir Louis Newton, at 56 years of age is comparatively a young man to be Lord Mayor of London, but he has had much civic experience. He was senior Sheriff in 1916-17, and
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    • 57 5 London, August 16. —The Angora Assembly proposes to modify the Prohibition law which has been operating for three years in Anatolia on the ground that it has not stopped drinking, and has caused a loss to the revenue. A vej-y heavy tax on alcohol will be
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    • 64 5 London, August 15. —Lawrence Emanuel, or Manuel, described a» a student from India, was burned to death in a collision between a motor cycle and a char-a-banc on t*he London-Brighton road. Nellie Waters, a grl frend who iv<is in the side-cap was seriously injured and has been
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    • 53 5 London. August 22. —“The Times Washington correspondent state» that- a delegation of prominent bankers and businessmen urged President Coolidge to find a method of help, officially or otherwise, to improve the European situation stating that American prosperity especially in relation to agriculture was inextricably interwoven with the
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    • 73 5 London, August 22. —The Athens corresponent of the “The Times” states that a general strike is in full swing. The city is without any newspaper. Soldiers were brought in to protect property, lighting, and water supply. The suspension of laws legalising trade unionism, has been ordered.
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    • 19 5 London, August 16. —Prince Henry has left hospital on crutches for London on six weeks’ sick leave.
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  • 690 5 THE .SINGAPORE CONFERENCE. A joint conference of representatives of the Education Departments and of the Government and aided English schools of the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States was held in Singapore on August 22nd, 23rd -and 24th under the Chairmanship of the Hon’ble Dr. R. O.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 78 5 When a man asserts his disbelief in advertising, ask him whose soap he uses, whose beverages he drinks In nine case» out of ten they will be advertised articles, and though he states that he has not changed his taste for years it proves not so much that he is
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 47 5 of the spears produced lying on the ground. There were stains on the spearheads, to which red rags were attached. Further down the lorong he found the dead bodies of two Chinese lying on the ground with numerous stab-wounds all over their bodies. The enquiry is proceeding.—“S.T.
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  • 58 6 Quinn-Hunt.—At St. George's Church, Penang, on the 30th August. 1923. by the Rev. Keppel Garnier, Edward Burn Quinn, Chief Engineer, S. S. Kudak,” elder son of the late Mr and Mrs Quinn of Newcastle-on Tyne and Singapore, and Beulah A Hunt, second daughter of Mrs. Hunt and the late
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  • 950 6 No unbiassed person would think for a moment of defending or excusing the sanguinary exploit on the AlbanianGreek frontier in which an Italian Mission, consisting of a General, two officers, an interpreter and their chaffeur. are reported to have been attacked and killed under circumstances that are
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  • 71 6 The homeward mail, by the Kashmir, closes at fi p.m. to-day. The homeward mail, by the Chambord. closes at noon on Monday, the 3rd proximo. A mail for Colombo and Europe, by J. P. Coen, via Singapore, closes at 7-15 a.m. to-morrow. The M. M. Packet Cordi Here
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  • 1603 6 “S.T” The Colonial Secretary of Ceylon told the members of the LegisThe Educational lative Council of that CoConference. lony that the Government could not accept unlimited liability in the matter of education, just' as it could not do so in the matter of other votes. It had
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 2 6 “S.T” “S.T”
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    • 47 6 “E. O.” The Best Situated Hotel in the East. 812 feet Sea Frontage. L niQue Ball Room —I p-to-date Orchestra. Guest Nights and Dancing every Tuesday and Friday. Special Tiffins every Wednesday and Saturday—Orchestra. Orchestral Concert eveiy Wednesday. Dr. and Jfra. -f. C. Tail. P P C
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
  • 56 6 DEATH. SHOR i.—At 38. Kuantan Road. Penang on the 30th August, Juliet the wife of Mr. D. R. Shori and daughter of Mr. P. K. Bose of Kelantan. Bangkok and Singapore papers please copy. «BIHARY. lip London, August 30. Ws s (<?' *urre<l in London, of ;u °f Greece. She
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  • 351 7 f ur opean Capitals WatchL ing Developments. Reuter’s Telegrams.) Athens, August 30. j. l ian Minister yesterday evening the Greek Govern. .riven 24 hours in which -.nt which v regarding the massacre of five W the Italian Mission by Alba4 ,f the Greek frontier. a t as
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  • 35 7 London, August 30. ‘hi,l lr va *h e Italian destroyer Tanjis announced from See,QB to confirm the reported L’; 01 J t:, Iy to intervene in the v r '‘"-"’iations in London.
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  • 50 7 A undertaking. London, August 30. hintin 1 rnessilue re Produces a report “«nin- 1 1 of the forthRotn,. b t ot King of Spain to lt U i lM t 0 an Dalian-Spanish l tan 'li n K with a view to lne h ambitions in the
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  • 26 7 jj, Moscow, August 30. not ie (’hairman of th.- ItnJ, i laiuljer but Chairman s 'l’anese Trade Association. v .nnected with the all Exhibition.
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  • 232 7 More Ministers Returned. THE STATE OF PARTIES. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) Dublin, August 30. The position of parties at midnight was: Government 27, Republicans 9, Farmers 4, Independents 7 and Labour 4. Professor McNeill and th e Minister, Mr. Fitzgerald, were elected in Co. Clare and Co. Dublin respectively. Mr.
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  • 176 7 London, August 15. —The variety of labels of candidates for the Dail is the subject of derisive comment in the Free State. So far, there are 11 Parties— Cummangae Dheal or Ministerialists, anti-Treatyites, Farmer’s Union, Labourites, Dublin Trades Council, Business men. Town Tenants, Land Leaguers, Rate payers’ Association,
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  • 201 7 London, August 20. —The Dublin correspondent of The Times states that the nominations returns yesterday for the Free State elections are incomplete, but it is probable that 360 candidates including 5 women will contest 153 seats. The present distribution of nominations shows Ministerialists 103, Republicans 81, independents 46,
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  • 417 7 London, August 15. —The Dublin correspondent of “The Times’’ states that though it is likely that De Valera’s capture will not prevent his return to the Clare constituency, it has displayed Government firmness and should improve the Ministerial party’s prospects. It seems fairly certain that peaceful conduct during
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  • 65 7 Riga. August 30. A message from Moscow states that conditions in Germany are ripe for communism which is ready to successfully come into the open early next year. It appears the report of the German Communist leader Hainer was discussed at a special meeting of the
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  • 105 7 New York, August 30. A modified censorship is stated to have been enforced at Havana in consequence of the situation which has arisen over the Railway Consolidation Bill passed by the Cuban House of Representatives. It providts for the elimination of many small American owned railways and
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  • 58 7 Toronto, August 30. As a contrast to the L nited States Supreme Court's decision, the Canadian At-torney-General has decided that the Cuban cruiser “Patria,” which anchored in Lake Ontario, is outside the jurisdiction of the Ontario Temperance Act. The case arose in connection with a charge
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  • 161 7 Paris, August I.—The anti negro feeling is growing steadily in France, especially since the Siki outbreaks. There have been several incidents lately n which Americans have figured, and which have forced the French Foreign Office to iss ue an official despatch to the effect that foreigners must
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  • 24 7 Simla. August 19.—Owing to a severe outbreak of cholera at Basra and Aba dan visiors to Iraq are postponing their departure.
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  • 163 7 Celebration of SemiJubilee. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] The Hague, August 30. In celebration of the 25th anniversary cf her accession, the Queen granted audience to the Diplomatic Corps, several of whom brought presents. The Chinese Minister conferred on Her Majesty the Cross of the Order of Merit. President of International
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  • 298 7 Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina has been titular sovereign of the Dutch neopie since the death of her father William 111, who died in 1890. when she was only 10 years, old, but until she came of legal age in 1898, her mother acted ?s Regent. The coronation
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  • 177 7 Constantinople. August 30. The Angora newspapers express surprise that hitherto no news has come from America regarding the departure of the technical staff to start work on lhe Samsun-Sivas railway which under he Chester Concessions must he begun on October 1. A New York message which
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  • 21 7 Wellington, August 30. The New Zealand estimates include £lOO,OOO as a contribution for the Naval Base at Singapore.
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  • 163 7 American Delegates Piqued. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Geneva, August 30. The opening of the eleventh International Red Cross Conference was noteworthy for the absence of the American Red Cross representatives. It appears that the American delegates are at present in Paris, aggrieved by the report of the International
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  • 89 7 PASSENGERS REMAIN CALM DURING FALL. London. August 30. At the inquest on the victim of the East Mailing aeroplane crash, a lawyer from New York, one of the injured, testified that the mechanic motioned the passengers to go back to the after-cabin. They had to
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  • 37 7 Simla August 30. The Landikotal murderers have joined the Kohat murderers of Mrs. Ellis. I’he gangs are sheltering at Naziandehra, beyond the Kohat border, in an inaccessible watershed overlooking the Safedkoh Range.
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  • 65 7 Ottawa, August 30. The Chinese Consul-General for Canada has been summoned home to report on the recent Immigration regulations, under which, he asserts only Chinese students and merchants will be admitted to Canada. Their wives and families will be excluded. The ConsulGeneral regards his recall as
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  • 14 7 London, August 30. Marks were quoted at 52,000,000 to 54.000.000 to the
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  • 166 7 There was a curious echo of recent police court proceedings in a case which came up before Mr. Gourlay, Third Magistrate, Singapore, in which a Chinese was charged with abetment of the offence of illegal gratification by offering #5 to Inspector Yorke, 'of the Traffic Department. The
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  • 107 7 London. July 29.—A wedding arranged to take place at Theydon Garnon parish church. Essex, yesterday was postponed i n consequence of the bridegroom suffering from 10-- of memory. He is M alter Hancock, a signalman at Chigweß-lane railway station, who la>t week-end left home saying that he
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  • 205 7 American Attitude of Independence. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Minneapolis. August 30. Mr. Charles Hughes, Secretary of State. addressing the American Bar Association stated the American position regarding the Moijroe Doctrine as at present deserving of special emphasis. The doctrine was not a policy of aggression but self-defence. The Government
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  • 74 7 Melbourne, August 30. The Government’s cotton adviser has toured Queensland and reports the territory suitable for cotton growing. He considers that a year’s test is sufficiently encouraging to warrant extension with the promise of profitable crops. Labour presents difficußies. The Adviser recommends mixed farming, including cotton.
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  • 142 7 London, August 8. —Mr. J. Ramsay Macdonald (the Leader of the British Parliamentary Labour Party), writing m the “New Leader’’ (a Socialist London weekly newspaper), says:—We are determined to change Completely the method of conducting business with other nations and we propose to end
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  • 309 7 AN OPPONENT’S VIEWS. London, August 1. —In addressing a meeting of teachers in London to-day, the Earl of Birkenhead (ex-Lord Chancellor) made a noteworthy deliverance upon examinations. He e said that personally he continued to pass until he was 26 years of age, and then with profound relief, he
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  • 650 8 STEAMER OVERWHELMED BY SEA. The Royal Commission on the loss of the steamer Sumatra has presented its report to the Australian Federal Parliament. Its conclusions are that the Commissioners were of the opinion that the Sumatra foundered on the night of June 26. Exceptionally violent gales, approaching hurricane
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  • 83 8 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Sumatra Maru for Colombo and Bombay. Kopah for Deli. Kampar for Teluk Anson. Miikesan Maru for Singapore. Kashmir for Ceylon, India, Aden, Port Said, Marseilles and Europe. Laomedon for Colombo, Suez London. The following ships are in communication with the Wireless Stations at Penang—City of Madras,
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  • 409 8 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). BT TRAIN. Federated Malay States, Malacca, Johore and Singapore. Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half an-honr earlie» than the Ordinary mail. FOR AT Batu Gajab, Tapah Road, Y By train Teluk Anson.Kuala Kubu, Kuala I 7.15 a.m. Lumpur. Klang, Port
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  • 114 8 Shanghai, August 21. —Knut Hansen, heavyweight pugilist and aspirant to the world’s title, and Captain Matty Smith, accredited lightweight champion of the Australian Overseas Forces, both of them leading figures in the Shanghai sporting world, together with Samuel Gaynor, employed by the Shanghai Waterworks Company, have been
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  • 54 8 Alor Star Church. 14th Sunday after Trinity, Septemlier 2.—Matins, Sermon and Holy Communion 8 a.m. Freemason’s Hall, Sungei Patani, Sunday. Sept. 2. —Evening Prayer and Sermon 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 3. —Holy Communion 8 a.m. S. Paul’s Mission Chapel, Bukit Tengah, Thursday, Sept. 6.
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  • 37 8 2nd Sept.. 14th Sunday after Trinity.— Litany 7.45 a.m.: Holy Communion 8 a.m.; Matins and Sermon (Tamil) 9.15 a.m.; Holy Communion iTaniil) 10 a.m.; Children’s Service 5 p.m.; Evensong and Sermon 6.30 p.m.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 248 8 lOcxiixncncxxE isnzncx3iix)cii3X3i!xn2xixcnjßQ3x lj The area of the C ULUU Carlsberg Brew- H cries covers H 220,000 square g JSguSfi meters. jMrSnf vffflSSl hast year t^ie sa^e n *1 *1 Carlsberg N for Beers amounted g INY CARLSBERG J 1,3 I V®X 'sinFi i IfHll bottles. 0 G. H. Slot Co.,
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    • 164 8 WHEN BABY'S TEETH ARE COMING THROUGH BABY’S OWN TABLETS SAVE PAIN AND TEARS. Teeth ng time not only is a trying period to baby but also means much w'orrv t<? mothers. The little oneN gums become swollen and tender he is cross does not sleep well i s troubled with
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    • 256 8 1 FORD TRUCK. I! Sturdy, rugged, reliable and able to withstand the jolts of heavy loads on rough roads W Quiek to start and stop and capable of being manoeuvred into any position. Economical in initial cost, in repairs, and petrol consumption. IM We will advise you as to the
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  • 288 9 king EDWARD VII P.K h SCHOOL. w H another large gathering at j.’pee School ground last evenlb‘l’' nin the r etnrn match between iiig t 0 Wlt!l n ’,i Cadets of the Penang Free th S TnHhe King Edward VII School. School- u team succeeded in getting Th-; back
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  • 355 9 I: would seem regrettable, though the fusion i that the S.C.C. sports are i i<t. ays the “Free Press.” re. !i them entirely and substitute ..■Il meeting at which members from Clubs and military units II compete annually has much to nil’ a 1 it. The result would
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  • 62 9 .i 1 Is.—The matches, in League resulted as folT' d». n a, Clydebank 1. ni m. 3. Hamilton 2. tl( 2, Falkirk 1. HeX ck A Ayr Utl t? 6 Clyde 0. ii lovers 3, Dundee 0. 'I -mark 1. Hibernians 4. x i \I Q ueen
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  • 94 9 T H E CRICKET TRIAL. t Al^ Ust 13.—Critics ape diskia] l tt omission, from the Test at U 7 n Knglaiul a,ld The Rest” 1 th. s m n l*ke Smith (Gloucesteruh, a^'ns best stumper-bats. b i^xr\/ I lt urda y s(y) i ed a brilliant Rhode, tk Se
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  • 103 9 THE BOXER INDEMNITY. s ERIOVS FRANCO-CHINESE CONTROVERSY. [Reuter’s Telegrams.} London, August '>l. The “Daily Telegraph” diplomatic correspondent says that a serious FrancoChinese controversy is progressing over France s insistence that the Boxer indemnity should he paid in gold francs and not paper. In the event of refusal France
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  • 28 9 New York, August 31. The latest rumrunner to be captured is a seaplane which was seized by the Customs cutter off the Jersey Coast.
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  • 95 9 THE SANITARY BOARD AFFAIR. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, August 31. The information upon which the warlant for the arrest of Mr. Boardman is issued, relates to sums totalling £835. hen he failed to return from leave on the due date, an audit was instituted disclosing
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  • 114 9 The following are the results of tennix ties played yesterday Singles Handicap Class “A.” Ser. E. Reimann beat —15.2 E. J. Bennett, 6 —2 3 —6 6 —2. Singles Handicap Class B.” —15.1 A. P. H. Holme> beat —15.3 G. C. Watson 4 —6 7 —5 6
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  • 107 9 The Lyric Kinema continues to provide strong programmes for its patrons. The opening episodes of the Eclair Serial “Son of the Night” is one of the chief attractions. Billy West is seen at his best in ‘‘the Dreamer” while a First National picture entitled “Not Guilty, to
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  • 162 9 London, August 18. —The “New York World” states that a race is being arranged for a purse of 100.000 or 150,000 dollars between the be>t American and the best English thoroughbred to be run at Belmont Park. The English Jockey Club has agreed that the Derby winner,
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  • 50 9 London, August 18- Saltash was scratched from the St. Leger at 12-45 p. m. to-day. [The St. Leger is to be run at Doncaster on September 12, and Parth nowowned by the American, Mr. A. K. Macomber, is the favourite. Saltash’s price shortened after the Eclipse Stakes.]
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  • 212 9 The Final Supply Ordinance, 1923, says, the further sum of one million one hundred and thirty-two thousand five hundred and thirteen dollai-s and fifty-two cents shall be charged upon the revenues and other funds of this Colony for certain Public Services fo r the year 1922 to
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  • 380 9 The advance in the price of rubber not having made further headway, the Share Market has dropped back a little, writes Mr. E. L. Killick in the “Financier of August 3. But the undertone is good and the recovery’ will be resumed as soon as the strength
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  • 119 9 PENANG. AUGUST 31. 1923. (By Courtesy of the Charterbo Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 1/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2U 7/32 3 Credit 2'4 5/8 3 Documentary 2f4 21/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs 1744' 3 days’sight Private „177 5 Bombay Demand Bank 174 > Madras Demand Bank 1744 S’
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  • 94 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday To-day. Shares. S I c. tc.tc.te. Rubber (Dollar). Katoyang B. 971 1.02 A 1.021 1.05 Kedah 2.45 2.50 2.50 2.55 Parit Perak 2.10 2.20 c. Tambalak -821 87-j 85 90 Mining. K. 37/6 38/6
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  • 67 9 31st August, 1923. Local. cts. (Smoked Sheet 52 PenaxG") Fine Pale Crepe 52 rnom 'Unsmoked Sheet 47 J Singa- (Smoked Sheet 53 PORE (Crepe 53 London and New York. t (Smoked Sheet ls.3|d London Crepe u3 g New York G3O The following were the rubber quotations in London
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  • 54 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 No. 1 494 to 51 Smoked diamond sheet No. 2 48 „49 Crepe fine brown 43
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  • 48 9 The General Produce Agency, Ltd.. Beach Street. Penang, report that the following prices were realised at their auction rooms to-day Good F.A.Q. Smoked diamond sheet S 69.00 F.A.Q. do 67.00 Off quality Smoked diamond sheet 58 to 60 Loose Scxap 35 42 Unsmoked Sheet 52 56
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  • 117 9 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following prices, on August 30 Spot £193.17i.6d up 125.6 d 3 mos. buying 195 125.6 d 3 selling 195.2». 6d 12.»6d The Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd:— London. August 29, £193.5» spot,* «nd £194.7».6d three months buying, £194.10» selling. London, Aug.
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  • 16 9 Nawng Pet Tin. Limited, for August hours 196, yardage 18,000, ore won 325 piculs.
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  • 73 9 The Controller of Rubber Exports reports that the Dealers’ Stocks within the Restriction area on the 30th June were as follow Covered by Uncovered Coupons or and thereLicences fore Not Held by ExportDealers able Straits Settlements (exclusive of Singapore and Penang Island) 1132 Tons. 35 Tons. Federated
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    • 218 9 f UNDERWOOD STANDARD I TYPEWRITERS Great Reduction in Prices. Paterson, Simons Co., Ltd., (Incorporated in England.) Agents —Penang, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. I Supreme in Speed Supreme in Reliability. 8 i THE FAMOUS N A JS MOTOR-CYCLE I 'llllp! U WINNER OF JUNIOR TOURIST TROPHY RACE I ffl 1914 1920
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  • 513 10 London, August 13.—The market recently has had a subdued appearance, there being too many obscurities in the situation to induce any general interest, while the somewhat indifferent attitude of the chief consuming centres has also helped to keep it in a rut. In spite i f this,
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  • 375 10 TSie annual report for the ended March 31 >iate> that the operations for the year -b>u a net profit of £1,853. which, added to the amount brought into the account, raises the balance on profit and loss account to £25.467. Th e gene I ral report that
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    • 214 10 B =====-<- Napier Johnstone’s l A “N.J. CLUB” JrAffe; Scotch I s&SIMSk s *Bd whisk y- I LT >’*. X We?~ m f B "'jfLf Sole Agents CALDBFCK, MACGREGOR CO., ITO., 4a, Beach Street, Penang. ’Phone 587. SHOE MAKER for Ladies and Gentlemen. WATCH MAKER. TENNIS RACKET Mending and Restringing.
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    • 179 10 TAMIL IN FOUR MONTHS MASSAQf; WITHOUT A “DICTIONARY VIOTFt'b Henderson’s Tamil Made Easy. Specially f or Rh < The Every-day Tamil of the Tamils for Everybody. every Nervous «4 I. Simplified Grammar. IL Practical Speaking Practice MISS SATO Slid Mkc U Exercises, Prose Examples. in Present, Past, Future. WilbS H.J
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  • 530 11 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, August 31, 1923. eta Government Mutton Head, sheep or goat each 1.00 i Liver with heart lung do 1.20 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 52 Sweet Bread pair 40 Leg of Mutton lb 52 Kidney pair 30 Feet the four 50 Mutton—
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    • 637 11 banks. .mrTFREI) BANK OF INDIA, ct ustkalja and china. it.*d in England by Royal (b'cnrpo charter 1853 £3,000,000 paid-nP £3,800,000 i jjjfy of Proprietors £3.000,000 A’ r Head Office ft BISITOPSGATE LONDON, EC. Agencies and Branches. c. r Ainrilsar, Bangkok, Batavia f'licntta. Canton, Cawnpore, Cebu, BomW.v, J, j Haiphong, Hankow.
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    • 564 11 Assets over $5,000,000 S. C. Assurance in force over 517,000,000. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Straits Settlement»). HEAD OFFICE Winchester House, Sngapom. LONDON OFFICE 32, Old Jewry, M. C uj Th* Company has £20,000 deposited wtte tba Supreme Ceurt of England and complies with the British
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    • 1433 12 N. Y. K. Nippon Yusen Kaisha. •F'U’rj' *****17 TTT TIVIW'I TINE JAPAN-CALCUTTA LINE. (Incorporated in J»P*n-) JLIEj BZj FUFIIILAj I A Freight service maintained between maii contract WITH THE INTENDED SAILINGS FROM PENANG. Kobe and Calcutta, calling at Hongkong M ERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT HOMEWARD. Singapore. Penang. Rangoon and vice without
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    • 665 12 P. 0.-BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Companies Incorporated in England) MAIL, PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co (Under Contract with His Majesty’s Government) P. O. SAILINGS. LONDON-FAR EASTERN SERVICE. From London Due Penang. To Marseille, j OI1() about eBVe KARMALA Aug. 31 KASHMIR ab<> n t NELLORE
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