Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 January 1924

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 6. VOL LXXXII. TUESDAY, Bth JANUARY, 1924. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • 1004 2 The Times.’ A LABOUR VIEW. Labour is under no misapprehension as to the complexity of the problems which confront it. nor has it ever believed that unemployment once it occurred, could be banished by waving a magician s wand, or that it could be prevented except by forethought and
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    • 1650 2 CL Pi C- J NOTICE. SUIT 1923, No. 344. Short Classif.ed m m T IH£ Arlvprikpmenfs In pursuance of the powers vested m STRAITS SETTLEMENTS rtUVtlUMTUl him by Section 6 (4) of Ordinance 96 SETTLEMENT OF PENANG Wanted, For Sale, To Let, &c., (Mj nnr Offences) the Chief Police can
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    • 99 2 a HEALTH RVE POWER iy gained with [ar are ef SPCEII rne Bjornson, the wife ed Norwegian poet and >: “Bjornson use» Sanatay and finds that the 1 admirable revitalising dingiy beneficial to him. of the same opinion.” CRAG HOTEL. 2066 feet above sea level. ROOMS AT Reduced Rates supplied
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    • 488 2 BANKS. CHARTERED BANK OF jndJ AUSTRALIA AND CHIN A I (Incorporated in England by Roy a I Charter 1853.) Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund ~3,80()()qH Reserve Liability of Proprietors SS.OOoJjB Head Office 38, BTSHOPSGATE LONDON E. C I Agencies and Branches. A lor Star, Amritsar, Bangkok. B atj Bombay, Calcutta, Canton,
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  • 1132 3 THE APPEAL OF COLOUR. (By a Lady Correspondent.) Paris, December 12. Some women in Parisian society are known for the styles of their receptions. They will organise a one-colour ball, and you must admit that there is nothing more charming to the eye, than a number of
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  • 216 3 Rangoon, January 3. —The rice market has been fluctuating considerably over the Christmas and New Year holidays and reopened weak yesterday morning with speculators as sellers for January specials at Rs. 452-8, February Rs. 457-8 and February-April Rs. 463. The Bom bay market was reported to be
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 137 3 MADAME GALARDI will arrive on Monday morning, the 7th January, with a Choice Selection of Dresses and Hats direct from Paris. Address E. O. HOTEL. I BECK’S KEY BEER w lis m Im I K M <7 JRx gj |jgwW< g KEY BRAWD B gj Chop Kunchi g WW vifl
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    • 118 3 THE CHILDREN LIKE THEM. Medicine-giving and medicine-taking gives trouble to nobody wjh n Baby's Own Tablets are usedi, for the Tablets crush to a tastelas powder or can be eaten as a lozenge, and children like then. The action of Baby’s Own Tablets is thorough yet gentle. J key supersede
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    • 195 3 (TENNIS I RACQUETS A large new consignment for the I coming season just received. THE *****1 E I «TPnPTC-OW “TOURNAMENT” J-’R-j'W',.' A most comfor- A medium priced table racquet to use, J racquet. Will balance and shape j i being the result of < stand hard wear, W i t
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  • 439 4 MIRTH AND MUSIC AT THE TOWN HALL. That Mr Ernest Kaai’s Hawaiian artistes have lost none of their powers of attraction for Penang audiences, was emphasised by the attendance at the Town Hall last night, when the new Hawaiian Troubadours presented a programme which consisted in the
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  • 263 4 The story of a Cardiff clerk’s rise to the position of a millionaire and his descent to the Bankruptcy Court was unfolded at Cardiff, when Mr. Robert W. J. Sutherland came forward for his public examination. In 1918, the debtor said, he estimated that he was worth
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  • 120 4 Calcutta, December 27,—The second allIndia rice forecast for 1923-24 shows that the total area reported is 75,445,000 acres as against 78.677.000 acre» (revised) at this tiime last year. With the exception of Burma and Assam, all province* show decreases in area. The weather conditions have not been
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 599 4 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette. J Sir, —As poultry raising is no longer a "guessing game,” I would like you to publish my little experience for the benefit and information of those interested in poultry. One g»*eat achievement in poultry production is the science of being able
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  • 214 4 Mr. J. W. Bhoro on November 30 made over charge of the Secretaryship to the High Commissioner for India to Sir -Edward Cook, late Financial Secretary to the Government of India, as an acting appointment. Mr. Bhore returns to duty in the Madras Civil Service.
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  • 460 4 M.M.” SELANGOR RELIABILITY TRIALS. The presentation of the prizes to the successful competitors in the recent Motor Reliability Trials took place on the padang in front of the Selangor Club, Lumpur. Mr. W. L. Conlay gave away the prizes, but before doing so he made a few remarks. He
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  • 304 4 The British Drug House, Ltd., and Allan Hanburys Ltd., have addressed the following letter to the “Chemist and Druggist Statements have appeared recently in the Press to the effect that Insulin is unstable in the tropics, and that when Insulin has arrived in India it has
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  • 566 4 M.M.” X “GHOST” THAT CALLED FOR HELP. Further evidence was recorded by Mr. w p ry de, the Kuala Lumpur police magistrate, in the case in which a Malacca Malay named Kasim bin Ambam stands charged with the attempted murder of Detective Sergeant Ibrahim on the night
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  • 231 4 Calcutta, December 30. —A fatal disturbance occuned in Pilkhana, the Mahomedan quarter of Howrah, this afternoon, owing to the desecration of a Ma< homedan mosque in the compound of which a dead pig was found. This morning Mahomedans in large numbers assembled at the mosque, carrying lathis and
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  • 932 4 MR. MOHAMED ALI’S ADDRESS. Cocauada, December 28,—The thirty-eighth session of the Indian National Congress commenced to-day in a specially erected pandal and was attended by a large number of delegates and visitors. Mr. Konda Venkatappayya. Chairman of the Reception Committee, in welcoming the delegates, said now that
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 11 4 WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE For Coughs, Colds and Internal Troubles. W
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    • 283 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS NOTICES. UNIVERSITY OF HONGKONG CENTRE: PENANG. MATRICULATION EXAMINATION NOVEMBER 1923. PASS LIST. Candidate. distinction No. 792 Chee Loon Woh St. Xavier’s, Penang. No. 794 Lim Kim Cheang St. Xavier’s, Penang English, a No. 793 Lai Weng Cheong Anglo-Chinese, Ipoh. No. 795 Ng Ah Piew Anglo-Chinese, Ipoh, Geograph v
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  • AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    • 177 5 London, December 27. —M ith Cabinet Ministers «and other political leaders still out of town, the political situation remains quiet and unexciting. The Cabinet has still to meet to decide the terms of the King’s Speech which will probably include insurance and housing proposals, will ask
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    • 89 5 London, January 1. —Referring to attempts to intimidate people at the prospect of a Labour Government, Mr. J. H. Thomas, P.C., in a speech at Derby, said none of the foolish things prophesied would be attempted and if they were, Lobour would soon get an answer it
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    • 118 5 London, December 27. —Upon the retirement of Sir Charles Harris on Janu ary 3, the arrangement whereby there have been two joint secretaries at the War Office will terminate and the duties of the two secretaries will lie amalgamated under the title of Permanent Under Secretary
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    • 149 5 London, January 1. —Rain somewhat diunped the outdoor ardour of New Year revellers, but large crowds gathered in the main thoroughfares. A thousand people round St. Paul’s sang “Auld Lang Syne’’ and cheered the New Year in. The merriest revels took place indoors. Hotels and dancing halls
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    • 158 5 London, December 30. —Th? Irish Free State is rapodly converting its army to a peace footing. The Minister of Finance h«as decided that the expenditure upon it must be limited to four millions sterling and it is now announced that the standing army will consist of
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    • 82 5 London, January I,—A Luxor message «ays some surprise has been caused there by the action of the Ministry of Public Works in refusing a permit to visit Tutankhamen’s tomb today, the fortnightly visiting day, to Mr. Terence Grey, author of “The Life of Hatshepset” and an archaeologist who
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    • 242 5 London, December 28.—The reasons for the failure of a scheme to send a ship round the world to exhibit British manu factures was revealed at a meeting of the creditors of th? Biitish World Trade Expeditions Limited tc day. The Official Receiver said the Company
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    • 72 5 London, January I.—The British Trade Ship Limited, in a letter to the press, point out that they have no connection whatever with the British World Trade Expeditions Limited against which a compulsory winding up order has been made. The British Trade Ship Limited still exists entirely
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    • 214 5 London, December 21. —Lord Inchcape, discussing the government and trade of India in the ’Spectator,” suggests th a: to expect the native of India in the mass suddenly t.o possess itself of the sam? political ideas would be to expect a miracle. It must be recogn sed
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    • 146 5 London, January 2. —In the first of a series of articles in the “Daily Telegraph’' on the Indian frontier questions, Lieut.Colonel Repington referring to the half forward policy says that policy and strategy appear to combine all mistakes that can be comm tted and are a deliberate reversal
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    • 52 5 London, January 1. —Commenting on the Sheffield < utlery trade, the “Hardware Journal’’ says that the Indian trade promises to improve and the causes which have prevented her buying are said to be removing and it i s confidently expected that business will return to normal in
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    • 52 5 London, January 2. —Captain Anthony Poole, the winner of a fortune in the Cal cutta Sweep, who is returning to his plantation in Zanzibar after visiting his heme in Windsor, says fortune has made noi difference to his normal mode of life. He will continue in his
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    • 242 5 London, January 1. —Intimation from South Africa of the death of Jack Keighdey, a little diabetes patient whose life was temporarily saved in the London Hospital, tells a poignant tragedy apparently due to a shortage in supplies of insulin. Keigntley wa s only five years old when
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    • 83 5 London, December 30.—With approximately 600.000 acres which came into the property market in 1923, slightly over six million acres in Scotland have changed hands since the beginning of the big property boom at the close of 1928, representing almost one-third of the country and involving something like
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    • 55 5 London, January 1. —Mr. Clarence Spooner of Yelverton, Devonshire, who recently took over the Mastership of the Lamertcm Foxhounds, has announced that he has been compelled to destroy the whole pack owing to the hounds having run riot chasing and killing sheep. Consequently Mr. Spooner will fulfil
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    • 211 5 London, January I.—While the temperature in London is 50 degrees, large districts in France have been flooded and snow from ten to sixteen feet deep has fallen in many Alpine townships. Severe snow-storms have occurred in Germany and Austria and a blizzard in Constantinople. The rise
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    • 65 5 London, January I.—The report of a strong committee of clergymen and laymen, including eminent physicians, appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury after the Lambeth Conference of 1920 to consider a challenge to Christian Science, while welcoming the recent development of spiritual healing, rules definitely that
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    • 78 5 London, December 27. —The unqualified success of the Air Ministry’s experiment for expanding the Reserve of Air Force officers by the admission of qualified ex-officers has inspired the Ministry to extend the scheme, and it now appeals for a further 200 recruits. Four civil schools
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    • 139 5 London, January 1. —Turkey is a-ctive-iy resinning diplomatic and commercial relations with her former Allies. A Turco-Hungarian treaty of amity has just been signed at Constantinople and the Hungarian Minister is going to Angora to negotiate a commercial Convention. Similar negotiations are proceeding between
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    • 130 5 London, December 28. —Musical circles are at present exercised over an action by the Musicians’ Union which is attempting on economic not racial grounds to prevent the Vienna State Opera from appearing in London early to the summer, when ,t has arranged to give an
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    • 182 5 London, December 31. —A new theory with regard to the dissemination of foot and mouth disease which is now ravaging the country is advanced by Mr. Alfred Moore, honorary director, Incorpora ted Vermin Repression Society. Mr. Moore scoffs it the suggestion that dogs,
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    • 101 5 London, December 29.- Reports from practically every industry in the country show a marked improvement. The most substantial proof of this improvement is the decline in the number of unemployed. An increase 'n unemployment during the winter was certainly expected as it normally occurs, but since October
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    • 87 5 London. December 31. —The AngloAmerican Oil Company has also decided to remove field and road advertising signs in sympathy with the movement for preserving the beauty of the landscape. The dec’sion of the two Companies means the dismantling of thousands of hoardings. A recent special cable
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    • 104 5 London, December 31. —A Hankow message says it is reported that several American miss onar es have been captured hv bandits at Sao Yang. It is stated that Mr. and Mrs. Hoff have been wounded and Mrs. Killen ca.ptured. Another version says that three missionaries have
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  • 794 5 THE COUNTRY’S NEED What Mexico needs, of course, is another Diaz. Since his downfall twelve years ago it has been rather the fashion to speak slightingly of the man and his work. Yet the present state of Mexico and its history during the past decade, if they are partly
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    • 63 5 if r'lf I r W/ Heal Skin Troubles With Cuticura If you are troubled with pimples, blackheads, redness, roughness, itching, and burning, which disfigure your complexion and skin, Cuticura Soap and Ointment will do much to help you. Always include the Cuticura Talcum in your toilet preparations. Saapl(.,Tilcwcls. 3d., Ointment
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 133 5 London, January 1. —Turkey is a-ctive-iy resinning diplomatic and commercial relations with her former Allies. A Turco-Hungarian treaty of amity has just been signed at Constantinople and the Hungarian Minister is going to Angora to negotiate a commercial Convention. Similar negotiations are proceeding between Turkey and Austria. It is understood
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  • 677 6 It is a truism that Tokio and London are as near each other to-day in the matter of means of communication as were Edinburgh and London a hundred years ago. The fact is significant of the advance that has been made in certain directions in what may
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  • 93 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, January 8. Close upon a hundred delegates from British Malaya are attending the 33rd session of the Conference of the Metho-dic-Episcopal Church in Singapore in connection with which the foundation stone of the New Institutional Church at Teluk Ayer is to
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  • 75 6 APPOINTMENT OF MR. CHEAH CHENG LIM. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, January 8. The Chief Secretary granted the request of the Anti-Opium Societies, appointing Mr. Cheah Cheng Lira, a member of the Public Health and Education Committee of Selangor. St. George’s Society. At St. George’s Society
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  • 103 6 The homeward mail, by the Teesta, closes at 10 a.in. on Friday, the 11th instant. The B. I. Packet Tara, with mails despatched from London on the 20th December, is expected to arrive here on Saturday morning, the I2th instant. The Lloyd Triestino Duchessa D Aosta is due
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  • 1711 6 The following reference to the situation in Patani was made by Patani. H. M. the King of Siam in his reply to an address on the occasion of His Majesty s Birthday anniversary There has been, however, a regrettable occurrence in the frontier province of Patani. This
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 152 6 J VIRGINIA /ff I I c> I SrST£(XPREK CIGARETTES Made by hand—One at a time Reware of Cheap C if I tylNfi U manufactured by Mach' o** 0 g; r are of rhousandsp»'’ o o l'ty °f Tobacco dust and san^- Si I e I e ay 3| VT£4| S
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    • 92 6 “E. &j;O.” RACE WEEK. SPECIAL DINNERS AND DANCING On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. LAST DAY OF THE RACES.—Saturday 12th January. FANCY DRESS BALL.—Dancing till 1-45 a.m. 4 PRIZES —Best Dresses and Original. 2 Prizes for Ladies and 2 for Gentlemen. Special 4if fin Every Day.—Orchestra. s RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. M
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 63 6 j TOWN HALL, PENANG. g EE >*♦*< I? To-night! 9-30 p.m. To-night! H Kaais New j Hawaiian Troubadours INTRODUCING THE NOVEL INSTRUMENT The “Marimba” 8 S AND 5 The Jazz Four. S Plans now open at ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY. O =E Prices $3, $2 and $l. g WEDNESDAY, AFTER THE
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    • 26 6 THE TIDES. High Watpr. bow Water. To-day. 2. 2 p.m. 7. 55 p.m. To-morrow. 2. 0 a.m. 8. 38 a.m. 2. 45 p.m. 8. 40 p.m.
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  • 27 6 DEATH. Bagnall. —Dec. 4, suddenly, at Field Burcote, Towcester. Northants, Arthur Henry Bagnall, second son of the late Charles Bagnall, of Sneaton Castle, Whitby, Yorks, aged 60.
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  • 191 7 An Unpopular Coalition. (Reuters Telegrams.) Dresden, January 7. formation of a Saxon Coalition Cabinet, including Socialist Ministers, ■with a Socialist Premier, Herr Heldt, is disapprdved by the Saxon Socialist Party, ■whibh passed a resolution by 77 votes to 16, declaring that 25 Socialist members of the Diet who
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  • 71 7 BELGIANS’ CLAIM AGAINST GERMANY. Paris. January 7. The case in which ten Belgians are suing the German Government for compensation for ill-treatment when deported in wartime, opened before the Mixed Arbitration Tribunal established under the Peace Treaty. The Court is composed of three judges, Belgian and
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  • 37 7 M. POINCARE'S TRIUMPH. Paris. January 7. The papers, commenting on the elections to the Senate, emphasise M. Poincare’s personal triumph, and point out that the political complexion of the Senate is not materially affected.
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  • 44 7 UNDESIRABLES ON THE BOURSE. Paris, January 7. The Minister of Finance, submitting to the Cabinet proposals to check speculation, which is responsible for the fall of the franc, says the Paris Bourse is overrun by undesirables and must be purged.
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  • 65 7 WATER SUBSIDING. Paris, January 7. The fall of the Seine has begun. A decrease of three inches was registered in Paris this morning and of ten inches at Montereau. while the Marne fell U> feet at Meaux. It is expected that by tomorrow the Seine will have
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  • 134 7 IMPROVING TENDENCY. London, January 7. Lloyd's Register of Shipbuilding shows that 1 231,000 tons of merchant shipping were actually under construction in Britain and Ireland at the 31st December, compared with an average of 1.890,000 during the twelve months before the war. 244,000 tons were commenced ami 114,000 tons
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  • 26 7 The Hague, January 8. On account of the unsuccessful efforts to form a new Cabinet, the Queen has declined the Ministry’s resignation.
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  • 127 7 U. S. and Sale of War Material. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) Washington January 7. Following the receipt of the report that Huerta had directed his agents to purchase war material in the United States, the Attorney-General notified the Department of Justice’s agents at New Orleans that the State Department announced that
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  • 80 7 QUESTION OF RECOGNITION. Washington. January 7. In the course of an interesting debate in the Senate, on the subject of the recognition of the Soviet Government, Senator Lodge defended the policy of non-recognition on account of interlocking directorates’’ between the Soviet Government and the Communist Party.
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  • 67 7 Norfolk (Virginia). January 7. The battleship Louisiana, which was being towed from Philadelphia to Baltimore for breaking up was abandoned in a gale and is drifting helplessly with seven men aboard. A search has hitherto been without result. Coastguards and ships have been warned to keep a lookout
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  • 23 7 Soller. January 7. The Dutch steamer Ronoo, from Hamburg for Macassar, is disabled in latitude 45/32 north longitude 7/50 west.
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  • 55 7 New York, January 8. The rigging and superstructure of the Italian liner President Wilson was so ice-covered when she arrived from Naples, that the Customs officials detained her for two hours, while the crew with steam hoses and axes cleared a way through the
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  • 57 7 Galveston, (Texas) January 7. The Customs authorities captured and brought to port the schooner Muriel E. Minters.” flying the British Flag, in the Gulf of Mexico outside the three mile limit. They allege that the manifest showed an original cargo of 3.400 cases of whisky, and
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  • 47 7 SERIOUS ILLNESS AT MALTA. Malta. January 7. Admiral Sir Percy Scott, who arrived on the 28th December, and is staying at the Hotel Valetta. has been taken to the Naval Hospital at Bighi, seriously ill. He is believed to be suffering from asthma.
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  • 96 7 REMARKABLE SCENES. London, January 7. The biggest London dock fire for half a century occurred at Poplar this afternoon. A large warehouse stocked with rubber, tea and other inflammable goods was gutted. Seventy fire ei gines mostly directed attention to preventing the spread of the fire
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  • 1084 7 Second Ceremonial Opening. ‘N IMPOSING FUNCTION. It will be remembered that the opening of the second session of last year s assizes was attended with dignified ceremonial. following an impressive and crowded service at St. George’s Church. The opening of the first session this year was accompanied with
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  • 289 7 Since the French Academy of Science declared that Frenchmen would work less if they adopted the English breakfast many people in this country have been asking if the Englishman would do more work if he adopted the Continental coffee and rolls ’petit dejeuner.’ As with most questions,
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  • 75 7 The following programme of music will be presented at the orchestral concert to be given at the E. and O. Hotel to-morrow night (Wednesday) at 9-45 1 Overture Light Cavalry Suppe 2 Adagio Cantabile Beethoven 3 Unfinished Symphony [B. Minor] Schubert Ist Movement. Allegro Moderato 4 Trio [Violin.
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  • 62 7 There appears to be some doubt as to the suitability of the design for the proposed Hill Hotel. and we understand that the newly formed Straits Settlements (Penang) Association is enquiring into the matter, and is in communication with Government on the subject. Christmas Island was annexed
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  • 1302 7 FINAL SELECTIONS. The following are our selections for to-day’s races Race I—Carrie B. Patsy. Race ll—Lady Wallae, Queen of Sheba, Kelagold. Race lll—Sheila, Applause, Cleopatra. Race IV—Highway. Red Tape. Race V—Maharani, Kina, Hayston. Race Vl—Firstway, Horace L, Queen of Clubs. Race VII— Diggea Klong Toi, Bobadil. Race VIII—
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  • 437 7 an i favourable to the experiment.—“S. F p.” SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT AT SINGAPORE. The further trial of the temporary wireless telephone apparatus fitted on board the Singapore Harbour Board salvage tug Varuna was the obect of the very pleasant afternoon trip on Saturday in which Messrs G. W. A.
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  • 755 8 CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE CONSUMPTION. The Rubber Growers’ Association has initiated a campa gn to further the consumption of rubbar in which manufacturers and the public ara invited to participate on the lines indicated in the following ciixular letters issued by the propaganda Secretary of the association To Manufacturers.
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  • 349 8 NEW YEAR OPENS WELL. Massrs. Baker, Morgan and Co., Ltd., in. their weekly report on the Kuala Lumpur share market, dated January 4, 5 p. m., state»: The New Year has started with quite a good market all round; though business ds still only on a small
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  • 391 8 Messrs. Fraser and Co.’s weekly report, dated January 2, states With the holiday feeling strongly in evidence there has been little interest shewn in the share market during the past week and busineiss recorded has been for the most part on a small scale. Tin
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  • 43 8 The report of Tndragiri Rubber, Ltd., for the year ended September 30, 1923, shews there is a sum available for distribution of $69,361,83, /jlie directors recommend a dividend pf 5 per cent, transfer $30.000 to reserve, and carry forward $4,649.58.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 314 8 r f I g 1 Your car will run at It* best 1 if the engine is fitted with 4SI &QQGE I SPARKING PLUGS Give maximum power and Consistent g service in all makes of engines. Easily detachable (two parts only) for clearing. g g The illustrations show the plugs
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    • 24 8 -I Planters' Medical Guile, by Dr. E. N. Graham. $3/- per book or $3/30 post free, stocked by ths Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., Penang.
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    • 312 8 1 Steadfast Purpose, j i It has been steadfast purpose that ultimately S I achieved a tyre for which the public had long 5 I wait ed—the FIRESTONE GUM DIPPED I CORD. I 5 < Measuring up to the needs of to-day for g greater dependability and economy of tire
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  • 492 9 Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Coales are going on leave in February. Mr. A. K. Ridgway, electrical engineer. F.M.S.R., has gone into Hospital. Sir. Ernest W. Birch has been appointed chairman of the Dome Mining Corporation. Mr. F. L. Dennis, of the E.M.S. Railways, is due back
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  • 181 9 Building operations have been commenced on important additions to the Runnymede Hotel. The new building will comprise a billiard room, with verandah lounge on the ground floor, and bedroom accommodation over, and will be placed on the left hand side of the entrance, and facing Northam
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  • 42 9 <9th January, 1924. Local. cts. {Smoked Sheet 49 steady Fine Pale Crepe 49 Unsmoked Sheet 40 SINGA- (Smoked Sheet 50 pore (Crepe 50 London and New York. r (Smoked Sheet ls.2|d U. dull London J Crepe h2|(| New York G26£
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  • 27 9 The following are additional rubber outputs for December: lbs. Kedah 42,253 Batu Lintang 16,340 Jong Landor 53,500 Bakap Plantations 18,350 Batu Matang 25,000 Patani 24.597
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  • 57 9 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives tinfollowing prices, on January 7 Spot £238 up £2 8 mos. buying 239.10 s 2.5 s 3 selling 239.15 s „2.5 s The Eastern Smelting Co.. Ltd:— London, Jan. 7, £238.5s spot, and £239.10s three months buying, £239.15s selling. Local. January
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  • 140 9 Mr. Oliver Withered (Geevor Tin Mines). From 2to 4 lbs. of tin are used in the bearings of a motor car, it is said, and we know that cars are turned out at the rate of millions per annum the manufacture of tin-plates in Siouth Wales is
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  • 114 9 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 636th auction on January 3rd, catalogued 1.134,503 lbs., tons 506.47. Offered 896.025 lbs., tons 400.01. Sold 580,762 lbs., tons 259.27. Prices Realised: Spot. London Is. 2d. New York 26 gd cts. Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents per lb. Singapore
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  • 204 9 Benares Opium p. chpst $5,000.00 nom. Cloves 105.00 nom. Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Pickings no stocks Nutmegs 80s 48.00 sellers 110 s 43.00 Coconuts per I,oob 50.00 Copra Sundried 12.55 sellers Rattans 11.20 sellers Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00 per
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  • 205 9 Messrs. Barlow and Co, Singapore, report on 4th January —Owing to New Year’s day being a public holiday the local auction this week was held a day later than usual. Generally speaking the tone of the sale was fairly quiet. Awarded sheet sold at 48f cents. Good
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  • 118 9 PENANG. JANUARY 8, 1924. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 1/8 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 5/16 3 Credit 2/4 5/8 3 Documentary 2/4 21/32 Calcutta Demafid Bank Rs 162} 3 days’sight Private 165 o Bombay Demand Bank 162} 2 Madras Demand Bank 162} g
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  • 1086 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. names J 3 J a CQ rr E~ RUBBER [Dollar.] S c S c S c Allenby Rubber Co 1 25 1 30 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 30' 1 40 Amalgamated Malay Estates 2 GO Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 13 00 14 00 Ayer Kuning
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    • 374 9 LABOUR CODE 1923 F. M. S. LABOUR ORDINANCE 1923 S. S. EMPLOYERS OF INDIAN LABOUR are hereby reminded that assessment returns for the preceding quarter must be sent to the Office of the Deputy Controller of Labour, Penang, during the months of April, July, October and January. Forms for the
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    • 273 9 a HHW □□□■■■rinn I au WHEN Hl BUY I Buy direct from actual D WHOLESALE S 1 IMPORTERS I a n AND SAVE 2nd HAND COMMISSION. E a B We are wholesale direct importers of Crude and Refused U DRUGS and CHEMICALS, STANDARDIZED g < Tinctures B. P. PREPARATIONS, SURGICAL
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  • 902 10 8.F.P.” GERMAN SEAMEN CONVICTED. The hearing of the District Court case against the three German seamen named Carl Fesher, Friedrick Glanzer and W. Schmolke, members of the crew of the Hugo Stinnes steamer Emil Kirdorf, who were arrested as the result of the discovery H armS) and
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  • 109 10 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Ghirbi for Alor Star. Kopah for Deli. Klang for Port Swettenham Singapore. Gienapp for Colombo, Port Said and London. m/s Sembilan for Deli and P. Brandan. Eastern Prince for New York. The following ships are in communication with the Wireless Stations at Penang —Andes Maru, Africa,
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  • 401 10 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). BT 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 Resumption of Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed daily (Sunday excepted) by the 7-30 p.m. train:
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  • 66 10 Jan 8 and 9—Kaai’s Hawaiians, 9.30 p.m. 8, 10 and 12—Penang Races. 11— Lodge Kedah, Sungei Patani, G p.m. 12— Cricket League, P.C.C. v E.S.C., Esplanade. 19— Cricket League, P.S. v P.R.C., Esplanade. 20— P.S.C., Pritchard Cup and “B” Class H’cap. 2G—Cricket League, C.R.C. v P.S., Victoria Green.
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    • 432 10 6K 448 K IKL. Made to Wear The amount of 14 kt. gold used on a Krementz collar button is greater than that used on any other collar button. This liberal quantity of 14 kt. gold is especially hardened by an exclusive process used in making Krementz cellar buttons. So
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    • 27 10 MASSAGE AND REND LIFE VIOLET RAY Specially for Rheumatism and every Nervous Disease by Miss S£TO and Miss HATSUYO 35. Leith Street, Pumg. No. 493. a tk
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    • 232 10 < SJIIIIIIII!!lllll1lllllllilllilll! l!“ i,!lllll !ilil ,illll THE I Unapproachable u Norton.” I I -W I 1 I I i H H. P. Sports Norton $790.00 nett. 1 1 4H. P. Utility Norton 825.00 g Norton Standard” Sidecar 5 to Fit Above Models 300.00 99 Q i g FULL SPECIFICATIONS AND
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  • 549 11 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, January 8, 1924. eta Government Mutton Mutton Indian per lb 80 Mutton— Head, sheep or goat each 1.00 Liver with heart lung do 1.20 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 45 50 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Mutton Ib 80 Lamb do
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    • 93 11 I GAME. Pheasants Partridges Grouse Black Duck j Singapore Cold Storage CO., LTD., Penang. ~PRE-WAR PRICES."' W 2 3 H. P. 2 SPEED $490 3 SPEED $590 VibraUonless Twin-Cylinder SOLE AGENTS. COBB CO. 1 11 -----1 PARTICULARS FROM:— R. T. REID CO., LTD., j PENANG. 3• 2 The Butter with
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    • 29 11 Millets, their Nutritive and Economic Value, Cultivation, etc., in Malaya, by L. M. Berenger, $l/- per book or Si/30 post free, stocked by the Pinajig Gazette Press, Ltd., Penang.
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    • 470 11 WIMUHaGHC Mk I I J >|~ —Tooth Brush to I I I X MoMLoil Make the chart I lubrication wild oats. I I HOW TO AVOID A HARVEST OF TROUBLES. WHY is Give me a tin of oil so rapidly CAUTION AGAINST going out of fashion Because “green” drivers are
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    • 1397 12 Australia by Burns Philp Line “ELLERMAN” LINE THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE intended SAILINGS FROM PENANG. Thursday Island, BRISBANE, SYDNEY and (Incorporated in Englan v QURVICF I CINDON AND N CONTINENT. MELBOURNE, transhipping to Australian, WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON ANU IN. Tasmanian and New Zealand Ports, New "ELLERMAN” LINE. DARDANUS Jan. 11
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    • 683 12 P. ©.-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. oT SAILINGS. LONDON-FAR-EASTERN SERVICE. FromLoados Due Penang. To Maraeillea London Leave Pen. about T abo °t KARMALA Jan. 17 K HIV NALDERA 31
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