Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 January 1924

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 19. VOL LXXXII. THURSDAY, 24th JANUARY, 1924. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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    • 362 1 frOKISATSU, i PHOTOGRAPHIC I art STUDIO.fi ’Phone 772. g I 68. BISHOP STREET* J m I I THE reputation. I LATEST MODEL. FOUR-FIVE SEATER. j 7~ I «Engine 4 Cylinder. Pistons Aluminium. B f' ajrlVr I '>’> f• 1 1 G. A. C. Rating 12.8 H. P. Brake Test 20
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    • 16 1 |l XMXKXI X>g I T. NAGATA, i iii g; NEXT DOOR TO jf “THE DISPENSARY.” v
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  • 1205 2 HOME PROBLEMS. (By a Lady Correspondent.) Paris, January 6. The acuteness of the housing problem in Paris is vividly demonstrated by the revelation that considerably more than half of the population lives in hotels or furnished flats. There was a time when the family that lived in
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    • 1250 2 1,11 z__ -2 Short Classified TONPCTS Trade with Australia at t Consulate for the Netherlands. A Advertisenients. JteL.. N O TICE Wanted, For Sale, To Let, &c., 9 can be inserted in the Pinang rp he r j g ht to levy tax on pepper in Gazette” at various parts
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    • 184 2 Mrs. H. Mitchell Tells How Cuticura Healed Her Baby. When my baby was one month old a rash broke out on his hands, Sfeet and part of his body. Later the pimples became red and blisters formed. They itched and burned so that he was very restless at night. “The
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    • 230 2 NOTICE is hereby gi^ n that the above Trade Mark is the property of th<. Standard Oil Company of New York and is used by that Company as a e Mark for goods sold by the Company The mark consists of the word SOCONY surrounded Jjy an ornamental border as
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  • 1117 3 A PERSONAL IMPRESSION. The papers in Moscow were recently occupied with the health of Lenin and the probable fate of Russia after his death. For the past six years Lenin has wielded more power m Russia, and in fact, over the whole world, than any
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  • 527 3 WHY NOT HAYE PLAYED FOR THE cur? “A Forward” writes to, the ‘Malay Mail” concerning the abandoned Malaya Cup lugger filial: “The g’ound having been pronounced to be unplayable, the Singapore and Selangor teams mimediatedy turned out and played on it! The game, though admittedly contested under very
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    • 271 3 I RHEUMATISM 1 0 H 0 Have you ever had Rheumatism Have you ~j H ever experienced the excruciating pains or help--13 less feeling that occur every time you try to IU move? If so, you have no doubt also felt that jg g relief was impossible. Yet when you
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    • 47 3 Daily Mirror, Atlas of the World, s2’so per book or §2/80 post free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., Penang. Pitman’s Shorthand Rapid Course, (New Era Edition) Comp el- Editicwith supplementary Exercises S t or $3/30 post free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press Ltd., Penang
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    • 294 3 In the Open W 7 Desert X P Major Blake, describing some 'I of his adventures on the great attempted Roand-the-World Air Flight, writes jpTp C? On several occasions when We the tanks and heated some of our were stranded in tne desert with little small supply of water. Then
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  • 815 4 Bishop G. H. Bickley has returned to Singapore from Batavia. The appointment of Dr. 0. B. Pasley as Chief Surgeon. F. Af. S., has been approved. Dr. A, T. Stanton has been appointed to act as Principal Medical Officer, F. M. S. A new K. C. has
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  • 1082 4 Dispute Over Price. Before the Hon. Mr. Justice P. J. Sproule in the Supreme Court, Penang, yesterday, the hearing was begun of the suit concerning the acquisition of land in Tanjong Bungah for a public purpose. The land in question is being acquired by the Government for
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  • 304 4 Some* time ago there was a good deal said and more written about the possibilities of a Cassava (Manioc) industry for Ceylon in the form of flour and tapioca. There was also some talk, about a factory boing set up in the Jaffna pe-n-nsula, but it was pointed out
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  • 73 4 The summary of the Fourth Forecast of the Rice Crop in Burma for 1923-4 says.— The surplus available for export from this year’s crop should be 2,400,000 tons of paddy which is approximately equivalent to 1,850,000 tons of cargo rioe. The quantity available for export may
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  • 49 4 The Municipal Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade from 6 to 7 to-morrow night 1 March My Pretty Jane Cook 2 Overture Carnivall Williams 3 Waltz Dorma Park 4 Selection Carmen Bizets 5 One Step Mazie Caine God Save The King.
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  • 663 4 ALLEGED RUBBER SMUGGLING. ANOTHER SEIZURE. Acting on information received, Mr. J. Byrne, Head of Preventive Service, Government Monopolies. Penang, accompanied by a Chinteng, made a raid at No. 199, Victoria street, yesterday afternoon, where he discovered twenty bags of betelnuts and copra in which were concealed a quantity
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    • 79 4 IP for Mi l\ > Pl Of all chemist» and medicine vendart, la sealed kettles, with full direction*, LABOUR CODE 1923 F. M. S. LABOUR ORDINANCE 1923 S. S, EMPLOYERS OF INDIAN LABOjUR are hereby reminded that assessment returns for the preceding quarter must be sent to the Office of
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    • 26 4 NOW READY. 1924 POCKET DIARY AND Illustrated Penang Guide WITH Motor Directory AND A Map of Penang $1 PUBLISHED BY THE Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd. PENANG.
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    • 599 4 O’ ADVERTISEMENTS. Menglembu Lode Syndicate [u I (Incorporated in the Straits Sett I (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATE Wanted Rubber Stumps 20,000. Par- ON.) ticulars as to price etc. to Sungei I lar Estate. NOTICE IS HEREBY pursuant to section 210 of “'pJA FOR SALE. panies Ordinance, 1923,” that a v. of
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  • 1220 5 mail and military factors. (Bv a Spt-cial Correspondent.) Bangkok, January 21. Outside Siam, little can be known of j ie development that, has taken place in )IS country in connection with aviation «hiring the ’last six or seven years. Even mi Bangkok there are many people who
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  • 151 5 London, January 13. —The Riga correspondent of the “Times” says that the attention of tne Soviet Government has been again drawn to the popularity throughout Russia of Patriarch Tikhon, for whom the Church services contain prayers as the Head of the Russian Church. According to a
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  • 40 5 London, January 11. —A report from Czernowitz states that the Greek King and Queen have been involved in a motor smash. The King was unharmed but the Queen was seriously injured. An outrage is suspected.
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  • 470 5 STATISTICS FOR 192.3. The following interesting statistics of the S.S.V.F. for 1923 are officially supplied (a) Actual Strength S.S.V.F. on 31-12-23 2304 No of enrolments during year... 566 Discharges 396 (b) Of European Volunteers exclusive of Auxiliary Service 65 per cent are below 30 years of age,
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  • 120 5 PENANG, JANUARY 24, 1924 (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Rank 2/4 1/8 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 5/16 3 Credit 2/4 5/8 3 Documentary 2/4 2L/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rh 162 3 days’sight Private 165| 9 Bombay Demand Bank 162| 2 Madras Demand Bank 162{> 3
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  • 696 5 THE CEREMONY. In connection with the jubilee of the 1 reaty ot Pangkor to which we referred in Saturday’s issue of the Pinang Gazette,” a few particulars of the events immediately preceding the ceremony and the actuA signing on the 20th January, 1874, may be of
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    • 312 5 HAD ALL HIS TEETH OUT ON THE ADVICE OF A LONDON SPECIALIST. Decayed teeh are blamed for many troubles now-ardays, and it is no uncommon thing to hear of people having every tooth they possess extracted with the idea that thris will nemovei the cause of their maladies. A railway
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    • 61 5 NEW HEALTH AND NERVE POWER quickly gain« 4 with regular use ef M sanatocen 11. I Mr». Bjomsterne Bjornson, the wife BBh. I of the celebrated Norwegian poet and yjSwM novelist, wrote: “Bjornson uses Sanat'wmll oceu every day and finds that the effects of this admirable revitalising food are exceeding
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    • 340 5 i wSfi&sso I Great Annual Stock-Taking 5 SALE NOW PROCEEDING. f r Big cuts in prices have been made off all excess stocks, fashion goods, leftovers, damaged and shop-soiled articles, oddments, 4 remnants, etc. I* A few types of sale values picked S at random x Men’s White Matte Tennis
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  • 18 6 Hawkins.—At Maternity Hospital, Penang, on 24th January, to Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins of Balik Pulau, a daughter.
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  • 47 6 AMALADASS Roch. —At the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Singapore, Rev. Father L. Bourgoffer officiating, on January 21, 1924, Anthony, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Amaladass to Miss A. Marie Roch, only daughter of Mr. Ange Roch of the S.H.B. and Mrs. Roch.
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  • 825 6 The Stock Exchange reflected confidence and the London newspapers were impressed and not unsympathetic on the publication of the names of the new Cabinet. Tin and rubber prices have not slumped on the emergence of Britain’s first Labour Ministry, and the world revolves on its axis as before.
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  • 36 6 The B. I. Packet Teesta, with mails despatched from London on the 3rd January, is expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. to-morrow. The homeward mail, by the Tara, closes at 10 a.m. to-morrow.
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  • 133 6 Monthly season tickets and tickets of 20 rides may now be obtained on application to the Engineer and Manager. Penang Hills Railway, Municipal Offices. The F. M. S. Railways announce cheap tickets from the 4th till the 9th February (Chinese New Year). An advertisement appears in this
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  • 1173 6 As already stated in the Police notification regarding the Traffic for traffic at the Race Course the Fireworks, this evening during the Chetty fireworks, the public are reminded that from 6-30 p.m. till half an hour after the finish of the display, the following roads shall form
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  • 248 6 CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MERCER AGAINST MALAY. Before Mr. Venables, Second Magistrate, Singapore, Mr. Meredith prosevut. ing, the perlirninary enquiry was conwn ced into the circumstances in which it is alleged a Chinese woman was stabbed with a parang by a Malay named Afendi iin a house in
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 138 6 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette. Sir.—ln spite of repeated articles on this subject in the local papers, it is surprising to note that the management or one of the local premier English schoob could not see its way to let off the Hindu bovs on the
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  • 52 6 We are asked to invite any :l< or gentleman who can a tenni’ racquet to place at the disposal of oflu'' and mon of the Navy during tht‘ ir visit to Penang, should sond it to of communicate with Mr. W. J. Willin' 111 Municipal
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    • 64 6 “E. O.” Guest Nights and Dancing. Every Tuesday and Friday Special Tiffin Every Wednesday and Saturday Orchestra. Orchestral Concert Every Wednesday 9-45 p. m. ill RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. Including free town delivery or X pofUige. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Illi a year Local 836 jj 111 Country (S.S, F.M.S.) 842 :<
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 106 6 L-ryric TTKeatres, Ltd., THEATRE ROYAL. AT 10 P.M. PENANG ROAD. From Thursday, 24th, to Sunday, 27th January, 1924. RAN 6 months in New York 3 months in Chicago at 82.00 Top Capacity Houses Everywhere. It tells everything. It interests all and always. Never such a film before. By the sheer
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    • 27 6 THE TIDES. High Water. Low Water. To-day. 2. 12 p.m. 7. 59 p.m. To-morrow. z 2. 9 a.m. 8. 26 a.m. 2. 47 p.m. 8. 38 p.m.
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  • 658 7 Favourable Reception. urthkr appointments. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) London. January 23. On tlje whole, the personnel of the t i r st* Labour Government meets with a remarkably sympathetic reception, even the extreme Conservative organs, noteworthily the Rothermere and Beaver- brook anti-Socialist Press, give their blessing to the new
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  • 176 7 IMPERIAL PENNY POST. London, January 22. At a meeting of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce at Birmingham, Sir Arthur Balfour, president, said that as iong as the Labour Government was not controlled by Communists, the Chambers of Commerce would give it all
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  • 40 7 FRENCH PREMIER’S ACTION. Paris. January 23. M. Poincare laid on the table a Bill authorising the prohibition of the importation of foreign goods not corresponding to national necessities, with a view to the restoration of the franc.
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  • 112 7 PROBLEM OF STABILISATION. Berlin, January 23. The President of the Board of Directors of the Rentenbank informed the Finance and Foreign Ministers that stabilisation of German currency’ cannct be effected if it is necessary to continue to pay the costs of the garrisons in the occupied territories, as
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  • 42 7 London, January’ 23. The strike of German seamen has extended to Middlesbrough. The strikers are receiving pay’ from the Union of Sailors and' Firemen and have posted pickets. Three ships are held up and others will probably be delayed.
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  • 40 7 ANNUAL MOURNING DAY DECLARED. z Riga, January’ 23. A Moscow message states that January’ 21, when Lenin died, was declared an annual day’ of mourning. Theatres and other places of amusement were ordered to close for a week.
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  • 60 7 London. January’ 22. Commander Boothby. lecturing at the Colonial Institute, said there were indications that a beginning would shortly be made with an airship route to Australia which could be developed in stages, possibly via Egypt, Deli. Singapore and Port Darwin. The establishment of a big
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  • 367 7 A Slight Improvement. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) London, January 23. Excepting for a slight improvement due to organisation of the men available, the situation yesterday was not ameliorated. Essential food and mail traffic was maintained. The passenger services throughout the country were dislocated. The Companies are endeavouring to cope with
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  • 153 7 London, January 9. —A blizzard struck London suddenly last night. The iqy wind was soon succeeded by heavy snowfall. The Borough Councils to-day kept the unemployed busy clearing streets. Similar conditions obtained throughout the country from Yorkshire to Devon. Even the Isle of Wight experienced snowdrifts. The
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  • 195 7 London, January 11. —Upon investigating 74 case s of prominent personalities in the artistic and literary world, the Bavarian School Teachers’ Society has discovered that ten only were; eldest children, and that most were late-born offspring, supporting the contention that one is not entitled to look for
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  • 187 7 Liquor Treaty Signed. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) London, January 22. The Embassy at Washington has been authorised to communicate to th# American Government the draft Liquor Treaty as approved by the British and Dominion Governments. It is understood that the treaty entitles the United States to search within an
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  • 52 7 CANADA’S CLAIMS. London, January 23. A message from Ottawa says that the Government has requested the British Embassy at Washington to keep it fully posted regarding the United States’ plans for the airship trip to the Arctic, where Canada claims vast areas by reason of adjacency
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  • 59 7 The Hague, January 23. The Government proposes to introduce a Bill in Parliament for the promotion of a combined mining Company to be known as Billiton, Limited to carry on the mining business of the existing Billiton Company, whose concession expires on April 30, 1927 The
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  • 53 7 PRESIDENT COOLIDGE’S STEP. London January 24. It is stated that President Coolidge regards the allegations in connection with the leasing of oil lands so seriously that he has instructed the Attorney-General closely to follow the proceedings in the Senate Investigation Committee, with a view to taking criminal
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  • 46 7 Washington, January 22. Archie Roosevelt, son of tha ex-Presi-dent of the United States, has severed his connection with the Sinclair oil interests in consequence of the recent allegations in the Senate about the corrupt leasing of some oil reserves by Government officials.
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  • 33 7 ANOTHER PRIZE OFFERED. Washington, January 22. Mr. Bofc has written to the chairman of the Senate Committee, offering another prize of $lOO,OOO for any peace plan selected by the Committee-
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  • 76 7 London, January 12. The War Office announces that there will be no Army manoeuvres on an extensive scale in the present year. The instructions issued for training in 1924 will be confined, to division and smaller units. Accordingly the Ist, and 3rd d/i visions will carry out
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  • 75 7 Government intend erecting a new ferro-concrete bridge over the Menai Straits in substitution for the present suspension bridge which is regarded as unsafe. They expect the ounty Coun oils of Carnarvonshire and Anglesey to bear half the cost of maintaining the bridge as a highway
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  • 122 7 Munition Purchases. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) Washington, January 23. The United States sold to General Obregon more war material, including 5,000 rifles and 2,500 automatic pistols. Rebel Collapse. Washington, January 23. The Mexican Embassy has been officially advistd that the entire rebel line on the Jalisco front has collapsed. Blockade at
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  • 36 7 Washington, January 23. The Unjted States Consul at Vera Cruz reports that Captain Sparlow and two wireless men of the cruiser “Tacoma” were accidentally killed while performing their duties in a storm.
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  • 14 7 New York. January 23. India has challenged for the Davis Cup.
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  • 19 7 LEDOUX BEATEN. Paris, January 23. Over twenty rounds, for the French Bantamweight championship, Valanger outpointed the holder, Ledoux.
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  • 27 7 ANOTHER SUCCESS. San Francisco, January 24. Havers and Ockenden defeated the local professionals, Nagle and Novak, by 5 and 4 over 36 holes.
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  • 77 7 PENANG v. PERAK. A Hockey match between Penang and Perak will be played on the Esplanade, Penang, on Saturday, the 26th instant, at 5 p.m. The following will represent Penang and will play in Club colours:—Goal, Cheah Swee Eng Backs, T. M. Knott and C. R. Byers Half-backs, N.
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  • 67 7 The following are results in the C.R.C. tennis tournament; Doubles Championship.—Cheah Wat Sun and Saw Tiang Sooi beat Oh Joo Kooi and Tan Thean Hock 6 —3, 6 —l. Doubles Handicap Class ‘B’. —Chong Kong Kan and Tan Chong Keat beat Dr. Lau Paik Hiong and Cheah
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  • 61 7 Friday, the 25th January Mixed Doubles Handicap.— 5 Miss Mitchell and B. E. Mitchell v.—2 Mrs. McLernon and J. G. Barrett (4). Double Handicap IA. J. Plumb and E. J. McLernon v. Winners of E. J. O’Reilly and B. E. Mitchell v. W. Hamilton and J. G.
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  • 90 7 London, January 11.—-All the women Commoners were present at a dinner given by Viscountess Astor at her residence to meiet Mrs. Henry Fawcett, the pioneer of the women’s suffrage movement in England- Several women prominent for the advancement of women’s interests were also among the
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  • 131 7 The Loan Proposal. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) London, January 23. The sub-comn-.ittee of th e League of Nations has concluded its work as regards the financial reconstruction of Hungary by unanimously accepting the loan proposal. This will b e forwarded to the Reparations Commission for approval the loan will
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  • 27 7 New York, January 23. The Central railway lines have agreed to raise the wages of 15,00(1 engineers and firemen by approximately 5 per cent.
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  • 167 7 London, January 13.—A Peking message says the’ town of Supu in Hunan was looted on January 3 by .soldiers of the First Hunan Division, who, it is alleged, were acting under the orders of General Hoyaotsu “to loot the Passionist Mission and kill the foreign devils.’’ The
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  • 74 7 London, January 13. —Thei “Sunday Times' Washington correspondent says that negotiations are proceeding with a new to merging the entire American shipping lines in the Pacific under the leadership of the Dollar Line founded by the Scotsman, Captain Robert Dollar. The deal involves an immediate expenditure
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  • 136 7 London, January 13.—Ln the course of an address at Westbourne Park Chapel pleading for a new international mentality, Sir George Paish said that although French mentality was wrong, the disaster caused in France: by the War was much greater than the French Government dared tell
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  • 130 7 The Singapore Municipal Health statement for the week ending January 12 gives the total number of deaths as 196, representing a death rate of 25.67 per mille per annum, compared with 24.59 in the preceding week and with 27.56 in the corresponding week of last year. The
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  • 550 8 A LOVE TRAGEDY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Sar, January 20. A Malay man living on the outskirts of the town had for ward his young niece. A local who was supposed to be in love with the girl, was in the habit of frequenting the road which
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  • 113 8 The moon s up, the palm trees blowing. The fireflies m the swamp are glowing. The salt tide stills the river’s flowing. And stars like flowers in heaven are showing. Across my path the moonlight lying Strikes jungle grasses softly sighing: And through the mangrove bushes flying
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  • 359 8 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Sitiawan for Asahan. Pangkor for P. Langkawi and Kantang (Trang). Kedah for Dindings. Kinta for Port Swettenham Singapore. Hakone Maru for Colombo, Port Said, 1 Marseilles and London. Colombo (Parcels). The s.s. Kedah, (instead of s.s. Ghirbi) will leave Penang to-day at 5 p.m. for Pangkor,
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  • 310 8 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). BT TRAIN. Federated Malay States, Malacca, Johore and Singapore. Registration and Parcel Post, except wher-.-otherwise stated, close half an-honr earlie) 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:—Parit
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 31 8 MASSAGE AND RENU LIFE VIOLET RAY Specially for Rheumatism and every Nervous Disease by Miss SATO and Miss HATSUYO 35, Leith Street, Peoug. TeL No. 493. <u th aai u c*
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    • 383 8 I PR ITCH ARD’S Provision Department. We are glad to be able to announce a considerable reduction in the PRICES of f I Provisions. x We have arranged to publish a weekly I .list in this Paper so that our regular custom-* J ers and the general public may be
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  • 891 9 —“S.F.P.” I HE ANNUAL MEETING. q'l),. animal general meeting of the above v was held at the offices of the Com- French Bank Buildings. Singapore, those t bein'' Mr. P. M. Robinson. Chairman, K Baker. A. E. Baddeley, Mr. H. B. << r( and Mr. I). J.
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  • 92 9 Jau 26-—Cricket League, C.R.C. v P.S., ictoria Green. -I’ —Perak Mark Lodge, Taiping, Installation Meeting, 6.30 p.m. 2b—Kedah Branch Incorporated Society of Planters’ dance (fancy dress) Sungei Patani Club, 9 p.m. 26—Ex-Services Dance, Golf Club. 9.30 n.m. 29, 31, Feb. 2—lpoh Gymkhana Club. New'Year Meeting. Feb 2—Cricket League,
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  • 71 9 -The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day. EEE Shares. z? PQ x PQ 4 c. Sc. sc. sc. Mining. Hitam 1.47} 1.50 1.45 1.50 Nawng Pet 1.67} 1.70 1.62} 1.67} ex N. Taiping 1.15 1.17} 1.17} 1.20 South T. 1.09
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  • 41 9 24th January, 1924. Local. cts. (Smoked Sheet 47 un’ged Fine Pale Crepe 47 Unsmoked Sheet 41 SINGA- (Smoked Sheet 48 pore (Crepe 48 London and New York. r r tv. (Smoked Sheet... ls.2d London Cr()p(> R2d New York G2sj
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  • 102 9 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following prices, on January 23 Spot £254 up £4 3 mos. buying 255.5 s 3.15 s 3 selling 255.10 s 3.15 s The Eastern Smelting Co.. Ltd:— London, Jan. 23, £255.10s spot, and £255.5s three months buying, £254 selling. Local.
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  • 210 9 Benares Opium p. chest $5,000.00 norn. Cloves 115.00 sellers Gold leaf 72.00 sellers .Mace Pickings no stock® Nutmegs 80s 48.00 sellers 110 s 43.00 Coconuts per 1,000 50.00 Copra Sundried 12.65 sales Rattans 11.20 sellers Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00 per
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  • 1121 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. c NAMES 2Q oo H RUBBER [Dollard S c 8 c S c Allenby Rubber Co 1 10 1 23 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 10 1 25 Amalgamated Malay Estates 2 CO Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate ’.I 00 12 00 Ayer Kuning Rubber Estates 40
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  • 549 9 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, January 24, 1924. eta Government Mutton— Mutton Indian per lb 50 Mutton— Head, sheep or goat each 1.00 Liver with heart lung do 1.20 Tripe do* 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 50 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Mutton lb 80 Lamb do 50
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 15 9 Singapore Dollar Directory 1923-24 At $2 each. STOCKED BY The Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd. PENANG.
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    • 52 9 Planters’ Medical Guide, by Dr. E. N. Graham, $3/- per book or $3/30 post free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., Penang. Millets, their Nutritive and Economic Value, Cultivation, etc., in Malaya, by L. M. Berenger, $l/- per book or $l/30 post free, stocked by the Pina>ng Gazette Press,
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    • 181 9 T BECK’S KEY BEErI I I I O'W'-O I I Chop Kundn 1 I irewed »n<* jPz I I Stocked by all first class dealers and Stores, Sole Agents: s a N. V. Straits Java Trading Coy., ta QA (incorpomM Batavia) K PENANG AND SINGAPORE. f tor prescriptions PHARMACEUTICAL AND
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  • 1718 10 THE EMPIRE AND INTER NATIONALISM. Mr. Philip Snowden, M. P., writing in the “Morning Post” says many people who have confidence in the Labour Party to manage matters 'have grave doubts about the ability of a Labour Government to run the Empire and to conduct international affairs. This
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    • 21 10 Penang Sea Frontage Rights and Titles, $2/50 per book or $2/80 post free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., Penang
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    • 366 10 job Sick Headache These troublesome complaints are generally due XM4Z&L to a sluggish liver, and arc most frequently experienced by those who lead a sedentary life. A teaspoonful of ENO’s “Fruit Salt” in a glass of cold water will prove soothing and refreshing, and by eliminating harmful waste matter soon
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  • AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    • 206 11 London, January 8. —It is now obvious that the plan being put forward in Paris by the German industrialist, H it Rech-bep-g, to settle tihe Reparations problem means that French participation in German industry is entirely unofficial, and even unauthorised. The Berlin correspendent of “The Times”, says
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    • 193 11 London, January 13. —Though disappointed at the Franco-Belgian replies, Germany still clings to the hope that further negotiations which are contemplated will prove more successful. The Berlin correspondent of the “TJimes” says it is e’ear that the replies do not mean to close the door on further
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    • 168 11 London, January 9. —The German Government says the Barlin correspondent of “The Times,” has decided on taking action emergetically against what it describes as tib.e “shameful behaviour” of Germans visiting international holiday resorts, especially in Switzerland, in “total disregard of the grave straits of the
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    • 238 11 London, January 11. —A Queenborough firm has entered into a contract with the Admiralty to raise the 68 German warships sunk in Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands. Many of these will probably be sold to ship breakers, and the others used for target practic It may
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    • 202 11 London, January 10. —The “Capa Times” in an editorial on the Class Areas Act says that though there s compulsory segregation its application will be gradual and indirect, while the text of the Bill reveals ample safeguards many- of which can be traced to the
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    • 113 11 London, January 12.—A Vancouver message says Sir Jehangir Hormasji Kothari, who has arrived from the Orient en route to higland, in an interview expressed the opinion that Indians emigrating to other parts of the Empire w.ree not entitled to expect the franchise. He pointed out that
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    • 105 11 London, January 10.—Scotland Yard, says the Daily Express,” has determined on a vigorous cleaning up of the night chibs in London. Special Police have been detailed to pay sudden surprise visits to clubs that have been under observation for weeks. The Police are now in possession of
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    • 60 11 Midnapore, January 10.—Addressing the Muslim Association to-day. Lord Lytton expressed gratification thaft they had recognised the need of subordinating communal to rational interests. He said that they could look to him as a true friend and vigorous champion of their interests but he must always make
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    • 68 11 London, January 8. The “Times” says it is authoritatively reported that the German Government is subsidising a steamship sei vice to the Persian Gulf with six-weckiy sailings from Hamburg. Application should be> made for through traffic rates on goods from Basra by river to Baghdad. Herr
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  • 185 11 Bombay, January 14.—Hi s Highness the Aga Khan returned from England on Sunday morning. Interviewed by the Press, he advised Hindus and Mahomedans to work together for the country’s welfare and advancement with the interest of the country at heart rather than of the
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