Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 25 August 1924

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 199. VOL. LXXXII. MONDAY, 25th AUGUST, 1924. PRICE 15 OENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 513 1 I “NIKKO” MODERN ART PHOTOGRAPHIC j i STUDIO f No. 7, Nortbam Road, Pcaaag. I Telephone No. 579.* y°u cannot send I the motorists sure shield, j them Home.” It is a very common human im 3 5 felling to under-estimate risk, F SB= Lj^ Vou can give them the
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    • 39 1 «■■xbbxszx s>: BTI *J nnmiZEß st wrnn. jj Ji SPLENDID SELECTION OF jj DIAMOND AND GEM j] SET JEWELLERY j) •j OF EVERY DESCRIPTION =< AT ALL PRICES. I B. P. de SILVA, j) 1, Bishop Street. Penapg. X -•.TSBSK-EsJh
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  • 2023 2 STORY OF WIMBLEDON TOURNAMENT. FIVE TITLES CHANGE HANDS. London, July 10. —1 delayed ray Lawn Tennis letter says a writer in the “Pioneer,” last week in order that the complete story of Wimbledon might be told. It was a championship meeting favoured like that of last year with
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1089 2 MASSAGE Mr. and Mrs. K. KUSAKA Advertiser, possessing large quantity e/i of Roselle Fibre seed, green and red var. 56, Maca i unTI ;T Altissima, is desirous of meeting owner DARUMA HOI tL of good low lying land with ample water Telephone 864. facilities with a view to planting up
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    • 96 2 Good Health 1« Our Greatest Asset There’s Good Health every foaming bottle of MILK STOUT. It ha fine creamy deHdoui drink. It’s a nutritious, invigorating tome* BraMrr* W. SIMONDS Ltd. READING fWOtAWe WE SUPPLY Anything and Everything Requisite for Rubber Estates and Buildings etc. AT Most Economical Rates. A Visit
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    • 629 2 BANKS CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated iu En-J-md hy Roval Charter 1853.) Paid-up Capital £3,00 0 OQO Reserve Fund 3.900,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.000 000 Head Office 38, BIBHOPSGA.TE LONDON E c Agencies and Branches. Alor Star, Amritsar, Bangkok, Batavi Bombay, Calcutta, Canton, Cawnpore, Cebn Colombo,
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  • 878 3 LORD JELLICOE’S EXPLANATIONS. The official “Narrative of the Battle of Jutland” was issued in the form of a thin book of 120 pages with numerous excellent diagrams (Stationery Office, ss. 6d.). Its publication has been delayed owing to the necessity of submitting it to Lord Jellicoe, who
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  • 213 3 ARC OF CONVEYING THE IDEA OF SPEED AND POWER. The big “Flying Seotsman” locomotive, which has aroused so much admiration in the palace of Engineering at wembley. is an apt illustration of the way in which engineers are able by graceful lines to give an impression of speed
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  • 141 3 RETIREMENT OF MR. H. A. P. TRENDELL. Mr. Herbert A. P. Trendell, chief clerk of the Ceremonial Department of the King’s Household for 16 years, is retiring. He has been an official of the Ceremonial Department for 30 years and during that time has helped in arranging
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  • 145 3 SUSPECT’S 60-FT. DROP DOWN ROPE. Two men were arrested in the Cardiff Wholesale Society’s bakery. A police sergeant disturbed two men in the act of removing a safe which contained £5OO in cash and articles. The premises were surrounded by a large force of police, and others
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    • 618 3 The misery of g Stiff Neck J$ J Sore Throat Chest Rains e lake great care of your throat and chest during the treacherous winter months. A Sore I 1 Throat or Pain in the Chest may lead to a I b I long serious illness unless checked immediately, j
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    • 186 3 NERVE-WEAKNESS. How to Remove and Prevent it. The symptoms of nerve-exhaustion,’’ writes a distinguished physician in the “London Medical Times.” “comprise the whole extended gamut of all the manifestations of nervous disease. The wandering thought, the headache, and the depression, the mental and moral weakness in its every form, the
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    • 530 3 In jvery Kitchen I there should be a bottle of LEA& PERRINS' SAUCE -J Headache &AnBemia After Two Years of Serious Nerve Trouble and Anaemia, Mrs.Mayes took Dr. Cassell’s and was completely cured. A The lady whose signed state- nient is printed below, suffered terribly from a complication ol W'
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  • 1341 4 A Wonderful Sight For the first time yesterday morning the people of Penang were given the opportunity of seeing what a real seaplane is like by the arrival of two seaplanes from the aircraft carrier, H. M. S. Pegasus. Being informed of their arrival here from Port
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  • 319 4 Under the auspices of the Ex-Services Association of Malaya (Penang Branch) a very enjoyable smoking concert was given at the Penang Cricket Club on Saturday night. The interesting programme opened with a song and jazz selection by Messrs. O’Gawa, Jennings and Horne. Mr. Meynell rendered “Invictns” and gave
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  • 805 4 SUCCESSFUL DISPLAY. The Penang Municipal Fire Brigade held their tenth annual competition on the vacant ground in Brick Kiln Road between the incinerator and the abbatoirs and were very largely attended. Among those present were The Hon. Mr. S. Codrington and Mrs. Codrington, the Hon. Mr. W.
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    • 164 4 ANNOUNCEMENT. H BRITISH-A MERIC AN TOBACCO CO., LTD., the largest Manufacturers of Cigarettes in the world, have concentrated their un-equalled resources, expert skill and vast experience on the production of an INCOMPARABLE VIRGINIA CIGARETTE. They claim to have achieved their aim in GOT .DEN 5 SPECIALS.” The first shipment of
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  • 2054 5 HEALTH OFFICER DEFINES HIS PROPOSALS. A special meeting of the Municipal Commission will be held on Tuesday next to discuss action, etc., regarding the Health Officer’s recommendations concerning hawkers in Singpore. In a further report on the question, dated July 10, Dr. P. S. Hunter states: In
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  • 262 5 STRANGE ADVENTURES OF A CZECHOSLOVAKIAN. A Czecho-Slovakian named Rpdolf Melzer, who' told the Luton Workhouse master that he was the Shah erf All the Nations and Son of the Sun, aged 157, with fourteen wives and twenty-five children, was charged at Luton with failing to comply
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  • 249 5 BANK SAFE THEFT. Arthur Evans, V.C., 33, of Wimbledon, was bound over for 12 months at Wealdstone Police Court, on a charge of stealing £5OO Ifrom a safe at Lloyds Bank at the British Empire Exhibition. Evans was a messenger employed by the bank, and Mr. Exeter,
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  • 893 5 CHINESE EMPEROR’S “MANNIKIN. A MEDICAL CURIOSITY. Many old residents in China have heard of the Emperor’s mannikin, charts of which, more or less accurate, are widely distributed throughout China. A medical man in Peking was anxious to get a photograph of this mannikin, and after sorge negotiations it was arranged
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    • 24 5 Shorthand Rapid Course, Key for New Era. $1 /50 per book or $1 /80 post free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press. Ltd., Penang.
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    • 183 5 If you use Straight-side tyres enjoy all the advantages of low pressure tyres by fitting MICHELIN “CABLE-CONFORT" The Cable-Conforl ensures unparalleled comfort; increases average speed; reduces mechanical repairs; lasts longer than the ordinary Cable-Co rd. No change of wheels or rims The 5.70 6,60” Cable-Con fort replace the 4-4 iEr
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  • 384 6 Quiz.” of the “Malayan Saturday Post” whose tactful man.euvrings in the art of penmanship afford us a fund of humour the depths of which we delight to plumb weekly has, in the latest issue of that journal cast aside his role of frolicsome jester on life’s side lights
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  • 401 6 While the satisfactory termination of the London Conference marks a definite and substantial step along the road towards a solution of the European problem, nobody but a fatuous optimist would conclude that the work is finished and that all that remains to be done is for the Powers
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  • 202 6 As most of our readers, if not all, are aware, the seaplanes were up in the air this morning. So was our staff. The roaring song of the Napier engines, was too much for our army of kranis, comps, printers’ devils and famines. They succumbed at
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  • 72 6 The P. d. O. Packet Ivashmir, with mails despatched from London on the 7th Aueust, is expected to arrive here at 7 a.m on Thursday, the 28th instant. The mail despatched from Penang on the 26th July by the Porthos was delivered in London on the 23rd August.
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  • 1398 6 “The employee shall not take his wife nor any other Jus Primae Nocte person on to the comNext pany’s property without first obtaining in writing the General Superintendent’s permission.” No the company is not the owner of a lead mine or other property propinquity whereto is dangerous
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  • 214 6 SINGAPORE’S NARROW VICTORY. (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. August 2a. Itvthe Malay a Cup final a hard fought game was won by the only goal score in the second half by Rogers owing ‘0 a misunderstanding on the part of th o Selangor defence. Selangor played
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    • 25 6 “E. S 9 O.” Guest Night and Dancing Every Tuesday and Friday. Special Tiffin every Wednesday and Saturday—E. O. Orchestra. Orchestral Concert every other Sunday.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 28 6 TIDE TABLES. To-Day. High Water. Low Water. 8.56 a.m. 1.23 a.m. 10.9 p.m. 4.21 p.m. To-Morrow. High Water. Low Water. 10.3 a.m. 3.48 a.m. 10.48 p.m. 4.58 p.m.
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  • 20 6 DEATH. Es-Chasseriau.—On August 23rd at Bedong. Marie Claire Es Chasseriau. beloved wife of Leopold Es Chasseriau of Providence Estate, Bedong.
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  • 837 7 In the Reichstag. CHANCELLOR’S STATEMENT. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] —(Vale). Berlin, August 23. Herr Marx, in the Reichstag to-day, read a statement regarding the London Conference which the uproar prevented him from delivering yesterday. The Communist Deputy Schwarz, the main cause of the disturbance, having been excluded by the Chancellor,
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  • 121 7 CAPTAIN’S INSUBORDINATION. Athens, August 23, It is semi-officially announced that in consequence of an insubordinate telegram from Captain Colialexis of the cruiser Averoff, the entire fleet has been ordered to be disarmed and the crews given indefinite leave. It is stated that if Captain Colialexis does not
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  • 52 7 HE IR-PR ESUMPT IV E’S PROT EST. London, August 23. A message from Paris says that Grand Duke Cyril, Heir Presumptive to the Russian Throne, has issued a protest against the Anglo-Russian Treaty and warned the subscribers that the loan will not be recognised in the event of
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  • 21 7 RUSSIAN DELEGATES’ FLIGHT. Moscow, August 23. M. Rakovsky and M. Cheinmann have ft for London in an aeroplane.
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  • 122 7 CHEMICAL WARFARE. Paris, August 23. The report of the dangers of a chemical warfare drawn up by the League of Nations, sub-committee concludes that while poisongas is still a real danger the risk of wholesale slaughter by means of microbes is not likely in the near future.
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  • 82 7 y London, August 24. A Conference under the auspices of the Red Trade Union International attended by 200 British delegates from the unemployment committees of the Trade Unions, etc., decided to create an organisation called National Minority Movement in order to pursue the work of organising a
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  • 84 7 London, August 24. Mr. Chao Hsirf-Chu, opening the Chinese Students Conference at Hoddesdon, said he regretted that the number of Chinese students in England did not show a tendency to increase. He hoped when the British boxer indemnity was applied to new purposes students would benefit. The present
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  • 20 7 DEPARTURE FOR AMERICA. London, August 23. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales has departed for New A Ork.
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  • 438 7 Italian Still Missing. STRICT SEARCH. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] New York, August 23. Lieutenant Smith reports that his aeroplane was heard by the inhabitants of Greenland after the second American machine had landed. The Esquimaux are searching for Locatelli. The cruisers Richmond, Raleigh and the Danish steamer Island Falk continue
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  • 80 7 TWO NEW DESTROYERS. The Hague, August 24. It is understood that the Ministry of Marine has decided to build two new destroyers. The work will be carried out in Dutch yards, but in view of Dutch shipbuilders’ inexperience in this sort of construction, the Government has asked foreign
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  • 106 7 LADY CANDIDATE’S MAJORITY. Dallas (Texas), August 23. The primary election to the Governorship of Texas appears to have resulted in a large majority for Mrs. Miriam Ferguson. who is known as Ma.” Mrs. Ferguson is an Anti-Klan candidate. Though many districts have not yet reported, her supporters
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  • 93 7 Kent vs. S. Africans. WOOLLEY’S 2,000 RUNS. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, August 23. The weather was fine at Canterbury for th« match between the South Africans and Kent. On a good wicket Kent scored 385 for five wickets. Owing to rain stumps had to be drawn before six. Woolley
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  • 24 7 BADLY BEATEN. Johannesburg, August 23. In the Second Rugby Test match South Africa beat Great Britain by 17 points to nil.
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  • 57 7 BIG PROFIT. Paris. August 24. According to the newspapers, after meeting expenses, including 4,000,000 francs to the Racing Club De France for the construction of a stadium, the Olympic games show a profit of about 2.00(1,000 francs without recourse to Government’s guarantee. It is understood the money will
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  • 52 7 DANGER OF EUROPEAN COMBINATIONS. London, August 23. It is announced that Mr. MacDonald, before he left London, communicated with industrial repr sentatives that industries are likely to be very seriously affected by European combinations against British trad**. He is appointing a committee to advise the Foreign Oilice on
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  • 407 7 SIR ERNEST RUTHERFORD’S NEW RESEARCHES. Sir Ernest Rutherford, President of the British Association, with two hundred delegates for the British Association meeting at Toronto, sailed on board the Cunarder “Caronia”' from Liverpool. Discussing with a Press representative the report that a German chemist had succeeded in obtaining
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  • 1091 7 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. W. F. Nutt is expected to return to Singapore some time in November. Mr. R. V. Walton, of the Standard Oil Company’s Singapore office, has returned after leave at home. Dr. J. C. Tull and Mr. C. A. da Silva were passengers to Singapore on Saturday afternoon
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 109 7 The Service Behind Your Car. Q After buying a car, service is one of the greatest Q I considerations. The best car needs spare parts at times. m Are there spares for your car at reasonable prices in the Q country Have the agents got the service tools necessary to
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  • 1439 8 Fast, concluded the proceedings.—“Finan cial Times.” EXCELLENT CONDITION OF PROPERTY. Liquid Assets. The fourteenth annual general meeting of the Rubana Estates, Ltd, was held at Winchester House, Old Broadstreet, E. 0., (Mr. E. L. Hamilton (the Chairman) presiding. The Secretary (Mr. F. E. Maguire) having read
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    • 340 8 "aJJ fet~ gQ HkS S* k T j h o i: The Original. H Solves the problem of a i; pure milk supply. Fullcream milk enriched by ;i the extracts of choice malted barley and wheat-flour. Made in a minute. No cooking. Of all Chemists and Bazaars. ;i Manufactured by
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    • 332 8 THOUGHT HIS HEART WAS TO BLAME But It Proved To be His Stomach. Another Former Sufferer From Chronic Indigestion Says ’‘Thanks To Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills I Am Now In Perfect Health.” Lots of people worry themselve# with the thought that they have heart trouble when all that is causing
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    • 275 8 IT’W; it Uw M r I iW IlMu j We begin the dag well with t ov > ahine ,n MANY thousands of people resident in the East attribute their excellent health and ability to withstand the trying climate to their daily habit of drinking “Ovaltine.” I /T A cup
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  • 455 9 “Toe And Heel” Moralising. I have been intrigued,” as the des criptive writers say, writes "Quiz,” in the ■'Malayan Saturday Post,” by the report of a football match at «Penang, which appears once and for all to have settled the question of Press supremacy in
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  • 344 9 REALISING ASSETS IN CHINA. In the Singapore Bankruptcy Court before Mr. Justice Acton, Heng Soo Sua, a Chinese towkay who started business 33 years ago with a little sundry goods shop at Ohangi and in 1919 had become the proprietor of businesses which he estimated as being
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 400 9 1 To the Editor of the “Pinang Gazette.” J Sir, —Reading the Random Notes of the “Straits Echo” of the 23rd inst. on “Education of Malays” 2nd paragraph, I was surprised to see that the Director of Education was well aware of the barriers in the educational
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  • 189 9 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. The members of the Young Muslim Union celebrated the 13th Anniversary of their Union yesterday evening at their club house at Anson Road, at which there was a good gathering of members. The chairman opened the function with an address, in the course of which
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  • 157 9 The following new books have been received at the Library: Anglican Essays, by Various Authors. Arthur Yates, by Arthur Yates and Bruce Blunt. Caruso and The Art of Singing, by 8. Fucito and B. J. Beyer. Every Night About Half-Past-Eight, by L. J. Beesten. The History of Human
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  • 227 9 CONFESSION OF YOUTH CHARGED WITH KILLING A BOY. A report on the mental condition of Loeb and Leopold, the millionaires’ sons who are charged with the murder of the boy Franks in what has become known as the murder for sport case, has been presented to the
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  • 208 9 TAX BURDEN ON BRITISH YARDS. Another illustration of the way in which ship-repairing contracts are being sent abroad is afforded by the case of the salved steamer Baron Vernon, 2,600 tons. This vessel i» being towed away from/he Clyde, the very heart of the Scottish shipbuilding
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  • 231 9 Benares Opium r. ch»sf $5,00<‘.00 num Cloves 100.00 sellers Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Pickings no stock Nutmegs 80s 102.00 sellers 11 Os 95.00 Coconuts per 1,000 50.00 Copra Sundried 12.55 buyers Rattans 11.15 sales Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shell» 13.00 Sinju Rice No. 1 15.00 ba
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  • 106 9 77t€ following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.'s share list Saturday. To-day. y TT, CD Shares. t Z 2 Zu S 3 S 3 02 x 2Q 02 I c. c. i c. t c. Misiog. Asam K. 47/- 48/- 49/- 50/- cum Chenderiang 8/3
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  • 86 9 August 25, 1924. Local. cts. (Smoked Sheet 45 Fine Pale Crepe 454 Unsmoked Sheet 32 Singa- (Smoked Sheet 46| pore (Crepe 47 London and New York. i'/ll New York G26£ The following were the rubber quotations in London on August 23 Smoked Sheet I/I2 Plantation Ist 1/1$ {By
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  • 146 9 The Straits leading Co,, Ltd., gives the following prices, on August 22: London. Spot £257.10s down £2.5s 3 mos. buying 258.10 s 2.5 s 3 selling 258.15 s 2.5 s Local. August 23: Singapore sold 75 tons at $129 Penang buyers no sellers at $129. August 25: Singapore
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  • 25 9 The output of The Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co., N. L. from 17th to 23rd August 1924 (being one week) was 12 tons.
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  • 118 9 PENANG, AUGUST 25, 1924. (Bv Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 1/32 4 months’sight Bank 2/4 5/32 3 Credit 2/4 9/16 3 Documentary 2/4 19/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs 161 3 days’sight Private „164 Bombay Demand Bank „161 o Madras Demand Bank 161 ►E. 3 days’sight
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  • 20 9 Aug. 25 —Dance at Penang Club 9-15 p.m. Sept. 2—Sale of Work at Turf Club. Pavilion (Race Course)
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 28 9 iLuns, their Nutritive and Economic Value, Cultivation, etc., in Malaya, by L. M. Berenger, *l/- per book or fl/30 post free, stocked by the Pjpang Gazette.Preu, Ltd.. Penang
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    • 353 9 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. TONGKAH COMPOUND No. 2 NO LI ABILITY. POSITION VACANT. (Ineorpora.ed AustraHa). NOTICE:— A Dividend, the second c of one shilling per share has been M anted smart Junior Clerk by made, and will be payable at the Office European Firm. Previous experience o f (h e Company, National
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 49 9 THEATRE ROYAL LYRIC THEATRES LIMITED. Monday 25th to Wednesday 27th, Matinee Saturday 30th August. >«♦»< POWER OF A LIE 5 Reels. SUPPORTING PICTURES. To be or not to be 7 Reels Rookies 2 Come Clean 2 Pathe Gazette 1021-2 1 E. F. Review 101 1 Giants of the Open 2
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  • 105 10 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES van Hogendorp for Deli Edi and Langsa. Dolius for Suez and Marseilles. (Suez Parcels.) Rawang for P. Brandan. Rasa for Setul. Rengam for Bindings. The following ships are in communication with the Wireless Station at: Penang—Albion Star, Awa Marn, Chindwara, Dentre Casteaux, Edavana, Ellenga, Elkton, Glenogle,
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  • 379 10 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday) BY TUIN. Federated Malay States, Malacca, Johor» ~.iand Singapore. Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half an honr earlier than the Ordinary mail Resumption ot Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed daily (Sunday excepted) by the 7-30
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  • 109 10 MAY Bl£ REFUSED! TO THE PHYSICALLY UNFIT. hl the report of the Public Control Committee of the L. C. C. on street accidents, it is stated that the Minister of Tiansport has under consideration the question of amending the law so as to debar those suffering from a
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  • 89 10 aquier was executed on August 12. There was a crowd of people round the prison gates, to see the notice posted, and several children who were in danger of being crushed were rescued by the police. Vaquier protested his innocence till the last, and paced the
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  • 501 10 CHOWRASTA MARKET Penang, August 25. 1924 Government Mutton— Mutton Indian p er y, Mutton— Head, sheep or gcat eac h j Liver with heart lung do Tripe do 100 Goat or Sheep per p. Sweet Bread p a j r Leg of Mutton I}, do 5Q Kidney pa
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    • 22 10 T Pitman’s Shorthand Rapid joB (New Era Edition? Complete t< q with supplementary Exercise? or »3/30 post free, Pinang Gazette Press Liu.,
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  • 186 11 LANGUAGES AND SCIENCE INSTEAD OF CLASSICS. Eton is now taking itself much more seriously than when I was a boy here nearly 50 years ago. This is the opinion of Mr. L. S. R. Byrne, for 35 years assis-tant-master at Eton, who is retiring shortly. “In my days
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  • 173 11 TWENTY MILLIONS FOR WINTER SCHEMES. A White Paper issued by the Ministry of Labour dealing with, the present Government’s steps to relieve unemployment, states that the Unemployment Grants Committee, who began work in December 1920, were authorised to pay grants to a limit of £3,256,636. By February
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  • 114 11 Sir Kingsley Wood (C., Woolwich) asked the Minister of Health whether his attention had been called to the dangers arising from the unrestricted sales of certain patent medicines; that their manufacturers are not compelled t-o disclose the composition of the product bearing their labels or prevented from advertising
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  • 90 11 SOCIALIST WHO WANTED GERMANS TO HAVE IT. The Hull Corporation Tramways Committee accepted the tender of a Middlesbrough firm for 1,500 tons of tramway rails at £ll 14s. 6d. per ton. A German firm submitted a tender for £9 9s. 6d. per ton, or £3,000 less,
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  • 92 11 American lawyers who visited Brasenose College, Oxford, were surprised to find that when Lawrence Washington, great-great-grandfather of the first President of the United States of America, left the college—he “went down” in 1633 —he also left a debt of 17s. lOd. for battels” —bread and beer. The
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    • 22 11 Planters’ Medical Guide by Dr. E. N Graham. npr boo’- or #3/30 post tree. stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press. Ltd. Penang.
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