Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 October 1925

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 239. VOL. LXXXIII. FRIDAY, 16th OCTOBER, 1925. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 776 1 tokisatsu, photographic art studio ’Phone 772. 68, BISHOP STREET. NOTICE. I v Z A IWjWßirtMßu 1 wawwilOliMW The Manufacture of the Good Mhxwell has been discon- A f tinued. The Chrysler Motor Company has acquired the Maxwell r TTlf* Mlinar wMk\ V ZuuuX f factory and in consequence the FOUR
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    • 13 1 THE Eastern Optical Co., (PENANG DIVISION) 188, PENANG ROAD, PENANG Head Office SINGAPORE.
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  • 613 2 TURKISH PROTEST. “‘The Times” observes in a leading article At yesterday’s meeting of the League Council at Geneva it unexpectedly became known that the debate on the Mosul question had been postponed at the request of the Turkish Government. Our Special Correspondent says that it is
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  • 75 2 GERMAN ENGINEER’S CLAIM. ,That collision between locomotives is impossible in the future is the claim of a German engineer, Heinz Horst, who has patented a new anti-collision device foi attachment to railway locomotives. A magneto is built into the rails near the signal box. When the train is
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1215 2 TENDERS INVITED. 3 RVH-S OF SUBSCRIPTION; Government of K«hhT~ hx hi.imu free town delivery or lii |||l .-< postage. iij. Tenders are invited for the undermen- ’w 111 PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. tioned Works: K it 1. Erection of Government Offices. <$ > H aycar SungeiPatani; fM I t Local $36
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    • 17 2 Bud’s Cakes Confectionery <4 Recommended FOR Quality and Purity.” ALL KINDS OBTAINABLE AT Pritchard Co., Ltd., PENANG.
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    • 168 2 J lOTwri i/li\ a iW®\\ V| -U 1 W kt QC 2 1a ~L-J Mistress Mary, Quite contrary, Why does your house shine so Its tables, chairs, Its floors and stairs Are RONUKED,’ Sir, you know.” FURNITURE CREAM The Brightest Shine in the Shortest Time!' Sold Everywhere. Ask also for
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  • 1033 3 WASP'S AND BUTTETFLIES. All across Europe autumn hits its ban ners birches flame in Norwegian spruce forests like the boughs in English elmtops, bilberry bushes turn scarlet against Alpine snows, and beech-thickets burn red Upon the hills of Italy, says a “Times correspondent. Snow falls on the
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  • 156 3 GERMAN EXPERIMENTS. Professor Miethe and Dr. Stainmreich, oi the Technical High School Charlotten burg, announced last July that they had succeeded in converting quicksilver into gold, thus realising the age-long dream of alchemists. Since Professor Miethe’s announcement a group of scientists of Berlin University, not satisfied with
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  • 151 3 EMBITTERED AGAINST HUMAN RACE. Wasps, bugs gnats midges and all pestiferous insects have behaved with unprecedented insolence this summer, and they have now claimed so distinguished a victim as Lord Oxford. There eertainlv seems to have been an unusual mimber of i tore or less serious cases
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  • 139 3 ONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM THE KING AND QUEEN. Before Earl Jellicoe opened the Southampton Harbour Board offices on September 8, he called on his aunt. Miss Catherine Jane Jellicoe, to convey his congratulations to Jier on attaining het 104th birthday. Miss Jellicoe regarded the visit as a great
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  • 147 3 Oct. 17—Football, Crescent v. D. Aihsan Dato Krainat Padang. 18 —Penang Swimming Club “A” Class 220 yards Handicap and “B” Class 100 yards Handicap. 19 —Hockey League, P. S. A. A. v. P. 8. Penang Free School Ground. 19 —Hockey League, P. C. C. v. B. Co. Vol:
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 213 3 -T r PRITCHARD Co., I LIMITED. >' i ‘I 1 Have pleasure in announcing the arrival <• of a choice selection |w li I OF I; i Floral and Shaded S: Georgettes d ii In all the latest colourings [j 11 Crepe de Chine J Georgette Scarfs 1 I! A
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    • 345 3 Serve your With cream that has the delidoua k 1Q C fragrance and flavour of the pure rich C/kJ [r J milk of world famous Devonshire and which is SAFE. Locally pro- duced cream is generally served unboiled, and because of the impurities it contains it is UNSAFE. NESTLE’S CREAM
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    • 344 4 F" $lO,OOO IN PRIZES I 7 OFFERED BY THE j finiutg (gajrttc IN A GIGANTIC j I POPULARITY VOTING CAMPAIGN i (CAMPAIGN OPENS AUGUST 29 AND CLOSES OCTOBER 27. J num rr ~r~ ~?|i OVERLAND K GIVEN free. DE-LUXE —«ad _—l K fIW/GRAND j PRIZES. j $3,500 CHRYSLER-SIX kjk WM
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    • 1433 5 If® MMM ©SETT®* I OFFERS I 3 MAGNIFICENT CARS AND A HOST OF PRIZES. f «.x-a— ,l. S()ME Qp THE p R J ZES $l5O ORDER I ta I No 1 AUTOGRAPHIC \VV- L nn S Ile $3,500 Chrysler six Touring car completely equipped, purchased gg I v*• rOlv g
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  • 1141 6 The End of Mismanagement STRAITS SETTLEMENTS A CROWN COLONY. (By Bookworm). [We publish the following account of the actual teasons which led finally to the transfet of the Straits Government from the British Bast India Company to the Crown, at the request of one of ■our
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  • 304 6 FINDINGS OF COURT OF ENQUIRY. The President of the Court of Enquiry into the circumstances of the loss of The Leeds City,” announced the court’s findings on the various questions as follows: —says 'The Straits Times.” Was the Leeds City properly equipped and in a good and
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  • 181 6 The artic e entitled ‘‘The Colour Line,” which appeared in a London Journal on September 3. prod' ced a C“rtain amount of expostulatory correspondence. Ail correspondents are agreed tha the better class of negroes in the Unit'd States do not wish to associate with white people mo
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  • 1059 6 Singapore opinion. There is not a house holder in the whole of Malaya who will not heartily support Mr. A. C. Towers of Ipoh in his renewed agitation for the compulsory registration of servants, an agitation which has been ably supported by the Pinang Gazette, says The
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  • 499 6 VISIT TO ENGLAND A COMPLETE SUCCESS. Negri Sembilan’s welcome to His High ness the Yang di per Tuan Beear on Saturday, on his return from his visit to England, was marked by an impressive demonstration, of gladness and affection. An account supplementing that already published ha
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  • 734 6 The charge of theft of one overcoat, a gold wristlet watch and a ring, preferred against a Chinese, who appeared in the Second Court, before Mr. J. R. Bull, the Second Magistrate at Singapore on Wednesday was strenuously denied, the accused say ing that he went to collect
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  • 77 6 The Rev. Ernest C. Carpenter, pastor of the Federated Church in Essex, Connecticut. told a member of his congregation that the average weekly salary of 'he teachers in whose classes President Coolidge sat, up to the time he entered hiah school, was 15< (j|d. Mr. Carpenter,
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  • 352 6 STRIKE IN bELA\V\\ (From Dutch P aperg) A strike that ori E i„ a a ber 3 among the crew of fl,, t W in Belawan harbour belonei!? 8 Craft Steamship Co. Nederland” L 8 1° tht vclved the native employees of n n and Schumacher. K.
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  • 158 6 We have received the following comparative statement of th° total value of Foreign Merchandise, excluding Parcel Post, imported and exported to ami from British Malaya during 1924 and 1925 from the Singapore Import ant Export Office Imports Increase or 1924 1925 Decrease (in thousands of dollars). Jan.
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  • 62 6 the Messrs. Guthiie and Co. auents inform ns tha 1 dn-y 1 retar ir3 of telegraphic advic- from t n l f r of the United Sua rP P H?t Estates, Ltd., to the effect llia p of the financial year j ;1 n ber next, the
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 191 6 Be Careful What You J Wash You-* Hair With Many soaps, prepared sha upoos uid shampoo powders contain too much free alkali, which is very injurious, as it dries the scalp and makes the hair brittle The best thing to use is Mulsified cocoanut od shampoo, for this is pure
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 50 6 MOON’S PHASES. Oe’nl cr. New Moon, 18'h, at 1 .05 a.m. First Quarter, 25th, at 1.37 a in. November Full Moon. Ist, at 0.16 a in. Last Quarter, Sth, at 10.31 pm. New Moon. 16th, at 1.57 p.m. First Quarter. 23rd, at 9.05 a.m. Full Moon. 30th, at 3.11 p.m.
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  • 1698 7  -  p\GES FROM THE ANCIENTS. BY Father Ronald Knox. \V<‘ were all brought up on proverbs ,nr Hints and nurses. They seemed to have been invented by long generations 'f units and nurses, so pat did they come. p nimbly did they head us off when we
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  • 687 7 When I was young and read nothing but good, wholesome fiction I had a very strict idea of what an international boundary was like. 1 think it was furnished in the first instance by Robert Chambers or E. Phillips Oppenheim or some other expert in international relations. I
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 436 7 Pitman’s Juntos Tylist Book, fl/75 per book or f 2- post free, stocked by the Pinang Gasette Press. Ltd Visit Whiteaway’s for Sound value in Travelling Requisites, W e pLal'y .1.., dllSSllL Ife? Mwjß c A 5 Leather Attache Cases. I >1 Superior quality best English hide 44 H sizes
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    • 35 7 WEFKLY FEA I'IRIS. Golf Harry Vardon. Bridge E. Bergholt. Behind The Scenes. Tennis f^ r8 (Chambers. London Letter) Our Own j Scottish Letter) Correspondents. Women’s Page) London and Paris Frtshb.nHl Paris. Cross-Word Puzzle. P.G’s.” Own
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  • 271 8 We are pleased to see that Singapore opinion, voiced by onr Southern contemporary Thr Malaya Tribune, is in exact accord with public opinion in Penang, in the matter of registration of servants. This long overdue reform must not again be shelved. We had an almost unanimous Press
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  • Behind the Scenes
    • 1631 8 When Mr. Baldwin goes to Balmoral, towards the end of the month, his stay will be longer than that of any Prime Minister who has visited his Sovereign for many years. It is likely to last nearly a week, but not all of the time will
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  • 207 8 PRECAUTION IN HONGKOXG. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October lb. The Free Press Hongkong’s correspondent cables that the Canton River and channel off the Bogue Forts have been mined. Vessels proceedin'’ to Canton have been warned to take special pilots proceeding through the minefield. The action was probably
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  • 100 8 The output of Kam pong Kamunting Tin Dredging Ltd., for the half-mon'h of October 1925, was boors run (two dredges) 503, cubic yards treated 67,000, total piculs 256,36. nett value 122,371.97. No. 1 Dredge lest 66 hours boiler-cleaning and general repairs. The output of Asam Kumbang lin Dredging
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  • 190 8 The homeward mail by thr Elephanta closes at 6 p.m. to-day. It is rumoured that the Marquhrf Londonderry will succeed Lord Dm' as Viceroy of India. The Rt. Hon. (Joseph) Austen Chamberlain, eldest son of the Lit■ Joseph Chamberlain is 63 to-day. Mr. C. L. Harte-Lovelace, of Messrs.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 213 8 ■■■nHDMMMnunn a oni naMWaucaii ■KENSI TAS As 75 5 Good n As EC ents er n n Really «h$ Q-iy ’*«l ti. E MMMEgg Cigarettes nr b. GsSSpJ s» H t>ARo s D D B 5 CIGARETTES B M OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE. D 1 n| TT WHOLESALE ONLY FROM h HUTTENBACH
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    • 36 8 JED. S’ O.” Guest Night and Dancing— Every Tuesday and Friday. Special Tiffin Every Wednesday and Saturday—E. O. Orchestra. Orchestral Concert every other Sunday. Next Concert, 18th October. F Wfl I I Vwv rlßv v- umaimsßia
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
  • 54 8 DEATHS Drummond. —At Home, on the 15th instant. David Drummond, Director. Boustead A Co., Ltd. FERRAO —At the General Hospital, Singapore, at 5.30 pm. on Wednesday last. Joseph Edward Eerrao, Newton Post Office, aged 33 years. OBITUARY. U. S. SENATOR’S DEATH. Indianapolis, October 15. The death is announced of the
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  • 729 9 Reuter. Final Sitting. DIFFICULTIES solved. Locarno, October 15. I' ,r the first time since the Conference M. Srzynski, the Polish Foreign Minister, and M. Benes, the CzechoSlovakian Foreign Minister, participated n the discussions this morning. Signor Mussolini is rushing to Locarno t mot-rear from Milan in an effort
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  • 202 9 Opens At Westminster Hall. BRITISH OUTPUT. London, October 15. There was a large attendance of the public at the first sitting of the Coal Commission at Westminster Hall to-day, including the representatives of the Miners’ Federation and the Mining Association. Mr. Ernest Gowers, Permanent Undersecretary of Mines, stated
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  • 66 9 BOYCOTT OF COMMISSION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Allahabad, October 15. A disreputable campaign is being carried on against the Currency Commission by the extremist press, utterly foolish appeals being made to the country, particularly by bodies representing Indian commercial opinion. The boyco t of the Commission coupled with
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  • 70 9 DISCOVER!’ IN MONGOLIA. Moscow, October 15. The archaeologist. Colonel Kozloff, in a message sent from D dai Gun, Mongolia, where his expedition is working at present, announces the discovery of a tumulus containing tombs of a very remote period; also slabs of covered characters in ancient Mongolian, Tibetan,
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  • 70 9 FIRESTONE COMPANY’S LEASE. New York, October 15. Mr. Harvey Firestone, President of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, announced that he had signed an agreement with the Republic of Liberia by which he had obtained a 99-year lease of a million acres suitable for rubber-grow-ing and a rubber
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  • 48 9 .—Reuter. FRENCH LOSSES. Paris, October 15. Replying to a member of the Finance Commission, M. Painleve slated that the Frei ch losses in the campaign in Syria up to July last were G. 042. He promised to supply figures of the losses up to September 30.
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  • 46 9 —Reuter. ACCESSION TO THRONE. Simla, October 15. At the formal Durbar. Sir John Wood, Resident of Srinagar, on behalf of the British and Indian Governments, conveyed to Sir Hari Singh their formal recognition of his accession to the throne of Jammu and Kashmir.
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  • 199 9 .—Reuter. Suspension of Mayors. SEQUEL TO DEMONSTRATIONS. Paris, October 15. A communist demonstration which took place outside the Bolshevik pavilion of the Decorative Arts Exhibition was forcibly dispersed and forty arrests were made. The communist Mavor >of Saint Denis was suspended for a month for grave dereliction
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  • 41 9 —Reuter. NOMINATION LIST. Melbourne, October IG. The nomination lists show IG4 candidates for 75 seats in the House of Representatives and 50 for the 22 vacancies in the Senate. There are no women candi- dates. Every seat is contested.-
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  • 30 9 —Reuter. EVACUATION COMPLETE. Berlin. October 15. The last French detachment has been withdrawn from the Ruhr, thus marking a complete inter allied military evacua- tion of the region.-
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  • 50 9 In connection with the visit of Tubby Clayton, of Poperinghe far. e to Penang we are asked to state that a meeting will be held at the Town Hall this evening at 7 o’clock. The Hon. the Resident Councillor will preside, and all are cordially invited to attend.
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  • 1117 9 Public Meeting. REGISTRATION REJECTED. Over 150 Chinese attended the public meeting at the Chinese Town Hall yesterday afternoon for the purpose of (1) considering the advisability or otherwise of legislation on Chinese marriages and divorce (2) discussing whether Chinese born in China but domiciled in the Colony shall
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  • 487 9 P. G.” POPULARITY CAMPAIGN. One Day Left for Big Bonus. DATE OF CLOSING. With but one day left of the semi-final period of the Pinang Gazette Popularity Campaign, every contes ant is doing his best to get in every possible subscription before I p.m. to-morrow. The special offer gives 200,000
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  • 153 9 Renter. Use Of Dirigible. FIRST EXPERIMENTS. London, October 15. The first experiments in England with the use of a dirigible as an aeroplane carrier were carried out at Pulham this morning. R 33 left its mooring-mast with a light aeroplane fixed by a special apparatus under the hull
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  • 81 9 .—Renter. PLAN FOR COMBINATION. New York, October 15. Mr. Loree, Chairman of the Kansas City Southern railway Company, has published the plans for a new southwestern Railway svstem combining the Kansas Citv. Southern Missouri, Kansas and Texas and the St. Louis South-Western Railway companies with other possible
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  • 61 9 .—Reuter. RADICAL CONGRESS. Nice, October 15. Half-a-dozen ministers attended the Radical Party Congress at which the main problem is whether the Left Cartel, which was seriously weakened at the last session, should he revived, assuming that the Socialists, who withdrew, will agree to M. Herriot presiding. They favoured
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  • 71 9 OFF TO THE RACES. H. H. the Sultan of Perak and suite travelled in a reserved saloon attached to the midday mail train to Singapore Mis afternoon to attend the race meeting there pays TVic Times of Malaya of yesterday’s date. His Highness is expected to be
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 17 9 On account of the festival of Deepavali an abridged edition of the Pinang Gazette is published to-day.
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    • 82 9 THERE IS A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE RETWEEN BUYING A CAR AND INVESTING IN ONE. Where quality is concerned thousands of people throughout the world have discovered a gilt-edged security of the highest standing in the FIHT The Car of International Imputation. Distributors for Penang, Pernk, P. W. and Kedah. GROSVENOR
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  • 388 10 CAPTAIN WILLCOX ON £2,000 COMMISSION. “I have no grievance in the matter,’ said Captain W. G. M illcox, the organis er of Poppy Day, in an interview on September 7 commenting upon the decision cf the National Executive Council of the British Legion to terminate their
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  • 264 10 BRITISH INFANTRY HEADDRESS. We are returning to the shako as the now headdress for the British infantry, so isoon as the regiments get their full dress uniform (says a special correspondent of the “Morning Post”). Half a century ago our soldiers wore the shako. and that type
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  • 100 10 The anniversary of the Battle of the Marne was commemorated at Meaux on September 6. The ceremonies were presided over by M. Ossola, Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of War, in place of M. Painleve, who is at Geneva. At the village of Neufmoutiers,
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  • 869 10 PUBLIC FINANCES. A commission was recently appointed, with Mr. Liang Shih yi as Chairman, to investigate the present state of public finances in China with a view to their reorganisation on a sound basis. The Commission has published a statement, of which the following is a summary: —'Most
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  • 249 10 The people who live in different countlies and speak different languages have different ways of 'saying “Good-bye.” The Turk will (Solemnly cross his hands upon his breast and make a profound obeisance when he bids you farewell. The genial Jap will take his slipper off as you depart,
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  • 74 10 FORD MOTORS.. Once more the American tax payer, like a goldfish in a bowl, is exposed to the public. The income tax payments for 1924 show l he following; Ford Motors, £3,000,000: J. P. Morgan, £120,000; Douglas Fairbanks, £38,000; Gloria Swanson, £ll,000; Mary Pickford. £7,000; Pola Nagri, £3,(00;
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 18 10 Pn man's Ntw Courbi in Typewriting fl fit) per book, at-ocke.’ by the Pinanj Gaz~tr*i Pre*». Ltd., Tenauag.
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    • 237 10 OVERLAND NO CAR in the Overland price class will stand a critical comparison with Overland for general mechanical excellence or actual road performance. No car at its price offers higher value, better service, greater comfort, nor as much economy, in first cost, as well as operating cost. Throughout all the
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 88 10 MORE Hl MOHRS OF HISTORY. By Arthur moreland No. 150. Richard Asserts Himself. LT PI’M T 1 1 iW W-1,4-r /I i uU/Jinbn sWSuwSaC L wIM oljft flklwii 1' JO i 1 lI.IMjNIWW ra&Biaßa B&-- r :^T 'l “""i J!* b a ne more erbearin and exetuk l a of
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  • 94 11 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Kopah for Belawan (Deli). Teesta for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Malvernian for Colombo, Suez, New. York and Baltimore. Borneo Maru for Colombo and Bombay, Elephanta for Rangoon and Calcutta. The following shipb are in communication with the Wireless Stations at: Penang—Albert Voegler, Amazone, Angers, Bandoeng, Glenamoy,
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  • 403 11 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). BY TRAIN. Federated Malay States, Malacca, Johore arid 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 closeu daily (Sunday excepted) by the 7-30 p.m. train:—Parit
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  • 133 11 I’ ENA NG OCTOBER 16, 1925. (By Couht ;sy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 5/.12 4 months’sight Bank 2/4 l/'-i 3 Credit 2/4 19/32 3 Documentary 2/4 5/7 Calcutta Demand Bank Rsls4i) 3 day’s sight Private 156 I Ec mbay Demand Bank 154| I g Madras
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  • 43 11 The following are un-delivered telegrams for the week ending 16th inst. 1. Hyde Mercantile Bank. 2. .Teamkee. 3. Sanavali Ana Muthia 59 Esdiresu Yock. 4. Sieio 42 Iloktel bee Coffee Shop Golan St. 5. Siio 42 Hoktehbee Cofi’ee Shop Golan St.
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  • 242 11 Beui reti Opium p. 15,000.00 nom. Cloves no stock Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Picking* no stock Nutmegs 80s 125.00 nom. 110 s 110.00 Coconuts per LOO'’ 50.00 nom Copra Sundried 12.05 sales Rattans 11.15 sa les Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shell» 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 508 11 Mary Smith WILL ARRIVE p e .n r< “°n'Frida b s y f£e RUNNYMEDE HOTEL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 19th, W;f.*r Department WITH INEXPENSIVE Coiuiuencing Salary s•>(> per month. Applicants must have passed either the Evening Gowns. s or Junior Cambridge examination. "Applications should he endorsed “Tern- Cotton Frocks, v Clerk and
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    • 79 11 NEW DENTAL OFFICE, Latest Methods—Charges Moderate, Upstairs. EUROPEAN BAKERY. ’Phone 570. 33, Leith Street, Penang, K BOON ENG, Surgical Dentist. 'itman’s Pocket horthand Dictionary. NEW ERA EDITION at $1.50 each. Desk Knife $lOO Jm c a -'3BBBl MRS» ■bil ft E J? r’-b Wii ■j. .> KwW KM RMMTBMt kcJSjSmhbmbiM
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    • 279 11 SIEMENS (SCHUCKERT) ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. Smoothing lions Water Boilers Table Fans Toaste s Pendant Shades Langham Shades Lighting Sets Water Pumps Wiring .Accessories. AGENTS FOR SIEMENS SCHUCKERT WORKS, BERLIN, N. V. STRAITS JAVA TRADING COY., PENANG SINGAPORE. i wu bXa bXd bXa wIL Tk ilk jii Tw jik Tk Tc Ti
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 183 11 THEATRE ROYAL From Thursday 15th —Sunday 18th October. Sailor Maids 1 reel RICH aUD nix ill All’s Fair in Love 5 reels The College Cowboy (JOE BONOMS) HOOT GIBSON in Hook and Ladder 5 reels The House That Jazz Built 6 reels (Wanda Hawley) Charmed Life. (Comedy) Matinee Saturday 17th
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  • 533 12 Charlie (he still prefers that) Chaplin calls his new film, in which he returns to the screen after three years’ absence, “a dramatic comedy.” But you cannot easily label something which, while the logical development of the whole line of his previous product on is
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  • 312 12 HOW THE CLERGY GOT THEIR CLOTHES. Most of ns take the clergyman’s robes more or less for granted, and never trouble to ask where they came from. Many of the robes at present in use date from very’ ancient times. They started as the everyday dress of
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 363 12 I Can you improve a j I BOILED EGG? Try putting I in a few drops of I LEA PERRINS’ t SAUCE Manufacturers of Every Description of estd. 184 T. Surgical India Rubber Goods Syringes, Water Bottles and Beds. Air rf//'/ Cushions, Enemas. Bed Sheetings, Teats, Tubings etc. I Catalogues
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    • 289 12 To all who value 1 Health and Fitness I ENO is invaluable I I The initial cause of much ill health, parfl ticularly in hot climates, is unintentional I neglect of inner cleanliness. If the waste I products of the system are allowed to I accumulate, the body becomes an
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  • 1546 13  -  NO. 2. By W. B. Maxwell. 1 want the day off, said tall, gaunt, elderly Miss Hopkins. She was the resident charwoman at some buildings not far from Lennoxgardens», and she made her demand in a sullen tone as the head porter finished a late breakfast
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 527 13 Baby Sleeps Well and Enjoys his Food now] '.wjm Mothers are saved a world of worrv over JBJ babies feeding difficulties and teething dis* K orders by giving Woodward's Gripe Water KJ f Read 'he experience of Mrs. J. J Connor 118 /f 7. W llard Grove. Liverpool:- My baoy
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    • 79 13 Builds up strength in a trying climate. Hails Wine THE SUPREME TONIC FRPE: A special crystal wineglass given Free with every large size bottle of Hall’s Wine. Of all Stores. THE SOUTH KEDAH TIMBER, TILES POTTERY WORKS le’egram ITT I RM TeleH®* JiTASEKER* IV U L. 1 IVI No. tt.
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    • 292 13 THE NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENT! g j THE FLEX-A-TONE MAKES JAZZ JAZZIER, g It fascinates. Anyone can 1 H learn to play it in a few H minutes. Its tone is a clear r 7 I 7? flute-like singing whistle Different» with entrancing tremolo 3 effects. Effective as a solo RfU
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  • 883 14 FIRST CHURCH IN ENGLAND. Glastonbury, which has just closed a most successful festival season, is surely, if tradition speaks truly, the spot most deserving of reverence in all England, says a “Times” correspondent. Here, as nowhere else in Britain, Christianity has been continuously preached for nearly 1,900 years.
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  • 627 14 Does one sandwich—-and that a meagre one—constitute a meal This was the question decided in the affirmative bv Sir Chartres Biron, chief magistrate at Bow-street The conundrum was put to him by the police, who seem to have the relish of the mediaeval schoolmen for such problems,
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  • 45 14 The forthcoming marriage of Admiral Ernest Gillbe Barton to Miss Eileen Marjorie Rochfort-Boyd is announced. Admiral Barton served with the Nile expedition for the relief of General Gordon at Khartoum, in LSB4. He commanded the North of Ireland Coastguard District until 1919.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 132 14 €S3 exclusive DISPLAY. Messrs. ROBINSON Co *Ml SINGAPORE. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.) OF GOWNS, f MILLINERY, I IYV M SPORTS COATS Mil 411 and gj MOTOR WRAPS. iff iBiW at the iWiUl' E. &O. HOTEL, T From Sat., Oct., 17th to Fri., Oct., 23rd, both dates inclusive. g HOVIS BREAD
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    • 170 14 HAPPINESS AND HEALTH Go Hand In Hand. How Baby’s Own Tablets Keep The Children Cheery and Well. The healthy child is a happy child. You may be sure that if your little one is cross and cries a great deal, refuses its food at the proper times, sleeps badly, frequently
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