Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 6 October 1919

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 230. VOL. LXXVII. MONDAY, 6th OCTOBER, 1919. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 657 1 pNIKKO”! MODERN ART I PMOiO GRAPHIC SI (JDIO 21. Penang Road. ip 'Phoae 579. INSURANCE. THE LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION. W W >TTT M /J I I I(J |\l IJ /Vl I “COMPASS” BRAND. J current rates. ltd., J n|it,dxj r c c >c cm lIT (lDcorpQra<e<i a. England). TH CinPAIWnnn
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    • 37 1 UP-TO-DATE PRINTING of every description undertaken, from a visiting card to the largest I size poster, by I The Pinaag Gazette Press, Ltd. 1 with care and promptitude. Estimates given free and artistic h display guaranteed. 1
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  • 626 2 BRITISH AGENTS’ STORIES. The Press Association has received from an official source the following details of Bolshevik rule. Every statement, ib is claimed, “is only issued after careful and minute verification by agents of the British Government.” The official introduction to the account is as follows
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  • 234 2 Ib is gratifying to find from a statement prepared by the Sani ary Commissioner with the Government of India that so far from there being any indication of increased virulence of influenza there is a tendency to abatement. In Bengal, the disease is definitely reported to be
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    • 1754 2 POSITIONS VACANT. NOTICES. MEALIE MEAL. A fresh consignment of Mealie Meal Thoroughly Experienced Planter wanted Take Notice that we have admitted arr ve {rom gupplieg to act as Manager of Estate in Perak for Mi c b ae l B. Lynch, Barrister at Law, cftn nQW obtainable from the Secretary,
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    • 899 2 GRANDPRIX MW ZS- lII# W The World's DentifricerJ LONDON Tmlh I V L/llh J This is your guarantee y -Ji that Sanatogen will j benefit your health J f What stronger guarantee can you A desire than the unanimous verdict of the cleverest physicians in the world Such f ft.
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  • WORLD OF SPORT.
    • 713 3 [Fbom Oub Own Correspondent.] London, September 4. Yorkshire have won the cricket championship. They would have been entitled to the honour even if they had not finished at the head of the table of records, They took all the risks in engaging in twice as many matches
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    • 902 3 The football season started with a snap. There were several surprise?, writas Mr B J Evans. London is represented in the First Division by Chelsea and the Arsenal. The Pensioners have ever had an expensive team but the policy of cornering the stars has not always led
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 329 3 B ORANGE GROWING in SOUTH AFRICA. SEE THIS EXCEPTIONALLY INTERESTING FILM AT THE S GLOBE BIOSCOPE, PENANG ON MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHTS, OCTOBER 13th, 14th and 15th, 1919. Filmed by African Film Productions Ltd., and shown by special arrangement with MIDDLE EAST FILMS g LIMITED, SINGAPORE. g DEPICTING A
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    • 127 3 DON’T BE IN THE DARK. About the most marvellous cure for Rheumatic pain that the world has ever known. Don’t go on experimenting with worthless ointments, blood purifiers and kindred nostrums when the small sum of Re. 1 will bring you substantial proof that LITTLE’S ORIENTAL BALM WILL CURE RHEUMATISM.
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    • 48 3 lll !(llllllllllllllllIllll, li,,ll,,llllll!llll,lll, I JOHNSON’S BLACK-lAK. s g f I* 3 Renews motor car hoods and side j ĕ f-T?- curtains. Is permanent and makes hoods and curtains Waterproof. S I Obtainable throughout the S. S. and F. M. S. I Si k. tee Sflnjco., n pX s
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 465 3 t Under the Patronage and in the Presence of w I THE HON. THE RESIDENT COUNCILLOR. H Oct. 10th FRIDAY 10th Oct. AT TH E E I B TOWN HALL, PENANG, i FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY R IN AID OF M St. GEORGE'S GIRLS' HOME H THE PENANG AMATEUR DRAMATIC
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  • 1355 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr F J Bryant is on his way back to Ipob. Mr A Black, Ipob, is leaving for Sydney, NSW, shortly. Mrs H Huntsman and infant are leaving for Home shortly. Mrs Loke Yew and Miss Chow Kit are on a visit to Singapore. Mr Pope Arridge arrived
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  • 52 4 [From Our Own Cobrespondint.] Singapore, October 6. The London 'correspondent of the “Fi‘ e e Press”- states that in response to an enquiry as to the prospect of the battleship Malaya coming to the East, he was informed that the Loads Commissioners of the Admiralty have the question
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  • 21 4 [>bom Our Own Corrbspondint.] Singapore, October 6. A Gazette Extraordinary announces the cancellation of the passage control regulaitiofiflg
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  • 1827 4 STANDLEY—PERKINS. A very pretty wedding took place in St. George’s Church, Penang, on Saturday afternoon, the uniting couple being Mr Lawrence Edward Standley, Manager, Tampin Linggi Estates, Rantau, Negri Sembilan, second son of Mr and Mrs Edward Standley, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, and Miss Maude Esther (Maidie) elder daughter
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  • 96 4 LAND GRANTS. [To the Editor of thb ‘‘Penang Gazette.,”] Sir, —With reference to the grant of land by F.M.S. to ex-officers and men of His Majesty’s Services, might I suggest that the Government of the F.M.S. be approached with regard to procuring new seed (Hevea Braziliensis) from Brazil. Under
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  • 80 4 The Deputy Controller of Labour, Penang, informs us that recruiting has now been resumed in Madras Presidency, generally except in the following Taluqs which are stjll closed owing to the prevalence of disease: Wandewash, Cheyyar, Polur, Tiruvannamalai Taluqs of North District. Punganoor and Tirupathi Taluqs of
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  • 226 4 ENTRIES AND HANDICAPS. [Fbom Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, October 5. The following are the entries and the weights for the opening day of the Singapore Sporting Club’s Autumn Meeting, There is a record entry of 62 horses. Race 1 (Scurry). May 9.7, Noel 9.4, Bukit Depot 8.6, Ann
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  • 99 4 Rangoon, September 25.—Information has been received by a local firm that the balance of the stock of rice in Bombay at present is only 23,601 tons and that a further 30,000 tone, will be required at the end of October. This will, it is thought, be
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  • 44 4 With reference to the proposed Aeroplane Flight by Messrs. Rigby and Bryce from London to Australia we are informed by the local Manager of the Borneo Company that the flight has been abandoned as conditions were found to be quite impracticable.
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  • 136 4 Australian competitors in the flight to Australia are greatly disheartened by the apathy of the Imperial air authorities to assist the venture. The latter decline to allow the avaiators to fly over foreign countries. It has been ascertained, cays a cable from Lon-* don. that the
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  • 272 4 New. Books* The following books have been j at the Library; The Story of the Scottish Church, the Earliest; Times, by Niniau liifl, 4 The Journal of a Disappointed Mau W* N. P. BarbeUion* f What is the Kingdom of Heaven?, A. Glutton. Brock. l Conscience, Creeds and
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  • 158 4 The Choleka Outbreaks. A special meeting of the Indian Immigration Committee was held at KuaU Lumpur on October Ist. There were present; —The acting Controller of Labuui (Mr. E. W. E. Gilman), Chairman, Director of Public Works (Mr. R. O. N. Anderson), Mr. F. G. Harvey, ir’bk Mr.
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  • 196 4 The following further letter, dated Sept* 30th, from, the F. M. S. Government on tha subject of the proposed Kuala Lumpur-Ipoln Penang telephone line has been received by the F. M. S. Chamber of Commerce: "I am directed to acknowledge receipt :f your letter dated 23rd September,
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  • 176 4 “T.O-M.”- As the outcome of the public meeting, held in Ipoh on September 25 to c ii-i h 1 the question of making representations the Government in regard to the flo ding of the town, the deputation then appointed were received by the Resident Perak, Mr. W.
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    • 229 4 IS THIS YOU? Some people live in aji eternal gloom. They believe themselves to be the object of all the vexations that beset mankind. Petty grievances and trivial troubles rasp and irritate beyond endurance. They magnify little annoyances that would pass by other people, with stronger nerves, unnoticed. t\.dmit thaft
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  • 1341 5 LABOUR AND FOOD. general meeting of the Liu Selangor Dis- ct Planters' Association was held at th© Rest jluuse, Kuala Kubu, on Tuesday. Mr. G. C. j-,.ley presided, and there were also present v sc r< F. W. Carey, M. D. Fallon, C. 11. A. Huxtable, J.
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  • 244 5 The following are additional rubber outputs for September Ayer Hitam 42,598 Anglo-Malay 151,650 Asiatic Industries 18,915 Beverlac 16,100 Blackwater 7,284 Bikam 35,500 Broome 49,308 Bukit Cloh 34,000 Bukit Selangor 29,030 Bahru Selangor 13,500 Batak Rabit 36,000 Bagan Serai 31,000 Bernarn Perak 28,000 Consolidated 70,002 Central Kelantan 16,299 Consolidated
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  • 672 5 Messrs. Sime Darby and Co., Ltd., report on the rubber market during the month of September as follows: London prices during the month for Fine Ribbed Smoked Sheet and Fine Pale Crepe were as follows: On the Ist September Rubber 2/0£ market steady but quiet. On
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  • 158 5 Penang, October 6, 1919. S. P. Tapioca No. 2 sl4.oo—nominal M. P. Tapioca $14.50 —nominal Gold leaf 572 sellers. Pepper (W. Coast 3 Ibe. 5 oz) sl6| buyer?. Black Pepper 525 nom. White Pepper $65 sellers. Trang Pepper nominal Mace 590 nom. Mace Pickings 550 sellers. Cloves 570 sellers.
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  • 975 5 NAMES. I J |.i i £1 RUBBER (Dollar.) Bc. Sc. J o. Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 4.15 4.25 Amalgamated Malay Estates 3.1 C 3.4 C Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicat< 15,5 16.(X Ayer Kuning Rubber Estates L-t 1.35 Ayer Molek Rubber Co. 2.75 2.9 C Ayer Panas Rubber Estates 13.GC
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    • 29 5 WATERMAN’S FOUNTAIN PENS. Gold Mounted $10.50 each. STERLING SILVER CIGARETTE-CASES. Plain, Heavy, 3 x 3i, 3| x 3i. $3O, and $32.50. N. D. DE SILVA, 74, Bishop Street, Penang.
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    • 202 5 PAIGE MOTOR CARS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CAR IN AMERICA. A Small Shipment Just Arrived MODEL LINWOOD. 6-cyl„ 39 h. p. Magneto Ignition MODEL ESSEX 6-cyl., 55 h. p. wi Wheels. NOW ON VIEW AT CYCLE AND CARRIAGE COMPANY, LIMITED, 27, BEACH STREET. nnnanHnnnHHMHHHHaHQHnnnaHHHnnu WHEAT CRAIN j S g AND g
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  • 58 6 Standley—Perkins. —At George’:» Church, Penang, on the 4th October, by the Rev. Keppel Garnier Lawrence Ed ward Standley, Manager, Tampin Linggi Estates, Rantau, Negri Sembilan, second son of Mr. Edward Standley and Mrs. StandJpy, Raijtau, Walton-on-lhe Naze, Essex, to Maude Esther (Maidie), elder daughter of Captain S. R. Perkins
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  • 1131 6 The deciding factor in the industrial batHe at Home, as we ventured to emphasise when the news of the great strike of railwaymen was first cabled out, will be the voice of public opinion and it will be seen from the latest wires published elsewhere
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  • 1080 6 An Iconoclast in India,” published by Messrs Butterworth and Impressions of Co. Lid Weott», .t Bl Penang. 4 nett, is the diary of a war voyage and a series of random articles from the pen of Mr O Mallanby Gordon. The author was delighted with Penang, which,
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  • 33 6 Tin was quoted in London on Oct 2nd at £275 spot, and £277 three months. Tin was quoted in London on Oct 3rd at £276 os. spot, and £278 three months.
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  • 46 6 The output of Tongkah Harbour Tin Deed* ging Co., N. L. from 28th September to 4th October 1919 (being one week) was 31 tons. The output of the Kalumpang Tin, No Liability, for September is as follows:—hourrun 571, yards treated 64,400, output piculs 445.35.
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  • 345 6 RICE SHORTAGE. [From a Correspondent.] Butterwoitb, October 4, The rice shortage in Bukit Mertajam, Machang Bubo, Kubang Semang and other outlying villages felt from Monday continued till Friday, when about 72 bags arrived, but these supplies were cleared cut in less than a couple of hours. At Alma,
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  • 186 6 Intruder Disturbed. There was another burglary early this morning at the residence of Mr H S Russell of Messrs Sime, Darby and Co, Cromdale, Johore Road, Dato Kramaf, intruder getting away with jewellery to the value of $3OO to $4OO. Possibly he wou’d have had a bigger haul
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 164 6 I Fort-Reviver I THE WONDERFUL NON* ALCOHOLIC STIMULANT. j J Jsriqueur ‘taonie.” j S It is a combination of pure fruit juices H re-inforced with nerve foods such as Glycero Phosphates, Lecithin and Organic Phosphates H of the Nuclein Group. Stocked in I Quarts and f SOLE AGENTS: 1 1
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    • 24 6 THE CRAG HOTEL, PENANG HILLS. The Sanatorium of the Straits Settlements. Completely Renovated. Bungalows for families, alsojsingle and double rooms. Laundry on the Premises.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 43 6 THE TIDES. The following are ths tides for To-day, aad To-inorruw, Ptnat.g S.auduid Times:— (High Water, Low Water. To-day. 9,52 a.m. 4 01 am. I i. 33 p.m. 420 p.m. To MORROW. 10.39 a.m. 4 58 a.m. II 09 p.m. 5 03 p.m.
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  • 73 6 DEATHS. Tan Kim Choon. —On October 2. at No. 24, Grajig Road, Singapore, Tian Kim Choon, aged 65 years. Ward. —On tlpe 19th Sept-, at sea, on the voyage home, Alan, the dearly loved infant son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Ward, The Residency, Kuching Sarawak’. Mary Anne Van
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  • 2606 7 A DEADLOCK. GOVERNMENT APPEALS FOR CITIZEN GUARDS [IIZUTZB’B TISLIGMAMB.] London, October 3. The Government has appealed for a citizen army to meet the crisis. The Vehicle Workers. London, October 3. The Fxecu'ive of the Vehicle Workers Union discussed the situation at midnight ft n 1 afterwards announced that
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  • 339 7 In a letter addressed on August 26th by Mr J T Brownlie, Chairman of the Executive Council of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, to Mr C Bowerman, M P, secretary of the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress, the writer refers to the
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  • 25 7 Amsterdam, October 2. The operative bakers at Amsterdam struck, demanding a 45 hour wetk and a minimum wage of 35 florins weekly.
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  • 55 7 THE POLES AND DENIKIN. [Eium’l TnuauaiO.] London, October 3. A Polish Military Mission has arrived at Denikin’s Headquarters at Taganrog, with the object of forming a Polish Alliance with Denikin. Dvinsk Occupied. Polish troops, supported by tanks, occupied Dvinsk, on the south bank of the Dvina, taking 700
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  • 51 7 Paris, October 2, The Supreme Council decided to invite Holland to consent to modification of the Mannheim Convention, involved by Article 354 of the peace treaty. Holland is also invited to negotiate with all the Powers represented on the Allied Rhine Commission, with the addition of
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  • 91 7 A GRAVE ILLNESS. Washington, October 3. President Wilson’s physician summoned a nerve specialist for a consultation. Though this is announced as merely a precautionary measure, and the President’s condition is described as not alarming, last evening’s bulletin says President Wilson is a very sick man.” Washington, October 3,
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  • 105 7 DISASTROUS HAILSTORM. Madrid, October 3. The floods in Spain have been most disastrous. Hailstones smashed in the roofs of houses at Alicante, and are lying five feet deep inside, while all trees, and public squares, streets, bridges and railways have been washed away. A school collapsed
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  • 241 7 London, October 2. Silver is at 64|J spot and 62|d forward. The maiket is steady. London, October 3. Silver is at 63d spot and 62 l/2d forward, with American selling and a steady market. London, October 4. Silver is at 64d spot and forward. The market is firmer. The
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  • 15 7 New York, October 3. Gold worth $230,000 has left England for Hongkong.
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  • 303 7 —Havas. THE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE. Paris, October I.—ln the French Chamber of Deputies, yesterday, M. Clemenceau again bad bis way in the matter of the proposed addition to the Treaty of Versailles, providing for more effective disarmament of Germany, on a question of adjournment of the discussion
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  • 326 7 A man who was arrested at Spandau confessed to an appalling number of crimes. He had consulted a surgeon for the purpose of removing a fore’gn body from his back—the result of an explosion, be said. The foreign body was a bullet, and the doctor communicated with
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  • 232 7 Hun Mines in firth or forth. How the Germans made a bold bid during the latter part of the war to bottle up the Grand Fleet in tho Firth of Forth may now be told. The scheme was to b'oek tho entrance to the Firth with a big
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  • 277 8 Reuter’s Agency has received details of the report drawn up by a French Officer employed in an official French capacity in South Russia, giving what are stated to be authentic circumstances of the murder of the Tsar and the Russian Royal Family. The report is oased
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  • 304 8 News of Outbreak in India Suppressed The secret of the cholera outbreak, which hampered the British campaign against the Afghans, was divulged in an official publication giving the correspondence between the Secretary of State for India and the Viceroy on the subject. News of the outbreak was purposely
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  • 155 8 New York, August 30. According to the New York “Tribune” Mr Cornelias Vanderbilt, junior, son of Brigadier-General Cornelius Vanderbilt, has turned his back on the season at Newport, the summer resort, and gone to work as a cub’’ reporter on the staff of the New York “Herald This
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  • 112 8 Washington, September 17.—The wiping cut of volunteers and the conscription of all men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, au-horised by Congressional enactment, to begin automatically on the declaration of war without further congressional action is the plan now being considered by the War Department,
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 221 8 Underwood. I STANDARD j Cppewriters > a H TAe AfacAine You 2 i S i will E ven tua lly Buy I a e S D g a 1 PATERSON, SIMONS Co., LIMITED. J ■1 o .J (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) S 1 PENANG. SINGAPORE <£ KUALA LUMPUR. I AGENTS. E
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  • 170 9 Yesterday’s Arrival?. Thye Oe, Eusoff, 23, Bagan Serai, Eastern Shipping Co, general. Kwong Tong, Sabat, 20, Sungei Lalang, Thye Hong Chan, general. Sappho, Scott, 329, Teluk Anson, Adamson Gilfillan Co., general. Star of Calcutta, Bawa Sahib, 353*57, K Pachee Co, general, Cardiganshire, 5.993, Warner, London, Boustead Co, general.
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  • 66 9 The Ambulance Transport Egypt arrived at London on the Ist instant, in time for the strike. The Tydeu’s with many people from Malaya on board, was expected to reach England on September 24th or 25th. The Prinzassin will leave Singapore for London about the 28th instant, under the
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  • 275 9 DAILY (except Sunday) Federated Malay States,■) By train 7.15 a.m Malacca, Johore, Singa-> also at 6 p.m pore and Hongkong— J O n Saturdays Kuala Kubu, Kuala ■> Lumpur and Seremban JBy train 10 a.m, Parit Buntar, Bagan 1 Serai, and Taiping jlO a.m. 3.45 p.m Ipoh,
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  • 36 9 The homeward mail A ”by the Fazilka closes at 10 a.m. on Thursday. The B I packet Tara, with the mails from Europe, is expected to arrive here on Wednesday morning, the Bth instant.
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  • 76 9 Peking, September 14.—Considerable interest is being displayed in Peking in the fact that the Ministry of the Navy is proposing to purchase one hundred Italian submarines at the price of thirty million francs. Several Allied Ministers, it is reported, have ad-' dressed official communications to the Waichi-:
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  • 93 9 The following are the latest quota’ions in Messrs, Kennedy Co.’s share list: Friday. To-day to g ce SHARES. -2 a "3 a "3 SQ iZ2 22 X! Minin*. c. c. c. Sc. Asam K 35/- 36/Kinta A. Ord. 10.00 10.50 9.50 10.00 North T. 1.55 160 160
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  • 55 9 No Support From R. G. A. A London cable to the “Times of Ceylon” dated September 18th states The Council of the Rubber Growers’ Association has decided not to support the proposed 1920 International Rubber Exhibition, holding the view that circumstances do not warrant the homing of an
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  • 238 9 In the course of the preliminary enquiry which was commenced before Mr. Bull in the second court at Singapore Court inspector Bourne prosecuting, into the charge of taking part in a gang robbery, preferred against a Chinese, the story of a daring affair, which occurred rather early
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  • 214 9 The directors of Central Motors, Limited, in their report for the year ended June 30, 1919, state The net profit for the period, after making full allowance for depreciation, auditors fee, etc., amounts to 816,338.47. The directors propose that this sum shall be appropriated as follows f
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  • 84 9 Weather permitting, the finials in the “A” Class Single Handicap, and the “A” Class Doublqs will be played rtb-morrow (Tuesday) and Wednesday, the 7th and Bth inst., respectively. On Friday, the 10th inst., the final for the Championship will be played between Messrs. W. H.
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  • 116 9 Penang, October 6 1919 (Py Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank ...2/4 1/4 4 months’ sight Bank ...2/4 5/8 3 Credit ...2/4 27/32 3 Documentary ...2/4 7,8 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs, 1 3 days’ sight Private Bombay Demand Bank I. Moulmein Demand Bank 3 days’sight Private Madras
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 923 9 WE W ADVERTISEMENT*. s> inang gazette POSITION VACANT. RATES FOR Shipping Clerk Wanted (Chinese pre- Aslal advertisements. ferred.) Must have thorough knowledge of handling transhipment and other cargoes. State experience and Jsalary expected, FOB SALE T q LET, SITUATIONS Annlv Box No. 304, c/o Pinang Gazette. VACANT, ETC. RUBBER Minimum
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    • 121 9 PRITCHARD C? Lp (INCORPORATED IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.) GENTLEMEN’S Outfitting Department. RAINCOATS. Burberry Raincoats Price $B5 Overcoats $65 Talma Raincoats Price $67.50 Ripon $50.00 Regulation Infantry -ffiMR-'y Waterproof Coats <il£ »IH in Fawn and Black $50.00 L Raincoats Price $3O nett Motor Cycle Suits Price $5O nett inn uft RAIN
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  • NEWS FROM INDIA.
    • 153 10 Question of Mail Transport. Simla, September '24,—lt is understood that active steps are now being taken by, Go\eminent in connection with the development of civil aviation in India. Maintenance centres at Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Karachi, Delhi, Nagpur and Rangoon would probably meet the probable routes in India
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    • 127 10 Huge Deficit in Crops. Simla. September 24.—Figures published by the Department of Statistics strikingly reveal the marked effect of the failure of last year’s monsoon and the deficiency of the winter rains upon Indian crops. Of rice the total production was less by miilion tons or 35
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    • 115 10 London,September 23. —In a letter to the “Times” in connection with the controversy in that journal regarding the exchange of pulpits, the Bishop of Bombay describes the recent united services in Bombay and suggests that the experiments in Bombay embody the principles which might
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    • 139 10 Madras. September 25.—The “Madras Mail” writes Our London correspondent having forwarded to Lord Pentland our suggestions with regard to keeping alive the memory of the war in the Madras War Memorial has received an interesting reply. His lordship notes with approval file proposal to establish a head
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    • 76 10 Daring Attack on Merchant. Calcutta, September 24,—A daring daylight robbery took place on Monday forenon in a public thoroughfare of Calcutta. A cloth merchant boarded a Harrison road tram car with sixteen Hundred rupees secured in his waist clothes. When the car arrived near Marwari hospital
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    • 74 10 Calcutta, September 20.—Miss Coombes, who is at present undergoing a month’s rigorous imprisonment in the Presidency Jail, is reported to have gone on a hunger strike and has been doing so practically from the date of her conviction on the 17th instant. Miss Coombes, it will be
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    • 71 10 Lahore, September 19.—An aeroplane of a type not hitherto seen in India made a successful flight over Lahore yesterday carrying two passengers. The machine reached a height of 17,500 feet in ninety minutes but was prevented from ascertaining its “ceiling” by the failing of light. This creates
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  • 36 10 Oct 10.—P.C.C. Tennis ’Championship (Final). Oct 10—Temerloh Estate, Ltd, Meeting, 9 Beach Street, noon. Oct 17.—Lodge Kriao, Pant .Buntar, Regular Meeting, 6-30 p m, Oct 19.—Penang Swimming Club, Championship and Sealed Handicap (440 yds).
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 373 10 fl c n TRIAL ORDERS BIG OR SMALL ARE CORDIALLY p 0 INVITED FOR OUR SPECIALITIES H n D tZ wit We undertake to build or repair q WOOOvll Launches, Boats, Lighters, Pontoons, n Barges and all other Wooden Crafts n Q wlllf*"U\BllUIi£0 according to plans and Specifications. Q m
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    • 455 10 A GREAT TONIC IRON JELLOIDS. yT g A Great Observer Luigi Gaioani. V Galvani in 1791, teas preparing soup of frogs f OT is an d in see k ins cause °f a tivitch of their -muscles, he was led to the great discovery of producing electricity by chemical RBbHX
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  • 1543 11 lIS ABC EXPLAINED. Problems of exchange are in these times almost a common-place of daily conversation, writes Mr Hartley Withers, late Editor of the Economist” and formerly Financial correspondent of The Times’ 1 on September 1, They bulk large in political speeches and they are to form the basis
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  • 485 11 The following is a translation of a letter sent to the Officer Commanding the Combi- ned Labour Corps Depot, Jubbulpore, by a Naik of the Jubbulpore Combined Labour Corps Depot who was sent to England with the Indian contingent. (Peace Celebration.) Master full of kindness and
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 522 11 .iiadQ 1 WMlfy |l £ADY <T*h« has brought her sick friend a bottle of Wincarnis*} Now, dear, be sure you take a wineglassful three times a day. You will be delighted to find how quickly it will give you new health. lam an enthusiast about Wincarnis,* because I have proved
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    • 376 11 1 1814 1914 i 2 JOHN C I HADDON I X AND CO. K B Export and Import K K Agents j K For ONE HUNDRED YEARS in 2 j| the CITY OF LONDON we have K acted as Buying and Selling Agents for Traders,Storekeepers, W Growers of Colonial Produce.
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