Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 4 March 1920

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY ESTABLISHED 1333. No. 52. VOL. LXXVIII. THURSDAY, 4th MARCH, 1920. PRICE IO CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 563 1 jdOW3%k o j®*7jossmt& i x M a h “I B gold Everywhere. Hiijjii HHIHI lIIHIUI HI 111 Illi lIIHI Hi* I bear bbaniTmilk I lx ,c K d i i in 'i i an d Success in Motor Transport, g ~T| y° u can l* ave 1,0 'de* what a
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    • 27 1 ITHe'bESTJAR IN j I I i I I g I sole Agents S.S. a r.M.S. g Ong Sam Leong Co. I uii uiiHiiMuimniutnHiiim nil ini linillllllllM MH
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  • 1180 2 A PARiY WALL CASE. An interesting case with regard to a party wall w.lB heard in the Supreme Court), yesterday, before Mr Justice L M Woodward. The plaintiff is Koh Leap Cheng and the defendent Goh Boon Koh, both well-known residents of Penang. Mr A K A’ B
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  • 334 2 The trouble between employers and labourers in Singapore, says the S F P is far from satisfactorily settled, the general attitude of the men being truculent and there is a strong tendency to a further attempt to secure still more wages. It comes, we fear, from a too
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  • 148 2 Melbourne, January 31.—N0 quotations are available for wheat for export. The Government wheat authorities are taking -.took of the wheat iu hand from the crop that has just been gathered, and the unsold balance of wheat remaining out of the various pools they have been handling daring the
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  • 106 2 Mar 4 —Harmston’s Circus, Dato Kramat Gardens. Mar 4, 5 and 6.—Vai Newman’s Comedy Company, Town Hall, 9-30 pm. Mar 6,—Penang Swimming Club, Carnival, Mar 7,—-PenangAmateur Orchestra Society, Practice and General Meeting, Town Hnll, 11 a.m. Mar B.—Bandman’s Pierrot Pio Company. Mar 11.—St George’s, Meeting, P.C.C., 6 p.m.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 325 2 DAIBUTSU CO., ZVJFW' SHIPMENT JUST UNPACKED! SHADES Silk Lined, Bamboo Work of Various Shapes, Sizes and Colours. Paper Napkins Plain Coloured. 55 Cents Per 100 Sheets. bicycles' Made by the leading British Manufacturers NONOPOLE INVICTA PRINCE BURBURY CAN BE SUPPLIED WITH OR WITHOUT GEAR CASE. Cycle Carriage Co., Ltd. 27,
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    • 251 2 POSITION WANTED, SENIOR ASSISTANT Extensive Experience in open, ing up Rubber and Coconut Land, as well as Tapping, Pest, and Factory Supervision and controlling of large Labour Forces; Solicits offer of appointment to New Clearing or Divisional Superintendshipi through Box No. 88, c/o Pinang Gazette. POSITIONS VACANT. Junior Assistant, British,
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 61 2 HARMSTON’S CIRCUS location .—dato kramat gardens. last two nights. last two nights. GRAND CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. NEW ARTISTES! NEW ACTS!! A PROGRAMME BETTER THAN THE FIRST. TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT I I Dare Devil Raymond PRICES AS USUAL. Book Early at ROBINSON PIANO Co., Ltd. Trams will leave for all parts after
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    • 42 2 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. To=night To=night To=night At $.30 Vai Newman’* Comedy Company. Vai Newman’s Comedy Company. Vai Newmans Comedy CompanyTown Hall Town Hall Town Hall Popular Prices S3, $2 Si. Plan Hf The "Robinson Piano 60., Istd. Change of Programme for Friday Saturday
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    • 100 2 TOWN forfoddmhisoh; HERROT RE S1 8 ’bout Calcutta was dad PIERROT PIE? We S Englishman." gai n-*-"Th e The happy whimsical has made audiences that India laugh. a over Better and bright,; than K The Statesman" (Cal e st Between the Temoest Storm” supplied by the the (“mostly girls B
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  • 519 3 “S.F.P.” AERIAL DERBY COMMISSION, Singapore will be one of the greatest aeronautical distributing points in the world said Major Charles J. Glidden, F. R, G. S o of the United States Army Reserve (Air Service) who durina the war was an ac ive officer building up
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  • 433 3 S.F.P.” In trying to justify the exceedingly high price demanded for rice for Ceylon and the Straits, the Indian Government’s chief argument was that it was necessary to protect the interests of the producer in Burma. It is i. tert s ing to see how the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 1569 3 '"positions vacant. sin poh HOCK CO. TOE F'EQTU’f» fJHOC —undertake to baild new wooden IIC faiß-mViSal-J rahdv wanted 2 Assistant Shipping lighters, junks, sampans, &c., also BfIFMIS SS3 Itiiiiie 1 No. 82, c/o Pinang repair old lighters or any wooden 10 fe'Ut Clerk W y craft, c All orders will
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    • 40 3 PRITCHARD COMPANY, LIMITED, INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. The Rover Motor-Cycle COMPLETE WITH Side-Car t i 5/6 H. P. Twin Cylinder. Illi Rover SMe-cor Beaut if !!>y Upholstered and Finished. A Small Shipment 10 MM. PRITCHARFSI I ARE I SOLE AGENTS.
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  • 38 4 Cherry—At the Maternity Hospital, Singapore, on March 1, 1920, the wife of W T Cherry, Junr, a son. Patterson—On March 1, 1920, at the Maternity Hospital, Sepoy Lines, Singapore, the wife of Vancouver Patterson, of a daughter,
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  • 39 4 Bach—Fletcher—On the 21st Jan, nary at Stoke-on-Trent Parish ChurchJohn Frederick Noel of Taiping, only son of Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Bach of Solehull, Birmingham, to Rua Dorothy, third daughter of Dr. and Mrs. F. J. Fletcher of Stoke-on-Trent".
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  • 1027 4 The Prince of Wale* had a fitting sendofi, on the eve of his starting; on a tour of Australia, New Zealand, India and the West Indian Colonie?, from a gathering of Welshmen assembled at a London banquet on the Ist lost to do honour to their
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  • 53 4 Tuesday’s quotation for refined tin in Penang was $207 per picul, business done; and for unrefined tin $206, tin ore $206 per picul, business done. Yesterday’s quotations for refined tin in Penang was $205 per picul, sellers no buyers; and for unrefined tin s2o3|, tin o#e s2o3} per
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  • 84 4 The output of the Kalunipang Tin, No Liability, for February was piculs 326.68, hours 531, yards 62,790. Dredge stopped 3 days for Chinese New Year holidays. The Secretary, Austral Malay Tin Limited, reports the following returns from its two associated companies for the month of February Kampong Kamunting
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  • 202 4 S.T." London, February 18.—The Food Ministry has decided to pay an extra farthing on the tea aant by locally-controlled Ceylon companies in respect of the 1918 contract. Robinson and Co, Ltd, has been largely oversubscribed. Mr W J Gallagher of the United States Rubber Estates. Sumtra, is
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  • 1079 4 The Rt. Hon. Sir West Ridgeway, who passes through Penang in the Sir West Khiva en route to North Borneo Ridgeway, on a business tour, had a distinguished career in the army before becoming Under-Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department in 1880. He
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  • 195 4 THE UNISSUED CAPITAL [From Oua Own CoaaispoNDtNr Kuala Lumpur, March!, At the meeting of New Serendah r h her Co., Ltd the Hon. Mr. F. Q H arV e w who presided, said the Directors were con sidering the issue of a portion of thj unissued capital
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 386 4 (To m Jkmi fir na "Pduto Sir,—l have been keenly following the rise of the rupee, and at the same time, with very deep regret, the fall of the local dollar, but the recent Post office Express No. ICf, despatched at noon to-day, surpasses ill others. To quote the
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 327 4 Pabco Paints The first and last measure of value in Paint is the service it gives. Pabco Paints are mixed ready for use and are made to withstand the extreme physical and chemical changes common to all tropical countries. They may be used on interiors or exteriors with z equal
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    • 9 4 E. O. TANGO DINNER ON FRIDAY, sth MARCH, 1920.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 39 4 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for To-day ani To-morrow, Penang Standard Times High Water. Low Water. Td-dat. 12.00 m'nt. 6 31 a.m, 12 31 p.m. 6,45 p.m. To* MOBBOW. 12.26 a.m. 7.05 a.m. 1.03 p.m. 7.22 p.m.
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  • 485 5 FRENCH RA IL. M MILLEWkNx [Riuizb’s TkLXGHAMo •"•Havas. Paris, February 27. 1g tho Chamber, M. Milleraud announced t be decision to mobilise sections of the p 4r j s .Lyons-Mediterranean railwaymen and dic&ted that firm measures would be ?r eci to. He was of opinion that the French would be
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  • 36 5 Berlin, February 28. and bills aeain rose on li'Q U 3P n 89tne cases considerably, par- r h Bh Dominions’ securities, A ca being specially favoured. They at C OSO to profit reali-
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  • 35 5 p t London, February 28. a i Q3 t Inman at Thurston’s, tyord L? a ie a break of 870, which is a 11 mioQtu er rev B °d rules. It occupied
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  • 18 5 BEATS IRELAND. 4, j. London, February 28. 19 DoinZ h Scotland beat Ireland 6 1 at Edinburgh.
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  • 289 5 REMIER AND THE PRINCE. [Rsutbb’s Thjgbims.] London, March 1. St. David’s Day was celebrated in London by a banquet at which the Prince of Wales was the principal guest. Mr Lloyd George, who presided, was tremer dously ovated on proposing Wales and her Prince.” The Prime Minister,
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  • 127 5 Tbe Prince of Wales, in responding, said he was very glad that his last public function in the old country before sailing for Australia and New Zealand should have been that dinner. He rallied the Prime Minister on speaking all about him and nothing about Wales.
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  • 140 5 LEADING FEATURES. London, February 28. The text of the Home Rule Bill confirms in the main Mr. Lloyd George’s speech of 22nd December, also the forecast of a clean cut with reference to the Protestant Counties. The Northern Parliament is described as consisting of the Parliamentary Counties
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  • 90 5 THE EVENTS IN CILICIA. London, February 28. The Armenian Patriarchate at Constantinople telegraphs that the French evacuated Marash (Cilicia) on February 9th. On the following day 3,000 Armenians who made the first exit were massacred and 1,500 others succeeded in reaching Islabis, but a, great number were
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  • 45 5 London, February 28. Tbe “Daily Chronicle” says the Government has decided to continue the Food Ministry for five years, also to maintain the bread subsidy at the original figure of fifty millions, placing the excess subsidy on the price or the loaf.
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  • 176 5 RED CAVALRY FORCED BACK. [Ritmca’s Tblbgbams.] London, March 1. The War Office reports that on the 25th February the Bolsheviks advancing on Stavropol were thrown back ten miles. Astride the Tsaritsin-Ekaterinodar rail! way, Red cavalry were forced back with heavy losses. On the east shore of the Black
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  • 403 5 Delhi, February 20.—1 n view of the doubts which are frequently expressed as to the real nature of Bolshevism, the following fetwa passed by the Sheikh-ul-Islam will be read with profound interest by Mussulmans all over the world: Bolshevism is at present engaging the attention of those
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  • 28 5 Wssbington, February 29. On an appeal by President Wilson, the Oklahoma Legislature ratified the amendment to the Federal constitution providing for equal suffrage for both sexes.
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  • 40 5 Washington, February 10. President Wilson has invested Mr Hines, Director of Railroads, with the powers conferred upon the Government by the Railroad Bill. Mr Hines remains Director of Railroads after the return of the Railways to private ownership.
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  • 30 5 Augusta, February 28. The Governor of Maine announced that twenty-six States in co-operation would oppose the Court action initialed by Rhode Island seeking to have prohibition declared unconstitutional,
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  • 46 5 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Dato Kramat Gardens from 5 p.m. to-day 1. Overture The Children of the Mist ...Bishop 2. Polka ...Whistling ...Lawton 3. Selection Madame Favsrt. Offenbach 4. Waltz Idylle ...Waldteufel 5. March City Sights! ...Czibulka
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  • 97 5 “TIMES” MACHINE SMASHED. [Riutxr's Tblxobams.J London, February 28. The Times” Vickers-Vimy flying to the Cape arrived at Tabora at 12-30 on Thursday afternoon, but while continuing the journey from Tabora on Friday, tbe starboard engine cub out when tbe machine had reached flying speed. It was
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  • 37 5 Loudon, February 27. The De Haviland 9, ieutenanta Parrar and Macintosh) left Heluan for Australia, and subsequently made Ramleh (Palestine), whence ib will attempt a daring flight; to Baghdad across the desert of 620 miles.
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  • 142 5 On his return tq Glengarry Plain on February 11, after having adjusted the propeller, .Captain Sir Rose Smith made another trial of his aeroplane, which» rather unexpectedly, responded, and a flight was made over the town about 6.3 Q. Early the next day for* noon another
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  • 291 5 EXCESSIVE PROFITS. London, March 1. The report of the Profiteering SubCommittee on the price of motor fuel is a most interesting document. Ib deciares that the present high prices are due to tbe demand outstripping the supply also to powerful state-», he average cost of the production of
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  • 219 5 REMARKABLE FIGURES. London, March 3. A Board of Inland Revenue memorandum furnishes striking figures estimating the net increase of wealth between 1914 and 1919 ab £4,000,000.000, of which £200,000.000 is estimated to have been made by 280 individuals. It is suggested that the war levy should
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  • 1125 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL. M. M.” Mr and Mrs GR K Mugliston are passengers to Singapore by tbe Khiva, Mr and Mrs J Anderson and child left here for Home on furlough by tbe lyo Mar u Mr. Ketsohker has retired from the position of Manager and Secretary of the “Malay Mail”
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  • 44 5 The ties played on Tuesday and Wednesday resulted as follows Championship—H Waugh beat A K A’B Terrell 9—7, o—6, 6 2. Doubles Handicap Class A— 15 H Waugh and W S Goldie beat—ls 3EG Bird and J R Bennett 6—4, 6—2.
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  • 24 5 New January 31—Scetcber defeated Caddock for the world’s heavyweight wrestling championship to-day. The bout lasted two and a half hours five seconds.
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  • 64 5 There will be a special change of programme at the Empire Theatre to-night owing to the Chinese Chap Goh Meh festival. Two new episodes of The Master Mystery will be shown, and among the other pictures are two which deserve mention. A soul adrift,” a special World
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  • 76 5 Maurice Bandman's Pierrot Pie Co. Judging by the booking, tbe Town Hall will be crowded on Monday next, when the Pierruc Pie Co. will present their first pie to a Penang audience. The company consists of fourteen artistes, headed by Miss Madeline Ros iter, whose singing and dancing has created
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  • 208 5 Loudon, January 31.—The correspondent of the “Daily Express” at The Hague haf interviewed ths ex-German .Crowta PrLndf at Wieringen. The sx-Crown Prince drew attaa*ien to an ornament of polished wood, bearing an inscription showing that it was part of the 10,000 th log which the sxKaiser has
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  • 1773 6 THE PAISLEY ELECTION. [From Our Own Corrbspondbnt.] Edinburgh, February 4. Interest in the Paisley fight is no longer confined to regular politicians. Recent, developments have thoroughly aroused the attention of the general public, and it is the only topic of the day. Wherever one moves mention is sure
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 277 6 Can be used with either hot or cold water. ii WrJX I /***** £6 7W M lIEasMIC SHAVING STICK. Softens the beard soothes the skin. I ERASMIC” PerFumcrs LONDON PARIS. I nut -r,..»—■ w ■HUI MOSQUITOES to. gF Fresh Blood I T j Thattiny wound or cut attracts Mosquitoes, gw
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    • 321 6 I"— -uxip,;-.; .1 fl II lwtC L_x uSbisiwiww w* ,?4 r ■•-.r.K' -i <'ld iy Aly~* r .X F I SimjJoWM'* I The simple and practical way to polish and preserve finished surfaces is to use Johnson’s Prepared Wax with a cloth. You need no brushes, sprays nor mops. Just
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  • 163 7 Bombay, February 24.—The Committee of the Indian Merchants Chamber and Bureau at a meeting held this afternoon pased the following resolution Mr. S. R. Bomanji, a member of the Indian Merchants Chamber and Bureau, has placed the sum of £l,OOO at th* disposal of the Committee of the
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  • 131 7 Bombay, February 17.—Since this morning the tailors employed in different European firms in Bombay as well as those employed in shops at Crawford Market and elsewhere are out on strike. It is stated that they number abtut five thousand and comprise all estates. A strike of this kind
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  • 133 7 Madras, February 23.—The following appears in the “Madras Mail.”— Our Tanjore correspondent writes Mr. K. Athunautha Iyer, Vakil, has authorised me to report to the Press that he has invented a propeller which, he says, will revolutionse means of communication between distant countries. He claims that it
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  • 94 7 Calcutta, February 16.—The police arrested a young European formerly a sergeant of the Calcutta Police and a Peshwari in a house in Serpentine Lane, and recovered tw’o revolvers and a large number of cartridges. This arrest promises to lead to sensational developments. The names of the arrested persons
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  • 187 7 Calcutta, February 20. —Sensational development* are reported in connection with the arrest of a European ex-aergeant of th* Calcutta police and the recovery of anna and ammunition from his possession. It is said that at an identification parade held at Lidl Basar yesterday the ex-sergeant in question
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  • 116 7 Oregaum, February iB.—Shortly after tiuoa to day there was a terrific rock burst, in viie 0,05 U feet level, Kennedyshaft, Nundyaroog Mme, which was attended by disastrous results, but so far without any loss of life. Out of a second mistry and five pairs of coolies working in
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  • 93 7 Madras, February 16,—This morning a cheetah belonging to a circus now performing at St. Thomas Mount, broke loose and found its way into the compound of the Y. W. C. A. and ultimately went into the bathroom of one of the apartmeuts occupied by three
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  • 73 7 Calcutta, February 17.—A curious motor car accident occurred in the Victoria Memorial Road last night. A car driven by an Indian chauffeur collided witii a lamp post and cut it in two. The gas from the lamp port caught fire, igniting the petrol tank of the car
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  • 50 7 Tenders are invited for th* supply of boiled rice for export to Colombo during March as follows 300 tons Long, 1,000 tons Ngatsein, 1,300 tons Cargo, 4,000 tons B. M. S., all 160 lbs. per bag 1,000 tons A Extra, A 1 196 lbs. per bag.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 158 7 [MARTELL’S] [To say that a Brandy is I than MARTELL’S is an empty I I boast; to beat it FOR QUALITY a I I frank impossibility. J SOLE AGENTS: 1 Adamson, Gilfillan Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England) i —mniwwraescnsMMaec a >«s&stfw-«ani ur VINCENT Co. RAILWAY BUILDINGS, PENANG. j a ESTATE
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    • 72 7 unaHnnnnnnannnannannnnnnnnnnnß n 5 DIXON, LTD. S H B a n SEND YOUR ORDERS FOR 5 Soda Water 5 B g and Sweets E a to n DIXON, LTD., q PENANG. H TELEPHONE No. in. D a n anHHtinnßnnriDnrinnnriurmMrrtinnnßDE! KMBBMM mni ■mbmmmikhbmmmbmbmmm M j Kippers, 5 Bloaters, Haddocks, I w J
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    • 392 7 I 1 E *T*HE Firestone study of motoring needs in- eludes help in every Hue of tyre service. The E longest mileage tyres to keep you out of trouble and the most efficient helps if trouble comes. i For instance, note these Holdfast Cementless E Tube Patches, invaluable in emergency
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  • 392 8 The following new books have been received at the Penang Library. Germany 1815-1890, by Sir A William Ward. A Social Life of Scotland in the Eighteenth Century, by Henry G Graham. The Turkish Empire Its Growth and Decay, by Lord Eversley. India’s Nation Builders, by D N Bannerjea.
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  • 231 8 the Eastern Telegraph Co and the Eastern Extension Australasia and China lelegrapti Co announce Huai dividends of ii| per cent., making 10 per cent, tree of income tax, tor the year 1919. This com* pares with 8 per cent lor 1918. The announcements have naturally had the
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  • 124 8 Striking statements were made and strong measures were advocated at the annual conference of the Scottish Labour Housing Association Glasgow. Bailie .Wheatley, who presided said that over 4,000 families, most of them houseless, were on the corporations waiting list for houses yet to be built.
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  • 37 8 Rangoon, February 17.—G. Pears and W. Martin beat in the All Burma Lawn Tennis Tournament A. B. Vander Beek and G. F. Whyte, retaining tike Men’s Doubles Championship. The scores weruj 6—o, 6—4, 6—6,
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 671 8 > rz >w p*^ nobles ,Q ENGLAND <i Direct from the Factory to your Home, ebh Buy all your Dress Requirements and Household Goods from the great British Mail-order House. You will be delighted with the quality and workmanship of the goods, the up-to-date and I K attractive styles, and
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    • 312 8 SymLoL of. LLJI ILf /in l/j/f Xja» JI Aji JJvr• /LJwtSl V■ jjpjgS&Awl J X 7 Hr WO)! 8 K Pe ace THE AWAKENING CALL to peaceful pursuits, service holding no truce with sloth, leisure never lapsing into laziness. Sunlight Soap stands for service in the peaceful pursuits of Cleanliness.
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  • 142 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list:— Yesterday. To-day 00 g w SHARES. Ju *3 2 "d) CQ CQ CQ 02 Rubber (Dollar) c. c. c. c. Clive R. Co. par 5c 95e 1.00 Semanggol Or 3.15 3.25 3.20 340 Temerloh 2.50
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  • 83 9 The following are additional rubber outputs for February:— Bassett lbs 19,100 Consolidated 52,300 Foothills (Malaya) 13.100 Gula-Kalumpong 136,000 Heawood 34,996 J urn* 15,500 Kurau 29,100 Karan 9,850 Kuala Sidim 30,455 Kong Lee (Perak) 1,180 Malakoff 44,100 Mayfield ***** Merchiston 22,346 Nellmay 7,693 New Columbia 46,884 Padang 15,000 Padang
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  • 278 9 Messrs Allen Dennys Co. advise us that the undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by them at private and auction sales held this week Cts Per Lb. Smoked diamond sheet No. 1105 to 110 diamond No. 2 93 104| Unsmoked sheet No. 1 96 97J Unsmoked
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  • 194 9 Pbnang, March 4, 1920. SP. Tapioca No. 2 sl6.2s—sales M. P. Tapioca sl6.so—sales Gold leaf $72 sellers. Pepper (W. Coast 3 lbs. 5 oz) sl6fc buyers Black Pepper $4B nom White Pepper $65 sellers. Trang Pepper nominal Mace S9O nom. Mace Pickings $75 sellers. Cloves Sl6O sellers. Nutmegs 576
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  • 242 9 A Reuter telegram from London showed that grievances of British officers at Shanghai had been brought to the notice of the House of Commons. What these grievances are, are detailed at length in the “N. C. Daily News,” of February 18, which says the position of the British
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  • 133 9 Yesterday’s Late Arrivals. Khiva, Potter, 5,703, London, Ad-imscn, Gilfillan i Co, gen°ral. Selandia, Klu jo 3.162, Bangkok, Slot Co, general. To-day's Arrivals. Glenstrae, Golston, 4,001, Yokohama, Boustead ifc Go, general Kedah, Maples, 94, Sitiawau, Eastern Shipping Co, general. Hye Leong, Curtis, 302, Singapore, Adameon, Gilfillan, Co, coal, Paogkor,
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  • 116 9 Penang, March 4, 1920 (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank ...2/3 15/16 4 months’ sight Bank ...2/4 5/16 3 Credit ...2/4 13/16 3 Documentary ...2/4 7/8 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 85 3 days’ sight Private 92 Bombay Demand Bank 85 Madras Demand Bank 85 3 days’
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 198 9 nirinrnnw n hiiiiibmhih huh i uh i bii SYNOLEO I ■—i I Th* Oil Bomfl Washakie Distemper for Interior and Exterior Decoratieas A soft flat finish. Does not rub off. Proclaimed 4 unrivalled for Tropical use. A ,or FuM R of Artlrtte Shadea «/TDM and Colour Schemes. I PATERSON SUNNS
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    • 249 9 OVERCOMING INFLUENZA. HOW AFTER-EFFECTS ARE DISPELLED. The most serious difficulty that confronts all who fall victims of influenza is the problem of ridding their systems of the after-effects of the disease. Even in those cases where the attack is light, the after-effects are obstinate and severe. Normally bright and cheerful
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    • 267 9 WE CAN NOW SUPPLY. g Hennessy’s (Three star) Brandy, i I pommery Greno Champagne, i Sa Liqueurs, Whiskies, Gins, Beers, Vermouths, Clarets, Ports, Sherries A Wide and varied selection in stock. 1 SPECIAL RATES FOR THE J CHINESE NEW YEAR. J ON APPLICATION TO 1 The British Supply Agency, S
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 1376 10 vßinii Nippon Yusen Kaisha. Ellerman Line. g O -BRITISH INDIA |}Sm’h n ip’ nd co B ck Ltd" M UM|)ER MAIL CONTRACT WITH THE [lncorporated in England.] AMD a IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. Jk Jk WTp TF T WCTWS* The following fast steamers of above line will be despatched: Owl» II
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    • 592 10 By using Hali’s Distemper your home can be made brighter, f healthier and more picturesque, XR f at a cheaper cost than wall-paper, and without Y k u the objectionable smell of paint. I Hall’s I Distemper LJ fl (Trade Mark.} 1T 't 1 is deservedly the popular wall covering
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    • 323 10 THE MERBANTILI BANK W INIIA, LIMIT##, (Ifleorporated i> Kagluri), Authorised Capital $1,50C,90C Subscribed Capital 1,500,01 Paid-up 760,000 Reserve Fund and Profits 785,000 Board of;(Directors. R. J. Black, Esq., (Chairman), J. M. Ryrie, L, H. Melvill Simons Esq., P. R. Chalmers, Em Sir David Yule, Lord Carmichael, G C 81, G,C,I>
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