Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 23 August 1920

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 193. VOL. LXXVIII. MONDAY, 23rd AUGUST, 1920. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 402 1 I NIKKO MODERN ART j PHOTOGR A.PHIC STUDIO, No. 7, Northam Road. Tel No. 579- EMPIRE TVPEWBITERS, j I Maxims for Motorists. 1 1 I Before the accident j i J happens-get insured. 1 1 2 Y° u cannot always Ĕ avoid the accident I i fefaO HallSr but you
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    • 19 1 THE BESI CAR IN TOWni J ai-j&ruo «am Mv» sole Adcots as. r.a.s. I Ong Sam Leong a Co
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    • 1839 2 POSITIONS WANTED. NOTICES. O L 11 mi e».w e PPllT*ltP Wanted post as Companion Governess Notice is hereby given that the partner. 1' 2“X V VUI L k by Young English Lady For particulars ship which has sometime past been earned PHTO 'T'J v-t-» O I apply Box No. 327,
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  • 266 3 HUERTA DINES AMERICAN PRESSMEN. Mexico City, June All Mexican traditions were broken this afternoon when American newspaper correspondents had dinner with President Adolfo De La Huerta in Mexico’s wonderful mahogany banquet room. The President tried tn every way to show for the benefit of the American people that
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  • 362 3 It has been remarked that no man is a hero to his valet. If the Men’s Wear Exhibition, which the Lord Mayor opened at the Agricultural Hall, can be taken as any indication, it seems that the modern lad about town must be
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  • 248 3 Lord Lamington in the House of Lords said he believed that there was not a British trader to be found in Palestine or Syria, and declared tha-t we were undertaking a burden of government there on i behalf of the Jews and not of British interest*. i “Our
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 416 3 S: ANOTHER: OF 1 WILLS I TOBACCOS I ONCE SMOKED j ALWAYS SMOKED 2 oz. Tins 90 cents. 4 oz. Tins $1.75. s ALL DEALERS. Ci 6' S r Iff£G° N* 746«5 NOTICE Ib hereby given that Cambrics, Muslin?, etc., bearing the well-known Britanei»’ ticket, as specimen above, will, in
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    • 660 3 I RECORD SALE. I 1 FINE BUYING INDUCEMENTS. Hundreds of fresh bargains are now on show that we could not display earlier for he lack of space. S I sM^?l!?wM a now n n” C 1 1A Unassailable Prices. M quality Longcloth. Usual A fW price $l5O per yard, Now
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  • 570 4 Free Press. A PENANG DECI-IQN. The times are changing and peop'e are changing with them i'be change has not entirely wiped ou ol i prejudic s end traditions but is is in a fair way to doing so, and it Penang through its Chamber of Commerce, had
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  • 314 4 Straits Tim s,” Theie are great areas still to be brought under cultivation, and under conditions no’hing can be done without a steady flow of labour from In’i* ani China. But we hanker after something more definite, Chiua, like India, is undergoing great changes and the demind
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  • 46 4 The Bano will play the following programme of mu-ic at thn Esplanade, from 6 p.m. to-day 1. Selection H.M.S. Pinafore ...Sullivan 2. Intermezzo. Cartages ...Seymour 3. Waltz Blue ...Margis 4. Soog Somewhere a Voice is Calling ...Fate 5. Two Step Tbe British Empire ...Kapa
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  • 409 4 ••THE ROTTERS." •‘The Rotters,” followed Nothing but the truth,” by tha Bandman Comedy Company in tbe Tuwn Hall on Satmday night. Mr, H. F Maltby’s tale of a disreputable family docs not reach the standard of the veraci-y play, bu r it is sufficiently human, aLhougb somewhat
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  • 320 4 Ex A Paris correspondent writes We are threatened with a one-day closing every week of all the restaurants. It will not be rs dreadful as it sounds, fo r like the chemists and their Sundays, they are going to take it in turn, so that tbs unhappy
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  • 215 4 “S t T.” Much has been hea din recent months about profiteering but a recent illustration provided by the Ge• lon Customs really takes the biscuit in this matter. Mr. F. Siedle, a Colombo re*i Jen* was awarded the Mons Sta*'. Is was sent cut to
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 1207 4 REW ADVERTISEMENTS, TENDERS INVITED. positions vacant. Sale of Government Compositors, Bookbinders and Rubber f Plantations), a Proof Reader —«••d. Apply to n the Acting Superm er d-ut, Piloting 1/..— .1« Department, Ku»la Lun pur. IlllcHcl J *****1103, Jobbing and News Compositors Pahang, wanted. Apply Managing Director Pinang Gazette Press, Limited.
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    • 89 4 NOBTHfRN ASSURANCE) i j COMPANY, LIMITED. I MOTOR BRANCH. I II 5 MOTOR CARS. MOTOR CYCLES. fe 1 Funds Exceed $70.000,000. I i > J i I i Reductions are allowed if the assured k < has more than one Car Insured. J j i Bonus A Liberal Bonus is
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    • 233 4 TO-NIGHT A STARRY NIGHT A night for a little star grazing at the IMPERIAL p pi a c l t EMPIRE THEATRE, PENANG KOlb WITH SPECIAL MUSIC. THERE ARE SOME STARS In the East Nowadays Monday, 23rd, to Wednesday, 25th August, 1920 Second House at 9-15 p, m. Far Eastern
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  • 677 5 BRITISH OFFICER S DISGUISES. Reuter’s Agency received a detailed account of the experiences of Major F. M. Bailey, the Indian political officer, whose sudden reappearance on the Persian frontier after a period of prolonged silence in Central A&ia, occasioned much interest. In August, 1918, Major Bailey arrived
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  • 55 5 Calcutta, August 12. —The total value ©('merchandise and treasure imported into British India across the Frontier, by land. duriOg April last was Rs. 1,53 lakhs showing Kn increase of Rs 22 lakhs over that -of the same month of the previous ysrar. Exports decreased from Rs.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 227 5 Cone to Pritchards for the latest Creations in Gowns and Millinery. Vickers H I hand pB SEWING U MACHINE ffll i jJ IWJL I UdisaSr I i I 1 1 ’W®» SL—JI I I nL A*' i A iHTTbP Ewjgli fiw®l A ilwj W AH British. A Always Reliable. !3Sfc|
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    • 156 5 GET RELIEF—QUICKLY. A twisted ankle, a sprained wrist, a strained muscle—these are t hings that demai.-’ relief in a hurry. And that is just why thousands who are liable to these mishaps always keep a bottle of Little’s Oriental Balm close at hand. There is absolutely nothing equal to it
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    • 212 5 !TANGYES J I SEMI DIESEL ENGINES. I ‘A B S PROTECTED BY PATENTS. y i I 1 S TO WORK ON ALL BRANDS OF CRUDE AND RESIDUAL B OILS, POWER AND FUEL CONSUMPTION GUARANTEED s FOR FULL PARTICULARS APPLY TO w 3 Hottenbach, Lazarus 6? Sons, Ld. j rx x
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  • 17 6 Gow. —On 21st inst. at Strathmore, Penang, to Mr. and Mrs. A. E- Gow, a son.
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  • 1285 6 His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will not pay his promised visit to India towards the end of the year, and, as everyone ardently hoped, come on to Malaya. The Royal proclamation of the postponement refers to the burden upon the strength (f’the heir
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  • 1827 6 —“8. T.” We learu from an editorial in tbe Times of Ceylon that on August Ceylon Opinion Ooh the stocks of rice on on Riee at t^e Chalmers Granaries, Colombo, were la r ge. They amounted to 106 000 tons, and 50,000 had still to arrive to
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 157 6 t WBMHMI r joaEl F. It ggjggjgjjggggjgjjgjl R&J.HILLLH ESTABLISHED 1775 Thejjpinet House London E l. v WHOLESALE FROM BEHR A Go. Penang. F. 3 |l> SM °KE ONLY WCCWj TINS OF 50 -gig $l-00. iW, njSff ER.FECT ia material and \jF J making. The highest attainment in Sole Agents* “quality”
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    • 10 6 E. 0. PENANG. RAFFLES. SINGAPORE. STRAND, RANGOON. ISARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 40 6 THE TIDES The following are the ticks for to-day and to-morrow Penang Standard Time High Water. -Low Water To-dat. ®’3o ft m 2.42 p.tr, 9.09 pm. CO 00 p.m. To-morrow. 06 a.m. 12.54 a.m, 10 30 p.m. 4 25 p.m.
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  • 683 7 HE CONFERENCE ADJOURNS. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, August 18. Minsk conference opened on August 17t h \nd adjourned till August 18th. Belgium’s Decision. Bru-aels, August 19. ■fi < Belgian Government bas decided to niaiDtain neutrality in the Russo-Pulisb until after the Minsk Conference. The Polish Counter-Thrust. London, August 19.
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  • 210 7 THE KATTOWITZ DISTURBANCES. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Berlin, Augu-t 19. A st mi official aceocnt of t ie disturbances at Kattowi’z, says the crowd insisted upon forcing its way through a street where a cordon of police and French cavalry was stationed, and it demonstrated before the quarters of
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  • 489 7 FRESH OUTBREAKS. London, August 19. The War Office says farther outbreaks occurred in Mesopotamia on a considerable scale, particularly north-east and west of Baghdad. Bands of tribesmen cut the railways and the telegraph from Baghdad to Kifri and towards Kirkuk. Part of the garrison here is invested aud several
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  • 247 7 THE FENCING CHAMPION. [Reuter's Telegrams.] Antwerp August 19. The Olympic final of the fencing foils was won by Medo Nals (Italy), the world’s champion. Tug of War. Antwerp, August 19The Olympic final of the tug of war was won by the City Police, representing Britain, who beat Holland
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  • 45 7 SURREY DEFEATED. London, August 20. Middlesex bent Somerset by eeven wicket o Sussex beat Surrey by 223 run?. Warwick beat Wo'Uet’ r by nine wicket?. Lancs beat Gloucester by ten wickets. Yorkshire beat Essex by 121 inn?. Kent v No ts was drawn.
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  • 96 7 The Wlowin? is a table from the results telegraphed by Reuter P. W. L D. Middlesex 17 12 2 3 Kent 23 15 5 3 Lane shite 25 16 5 4 Surrey 21 13 5 Yorkshire 25 14 Sussex 26 15 8 3 Notts 18 9 6
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  • 218 7 road station is nearing completion.—“M. The new covered way has now been completed, and was used for the first time on Sunday morning, August 15. The public knew nothing as to how far the work had progressed, and it was like a magic wand being passed over
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  • 133 7 MR. HUGHES’S MESSAGE. [Reuter's Telegrams.] London, August 20. The Tinies” publishes a telegram from the Australian Prime Minister, who says the Prince of Wales has given Australia an opportunity of showing unmistakably that she stands solidly for the Empire, and the Australians welcome completelysilenced those who sneered
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  • 28 7 Paris, August 19. Mr. Lloyd George arrived in Paris en route for Lucerne and resumed his journey without seeing any of the French politicians.
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  • 21 7 London, August 20. The Lord Mayor of Cork was sentenced by the court-martial to two years’ imprisonment.
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  • 22 7 Paris, August 20. Eleven anarchists were sentenced to periods ranging from four to twelve months for inciting soldiers to disobedience.
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  • 30 7 London, August 20. Reuter learns that the Baltic States Conference adopted a Convention whereby Finland, Esthonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland agree to submit all disputes to arbitration.
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  • 203 7 In the case in which Mr. C. Grant, a mining engineer, is being prosecuted by the police for threatening H. B. M. Con-sul-General at Bangkok and with doing wilful damage by breaking a typewriter at the British Consulate, proceedings were continued in the Borispah Court, says the Bangkok
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  • 194 7 -“ML.” PASSENGERS’ LUGGAGE DAMAGED The mail train from Penang which ought to have reached Kuala Lumpur at 6.22 p.m. on Saturday, was more than three quarters of an hour late. The passengers were all considerably agitated and chaos prevailed at the station for fully half an hour
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  • 1227 7 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. J. G. Black is appointed as police magistrate for Malacca. Mr. A. Fernando, of Teluk Anson, who recently proceeded to India in connection with labour matters, returned by the s-s. Tara. Mr. L. C. Perera was operated upon on Thursday for appendicitis. His friends will be glad
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  • 139 7 THE PROBLEM OF VENEREAL DISEASE. The next general meeting of The Athenaeum, Penang, will be held at the Masonic Hall, Northam Road, on the 30th inst., at 9-15 p.m. Dr. Prosper Liston has kindly consented to address tho meeting on the Social Problem of Venereal Diseases, and how
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  • 149 7 To-night two new further episodes of four reels of the great Universal serial “The Broken Coin” will be backed by a strong programme, including a metro picture “A Million A Minute” starring the popular Frances X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne, in a drama of romance and intrigue
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  • CHANG TSO-LIN
    • 592 8 Tientsin, July 27.—General Chang Tsolin, interviewed by the “Peking and Tientsin Times,’’ declared that his purpose was the unification of China. He had not wished for w ar with Marshal Tuan Chi-jui but the latter had sought to protect his followers, who wanted division to
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    • 291 8 Peking, August 4.—Amidst great pomp and military display, General Chang Tsolin, Tuchun of Fengtien and one of the leading anti-Anfuites who caused the downfall of the notorious political gang, arrived in Peking to-day. An official reception was given in his honour by the President, the Cabinet
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    • 137 8 Peking, July 22. —There are* no prospects in sight for the release of Wu-Kwan-hsin, captured here red-handed a i week ago in his attempt to murder GenI eral M ang Chuan-yuan, despite the efforts off his associates to liberate himThe attitude of the Hupeh Tuchun is firm, although
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 139 8 H. E. J. 0. MOORE CORPORATION, EXPORTERS AM) IMPORTERS, 208, 8011th Li Salle Street, Chicago, U. 8. A. Sole Over-seas distributors for leading American factories, Desire correspondence with Commission Agents, Importers and Exporters of raw material. DEPARTMENTS IN CHICAGO OFFICE. Confectionery and Food Stuffs. Automotive Products, Motor Cars, Lorries, Tractors,
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    • 278 8 re sole Tr=i Digestion z s s* c mwTt|> I’d Z I EXTRACT f r r “Ovaltine” is the .ideal food y| y 7 beverage in all cases of feeble I Lcranules i X' digestion. It is a highly con?centrated extract of the vitalis- J ing and building-up properties of
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  • 931 9 M L.” IMPORTANT f. m. s. action the’ Ku*U Lumpur Supreme Coart, 11 Mr Justice Sp’-oule, »c:iog C. J C., be r t er of vital importance concerning all robber comp mite came up, in the C ,f a reference to the Cou-t by the Revenue Authority,
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  • 301 9 The r< port of the committee of the S.C C. for the year ended June 30, to be presented at tha annual meeting on Tuesday, August 31, s iys the nc line and expi ndi are account shews an excess of income over expenditure of $2,399 42.
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  • 111 9 It is hoped to arrange a triangular inter-Port contest between Penang, Bangkok, and Selangor, or Perak, from the 12th to the 15th November next. In addition, matches will be arranged against Perak. A Naval team may be met later in the season. The annual match, “Scotland vs. the
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  • 271 9 At a committee meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commission, Mr. Mugliston asked: In view of letters appearing in the press on the subject of the construction of sewers will the President make a statement as U> the possibilities of extensive development of sewer construction. The
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  • 124 9 —“T.O.M.” The trial of the two Tamil men named Panjan and Ramasamy of Bukit Klian Estate, Selama, on a charge of having murdered another coolie named Munisamy, on the estate on the evening of July 3, 1920, was continued at the Ipoh Assizes before His
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  • 760 9 Mr. Ben Tillett asked a question in I which a great many other members, not for the most part Labour members, take a great interest. In his question Mr. Tillett suggested that the United States banks hold 35,000,000,000 dollars, or more than three times the total banking power
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  • 481 9 Yesterday’s Arrivals. Rocliuasen, Dutch, 1,697, Batavia, K P M general. Sappho, Candy, 329, T. Anson, Adamson Gilfillan Co, general. Santa Cruz, Wallis, 2,984, San Francisco, Francis i*eek Co, general. Than, Yearwood, 5,730, Birkenhead, W. Mansfield Co, general. Tanda, Simpson Jones, 4,236, Calcutta, A A Anthony Co, general. To-day’s
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  • 27 9 Despatched from Penang Delivered iu London. 6th July By M M 9th August 7tb By P& O 9th 10th By B I 9:h
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  • 156 9 The homeward mail by the Tara, closes at 10 a.m on Wednesday. Penang has done it again. We have all heard about the Penang Highlanders (pronounced Cockney way) but few realised that Penangites are thn Iri*h of the East. They ire agin’ the Government, tberefo r e anything
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  • 19 9 Tongkah Harbour Tin D edging Co, N. L. 15*h to 21st August, (beiug one week) 18 tons.
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  • 172 9 Penang, August 23, 1920. SB. Tapioca $8.50 nominal. M. P. Tapioca $9.00 Gold leaf $72 sellers. Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb». 5 cs) sellers. Black Pepper $2l nominal. White Pepper nominal. Trang Pepper nominal Mace Pickings $5O uorriual Cloves $llO nominal Nutmegs average of $55 sellers (No. 1 $5l
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  • 462 9 PENANG, AUGUST 23, 1920. BEEF— Pte Soup per catty 32 Roast do 60 Steaks do 60 Stew or Curry’Meat do curry 40 stew 40 Rump Steak do 60 Ox Tail each 50—60 do Tongue do 70 do Feet do Heart per catty 40 Liver do Fillet of Beef
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  • 1056 9 KENNEDY CO.'S SHARE LIST. NAMES. i I RUBBER (Dol)ap.) C 1 Ol BC. Allenby Rubber Co. Ltd. B;i c Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 360 3.75 Amalgamated Malay Estate» 4.40< 4.60 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 23.03 23 50 Ayer Kuning Rubber Estates 1.30' 1.401 Ayer Molek Rubber Co. 3.40 3 s<<
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  • MOTOR NOTES.
    • 394 10 Writing on the subject of automobile wheels, an automobile man compares the merits of the wood, wire and disc types and discusses the claims which each has on current popularity. Says the writer: “Strong claims are made for types so that the owner of a car
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    • 162 10 On the famous Dayton beach straightaway in Florida, Milton in his Goodyear shod twin eight Duesenberg racer of 600 cubic inch capacity, broke not one world's record only, but five of them Most of the records broken had been held by Ralph De Palma. Milton made the
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    • 101 10 Do not forget that paint on the motor car is not wholly for looks. Paint protects the surface below it from the effects of moisture or mud. And this is tiue whether the surface be metal or wood. For instance, the conventional wooden wheel will quickly go
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 157 10 a»' SAFETY TREAD I TYRES I THE BEST IN THE 'I ILONG RUN. I I > j I a I 4 k 3 i 1 2 SOLE AGENTS» L ADAMSON, CILFILLAN n f AND CO. LTD. i I I (IKCORPOKATED IN ENGLAND). I I JUST UNP THE WORLD-FAMED EVERPOPULAR HUMBER
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    • 440 10 MALARIA. Its Meaning—lts Cause —and Its Cure. When Malaria (Mala-aria bad air) was given its name scientists knew less about it than they do now, otherwise they would have christened it differently. Then the mosquito had a better character than he has to-day, when he is known as the carrier
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    • 242 10 B. A. Great Success h tna < v coltish Six Ocys h WON 4 GOLD 3 SI I. VER MEDALS A SMALL SHIPMENT JUST ARRIVED. PRICES AND CATALOGUES ON APPLICATION. Cycle carriage co., hj.. PENANG.A Revelation in Eciomy I Jx w < •> ,5 ANDRE CITROEN CAR The Citroen Car
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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    • 486 12 The Best in the Ma? I KANGAR. BASS I Brilliant Invigorating I SOLE IMPORTERS: I F. G. TAYLOR Co., I g LIMITED. Penang and Singapore. i STRAITS-MOTOR-GARAG E. HUPMOBILE-VAUXHAU? COLE CUBITT-VULCAM. FULTON, TRAFFIC LEYLAND TRUCKS. Branch Office 49. BEACH STREET. PENanc" BANKS •HARTIREM RANK RF MfMIA, AUSTRALIA AND CH I
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    • 327 12 THW 'SAftX 5? IRBlfi LIMITED. (ißeorporaud U IsglaAdj. A athonised Capital Subscribed Capital igjO.UOC l ld p 1,0’0.000 Reserve Fund and Undivided Frofits 1,146,400 Board of j J Directors. KC M G ue Lord GOS I, BOIL Head Office’ 15, Graceehurch Street. London, 8,0.7. Branches and Agencies Bombay, Karachi, Delhi,
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