Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 5 August 1921

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 177. VOL. LXXIX. FRIDAY. sth •AUGUST, 1921. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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      419 1 I Obtainable; everywhere wholesale from < i 1 < On g sam Leone Co Penang. 1 af lpater I?aa>| lißg[ i^r lagar -lagarigggr— I h i “CRAWFORD’S” j lld 1 o I ill 1 SPECIAL A RESERVE I I fllllW I o I gS&ggjgfr 1 LIQUEUR W’ SCOTCH f J
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      23 1 j IHEBESI GARIN T 0«; 1 i F ‘V u.? loi« XRffiuU 8.3. F M 3* I Ong Sam Leonfc a G» t
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    SUNKEN WHARF CASE.
    2152 2 THIRD DaY’B PROCEEDINGS. Farther evidence was recorded yesterday in the suit, P O Company y the Eastern Shipping Company, Ltd, in which th»former claimed damages for the sinking o’ their wharf at Bblawan, Sumatra, alleged to ba due to the negligence of the defend ants in stacking
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    P.C.C. Tennis Tournament.
    215 2 Tae following are results in the P C C tennis tournament Single handicap class A 30 G Milner beat ecr. B S Walton 6—3 6—l; Single Handicap class “B 15.5 W P Webb beat—ls G Pykett 6—l 6 4 Mixed Doubles Handicap 5 Mrs J D Sind-rson
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    Province News
    198 2 Gang Robbery News of a iother gang robbery reached Buait Me r tajam village early this morning. A gang of aoout ton Chinese, visited the house of Chinesi to*kiy some five miies aw*} from the village and about 2 miles frem Berapit, between midnight and lam thL mo'nirg.
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    “ HONG MOH ” WRECK
    215 2 HONG MOH WRECK SOLD BY AUCTION. At their sales rooms Hong Rong, Messrs Hughe? and Houzb ff re 1 for sale by public auction the wreck of tl e Singapore steamer Hong Mob, as she now lie? on the Boat Rocks near the Lammock Islands cutside S watow. There was
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    Coming Events.
    50 2 Aug 5, 6.—Taiping Gymkhana. Aug 5—P.-mng Hunt Club Meeting. Aug B—Bishop of Singapore, Penang Fete School. Aug 11 P.A M. Special General Meeting: 12 Market St, K L. 11 a.m. Aug 16—Court of Appeal, Aug 20—Ipoh Gymkhana. Aug 31—Bata Lintang, Ltd, General Meeting, Chamber of Commerce, 3 p.m.
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    NON EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYMENT.
    1367 2 quarterly report of COMMITTEE'S WORK. We have received the following from the Hon. "Secretary, Mr F F Couray, Kuala Lumpur:—* This being the last meeting we shall pro bably hold during the month, I consider it opportune to review the work which this committee has able to
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    Captain Kettle Up to Date.
    532 2 Anchored in the blus waters if tie harbou* of Syracuse, Sicily, the steamship Lydia is wit! standing a siege by the Cicwn Prosecutoi* at Malt?, the British Consul of Catania, and 60 I alian Royal Guard? who went a few days ago to execute a
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      26 2 TO PRINTERS We hold a large stock of Kidd’s Printing Inks (Zn various colours) To be disposed of at reduced prices. The Pinang Gazette Press, limited
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      555 2 NEW A&Vc.RriS£MENT< LOBt between Prai Nikko Studio, Penang, on the 3 r( i A Plain Gold Ring set with n Diamond. Finder will be re W r returning the same to Me. Pearson 81 Quarries, P W. ST. GEORGE’S CHURch A MEETING will be held on Moad Jv August Bth.
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    LIABILITY OF HOTEL KEEPERS.
    461 3 8 F P’’ JUDGMENT IN EUROPE HOTEL CASE. In the Civil District Court, Singapore, Mr PAF David delivered judgment in the suit brought by Mr Phil Carlton,’actor engaged by the Bandman Opera Co, against the Europe Hotel, for $5OO damages in respect of a despatch box
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    Shackletons Voyage.
    366 3 Many Offbbs to go. Ic looks as if the solictors of the Sback-leton-Rowett expedition will hive to wcrk like explorers themselves to c’pe with the letters coming to them from those who wiah to take part in the greV. attempt, which begins in August, to chart the unknown
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    Australian Trade
    94 3 Shanghai Ju’y 23.—Evidence of wha* Australia intends doing to obtain increa°ed market* io China was f xplained by Mr E S Little, the Australian trade Commh*iooer in China at a meeting of Shanghai hudnes-* men Ch mber of Commerce where Australian products were exhibited. Assurance has been given
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    189 3 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Trieste for Singapore and China, van Noort for Lvngss, Sabang, Olehleh etc, Padang. Lycaon for Colombo, Daanushkodi, Suez and United Kingdom. Glaucus for Port Swettenham, Singapore, China and Japan. Ban Whatt Soon for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Fooksang for Singapore, China and Japan Jin Ho for
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    PENANG MAILS CLOSE.
    310 3 DAILY (except Sunday). BY TRAIN. Parit Bnntar, Bagan Serai, Taiping, "1 Ipoh, Batu Gajah, Tapah Road, I Teluk Anson, Kuala Kubu, IBy trail Kuala Lumpur, Seremba»;, J-7.15 a.m. Malacca, Johore, Singapore 6 p.u and Hongkong J Parit Buntar and Bsgau Serai By train alsc 10.15 a.m. 3.45
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    The Mails
    42 3 The homeward mail, by the Teesta, clos 8 at 10 a.m. to m -rruw. The PiO Packet Khyber, is expected to arrive here at noon on Sunday, the 7th ina'aut, and is expec ed to have European Mails on board.
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    AUSTRALIAN MAIL.
    18 3 Mai’s from Australia are expected to arrive in time for delivery at 9 a m tomorrow.
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    The Band Programme.
    48 3 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade at 6 p m to-day. 1 March ...The Gladiator... Sousa 2 Sui e ...llatian Seem d Dauce...Tcbakoff 3 Waltz Bid Me Goodbye Camors 4 Polka Les GreucuiL’esa Belbruck 5 Galop ...The Garibaldi ...Albert
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      1128 3 POSITION VACANT. PENANG SALES ROOM. nrpccgr wanted for the Kedah important sxle by b k»uo auction < IlSC l, ,v all wwc? of 45 per cent, liable Of Hlgll-CIaSS Household ;X r edLd or .topped Apply to State Furilltnre 10 D Alor S‘ar with testimonials. Sareeoi. A |or compr’SlWG 1'228-^j•
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      464 3 oo wnMKMMs en m ammmw eu u.r. e» ««mansEMß BOXING! BOXING! TO-MORROW, I Saturday, 6th August, 1921 AT 9-15 p m. j BETWEEN I MR. P. P. JOHNEY j I VS. MR. QUAH TEIK YAN. I AT THE J HIPODROME CIRCUS I AND MENAGERIE I LOCATION DATO KRAMAT GARDENS Booking
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    BIRTH.
    20 4 tV. B. o b.—At Kenny Estate. Jeram, on the 2nd inai., to Mr and Mrs J M Booth.ta daughter.
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    RUBBER CO-OPERATION.
    1177 4 The R. G. A. negotiations for the fot mation of a Robber Producers’ Cor poiation. Combke or Timt—call it what you will, —may not buccted. The finaLcial combine propc sed must depend largely upon outside sources for the necessary capital, which of course will have to be much
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1747 4 Oar Singapore contemporaries, the •'Straits Times," and Government ..4 Uw Prew Shipping Company, comment on S6ve r ai important aspects of Eastern Shipping Company’s action, and the judgment. The “straits Times” is inclined to the view that to the interpretation of powers by the law officers of
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      137 4 I BOOTH'S L RECOGNIStD AS R’.rl“THEGlN’’ CST 140 1 all over India China. I M taaDf 'Mark I BOOTH’S I I I 27«? I OBTAINABLE FROM ALL LOCAL DEALERS. I Original Dry Gin I DISVILLEAY. I LONDON, I I cnolanq. J SOLE IMPORTERS BEHR CO., PENANG. W. Briggs Sons, Ltd.,
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      15 4 Dinner AND ANCE AT THE “E. O.” Every Friday. J/r -4. Arnkoldt. r. 1\ C.
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    WASHINGTON CONFERENCE.
    51 5 W ASHINGTON CONFERENCE. DATE NOT VET FIXED. Reuter’s Telegrams.] London. August 3. I t the House of Commons, at question I1J( Mr Charfiberlain stated that the jatc of the Washington Conference had teen f,xed No question of postponing it had been raised. Br tish representatives have not r ,.t been
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    UPPER SILESIA.
    41 5 e London, August 3. d experts committee«is st II JU :.u the question of the apportionUl .,nt t I'pper Silesia. The experts are in theii recommendations known ~,U t bo the meet ng of the Supreme -uni i ale
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    JAPANESE PREMIER VAGUE.
    209 5 Tokio. July 14.—The Premier, Mr. j] u civewed by the Kokusaa News A.'lkJ. s|> ke as follows: “It is imposfoi me to say much at present on t ie proposal for a conference put forward by President Harding, a’ it in- ,jvr s m>t only the armament
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    BRITISH NEWS SERVICE TO NORWAY.
    205 5 BELATED AND I NRELI A RLE.” London, August 3. Complants were recently made in the V 'Onan Parliament, that information iupol ed by the British Foreign Office to the Norwegian Government was betted. unreliable and in accordance with the views of the British Government and
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    CARUSO’S DEATH.
    93 5 A LAST TRIBUTE. Rome, August 3. Guusos doctors state that he died of a Ss between the diaphragm and the There is no question of purulent Ji,,. f° r "Inch he was operated on tnie-4 j n America The operations CT did not remove the seat of the
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    MR. LLOYD GEORGE AT CRICCIETH.
    29 5 London, August 3. n.-veiviq 1 lni<>l ari > v ed at Criccieth and "‘th t ro,n General Macready, tiun ***** lle had a lengthy conversa-
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    RELIEF FOR STARVING RUSSIA.
    19 5 REL IEF FOR STARVING RUSSIA. Riga, August 3. 1 ommitte e has l>en 1 c to relieve starving Russia.
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    REDUCING EXPENDITURE.
    128 5 COMMITTEE OF BUSINESS MEN TO BE formed. London. August 3. In the Hou-o of Commons,- replying i lynes. St Robert Horne stated the Cabinet had concluded th at ir would be of great assistance to them, tv have the advice of a special conunitf.ee of business men, in
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    WAR MEDALS FOR DEFENCE FORCES.
    169 5 DISCUSSION IN PARLIAMENT. London, August 3. In the House of Commons, the Hon. Mr. G deon Murray declared that the members of the defence forces in the Crown Colonies and Protectorates which had not been defined officially as the theatre of war, were considerably dissatisfied
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    AMERICA’S UNKNOWN WARRIOR.
    45 5 ARMISTICE DAY CEREMONY London. August 3. At the burial of America’’» unknown warrior on Armistice Dav. a British mother who lost her son in the war will attend ami deposit a wreath of British flower’, which will be sent to America, frozen.
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    DOUBLE SEA TRAGEDY ON THE NEW SOUTH WALES COAST
    249 5 Sydney.—Brief messages received from scattered parts of the coast indicate too clearly that an appealing double sea tragedy has occurred on the coast of N?v South Wales. Tire main facts, which appeared in ‘‘The Age" have all been confirmed by later
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    STRAITS SETTLEMENTS ASSOCIATION.
    88 5 A Committee Meeting of the above w 11 be held at Singapore, on Tuesday, 9th in st. Business.—Minutes Matter arising out of last minutes: Rubber Industry: Legislative Council Reform. To consider the Report of the Legislative C ouiic 1 Select Committee (already circulated); Volunteer Defence Force: To
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    SOLDIERS GUARD JAPANESE DOCKS AGAINST STRIKERS.
    61 5 Kobe, July 14.—The police th s morning broke up a demonstration of strikers, many of whom were arrested. A labour delegation is now confer! mg wit e employers. Two companies of soldiers are gum t ing the Mitsubishi dockyards, wh le the Kawasaki yards,
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    INTERNATIONAL YACHTING
    52 5 THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CUP. London. August 3At C’owes, the third race for the AngloAmerican Cup resulted as follows: British boats finished first, second, fifth, and seventh, and American third, fourth, and sixth and one gave up. The score at present stands: Britain 63 points, America 37. There are three
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    U. S. BASEBALL SENSATION.
    69 5 ALL ACCUSED ACQUITTED Chicago. August 3. Seven professional baseball playei’, who are alleged to have accepte<l bribes from gambleis to lose certain games in !a-t year’s series of basebal. matches for >lu: championship of tiro woi Id and two men accused of giving such biibes wer?
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    “WHITE SOX.”
    62 5 Chicago, July 18. —The trial began today of seven former White Sox players on the charge of alleged consp racy to allow Cincinnati to win the world’s base ball series. The ex White Sox players ara C.cotte, Williams, Weaver, Risburg. Gandil, Jackson and Felsch, and they are said
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    TENNIS AT HOME.
    89 5 SERVICES CHAMPIONSHIPS. London, July B.—The finals of the Services Lawn Tennis Championships, at Queen’s Club, are as follows: Army Singles —Major Kingscotc, Royal Artillery, beat T. Bevan. Coldstream Guards, 6-4, 6-2. 6-3. Navy Singles;—Wing Commander Bottom ley beat Lieutenant I’. Glover. 6-3, 6-3. 12-10-Navy Doubles —Lieutenant Commander
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    AN AUSTRALIAN WIMBLEDON.
    333 5 A progress report submitted at a meeting of the Lawn Temys Association of Victoria by Messrs. N. Brookes. Hamm nd and Shand, the new ground management c-nnnittee. outlined an ambitious scheme •a hick will provide the Victorian association wiih the most palatial head quarters, and Australia with
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    CEYLON-MADRAS BOAT RACE.
    148 5 Madras, Juiiy 19—Aft the dinner given to the Ceylon Boat Club crew after the regatta last cold weather, when Ceylon won an exciting race by six feet, the sugg* sticn was made that the contest should be an annual one and that a perpetual ienge cup should
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    FOOTBALL TRIAL.
    755 5 SELECTED TEAM v. COMBINED P. C. C.—P. R. C. TEAM. There was noth ng to enthuse over in the game between the Selected Team and a combined team from the P- C.C. and P.R.C. on the Esplanade, last night, but Penang, on the games ao far, should do
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    POLO.
    67 5 PENANG BURMAH RIFLES. Penang Polo Club have sent a team to Taiping to play to-day. The team consists of Hfeu Nyan, Seng Hye, McNeill and Wright and is the same team as played in the recent tournament, with the ex cept on of McNeil], who takes Dickson s place.
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    34 5 The monthly medal for July and the optional ball sweep were played for on Saturday last. Mr. R- Boyd the winn r of both with 72 nett and 36 nett respectively.
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    FIRE INSURANCE.
    280 5 REMARKABLE CASE: JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANTS. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, August 5. In the Fire Insurance Case, before Mr. Justice Woodward, Chief Judicial Commissioner. judgment» was given dismissing the claim with costs. Plaintiff was not present. Mr. Justice Woodward said he considered further proceedings desirable, and directed
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    INJURED BY FALL OF CEMENT.
    106 5 A SUPREME COURT CASE. (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, August 3. In the Supreme Court, judgment was g ven for $lOOO, without costs, against Whiteaway Laidlaw, and Company (the sum already paid int-o Court) and $7,000 and costs against Swanson and Sehested. In this
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    SINGAPORE COURTS.
    135 5 TWO ZviCRDER CASES. (From Our Own Correspondent*) Singapore, August i. At the A->i’es. before the Chief Ju>tice. Geo t eong Ghee, .1 revenue officer, was sentenced to dea '1 for the murder of a < inpi-triot at a Tea-St all in Park Road in Mar<h. lhe case n
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    DUTCH SUGAR.
    45 5 —Aneta. GOOD SALE FOR NEW CROP. (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, August 5. The sugar trust sold 50.000 tons of superior new crop at 15 gti’lders per t >jt. Superior from the new crop is practically sold out. The trust refused further bids.
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    D.P-W’s CAR SMASHED.
    141 5 TURNS TURTLE ON FEDERAL HILL. Whit might have Wn a seiiuii.- accident occurred on ednesday evening when Mr. •trachan’s. Direct of Puoiic Wc.jlu-, new Austin car turned turtle wh:k coming down Federal Hill, Kuala Lumpur. Apparently the syce was troubled by some obsstruct.ion on the floor of
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    798 5 The Hon. Mr. AV. Duncan leaves foi Home this week. Mr. AV. E. Pepys has returned from leave, and has been ported to the Federal Secretariat. Mr. G. S Hellings, Cadet, Malayan Civil Service, passed the prescribed ex i mination in Cantonese on July 6. Baron Edmond
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    RUBBER SITUATION.
    1090 6 PRODUCERS’ ACTION It is now approximately 12 months >ynce we began to draw attention to the lan?.?’OUS* situation «hat had arisen in con nection with crude rubber supplies. Careful investigation made it clear f&at the visible supply of the commodity was very much greater (than was commonly supposed.
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    PUNGGOR RUBBER ESTATES. LTD
    412 6 The Eleventh Annual Ordinary General Meeting was held at the Company's Office. Malacca Mr. fan Soo Hock (Chairman prodding.) The usual preliminaries having been gone through, the Chai-rman addressed the Meeting as follows: Gentlemen. —The Directors’ Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st'
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    BAHRU SELANGOR RUBBER
    232 6 Presiding at llhe ordinary general meeting of the Bahru Selangor Rubber Com pany, Limited. Mr. R. Anol’ in proposing the adoption of the repost and accounts, said that' the company h. 'l made a smaller profit per pound on rubb» r during the period under review. in
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    EXPORTS.
    312 6 --T. 0. C.’ WHY CEYI/lN shipments wek heavy. ,f In a London commercial “Tunes of Ceylon” it, was all e Ceylon has not been playing th l the other groat rubber producnj tries. 0 f(l 'A The writer pointed o:]f during the first f OU) of this year, while
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    SHARES.
    288 6 Rubber 'hares have net been entirely unresponsive to the f-t bug <l’ relief ed by the coal settlemc t and taser money, says a Home paper of July 3. Sentiment is more cln < rfu' iltlrmgh de. mand remain' negligible. I: i> cerjiny reasonable now t<> regard the iti
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    ANTI-MALARIAL OILING ON ESTATES.
    212 6 The I'. -M. S. Malaria A<l. r hears with regret-, that fm ;i,J v tn ciirtHt* some estates propose <, h J 1 suspend anti-malarial oiling I step is more than likely to I by increased sickness ainl < :1 not lead to intervention by in
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      391 6 MICHELIN TYRES I Further Reduction in I Price on and from I 4th August. I I Cable Cord, Straight Side Cord, and I Universal Tread Covers are obtain» I able from all Michelin Stockists. I -.’"L clllOa 8 ftft ft ft ft ft ftft-ft-ft-ft ft 'ft-ft-ft-ft-ftft-Lftft-ft ftft-ft-ft T" g S
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    THE MARKETS
    689 7 i \MPANNING and tin. Mf «r.re»'O" mdCo. KssU Lumpur, 'CTuterruptlon ««•<?, *>? '“V 0017 ,0 r t’ ,D «Mrh to reportgpction of the market has 1 ’LI and f aturekss The commodity the share markets are ,n f. 'lowing the present negotiations cbSPy RO A with Dutch and
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    EXCHANGE
    121 7 /'enany, August -5, 1921 t’RTRKY OP THP ChaRTKRRD BANK) 1 -'n Demand Bank 2/3 3/4 4 mou’ bs’tight Bank 2/4 1/4 3 Credit 2/4 7/16 n Documentary 2/4 17/32 a Demand BMik Rs. 177 3 iay,’ Private 183 I Drn nd Bank 177 c 1!Rf Demand Bank 177 B
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    ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH, TAIPING,
    33 7 7’i ify u^UBt 7th, Hth Sunday af.er Litany. 9 1’ B ITdv Communion. m Uo’vp Ba d Bermon ("•«‘O--nc Ok 7 C mmn n»°n (Tamil). 1 Evensong and Sermon.
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    ABANDONMENT OF RESTRICTION.
    88 7 R.G As. PROTEST AGAINST CEYLON DECISION. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lunopu-, August 5. A Malay Mail Colombo message says that a London cable from the R.G. A,, replying to the cable from the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce announcing the abandonment of restriction, protests and u r
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    Rubber Crops.
    70 7 The following are additional rubber outputs for July Batu Matang lbs 16,042 Bakap Plantations 18,300 Cicely 53,400 Consolidated f 51,109 Gula-Kahimpong n 74,500 Holyrood M 17,500 Jong Landor 51,000 Kedah |t 37,260 Karan 10,340 New Columbia n 40,066 Nellmay 7,622 Padang n 20,000 Paradise 8,991 Padarg Jawa 20,955
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    PENANG RUBBER SALES.
    68 7 Messrs The Borneo Company, Ltd., advise that the undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by them by private and auction sales held this week Cts Per Pound. Smoked diamond sheet No. 1 20 to 23 j diamond No. 2 15 19j Unsmoked sheet No. 1 10
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    27 7 Kramat Pula Lmited, for July, from the Mne Tin 490 piculs, from Tribu on 31 521 picuh, Pap tn Tin Limited, for Jay, 214 piculs.
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    TIN PRICES.
    96 7 The S’rsi's Trading Co., Ltd., give the following Lou ;'on prices, 4’h August Spot £l5B Os up 101 3 months buying £160.0i 5i 3 m >n’hs selling £160.5s 5s Local Parity $79.24 August sth: Singapore sdd 75 tons at $BOl /8: Penar g buy-rs no sellers at $BO.
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    PRODUCE.
    213 7 Psnang August 5, 1921. SP. Tapioca 57.40 sales. M P. Tapioca 57.75 sellers. Cold leaf $72 sellers Black Pepper $l9 00 se lers. White Pepper $3O nominal Trang Pepper $25.00 nominal Mace Pickings $39 nominal Cloves ss° nominal Nutmegs 80s $42.00 buyers llOs $32.00 buyers f No. 1 $l3
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    OUTLOOK FOR AUSTRALIA
    552 7 A NEW MOVEMENT. A suggestion that a conference of representatives of the agricultural pastoral, mining shipping and manufacturing interests of Auitrlia should be convened to devise means ‘‘for tha uninterrupted development of the immense resources of the Commonwealth" was submitted to the Acting Prime Minister by a
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    Colombo's New Oil Wharves.
    328 7 Some of tho seafaring men famd-ir wi b Colombo Harbour appear particularly interested in the new oil wharves, and are not v’ry diffident in expres-iog their opinions concerning them One of them stood for some while gazing silently across the harbour to to the point where
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