Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 1 May 1922

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    19 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833, Mo» 95. VOL* MONDAY Ist MAY, 1922. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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    JUDGE AND COUNSEL.
    381 2 STRONG COMMENTS. Strong ccmment was made by Mr. Justice Barrett-Ijennard in the Supreme Could, Singapore, with regard to counsel bringing before thf Court cases and maintaining a proposition that was directly in conflict with documentary evidence open to inspection- The case was one in which an Indian
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    THE M.S.V.R.
    340 2 —“Malay Mail.” see and hear very little of the Malay States Volunteer Regiment nowadays. xAlmost. in fact, might the Registrar of Societies but for the Pmice'e visit —call upon it to furnish proof of its existence. The Guard of Honour for His Royal High ness wa s excellent-
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    GLOOMY CHANCELLOR.
    153 2 Sir Robert Horne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, replying to a proposal of the Labour Party in Parliament to grant old age pensions without regard to the means of the applicants, said: “The year 1923-24 is going to confront us with far more serious financial propositions even than
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      1290 2 SHORT CLASSIFIED FOR. SALE. ADVERTISEMENTS. WANTED, FOR SALE, TO LET, &e. i Meranti an J other Hardwood F can be inserted n the “Pinang i c ah U/ If S Planks and Scantlings. All Gazette at j- \y I SK* J THREE cents a WORD standard sizes of Hardwood counting
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      788 2 7 BAN KS. TH C M^RCAN T ILF BANK OF INDIA- j HONGKONG SHANGHAI LIMITED. CORPORATION .1 .corpora vd -n England.) (Incorporated i n H O r>4 0n Authorised Capital £3.000,000 Paid-up Capital 4 Subscribed Capital 1,800,000 Reserve Funds: J Paid-up 1,050,00'1 Sterling Reserve Fund and Undivided Silver Profits £1,287,600
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    MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
    824 3 NEW HOUSE FOR THE PRESIDENT. Tie i t-iiauu fathers hav-t'e.-id J to c'»uiii! <"i<>n Me»rs Stark anti McNeill to build house for the president. The matter it is caused a considerable amount of comment among ratepayers. The following summarises some opinions that are being voiced. A residence for
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    SHIFTING INTELLIGENCE.
    321 3 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Shiawan for Asahm. ulau *jak. i’liia'i- lor Pul.n Lmgkawi. Setul <u. Perlis. Pangkor for Tebik Anson. Hong Hwa for Singapore and (’hii Torilla for Calcutta. Ihe ss. Erian begins a new service between Singapore. Port Swettenhanr and Penang to-morrow, leaving here on Friday. Senior Master P.
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    PENANG MAILS.
    263 3 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). BY TRAIN. Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half an-hour earlier than the Ordinary mail. FOR AT Federated Malay States. Malacca. Johore. SingajHire and Hongkong l]M>h. Batu (rajah. Tapah Road,'l By train Teluk Anson.Kuala Kulm. Kuala; 7.15 a.m. Lumpur. Klang. Port
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    EXCHANGE.
    107 3 PENANG. MAY 1. 1922. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Baxk.) London Demand Bank ‘‘H 4 months' sight Bank 2/3 2‘J|.»2 Credit 2/4 .”>/.”>2 3 Documentary 2/1 Ip Calcutta Demand Bank RsISG days’sight Private 184 g Bombay Demand Bank LSO Madras Demaml Bank IHD > 3 days’ sight Private 184
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      263 3 j Gain a great advantage by I seizing this opportunity. I j We are offering 500 pieces of Polina Shirting during “The Reminder” week j lat $6 P er piece, usual $6-90. The g piece measures 20 yds. and is a I full yard wide. It is an excellent 1
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      208 3 iHARD LTD., I I Sungei Patani. 1 Straits NH'cni -Us J DUCTIONS. I itionery Cases and h Boxes. I I (All being offered at less than Cost.) g '.--4 Stationery S I J Cases. J 'I fc- 4 >1 A X E S X X Zx/:) I 1 Fitted with
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    1445 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mrs. A. Cavendish has arrived in Kuala Lumpur. Mr. S. G. Tyte leaves for Homeby the s.s. *‘Tei resias.’' Mr. J brisk formerly of Singapore, is now engaged in business in abo. Dr. Travers leaves Kuala Lumpur, for] Brasfiagi, and wil] be away a fortnight. Mr. L. V.
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    PENANG CHORAL SOCIETY.
    832 4 A VARIETY CONCERT. All excellent concert was given in the I own Hal! on Saturday night under the auspices of the Penang Choral Society, which has the intention of presenting a popular opem at no distant date. The effort on Saturday was made with the object of
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    H.E. THE GOVERNOR.
    1297 4 tea with the people assembled there, 'S, F. P." EMBARKS UNOFFICIALLY. rile s.s. Anchises. which left Singapore on Friday afternoon bore from these shore-, among a goodly crowd. H. E. the Governor. Sir Laurence (riiillemard and Lady Guillemard only for a rieriod of six months, a respite
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    THE MAILS.
    87 4 The homeward mail, by the Teesta, closes at 11 a.m. on Wednesday. ’l'he homeward mail, by the Katyan, closes at noon on Thuraday. The mail despatched on the 3rd ultimo l»y the Andre Lebon, was delivered in Loudon on the 2Sth April. Al ihe committee meeting of the
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      256 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. POSITIONS VACANT. Wanted immediately or as soon as possible Experienced Chinese Insurance j Canvasser for Penang and District» with good knowledge of Fire, Marine and Motor Insurance. Letters with full particulars to Box No. 117, c/o Pinang Gazette. European Clerk of Works wanted immediately to supervise construction of
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      898 4 THE INCO?® n, ORDINANCE, Ihe at tent i- m< >f the ,|j, follow itig prov isions <>!' i, ance, 1922: h Section 2,—The Income of defined to include his salary "Salary" includes allowance travelling allowances consider,.,! *< hie by the Collector, fees bonuses, gratuities ci edited. set «aside or received
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    PARIS FASHION NOTES.
    1074 5 DANCING REFORM. < I’. G. Special). Paris. April .’>. A return to the waltz is to be noted in some of the Salons in Paris. The "Noble Faubourg has submitted to the dictates of Rome, and has expressed its reactionary leelinjfs by declitrng to dance any of
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    MANCHESTER WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.
    381 5 Messrs .lames F. Hutton A Co.. Ltd., Manchester, reported on Wednesday. April sth as under: Trailing in the cotton markets during the past week has again been of a very quiet character: actual trade demand for spot and near months appears in fact to lie the
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    FIRE AT SINGAPORE.
    288 5 On receipt of a message from Ikdestier R->a l. Singapore, two engines turned out to find that a block of attap houses in Target Road t.manted by Chinese sqtiat;t ami rattan makers was ablaze. Nine b mses we:e involved ami were wellafire. so that the efforts of
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      196 5 f YOU can Learn to Play a I I BANJO-MANDOLINE Jie, In a few lessons. We I i have English manu- I it factured instruments a iiiii I in stock, complete with I» g g lock up American j cloth cases for $4O. zy A Full powerful Tone, i perfectly
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      343 5 I S H THE WILL-TO-BE-WELL Almost anything can be accomplished by a resolute act of the xvill." PR' i ESSOR JAMES. “I must —I will—get back my health Ti e man who s.y/ this to himself real! meaning it —is thereby heiping and hastening his own recovery —so much does
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    BIRTH.
    25 6 PYNE. —At the Maternity Hospital. Singapoix*. on April 27. to Mr. ami Mrs. XX'. R. Pyne, Alor Bukit Rubber Estate. Cucob. Johore, a daughter.
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    "THE WEAPON OF THE STRIKE."
    1230 6 To-day labour questions will be brought strikingly to the notice of the inhabitants of most big centres of population in America by reason of the street processions and public meetings of the working classes usually held on May Day. It is unlikely that in any
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1599 6 Like the Year Book of the F.M.S. (’hamher of Commerce Chamber of |hu| (|f th( Cha f I -'lines for 1921 covers a I Cook s Utter. deal of mni| an|| is full of interesting facts, d'his applies to the annual report, some unusual corres|B>mlence. the annual
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      151 6 I “AMSTEL”! I Pilsener Lager Beer New Shipments Arriving. 8 HHH Reduced Prices Quoted g on Application. g I SI C>. H. HOT CO.. I PENANG. f I BLACK, I GALVANIZED, ano STEAM PIPING mw FITTINGS. COBB CO., J IPOH AND KUALA LUMPUR. “DIAMINE” BLACK <& RED STENCIL INK. SOLE
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      30 6 E. O. Special Dinner. Dance AND Variety Entertainment BY THE “QU AI NTS” On Friday, sth May. Dinner $3. Dance Entertainment... $2. Extension of Licence. Booking, ROBINSON PIANO Co., Ltd.
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    19 6 DEATH Tessensohn.—On April 2S. at 47. Amber Road. Tanjong Katong, Emily Tessensohn (nee Chopard) beloved wife of Edward Tessensohn.
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    GENOA CONFERENCE.
    924 7 M HAimiOl 'S PLANS. Reuter’s Telegrams Genoa. April 28. on this afternoon, < B.oihou announced his in'vlien o t<> Paris <<» confer with ,ln r .nd return to Genoa on 'I Kun orbing from. M» 1 i ,llav<-<l I’.- M- Baltholl <■*- ,p ‘ili H the French delegation
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    PORTE AND ALLIES. PROPOSALS.
    92 7 ACCEPTED GENERALLY. Constantinople, April 30. Ihe Porte* has informed the* Allied High Commissioners that it aeeepts the Allies’ peace proposals generally, with a reservation in regarel to the discussion of inqMirtant points, including financial, military and reparations questions. The Porte* insists on the evacuatioD of oce-upied
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    JIM LARKIM RELEASED ON BAIL.
    54 7 London, April 30. The New York State Appeal Court granted a certifieate of “reasonable doubt.’’ in the case of the Irish agitator. Jim Ixtrkim, who was serving a sentence for criminal anarchy. Ruthenberg and Ferguson, who were ccnvi< ted along with Larkin, were similarly released
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    COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
    35 7 160 CASUALTIES. Bukharest. April 30. There were 160 casualties, oi whom 82 are dead, incinerated, or terribly mutilated, by an explosion of firedamp in a colliery at Lupeni, owing to a short circiut.
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    DUTCH INDIES LOAN.
    35 7 New York, April 30The new Dutch Indies $20,000,000 40 year 6 per cent, loan, at 961, has been a pronounced success. It completes the issue of $100,000.000, authorised by the Netherlands Parliament.
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    DEATH OF "BOSS" CROKER.
    21 7 London, April 30. The death has occurred in Dublin of the prominent Irish-American. Mr. Richanl (“Boss’) Croker.
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    AMERICA’S TAXATION.
    32 7 Washington, April 28. An amendment to the onstitution was introduced in Congress, gi'ing States the right to tax incomes derived from Gov(*rnment. also income from State. County and Municipal issues.
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    IRISH OUTRAGES.
    225 7 MORE murders in CORK London. April 29. Armed men shot dead five more local residents in County Cork, all of them Protestants. The circumstances of the murders are obscure, and the motive is unknown. 1' is believed they are reprisals for the oppression of Catholics in Belfast. One
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    ENGLISH CUP FINAL.
    28 7 HUDDERSFIELD WINNERS. London, April 29. In the Association Cup final. Huddersfield Town beat Preston North Eml by one goal to nil. at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea.
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    THE CUP-WINNERS.
    223 7 Huddersfield Town are a new power i’> football. In the course of three seasons they have earned promotion from the second to the first division of the League ami have been twice in the final f'-r the Cup. Their sensational promotion in 1920 w hen they were threatened
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    LACROSSE.
    41 7 ENGLISH TEAM’S SLCI’ESS. New York. April 30The Crescent Lacrosse team defeated Oxford ami Cambridge by ’six io one. but the visitors win the International Cup, as their score in the entire tour is five fibead of that of their opponents.
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    ESTATE LABOUR PROBLEM.
    186 7 ULU RANTAU’S DIFFICULTIES. London, April 28. Referring to the labour question at the annual meeting of Ulu Rantau Rubber Estates, Straits Settlements, the Chairman said it was most difficult to obtain a resident /Tamil labour supply, as Ulu Rantau vfas not a particularly popular neighbourhood. The company
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    WAR IN CHINA.
    73 7 SOUTH SEIZES NORTHERN SHIPS. London, Apiil 29. I'he imminence of a great confln t indicated in Hongkong messages with news from Canton Adherents of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the President of the so-calle<l Southern Republic, seized the Northern Squadron, anchored near Canton, and overj>owered and took prisoner
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    CALCUTTA PRISON OUTBREAK.
    55 7 MANY CASUALTIES. Calcutta. April 29. Seven convicts were killed and 46 taken to hospital as the result of the mutiny in tin* Presidency Jail. Nineteen escaped, two being recaptured. Five warders were injured. The damage is estimated at three lakhs. The prisoners seized antique weapons, including swords
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    STATE OWNED SHIPPING.
    166 7 LIABILITY AND TAXATION IMMUNITY. London. April 29. '1 he chief item on the Agenda of the International Shipping Conference in Ixmdon in October deals with grievances as regards the immunity of state-owned shipping from liability to taxation. The Chamber of Shipping, which supports the views of the
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    BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE.
    100 7 THE UNCALLED CAPITAL Paris, April 28. In the course of parliamentary debates on the proposals to refloat tiie Banque Industrielle de Chine, several speakers laid stress on the point that Parliament should subordinate the utilisation of the Boxer Indemnity guarant»*»* fuml to the calling up of the third
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    HOME BANKING HOURS.
    32 7 London, April 29. It is announced that the Clearing Banks will close their offices in London at 3.30 on week «lays and. it no»m on Saturdays after June 1.
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    A BANDIT’S FATE.
    28 7 Paris. April 29. Tl»e bandit Charrier was condemned to death for killing n I'r»mcJi officer in July last, when bandits he < up the Paris-Marseilles express..
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    RUSSO-GERMAN TRADE.
    25 7 Ixmdon, April 29. Russian sources announce that German steamers will deliver (lire» i to Petrograd on the ojiening of navigation on May 10.
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    VICTORY BONDS CASE.
    23 7 MR. BOTTOMLEY COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. Ixmdon. April 29. Mr. Horatio Bottomley. M.P.. (•ommitted for trial. Bail of £10,009 was granted.
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    MISSISSIPPI FLOODS.
    44 7 Vicksburg. April 29. The Mississippi floods cut off a thonnd residents in the lowlands. l ive hundred are isolated in the to" n Valley Pa'k. Calls for ht*lp ai b» i’ g received from other town-, in ihe vicinity of the river.
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    PRINCE OF WALES.
    91 7 DOING KYGi o. Kyoto, Aprii 30. i he Prince »<f ale- i- doing Kyoto wnh informal thoroughness- \este;dav afternoon, he witue.-sed what be termed a priceless show in the -mall courtyard of the Imperial Palace when ihe ancient game of Kernar was revived by a team of
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    THE PRINCE'S PROGRAMME.
    198 7 After the conclusion of the visit to Kioto, the Prince will proceed to Nara Tlie tour will th» n embrace the great pert- and industrial centres of Osaka and Koh»*, where a hearty welcome is being pit pared for the Prince by the Municipal Authorities At Kobe
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    THE ROYAL VISIT TO PENANG.
    256 7 PUBLIC MEETING OF INDIAN AND CEYLONESE. At the instance oi Mr. P. K. Nambyar a public meeting of the leading Indian and Ceylonese residents <»l Penang was held at the Ceylon Dispensary, on Saturday evening, to consider the loyal welcome and celebration of the visit
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    POPPY CULTIVATION.
    111 7 A CHINESE SUGGESTION. London, April 30 Before concluding’ its sittings at Geneva, the League of Nations Opium Commission adopted a resolution, moved by Chao Hsiu Chu, suggesting that the League request the Chinese Government to make better ami more thorough investigations into poppy cultivation in China, in order
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    EX-PRESIDEST DESCHANEL’S DEATH.
    42 7 Paris. April 25.-M. I’-' I';-; <-ha’»el. form»*r President ot th»* L» public, has di»*d._Vab. Victim of Influenza. Pari-. April 28. M. De-'hanel was ill *’>’ -eye::d dtiv- with i»iflm*nz:i. and finally developed nb’in(»-pulmoimrv compile: I mi’' to which he succumbed.
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    312 7 Dr. Wellington Koo. <»M Grit OWN COKKKSPONPENT.) Singapore. May 1. Dr. Wellington Koo, in an interview with the Free Press,” said he was returning to China for the purpose of attending a conference in Peking in connection with the carrying out of certain Washinu'on decisions. Hr thought th»*
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    A CHAMPAGNE CRISIS.
    166 7 The critical condition of the champagne industry in France has been explained fully' in a report which M. Etienne Henriot prepared for the recent Wine Week.” Since the beginning of the war the cost of cultivating vineyards has increased four-fould. and M. Henriot estimates the minimum cost-price
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    BURMA RICE MARKET.
    145 7 A Sudden Rise. Rangoon. April 25.—There waa a sudden rise in prices in the Rice Market to-day owing to the strong Chinese demand, and the fact that there are no stocks of rice. Big Millers this morning sold 500 tons Specials at Rs. 500, for May and
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    PENANG NIGHT MAIL.
    90 7 Views of F.M.S. Chamfer. After th»* last annual general meeting <d th»* F.M.S. Chamb»*r of Commerce in I poh. at the genend meeting of thecommittee w hich followed, it is understood that th»* discontinuance of th»' night mail was discussed at length, with particular reference to the
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    KAMPONG KAMUNTING TIN.
    1267 8 REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS. Th.* Directors of Kampong Kamunting lin Dredging, Ltd., report for the half year -ended 31st December, 1921 The Manager’s report sets out in detail the work done by the Company’s dredges during the period and the accompanying plan indicates the areas worked out
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    ASAM KUMBANG TIN.
    1202 8 R E PO R T OF TH E DIRE CTO R S. Th» ieport of the Directors of Asam Kumbang lin Dredging. Ltd., for the ha’t yea. ended 31 >ti December- 1921. states: lhe Manager’- report sets out in detail the work done by the Company's dredge
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    FRASER'S WEEKLY REPORT.
    269 8 Singaime, April 25. —The local share market is show ing a little more confidence and both rubber and tin shares have been in greater demand than for some months past, but as most shareholders are reluct tant to sell at ruling prices, the volume of business recorded
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    MALAYAN COAL.
    594 8 FINANCIAL POSITION I The directors’ eighth annual r i the Malayan Collieries, t <i eighteen months »>nded 3p i 1921, states that, by a special',., snareholdeis, passed on the ini v J,r ber, 1920, the authorised capitfii company wAs increased from *•>. 1*4,000,000. By an extra.,,,,„;7 ,tion of
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    MADRAS HARBOUR TRAGEDY.
    96 8 F.M.S. Planter Disappear Madras. April 21,—1n Madras h the skioper of the s.s. reestu v lying in harbour repotted to th p I" that one of her passengers ijl Andrew, employed on a rubber 1 1 the Straits Settlements, wa-tnisso night of the 18th instant 'y I
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    COMING EVENTS.
    63 8 May ,3_p.c.C. Tennis Challenge Ronml. )U May.J— P.C.U. “At Home. fi.,30 p.m. May ti- Football. Kiian Club pital. I’. Bnntar. Mav *J—Penang Assizes. av I.3—Football, Hospital \>• B n,ar C M av j;—Lodge hcotia. 1 Meeting. M, Mav 20 Football, Krian l |||lV I*. Buntar. r i> t
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    CHANGKAT SERDANG.
    338 9 TONS’ REPORT. Directors of < ’hangkat IP' Ltd. io>' the y ear c,,< e< l |«22< state*- that the profit 1 U Ilt for the year shows a net "\r''-2hO from which must be L/.iix-e of #7,340.40 brought •?< 1 a st account, leaving a debit j-]<| o
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    ON CHANGE.
    218 9 Missis Fea»«>n ami C<»., report as folh thth' Bubbei and Tin share markets ri.i Len decidedly firmer during the Vi-.k, ,md business has been brisk. Tin pares have changed hands freely but a tendency amongst rubber thaicholders j o hold for better prices. The Rubber Commodity market. r<*liii.n,
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    LOCAL SHARE LIST.
    79 9 The following arc the latest quotations in M< ssrs. Kennedy A Co.'s share list esterday. I <i-<lay Shares. _t J _i •V C. s c. #c. Sc. Rubber (Dollar). Allenby H 17] 15 17] Broga R. 32] 37] 27] 32] Craigieka I’. 2 (l 30 20 27]
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    52 9 Ist May. 1922. Local. Smoked Sheet 24gc I’ENANc; -Fine Pale Crepe 24 c I I nsniok<‘d Sheet No. 1 1 7]>c SINGA- I Smoked Sheet 28 c pore J Crepe 28 c London and New York. I Smoked Sheet 8 ;>|Bd London A.. I repe 8 ;>|B<l New
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    TIN PRICES.
    80 9 London. The Eastern Smelting Co.. Ltd: London, April 28. £lsL2s.fid spat, ami 152.10 s three months buying. £152.125.t»d selling. Local. The Straits Trading Co. Ltd. May 1: Singapore 125 tons at #77.:»0. Penang buyers no sellers 577.2;>. Messrs Boustead ami Co:— To-day's «(notation for Singapore retim'd tin 577.50
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    56 9 Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co., N. L. from 23rd to 29th April (being one week) 15 tons. Ratang Padang Dredging Company, Ltd., for April, output, tin ore 250 piculs, gold 28 taels, yards treated 55.000. The Dredge stopped on the 28th ult., for alterations to ladder ami boiler
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    184 9 Benares Opium p. chest 51.850.00 sales (Moves 120.00 sellers Gold leaf 72.00 do Mace Pickings 45.00 sales Nutmegs 805... 4.>.00 nom. 1105... 37.00 sellers Coconuts per 1.000 43.00 Copra Sumlried 10.30 buyers Rattans 11.20 sellers Rattans Coarse 10.50 do Green Snail Shells 13.00 do Siam Rice No. 1
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    PRODUCE MARKET.
    125 9 The Singapore Chaml»er of Commerce Rubber Association held its 548th Auction yesterday, April 26th. when there was C.italogued 1,333,497 lbs.; Tons 595.31. Offered 1,242,662 lbs.: Tons 554.77. Sold 903,849 lbs.; Tons 403.50. Prices Realized. Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents per lb. Singapore Standard Quality 28l (all in cases) Good
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    KENNEDY & CO’S SHARE LIST.
    1031 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. Lu i g NAMES. «-2 9 ”5 i X x to HUBrfKH (Doll*».» 3 e. 3c. 3 c. Allenby Rubber Co. 14 c ]7^ c Alor v ajah Rviober E«tat* ]qq An.nlg&noftted Malay Estates ...i > .IQ 125 vver Hitan. Planting Byodfrutiel gj.QQ J 1 (X)
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    CRICKET.
    478 9 P.C.C. v C.R.C. j I». C. in tlwir fixture with the C. IL lat the Esplanade on Saturday, made no mistake about their victory, winning by the handsome margin of four wickets and 120 runs. IL took first le;Lse of a moderately good batting wicket. 1 iang Liat and
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    BOXING.
    389 9 Wells Beats Lloyd. London. April 25.—At the National Sporting (’lub last night in a twenty round contest between Bombar<lier Wells ami Alixrt Lloyd of Australia Wells won. Lloyd retiring in the tenth round. Despite over eighteen months' absence from the ring Wells gave an excellent display. With an advantage
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    MOTOR NOTES.
    1177 10 The new Michelin cable cord over recently introduced in Malaya has been a striking success from the first moment ot its introduction. It has been proved by exhaustive trials to possess a quite remarkable resilience, while at the same time it is so supple, that it is one
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      188 10 THE NEW 15.9 ARROL-JOHNSTON Actually de v e lops I 36 B. H. P. at 2,000 revolutions per minute. g The 1922 Model. Is fitted with a Cylinder Engine, with Interchange- j able Valves, Force Teed I uibricat ion. Thermo-Syphon Cooling. Thermoid Lined Plate (’hitch. Four Speeds and Reverse. A.
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    MALAYA’S TRADE.
    243 11 HEAVIER IMPORTS. The returns of trade for British Malaya for the month of March show a total of Imports including bullion valued at $45 901,128, more than seven millions greater than, either January or February, and giving a total for the year to date of value $123,563,173. During
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    ELEMENTARY ECONOMICS.
    121 11 The disastrous and oolo®sally expensive policy of the Government in regard to house building has definitely failed, as this paper declared would be the case from the moment the scheme was pub lished. The result of the Government leaving the market has been, immediate tender's for building have
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    GREEKS’ FORCED LOAN.
    146 11 —“S.T." A Bill was introduced into the Greek Chamber for a forced internal loan of £15.000-000. The Government proposes t< confiscate half of all the money in circulation, giving 7 per cent interest-bearing bonds in exchange. A new issue of bank notes, with a face value of
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    MARKET PRICES.
    427 11 PENANG, MAY 1, 1922. BEEP’— cte. Soup per catty 35 Roast do 48 Steaks do 48 Stew or Gurry do curry S 6 Runip Steak do 48 Ox Tail each 50 do Tongue do 80 do Feet do 50 Heart per catty 40 Liver do 80 Fillet nf
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      329 12 EASTERN SHIPPING CO ltd (INCORPORATED IV THE STRAITS SETTLEMEM'TEL. ADDRESS j.],, f “SHIPPING, PENANG.” No. Head Office :—No. 63, Beach Street, Pena Dockyard and Machine Shop, Sung-ei Nyok, p w Telephone No. BUTTERWORTH 1. Ship Owners, Steel and Iron Ship Builders and Contn Boiler-Makers. Engineers, Brass and Iron Founded 01
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