Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 May 1922

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833, >Jo. 103. VOL. LXXX. WEDNESDAY.. 10th MAY, 1922, PRICE 15 CENTS.
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      533 1 > NIKKO MOP E R N ART pfIOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO H 0 7, NORTHAM ROAD. J j Tel. No. 579. •i J Z-I I— f° Q Q i Haboko Tea. M i I ,N EVERY DROP OF READ'S Jf S Carefully selected and free from I “DOG’S HEAD GUINNESS I J
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      31 1 BRITISH BOND Writing Pad ;j i[ of 100 leaves with 25 envelope* d ii $1 > M Hermione Box contains 50 fsmoyt '1 lined Notepaper, 50 Envelope* $1 Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd.
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    1611 2 SOCIAL PERSONAL. S.F.P.” Dr. W. S. Milne. Medical Officer. F.M.S., ha* return I from Hom leave. The Food Production Enactment 1918 ceases to operate in the P.M.S. from .lune 1, 1922. Mr. IL R. Joynt has taken over Mr. W. Peel’s duties as Controller of Labour, F.M.S. and S.S. Sir
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    PENANG ASSIZES.
    861 2 The Dato Kramat Murder. At Penang Assizes this morning before the Hon Mr Justice P. J. Sproule and a special jury. Paidaya was arraigned on a charge of having (1) on or about March 14. at the Fukien Chinese Girls’ School. Dato Kramat. committed murder by causing the
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    IN LUCK.
    301 2 Bangkok Times.” This country, Siam, lias reason to view the proceedings of the Opium Commission of the League of Nations with some complacency. As the financial Adviser put it in his last report, Siam has the satisfaction of knowing that she is complying strictly with the terms of
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    PERAK MINERS' AND PLANTERS’ ASSOCIATION.
    272 2 “T.0.M.” Old Organisation to be Revived. Reference was made in our issue of Saturday to the meeting to lie held on the 13th instant, with a view to re-vitalising the Perak Miners’ and Planters’ Association which ante dates the F. M. S. Chamber of Mines
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    RIFLE SOOTING AT TAIPING.
    76 2 Ten members of the Taiping branch of the M.S.V.R. B.R.A. were on the Range on Sunday, shooting at 200. 000. and 000 vards. the best being W. A. D. Edwards 31 24 25 Total 80 A. Harrington 34 29 23 Sfi A. J. Cassidv 2fi 27
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    KUCHAI CASE JUDGMENT.
    45 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 10. In the action by the Official Assignee (originally Alval Chetty) against Mr. J. B. David in connection with investment of $5,000 in the Kuchai dredging area, »n Selangor, judgment was given for defendant, with costs.
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    PLANTER’S CLAIM.
    526 3 T.0.M.” A Leave Question. In the Supreme Court, Ipoh. before the Hon. Mr. Justice Watson, the civil suit F. Adelborg versus United Plantations, Telnk Anson, was mentioned. The plaintiff is suing for $1,128.57, alleged balance due him by the defendants. the plaint being as follows Th at the
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    Coming Events.
    100 3 May 12—Penang Golf Club, Cinderella Dance. Ma y 12 —Penang Club. Meeting, 9.15 p.m. May 13—Football. Hospital v E M School, P. Buntar. May 13—New Club, Taiping. Special Dinner, 8.15 p.m. Dance, 9.30 p.m. May 13—Cricket. P.C.C. vMr Holmes Brown’s XL Esplanade. May 17—Lodge Scotia. Installation Meeting. May
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    EXCHANGE
    115 3 PENANG, MAY 10, 1922. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/3 13/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 3 Credit 2/4 9/32 3 Documentary 2/4 5/16 Calcutta Demand Bank RsJ79 1 3 days’sight Private 183 I Bombay Demand Bank 179 I Madras Demand Bank 179 S 3
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    CHINESE DEBTOR’S AFFAIRS.
    350 3 Application was made to Mr. Justice Barn-tt-Lennard in the Supreme Court. Singapore, on Saturday, for a warrant for the arrest of Khoo Piak Gin, who formerly carried on business as Chop Khoo Choo Guan and Co. at 59 Chulia street, and against whom a petition for a
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    GOVERNMENT AND CRAG HOTEL.
    353 3 S. F. P. After having had it under their control for only about two years, the F.M.S. Railways have decided to give up the proprietorship of the Crag Hotel at Penang. The exact reasons which have forced the Department to this decision are not made apparent,
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    MALAYA’S TRADE.
    70 3 Thi* total value of foreign imports of merchandise into British Malaya for the month of Ap’ril, 1922. was $33.543.346 (£3,913,391). and for the month of March. 1922, $40,874,436 (£4.768,685) a decrease of $7,331,090 (£855.294). The total value of foreign exports of merchandise from British Malaya for the month
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      774 3 <7CLASSIFIED THE WAH KEOW YIT POH PRESS, H oßl CEMENTS. ltd PENANG, INVOLUNTARY l)^' r0B sale, to let. 4., LIQUIDATION. snTi D in the “Pinang k ,ns The undersigned, having at eNTS a word. been appointed liquidators of REE adress to which th e above Company at a -mting lhe
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    THE “TIMES” AND THE PREMIER.
    1297 4 It is gratifying to learn that the sensational statement telegraphed to the “Times” by its editor Mr. Wickham Steed who is acting as a special correspondent for the Thunderer at Genoa lacks the vital element of truth. If Mr. Lloyd George had really used the
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1435 4 Several of our contemporaries indulge in interesting comment The Rubber on the opposition of Situation. Dutch rubber producers to a general policy of restriction, in which they were asked to cooperate. The “Straits Times” discusses the labour factor in the Netherlands Indies. an indigenous estate population, and
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      214 4 “AMSTEL”| 1\ Pilsencr Lager Beer I New Shipments Arriving. S n 1 P—Reduced Prices Quoted g on Application. g I .9B- G. H. SLOT CO.. PENANG. WESTMINSTER TOBACCO I 1 COMPANY, 1 LIMITED, 1 1 LONDON. 1 1 COMMANDER 1 VIRGINIA CIGARETTES. IRUNNYMEDE HOTEL, LTD. I (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.)
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      17 4 E. H. R. H. The Prince of Wales* Visit. SPECIAL DINNER AND DANCE, On Tuesday, 23rd May.
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    20 4 DEATH. Stevens —At the General Hospital. Singapore, suddenly on May •>. H. li. Stevens, aged IS, of the Singapore Harlxnir Board.
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    BRITAIN AND FRANCE.
    1042 5 B RI TAIN AND FRANCE. kA Deliberate, Malicious i n invention. THE POSITION AT GENOA. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Loudon, May 8. n the House oi Commons, Genoa piomine’d at question time. Mr. k-rlain said a summary had fhanilH i i Mr Llovd George of a statereap'l i i. t i lc
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    DISEASE IN RUSSIA.
    144 5 THE RELIEF WORK. Paris, May 9As revealing the extent of disease in Russia, and the drastic efforts of the Relief Commissions to cope with it. the Pasteur Institute is working dav and night to execute an order from the American Red Cross for toxins and vaccines, which
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    TRADE PROSPECTS.
    44 5 REVIVAL PREDICTEDLondon, May 9. Opening the Conference of the National Chamber of Trade, at Margate, the retiring President, Mr. Blakemore, expressed the opinion that a trade revival was imminent. Reduced manufacturing costs were placing Britain in a favourable position in world trade.
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    SEQUEL TO EGYPTIAN INCIDENT.
    49 5 »”airo, May 8. The Commander of the 16th F ,r yptia’i Infantry hatbh.-.n ami fixe oncers have lean placed on ihe ii’i•o’a< hed list, in consequence of the behaviour r*f the troopa. who refused to make any serious attenip- d- per-» hooligans in March last.
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    THE KING AND QUEEN.
    206 5 State Visit to Belgium. London, May 8. Their Majesties ihe King and Queen received a most hearty send off from London this morning on their first State visit to the King and Queen of the Belgians since the war. Great crowds, in brilliant sunshine, loudly <
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    CHINA.
    77 5 THE “GUARDIAN’S” COMMENTSLondon. May 8. The “Manchester Guardian.” in an editorial, says Dr. Sun Yat Sen has apparently backed the wrong horse, and must now readjust his diplomacy. An important fact about the fighting is that it has given no excuse to foreign interests to send forces to China
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    THE TEA DUTY
    58 5 AME N DM ENT REI ECT El). London, May 8. In the House of Commons, on the Report Stage on the Budget resolutions, an amendment, moveil by Mr. Trevelyan Thomson, to reduce the tea duty by a further 2d pm lb., was rejected by 190 votes to
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    NEW GUINEA.
    49 5 OIL PROSPECTING. Melbourne, May 8The Anglo-Persian Oil Company has prospected 2,000 square milt's of New Guinea for oil and found seepages, but the report is generally unfavourable. A further survey of the Middle Gepik Basin is recommended, pending which the Commonwealth will not grant oil discovery rights.
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    INDIAN EXPENDITURE.
    47 5 LORD INCHCAPE’S COMMITTEE. London, May 8. Lord Inchcape will proceed to India in the autumn, in the capacity of Chairman of the Committee on expenditure which is being appointed by the Government of India. Hie Committee will largely follow the lines of the Geddes Committee.
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    GENERAL SEMENOFF.
    33 5 New York, May 9. General Semenoff has requested Congress’s permission to appear immediately before the Senate Committee, to clear himself of the charges that he is a murderer and a brigand.
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    PERSONALITIES.
    110 5 London, May 8. Mr. William Hutton, formerly of Singapore, left £40,410. The late Mr. George (’roll, the wellknown Director of Rubber Companies, 1 ft £88,470. The late Sir Francis May, formerly Governor of Hongkong left £59,676. A Paris message of May 9 says President Millerand has returned from his
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    REPARATIONS.
    74 5 German Minister’s View. Berlin, May 8. A German reading of the reparations situation was presented by the Minister of Defence, General von Gessler, at Hamburg. He said the Government by carrying out and fulfilling its obligations had hitherto gained time and made its enemies realize the impossibility of complete
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    RESTORATION OF FRENCH CHURCHES.
    51 5 A SUCCESSFUL LOAN. Paris, May 8. The Archbishop of Rheims announces the success of a loan of 200,000,000 francs for the reconstruction and restoration of French Churches devastated in war time. His Holiness the Pope has sent 50,000 francs, expressing his deep satisfaction with the generous
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    WHITE BRIDE FOR A YELLOW KING.
    313 5 CHOICE THAT WILL BREAK UP A HAREM The French Protectorate of Annam is in a ferment because its emperor has resolved to marry a white' woman. The ferment appears to have been provoked, according to Paris despatches, by his own courtiers, whose grievance is
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    182 5 The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Commission was held in the Municipal Chamber, Penang, yesterdayThere were present: —Messrs. SCodrington (President) J. H- Pedlow. CR Samuel, Y’eoh Guan. Seok and Dr- Lim Guan Cheng. The other officers present were:—Messrs W- S. Dunn, (Municipal Enginee-), ‘.V J. VVdlwns (Electrical Engineer),
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    COUNTY CRICKET.
    56 5 Notts in Form. London, May 8. At r*eieester, Notts beat Leicestershire by nine wickets. For the winners, Hardstaft scored 117 (not out), and Ric hmond took eight wickets for 43 runsAt Birmingham, Warwickshire beat Worcestershire by 81 runs. At Southampton, Sussex beats Hants by 10 runs. In Hampshire’s
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    THE OPENING MATCHES.
    324 5 The first matches of the English County Cricket season have provided Yorkshire, Lancashire, Notts and Warwickshire with victories, all of them, with the exception of the match at Birmingham, by very large margins. The champions of 1920 and 1921, Middleecx, after a draw with Oxford University, inflicted
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    CRICKET AT SUNGEI PATANI.
    155 5 KULIM DEFEATEDI A return cricket match was held at Sungei Patani on Sunday, between Sungei Patani and Kulim, Sungei Patani winning by 52 runs. The following were the scores: Kulim McKay c Barrett b Spowers 0 Tollemache c Pearce b Pike 12 Hazlett b Spowers 0
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    CRICKET IN PERAK.
    190 5 “BROWNIES” ON TOUR Stying themselves the Brownies’’ Mr. Holmes Brown’s cricket eleven which is touring Perak and will be at Penang on Saturday have met with success in both their games so far. On Sunday they played Tapah at Taj>ah and won by 93 runs in a
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    CRICKET.
    35 5 A cricket match between the Penang Cricket Club and Mr. Holmes Brown’s Team from the F. M- S. will be played an Saturday, the 13th May. at 1-30 p- m. on the Esplanade Ground-
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    AUSTRALIA AND THE DAVIS CUP.
    338 5 Recent performances by G. L. Patterson, of Victoria, and J. O. Anderson, of New South Wales, raised high hopes of Australia regaining the Davis Cup and title of champion nation in this year’s contests in America. Financial considerations may, however, prevent these wellfounded hopes being
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    BILLIARDS.
    68 5 London, April 19- —Reece is playing wonderful billiards this year in. the chain pionship- In the semi-final round yesterday against Falkiner his breaks in eluded one of 455- He is leading Falkiner on the first day’s play by nearly 1,000 poiints. If he is successful, this will make Reece’s
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    STOCK EXCHANGE WALK.
    67 5 London, April 29.—Nineteen competitors started at seven o’clock this morn ing from Westminster Bridge on the annual Stock Exchange walk to Brighton. H. Rhodes won for the third year in succession, his time being 9 hours 13 minutes 55 seconds. W. Murrane was second in 9 hours
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    THE BRITISH WAR MEDAL.
    204 5 Simla, April 27—It has been decided that all British officers (including British officers of the Indian Army and officers of the Indian Army Reserve) and soldiers of British units who served in India between the sth August 1914 and ilth November 1918 shall be eligible for
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    SUNKEN WHARF SUIT.
    6428 6 Judgment on Third and Fourth Party Issues. The following is the concluding portion of the judgment of the Hon. Mr- Justice M. H. Whitley, on the third and fourth party issues in Suit No. 311 of 1918. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Limited, and Handel Maatschappij, G.
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    LOCAL SHARE LIST.
    51 7 'l’he following are the latest <|notations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day 2° jo jo Shares. t 'Z c. sc. c. c. Mining. •Johan Tin I) 57-1 60 52’ 57-j Malau Tin 40 30 Mambau Tin 45 55 50 55 N. Taiping 85 87A 80
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    79 7 Ithri May, 1922. Local. cts. Smoked Sheet 24i PENANG. Fine Pale Crepe 24 Unsmoked Sheet No. 1... 17-1» SINGA- (Smoked Sheet 27 PORE j Crepe 27 London and New York. t zTX'r z 1 Smoked Sheet <S ?>ls<l London Crepe 8 3/8d Market steady. New York Gl6 The
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    RUBBER CROPS.
    155 7 The following are additional rubber outputs for April lbs. Allenby 19.323 Anglo-Malay 90.885 Anglo-Johore 17.320 Bikam 20.300 Broome 31.340 Batu Tiga 44,500 Bukit Palong 15,487 Cluny 20.000 Changkat Salak 67.000 Consolidated Malay 70.323 Chulsa (Selangor) 30.000 Emerald 60.980 F.M.S. 72.000 F.M.S. Rubber 89.000 Golden Hope 16.725 Glengowrie 17.700
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    TIN PRICES.
    93 7 London. The Straits Trading Co.. Ltd., gives the following London prices, on May 9: Spot £148.15s down 10s 3 mos. buying 150.5 s 10s 3 selling 150.10 s 10s Local parity .$74.08 Local. May 10th: Singapore sold 50 tons at S 7(». Penang sold 75 tons at $7O.
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    TIN OUTPUT.
    12 7 Talam Mines, Limited, output from all sources, April, piculs 444.4.).
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    THE MAILS.
    35 7 The homeward mail, by the Thongwa. closes at 10 a.m. on Saturday. The Delta is due to arrive here at 4 p.m. on Friday, and is expected to have European mails on board.
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    INDIAN LABOUR.
    28 7 947 coolies arrived per ss Ekma today, of which 283 wore sent to Pulau Jerejak, and the balance proceed direct to Port Swettenham for quarantine there.
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    KENNEDY & CO’S SHARE LIST.
    1002 7 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. NAMES. i i-J <g 5 RUBBBR <Dolla>.) 3 c. j 9c. 9 c. Allenby Rubber Co, jf J Alor Gajah Rubber Estate I.(XJ 1.10 Amalgamated Malay Estate* j’jq j‘26 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate innn 11 rn Ayer Kuning Rubber Estate* j qq Ayer Molek Rubber Co.
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