Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 7 June 1922

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833, No. 124. VOL. LXXX. WEDNESDAY; 7th JUNE, 1922. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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    EXPLOITATION OF RUSSIA.
    1069 2 —Ex. GERMAN PLANS. The fact of supreme importance I European politics to day is that Russia has ceased, beyond all possibility of. relapse, to be inert- The frequency with which one now meets in Germany vis'tors returned from Russia is rapidly reducing the experience to a commonplace.
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    FIVE CENTURIES AT LINCOLN'S INN.
    188 2 Lincolns Inn will celebrate its s<K)th anniversary this year. At the Honourable Society of the Inn a "Daily Chionicle” representative was informed that the anniversary would be celebrated b\ a banquet, and is likely to take place in October. There are 2.000 members of the
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    FIGHT WITH AN APE.
    192 2 DESPERATE DUEL WITH THE KEEPER OF A ZOO- As the result of a desperate fight with an ape. beginning in a cage and continued outside it until tardy assistance came. Louis Scherer, chief keeper of th»' Walbridge Park Zoo, at Toledo. Ohio, .s in a hospital
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    EIGHTY YEARS OF INCOME TAX.
    106 2 Spring marked the 80th birthday of the income tax as it exists to-day. It was in 1842 that Sir Robert Peel revived the tax after an abeyance of 27 years. Pitt’s earlier income tax had been a wa’. measure, and Peel in his Budget put
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    THE WOMAN’S VIEW.
    966 3 f’LOTHES ON LINKR IN THE TROPICS. A hoi oily wind on (he Indian Oceanlife on deck, sheltered from sun. but in full view of publicity deck games during the day, dance- at night—how to look decent under melting conditions? This is the problem that confronts the woman
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    HOW THE LOW MARK HELPS GERMANY.
    283 3 How the lowhalue of the mark bene- fits Germany is disclosed in a White Paper by Mr. J. W. F. Thelwall.cominercial secretary to the British Embassy in Berlin, and Mr. I. Kavanagh, commercial secretary in l le <K Cn pied territories. "There can be
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    WORLD’S CHAMPION LOVER.
    229 3 In Poughkeepsie, a distant suburb of New York, John Leclair, aged 25, of medium height, slender build, and with wavy black hair, modestly confesses that he is one of the champion lovers of his tory. He had been in gaol for a week, accused of marrying eight
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    BETS PAID BY CHEQUE.
    184 3 At a mock trial at the Gray’s Inn >lo( t > ciety an appeal was heard against a decisi -n that a trustee in bankrupt! could not recover on behalf of a debtor’’- estate £T,(XX» paid by cheques in favour of a Bck kmaker. for money
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    SERIOUS RAILWAY COLLISION.
    72 3 Calcutta. May 2».— During Saturday night’s storm a big tree was uprooted off Kadamtala station, on the Hcvvrah Anita light railway as a result of which telegraph wires were broken and communication interrupted. On a sharp curve between Batliigu and Jadamtala stations there was a collision between
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    5,000 OCTOPUSES CAUGHT.
    51 3 Fishing boats on the Brittany and Nor mandy coasts have landed during one week recently more than 5.000 octopi’se< of weights varying from lib each Their wholesale capture explains the ab normal scarcity of shellfish on this coast, the octopus being the greatest enemy of lobsters and
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      141 3 RUNNYMEDF HOTEL Ltd., (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) THE MOST COMFORTABLE HOTEL IN PENANG. SITUATED ON THE SEA FRONT. Accommodation Service and Table Excellent. TERMS MODERATE. Special Rate for Visitors having Bed and Breakfast. Dancing every Saturday Night. Music Every Night by First Class Orchestra. Lie Jim, j S Bw
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    A NEW BOXING CHAMPION.
    532 4 HOW BLOOMFIELD DEFEATED DRAKE. Boy McCormick having resigned his ’ruiser- Weight championship, was a spectator of the fight for the title, which only lasted nine rounds. At the close of the ninth meeting Harry Drake, the Windsor boxer, who had been rather badly handled by .lack
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    HOW THE SUEZ CANAL WAS CONCEIVED.
    351 4 Story of De Lesseps’s Inspiration. Th<* Suez (’anal and its creator. Ferdinand de Lesseps. formed the subject of the first of the staff lectures of the summer term at the French Institute. (’rom well-gard< *ns. London. M. Vieille. Professor al the Institute, lecturing in
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    PROBLEMS OF NEW GUINEA.
    874 4 T.0.M.” PENETRATION OF CHINESE. Now that tin Federal Government lias passed a series of ordinances governing land settlement and mining operations in New Guinea, the Administrator (Mr. Wisdom) expects that there will be a considerable revival in development and an increase in European population. Mr. Wisdom
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    LARGEST CUNARD LINER.
    608 4 BF.RENG \RI.\- (HL EQnp M| ;XT After being for the iH! n v Newcas?le-on-Tyne i u the ru lor reconditioning and conve.- burning, the Berengaria th."" i" i! vessel in the Cunard fleet, V| < i i Southampton, ami made m/jv i;tt her place, on May 2b.
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    K.L. PARADE.
    175 4 r II ir* M.M-“ At the ceremonial para<le <>n the K'lah Lumpur Padang on Saturdax ,,|U| '’"'Al'. observance of the King’s birth-lay- strength of the local forces \\<i> < l 1,1 lion of six companies under command of Col. Graham. with Major Fraser. 0. I>- h— 1 ('apt.
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    Band Programme.
    43 4 The Municipal Band VIII following programme at the from (’> p.m. to-day 1 March On the i I'liuene 2 Intermezzo Cupid s (>ar«len 3 Waltz Linga 4 Selection The M )nckton 5 Two Step The British Empire Ml God Save The King.
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    STOCK OF GOLD IN U.S.A.
    286 5 llt es of the gold holding of the I,l jtes Treasury and the Federal '/banks are regularly given, but F’*' so often that the total stock of .1,,, FS A is announced. Ac- > I n iid o the Federal Reserve Bulletin t ie United
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    GOLD IN VICTORIA
    283 5 Th, ston of the vast wealth won from i', V;it< riati gold mines, in always a fa-4 nating one. and in the lecture deI -.e’-fG on the subject by Mr. G. D- Meubef ne the Historical Society of Vitoria, at the Town Hall. Melbourne, ■k. statistics quoted
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    AUSTRIA’S SOCIALIST SCHEMES.
    265 5 e dea of national workshops is no one and whenever the experiment "‘<l thr results are invariably the i ne State, to cut its losses, abanlie venture. A well-informed coi- '"b ut in ienna draws attention to k istn.us results of the experiment which was insisted upon
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    THE NEW CHINA RESTAURANT.
    244 5 Mr. “London” writes in the “Daily Graphic”: Chinamen (we should prefer Cffiinese) in London have received a great shock because of tin* drug scandals recently exposed. The New China Restaurant, in Regent Street, owned by hang, the Chinaman who gave evidence at the Freda Kempton inquest,
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    CHINESE ROBBERS EXECUTED IN PUBLIC
    159 5 Shanghai. May 20- —Doo Ixii-bei and A\ ang Zai-ling. armed robbers who had been com icted and sentenced to death, were shot in the presence of a big gathering at noon to-day on a public highway within a stone's throw of lhe boundary of the
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    WONDERFUL NEW ALLOYS
    230 5 In Great Britain vigorous efforts are being made to develop alloys of various metals with special properties <»f great usefulness in every day life. At a recent trade exhibition held in London several examples were shown of water taps and other fittings made of a remarkable aluminium
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    WIFE’S WIG.
    160 5 A Vienna husband has sought a divorce because his wife concealed before marriage the fact that she was bald and had deformed fingers and toes- The first sight of his wife after marriage without a wig excited “irresistible loathing.” said the husband- The wi'fe charged the husband with
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    BURMA REFORMS.
    1127 6 Immense interest ha< been excited in Burma b\ the publication of a new and final scheme of a constitution tor that country which differs from the Indian Reforms in many important respects. When the latter reforms were introduced. Mr. Montagu and Lord Chelmsford in their report stated they
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1542 6 The customary modicum is Malaya’s share in the distribution Honours. of Birthday Honours, and when in the ordinary course of events the conventional bestowal of honours on Their Highnesses the Sultans of the various States is completed —there cannot be much further scope in this direction—the local
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      236 6 C. 2 PURE V IRON I Resists Rust and Corrosion Wherever industry finds need for a pure, rust-resisting and durable iron, ARMCO Ingot Iron is preferred. ARMCO Ingot Iron is unequalled EE for culverts, tanks, boilers, furnaces, passenger and freight cars, locomotives, locomotive tubes, welding wire, telegraph and fencing wire.
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      8 6 “E. O.” Special Tiffin Every Wednesday and Saturday
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      24 6 THE TIDES. High Water. Low Water. To-day. 10.42 a.m. 1.20 a.m. 10.58 p.m. .”».21 p.m. To-morrow. 11.19 a.m. 6 aan. 11.43 p.m. <>. 5 p.m.
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    156 6 DEATH. Gan —On June 4. Mis. Gan Hood Soo, aged 88. sister of the late Tan Kim l ean, aunt of Tan Hap Leng and Tan Hap Leong, at Villa de Tann. No. 1 Lorong h». Gaylang-nI. Singap<>re. OBITUARY. New York. June G. The dduth has occurred of the we’lknowp
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    IRISH BORDER.
    208 7 The Sinn Fein Invasion. London, -I unt* 0. T'jie tearing out of Sinn Fein invat l> ti >ni the I’ettigo-Belleck salient is ..din»»- satisfactorilv. The British [llOCt’t <1 “ip. i( ul nu include* the Lincolns and x 1(h Staffs, and completely controls I’ettigo area, which embrace* a nuleof
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    BANK RAIDS IN IRELAND
    243 7 Thirteen bank raid's, which were probably concerted. occurred in Ireland in mail week- The raids, with the stuns lost, ■e carried out at the following towns Mitchelstown (Cork) £lO,OOO. Sligo £'l4.iho. Waterford. Limerick £3,500, Chnmel (Waterford) £40.000. Wespoit day £2.673. Ballinrobe (Mayo) £jieo. laremoiris (Mayo) £9OO.
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    HERR SCHEIDEMANN.
    52 7 PRI’SSIC ACID THROWN. Berlin. June (>. A Cassel message says a youth threw *'to\ balloon, believed to contain I'l'Ussic acid, in the face of Burgotuuster Scheidemann. the well-known ex-Chancellor, and ran off. Herr Scheidemann tired at the fugi*'ve twice without result, and was then unconscious for some hours,
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    AMERICAN LABOUR.
    34 7 IMPORTANT decision. Washington, June fi. Hie Chief Justice, Mr. Taft, in the ,I l"'*ni(> (durf, held that labour orga,llsations are liable for damage to prolx',,y <>r otherwise by their members ’unihg strikes.
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    STERLING EXCHANCE.
    35 7 HIGHEST SINCE 1919. New York, June 6. Hu* pound steiling soared to 4.0(1', the highest since 1919. If is 4 ''‘billed to England’s increased fo- ’p" ''mle, especially with the I nih*‘l States.
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    U.S. STEEL COMPANIES.
    32 7 Washington. June 6. u\ :i M*(|Uel to the amalgamation of Hetldehem and Lackawanna Steel the Federal Trade Com""■"ui has issued a formal complain 4 barge of unfair methods of
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    THE HELICOPTER.
    104 7 Successful British Aerial Tests. London, dune A far-1 ’caching step in < he history of aeronautics was registered by the complete success of tests of the British Brennan Helicopter. The work al South Farnborough was carried on in the greatest secrecy, paralleled only in the case of the
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    THE NEW MACHINE.
    148 7 The helicopter is an aeroplane which i< capable of rising vertically from the ground, remaining motionless over any given spot, and making a direct descent. In war. the helicopter would revolution conditions. Observation and bombing from the air would assume a new and much more dangerous aspect.
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    FRENCH TRADE.
    46 7 THE BRITISH FACTOR. Paris, June 6. Trade statistics show a reduction of imports in 1922. compared with 1921. The most marked reduction is in British goods, which fell off 53.009.(10(1 frtHics. On the contrary. French ex- ports to Britain increased by 19G.1MM1.- 1100 francs.
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    SIR LAURENCE CUILLEMARD.
    21 7 REC EIVED BY THE KING. London. June G. H.M. the King gave an audience lo Sir Laurence Guillemard.
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    THE CHINA STATION.
    48 7 London. -I une G. The light cruiser Despatch has been commissioned for her trials by Captain Robert Hamilton, after which she will relieve the Curlew on th»* China Station. A sister ship of the Diomede is also i>eiug prepared for service on the China Station.
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    P.C.C BOWLS TOURNAMENT.
    83 7 The following bowls ties are fixed for Friday, the 9th June: Singles Handicap Class B. 2L. M. Evans v. Winner of —5 A- J- Plumb v- 2 Dr. C- H. Hertz (4) Double Handicap.—Scr Dr. J. S- Rose and J- G- Allan v. t 5 C- H.
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    69 7 The following tennis ties are fixed fo. Friday, 9th June:— Men’s Doubles Open.—Terrell and Hamilton v. Groom and Sedwick (1). Mixed Doubles. Mrs. Gardner and Davies v. Mr. and Mrs. Reimann (2). Men’s Singles “A”.—Clark v. Everest (3). Men’s Doubles “B”.—Kinder and Sanderson v. Ross and Bradley
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    THE REPARATIONS.
    137 7 Deadlock Over Loan to Germany. Paris. J une G. Ihe aiming European waters are again troubled by the announcementof the postponement of to-day’s meeting- <it the Reparations Commission ‘o discuss the reduction of the German indemnity. Behind the postponement is believed to be ;t deadlock bet w een
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    RAIN AND RICE.
    279 7 “Cygnus” gives us a choice of three meteorological cycles, one of a little less than seven years, one of a little more than fifteen, and one of seventeen, says the “Bangkok Times. The seventeen wet years came to an end in 1918, and ac cording to this
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    RUSH FOR DIAMONDS.
    197 7 REPORTED BIG FINDS 1\ BRITISH GUIANA A discovery of diamonds, which are being picked up in great quantities along the Mazaruni River, has resulted in a rush to British Guiana according to Professor William La Varre, of Harvard University, who has just arrived from the scene- At
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      RENONG TIN DREDGING CO., LTD.
      124 7 [To the Editor of the ‘‘Pinang Gazette-’’J Sir, —It is common knowledge that two. out of three, of this Company s dredges have met with accidents during the last two months. One dredge, I understand. met with trouble at Renong, and one ‘‘turned turtle" at
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    RUBBER RESTRICTION.
    369 7 Churchill Committee’s Recommendations. CO-OPERATION ESSENTIAL. (From Opr Owx Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. June 7. Ihe Malay Mail Colombo correspondent wires A Times of Ceylon” cable states that the Rubber Committee’s Report says the only alternative to the very great evils of compulsory restriction of output is the imp(»siti<>ii of
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    202 7 THE RENTS ORDINANCE. (From Our Own Correspondent.» Singapore, June 7. At a meeting of Singapore Rent Board, the Chairman, in the course of a eulogy of the services of Mr. C. E. F. Green, s lid he believed it was a foregone conclusion that the Ordinance would be
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    1366 7 SOCIAL PERSONAL. “S F P.” We iegret to learn that H- R. 11. Prince Prachaks is suffering from an attack ot malaria fever, says the Bangkok Times-’’ Leave has been granted to the following F- M. 6. Government servants —MessrsA. Campbell, W. H- \Vood, A- E- Rambaut, C. M- Goodyear,
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    FRACAS ON THE GORGON.
    152 7 About four o’clock, on Sunday after noon, an affray took place on board the Gorgon, now in dock, which resulted ’.n three Malays having to resort to hospital to have their hurts attended to, whilst a fourth gave himself up to the police at West Wharf
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    THE NEAR EAST.
    69 7 London, May 30. —Haddad Pasha, London representative of King Feisul, informed Reuter’s representative in an in terview that the only real difficulty in the pending negotiations for a treaty with Britain was dissatisfaction with the present form of the mandate. All wished to co-operate with the British,
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    KINTA ASSOCIATION.
    554 8 A FAIR PROFIT MADE FOR YEAR. The 35th ordinary general meeting ot the Kinta Association, Ltd., was hel l at the registered offices of the company, Chartered Bank Chambers. Singapore. The Hon. Mr. W. Lowther Kemp presided and others present were Messrs. H. Macgregor, A. Hvalsoe arid T.
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    LAST YEAR’S BOOKS.
    276 8 The appearance of the 85th annual issue of the English catalogue of books enables one to calculate the mathematical side of literature. During 1921 11.026 books were published, an advance of 22 on the previous year. Fiction was th' most numerous class, though it showed a decrease
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    MURAI TIN, LTD.
    428 8 DIRECTORS’ REPORT. The directors’ report for the year ended April 30th. 1922, to be presented at the fifth annual general meeting of shareholders in Murai Tin. Ltd., on June 20th at 11 a.m. at No. I—3,1 —3, Old Market Square, Kuala Lumpur, states inter alia The nett
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    THE TIN OUTLOOK.
    454 8 “Free Press-” AMERICAN PROSPEC TS CHEERFUL. The London ‘Metal World” of May 4 says With the turn of the month and pending the issue of the monthly statistics, trading in tin wag restricted, but a I steadier tone nevertheless ensued, some improvements being recorded on Mondav. in
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    PIANO-PLAYING AS A CAREER.
    518 9 I;1< hamboi rg-s views. s| U i-K Hainbourg was brought H.venih- puwligy at Moscow in h( ~o( of I<>. and came to )Ol -tl\ afterwards. he has been Z iwst-ktiown pianists in the V|| |,j s views on piano-playing as i a how to set about
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    Coming Events.
    64 9 ’"'J'ricket. P.C.C. v E. S. Co. ition. Loot ball, I.C.A.U. v E. M. Parit Buntar. '•hnnble Sale, St. Mark's School, h( IJittenxoHh. a m y- Pi m Passes Bv,” Town q.J IL:US P-m. General Meeting, "'■’’’ornwallis. C.. 45 p.m. Gymkhana Club, "I'ing. h» a g Gymkhana. 3 p.m.
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    AYER KUNING RUBBER.
    370 9 AXN CAL REPORT. Ihe Directors' twelfth annual report ami accounts to 31st Dvcetiiber. 1921, states Accounts.— I’m* balance of profit ami loss brought forwar.l from last year amounted to •'S'Jo.doG.GO. less Directors’ fee< for 1920 s2.oi h i.oo, |<- s < loss for the year .55.529.37. leaving
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    HIGHLANDS & LOWLANDS.
    265 9 HIGHLANDS LOWLANDS. REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS. The Directors of Highlands and Lowlands Para Rubber Co., Ltd., report for the year ended the 31st December, 1921, as follows The year’s working resulted in a profit of £23.187 3s. lid., which with the net amount brought forward from 1920 £40,667 13s. 6d-,
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    PHOTOGRAPHIC FAIR.
    104 9 The Photographic Fair at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster makes the widest possible appeal to professional and amateur photographers alike- and includes new cameras, accessories and processes, and last but not least, an allround lowering of pricesYour photography for 1922 should cost you less. Among new things are
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    LOCAL SHARE LIST.
    29 9 The following are lhe latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day. tn g jq Shares. sc. sc. c. sc. Mining. ('lienderiang '>/- 7/6 2/6 ’>/
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    80 9 7th June, 1922. Local. cts. A Smoked Sheet 24i Penang /■Fine Pale Crepe 24A J Unsmoked Sheet No. 1... 17i Weak. Singa- Smoked Sheet 24] PORE J Crepe 24 London and New York. t I Smoked Sheet 7 3/<Sd LONDON J Crepe ;{/8d Market quiet. New York Gl4|
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    RUBBER CROPS.
    58 9 The following are additional rubber outputs for May lbs. Bassett 18.000 Bert am 132.000 Bakap Plantations 18.500 Batu Matang 17.010 Batu Lintang 18,000 Foothills (Malaya) 9.000 Jong Lamlor 64.690 Kedah 46.41.5 Kuala Sidhu 43,592 Malakoff 46.500 Mayfield 28.400 Paradise 9.962 Parit Perak 23.800 Sungei Batu (Malaya) 31.000 United
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    TIN PRICES.
    106 9 London. The Straits Trading Co.. Ltd., gives the following London prices, on June Gth: Spot £154.15s up 15s 3 mos. buying 155.175. Gd 125.»h1 3 selling 15G 12s.Gd Local parity <77.27 The Eastern Smelting Co.. Ltd:— Lon<lon. June 2, £154 spot, and 155.5 s three months buying, £155.15s
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    71 9 Kamunting Tin Dredging, Ltd., for May. 450 piculs. Chenderiang Tin Dredging, Ltd., for May. dredge 4.50 piculs, tributors 120 piculs, total 570 piculs. Kramat Pulai. Limited, for May. from the mine, tin 400 piculs, from tributors G 2 piculs, total 4G2 piculs. Rahman Hydraulic Tin, Ltd., for May.
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    194 9 Benares Opium p. chest SS,(MX)JM) nom. Cloves 1 L>.()<) sides Gold leaf 72.00 Mace Pickings 65.00 Nutmegs 80s 45.00 sellers 1105... 37.00 Coconuts per 1J MX) 39.00 Copra Sundried 10.25 sellers Rattans 11.20 Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.50 per bag do
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    MARKET PRICES.
    478 9 PENANG, JUNE 7, 1922. S Cts GOVERNMENT MUTTON— Head, sheep or goat each 1.00 Liver with heart lung do 1.00 Tripe do .00 Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet Bread each 30 Leg of Mutton lb 55 Kidney pair 30 Feet the four 40 MUT PON— Heal,
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