Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 12 July 1922

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833, No. 154. VOL. LXXX. WEDNESDAY, 12th JULY, 1922 PRICE 15 CENTS.
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      10 1 T. NAGATA, J DENTIST. Hext door to I; < THE DISPEI4SARV >
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    INCOGNITO IN GERMANY.
    1635 2 LORD NORTHCLIFFE'S EXPEDIENCES. Owing to German animosity against Lord Northcliffe, produced by his constant preaching of war preparations since the year I'.’oo and his Directorate of Propaganda in Enemy Countries, Lord Northcliffe was obliged to visit Germany under a nom de guerre. In his first article, he
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    IMPECUNIOUS WAR LORD.
    112 2 Reports from Castle Doorn suggest that, while the exiled war lord expects to make substantial profits out cf the sale of his coming book, he is at present experiencing some difficulty in meeting the expenses of his establishment- It is this fact which doubtless acet unts for
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      949 2 POSITIONS VACANT. PERSONAL. Wanted a Canvasser (Unemployed DENTISTRYEuropeau preferred) to call on Mercan tile Firms, &c., on commission basis, Herbert. V. Bromley Dental Apply stating experience to Box No. 155 Surgeon, 193 McAlister Road, Penang, c/o Pinang Gazette. Advice free- Moderate charges, Office u c daily. hours 9a. m. to
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      238 2 GUARANTEED FULL CREAM j 1 I Notice is hereby given that the above Trade Mark known as the Friesian,) Brand is the property of Handelshuis Insulinde of Singel 2.39, Amsterdam Holland. Manufacturers, and that the same is used by them in connnection with Condensed Milk manufactured am! sold by them.
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    PERAK ASSIZES.
    901 3 I R|(H’S DEVELOPMENTS. |j r: »>ii: Owx 'orrespondext.) I poll. .1 illy H>. j >r< l>h i p Mr. Justice L. Watson > lust week iiile»l that an accused ixiii cannot be affirmed at a prelimint iiniiiry either before of after he is j lrir-ed.” five cases which
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    SCOTTISH CRICKET AND TENNIS.
    362 3 lIE’WY DEFEAT (Ji A .SCOTS TEAM B’i M. Edinburgh,’ June 14. A tt am of tish amateur cricketers are in the South at present, and are having a rough time of it. Of course they labour under great disadvantages one-day or afternoon mai ches are a
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    REMARKABLE LAWN TENNIS.
    214 3 .—Ex How a tennis match is never lost until the other fellow has actually won; it was demonstrated in the pluckiest fashion by Captain H L- Barclay at the Gipsy 4 Club. He was opposed by H. L. de Morpurgo, the Italian Davis Cm» playerpossessing shots as
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    "MARATHON" MILLS.
    125 3 Not only did A. R. Mills, the Leicester farmer, win the Marathon Race (from indsor to Stamford Bridge, distance 23 miles) for the third year in succession (writes Mr. W. E. B. Hende'scn) but he entered the arena at Stamford Bridge and ambled twice round the track before
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  • NEWS FROM INDIA.
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      INDIANS IN AUSTRALIA.
      257 3 Di i»i i.ITI ES BE!N(. REMOVED Simla. July 1- A communique say.-; iht island Banana Industry Presei vation .let, 1921, makes it lawful for any person who has not obtained a certificate of having passed a «lictafion test in such language as the secretary of agriculture may
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      WIRELESS EXTENSION IN INDIA.
      147 3 Madras. -Inly 3. —The Madras Mail writes in reference to the Simla telegram regarding wireless extension in India “We are informed that the Madras radii» station is to be converted into a high speed automatic plant for working n land, and the Rangoon section will nor
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      BIG GAMBLING RAID.
      118 3 Rangoon, July 1. —The biggest gambling raid for the first half year was made by Mr. H. F. Whittingstall. D.S.P., Central, last night in the Taroketan Quarter. Upon receipt of information. Mr. Whittingstall proceeded to house No. 59, 19th Street, accompanied by sub inspector Ohn Ghine and
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      BOMBAY RIOTS COMPENSATION.
      98 3 Bombay, July 3. Over two hundre 1 am! fifty applications w< re made before the Chief Presidency Magistrate claiming damages amounting to nearly Rs. 23.69,du0 in consequence of the November riots in Bombay. Of these three were in connection with death, forty-two m respect of grievous hurt,
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      THE PRINCE AND INDIA.
      99 3 Simla. June 30. His Excellency th* Viceroy has received the following telegram. dated London, 2‘-‘th June, from H»o Riyal Highness the Prince of Wales: *1 am deeply touched By the message which Your Excellency has addressed to me »n the occasion of my return to Englan
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      CALCUTTA FIRM SUES SECRETARY OF STATE.
      59 3 alcutta. June 30. —At the High I'our' to day, was file»! a petition on behalf I Messrs. Kesoram Poddar and Company against the Secretary of Stat»» for Ind a claiming Rs. 35,50,504 as damages for goods contracted for by the Indian Munitions Board, but
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    776 4 Mr- L. Henderson has joined the staff < f th* “Malay Mail.” apt. and Mrs. Hugh Adams are staying at the Runnymede Hotel. We regret to learn that. Mr. J. D Downail died at Bat u Gajah cn Saturday Mr. Dewnail was with the Central Engine Wrrks
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    SHIPPING SUIT.
    1682 4 SEQUEL TO COLLISION \T BVGAN LUA R. In the Supreme Court, Penang, before Mr. Justice Whitley, yesterday, the hearing was commenced of an action brought by Mr. Li in Thean Jiak. owner iof tongkang No. 821. registered in Penang, against the owners of the s. s. Serapeum. claiming
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    WEDDING AT IPOH.
    62 4 (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, July 12. The wedding took place at 3.30 p.m. yesterday, in Saint Michael’s* Church, d Ipoh, of Mr. Oswald Velge, son of Mr. H. L. Velge, Secretary to H. 11. the Sultan of Perak, to Miss May Villeumier, j daughter of Mr.
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    Coming Events.
    60 4 July 12—Football, P.C.C. v St. Xavier’s. July 14—M.P.A.A.. Annual Meeting. Penang Chamber of Commerce, 11.30 a.m. July 11—Girl Guide Rally, Residency Grounds, 4.45 p.m. July 15—Cricket. P.C.C. v St. Xavier’s. July 16—1.5. P.. Examination in Tamil, K. L. July 20—Penang Fire Brigade, Display and Competitions, 4.45 p.m. July
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    KEDAH NOTES.
    860 4 —“S.o.” FIRE AT A LOR STAR. (Ett'iM D: u-(»\\x Coiuucspoxde.xt.) \lor Star. Julv 10. The Fire Brhja.de had a call on Monday at midnight when the house of some Tamil squatters near the Police Magazine at Sebring Perak took lire. Fanned by a win.l. the tiames gutted the
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    MALAYAN TENNIS TIES.
    82 4 CH 61 PION BEATS From < h i:' hv.\ < t Singapore. J u x p The following are further p t results Koizumi beat Chia Kenu T\ i •>. Shervington b*-it De M J I—9. 6—4. Nakamura beat 'Vheallex L ii, Kleinman beat Potts 6 —4.
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    P.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    194 4 The following ties are tix.>.| to-morrow Championship Pairs— A. K. i; drerrell A R. N. Hamilton i Donaldson and R. N. Byatt 14): p. Groom and B. W. Ik Powell p Gregson and H. Fearon (1) Singles Handicap (’lass Scr J. R. Huxter v Ser P. G.
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    FOOTBALL.
    171 4 —"S.F.P.” The Malaya Cup. Singapore defeated Johore in the liist round of the Malaya (’up Competition at Johore on Saturday by three goals to one. but. in spite of the two goal margin, the visitors only succeeded in the last ten exciting minutes ofagame which hail up to then,
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    HORSE-RACING IN BANGKOK.
    129 4 Siam Observer. Saturday will see the opening day ol what, we understand, is the last meeting of the present racing season here. 1 hat season has been a heavy one. for thyro will havf been over twenty days racing inside seven months, and each of thus*days, with
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    COCONUT PRODUCTION.
    172 4 The world’s total export of copra I" 1 1921 was 562,099 tons. The nearest approach to this, over the previous—' years, was 479,436 tons for I’Jl L ll>* lowest figure over the same period x\a> 101.098 tons for 1897. These tigui' include the following supplies from Ceylon :—1897,
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      422 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. TO LET Thai spaeiom < flier 53. Be irh Street, upstairs. lately occupi? <1 by Tiang Lee (*o For terms and further particulars Apply tc Oh Hye Koh. Behind 53 Beach St reef. PENANG SALES ROOM. 'ro BE SOLI) BY PUBLIC AUCTION at the Warehouse of Messrs. 11l
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    MODERN ISLAM.
    4489 5 (ts Relation to the West. A I>I K .VI THE AIHEXAErM. the meeting of the Athenaeum, 1,, hl in the Chinese Merchants ,v' iii ght Mr. A. I. Thornton read illO. I” 1 uteresting paper on Modern t| in |{(.|ation to th. West Dr IL M mmolly presided.
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    EQUALITY OF RACES.
    386 5 WHERE THE ENGLISHMAN FAILS. An interesting comparison of the capa bilities of Englishmen and Frenchmen to govern backward races was made by the Hon. \V. Ormsby-Gore, M.P., in paper w*hich he read at a meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute with regard to th* Colonial Office mission,
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    DUTCH EAST INDIES TAXATION.
    205 5 In reply to Dr. A. G. N.JSwart, Mr. H. J. Welsh states According to Article 9 of the Netherlands Indies War Profits Tax Ordinance, 1917. a percentage of 5 per cent, upon capital invested in the Netherlands Indies is allowed to companies carrying on their trade
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      97 5 THE “JAUNDICED” EYE When your liver s not functioning properly headaches, bad temper, a bad taste in the’ mouth, foul breath, constipation, and other depressing symptoms set m, and you k>k upon even 4 hin j; with a gloomy ‘jaundiced’ eve. To remedy thes. dis rdered conditions and to bring
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    BIRTH.
    14 6 Jack —To Mr. ami Mrs. IL Jack, Kuala Lumpur, a damihter, on Hhh.'uly.
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    THE PROBLEM OF GERMANY.
    1209 6 With marks at ten a penny ami ill view of the failure* of du-project of an international loan to secure the unanimous recommomlation o! the International Bankers' < •onference. the < rerman Government is confronted l»y a itrave financial crisis, the seriousness ot w hich has
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1699 6 The report of the Special Committee on p. r Chinese laliour has not Chamber ot evoked lnuc h comment Mines and np to a te. but this will Chinese Labour. n(> (loubt follow as its important recommendations become more widely known. This report is published at a
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      27 6 “E. O.” Wednesday, 12th July Special Tiffin Orchestra. Orchestral Concert 9-30 p.m. Friday, 14th July Dinner and Dance Saturday, 15th July Special Tiffin Orchestra. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors.
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    REPARATIONS.
    314 7 The Times’ Views. Ur.l TKlfs Thl.Hi.n Ills.) London, >1 uly 1 I I inn*-.” «'(inirnriiiing on Ib'* <ays the real forces of G»*ru,\ .ire represented b\ the imlus- ioup. which s coii< enliat ing in liuiids the control of German VV( ,,!ili. and !»> investing iu profits n loreign
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    INTERNATIONAL BANKERS CONFERENCE.
    285 7 AMERICAN VIEWS. Yew York, June 12 In financial quarters here no very high hopes v ere ever entertained about the International Bankers’ Coinference. 'Phe outcome, therefore. however regrettable, cannot, exactly In described as disappointing- It has been recognized all along '.hat two irreconcilable ideas would conflict at
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    GERMAN CROSS CURRENTS.
    243 7 Berlin. Jane 11 Th»' failure of the Bankers Committee to arrive at a con-: elusion favouring a big international re-• patatii n loan has naturally been received i "i’h a good deal of disappointment here-’ In political circles there does not seem be any tendency «>» give
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    CANDID STINNES!
    228 7 Hen Hugo Xtinnes, the multi million aire industrialist, speaking at Essen to i representative meeting of business men of North-West Germany and the Rhine, declared that an improvement in the value of the mark would do enormous da rnag»* to German trad»*. For this reason he vehementiy denounced
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    GERMAN GOVERNMENT.
    98 7 SOCIALIST RESOLI TK>N Berlin, Julv 11. l io* Majority Socialists passed a resolution siipjMirting a thoroughly Republican Government, and opposing the inclusion of the German People’Party in the t 'oaiition- I’h»* resolution <l«*clares that the Social Democrati Reichstag Patty cannot »*o-opt*rate with a Government whose rankb ate extended
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    MR. CERALD BEVAN.
    124 7 WHY HE LEFT LONDONVienna, July IlMr. Gerald Bevan staled to Reuter’s correspondent! that he left England on February 8, solely at the request of hi> wife, who had information that a warrant was being issued for hi* arrest on February 9. She implored him to spare her
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    AMERICAN MINERS’ STRIKE.
    72 7 PR ESIDENT HARDING’S PROPOSAL Washington, July 11. The Government is appointing Deputy Marshals in all the strike areas to preserve law ami order, to protect life and property and to maintain communications. President Harding has communicate,! with the coal owners and the miners proposing an immediate resumption
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    THE MEXICAN BANDITS.
    52 7 Washington. July 11. The American Consul at lampi»*«> i reports that th,* lea»ler of the bandits who lust month was respomdble for th»* wholesale kidnapping of foteignI ers connected with oil wells, I has threaten»*»! to blow up pijtelines and pumping stations unless he re<*»*ivo pesos 15,(MM)
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    AUSTRIA’S PLIGHT.
    154 7 SUN YAT-SEN’S FAILURE of new bank notes for the purpose of the Government would have to be stopped Hence. Dr. Bauer demands a further ere «lit of 8.000,000,000 marks for stopping th? deficit- in the Austrian budget- This cr»*dit would have to he furnished, not by private capital,
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    SHIPBUILDING.
    92 7 THE JI’NE QFARTER. IjHidon. -July X. Lloyd’s Shipbuilding returns for the quarter ende»l Jun»* 30 show that .390 vessels, of 1.919.000 gross tonnage, w?ie under construction in the United Kingilom, a decrease of ,31i‘».0O0 coin pare» I with th»* previous »|uarter. The total includes 4XI.’MM) on which work' has
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    BRITISH MEN FOR BRITISH SHIPS.
    104 7 SUGGESTION IN PARLIAMENT. London, July 11 In the House of Commons, Sir J. F. Flannery asked Government to introduce legislation to prevent ships sailing under the British flag, unles> otii<*ered and manned by British subject in view of th»* number of such vessels, owned and
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    NORWEGIAN SHIPPING.
    23 7 Christiania, July 11. The Norwegian Mercantile Marine on July 1 totalled 2,500,000 tons, which is two per cent above pre-war level.
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    DUTCH POLITICS.
    33 7 The Hague, July 11. Queen Wilhelmina received th»* Premier, with whom she discussed the «lifficult political situation resulting from the elections. Her Majesty will receive the Presidents of the StatesGeueral to-morrow.
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    ENGLISH CRICKET.
    117 7 WADDIN( tTON ’S BOWLING FEAT. London, July 11. At Tunbridge Wells, Kent beat Northamptonshire by an innings am! 115 runs. At Birmingham, Lancashire beat Warwickshire by seven wickets. Hallows (Lanes.) scored 93, and Parkin took seven wickets for 71 runsAt Gloucester, Gloucestershire heal Worcestershire by an innings ami
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    OXFORD V. CAMBRIDGE.
    54 7 .The annual v.icket match between Ox ford and Cambridge I Diversities concludes at Lords to-.lay. Cambridge has won 39 times Oxford 35. with 9 drawn matches. Last year, Cambridge won by an innings and 24 ri ns. I:» i t-c match was drown, and in 1919 Oxfor
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    HEAVYWEIGHT BOXINC.
    30 7 GEORGE COOK’S SUCCESS. London, July 11At th»* Hollaml Park Hall in a rounds contest, heavyweights, Georg** Cook, the Australian Champion, defeated »Soldier Jones, the Canadian Champion, on points.
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    IRISH SITUATION.
    179 7 The Dublin Casualties. London, -luly 11. I h»* li>i ot casualties in th»* re»'t*:»; fighting in Dublin has been issue»l b\ th»* Irish Army Headquarters. It shows 19 National soldiers killed ami 111 woun»le»l It is estimate»! that 65 «•ivilians were killed ami 281 wouinled Two Ambushes. I’he
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    HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM.
    147 7 THE GOVERNMENT’S PROPOSALS. Loudon. July 11 In a»-(*»>rdance with the Government’> reform projxisals, th»* recon stituted House of Lords will consist if 351) members of four categories. Firstly. Royal. Spiritual ami Law Lor<ls, who will lie permanent. Secondly, members elected «lirecth am! indirectly from outside. Thirdly,
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    WASHINGTON TREATIES BILLS
    23 7 THIRD READING PASSED. lam don. July 11. The House of Commons passe»! the thin] reading <»f the Washington Treaties Bills-
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    CARTRIDGE FACTORY EXPLOSION.
    68 7 MANAG E R SEN T’EN ED. London, July 11 Mr- John Walker Knowles, the Manager of ilie Cartridge Factory at Tipton, Dudley, was sentenced to fivt* years’ penal servitude, ami Mr. Eber Chadwick. Director, was a»»|uitted of th»* <harge*of culpable homicide, brought for having failed Jo notify
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    ENGLAND AND CHINA.
    171 7 FACILITIES FOR STUDENTS. Lontlon, -July 11. The Earl of Balfour. Sir Auckland Geddes, the Japunes»* Ambassador and Sir Charles Addis were among th»* imposing b**’ ot guests at th»* luncheon given by Mr. Chao Hsin Chu in honour of Mr. Sze. the Chinese Minister in Mi’shington. Speaking
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    SUN-YAT-SEN.
    4 7 SUN YAT-SEN’S FAILURE
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    SUN YAT-SEN’S FAILURE.
    6 7 SUN YAT-SEN’S FAILURE
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    THE RUBBER PROBLEM.
    207 8 ’i3i<’ iwent weakness <>l the rubber market is attributed in the “Lane" to liquidation arising from special causes. It is asserted with some degree of confidence b_\ those who favour the restriction of rubber production that there now exists a growing majority in this country in favour
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    OUTPUTS.
    224 8 So far as they have been announced, the outputs of the rubber plantations for May mainly show considerable increases over those of the corresponding month of last year. The April outputs may have been increased on restarting, and getting more because of the re-ring during March, when wintering was
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    SEREMBAN ESTATES.
    196 8 Shareholders in the Sereuiban Uiibbor Estates. Limited, have received a circular, which states as follows: In the ordinary course of events the directors' report ami statement of accounts for 1921 would have been submitted to the shareholders about this time. It will be recalled, however, that the accounts
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    STRATHMORE.
    176 8 Mr. Robert Bowie, the chairman, in submitting the annual report and accounts to the shareholders in Edinburgh referred to the deplorable state into which the rubber industry had fallen. There could be no justification for accusing this company of overproducing. The directors hoped that our own and the Dutch
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    JUGRA.
    381 8 —Ex. Having -old its rubber <ev<»ral years) ahead when the price ol the product wa-| relatively high, .lugra Estate is in a posis tion to maintain dividends on the scale t familiar prior to the slump. For the year| 1921 a forward scale of 72 tons was made at
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    LONDON RUBBER REPORT.
    222 8 Me—r-. Geo. White and Go.. London, reported in June 1 llh. as follows A fluctuating market has been met with during the past week, and after a fairly active period prices close at practically identical mtes with those of last Wednesday. At first an improvement in the
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    METAL MARKETS.
    276 8 Tin Prospects. Conditions in the metal markets have been affected by the holidays and the consequent closing down of works for a time. This has naturally affected the demand for metals. The tendency, therefore, has been uncertain, with some irregularity in price movements, and a setback now and
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      312 8 XX. I FA- I M Expectant and Nursing I j Mothers I IMg in Glaxo a most valuable aid, for, taken regularly two r*} .5 or three times a day by tfie mother herself (both before and a' j I after the birth of her baby), G?axo not o-py maintains
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    CHANGES IN PEKING.
    237 9 iifrnnie'l Anieric.in correspunfrom Peking says that ,id nres(|ii<‘ capital is gradually Western customs. The ancient l( f Bowing has been almost .n--b\ handshaking and L.’ .di.ing sti< kg in hĕ I hinese patriarchs, portfolios i arms of brisk young officials ...ji clothes are the evidences .(d- which
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    NO CALENDAR REFORM
    582 9 \fter all there will be no reform of the calendar just yet The Internation,il t rcfcss of Astronomers, which has iiieliid' «I its task in Rome, looked into jiuti a number of suggested reforms of the Gri gorian Calendar, most of which provided for the same weekday
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    364 9 TO-DAY’S DEPART!’RES. Thongwa for Madras taking mails for bhirope etc, via Bombay. Tran." for Kantang (Tran if). Torilla for Calcutta. The Holt liner Eurymedon, I'.U tons gross, built al Glasgow in l'J<>2. has been sold to Liverpool buyers for. it is understood It is stated that the s.s.
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    PENANG MAILS.
    320 9 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, Singapore and Hongkong Ipoh. Batu Gajah, Tapah Road.') By train Teluk Anson.Kuala Kubu. Kuala j 7.15 a.m. Lumpur. Klang. Port
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    THE MAILS.
    28 9 The homeward mail by the Kashmir, closes at noon to-morrow. The Chilka, with mails from Europe, is expected to arrive here at G a.m. on Friday.
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    LOCAL SHARE LIST.
    54 9 The following are the latest «piotations in M»‘ssrs. Kennedy’ Co. s share list Yesterday. To-day. jd Shares. Sc. Sc. Sc. S c. Mining. Batang P. 40 42) 37) 40 Nawng Pet 32) 35 27) 3>2) N. Taiping 87) 90 85 8«-j Pengkalen Ord. 7.50 7.00 <.;>o Taiping
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    48 9 12th July, 1922. Local. cts. 1 Smoked Sheet 21 Penang Fine Pale Crepe 2.U Unsmoked Sheet No. 1... Si NG a- Smoked Sheet 25 PORE J Crepe '25 London and New York. T )Smoked Sheet 7 .»|Bd London J C| e)x 7 5/S(l New York Gl4}
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    RUBBER CROPS.
    37 9 The following are additional rubber outputs for June lbs. Burma 4.111 Bintang I I.9'H( Bukit Jelotong .>.992 Bukit (K. 8. 6.196 Clovelly 13,000 Jimah 14.225 Kota Tinggi 26.000 Pundut »’»2.00o Pelepah Valley 39.000 Siginting 20.000
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    TIN PRICES.
    112 9 London. The Straits Trading Co.. Ltd., gives lhe following London prices, on July 11th: Spot £154. I’M down £1 .3 mos. buying 155.5 s 1 .3 selling., 155.75. Gd ..1 Locid parity -57G.il The Eastern Smelling Co., Ltd:— London. July* 11. 15.3.125. Gd spot, and £154.5s three months
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    191 9 Benares Opium p. chest $5,(M)0.00 nom. Cloves 115.00 sales Gold leaf 72.00 Mace Pickings 85.00 Nutmegs 805... 45.00 sellers 1105... .37.00 Coconuts per 1,000 .39.00 Copra Sundried 10.4’1 sales Rattans 11.20 sellers Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.50 perbag do do do
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    UNDELIVERED CABLES.
    35 9 The following are non-delivered cables for the week ending 12th inst, at the E. E. A. an* Telegraph Co: 1 Otami passenger S. S. Vanriebeck; 2 Antarsingh care Wiryamsingh Medical student; 3 (’huanbee.
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    KENNEDY & CO’S SHARE LIST.
    1078 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. names i Si g RUBBER Dollar, j 19 els C S I Allenby Rubier Co 65 70 Alor (iajah Rubber Estate ...I 90 1 00 Amalgamated Malay Estates 1 10| 1 25 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate; 9 OOilO 00 Ayer Kuning Rubber Estates I 1 (X),
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    AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    477 10 THE PALESTINE MANDATE. London, .July 5. The Palestine ma.i date and concessions granted in Palestine to the Hussian Eulenburg were the su-» jects of a lively debate in the House ,->t Commons to-day. it was initiated by St: W. Joynson Hicks who attacked the grow ing
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    GERMAN TRADE COMPETITION.
    240 10 London. June 15. —The American ex ambassador Gerard, formerly in Berlin, now in London, says: In the near fu turn Britain will have to face unprecedented competition from Germany ami in a minor degree from America I am afraid that the new I nited States tariff introduced
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    BOTTOMLEY'S SEAT IN HOUSE OF COMMONS.
    72 10 London. July 5.- Political correspcn «Imits state that a resolution is to be moved in the House of Commons uex week expelling Bottomlev from the House. The seal at South Hackney will thus become vacant, and preparations tor a by election have already been
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    S.S. MEGNA ON FIRE AT DURBAN.
    51 10 London, July 5. It is reported from Durban that the Briti h steamer Megm., on a passage from Calcutta and Rangoon to the West Indies and Cuba and due on •Inly 6, has caught fire in number thre* hold ami the cargo must be
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    COLONIAL OFFICE DEBATE.
    371 10 London, July 4.—ln the course of examining the conditions in Kenya during the Colonial Office debate in the House of Commons, the Hon. E. I. L. Wood said that after further discussing the Indian question with Earl W interton he was far from unhopeful of the possibility
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    THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
    93 10 London. June 28. On the Stock Exchange to day there was an excellent sentiment due to the cheapness of money. Gilt edged securities were buoyant, notably Indian and Colonial issues. The In dian five and a half per cent loan stood at one and one-eiuhth premium which
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    ANOTHER GREAT RAILWAY COMBINE.
    49 10 London, June 28. —A South-Eastern and London Chatham and Dover Railway Companies' amalgamation has been provisionally agreed upon preliminary to a fusion with the Brighton and SouthWestern railway companies. It is proposed to form a new company with a capital of fifty nine millions sterling.
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    BOMBAY PORT TRUST'S NEW LOAN.
    51 10 London, July 4. —The ‘‘Times” understands that the negotiations for the new issue on behalf of the Bombay Port Trust are virtually complete. The terms provisionally mentioned are for £1,600.000, re quired at six per cent in thirty year de bentures to be offered at
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    GUARD ROOM TRAGEDY.
    57 10 In the Guard Room inside the Ordnance Yard, in Queen Street, Colombo, on July 3, Cpl. P. K. Savunkara Rajah, of the C. L. I. was shot dead by Pte. Marsha', of the same regiment. the inquest J. Marshall’s statement was to the effect that he was
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    MARKET PRICES.
    515 10 PENANG. JULY 12. 1922. S cts GOVERNMENT MUTTON— Head, sheep or goat each 1.00 Liver with heart lung do 1.20 Tripe do j .co Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet bread each ?0 Leg of Mutton lb 55 Kidney pair 30 Feet the four 40 MOTION— Head,
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    EXCHANGE.
    111 10 PENANG. JULY 12. 1922. (Ry Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/3 l.)/b’> J months’ siqht Bank 2/1 1/11’> 3 Credit 2/4 1/4 »’> Documentary 2/1 ”>/b‘> Calcutta Demand Bank J»sl77 3 days* si.hdit Private 18] Bombay Demand Bank ~177 I Madras Demand Bank ~177 3 «lays'siuht
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    A STORM DISASTER.
    530 11 Xew York. June 12 —A wind of hum cane velocity» followed by torrential i rain that swept the eastern edge of New Jersey, across Greater New York anti I over into Westchesfer Uounty late on Sunday was responsible fur at least fifty I deaths ami amazing damage
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    TEACHERS’ SALARIES.
    170 11 ‘‘Daily Chronicle.” Lord Burnham agreed that, technically teachers’ salaries were fixed for a period of three or four years only, Lut he added that it was in the firm hope that the new scale would become permanent. If the main object of the education authorities be to get-
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