Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 July 1922

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1888, Wo. 164. VOL. LXXX. MONDAY, 24th JULY, 1922. PRICE 15 GENTS.
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    CHINA’S JADE.
    620 2 WHERE IT COMES FROM. Although jade usually’ is associated with China, and China is more, or less looked Upon by the layman as the sole producer of it. considerable quantities of green jade are imported into China from Burma and white jade is brought from Turkestan. The term
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    LONDON’S BUSINESS.
    236 2 APPRECIATION OF BRITISH CUR RENCYLondon, June 10- —Nervousness about Ireland and' uncertainty regarding the reparations question have had a chilling effect on the stock markets and business all round has been dull- Gilt-edged securities especially are weak and lifeless, although prices are below the levels justified by the
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      1043 2 POSITIONS VACANT. PENANG TURF CLUB. Wanud a Canvasser (Unemployed! European preferred) to call on Mercan- I AUTUMN MEETING, 1922. tile Firms, &c., on commission basis, Apply stating experience to Box No. 155 The Racecourse will be open officially c/o Pinang Gazette. for training from 17th June. No hacking will be
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      830 2 TRjuHpg) NOTICEOF SALE. ADMIRALTY SUIT IN REM No. 2 OF 1822. r I BY ORDER OF YHE MARSHAL OF YHE SUPREME COURT, PENANG, SITTING IN ADMIRAtn A REVELATION At the Archway of Login’s Buildings, Beach Street, IN POWER Penang, the Steamship Kenkom Maru No. 5 now TRANSMISSION. lying ill Pen
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    CO-OPERATION IN U. S. A.
    780 3 THE EXPORT TRADEFilLv cc-opei alive associa-tions tor export trade have already been formed in lhe United Status. under the ebb Pomerene Act, and more are being organised. From the annual reports of these associations bo the Federal Trade Commission, it appears that their opera tJons
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    CEYLON FINANCES.
    393 3 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. Ihe Ceylon Government “Gazette” contains an interesting and important statement of the assets and liabilities of the Colony of Ceylon on March 31st, 1922. The liabilities side shows a total of Rs. 97,856.306.77. The deposits amount to Rs. 19,577,901-54 j, °f which the
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    GIRL SWIMMER BITTEN TO DEATH.
    224 3 '1 he fashionable sea-side resorts of Florida art much agitated by the tragic death of Dcrothy MeClatchie. a-n 18-years-old girl who was killed while c-n a long distance swim, by a giant-barracuda, know n to fishermen as the “tiger of the seas.” Miss MeClatchie, the
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      247 3 THOUGHTS AT FORTY. In the care of his health a man. it has been said, U either a fool or a physician at 40- For the average man it should not be difficult to be healthy and in his prime at that ageWith the weaker sex the case is different,
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    THE GAUNT CUP.
    313 4 THE PERAK FINALISTS. (From Ocr Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. .July 24. In tin- (Jaunt Cup semi-finals, played <>n Saturday. Barry beat 3'axeira 6—l. G—. 3. Bede (’ox beat Foenander 3—6, —3. G—2. Foenamler won the first set by baseline play. 3'he second set was a good fight. but
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    OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
    42 4 Owing to Ibrvss. Koizumi, at Singapore, scratched to Honda, so that this player will meet Dean in the final, which will be played on the S.C.C. courts on Tuesday, and is certain to attract a great deal of interest.
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    THE LENGLEN—MALLORY MATCH.
    82 4 Suzanne Gloats. London, July 10—There was some piquant repartee at Wimbledon after the finals in the Ladies’ Tennis Championship between Mlle. Lenglen and Mrs. Mallory. When the last stroke had been made, and the French lady had won, she'said, waving her racket triumphantly. “Now, Mrs. Mallory, T
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    THE “ MALAYA ” CUP.
    34 4 THE MALAYA CUP. PERAK TRIAL GAME. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, July 24. Tn a Malaya” cup Soccer trial match. South Perak beat North Perak at Taiping on Saturday by three goals to two.
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    PENANG TRIAL MATCH.
    68 4 A “Malaya” Cup trial match will be played on the Padang here on Wednes<lay, at 5-15 p.m. Probables.—S. A. Gray, Cheng Hoe, Thean Bin, B. K. James, F. Reutens, Kim Chooi, S. J. Taylor, N.J. C. Donald, R. Craik, Keng Teongand Eng Hong. Possibles.—J. Stables, W. W.
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    FOOTBALL IN JAVA.
    55 4 Governor Van der Plas was present at the Holland v. England football match played at Medan on the IGth instant, hari besar. At half time the Dutchmen were leading by 1 to 0 but during the second half they simply ran away with the game and ended
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    CEYLON’S ELECTRIC TOTE.
    44 4 3'he electric totalizator for the Ceylon Turf Club has arrived from Australia. Messrs Legge and English, who have been sent out by the manufacturers, are busy installing the machine which will be used for the first time during the August meet.
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    PENANG SWIMMING CLUB.
    73 4 The first, race of the year in the Gibbons’ Cup competition was held at the I’.S.C. yesterday morning, ami resulted in a win tor IP. W. Saffery in .3 minutes I J seconds. S. A. Gray being second and D. Matmeson third. J. Ford, the scratch man,
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    INTER-SCHOOL SPORTS.
    1653 4 Close Contest for the Glugor Shield. TEN NEW RECORDS. 3'he sixth annual inter-school spoils competitions for the Glugor Shield, presented by the Hon. Mr. D. A. M. Brown, ami Medals given by Mr. N. D. de Silva, were held at the Esplanade on Saturday afternoon. 3'he conditions were
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    PENANG RACES.
    711 4 Statesman.” TO-MORROW’S PROGRAMME. 3'he following is the programme for the opening day of the Penang Turf Club's Autumn Meeting. 3'uesday. July 25 1. Perak Plate. Value SGOO with $lOO to the Second Pony. A Handicap for Ex-Griffin Ponies 14 -2 and under that have not won two first-class
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    SUEZ CANAL COMPANY.
    752 5 REPORT FOR 1921. The report of the Suez Canal Company, presented at the sixty-eighth annual meeting, states that the results for the year 1921 fully confirmed the opti mistic views contained in the last report. In spite of the intense economical crisis which for two years spread
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    THE PRINCE’S RANCH.
    116 5 Four thoroughbred race stallions and five mares have been shipped from Eng land by the Prince of Wales to his ranch near High River, Alta, Calgary. He purchased the ranch when he visited Canada in 1919. The horses are said to represent some of the best racing
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    “PEKING MARU” FIRE.
    261 5 CAPTAIN FIXED $650. I consider this one of the most flag rant cases of wilful contravention of the harbour regulations that has yet come before me”, declared iho Marine Magistrate (Commander C. W. Beckwich R N.) in fining Captain Y. Fukami, master of the O. S. K.
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    A THING THAT STINGS
    299 5 The jelly-fish has reached the acme of perfection in the fine art of stinging. A Ceylon writer says 1 was bathing in the sea at Bambalapitiya and had swum about twenty yards from the shore when I passed something that shone like molten silver floating in
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    AMUNDSEN'S NEXT.
    294 5 If Captain Amundsen succeeds in his projected tight across the Polar basin he wili add a most remarkable aerial achievement to his conquest of the South Pole. The straight-line distance from Cape Barrow. his proposed startingpoint, to the Pole is 1,275 miles, and from the Pole to his
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    BIRTH.
    20 6 FergT’ssox.—At the Maternity Hospital. Penang, on the 22m1, inst.. to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fergusson. Sungei Patani. a son.
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    WAR DEBTS AND REPARATIONS.
    1124 6 'rhe Conferences at Washington. Genoa, the Hague and elsew here may have failed to get to grips with the problems of war debtsand reparations. But the conversations. deliberations, and comments in connection with these Conferences have served to pave the way for the ultimate consideration of
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1234 6 The efforts of the British Chamber of Commerce for the NetTrade with herlands Indies to make the East. British merchants and manufacturers realise something of ihe magnitude and importance of trade in the area it has taken under its observation.” are commended by a Singapore contemporary. Decidedly,
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    128 6 VOLUNTEER CONCERT. (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore*. July 21. The* first Volunteer concert since :h reorganisation, held in the* Drill Ila!!." Saturday, was well attended and nnsuccessful. At the interval. JI. E. W>.General Sir Neill Malcolm, in as| pe>inted out the value* e>f military traininHe thanked the* members
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    POLICE COURT.
    217 6 CHINESE BOY’S 'l’ll PIT JEWELLERY. Oon Ah Pi.a small < 'hinese !><» O j 14 ye*ars of ace*, was charged in th p Court, Penang to-<lay. before* I d 1 Bathurst with the the*ft ol two 11 erne pair e*f anklets ami a pair *>( diamond earrings value*d
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    IRISH IRREGULARS.
    247 7 Loss of Waterford and Limerick. Kin ten's Telegrams.] London, .July 22. With the rout of the Irregulars at tertoi<l atol Limerick, both flanks t H > rebels have been turned. The N ext stand is expected at Cork. |he. strength .of the rebels in Munis estimated at some
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    ALTERNATIVES FOR DE VALERA.
    105 7 London, July 9.- What fate awaits the* rebel leader Do Valera is the question n political circles which causes much discus--lon. There is much speculation a- to whether De* Valera will remain in hiding oi boldly take* his place* in the newly wted Assembly. Mr. Collins
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    THE MANDATES.
    54 7 SYRIA AND PALESTINE London, July 23. Italian dissatisfaction with the guarantees regarding the Holy Places 'Lis responsible for several days’ dis- < ii.—ion by the Council of the League oi Nations, but the matter was finally cleared up yesterday, when the Coun- J unanimously confirmed the terms "I
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    ARGENTINE PRESIDENT
    102 7 WELCOME To LONDON. London, July 22. I lie Argentine* President, Alvear, Lis concluded a visit to London, where lie was ceremoniously received by flu* I rince* of Males, anil welcomed on his arrival. IL* drove through the streets escorted by the Guards. H.M. the King 'i-ited him at
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    CHOLERA IN RUSSIA.
    30 7 Reval, July 23. message says that hither- ij, cases cholera have been pHrted from Odessa. The number 'a-es throughout Russia to July L r > ’"“ounted to 21,188.
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    REPARATIONS.
    161 7 Germany and Guarantees. Berlin, July 23 Replying to tin* President of the Guarantee- Committee. Dr. Wirth, the lni|M*rial Chancellor, says that despite lhe heavy burdens thereby imposed upon Germany, the German Government will undertake to carry out the measures mentioned in the Committee’s memorandum for the duration of the
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    GERMAN REACTION.
    41 7 TRADE UNION CONFERENCE. Amsterdam, July 22. A specially convened Conference of the Trade Union International has opened, to discuss international action to defend the German Republic and to protect the German workers against reaction and nationalist and monarchical activity-
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    AUSTRIAN REPARATION.
    46 7 A CONCESSION. Paris, July 22. The Reparations Commission has decided to waive the rights conferred bv tht* Treaty to customs and other revenues, which thus become available to Austria, for the purpose of founding an issue bank, and a guarantee for a foreign loan-
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    REVOLT IN THE UKRAINE
    36 7 ANTI-SOVIET MOVEMENT. Warsaw, July 23A Lemberg message says an insurrection is reported to have broken out in Soviet Ukraine, where Kamienicz and Kolski were taken, and a number of Soviet functionaries assassinated.
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    WALL STREET SENSATION.
    46 7 BROKER'S HUGE LIABILITIES. New York, July 22A sensation was caused in financial circles by the announcement that Mr Allan Ryan, a prominent Wall Street broker, had filed a bankruptcy peti tion, estimating his liabilities at over $32,000,000 and bis assets at over $1,000,000.
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    TACNA-ARICA DISPUTE.
    47 7 AGREEMENT REACHED. Washington, July 22. A Chile-Peru Arbitration Treaty, definitely concluding the Tacna-Arica dispute, was signed in the presence of a distinguished gathering- Mr. Charles Hughes, in a felicitous speech, declared that the result was another sweeping victory for the conference system in international negotiations-
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    RUM-RUNNING.
    51 7 ALLEGATION AGAINST BRITISH SHIPS New York, July 22. An international brief regarding fifteen British ships, alleged to have supplied American smugglers with liquor, was submitted to Mr. Charles Hughes for presentation to Britain It requests the punishment of Masters and officers of all vessels that are rum-running from the
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    AMERICAN STUDENT’S SUCCESS
    27 7 London, July 22. Miss Gertrude Jacobsen, of Minnesota, has been awarded the new Pickles Post-Graduate Studentship 'in history at Manchester University, against eight competitors.
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    NETHERLANDS CABINET RESIGNS.
    23 7 Amsterdam, July 23. As the result <»f the recent elections, the Cabinet has resigned. Herr Beerenbrouck is reforming lhe Ministry.
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    THE AMERICAN STRIKES.
    183 7 Serious Fuel Situation. Washington, July 22. Healle>s days like those in wartime are being seriously discussed io palliate lhe coal shortage, the effects of which, it is gloomily anticipated, will result in a fuel famine in winter, since it is improbable tin* depletion of stocks can be
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    COAL FOR AMERICA.
    51 7 BIG ORDERS TO BRITAIN. New York, -July 22. The Chairman of the United States Shipping Board announces that 13 additional ships, of an aggregate tonnage of 90.000, have been chartered to bring coal from Europe- Orders for 000.000 lons of coal have been placed in England and
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    PRESS STRIKE IN ENGLAND.
    48 7 London, July 22. The typographers at Plymouth, Newcastle and Belfast struck, following the enforcement of the Industrial Court’s wage reduction. The Newcastle papers are combining to publish a common sheet. The Plymouth evening paper is publishing by means of the photographic* process of reproduction.
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    GEORGIAN PIRATES.
    136 7 SENTENCES FOR ROBBING PASSENGERS Aix en Provence, July 23. The trial, at the Assize Court, of nine Georgian pirates on the charge or robbing passengers of the Frene’i mail boat Souirah in the Black Sea in May, 1920, resulted in four being sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. The
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    PIRATES TAKE £80,000 WORTH.
    138 7 London, July 6. —There was an air of gallantry about the band of pirates who held up the French ship “Souirah” in teh Levant in 1920 for they kissed the hands of the women before they took their rings and left the passengers their small change,
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    THE KING’S PRIZE.
    110 7 -“S. F. P.” A TIE AT BISLEY. London, July 22. At Bisley, for the King’s Prize, Lieut-Colonel Marchmont, Ist London Regiment, and Acting Sergeant G. King, late Royal Marine Artillery, tied with the score of 230. Lt -Col. Marchmont won the shoot off. A strange story is
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    1416 7 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr H. Parry and Mr. Quah Beng Kee are gazetted as members of the Penang Harbour Board Miss Marsh. Principal of the Metho-! dist Girls' School, Kuala Lumpur, hasi gone to BrastagiMr. J. S- W. Reid has taken Mr. Ear rer’s place as second A- D 0., in
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    RETURN OF THE GERMANS.
    141 7 According to the latest information, says the “Times of Ceylon,” the N.D.L., which has already resumed it- activity to the» Far East, intends to resume its passenger traffic on this route before i b<. end of the yeai A large passenger and freight steamer of 9,000
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    SINGAPORE NOTES.
    873 7 TRADE AND PRICES. (From a Correspondent.) Singapore is in the doldrums commercially and financially. The Oof bird seems to have migrated and is possibly sitting on her nest somewhere in America. With the tin and rubber markets stagnated, what else could be the case In the midst of
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    94 7 OBITUARY. New York, July 23. I ke death has occurred of Mr. JockiI "J lakamiiie*, the distinguished che--111 ls L in his (iSth year. The deceased "a shead of the* Japanese Department of Agriculture and Commerce in 1881- and organised the first superphosI I me wmks in Japan, in 1887.
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    LABOUR CRISIS.
    647 8 -“C.0.” CEYLON DEPUTATION TO ENGLAND. Kandy, -July 14—Planting circles here are in a ferment over a very serious labour crisis which is said to be imminent. The Planters’ Association Committee met yesterday, in secret conclave, and, though the meeting was not open to the Press nor were the
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    CHIEF SECRETARY SUED.
    181 8 “TOM.” INTERESTING ACTION AT KUALA LUMPUR. Kuala Lumpur, July 21. —An interesting action commenced yesterday before His Honour Mr. Justice Farrer-Manby in which a Chinese liquor trader is suing the Chief Secretary for the recovery of $5,680 for damage caused to 93 jars of Chinese liquor seized
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    COCONUT PRODUCTS.
    458 8 REVIEW OF CEYLON TRADEThe following information given in the administration report of the Principal Collector of Customs, Ceylon of 1921 re garding the products of the coconut paLm exported from Ceylon proves highly in teresting. The quantity of desiccated coconut ex ported in 1921 constitutes a record. The
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    ANOTHER OPENING FOR RUBBER
    65 8 A chemist advertised a patent concoction labelled —“No more colds I No more coughs (Price Is. bottle.” A mcnwho bought the mixture came back in three days to complain that he had drunk it all. but was no better- ‘‘Drunk it all 1” gasped the chemist-”
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    “TIN FOR P.W.D.”
    58 8 -”C.0.” It is asserted that a certain capitalist has entered into an agreement with the Ceylon Government to supply tin to the P-W.D- The tin will be imported from the Straits. It is further understood that this gentleman has received the full contract for all the tin
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    CEYLON RECORD YEAR FOR REVENUE.
    254 8 ‘The total revenue collected again exceeded that of any previous year and sur passed that of 1920 by a couple of lakhsThe increase was due to the increased duty on rice, which was raised from cts. 50 per cwt. to Re. 1 per cwt. as
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    THE MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION.
    576 9 vll s OF FINAL attempt. llk Glacier Base < 'amp. June I I l“ |tl 7 the lilial attempt nil Mouii VVil < made. In this attempt ’..ii'dinu most regrettably in th* x ,.ii of the expedition’s exeelleni '.'occurred. It was indeed lucks ~.,,1,.1- loss was
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    EMIGRATION OF INDIANS.
    188 9 '""lstiox of Ceylon, Malaya, and M UJRITIUS. s Iliu -'lii'iy 12.—The Standing Comut Central Legislature on constituted under the •‘'"-onion Bill passed in Delhi in March F Simla recently, and "iid.Tstood to have discussed l" l, posals of the Government of Ldaya, and Mauritius forobtain1 1,111 labour,
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    TIN ROYALTY.
    815 9 MR. STONOR’S PROPOSAL. The "Mining Journal'’ of May 20tl gives the text of the memorandum sub initted to the Chief Secretary by th Hon. Mr. O. F. Stonor, Resilient o 1 Selangor, on Nov. 7th last year, on tin i subject of an increase of the export dutj
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    LOCAL SHARE LIST.
    77 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day. 'P tn 2 Shares. 5 t >» >» 23 02 22 72 c. c. c. c. Mining. Nawng Pet 32-1 35 35 4b Ulu Piah 97-1 1.02! 1.00 1.05 General. E. Shipping 5.25
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    75 9 24th July, 1922. Local. cts. 1 Smoked Sheet 24 Penang I Fine Pale Crepe 23-5 J Unsmoked Sheet No. 1... 17| Sing A- 1 Smoked Sheet 26 pore J Crepe 26 London and New York. London Dmoked Sheet 7 3/4d Crepe 7 3/4d New York Gl4£ The following
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    RUBBER CROP.
    15 9 The following is an additional rubber output for June lbs. United Malacca T.S'MI
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    TIN PRICES.
    63 9 Local. The Straits Trading Co, Ltd. July 24: Singapore sold 100 tons at $79.,25. Penang buyers no sellers at $79«. Messrs Boustead and Co., Ltd: To-day’s quotation for Singapore relined tin $79.25 per picul, business done 1(M > tons; Penang refined tin $79.12.5 per picul, business done 25
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    GOVERNMENT STAFFS.
    135 9 24,247 Transferred to Irish Ministries. The number of persons employed in Government departments on April 1 was 28.560 fewer than on March 1, states a return published recently. This decrease is made up of a reduction in the numbers of staff employed in Great Britain of 4313, and
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    CHINESE DOCTOR’S ARREST.
    89 9 Weltevreden, July 21. —The police arrested yesterday Dr. Sia, former consulgeneral in the Straits Settlements, now being for the week in Java. The authorities are keeping se'eret the reasons for the arrest but the most probable cause is that Sia was sent to Java for Bolshevik propaganda.
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    CHINA NEWS.
    66 9 Shanghai, July 19. —General Lee Foklum has declared his independence. Chang Kung-min’s guards of Hunan soldiers shot down an aeroplane which was burnt. General Yiku reports a victory. The Navy in Canton contemplate immediate operations. Shanghai, July 20. —Cheng Kung-min’s troops have captured several hills. Sun Yat-Sen is
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    ANOTHER GLOBE TROTTER
    73 9 Karachi, July 13. —Mr. Cyril W. JScully, a British subject from Penang, has arrived in Karachi after travelling nine thousand miles on a round-the world track to the West. He started in September, 1919 and intends ‘to conquer the world’ as he calls it- From here he
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    KENNEDY & CO’S SHARE LIST.
    1066 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. IS names I J 11 RUBBER [Dollar.] S c c S Allenby Rubber Co 55 65 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 (»0 1 10 Amalgamated Malay Estates 10 1 25 Ayer Hitain Planting Syndicate 9 0010 00 Ayer Kuning Rubber Estates 1 00 Ayer Molek Rubber
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      185 9 1922 MODEL DOUGLAS MOTOR CYCLES 21 H. P. 2 SPEED. Known the World over for. Reliability and Excellence of Design. Models can be seen at the Offices of the Messrs. R. T. REID Co., Ltd., PENANG. SOLE AGENTS’: COBB Co. I IPOH KUALA LUMPUR. «a nnn Mana anr mmmmkkh M
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    114 10 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. M. S. Myer for T. Semawe. Segli. Sabang, Olehleh etc, Padang. Sitiawan for Asahan. Pangkor for Teluk Anson. Gambada for Singapore. Ascot for Rangoon (Mergui and Moulmein via Rangoon.) Armand Behic for Ceylon, India, Suez, Port Said, Marseilles and Europe Mirzapore for Colombo, Dhanushkodi and Bombay.
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    PENANG MAILS.
    319 10 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). BY TRAIN. Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half-an-hour earlier than the Ordinarv mail. FOR AT Federated Malay States. Malacca, Johore. Singapore and Hongkong Ipoh, Batu Gajah. Tapah Road.) By train Teluk Anson.Kuala Kubu. Kuala I 7.15 a.m. Lumpur. Klang. Port
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    THE MAILS.
    40 10 The Devanha, with mails from Europe, is expected to arrive here at 10 a.m. to-morrow. The Savings Bank and Money Order Branch will be closed at 1 p.m. to-morrow the 25th instant and on Thursdav the 27th July.
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    EXCHANGE.
    133 10 PENANG. JULY 21, 1922. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/.‘> 7/<8 4 months’ sight Bank 2/1 3 Credit 2/4 3/16 3 Documentary 2/4 1/4 Calcutta Demand Bank Rhl77 3 days’sight Private LSI i Bombay Demand Bank ~177 2 Madras Demand Bank 177 < S- 3
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    185 10 Benares Opium m chest $5,000.00 nom. Cloves 130.00 sales Gold leaf 72.00 Mace Pickings 65.00 Nutmegs 805... 45.00 sellers 1105... 37.00 Coconuts per 1,000 39.00 Copra Sundried 10.60 sellers Rattans 11.20 Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.50perbag do do do 2 15.00
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    MARKET PRICES.
    462 10 PENANG. JULY 24, 1922. 8 ets GOVERNMENT MUTTON— Head, sheep or goat each a 0 Liver with heart lung do 1.00 Tripe do I 0 Goat or Sheep per lb 50 Sweet Bread each 0 Leg of Mutton lb 50 Kidney pair 30 Feet the four 40 MUTTON—
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      194 10 SALAD OIL f Made by Calve, Delft, g =E Pure, economical in use, of finest flavour S S Suitable for all manner of cooking E= 1 Unsurpassable for Salads, and Mayonnaises 1 In 1/1 and 1/2 bottles. 1. f Also put up in tins of 1 Imp. gallon for S
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      298 10 I GROSSMITH’S Pes/arne f CeyCon I I T'he lateft triumph of the PerJUL fumer's Art, unique in its flora! charm and distinction, Wana- Ranee flgjjgl is a pearl among perfumes. Delightfully refreshing and lasting, Ir it is everywhere acclaimed as 4 I Dream of KwWjA. Oriental Fragrance. Prepared in every
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    SHIPPING WAGES.
    654 11 (’OAST OFFICERS’ GUILD LOSES SUIT. Of importance to employers and employes generally and of special importance to shipping men is a decision handed down in the Shanghai Mixed Court which holds that an arbitration award that was entered into between the China Coast Officers” Guild and the San
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    AMERICANISMS.
    164 11 Shark-Skin shoes are cn sale. They are not made from ihe skins of shoemakers. The trouble with so many of these $2O patent leathei- shoes is that- the pa tent expires too soonAccording to Lloyd Gforge’s Genoa valedictory. the sky above is blue- So is the earth beneathEuropeans nations
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      805 11 a' i g The recognized Typewriter of the day is I rue Remington” i fSilr’ A shipment of the very Safest models has just arrived. I j I fi €O., IM., J AGENTS. BANKS. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. CORPORATION. (Incorporated in England by Royal
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      1618 12 CO ITO “ELLERMAN” LINE. LLOYD TRIESTINO IL/\i3 I ILlxli Drllrr IINVi VzVJ., Lllz.. ellerman and bucxnali s.n. company. (incorporated in the straits settlements.) STEAMSHIP CO., LTD., (Incorporated in Italy.) TEL. ADDRESS: TELEPHONE: (Incorporated in England.) SHIPPING. PENANG.” No. 474. HOMEWARD SAILINGS The following steamers of above line Head Office: —No.
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      402 12 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO I ft Managing Agents U. S. Shipping Board. Regular Trans-Pacific Freight and Passenger Service hetwe t HONGKONG AND SAN FRANCISCO Calling at the following Ports Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu, and San Francisco CALCUTTA-HONGKONG SERVICE. (Freight only). Calling at the following Ports: Calcutta, Rangoon, Penang, Singapore,
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