Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 3 August 1922

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. < No. 173. VOL LXXX. THURSDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1822. PRICE 15 CENTS.;
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    • 548 1 J CIGARETTES Number 555—i S Synonymous with Refinement and J Quality. J S A. uiiiuiiiiiiiii siiHuihiiiiiuuiiiißiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiibiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiniiiiiihiiiiiu.iuH.... I “Oliver” Typewriter i q— y s Purity and Vigour I 'cgi -x2- EE ,N every drop of reads E£ I I “DOG’S HEAD” GUINNESS S I ’-i’jt'&LAjk It retains through the entire brewing
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  • AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    • 403 2 London, July 24.—1 n the House of Lords to-day Lord Sydenham asked hi w the Mesopotamian mandate and treaty with Feisul and Ibn Hussein could be reconciled. The Duke of Sutherland said in reply that our acceptance of the mandate constituted a sanction under which we were
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    • 323 2 London, July 24- —The terms of the Palestine mandate as approved by the Council of the League of Nations are published to-day. Article 14 as a re draft provides that a mandatory power shall appoint a special commission to study and define the rights of different religious
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    • 232 2 London, July 25. —Earl Balfour, in the course of a speech bef ire the Council of the League of Nations, to day. emphasised that article 14 of the Palestine mandate gave the utmost security and that the policy alway s favoured by the British Government
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    • 338 2 London, July 26. —A purdly private and friendly uon-political dinner, was given to Mr. Montagu, at the Hyde Pai’n Hotel to-day by Indian Princes of Bika nor, Jhalawai, Kapurthala, Pudukotta and Newanagar. The guests included Lords Islington. Ednam, Southborough, Erleigh and Swaythling. The Jamsaheb
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    • 173 2 London, July 25. —The retreat of the fifth army in April 1918 is recalled by a letter from Major-General Manrice tc Mr. Lloyd George demanding the withdrawal of an imputation contained in a statement made by the Premier in the House of Commons in May
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    • 83 2 London, July 25. —A new volume of re ports on the Indian, trade inquiry conducted by the Imperial Institute is just published and deals with Cinchona bark and Myrobalans. Regarding the former, the volume points -out that of the eight million ounces of quinine used annually in
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    • 76 2 July 25. —In connection with its reconstruction the Bank of England has decided as far as possible to retain the present outside walls with as many of the old moms behind as possible. The architect is aiming at the erection of a central structure of
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 448 2 L -J HiSriA SHORT CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. Wanted, For Sale, To Let, &c., can lx* inserted in the Pin;mp < tazette at THREE CENTS A WORD counting the address to which replies are to be sent. Minimum Charge $1 each Insertion. 6 Consecutive Insertions ?5. Cash must accompany order, otherwise the
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    • 470 2 CaOR fit ■WW» MM f— I —I I ■l I UKULELE" I I Pronounced 00-KU-LAY-LAY.” I I These Quaint and Fascinating Hawaiian I Instruments are easily mastered and you can I accompany yourself to any song after a little L' practice. J He Have Good Hair All the Latest Vocal
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  • WORLD OF SPORT.
    • 352 3 Mr A. E. Beamish has written a book, j.'jr-t Steps to Lawn Tennis,” and a ~.v l, says he has never read a more practical, simply expressed, and usefully illustrated hook for beginners than thi- <,!!<■ by Mr. Beamish, himself one of out best all round players
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    • 185 3 Dir final game of the boys’ billiard championship of England was played at Bui roug lies Hall in St. James'- Strert. lb was a thrilling occasion, but reminis vent of Herbert Spencer’s remark about •misspent, youth.” Mastir W. Donaldson, the small, exliiisiti ly self possessed Scottish boy who
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    • 94 3 It will astonish the ordinary reader of polo matters to know that at each nj the three London grounds—Hurlingham. Hanelagh, and Rcehanipton as many a- >.<Min polo balls are used in a single sea son, which is a period of about three months. Some few
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    • 88 3 I here was a moderate start, Aclars, Nmgo. Elying I(>A, Little Boy and Vo lunt.ei-r losing several lengths. Tag Rag h‘d from Tetrameter, Canterbury and Aild Mint for three furlongs when Tetranietci- (anie to the front pursued by Can erhury. Tag Rag, Morning Light and Night Patrol.
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    • 41 3 l-ondon, Julx gi;. The Goodwood Plate esulted as follows: Flintjaek (3-1) first, An Balloon (7-2) second. The Villager 100 s) third. Six ran won by half 1 k'lgith. two lengths, separating the se <r ”'d and the third.
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  • 51 3 Aug 5 Cricket, P.C.C. v E. S. Club, 2.15 p.m. 11 •>. and 7—Penang Golf Club, Columbia Cup. •> and 7—Penang Golf Club. American Tennis Tournament. and X -Chefalo and Palermo. I’own Hall, 9.30 p.m. ugiist L 9—-Court of Appeal, A lor Star. 23—Lodge Krian. Parit Buntar, Installation
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  • 443 3 REVIEW OF THE ATTEMPT. Sh’kkar Dzong, July 8. -Thu Everest Expedition is now on its return march. After leaving Rung Buk it crossed* by the high Doya La into the Kharta district and there joined Major Norton and Captain Bruc who had been sent there to recruit
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  • 385 3 Ihe announcement of a projected rao-, tor tour from Adelaide to Port Darwin must have brought back strange memories to those Australians who are old enough bo recall the events of the early sixties- It was in 1862 that John McDouall Stuart., at the. third attempt, won the
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  • 80 3 This Garrison musketry competition will be shot for this year on October 1 at the Kuala Lumpur Rifle Range, all teams shooting on the same day. It is open to company teams of Regular and Volun teer I'nits in Malaya and entries have to reach Command Headquarters
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  • 312 3 A SLIGHT REACTION. Rangoon, July 28. —The violent fall in ihe market on Wednesday had the inevi ble reaction yesterday. It was stated that the Aliy Molla Corporation had sold 6<KM) tons August milling at Rs. 460, and that a large lot of September paper specials had
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  • 412 3 The following are the minutes of a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners of George Town, Penang, held on Tues day, the 4th July, 1922. Present, Mr. S. Codrington (President), Messrs. J. D. Kemp, C. R. Samuel, J. H. Pedlow, Dr Lim Guan Cheng and Mr. Yeoh Guan
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  • 83 3 As a result of the recent conference held at Manchester between the directors of the Arghan Co. (Ltd.) and representatives of the Lancashire textile industries, an important agreement has been concluded which provides for a substantia! representation of Lancashire manufacturers on the boards of the second subsidiary
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  • 387 3 AN AUSTRALIAN DITTY. j es, got another Johnnie but he was to Number One As a Satyr to Hyperion, as a rushlight to the sun He was lazy, he was cheeky, he was dirty, he was sly, But he had a single virtue, and it’s name
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  • 350 3 Dr. Wu Lien-teh, whose distinguished achievements in fighting against pneumonic plague in Manchuria have earned for him international recognition, had conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Science on the occasion of commencement day at St. John’s University on June 21, says
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  • 31 3 Shanghai. July 28. —Hut Sun Jee, on.) of Sun Yat Sen’s generals, is approaching Canton. Sun Aat Sen is planning to surrender the nori hi i n warships-
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 192 3 GENUINE I Price Reductions 1 IN I Ladies’ Shoes j j| at I PRITCHARD S I I g To make space for new j goods, Pritchards are clearing J part of their present stock of g Ladies’ Shoes at prices which, in many instances, are con- 1 siderably below cost.
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  • 1035 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL. farewell addies- nrinte 1 on silk “T. O M. Major ILL. ameron, residing in Raffles j Hotel. Singapore reports to the police the! theft of Rs 300 from his room on Satur-I day night last. 11. E the G. O. C., Major-General Sir; Neill Malcolm, will inspect- the
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 264 4 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.'’] Sir, —Th»* excerpt which appeared in vour issue of July TJth, under t he caption, “To break down race consciousness./' is sufficient evidence of the fact that the .British are fair-minded people. They will not therefore quarrel with the resolution passed
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  • 292 4 Sir Lionel M. Woodward, Chief Jydicial Commissioner. F. M. S., will preside over the Appeal Court, which will sit in the Balei Besar. Alor Star, next Wednesday. Four civil appeals and one criminal appeal are listed. In Civil Appeals Nos 1/1340 and 2/1340 which originally were Miscellaneous
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  • 810 4 PROMINENT MERCHANT AND SPORTSMAN. Wr very much regret to record the death of Mr. R. T. Reid, the founder and Home Managing Director of Messrs R. T. Reid and Co., Ltd., Merchants, Beach Street, Penang, and Kuala Lumpur, which occurred at Home on the
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  • 44 4 I From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, August 3. The death has occurred of Mr. William Webster, M. I. Meeh. E., consulting engineer. He was nearly sr’5 r years In the East, and came out originally with Mr. \V. Cowie.
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  • 853 4 REASONS FOR INCREASED BANKRUPTCY WORK. The vast increase in the volume of bankruptcy work before the Judges of the Supreme Court has been the matter of reference in these columns previously, and yesterday a few enquiries of the officials concerned revealed the extent of the increase during the
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 716 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. g""»~ lost? or strayed 1 FACE MASSAGE $2.00 I s One Goose which was being fattened MANICURE 1.501 for a special occasion. Finder please communicate with Box No. 184, c/o g Room No. 40, HOI T De Pinang Gazette. No reward. g V I E. &0. Hotel, 9-
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  • 900 5 Till-: CASE FOR DEBT CANCELLATION. \|i llci-heit S. Houston, publisher of dm Worl'! and long the partner of ;l te American Ambassador, Mr. \Vilter Hiims Page, has returned to iUl ii from Paris. where he met many in official life and in journalism. \i. Houston, who
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  • 892 5 RECORD OF THE TOl'R. The King's Pilgrimage,” which Messrs. Hodtier and Stoughton publish by authority, is assured of a wide sale, not only because of its intrinsic value, but because the profits will, by his Majesty’s desire, be distributed among the philanthropic organisations which assist the relatives of
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  • 377 5 PERSONAL EMOLUMENTS. Mr. Roland Braddell writes to the Straits Times."—-In your issue of Monday you gave me a very great deal of your valuable space for which I am much indebted to you. May 1 crave just a little more? I append a statement of the I’ersonal Emoluments
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  • 323 5 LOOK OUT FOR RHEUMATISM It is not only while he questions you or feels your pulse that the doctor is finding out the cause of your suffering when you go to him. He is a trained obseiver of everything which can give him a hint about
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  • 214 5 Baron Kato on Universal Suffrage. Interviewed at Tokio on July 13 by a representative of the Eastern News Agency as regards the situation. Premier Kato made the following statement Rumours have of late been afloat that Japanese troops will shortly be withdrawn from Saghalien and. in particular,
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  • 204 5 At a social meeting held at the offices of the British Pacific Science Expedition, 29. Newman Street, W., explanation was given of the proposals for an expedition which is setting out for New Guinea at the eml of the year. Mr. N. McNeill, the director, stated it
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  • 126 5 in lieu a month’s imprisonment.—“ Strait. Hongkong, July 31. —Herbert G. Ro berts .who had described himself as ca shier of the Netherlands Trading Society of Singapore, and who was charged with obtaining board, lodging, motor rides and money from the Hongkong Hotel by false pretences was
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  • 122 5 I PENANG, AUGUST 3. 1922. J (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/3 15/16 4 months 7 sight Bank 2/4 3 Credit 2/4 1/4 3 Documentary 2/4 5/16 I Calcutta Demand Bank Rs 176-j 3 days’sight Private 180 I s Bombay Demand Bank 176? I Madras
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  • 90 5 There are many things still unknown about rheumatism. But one fact is acknowledged by all medical writers, and that is that the blued rapidly becomes thin and jjoor wh<*n the rheumatic poison invades it. The best way to pre- vent or cure rheumatism is to build up
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    • 255 5 JIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIS Super Sale Bargains at j Whiteaway’s I 500 Yards, j EE Printed Bordered Casement tor narrow EEE curtains fine soft cloth printed in neat designs in fast washing colours. H 30 inches wide. Usual Price 75 cts. per yard, h Sale Per I Price OU CtS. Yard 1 130
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  • 30 6 Maxwell—Gardiner.— On June 29, 1922. at Wallingford. D. R. Maxwell, ot B. N. Borneo, to Gladys Maude, youngest daughter of Rev. Canon and Mrs. Gardiner, St. Alban’s Priory. Wallingford.
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  • 618 6 So serious is the unemployment problem at Home that a recent cable stated it has been deemed desirable to appoint a special Committee of the Cabinet to deal with the matter under the presidency of the Prime Minister. The problem is not confined to Great Britain
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  • 434 6 —Lx. THE FIRST MILLION TONS. (From Oti: Owx Colt respondent.) Singapore. August 3. IL IL the Rajah of Sarawak', replying io congratulations on the completion of. the output of the first million tons of oil from Sitrawak.siatetl that friendly relations between Sarawak and the Sarawak Oilfields Company yvould
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  • 1213 6 If Sir Ernest Birch is correctly reported. the only ground Native on which he would admit Holdings Government interference with the rubber industry is that many native owned estates or plantations will become a great danger owing to neglect of cultivation. ”If the Government, to protect itself
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  • 83 6 FIRST DAY’S ENTRIES, (From on: Own CoßßEspoviiEyT. Kuala Lumpur, \irtusi 3. The entries for the first day of th Selangor 'Turf Club are as follows Race 1. The Hobo, Avro. Captain 1 mic Nankin. Jill, Dodger. Races 2 and 6. Heartspear. Rockport. I iinab. 1 tung, Killara, Jaunty
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  • 155 6 GYMKHANA IN SEITEW The annual general incetinu Penang Polo Chib wa> held in thereof Messrs. A. A. Anthony and Beach Street, Penang, to-day. Marshall occupied the chair others present yyere Danson, Heah Seng Hua'. Nvan. Heah Seng Hye. Heah G.‘ Milner. E. IL Bulfoed (secret;"-' Dr. T.W.W.
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  • 43 6 The results of tei vesterdav were as on"' 1 Singles Handicap < ILitton beat —•> J- ~ol i 1 Singles Handicap V| >■ C. Hicks beat U.IN. Doubles Handicap E. 0. Gregson and E. 11. E. Richards an (> —2, t 1
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 165 6 CHAIN BLOCKS AND TROLLEYS. Are Machine Shop Necessities EE YALE. Increased production and economy of g labour is the demand of the day. S The lifting and conveying of loads vitally S affects economic machine shop operation. ss Ponderous weights of all kinds, raw materials am I finished products must
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    • 16 6 “E. O.” Friday, 4th August, Dancing after Dinner. Saturday, sth August, Special Tiffin Orchestra. SARKIES BROTHERS,’Proprietors
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 95 6 I* MONDAY ANO TUESDAY Tnu/ll UAII PFNANI2 FOR TWO NIGHTS ONLY J 7th and Bth AUGUST, IUWN HflLL > rtNANb. 1922 I BANDMAN’S EASTERN CIRCUIT LIMITED. Presents The World’s Foremost Magicians and Illusionists g CHEFALO AND PALERMO I The Mighty Monarchs of Mystery ami their own Company. I J A
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    • 20 6 THE TIDES. High’Water. Low Water To-day. 10. <s p.m. 4.2;> p.m. To-morrow. 10.14 a.m. aJD 11.0 p.m. 5.1 S p.m.
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  • 1162 7 Britain’s Position. in r-:n*s Tele?;ji a '.b. London, August 1 I u British Government has pie;i note with regard to repara,|ll(] inter-governmental indeb- which ii is circulating to the \!iie<] Governments. It is understood indicates the British Government's whether, in view cf the attitude die fnited Slates
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  • 81 7 PRESIDENT HARDING’S PROPOSALS Washington, August 2. The Railway Executives rejected President Harding's pioposal that the striking shopmen should he reinstated without forfeiting their seniority or other rights, but conditionally accepted his other two proposals for settling the strike, first the operators and workmen to agree to recognise
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  • 22 7 Chicago, August 1. 20.009 employees of the street railway struck this morning owing to a reduction of wages.
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  • 54 7 THREE KILLED IN BUKMAH ACCIDENT. Rangoon. August 2. A portion of a local train carrying 150 passengers was blown off the line by a cyclone between Pegu and Thatun, and fell into water-filled excava tions. Three persons were killed and twent y -1 w
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  • 31 7 MANY KILLED. Paii-. Augu.-t 1. It is reported that. 40 were killed and 50 injured in a collision at Tillecontal between two pilgrim trans from Moulins to Lourdes.
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  • 26 7 Cincinnati, August 1. Fifteen were killed ami many i". iured in the h<ad-ou collision Between a negro excursion train and a passenger train.
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  • 41 7 Melbourne, August 1. 2 Australia has resumed trading with G< i 'niany, But the proclamation prohibiting the entry of goods from ex-enemy countries without the consent of the Minister of Customs will not be revoked at present.
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  • 264 7 THE EGYPT ENQUIRY. No Language Test. London. August I. Al the Egypt enquiry. Sir I'rank Xoiiey. Marine Superintendent of the I’. and O- Company, said there was no language test for officers, but they were encouraged to make themselves familiar with Hindustani. He agreed it was essential that officers should
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  • 55 7 Geneva. August I- Mr. Tcheoti Wei, of the < hlne.se League of Nations delegation, speak- ing al the International Congress foi moral education, on the League’s; work, in connection with the teaching of history, proposed that the Congress enter into relations with the League Commission for
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  • 469 7 London. June 14—Interesting disclo-! sures were made by Sir John Stavridi,! former Greek consul in London. Speak-1 ing first of the Paris Peace Conference in; 1919, when it was decided by the Supreme Council to send a Greek force to Smyrna, he related how Mr-
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  • 73 7 Malaya to be visited. Laliote, August 1. Ihe aviator. Major Blake, pro( e d<‘d to Delhi, from which he will H\ to Allahabad, Calcutta, Burma, the Malay States, China, Japan, Kamchat ka, Aslaska, and Vancouver, where lie will pick up a fresh machine, then o Halifax, from
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  • 54 7 A BRIGHTER TONE. London, August I. Ihe tieu that a meeting of Pre rniers had been fixed for Monday next imported a- brighter lone to the Lon don exchange market. German marks recovered sharply i.o 2.70 a For (he sierling but on Ihe appearance of renewed offerings marks
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  • 31 7 WELSH MINERS’ ATTITUDE. London, Auigust 1 Ihe South YVaies Miners’ Council suggest that the International Miners' Committee take s;->ps to prev(Uii the sending <d coal i<> Amoi ie-i.
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  • 165 7 THE TELEPHONE INVENT'D!? London, August 2A Sydney (Nova Scotia) message records the death of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, aged 75. [Alexander Graham Bell was bom in Edinburgh on the 3rd March. 1-847, was educated at Edinburgh md London Universities. and removed
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  • 134 7 London, July 24—-An. Auckland message says: At a civic reception given him here J Mr. Sastri asked why Indians in self-gov-j erning Dominions, although t?hey were British subjects, were alone told they; «•ould net- get a greater measure of enfranchisement than they possessed in their
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  • 84 7 London, July 26. —In the House '<( Commons, replying to Commander Ken worthy, Mr. Churchill said he had not received a report from the High Commissioner for Iraq in regard to the re ported establishment of a Baghdad Aleppo motor bus service. Any such project was a
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  • 64 7 London, July 24-—With regard to Commander Burney’s scheme for an airship service to India, it is stated that while the Admiralty and the Air Board consider it feasible it is believed that the Cabinet is doubtful about India assisting the Horne Government with a contingent
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  • 51 7 London, July 26. —A Johannesburg message says The special treason court consisting of three judges which is trying cases in connection with the recent Rand revolt has concluded the first case in which one of the principal leaders of the revolt has been sentenced to ten years’
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  • 85 7 Administration of the Islands. Geneva. August 2 The Permanent Mandaies ('omniission of the League of Nations considered the report of the Japanese Government on the administration of the Pacific Islands, held by Japan unde; Mandate The Commission sjH‘< ially called attention inter-alia to the questions concerning
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  • 68 7 AN AMERICAN DIRECTOR. Allahabad, August 1. A I elierau message says the Persian Parliament approved the engagement of an American as Director-General of Finance for five years, at an annual salary of $15.00(1. He will devote his services to financial matters and be invested u ith special powers
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  • 240 7 London, July 3.—The formation of a Radicial-Socialist Ministry under M. Sliwinski without Count Skiimunt as Foreign Minister is a triumph for Marshal I ilsudski. His attitude towards the Ponikowski Government had previously secured its resignationThis main object of this move was to disjiense with Count Skirmunt, whose
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  • 156 7 London, July 24- —In the House of Commons, in reply to question.-», Karl Winterbon slated that the British Buddhist Mission to Tibet had received no funds from Government and the British and Indian authorities did not accept responsibility for the well-being or success of the
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  • 83 7 London, July 25,—The Empire Press Union passed a resolution to-day "-I coming Government’s decision to establish direct wireless communication with Australia, India and South Africa. and hoping that it would be speedily cacii-d into effect in view of the urgent need of closer relationship beween the
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  • 52 7 Jxmdon, July 25.—The House of Commons agreed to the motion by Mr. Chamberlain that the governor of Brixton p rl son should bring Bottomley into tho House of Common on Tuesday in custody. if Bofitomley wished to attend when the motion for his expulsion was
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  • 179 7 Fiv Centuries at the Oval. London, August I. At the Oval, Surrey led Kent on tin first innings in a drawn match. In Surrey’s first innings, Fender scor 'd 137 and Sandham 129. In Kent’s se cond innings, Hardinge made 119 Seymour 129 and Woolley 119 Hants v.
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  • 152 7 The following are the positions in the English C’ountv Championship on July 31 j 3 2 3 Per. Surrev 13 1 1 I 80 67 83.75 Yorkshire 15 1 3 2 105 «I 77.14 Notts 13 3 3 100 71 71.00 Lancashire 13 1 1 2 100
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  • 109 7 The final trial match in I’enang, for the “Malaya” Cup competition, will be played on Friday, at the Esplanade, at 5-15 p in. The teams are as follow Colours:—L Stables; W AV. Rogei and Cheng Hoe; Paik Sang, D Mathieson and T- Cheng Hoe; Ewe Teik, G.
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  • 268 7 -Ex. Shanghai, July 24- —Hut ‘Jun-ju. a Gen era! of Sun \ab-sen, has captured ingtek and YuangtuanThe Macao victims are- promised compensation. The Peking Government is asking Tang Shao-yi to accept tho PremiershipShanghai, July —SJn Yat-sen has wired* the Peking Government to accept the negotiation, if they are
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  • 673 8 —“S-F.P.” DISPOSAL OF JOHORE PROPERTY. I’he second annual general meeting of (lu Benut ('onsolidated Rubber Company Limited- was. ’held at Gresham House, Battery road, Singapore, on Saturday Mr. A. J. Ferguson presided. The Chairman said: I would explain that the reason we have delayed holding our annual meeting
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  • 168 8 Judgment has been given in the Mixed Court, Shanghai, in an action regarded as a test of the arbitration award made ,n Hongkong after the strike of ship’s officers two years ago. A member of the China Coast Officers’ Guild sued the San Pei Steam Navigation Company,
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  • 676 8 Mr. A. E. Baddelqy writes to the ‘‘Straits Times”: —1 do not propose to discuss restriction generally—only to reply to certain points raised in Mr. Peck’s letter in your issue of 27th July. Mr. Peck refers to numbers of anony rnous letters which have recently appeared in the
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  • 612 8 Sir Frank Swettenham, G- C. M. Gchairman of the Rubber Growers’ Association, states: The Hague decision is a distinctly good thing whether it is no suit of written replies to the requests sent -out- in which case it would include the votes of British companies operating in
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  • 119 8 _“S.T.” A correspondent sends us the following message just received from America “The rubber manufacturing business in this country, particularly the automobile tyre business, has experienced a great revival in the past few months and this should be reflected before long in the price of crude rubber.
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  • 174 8 About midnight two Europeans we l driving a car along Suriwongse road and when near Balfour House they ran into a barbed wire rope, which had been stretched taut across the street at a height of about five feet eight inches, says the “Bangkok Times.” Fortunately they
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  • 201 8 The mail brings news that' the fight cruiser Despatch, which commissioned at Chatham on June 15, was ordered to leave Sheerness on July 5 for the China Station to relieve the Curlew. She is the seventh vessel of the “1)” class to join the sea-going Fleet, five being
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  • 633 8 AN INTERESTING SUGGESTION. Mrs. Shelton-Agar, 7th Mile Estate, Kuala Lumpur, wrote the “Financier” of July 4, as follows Some time ago the Rubber Growers Association offered prizes for “new uses for rubber” with a view to bringing about a larger consumption of the raw articleAlthough, perhaps, strictly
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  • 194 8 Kuala Lumpur. July 31.- The Commissioner of Police has issued a circular pointing out the nature of cinematograph films which w’ili not be passed for exhibition. For example, films representing cruelty to animals, irreverent treatment of sacred subjects, drunken scenes carried to excess, funeral,
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 266 8 ‘HAZELINE' SNOW” !Trad« Mnrh) A toilet preparation of repute Very pleasant and beneficial to apply immediately after shaving, before the face is quite dry. Gives a unique sense of coolness and freshness to lhe skin, banishing all the smarting and burning which is the usual after-effect of a shave. flrTt'
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  • 691 9 lIKAI’EU LINK BETW EEN ,|;O|)r< I.K AX'D GOXSEMEIL latiiK i!- of New Zealand are show ion to look upon produce panacea for marketing trou'll,,. formation <rf a meet pool was Ull b\ almost unanimous support t pi po>ed butter and cheese pool, 1,, f.iiim arc now watching syrn,i
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  • 185 9 U| il be remembered that in the "landed Ceylon Salaries’ Scheme His l| ll' iicv the Governor stated that he "a decided to draw up a scheme in or- to cover the question of rent allow. U 'O officers who draw a salary of Rs.
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  • 398 9 I Messrs. James F. Hutton A Co., Ltd., j Manchester, reported on Wednesday, July i stli. as follows I After a period of ipiicter trading and steadier values in the early part of the week, cotton prices have suddenly adj vanced substantially on the issue of
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  • 437 9 PENANG, AUGUST 3. 1922. S ets GOVERNMENT MUTTON— Head, sheep or goat each SO Liver with heart lung do 1.00 Tripe do 1. 1,1 Goat or She<p per lb '>o Sweet bread each ‘0 Leg of Mutton lb 00 Kidney pair 30 Feet the four 4u MUTTON— Head,
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  • 51 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day. JO g gj Shares. y 3 S -f j i c. c. c. c. Mining. Asam K. 27/6 28/6 28/- 29/6 Rahman H. 10.75 11.25 11.00 11.27» General. E. Shipping 5.77) 6.27» 7.25
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  • 47 9 3rd A ugust, ll922. Local. cts. 'I Smoked Sheet 24L Penang Fine Pale Crepe 241 Unsmoked Sheet No. 1... SINGA- {Smoked Sheet 25] pore J Crepe 25 J London and New York. Tnvnnv I Smoked Sheet 7 l/2d I.ONDO\ J Crep( )/2d New York Gl4]
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  • 38 9 The following are additional rubber outputs for July lbs. Bertam 172,000 Bassett 24.000 Foothills (Malaya) 13.100 Kuala Sidirn 45,365 Malakoff 53,000 Mayfield 38,300 Sungei Batu (Malaya) 37.000 United Patani 53,000 Vai d’Or 28.000 Windsor (F.M.S) 37.500
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  • 112 9 London. The Straits Trading Co.. Ltd., gives the following London prices, on August 2nd: Spot £159.15s down £3 3 mos. buying 159.15 s „3 3 selling ..159.175.C>d „3 liocal parity 579.07 The Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd:— London, A it gust 2, £159.175.6d spot, and £159.15s three months buying,
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  • 160 9 Rahman Hydraulic Tin. Ltd., for July. 1,200 piculs. Nawng Pet Tin, Limited, for July, hours run 248. yardage treated 10.200, ore won, 345 piculs. Renong Tin Dredging Company. Ltd., Tin ore for the 2nd half month ending 31st July, No. 1 Dredge piculs 599, total piculs 599. Approximate
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  • 140 9 ’—Ex. 1,250 coolies arrived per ss Chilka, to-day, of which 440 xvere sent to Pulau Jerejak, and the balance proceed direct to Port Swettenham for quarantine there. The Colonial Treasurer, Cey’on in a memorandum on the financial position of the Colony which was tabled at a meeting of
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  • 1082 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. x x oo 2m t- C» £3 NAMES t 5.2 0Q OQ H «8 1 I RUBBER [Dollar.] c S c S Allenby Rubber Co 55 65i Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 00 1 10 Amalgamated Malay Estates 1 10 1 25i Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate
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    • 240 9 ROBEY S SEMI-DIESEII I CRUDE OIL ENGINE. I 1 8 I 1 Chief points of advantage are— g 1 Simplicity of Conatruction. f Ease of Handling. g I Complete Construction. i 1 Low Fuel Consumption. f Efficiency and Reliability. ti No inlet and Exhaust Valves. 1 Perfect Lubrication. j I
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  • 339 10 Messrs. J. Lyons and Co. have just acquired what is said to be the largest frontage l on a West End thoroughfare in the hands of any one firm. The property consists of the three last blocks of buildings on the north side of Oxford-st
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  • 277 10 So much has been made of the jest that everybody should be ch It »ro formed at sixty" that a few examples of what has been accomplished after the fatal age may not be inopportune. Titian was painting his finest pictures in his hundredth year: Lord Brougham
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  • 234 10 Some inquiry is being made, as to the accuracy and significance of a statement made before the Assembly of the I'nited Free Church of Scotland about the whisky trade' with the Gold Coast. An African missionary. Dr. Donald Fraser, spoke of the arrival at Accra last
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  • 132 10 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Tracia for Port Swettenham, Singapore and China. Sitiawan for Asahan. van Goens for Deli. Langsa. Edi. T. Serna we, Segli, Olehleh and Sabang. Chilka for Port Swettenham and Singapore (taking mails for Port Swettenham. Klang and Kuala Lumpur). Kinta for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Fooksang for
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  • 346 10 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.'l By train Teluk Anson.Kuala Kubu, Kuala 7.15 a.m. Lumpur. Klang. Port Swetten-
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  • 221 10 —"Tribune.” The Novara, with mails from Europe, is expected to arrive here at (> p.m. to-morri >w. The homeward mail, by the Thongwa, closes at 10 a.m. on Saturday. The homeward mail, by the Kashgar, closes at 10 a.m. on Monday. The Teesta, with mails from Europe, is
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    • 189 10 The Time Has Come. I I Wizaa xl big ben .1 //JYMsSIW s: j wTjy I |Ĕ When real bargains can be secured. A special offer of good reliable clocks S at greatly reduced prices. H Makers Western Clock Co., U. S. A. We guarantee every clock to keep g
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    • 642 10 Üb|| u k S On. Per pair for BRITAIN 1 BEST footwear! Postage rf 1 a extra Sent all over the World at Manufacturer’s Prices a Fifty thousand pairs of boots and shoes are sent abroad from Ja v 1 each year—fifty thousand bricks* in the wall of goodwill built
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  • NEWS FROM INDIA.
    • 291 11 alcutta, July 24. —In disposing of a case against an accused on a charge of having no ostensible means of livelihood Mr. E- H. Keays, the Secondary Presidency Magistrate, declined to take action which would have the effect of si* id.ng the youth concerned to jail,
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    • 227 11 Calcutta, July 26.—Mr. J. M Sen Gup ta. a prominent non-co-operator barrister, member of the working committee of the Xational Congress and president of the Congress Committee, has decided to resume his practice at the bar. Hi* sent in his resignation of the offices he holds
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    • 186 11 Rangoon, July 28.—A few days ago a Chinese arrived at the Mandalay rail way station by the Maymyo train. As hi' was suspected of smuggling in opium the local excise officers searched his luggage, but no contraband of any kind was found in his boxes.
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    • 158 11 Calcutta, July 26- —The Fairey sea-' plane which Major Blake will use when he: continues his world flight from Calcutta! has arr ve<? here on board the British India steamer Morvada and according to present arrangements will be assembled at the British India Company s workshop at
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    • 392 11 /1 j 11 111U.G JS 9 W xA® 6Y fe Si! ■iH Z) i*\ 51 Ki f j) Sss {■■K/lw is the hall mark of quality. Our H® t” Whisky is frequently called for by r-3 j Wife» this phrase, which has been adopted I 4’ as tne motto or
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    • 757 11 BRITISH <( D Q” expanded metal D D DIAMOND MESH lYiiiiY) IT ■!< M M Jl A A R F ..wtfc I (YyYYyY ol Mxw I '\Z Nr ii it if I SOLE AGENTS: Wm. JACKS Co., Singapore. SUB-AGENTS: R. T REID Co., Ltd., Penang. IBANKS. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,
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    • 1681 12 EASTERN SHIPPING CO.. LTD.. UNE- .TRmsTINO (INCORPORATED IN THE straits SETTLEMENTS.) STEAMSHIP CO., LTD., (Incorporated in Italy.) TEL. ADDRESS: TELEPHONE (Incorporated in England.) HOMEWARD SAILINGS. ‘SHIPPING, PENANG.” No. 474. From Singapore The following steamers of above line Steamer Due Penang Head Office No. 63. Beach Street. Penang 1 will be
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    • 494 12 HENDERSON LINp Fast Passenger and Cargo Steamers between Rangoon Port Said, Algiers and England with through eonm tions from Penang. Leave Rangoon (f Steamer. About Steamer. Chindwin Aug. 29 Pegu Burma Sept. 12 Martaban Amarapoora Nov. 21 Henzada Chindwin Dec. 19 Bhamo Cl -t ->ov The connecting steamers leave Penang
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