Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 4 August 1922

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY ESTABLISH ED-,1833. No. 174. VOL LXXX. FRIDAY, 4th AUGUST, 1922. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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    • 27 1 I Writing Pad <[ «f 100 leaves with 25 envelop*. d $1 1 u Hermfame Box contain* 50 fancy > Hn*d Notepaper, 50 Envelope. $1 Pining Gazette Press, Ltd.
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  • 1487 2 Unveiling of P. C. C. War Memorial. HIS EXCELLENCY THE G. 0. C.’S SPEECH. Brief and simple, yet extremely touching in its brevity and simplicity, was the ceremony which took place in the Reading Room ol the Penang Cricket <’lub. yesb*rda\ afternoon, when His Excellency the
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  • 734 2 INSPECTION AND CADETS AND SCOUTS. His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, Malaya, MajorGeneral Sir Neill Malcolm. K.C.8.. D. 5.0., inspected the Penang Free School Cadets. Scouts and Cubs, on the school ground, yesterday afternoon, prior to th'* ceremony of unveiling the War Memorial in Penang
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 306 2 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.") Sir,lt wtts not witlwmi emotion that 1 attended the solemn meeting at the Penang Cricket Club, last night, to listen to the speech of the G.O.C. and to read the names on the -Memorial I’ablet afterwards. but what one noticed
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    • 216 2 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette."» Sir, —-If 1 may make a suggestion regarding the above, I should like to <ay that 1 agree a little with the* suggestion of Six-love." but I should like to make a little alteration as follows Gray Paik San. Y.
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    • 285 2 *.—“S. F. P.” (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”) Sir, It is probable that your correspondent Racegoer is, like, myself, one of the ‘public’ and. possibly, also like myself, a backer of Brownie fora place in the race he reviews. Mv explanation and apologies for my omission
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 154 2 PARENTS HAVE RESTFUL NIGHTS Who Keep Baby’s Own Tablets In The House. When baby wakes in the night crying with pain you are filled with alarm and don’t know what to do. With a vial of Baby’s Own Tablets in the house you would scon set matters right; just a
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    • 854 2 HEW ADVERTISEMENTS. notice. lost? OR STRAYED on Wednesday, the 20th S<*|Hen/),,.' Ur One Goose which was being fattened at 2.30 p.m. to consider ;q, j/’/' I' 1 for a special occasion. Finder please new licences and for reu lO v ;i l < s !< communicate with Box No. LSI.
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  • 475 3 -”S. F. I’.” MILLION AND QUARTER DOLLAR SCHEME. N\ e have received a copy of the report of Colonel Pearson, Engtaeer in Chief to the Singapore Municipality, on the suggested plans for abattoirs and cold storage. It seems to have been required in consequence ofa report
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  • 639 3 BOLSHE VIKS AND PERS I > A diplomatic correspondent, writing on June 30, stated that reports were then current that. Enver Pasha, with his Tartar levies, was marching upon Krasnovodsk. the western terminus» of the Merv Railway, and a most important strategic harbour, facing Baku, on the other
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  • 155 3 The recent intimation that the Police intended enforcing the Servants Registration Ordinance, in Oeylon which has hitherto been a dead, letter has led to a rush of domestics to the registration office at Maradana. Incidentally, it has increased the revenue Of the Government to an extent which
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 306 3 SHORT classified advertisements. Wanted, For Sale, To Let, &c., tii ttl < rtfl in th'' Pinang THREE cents a word Ullill ,!)<• address to which p.plies are I<> Minimum Charge $1 each Insertion. 6 Consecutive Insertions $5. (aS h must accompany order, th' advertisements will ..hiiriad at ordinary tariff Casual
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    • 326 3 SLUGGISH LIVER COATED TONGUE UPSET STOMACH SICK HEADACHES Try a pirreh of this IN YOUR TEA EVERY MORNING for one week. A quick, sure, pleasant and perfectly natural cure. Some good common-sense advice by W. G. EAST (Cambridge Coach for 30 years.) Ever have that lazy, listless, ’don’t care” feeling
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    • 760 3 ECZEMA 5 YEARS I I ALLWSCALP j BRITISH Burned and Itched, Had s i HairCutOfF.CuticuraHeals. T IX 1 7 1 7 I suffered for five years with ec- i I H 9 H j U X-J eema. It broke out in sore eruptions i SS -JL Jk. z~. I all
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  • 20 4 We.mvss —At the Maternity Hospital Penang, on the 3rd August, to Mr. and Mis A. Home Wemyss a daughter.
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  • 1018 4 The death of the famous scientist, inventor of the Bell telephone and other marvels, reported yesterday in Reuters cables, will no doubt attract attention to a subject of which the late Dr. Alexander Graham Bell in his later years made a special study, namely, that of
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  • 77 4 TENG KEE KNOCKS OUT CARVALHO. (From Our Own Correspond'-nt.) Singapore, August 4. Four thousand spectators attended tlm local boxing match between Teng Kee (Singapore) and Carvalho (Johore) at 9 stones. This was the third meeting, ettch having one win. A purse of StilMi was put up. The
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  • 1230 4 The fact that a retrial of the case, in which a Telegu clerk is Judges and charged with murder, Assessors. takes place at Kuala Lumpur shortly since the Chief Judicial Commissioner was unable to agree with the findings of the two assessors, debars us from comment, except
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  • 194 4 ANOTHER SECTION <H UMOPENED. 'Another step forward in the railvvy history of Siam w'as made on \iignd 1. when the now section of the branch liir between Hand Yai and Singgora opened for traffic. There vva> no lormal ceremony, the Constructional Enginw’ Mr. A. Gibb, travelling
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  • 113 4 The Pinang Gazette" 1 published to-morrow, as usual. will be no issue on .Monday. The Chief Post Office will be che hi noon to-morrow, but letters 1 1 pillar-boxes within the Municipal: Penang up to 5 p.m. or at the < hi' l I Office up to ti
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  • 131 4 To-day is the eighth anniveoar J’! British declaration ol xu, i u atum to Serbia, on the .->id (]i k ing the assassination of 1 <*• Francis on the 2>t h Jmn u 1 by* the Austrian deciaratu'u g Serbia on the amany’s ultimatum to b' l
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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    • 17 4 “E. O Friday, 4th August, Dancing after Dinner. Saturday, sth August, Special Tiffin Orchestra. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
  • 148 4 DEATH. Webster —(hi August 2, 1922, William Webster. M. 1. Meeh. E.. Singapore, youngest son of the late Peter Webstei, Farmer of Grange of Lour. Forfarshire, Scotland. Aged 73 years. •The remains of the late (’HEAP hen EOK will he removed from his residence “Holland House” Northam Road for interment
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  • THE WAR DEBTS.
    • 1926 5 E arl Balfour’s Points. VMI-KICAN OI’IXION. TKi.E.ae'i>J |,l Hl'loil Aug ust 2 of Earl Balfour’s 1 1 it ~4 on the Allied (leht se v ilio inipi'i ian< t* of Iho view s (i| v Inch i he A Hi *.s have 'li-playetl an inclination ti<rhi >hy ol 11 lor(ls1il
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    • 88 5 LONDON’S IAIT’OR.TS. London, August 3Owing to practically all the members of the Indian Tea Association »n--structing the Garden Managers to guard against coarse plucking, and to aim at quality not quantity it is now thought probable that this year’s cron will not be more than 85 per
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    • 41 5 CONFERENCE’S DEMANDS. Paris, August 3The International Seamen’s Conf renee decided to issue a manifesto de mantling a 48 hour week ami a fixed minimum wage, but rejected a French proposal for militant action to entire.' tht* demands.
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    • 38 5 “RESH” IN THE TRANSVAAL. •lohannesburg. August 3A sensation has been caused by the reported discovery of a gold bell th? Transvaal, stretching from the hortler of Beehuanalautl it» Nvl-troom Something like a ru-h is proceetling.
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  • 77 5 Thracian Incidents. Constantinople, Augu-t 2. A British communique state- that the Greek concentration of troops in Eastern Thrace continues- Military and naval preparations for resisting attempts to violate the neutral zone are going on. Greek cavalry crossed the frontier at Kurfali this morning. The Turkish police fired and
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  • 79 5 THE ABSENCE OF AIRCRAFTLondon, August 2. In the House of Commons, Commander iscount Curzon asked whether there are aircraft defences in any British dockyards, fuelling stations and naval establishments abroad other than at Malta. Col. Amery said he understood that aircraft was available if required foi tiefence at
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  • 174 5 THE PREMIER’S DECLARATION. London. Augu-t 2. In the House of Commons, in th? debate over the anxiety felt by British civil servants in India with regard to the effect of the constitutional reformon their position. Mr. Lloyd George said that despite drawbacks. there had been a very
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  • 93 5 London, August 2In the House of Commons, Mr. Wood, replying to Mr. Lyle, said the practice of the Crown Agents of giving preference in colonial requirements to British firms remained. Only two small contracts for manufactured goods had been placed outside the United Kingdom last year. namely dump
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  • 83 5 TROOPS FOR THE MINES Indianapolis, August 3. The Governor of Indiana is sending 250 National Guardsmen to the cornfields and is proclaiming martial law in the districts where it is proposed to mine coal under military protection. The Railway Strike. Chicago, August 3A meeting of the leading
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  • 29 5 Washington, August 3. As a result of agreements between the Republican and Democratic callers, it is considered almost certain that the Tariff Bill will pass thimonth.
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  • 40 5 London, August 2. The London exchange market is depre-sed. German nia’kets art* P“ nicky on the French Note and the absence of any indication that Germans i- abandoning the policy of inflation, closing about the lowest, 3t60.
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  • 72 5 Some Disturbances. R.'iuc, Augu-t 2. The day pa>-ed quietly. I h<* publi (i' icc- were uaunia ned regularly everywhere. Th? majoiity ol the ra'lwaymen remained ai work, soldiers and Fascist) replacing strikers. The only disturbances were a fight betwet*n Communists and Fascist! at Genoa, where two Communists were
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  • 83 5 A NEW PROJECT'. London, Augu.-t In the House of Commons, (‘aptait Guest, replying to Lt.-Col- John Moore-Brabazon, said la* under.-tood that a proposal was afoot to attempt iln* world flight by an All-English seaplane next year- The pari iuipatorhatl approached the Air Ministr;., which was satisfied
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  • 28 5 Ambala. Augu-t 2. The airman. Major Blake, has aril' ed from Lahore. Engine Trouble. London. August 3Major Bla.ke is detained at AmLala through engine trouble-
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  • 46 5 PR()JE( TED WORLD FLIGHT. Vancouver, August 2 It is -fated that Sir Keith Smith is expected here in Sejitember, when he will be engaged in preparing lhe rout»* for a flight round thu world, crossing the Pacific bv Kurilo anti the Aleutian Islands.
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  • 117 5 THIRTY KILLED Paris. August 2. If is now stated that thirty mere killed in the Villecoutal railway accident. The injured include six women, who are in a grave condition. A Remarkable Accident. Paris, August 2. Graphic details of the accident at Villecoutal show that the trains
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  • 83 5 STATE MEN TIN TH E ('GAI M ONS. London, August 2 In the House of Commons, replying! to Commander Kenworthy, Mr. Cecil Harmsworth confirmed that the AngloPersian Oil Company have negotiated exclusive oil drilling rights in Macedonia. with the Greeks. This does not. include oil rights in Thrace,
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  • 85 5 THE RIVER TRADE. London, August 3. In tin* House of Commons, Mr. (’ec:l Harmsworth was asked by Admiral Hanson for more specific iniormatio»: as regards the question whether pro tests were made to the Chinese (joveipment concerning numerous illegal imposts on British river trade) by unauthorised bodies in
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  • 17 5 M *lboume. August 2 The House ot Repre-milal i\e.- ral:fied the Washington ITeati--.
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  • 174 5 THE EGYPT” ENQUIRY. Army Officers’ Evidence. London, A igu.-t 2 At the Egypt enquiry, a p;t--eng-.. Captain Carr, of the Indian Arms, gave evidence- He jumped inio a boat full of Indians, which wa.- pu.-b--ing off. lie fired a revolver overhead, making lhe Indians make room loi 16 passenger-. plain
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  • 21 5 Amsterdam. August 2. lhe Batavia Oil Company has been granted a nexx concession of 3.815 hectares in Palembang, Sumatra
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  • 31 5 London, August 2 It is reportetl that the proposed Defence Air Force will consist of twentx squadrons, with a full quota of reserves. making 100 to 500 niaehine-.
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  • 568 5 KEDAH APPEAL CASE. Two civil appeals of inert than ordinary interest to Penang Chinese, are listej tmhearing at the Kedah Appeal Court, which opens at Alor Star next week. Sir Lionel M. Woodward, Chief Judicial Commissioner, F.M.S., will preside over the court, which, besides hearing four civil
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  • 1019 6 EX -KAIS ER’S PR EDI CT I ON. In a lengthy account of a three days' visit spent with the ex-Kaiser at Doorn, Baron von Radowitz, who is now visiting America, credits the ex-Kaiser with predicting a return of the monarchy in Germany. ‘‘But I will never
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  • 517 6 PENANG, AUGUST 4. 1922. S <-ts GOVERNMENT MUTTON- Head, sheep or goat each SO Liver with heart lung do I.<X) Trine do I Goat or She« p per lb 50 Sweet Bread each Leg of Mutton lb 50 Kidney pair 30 Feet the four 40 MUTTON— Head, sheep
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  • 54 6 Aug s—Cricket, P.C.C. v E. S. Club, 2.15 p.m. Aug 5, (> and 7—Penang Golf Club, Columbia Cup. Aug 5 and 7—Penang Golf Club, American Tennis Tournament. Aug 7 and <B—Chefalo and Palermo, Town Hall, 9.30 p.m. August 9 —Court of Appeal. Alor Star. Aug 23—Lodge Krian, Parit
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 569 6 ALFRED SHRUBB, THE FAMOUS ENGLISH CHAMPION RUNNER HOLDER OF 9 WORLD’S RECORDS. To such a great Writes sportsman as Alfred Shrubb, backache V I think it m pains would be Z J dutv write aH( exceptionally detri- x V [y V tell you about th/, mental to his per- I
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  • 855 7 SOCIAL PERSONAL. HiJ”<iy have returned M- nur f-o-I j|, was entertained at k./ila Lumpur on Saturday by I J;,..,. Kandang KerbaudniI '\7, ns ferred to Malacca, and will I Mrs Bariy about the end of |C.k B u.j.lpip <>f Siimat< e I'll Bangkok '."t for Kelairtan, where he has I
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  • 394 7 SIAM’S VETERINARY NEEDS. In its cotninent <>n the <|iiar:intine of cattle in the Straits Settlements, which we published on August 2. the “Bangkok Times” seems to have got the wrong bull by the horns regarding the sources of this Settlement’s supply of cattle for slaughtering purposes. Our
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  • 43 7 (Fkom Our Owx Correspondent.) I poh, August 4. Commotion was caused by a kampong house in Chamberlain Road catching fire at four o'clock this morning. The Fire Brigade* arrived, but water was not available. The houses round about were unharmed.
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  • 76 7 The Municipal Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade from to 11 p.m. to-day:— 1 March The Vendetta Alford 2 Overture Soir D’Automne Bouillon 3 Waltz Torero Transhiteurs 4 Selection lolanthe Sullivan 5 Song Cornet Solo As you pass by Russell (I Naval Patrol
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  • 166 7 FRENCHMAN’S CRITICISM OF HIS NATION’S TURKISH TREATY. Paris, June 22. —The “Eclair” publishes the following letter from M. Michel Paillares, manager of the newspaper “Bosphorus,” in which he says: “Nothing can remove the conviction from my mind that the key to the Entente Cordiale lies in
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  • 75 7 'rhe following arc (he latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day. Shares. -5 J, S s "5 s '3 22 X 22 c. e. c. Sc. Mining. Lingni Tin 2.25 2.75 2.50 2.75 Mambau Tin 60 65 65 70 Murai Tin 4.00 4.25 4.10
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  • 47 7 ITH At (JUST, 1922. Local. cts. "j Smoked Sheet 24-> Penang >Fine Pale Crepe 24| J Unsmoked Shee^No. 1... 17| Sing a- Smoked Sheet 25 pore J Crepe 25 London and New York. i {Smoked Sheet 7 l/2d Lostwx f Crepe 1/2d New York Gl4]
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  • 27 7 The following are additional rubber outputs for July lbs. Ayer Kuning 9.888 f’M.S. 104.000 Kuala Lumpur 96,000 Lunas 37.037 Sedge ley 18,000 Taniong Malim 140.000
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  • 107 7 London. The Straits Trading Co.. Ltd., gives the following London prices, on August 3rd: Spot £ls9.2s.t>d dowm 12sd>d 3 mos. bnving 159.25.G<1 12s.Gd 3 selling 159.5 s 12s.fid Local parity 578.G7 The Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd: London,August 3, 159.5 s spot, and £159.25.6d three months buying, £159.5s selling.
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  • 16 7 Hitam Tin, Ltd., for July, 324.t»4 piculs. Tupai Tin Dredging Ltd., July. 450.45 pikuls.
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  • 113 7 PENANG, AUGUST 4, 1922. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/3 15/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 3 Credit 2/4 l/4 3 Documentary 2/4 5/16 Calcutta Demand Bank Rsl7(».)' 3 days’sight Private „180 s Bombay Demand Bank 176| Madras Demand Bank 176| g* 3 days’ sight
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  • 62 7 S. Mark* Church, Butterworth, Bth Sunday after Trinity, (The Transfiguration), 6th August.—Morning Prayer and Sermon 9 a.m. (T. Smith Esq., I.C.F. Missioner, Prai). Alor Star Church —Morning Prayer, Sermon and Holy Communion 8 a.m. Sungei Patani —Evening Prayer ami Sermon 6 p.m. S. Paul
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  • 41 7 6th August, Bth Sunday after Trinity (Transfiguration of our Lord) —Litany 7.45 a.m.. Holy Communion 8 a.m., Matins ami Sermon (’Tamil) 9.15 a.m. Holy Communion (Tamil) 10 a.m.. Children's Service 5 p.m.. Evensong and Sermon 6.30 p.m.
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  • STOP PRESS.
    • 62 7 GKEEK ADVANCE AVERTED Constantinople, August 3. Ihe fhreutened Greek advance on Constantinople appears to have been averted in consequence of allied measures. Allied posts overlooking the Chatalja lines have been reinforced by British, French and Italian infautrv and cavalry have taken up positions on the frontier which is very
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    • 45 7 London. August 3 A big- step towards railway re-orga-nisation is announced in the form of tin* amalgamation of the Great Central, Great Eastern, Great Northern, Great North of Scotland, tin* North British and twenty-six small companies with a total capital of £248.000,000.
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    • 84 7 London, Augusl 3 Flic Anglo-Dutch Plantations Company of Java, have concluded an agreement with the General Rubber Company, New York, whereby the latter agree to fake the entire output of the standard rubber of the former from October Ist to the end of 1924. after providing for
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    • 35 7 Paris, August 3 I A subterranean oil reservoir is reported to have been discovered in the Forest of Abatilles. near Bordeaux. Experts estimate that it will produce 565,000 cubic feet a day.
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  • 154 7 TO- DAY’S DEPARTURES. van Hogendorp for Sabang. van Waerwijck for Langsa, Olebleh, Sabang etc, Padang. Calypso for Dindings, Sitiawan. Port Swettenham and Singapore. Perak, [S.S. Co] for Teluk Anson, Kedah for Dindings and Sitiawan. Novara for Port Swettenham, Singapore. China and Japan (taking mails for Port Swettenham, Klang
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  • 156 7 The Novara, with mails from Europe, is expected to arrive here at 6 p.m. to-day. If the arrives before 6 p.m. the the mail will be dealt with and there will be a delivery to box-holders ami callers. The Amazone, with Continental mails, is expected to arrive here
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 551 7 Manly Vigour and Strength Dr. Cassell's Tablets Put New Life into Weak, Nervous, Worn-out Men. Jamaica. Sooth Africa. Mr. James N. Plummer, District Constable, Mr. Ernest J. Smith, 6&a, Tiensdenhont Hayes P. 0., Jamaica, West Indies, writes: street, Troyville, Joha n nes bu rg South Five years ago I was
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1539 8 EASTERN SHIPPING CO., LTD.. IJNE. LLOYD TRIES™ O (INCORPORATED TN the straits settlements.) STEAMSHIP CO., LTD., (Incorporated^ m Italy.) TEL. ADDRESS: TELEPHONE: (Incorporated in England.) HOMEWARD SAILINGS ‘SHIPPING, PENANG.” No. 474. From Singapore The following steamers of above Hue Steamer Due Penang liead Office: —No. 63. Beach Street, Penang. will
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    • 436 8 K. P. M. ROVAL PACKET NAVIGATION COMPM I (INCORPORATED IN HOLLAND) I Telephone No. 582. Telegrams, FOR INTENI)EI) T( i SAIL S|| Belawan Deli and Langsa. s 13 th August /S ainp I t Belawan Deli, Langsa, Edi. Lho-Seumawe, Sigli, 17th Ant-ust Olehleh and Sabang. 31st August v <t. 1,.
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