Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 August 1922

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 185. VOL LXXX. FRIDAY, 18th AUGUST, 1922. PRICE 15 CENTS
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    INDIAN EMIGRATION.
    2529 2 THE PROPOSED RULES. The Deputy Controller of Labour, Penang. (Mr. H R. Joynt). has kindly forwarded a rough proof of the draft Rules under the Indian Emigration Act. The following draft of the rules which it is proposed to issue in exercise of the powers conferred by section
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    LABOUR DEPUTATION TO INDIA.
    39 2 The Controller of Labour telegrapiv that the deputation to India, consisting of Mr. E- W. F. Gilman, Mr- T. J. Cum ming and Mr. P. K. Nambyar, leaves Penang by the Teesta on August 19th.
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    174 2 Benares Opium p. chest $5,000.00 nom. Cloves 129.00 sales Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Pickings 70.00 Nutmegs 805... 50.00 1105... 40.00 Coconuts per I,(MX) 37.00 Copra Sundried 10.27^buyers Rattans 11.20 sellers Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.50 per bag do do do
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    THE MONSOON.
    485 2 1 had scarcely been in India two months ere I heard the monsoon dis cussed. It was hot: the monsoon wou-.d cool the air so I too began to be inte rested, writes “M.G-”' in the “Daily Mail.” “The monsoon has reached Colombo.” the papers said, and we
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    LOCAL SHARE LIST.
    70 2 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day. E E Shares. S D S aj Cfi X C 3 co SC. SC. SC. SC. Rubber (Dollar). Allenby 55 65 50 60 Mining. Batang P. 30 40 37J 40 Nawng Pet 80
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    75 2 18th August, 1922. Local. cts. 1 Smoked Sheet 231 Penang IFine Pale Crepe 23 > J Unsmoked Sheet No. 1... Sing a- 1 Smoked Sheet 23.1 pore J Crepe 24 London and New York. t nvnnv I Smoked Sheet 6 3/4d Crepe 6 3/4d New York Gl3l The
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    PENANG RUBBER SALES.
    78 2 Messrs. The Borneo Company, Ltd., advise that the undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by them by private and auction sales held this week: Cts Per Pound. Smoked diamond sheet No. 1 22 to 224 No. 2 19 „21 i Unsmoked sheet No. 1 15 „16
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    TIN PRICES.
    93 2 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following London prices, on August 17: Spot .£161.10s up 175.6 d 3 nios. buying 161.125.6 d 175.6 d 3 selling 161.15 s 175.6 d Local parity $79.94 Local. August 18th: Singapore sold 150 tons at $80.75. Penang buyers no sellers
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    68 2 Tin Bentong No Liability, first half of August, hours 311, piculs 74, yards 45,000. Ratrut Basin Tin Dredging Co., N. L. first half of August, output 170 piculs, 304 hours worked, 26,000 cubic yards treated. Renong Tin Dredging Company, Ltd., Tin ore for the Ist half month ending
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    UNITED MALACCA ESTATES.
    147 2 The twelfth annual report, for the year ended 30th April, 1922, states that after due provision for depreciation of buildings, income tax etc., etc., the profit for the year is $5,698.22, add balance of profit brought forward from last year $8,015.57, total profit $13,713.79. The Directors recommend
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    PROVINCE WELLESLEY AND KEDAH CHURCH MISSION.
    39 2 Owing to indisposition, the Rev. E. N. Greenhow will not be able to take duty on Sunday, the 20th August. The Tamil Harvest Festival, at'Nibong Tebal, will, however, take place, as already announced.
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    ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH, TAIPING.
    37 2 20th August. 10th Sunday after Trinity— Matins 7.30 a.in.. Holy Communion 8 a.m., Matins and 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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    ST. ANDREW’S MISSION HOSPITAL.
    475 3 LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE. The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new St. Andrew’s Mission Hospital for women and children, it Kreta Ayer, Singapore, took place on Monday afternoon. There was a good attendance, including Major General Sir Neil Malcolm, the G. O- C.,
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    MALAYA’S WEDDING GIFT.
    262 3 PRINCESS MARY’S THANKS. A number of articles representative of Malayan arts and crafts was selected at the Malaya-Borneo Exhibition and forwarded as a wedding gift to the Princess Mary. The following letter of acknowledgment has now been received: Chesterfield House, Mayfair, W-L, June 30, 1922- Dear Sir
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    PICKED UP IN MALACCA STRAITS.
    76 3 [•.—“S.F.P.” The captain of the Kanagawa Maru. which arrived at Singapore on Sunday from South America, reports picking up an Indian, in the Straits of Malacca about WO miles from Singapore, in an exhausted condition. The man said he was watchman at the Reformatory School,
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    AN AQUARIUM AND ZOO FOR SINGAPORE?
    319 3 t—“M.T.’” NEED FOR WHOLEHEARTED PUBLIC SUPPORT. Mr. David G. Stead, F. L- S-, the Fisheries Enquiry Commissioner, led a debate on “A public aquarium as a suggested activity of the Society,” at the meeting of the Singapore Natural History Society, and his remarks, illus
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    SERIOUS MOTOR SMASH.
    214 3 “S.T.” MELL-KNOWN SINGAPORE PILOT INJURED. On Tuesday morning there was a collision between a motor car and a tram in New Keppel Harbour Road, Singapore, which might, have been attended wit\ even more serious consequences than oez curved. That the impact was terrific indicated by the state
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    A MOTOR ACCIDENT.
    115 3 Shortly after 1 p m- on Monday a dis tressing motor accident took place jus* opposite the office of the Supervisor oCustoms in Market Street, Kuala Lum pur. A small Tamil boy, of not much more than eight years, was wheeling along, a motor tyre from the
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    MALACCA’S LEAN YEAR.
    137 3 The revenue of the settlement! of Malacca for 1921 was $2,902,464, compared with $4,567,976 in 1920, the latter being the highest ever recorded. All classes oi revenue fell away, except Posts and Tele graphs, which showed a slight increase, and interest, increased b* loans to the Municipality-
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    GRANTS-IN-AID.
    454 3 THE EDUCATION RATE. In concluding their report on. education grants-in-aid, the Committee appointed by H- E. the Governor and High Commissioner, state The Education Rate levied in the Colony is 2 per cent on property in Municipalities and 1 per cent on property in Rural areas. This rate is
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    OVERDOING THE "AD."
    232 3 Everyone (writes “Overseas’ must surely admire the enterprise cf the “Daily Mail,” which has built up its unique position by a policy of alertness and enterprise; at the same time we may be pardoned if we do not hail with great acclamation Carmelite House’s latest achievement of
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    THE BORIAH.
    135 3 “The Muslim,” the organ of The Anjuman-i-Islam, Singapore, comments on the “Boriah,” associated with Moharram, which begins on the 24th August, as follows: “We have had the pleasure in reading a pamphlet written in Malay by Mr- Mohamed Yusuff bin Sultan Mei din, Education office, Penang, entitled ‘Boriah
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    BIRTH.
    24 4 Macnab. —Atjthe Maternity Hospital. Penang, on the 12th inst.. to Mr. A. C. Macnab. Surveyor of Ships. Penang, and Mrs. Macnab. a daughter.
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    PENANG AND THE INCOME TAX.
    1220 4 History has a knack of repeating itself. 'Po-day the people of the Colony are immersed in a controversy which, fundamentally and in principle, «.litters little from that in which they were engaged more than a decade ago. At a Conference in Penang, on the 23rd
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1690 4 People interested in the activities of the Straits Public Works P.W.D. and Department will find Building Costs. several nexv features,” chiefly in the details regarding costs, in the annual report of the Colonial Engineer, Mr. J. H. W. Park. In a year of schemes curtailed or postponed,—at
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      10 4 “E. O.” Monthly Tiffins REDUCED TO $3O. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietor».
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      106 4 An Attractive Programme at (LYRIC KINEMA, s Theatre Royal, Penang Road, From Wednesday 16th to Saturday 19th August, 1922, J CHARLIE CHAPLIN r In His Million Dollar Comedy 3 Parts “SUNNYSIDE” f| BILLY WEST IN FOILED 2 Parts William Fox Presents WILLIAM RUSSELL in “EASTWARD HO!” 7 parts s A
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      23 4 THE TIDES. High Water. Low Water. To-day. 8.50 p.m. 2.49 p.m. To-morrow. 9. 24 a.m. 2.44 a.m. 10. 2 p.m. 4. 6 p.m.
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    GREEKS AND TURKS.
    110 5 Chataldja Neutral Zone. (Reuter’s Telegrams.] Constantinople, Allgudt 16. i difficulties delayed the ..Lr of the protocol, which was on the Ist August, dethe neutrai zone of (’hataldji, l' u flie Greek and Allied Commanders 'ulied agreoiiient under which the (■j'eeks "ill withdraw six miles from t ie
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    DISORDER IN BOKHARA.
    76 5 AFGHAN Ml NIST EK’S STATEMENT. Simla, August 17. The new Afghan Foreign Minister, in a statement, says the Afghan Government regirds the disturbances in Bokhara as internal disorders, in which neither the Russian nor Afghan Governments should interfere. He recalls the clause in the Russo-Afghan Treaty, agreeing
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    AMERICAN MINERS.
    73 5 SOFT COAL STRIKE SETTLED. New York. August 17. The terms of settlement of the soft coal strike provide for the continuance of the old wage scale till the 31st March, I'.L’o. the calling of a conference for October to fix the scale thereafter, and the appointment of a
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    FARES TO SOUTH AMERICA.
    88 5 A BIG CUT. New York, August 16. Ibe beginning of most stringent shipping competition is heralded by the announcement that a drastic cut in passenger rates .to South America will be made on the occasion of the Exhibition at Rio on the Centenary of Brazilian independence,
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    CANADIAN MINERS’ STRIKE.
    31 5 Brookville (Ontario), August 16. I welve hundred miners struck >i. (dace Bay, whence several hundred troops have been despatched, in confluence of collisions between voluntary workers and strikers.
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    EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.
    50 5 Berlin, August 16. l ive were killed and 6 seriously ""U'ided in an extraordinary accident Anhalfer station. The scaffolding "Inch men were repairing the roof •’psed and precipitated the workHUI feel below. Some fell on others were struck by a JP<uting train, causing' consternation an,o »Rst the passengers.
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    GERMANY’S FLOATING DEBT.
    27 5 Berlin, August 16. JJI*' 1 Geiinan floating debt has inH milliard marks between F'u-t 1 iUl( August 10. It now OUI,,S t‘> 312 milliards.
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    OPIUM AND COCAINE.
    57 5 AS IATI(’ TRAFFICFRS IN Lt INDON. London, August 16. "I tli'.*' members of the crew fin t t 'e?)'.’ I'dles were each in,:,.,..".. "'/'"''don for importing Tu 'i h P:, < h had two pbunds. moi p. wards of the stea('ruvcJ i' 1 11 V 1”” were
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    THE COST OF LIVING.
    28 5 London, August 16. uhovo j. ,v n g is still 3 ppints Point. .'i' 1 ""'"lb. and is now CI ’"'e Hie pre-war figures.
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    REPARATIONS.
    128 5 The French Policy. Paris. August 17. It is seini-otlicially stated that if the Reparations Commission at its meeting to-day granted Germany a moratorium without demanding guarantees, the French Cabinet will certainly not recognise the decision, if the decision violated the spirit or the letter of the treaty, by, for
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    THE PRESS STRIKE.
    92 5 PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT. London, August 17. The printers’ dispute, which has so long disorganised the provincial newspaper world, lias been settled. An agreement was signed at a Conference, unifier which the Typographical Association agrees to recommend the strikers to resume immediately, with a reduction of 3s. weekly, and
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    AMERICAN TARIFF BILI.
    151 5 LEGISLATION IN A HURRY. New York. August 17. The Senate |>assed the final stages of the Fordney-McCumber Tariff Bill at record speed. Hundreds of amendment? were disposed of in ten hours in blocks. Senators often blindly voting for substantial increases in the duties without discussion. A storm
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    U.S. LABOUR SITUATION.
    35 5 Washington, August 17. President Harding will make a statement to Congress on the labour situation on August 17. It is expected that he will recommend legislation legalising the present Fuel Control Committees.
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    PLAYING WITH FIRE.
    38 5 FATAL BOMB-DROPPING EXHIBITION. Berlin, August 17. A Danzig message says that at a bombdropping exhibition at the Polish aerodrome at Putzig, a bomb fell among a crowd of spectators. Ten were killed and fifty injured.
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    DUTCH INDIES LOAN.
    39 5 THE FINAL INSTALMENT. Amsterdam, August 17. A bill has been introduced, to amend the East Indies Loan Bill, in order to facilitate the issue of the balance of 119,000,000 guilders abroad, presumably in the United States.
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    EXPEDITION TO TIBET.
    67 5 SVEN HEDIN'S PLANS. Stockholm, August I 7. Dr. Sven Hedin is preparing a sixth expedition to Tibet next year, accompanied by a number of Swedish scientists. He proposes to enter Tibet via China. The expedition will last four years. 1 beg your pardon,” said the lady collector
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    SELANGOR RACES.
    304 5 Second Day’s Results. SHANTUNG’S RETURN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, August 17. The weather was bright and there was a fuller attendance than on the first day of the Selangor Races. His Excellency Mr. F. Seton James was present. The feature was Shantung’s victory in the second
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    P.C.C TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    195 5 The results of tennis ties played yesterday were as follow: Mixed Doubles Handicap Class A. —.5 Mr. and Mrs- E. J. Bennett beat Ser. Mrs. Souter and S. Madsen B—6,8 —6, 6 —3. Singles Handicap Class A. —Scr. E- HFforde beat —.2 W. W. Roger 6—4, 6
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    FOOTBALL.
    901 5 THE PENANG-SELANGOR MATCH. The sjiecial correspondent of the Malay Mail had the following to say, inter alia, with regard to Saturday’s match at Penang. About 5 minutes before half-time a linesman having signalled that the ball had gone over the line, several of the Selangor players had stopped in
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    1164 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Cheng Kung-min has come back to tiecity of Canton but is unwilling to accept the civil-governorship.—Ex. We regret to learn that the Rev. E. NGreenhow is indisposed- He will be unable to take duty on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E. Kibble and family expect to leave Tapah for
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    MR. BUCKELL AND PENANG’S TELEPHONES.
    250 5 Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Buckell left j yesterday for Sydney, where they propose ito settle. Latterly Mr. Buckell has been j acting as Secretary of the Perak Club, jin 1912 he retired from lhe position of Superintendent of telegraphs and teleI phones. It is
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    CAESAR’S SENATE HOUSE.
    110 5 Ancient Rome's Senate House, the “Curia Julia,” built by Julius Osar, his passed into the possession of the Italian Government. This Forum building, whose parliamentary records have troubled our boyhood’s days, was converted by Pope Honoring 1., in the year 625. into the Church of St. Adriano,
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    THE COLONY IN 1921.
    1651 6 FOOD CONTROL. The following is from the report on the Straits Settlements' for 1921: Rice-crop prospects at the close of 1920 in Burma, Siam and Saigon were unexpectedly good and would have justified decontrol early in 1921 but for the comparatively large and high cost Government
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    236 6 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Malacca Marti for Rangoon and Calcutta (Mergui and Moulmein via Rangoon). Torilla for Singapore, China and Japan. Seang Bee for Rangoon (Mergui and Moulmein via Rangoon.) Kedah for Bindings and Sitiawan. Calypso for Bindings, Sitiawan, Port Swettenham and Singapore. Perak, [S.S. Co] for Teluk Anson. The
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    PENANG MAILS.
    80 6 Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half an-hoitr earlier llu.n the Ordinary mail. FOR AT BY STEAMER. TO-MORROW. Madras, taking mails for) Teesta 16 a.m. Europe, etc., via Regtn up to 9 a.m. Bombay J Parcels 8 a.m. Rangoon and Calcutta (Mergui and Moulmein via
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    THE MAILS.
    56 6 The homeward mail, by the Teesta, closes at 10 a.m. to-morrow. The Angkor, with Continental mails, is expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. tomorrow. The Kalyan. with mails from Europe, is expected to arrive here at 6 p.m. on Sunday. The homeward mail, by the Andre Lebon,
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    EXCHANGE.
    115 6 PENANG, AUGUST 18, 1922. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/3 15/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 3 Credit 2/4 9/32 3 Documentary 2/411/32 Calcutta Demand Bank R»l76|') 3 days’ sight Private „180 3 Bombay Demand Bank 176| 2 Madras Demand Bank 176| 3 days’ sight
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    Coming Events.
    106 6 Aug 19—“ Malaya Cup Football, Penang v Perak, Esplanade, 5 p.m. Aug 19—Penang Golf Club, Dance, 7 p.m. Aug 19 —Football, Moslim Union vKrian Chinese, Parit Buntar. Aug 20—P.S.C., Gibbons Cup, 100 yds. Aug 21—Rawang Tin, Ltd., Meeting, Downing Street, 11 a.m. Aug 21 —Malayan Lawn Tennis Championships,
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    F.M.S. FINANCE.
    335 6 $29,0(M),000 REQUIRED. 'Fhe following Bill about to lie introduced in the Federal Council is published for general information in the F. M. S. Government Gazette of August 11th:— A Bill intituled an Enactment to make Final Provision for the Public Service for the year 1921. Whereas by Enactment
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      439 6 Weak, Nervous, Worn-out Grateful Testimony to Dr. Cassell's Tablets from People They Have Cured. India. South Africa. Mr. P. Jagannadhawwami, 8.A.. I Mr. Marthinue Ferreira Lecturer at the Rajah’s College, tein P. 0., Philippolis ORC Parlakinedi, Ganja m District, Madras 1 Africa, says:—"l had suffered Presidency, writes:—"l have need I
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    COURT OF APPEAL.
    1209 7 rsK |.:N WHARF CASE. III!- (lf Appeal to-day conh.aritK: <»f the appeal 'p lSl ern Shipping Co, Ltd., o f the decision of U Mr .histice M. H. Whitley I n i t commenced in the lhP Court, Penang, in February r U hi. li the Eastern
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    THE "LADY PIQUET" CASE.
    156 7 DECISION OF THE S. R. A. The Winner Eligible. At a meeting of the Straits Racing Association, held at Kuala Lumpur, to-day, the appeal by the owner of Piquet, against the decision of the Racing Stewards at the recent Penang Meeting, by which his animal was
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    ALLAWAY'S APPEAL DISMISSED.
    139 7 London, August 3rd. Allaway, the Bournemouth murderer, was perfectly self-possessed throughout the hearing of his appeal when the Court took the unusual step of hearing a new witness, a woman, who testified to seeing Allaway accompanied by his wife twice on the night of the murder. Counsel
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    THE ARGHAN COMPANY.
    183 7 (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, August I<X. The Malay Maili” Colombo correspondent states that the Arghan Company’s negotiations for the acquisition of 30,000 acres of high forest from the Ceylon Government have broken down. Judgment was reserved on Saturday in the suit in which a Seremban
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    THE CANE-SUGAR INDUSTRY.
    346 7 CONDITIONS IN DEMERARA. In a detailed statement regarding cane farming on a Demerara sugar estate, a sugar planter says At Plantation Uitvlugt, we have about thirty cane farmers who cultivate cane on land belonging to the estate. This land is given out in tracts of from one
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    SUGAR PRODUCTION IN INDIA.
    336 7 The Imperial Department of Agriculture in India, through its secretary, reports In India there are at present IX factories refining raw sugar, gur or nib. Four of these are situated in the province of Bihar and Orissa, Xin the United Provinces, 4 in Madras, 1 in
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    NEWS FROM JAPAN.
    134 7 x Tokio, August 15.—1 t is announced that the Kato Cabinet is preparing a draft bill to constitute Popular National Suffrage. A committee will be appointed shortly to discuss the preparation of the bill. Baron Hayashi, Ambassador to the Court of St. James, Mr. Adachi, Ambassador at
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    AMERICAN NAVAL VISIT.
    371 7 A SAD OCCURRENCE. Ihe entire American naval flotilla which is proceeding to relieve a portion of the I S. Asiatic Heet in China waters has now arrived in port, and makes quite an imposing display in the outer roads, says the Straits Times,” of 16th inst. On
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    MALAYAN COLLIERIES.
    219 7 M.M.” Directors’ Resolution Carried. The extraordinary general meeting held at Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday lasted for more than an hour. Mr. J. A. Russell not wishing to preside, Mr. A. A. Henggeler took the chair. Mr. Hopson Walker proposed that the meeting be adjourned for six months. This
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    JOHORE PLANTERS AND VOLUNTEERING.
    79 7 A general meeting of the Johore Planters’ Association will be held in the Civil Service Club, Johore Bahru, on August, 25 at 10 a. m. The business includes Government sanitary measures, labour matters, weighing fees, P. A. M. ptc. At the end of the meeting His
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    THE END OF THE RENT BOARD.
    145 7 “S. F. P.” There was the usual meeting of the Rent Board, Singapore, with Mr. J. W. Simmons presiding. A number of applications by owners to eject were dealt with. In one case Mr. R. L. Eber, on behalf of the owner of 27,
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    VANISHED POMP IN "THE MALAYS."
    873 7 GRAZING GOATS AMID PALACE RUINS. Mr. Dale Collins, the Australian writer, who is accompanying Mr. Albert Y. Gowen, of Chicago, on a cruise round the world aboard Mr. Gowen’s luxuriously equipped 64-tons yacht, the Speejacks, writing from the Spice Islandc, says that useful book, “Sailing
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    CELIBACY PROTEST.
    268 7 CARDINALS AND BISHOPS’ PETITION TO THE POPE. Roman Catholic priests imp ore the Pope to relieve them from id» impossible observance of ecch*siat>tica! celibacy” in a memorandum signed by cardinals and bishops, says the newspaper “Epoca.” Purity of life, the highest of the Church, is reached through the
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    PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.
    154 7 PROTEST AGAINST CHINESE GOVERNMENT’S RESTR I( TIONS Peking, July 27. —The South i'ung chow Medical Association has protest* d to Li Yuan Hung against the Ministry of the Interior’s regulations governing medical practice and surgery on the grounds that the regulations are' unduly severe and offer no
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    FALLING BIRTH RATE IN FRANCE.
    171 7 Paris. July 5. —Figures published today by the Ministry of Labour shew that while the number of deaths in France increased by over during 1921, as compared with 1920. tht number of births during the year decreased by almost exactly the same number. 'I he
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    SUGAR IN THE NETHERLANDS.
    206 7 The sugar production in the Netherlands during the year represented a dis tinct asset and the trade genera ”y turned to normal in a very fai* d‘*gr* The sugar crop of the 1920-21 mm- :i w. a good one and much more of t was e
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