Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 26 August 1922

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833- No. 192. VOL LXXX. SATURDAY, 28th AUGUST, 1922. PRICE 15 CENTS'
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      9 1 T. NAGATA, I DENTIST. Mair dock to TM mSPEaSARY.*'
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    PENANG POLO CLUB GYMKHANA
    444 2 TO BE HELD AT THE RACECOURSE On Saturday, September 9th. ADMISSION FREE. ENTRANCE FREE TO ALL EVENTS. Event 1 (3-30 p.m.)—The Bankers’ Cup. A 3 furlong scurry for polo ponies only catch weights, over 12 stone. Event 2 (3-45 p.m )The Pritchard Cup. A Bending Race
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    TAIPING SOLICITOR CONVICTED.
    922 2 T.O.M.” JUDGE’S ADDRESS AND SENTENCE. At Perak Assizes, at Ipoh, in the case in which Mr. Hugh Thorne, until recently practising as a solicitor at fa’ping was charged wilh criminal breach of trust in respect of $2,900, the property of one Matsuo, the Hon. Mr. Justice E
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    BUDDHISM.
    647 2 Ex. DR McGOVERN’S REMARKABLE CAREERA mere touzle-haired, slim, gentlemannered boysuch is the first-glance impression that anyone would have of Dr. W. M. McGovern, officially the interpreter for the British Buddhist Mission to Tibet, that left London—really its scientific head. Lt would be a right impression as far as it
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR.
    196 2 There is a brief account of Singapore Harbour by Mr. C- Wright in the August issue of Chambers’s Journal,” which the author truly calls the Gateway of the Far East. Like thp City of Lions” itself. which probably contains more nationalities of Europe and Asia than any other
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  • NEWS FROM INDM.
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      RAILWAY MANAGEMENT.
      383 3 BENGAL CHAMBER’S VIEWS. Calcutta, August 15. ln a letter to the of India Railway Bepai’tment on the question of the future management of the railways in India, the Bengal Chamber of Commerce express an unhesitating opinion in favour of company management as against management by the State. The
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      CALCUTTA JAIL MUTINY.
      302 3 Calcutta, August 15. The report of the Chief Presidency Magistrate, who held an inquiry into the mutiny vhich broke out in the Presidency Jail, Calcutta. on the 26th April, when nine convicts and one warder were killed, 49 convicts and 39 warders injured, and 14 convicts escaped,
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      CAR OBTAINED BY CHEATING.
      285 3 Poona, August 16.Major Fhorn, Cantonment Magistrate, yesterday, sentenced to one year's rigorous imprisonment a Canadian, named Raymond Barr Smith, who was charged with cheating the Deecan Motor Service of a second hand Chandler car. The accused represented that he wanted to purchase a second-hand car and,
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      MOPLAH JEWELLERY RECOVERED.
      65 3 Calicut, .August 15. -An interesting feature of the police woi k in the rebel area, is the recovery of large quantities f gold jewellery frc>ii Moplah women. These form part of the property !<»,»' eu from the Hindus. The other day a Moplah woman inflicted serious bites
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    SINO-JAPANESE NEGOTIATIONS.
    191 3 DETAILS OF SHANTUNG SETTLEMENT. Shanghai, August 10,—Peking reports the thirteenth meeting of the first sec tion of the Sino-Japanese commission this morning. The Japanese submitted reports and a proposal concerning posts telegraphs and telephone enterpriser The Chinese made their general attitude thereon understood, leaving a detailed reply to
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    AFTER THE SWATOW DISASTER
    86 3 Inquiries made aboard the Douglas steamer Hai Hong’’ which arrived at Hongkong on August 13 from Swatow show that the port from a business point of view is getting back to normal much more quickly than was expected. The Hai Hong’’ took down a quantity ot
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    THE THROUGH PASSAGE TARIFF.
    166 3 U.S. COMPETITION WITH SUEZ. In connection with the recent Reuter news item, from New York, on the sub ject of through fares from England to lhe Orient, Reuter’s Shanghai agency has been informed that the new G. 5620.50 rate was inaugurated to compete with Suez lines-
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      90 3 THE JAUNDICED” EYE When your liver is not functioning pioperly headaches, bad temper, a bad taste i" the rncuth, foul breath, constipation, and other depressing symptoms set in. and you look upon everything with a gloomy jaundiced eye. To remedy these disordered lomiitions and to bring back cheerfulness into life
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    1169 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. R. O. Bishop, Assistant Agricultural Chemist, is at present in the European Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. .Mr. F. 11. Robinson, chief assistant electrical engineer, Singapore Harbour Board. and Mrs. Robinson, leave for home on Monday by the Mentor, on holiday. Major Herbert, M. O„ late of the Royal
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    PENANG BABA BANGSAWAN.
    379 4 EFFORTS FOR THE CHINESE UNEMPLOYMENT FUND. The Chinese Amateur Dramatic Party or the late Penang Baba Bangsawan of Mr. Goh Soon Cheng, whose good work on behalf of the Chinese (Famine and Floods Relief Fund will be recalled staged one of the two play’s entitled The Comedy’
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    MALAYAN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    694 4 M. M.” HONDA WINS SINGLES. For the second time in succession a Japanese on Wednesday became lawn tennis singles champion of Malaya, after a game that was little short of a revelation. Making all allowance for the proper respect in which the prowess ot players of that
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    P.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    212 4 The following are the results of tennis ties played yesterday. Championship.J. H. Spowers beat P. E. Groom 6o. 62 :N. A. Sedwick beat R. N. Byatt 6—3. 7—5. Ladies Singles Handicap.Mrs. Reimann beat Mrs. Jones 6l. 64. Profession Pairs.E. Reimann and S. Madsen beat J. D. Sanderson
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    COUNTY CRICKET SURPRISES.
    161 4 London. August 14.—The great surprises of the County Cricket Champion ship matches to-day have been the col lapses of Yorkshire and Lancashire. Playing at Bradford. Yorkshire were dismissed for a paltry 56, Kennedy taking 7 wickets for 28 runs. Hampshire compiled 113. and then dismissed six Yorkshire
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    POLO AT RUGBY.
    109 4 London, August 15-In the final match of the Rugby Challenge Cup Polo Tournament the Quidnuncs beat Templeton in an exciting match. The teams were The Quidnuncs :—Major Phipps Hornby, Major G. Heseltine. A- L. Tate and Lord Wimbourne. Templeton :The Prince of Wales, Mr. A. Grisar. Major
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    ARMY ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    181 4 London, August 5.The Army Athletic Championships, held at Aidershot for the first time in their history, produced a programme consisting only of champion 'hip events, with a cup for every event. The givers of new cups included General Sir P. W. C’hetwode, Lord Plumer, Lieu tenant-General Sir
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    EUROPEAN WARDER CHARGED.
    73 4 Before Mr. Dawson in the Third Court, Singapore, W. Mountford, warder at the Prisons, was charged with receiving illegal gratification from one Lim Ah Poey of $lBO in cash and a gold ring as an incentive to show favour to some prisoner. The case was transferred to
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    PULAU UBIN SHOOTING CASE.
    98 4 After careful consideration, said Mr. Bull in the Second Court, Singapore, in discharging Kassim, forest guard at Pulau I bin, who shot and fatally wounded Ismail, a member of hunting party at P. Übin on July 21st, he came to the conclusion that sufficient evidence of
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  • AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
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      NEAR EAST WAR DANGER.
      376 4 Londo.", August 15. Ihe Constantinople correspondent of the "limes in a comprehensive review of recent events says: The Hellenic concentration m Thrace had a double objective. Ihe Greek Government desired to strengthen its hold on Eastern. Thrace, in view of the Nationalists’ insistence on the Maritza
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      ANOTHER TANKS INVENTION CLAIMANT.
      157 4 London, August 9—The Morning Post” publishes an article regarding a claim by Captain Bentley, a pioneer in motor transport for an award in connection with the invention of the tankIt is stated that Lord Kitchener asked Capt. Bentley to design an armoured car suitable for trench
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      KURDISH REBELS IN PERSIA.
      92 4 Teheran, August 16.The War Minister has again shown his ability to cope with internal risings by his crushing de feat of the Kurdish rebel Chief. Semko. whose headquarters and stronghold, Che hrigh, west of Lake Urumia, was captured by Government troops after heavv fighting in which
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      DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.
      75 4 London, August 11.The Times,” in a leader, says that the air report shows that the Aviation Board is clearly of opinion that the establishment of an air line to India is indispensable both for the development of civil aviation and in the interests of the empire
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      AIR MAIL PROJECT.
      34 4 London, August 14—The Times” cor respondent at Brindisi says Italy, Greece and Egypt are discussing a project for an air service of mails and passengers b<*t ween Brindisi, Athens and Alexandria
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      IMPERIAL AIRSHIP SCHEME
      32 4 Melbourne, August 8-Sir Keith Smß’i has submitted details of the Burney Im perial airship scheme to Prime Minister Hughes, who will submit proposals to Parliament at the first opportunity.
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      LOVESICK COUNT DEFIES SCOTLAND YARD.
      213 4 London, August 9.- There b, piquant development of th.- I)’ ease which has been v )ose lv U society for several Jays. The had booked his passage abroad r last minute decided to ignor.. .i” tfl land Yard edict and remain 'i" S Interview,-.1, he
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      FASCISTI LEADER CALLS A TRUCE.
      134 4 B.The Dail--Rome correspondent w :—Signor Mus solini has ordered the Fascisti to dtsaini throughout the country excent in districts where the Communists are still strong This is regarded as a temporary cessation of the feud. An additional manifesto warns workers in R a )y that
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      D’ANNUNZIO AGAIN IN THE LIMELIGHT.
      113 4 London, August 14.—The Rome cones pondent of the Times” says peace not yet reign in Italy, though for the nm ment there may l»e only a battle w*ords. D’Annunzio has come into the limelight again. The Legionaries havhailed him as the first President of the
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    COST OF AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT.
    207 4 S. F. I’,” Increase in Ten Years. The expenditure of the various departments in Australia in the financial years 1910-11 and 1920-21 was as follows 1911. Governor-General 23,842 Parliament. 189.559 Prime Minister 14,8b3 4*. *Home and Territories G49.G38 7 Attornev-General (»2,899 Work and Railways Treasury 2,308,500
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    THE PRIZE BOY.
    1201 5 AN EXPERIMENT IN PARADOX. This is the season of many exhortations to our boys and girls says a leader in the Daily Telegraph.” Upon the honour of winning a prize and the stimulus of failing to win we have a number of homilies to read. But we
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    PROHIBITION POIL.
    357 5 The New York correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph” says:The unpopularity of the Prohibition Law is once again being demonstrated through the nationwide poll conducted by the "Literary Digest,” which to date shows 63 per cent, of 2t KIJMH) votes cast in favour of either a modification of the
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    UNPOPULAR TITLES.
    209 5 At Capetown, the Senate rejected, by 20 votes to 9, a motion by ex-President Reitz that in view of recent scandals in connection with the granting of titles of honour, in future the Government shall neither recommend, consent to nor recognise titles of whatever sort bestowed from outside
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    BIRTH.
    19 6 Graham. On the 21th inst., at the Maternity Hospital. Penang, to Mr. and Mrs. R. Graham, a daughter.
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    MARRIAGE.
    66 6 Prentice—Beatty.—On the 10th June, at St. Stephen's Church of England, Portland, Victoria by the Rev. W.J. Stillev.eU, Cary Edward Prenticd, O. B. E., M. C and Bar. O. L. V.. late of Taiping, Perak. Federated Malay States, second son of Mrs. H. Prentice, Geelong. Victoria, to Frances, only daughter
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    THE GERMAN DEBACLE.
    647 6 Some may reganl the advice of the Times” to French politicians as a counsel, if not exactly one of perfection, at any rate as unlikely to be accepted by the spokesmen for a nation most of whom are convinced <>t Germany s deliberate and calculated attempts to
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    SHIPMENTS OF LATEX.
    511 6 S.T.’' With regard to our recent remarks, in the course of an editorial, on the despatch fiom the Netherlands Indies and Malaya, of shipments of latex for experimental purposes by paper manufacturers and others, we understand that one large agency firm in Penang has recently sent to
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1216 6 That famous attempt at inquisition” by the Straits GovernA Registra- ment, the Registration tion Retreat. Ordinance, and the subsequent withdrawal, is recalled by the introduction of a somewhat similar Bill. to provide for the registration of certain persons” in the Hongkong Legislative Council, and the retreat of
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
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      LEST WE FORGET.
      256 6 [To the Editor of the I’inang Gazette.'j SIR,On reading an appreciation, ii, your paper, of the late Michael Collin-. I find that the kite Leader of the Irish Free State was full of merry tricks'' Having lived in Ireland in l!<20dl. unfortunately, I have had personal experience
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    DANCE AT THE E. & O.
    117 6 DANCE AT THE E. O. The after dinner <hmc- m tL L last night was. as usua .a JTb< sc who attended eii.i-w (l .m 1 unity of «-ins Mr. U"-' d> his accomplished partir 1 1 w<rc totert uh worn given with all th' ..ffur'* associated with th- p-
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      10 6 E. O.” Monthly Tiffins REDUCED TO $3O. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors.
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      29 6 THE TIDES. High Water. Low Water. To-day. 2.37 p.m. 4 p.m. To-morrow. 3 .8 a.m. J.22 a.m. 3.14 p.m. p.m. Monday. 3.45 a.m. 10. 1 a-m-3.50 p.m. 10.15 p.m.
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    REPARATIONS.
    548 7 Crisis in Germany. <\ french BUNDER." Reuter’s Telegrams.] Berlin, August 24. I h reparations negotiations are < (.nlinning precariously and hitherto j,, progress has been made. 'I lie bourse was j>ani< stricken the whole day long, foreign c urrencies ad v,oicing hundreds of points hourly until the holders (leclin
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    ANOTHER CONFERENCE.
    289 7 -"mlon, August 12.—-The umpteenth’ 'mtererice has been duly announced. The Jbserver” states After the present "•‘h'lence there* will be another confe111'* to discuss the future of German 'ayments after the moratorium.” B”t I 'O'crvei- declares it will not be k its long line of ancestors. hinting 1,11 1
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    PREMIER’S HOLIDAY HURTS SENSITIVE FRENCHMEN.
    133 7 London, August 14.A piquant side 'ssue to the Conference this morning was that Mr. Lloyd George felt constrained to explain to the delegates why he spent the week-end in the country. There has been heated French criticism over the matter. One writer compared him to
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    HOPES OF SAVING THE ENTENTE.
    97 7 London. August 15.The Paris correspondent of the Times” says: Precisely what the collapse of the Conference means it is too early as yet to say. There is an unmistakeable depreciation of putting any tragic interpretation upon it. Clearly the Entente must suffer but it is
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    THE MARK.
    31 7 WILD FLUCTUATIONS. London. August 25. The .mark’s wild fluctuations went to over 1 1.000 and rallied at 7,500 owing to favourable Reparations rumours and finally closed at 900(1 sellers.
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    GERMAN MONARCHIST PLOT.
    50 7 A MISSION OF MURDER TO PARIS. Paris. August 25. The Matin" states that the police have received trustworthy information that a German named Guenther, belonging to the famous secret organisation Consul” is in Paris on a mission to kill M. Poincare. The police are searching for him.
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    AUSTRIA'S DESPERATE PLIGHT.
    156 7 MORE TROI HI.E BREWING. London, August 25. A tense diplomatic struggle among the Slavs, Germans and Italians has begun in consequence of the almost desperate situation of Austria. Doctor Seipel, the Austrian Chancellor, has visited Prague and Berlin to seek help to prevent to collapse of Austria.
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    THE WAR DEBTS.
    178 7 An American Version. Washington, August 20. A further contribution to the war debts controversy was made by Mr. Mellon, secretary to the Treasury, in stating that suggestions that Britain’s liability to America bad been incurred on behalf of other allies were evidently based on a misapprehension. Hi*
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    AMERICAN RAILWAY STRIKE.
    83 7 DOOR TO PEACE STILL OPEN. New York. August 25. Whilst the conference of railway brotherhood mediators and the executives of some of the railways which endeavoured to reach a settlement of the railway strike has adjourned, both sides professing themselves no nearer agreement, the door to peace
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    STRIKE AT HAVRE.
    38 7 Havre, August 24. The docks are at a standstill owing to a strike of gasworkers and builders and 6.(100 dockers. Pickets were active in cutting off the electric current arc! forcing others to cease work.
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    CANADA AND IMMIGRATION.
    47 7 Toronto, August 25. The Dominion Trades and Labour Congress at Montreal adopted a report which stated that the entire prohibition of immigration was impracticable and inadvisable for Canada except in the case of Orientals and our efforts should be towards effective supervision and regulation.
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    ALLIANCE' BANK OF SIMLA.
    90 7 A BAD YEAR. London. August 25. The report of the Alliance Bank of Simla for the year ended 30th June, shows that the di rectors appropriated from the reserve fund 44 lakhs of rupees to losses on doubtful debts. The final dividend on ordinary shares for
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    INDIAN VILLAGERS FIRED UPON.
    55 7 Calcutta, August 24. Further details are awaited of a collision between villagers and armed police at Charkhalipur near Pabno. When a posse of police arrived to keep the peace in consequence of a disput* between landlords and tenants they were attacked by a thousand villagers. The
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    DISASTER IN INDIAN RIVER.
    39 7 BIG DEATH ROLL. Simla, August 25. A boat filled with men and children crossing a river at Saran Bibar to attend a religious festival, struck a sandbank and capsized. 50 were drowned, including 18 children.
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    MURDERER WELCOMES EXECUTION.
    36 7 London. August 11.—In a letter his father before* his execution. O’Sullivan declart d that he was dying a happy death, adding The felon’s cap is the noblest crown an Irish head can wear.”
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    WORLD FLIGHT.
    26 7 Both Airmen in Hospital. Calcutta. August 25. *-sThe airmen Captains MacMillan ami Malins arrived at Chittagong and were sent to hospital suffering from exposure.
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    ANOTHER ATTEMPT.
    50 7 Washington, August 25. Mr. Sevelt placed another seaplane at the disposal of Sinton. The pilot of the Rio seaplane and crew are returning to Pensacola, whence they will resume the Hight so that it may be accomplished from continent to continent without a change of machine or crew.
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    MOTORLESS FLYING.
    56 7 NEW GLIDER RECORD. Berlin, August 25. The glider competition in the Rhoen Mountains terminated with a new record by Hentzen exceeding a three hours flight. He landed 350 metres above the starting point. Clermont Ferrand. The best performance in motorless Hights was by Douchy, who sailed nine minutes
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    THE RUSSIAN FAMINE.
    100 7 STATEMENT BY THE SOVIET. Geneva, August 25. In view of the recent contradictory statements in regard to the famine in Russia the Soviet has issued an official statement that the need is still great. 1000 children are homeless and must be fed and clothed, and the peasants
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    ARREST OF COMMUNISTS.
    40 7 St. Joseph’s. Michigan, Aug. 25. Seventeen communists were arrested yesterday and charged to-day with criminal syndicalism. They were admitted Gbail in f 10,000, which was not forthcoming. One of the defendants is stated to be an Englishman.
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    WRANGEL ISLAND EXPEDITION.
    65 7 A RELIEF PARTY. Ottawa, August 25, The official relief party left Cape Nome for Wrangel Island on the schooner Teddy Rear” to relieve the stranded explorers who went out in November last year to prepare for the party which followed. At the masts was hoisted a British
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    IRELAND.
    28 7 IRREGULARS DRIVEN OUT OF CORK. London. August 25. With the capture* of Kinsale and Dunmanway by the Nationals, the Irregulars no longer hold any posts in Cork.
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    CHINA’S FUTURE.
    71 7 HON. MR. BERTRAND RUSSELL'S VIEW. London, August 25. The special message from Lugano states the Hon. Mr. Bertrand Russell, who was recently in China, addressing the Women's International League for Peace and Liberty, declared that if Europeans continued their present policy in China, she would become a great
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    BOLSHEVISTS AND CHINESE TURKESTAN.
    46 7 Simla. August 25. Reports from Kashgar indicate that the Bolshevists are again trying to conclude a treaty with Chinese I’m kestan. It has been agreed that the Russian delegation shall be met at the frontier provided the authorities at the capital agree.
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    CHINESE CHARGE D’AFFAIRES.
    35 7 London, Augu -I 2-J. The Chinese Charge d’Affaire.*' ye--terdav lunched with Sir 1* rederick Stubbs, tlie to vent or of Hongkoiig. S»r Jordan, Victor Wessele.v of tliel ore'gn Office was also present.
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    CONFLAGRATION IN CALAIS.
    114 7 Heavy Damage Done. Calais. Augn.-i 25. Damage to the extent of several million francs has already been done by a big fire which broke out in tin* docksheds last night from an unknown cause. It is still burning. The flames are spreading ilisquietingly owing o a strong
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    DEATH OF FORMER MALAYAN CLERIC.
    92 7 London, August 25. T he death is announced of the Venerable Archdeacon William Dunkerley. The Venerable Archdeacon William Herbert Dunkerley was Rector of Leybourne, Kent from 1920 up| to 1 the time of his death. In 1891 he came out as Colonial Chaplain to Malacca,
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    FUEL DISTRIBUTION AGENCY.
    61 7 BILL PASSES SEN \TE. Washington. August 25. Mr. Cummins introduced into the Senate a bill establishing a Fuel Distribution Agency extending its powers to the Inter-State Commerce Commission, regarding the issue of embargoes on Priorities and creating a Federal Fuel Distributor who will report to the InterState
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    THE "SEABELLE" MEETING.
    185 7 SUBJECTS DISCUSSED. The meeting of the unofficial members of the S.S. and F.M-S. Councils which took place on the S.S- Seabelle at Port Swettenham on August 20th was ar ranged for a general exchange of views on matters of common interest to the Colony and the F.M-S.
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    DANGERS OF THE MANGOOSTEEN.
    175 7 Ina recent letter to the editor of the Straits Times,” a correspondent draws attention to the mangoosteen and the dangers attaching to the eating of it. In view of the fact that the mangoosteen season this year was more or less a record one mid that
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    SHIP SUBSIDY BILL.
    25 7 Postponed Till Next Session. New York, August 25. It is announced that the ship subsidy bill will be postponed till next session.
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    AMERICA’S SHIPPING POLICY.
    299 7 Dr. H. Parker Willis, Editor of the Neu York Journal of Commerce,” recently wrote that, during the past two years the probable effects of American shipping policy have become a subject not merely of national but of world interest. Th<*ir local significance has been apparent to ev<
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    SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    131 7 MAJOR GOODING FIELD S APPOINpfENT. Grom Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, August 25. At the Municipal Commission meeting, replying to a question regarding Major Gooding-Field’s criticism of the Municipal Office Administration, Mr- Farrer stated that the criticisms were based upon in correct assumptions, and consequent!*they themselves were incorrect-
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    VOLUNTEERING IN JOHORE.
    109 7 HIS EXCELLENCY THE G. > SPEECH. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Augu-' 25. His Excellency the G.O-C- addressed a large meeting at the Johore Civil Service Club on the question of volunteering in Johore following the passing of the er actment for the formation of a force.
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    ARMADA RELICS FROM THE SEA.
    77 7 London, August, 14.—The recovery of gu:*s and sworus ami < ther relics from the Spanish galleon Almirante de Florencia v.hieh was a treasure ship in the Armada and was sunk in 1588 at lobermory Hav, Argyllshire, suggests that the whole ship may be raised and
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    RUBBER COMBINE SCHEME.
    503 8 AN AMERICAN VIEW. Interviewed by a representative of the Free Press”, the head of one of the leading American rubber firms in Singapore described the proposals as being similar to a scheme in operation in Hawaii. There some forty plantations organised and formed a limited liability company
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    271 8 Benares Op''am p. chest $5,000.00 nom. Cloves 129.00 sides Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Pickings 70.00 Nutmegs 80s 50.00 1105... 10.00 Coconuts p<‘r 1.000 37.00 Copra Snndried 9.25 nom. Rattans 11.20 sellers Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Bice No. 1 15.50 perbag do do do
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    FRASER’S WEEKLY REPORT.
    269 8 Singapore. August 22. The local share market, with the exception of the rubber section, still remains fairly active and the Industrial group has shown continued improvement. Tin at $1 (‘>1.5.0 shows a rise of £2.7.6, whilst rubber is dull and lower at £6.7.8d. Mining.Malayan Collieries are unchanged
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    THE RUBBER MARKET.
    257 8 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 565th auction on August 23rd, when there was catalogued 1,869,745 lbs.; 834.71 tons. Offered 1,598,539 lbs.: 713.64 tons. Sold 1,341,876 lbs.: 599.05 tons. Prices Realized. Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents per lb. Singapore Standard Quality 234 to 24 (all
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    COPRA.
    70 8 Prices in this market have declined considerably and at closure are about s]/per picul lower than last week. Rather more business has been transacted and quotations are as follows No. 1 Standard *9.25 to $9.67l No. 2 Standard $9.00 to $9.25 No. 3 Standard $8.70 to *9.00 Troops who
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    MARKET PRICES.
    563 8 PENANG, AUGUSTj'26, 1922. S cts GOVERNMENT MUTTON--Head, sheep or goat each STUB $0 Liver with heatt lung do 1-20 Tripe do i O Goat or She*p per lb ,w|..iso Sweet Kread each .*0 Leg of Mutton lb 50 Kidney pair I &30 Feet the four u. 140 MUTTON—
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    321 8 S. GEORGE THE MARTYR. 11th Sunday after Trinity, 8 a.m. Matins. 8.30 a.m. Holy Communion. 10.30 a.m. Matins (Chinese), 6 p.m. Evensong. Hymn 238, PsLXlloO. Ps LXII 151. PsLXIII 153. Magnificat 256, Nunc Dimittis 258. Hymns 172. 36, 165. Friday, 6 p.m. Evensong. PROVINCE WELLESLEY AND KEDAH CHURCH
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    SCEPTRE TO REMAIN IN ENGLAND.
    165 8 Lord Glanely states that the contract for the sale of the famous mare Sceptre has been rescinded, the purchaser, Colonel Lundgren, having fallen in with his wishes. Further, Lord Glanely states that he joins with Mr. Tattersall in giving £5OO to the combined appeal of
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    Coming Events.
    55 8 Aug 31Chin Seng and Co., Ltd., Meeting, 41 Far«iuhar St., noon. Aug 31Public Meeting, Town Hall, 4.30 p.m. Sept 3P.S.C., Gibbons Cup, 50 yds. Sept 9Penang Polo Club. Gymkhana. Sept 16P.C.C. Sports Gymkhana. Sept. 20Board of Licensing Justices, Meeting, District Court, 2.30 p.m. Sept 23Anglo-Chinese School Union Sports,
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    KEDAH RUBBER CO. LTD.
    821 9 Ab GENERAL MEETING. j'l,,. twelfth ordinary general meeting Kedah Rubber Company, Ltd., was f l in th,. Registered Office of the Comitfieh Street, Penang, yesteriwiny. 11 ~t n <M.n. Thei-e were Present:—Hon. .J Brown (in the chair), Sir Anr Adams. Dr. Nicholas, Mr. A. K. r
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    THE CORPORATION SCHEME.
    130 9 TURNED DOWN.” (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, August 2G. The Malay Mail's” Colombo correspondent says the Daily Mail,” according to a Times of Ceylon” cable, states that official representatives of British Rubber Growers have turned down the American Corporation scheme. Ceylon’s Duties Heavily Increased The Ceylon
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    JOHORE PLANTERS.
    102 9 RESTRICTION’S EFFECT UPON LABOUR. (From Our Own Correspon lent.) Singapore, August 25. At a meeting of the Johore Planters’ Association, Mr. MilletMackay presiding, it was reported that three out of the five Labour Boards in Johore were doing excellent workA letter was read from the Kuala Lumpur District
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    THE SHARE MARKET.
    351 9 Messrs. Kenwdy and Co.. Penang, report as follows: There has not been much infer st taken in the Share Market this week due no doubt to the decline in the price of Tin but there is little change in quotations. Tin has lost £4/- over the period
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    47 9 26th August, 1922. Local. cts. A Smoked Sheet 23’ Penang f Fine Pale Crepe 23?> I Unsmoked Sheet No. 1... 1 1\ St NG A- Smoked Sheet 23 4 pore Crepe 24 London and New York. 1 Smoked Sheet 7d London 7d New York Gl.'P.
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    KENNEDY & CO’S SHARE LIST.
    1066 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. E t- E ig NAMES Ji, co o '3- Et RUBBER [Dollar S c S c 8 Allenby Rubber Co 50 60' Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 00 1 10 Amalgamated Malay Estates 1 10 1 25 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 9 0010 00 Ayer Kuning
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    245 9 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Peng Fook for Langsa. Ellora for Rangoon and Calcutta (Mergui and Moulmein via Rangoon). Kojiah for Port and Singapore. Malaya for Bhuket, (Tongkah) Renong and Kopah. Jin Ho for P. Brandan. Glenfalloch for Singapore and China. City of Cambridge for Colombo, Port Said and London. Ipoh
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    PENANG MAILS.
    251 9 BY TRAIN. CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half-an-hour earlier than the Ordinary mail. FOR AT Federated Malay States, Malacca, Johore. Singapore and Hongkong Ipoh, Batu Gajah, Tapah Road, By train Teluk Anson,Kuala Kubu, Kuala I 7.15 a.m. Lumpur, Klang, Port Swetten-
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    THE MAILS.
    41 9 The homeward mail, by the Sardinia, closes at 3 p.m. to-day. The B. I. Packet Chilka, with Mails from Europe, is expected at 2 p.m. to-day. If so correspondence will be sent out for delivery at about 4 p.m.
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    TIN PRICES.
    126 9 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following London prices, on August 2;>: Spot £157.10s down £l.ss 3 mos. buying,, 157.125.(»d 1.5 s 3 selling 157.15 s 1.5 s Local parity *77.90 Local. August 2(‘»th: Singapore sold 135 tons at <j /8.620. Penang buyers no sellers at
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      257 9 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. POSITION VACANT. Wanted for the General Hospital, Penang an experienced Sewing Woman for the linen room September Ist. Hours 9 a. m, to 4 p. m. Apply between 7-8 a. m. to Matron. NOTICES. The Post of Cashier has been filled. Applicants thanked. Govt. Rice Mill, B; igan
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      53 9 I FOR SALE. I Meranti and other Hardwood Planks and Scantlings. All 1 standard sizes of Hardwood Timber, Chenghai, Merbau, Meranti, etc. And any special sizes cut to order. Firewood Suppliers and Contractors. For Prices and Particulars Please apply HONG HUAT Co., 71, 77, Bridge Street, Timber Merchants Contractors, j
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      100 9 LYRIC KINEMA Theatre Royal. Penang Road. Presents a Monster Programme i of Excellence. 1 From Thursday, 24th to Sunday. 27th, August. I 'l'he First National Attraction ;Charlie Chaplin in A Dog’s j Life 3 Reels of Joy T’will Rock the World with Laughter, j WILLIAM FOX Presents TOM MIX n.
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    MAJOR BLAKE'S STORY.
    1975 10 ADVENTURES BETWEEN LONDON AND CALCUTTA. The D. H. 9 aeroplane in which Major Blake, Captain Malins and Captain Macmillan flew from Europe to India was flown by the aviators from Dum Dum to the open Maidan and was an object of interest to a considerable crowd of
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    A SECOND AUCTION.
    51 10 Calcutta, August 15.The aeroplane in which Major Blake, Captain Macmillan and Malins have flown from London to Calcutta, was again put up for auction at the Empire Theatre this evening and realised Rs. 2,000 being purchased by Mr. R. S. Sarma on behalf of the New Empire
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    BABY GLOBE TROTTER AT SINGAPORE.
    314 10 Champion child globe-trotter, Mast'?.' Leslie Lilly, aged 4, has already tra veiled 100,000 miles. He is more at in the saloon carriages of the world’s ex presses and the cabins of ocean liners than in any house, and the biggest hotels have failed to abash
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    RUPPRECHT.
    145 10 PLOT TO MAKE HIM KING OF BAVARIA. The Bavarians are preparing to divide the Empire so as to make Bavaria safe for Monarchism. Bavaria refuses to acquiesce quietly in the law for the protec tion of the Republic passed by the Reichstag, and the chief party in the Bavarian
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    RAFFLING FOR A JURY.
    205 10 A system of raffling for a jury has been instituted by Judge Snagge, recently ap pointed to the Bow County Court- The innovation was voted a decided success. When a jury was empanelled the chief clerk had a list of IS men and women In front
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    MONARCHIST MOVE IN RUSSIA?
    827 11 STRANGE STORY FROM PARIS. Paris, July 7.Curious rumours have been in circulation here for some time past to the effect that an active movement is rn progress in Russia for the restoration of some form of Monarcny It is suggested that as there is now no
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    COCK FIGHT IN A TEMPLE.
    720 11 HINDU ISLE OF THE MALAYS. Mr. Dale Collins, the Australian writer, who is accompanying Mr. Albert Y. Gowen, of Chicago, on a cruise round the world on board Mr. Gowen’s luxuriously equipped (»4-tons yacht, writing from on board the yacht Speejacks, off the Island of
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    FORESTRY AMALGAMATION.
    183 11 In his report on Forest administration for 1921, Mr. E. t’ubitt. Conservator of Forests, Straits and F.M.S., says: A complete scheme for the amalgamation of the department with that of the Federated Malay’ States was drawn up, and was carried into effect in anticipation of formal sanction to
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      608 12 straits-austrah? SERVICE OF THE p I i Regular Monthly Sailings from Singapore to Sydney, and Meis by the up-to-date passenger steamers Houtman” and Rn Urne lin> r u n °ggevee n Passengers and Cargo can now be booked from Singapore and Melbourne without transhipment. 1 Sydney Next sailing from Singapore
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