Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 August 1922

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833- No. 193. VOL LXXX. MONDAY, 28th AUGUST, 1922. PRICE 15 CENTS
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      695 1 NIKKO I rtIOPERN ART j PHOTOGRAPHIC I STUDIO I NO. 7. NORTHAM ROAD. < Tel. No. 571. J J Haboko Tea. j I masoots. I M KB Many of the Mascots which decorat* Carefully selected and free from 5 I tnecmooe «e S tb« K f W M b./Fz jt>-
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      15 1 KIDD’S LETTER PRESS > I INK ROLLER i I COMPOSITION /IGAATTSr— < P. G. Press, Ltd. J
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    VOYAGE OF THE SPEEJACKS.
    623 2 FORTUNES IN CELEBES. Mr Dale Collins, the Australian writer, who is accompanying Air. Albert. 5. Gowen, of Chicago, on a cruise round the world on board Mr. Gowen’s luxuriously equipped 64-tons yacht, says the islands of Celebes, the big island east of Borneo in the Malays,
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    VOLCANIC PROPHECY FROM THE U.S.
    159 2 Dr. Milton A. Nobles, a prominent Philadelphia geologist and student of volcanic disturbances, declares that within 30 days Southern Europe, Northern Africa, and the whole of Asia w ill be destroyed by earthquakes and their populations wiped out. The trouble is brewing, he says, among
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    POISON STOCKINGS.
    57 2 Cheap German stockings and cheap German straw hats have been found by doctors, states the Matin.” to cause frequently slight blood-poisoning. After the stockings have been worn for a day blisters often form on the feet and logs, and if the stockings are still worn they cause a
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      1308 2 SHORT CLASSIFIED invited. j. ADVERTISEMENTS. THE PAWNBROKER’S |u\ Wanted, For Sale, To Let, &c, ORDINANCE, 1898. lft\ can be inserted in the Pinang Gazette at Tenders are invited for the sole right I I THREE CENTS A WORD to open one pawnshop for the period oi’ I rY I II
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      70 2 I DODGE CARS i i I I THE SOUNDEST VALUE ON TO-DAY’S MARKET. J. BERRY CO., Representing Central Motors Ltd., Singapore. j FISH GAME Fresh Turbot Pheasants Cod Grouse Salmon Partridges Plaice Teal Singapore Cold Storage Company, Ltd. RARE OLD WHISKY. VAT 69.” Wc ive d” 5 Whisky no hesitation
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    THE DANCE SEASON.
    682 3 NI I akish movements taboo. M;1IlV harming and accomplished ladies i„. found at the Holborn Restaurit I(il |he opening of the annual con- of the Imperial Society of Dance 1 here are dancers present, jcacneis~l )r om almost all parts of the world, lu in g America.
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    Coming Events.
    150 3 llL: dt’hin Seng and Co., Ltd., Meeting, 11 Farquhar St., noon. .»1 Public Meeting, Town Hall, 1.3 d p.m. u C.W.A. Committee Meeting, Parsonage, 10 a.m. s,. 1 <’ (Rbbons Cup, 50 yds. I' l Penang Polo Club, Gymkhana. S,. 1 1 **•’M'. Sports Gymkhana. I' -"—Board of
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    EMPIRE EXHIBITION.
    770 3 Pioneer.” A VISIT TO THE SITE. I was very fortunate to he one of a number to make a preliminary visit to the site of the British Empire Exhibition, the foundation of which is nuv being laid down at Wembley Park. When the Indian public awake to the
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    QUEENSLAND COTTON.
    67 3 Mr. Armstrong, the cTton expert, has returned from Lancashire with samples of sheeting manufactured from Australian cottcn. Experts have furnished a report on the material, stating tb it nothing better ca” be produced, while the spinners say that the eott n -tins ex cellently. Six hundred bales of
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    ARE WE SAVING OUR LIMBS?
    1122 3 WHAT HAPPENS IN AUSTRALIA. Melbourne is developing its tramways; short-length lines are penetrating the side streets. Linking up” is the popular catch word at present- Every point is being linked up with an immediately adjacent point. Some people won’t be content until the cars link
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    A NEW AEROPLANE.
    389 3 ALL-STEEL MILITARY MACHINE. Messrs- Boulton and Paul are constructing at their Norwich factory an all metal aeroplane, designed by Mr. J. D. North, for the Air Ministry. The ma chine is a military one, and therefore but few details as to its performance and design may be
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    CAMBRIDGE AND WOMEN.
    223 3 Is it worth while to retain at least one university in which the educational ideals of men shall have free course This in the opinion of a special committeee which was requested by the Royal Oommission on Oxford and Gambridge Universities to present a memorial in favour
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      433 3 J W I OB Enables a mother to nurse her baby in the natural way Natural feeding is the duty of every mother and the birthright of every child. Naturally-fed children are more robust and healthy, and more immune from infantile ailments. Taken several months before the birth, and continued
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    1206 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL. The cricketer V. F. S. Crawford is dead. Mr. F. M Campbell has returned from leave. Mrs. Towe 11 is leaving for a trip to America. Mr. C. B. Redway has joined Messrs. Kennedy. Burkill and Co. Ltd. in Ipoh. Mr. A. Heywood Waddington has been appointed an
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    INCOME-TAX.
    159 4 HONGKONG SYMPATHISES WITH STRAITS VICTIMS. Commenting on the Straits Settlements Income-Tax, the South China Morning Post’’ states: What seems unfair to us about the Straits legislation is the five thousand dollars’ limit, although possibly the bachelor on five thousand dollars should be made to pay. In tropical climates every
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    BRUTAL MURDER NEAR MALACCA.
    88 4 .—“S’ T.” Information has been received by a Singapore resident from a planter friend thafi the wife of the Tamil clerk employed on Regent Estate, Malacca district, belonging to the Dunlop Plantations’ Group, as well as the cook in her establishment, have been brutally murdered by
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    PENANG BABA BANGSAWAN.
    416 4 Effort for the Chinese Unemployment Fund. The last of the two plays Bharoni Indra performed by the Chinese Amateur Dramatic Party or the late Penang Baba Bangsawan of Mr. Goh Soon Cheng at the Kean Ann Theatrical Hall, in Drury Lane, on Saturday night in aid of
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    KHEDDAR OPERATIONS IN BURMA.
    277 4 High Prices For Trained Elephants. The Chief Conservator of Forests, Burma, notices that the price of well trained timber elephants is now R 5.8,000 or double what was paid fifteen years ago. Something like 5,000 are owned by timber firms and the Forest Department and he
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    HEAVY FLOODS IN SINGAPORE.
    137 4 geese had the time of their lives.S F. P.” As a result of the very heavy rains recently the lew-lying lands abutting on to the Bukit Timah road have been heavily flooded. Acres and acres of rubber land beyond Newton Station as far as Woodlands were
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    CHINESE NONIA CONVICTED.
    261 4 M. M.” BREACH OF TRUST. A criminal charge somewhat out of the ordinary, and, moreover, a painful case under the circumstances, in so much as the accused was a Chinese Straits born lady of very respectable connections was heard at the Kuala Lumpur Assizes last week. Her
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    60 4 A bogey competition will Le held on Saturday and Sunday nexL September 2nd and 3rd. I'he competition is arranged with a view to assisting the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St: John. The prize has been put up by the joint Societies and in
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    P.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    118 4 Tuesday, 29th August. Mixed Doubles Handicap Class A. l5 3 Mrs. Samuel and F. C. Gregson v. 3O Mrs. L. M. Evans and E. D Everest (2); .5 Mr. and Mrs E. J. Bennett v. 15.3 Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Threlfall <1). Championship.R. N. Hamilton v.
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    THE CHURCH AND GAMBLING.
    107 4 BISHOP CHANGES HIS OPINION. The Bishop of Rangoon writes to the Rangoon papers:—At the result of the enquiries I have made, lam clear that the Diocese must not accent the money so kindly offered, or now even actually given, by the Turf Club to institutions under
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      SUNDAY MAILS.
      125 4 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.’’] Sir. l have learnt from reliable information obtained, that there is one delivery of Postal letters and cards every Sunday at Ipoh, and it is to be supposed that the public in other parts of the I. M. S. get one
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    MUNITION SEIZURE AT BREMEN.
    22 4 Berlin, August 27. The Bremen police seized 883 rifles and 50,000 rounds of ammunition stored in a shed.
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    DEATH OF GENERAL VAN DEVENTER.
    41 4 Johannesburg, August 27. The death has occurred of Lt.-Gen. Sir Louis Jacob Van Deventer, K.C.8., who served in the South African War as second in command to General Smuts, and was Commander-in-CLief in East Africa 1917-19.
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      601 4 O ADVEBHSEMHITg. POSITIONS VACANT. Indian Conductor wanted for Estate in Kedah. Apply stating salary required to No. 207. c/o Pinang Gazette. European Winchman xVanted for Dredge near Ipoh. Afternoon and night shifts only. Apply ;Box No. 135, P. 0. Ipoh. European requires accomodation, with breakfast and dinner. Rates must be
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      511 4 TESjWk IR— I !Sav MILK STOUT or you may not <*et Simonds.’ And you'll never want to m j Ss it, when you've tried it oncc It’s a revelation—nourishing, creami tonic, invigorating. So Sll l |i' Stout.” Each Pint contains the encrjiising carbo, hydrates of 1(1 ozs. pure flair» MiH
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    THE MALAYA CUP.
    2032 5 Selangor in the Final. \N(, BEATEN AT IPOH. (h Oiii Special Representative-) Th, much discussed replay between -mug and Selangor to decide which ini was to oppose Singapore in the hi;i i o f the H M S. Malaya” Cup Soccer jiiiiOition, took place on the Ipoh
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    CRICKET.
    327 5 P. C. C. v P. R. C. P. C. C. lost by the narrow margin of two inns, in their game with the P. R. C. on Saturday at the Esplanade. A fine 52 not out by Dr. Liston. Jr, was the only feature of the Cricket Club’s innings,
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    SINGAPORE SPORT.
    170 5 POLO CLUB GYMKHANA. (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, August 28. Despite depressing weather, following heavy rains, the Polo Club Gymkhana on the racecourse was successful. H. E. Mr. F. S. James and H. H. the Sultan of Johore were present. Besides humorous events, there were two pony races,
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    WHO KILLED JACK POINT?
    505 5 IDEA THAT OCCURRED TO TWO FAMOUS PLAYERS. Who was really responsible for giving a tragic ending to the part of Jack Point in The Yeomen of the Guard” The question, long a hotly debated one among old Savoyards, is revived again (writes a correspondent) by a
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    DISPUTE OVER A TIGER.
    359 5 -“T.0.M.” In the Magistrate’s Court, Ipoh, lefore Mr. W. J. K. Stark, a suit came up for hearing in which Dason. and Manicam sued Samuel, shorthand-typist at Messrs. Pritchard and Co’s. local store, for the value of the proceeds of a tiger, the chance bag of
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      364 5 See that your Ayah ives ba hy Allenburys he Allenburys’ Foods J Infants are invaluable v prevention of infantile and cholera. They fcs are entirely free from harmful germs, and are quickly and simply prepared by the addition of boiling water. Moreover the Allenburys’ Foods contain no excess of indigestible
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    A GERMAN MURDER PLOT.
    1203 6 Reuter cables news of the arrest in Paris of a German, connected with the secret Monarchist Society Consul.” who was on a visit to the French capital for the purpose of assassinating the Premier. M. Poincare. There is every likelihood of the news being true because
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1380 6 In his report on the F.M.S. for 1921. the Hon. the Chief The Department Secretary alluded to of Agriculture. the many schemes for saving the rubber industry, and more particularly to that on a basis of co-operation with the Dutch, favoured by the Stevenson Committee. But he
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    CASE AGAINST P.C.M. O'S CLERX.
    210 6 I’he preliminary eiiqiiii'Y i" 1 I l charge of falsification oi account* redagainst N. Mamat, Jftte chief c tin* P.C.M-o’s office, "a; .'’“'"‘n-t--before Mr. I )aw«.n. I hinl_ it j y Singapore. The D. P. I l a -i° appeared on behalf ol to*- <
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      179 6 TUCK’S FAMOUS PACKINGS. Genuine Round, Round Greasy Hemp, Square Greasy Hemp, Square Hydraulic, Square Metallic, Blue Grease Non-Metallic, Asbestos Metallic Tape, Asbestos Millboard, Asbestos Cord, &c. NOTE.—Owing to the number of imitations on the market it is essential that you specify TUCK’S and order from the SOLE AGENTS I UNITED
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      23 6 E. O.” Tuesday, 29th August.Dancing after dinner. Wednesday, 30th August.—Special Tiffin-Orchestra. Friday, Ist September.Dinner and Dance. Saturday, 2nd September.—Special Tiffin-Orchestra. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors.
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    REPARATIONS.
    685 7 German Promises. the french proposal. Reuter’s Telegrams.) Paris. August 26. I 1,,. Petit Parisien says, in connects with the latest German proposals in H > ct of reparations, Dr. Wirth c0n,,,,1 with the Trade Union leaders, who seed in principle that the miners put iin extra six hours weekly.
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    REPARATION FOR SEAMEN'S DEPENDANTS.
    47 7 London, August 26. Mr. Havelock Wilson has been notified from the Treasury that £S,(MM),(MM) of German reparation money has been earmarked for distribution among the dependants of the 17,000 British merchant seamen killed in the war, and that £lOO,OOO will lie immediately available.
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    GERMAN RALLY TO THE REPUBLIC.
    434 7 The country remains commendable tranquil, but the general situation is giving cause for no little anxiety, says the specia 1 Berlin correspondent to the Daily Chronicle.” I'he worst feature of it is undoubtedly the unparalleled fall of the mark, which s steadily reducing all the
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    LORD NORTHCLIFFE'S WILL.
    134 7 LITIGATION IN PROSPECT. London, August 27. The newspaper News of the World states that three caveats have been entered by interested parties against the grant of probate of the will of Viscount Northcliffe. The first will. dated March 22nd. 1919. with several codicils, is being propounded on
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    TELEGRAPH MONOPOLY RENOUNCED.
    30 7 Washington. August 25. The Stale l)«|>artment informed the Western Telegraph Company, which is a British concern, that it has renounced its monopoly of rights in the Argentine.
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    CABLE AGREEMENT.
    19 7 Wa-hingten. August 26. Pre/ab-nt Harding signed the license authorising the Western Union to operate the Miami-Barbados cable.
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    EUROPE’S PROBLEMS.
    271 7 Governor Cox’s Views. London. August 26. weighty expression of opinion on the European situation and America’s concern therewith has been issued by Governor Cox, thrice Governor of Ohio and Democratic candidate against President Harding at the last Presidential election. Governor Cox has been visiting various capitals of Europe
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    BRITISH WAR DEBTS.
    105 7 REPLY TO MR. MELLON. London, August 25. An authoritative announcement, which has been made in reply to Mr. Mellon’s Washington statement, admits that practically all the money borrowed from America was applied towards meeting British expenditure in the United States. Nevertheless, Britain would not have required assistance
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    GERMAN ARRESTED IN PARIS.
    33 7 Paris. August 25. The police have arrested an alleged member of the German Secret Society Consul.” who, it is suspected, had come to Paris to attempt M. Poincare’s life.
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    FORD MOTOR WORKS CLOSING DOWN.
    31 7 A RESULT OF THE COAL STRIKE. Detroit. August 26. All Henry Ford’s assembly plants are closing down through lack of coal. #5,000 will be thrown idle.
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    REVOLUTION IN PERU.
    29 7 Valparaiso, August 26. Intercepted messages from Cuzco, Peru, indicate the outbreak of a revolution there. Two regiments have been ordered to the spot to restore order.
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    THE "AUSTRALIA" TO BE SCRAPPED.
    19 7 Sydney, August 26. The Commonwealth battleship Australia is to be immediately dismantled and scrapped.
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    HUGE FIRE IN TAMPICO.
    55 7 DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT 5,000.000 PESOS. Tampico, August 26. A disastrous fire broke out in the business section of the town. It destroyed 27 commercial houses and necessitated the pulling down of others to check the spread of the flames. Three persons were killed. The damage is
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    QUEEN WILHELMINA’S PROGRAMME.
    39 7 London, August 26. Qur-ii Wilhelimina, accompanied by th** Prince u'on.-oit and the Foreign Minister. Heer Van Karnebeeke, leave Holland at the beginning of September to pa\ State visits to the Danish, Norwegian an i Swedish Courts.
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    FRENCH BATTLESHIP LOST.
    232 7 Sinks in Ten Fathoms After Striking Rock. Paris, August 26. The battleship France” while returning from night gunnery practice, was entering Quiberon Bay through the LaTeignouse Channel when she touched a rock and was carried on the rock by the current. She stink in 10 fathoms. No
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    PRINTERS' STRIKE ENDED.
    26 7 WAGE REDUCTION ACCEPTED. London. August 25. The printers' strike has definitely ended, the typographers having ballotted in favour of acceptance of the terms.
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    HISTORY OF THE DISPUTE.
    553 7 The strike ol printing and newspaper employees at Home belonging to the Typographical Association arose over a reduction of wages, the rates being decided by the award of the Industrial Court to whom the matter was referred by the Ministry of Labour for settlement. After the
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    THE WORLD FLIGHT.
    224 7 Major Blake Abandons It. Calcutta, August 26. Major Blake has abandoned his world Hight ami shortly returns to England. Adrift for 4X Hours. When Captains Macmillan and Mali ns were rescued, the machine had overturned and was adrift. The airmen were clinging to the floats and were
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    FLIGHT RECORD.
    37 7 Turin, August 27. The famous Italian airman, Brakpapa, in a Fiat R. 700 aeroplane, flew a measured kilometre at the rate of over 210 miles an hour, which is claimed to be a world’s record.
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    AMERICAN LABOUR TROUBLES.
    174 7 GOVERNMENT THREAT TO TAKE OVER MINES AND RAILWAYS. Washington, August 26. Following the Conference between President Harding, the Attorney-General Mr. Daugherty and Senator Cummins, it was intimated the Administration would seek legislative authority to take over certain railways and anthracite mines unless there was a radical improvement
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    THE HAVRE STRIKES.
    169 7 TRAMWAYMEN AND PRINTERS OUT. Havre. August 25. The tramwaymen and printers struck for twenty-four hours in sympathy with the other strikers. A squadron of cavalry arrived and another is expected. Casualties. London, August 27. A strike of 6,1 MM) dockers at Havre for higher pay, accompanied by
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    CANADIAN STRIKE ENDED.
    30 7 Ottawa, August 25. The miners' strike in Western Canada was titled by the signature of an agreement for 15 percent, reduction of wages compared with 1 921.
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    COUNTY CRICKET.
    189 7 Yorks Beat Hants. HENDREN'S RECORD SCORE London, August 25, At Bournemouth. Yorkshire heat Hants by ten wickets. Rhodes scored 106. Hampshire’s second innings realised 44 (Waddington four for 21 and I.’. Kilner six for 13.) Middlesex v. Kent. At Lords, Middlesex led Kent on the first innings in
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    COUNTY CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP.
    173 7 The table to date is as follows Won Lost s** fu O Surrey 15 1 3 3 110 Xl 73.63 Yorkshire IX 2 6 2 140 102 72.H5 Notts 16 4 5 I 130 90 69.23 Kent 14 3 3 5 125 76 60.X0 Lancashire 15 6
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    THE IRISH TREATY.
    89 7 London, August 27. The deaths of Mr Michael Collins and Mr Arthur Griffith, the retirement of another signatory to the treaty and the desertion of a fourth in no way affect the status of the Treaty. Mr Churchill, telegraphing to Mr Cosgrave the foregoing, added that, on
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    THE PREMIER’S WAR BOOK.
    48 7 PROFITS TO CHARITIES. London, August 27. It is announced that Mr. Lloyd George will devote the whole profits of his forthcoming story of the war to charities connected with relief of suffering caused by the war. It is believed the amount will exceed .£lOO,OOO.
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    SOVIET TAXATION.
    45 7 Reval, August 27. A tax on l)ehalf of famine districts having yielded 13i milliards of roubles, it is stated that the Soviet is planning direct taxes on income from property and salaries. The unemployed in Petrograd now number 50,(MM), and in Moscow 12.IMHL
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    RUSSIAN REFUGEES.
    67 7 Geneva, August 27. The United States offered the League of Nations to provide for the wants ol Russian refugees in Constantinople for four months, and also to contribute s2S,(MK> for the purposes of their evacution. provided the League secured the balance of £36,(MM). The League has secured the
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  • MOTOR NOTES.
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      MISUSE OF MOTOR HORN.
      407 8 Both Bombay and Toronto are infested by motor fiends and their resulting noise an<l accidents. Will you, Mr. Editor, attack the noise nuisance in this city asks a Toronto reader of Saturday Night.” I only wish it was within my power to punish in every city
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      FORD OUTPUT OVER SIX MILLIONS.
      196 8 The total production of Ford cars passed the six million mark on May 18. This gives a production in excess of a million for the past yearthe five million mark having been achieved on May 28. 1921. Of this staggering total of six million cars
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      GOODYEAR 44,000,000 TYRES.
      137 8 The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Com* pany at Akron recently completed the building of its 44.000,000 th tyre, qualifying it as the greatest tyre producer in the world. The Goodyear Company was started in 1898 and has had a steady growth paralleling the growth of the automobile
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      FIAT VICTOR IN INDIA.
      128 8 A 10-15 h.p. Fiat, driven by its owner Mr. A. Hyland, proved the winner in the 118 mile endurance test held from Bombay to Poona. Three classes were provided for on the basis of piston displacement, and awards were given according to speed on the level
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      TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR TYRE SERVICE.
      303 8 Here are 10 commandments for motorists who desire to get top-notch service out of automobile tyres: Thou shall keep thy tyres properly inflatedneither so hard they blow up like a punctured toy balloon, nor so soft they make Henry” ride like a Packard. 2. Thon
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      HEAT GENERATED BY TYRE RUBBER
      85 8 The heat that is noticeable in a tyre after it has been run for a few hours is generated by the tyre itself, due to Hexing and bending of fabric and rubber. The amount of heat depends on the rapidity and extent of this action.
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    CENSUS OF MALAYA.
    1347 9 K 'SE OF 25 PER CENT IN TEX YEARS- census °f British Malaya was tak the night of April 24, 1921. The lefed returns are ju*t issued. They mbodied tn a bulky volume of some 'S pages. the greater part of them 1 1«.taicments, and in view
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    INDIAN LABOUR RULES.
    274 9 Simla, August 1(»th.A message from Colomlx) states that two deputations, one from Ceylon and the other from Malaya, are shortly leaving for Simla to place before the Standing Emigration Committee their point of view regarding the future emigration of labour to these two countries. The deputations, which
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    THE SCUTTLING AGE.
    402 9 The finding of Mr. Justice Rowlatb that the Spanish steamer Leonita” had been cast away with the connivance of the owners,” makes the third decision almost within a week of the scuttling of a ship, says the Financier.” This case, however differs from those decided by Mr-
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    BOOK FROM MR. LLOYD GEORGE.
    171 9 London, August 12.Announcing that its proprietor Mr. William Berry has purchased certain rights in Mr. Lloyd George’s war book, including British and American bookrights, the Sunday Times"’ confirms that the entire rights will yield Mr- Lloyd George a sum amounting to six figures. It adds
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    LOCAL SHARE LIST.
    81 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day. Shares. 5 >» >» .5 SQ X 2Q 72 c. c. c. sc. Mining. Petaling 70 75 72i 75 South Taiping (1922) 65 67i 62i 65 Telok Kruin 80 90 80 85 Titi
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    46 9 28th August, 1922. Local. cts. Smoked Sheet 23] Penang? Fine Pale Crepe 23| J Unsmoked Sheet No. 1... 17| Sing A- Smoked Sheet 24 pore J Crepe 24 London and New York. I Smoked Sheet 7d LONDON J Crepe 7<J New York Market steady.
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    RUBBER CROP.
    15 9 The following is an additional rubber output for July lbs. United Malacca 9,133
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    TIN PRICES.
    63 9 Local. The Straits Trading Co, Ltd, Aug. 28: Singapore buyers no sellers at V 79. Penang sold 25 tons at 579. Messrs Boustead and Co., Ltd: To-day’s quotation for Singapore refined tin $79 per picul, buyers no sellers; Penang refined tin $79 per picul, business done 25 tons;
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    517 9 PENANG, AUGUST 28, 1922. 8 eta GOVERNMENT MUTTON--Head, sheep or goat M each 80 Liver with heart A lung do 1.20 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 50 Sweet Bread each 30 Leg of Mutton lb -50 Kidney pair 30 Feet x the four 40 MUTTON—
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    351 10 PRIME MINISTER’S NEAR EAST SPEECH. Loudon, August 9.The Times,” in a leader on Mr. Lloyd George’s Near East speech, says It must be regarded both as injurious to the Greeks and highly imprudent in relation to all our Eastern interests. It is harmful to the Greeks
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    PROTEST AGAINST AUTONOMY IN IONIA.
    137 10 London, August 11.The Constant; nople correspondent of the "Times” says Hamid Bey, the Kemalist represents five, has handed the Allies a protest from the Angora Government against the proclamation of autonomy in lonia- The Note is signed by Reouf Bey. the Premier, who is acting
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    66 10 London, August 12.The Times” colrespondent at Beirut says General Townshend has returned from Angora and gone to Marseilles. He is reported to have declared that Mustapha assure 1 him he was ready to sign peace provided the Greeks evacuate Asia Minor. Other wise he
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    INVESTIGATIONS INTO INFLUENZA.
    218 10 London, August 13.The Daily Mail says recent investigations by Dr. Mervyn Gordon at Bart’s Hospital into influenza have raised hopes that the senurge may soon be successively combated. He (<h; firms the American and Japanese view that it is caused by an organism so minute that it
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    259 10 CONTRACTS FOR FOUR VESSELS. Following the announcement some months ago relative to the dex elopment of the cattle and meat industry in NorthWest Australia, provisional contracts nave been entered into by a syndicate in London with William Bcardmore and Co. and the Burnisland Shi] I uilding Co.
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    766 11 EFFECT OF FOREIGN EDUCATION Mr. David Fraser, in an article in "The Times," says the fact that many thousands of Chinese go abroad for eda cation has of late provoked the widespread comment that very few come to Great Britain for that purpose. Japan in recent years has
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    116 11 PENANG, AUGUST 28, 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 2/4 11/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs 177 i 3 days’ sight Private 180 Bombay Demand Bank 177 2 Madras Demand Bank 177 >-•
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