Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 30 December 1922

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 298. VOL LXXX. SATURDAY, 30th DECEMBER, 1922. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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    INDIAN POLICE SERVICE.
    918 2 DISHEARTENING CONDITIONS. One hears a great deal, writes Mr. Edmund Candler to the “Times,” of the discouraging conditions in the I.C.S- and the shortage of recruits, but very little > the pessimism that pervades the Indian Police, the one service that Governme’it can least afford to let
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      1548 2 ICUTICURA HEALS 1 tile and Estate Accounts, Typewriting lipiJEft I 1 HI and General Office routine, seeks position The a i )oV e lines have still vacant ac- I 1 |s|i|Bjl llvllvll in Mercantile or Professional Man’s commo dation on all their sailings except ■■Vl■ iv bi hi bm Office.
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      209 2 I PRICES REDUCED I YOU can now buy a British made iron frame rh/»» EE Piaijo, Tropical Model, for This instrument has a full mellow tone and all the ch (n eristics that have earned our Pianos their reputation for lasting EE quality: furthermore, we can arrange easy terms to
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    THE TIN MARKET.
    993 3 London, December I.—Trading conditions have been rather quiet, compared with the activity ruling a little time ago, but offerings have been well absorbed. The general disposition appears to be to mark time and await events, and the market can best be described as resting. The statistics can
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    PESSIMISM IN EXCESS.
    311 3 London, November 30. —A correspondent states that, having regard to the depreciation of rhe franc and the mark, which may well proceed much farther, io Mr. Lloyd George’s prophecy of another election in six months, to the possibility of a Labour Government and a capital levy, and
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    COST OF LIVING IN COLOMBO
    239 3 I had a call the other day (says the London correspondent of the “Times of Geylon,”) from a gentleman who was thinking of going out to live in Colombo on a comparatively small salary, and who wished to hear an impartial view as to tl.e
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    EXCHANGE.
    114 3 PENANG, DECEMBER 30, 1922. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 5/32 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/4 3 Credit 2/4 7/16 3 Documentary 2/4 15/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs 173}' 3 days’sight Private 176 3 Bombay Demand Bank 173} 2 Madras Demand Bank 174} >
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    VALUABLE FIND IN TASMANIA.
    47 3 Strahan (T). —An osmiridium prospector, named Prowse, has discovered a nnggest of that metal at Nineteen Mile Creek diggings, weighing 4 oz. 6 dwt. 6 gr., and valued at £ll4. It is believed the nugget is the biggest ever found in the world.
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      362 3 /r? i /b,/ vA e /A/ \A 7= a fel iW J Iy y I w-w fjf 'S Mrs. 5. PF. icus myielf it 7~> derived great Benefit from t ■<S S,* 0 u, n 'he month» before IVA I' Baby wa» born, and wa■ <'J always in perfect health."
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      286 3 f Refton, Shotgun Cartridges are really Wetproof APPLY THE TEST: Take a fev Remington t>. Shotgun Cartridges, either ''ARROW”, ‘NITRO CLUB”, “NEW CLUB” or “REMNGTON” and a few of any other make; soak hem all in water for one hour; inspect the lemington cartridges and fire them all. Then aspect
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    799 4 Mr. J. A. Russell is spending a short holiday at Port Dickson. Mr. H. S. Sircom will shortly be vacating the Bench of the First Magistrate’s Court, Kuala Lumpur. Lieut-Colonel A. J. Hull, F. R. C. S., R. A. M. C.. is leaving Singapore for home next
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    ALLEGED CRIMINAL BREACH OF TRUST.
    660 4 STOREKEEPER CHARGED. Tn the District Court, Penang, yesterday, before Mr. R. Scott, the hearing was concluded of the evidence in the case of Khoo Chin Teong, who was charged with criminal breach of trust while a servant in the employ of the Borneo Coy.. Ltd.
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    CORONER’S COURT.
    230 4 Before IT. M. Coroner, Mr. H. C. Bathurst, in the Police Court, Penang, to-day, an inquiry was held into the circumstances attending the death of Hamidoon bin Tamby, whose body was found on the sea shore at Sungei Glugor on the 22nd December. Dr. J. R. Jacobs said
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    F. C. PECK vs. J. A. RUSSELL AND OTHERS.
    1848 4 COMPANY AGAINST LITIGATION Following is the continuation- of the “Malay Mail's” report in the above civil suit at Kuala Lumpur. Sir A. Adams next referred t© paragraph 27 of the plaint again and said, 1 submit that in this case the
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    242 4 special general meet i;;g A special general meeting of n, bers of the Penang Turf Pin) at the Chamber of Co mmerc ras H| day for the purpose of -m™ programme for the New v'”* the Meeting. There were present U A. B. Voules, President. (i n
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    PENANG CRICKET CLUB.
    33 4 The auction sale of newspapers and periodicals at Penang Cricket Club, fixed for Wednesday next, has been postponed to Wednesday, the 10th January, at 7 p.m. in the Club House.
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    P.C.C. BOWLS TOURNAMENT
    115 4 The results of bowls ties played yester. day were as under: Final Championship.—G. B. F. Southam beat J- M. Chalmers (D) 21—17. Singles Handicap Class B —J. G. Bar. rett beat W. Law 21—16. Teams of Three.—H. Parry. FJ. Bennett and D. McLeod Craik beat J. M.
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    AN EXPENSIVE JOY RIDE.
    163 4 Our report of the Police Court sequel on Thursday to the motor car collision at the corner of Light anil Penang Streets on Christmas Day, when W. I lieseira, employed in the P. W. D. stores, was fined for recklessly driving a car without a licence,
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    LYRIC KINEMA.
    203 4 The Lyric Kinema. Theatre Roplj Penang Road is "tomorrow programme to-night and night. In the Top.ral B Mlle. Lenglen is seen deteatins Miss. K. «cKane in the Ladies’ Tennis 1 q h t also two Fox films, one enJ from the shoulder’ Jones, and the other presenting George
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      469 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. MISCELLANEOUS. Wanted Bungalow unfurnished (with compound) in good locality. Three bedrooms and Garage essential. Tennis court preferred. Prepared to make lease. Apply with full particulars. Box No. 281, c/o t’inang Gazette. FOR SALE. A “Premier” Oil Mill complete with steam Engine and Boiler made by Bose. Downs and
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    THE KHALIFA.
    1148 5 .—Ex, HISTORY OF THE OFFICE. Great commotion has been caused in the Moslem world by the deposition of the Sultan of the Turkish Empire. This agitation arises from religions motives, and the problem can only be understood by examining the history of the Caliphate. Khalifa ”is an Arabic
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    MR. A. C. MACLAREN.
    339 5 Speaking to a representative of “The Age” (Melbourne). Mr, Maaclaren said lie was delighted to have the opportunity of visiting Australia again. Twenty years before he camp to the Commonwealth to represent England, and the charm that then! fell upon him had by no means worn
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    UTILISE LAND OR PAY TAX.
    246 5 DRASTIC PROPOSAL IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA BLOCKED. Perth (W.A.), November 15. —The Legislative Council, which last session rejected the Closer Settlement Bill, adopted different tactics on Tuesdaynight. The House burked the revived measure under the pretext that t involves an amendment of the constitution. Th 3
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    BIRTH.
    16 6 Nicoll. —At Yokohama, on November 14th, to Mr. and Mrs. H. Russell Nicoll a daughter.
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    RETROSPECTIVE AND PROSPECTIVE.
    1138 6 The year 1922 has proved a disappointing one to many individuals, firms, companies and nations. Although the high hopes with which the opening of the year was associated were not borne out by results, there are some things for which there ought to be a feeling of
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1378 6 Our Kuala Lumpur contemporary has revived a subject that has Hill Schools. often been ventilated in the past in these columns, namely, A project for establishing a school or schools for European children on Penang Hill. So far as our advocacy of such a scheme is concerned
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    THE E. &. 0.
    52 6 THE E. 0. In connection with the New Y-ars Day dinner and dance at the E. and 0. on Monday we are asked to announce that the opening of the ballroom l>y IS Voules is timed for 10.1 a p.m.. and t a the ballroom lounge will be reserved or
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    THE MAILS.
    28 6 The homeward mail by the Paul Lecat» closes at 6 p.m. to-day. The homeward mail l>y the closes at 2 p.m. on Thursday, the 1 proximo.
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    NEW YEAR’S DAY.
    151 6 _“S.T.” The Chief Post Office will be closed at noon on Monday. 4l p f There will be no issue of the 11 0 Gazette on Monday. The Pitman’s Shorthand will be held in Penang Hee Schoo Thursday next at 5.15 p.m. A Chinese was found dead
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      292 6 What Better Gift Than A Book? WILL MONKEY GLANDS O is a question now being BRING BACK YOUTH discussed by everybody. SCIENTISTS ARE STILL EXPERIMENTING WHILE We are already organised to please the most critical youngster. We always make excellent provision at New Year time for boy and girl readers
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      46 6 TMAS WEEK at the “E. 0.” Saturday, December 30th —SPECIAL TIFFIN-O.ICHESTRA DINNER and DANCE. NEW YEAR’S DAY, Monday, January Ist, 1023.—GALA NIGHT. Official Opening of the Ball Room. SPECIAL DINNER. BLACK AND WHITE PIERROT PIERRETTE COSTUME BALL Till 1.45 A.M. Supper from 12.—1.30 a.m. (no Charge.)
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      245 6 GRAND NEW YEAR ATTRACTION AT LYRIC KINEMA R o o A r 5 Reels X 5 ReeU Cora Beach Film Corp presents CORA BEACH SHUM.A.Y 5 Reels in “WHAT BECOMES OF Tfjf CHILDREN 5 Reels 6 COMEDIES 6 Albert E. Smith presents JIMMY AUBREY in “SUBMARINES SINS” Edith Roberts in
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      21 6 THE TIDES. High Water. Low Water. To-day. 10. 6 p.m, 3.42 p.m. To-morrow. 10.37 a.m. 4.55 a.m. 10.49 p.m. 4.35 p.m.
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    74 6 DEATHS. Pengelley.—On December 21, Donald Clifford Pengeljey, only son of the late Mr. W. H. E. Pengelley, of the Penang Municipality, and Mrs. Pengelley, of Penang. Paul. —On December 27th, at the European Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, John Dennison Paul, only son of Mr. and Mrs. N. F. W. Paul, of
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    HONOURS.
    217 7 Commission’s Proposal. (Reuter’s Telegrams./ London, December 29. The report of the Honours Commission recommends the appointment of a committee, not exceeding three persons, and not members of the Government, tor the duration of the office of the Government, to whom names of persons for appointment to any dignity or
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    INCOME TAX.
    175 7 ADVICE TO OTHER COLONIES. London, December 29. Ihe Inter-Departmental Committee on Income Tax in Colonies not possessing responsible Government drafted a model ordinance and recommend that this be sent to all Colonies and protectorates where income tax laws are already enforced, and that Colonial Governments be advised to
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    X’MAS PARCELS.
    43 7 London, December 29. The Post Office statistics show that 19,320 Christmas parcels were sent to India and Ceylon, compared with 19,000 last year. The comparative figures for China and the Straits were 13,854 and 7,982 and to Japan 1,188 and 1,084.
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    POSTAL RATES.
    230 7 London, November 30. —In the last ten days a census has been taken of the letters and parcels passing through the pose office- From a departmental standpoint there is nothing unusual in this, because it happens at regular periods In the present instance, however, the occurrence is of
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    SAILING FOR PEKING.
    21 7 Loudon, December 29. Sir James and Lady Macleay, accompanied by Mr. Eric Allden, ha ’e left for Peking.
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    PARIS CONFERENCE.
    97 7 Italian Premier Not to Attend. (Reuter’s Telegrams. ttome, 29. Signor Mussolini has decided to carry into effect his previously hinted threat not to go to the Paris Conference. He has now informed the Ca binet that the internal situation renders his presence in Italy necessary. There has not
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    FRENCH REPAYMENTS.
    34 7 Paris, December 29. In a speech i n the Chamber, the 1’ iuance Minister said the repayments effected abroad included £13,750,006 to Britain, £13,760,000 to Japan and $13,400,000 to the United States.
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    SOVIET CONGRESS.
    200 7 ECONOMIC MATTERS. Reval, December 28. At the Soviet Congress at Moscow, M. Kameneff said only 23 of 500 proposals relative to concessions and the creation of mixed companies had hitherto been ratified, the most important being the proposal to create a mixed import and export company, with the
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    INDIAN CONGRESS.
    63 7 THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS. Gaya, December 29. After an eight hours’ debate, the Indian National Congress Subjects Committee by 203 votes to 85 passed a resolution rejecting Mr. Dass’s proposal to enter Legislative Councils. An amendment to contest elections and not take the oath of allegiance was rejected by
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    INDIAN LIBERALS.
    52 7 THE NAGPUR CONFERENCE. Nagpur, December 29. The National Liberal Federation passed a resolution urging acceleration with regard to the introduction of responsible government, demanding the Immunisation of the officer ranks, a reduction of the British element in the Indian Army, and appealing to Indians to enlist in the
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    CAIRO OUTRAGE.
    88 7 LORD ALLENBY’S DEMANDS. Cairo, December 29. Lord Allenby will fix the amount m compensation promised by the Egyptian Government for Mrs. Robson. He declares there is no. question of th? abolition of martial law while attacks continue, and insists upon the rei iforcement of the civil police. He
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    BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE.
    241 7 M. Poincare’s Strong Stand. (Reuter’s Telegrams.} Paris, December 29. In the Senate Committee, it was only M. Poincare’s insistence on the urgency of the passage of the bill in the interests of French prestige in the Far East which secured the vote today. The reporter, M. Jeanneney, declared
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    MOSUL.
    63 7 TURKS MAINTAIN THEIR VIEWPOINT. Lausanne, December 29. The Turkish reply to Lord Curzon regarding Mosul completely maintains the pievious viewpoint requiring that Mosul be incoiporated in Turkey. Lord Curzon to Meet Mr. Bonar LaW. -A-J* Lausanhe, December 29. Lord Curzon is going to. Paris on Sunday to consult Mr.
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    THE EX-SULTAN.
    28 7 Malta, December 29. It is understood that the ex-Sultan leaves for Mecca on the 4th January aboard a British Dreadnought. Presumably he will land at Jeddah.
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    THE QUEST FOR OIL.
    27 7 Melbourne, December 29. Owing to an excessive inflow of water, the Government is adandoning oil boring at Roma, where it has spent £35,000.
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    TURKISH TOBACCO MONOPOLY.
    231 7 Times of Malaya.” Paris, November 22. —An Angora message says that the Nationalist Government has decided to place all the various branches of the tobacco monopoly under the administration of the Constantinople Government. A new commissary will be appointed for this purpose. The culture pearl necklace, which
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    434 7 AN OFFICIAL’S DISMISSAL. (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, December 30. At a meeting of the Municipal Commission, the decision of the General Committee to dismiss Mr Wilson, Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, who is at present in England, was confirmed It was alleged that Mr. Wilson ran the
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    THE GIRL GUIDES.
    97 7 (From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh, December 30The first meeting of the Cade r Corps for the training of Girl Guide Officers will be held at the Headquarters in Taiping on the 3rd January. From February Ist to 28th, there will be a training camp for Commissioners and
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    THE HABRAKOL SYNDICATE, LTD.
    110 7 The adjourned sixth annual genierai meeting of the shareholders of Habrakol Syndicate, Limited, was held in the Registered Offices of the Company, No- 9, Beach Street, Penang, to-day. Mr. F. N. Durege presided. The notice convening the meeting was read, after which the Chairman formally proposed
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    FAREWELL TO I.G.P.
    1374 7 Free Press.” PRESENTATION OF ILLUMINATED ADDRESSES. The Hon. Captain A. R. Chancellor, Inspector-General of Police, Straits Settlements, who, with Mrs. Chancellor, passed through Penang on his way home to-day via Rangoon prior to retirement, was this morning presented with beautifully designed illuminated addresses by the European Police
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    THE STRAITS INCOME TAX.
    323 7 China Express.” The brief telegraphic statements of the proceedings in the Legislative Council at Singapore indicated that the Governor, Sir Laurence Guillemard, has withdrawn the Income Tax Bill on bis own authority. We congratulate the Governor on his action, even if the withdrawal is accompanied by
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    150 7 The Business for the Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners on Tuesday, the 2nd January, is as under 1. Minutes of last meeting to l>e read and confirmed. 2. Any special business the President may bring forward. 3. Questions. 4. Some bills to be passed. 5. The following documents
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    RUBBER SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
    1381 8 PROSPECTS FOR 1923. Several of our readers, says “The Statist,” have urged us to give a comprehensive estimate of production, and con.sumption for the coming year, with a view to gauging the probability of a relaxation of (the present restricted output and we have taken, considerable
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    KUALA LUMPUR TIN
    111 8 In consequence of the improved outlook for the price of tin, the directors of Kua' Lumpur N.L., Selangor, F.M.S-, have decided to proceed ipimediately with the transport to, and re-erection of their dredge on the new property recently ac quired by the company at a cost of
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    TIN AND RUBBER SHARES.
    920 8 Messrs Lean and Co’s Weekly Market Report says the Tin market, after the holidays, re-opened with an advance of 25/-, the final quotation of £lB3-10 3 m/s showing a gain of £3.0 0 over the weekClosing quotations for Rubber are 14d in London and 47 cents
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    LOST MARKETS.
    506 8 WHERE TO LOOK FOR RECOVERY. Following are extracts from the speech of Mr. Adam Stewart, president of the “Manchester Guardian” Society f°r the Protection of Trade, at the annual meeting Owing to the unprecedented trade depression of the last two years a much heavier demand had been made
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    RUBBER LATEX IN PAPER
    149 8 OFFICIAL EXPERIMENTS IN UNITED STATES. The use of rubber latex in paper manufacturing, the invention of Mr. Frederick Kaye, which has been the subject of a number of special notices in the “Manchester Guardian Commercial.” is being tried commercially in the United States as well as
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    Coming Events.
    78 8 Dec. 30 —Children’s Pantomime, “Abu Hassan,” at Town Hall, 5.30 p.m. Dec 30—E. 0. Special Dinner and Dance. Dec 30—Police Supper and Dance, Masonic Lodge, Northam Rd., 8.30 p.m. Jan I—Public Holiday. Jan I—Runnymede Hotel. New Years Day, Dinner and Dance. Jan I—Black and White Pierrot-Pierrette Costume Ball,
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    JAPANESE SHIPPING.
    295 8 DIFFICULTIES OF BIG OWNERS Kobe, October 24- —No decision has yet been arrived at with regard to the proposals for tying up steamers or otherwise meeting the present difficulties of shipping, and the Kokusai Kisen Kaisha is in very pressing difficulties. This was a concern in which three
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    AUSTRALIAN PORT DUES.
    127 8 Adelaide, October 16. —It is complained locally that both cargo and passenger rates charged by overseas companies, when compared with those ruling in 1913, are higher than might reasonably be expected. The companies, when asked to reduce them, replied that the question could not be considered until
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    COAST EROSION NEAR. GALLE.
    354 8 Coast erosion is a very serious problem in many parts of Ceylon, but nowhere more so than in the region of Galle. About 10 miles north of the once premier port of the Island, near Hikkaduwa, the inroads of the sea have been so great that
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    189 8 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Elephanta for Ra ngonn taking mails for Europe «Mt, Bombay. eic, > via Sitiawan for Alor Star and Langkawi. Puian Benavon for Port Swetts Singapore. Wett enham and Jin Ho for P. Brandan Ma anl kX“’ SX K,ang Kuah M and Singapore. U "W Laisang for
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    INDIAN LABOUR.
    28 8 675 coolies arrived per ss Teesta, today, of which 265 were sent to Pulau Jerejak, and the balance proceed direct to Port Swettenham for quarantine there.
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    PENANG MAILS.
    379 8 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). BY TRAIN. Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half-an-honr earlier than the Ordinary’ mail. FOR AT Federated Malay’ States, Malacca, Johore, Singapore and Hongkong Ipoh, Batu Gajah, Tapah Road,) By train Teluk Anson,KualaKubu, Kuala <.15 a.m. Lumpur, Klang, Port Swetten- also
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    VOLUNTEERING.
    1162 9 THE G O. C’S. ADVICE. H E Major-General Sir Neil Malcolm, K B D. S. 0., Commanding Troop?. Malaya, contributes the following article to the December issue of the “E S- AM. Magazine" The question is often asked 'Why should I i oin th e Volunteers"? To this question
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    A HILL SCHOOL.
    499 9 Malaya needs a large central hillstation, says thp “Malay Mail-’’ That is an accepted fact and efforts are being made to meet this need- A corollary to this is the fact that no hill-sta|i*n c in be satisfactory until it possesses a school here European cnildrpn c»n
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    FERRO-CONCRETE RAILWAY TRUCKS
    184 9 Experiments recently made in Germany with ferro-concrete railway trucks indicate that this construction is well able to resist severe shocks- For example, a fully-laden 15-tcn concrete truck was run at twelve miles an hour against a buffer stop and at 17 miles an hour» against a stop
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    442 9 8. GEORGE THE MARTYR. Ist Sunday after Christmas. —7.45 a.m. Litany, 8 a.m. Matins, 8.30 a.m. Holy Communion, 10 a.m. Matins (Chinese), 6 p.m. Evensong. Hymn 58, Ps II 80, Ps VIII 84, Magnificat 56, Nunc Dimittis 65. Hymns 391, 165, 74. Monday, The Feast of the Circumcision.—B
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    191 9 Benares Opium p. chest $5,000.00 nom. Cloves 90.00 sellers Gold leaf 72.00 Mace Pickings no stocks Nutmeg? <SOs 1105... Coconuts per 1,000 30.00 sellers Copra Sundried 10.45 sales Rattans 11.20 sellers Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00 per bag do do do
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    THE SHARE MARKET.
    291 9 Messrs. Kennedy and Co., Penang, report as follows Owing to the Xmas holidays we have only a short period on which to report and while the amount of business passing has been small the undertone of the Share Market continues steady, and we look for renewed interest
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    66 9 30th December, 1922. Local. cts. (Smoked Sheet 48 Fine Pale Crepe 48 Unsmoked Sheet No. 1... 43 Sing A- (Smoked Sheet 48 pore (Crepe 48 London and New York. TAwnAW (Smoked Sheet Lonoon Crepe la d New York G 27 The following were the rubber quotations in London
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    TIN PRICES.
    93 9 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following London prices, on Dec. 29 Spot £182.25.6d un’ged un’ged 3 mos. buying 183.125.6 d up 25.6 d 3 selling 183.15 s 25.6 d Local parity $90.63 London, Dec. 29, 182.5 s spot, and £183.125.6d three months buying, £lB3 15s
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    Moonlight Band Programme.
    116 9 The Municipal Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade to-night from 9 to 11 o’clock:— 1 March Cadetten Sousa 2 Overture Tancredi Rossini 3 Waltz My Lady Love Rosey 4 Selection lolanthe Sullivan 5 Graceful Dance Edina Vandervell 6 Spanish Serenade La Paloma
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    KENNEDY & CO’S SHARE LIST.
    1094 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. E S S NAMES g, 42 S-2 3 3 £1 RUBBER [Dollar.] BcB c 0 Allenby Rubber Co 624 67J Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 20 1 40 Amalgamated Malay Estates 2 10 2 25 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 12 00 13 00 Ayer Kuning Rubber
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    MARKET PRICES.
    501 9 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, December 30, 1922. cts Government Mutton— Head, sheep or goat each 80 Liver with heart long do 1.20 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 52 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Mutton lb 52 Kidney pair 30 Feet the four 40 Mutton— Head,
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    BILLIARDS.
    984 10 SMITH BEATS NEWMAN. A special correspondent of the “Times” writes on the 27th November W. Smith beat T. Newman at Thurston’s on Saturday by 551 points. These two players are contesting a series of seven matches of 16,000 points up, and the winner will be he who has scored
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    POLICY OF LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION.
    126 10 London, December B.—A great fight is expected at the annual meeting of the Lawn Tennis Association on December 11, when the Reform Committee,” who are desirous of a more active policy as regards the preparation of potential champions including more playing grounds in schools and
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    RUNNING A FORD.
    1586 11 —“The Motor.” INCREASED ECONOMY OF OPERATION. The Ford often suffers under the handicap of not being taken seriously. It is allowed to run while in a condition that would be considered a disgrace to any other car. Partly this is because it is cheap and often used
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