Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 9 February 1923

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1883. No. 33. VOL LXXXI. FRIDAY, 9th FEBRUARY, 1923. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 553 1 r KIDD’S LETTER PRESS j Ijui ROLLER; j COMPOSITION p. G. Press, Ltd. fM/HIIIIIIIIIIIHIIHIIIIIilllllllllllllimilllilllllliHiilllililllllllliilliiiiillllllllulllillllllllllllllif”*. I fi9 i Wr? I 1 |J| 1 ii Ww f= I Btt Jmw I i w»frx\ g fel ROSS’S PILSENER RFFQ fi’« I 1 I «Ilk and DC,C /w® I i The Super I IK*
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    • 38 1 »**t. M 1872 PATBONIZEB BY ROYALTY Tht (kjy Reputable House for 2 iJEWELLERY: ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW Z Enquiries Grreluttv Attended to :B. P. de SILVA: N». 1. NSWP SHEET. PENANG. 62 3, MGH STBEST, SINGAPORE. r m ■■aiaa»■■aiave
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  • 1293 2 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. A. Keir, Inspector of Schools, Perak, is going on leave this spring. The degree of LL. D. has been conferred on Sir Paul Chater, at Hongkong university. Mrs. Stoton, whose husband is the accountant on Merlimau Estate, is going home this week. Mr. R. A. Barbour, of
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  • 204 2 The signs are that the co-operative poultry farmers’ pools will have reason to regret exporting so many eggs in order to keep the price up to the local consumer. Cabled market particulars confirm the statements made in Australia some time ago that there is not a payable
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  • 508 2 The following is the report of the committee of the Penang Golf Club for the year 1922, to be presented at the annual General Meeting io be held on February 23: The number of active members at 31st December was 241 as compared with 230 at 31st
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  • 329 2 The results of tennis ties played yesterday were as under: Singles Handicap Class “B-’’ —E. H. L Gilbert beat C. P- Liston 9—7, 6 —l. Singles Hatidicap Class “C. —E. J. Babson beat W. Price 0 1, 6 —2. The following tennis ties are fixed for Monday,
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  • 256 2 SnaiKSTED CENTBAL COUNCH,. In recent years, sport has made such great strides out here that the time has come for the formation of a Central Sports Council to regulate the majority of the Competitions, says a correspondent of the “Malay Mail.’’ Two exceptions should be made, viz..
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  • 399 2 It is announced that the Germans are fitting out the ex-Kaiser’s yacht Hohenzollern as a trade ship to tour tin* British Dominions in advance of similar tours planned by British companies. No date tor starting has been made known by the Germans, but the Hohenzollern
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  • 90 2 The Income Tax (Amendment) Bill failed in the Manx Lower House to secure the necessary quota of votes, and therefore fell. The objects of the bill were, first, to subject to Manx tax money derived from investments or business in the Isle of Man; secondly, to increase
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  • 113 2 The following are the quotations in the share report of the Malaya Co. Ltd. for to-day. Shares. Buyers. Sellers. Allenby Rubber Co Ltd 1.171 1.22 J Bassett Rubber Co Ltd 1.20 1.30 Kedah Rubber Co Ltd 2.524 2.75 Malakoff Rubber Co Ltd 3.25 3.75 Radella Rubber Estate
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 280 2 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A STORY IN ENGLISH ENTITLED The Black White Fairies OF OLD CHINA Translated from Chinese Books with Illustrations. Price $l.BO. Postage extra. OBTAINABLE FROM TAIK HO Co., Taiping. FEDERAL RUBBER STAMP Co., Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. G. H. KIAT Co., Penang. LOCK Co., LOOK BROS., ELECTRIC
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    • 214 2 PENANG SALES To SOLD By PUBLIC AUCTiov Valuable Household F.. m coiirnisix,; Bedsteads, Dressing table, washstands, Mirror f POn t >e ,G D Rattan furniture, Carpet, Dini and chairs, Ice box, Sidei, o |t (1 Cooking utensils, etc.. And a Collection of P| anh At 193, McAlister R Oa(} The
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  • 1800 3 LOKI) BUCKMASTER’S REPLY TO DEAN INGE. Lord Buckmaster, Lord Chancellor of England in 1915-16, and sponsor of the Matrimonial Causes Bill of 1920, writes: It is a matter of regret to Mie to find myself engaged in controversy with Dean Inge. His wisdom makes him a formidable antagonist, and
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  • 1115 3 A GAME THAT IS DISPLACING BRIDGE AND POKER. “Ma Jung,’’ the gambling game for centuries of the Chinese Mandarins, has invaded America. It came by the way of Europe where it is now a fad. It is one of the oldest games known, having been played in China
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  • 295 3 THE HEART STILL BEATING. An extraordinary case of man whose heart went on beating for five hours after he had ceased to breathe occurred at the Alanchester Royal Infirmary. The patient was a young man named Norman Lees, a clerk, residing in Rusholme, who was
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  • 176 3 Touchstone in the “Duly Mail.” AVhen interviewed concerning reparations Hans thought that the request was indiscreet And asked his creditors among the nations To give him time to get upon his feet. If our demands .should be t<>o energet.o Where was his chance of rising from the mud?
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    • 832 3 vacant r „x a o tO P f "““’•i Detachable 3 H. P. Twin Apply Box No Cylinder BOAT MOTOR frop ,Cx Gazette. j(l c/ rt Designed and Manufactured n c by Ole Evinrude The Master Mind of Motor Boat Construction The EI.TO Motor can be •-need Chinese Book-keeper easily
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  • 19 4 EBER.—On February 6, 1923, at the Maternity Hospital, Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. O. Norman Eber, a daughter.
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  • 37 4 Duffus—Collie.—On February 6, 1923), at the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, by the Rev. G. H. Douglas, M.A., Alan A. Duffus M. 8.. Ch.B., D.P.H., of Singapore, to Margaret Leila, daughter of J. Younger Collie, Esq.. Advocate. Aberdeen.
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  • 1158 4 —“S. T.” The situation in Ireland for months past has been so bad that the average reader has got in the way of dismissing any references to the subject appearing in the newspapers with a shrug of the shoulders, as likely to be merely a variation of
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  • 1192 4 Mr. J. E. Nathan, the Controller of Rubber Export, informs Rubber Licences us that the working of and Coupons. the Restriction Scheme is being made considerably more difficult by the extent to which quarterly licences are being exchanged for coupons. The rule allowing a licencee to exchange
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  • 56 4 (Front Our Own Correspondent. Singapore, February It. Suing “in forma pauperi/' in tiiSupreme Court, a British SeaiuL Thomas Allen, claimed wage* fuor the Yanni Shita Risen Kaislia. a contract to serve as Third Mate steamer to Japan, via -Java am! b? The defence contended that Mi. A''
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  • 23 4 (From Our Own CorrespomlHii Singapore, I chiuan The figures of. Maiayan Januarv show import" $37,435,(MH). ;>> -553,191 JNM), compared with 000.
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  • 120 4 Mr. Kwee Kheng Liong iKh" Lung), a Hokkien Ci'<ii<• born in Batavia, arrived hm from Taiping, By train, in 1 of a tour oflheworl, .n l .sta Batavia on the JOth Aug’i". has come by Wl,v bore. Malaga, Kuala Ipoh. He comnieiue.l he „!,t a eenf
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  • 89 4 witlu” 11 111 Theß. I.l’aehEuropean mails is here at 6 a.m. to-mo> th >•- The homeward 11 1:lV th' 1 closes at 10 a.m. on I instant. A fine .of on a < hme-' at Singapore. nsta f e prosecuted at bcin^.’' ~ru Preventive Service r| of. and
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 228 4 RUNNYMEDE HOTEL, Ltd. Saturday, 10th instant, SPECIAL TIFFIN-ORCHESTRA j SPECIAL DINNER and DANCE. < ss x es ss <3.3 x -■sus x sat x at x x ass x CRAG HOTEL,! PENANG HILL. I rtT I 2,300 feet above sea level in one of the most H !>;* beautiful situations
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    • 10 4 E Friday, 9th February—Guest Night. Dancing. Saturday, 10th February.—Special Tiffin—Orchestra.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 118 4 PARAMOUNT ATTRACTIONS! ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. From Thureday< Bth to Sunday, 11th February. 1923. at LYRIC lUNEMA“ PENANG’S OXLY PICTURE SHOW. 5 parts Jesse L. Lasky presents the 14th MAN 5 parts FEATURING ROBERT WARWICK and BEBE DANIELS Jesse L. Lasky presents Handsome 5 parts WALLACE REID in SICK ABED
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    • 19 4 THE TIDES. High Water. Low Water. To-day. 6.58 p.m. Midnight. To-morrow. 7.57 a.m. 1.49 a.m. 8.43 p.m. 1.18 p.m.
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  • 301 5 I N THE RUHR. Tightening the Screw. «ORF GERMAN OFFICIALS M expelled. Reuter’s Telegrams, j London, February 8. between France and Ger--1 t l( Ituhi continues. Troops l|ii(>ck('Wii<>en, Wermelskirr (Kei.iih in the Elberfeld dis‘l,ll ‘d.u securing control of all the '"''j',,,' the Ruhr into th e British The step means
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  • 109 5 Paris, .January 22.—A summary of results from the ten day occupation of the Ruhr reveals that 1 <>(>.(H><> tons of coal have been shipped to France; that six state owned coke ovens and four mines have been confiscated, and that customs and tax receipts totalling ten
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  • 28 5 London, February 8. ,I'iench frant s c losed at 74..‘>5, BelUm at 84.55, lire 96 7/8, marks UJHltlto 157,000 and sterling on New fork $4.67 3/8.
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  • 75 5 hAßtil p RETAINS WHITECHAPEL. 1 amdon, February 8. Geom 1 l )n '‘.V (Whitechapel and St. <| P( t > 'r ’U’dection caused by the Mi r'*? Labour Ring’s Counsel, Mr (Labour) 8,398 Hold p (liberal) 6,198 labour majority 2,200 I* Ii! ~v‘ ‘inber last was. Kihwtui (L:,b
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  • 31 5 SA|,S > At’ToRY CONDITION. P ll( Condon, Feb uaj y 8. ’"c Wf.]| p..- 11 :,l! 'l her infant son "’’hdile Mary passed a comsafij- :i,n ‘er condition is ‘‘ICtOIy
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  • 362 5 Turks and Allied Warships. Reuter’s Telegrams Constantinople, February 8. It i* reported that the Governor of Smyrna has informed the F’ench Consul he has extended the time given to the warships to leave the harbour by hours in order to receive instructions from Angora. All is quiet at
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  • 146 5 IMPORTANT DEV El, OPM EN TS. Dublin, Febiuary 8. It is officially announced that Liam Deasy, deputy’chief of the Irregulars who was arrested on the 18th January and had been sentenced to death, has signed an undertaking to assist n the immediate unconditional surrender of arms and men, and
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  • 31 5 MH. BRUCE FORMS A MINISTRY Melbourne, Febiuary 8. Air Bruce, Federal Treasurer, lias announced that he has been sn.-.-essfnl in forming a composite ministry conjunction with the country part,.
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  • 25 5 NEW YORK— RIO FLIGHT. New York. February S. The pilot. Sinton, aboard a seaplane, arrived at Rio de Janeiro completing the flight from New York.
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  • 2059 5 Sequel to McAlister Road Fire. CLAIM AGAINST INSUR ANCE COY. It may be remembered that on the 16th of July last year a fire occurred at house No. 161, Mac Alister Road which was insured for the sum of $10.00(4 with the Yong Shing Fire Insurance and Investment
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  • 510 5 M. M.” “Cui Bono” writes to the Times of Malaya” —The comments made by Mr. J. C. I’asqual regarding the Prai Docks, to which you call attention, strikes one as belated, even if all he says is really true. To the layman, it must he admitted, the
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 374 5 l"To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”] Sir, With regard to statements made in letters to the press abont the number of coolies loafing abont the country and the suggestion for the Labour Office staff to deal with them. I know to a certainty as a man who
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  • 340 5 —“M. M.” KALUMPANG GANG-ROBBERY. At Tuesday s sitting of the Assize Court, in Kuala Lumpur, five Chinese were charged with gang robbery. The accused pleaded not guilty and claimed to be tried. Mr. Gerard Smith appeared for the I). P. P. Tiie complainant in his evidence stated that
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  • 104 5 Tokio, February 6.—The actual receipts of ritte for this year are estimated at 60,691,91X1 koku which is 10 per cent, more than those of last year, and 6.4 per cent, more than normal receipts. It is announced that the late Prince Fushimi's funeral will take place at
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  • 846 6 BRITISH MONEY PROMISED. It has been staged in the “Vossbche Zeifung,” on the authority of Dr. S«,rge, one of the directors of Krupp’s the famous pre war armament firm, that British capitai has been promised in connection' with an agricultural concession by the Russian Soviet
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  • 289 6 WIDOWS LETTER TO AMERICA Mrs. Erskine Childers sent the following’ message to friends m America “I ask of your kindness to permit me through your press to send my deep gratitude to the thousands of friends, Irish and American, who haze sent me from America their
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  • 288 6 SIBERIAN MAMMOTH IN LONDON. There ha s just been added to the “prehistoric peeps” at the Natural History Museum the skull and tuskcomplete of a Siberian mammoth. It will soon be displayed near the famous v mammonth dug up at Ilford in 1864 and the towering
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  • 220 6 In order still further to improve the coal handling arrangements on the Clyde, the Clyde Navigation Trustees are experimenting with a new type of apparatus for loading coal on to‘ships. This plant consists of a shoot, a turntable, and a crane. The coal passes down the
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  • 233 6 TO-DAY’S DEPA RTURES. Teesta for Madras taking mails for Europe etc, via Bombay. Moji Marti for Colombo, Dhanusbkodi and Bombay. Kopah for Deli. Kam par for Teluk Anson. Gregory Apcar for Calcutta. Willesden for Rangoon (Mergui and Moulmein via Rangoon.) Amboise for Ceylon, India, Suez, Port Said. Marseilles
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  • 101 6 CLOSE DAILY (except Snudny). UY TR4IH. Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half-an-honr earlie> than the Ordinary mail. FOR AT Federated. Malay States, Malacca. Johore. Singapore and Hongkong Batu Gajah. Tap.ah Road, By train Teluk Anson,Kuala Kubn, Kuala j 7.15 a.ni. Lumpur, Klang, Port Swetten-
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  • 120 6 PENANG, FEBRUARY 9, 1923. (By Courtesy op the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/1 5/32 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/4 3 Credit 2/4 17/32 3 Documentary 2/4 9/16 Calcutta Demand Bank R*l7o|) 3 days’sight Private 173 I 3 Bombay Demand Bank 170| g Madras Demand Bank 170 g-
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  • 86 6 Feb 9 and 10—Perak Gymkhana Club’s Spring Meeting. 10—Concert and Dance, Straits Trading Co.’s Club, Butterworth. 10—Cricket, P.C.C. v Mr. C. J. D Cotta’s X.l, Esplanade. 10—18—Penang Volunteers Bisley.” 11 —F.S.C., A’Class 220 yards Handicap. B CkibS 75 yards Handicap. 13—Court of Appeal, Kedah. L>—P.A.M. Meeting. Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 64 6 S. Paul r Mission Clnpel, Bnkit Tengah, Quinquagosima Sunday, Feb. 11. Holy (Communion 8 a.m. Cab donia Club, Nibong Tebal, Sunday, 11th Feb.—Evering Prayer and Address 7 p.m. S. ’'aid’s Mission Uriapel, Bnkit Tengah. Ash Wednesday, 14th Feb. —Holy Communion 7.30 a.m. A’l SAISTS’,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 434 6 ITCH! JJL ITCH ITCH! Scratch and rub-tub and scratch— until you feel as if you could almost tear the burning skin from your body —until it seems as if you could no longer endure those endless days of awful torture those terrible nights of sleepless agony. Then a few drops
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    • 422 6 “Oetslt” Cures Corns i Simple A» a,b,ct e f a "GETS-8T” t.l«wre nc e 4 co.. ohi(wo ij MULLER, PHIPPS AND SELLERS, LIMITED, Singapore, BANKS. NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ. NEDERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY. ESTABLISHED 1824. Capital (Paid-Up) f. 80,000,000 abt. Statutory Reserve T- 19.445,211 abt. £1,*****4 Special Reserve f. 22,660,000 abt. Branches.—Singapore,
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  • 416 7 ix ipoH )ul Own Correspondent)(p i ojn uu Ipoh, February ft. u 7 o( Chinese was held at lhe J n n Jr r<> f f'‘>nHner< e Rooms, to > ih)(iiii p() t ()fI akingov<.rfr< man J; (MnnuiM- 'he running of the Maternity Home. Captain 1 Thye I’hin
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  • 339 7 Illi HI) COURT WEARS IHI’EAH\XCE OF A SHOP. b ’lie opening at Singapore of the in which Tang Kah Siong and Tang !l knan are charged with theft of -'"«l> belonging to Messrs. John Little '"‘l the T’hii-d Magistrate's Court had 'i appearance of the venue of
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  • 765 7 A NOTABLE YEAR lhe. year 1922 luis a notable year lor Masons, '•ays a “Times” correspondent. eterans have always looked back upon lft74 as ihe red-letter year in English Freemasonry, because that year witnessed th<* election of ai popular Prince (afterwards Edward VII.) fo the, office of
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  • 18 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams] London. February 8. Dutch Fast Indies scrip attained a premium of pm* cent.
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  • 15 7 London, February 8. The death is announced of Sir Joseph Walton.
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  • 457 7 CONVENTION IN LONDON NEXT YEAR. Mr. F. A. Wilson-Lawren son, one of the leading advertising specialists in America, who has come to England as chairman of the Investigation Committee, appointed by tlie Associated Advertising Clubs of the World, to investigate the practicability of holding a great
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  • 182 7 —“M.T.” The Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association is making another “drive” to increase its membership. Good wishes for the success of the effort, may be earnestly expressed, as this is the only organisation in existence, of inter-community character, which can claim any justification for being considered a medium
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  • 712 7 AN ASSET THAT IS OFTEN OVERVALUED. It is not generally realised that the basis upon which the goodwill of a business should be calculated has undergone an almost complete change in modern times. The things one hears and reads about the prices paid for this intangible and variable asset
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  • 138 7 PLANTERS SUPPORT PFKIT FRASER SCHEME. Ipoh, February 7.—lt has transpire J at a meeting of the Batang Padang District Planters’ Association, at Sungkai, that the Singapore Diocesan Association, through the Bishop of Singapore, is seriously considering the plans tor a hill school for European ehihlren at Bukit
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  • 634 7 FORMATION OF A MANUFACTURING COMPANY PROJECTED. The second annual general meeting of the Peachey Process Company, Limited, was held at Winchester House, Old Broad Street, E.C. 2. Sir John P. Hewett. M. P(the chairman of the company), presided, and in moving the adoption of the report and accounts
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  • 162 7 The operation of relaying a strip of rubber roadw’ay has been taking place in the Borough High Street, Southwark, with a new type of rubber paving block, develoned as a. result of experiment by the Rubber Roadways, Limited, and manufactm ed by the Leyland and Birmingham Rubber
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  • 40 7 9th February, 1923. Local. cter. (Smoked Sheet 60 Fine Pale Crepe 60 Unsmoked Sheet 52 SINGA- (Smoked Sheet 61 pore (Crepe 61 London and New York. (Smoked Sheet ls.std London Crep() U M New 7 York G 34
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  • 65 7 Messi's. The Borneo Company, Ltd., advise that the undermentioned priceswere realised for rubber sold by them by private and auction sales held this week: Cts Per Pound. Smoked diamond sheet No. 1 57 to 60£ No. 2 52 .56 Unsmoked sheet No. 1 50 524 No. 2
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  • 30 7 The following are additional rubber outputs for January lbs. Bandar Sumatra 36,000Eastern Sumatra 43,500 Glen Bervie 29,933 Langkat Sumatra 36,000 Lankat Rubber 48,900 Serdang Central 35,000 Tamiang 77,550
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  • 119 7 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following London prices, on Feb. 8 Spot ,£184.5s > T 3 months buying ~186 n 3 selling „186.25.« d cha "S" d The Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd:— London, Feb. 7, £184.75.6d spot, apd. £lB6 three months buying, £186.25.6d selling. London,
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  • 193 7 Benares Opium p. chest $5,000.00 noin. Cloves no stock Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Pickings no stocks Nutmegs 80s 1105... Coconuts pci 1,000 30.00 sellers Copra Sundried 11.40 sellers Rattans 11.20 sellers Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00 per bag do do
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  • 31 7 Amount previously acknowledged. $12,1153-1 Bank interest on balances 2nd half 1923. 63-95 Mr. Chia Hood Lye. 25-O<> Mi-s. F. Hogan pantomime performance. 25-<H> s 4 2,167-1-k
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 116 7 WHAT BABY’S TONGUE TELLS. When baby’s tongue is white and coated or yellow, especially towards the root, it is a sign of disturbance of the stomach, indigestion, C‘<ld or feveridhness. Baby’s Own Tablets act like magic, and safely even in the youngest babe, in curing these disorders. Baby’s Own Tablets
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1379 8 ——i! “ELLERMAN” LINE. Nippon Yusen Kaisha. T'TJT? DT T TT7 ITT TIVTIVTITT T TAJTT f HLLERMAN AND BUCXNALL (Incorporated in Japan.) IHE BLUE FUNNEE LUNE’ steamship co ltd nder mau with the INTENDED SAILINGS FROM PENANG. r.c Or p ra edjn ng and IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT HOMEWARD. “ELLERMAN” LINE. (Subject
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    • 542 8 P. 0.-BRITISH INDh* AND APCAR LINES. (Companies Incorporated i\ Fv P L A MAIL, PASSENGER CARGO SERVICE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government) P. O. SAILINGS. LONDON-FAR EASTERN SERVICE. From London Due Penang. To Marseilles L ondon about Le,ve hni 5( DONGOLA Feb. 16
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