Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 March 1923

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    21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833 j No. 57. VOL LXXXI. SATURDAY, lOth MARCH, 1923. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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      470 1 p NIKKO” i I MODERN ART I I PHOTOGRAPHIC I STUDIO I No 7 Northam Road, Penang. I I Te i c phonc No. 579. g B imillEilliUllUHlimiiUli Haboko Tea. I iM M INSURE your CAR H 0 f WITH THE Carefully selected and free from 5 ZvouSeeHouse LIVERPOOL and
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      13 1 i T. NAGATA, j DENTIST. 5 NBXT DOO* TO “THE DISPENSARY.” J '■■■■■■■■■■■•«■■«■■■■■■Ml»***
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    EDUCATION OF CHINESE GIRLS.
    587 2 I E MINI ST M( IV EMEN T IN CHINA. A meeting was held on February G at a delightful fourteenth-century house in Dean’s Yard by the invitation of Canon and Mrs. Storr on behalf of a unique educational effort now in progress in China. A
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    CIRCUS ANIMALS.
    224 2 It is understood that th»» Home Office is drafting a Bill with regard to performing animals and that it will be submitted to persons interested in their protection for observations. The Performing Animals’ Defence League has decided that as he became president of the circus held at Olympia,
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      1126 2 SHORT CLASSIFIED BOOKS YOU WANT. We Can supply them. Buy from us and save AOVF R TI QFIIFiITS money. A million Second-hand and New on RUVL II II vt.nl LN IV» every subject in stock. Also Rare Books. Wanted, For Sale, To Let, Ac., State our wante and send for
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      1239 2 S. V. R. JylOTi «ssotiJUM, TaMng ran lK carry on Paid-up Capital the business of Reserve EASIER RIFLE KEIM physical fitness is of the first WILL BE HELD AT Reserve L,abll, ty of Proprietors importance. The difficulty of mam- TAIPING Head Office,— taining the general health ummpa.red *AI Pl ING
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    CARDINAL LOGUE ON IRISH SUFFERING.
    517 3 Cardinal Logue, Archbishop of i Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, in his Lenten Pastoral, which was read in the churches throughout Armagh Diocese, said In a great part of the country a state of things exists such as has been unheard of in the
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    MANCHESTER WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.
    383 3 Msesrs. .lames F. Hrtton A Co.. Ltd.. Manchester, reported on Wednesday. Feby 7th. as follows: Sentiment in the cotton markets has been unsettled during the past week and prices have been irregular: largely this would seem to have been owing to the confusing political developments in
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    189 3 TO-DAY'S DEPARTURES. City of Bagdad for Colombo. Dhanushkodi. Port Said. Suez and New York United States of America. Peng Fook for Langsa. Ekma for Rangoon and Calcutta (Mergui and Moulmein via Rangoon.) Pungah for Asahan. Malaya for Bhuket, (Tongkah) Renong and Kopah. Jin Ho for P. Brandan. Ipoh
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    PENANG MAILS.
    345 3 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). BY TRAIN. Registration 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 Batu Gajah, Tapah Road, 1 By train Teluk Anson.Kuala Kubu. Kuala j 7.15 a.m. Lumpur. Klang.
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    Coming Events.
    125 3 Mar.l2—Penang Bisley, Presentation of Prizes, Drill Hall, 6.45 p.m. 13—Penang Assizes. 15—Rantau Rubber, Meeting, 2.30 p.m. 17—St. Patrick’s Day. 17 and 19—Warwick Comedy Co.. Town Hall. 17— Mayfield Rubber Plantations, Meeting. 1 Weld Quay, 11.30 a.m. 18— P.S.C. 220 yds H’cap.“A” Class, and 75 yds H’cap, B” Class.
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      383 3 a refreshing uiirst quencher dUsokc a “dash” of F.NO’s “Fruit GQr?filp* Salt in a glass oi cold water and you have a cooling drink that please* and invigorates—add yQ a squeeze of lemon or orange and it is even more delicious. After tennis, polo, walking, or other outdoor exercise ENO
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      201 3 I Pritchard’s Ladies’ Department HAS I Earned the reputation of being the most up-to- date of any department of its kind i i the Straits EE Settlements. The goods shewn are all specially zz selected and in many instances, are supplied to =E Pritchard’s exclusively. A special feature has been,
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    TAIPING TIN DREDGING.
    1481 4 DIRECTORS’ REPORT. The Directors of the Taiping Tin Dredging. Company, Ltd., in their fifth annual report to 31st December 1922. state The Mine Manager's Report deals fully with the work at Taiping to the close of the financial year, and the same is commended to your careful
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    MEXICAN CIRQUE-VARIETIE.
    85 4 As will l»e seen from our advertisement columns, an entirely altered programme will be presented by the Mexican-Cirque Varietie to-night. There will bean additional attraction in the entertainment of Signorina Tamara, late of the Royal Italian Opera Company, and Signor Padavani. As the circus concludes its season in
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    NORTH TAIPING TIN DREDGING.
    873 4 DIRECTORS’ REPORT. The Directors of the North Taiping Tin Dredging Company, Limited, report: Your Directors have pleasure in submitting their fourth annual report together with audited accounts for the financial year ended 31st December, 1922, also the Manager’s Report dated 14th February, 1923, giving you full
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    TIN AND RUBBER SHARES.
    189 4 Messrs. Lean and C o market, repo't states that a furth Vkiy £3-5.0 has taken place in T, n 7 the 3 m/s closing price to ,n K ,n cally as m U( ha s £lO-0-0 w... London-parity. Rubber ha considerable weakness havin > e to
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    RANTAU RUBBER CO., LTD.
    246 4 The report of the Directors of Rantau Rubber Co.. Ltd. to be submitted at the sixth annual general meeting of the Company on Thursday. 15th March.at 2-30 p.m. states Your Directors submit herewith their Report and Accounts for the year emied .30th September. 1922. I’ lie
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      657 4 Z YOU CAN BUY A PIANO OUT OF INCOME Do not be tempted to buy a second rate Piano, because you feel you cannot afford a better. Select one instead from the unrivalled range of instruments, whose makers we represent, and pay for it while you, use it. Aou will
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      109 4 HAS YOUR HUSRAND GOT INDIGESTION Nothing creates domestic discord quicker than an attack of indigestion, and nothing gets rid of indigestion quicker than Bisurated Magnesia. If your husband has some form of digestive trouble—neither scold nor pity him. just help him by seeing that he has some “Bismag” Tablets (as
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      184 4 s.s. “GLENADE” 2-3-23. Consignees of cargo per il'<“ steamer from Europe are hereby no that the survey of cargo landp damaged condition will be 14th instant, at 2.30 p.m.. ut .<0 J No. 4. No further survey will be after this date. BOUSTEAD a- Co., Ltd., [lncorporated in t.M.'l Agents.
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    SCOTTISH LETTER.
    1943 5 HEBIOT TER-CENTENARY. r „iu Our Own Correspondent.) Edinburgh, February 14. s t a n<l is peculiarly happy in the 'l i'. (l f her sons whose philanthropic •""incts. patriotism, and zeal for the n of education have inspired geneCiUI < uifts and bequests, Every city, and few of
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    WEDDING RINGS.
    457 5 Mr. Arthur S. May, author of ‘‘Marriage in Church, Chapel and Register Office.” says the marriage service today is in the main what it was centuries ago. but there are marked differences in the giving of the ring. The bridegroom used to put it on th-* thumb first
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    MARRIED AT 14.
    212 5 According to the New York “Herald,’' Florence McDipple, aged 23. has been ar_ rented in Albany on of defrauding the United States Government of benefits of the insurance of six war veterans, all of whom she is alleged to have mair’ed. When arrested she declared she had
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    MEDIOCRE BOOKS AND PLAYS.
    535 5 Lord Colwyn has a poor opinion of modern authors, according to the speech he made at the Manchester Athenaeum. “You do not get much now in the way of fine literature,” he said. “The age is that of pilules and paragraphs. I like reading dry books,
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    LORD LASCELLES.
    154 5 It was learned that speculation concerning the possibility of Viscount Lascelles receiving- a special title in place of his courtesy designation will probably prove very wide of the mark. “The whole matter was discussed with the King at the time of the engagement of Princess Mary and Viscount
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    SIR MONTAGUE BARLOW’S OPTIMISM.
    99 5 Sir Montague Barlow, the Labour Minister, who is making an investigation into the state of trade and employment in the great industrial centres, addressing a meeting of th? Greater Birmingham Employment Committee on February 6, was optimistic on the prospects of a trade revival, remarking that,
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      299 5 NEW CONSIGNMENT OF I ‘FLORENCE’ X fi g BLUE FLAME X {COOKING! I STOVES I X X AND OVENS g g X X These Stoves comprise all the very latest improvements X> to ensure perfect cooking. Fitted with improved as- X X bestos burners or kindiers. These are not wicks,
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    JOURNALISM.
    1340 6 There is a widespread idea, if we hesitate to call it a delusion our motives will be not misconstrued, that it is easy to step into a crowded street at any hour of the day and pick up half a dozen men each of whom is more capable of
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    HERE AND THERE.
    995 6 We have received a copy’ of the pamphlet for the sth Tropica] Medicine. Congress of the Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine, which is to be held in Singapore from the 3rd till the 17th September. It will be recalled that the last Congress was held in
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    THE MAILS.
    477 6 The homeward mail, by the closes at p.m. no Thursday ;l i-.'' instant. Ihe L .M.S. revenue '•oliectii)] ls January are encouraging. T| a is $825,000 odd higher than in Jauiia last year. The <1 reetoi x of the Indo-Malu. propose to pay a fird and an,;! dividend
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      304 6 I THE MEXICAN CIRQUE I VARIETIE s Last Two Nights! Last Two Nights!» g To-night and To-morrow Night, II AT PRANGIN ROAD. H DOUBLE ATTRACTION Special Engagement of SIGNORINA TAMARA EE Soprano from the Italian Grand Opera Coy., in her grand repertoiie of Italian and English Operatic and Classical Songs.
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      29 6 THE TIDES. High Water. Low Water. TO-DAY. 5.41 p.m. 11.55 p.m. To-morrow. 8.38 a.m. 1. 8 a.m. 8.22 p.m. 12.38 p.m. Monday. 10.11a.m. 3.56 a.m. 9.44 p.m. 3.36 p.m.
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    78 6 Friends and relations are informe I that the funeral of Yeoh ChOoi Huah (father of Yeoh Kim Kung. Yeoh Kim Tean and Yeoh Kim Seng) will take place on Sunday. the 11th instant, the cortege leaving his residence. No. 113 Mac Alister Road, at 1< a. m. for Mount Erskine
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    BELGIAN ACTION.
    384 7 Sentences by Military Court. Reuter’s Telegrams.] ologne, March 9. The ne" 1} established Belgian MililitrV Summary Court at Neuss disposed o f 20 Germans on the first day, anlloUncing that the “time for mildness j x past." The president inflicted punidiments of from 11)0,000 marks to months’ imprisonment,
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    NITRATES FROM GERMANY.
    81 7 REPARATIONS COMMISSION’S DECISION. Paris, March 10. lhe Reparations 'Commission announces that by three votes, with one abstention, it was decided to call on Leiinany to tieliver to France, Belgium nd Italy 4.200 tons of nitrates in the form of 21.000 tons of sulphate of ammonia for the
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    THE MARK IMPROVES.
    40 7 London, March 9. Hie German Government’s gold loan l,ls Considerably improved the mark, ''lnch tom bed 90,000 in London, vesb‘r, <Tv and closed at 97,000 contrasted "ith 240,000 at the beginning of the upation of the Ruhr.
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    FRENCH BUDGET.
    60 7 p ASSEI) BY THE CHAMBER. Paris, March 9. i rench Budget Bill was returnI in her which adopted it 'sd votes to 232, including the '“‘udiimnt to balance the Budget by pj’ ,x >ue of Treasury Bonds. The flit-'y posl l’” ne d consideration of the l:| h
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    ALLEGED BANK FRAUDS.
    31 7 Copenhagen, March 9. ii) i ii 1( l l < 1 high official of the Land’ll J 'h ,n k has been arrested on whiting to the Bank’s balance
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    BRITISH DEBT TO U.S.
    151 7 Lord Balfour’s Views. Reuter’s Telegrams. London, March <S. In the House of Loids, Lord Bal four defended the sentence in the Bal four Note of the Ist August, 1922, with reference to the United States naxing insisted upon British security for money to be spent by
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    SUPPLYING AEROPLANES IN FLIGHT.
    59 7 SUCCESSFUL AMERICAN TESTS New York, Mait h 9. Successful tests, proving the possibility of furnishing necessaries aeroplanes whilst flying were math' with an eighteen foot Courier plane weighing under 1000 pound- which hooked on to a trapeze like contrivam lowered from a larger plane overhead whilst
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    SLEEPING SICKNESS.
    31 7 MANY DEATHS IN NEW YORK. New York, March 9. 200 cases of sleeping sickness an I 1 12 deaths have occurred in New York city since the Ist January.
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    MEXICAN OIL.
    31 7 Mexico City, March 9. Congress approved of the Petroleum Bill retaining State owner-hip of the subsoil thereby contradicting reports from Mexico of the intention to meet President Harding’s requirements.
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    PROHIBITED DRUGS FOR FAR EAST.
    134 7 CHARGE AGAINST Cl’Tl ERY MANUFACTURER. London, March 9. The cutlery manufacturer, Howard Montague Fogden Humphreys was remanded at the Guildhall —bail being allowed in the sum of £5OO on a charge of offering to procure morphine, cocaine and heroin for a firm in the Ear
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    ZAGHLUL PASHA.
    66 7 UNSUCCESSFUL PETITION London, March 9. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council dismissed the petition o Zaghlul Pasha for leave to appeal against the decision of the Supreni Court of Gibraltar, under which he is now a political prisoner there. The Privy Council found that British law does
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    FATAL EXPLOSION ON CRUISER.
    30 7 Gibraltar, March 9. Two naval ratings were killed and four injured by an explosion on the light cruiser Coventry. A court of inquiry is being held.
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    BRITISH STEAMER ASHORE.
    70 7 Melbourne, March 9. The British steamer Mindini is ashore on Mellish reef. Forty passengers and all hands have been safely Liuded. The steamer lokio Main intercepted a wireless message whe.i ninety miles from the Mindini and proceeded to her assistance [The s- s. Mindini is a Burns-Philp
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    DISASTER ON KELANTAN RIVER.
    178 7 LAUNCH TURNS TURTLE THIRTEEN LIVES LOST. News of a distressing accident which occurred on the Gulas River, Kelantan, over a week ago. and in which 13 persons lost their lives, came to hand to-day. From the details in our possession it appears that a Chinese launch,
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    DUTCH INDIES NEWS.
    66 7 eltevreden, March It).—Heer W< 1 lenstein, Vice-President of the Tax Commission of the Dutch Indie-. proceeding to Singapore under Government orders to study the tax system ol the Straits. lhe American Squadron arrived at Batavia from Manila. Festivities have been arranged. Admiral Ander-o i and staff will
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    THE CHIEF SECRETARY.
    42 7 (from Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Mu. h *O. lhe Hon. Mr. NV. George MaxweP, the Chief Secretary, F.M.S., goes on leave in May. The name of the office” who will act for him has not yet been announced.
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    PLAGUE AT MALAGA.
    26 7 [Reuter’s Telegrams.* London, Man h 9. The port of Malaga has been declare I plague infected. All operation- ai“ being done by lighters.
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    P.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    342 7 The results of P.C.C. tennis tournament ties played yesterday are as follows Ladies Singles Handicap.—Mrs. Dunn beat Miss McNamee o—4, 6—3. Mixed Doubles Handicap Class B. Miss Land) and E. A. Lamb beat Mrs. Gilmour and J. R. Huxter 6—>l. 7—5. Plague exists in a sporadic state
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    PENANG ASSIZES.
    268 7 CEREMONIAL AT THE OPENING ON TUESDAY. Penang Assizes open on Tuesda; next, and, as was the case at Singapore, recently, the opening will be attended with ceremonial, which created a deep impression in the Southern Settlement. The Hon. Mr. Justice P. J. Sproule, Senior Puisne Judge, will be
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    INTERESTING MINING SUIT.
    258 7 (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, March 9. Among the several Civil suits which have been listed for hearing before Mr. Justice Watson shortly is an interesting mining case. The plaint tiled by Yip Peng Yee and Hew Lew against Chin Ah Pow. Lee Man Chee and Chin
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    IPOH POLICE COURT.
    103 7 At Ipoh Police Court, before Mr. W. J. K. Stark, Magistnite, the Police charged Teh Tiam Sing, a petition writer and a member of the Malayan Volunteer Infantry, Ipoh, with theft of clothes from a dwelling—the property of a Malay with whom the accused had been living.
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    SINGAPORE Y.M.C.A.
    71 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, March 10. The annual report of the Y. M- C. A. states that the year was exceedingly difficult, owing to the commercial depression, consequent on the decrease of membership from. 775 to GO2. Disappointment is expressed that the religious activities have not been
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    ROUND THE WORLD TOURISTS.
    48 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. March 10. The Cunard liner Samaria, which is taking 4<X> guests on a golden jubilee cruise round the world, arrives at Singapore on the 25th inst. and sails next day. A sight-seeing programme is being arranged by the banks.
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    PULAU TIKUS TRAGEDY.
    964 7 THE CORONER’S INQUEST. The tragedy which occurred in Birrmah Road, near Pulau Tikus Police Station last Saturday, when a young Chinese boy was run over and killed by a motor bus, was recalled in the Police Court, Penang, this morning, when Mr. H. C. Bathurst, sitting as
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    787 7 Mr. R. P. Brash, is on a visit to Kuala Lumpur. Mrs. J. L. Hope, of Seremban. has left for Home. Mrs. Glegg, Butterworth, left for Home by the Ekma to-day. Mr. G. C. W. Davsm. P. W„ D., Bukit Mertajam. left for Home by the Ekma
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    "RUBBER SNOW."
    677 8 NEW WAYS FOR UTILISING RUBBER. Mr. Frederick Kaye (Technical Director Kaye’s Rubber Process) referring t<> recent in. venjmns in the use of rubber latex, says the new process is that of Hopkinison., and consists of a method foi throw ing out the rubber latex in a form which
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    EXCHANGE.
    116 8 PENANG, MARCH 10, 1923. (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 9/16 3 Document ary 2/4 19/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs 173 "I 3 days’sight Private „177 Bombay Demand Bank 173 2 Madras Demand Bank 173
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    RUBBER NOTES.
    898 8 THE LONDON STOCKSThe big reduction which took place la*t week in the London stocks <>f crude rubber is a matter of first-class importance, although only in accordance with expectation writes Mr. E- L. Killick in the “Financier.” An initial result, of the restriction scheme was to cause the
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    K.M.S. (MALAY STATES) RUBBER.
    415 8 INCREA.SE of capital. An extraordinary general meeting of the above-named Company was called for the 19th February, for the purpose of considering and. if thought fit, passing the following Resolution in manner required for the passing of an Extraordinary Resolution, namely “Resolved that the Capital of
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    VULCANISATION OF RUBBER.
    350 8 Imp<'rt;uit dev«'lopnieiH' in the rubbei indu'try ar« anticipated from the perfection of accelerator* 'Uitable for all types of rubber product i<-n* Th»» significance of these disc»eerie* wa* explained recently by Major Lefpbure. who is responsible for th»» development department of the British Dyestuff* Corporation. Bijfsh chemists, he
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    SELAMA (KEDAH) RUBBER.
    321 8 The subscription, list open.* for am issue by the Selama( Kedah) Rubber Estates, Limited, of 350,000 Ordinary shares of 2s each at par- The company, which has an authoriitised capital of £45,000, divided into 2s shares, has been formed particularly to acquire and develop certain plantations and
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    UNITED SERDANG RUBBER.
    336 8 Ow ni u <-n« of th»» fine*t rubber properties in the- Midille East. U: it»»»l S (l d ii! Z lightly take* rank among th»» leader* of the Rubber Share Market f which it is •ni' «f tho mo*t prominent ’floriner*.’' Mr. E I.- Killick in the
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    SAVED FROM DISASTER.
    100 8 Mr. Edward Dane (Garing (Malacca) Rubber Estate); —The adoption of the Stpve.nbon scheme had the immediate effect of removing the night-mare of financial disruption from the industry’, and has given promise of a fair and proper price to the producer. I consider every shareholder in rubber is
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    RUBBER HOUSES?
    111 8 The first factory for the production of the lightest solid known is nearing completion at Lincoln. The substance is a product of vulcanised rubber expanded by gas under pressure and named “Onazote.” A piece fh? size of a foot-ball reduced in a letter-press to half size and left
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    RUBBER LATEX PAPER.
    660 8 The commercial production, of rubber latex paper in Britain and abroad is going forward increasingly writes Mr. Frederick Kaye- Many of the finest mills in England and Scotland are producing high grades of latex paper. The chief qualifies produced s o far are many varieties of writing
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    DUTCH EXPERT ON RUBBER PROSPECTS IN 1923.
    262 8 Amsterdam, February 9,—A Dutch financial weekly paper ha* rpce-nfly published an interview With Mr Burger, manager of several rubber companies. o n the lubber prospects for this year. He declared that a drop in price* such as occurred in 1922 would not recur.
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    FRASER AND CO'S WEEKLY REPORT.
    439 8 Messrs. Fraser and Co’, wk| dated March 7, states With ready money se aree feeling of uncertainty as future prevailing, a quiet recorded in both sections of JT* market. Tin has continued Cm, spite of the high price ruling hear sure of selling orders has
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    THE RUBBER MARKET.
    200 8 Messrs. Barlow and Co., Singapore, report that during the past week the market has been very quiet with a downward tendency, ami this was fully reflected in the prices obtained at the local auction held on Wednesday last Sheet loose, changed hands at ;>9 and y. 1
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      27 8 TO PRINTERS hold a largre stock of Ktdd’s Printing Inks (Tn various colours} To ho disnoced of at ’■prill cod n»’ipoq. V GaZFTTP PrfSS, T TVTTF n
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      131 8 Mrs. Martin Tells HowCuticuraHealea Eruptions on Baby_ “When my baby was four months old he came out in sore eru P. all over his head. Later the eruptions sprea Ji, body, face, hand’» U W and limbs, and he could IX7 not sleep day or mght with the itching p»--ed
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    CABLE SERVICE.
    589 9 I, Derrick, Divisional Manager, ’.rn Extension Telegraph Company, s to the Straits Times,” on the 7th •‘With reference to the paragraph ,n!i, foot of my letter, in to-day’s issue aI vonr paper. I H to point out that 0 making statements that are von an lu ntrary to
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    THE LATE MR. JOHN CLARK.
    327 9 •—“S. T.” The enquiry, originally fixed for 'larch 11. into the fact® concerning the ''attic death of Mr. John, Clark, was held b) th< Singapore, City Coroner Mr. F. G. bourne The nnnlical evidence given by lhahim. surgeon of Tan Tock Seng’s <>s |utal showed
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    THE ISTHMUS OF KRA.
    393 9 Apropos a recent note in this paper on the subject of a canal acros the peninsula, it is interesting to learn writes a ciirre*pondent that under the above head, in’g there! was published in the eighties a booklet containing official reports on this pr»jje< t, one
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    341 9 S. GEORGE THE MARTYR. 11th March. 4th Sunday in Lent.—7.4s a.m. Litany. 8 a.m. Matins, 8.30 a.m. Holy Communion. 10 a.m. Holy Communion (Chinese), 10.30 a.m. Matins (Chinese). G p.m. Evensong. Psalm XL 12G. Magnificat 137. Nunc Dimittis 13G. Hymns 112. 315, 197. Wednesday. 10 a.m. Matins and
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    LOCAL SHARE LIST
    109 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday To-day. Shares. I >* zs s s s co 00 CO UQ sc. Sc. sc. tc. Mining. Hitam Tin 1.42 A 1.47$ 1.45 1.50 K. Kamuntiug 45/- 46/- 45/- 46/Kamunting 36/6 37/6 36/6 37/6
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    THE SHARE MARKET.
    473 9 Messrs. Kennedy and Co., Penang, report as follows The week’s business has been chiefly confined to mining shares which in the majority of cases show slight improvements over our last quotations. Tin continues to advance being quoted £217-15/-, again of £7-15/- Rubber however has had a set-back,
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    COPRA.
    55 9 Messrs. Barlow A Co.. Singapore report: During the past week the price of this commodity advanced to $12.35 for No. 1 Standard, with only a moderate amount of business passing. The closing quotations are slightly lower, viz. No. 1 Standard $11.70 to $12.10, No. 2 Standard $11.40 to $11.70,
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    39 9 10th March, 1923. Local. cts. (Smoked Sheet 58 Fine Pale Crepe 58 Un smoked Sheet 52 Singa- (Smoked Sheet 59 pore (Crepe 59 London and New York. London (Smoked Sheet ls.sd (Crepe ls.ad New York G 35
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    RUBBER CROPS.
    50 9 The following are additional rubber outputs for February lbs. Anglo-Johore 14,857 Bukit Palong 9,728 Consolidated Malay 54,150 Chulsa (Selangor) 17.000 F.M.S. 57,100 Kong Sang ..z 13.839 Kuala Pergau 31.300 Mambau (F.M.S.) 20,000 Sungei Salak 46.000 Sepang Valley 19,600 Tangga Batu 10.000 Thirdmile 19,300 Trafalgar 3,000 Trafalgar (coconuts) 8,000
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    TIN PRICES.
    64 9 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following London prices, on March 9 Spot £217.5s up £3.10s 3 mos. buying 217.15 s 3. 5s 3 selling 218 „„3. 5s The Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd:— London, March 9, £217.10s spot, and £217.15s three months buying, £2lB selling. Local.
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    LONDON RUBBER REPORT.
    206 9 Messrs. Geo- White Co., London, reported on the 14th February, that a fluctuating market has again been experienced during the period under review, value« tending to harden slightly. Closing rates shew a rise of |d to |d per lb com. pared with last Wednesday’s rates. Business generally
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    THE LONDON MARKETS
    269 9 Messrs- William Jacks <t Co., London, reported on the 14th February American financial f>apers gka-t over the fortunes of War, which they say enabled them to sell their produce af twice its market value, and take back their own securities in exchange on exceptionally favourable terms- They
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      ANGORA GOVERNMENT’S NOTE.
      157 9 “VERY MODERATE LANGUAGE.” [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Constantinople, March 10. A courier arrived with the Angora Government’s Note, worded in very moderate language. It states that fundamental modifications are not pro posed in the political clauses of the draft treaty, hut prefers small territorial requests and also that the
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    AMERICAN RUBBER GROWING PROPOSALS.
    281 9 Quite a number of Americans interested in the rubber trade have been in London lately, says the “Manchester Guardian’s” London correspondent, and they are all prophesying a considerable shortage in the visible supplies of rubber before the end of the year. At the same time they
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    HOOVER INSISTS U.S. USERS WILL GROW RUBBER.
    287 9 Washington, February 23.—Secretary Herbert Hoover said to-day that the entire rubber industry was agreed that th? production of rubber in the Philippines and South America should be stimulated. Mr. Hoover said that the United States imported a half billion pounds of rubber every
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    1130 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. 8 4a NAMES CO on H S RUBBER [Dollar.] S eg ego Allenby Rubber Co 1 20 1 30 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 40 1 60 Amalgamated Malay Estates 2 25 2 r >o Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 13 0014 CO Ayer Kuning Rubber Estates 00
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    THE TIN MARKET.
    1023 10 London, February’ 9.—Tuesday’s market had a good tone, final quotations showing an advance of 15s, whilst Wednesday saw a further rise of 12s (>d in the cash position, and 7s Gd forward. There was no alteration on Thursday. The standard market has shown a remarkably firm front,
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    255 10 WHY TASTE FOR SWEET FOOD DECREASES WITH AGE. In continuing his discussion ot “High Roads into the Mind" at Gresham College, Sir Robert AimstrongJones remarked that pain was an effective weapon tor the defence of the organism, but there was no evidence that it was felt
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    177 10 In his vigorously written “Notes of the Month" in the February “National Review.” the editor. Mi. L. J. Maxse. refer- to the correspondence which “The Daily Mail" has published on the question of supporting France in the Ruhr: Against the feeble pro-German and anti-French demonstrations with
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    PANTHERS IN A GARDEN.
    162 10 Bombay, Febmary 26.—The depredations of three panthers in Rajpipla State ait described in a message received here- The State has a reputation for big game shooting- On Friday morning a dog was missing from one of the palaces in the capital of the State- A search
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    TOKYO SUBWAY CONTRACT IN AMERICA.
    119 10 New York, February 11. —A contract for the fir-t of three subways to be built in Tokyo, at a- total cast of $40,000,000 <£ 8,000.000) has been awarded to the Foundation Company cf New York on a cost plus profit basis- It covers expenditure of
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    NEWS FROM INDIA.
    335 11 GERMAN SWORD BAYONETS IN CALCUTTA STREETS. Calcutta, February 2,’. —Another jn_ genious case of the importation of arms into Calcutta in spite of precautions taken by the authorities has just been discovered,.German sword bayonets, numbering it is said about 15,000. disguised as instruments named appropriately emo< gh.
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    215 11 Calicut February 25. —Considerable interest is being taken in the- action of twelve pandits, versed in Vedic lore, issuing a challenge to the Arya Samaj to prove that untouchability and caste disare- not sanctioned in the Veda* and Sastras- Pandit Risihram, an Arya Samaj missionary*, has
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    189 11 Madras, Feb. 27. —Lord Willingdon laid the chief corner stone of the Freemasons’ Hall. Madras, yesterday evening. In the course of his address His Excellency said “We look around us and it to me that the spirit of brotherhood has largely disappeared for the time from
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    THE INFLUENZA MICROBE.
    304 11 Influenza, w hich has been no respecter of persons or climates, is a subject. that affects all, and, unfortunately, takes its toll of all sections of so ciety anti in all parts of the world. Koch, following in the footsteps of Pasteur, commenced the series of discoveries
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    THE CHINESE MARKET.
    171 11 A distinguished Chinese business man, Mr. W. A’in.son Lee, ot Hongkong and Sydney, Australia, is visiting England in connection .with th? development of Chinese industries ami British trade with China. Mr. Lee. a ■British subject born in Australia, belongs to the old Chinese aristocracy. His very diverse
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    DIVORCE LAW REFORM.
    334 11 Lord Buckmaster intends to wage a vigorous campaign in the next session of Parliament for the reform of the divorce law, says a “Daily Mail” cor respondent. The House of Lords has twice passed a divorce law reform BiP introduced by him, but the last* Government declined
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