Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 12 March 1923

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1888. No. 58. VOL LXXXI. MONDAY, 12th MARCH, 1923. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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    MEXICAN PRESIDENT.
    1455 2 A WOULD REFORMER. Dr. Dillon’s account of Don Alvaro Obregon, the President of Mexico for the time being, would make us liapj y but for two or three reflections which force themselves upon us—and certain oilier things we cannot but remember, says a reviewer the “Times” Literary Supplement
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      1494 2 ounnT ni inninrn Giant MIMOSA. Plenty of seed now THE PENANG HARBOUR bnuhl LLAbblrltil available. Price ♦35.00 per picul or RAARD ADVERTISEMENTS. s pcrc r Wanted, For Sale, To Let, Ac., Sungei Bongkok Estate, SUPPLY OF FIREWOOD. can be inserted in the “Pinang In w f 31-3 Gazette at Sealed
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      155 2 n D E W E Can You See House Numbers Clearly 0 —and with the same glasses B make nut what’s written in your address book? if you cannot meet this test, *> then you need special glasses for near and far vision. KRYptoR s X3L GLASSES XX c Pit
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    PARIS FASHION NOTES.
    1191 3 SPRING SELECTIONS. 1 I’y a Lady Correspondent.) Paris, February 14. There is something so extraordinarily friendly and charming about Spring. Is there anything quite so heady, as the sudden realisation that the back of the vinter is broken? Nothing matters, if the sun shines, not even the
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    BENTONG MINING CASE.
    289 3 —“M- M.” A PARTNERSHIP DISPUTEThe hearing <>f the appeal of Lee Sieu Pu, the 2nd defendant-appellant, in the mining partnership from Bentong, was begun before the Court of Appeal, at Kuala Lumpur, consisting of the Hon. Mr. Justice A. V. the HonMr. Justice Watson and Hon. Mr.
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    BRITISH JUDGES.
    867 3 MR. JUSTICE DARLING ON THE ASSIZE SYSTEM. Mr. Justice Darling, lecturing on “The King’s Courts of Justice” at th M orking Men’s College, (Toxvndaleroad, London, said he did not believe the Judges of any other country in the world were more trusted to act fairly than the Judges
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      406 3 I z/ lUr Jf Vi <. An invaluable I restorative in I cases of fl Exhaustion I When the system <s "below par," any unusual strain upon the vitality i often causes a feeling of exhaustion j This feeling of exhaustion is due to a sudden partial collapse of the
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      530 3 Thsy have Rewtntionisod the treatment oi Nusves Acute Neuritis and Headache Terribly Weak and Run-down after Operation. Strength Restored by Dr. Cassell’s Tablets. Mrs. Nickson, 22, Beverley-street, Ashton. Preston, Eng., says:— “After undergoing a rather serious operation, 1 found myself in a very weak, run-down condition. I had no heart
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    2251 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL. T. 0. M.” Dr. J. W. Adams is shortly leaving‘for Malacca on transfer. Mr. T. B. Cocker is to act temporarily as an assistant Controller of Labour. Mr. F. A. Pledger takes Mr. J. L. Louie's seat on the Penang Pilot Board. Mr. T. Meyer has returned to
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    THE LATE ARCHDEACON DUNKERLEY.
    320 4 The following appreciation of the late Archdeacon Dunkerley of Singapore appeared in the Church Times’’ of September I:—William Herbert Cecil Dunkerley was laid to rest in the churchyard of the little Kent village of Leybourne on St. Bartholomew’s Day. The only son of the Rev. William
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    THE REAL OBJECT OF BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE.
    204 4 Mr. Kellagher- the Official Assignee, m.uu an application -n the B.inkinjtcy Court. Singapore. bef< i’e the Chief .Justice. for the committal of a Harbour Boaid clerk, named Bodeu-tein for failing to maintain the payment» of instalments under an order made subsequent to his bankruptcy
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    Coming Events.
    226 4 Mar.l2—Penang Bisley. Presentation of Prizes. Drill Hall. 6.45 p.m. 13—Penang Assizes. 15—Rantan 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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    COMMISSION CLAIM.
    599 4 SIDELIGHT ON MALAYA-BORNEO EXHIBITION. The case was commenced in the Supreme Court, Singapore befor e the Chief Justice, Sir Walter Shaw, ini which Mr Thomas Powell Robi>nison. quondam advertising manager of the Malaya Tribune, and also described in the statement of claim as editor of The Sunday Post,
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      212 4 A NEW NERVOUS SYSTEM. WHAT WE SHOULD ALL LIKE. There are few of us who would refuse Uie offer of a new nervous system, were such a thing possible- Most people kniow what happens when, the nerves become “frayed.” We grow irritable and touchy, suffer from headache, sleeple m perhaps
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    THE RE-ORGANISATION OF CHINA.
    492 5 |N VINSTIGATION needed. V( o iili!ig to mail news received at 11V<1 from Peking, the, protest (he tir imcial policy oi the hme»e S'nimen! .«ently made by the I t'oniatic n>presentatves of Great Bri- 1 lilted States. France and Jap. t'i| J). I z~<i t joint
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    AUSTRALIAN MEAT EXPORT PROSPECTS
    264 5 Mr. AV. S- Lambe, for many years connected with the meat export trade in New Zealand. Australia, the United States and Argentina, arrived in Australia in January from Argentine. In a statement to the press Mr. Lambe said that he had confidence that chilled beef could
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    NEWS FROM JAPAN.
    53 5 T' kio. March 6. —The N. V. K- and O. K have made an arrangement for a 1 inmon clause of freight- This clause l >*• -H| n-ipated to be adapted for the Australian lines. Rubber. F. A. Q. spot, is quoted at 70 ln, l at
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    THE LATE SIR HARRY DIAS.
    529 5 PORTRAIT UNVEILED. The portrait in oils of Sir Harry Dias, which has been added t»> the Colombo Law Library picture gallery, was unveiled by Sir Anf<»n Bertram. Chief Justice Mi. helix R. Dias, in» present. ing the painting, said:—My Lord < hief Justice and Members
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    TRAFFIC TERRORS.
    300 5 An unbiassed observer fresh from Home, where the raised hand of a policeman, clasping white woollen gloves, is respected with almost superstitious awe, is amazed at the dangers incurred by our traffic, and wonders how we manage to live at all, says the “Malay Mail.” The recklessness of
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    FALLING BIRTH-RATE IN FRANCE
    318 5 The figures just issued by the Nitional Alliance are u melancholy reminder to patriotic Frenchmen of the progressive diminution of th»* birthrate. bor th»* ten largest cities of 1* rance the births only numbered !)3,<S9] in 1922, compared with I<H>.»Sll in 1921—a decrease of 7.4 per
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    PENANG-COLOMBO CABLE.
    199 5 Colombo. Februaiy 28- —The cable dlip Colonia, owned by the Telegraph- Constructional and Maintenance Coy. Ltd.. ar_ lived in Colombo yesterday for the puipose of laying more than 1.200 mile> of cable’ between Colombo and the Straits, the la-t link in the chain of direct communication. between th»*
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    S. V. R. A. EASTER RIFLE MEETING.
    170 5 A Prize Meeting has been arranged a| Singapore for Saturday moFning. March 31st. and Monday. April 2nd, open to ali member's of the S- V- C. who have paid their subscription to the Rifle Association! for the current year. In addition to deliberate
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    THE SPICE OF LIFE.
    110 5 Looking Forward. Small Son—“l say, Daddy, when people go ’o heaven do they become angels right away, or have they to pas.*i examinations first?” Turn About. —Smith married The evening of his first pay-day he gave his bride $l4 of the $l5 salaiy and kept only
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      15 5 MARTIN’S A Remedy for aH irregularities. Bonerewiin* Bitter Apple. Pennyroyal, PU Cocbia. ojider 4SI-L Chemists.
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      727 5 f E (XPRESS '’l si [r&n HALLO 555! J Just as certain ’phone numbers are stored i n receBBes th® mind as representing J AM lir s' some call on fellowship, so does 555 I s' instantly present a picture to the smoker’s M mind of good things—principally purity, Al
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    BIRTH.
    20 6 Wait. —fhi March 7th. at th.' Euro peau Hospital. Kuala Luiiipu tn Mi. and Mrs. Reginald Wait, a son.
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    MARRIAGE.
    60 6 (rißßix-—Pin. —(hi Mait h 6. IJU’L at St. Mark’s Sereinban, by the Rev. A. P- Strugnell, Wilberforce IleniA Williams, eldest son of Mr. 11. and the late Airs. Gubbius of Kingston-on-Thanies and Kathleen Mary. ekle-1 daughter of Dr. anti Mrs. -1. 11. Pirn of Sleaford. Lincolnshire, and nie e
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    REGISTRATION OF SERVANTS.
    1113 6 According to the “Rangoon Times." “the servant question has become such an acute one that it is almost the sole topic of conversation everywhere in Rangoon. We should hesitate to employ exactly the same vigorous language to describe the position that the domestic servant problem occupies among
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1215 6 Penang Assizes will be opened with ceremonial to-morrow. The Assizes. following a service in St. George’s Church at 10.45 a.m. Assizes is a legal term, meaning literally a “session,” but in fact, as Littleton has styled it. a nomen aequivocnm, meaning sometimes a jury, sometimes the sittings
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    THE MAILS.
    369 6 The homeward mail, by the Morea. closes at 6 p.m. on Thursday, the 15th instant. The postage on letter* from New Zealand for the Straits Settlement* i*now l id. for the first ounce and Id. for each additional ounce. Letters Patent have been issued by the Governor in
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      123 6 YOU CAN BUY A PIANO OUT OF INCOME Do not be tempted to buy a second ratei 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. You will thus secure
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      35 6 “E. O.” Monday, 12th March—Tea Dance spm Tuesday, 13th March—Guest Night— Dinner and Dance Wednesday 14th March—Special Tiffin—Orchestra. Orchestral Concert 9-15 p m Friday. 16th March—Guest Night Dinner and Dance Saturday, 17th March—Special Tiffin —Orchestra
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      182 6 TOWN HALL,” e Saturday and Monday. March 17th and 19th. 1923. I EDGAR WARWICK announces the WARWICK COMEDY Co. Saturday March 17th.—The tremendous laughing success TEDDY WANTS A WIFE As now being played at the Apollo Theatre to packed houses. Monday, March 19th —The screamingly funny farcical-comedy NIOBE ALL SMILES.
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      20 6 THE TIDES. High Water. Low Water. To-day. 9.44 p.m. 3.36 p.m. To-morrow. 10.56 a.m. 4.44 a.m. 10.33 p.m. 4.47 p.m.
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    38 6 DEATHS. Dyriam.—(hi March 7. *’-»23. at i > •100 Chiat Terrace. Singapore. Mr. S. Dyriam. Chief Clerk of the Government Survey Department. Palmer —At Padstow o*< t a *(h in>t., Daisy, beloved wife of Frederick W. Palmer. Kuala Lumpur.
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    THE RUHR.
    1069 7 y n g|o-French Agreement. german prince fined. Reuter’s Telegrams. I Werden, March 10. p nrdrich Wilhelm of I app? fined 7,000,000 marks by a French o'l' possession of a life„..,>l The Prince’s defence was pi t ]ie was obliged to carry the wev (i jn defence, because the
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    MANY GREEKS DROWNED.
    101 7 VESSEL CAPSIZES. Athens. Mar< h 11. A transport laden with 400 men ci: furlough from Salamis arsenal sank in a storm off the Pimaus. Two hundrtd were drowned. An Explosion. The vessel was a small one and was overcrowded with 250 officers ami men from Greek cruisers.
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    THE NAVAL EXPLOSION.
    51 7 London, March 11. The Admiralty announces that on? naval rating was killed and four N\er“ seriously injured by the explosion on the cruiser Coventry. Owing to the fracture of an air pressure pipe, a torpedo was expelled from a torpedo tube, and fell among a party of
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    RUGBY FOOTBALL.
    40 7 IRISH VICTORY. I.ondon, March 10. \t Dublin, in the Rugger Internationul match, which was played n. co and threatening weather, before 10,00 spectators, on a ground which 1,1 excellent condition, Ireland beat M aleby 5 points to four.
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    BELGIUM AND THE DAVIS CUP.
    16 7 New York, Match 11. Belgium has entered for the Davi< Cvp.
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    PROPOSALS FOR A TRUCE.
    166 7 Refused by Free State Government. [Reuter’s Telegrams. J London, Maich 10. 1 lie free State Government has turned down the preliminary peace proposals submitted by Archbishop Cashel to the Irregular Commandanl- of Cork, containing a sugge.'tion that .arms b > drmped under the charge of a
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    IRISH ARRESTS IN ENGLAND.
    162 7 A BIG ROCNI)-CP. London, March 1 1. In a big- round-up of Irish men ana women in different parts of England m Saturday and Sunday, over a hundred were arrested ami taken to Liverpool, where they were embarked on a Bri ti'h crui'er. it is believed
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    INDENTURED LABOUR.
    79 7 A SOFTH SEAS PROBLEM. Wellingti n. Maich 10. A t'ommission of the Methoilist Church Conference investigated tic? condition' of indentured labour throughout the South Seas, ami h.i' reported strongly supporting indentured labour, considering indigenous free labour impracticable in the present generation. As regards Samoa, the report states that
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    ITALY AND LABOUR.
    83 7 Rome, March 11. The Cabinet decided to ratify th? Washington labour convention regarding female and youthful labouf ami u eight-hour day. M. Albert Thomas, Director of the International Labour Office, recently interviewed the Minister for Labour, and expressed gratification that Italy was leading in this connection, compared
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    LORD CREWE ILL.
    32 7 Parts, March 10. Lord Crewe, the British Ambassad )r in Paris, is suffering from influenza. His condition is disquieting. Pneumonia. Paris, March HI. Lord Crewe is suffering from pneumonia.
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    MR. COMPERS SERIOUSLY ILL.
    20 7 New York, March 10. The octogenarian Labour leader Mr. Samuel Gompers, is seriously ill with pneumonia.
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    ANGORA NOTE.
    158 7 Very Moderate Language.” [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Constantinople, March 1(1. A courier arrived with the Angora Government’s Note, worded in very moderate language. If states that fundamental modifications are not pro posed in the political clauses of the draft treaty, but prefers small territorial requests and also that the Maritza
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    AMERICAN “RUM PIRATES’ ” ADVENTURES.
    104 7 AMERICAN “RUM PIRATES’ ADVENTURES. DRAMATIC THEFT OF I Itp’Oll FROM LINER. New York, March 10. A dramatic theft of liquor by “rum pirates was effected on the Royal Mail Steam Packet “Orbita” a> slit* lay alongside the landing piei. The adventurer.' stealthily boarded the linei at midnight while the crew
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    CANADA AND TRADE WITH RUSSIA.
    109 7 NO DEALINGS WITH UNDESIRABLES. Ottawa, March 9. Replying to a question in the House of Commons, Mr. Robb, Minister foi Trade and Commerce, said that Canau;. would decline to receive the Russian Trade Mission as some of its member' were undesirables. The matter was -a
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    25,000 CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN RUSSIA.
    184 7 ladivostok. Febiuarv 15.—T he- 1»; c-al revolutionary Committee* ha' for bidden the c ultivation of poppy for the production of opium. M. Jilin, the representative of ti e Narkomzem, who has just arrived in Vladivostok from Moscow, states that, excluding the* Far East, Russia non
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    BURMA RAILWAY DISASTER.
    40 7 FIVE KILLED. Rangoon, March 1(1; Five passengers were killed and seven injured, owing to the derailment of a tram proceeding to Moulzin. Ihe engine overturned and two c-oachc*' telescoped. The malicious removal of a rail is .suspected.
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    TEA PRICES RISE.
    31 7 London, Marc-h 10. Unlike most foods, the retail prices of which have recently been falling, tea has again risen 2d. a lb., with indications of a further increase.
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    SINGAPORE RACE MEETING.
    459 7 KEEN DEMAND FOR GRIFFINS. The draw for the grillin horses and ponies for the Singapore* Spring race meeting was largely attended on Wednesday evening, and every animal was taken up. Mr. Poxveil, who brought the animals over from Australia, said that during the 37 days’ trip he
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    SELANGOR TURF CLUB GYMKHANA.
    94 7 THE HANDICAPS. The folloxving are the handicaps for the first day of the Selangor Turf Club Gymkhana Class A.— 5 furlongs. Pawang 12.7. Chantek 12.7, Mona 12.0, Captain Cuttie 12.0, Seamaid 11.2. Class B. —Race Course. Mah Jongh 11.12, Zoom 11.7, May B 11.5, Motherless 11.12,
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    THE FEBRUARY RAINFALL.
    134 7 The rainfall recorded on Island and at Lumut and Pangkor during February was Fort Cornwallis, (if ram. in 6 hrs. maximum daiL iu’l 4-‘ mm. in 11 hrs. on the 20th; five days’ rain. Balik Pulau, 73.50 n.m. in 13 hrs.- maximum daily fall 26 mm. in
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    SINGAPORE POLO CLUB GYMKHANA.
    89 7 (From Our Oxvn Correspondent.) Singapore, March 12. Singapore Polo Club Gymkhana was successful, despite rain. H. E. Sir Laurence Guillemard, the Hon. Sir Frederick James and Lady James xvere present. Lady Guillemard and Miss Walker participated in the events. The latter xvas second in the bending
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    CRICKET IN IPOH.
    147 7 SUNGUI SIPUT PLANTERS v. CATHOLIC CLUB. (From Our Own Correspondent). The Catholic Club added another fine victory to their string of victories in beating a team of Sungui Siput District Planters by an innings and *23 runs. Batting first, the visitors were dismissed for 39. O’Sullivan (19)
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    CRICKET.
    317 7 P. C. C. Free School Past axd Present. A cricket match was played at the Esplanade on Saturday afternoon, betxveen Penang Cricket Club and the Free School Past and Present, the result being an easy xvin for the home side. The feature of the P.C.C. innings, which realised 203,
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    GOOD GOLFING.
    56 7 In the course of an 18 hole match over the local Golf Links on Saturday afternoon, Messrs J. Crabb Watt and S. F. Brereton Martin returned the remarkable “best ball” score of 29 for the round of 9 holes. The scores xvere —4,3,2,3,3, 3,2,5,4 —total 29. This constitutes
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    LYRIC KINEMA.
    56 7 “Pitfalls of a Big City,” a 5-part Fox Photoplay, featuring Gladys Brockwell and Neva Gerlier, xvill be screened at the Lyric Kinema, Penang Road, to-night. The other items on the programme include The Thunderbolt,” starring Katherine MacDonald, Larry Senion in two amusing comedies, and txvo nexv episodes of
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    THE GLAMOUR OF MINING.
    445 8 While it is difficult to take seriously the ‘oinpwhat i>nc<»nw«i.tional cable which has piovidpd the. late'l mining sensation s<tys the “Financier.*’ lhe cotD-equeiice* of the ultrasanguine expression of opinion of the manager that shares standing at a few shillings should not be sold under £5 apiece
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    TIN SHARES.
    102 8 London. February 13. —It was in the Mining Markets that there and here. »n spite of the quietude elsewhere. there was a. good deal going on. Base-metal shares were particulary in favour, as. indeed, is warramted by the improving prospects- Copper was up again to £l6s 3d. while
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    RUBBER DISEASE EXIBIT
    153 8 London. February 12 —Considerable public interest is attached to the exhibition of a representative collection of parasitic fungi and insect pests, which attack cultivated rubber tree' in the Middle East, shortly to be on view in the new Botany Building. Imperial College of Science. South Kensington. The
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    RUBBER NOTES.
    712 8 STEADY MARKETS. The commencement of the second quarter of restriction finds a genend air of quiet confidence in the rubber markets, says the “Daily Telegraph” of the 12th February. At one time during the past month the impression gained ground that the Americans were ben upon raising the
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE FUND.
    50 8 Previo usl y ackn o wled ged $1,215,070.99 Per Mr. G. Lyon-Mackenzie, Hon. Treasurer, Johore. Subscriptions collected in Johore and district transferred to Singapore $1,409.33 Government of Kedah (second contribution) 5.000.00 $1,221,480.32 The above contributions are gratefully acknowledged by the-Committee. A. \V. ick, Hon. Treasurer. Singapore, 8/3/23.
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    RUBBER INDUSTRY.
    446 8 Scientific Control and Research. Technology in the Rubber Industry” was the subject of a paper read by Mr. W. A. Williams, works manager of the North British Rubber Company, Limited, under the auspices of the Institution of the Rubber Industry. Mr. Williams outlined an organisation for scientific control
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    ON 'CHANGE.
    242 8 Messrs. Fearon A- Co.. Kuala Lumpur, in their Weekly Review, state that the chief feature of the week has been the phenomenal rise in the price of Tin which closes firm at £2l2 —15/ —an improvement of £lO/- over the period. Mining.—Local tin shares with a few exceptions,
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    EXCHANGE.
    114 8 PENANG, MARCH 12, 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 Documentary 2/419/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs 173 3 days’sight Private „177 B Bombay Demand Bank 173 2 Madras Demand Bank 173 3 days’sight
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      76 8 When a man asserts his disbelief in advertising, ask him whose soap he uses, whose beverage» he drinks In nine cases out of ten they will be advertised articles, and though he states that he has ©hanged his taste for years it proves not so much that he is not
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      313 8 T i I 1 —-—1 Alienburgs I SKCilk Food 3\[p. I H Solves Three Problems, one of which 1 every Mother has to face. Where {Breast Feeding Fails Mil** Food No li. pwcticaHy ’d ent i cal 2A composition with human milk, and is entirely uite d n he de
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    FOOTBALL
    805 9 |t()rl \XI) BEAT IRELAND. Inn March 4—ln stormy b lt Belfast, yesterday. 35,000 witched Scotland defeat Ireland ,m I in "'h*'' l ground in an associa- 11 |11) 11 j Hiateh. The visitors quickn°': and continued to press the lj a I t ]v.'S. who had continually to fall
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    PENANG AMATEUR TROUBADOURS.
    217 9 CONCERT AT TAI Pl NG. The Penang Amateur Troubadours” (a party of Penang boys) gave a concert, which was followed by a dance,” at the Town Hall, Tai ping, on Saturday night. The function was fairly well attended. Ihe Amateurs opened with the chorus, Aloha Oe, ami
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    THE MEXICAN CIRQUE VARIETIE.
    155 9 Most entertaining shows were given on Saturday* and Sunday, by* the Mexican Cirque Varietie in the tent which was pitched in a somewhat unfrequented part of the town at Prangin Road. In addition to quaint animal turns that included a ’’happy* family of a dog. cat
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    ULU BENUT RUBBER.
    51 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. March 12. Flu Benut Consolidated Rubber Co. reports a profit of SS,2sfi, leaving a debit balance of 537,57<5. which is carried forward. The crop was 347,302 lbs. It is proposed to reduce the c’apital. owing to the loss sustained on the Johore
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    237 9 Benares Opium p. chest $5,000,00 nom. Cloves no stock Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Pickings no stocks Nutmegs 80s 1105... Coconuts per 1,000 4fi.00 sellers Copra Sundried 11.40 buyers Rattans 1120 sellers Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00 per bag do do
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    LOCAL SHARE LIST
    111 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Saturday To-day. Ĕ Shares. >» —t» s co X PQ 00 c. sc. c. sc. Mining. Hitam Tin 1.45 1.50 1.50 1.60 Kamunting 36/6 37/6 36/- .37/Malau Tin 40 45 45 50 Nawng Pet 1.52
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    77 9 12th March, 1923. Local. cts. Smoked Sheet 59 Penang- Fine Pale Crepe 59 /Unsmoked Sheet 52 Singa- (Smoked Sheet 59| pore {Crepe 59i London and New York. r (Smoked Sheet ls.4id LONDON Crepp U4 j d New York G 35 The following were the rubber quotations in London
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    RUBBER CROPS.
    155 9 The following are additional rubber outputs for February* lbs. Allenbv 13,4'»4 Anglo Malav «5,955 Bikam 21.000 Broonte 32.050 Batu Tiga 53,500 Batu Anani (Johore) 24.080 Bukit Kajang 47.0<»5 Clunv 22.750 Changkat Salak 50,500 Cheng 10,010 Chemor United 23, «46 Emerald 56.120 Golden Hojte 31.733 G. T. S. Syndicate
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    TIN PRICES.
    102 9 Local. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd, March 12: Singapore buyers no sellers at $llll. Penang buyers no sellers at $111.50. Messrs. Bousteadand Co., Ltd: Saturday’s quotation for Singapore refined tin $111.25 per picul, business done 75 tons: Penang refined tin $111.25 per picul, business done 75 tons; unrefined
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    TIN OUTPUT.
    21 9 Tongkah Compound No. 2 N. L. for February, hours run 505 hours, yardage 61,953 cubic yards, output 397 piculs.
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    KENNEDY & CO’S SHARE LIST.
    1115 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. S iS names "5 u o RUBBER [Dollar.] S cj S c S c Allenby Rubber Co 1 20 t 30 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 40 1 60 Amalgamated Malay Estates 2 25 2 *iO Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 13 00 14 CO Ayer Kuning
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    653 10 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Van Hogendorp for Deli and Langsa. Edavana for Port Swettenham. taking mails for Klang. Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Sicilia for Colombo. Dhanushkodi and Bombay. Aing Thye for Pulau Langkavvi and Pang Nga. Padang for Set ul. Lake Faulk for Singapore and China. Kedah for Dindings and
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    PENANG MAILS.
    381 10 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). IT 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, By train Teluk Anson,Kuala Kubu. Kuala 7.15 a.m. Lumpur, Klang, Port
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    MARKET PRICES.
    426 10 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Pexaxg, March 12, 1923 cts Government M vtton Head, sheep or goat each 8o Liver with heart lung 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
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    SPURIOUS BANK NOTES.
    352 11 Ihe wholesale lorgei v of spurious bank uolf's reported by R< uter, is the second big foi gery plot to be discovered m recent years, according- to Mr. G. S. Hall, ice-President of the American Bank Note oinpany. the largest firm of bank note printers in the
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    DR. SUN’S PLANS
    213 11 Canton. February 23.—1n-erviewe.l by a representative of the Eastern News Agency. Dr. Sun Yat-sen. who returned here yesterday and entered the general headquarters of Genet d Chen (’hiung-ming’s troops, made the following statement “I am not yet in a position to an noun» e at this juncture
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    FOUR BROTHERS SENTENCED.
    245 11 The sentence of four months’ imprisonment on the four La Montagne brothers, including Rene, a member of America’s famous polo team, is described by the Press in New York as the first serious effort to punish organised “boot-legging.” The brothers moved in exclusive social circles, selling th»*
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