Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 5 May 1923

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 103. VOL LXXXI. SATURDAY, sth MAY, 1923. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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    DEATH OF A RAJAH.
    1216 2 ASSISTANT SURGEON ON TRIAL AT POONA. Poona, April 21.Rao Saheb G. K. Naidu, Assis.ant Surgeon and X-Ray Speoiailist at Sassoon Hospital, surrendered to his bail to-day, when a preliminary investigation of the charge under section 3C4 A., 1. P. C., preferred against him wtas held. Mr-
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    THE POONA TRAGEDY.
    259 2 Poona, April 20.The bodies of Co-louel W. H. Ncrman O. 8., D. S. 0., and Mrs. Norman w .10 were drowned m the lake on Sunday evening were recovered on Thursday. Colonel Norman’s body was' found about three miles or so from the scene of .he fatality
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    PLANTER ACQUITTED OF CHEATING CHARGE.
    111 2 Bangalore, April 20.The trial was re sumed of the planter, Mr. Green Price, on a charge of cheating in respect of ti le deeds covering a loan of R 5.5.000 obtained from Mr. Pagan Dalziel. The accused rut in a writ en statement going into.particulars
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    CO-OPERATIVE SHOPS.
    172 2 Pioneer.” A very forcible appeal for the establishment of cooperative shops for the benefit of the industrial classes is made in an article contributed to the Journal of Indian Industried and Labour” by Mr Roy Chowdhry, M L.C. Mr Chowdhry shows how the labourers are plundered by the
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    THE CAPE MALAYS.
    1168 3 v PjcrrinWE people. n .he coloure<i population of Cape 0 i Malays are by far the most tn<l picturesque, says the interest'll- Thevarea i so the most Ca| in?' among 'the non-European law-" 111 j. coinU iunity. They are and capable workmen, and "X n followers of
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    109 3 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Ekma for Rangoon and Calcutta (Mergui and Moulmein via Rangoon.) Sitiawan for Asahan. Cbakrata for Singapore, China and Japan. Malaya for Bhuket (Tongkah.) Renong and Kopah. Jin Ho for P. Brandan. Ipoh for Port Swettenham, taking mails for Klang. Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. The following ships
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    PENANG MAILS.
    322 3 CIJ><E DAILY (except Sunday) BY TRAIN. Federated Malay States. Malacca. Johore Singapore and Hongkong Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half an hour earlier than the Ordinary mail. FOR AT Batu Gajah, Tapab Ro:|d, By tram 'l'eliik Anson,Kuala Kubu, Kuala 7.15 a.in Lumpur, Klang, Port
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    RAY’S GREAT WIN.
    357 3 OVERCOMES DUNCAN FOR THE FIRST TIME. The more interesting stage of the Roehampt on golf tournament commenced on April 12, when the 16 professionals who qualified met in match play. Abe Mitchell was the first player to start and also the first to disappear.’ He was beaten
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    THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP.
    85 3 The secretaries of the Troon St. Meddaiis Club and the Troon Merchants Club issue a statement denying the charges that Troon is indulging in wholesale profiteering in connection with the Open Golf Championship in J une. They contend that despite the great demand for accommodation the charges
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    AMERICA’S AMATEUR GOLF TEAM.
    213 3 The Yale University authorities have granted leave to Jesse Sweetsei to take part in the Walker International (’up contest between Great Britain and America at St. Andrews on May 18 and 19. It is announced fluU owing to the champion’s high scholastic standing, his absence will
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    GOLF RECORD BROKEN.
    32 3 London, April 19.Playing in the qualifying competition for the Daixy Mail” prize of £l,OOO, at Parlev Downs, Duncan, broke the record of the course with a round of 69.
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    LADIES vs. GENTLEMEN GOLF MATCH.
    46 3 London, April 23.The annual Ladies vs. Gentlemen golf match, Tolley conceding’ half a squared game with Miss Wethered in the Singles resulted in a win for the Gentlemen by games to 4, but in the foursomes every male couple was successful.
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    FOOTBALL GATES.
    187 3 ATTENDANCES 20 YEARS AGO. M hen Tottenham Hotspur met Sheffield United in the Cup Final over twenty years ago, the attendance though many of those present saw little of the gameexceeded 110,000, while the final stage of the competition between Aston Villa and Sundeiland in 1913 attracted over
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    FOOTBALL LEAGUE PROMOTIONS.
    80 3 London, ,lpril 23.Liverpool will finish up as the season champions in the First Division of the Football League. Oldham will descend to the Second Division anil Sloke also, unless they win their remaining games and Chelsea lose al! theirs. Notts County West Ham and Leicester City will
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    ENGLISH POLO SEASON.
    138 3 London, April 22. The Times’’ polo correspondent anticipate nothing spectacular in the coming season. On August 7, teams compete in various Cups. The Freebooters are likely to be the strongest, composed of Penaranda, Lowther, Buckmaster and Wodehouse. The only visiting team will be Count de Madre’s Indian
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    AUSTRALIA’S DAVIS CUP RECONSIDERATION.
    50 3 Sydney. April 22.Pressure of public opinion will possibly induce a re consideration of Australia’s decision about not entering for the Davis Lawn Tennis Cup. The Secretary of the Australian Lawn Tennis Association says that if Anderson will go under the Association’s conditions, Australia will be represented.
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    PUBLIC SCHOOLS RACKETS.
    22 3 London, April 23.Rugby beat Raillev in the final of the Public Schools Rackets Championship by four games to two.
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    LAWN TENNIS.
    20 3 London. Apiil 23.A. A. Fvzee won the final in the Men’s Singles at the Magdalen Park Lawn Tennis.
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    THE HOBBS OF SOCCER?
    87 3 The Jack Hobbs of Soccer.” Someone said this of Charles Buchan recently and great as is the tribute, surely it is not undeserved. Allowing for the wide difference between batsmanship and forward play these two artists of sport have much in common. The same supreme mastery
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    NATIONAL STUD SUCCESSES.
    87 3 London, xlpril 19.According to the Minister- of Agriculture there is one State-trading enterprise whicti pays, namely, the National Stud, conducted under the auspices of the Ministry which breeds race-horses. Sine? tiie institution of the stud the net profit has been £28,000. Our horses,” said the Minister proudly,
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    KRONER’S COURT.
    1472 4 Penang Hill Railway Accident. Mr. A. V. Aston, sit-tk’g as His Majesty’s Coroner, held an inquest in the Second Court, Penang, this morning in connection with the death of three Chinese named Pang Lai Mook, Low Chi and Chong Chew as the result of an accident which occurred
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    GREAT INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS.
    94 4 VISIT TO PENANG. The Great International Circus opens its season in Penang on Thursday, May 10, at Magazine Road. The circus possesses some clever artistes and ponies, amongst the former being the well known Cottrel family, who as acrobats perform several sensational feats. The circus has another
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    THE LYRIC.
    184 4 The Lyric Kinema was again crowded to its utmost capacity night, the hou-e following with keen interest the unfolding of the film adaptation of Charles Dickens’ great work A Tale of Two Cities.” The picture represents kinematography at its best and those who have not already seen it
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    KEDAH NOTES.
    498 4 A FATAL QUARREL. Alor Star, May 4. Pokok Senna, twelve miles from Alor Star, on the Kuala Nerang Road, was the scene of a fatal quarrel last week. It is alleged that the accused in the case insulted some of the fair sex by an obscene object of
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      JANGAN LUDAH.
      192 4 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.*'] Sir, Every right thinking person must be in agreement with the views expressed in Zondo’s letter of 3rd inst. To come down to rock bottom, this incessant spitting is a loathsome habit bred by ignorance, and. I’m afraid, will take years
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    THE HONG GUAN CASE.
    2538 4 SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE AT KUALA LUMPUR. The case in which Ng Hong Guan was charged with criminally intimidating Mr. J. A. Russell was resumed at Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday, reports the Straits Times.” Continuing his evidence. Mr. Russell said that after Legge had handed him the letter
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    M.S.V.R. CAMP AT LUMUT.
    126 4 The ss. Penang on the 27th April took the run between Singapore and Lumut in place of the ss. Poh Ann. The arrival of this weekly steamer generally causes a crowd to assemble, on her being moored to Lumut her Head. On large bundles of canvas
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      126 4 NEARLY CRAZY WITH INDIGESTION. Writing on the merits of Bisunited Magnesia as a remedy for Indigestion and other stomach troubles, a lady who had suffered for years with indigestion, debility, chest and heart trouble, says: I suffered enough pain at times to send me nearly crazy.” A r et Bisurated
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      PROHIBITION BILL.
      250 5 i Kuril 20.The House of I,lllll )V 236 votes to 14, has re )Ii Seiymgeour’s Prohibition ii 'mi' S< rvingeour spoke for an ho--151 'j-a-half without once referring 111 i" 1 Bill, hut with earnestness and 1,1 i kith He elicited general cheers speech. He declared Prohibition was
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      REDUCED RAILWAY RATES WELCOMED.
      149 5 London. April 20.Members generally ami agri( ultural member-' especially welcomed the new rail rates as really helpful to the nation'-' greatest industry. There is hope of further concessions if the railwaymen can be induced to accept reductions in then wage*. The members of all parties hope
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      SIR A. CONAN DOYLE’S "SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPH."
      130 5 New \ork, April 7.A remarkable scene was witnessed in the Carnegie Hall during Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s lecture on Spiritualism, when, without warning, Sir Arthur flashed a picture taken at the Cenotaph in Lon ,lon during the Armistice Day anni'ersary services. The picture reveal
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      SUPERSTITIOUS COLLECTORS.
      97 5 '"udon, April 7,—The Daily X ess states that panic has been '■•’"d aiming many, superstitious 'J"' I Egyptian antiques as the aiid"' nie Carnarvon’s death, s P ai <els containing mummies, lllx, ed hands and feet, porcelain I"'* statues and relics of ann have descended on the as
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      THEATRES AND BROADCASTING.
      35 5 d'l'aTide’k'^’ 111 meeting of ;i (-p (K managers, authors, and uiraii? < a 'Solution protesting |.l»v of t j""| niUs ic;d shows which have "f 'loadcn t* I nost U>pular feature "'ted programmes.
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      LOTTERY WINNER’S DEATH.
      32 5 i 1- A man named £l4 (1(1(1?- 0,1 'fi** hi st prize in rhe Varis fq T 111 lyonnaise Lottery tn iohl th.- < ei sho, fly after he waHews.
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      SHAKESPEARE ANNIVERSARIES.
      147 5 London, April 22.The tercentenary of the issue of the First Folio of Shakespeare, which falls by the calendar in November next but is being kept so as to coincide with the usual birthday celebrations, was honoured in Ivondon yesterday by several gatherings, including a memorial service in the
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      LINKING UP THE FIGHTING SERVICES.
      116 5 London, April 21.1 t is believed that an important new move to link up the fighting services will be contained in the report of the Government committee which is examining the relations between the military, naval, and air services. In the recommendation for the establishment
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      BAN ON OXFORD PLAYS.
      84 5 London, April 21.The agitation following the banning of classical plays at the new Theatre House, by the ice-('hancellor of Oxford, Mr. L. 11. l arnell. is developing. An appeal, signed by Lord Curzon, Mr. Arthur Bourchier, Dr. Bridges, Mr. John Galsworthy, Mr. Thomas Hardy, Mr. John
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      STOKERS DELAY LINER.
      76 5 London, April 10.The objection of five stokers to pay income-tax prevented La France, the largest French trans-Atlantic liner, from leaving Havre. When the men refused payment the revenue authorities guaranteed their wages to the extent of 30 or 40 francs apiece. The stokers referred the matter to
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      PAYMENT OF M.P.'S.
      61 5 London, April 20.After the Government’s snap defeat on the 10th April a new method of paying members of the House of Commons has been instituted. It has been the rule io pay quarterly. A number of members however, desired to be paid monthly, and it has been
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      IRISH OUTRAGES IN MARCH.
      48 5 London, April 6.The Belfast livening Telegraph” publishes a table of outrages committed in the Irish Free State during March. It shows that 135 persons were killed or murdered and 67 buildings burned down, and that 62 attacks were made on railways or other property.
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      LOSSES OF SOUTHERN IRELAND.
      51 5 London, April 20.A deputation of Irish Loyalists waited on members of both Houses of Parliament and pre sented a report on the enormous losses of Southern Ireland, which could not possibly be recovered from the Free State. They urged the British Government to come to their
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      FRENCH MOROCCAN SOLDIERS SHOT.
      35 5 London, April 8.A May erne despatch states that two drunken Moroc can soldiers who had been charged with killing a German were shot yesterday in the presence of the German authorities.
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      AN "IDIOTIC EXHIBITION."
      28 5 London, April 10.Sunderland Magistrates have banned the 24 hours non-stop dancing contest on lie ground that it is an idiotic exhib lion verging on lunacy.”
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      THE UNREST IN BAVARIA.
      191 5 Berlin, April 19.Warrants for the arrest of Herr Eckhardt on. the 17th April, also a second journalist Herr Wegener on a charge of attacking German Ministers, have not yet been served. Herr Eckhardt states that he is prepared to- face a Bavarian Court. He refuses to
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      PROFITEERING IN GERMANY.
      92 5 Berlin. April 19.—The Berlin eorrespondei’ft of The Times” states that the flying court” dealing with profiteering suddenly appeared in the meat market when bus iness was in full swing and prices were soaring. The court immediately confiscated several of cattle and fined one dealer 50,000 marks for
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      GRANTS TO OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITIES.
      114 5 London, April 20.—The refusal of Cambridge to admit women to full membership occupied most of the debate in the House of Lords on the occasion of the second reading of the Bill granting financial assistance to Oxford and Cambridge I Diversities. Lord Haldane contended
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      FRENCH VERDUN MEMORIAL.
      155 5 Paris, April 10.The committe<* which has been selected to design a monumental tomb for the heroes Verdun is following the a<t\ice of Marshal Petain that the monument should be as simple and yet as great, as the soul of the French soldier tself. The monument covers 15
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    MALAYA’S STATISTICS.
    678 5 IMPORT AND EXPORT OFFICE RETURNS. The administration report of the Import and Export Office for the year 1922, signed! by Mr. A. Roose, acting Registrar of Imports and Exports states: The committee appointed by the Governor in 1920 to enquire into the system of registration of imports and
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    YACHTINC.
    153 5 PROSPECT FOR SOLENT SEASON. The yacht-building yards on the Solent are working at top speed on numerous craft in preparation for the coming season. It is apparent that with many owners of the large boats following the example of the King, who will race the Britannia, there is going
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      89 5 ffW the business of life with efficiency and success a condition of physical fitness is of the first importance. The difficulty of maintaining the general health unimpaired amidst the stress of modern life has never been greater than at the present time. Even the strongest suffer at some time from
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    ANNOUNCEMENT.
    45 6 The engagement is announced of Miss Phyllis Muriel Lamb, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Lamb, of Yarak Estate, Jarak. P. W., to Mr. Edmund Thomas Mortlock Lias, son of the late Rev. Chancellor Lias and Mrs. Lias of Abington Lodge. Nr. Cambridge.
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    BIRTH.
    14 6 MOERMANOn May 1. to Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Moerman. Singapore, a daughter.
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    AERIAL POLICY.
    1050 6 The subject of limiting air fleets has cropped up in the House of Commons. Arising out of a reference to the relative strengths of the air Heets of Britain. France, Italy and the United States, the Government was asked by a member of Parliament if it had considered
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1130 6 The death is announced of the Scottish nonconformist divine Journalist and and man of letters, Sir Divine. William Robertson Nicoll, Editor of the British Weekly since 1886. The deceased was born in Aberdeenshire, on the 10th October. 1851. the son of a Free Church Minister. He graduated
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    KINTA JOTTINGS.
    339 6 VICTORIANS ON Toil;. (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh. May 4. The members of the cricket and football teams of the Victoria Institute, Kuala Lumpur, who are spending a week in Ipoh. have met with a couple of reverses in association football against local teams, but have been very
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    THE MAILS.
    130 6 -A homeward mail, by the >■" closes at noon on Monday, the H The homeward mail, by the closes at 6 p.m. on Iriday. 11 instant. (d to Mails from Australia ace NP' ()11 arrive in time jor delivery at Monday, the 7th instant. f or Mails from
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      30 6 THE TIDES. High Water. Low. Water. To-day. 3. 4 p.m. 10.1 p.m. To-morrow. 3.45 a.m. 9.55 a.m. 3.38 p.m. 10.49 p.m. Monday. 4.46 a.m. 10.39 a.m. 4.16 p.m. 11.52 p.m.
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    29 6 DEATH. George.On April 3rd. while on leave at Home. Mr. John George, of Sungei Pa f ani. Kedah. OBITUARY. JMeatl, L1,,l W 4. "'''’-co,', xi"'T <d f Sir Wi:
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    IMPLACABLE FRANCE.
    80 7 Ruhr to be held till Germany Pays. Reuter’s Telegrams.) Paris, May 4. A( ~,r(lmg to the Havas diplomatic respondent, the French reply U) |t German Note lays down that the 1921 figure of £(>.600,000.000 must be (I,' basis of discussion. France, in event, will not accept a reduction
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    TRIAL OF KRUPP VON BOHLEN.
    111 7 great MILITARY PRECAUTIONS. Werden, May 4. The trial of Krupp von Bohlen, who u,i, arrested on May 3, and the directors and officials of Krupp’s charged with responsibility for the events of Man li 31. when 13 workmen were' killed, has opened here. The trial
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    MARSHAL FOGH IN POLAND.
    55 7 TRH'MPHAL PROGRESS. Warsaw, May 3. Marshal I'm h has ar rived to attend the Polish National Fete. He had a triumphal progress from the frontier, where he received the rank of Polish Mar-hal. He drove through the decorated. flower--tiewn -streets, lined by (heeling crowds, front the
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    THE MAY DAY INCIDENT IN PARIS.
    36 7 JAPANESE JOURNALIST TO BE DEPORTED. Paris, May 4. The Japanese .journalist arrested on a (barge of obstructing the police at the Communist meeting on May Day is to be deputed.
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    MAY DAY SUPPRESSED IN ITALY.
    45 7 Rome. April 19,—The Cabinet has decreed the supresS|On of May Day. substituting t'e anniversary of the birth of Rome on the 21st April. All agreements between masters and men applying to May Day h,r\e been transfeired to the new holiday.
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    BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE.
    60 7 BANQUE I NDUSTRIELLE. ro, IIT PROCEEDINGS FIXED FOR MAY 31. Paris, May 4. lln* case against certain members 7 th e management of the Banque In"Ruelle de Chine, including M. le Berthelot, was called before the Correctional Chamber. U,r Fourcade, defending, asked for T."4ponement till July. The appliw '7 granted,
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    THE EIGHT HOUR DAY IN SWEDEN.
    60 7 |,I{(,I HNHATI(»N of the bill. Stockholm, May 4. i '^ptVth? l, eI p f the T Riksda S hill I» 1 ex feinrer Branting’s l," I' 1 "'V. eight-hour day Trvmrer' -''T V e Premier, M. Hie eicrLt at Plough he opposed (<ei>r t!
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    THE CRUSADE AGAINST NARCOTICS.
    74 7 AMEI!,, 'A‘S attitude defined, j M ashington, May 4. "'deieii' l "'y? ;i r tEe Anti-Narcotic (<•<l States Uu ,les sai .d the Uni"f the th; forthcoming session the Alvisorv Committee of "'"dd t-iIT Nations at Geneva, "arcdfi*,. 11,1 'i Pp s ition that the use
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    LAUSANNE CONFERENCE.
    260 7 Ismet Pasha Obdurate. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) Lausanne, May 4. Sir Horace Rumbold assured the 1 inks that the Allies desired to res pect Turkish Sovereignty rights to the utmost, compatible with the interests of foreign nationals in Turkey. The French, Italian and Japanese delegates supported Sir Horace Rum bold.
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    THE CHESTER CONCESSION.
    65 7 U.S. AND THE SAMSOUN-SIVAS LINE. Paris, May 3. I’he Petit Parisien’s” Lausanne correspondent reports that Mr. Grew, the American observer at the Conference. told General Pelle that the United States Government will not uphold the Chester claim to the SamsounSivas line, and, while maintaining the principle of
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    THE CHURCH IN KOREA.
    96 7 STEA DA’ PROGRESS REPORTED. London, May 4. The Bishop of London, presiding ai the annual meeting of the Korea.< Mission, read a letter reporting the steady progress of church work there. He believed that if an income of £lO, 91)0 were assured, in a few years
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    BOLSHEVIKS AND THE CHURCH.
    32 7 Moscow, May 4. The Soviet Church Convocation, with one dissentient, declared the Patriarch Tikhon a traitor and expelled him from the Church and abolished the office of patriarch.
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    CANADA AND CHINA.
    83 7 THE IMMIGRATION QUESTION. Toronto, May 4. An impressive meeting held to protest against the Bill before Parliament imposing further restrictions on hinese immigrants, urged the Government to delay the bill, which had passed the second reading, and make further investigations of the whole subject. The Chief speaker,
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    AMERICAN LIQUOR RULING.
    38 7 STRONG FRENCH PROTEST. Paris, May 4. The Matin” states the French Government is of opinion that the United States liquor ruling is completely contrary to international law. M. Poincare has vigorously proles: ed to Washington.
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    SINGAPORE NAVAL BASE.
    64 7 Australia’s Interest. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) Melbourne, May 4. lhe Age” says the decision to establish a strong naval base at Singapore, is a significant change in Imperial policy, giving Australia intense satisfaction. Britain for many years has been strangely indifferent to the interests of the Pacific. It is
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    LIMITATION OF AIR FLEETS.
    81 7 QUESTION RAISED IN THE COMMONS. London, May 3. In the House of Commons, following a question dealing with the relative strengths of the Air Fleets of Britain. I'rance, Italy and the I nited States, Mr. Percy Harris a'sked whether the Government had considered calling i Conference
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    NAVAL ARMAMENTS QUESTION.
    114 7 PAN- A M El {IC A N CON F E PENCE ENDS WITHOUT AGREEMENT. Santiago de Chile, May 4. lhe Pan-American Conference closed without reaching an agreement oi. naval armaments in America, the League of Nations or Monroe doctrine questions, but two treaties, one ioi the protection
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    RACING AT NEWMARKET.
    57 7 RESULT OF 1,000 GNS. Loudon, May 4. At the Newmarket first Spring meeting, the 1,000 guineas event iesiilted as follows: Tranquil (5 to 2) Cos (10 to 1) 2 Shrqye (100 to 6) 3 Sixteen ran. Tranquil won by one and a half lengths. A length separated
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    THE SCENE AT THE CUP FINAL.
    72 7 F.A.’S OFFER. London, May 4. The Football Association, while it disclaims responsibility, offers to return the money to all ticket holders who were unable to obtain seats at the (’up Final at Wembley. The official attendance figures show that the turnstiles passed 90.520, and
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    THE DAVIS CUP.
    60 7 AUSTRALIAN TEAM READY’. Sydney, May 4. The Council of the Lawn Tennis As sociation decided to despatch the team to compete in the Davis Cup. Th players will sail on May 31. It is sug gested that the match against Hawaii should be played in New York.
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    COUNTY CRICKET OPENS.
    43 7 GLAMORGAN FALLS TO SURREY. Cardiff, May 4. In the first match in the County Cricket Championship, Surrey beat Glamorgan by ten wickets. Glamorgan in the second innings scored 30. Lowe took five wickets for 15 and Fender four for 7.
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    GOLF.
    29 7 OUIMET BEATS WILLING. London, May 4. In the 18-hole contest at Oxley, between Ouimet and Willing, the former won with a score of 77. Willing’s score was 78.
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    ACROSS A CONTINENT.
    222 7 Daring Aviators’ New Distance Record. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) San Diego, May 4. A new world record in long-distance flight of 2,700 miles has been established by Lieutenants Macready and Kelly, who arrived from New York in 26 hours 50 minutes, in a monoplane with a wingspread of 976
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    HELICOPTER TRIALS.
    26 7 FLIGHT OF 120 METRES. Paris, May 4. The engineer, M. Oemichen, flying in a Helicopter at Valentingney, com pleied a circuit of 120 metres.
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    ARGENTINA TO RE-ENTER LEAGUE.
    29 7 Buenos Aires, May 4. Semu Alvear, in his presidential address at the re-opening of Parliament. will announce Argentina’s decision to re-enter the League of Nations.
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    INDIAN AFFAIRS AT HOME.
    456 7 London, April 5.Says a correspondent to the Englishman’’ A pamphlet printed for private circulation, and intended for distribution to young men going out to n< -official appointments in your part oi India, has a title which recalls the met hods of nomenclature in the publishing world
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    477 7 Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Brown, of Ipoh, are on a visit to Kuala Lumpur. Mr. G. A. Carmichael has succeeded Mr. F. S. Physick of Messrs. Boustead A. Co., Ipoh. Mr. H. N. Ferrers is shortly leaving- Kuala Lumpur for Home v>a America. Mr. W. F.
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    ILLICIT LIQUOR MAKING.
    168 7 TWO CHINESE CONVICTED AT BUKIT MERTAJAM. .A prosecution on a charge of i’licit nianufacture of dutiable liquoi occupied the attention of Mr. R. Neave, in the Pi lice Court, Bukit Mertajam, foi somt time yesterday, writes a ccu-responde’ t. The men, who answered to the n imcs
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    183 7 THE RUBBER CASES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 5. The conflicting judgments of the Hon. Sir Walter Shaw and the Hou. Mr. Justice Barrett-Leonard regarding the Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association’s penalty of one to fifteen cents per lb. in the ease of a seller defaulting in
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    POLICE COURT.
    598 7 THEFT OF LINOTYPE METAL. In the Second Court, Penang, yesterday afternoon, Arool, a junior linotypist employed in the Pinang Gazette office, was charged with the theft of an ingot of linotype metal valued at $2. Accused, for whom Mr. R. I). Hume appeared, pleaded not guilty. Wadhawa Singh,
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    RUBBER NOTES.
    743 8 CEYLON’S EXPORT ALLOWANCE. The deliveries of raw rubber from stock last week only exceeded the incomings by 27 tons, and the stock in the United Kingdom now stands at 63,322 tons, against 73,165 tons at the end of January, writes Mr. E. L. Killick in the Financier.” The
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    THE RUBBER INDUSTRY.
    759 8 THE R. G. A. REPORT. In the course of their fourteenth report, the Council of the Rubber Growers’ Association (Incorporated) say the outstanding feature connected with the rubber industry during 1922 is the introduction by the Governments of Malaya and Ceylon of legislative measures dealing with the
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    REPORTS, DIVIDENDS AND NOTICES.
    397 8 Victoria (Malaya).lnt. divd. 8 1-3 p.c. Kimanis.Divd. 5 p.c. for 1922, against nil for 1921. Komhok.Divd. 4 p.c. to Dec. 31. For 1921 divd. 3 p.c. Marlborough.Notice issued to re deem June 30, £5,000 of issue, £20,000 Deb. stock. Liuggi.Divd. 74 p.c. for 1922, against none
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    Coming Events.
    123 8 May 5 Singapore Races. Entries Close. 9Football, Colours v Whites. Esplanade. 5.15 p.m. 12Ayer Kuning Rubber. Meeting, 9 Beach Street, noon. 12Sungei Arak Rubber. 33 Beach Street, noon. 12, 15. 17 and 19Singapore Races. 16Football. P.C.C. v Penang Health Culture League, Esplanade. 5.15 p.m. 19 Inter-State Cricket: Selangor
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    EXCHANGE.
    117 8 PENANG, MAY 5. 1923. (By Courtesy of phe Chkrtebed Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 5/32 4 months’sight Bank 2/4 I'4 3 Credit 2/4 L 2 3 Documentary 2/4 9/16 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs 1734 'j 3 days’sight Private 175? 3 Bombay Demand Bank 1734 2 Madras Demand Bank 1734
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    THE RUBBER MARKET.
    278 9 Messers. Symington and Sinclair’s Meekly Market Report, dated London, the sth April, states that since the holidays the market has been quiet. Owing to liquidation of the April position’ prices have declined £d. to jd. per lb., mainly for the near positions. The average price of Ribbed
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    U.S. RUBBER RESULTS.
    215 9 Attached to the accounts of ti’ie United States Rubber Company fop 1922 are some remarks to stockholders by the Chairman, who states: The development of rubber plantations owned: by the company has progressed satisfactorily. Properties are located in Sumatra and on the Malayan Peninsula. Those in Sumatra
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    170 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 46.00 sellers Copra Sundried 11.50 sales Rattans 11-20 sellers Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00 per bay do do
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    THE SHARE MARKET.
    329 9 Messrs. Kennedy and Co.. Penang, report as follows The Share Market continues quiet but quotations keep fairly steady. A few sellers of Rubbers have come out on the decline in price of the produce to 1/3 but enquiries for Mining Issues are increasingly difficult to fill, holders
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    44 9 sth May. 1923. Local. cts. (Smoked Sheet 51 Penang j Fine Pale Crepe 50v I Unsmoked Sheet 48 Sing a- (Smoked Sheet 51 1 pore (Crepe 51| London and New York. 1 /Smoked Shopt ls.3d London j Crepe U3J New York G3li
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    RUBBER CROPS.
    52 9 The following are additional rubber outputs for April lbs. Alma 19,000 Ayer Tawah 22.673 Bukit Toh Alang 16,687 Bakap Plantations 12.500 Batu Matang 16,301 Batu Lintang no tapping Bindings (Suffolk) 14.878 Jong Landor 37.300 Kelubi 4.987 Kedah 21.502 Parit Perak 13.466 Sungei Arak 2.987 Shanghai Klebang 7.500 .Tanjong
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    TIN PRICES.
    76 9 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following London prices, on May 4 Spot £213.5s down £2.5s 3 mos. buying 213.5 s 2.5 s 3 selling 213.10 s 2.5 s Local. May sth: Singapore sold 125 tons at $106.50. Penang sold 100 tons at $106.50. Messrs. Bonstead
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    92 9 Malau Tin, Ltd., for April. 80 piculs. Tronoh Mines, Ltd., for Aprily 1,454 piculs. Kramat Pulai, Limited, for April, from the mine, tin 250 piculs, from tributors 319 piculs, total 569 piculs. Johan Tin Dredging, Limited, for April, piculs 275, yardage 56,700. hours run 661. From Tables pls.
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    KENNEDY & CO’S SHARE LIST.
    1113 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. X NAMES S 5 g S '3 41 J" CQ ao E-i RUBBER [Dollar.] S c S c S r Allenby Rubber Co 1 20 I --i Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 25 1 40 Amalgamated Malay Estates Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 12 50 3 50
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    422 9 S. GEORGE THE MARTYR. (Church of England.) May sth, sth Sunday after Easter.7.45 а. Litany, 8 a.m. Matins. 8.30 a.m. Holy Communion, 9.15 a.m. Holy Communion (Tamil), 10.30 a.m. Matins (Chinese), fi p.m. Evensong. Hymn 238. Ps CVII 222. Magnificat 223, Nunc Dimittis 220. Hymns 315, 179. 386,
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    1301 10 i.Pioneer DR McGOVERN’S ADVENTUROUS JOURNEY. Calcutta, April 20.Dr. McGovern, the Irish Buddhist, has returned to Darjeeling from Lhasa after an adventurous journey. Dr- McGovern was-- one of the leaders of the Biitish Buddhist Mission to Tibet some three or four months ago which was turned back
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    392 10 We hope that the House of t n.iuons wq.! insist on a clear explani‘ -m of the -Ejects for which the Admiralty is about to sink 11 millions sterling ip docks fo: Dreadnoughts at Singapore,’’ says the Star.” "AV-e have reached tl.e stage when every extra burden
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    JUDGMENT AGAINST TONGKANG OWNER.
    242 11 T. O. M.” In the Supreme Court. Ipoh. before Mr. Justice Watson, the suit came up, the Government of Perak versus K. Kuppaganny. Capt. W. E. Aladdocks, Harbour Master, Perak, on behalf of the Government of Perak, filed the plaint in the. suit, which was for
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