Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 May 1923

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  • 21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 120. VOL LXXXI. MONDAY, 2 3th MAY, 1923. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • 1503 2 LARGE SCALE OPPORTUNITIES. The greatest length of the island of Singapore is approximately 27 miles by 14 wide, containing an area of 217 square miles. There are a number of small islands adjacent to it which form part of the settlement, which also comprises Christmas
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    • 936 2 Short Classified Advertisements. Wanted, For Sale, To Let, &c., z < 6i can be inserted in the Pinang A Gazette at Wk l«i THREE CENTS A WORD J counting the address to- which A®/ replies are to be sent, WW? /S/ Minimum Charge $1 each e Insertion. 6 Consecutive Insertions
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    • 25 2 TO PRINTERS We hold a large stock of Kidd’s Printing Inks (Zn colours) To be disposed of at reduced prices. The PinAxVg Gazette Press, limited
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  • AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    • 42 3 j- .ip May 14.—According to the Lo- ei the Government, circles are disappointed at the brusqueness of put sh Note, chiefly because it does 't men'ion the German suggestion to tL< Reparations problem to a nnttee of international experts.
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    • 58 3 London. May 14.—The Brussels correspondent of the Daily Mail” states that p,. Belgian Government have taken summary action in consequence of the strikes of the'rail wav, telegraph, telephone. and postal e payees They have ordered Ihe mobilisation of the 1915-22 class, and men refusing to obey
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    • 32 3 Berlin. May 13,- The Essen correspond ent of the Vossische Zeitung” says that Frau Bertha Krupp has’ been ordered no evacuate her villa at Huegel within four days.
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    • 59 3 London, May 13.The Berlin correspondent of The Times" states that, despite a police dementi, it is generally believed that a fresh anti-Republican Putsch" has been frustrated by the H nihura Criminal Police at Altona and nli.it a large number of secret stores of aim l ave been
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    • 205 3 London. May 15 The special corres pondent of The Tinies" in Paris states that the German financial position and the collapse of the mark is viewed with considerable anxiety. The Cabinet has re.oznised that the position of the Reich is becoming precarious. If disaster is fo b‘ avoided
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    • 192 3 I 1 udon. May 16.Germany's next move ls awaited anxiously, says the Daily Mail s Berlin correspondent. Dr. Cuno has conferred with his party leaders and it is indicated that the Cabinet is inclined to make a fresh offer to the Allies. The Times," Berlin correspondent regards
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    • 99 3 London, May 16.The Greek newspapers says that the Greek delegation in -ausanne have been instructed to with- 'aw from ihe conference in the event of a plenary meeting pronouncing in favour of 1 'c payment of indemnities by Greece. 0 Athens message states that M. PaJas G'as.
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    • 37 3 '""'Ion, Mav 16.—Sir William Herdman a presented Liverpool University with ti e i 01 tlle l )rov i s i°n of a building for part merit of Geology in memory lane Lady Herdman.
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    • 163 3 London May 13,-The Soviet Note, in >eply to the British Note, has been hand eu over to Mr. Hodgson at Moscow. The Riga correspondent of The Times” staves that the Soviet is making trong efforts to induce Great Britain to agiee to discussion of the questions
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    • 73 3 I ondon, May 14.—The Daily Mail's” Beilin correspondent states that Krassin has arrived. He states that the Soviet’s reply has been handed to Mr. Robert Hodgson. Commercial Counsellor for Russia. Krassin adds: M e have gone as far as we could to be conciliatory. bm< Russia
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    • 90 3 London. May 16.The ridiculous nature of the Soviet’s charges against Archbishop Tikhon is indicated by the indictment issued which, the Riga correspond ent of The Times" siates, accuses him of plotting with Anglo-French represen t.'tives to overthrow the Soviet, and ad duces as proof Tikhon’s
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    • 155 3 London. May 16.Messrs Monnagu’s silver market report says that prices were inclined to drop until Saturday. when fresh buying set in for immediate shipment 1.0 Bombay, consignments by this week's steamer being considered good for delivery there for this June settlement. The energy of these purchases, however, was
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    • 73 3 London. May 16.—Some concern is felt in Glasgow owing to the Mercantile Bank of Scotland, whose headquarters are in that city suspending payment. The Bank is a small one with rfne branches tn different parts of Scotland. The issued c apital of the Bank is only
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    • 75 3 London. May 16,—Weather experts are frankly puzzled at the present conditions. Icy showers of hail, sleet and rain alternate with short periods of sunshine. The showers of sleeu are sweeping over London and many other parts of the country There have been severe snowstorms in Wales,
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    • 103 3 London, May 14.—The New York correspondent of The Times” states that Viscount Exmouth has married Miss Mabel Grey. After spending uheir honeymoon in the United States they expect to reside in England. The bridegroom s cousin, Mr. Arthur Mallet, acifed as best FA special cable, dated the
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    • 223 3 London. May 16.The Constantinople CO] respondent of the Daily Mail” slates that the Turkish Press reports that the majority of shares in the Baghdad Railway have been bought by an Anglo-Swiss gioup headed by Baron de Rothschild. Ihe group will immediately fake over the exploitation of the
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    • 137 3 London, May 15.The appeal, at the London Sessions, of Mr. Joseph Weiners, of Messrs. Joseph M einers. Limited, who was fined 50 guineas on the 6th March for promoting a lottery has been allowed. The chairman,'Mr. Lawrie, stopped the evidence and quashed rhe two convictions. Fie said
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    • 85 3 Gibraltar, May 16.—The British India liner (Mandala), bound from Bombay to London has put in and the master sus pects fire in No. 4 hold. There are 129 passengers aboard. A Chinese named Teo Lay, who was charged before Mr. David at Singapore with robbery
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    • 224 3 London, May 13.The Speiial correspondent of The Times” at Sofia states that war is threatening in connection with the agrarian Macedonian quarrel mentioned in The Times” of the 22nd December. The Macedonians have completely usurped th e Bulgarian Government’s authority in the Petrich and Nevrekop district, taxing
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    • 64 3 London. May 16.Mr. Guinness, Under Secretary for War, replying to a question, said there was no British Military Mission in Roumania. A party of officers from the Staff College recently visited many of the European battlefields, including some in Roumania. These visits were of a private instructional
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    • 140 3 London, May 17.Severe penalties on persons touting for honours or accepting gifts for obtaining honours are provided in the Bill introduced by the Lord Chancellor in the House of Lords on Tuesday. The Bill known as the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Bill provides that anyone obtaining, agreeing
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    • 125 3 Laurenco Marques, May 16.The fire which broke out on the steamer Singapore, bound from Calcutta to Buenos Ayres on the 7th May was located in the after-hold, where the cargo was damaged. The vessel was beached and tugs pumped in water. The fire was extinguished afUer
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    • 89 3 London, May 15.—The recent ou 'ery against the publication of nauseous details in divorce cases has had a sequel in the House of Commons when Sir Evelyn Cecil introduced the Matrimonial Causes Regulation Reports Bill forbidding the publication of particulars of any judicial proceedings to which the
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    • 46 3 London, May 14.The Paris correspondent of the Daily Mail” silates that there was a disastrou opening of the annual balloon race organised by the French Aero Club. A storm destroyed three balloons and another, half filled, broke away and disappeared without a pilot.
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    • 62 3 London, May 15.The inquest on Dickie, the taxi-driver who was found murdered at Brixton has been adjourned till next week. Deceased's brother declared that he (deceased; was not the man to associate with criminals, lie certainly would not allow his taxi to be used for crime.
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    • 350 3 THIS HAPPENED IN TROUBLED. IRELAND. A distinguished med cil authority has written: When a man’s stomach goes wrong he starts on the down grade.’ Indigestion dyspepsias and! other forms of stomach disorder produce depression pud melancholy, conditions of mind which ire sometimes as fatal to health and happiness as virulent
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    • 396 3 /«wE It H i ii Ji wWßßfellr Mlito w 'fad begin ihe dqg well wiih *ov>altine ,t 71/STAN Y- iuoi. sane, o people resident IvJ in the East ati ibuie their excellent health and ability to withstand the trying cl.mate to their daily habit of drinking Ovaltine.” V A cup
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  • 1414 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. C. F. F. Weame is on a visit to Penang. Mr. J. G. Black has been appointed Collector of Land Revenue, Malacca. Mr. W. E. Smith leffl Singapore by the Kart on g on a short visit to Bangkok. A son was born on Friday morning to
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  • 631 4 ANNUAL MEETING. The annual general meeting of the Penang Swimming Club was held at the club Bungalow, Tanjong Bungah, yesterday at noon. Mr. Palgrave Simpson, President of the club, occupied the chair, in the presence of a large attendance. The Hon. Secretary, Mr. J. M. Pennycuick, read
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  • 153 4 The first annual Inter-School Sports between the Scouts and Cubs of the Penang Free School and the Government English School were held on Empire Day at 3 p.m. on the Free School ground. They were a great success. The events were keenly contested and it was doubtful
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  • 683 4 PENANG SCHOOLMASTERS’ ASSOCIATION. i The annual athletic sports in connection with the Penang Schoolmasters’ Athletic Association were held on the Free School play ground on Saturday afternoon, a large number of visitors being present, including the Hon. Resident Councillor. All the events were keenly conteste I. At
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  • 507 4 SCHOLARSHIPS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star, May 25. It is rumoured that the Kedah Government has under consideration the question of founding scholarships to afford a British University education to selected Kedah-born Malays. In addition to this, Mr. ?4ohd. Zain, an alumnus of Dulwich and Oxford, has
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  • 105 4 The following is the business for the meeting of the Municipal Commission to-morrow 1. Minutes of last meeting to be read and confirmed. 2. Any special business the President may bring forward. 3. Questions. 4. Some bills to be passed. 5. Re’ transport allowance of Mr. J. Rutherford,
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  • 68 4 PENANG v PERAK. The following is the Perak team to meet Penang at cricket on the Esplanade on the 2th and 4th June:Dr. P. H. Hennessy (Capt.), E. C. Nicholson, J. Hargreaves, G. A. C. Preston, D. R. A. Hoblyn, W. N. Edwards, H. C. Willan, H. D. Jansz,
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  • 398 4 GRAVE ALLEGATIONS. Two cases of rubber smuggling dealt with in the Chief Magistrate’s Alor Star, last week. The charge instance was the same, namely, a tte h ting to smuggle rubber by evading customs duty, and making a false decl- tion to the effect that the
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  • 148 4 New rules, under the Export of Rubber (Restriction) Ordinance, are published in the Government Gazette, relating to the importation of rubber. They provide that no rubber shall be imported into the Settlements of Singapore or -Penang on any other than a vessel of more than 50 tons,
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  • 179 4 PENANG. MAY 28. 1923. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 4 months’sight Bank 2/i 3 Credit 2 415 32 3 Documentary 2/4 L/•’Calcutta Demand Bank Rft 3 days’sight Private I??, 2 Bombay Demand Bank 174 < g Madras Demand Bank L-h 5 3 days’sight Private
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  • 847 5 <l'l \NGOR DRAW WITH PERAK p,. o!n Our Own Corre pondent.) Ipoh, May 27. r p )ie j n ter-state (European) association netball match between Perak and was played on the Ipoh padang evening in the presence of a large I m l in ideal weather. The teams
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  • 234 5 GRIFFIN’S XT v. MR. R X HAMILTON’S XL Flie above teams met on the Esplanade on Saturday for the last time before the encounter with Perak, which takes place on Saturday next and the following Monday. Mr. Griffin declared after his side had made l(»0 for 'J wickets. Mr.
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  • 310 5 London, May 15.Rain interfered everywhere with play in the County Cricket matches to-day. The following are the closing scores: Surrey vs. Hampshire. (At the Oval). Surrey:lst innings, 470 for 6 (declared) (Shepherd 133 and Harrison 155 not out.) Hampshire: Ist innings, 255 for 9 (Mead. 106 not out).
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  • 45 5 London, May 15.1 n the betting for the Derby, there was an influx of money yesterday for Town Guard who closed at sevens. Papyrus was at nines and Pharos at tens, Ellangowan ail 100 to 9 and Twelve Pointer at 100 to 6.
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  • 105 5 London, May 15.The Jockey Club has withdrawn the license of the Irish Jockey, Bgary, until the 11 uh August. This action was taken against Beary on charges of foul riding. Beary is one of the leading riders in England and performed the hat trick at Chester recently,
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  • 221 5 London, May 15.The preventive value of the present betting law’s is so slight that if is questionable whether enforcement of the law is worth the cost was the opinion expressed by Mr. Caldwell, Chief Constable of Liverpool, testifying before the Taxation of Betting Committee. He said
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  • 476 5 REPORTS BY GEXERAL MANAGER. Caept. J. Rooke-Cowell. General Man ager of the Kelantan Gold Mines. ltd., reports: April 28.We have been successful with the work at Chinong and have crosscut a strong reef of gold bearing quartz. May 2.I have just returned from visiting the Chinong Mine
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  • 924 5 THE GOVERNMENT’S DIFFICULTIES. The Chancellor of the Exchequer addressed a meeting of the Wales and Monmouthshire National Unionist. Council, in London on the 25th April. Mr- Bonar Law had originally promised to attend, but his voice was not yet strong enough to stand the strain of
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 77 5 When a man asserts his disbehc in advertising, ask him whose soap he uses, whose beverages he drinks In nine cases out of ten they wi e advertised articles, and though he states that he has not changed Ins taste for years it proves not so much that he is
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    • 469 5 US ALKIA SALTRATES HEALTH dissolves flushes the relieves URIC ACID KIDNEYS RHEUIWISM Promptly Bids the System of Acids 4 Other Impurities. Thoroughly Cleanses, Sweetens, Purifies the Entire Digestive Tract. Absolutely pure, safe, sure and always reliable. When added to plain water it instantly forms a sparkling effervescent and pleasant tasting
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  • 60 6 Smith.Ar. Batu Gajah on May 24th to Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Smith of Bagan Datoh Estate, a daughter. Yorke.At the Maternity Hospital, Singapore, on Saturday, May 25, to Mr. and Mrs. R. Yorke, a daughter. Richardson.At the European Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, on the 25th May, to Mr. and
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  • 1104 6 World peace is essential to the revival and stabilization of trade and industry and to that state of general contentment and prosperity being attained which was optimistically anticipated when the great Avar ceased. Consequently any indication that some of the causes predisposing to the maintenance of friction
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  • 1585 6 An extraordinary development at the Perak Assizes, at Ipoh, An Assize is reported by our Incident. correspondent to-day. Two men, who were believed to be Malays, on being charged, declared that they did not understand the Malay language as they were Sumatra Benjarese. The Judge, in postponing
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  • 117 6 The homeward mail, by the closes at 10 a.m. on Friday, the L proximo. One bag of correspondence trom t b United Kingdom for Penang i* eX pected to arrive at Singapore on tie Ist proximo by the Blue Funnel Rhesus, which is not expected to ca a
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 135 6 WHEN BUYING SAUSAGES ALWAYS ASK FOR z= I WA L L S. t The acme of Succulence I Made in Several Varieties Including: Walls Pork Sausages, Walls Oxford Sausages, Walls Sausages in Tomato, TRY ALSO Walls Famous Pork Pies. Obtainable from ail Dealers. Wholesale only from Hottenbach, Lazarus Sons, Ltd.
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    • 30 6 E. O.” Tuesday, 29th May, h ,Guest Night Dancing. Wednesday, 30th May, Special Tiffin Orchestral Concert, 9-45 p.m. Friday, Ist June, Guest Night Dancing. Saturday, 2nd June, Special Tiffin Orchestra.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 120 6 LYRIC THEATRES, LTD., From Monday, 28th to Wednesday, 30th May, 1923. Robertson Cole presents Bessie Barriscale in 5 Parts Her Purchase Price Parts 5 Screencraft Pictures present Lucy Cotton with Mary Boland in 6 Reels The Prodigal Wife Reels 6 All>ert E. Smith presents the Funniest Man of Funny Men
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    • 22 6 THE TIDES. High Water. Low Water. To-day. 11.14 p.m. 5.29 p.m. To-morrow. 11.37 a.m. 5. 29 a.m. 11.55 p.m. 6. 14 p.m.
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  • 12 6 DEATH. Carnegy.James Arthur Carnegy, age 39 years, at Trengganu, on May 24.
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  • 384 7 A Better Atmosphere. Reuter’s Telegrams.] Lausanne, May 26. Tip. conciliatoriness of the Turkish delegate. Biza Nur, at to-day’s meetj nS j of the Political Committee i the absence of irritation as ana between Turks and Greeks are rearded as a brighter augury. A number of questions, including the
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  • 446 7 PROVISIONS FOR ITS DIVISION. Lausanne, May 2.—The second commitmorn*n K discussed the report, of the Financial Sub-Committee on the rticles of the Draft Treaty, which deal p'm distribution of the Ottoman u he Debt among the States detached at ar i° us times from the former Ottoman
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  • 89 7 STATISTICAL DISCREPANCIES. Geneva, May 27. The Opium Commission has appointed a sub-committee, composed of British, Japanese and American delegates to enquire into the discrepancies in the statistics of opium importations furnished by Japan on the one hand, and by Britain and America on the other. The Commission
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  • 63 7 A BISHOP’S WARNING. London, May 26. Bishop Lander, formerly of Hongkong, in a message to the clergy at Liverpool, issued a warning as to the danger of marriages between Chinese men and white women. He says when such women are induced to travel to China they find themselves
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  • 62 7 ABOLITION OF THE EXPORT DUTY ON OIL. The Hague, May 27. A bill tabled by the Colonial Ministers has abolished the export duty on oil and oil-products from the beginning of the present year. It makes up the revenue thus lost by an oil-tax and a prolongation
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  • 76 7 ADDITIONAL WARCRAFT. New York. May 26. Mr. Denby, speaking at the Naval War College at Newport News declared the American navy must be kept ready for defence in a world full of menace.” Congress will be asked next session for additional cruisers to be allowed under the
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  • 47 7 Washington, May 26. In addition to British and Spanish written representations as regards the enforcement of prohibition on ships, three other Governments have orally called attention to the inconvenience which will be caused to their commerce. The three Governments are France. Italy and Holland.
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  • 12 7 London, May 26. Mr. Frank Munsey has purchased the Globe.”
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  • 131 7 MLLE LENGLEN SUPREME. St. Cloud, May 27. In the International Hard Court lawn tennis championships finals (singles) Mlle Lenglen beat Miss McKane 63, 63. Johnston (America) beat Washer (Belgium) 46, 62, 62, 46, 63. A Sensation. St. Cloud, May 27. Li the mixed doubles final Mlle Lenglen and
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  • 438 7 M. Poincare’s Significant Statement. Reuter’s Telegrams.] Paris, May 26. An interesting passage in M. Poincare s statement to a secret commission was revealed last evening in the debate in ihe Chamber, when Deputy Herriot expressed satisfaction with M. Poincare’s declaration on that occasion to the effect that the
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  • 95 7 THE RESOLUTIONS. Hamburg, May 26. The International Socialist Congress has concluded. It adopted a number of resolutions protesting against the Allies driving the German people into the arms of the nationalists and monarchists appealing to the German workers to resist to the utmost the sabotage of German
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  • 28 7 Christiania. May 26. The Storting unanimously adopted the bill for appropriating sixty thousand kroner for sending two Hying boats to Spitgberzen to assist Amundsen.
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  • 174 7 A Complaint by Mr. A. Chamberlain. Reuter’s Telegrams. London. May 27. The change in the Government has brought into prominence the question of Mr. Austen Chamberlain and other Conservative ex-Ministers rejoining the Party. In a letter to his constituents on May 26, Mr. Chamberlain complains that no
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  • 289 7 RECEPTION AT PARISH HALL. There was a large gathering of the Eurasian Community at the Parish Hall on Saturday evening at a reception given by the Eurasian Association in honour of Dr. J. E. Smith, their VicePresident, on his appointment as a Municipal Commissioner of Penang. The
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  • 245 7 The case in which two Chinese, one of them a youth under 16, were charged with murder and ahlernatively with rioting while armed with deadly weapons, occupied the Assize Court at Singapore throughout fthe whole of Friday. The two accused were alleged to have taken part in a
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  • 647 7 HON. MR. THORNE’S QUESTIONS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 28. In the Legislative Council, the Hon. Mr. W. H. Thorne asked the following questions Is it a fact that all nurses and sisters recruited for the Hospitals of the Colony of recent years have been engaged upon
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  • 94 7 A BRILLIANT SCENE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. May 28. The grounds of Government House formed an ideal setting for the pageant produced by Mr. E. A. Brown in aid of the Y.W.C.A funds, Mr. Denis Santry, the creator of the Blue Triangle Tree.” giving a series
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  • 105 7 AN irOH SENSATION. (From Onr Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, May 28. Perak Assizes opened to-day, but the proceedings were interrupted by an unexpected hitch. Two men, believed to be Malays, were charged with gang robbery and murder during the gang robbery.- On the charge being read, however. the accused
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  • 101 7 SALARY GRIEVANCES. (From Onr Own Correspondent). Ipoh. May 28. A meeting of Government Teachers of Perak was held on Saturday in Ipoh, at the Birch Club, at which a number of resolutions were passed. It is understood these will later be telegraphed to several high Government officials, both
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  • 89 7 (From Onr Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 28. The Engineering Association of Malaya on Saturday visited the Malayan Collieries. where under the guidance of the general manager, Mr. Barr, they inspected j both surface and underground workings, and afterwards bail luncheon as the guests of the
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  • 54 7 Aneta. DUTCH DOCTOR’S TOUR. Weltevreden, May 26. Doctor Pekelharing, the leader of the Department of Agriculture and Economics. to-day leaves via Singapore on an extensive tour of French and British Colonies. He is studying the development of the system in connection with the development of cultures in
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  • 337 7 WIFE CLAIMS POSSESSION. The ownership of certain jewellery and precious stones, some of which are Slid to have come from an aigrette formerly belonging to the late Sultan of Rhio, was in mail week the subject of an appeal in the King’s Bench Divisional Court before Mr.
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  • 1134 8 S. T.” ADMISSION OF THE PRESS TO COMMITTEE MEETINGS. The annual meeting of the Straits Set tlemenfs Association (Singapore Brane.i) was held at the Exchange, Singapore, Mr. T. Dudley Parsons (President) took the chair supported by Mr- W. B. P°nma:i (secretary). There was a good attendance of members.
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  • 413 8 A JIRGA OF FRONTIER MALIKS. The Peshawar correspondent of Ihe "Civil and Military Gazette” wri s, un der tfie 12th May To-morrow Sii John Maffey will hold a big joint jirga of Afridi and Onakzai maliks and elders at Shinaw?’i to discuss with them future action with
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  • 631 8 STATEMENT BY THE AGENTS. Calcutta, May 14,—Messrs. Mackinnon Mackenzie and Co., agents, B. I. Steam Navigation' Company, have addressed the following lettei to the local Press:—With reference to the report published by you this morning of at question asked in the House of Commons with regard
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  • 245 8 The c’rcum tances of the eight -rl.*on board the Union-Castle liner Garth Castle on her homeward voyage from Beira, Portuguese East Africa, reported in The "Daily Mail” were investigated by the Port of London medical officer of health, Dr. W. M. Willoughby, before the ship
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  • 89 8 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. van Hogendorp for Deli and Langsa. Rasa for Setul. Taipeng for Teluk Anson. Kedah for Dindings and Sitiawan. Jacox for Singapore and China. The following ships are in commnoic; tion with the Wireless Stations at PenangAlbion Star, Ek ma, Glenogle, Kashgar, Magnet C. S., Oldekerk, Orsova.
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  • 332 8 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday) 8T TRAIN. Federated Malay States, Malacca. Johore Singapore and Hongkong Reu’stiation and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half an hour earlier than the Ordinary mail. FOR AT Batu Gajah, Tapah Road, By train Teluk Anson,Kuala Kubu, Kuala 7.15 a.m. Lumpur, Klang, Port
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  • 375 8 Mr. A. K. Manning Foster says that character will out at cards, and at Auction Bridge the bounder bounds” more than at any other game. There are various types, differing in degree and varying in their qualities. The genial well-meaning bounder, who is quite unaware that there is
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 61 8 TH E PINA NG GAZETTE j Jst of Places where the Gazette can be bought at 15 cents. Local. Railway Book Stalls. Victoria Pier. Logan’s Archway E. 0. Hotel. Runnyinede Hotel. Messrs. Look Bros., Co., Penang Road. Outstations. Federal Rubber Stamp, Taiping do do Ipoh. do do P. Buntar. do
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    • 216 8 i WILL @f^ TELL I Played by The Happy Six is a perfect dance number recorded with plenty of Saxophone. Other hits played by the above orchestra that we can recommend are Dumbell Fox Trot arid Ivy Fox Trot 10 ins. Records Price $2 each. < Robinson Piano Co., Ltd.,
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  • 112 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Saturday To-day. Shares. J J co cc cn Sc sc. tc. sc. Rubber (Dollar). Jimah 1.10 1.20 1.15 1.20 Semanggol 1.10 1.15 1.05 1.10 Tapah 10.00 10.50 10.25 10.75 U. Malacca 1.30 1.40 1.22 i
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  • 64 9 28th May. 1923. Loca l. cts. (Smoked Sheet 50 Fine Pale Crepe 50 pom Unsmoked Sheet 45 Singa- (Smoked Sheet 51 PORE (Crepe 51 London and New York. London (Smoked Sheet R2H (Crepe ls.2]d New York G2B| The following were the rubber quotations in London on May 26
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  • 62 9 Local. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd. May 28 Singapore sold, 75 tons at s97£. Penang buyers no sellers at 897.75. Messrs. Boustead and Co.. Ltd: To-day’s quotation for Singapore refined tin $97.87| per picul, business done 75 tons; Penang refined tin 897.75 per picul, business done 100 tons:
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  • 19 9 Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co., N. L. from 20th to 26th May. (being one week) 16 tons.
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  • 203 9 Benares Opium p. ch Ast 85,000,00 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 10.10 buyers Rattans 11.20 sellers Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00 per bag do
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  • 91 9 We have received a copy of the Annual Report of the Government Town Planner, Mr. Charles C. Reade. The Government Town Planner, in opening his report, says there have been important developments and progress in the work of this department.” Doubtless there have been, and doubtless also Mr.
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  • 1104 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. E U NAMES g.g a > s 92 an E- «e RUBBER [Dollar.] 8 c 3 c 3 c Allenby Rubber Co 1 15 1 20 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 25 1 40 Amalgamated Malay Estates 2 05 2 15 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 13
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    • 443 9 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. glen line, ltd. POSITION WANTED. -Passenger accommodation is available for London by the following steamers LK. S. Glenariffe (calls Genoa) about Y Hing Planter, 3 years experience in 7th June, 1923 q n natra, seeks billet in Straits or F.M.S. T S. S. Glenamoy about 17th June, d
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    • 302 9 s I LATEST MODEL i CANADIAN i i 1 iFORDI f CARS J ARRIVED I ae e S A number of improvements have 5 been incorporated in the new H model FORD g INSPECTION INVITED. s S I i WEARNE BROS. I %ll»f LIMITED. 1 PENANG. j i I 1
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  • 315 10 Messrs. Baker. Morgan and Co., Ltd.. Kuala Lumpur, report that on account of the interruption of the Hari Raya and Whitsun Holidays, we omitted a market letter last week. With the holidays referred to and also the Singapore Races taking place, there was, naturally, almost a cessation
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  • 233 10 Messrs. Barlow and Co., Singapore, report The market during the past week has been quiet. Owing to the Whitsun holiday, the local auction was held this week on Thursday. 24th instant. The auction opened with a quiet tone, but prices improved somewhat as the sale progressed. With
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  • 228 10 At the (>o4th auction of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association there was catalogued 1.351.913 lbs., or 60.3.53 tons. Offered 1.023.845 lbs. or 457.07 tons. Sold 724.023 lbs. or 323.30 tons. Prices Realized. L’don: Is. l|d. N. York 27} cts. Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents per lb. S’pore
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  • 515 10 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, Mry 28, 1923. cts GoVE R N M i;n t M o tton Head, or goat each LOO Liver with heart lung do 1.20 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet Bread pair 40 Leg of Mutton lb 55 Kidney pair 30
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  • 54 10 May 30.Football, P. 0. C. v Central Union, Esplanade 5.15 p.m. 30 Inter-Port Shoot, Rifle Range. 31 Corpus Christi. June 2lnter-State Cricket: Penang vs Perak, Penang. 2 King’s Birthday Parade, 8 a.m. Polo Ground. 3 King’s Birthday. 4 Inter-State Cricket: Penang vs Perak, Penang. 20P.A.M. Meeting, Kuala Lumpur.
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    • 411 10 Does the Distance from which you do ydur buying make any difference to you, providing you get good English Merchandise at MUCH Q LOWER PRICES R&iv-. I'O® I' »>,•■ BW‘-i it, W** &v>M Ly w W An American Style in English Leather at English Prices. Black Calf Brown Calf 30/-
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    • 166 10 I DUNLOP I CORD TYRES f 1 i I All Dunlop Cord Tyres I I for 1 are versize. I 1 4-i com P ar i n prices or when 1 kLJxi buying a Cord Tyre the 1 I -JhO I/ m r Motorist should satisfy him- I self that
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  • 888 11 SIR FRANK SWETTENHAM’S EXPERIENCES. About two months ago, in, response to an invitation from the Exhibition management, I applied for tickets to witness the final game in the Football Cup Ties writes feir Frank Swettenham in The Times.” I received the tickets—which were for numbered seats in
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    • 487 11 I piles Cured i Operation Averted by Use of Germolene. j- Longstanding’ Case which defied all other treatment. B Mr. George Pursglove, 32, Ward-street. New Glee, Grimsby, Eng., eayeGermolene has completely enred me of Piles, and I feel I must write and express my gratitude. For five years I was
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    • 457 11 Telegraphic Address Postal Address loyif/myr* 1 BRASTAGIHOTEL, MEDAN. BRASTAGI, SUMATRA, 0. K. 1 O 1 C 5 AAf fill il€Cl HOTEL BRASTAGI, is SUMATRA EAST COAST, 4,800 feet above sea level, I r 4 1 Climate fresh, invigorating, equivalent to an English summer. VA General temperature 52 degrees to 60
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    • 1374 12 r LLOYD TRIESTINO 1 ISTHMIAN LINE. THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Incorporated in Italy.) I DIRECT SERVICE TO BOSTON. INTENDED SAILINGS FROM PENANG. NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA HOMEWARD. HOMEWARD SAILINGS. BALTIMORE From Penang. VIA SUEZ GLAUCUS May 31 London and Rotterdam. AUTOMEDON June 6 London Rotterdam and Hamburg. Steamer Steamer. z Due
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    • 692 12 P. 0.-BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Companies Incorporated in England) MAIL, PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co. (Under Contract with His Majesty’s Government) p. O. SAILINGS. LONDON-FAR EASTERN SERVICE. From London Due Penang. To Marseilles London eav<M p about renn < about MALWA June 8 NYANZA Jnnp
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