Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 31 July 1923

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 174, VOL LXXXI. TUESDAY, 31st JULY, 1923. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    • 625 3 > Tiilv 2. In the House of Coni("'.hr replying to Col. Yate, who whether the defensive posts were f„ r in mediate use in the case of re;l n each station and canton"i,,.h i Earl Winterton said that .juthoritits had taken all pos’’"'i 1111 Lens to meet
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    • 125 3 ‘don, July m—j n connection with Lesli'Ju'u e Chief Whip, Colonel Llovd in I? 8 t( succeed Sir George Rest fl l,ni a y, Opposition papers suged i n h On l WilBon is bein 8 removtll(. 1 L-icilitate the inclusion in "hum n le| d
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    • 55 3 T HE PERSIAN EARTHQUAKE. ant ‘ial Ad\ American Fin tent of the'T aS ,nveBti sated the ex- < ar thquak(‘ caused in the recent "al e5ti,,,../ r< P°rts that the origi?,l,‘ a PP>oxin r e 'i‘ ,n Uch exa g£ e rated. th( dania--. 1 ;Ull roll is 900, and
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    • 425 3 London, July 18. —A remarkable series of allegations were made in the witness box by Lord Alfred Douglas who sued the Morning Post for alleged libel in publishing a letter from the editor of the “Jewish Guardian,” stating that “it must no longer be a
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    • 146 3 London, July 18. —An early decis” n th Imperial airships scheme was r O’-' shadowed by the Duke of Sutherland at the annual meeting of the League of British Empire, who said that he was hopeful of a decision being taken very shortly by the Imperial Defence
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    • 126 3 London, July 23. —In the Commons, today, Major Ormsby-Gore,, after giving Mr. Joseph Batey particulars of Sir Percy Cox’s annual salary and expenses, said that the grant of £5,000 had been made on account of his long and distinguished career in the service of the Crown
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    • 25 3 London, July 23.—The shipping tonnage laid up in the principal British ports has increased 30 per cent to <09,000 in the past quarter.
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    • 24 3 London, July 24.—A Peking message says a Britisher, Daroy M etherby, has been captured by brigands at Chiuho, Yunnan.
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    • 40 3 London, July 23.—A Stockholm mes sage says eight were m’led and 21 injured in the collision of a train f o.u >f thenburg with a charabanc full of passengers at a level c-’oss rg it.n Facssbergs.
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    • 221 3 London, July 18.—In the House f Lords, to-day, the Earl of Seibourne raised the question of the bearing of home food production on national defence and suggested referring the question to the Committee of Imperial Defence. The Marquis of Salisbury replied that th© subject would come before
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    • 134 3 London, July 23.'*—Gov *n i ent's foreign policy was strongly attack I in the coir sc of a speech by Mr. Lloyd Ge-nge, who was entertained at dinne- to night i;i the Commons by the National Liberal Party. He declared that whereas the Coalition Government for nine
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    • 45 3 London. July 18. —The Brussels correspondent of “The Times’’ states that it is believed that the British draft Note will ask Germany to renounce passive resistance provided France anti Belgium consent to a new assessment of Germany’s capacity to pay.
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    • 106 3 London, July 24. —The PostmasterGeneral, receiving the Empire Press Union deputation, said two companies, one the Cable Company, and the other Marconi's Cable Company, had applied for a licence to communicate with India. They were at present awaiting the decision of the Government of India as
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    • 94 3 London, July 12.—Captain A. G. Miller has had a curious experienc at Brooklands, where he beat all one to nine’ onehour motor-car records and all one to seven one-hundred mile records with an average speed of 85.20 miles per hour. While he was driving a tyre came off
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    • 53 3 London, July 18.—The Jaffa correspondent of the “Daily Mail” states that there has been a riot among Jewish immigrants who are unable to obtain work. Military were despatched with armoured cars, and a British baton charge restored order. Twenty-five persons were arrested, one was killed, and
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    • 53 3 London, July 27. —The accounts of the Indo-European Telegraph Company for 1922 show a gross revenue of £198,400 and a profit of £34,000. There is disposal to balance of £52,000 and a dividend of 7 per cent tax free, £22.200 is carried forward and to the reserve fund
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    • 25 3 London, July 11.—His Majesty the King has approved the appointment of Mr. Norman Kemp as Puisne Judge of the Bombay High Court.
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    • 33 3 London, July 26.—The steamship City of Rangoon, bound for London from Calcutta, has broken down eleven and a half miles off Ushant and sent wireless ca ls for tugs.
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    • 202 3 London, July 17. —The special correspondent of “The Times’’’ states that once again Signor Mussolini has scored a great personal triumph, and the Fascists are being carried forward on a new wave of popularity. The Rome correspondent of “The Times states that the carriage of the vote
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    • 166 3 London, July 18. —The announcement in the “London Gazette” mentioned by Reuter, reviving the Barony of Cromwell, reveals a romance of the peerage. It is about two years since the House of Lords upheld Lady Bewicke-Copley’s claim to the Barony, which lapsed no less than 469 years
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    • 109 3 London, July 11. —It is learned that the Prince of Wales, travelling as Duke of Cornwall, proposes to visit Canada early in the autumn and to spend a short time on his ranch in Alberta. The visit is to be purely a private one and therefore it
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    • 61 3 London, July 18. —The Prince of Wales, opening his tour of the Duchy of Cornwall estates in Somersetshire, visited Bath, where he inspected the War Pen sions Hospital. He spoke at a reception and lunched at the Guildhall. Subse quently he met scores
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    • 66 3 London, July 17.—The Berlin corres pondent of “The Times” states that it is practically certain that the resolution of the Economic Council of the Reisch that it is desirable to introduce gold reckon ing in all financial calculations will be applied to the payment of the
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    • 43 3 London, July 17. —The Brussels correspondent of “The Times” states that a Belgian sentry in Aix-la-Chapelle noticed a party of men digging with a spade under the railway to accommodate a bomb and fired on them and killed one. Th«others escaped.
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    • 65 3 London, July 24. —A Johannesburg message says a meeting of various Indian Associations held here to-day unanimously decided to challenge the whole of th; Immigration Act of 1923 by carrying an appeal in the case Rex versus Padsha to the House of Lords. Funds will be
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    • 44 3 London, July 18. —The “Daily Mail,” states that the dock strike will enter upon a new phase on Thursday when employers will employ independent labour and challenge intimidation. Extra police have been provided on the wharves and at storehouses.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 54 3 a SOUND J TIP! J I COME TO WHITE A WAY’S I GREAT I ANNUAL- n CLEARANCE SALE I WHICH IS i I NOW PROCEEDING I Genuine Reductions I .-q throughout our Store. I HF !i For One Month Only. I WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW CO., LTD., (Incorporated in England) PENANG and
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  • 408 4 Labour Bill Passed. (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, .July 31. The Legislative Council adopted the recommendations of the Select Committee and passed the Labour Bill. The Hon. Mr. Campbell regretted there was no organisation to assist Chinese and other labour. He urged that both Chinese and Indian labour
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  • 133 4 ST. ANDREW’S SOCIETY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, July 31. Singapore St. Andrew’s Society decided to hold a St. Andrew’s Ball and to make a donation towards the upkeep of Culloden memorials, and also to affiliate with kindred societies in the Malay Archipelago and the Dutch Indies, the
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  • 2962 4 Important Lecture at Ipoh. Mr. R. P. Brash presided at the lecture given at Ipoh by Dr. William R. Jones, D. Sc., (Lond.) under the auspices of the F. M. S. Chamber of Mines. There was a large and attentive audience. After the lecture a
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  • 208 4 The portion of Scripture for study for August, September, October, 1923, is Thessalonians. Members will read the Epistles and study them privately or in groups. The following addresses bearing on the Thessalonian Epistles will be delivered on dates which will be notified from time to
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  • 131 4 July 31, Aug 2, 4— Fenang Races. Aug. I—Football Practice, Esplanade, 5.15 p.m. 2 C.W.A., Meeting, Parsonage, 10 a.m. 3 Penang Club, Guest Night Race Ball, 9.15 p.m. 4 Tennis Championships, P.C.C. Courts, 10.30 a.m. and 4.45 p.m. 4 and 6—Public and Bank Holidays. 4 and (> —Cricket
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  • 212 4 Tokio, July 26. —It is announced that M. Karahan will start for Tokio via Peking, where he stays for a while, and that M. Joffe will leave Tokio in the middle of August. Mr. Oswald Mosley is one of the most promising but most uncertain of our
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  • 771 4 MODERN THOUGHT tv x J *>AS. The fifth of the series of a Far East problems written bv f 5 correspondent of the K v ‘«onnng t says in order that Japan may Cn industrial nation she desires f raw material than is forthcoming her own Empire.
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  • 864 5 the life oFm° ARCHER u of «The Life of Fred Archer-” atX”- ISS net) -tys those who «et 1 I. ~<1 Archer as the greatest of all living or <h>ad are not to be <Usk*7a' “laudatores temporis acti” be thod—e- g-, the introduc- ne w method" s
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  • 1402 5 DEMONSTRATION BEFORE THE BETTING COMITTEE. Before the members of the Committee which is inquiring into the question of the taxation of betting met in WestminsHall they witnessed a demonstration in Committe Room No. 9 of the working of a totalisator machine in betting transactions- The demonstration was accompanied by
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  • 281 5 “B. T” The extra day’s racing at the Bangkok Sports Club on Saturday July 21, provided an enjoyable afternoon and the smaller attendance, in view of the abolition of the Sweeps, was not unexpected. I’he profits for the day are about Tcs. 12,000 gross, as against an estimated
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  • 218 5 London, July 17. —Following are «f suits of County Cricket matches: Surrey vs. Lancashire. Surrey.—lst innings, 436 for 8, declared (Hobbs 104, Shepherd 55, Abel 88, P. G. H. Fender 69) 2nd innings, 84 for 3. Lancashire. —Ist innings, 185' (Makepeace 61, Hitch 4 for 39, Fender 6
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  • 189 5 CATHOLIC CLUB vs. TAP AH CLUB. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, July 29. A whole day cricket match was played at Tapah on Sunday between Ipoh Catholic Club and Tapah Club. The home team, batting first, put up 133 runs, to wards which C. Speldewinde contributed a fine
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  • LAWN TENNIS.
    • 138 5 Matches on the Singapore Padang in the Singapore Doubles Championship resulted in the of two of the semifinalists in the Singles Championships, Nakamura and L’yeda, playing together, winning two out of three sets against the Army players, Colonel Thompson and Major Harrison. Hooi Hye, winner of the
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    • 98 5 On the ’Selangor Club padang the final in tire preliminary competition to decide Selangor’s representative in the Malayan Championship tournament at Penang wa s played. A patient duel, mostly contested from the base line, was seen. Scovell won, 6 —3, 5 —7, 6—3, because
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    • 275 5 RESULT OF THE*DRAAV. The following is the draw for the Mala yan Tennis Championships to be played here on the 4th, sth and 6th August: Singles. Chung Ah Ming (Perak) v. J. R. H. Scovell (Selangor). R. B. Nunneley (Negri-Sembilan) v. Lee Tiang Liat (Penang). A.
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  • 212 5 F.M.S.R. INSTITUTE’S TOUR. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, July 23. The Ipoh Catholic Club is making laborate preparations to receive th> visit of the F.M.S.R. Institute during the Bank holidays. The following is the full programme of the tour: Friday night, Billiards Single»: R. E. Bain (Catholic
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 284 5 OUR WEEKLY CARTOON. “IN THE PUBLIC EYE” V J I V <> i I r x J u AI/ p 03 rK ?d I |l g| ili[ xz A -Ji -^k —--—--rys Z/k i?)T 7-3 j »»x Specially Drawn by David Wilson. Mons. POINCARE. The French Bulldog. Will he let
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  • 20 6 Neubronner. —On July 26, at the Maternity Hospital. Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Neubronner of a son.
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  • 1095 6 Perak Administration report for the i year 192*2, whieh has jnst been issued, makes interesting reading. The revenue derived from all sources amounted to $24.199.253, a decrease of $739,404 as •compared with 1921. Expenditure for the twelve months totalled $22,605,071, or roughly thirty millions less than in
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  • 1498 6 1 The weather prospects for the opening L of the Race Meeting are > The Races. excellent, and there should be a very good atten- dance, to-day, for it has now become the custom to have a large assemblage on the first day of the Penang Meetings.
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  • 54 6 His Excellency the Governor n.u pleased to grant a Lieutenant in the Straits > Volunteer Force to Mr. 2/Lieut. W. C. Glegg remains in mand of Butterworth Platoon. Wellesley Company. a! C. S. M. L. H. S. Taylor h» 8 pointed Sergt. Instructor o p
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  • 68 6 portb A The homeward mail, by 1 closes at 6 p.m. on 1 hurs< proximo. The P. 0. Pack.. outward European niaiDarrive here at 6 a.m. H 3rd proximo. the l v; The homeward mail, by closes at 6 p.m. on I'" 11, In 11 The Blue Funnel
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    • 48 6 E. O. RACE WEEK. SPECIAL RACE DINNERS AND DANCING ON TUESDAY, 3lot JULY, THURSDAY, 2nd AUGUST, SATURDAY, 4th AUGUST—DANCING TILL 1-45 a. m. THE SYNCOPATED BAND FROM RAFFLES SWILL PLAY THE DANCE MUSIC. ORCHESTRAL CONCERT ON WEDNESDAY, l»t AUGUST, 9-45 p. m. SPECIAL TIFFIN EVERY DAY—E. O. ORCHESTRA.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
  • 49 6 DEATH. Mrs. Lee Sian Gan, —At 21, Race Course Road. Singapore, on July 26, wife of Mr. Lee Sian Gan of Teck Joo Hin ACo., aged 43. OBITUARY. SIR CHARLES HAWTREY. London July 30. The death has occurred of Sir Charles Hawtrey, the distinguished actormanager, in his 65th year.
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  • 355 7 Conferences in London. Reuth's Telegrams., London. July 30. r7o n this afternoon, conferred L<' r 5 H with the Italian. Belgian, f re nch Ambassadors, on (iernUin to the reply to the last question- g un( e rstood that the Gernii Ambassador's visit is not conG, '*”i n wirh
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  • 182 7 POLICE FIRE ON CROWD. Berlin. July 30. The only trouble reported in Germany during the week-end was an outbreak at Neuruppin, in the Mark of Brandenburg, where shops were plundered and tho crowd attempted to storm the prison and release political prisoners, compelling the police to fire,
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  • 56 7 HAI)E park demonstration. London. July 30. nj u rope is slowly again speeches H >nil k war was voiced in demonstr r nn I nae rons *’no-more-war different ,ls nr n the week-end in Principal T T f thp country. The by Io .OGO mo s n
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  • 66 7 A ai, is Reval, July 30. Gov ‘-rnn I L?\ In, s sage says the Soviet h rad of a J 1:* 8 M. Karakhan, Aw iss i™' China. lllb ‘ntion to r.I. 'a, Izvestia,” it is the Ulll es lS j a (all M.Joffe from
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  • 138 7 Opposition Busy. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, July 30. The Government was again heckled in the House of Commons on the Singapore scheme by its opponents. Replying to the Rt. Hon. George Lambert, Mr. Baldwin said it had been officially denied that Count Uchida stated the new base conflicted
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  • 83 7 DUTCH INDIAN VIEWS. Batavia, July- 31. —The “Nieusblad” says the significance of the decision to build a naval base at Singapore is tangible as it means that the Washington naval treaty is only of problematic value, and that Britain accepts the consequences of eventual conflict with her
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  • 113 7 COSTS OF FLOTATION. London. July 30. In the House of Commons. Mr. Albert Bennett (Liberrl-Mansfield) declared that the costs cf floating the recent Straits Settlements loan were nearly- .-£700.000. The Crown Agents were receiving $200,000- He urged the reduction of such expenditure in similar cases in future.
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  • 249 7 PTOMAINE POISONING ATTACK. San Francisco. July 30. A favourable bulletin as regards the condition of President Harding, who was attacked by ptomaine poisoning on his return from his visit to Canada, was succeeded by the announcement that the President had cancelled his entire Californian programme. New symptoms
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  • 20 7 AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. Paris, July 30. The Minister of Hygiene French inaugurated an International Conference on Leprosy at Strasbourg.
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  • 84 7 Representatives for Next Session. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] The Hague, July 30. The following were selected to represent Holland at the fourth session of the Assembly of the League of Nations at Geneva on September 3: Doctor Loudon, Minister in Paris, Doctor Sevenaer Minister at the Vatican, and
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  • 55 7 JAPANESE* ADMINISTRATION. London, July 28. The Manchester Guardian's Geneva correspondent says that although the general impression was favourable, the Permanent Mandates Commission resolved to make some reservations in the report to the League Council on certain points in the Japanese administration of some of the
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  • 69 7 NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENTS DECISION. Wellington. July 30. In order to remove the objections in regard to the existing form of contract and improve the conditions of the labourers in Samoa, the New Zealand Government has decided to abolish the indentured system and substitute a system of free
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  • 52 7 AN AMNESTY. Pretoria. July 30. The Cabinet decided to grant an amnesty to all sentenced to imprisonment up to five years in connection with the Rand disturbances. This covers the majority of the convictions in connection with the riots. Only a few. including one life sentence, are
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  • 16 7 London, July 30. Dock work at Hull and Tilbury has been fully resumed.
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  • 70 7 ANOTHER HITCH. Lausanne, July 30. The Turco-American negotiations were being actively pursued even at midnight. There were meetings between Ismet Pasha and Senator Grew, but a hitch occurred with regard to the question of American claims on account of losses in the war. On this subject Ismet
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  • 110 7 Gibraltar, July 30. The United States midshipmen’s practice squadron, consisting of the Battleships Arkansas,” the flagship of RearAdmiral Scales, Delaware,” Florida and “North Dakota ’’with a personnel of 3,000 men and 1,700 midshipmen, arrived to participate on August 2 in the unveiling of the memorial to
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  • 44 7 RESCUE WORK ABANDONED. London, July 30. One body has been recovered from the Maltby Main disaster. Efforts to rescue the other 26 entombed men have been abandoned, owing to the dangerous condition of the workings, and the pit has been sealed.
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  • 75 7 The Latest Results. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) Deauville, July 30. In the Davis Cup Singles, the Comte de Gomar beat Blanchy, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2. La Coste beat Flaquer 6-1, 6-3, 6-3. Japan Makes Progress. Montreal, July 30. Fukuda beat Crocker 6-2, 6-3, 6-2, Japan thus securing all five
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  • 289 7 LEDOUX OUTPOINTED BY BUGLER LAKE. London. July 30. At the Albert Hall, in a 20-rounds contest, for the bantamweight championship of Europe, Bugler Laker, of Plymouth, outpointed the holder, Charles Ledoux. Lake’s Superiority*. London. July .‘lO. Ledoux crouched and bored in continually. but was generally met by stiff uppercuts
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  • 276 7 The health report of the F.M.S. for 1922 states that during the year, 187 lepers were transferred from the F.M.S. to the Asylum on Pulau Jerejak, which now has 253 F.M.S. lepers. Pulau Jerejak was visited in order to study the breeding places of anophelines in relation to
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  • 226 7 Selections for To-day. The following are our selections for to-day’s races Race I—Carrie B, Helanel, Sunsprite. Race 2—Applause, Sterling. Race 3—Hayston. Beau Regarde, Lady Wallae. Race 4—Highway, Distour, Horace L. Race s—Merry Maiden, Cleopatra, Speed Arrow. Race f>—Prudentious. Queen of Clubs. Race 7—Kina. Killara. Race B—Digger, Nora, Captain
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  • 301 7 At a meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commission, the President said with regard to th? correspondence in the Press regarding the question of the erection of the new Municipal Offices, that he had put the following matters to the Municipal Architect. A. That the Municipal Architect has
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  • 205 7 A passenger on board a Norwegian liner during one of its recent voyages to New York tells of a tragi comic incident of which he was the observer. The American immigration laws are abnormally strict, he says, and contain individual clauses that might have been
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 449 7 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.’A Sir, —Now that the Islamic star has once again commenced to shine, it is th© earnest wish of those even outside the Islamic faith, this this star may never grow dim again, and that the parties who have affixed their
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    • 391 7 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”} Sir, —Of all absurd customs, or vices, the practice of indiscriminate]}- ‘standing’ drinks, is the worst. There is no reason why, when one man meets a friend he should not have a drink with him or vice versa. But what
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  • 1453 8 MR ORMSBY GORE ON CABINET DECISION. London. July 25. —In the House of Commons to-day, introducing the Colonial Office estimates, Mr. Ormsby-Gore, dealing with the Kenya Indian question said that the less he added to the carefully considered wording of the White Paper, the better. He emphasised
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  • 176 8 Although by far the greater part of the merchandise imported into Biitish Malaya is exporte<l from some portion of the British Empire, the fact must not be lost sight of bv British exporters that there is considerable competition from foreign countries in many classes of goods.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 453 8 JKdlins food 5 f Picp red as directed Mellin s Food is the i pernct substitute lor breast milk and Kj] j|s con .sins nature’s essential constituents /fff for building sturdy limbs and solid flesh. HI I ii'i Im Equally good for nursing or expectant mothers as for babies. Mellin’s
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    • 201 8 i “JENNIE” I Ted Lewis and his band plays Jennie Fox Trot ’n a 5 manner that will make this hit haunt you. Hear ho Ted blends the Tenor and Alto Saxophones. “Jennie’’ is not a Jazz number but a real haunting melody. THOUSANDS OF THE LATEST 1 DANCE SUCCESSES
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  • 800 9 F. M. S MEASURES. The Report of the Senior Health Officer F.M.S. for 1922 s tates tha: as usual malaria heads the list as the most important cause of sickness and death- The number of deaths from fever recorded was 15.570. The death-rate, the lowest for ten years
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  • 85 9 The followiHg are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday To-day. 0D 0D Shares. 5 >» >» ZS s B CC 3Q CP 00 J c. to. t c. Ic. Mining. Hitam Tin 1.30 1.35 1.30 1.35 Johan 32 J 34 32 i 35
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  • 43 9 31st July, 1923. Local. cts. f Smoked Sheet 49 A Penang-j Fine Pale Crepe 50 nom (Unsmoked Sheet 45 Singa- (Smoked Sheet 50 pore I Crepe 50 London and New York. r f Smoked Sheet ls.3H Losdos Crep<; New York G2B
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  • 18 9 Nawng Pet Tin, Limited, for July, hours run 201, yardage treated 16,000, ore won. piculs 400.
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  • 189 9 Benares Opium p. chest $5.000.00 nom. Cloves 120.00 sellers Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Pickings no stocks Nutmegs 42.00 sellers Coconuts per 1,000 46.00 sellers Copra Sundried 9.00 buyers 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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  • 119 9 PENANG. JULY 31, 1923. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/3 29/32 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 3 Credit 2/4 3/8 3 Documentary 2/4 13/32 Calcutta Demand Bank R» 173}' 3 days’sight Private 175} 3 Bombay Demand Bank 173} g Madras Demand Bank 173] g- 3
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  • 1061 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. 3D NAMES I A S 3 03 < RUBBER [Dollar.] 3 c 3 c!• Allenby Rubber Co I 25 1 30 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 25 1 40 Amalgamated Malay Estates 2 20 2 30 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 13 75 14 25 Ayer Kuning
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  • 371 9 Messrs. Barker, Morgan Co., Ltd.’ Kuala Lumpur, report that the week commenced quietly with, however, an increasing demand being evident for cheap rubbers. At rising rates sellers have at last come out and a large volume of business has passed during the past days. Space does not
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 161 9 A 25 H. P. 8 Cylinder touring car $4.850 NETT CASH ON VIEW DURING Race Week AT The Cycle Carriage Co’s.. SHOWROOMS Trial Arranged 'tf .TJK? II 1923 MODEL if™hw I sgaE 10 H. P. 2 Seater with Dickey Seat A 7 J? WITH ALL THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS* a Send
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    • 110 9 IS YOUR BABY HEALTHY? HERE IS A TEST. Happiness is a sign of health in babies if they are fretful and restless it is a sure indication that something is wrong. Usually the cause of a baby’s sleenlessness. crying, irritability, is stomach oj bowel trouble's, or teething pains. Baby’s Own
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    • 207 9 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 1 1 11 1 1 .A hi POSITION VACANT.’ Wanted. Dresser conductor for Rubber Estate in Kedah. Apply with copies of testimonials to Box No. 199. c/o Pinang Gazette. FOR SALE. Dodge 5 Seater for sale. No reasonable offer refused. Apply Box No 200, c/o Pinang Gazette. LOCAL
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  • 408 10 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. van der Parra for Deli and P. Brandan Fooksang for Singapore, China and Japan. Parigi for Langsa, Edi, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh and Sabang. Umzinto for Singapore. Ghirbi for Pang Nga. Kopah for Deli. Trang for P. Brandan. Kampar for Tehik Anson. Klang for Port Swettenham,
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  • 304 10 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). IT TRAIN. Federated Malay States, Malacca, Johore and Singapore. Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half-an hour earlier than rhe Ordinary mail. FOR AT Batn Gaiah. Tapah Road. 'j By train Teluk Anson.Kuala Kuhn. Kuala 7.15 a.in. Lumpur, Klang. Port Swetten-also
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