Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 13 October 1923

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  • 21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No» 237 a VOL LXXXL SATURDAY, 13th OCTOBER, 1923. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • 1681 2 FIERCE FIGHTING. New York, September 14.—Few fights, none perhaps, with the exception of Jack Dempsey’s encounter with Georges Carpentier, the French aspirant for the title, have carried with them so much of the psychological element as the DempseyFirpo contest for the heavy-weight championship of the world, which
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  • 470 2 BEFORE THE FIGHT. London, September 30.—Despite Beck ett’s public announcement that he feels sure to win, Carpentier is warm favouiite at Bto 5 on. Beckett is supposed to have developed a seeret punch. Carpentier does not indulge in any prophecy, but mentions that he is well trained and
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  • 58 2 London, September 30. —Harper, of the Hallamshire Harriers, won the amateur ten mile championship at Stamford Bridge. He made the pace a cracker throughout, forcing two ex-champions to retire. He won by nearly two minutes in 53 minutes, 34-3/5 seconds. M atts, Surrey Club, retained the
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  • 31 2 London, September 30- —Mr. C. J. 11. Tolley won the Welsh Amateur Championship, beating Major IL O. Hedlet, the former native champion by 2 and 1.
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  • 95 2 London, September 30.—The result of the Irish and English League football m'atdh was no surprise, though it was not expected to be so easy. Ireland scored first, but Bradford, the opposing centre forward, scored four successively. The most surprising result was Bristol City s reversal of form after
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    • 1019 2 Short Classified < j e The Travelling Public are notified that AnVPI’f’lQA ndPnfc extensive repairs to the Pontoon Bridge HUTU 11SC UlCllld. at Enggor are in hand> and there may a t Wanted, For Sale, To Let, &C., timeB be <™ side ™ble delay in crossing. H. W. JONES, can
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    • 65 2 y. IL r.-y x x.'C, y < .I_TAI.ILI- fN .V WJi -T.T S Bargain free from England. ts to day, for this ferful oardair Jogue of Shoes, hi ng,Vetches, lllcry etc. jtifully illustrated. AIL GOODS AT WHOLESALE PRICES. DONT DELAY- Send a postcard with »5 address, and we will despatch
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    • 645 2 TENDERS iNVIB h The Municipal Co nil1 < George Town, Pei separate tenders for th<- h.;i, year from the Ist day of with the exception of v‘ ry SH 18, which will be for three v *'J 1. Rent of Jelutong Market* 2. Rent of Pulau Tikus \r > 3.
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  • 2276 3 Ihe American Point of View. who decide that the rest of i U "'q'c'in g<> to whlle our own 1 thf"' 0 ~h along in splendid econosays Mr. Charles Merz in U l u- i /New York magazine, 1 p 1 k ,„al<T,al». And one of I !S
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  • 648 3 HEAVY LANDINGS. Mr. E. L. Killick, writing in “The financier” of September 18 says the Port of London figures relating to the landings and deliveries of crude rubber for the week remain unfavourable from •the standpoint of producing interest. But, as they still reflect the abnormal conditions set
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  • 187 3 Financier.” The pioneering activities of the Arghan Company are rapidly nearing the stage of fruition. Their fibre, although originally’ supposed to be suitable for cordage only, has now definitely been placed by textile trade organisations under the category of silk, due to a scientific process of special strain
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    • 264 3 THE NEW WORLD. We have had several new worlds. The Jews call this year 5683; Christians, with a newer world, call it 1923 the Mohammedans. dating from Mohammed’s flight, say it is 1310, and “the ne;w world fit for heroes to live in” is still in the making. But the
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    • 156 3 Pritchard &C 9 L™ (INCORPORATED IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.) Penang, Ipoh and Sungei Patani. IMPERIAL TYPEWRITERS BRITISH THROUGHOUT. A Standard Machine Every Way, nt Chiiroctcrs, IBirf Vywitl Visible Writing, Two-Colour Ribbon, Stencil Cut-Out, WRITE Back Spacer, for Variable Line Spacing Descriptive Booklets* High Speed Escapement, r" Special Card Feed, o
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  • 202 4 Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent telegraphs that the death occurred this morning in the General Hospital there of Mr. Murugasu Cathiiavaloo, J. P., of Kuala Kangsar, and well-known in Penang as a landed proprietor and prominent member of the Jaffna Tamil Community. The funeral will take
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  • 231 4 TWO DROWNING CASES. Death by drowning was the verdict of H. M. Coroner, Mr. A. V. Aston, as the cause of the death of Quek Bee Lai whose body was found in the sea at Sungei Pinang on September 18 in a decomposed state by an employee of
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  • 234 4 THE CHINESE REPUBLIC. [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”] Sir, —The lantern procession in commemoration of the anniversary of the Republic of China went off without a hitch, and was on a grander scale than those of previous years. There was one thing that was very much in
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  • 65 4 (From Our Own Corresponden). Ipoh, October 13. Tn a probate action, involving over $200,000. in respect to the estate of the late Mr. Ramanathan, J.P., Kuala Kangsar, the Hon. Mr. Justice Watson yesterday decreed for the plaintiffs, Chilvar Ayan, the son, and Rathenam. his wife, for whom Mr.
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  • 40 4 Oliver Twist will be presented at the iyric Cinema to-night and to-morrow nighty The film is attracting large attendances. By special request The “Mark of Zorro” will be shown tomorrow afternoon at the matinee beginnii’lg from 3 p,m.
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  • 740 4 QUESTION OF REGISTRATION. The hearing was resumed in the Police Court, before Mr. A. V. Aston, yesterday afternoon, of the case against Chee Tiah, managing partner of Hoe Ann Co., who was summoned at the instance of Mr. D. L. AV. Batwell, of Messrs. Adamson, Gilfillan Co.,
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  • 106 4 It is to the credit of the Brisbane subbranch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. that a matter affqcting the whole of the Citanmonwealth. was ventilated by a deputation which waited upon the Tariff Board at Brisbane recently. This was in connection with the importation of American films into Australia, and
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  • 557 4 DR. LI.VI BOON KENG’S SPEECH. At the opening of the Ho Hong Bank branch at Hongkong bn October Ist, Dr. Lim Boon-keng (so the “China Mail” spells his name) made an interesting speech in which, having explained that the Ho Hong Bank was the fruit of the experience
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  • 275 4 WHERE LICENCES ARE TAKEN AWAY FOR EVER. The Danish way with motorists convicted of drunkenness while driving is to deprive them of their licences for ever. In accordance with the Danish law of 1921 the trial of a motorist accused of drunkenness is preceded by an
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  • 286 4 In connection with the discussion in the Legislative Council upon “The Policy of Tida Apa,” a correspondent of the “Straits Timos” draws attention, to Mr. Beatty’s remark that the Chinese Protectorate has few officers to help it with a knowledge of the Chinese language. .As Mr. Beatty insisted
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  • 160 4 The following new books have been received at the Library: The Genesis of the War, by Asquith, The Rt. Hon. H. H., A 1316. The Literary Remaissance in America, by Bechhofer, C. E., *****. Aly Method, by Cone, Emile, F 973. Jersey: An Isle of Romance, by Elliott,
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  • 68 4 Toronto, September 16. —The Department of Alines has received a block of silver ore weighing over two tons, and containing over twenty thousand ounces of silver, from the Keeley mines in Northern Ontario. This is the largest individual block of silver ore of such richness ever
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  • 288 4 There is a movement afoot to hold a Poppy Day in Penang on or about November 11. (Armistice Day). The proceedsirom the sale of Flanders Poppies are for the Benevolent Branch of- the British Legion, to relieve distress among ex-service men of aH ranks, their widows and dependents.
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  • 229 4 -“S.F.P.” Before the conclusion of the case against the three Chinese who were convicted by Air. Ahearne in the Second Police Court, Singapore, on charges of attempted extortion of ss€ from some Chinese in a shop at No. 14, Upper Cross Street, the complainant in the case
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  • 111 4 As for Penang, the keenness with which they are preparing to meet Perak next week promises a level fight. They have two particularly good threes this season in Cook (the Cambridge blue) and Rodrigo a clever young Ceylon player with a good knowledge of the game and a
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  • 71 4 Tokio, September 22. —There are at present 76 merchant ships off Shinagawa but owing to the difficulty of landing cargoes there, it has been decided hereafter to land at Yokohama. To that end, emergency repair work on the wharves at Yokohama is progressing. The
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  • 585 4 QUARREL AVITH JT’QO-SI w, London, September 17.j t j ed from Rome that pending tl < ment of the negotiations with J n regarding the future of Finn^’? 1, < view of the abnormal situation'7? as revealed in a letter from M vice-president of the Constituent r ly
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  • 217 4 Motor-cycling has taken its I amongst feminine pastimes, through the wonderful performan»’■ Miss Cottle, of AVallasey—the s r Lenglen of the road. Startim.' nncycling at the age of 15, MissCuttb upwards of twenty gold medalsan 1 i j first prizes and valuable cups, but crowning performances
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    • 153 4 SCIENCE FINDS REAL CURE FOR INDIGESTION. Amongst the outstanding achievements of medical science in recent years is the discovery or invention of a real and lasting cure for disorders of the digestion. The means of carrying out the cure is a bland, harmless compound known as Bisurated Magnesia, and its
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    • 48 4 Daily Mirror, Atlas of the World, $2/50 per hook or $2/80 post free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., Penang. Rubber Companies Account Book, by R. 8. Stewart and F. C. Ebbels, $3/50 per book or $3/80 post free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., Penang.
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  • FEMININE REFLECTIONS.
    • 909 5 Monday. September 17th.—Do receive this day by the post a very good recipe from Mr. i’*]>ys’ Aunt Jane for the Pottjllg of Game as occasion may require, and so that none be wasted, which were a s in to think of. This to free the remains of
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    • 41 5 This afternoon frock of navy figured taffeta, trimmed with pale, grey taffeta or silk, should be worn rather long in order to carry out the desired effect, the full long skirt being very much in voguet just qpw.
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    • 502 5  -  By Pauline Boucher. What a delight perfume is. Everyone must at some time have felt revived by the fragrance of a luxurious garden. In literature we come across lines which show us what great feeling there is for perfume. |The odour from some flower plantations is
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    • 545 5  -  By Beryl Beddowes. It is not to be supposed that all women like the domesticated man. Or before marriage they may loudly declare they do not, but after they have settled down in the home well, that is often a very different matter. The fact must be
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    • 135 5 i jl It is NOT the weather II i for Tennis BUT you are strongly J advised to buy I one of our J. J “CHALLENGE” TENNIS I RACQUETS I now li li I iiitf W i w I i y i I I Large New Stocks J Just to
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  • 34 6 Paterson.—At 44, Northam Road. Penang, on the 12th inst., to Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Paterson, a son. Elliott. —At Bristol, on October 8, 1923, to Mr. and Mrs. A.A. Elliott, a son.
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  • 1357 6 Nature’s cataclysm in Japan has set the minds of scientists, architects and engineers on an investigation not only of the cause of volcanoes and earthquakes and of their probable periodicity, but upon an examination of the best methods for distribution of the population in crowded areas, such as
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  • 1263 6 From what can be gathered, there are some who regret that Sir The C.C. Frederick James did not stay at home —to give the Colonial Office advice regarding Malaya for the benefit of the Imperial Economic Conference. We had pictured him for the last week or two
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  • 330 6 S. T. The homeward mail, by the Teesta, closes at 10 a.m. on Friday, the l?th instant. The mail despatched from Penans to London on the 15th ultimo, by the s.s. Yondel, was delivered in London r the 12th instant. The Hongkong Relief Fund in connection with the
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 329 6 £4 a ||l I ~l£ 55fc2K»*ter of Virginias 2 Until you have smoked “75” 1,1 you cannot appreciate what a good cigarette means. M w Cigarette Specialists, II ABDULLA CO., LTD., I New Bond Street, LONDON. Mi A PERFECT CHEMIST’S SHOP A “Perfect Chemist’s Shop” is the one that has
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    • 48 6 “E. O.” PRELIMINARY NOTICE. Special Armistice Dinner AND DANCE On. Saturday, 10th Nov., 1923. 11l RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION, gj [f Including free town delivery or j* postage. iiii a year 5: Local 136 Illi Country (S.S. F.M.S.) $42 Foreign $4B ijj Monthly, Quarterly and Half-yearly pro-rata. HU ini
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 39 6 THE TIDES. High Water. Low Water To-day. 2. 18 p.m. 8. 37 p.m. To-morrow. 2. 30 a.m. 9. 8 a.m. 2. 55 p.m. 9. 13 p.m. Monday. 3. 5 a.m. 9. 52 a.m. 3. 34 p.m. 9. 51 p.m.
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  • 509 7 Conferred on Distin1 guished Trio. Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, October 12. Mr. MacKenzie-King and k ■'■'■ive.l the Freed.m of the ■'f: rfLonao.! at the Guildhall, which Ot) n.rpil bv a distinguished gather‘7. ling the Duke and Duchess of p-ike of Devonshire. Cabinet i ..ml the Conference members. M
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  • 75 7 ACQUIRES 111 more papers. London, October 13. It is announced that The Daily Mail” I rnst has acquired for six million sterling some forty newspapers and periodicals owned by Messrs Hulton and Company, ’ne.tiding the “Evening Standard,” “Daily ;k* tch and “Sunday Herald” published ln London
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  • 20 7 Portland, October 13. Di l \merican Federation of Labour 'Dnimously re-elected Mr. Sam ro,l >Pers as President.
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  • 55 7 11 Xl >i) TRACK BLAMED. New York, October 12. O f *L»ped a slight lameness ve H i nie mkle after a gallop u 1 11( >on. The trainer. Mr. It plainly worried, declared ""-"'that the injury would b? hard before the race. The <‘'l foe i'i Belmont
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  • 468 7 General Smuts 7 Appeal to the Powers. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) London, October 12. The Dominion Premiers’ general support of the League of Nations is shown in passages from speeches made at the Imperial Conference issued this evening. The speeches mainly are expressions of sympathy with the League’s objects
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  • 72 7 London, October 12. At a meeting of the Administrative Council of the Empire-Cotton-Growing Corporation in London on October 10, it was announced that 508 firms of spinners had elected to pay through their brokers a levy of sixpence per 500 lbs on cotton purchased under the Cotton
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  • 76 7 WARSAW-MOSCOW EXPRESS HELD UP. Moscow, October 12. Bandits stopped and robbed the Warsaw-Moscow express 100 miles inside the Russian frontier. British, Italian and Polish diplomatic agents were robbed, but the diplomatic bags are safe. The bandits loosened the rails. Eight of them armed with rifles and
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  • 27 7 THE “MONTORO” AGROUND.' London, October 12. The steamer “Montoro” from Singa pore, grounded in the Torres Straits Attempts to refloat her are proceeding.
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  • 30 7 Madrid. October 12. Mateo and Nicolau were sentenced to death for complicity in the murder of Premier Day in March 1921. Seven others were acquitted.
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  • 227 7 Police Fire on Unemployed. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) Dusseldorf, October 12. The economic situation in the Ruhr is serious and a cessation of work in numerous industries is expected. The French report that 10,000 unemployed at Solingen looted the shops. The police fired, killing two rioters and
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  • 125 7 London, October 3.—What the ‘•Times” Cologne correspondent describes as a clear and valuable exposure of the French Rhineland policy is given by M. Hubert Jean in an article in the semiofficial French army newspaper, “Echo du Rifin.” M. Jean says:—“The Rhineland Commission has no business
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  • 195 7 London, October 3.—The “Quo d’Orsay” is mystified by the news of a supposed fresh obstacle to the resumption of work in the Ruhr, according to the “Times” Paris correspondent, who states “that the French Government had understood that the final impediment had been
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  • 188 7 London, October 4.—A surprising development in connection with the separatist disorders at Dusseldorf on Septein ber 20 is reported, says the “Times ologne correspondent. The French have commenced proceedings against five German Police officials on a charge of attempted murder J he penalty under thei
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  • 23 7 NEW ZEALAND’S CONTRIBUTION. Wellington (New Zealand), Oct. 12. The Government contributed £25.000 to relieve the sufferers from the earthquake in Japan.
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  • 268 7 OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. The Japanese Consul-General in Singapore supplies the following: The phenomenal seismic disaster that befell Tokio, Yokohama and neighbouring districts caused death to more than 100,000 men, women and children, and destroyed some 400,000 houses. The benevolence of the Imperial Household and the composure, mutual
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  • 167 7 London, October 4. —A terrific gale swept across London, the south of England, and Northern France in the morning. Thare were tremendous seas along the east and south coasts. The boat service between Calais and Dover was temporarily suspended in the morning. Mr. Bruce, Prime
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  • 121 7 London, September 15. —The New York “Daily News” has published a report of an interview which one of its staff correspondents in Quebec had with the Prince of Wales. The report says: —“The conversation turned on fiancees. ‘Great heaven!’ the Prince exclaikned, T have had eight
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  • 90 7 London, September 18.—An qpic of medical heroism lies behind the announcement of the death in Norwich from cancer of Dr. Margaret Boileau. Knowing that her condition was hopeless, she, for months past, has described her symptoms daily in the interests ol medical research. Two female doctors
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  • 208 7 S. C. C. AND S. S. C. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. October 13. Singapore Cricket Club’s autumn tennis tournment has concluded. Mrs. Salzmann presented the prizes. Singapore Swfimming Club’s half yearly report says bad debts of $2,145 were written off. Reserve was made against future bad debts
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  • 219 7 London, September 24.—Romance, says the “Daily Express,” is piled on romance in the story of the secret marriag'i of the late eighth Ear] of Breadalbane (Lain Edward Herbert Campbell) to Miss Marie Reeves Hunt, a rewue actress. The marriage was celebrated in a registry office on September
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  • 154 7 London, September 22. —For the first time in the history of British crime a man who was sentenced to death was called as a witness in a Crown case which arose in Liverpool on June 11, when two armed men raided a post office and a man
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  • 99 7 London, September 24. —Mr. Hr H. A quith to-night made the following statement :—“Lord Morley’s death is not a tragedy, but it means the disappearanc of the last survivor of an heroic age. He was my first political mentor, and for upwards of 30 years he
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  • 95 7 Berlin, September 21. —A man named Hermann Hossler has been arrested on a -charge of having posed as a ladies’ medical specialist. Hossler had a larg and exclusive practice, and his surgery contained a collection of skulls and nu merous photographs of duelling epis ides of his alleged
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  • 20 7 London, October 3. —Mr. Howard Calter leaves for Egypt to resume work at Tutankhamen’s tomb.
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  • 716 7 Mr. 8. B. Hamilton is leaving for home shortly, via Rangoon. The Hon. Mr. W. H. Thorne has assumed the duties of D. P. P., Penang. Mr. A. S. Baxendale is writing a book on currency problems.—“ M.M.” Mr. R. N. Brunel-Norman is now manager of the
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  • 689 8 HONGKONG AND ABOLITION OF THE MONOPOLY. In the comse of his address to the Hongkong Legislative Council on the introduction of the budget for 1924, the Governor, Sir Reginald Stubbs, said In the case of opium, we have estimated the revenue at $3,500,000. That is the same figure
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  • 49 8 Simla, October 4.—Particulars show that Captain Baker Jones was murdered while motoring, 14 miles out of Loralai, on the Harnai Road. The murderers are believed to be two Wanechi outlaws, Mayandad and Gulab, who werei seen in Dilk’huna on the nights of September 29 and 30.
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  • 253 8 RICE FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES PROHIBITED. By an Order dated the 19th July, of 1923, of the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, the existing quarantine measure prohibiting the importation into the United States of seed or paddy rice from certain designated foreign countries on account
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  • 213 8 The rebuilding of Tokio will be the biggest job of its kind in history, for no other town of equal size has ever met with equal catastrophe. The London cf the Great Fire was small by modern standards, and Chicago, when it was Burned down in 1871,
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  • 161 8 What is regarded as the greatest advance in musical progress of recent years is the invention by Mr. William Forse, a London man, of a gramophone which has aroused considerable enthusiasm among our leading musicians. The meaning of the invention will be appreciated by gramophone users when
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  • 126 8 Oct. 13—New Club, Taiping, Guest Nigh Dinner. 8.15 p.m., Monthly Dance, 9.30 p.m. 14—P.V.R.C. Shoot, 7 a.m. 20 —Batu Lintang Rubber, Meeting, 33 Beach Street, 12 noon. 20 —Rugby Football: Penang v. Perak, Penang. 23 —P.0.C.-Annual Meeting, 6 p.m. 27 Batang Padang Dredging, Meeting, 33 Beach Street, 12
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 359 8 /5r Sleeplessness The sufferer from habitual sleeplessness will find that the daily use of ENO’s “Fruit Salt” will do much to restore those orderly condition! upon which healthful sleep and waking energy ’“QE? depend. ENO removes excess of toxic matter in the blood brought about by sluggish action of the
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    • 82 8 PERSONAL. Nothing is of greater personal importance than the care of one’s health. And Pinkettes are a personal asset when intestinal irregularity is making you feel inefficient and ‘cheap’ because they promptly dv?pe} constipation, stir up the liver, banish biliousness, headache, liverishness, that nasty taste in the mouth, and restore
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    • 743 8 BAN KS. LX S V 1 CHARTHRKI) j, AfW i ’c 1 Charter 1853) N'.WU U 38. BISHOPSGATF. LONDON yNy low are Agencies and Branch... '—-7 Alor Star. Amritsar. n n ,l > YOU Bombay, Calcutta, Canton,' Caw,' P Colombo, Delhi, Haiphong IL„l re r feeding koi) g’ T P
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  • 432 9 |S Symington and Sinclair’s 'ijv Market Heport, dated London September, says the Rubber u'ket ta» ain n «““‘“•’«’t was some activity on Friday and on American enquiry, and a slight advance. This f'.'Lnce been lost, however, and prices 11,151 v show a decline of |d. to»d. per lb.
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  • 315 9 Sl s Barlow and Co., Sinreported on the 11th as follows:—During the l J t week the market has been very quiet. London and New York quptations continued to drop, and with the her increase in the London stocks, •ue market has shown an easier tendency. I
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  • 333 9 Me-'sis. I'raser and Co.’s weekly report, dated October 10, states: Both the tin and rubber sections of the share market throughout the past week have been inactive." Tin has remained iairly steady but enquiries for shares are on a very limited scale. Rubber has had
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  • 480 9 Messrs. James F. Hutton Co., Ltd., Manchester, reported on Wednesday, Sept- 19 as follows: In the cotton markets general influences and speculative operations have again favoured higher prices with the result that values have steadily gained further ground, and American cotton now stands at a level
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  • 325 9 Messis. William Jacks A Co., London, reported on the 19th September: Central Europe has seemed during the past week to be on the verge of a general conflagration and taking this into consideration our markets have remained won derfully firm. Copper.—ln spite of the closing down of
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  • 231 9 Rubber Floors and Rubber Roadways’’ was tha subject of a paper read by Mr. Evan J. Edwards, under the auspices of the Institution of the Rubber Industry. Mr. Edwards outlined the history of rubber roadways and dealt with the various types that have been laid in various parts
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  • 222 9 Queen Wilhelmina, opening the session of the Dutch States General on September 18, announced various items of legislation, including Bills for modifying the fiscal system, simplifying social insurance legislation, for administrative and legislative revision in the East Indies involving constitutional changes and the handing over of the
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  • 444 9 Messrs. Kennedy and Co., Penang, reported as follows on Saturday The price of Tin has fluctuated within narrow limits throughout the week and the share market has been sticky. On balance a loss is shewn of £4-10-0 but locally the price has lost only $1.50 (S $99.50.
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  • 242 9 Benares Opium p. 55,000.00 nom. Cloves 105.00 nom. Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Pickings no stocks Nutmegs 80s 55.00 sellers 110 s 48.00 Coconuts per 1,000 50.00 Copra Sundried 10.70 buyers Rattans 11.20 sellers Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00 per ba«
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  • 187 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday To-day. Shares. t >» >» 03 X X X c. c. c. c. Rubber (Dollar.) Amalgamated 2.20 2.25 2.15 2.20 c. A. Hitam 14.25 14.75 13.75 14.25 Bassett 1.15 1.20 1.12| 1.174 Broga 70
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  • 43 9 13th October. 1923 Local. cts. fSmokeTl Sheet 48 Penangj Fine Pale Crepe 48 >nom (Unsmoked Sheet 40 J SiNGA- (Smoked Sheet 19] pore (Crepe 49} London and New Yohk. (Smoked Sheet ls.2|d weak l N,>oN (Crepe h.2id Nkw York G 27«
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  • 160 9 The following are additional rubber outputs for September lbs. Anglo-Malay 72,741 Pataling 43,640 London Asiatic 178,591 Golden Hope 23,757 Selaba 45,510 Bikam 26,000 Sungkai-Chumor 41,365 Seaport 37,000 R. E. of Johore 50.093 Sungei Dangar 17,000 North Labis 29,000 Victoria 33,182 Tebolang 31,722 Pernambang 43.758 Strathisla 20,100 Lanadron 118,091
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  • 75 9 London. The Straits Trading Co.. Ltd., gives the following prices, on October 12 Spot £201.5s down 5s 3 mos. buying 199.5 s up 5s 3 selling 199.75.6 d 25.6 d Local. October 13th Singapore sold 50 tons at $99.25. Penang buyers no sellers at $98.50. Messrs. Boustead and
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 344 9 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. MISCELLANEOUS. Wanted small quantity of Second hand piping and bends etc., inch, 1 inch and lj inch, in good condition and cheap. Please quote price delivered at station. Apply Box 267, c/o Pinang Gazette., NOTICES. ENGLAND. SUNNY SOUTH COAST. 1 i hours from London, covered and open Tennis
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  • 351 10 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. LakeGitano for Singapore Hongkong, ra/s Kedoe for Deli, Port Swettenham and Singapore. Porthos for Singapore, China Japan. Sitiawan for Asahan. Malaya for Bhuket, (Tongkah), Renong and Kopah. Ajax for Port Swettenham, Singapore and e Japan. Ipoh for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Ellora for Rangoon and Calcutta
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  • 72 10 London September 14.—The Board of Trade has issued the finding of the Marine Court at Mauritius regarding the Trevessa disaster. The court was of opinion that the steamer foundered in a gale, consequent upon a leak in No. 1 hold. The pumps were in good condition. but
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  • 399 10 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday) BT TRAIN. Federated Malay States, Malacca, Johore and Singapore. Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half-an-hour earlier than the Ordinary mail. Resumption of Night Mau, Service. The following additional mails will be closed daily (Sunday excepted) by the 7-30 p.m. train:
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