Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 30 January 1924

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 24. VOL LXXXII. WEDNESDAY, SOth JANUARY, 1924. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 626 1 “NIKKO” I MODERN ART I holographic STUDIO j i No. 7, Norlbam Road, Peauf. Telephone No. 579. r a =r= :^--^^-r<s>s\s>g\X\r t I I I p I you appreciate a tasty biscuit AUSTIN TWELVE patria l| LATEST MODEL. FOUR-FIVE SEATER. i The fumous Dutch Biscuits, which have found favour in
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    • 35 1 X II U PATROMZEO BT MIUJT. >: J SPLENDID SELECTION OF w DIAMOND AND GEM SET JEWELLERY X OF EVERY DESCRIPTION h AT ALL PRICES. M |B. P. de SILVA, x 1, Bishop Street, Penang. H
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  • 636 2 TEMPERANCE PARTY’S GRIEVANCE. The completion of the Local Option polls in Scotland permits a survey of the results of the 1923 voting under the Scottish Temperance Act of 1913. Generally speaking, the conclusion is that very little change in attitude has been displayed by the Scottish electors
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  • 301 2 Red soldiers of Lenin’s palace in the Kremlin arc on strike. Nothing, states Izvestia,” the chief Bolshevist newspaper. will persuade them to do sentry duty at night in tha halls and corridors since mysterious midnight Happenings have filled them with terror. A short while ago the
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    • 1574 2 TENDERS INVITED. BOOK-KEEPING IN 80 HOURS. Illi Learn BOOK-KEEPING IN 80 HOURS w NIPPON IJDTFI federated malay states Big salaries await Book-keepers trained by the I vZI i liV ILL# DAIIIVAVSk Hawaid New Way. 25 easy lessons. Costs Illi KAILWAIu. little. Send for catalogue. Tells you all. [I'J Shows you
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    • 965 2 BOXING. BAN J2i I THE MERCANTILE TOWN HALL, INDIA, limited I Thursday, January 31st, at 9-15 p.m. I Authorised Capital Eliminating Contests Subscribed Capital n n VFD Q Paid-up LOCAL dvaLA Reserve Fund and Undivided Profit I V of directors I Admission Fre gir R j Bkck (c I School
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  • 1103 3 UNDER WHICH SYSTEM? The French political world is thinking more about the elections than about anything else. The great question is under what system these elections shall be held. All through the nineteenth century France has alternated between the scrutin uninoininal or scrutin d’ arrondissement, with single
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  • 497 3 Mr. J. H. Thomas, speaking at Derby, said that those people who were apparently’’ so alarmed at the very thought of a Labour Government must have been blind to all the factors which had clearly’ shown that it must come. If we are called upon
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  • 93 3 Jan 31, Feb. 2—lpoh Gymkhana Club. New Year Meeting. Feb 2—Cricket League, P.R.C. v P.C.C., Esplanade. 4 to 9—Golf at Hua Hin, Siam. s—Gymkhana, Racecourse. 2.45 p.tn. 5 6—Chinese New Year Holidays. Cricket. Penang vs Light Cruisers, Esplanade, 10.30 a.m. G—P.S.C. Swimming Gala Opening of New Clubhouse. 9
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  • 399 3 THE RELATION' TO HEALTH. In an important Prof. F. Wynne, M. 8., D. P. H Health Officer. Sheffield, said:— maintain, however, that in considering die financial aspect of the question the appalling economic loss to the community through prevent able sickness should brought into the account. All public
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  • 468 3 PROPOSED NEW WORKS. With the signature of the Convention for the Port of Tangier it is expected that the construction of the long proposed harbour works will be started this year. According to a special correspondent of ‘‘The Times” in Paris, the first instalment of the scheme includes
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 203 3 PARIS GHPTESS No metal can touch you Millions of men prefer PARIS Garters because they wear longer and give I < greater comfort. They I hold your hose as securely as they do their friends. Say PARIS when you buy. Manufacrurer* A STEIN COMPANY Chicago US. A. New York. V
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    • 311 3 CUways got it if you can Dawson ‘spec u" xotch Whisky Peter® DAWSON Scotch Whisky Peter Dawson is the Its blending is a herikind of Scotch Whisky tage. Its character is which is none too plen something by which tiful to-day. men who know it can It is a genuinely
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  • 1532 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. G. A. Smith. District Judge, who went to the Bindings returned this morning by the S. S. Kedah. Dr. T. Heyward Hays has gone into the Nursing Home at Bangkok in connection with the operation he underwent recently. Mr. S. Thillainiuthu Alaa of Penang has obtained the
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  • 405 4 FAKEWELL ADDRESS. An interesting farewell function took place yesterday afternoon in the Upper Station, Penang Hills Railway, whan Mr. A. R. Johnson was met by all the members of the staff and presented with an address. «Mr. Johnson was garlanded and taken to the pavilion, where a
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  • 549 4 WORK FOR BRITISH ADVISERS. Judging the United States of Brazil from political standards, British investors, who in the past have found some 50.000,000 for the development of that Republic, have little cause for concern. The financial aspect. however, leaves much to be desired, a fact that induced
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  • 580 4 ALLEGED MURDER. Before Mr. H. A. Forrer in the Police Court, Penang, this morning, one Ng Hock was charged with the murder of a Chinese, whose name is at present unknown, at Magazine Road, at 12.30 p.m. yesterday. The accused was remanded for a week. All that is
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  • 251 4 A good deal of rubber smuggling has been going on of late, but the most audacious one occurred on the 23rd of this month in broad daylight. Mr. O’Donnell, of the Govemm n nt Monopolies, and a clnnieiig, on recoini of information were watching for the landing o
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  • 585 4 A YEAR OF BIG EFFORTS. The annual meeting of the Y. W. C. A. was held at the Hostel. Fort Canning Road yesterday afternoon. Mrs. J. M. Sime presiding over a large attendance of members and triends interested in the Association. Following the opening hymn and prayer
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  • 112 4 The results of tennis ties played yesterday were A. Class Singles. 3 F. N. Syer beat —4 E. Reimann 9 —7, 6 —4. B. Class Singles.— Ser. E. A. de Buriatte beat —5 R. N. Holmes 6—4, 4 —6, A Class Doubles. 15.2 M. K. Whitlock and
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  • 87 4 The following are results of yesterday’s tennis ties at the Chinese Recreation Club: Doubles Handicap Class “A.”—Oh Fug end Cheong Eng Kim beat Ng Kah Heng and Yoo Wjee Yeang 3—6, 6-4, 7—5. Doubles Handicap Class “A.”—Lee Kwee Law and Lim Cheng Ean beat Wong Pak How
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  • 18 4 The Hockey Match between P. C. C. and Rest of Penang, fixed for to-day, has been cancelled.
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  • 87 4 The following Penang candidates have been awarded Certificates :—5O words per minute. —Ong Khean Loon. 60 words per minute.—Wong Ah Lum (Penang Free School). 70 words per minute.—Lee Yoon Thean (Penang Free School), Clh’ng Eng Hye (Penang Free School) and Tan Fng Chye. 80 words per minute.—Ung
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  • 565 4 GYMKHANA The following is th P proi Gymkhana under the auspi* Penang Turf Club and the P -tClub in honour of the visit Cruiser Squadron to oe hdd t k Course on Thursday, February 1. Ricksha Race, 240 yards‘-J? —Two men per Ricksha. 120 yards No. 1
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  • 27 4 For the boxing contests in the Town Hall on February’ 5 and 6, dunns the naval visit, the booking has open« at Messrs. Pritchard and Co’s.
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  • 145 4 Benares Opium p. chest 1101 m Cloves 115.00 sellers Gold leaf 72.00 Mace Pickings nost'C k! NntmegbBos 48.00 110 s 43.00 Coconuts per l,(M>O 50.09 Copra Snndried 12.50 se e Rattans 11-20* Rattans Coarse 10.50 .< Green Snail Shells LT-00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00* do do do
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  • 1665 5 First Day’s Results. K PP tape wins the big race. (Eroni Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, January 29. Bright sunshine and cloudless skies favoured the opening day of the Ipoh Races. The attendance was quite ordinary hut the most striking feature was the ,r r eat number of Asiatics
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  • 222 5 Col. Ronald Bruce Campbell, D. 5.0., relinquished his appointment as Inspector of Physical Training in 'he Aidershot Command and retired from the Army. Few men have done more for Army sport in general and “physical jerks” in particular, and hundreds of thousands of men who were
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  • 55 5 The Municipal Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade from 6 to 7 to-night 1 March The Eclipse Jones 2 Gavotte Fine Flies Lincke 3 Waltz Swansea River Moon Clarke 4 Selection Le Fremcrsberg Koennemann 5 Fox Trot Nestle In your Daddy's Arms
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  • 1154 5 HUMOUR, CRITICISM, AND HISTORY. "The .Cricketer Annual of 1923-24 is one which will repay much studying. The first thing that strikes the reader in glancing through it is that there are things with which he heartily agrees. JLe prides his judgment on seeing voiced, some of his
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  • 695 5 SINGAPORE’S FIRST REVERSE IN FOUR MONTHS. The history of many previous Singaport l Selangor hockey meetings repeated itself on the Singapore Padangon Saturday afternoon when Singapore, whose chances of success against the Federal capital side have never been brighter than they were this year, were beaten by 4 goals
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  • 864 5 THE ALTERNATIVE. The delegates to the General Council of the League of Nations werejthe guests of the Committee of the Westminster branch of the League at a luncheon at the Adelaide Rooms, Trafalgar-square. M. Vogt, the Norwegian Minister, proposing The League of Nations,” said he knew of
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    • 83 5 NO WOMAN CAN AFFORD to let her system become poisoned through intestinal inactivity because to do so means loss not only of good health but of good looks. To restore daily regularity, and thus banish the chief cause of sick headaches, biliousness, vertigo, unpleasant breath and pimply, blotched skin Pinkettes
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    • 21 5 Penang Sea Frontage Rights ANp Titles, $2/50 per book or $2/80 post fr?e, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., Penang
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  • 73 6 Irving.—At Weltevreden. Java, on 25th January, to Mr. and Mrs. Alan Irving, a son. BROWN. —On January ‘27, 1924, at 9, Napier Road, Singapore, to Enid Constance Hoskyns, wife of C. C. Brown, Malayan Civil Service, a daughter. Barrett. —At the Maternity Hospital, Penang, on January 29, to Mr.
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  • 759 6 It was stated in the cables that if a Labour Government came into power in Britain, thefe were to be some resignations from the foreign and colonial services. So far we have had no intimation that there have been resignations from these services on the coming of
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  • 207 6 THE PROSPECTUS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. January 30. The prospectus of the Eastern and Australian Meat Company formed for the acquisition of a lease of land in Singapore for cold storage and ice works and of six ice depots in the F.M.S. and to deal
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  • 56 6 The homeward mail, by the Andre Lebon. closes at 10 a.m. to-morrow. The P. O. Packet Naldera. with mails despatched from London on the 10th January, is expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. on Friday, the Ist proximo. The homeward mail, by the Macedonia, closes at 6
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  • 1627 6 People in Malaya will read with regret the Renter cable reCeylon’s Motor porting the death of a Menace. petty officer and injuries to six other members of the Empire cruise Squadron in Ceylon by the capsizing of a motor lorry. Colombo, it appears, has been experiencing an
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    • 337 6 TEILEMAN I I AND DROS I FAMOUS DUTCH I PROVISIONS J ARE UNEXCELLED. f 1 CAULIFLOWER. BRUSSELL SPROUTS, f i YOUNG CARROTS. GREEN PEAS. A 5 BEETROOT, APPETISING MEATS T ON SALE EVERYWHERE. S SOLE AGENTS: T j Huttenbach, Lazarus Sons, Ltd., Penang, Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur. J I"BECK’S^KEY” BEER
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    • 75 6 “E. O.” Guest Nights and Dancing.— Every Tuesday and Friday. Special Tiffin Every Wednesday and* Saturday Orchestra. Orchestral Concert Every Wednesday 9-45 p. m. <= x s s 585 :< s 0 RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. 8 Vi ‘lncluding free liwn delivery or X postage. m PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. jii a
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • 303 7 Mr. Thomas Interviewed. NO RASH CHANGES Reuter s Telegrams.) London, January 29. j H. Thomas received v.nni’re journalists at the Colonial OlicP and outlined the Government's Empire policy. He denrecated the idea that there would be i h and viokmt changes, making for a Jerusalem. The Government
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  • 28 7 GOVERNOR OF WINDWARD ISLANDS. London, January 29. Sir Frederick Seton James has been appointed Governor of the Windward Islands, in succession to Sir George Haddon-Smith.
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  • 31 7 QUESTION OF COMMERCIAL RELATIONS. Athens, January 29. There is reason to believe that the Government has decided in principle to establish commercial relations with the Soviet Government.
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  • 41 7 BRITISH SOLDIERS KILLED. Jerusalem, January 29. Highwaymen attacked and looted a motor-car containing stores from Ludd. The occupants, Sergeant-Major Walker and Quartermaster-Serjeant Dunn of the Huke of Wellington’s Regiment were killed. The driver was slightly wounded.
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  • 51 7 AME RICAN’S APPOINT M ENT. London, January 29. Die Daily Telegraph’s diplomatic correspondent states that the Com-missioner-General for the supervision of Hungary’s finances under the reconstruction scheme will be Mr. W. P. G. Harding, of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington. The appointment is everywhere welcomed in financial
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  • 38 7 ANGLO-PERSIAN SHARES TO BE RETAINED. London, January 29. Ihe Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced that the Government has deeded that it is not prepared to dispose the Government shares in the Anglopi*sian Oil Company.
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  • 26 7 Paris, January 29. It is seini-ollicially denied that the Roumanian Government has declined the oan to which France had already agreed.
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  • 23 7 T he Hague, January 29. I rinc? Henry visits Spain in March, a 'eiling on the warship “Heemskerck.”
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  • 284 7 The Railway Strike Settlement. SATISFACTORY TERMS. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) London, January 29. The settlement of the railway strike was first published in the form of a brief official statement at the close of an allnight conference of railway managers and the Locomotive Men’s Union, with the Mediation Committee
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  • 119 7 GENERAL STOP ’AGE ON FEBRUARY IG. London, January 29. Following the railway settlement, a dockers’ strike is now threatened. The National Delegate Conference of the Transport Workers’ Union in London to-day, representing 120,000 dockers throughout the country, decided to instruct the members to strike on February 1G
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  • 50 7 MANAGERS’ DECISION. Bombay, January 29. Ninety thousand mill hands are now on strike, and G 3 mills are closed. The Managers announced that the mills will be closed until the 2nd February, after which, if work is not resumed unconditionally, they will be closed a a further fortnight.
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  • 42 7 SAD AFFAIR TN CEYLON. Colombo, January 29. Petty Officer Woods was killed and six others injured by the capsizing of a motor lorry carrying a party belonging to the Empire cruise squadron, on a precipitous road between Trincomalee and Kandy.
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  • 65 7 Delhi, January 29. The first step in the campaign to combat suffering in India in the shape of a National Baby Week proved very successful. There have been 300 exhibitions hitherto, including GO in the Native States. Lady Reading opened the Delhi show. There was an imposing
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  • 17 7 Mexico City, January 29. The War Department reports that Federal troops have taken Esperanza.
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  • 33 7 London. January 29. There are signs that the foot and mouth outbreak is being subdued. There were only 4G fresh cases last week, the fewest since the 27tli August.
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  • 79 7 Separatist Failure in Elections. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) Berlin, January 29. Not a single Separatist was returned in the elections for the Palatinate Landtag. Order in the Palatinate. Paris, January 30. The Government has proposed to Britain that questions relating to the maintenance of public order and security of the
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  • 499 7 London, January 15. —The “Manchester Guardian,’’ in pointing out that the franc lost eight points yesterday whereas it lost only three at the worst stage of the Ruhr crisis, says that the cause of the slump is economic and not political. France has oeen borrowing enormously
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  • 59 7 London, January 17. —The discontent of the Lancashire Conservatives at what i 8 described as the central organisation’s neglect to ascertain political feeling m the- provinces before deciding on the General Election culminated in a meeting at Manchester, at which Lord Derby was present to discuss methods
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  • 44 7 London, January 17.—1 t was announced in the House of Commons in reply to a question that- 585,000 licences had been issued for wireless reception to the end of December. .Approximately 405,000 were granted in the last quarter of 1923.
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  • 55 7 London, January 14.—The Corinthians’ victory over Blackburn Rovers on Saturday had a dramatic sequel to-day in the death of Mr. Clement Cotton, President of Blackburn Rovers Football Club. He had a seizure onSaturday on hearing that the Corinthians scored against the Rovers in the cup
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  • 1013 7 ORDINARY MEETING. The ordinary meeting of the Penang Municipal Commissioners was held in the Chamber yesterday after noon and there were present: Messrs. 8. Codrington (President), F. H. Grumitt, C. R. Samuel, the Hon. Mr. P. K. Nambyar, Dr. Lim Guan Cheng, Mr. M. H. M. Noordin, Dr.
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  • 102 7 MR, DENBY REPLIES TO DEMAND FOR RESIGNATION. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) Washington, January 29. Mr. Denby has announced that he has no intention of resigning. He is convinced that his action in connection with the oil leases was right and he would do the same thing again regardless of
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  • 36 7 Washington, January 29. The imports for 1923 were $3,791,000,000 against $3,112,000,000 in 1922, of which Europe delivered $1,157,000,000 against $991,000,000. Exports totalled $4,1G7,000,000, against $3,8.31,000,000, of which Europe took $2,093,000,000 as against $2,083,000,000.
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  • 39 7 ANDERSON’S TRIUMPH. Melbourne, January 29. In the Australian Lawn Tennis Championships final, Anderson beat Schlesinger G—3 G —4 2 —6 5—7 G—3. In the Doubles, Anderson and Brookes beat Patterson and O’Hara Wood G—2 6_4 6—3.
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  • 31 7 BIG VICTORY FOR CANADA. Chamonix, January 29. At ice hockey, Britain beat France 15—2. Canada beat Sweden 22 —0. At curling, Britain beat Sweden by 38 points to 7.
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  • 201 7 CHIEF JUSTICE DISBELIEVES BOTH SIDES. The hearing of the action brought by a dubash, N. Hameed, against a Malay widow, Fatima bint© Abdullah the former owner of the Keppel Harbour Hotel in which he claimed $lO,OOO commission for negotiating the lease of the premises to the Asiatic
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  • 56 7 The Hon. Mr. .A B. Voules, the Resident Councillor informs us that a telegram has been received from the Admiral, the Honourable Sir Hubert Brand, K. C. M. G., K. C. V. 0., agreeing to-the arrangements for official visits and the luncheon to be given by
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  • 772 7 PRESENTATION OF THE C.M.G. The following are the ter nA of a speech made by H.H. Tunku larahim, C.M.G., Regent of Kedah, at a dinner held in the Balei Besar. on the occasion of the visit to Kedah of H.E. the High Commissioner, and of
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  • 80 7 London, January 15. The Baghdad correspondent of the “Tinies’’ says that the electoral rolls have been completed and ciders for a general election are expected within a fortnight. Agreeicents subsidiary to the Anglo-Iraq treaty are also ready. Present indications favour early ratification of the treaty by
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  • 668 8 SOME OUTSTANDING FEATURES. Many things have happened to make 1923 notable in the annals of motoring. Even in this country horseless artillery is now accepted as an assured type of the future. At present we lack simple, powerfully-engined standard machines equipped with the Kegresse tractor to haul
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  • 114 8 The Australian Department of Home and Territories has issued an ordinance amending the Mining Ordinance; of New Guinea. The chief item in the new legislation is a provision that no licence or lease shall be granted to any company unless at least two-thirds of the shares
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  • 137 8 I'O-DAY’S l‘i:i»A i {-|’p Kalmoa for Deli and Asahan Laomedon for Colombo, India) Suez and London. United Kingdom (Parcels) Ludwigshaven for Singapore OkJapan. na arnj Gittero for Singapore. Gilpen for Singapore A t KOfjj The P &0. s. s. Naldera London, Bombay and Colombo’ pected to arrive here
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  • 50 8 The s.s. Malaya will leave P enan for Tongkah, Renong and Kopah at nooon Saturday, 2nd proximo, and return on Thursday. 7th, or Friday. Sth. idem This will give an opportunity of abou’ 5 days at sea over the holidays, and th» voyage is highly recommended.
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  • 185 8 The Siam Steam Navigation Company Ltd., as already announced, is replacing the “Krat” with a new steamer. Then?» “Krat” will be larger, but of similar design and will embody the improvements in present day shipbuil ling. She will be driven by steam and is expected to be ready
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  • 278 8 CLOSE DAILY (except Sun<hy). BI TRAIN. Federated Malay States, Malacca, To'-r» and Singapore. Registration and Panel Post, except w otherwise stated, close half an houreariw than the Ordinary mail Resumption o> Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed daily (Sunday excepted) by the 7-30 pmtrain:
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  • 21 8 The following are non-d >' cables for the week ending 3*'th the E. E. A. and Telegraph Co. Bianhong, Koetnradja.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 521 8 YOUR I >X I I -VZ M>> I I I PIANO I M. A2 >*A 1W > ME-- §bwt||H f Does it require repairs, tuning or repolishing We employ a European f expert and will be pleased to give you our advice and estimates free. Ilf you wish to purchase
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    • 50 8 Daily Mirror, Atla-s of the World, s2'so per book or $2/80 post free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., Penang. Millets, their Nutritive and Economic Value, Cultivation, etc., in Malaya by L. M. Berenger. $l/- per book or $l/30 post free, stocked by th' Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., Penang
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  • 277 9 A NEW INDUSTRY’S HEALTHY PROGRESS. In December the British Australian Cotton Association, Ltd., reported having made a profit of £10,574 for the year ended 31st August, 1923. The Directors stated that the result of operations during the financial year could by regarded as highly satisfactory in
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  • 127 9 At a recent meeting of the Administrative Council of the Empire Cotton Growing Corporation attention was drawn to the !act that, in certain recently issued--prospectuses relating to the formation of companies for promoting cotton growing in the Empire, reference had been made to Mr. Keatinge’s Report to
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  • 416 9 Messrs. James F. Hutton Co., Lt-d., Manchester, reported on Wednesday, 2nd January The last fortnight of the old year witnessed a revival of bullish confidence m the cotton markets. This was based on the strength of the statistical position and fairly persistent trade buying on a
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  • 419 9 Messrs Baker, Morgan and Company. Ltd., Kuala Lumpur, report for the week ended January 26, as follows: Active markets were witnessed here during the middle of the week which started and closed quietly. The Mining and Industrial Sections were chiefly responsible for the business transacted. Both rubber
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  • 156 9 The report of the Lumut Rubber Estates for the year to September 30, discloses a marked expansion in profits. Although the crop harvested declined from 1,099,700 lbs. to 1,011, 600 bs., the» average gross price realised improved from 9.38 d. per lb., to Is. 2.03 d. per lb.,
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  • 117 9 PENANG. JANUARY 30, 1924 (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 1/8 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 5/16 3 Credit 2/4 5/8 3 Documentary 2/4 21/32 Calcutta Demand Bank R«163 3 days’sight Private 166 j c Bombay Demand Bank 163 2 Madras Demand Bank 163 x
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  • 54 9 Recruiting has been generally resumed in Madras Presidency, but the following Taluqs are closed to recruiting, owing to the prevalence of disease Madura District—Periakulam Tahiq. Coimbatore District—Coimbatore. Kollegal, Pollachy, Avanashy, Palladam, and Erode Taluqs. Salem District—Salem and Rasipuram Taluqs. Trichinopoly District—Karur, Lalgudy and Perambalnr Taluqs. South Arcot District—Tindivanam
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  • 125 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day. <« g Shares. <p Z ffi GQ co sc. sc. sc. sc. Mining. Chenderiaug 8/- 9/- 8/- 8/6 Hitam 1.421 1.45 1.40 1.45 Idris Hyd. 19/:’ 19/6 19/. 19/3 Lahat M. 7.00 7.25
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  • 56 9 30th January, 1924. Local. cts. (Smoked Sheet 47 Fine Pale Crepe 47 Unsmoked Sheet 42 Sing a- (Smoked Sheet 48 pore (Crepe 48 London and New York. New York G2sg The following were the rubber quotations in London on January 29: Smoked Sheet Plantation Ist latex crepe Is.lid
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  • 45 9 The General Produce Agency, Ltd., Beach Street, Penang, report that the following prices were realised at their auction rooms to-day Good F.A.Q. Ribbed smoked sheet $62 to F.A.Q. do 60 61 Off quality Ribbed smoked sheet 56 59 Un smoked Sheet 43. 48|
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  • 106 9 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following prices, on January 29 Spot £248.10s down 75.6 d 3 mos. buying,, 249.10 s 75.6 d 3 selling 249.125.6 d 10s The Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd:— London. Jan. 29, £249.125.6d spot, and £249.10s three months buying, £248.12$ 6d selling.
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  • 280 9 Some interesting and authoritative figures have, recently been published showing how the money derived from the total annual output of the gold mines of the Rand is distributed how much of it remains in «South Africa and how much goes overseas. Out of an
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  • 1125 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. *•1 NAMES J 3® I 31 i y E- 5 RUBBER [Dollar.] 8 c S c S c Allenby Rubber Co 1 10 1 20 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 10 1 25 Amalgamated Malay Estates 2 CO Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 11 00 12 00
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  • 547 9 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, January 30. 1924 CtA Government Mutton— Mutton Indian per lb 50 Mutton— Head, sheep or goat each 1.00 Liver with heart lung do 1.20 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 47 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Mutton lb 80 Lamb do 47
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 345 9 NEW AOVERIISEMEIITS. miscellaneous. W .nted second hand four seater car, al ut $7OO. Apply Box No. 27, c/o pinang < Gazette. Companion required in large house V er Itain Road, comfortably furykhpd Tennis court. Terras can he arranged on application to Box No. 28, c /o Pinang Gazette. FOR SALE.
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    • 23 9 Pitman’s Shorthand Rapid Course (New Era Edition) Complete Editior with supplementary Exercises g or $3/30 post free, stocked h Pinang Gazette Press Ltd.,
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  • 755 10 CONSUMPTION PROSPECTS. The rubber position is now favourably regarded by those most conversant with the -ndustrj’. What is known as the Stevenson scheme, it is considered, has worked with wonderful success and has tended in a quite remarkable degree to the stabilisation of the commodity price. From the
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  • 584 10 A SATISFACTORY RESULT. The 15th annual ordinary general meeting of the Krubong ,Malacca) Rubber Plantations, Limited, was held at 4, Lloyd’s Avenue, E.C., Major J. C. G. McFerran presiding. The Chairman said: 1 would draw your attention to the fact that the property account remains the same
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  • 120 10 The Twentieth Annual (general Me't ing of Carreras Limited was held on Tuesday, December 18, in London, Mr. Hernhard Baron (Chairman and Managing Director) presided. The history of the Cicmpany has shown a gradual and progressive building up. Now after 20 years Carreras leading brands have attained world-wide
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