Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 13 February 1924

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  • 19 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. N0.‘35. VOL LXXXII. WEDNESDAY, 13th FEBRUARY, 1924. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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    • 484 1 I NIKKO” I i MODERN art ’HOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO I j No. 7, Nartham Road, Penaag. j Telephone No. 579. x. ii«.nn "TTTlTl^irj n The Good MAXWELL DELFIA Tourer 5 Seater $2 250 I ranco odworks caive Deift. J Sports 5 Seater $2,500 I Can be obtained at all the leading
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    • 52 1 X X t= X =K X X X S X T jJ ESTD. 1172. y PATRONIZED BT RO 4LTT X j,'j SPLENDID SELECTION OF jJ ■J DIAMOND AND GEM |’j SET JEWELLERY x •< OF EVERY DESCRIPTION 111 111 AT ALL PRICES. m yB. P. de SILVA, 3f 1, Bishop
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  • 945 2 CANON BARNES SOUNDS A WARNING. The publication of the Report on Spiritual Healing issued by the Committee. with the Bishop of Oxford for its Chairman, which was appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury to inquire into the subject, has created widespread interest. In an interview given to
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    • 1222 2 BOOK-KEEPING IN 80 HOURS. BOOK KEEPING IN 80 HOURS I 1111 > Uli 11. vJ 1 ILL. Big salaries await Book-keepers trained by the N X Hawaid New Way. 25 easy lessons. Costs Illi little. Send for catalogue. Tells yon all. :< ALL KINDS OF X “CAKES AND ICE CREAM
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    • 325 2 Selhngor Turf Club. NEW YEAR MEETING. Tuesday, 19th February, 1924. Thursday, 21st February, 1924. Saturday, 23rd February, 1924. NON-SELLING $20,000 SWEEP will be held on EACH DAY. 4<) per cent, to the Drawer of the Winning Horse. 20 per cent, to the Drawer of the Second Horse. 10 per cent,
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    • 637 2 BANKS MAATSCHAPPij NEDERLANDS TRAI rx Q ESTABLISHED 1394 Capital (Paid-Up) f. 80,000,000 abt. 66fiKfio Statutory Reserve f 19 769 180 abt. £1 i6474 Special Reserve f. 22,660,000 abt. £l B8 o„ 0 Branches.—Singapore, Calcutta, H,ir v 33 Shanghai, Rangoon, Medan, Kobe’ Ko'J p (Acbeen), Padang, Palembang n j 1& Tegal,
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  • 780 3 I RUSSIA AND BRITAIN IN CENTRAL ASIA. A special correspondent of the Observer’’ writes:—There is an ill chance which dogs proposals for the recognition of Russia. On the eve of the advent of a Government pledged to that step trouble has arisen over the eternal question of Afghanistan. Aloscow
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  • 60 3 Jerusalem, January 27. -It is learned “rom official sources in Amman that King Hussein has ordered from the Continent fifte ii locomotives and a hundred cars *oi the Hedjaz Railway and concluded an agreement with the Sheiks through whose territory the railway »uns by which •ach assumes
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  • 603 3 THE POLITICAL SITUATION. Mr. Ramsay Macdonald addressed his followers the other day in a high strain of spiritual imagination which does him honour. Let no anti-Socialist suppose that cheap japes, petty tactics, or chequefed efforts, without any true inspiration of faith or mind, can cope with Labour’s
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  • 212 3 Madrid. January 16. —The timehonoured ceremony during which the Grandees of Spain exercise their curious privilege of wearing their hats in the presence of the Sovereign took place last night in the Royal Palace. The Grandees are convened whenever the number of Grandeeships inherited or created
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    • 329 3 iiiii The AXBritisK B Slandard B A LIGHT CAR A The four-seater Standard is the B I, Id family car de luxe. As reliable as a it is powerful ;as comfortable as L a i it is roomy, and exceptionally 1 ivn easy to control. YAVav Tf* WEARNE BROTHERS LTD..
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    • 21 3 Daily Mirror, Atlas of the World, s2'so per book or $2/80 post free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., Penang.
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    • 289 3 POSTUtt The Doctor Knows! DON’T ask your doctor if you may drink coffee tell him that you do drink Postum. His nod of approval will show you that you are right. For the doctor knows —it’s part of his business to know —that the drug caffeine in coffee is dangerous
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  • 691 4 Casuals vs. Rovers. A DRAWN MATCH. Tne first match under the auspices of the Penang Soccer League between the Casuals (Eurasians) and the Rovers (Indians) was played off on the Esplanade. Penang, yesterday evening before a large concourse of spectators, who were treated to a well contested
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  • 72 4 The following are the results of the C. R. C. tennis ties played yesterday: Single Championship.—Tan Thean Hock beat Lim Cheng Ean 6—l, 6 —l. Single Handicap Class "A”. 5 Saw Tiang Sooi beat Scr. Chua Cheng Liat Single Handicap Class “B”.— —15.3 Lim Eng Hooi vs.
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  • 236 4 The results of P.C.C. tennis ties played yesterday were as follow: Single Handicap Class “A’’. —l5 JW. Clark beat —15.3 L. D. Wood 2—6, 7—5, 6-3. Profession Pairs. —E. E. Chambers and H. C. D. Davies beat F. H. Dupree and J. C. Green 6 —o, 6
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  • 77 4 The results of a P.C.C. bowls tie played yesterday was as under: Championship.—E. J. McLernon beat W. B. Houston 21 —10. The results of bowls ties played on Monday were Mixed Double s Handicap (Final). +5 Miss Mitchell and B. E. Mitchell beat —4 Mr. and Mrs.
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  • 154 4 SEIZURE OF 100 TAHILS. Mr. Ng Fook Mow. \ssistant Supervisor. Government Monopolies, was at Butterworth yesterday and on receipt of information he watched the passengers landing at R:itt-*rw >rli fr »m the ferry launch which arrived there at 4. 20 p. ra. He observed a man carrying a
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  • 74 4 CORONER'S FINDING. In connection with the enquiry into the cause of the death of the newly born female Chinese child, which was found on the seashore opposite Fort Cornwallis, Mr. H. A. Forrer, H. M. Coroner, found that the child was killed by being put into the
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  • 90 4 Under the auspices of the Incoporated Society of Planters (Taiping and District Branch), Major B. J. Eaton. Agricultural Chemist, will deliver a lecture at the Perak Club, Tai ping, on Saturday. 16th February, at 10.30 a.m., on “Recent developments in the manufacture of raw and vulcanised rubber and
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  • 842 4 SIR RICHARD MUIR’S GRIM MANNER IN THE COURTS. Very few anecdotes cling round the late Sir Richard Muir. His manner in the criminal courts, as senior counsel to the Treasury, was much too businesslike and grim to permit of much play of fancy round him. The
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  • 948 4 AN INCOME OF Sl.ooo A YEAR IN KENYA. 'Hie would-be settler in Kenya has a varied choice of agricultural operations, but in my opinion by far the most attractive enterprise for those who have sufficient capital is coffee planting (writes Mr. R. St. Barbe Baker in the
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    • 70 4 INTESTINAL INACTIVITY is one of the most potent causes of sick headaches, bilious attacks, iM-smelling breath, pimply and blotched skin. .To correct this condition and to remedy its ill-effects Pinkettes are perfection, they act so mildly yet so efficiently Try them to-night, you’ll feel better in the morning. Of chemists,
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    • 48 4 Planters’ Medical Guide, by Dr. E. N. Graham, $3/- per book or $3/30 post free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., Penang. Pitman’s Shorthand Rapid Course, (New Era Edition) Complete Edition i with supplemental Exercises $3/or $3/30 post free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press Ltd., Penang
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    • 723 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. AUCTION NOTICE OF SAIF FOR SALE. 2. Harley Davidson V twin combina- PcnHllff AuCt&Oll Mcirt tion, in good order. Apply Box No. 50, c/o Pinang Gazette. BY ORDER OF THE MORTC \c F j. MISCELLANEOUS. PU B M Tu 0 N ARTICLES WANTED. n F b ™"y, 1924,
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  • 491 5 SUBSTANTIAL increase in VALVE OF TRADE. For people Fving in the Federated Ma]aA States 1923 began with high promise which to a great extent remained un- fulfilled at its close, writes a Kuala Lumpur correspondent of ‘The Times” T t i 1f Supplement. The extravagant hopes of seeing
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  • 328 5 Attention is drawn in letters sent to iln Prime Minister, the Foieign Secre lary and the Chancellor of the Exchequer to a report from the Finance and Taxation Committee of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce on the subject of allied indebtedness, recently submitted to
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  • 268 5 OUTLINE OF A SETTLEMENT. An important article un “Reparations and Security” appears >n the forthcoming numbar of the ‘‘Revue de Paris.” of which we give a summary. M. Loucheur to begin with, takes the recent declaration of the President of the Republic to the Diplomatic Corps
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  • 259 5 AL Loucheur makes some interesting disclosures of what passed in the interviews which he had with Mr. Bonar Law on his visit to Paris m April of last year. The late Prime Minister, he says, considered that th»* settlement of the I nited States
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  • 353 5 Passing on o the question of security. M. Loucheur remarks that at the time ol bis visit last April, ne saw Mr. Ramsay Macdonald and many other leading English p-rsonages, who were said to be opposed to France. He states that the solution of
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  • AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    • 224 5 London, January 31. —The. present peaceful and stable conditions in Ireland are unprecedented in recent years. Mr. Johnston, the judge in opening the Dun dalk Sessions, referred to the absolute freedom from crime of the frontiers of County Louth. Mr. James Meers, presiding in London at
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    • 175 5 London, January 28. —There is good reason to believe, says the political corlespondont of “The Times,” that no steps whatever are being taken in the matter of a Capital Levy during the present Parliament. It is generally assumed that in view of .he result of
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    • 233 5 London. Januaiy 28. Describing the funeral of M. Lenin. the Riga correspondent of “The Times says that it lasted seven hsurs. although the building in which the body was placed is only five minutes’ walk from the temporary mausoleum in which he was buried. Simultaneously
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    • 114 5 London, Februaiy 1. The estimates for the fighting services would in the ordinary course now be m the printers' 1 ands but they are held up, because Mr. Snowden has resolved .o take from each of the threa services money for other purposes. Changes regaiding Singapore are
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    • 55 5 L?afio’.d, January 28. —Brigadier-Gene-ral Bruce leaves for India on Wednesday to command the new expedition which wlil attempt the ascent of Mount Everest in the coming spiing. This will be the third assault on the world s highest mountain, and it will be the second time that General
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    • 95 5 Tokio, Januaiy 26.—Crown Prince Hirohito and Princess Nagaka were married to-day. It was a Royal function of a most brilliant character, and the marriage. was solemnised at the Imperial hiyoda Palace. At the outer and inner ancestral shrines Prince Kujo, who was acting as Master of Rites,
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    • 63 5 London, February 6.—The affairs of Cecil Shrager, a partner in Messrs. Shrager Brothers, of London and Calcutta, which failed in 1905, has engaged the attention of the London Bankruptcy Court. The deficiency is nearly £lBO,OOO. He earned £BO,OOO in 1920-21 as a rubber broker. He attributed his
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  • 326 5 Though there has been severe criticism in certain quarters of the fifteen South African cricketers chcsen for the English tour this summer, there is little doubt that the best possible men have been named. Five men delioerated together before the names were announced and those five
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  • 327 5 POSSIBLE FRENCH DOUBLE. What a remarkable double is within the bounds of possibhity—Epim.rd in the Lincoln and Onyx’ 111. in the National. Sceptics may laugh at the suggestion, but so far as Epinard is concerned you will certainly find some difficulty’ in backing him for the Lincoln at
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    • 21 5 Penang Sea Frontage Rights and Titles, $2/50 per book or $2/80 post fr?e. stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press. Ltd., Penang
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    • 196 5 j| Old in TIER Dawson “SPICIM" Scotch Whisky il D IWO Peter Dawson is an old old perience of successive whisky. It is matured to generations of Dawsons, delightful mellowness by Whenever and wherever the only true process, that you get P.D.” you can of the years and in wood,
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  • 761 6 Women are not in Parliament to discuss dress or millinery, but to do something, said Miss Dorothy Jewson. one of the new Labour members of the House of Commons, recently. Nineteen-twenty-four is not the last year in God’s programme of creation, is how Mr. J. Ramsay Macdonald
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  • 34 6 (Reuter’s Telegrams.) Ottawa. February 12. Prince Waldemar. Mr. Mackenzie King and Lord Byng representing King George, were among the 400 guests at the wedding of Prince Eric to Miss Lois Booth.
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  • 16 6 London. February 12. His Majesty the King visited the British Empire Exhibition.
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  • 219 6 The homeward mail, by the Amboise. closes at 6 p.m. to-morrow. The P. &O. Packet Khyber, with mails despatched from London on the 24th January, is expected to arrive here at noon to-morrow. The homeward mail, by the Kashgar, closes at noon on Monday, the ISth instant. The
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  • 1788 6 The 1 B. I. S. N. Company’s new steamer Talma has put into The “Talma” Singapore, on fire, when on Fire. on the voyage from Kobe to Calcutta. She left London at the end of October on her maiden voyage to Calcutta, and is returning from her
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • 1327 7 Labour's Programme. \jR M V DONALD S SPEECH. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) London, February 12. Th** House of Commons reassembled < nietlji. I)nt the Ministers were soon bombarded with questions on domestic .’nd foreign policy. The Conservatives w r( so keen in putting supplementary an< controversial queries, that only
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  • 62 7 MORE HOPEFUL SPIRIT. London, February 13. While the Conference between the Minister of Labour and the representatives of the dockers and employers was adjourned late in the evening, without reaching a definite conclusion, a much more hopeful spirit prevails. It is understood the dockers will be offered an
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  • 70 7 BONUS DISPUTE STILL UNSETTLED. Bombay, February 12. The mill owners announced on January 29 that if work was not resumed unconditionally on February 4, the mills would be closed for a further fortnight. They have therefore decided to receive the workmen on February 18, and pay the
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  • 33 7 London. February 12. The Board of Trade returns for January show imports £101.258,000 and exports £64,235,000, a decrease of £7,931,000 and an increase of £119,000 respectively compared with December.
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  • 151 7 Changing French Opinion. (Reuters Telegrams.) Paris, February 12. That French opinion as regards the Ruhr policy is changing, is the consensus of articles in the opposition press, commenting on an article by Sauerwein in the Matin,’ which is believed to be inspired. Sauerwein, after admitting
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  • 46 7 HUGE UNDERTAKING AT SC APA FLOW. London, February 12. The contract for the salvage of the German warships scuttled at Scapa Flow has been signed. It will be the biggest salvage feat ever attempted. Operations will begin at the end of March.
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  • 56 7 London. February 12. A supplementary estimate of £<5.659.000 for the year ending March 31 has been issued, making a total of £13.07>,000. It includes £16'5.00(1 for Diplomatic and Consular services, includin': £lO.OOO each for relief of distress in Japan, and compensation to diplomatic ami Consular offices for losses
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  • 72 7 “TIMES’* OPINION. London. February 12. Reviewing the rubber restriction results, the Tines cites statistics showing that large consumption and not restricted production was the chief factor in causing the advance in price. The paper says that since 1921. production has steadily expanded despite restriction. On the
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  • 40 7 SHOUT TIME THREATENED. London. February 12. A special meeting of the Federation of Master Cotton Spinners at Manchester, recommended that a ballot be taken on the proposal to stop the mills on Mondays. Tuesdays and Saturdays weekly.
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  • 126 7 THE OIL LEASES. Washington. February 12. Answering the Senate’s resolution regarding Mr. Denby, President Coolidge says that no official recognition can be given to the passage of a resolution relating to the Senate’s opinion concerning members of the Cabinet, other than officials under Executive control. President’s Policy. President
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  • 37 7 Washington, February 12. The Republican, Mr. Rosenbloom, introduced a bill in the Lower House, proposing a tariff of 25 cents a barrel on fuel oil and 35 cents a barrel on crude oil
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  • 41 7 Ottawa, February 12. The Government has asked the United States to assist in securing the release of Mr. McKenzie ami other Canadian citizens captured by Mexican bandits a fortnight ago and held in ransom for $200,000.
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  • 125 7 Soviet’s New Activity. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) Riga, February 13. According to reports in the press, M. Karakhan, the Soviet representative in Peking, is endeavouring to obtain China’s consent to the proclamation of an Independent Mongolian Republic. It is stated that he protested against the alleged Chinese assistance of
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  • 29 7 APPOINTMENT OF AMBASSADOR. Rome, February’ 12. The Soviet has approved the appointment of Count Manzoni as the Italian Ambassador in Moscow. Count Manzoni departs immediately.
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  • 261 7 THE NEW ISSUE. London. February 12. As regards the Japanese loan of £25, 000,000 in 6 per cent bonds issued at 87j, it is understood that the Japanese Government and Japanese Banks hold £12.500.000 of maturing 4j per cent bonds, which will be converted into the new issue.
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  • 74 7 A GREAT DISCOVERY. Luxor. February 12. The lid of the sarcophagus was raised and Tutankhamen’s mummy found. Gilded Splendour. Luxor. February 12. When the lid was laised. there was revealed the most splendid gilded mummy case ever found in Egypt. It is three metres long. Formidable Operation.
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  • 31 7 OUTBREAK IN HOLD. Singapore. February 12. The Talma.” from Kobe for Calcutta, arrived with the cargo in No. 3 hold on fire. It is still burning.
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  • 51 7 Aden, February 12. The British steamer Colorado,” from Hongkong for Boston and New Itork. put in owing to her high pressure pinion wheels being stripped. She was surveyed by Lloyds and allowed to proceed with low pressure turbines. The captain is awaiting instructions from the owners before
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  • 450 7 HNTERVIEW WITH VIC’E-ADMI-RAL FIELD. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, February 13. Interviewed by’ the Free Press on H. M. S. “Hood” following the visit of the Sultan of Kelantan and Tungku Makhola of Johore, Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Field said he was tremendously impressed at Kuala Lumpur, first
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  • 435 7 THREATS BY THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR. Germany is still the country of extremes, and proceeds from one state of topsyturviness to another. Those who have lost everything have far too much to replace to be able to do more than merely exist on the new price tariffs;
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  • 711 7 Mr. C. V. Newton has returned to Tan jong Malim from Home. Dr. and Mrs. Day are expected in j Kuala Lumpur very shortly. Mr. J. S. W Arthur, District Judge, Malacca, went to Singapore for the week end. It is said that Major G. N. P.
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  • 813 8 PLANTERS’ FIRM ACTION. Investors in the rubber-producing industry are no doubt fully cognisant of the fact that, throughout the planting zone, there exist numerous organisations of planters for dealing with matters of ioc.il interest, says the “Financier. In the British Colonies and Dependencies there arc* usually a
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  • 283 8 Messrs. Baker, Morgan A’ Co., Ltd., ieport that the week’s busmess has been disturbed by the Chinese New Year holidays and the Naval Squadron s visit, but the continued and almost sensational rise in Tin has kept interest well maintained in Tin shares during those hours of
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  • 97 8 New York. December 31.—Steady im Tprovement featured the crude rubber marT ket during the past week and prices at the j close were from l-8c to l-4c per pound higher. Trading was not active and of i a spasmodic nature. Some cheap lots were cleared from
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  • 125 8 Statement by Chief Collector of Customs showing exports of rice [including paddy converted to two thirds rice] from Burma to India and Foreign Countries «hiring the week ending the 2nd February. 1924 ant the progressive total from the Ist January. 1924. and totals for the corresponding
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  • 159 8 Great prominence is given by the Matin’’ to th e discovery of what is stated to be an absolute preventive of the malignant forms of venereal disease. The new remedy, which is called Stovarsol. has been experimented with for over two years, and has been reported on favourably
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  • 549 8 CHOWRASTA MARKET, Penang, February 13. 1924. eta 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 50 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Mutton lb 80 Lamb do 50
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    • 392 8 SHANKS’ I I SANITARY WARE APPLIANCES. I S O Jo j ?J" I 5 L T U ’cvcie* f V I s J LAVATORY BASINS, CAST IRON BATHS, SHOWER S J BATHS, GLASS AND NICKEL PLATED FITTINGS, ETC. S I R. YOUNG Co., Ltd., J PENANG AND SINGAPORE. 5 Sole
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  • 907 9 nPII A|XS PROMINENT lead in 1 NEW TYPES. of the outstanding features of the ~n t position in shipbuilding is the io <pite of the depression in trade. 'shipyards and marine engineering in Great Britain and Ireland are or’ohan holding their own in the coni'. action of vessels
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  • 428 9 VISIT TO RHODES' AND JAMESON S GRAVES. It has been settled that the Prince of Wales shall sail from Southampton for South Africa on the afternoon of Friday, May 2. on board the Union (’astle liner Arundel Castle—the largest vessel regal arly innning between this
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  • 419 9 The last issue of the “Stiaits Settle- I ments Gazette”’ contains the Text of I An Ordinance to amend the law relating to explosive substances. It provides heavy penalties— ten years imprisonment and whipping—for the possession of explosives w*ith intent to use them unlawfully. We are glad
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  • 44 9 13th February, 1924. Local. cts. Smoked Sheet 47 Penang- Fine Pale Crepe 47? I 2. Unsmoked Sheet 42 Sing a- f Smoked Sheet 47| j pore (Crepe 47’ London and New York. (Smoked Sheet... Is. lid LONDON ICrepe RUd New York G2s’
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  • 45 9 The G?neral 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 £6l to 62 F.A.Q. do 59 „60 Off quality Ribbed smoked sheet 55 „58 Unsmokec. Sheet 42 45
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  • 102 9 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives tipfollowing prices, on February 12 Spot £268.5s down £2.5s 3 mos. buying 266 3.25.6 d 3 selling 266-5 s 3.5 s The Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd:— London, Feb. 12, £268. 5s spot, and £266 three months buying, 266.5 s selling. Local.
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  • 120 9 PENANG. FEBRUARY 13. 1924 (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 3/32 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 9/32 3 Credit 2/4 19/32 3 Documentary 2/4 5/8 Calcutta Demand Bank R«l6si] 3 days'sight Private 168? s Bombay Demand Bank 165? I 2 Madras Demand Bank 165/. S
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  • 313 9 Cumulative Testimony. At the annual meeting of the Colwyn Bay Advertising Association, on November 23. the annual report showed, by tabulated figures, that advertising in the daily and weekly Press formed the best-paying investment. The annual report of the Ulverston Chamlier of Trade states that success
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  • 1092 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. NAMES J cj 2. x. X f- < RUBBER [Dollar.] S c■ S of c Allenby Rubber Co 1 12| 1 17| Alor Gajah Rubber Estate I IUI 1 25 Amalgamated Malay Estates 2 CO Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate '1 00; 12 00 Ayer Kuning Rubber
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  • 933 10 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Kalmoa for Deli and Asahan. Fairfield City for Port Said and New York. United States of America (Parcels). Menggala for Deli and P. Brandan. City of Cambridge for Colombo. Port Said. Marseilles ami London. The United States Shipping Board has decided to have five of its
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  • 433 10 CLOSE DAILY (excepts j,., er iMiK. Federated Malay States, M,| and Singapore. Johore Registration and Parcel P ost otherwise stated, close half an I than the Ordinary mail r e ar |j er Resumption of Night M.. Ul S| |<v The following additional mails will i daily (Sunday
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  • 192 10 London, February I,—Lord Reading's speech has been widely published, hut hitherto no comment has J’een offered in connection with the speech, except by the ‘‘Daily Chronicle, which, while making every allowance for the volatile Indian temperament, says: If the work‘ng of the Montagu-Chelmsford reform* is
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  • 77 10 Feb. 13-E.S.A.M. (P. P. w > An,l :U Meeting. P.C.C.. fi-W l’- I v 14—Football League. Albion Wanderers, Esplanade. 16—Old Frees' Association >l'"' 16 —Cricket League, P.C.’ Esplanade. clilgS 16—Penang Club. Final Billiards H’cap. 9.1-> 18- Club. Sale ers and periodicals. I’- v 19— Football League. N<>ni.'Casuals, Esplanade.
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  • 755 11 THE COMMERCIAL ASPECT. In the following article the attitude of the City towards Soviet Russia before and after recognition is set out in the hope of removing certain misconceptions that have arisen over these matters. The recognition by Britain de jure raises the question of the effect
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    • 637 12 P. 0.-BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Companies Incorporated in Enoland.) MAIL. PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government.) P. O SAILINGS. LONDON—FAR-EASTERN SERVICE. From London Due Penang. To Marseille» A London Leave P—about KHYBER Feb. 14 PADUA Feb. 16 KASHGAR Feb 17
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