Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 1 April 1924
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section20 1924-04-01 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. ,Hjs. 76. VOL LXXXII. TUESDAY, Ist APRIL, 1924. PRICE 15 C3JNTS.20 words
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Advertisement522 1924-04-01 1 fSATSU, 5 > lOGRAPHIC 6 t STUDIO. e ?hone 772. I 6S BISHOP STREET" I OfIHMMHi I ~i. w .i i [J— i 2 L lEa >< Ĕ- r^_— l. ~~frf C. C. WAKEFIELD CO., LTD., (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) g J Jh G BRITISH THROUGHOUT t f! <1 POI JP522 words
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Advertisement19 1924-04-01 1 |T. NAGATA J 1 DENTIST. K NFXT DOOR TO X x J< “THE DISPENSARY." L x^,:s: ;s: :s3; J19 words
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Article629 1924-04-01 2 AS OPPOSED BRAZEN IMPUDENCE. One meets a number of self-confident people who, is closer acquaintance, have very little to show for it, writes Mr. John Blunt in the Daily Mail,” but, on the other hand, it is doubtful whether much can be done in the world without some inborn629 words
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Article175 1924-04-01 2 SCENE IN A VILLAGE. On the night of the 28th January seven convicts escaped from the hospital in Insein Jail. Two of them were recaptured -next day, and the three others were recaptured a few days later, leaving two, Nga Poh Se Gale and Nga Aung Dun.175 words
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Advertisement1498 1924-04-01 2 POSTPONEMENT OF SALE. DEAFNESS CAN 111 RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. J z-j in ppj III! The sale of the rubber estate known as UIL V>LJIVILI-/* s 111 Including free town delivery or 111 Kigap in advertised to be sold X postage. jjj on Wednesday. 2nd April, 1924, is post- DE afNESS,1,498 words
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Advertisement23 1924-04-01 2 Plantbbb* Mxdical Guidb, by Dr. E. N. Gr&h&m, $3/- per book or $3/30 pest free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., Penang.23 words
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Advertisement91 1924-04-01 2 I“R. E.T.” SABANG RUBBER CHESTS /1 Ir 11 r f wI ll M The Most Economical Case in the Market i I For Particulars Apply to: 1 DIETHELM CO., LTD., 5 PENANG. 1 1 To, REALLY appreciate the I DELIGHTS of this, YOU J** should DRINK. HEIDSIECK MONOPOLE i RED91 words
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Article692 1924-04-01 3 RISE IN RTSS lAN ROUBLES. Peshawar, March I’d—The past week has been chiefly noticeable for a sensationally sadden rise in the value of Russian roubles in Peshawar City market, the price having jumped from 4as. to Rs. 3 per I.UO roubles, following on extensive purchase orders from692 words
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131 1924-04-01 3 Bombay. March 20.—1 n an interview Mr. Gandhi said he did not hope much from the Labour Government as no Government could get rid of the traditions handed down from generation to generation. India must rely on her own strength. He said the Colonies Committee131 words
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Article613 1924-04-01 3 “A DISGRACEFUL ACT.” Signs are not wanting that despite the quiet way in which the new Cabinet managed to recognise Russia, there is a passionate disapproval of the move. An expression of it is found in a powerful article entitled A Disgraceful Act,” preceded by editorial613 words
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Article210 1924-04-01 3 As the outcome of a. series of tests made on the Great Western Railway, the possibility of listening in and connecting up witlh the chief broadcasting stations in the country while travelling by train at a high speed, by ‘means of an indoor aerial, has boen210 words
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Advertisement358 1924-04-01 3 To Escape 7<j3| SCHILLS z /Wi You MUST TAKE t W Peps V V QUDDEN colds and chills V 0 vj 1 I and deadly lung troubles likepleurisyand pneUmonia are always lurking in the night air; theref°re never venture far without Peps. Peps have an invigorating, antiseptic and fortifying 0358 words
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Advertisement28 1924-04-01 3 Millets, their Nutritive and Economic Valu'6 etc., in Malaya, by L M. z ßirenger, $l/- per book or £l/30 fr**> stocked by the Pinang Gazeute F. Ltd Penan?28 words
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Advertisement307 1924-04-01 3 IWSHilhsKf > I SOLE AGENTS IN PENANG FOR S HIS 5 MM MASTER’S 5 VOICE J I GRAMOPHONES RECORDS. 5 H. M. V. Records Embrace the whole world of Music J from Grand Opera to the Jazz Band. They are contributed by the Worlds’ Greatest Artists. The reper- J toire307 words
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Article552 1924-04-01 4 MURDER AND ROBBERY. (Translated). News of a highway robbery and murder in which Ong Jit, a Chinese cook employed at the leper asylum on Po A mat Island, near Koeta-Radja, Acheen, lost his life, has reached Batavia. It was on Sunday morning the 16th of March, between the552 words
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Article227 1924-04-01 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) A lor Star. March 31. H. M. The Regent of Kedah leaves for England by the P. and O. Kalyan next month. He will be accompanied by Tunku Mansur, A. D. C. and Tunku Md. Jiwa, Private Secretary. H. M. The King has graciously227 words
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Article282 1924-04-01 4 Pakir Mydin, was produced by Detective Inspector J. G. Barrett, before Mr. H. A. Forrer, in the Police Court, Penang, this morning charged with criminal trespass, to wit, by entering into the Cinema Hall in Argyll Road last night. Inspector Barrett also said he would apply282 words
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Article310 1924-04-01 4 PAPYRUS’S PROSPECTS., It is satisfactory to know that all last season’s classic winners remain in training, and their performances will be among the most interesting features of the coming campaign. What, for example will Papyrus do? At present one is disinclined to place this son of Tracery very310 words
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Article168 1924-04-01 4 At Boyle Claims Sessions the Earl of Ypres was awarded £329 compensation by Judge Kakely for the looting of his country residence at Drumdoe, co. Roscommon Lord Ypres’s steward, James Rainsford, said armed men seized the earl's forty horse-power limousine, which had been given to168 words
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Article44 1924-04-01 4 The homeward mail, by the Teesta. closes at 10 a.m. on Friday, the 4th instant. The B. I. Packet Tara, with mails despatched from London on the 13th March, is expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. on Friday, the 4th instant.44 words
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Article138 1924-04-01 4 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette,”] SIR, —Referring to Hindu affairs appealing in your paper of 27th March may I be allowed a little space in your paper to make certain comments on same. The majority of the Hindus in Penang are not members of the Penang138 words
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Article71 1924-04-01 4 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”) When will the Kedah Government send one of its efficient architects to obtain designs from Tanjong Rambutan of a really good padded-room for the accommodation of the night-driving Jehu who would like to keep all other motor traffic hard over to the71 words
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Article217 1924-04-01 4 An ext raordinary story of gloves which replace the typewriter is told by the “Scientific Revue of the United States.” The gloves are made of hard rubber and bear the letters of the alphabet at the points of the fingers, as well as numerals and marks of punctuation.217 words
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Article158 1924-04-01 4 Field-Marshal Conrad von Hotzendorff protests in the German newspapers against the statement published abroad that he admits in his book the war guilt of the Central Powers. The actual facts he «ays, remain as true as ever, and they an? that Austria-Hungary was menaced for years from Serbia158 words
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Article500 1924-04-01 4 WORKMAN’S FIND. For seven hundred years the heart of King Richard Coeur de Lion has been supposed by the French to rest in Rouen Cathedral, but the find by a man at work in All Hallows, Barking-by-the-Tower, of an ancient stone slab, supposed to500 words
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Article251 1924-04-01 4 WHY BRITAIN LEADS THE WAY. Sir James Cantile, presenting the awards at the annual women’s drill competition at’lhe Northampton Polytechnic Institute, said that the physique of the girls of Britain was steadily improving, and that was instanced by the fact that most of the girls of251 words
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Article63 1924-04-01 4 London, March 17.—1 n the House of Commons, to-day, in reply to Com. Bellairs (C). Mr. Ammon stated that the aggregate value of Empire trade in 1922 in Eastern waters east of Africa was 1,100 million sterling while the cost of maintenance of British squadrons,63 words
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Advertisement165 1924-04-01 4 Baby’s Own Tablets CURED THIS LITTLE GIRL OF STOMACH TROUBLES IN KELANTAN. Anxious parents everywhere ask one another what to do when their little ones are lt is for the benefit of such fathers and mothers that Mr. M. Ghazaly. of Kota Bahru, Kelantan, Federated Malay States permits the publica165 words
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Advertisement879 1924-04-01 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. The Ayer Kuning Rubber Estate, K Limited. f POSITION VACANT. j (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.) I WANTED a good qualified Dresser, REPORT AND ACCOUNTS I for an Estate in Kedah, must thoroughly I understand oiling and sanitation work, for the year ended 31st December, 1923, Apply with references879 words
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Article292 1924-04-01 5 ,fi >TION RAISED ON WEMBLEY VOTE. I Jon. March 21. —The question of a ett to the Press over Lord Parmoor s signature favour of the Free Trade ,xhil. t at the British Empire Exhibition was l ilted on the report stage of the vO te for292 words
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Article182 1924-04-01 5 London, March 21. —A lively breeze in the House of Commons was evoked by i.ad\ Astor in the debate on the Admiralty vote remarking she knew how diffiwas for Labour Members to re■iiciJc their defence with the Sermon on lf they learned as much in thwnext182 words
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Article128 1924-04-01 5 Ixmdon, March 25. —At the annual din “er of the British Overseas Banks Asso- ition, attended by the High Cominise Moners of Australia, New Zealand and ‘“dia and other distinguished personag -stthe hairman, Mr. Arthur Willis of h‘" National Bank of New Zealand, said British overseas banks128 words
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92 1924-04-01 5 London, l9.—The gullibility of h'* public in njatters is evidenced by an extraordinary case at Leeds where a sexagenarian miner, I David Williams, was convicted on five barges of inflating hurt and obtaffiioq money by Lilse pretences. It’appeared > lat the who was absolutely de-J92 words
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Article341 1924-04-01 5 DISCUSSION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. London, March 19. In the House of Commons to-day Mr. Tillett sounded a discordant note during the debate on the Exhibition, vote, and complained of the autocratic attitude of the ‘big five which had provoked strong dissent from tlhe representatives of the341 words
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Article314 1924-04-01 5 London. March 18. —Although the military clauses of the Franco-Czecho Slovak Treaty, which was signed in Paris on the 25th January, are still kept secret, the Berlin correspondent of "The Times” learns on good- authority that the following are the main proposals: (1) The two countries agree314 words
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Article37 1924-04-01 5 London, March 19. —In view of the fact that a realised surplus of 48 millions to date is anticipated, the natioaal accounts show a large balance for the financial year ending in a fortnight’s time.37 words
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Article59 1924-04-01 5 Singapore, March 21.. —Mr. Otto Rothfield in a paper read before the Society of Arts on* co-operative banking in India, though* that the first condition- of the adequate national prosperity in India ?nust b?» a apid and’'vast extension <j banking. r He was of opinion that59 words
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Article137 1924-04-01 5 London. March 21. —The Times in a leader says there appears to be no insuperable obstacle to the introduction of a Republic in Persia. The difficulty will be to reorganise policy in Persia with its feudal and ecclesiastical traditions on really modern Republican lines. The paper concludes there may137 words
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Article119 1924-04-01 5 Preparations are «actively proceeding for the vast salvage scheme to be undertak cm at Scapa Flow. The operations, which are the largest of their kind ever undertaken, are expected to begin in April. The salvors have made an arrangement with the Government for the use of an119 words
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Article120 1924-04-01 5 Calcutta, March 21. —In connection with the recent discovery of live bombs in Maniktola the police searched a house in Belgachia, a suburb of Calcutta, and arrested a young Bengali, Satyendra Nath Dey. As a result of th? search the police recovered a Mauser pistol. a six-chambered120 words
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Article336 1924-04-01 5 By a Borneo Planter, The little steam launch glides smoothly into the miniature harbour and comes to rest alongside the palm-pole jetty. The gangway is placed in position and I make my way to the town. There is only one street. On each side is a row of336 words
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Article52 1924-04-01 5 The Municipal Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade from 6 to 7 to-morrow night 1 March Of the Crusaders Finck 2 Gavotte Gluck’s Gluck 3 Waltz Our Day Vorral 4 Selection Masaniello Auber s 5 Fox Trot Cherie Bibo •A God Save52 words
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Article682 1924-04-01 5 PLEA FOR OUR OWN MEN. The apparent disinclination of Georges Carpentier to meet Jack Bloomfield, the British light heavy-weight champion, is not so surprising as some people would have us. believe, writes Mr. Trevor C. Wignall in a home paper. From the time when the match was first suggested682 words
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Article82 1924-04-01 5 London, March 20.~At Queen’s Club in the amateur racquets championship doubles semi-finals, R. Aaird and Captain Jameson beat Captain Sampson and G. Crutchly 15-1, 12-15, 15-9, 15-6, 15-8. The Hon. Bruce and H. Leatham General Sheppard and G. Scottahad 15-7. 15-3. 18-13, 15-9. London, March 21.- —At82 words
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61 1924-04-01 5 LADY COMPETITOR IN POINT-TO-POINT RACE. London, March 19. —The novel sight of a woman competitor in a point-to-point race was witnessed at to-day s annual meeting of the Glamorgan Hunt when Mrs. Maud Ellis of Edinburgh, sister of the lat?’ Captain Leslie Cheape, the famous polo player who was killed61 words
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Article434 1924-04-01 5 OPENING OF THE TRAINING. Training for the Singapore Spring meeting opened on Saturday, a dull muggy morning with nothing inspiriting about it except the interest in being back at the old game again. The continuous wet weather has kept the course heavy and the inside track onlj r434 words
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Article174 1924-04-01 5 Amritsar, March If).—ln the case, under Section 124 A., I. P. C., (sedition) against Swami Onkarand, late editor of Onward,” two prosecution witnesses deposed to having heard the accused in a meeting in the Jallianwala Bagh on thu 22nd February, 1924, supporting a motion deprecating the174 words
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91 1924-04-01 5 John Arthur Hinckley, a 17-year-O(d boy who attends a private school in New York, finds it impossible to live on a year. So his mother declared when applying, as his guardian, to the Supreme Court for permission to draw another f 1,00091 words
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Advertisement45 1924-04-01 5 Daily Mirror, Atlas of the World, $2/50 per book or $2/80 post free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd Penang. Pitman’s Shorthand Rapid (New Era Edition) Complete Edition with supplementary Exercises $3 or $3/30 post free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press Ltd., Penang.45 words
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Miscellaneous127 1924-04-01 5 OUR WEEKLY CARTOON. “IN THE PUBLIC EYE.” Sfo==--. r -y I K i Y/i lli AIp w I I »0 .1. A yz, ySi Mr. Arnold Bennett’s front name is Enoch, but literary destiny suppresses the fact. Born in the l ive Towns 57 years ago come next May, the127 words
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Article86 1924-04-01 6 BarraclOUGH. —At the European Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, on March 30th, to Air. and Mrs. F. C. Barraclough. a son. DEATHS. Kempthorne.—February 24, at Wimbledon. suddenly, after long illness. MSv Clunies Kempthorne, second daughter of late George Clunies-Loss. Keling. Cocos Island, and widow of H. S. Kempthorne. Tidman.—February 27. after86 words
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Article555 1924-04-01 6 M. Poincare, that redoubtable veteran of innumerable ministerial battles, is once again playing a prominent part in the thick of the fray. After his drastic action in connection with the recent dissolution of the Cabinet over the question of financial reforms, a note of gloom appeared to555 words
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Article360 1924-04-01 6 Two years ago. the residents of Penang, rose up in a body, and in a loud voice, demanded the abolition of the Income Tax Ordinance. The vibration created by the volume of sound thus produced was too much for the red tape be-deckod limpets. Tt shook them360 words
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Article99 1924-04-01 6 < From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lnrnpnr. April 1. Dr. Tagore paid a flying visit to Kuala Lumpur yesterday, the members of the SXlangor Reception Committee meeting the vessel at Port Swettenham and bringing him to Kuala Liimnur by motor car. where the news spread99 words
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Article1304 1924-04-01 6 April Fools’ Day or All Fools’ Day' is the name given to the Ist All Fools’ Day. of April in allusion to the custom of playing practical jokes or. friends and neighbours on that day, or sending them on fools’ errands. One of the Indic rous solutions1,304 words
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Article260 1924-04-01 6 LAWYERS’ HAPPY HUNTING GROUND. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April I. At the Chamber of Commerce Rubbei Association annual meeting, Mr. J. M. Sime referred to the state of the by-laws as a happy hunting ground for the legal fraternity and hoped that the by-laws being framed would260 words
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Advertisement274 1924-04-01 6 Riwi I VIRGINIA /f I J SCS®(XM®SS CIGARETTES Made by hand —One at a time j* l «a. t H 'I REWARE of Cheap J ’<< H manufactured by Mschi ’fl L i 14 <feanbh'' e raTe of thousands p« r r I i hte>a-j r Tobacco dust and sand,**274 words
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Advertisement78 1924-04-01 6 You Have HEARD the London Syncopating Orchestra, You are now to have an opportunity of DANCING to it On Tuesday, Bth April Next, IN THE E. O. HOTEL BALL ROOM, Combined Dinner and Dance tickets, bookable in advance at the E, O. Hotel $5, Dance tickets only. Cash on sale78 words
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Miscellaneous146 1924-04-01 6 TIDE TABLES. Penang P. Sw'hani Singapore Apr.iH.W. L.W. H.W. L.W H.W. L.W. 1 11.24 a 3J 7a 9.32 a 8.21 a 2.29 a U.22p 5.22 p 3.42 p 9.57 p 9.38 p 3.02 p :P2| 11.53 a 5.39 a 3.58 a 10 12a 9.18 a 3.21 a 11.45 p 5.56146 words
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Article143 1924-04-01 7 Fierce Fight Forecasted. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) London, March 31. I terest is deepehing in the forthcom- tions in Germany and France. The l t p r ir e fixed for May 11. a week later [he German elections.* It is stated 't was deliberately chosen as 1 JnSLd f(Reuter’s Telegrams.) - 143 words
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Article86 1924-04-01 7 XEW LOAN SANCTIONED. London. March 31. Che House of Commons unanimously passed a resolution sanctioning expenditure not exceeding £400,000 in the form of a loan over a period of 30 years to provide a system of all British cable and wireless communication with the West Indies, and British86 words
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Article18 1924-04-01 7 TERMS ACCEPTED. London. March 31. The Tram waymen’s ballot resulted in the terms being accepted18 words
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Article58 1924-04-01 7 GOW] RNM ENTS OFFER. London. March 31. The («wernment is offering holders of live Lr cent War Loan to convert their homing into a new 4j per cent issueredwmable between 1939 and 1944, th( termlbeing £lO3 of the new,stock lor of the old. It is intended in58 words
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Article19 1924-04-01 7 London. March 31. Dealings in the City of Amsterdam Loan commenced around half per cent discount.19 words
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Article47 1924-04-01 7 London, March 31. Fhe I nited Kingdom revenue for f he fiscal year ended March 31 was £837,000,000 compared with last year. The decrease '3 chiefly accounted for by £49.000,000 on Property, income-tax and super-tax. The expenditure chargeable against revenue «1789,000,000 and £812.000.000 re47 words
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Article29 1924-04-01 7 London. March 31. A mass meeting of the building operalv s ofghe Empire Exhibition declared an unoff;»jf lightning strike to enforce incnaa<W2d. aiAour. j involved.29 words
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Article30 1924-04-01 7 London, March 31, shipowners 'announce a rera increase of per cent in freight ra<t-s raee j ncreaget j pay of the 'H-’kvrs and additional forking expenses abroad.30 words
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Article59 1924-04-01 7 s TOCi< EXCHANGE ACTION. k -London. April 1. J l‘ r Stock Exchange notify automatic ot the quotations from the ’al list <m M a y o, unless the Chinese o 'erninent fully Desumes the service 1 Innese bonds of 1896, at 5, of 1898 at anU l9ll59 words
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Article22 1924-04-01 7 PROCEEDING <Urfme. March 31. I I HtiwtW informed that Li’*. 1 Slunor whom the Soviet Bone has departed for I22 words
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Article262 1924-04-01 7 Lukewarm Reception. (Reuter's Telegrams.) Paris. March 31. In the French Chamber. M. Poincare, in a ministerial declaration, said that the Cabinet, formed in the spirit of Republican union and National concord, was determined to pursue unflinchingly the late Government’s foreign policy. France would only withdraw from the Ruhr(Reuter's Telegrams.) - 262 words
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Article87 1924-04-01 7 DEADLOCK ON BESSARABIA QUESTION. Vienna. March 31. A complete deadlock. on the subject of Bessarabia marks the Russo-Rumanian conference, which is proceeding here, the Rumanian delegates having refused to discuss the question which they contend was settled by the decision of the Ambassadors' Conference. The Russians have issued87 words
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Article48 1924-04-01 7 CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE BY FLOODS. Warsaw. March 31. The rising of the Vistula caused catastrophal floods involving the towns of Cizchocinek, Torun and 38 villages. Thousands of farmers lost all their cattle and implements. Several factories were partly destroyed and over 70 lives were lost.48 words
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Article69 1924-04-01 7 COLLAPSE OF A BRIDGE. Paris. March 31. A message from Seville says that as the result of torrential rains, the old bridge over the Guadalquiver River, on which a crowd was watching the flood, collapsed under the weight of a crowded motor bus. Thirty dead and 5069 words
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Article119 1924-04-01 7 FORCED LANDING. Athens, March 31. Squadron Leader Maclaren was compelled to descend near Lake St. Matthew. Corfu. Nobody was injured, but the machine was slightly damaged. Captain Maclaren will continue his flight after making the necessary repairs. Only Engine Trouble. London, March 31. A message from Corfu says119 words
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Article1194 1924-04-01 7 Oxford’s Record. .Reuters Telegrams.) London. March 31. Oxford rowed from Hammersmith Bridge to the mile post in 2 minutes 53 2/5 seconds, beating the Cambridge record of 2 minutes 54 seconds made in 1911. Cambridge’s latest full course trial from Putney to Mortlake took 19 minutes 51.Reuters Telegrams.) - 1,194 words
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Article102 1924-04-01 7 New York. March 31. In the eleventh round of the chess tournament, Marshall. Maroczy and Reti defeated Edward Lasker. Janowski and Tartakower respectively. Dr. Lasker and Yates drew after 55 moves. The match between Alekhine and Boguljubow was adjourned. C’apablanca received a bye. How The Players Stand. New102 words
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Article39 1924-04-01 7 BRITISH FLYWEIGHT CHAM? PIONSHIP. ■London, April 1. At the National Sporting Club in a 20 rounds contest for the British flyweight championship. Elky Clark (Glasgow) beat Kid Kelly ’(Plymouth), the referee stopping the fight in the twentieth round.39 words
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Article66 1924-04-01 7 SINCLAIR INDICTED FOR CONTEMPT. Washington, March 31. Mr. Sinclair was indicted on ten counts of contempt in consequence of his refusal to give evidence before the Senate Oil Committee. Each count relates to a specific question put to Mr. Sinclair before the committee which the Federal Grand66 words
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Article80 1924-04-01 7 READING THE EVIDENCE. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, April 1. The addresses for the defence in the Peck v. Russell case concluded yesterday afternoon, after which Mr. Carver, began -reading the .evidence of witnesses examined on commission 'on behalf of defence, the first being the lengthy80 words
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Article1033 1924-04-01 7 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Major P. H. Keys has been granted leave to June 14. Mrs. Anthony and Miss Anthony left on Thursday for Ceylon. Mr. R. Morgan, Inspector of Police, has returned from leave, and is attached to the Central Police Station, Kuala Lumpur. Sir William Rees Davies, the retiring Chief1,033 words
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Article114 1924-04-01 7 Malay sentenced. 1 From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. April 1. At the Assizes, a Malay was sentenced to five years imprisonment, on a murder charge which was changed to culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Kidnapping Case. The trial was commenced to-day of a Chinese who114 words
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Article261 1924-04-01 7 PROFESSOR BARCROFT ON BLOOD COLOURING. Professor Barcroft, whose studies in the colouring matter of the blood have brought so much fresh information to light, delivered his fourth lecture on this subject at the Royal Institution. He pointed out that blood is not necessarily red. “We could261 words
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Article832 1924-04-01 8 ANNUAL GENERfL MEETING. The eleventh annual general meeting of the Ulu Piah Company, Limited, was held at the registered office, 39, Beach Street, Penajig, yesterday afternoon. The ’Hon’ble >. R. P. Brash occupied the Chair, and the others present included Messrs. M. K. Whitlocfc, J. Crabb att,832 words
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Article448 1924-04-01 8 FUTURE IN THE BALANCE. The eleventh annual general meeting of Ayer Weng (Rahman) Development and Prospecting Company, Limited, was held at the registered office, George Town Chambers, 39, Beach Street, Penang, yesterday afternoon, with the Hon. Mr. R. P. Brash in the chair, and the following gentlemen present:448 words
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Article207 1924-04-01 8 Benares Opium p. 55.000.00 noin. Cloves 110.00 sellers Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Pickings 115.00 Nutmegs 80s 100.00 110 s 90.00 Coconuts per 1,000 50.00 Copra Snndried 11.30 sellers Rattans 11.20 sellers Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00 per baa do do207 words
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461 1924-04-01 8 The following is the R of the'l I ©ctors for the year nued 31st (J. B ber, 1923, submitted at the '/’I ordioiary general meeting of the f 1 pany, jheld on Monday, loth dav March, 1924, at 12.45 p. m. Management. Mr. L A.461 words
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Article110 1924-04-01 8 April 3—Football League, Albion v Rovers, Esplanade. s—Cricket League, P.C.C. v E.S.C., Esplanade. 5 Parit Perak Rubber Company Meeting, 33 Beach St, Penang, noon. 6 Bulan Puasa begins. B—Football League, Albion v Nomads, Esplanade. 10—Football League, Casuals Rovers, Esplanade. 12— Way Down East,” Theatre Royal. 15—Football League, Casuals/110 words
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Advertisement759 1924-04-01 8 FOR SALE Large Machineshop and Engineering Works AT MEDAN, DELI, SUMATRA. i Completely equipped with modem machinery and tools, partly direct electrically and partly belt-driven, consisting of: lathe-shop, blacksmithshop, steelworkers and boilershop, iron and brass foundry and patternshop, all erected in large steel buildings, specially built for this purpose. The759 words
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Advertisement11 1924-04-01 8 Singapore Dollar Directory 1923-24 At $2 STOCKED BY W The LtA11 words
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260 1924-04-01 9 The following is the report for the year ended December 31. 1923, of the Ayer Kuning Rubber Estate, Limited, to be submitted at the fourteenth annual general meeting to be held at the Registered Office of the Company, No. 9 Beach Street, Penang, on Wednesday,260 words
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Article442 1924-04-01 9 Messrs. Baker, Morgan and Co., Ltd.. Kuala Lumpur, reported on March ‘29 as follows Transactions during the week have been on a i>oor scale which we understand has been merely m sympathy with the local bazaar. The rubber and tin prices have been so uncertain that neither442 words
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Article92 1924-04-01 9 PASSING OF THE OLD TYPE OF VAGRANT. The annual census of homeless persons just taken bv the London County Council shows that the old type of vagrant has almost entirelv disappeared. On census night onlv four persons, all women, were scheduled as sheltering under arches or on staircases.92 words
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Article286 1924-04-01 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Saturday. Tu-day. 2 E Sharks. >» 5 S aj co co 0Q to. Ac. tc. c. Rubber (Dollar.) Allenby 1.12| 1.15 1.10 1.15 Alor Gajah 1.10 1.25 1.00 1.10 Ayer Molek 1.05 1.15 1.00 1.10286 words
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Article65 1924-04-01 9 Ist April. 1924. Local. cts. {Smoked Sheet 40 Fine Pale Crepe 40 Unsmoked Sheet 35 Singa- (Smoked Sheet 10] pore (Crepe 10] London and New York. r (Smoked Is.OJd London Crepe lsO j d New York G2l] The following were the rubber quotations in London on March 31:65 words
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Article50 1924-04-01 9 The General Produce Agency. Ltd., Beach Street, Penang, report that the following prices were realised at their auction room to-day Good F.A.Q. Smoked diamond sheet ss3| to $54 E.A.Q. do 52 53 Off quality and Low F.A.Q. Smoked diamond sheet 16 51 Loose and Lump Scrap 30 3650 words
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Article100 1924-04-01 9 London. The Straits Trading Co.. Ltd., gives the following prices, on March 31 Spot £254 Down £7.15» 3 mos. buying „253 7.lns 3 selling ~253.5» 7.15 s The Eastern Smelting Co.. I Ad:— London, March 31, £251 spot, and £253 three months buying, £253.5s selling. Local. April Ist100 words
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Article43 1924-04-01 9 Nawng Pet Tin, Limited, for March, hours run 421, yards treated 26,00(1. ore won piculs,* 440 approximate revenue $37,000, approximate mine working costs $6,000. Ratrut Basin Tin Dredging Co., N.L., March, output 345 piculs. 644 hours worked, 85,000 cubic yards treated.43 words
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Advertisement213 1924-04-01 9 I SPECIFY I “Jason Home Dyes” ■>. AND GET THE BEST. I Th* only first class dyes for all kinds of cloth. Guaranteed o> fast and true to colours to be had in 29 beautiful colours Price 30 cents per packet. I Jason Dye Soap I WASHES as well as213 words
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Advertisement163 1924-04-01 9 DANIEL CRAWFORD’S t —Finest Old I Scotch Whisky SPECIAL OFFER TO PENANG DISTRICT Per case of 12 Quarts $24-00 NETT. 1 Freight and Insurance Paid Duty $l4-40 EXTRA. I foie Agents JOHN LITTLE CO, LTD, i SINGAPORE. I I DODGE BROS, i I w 5 Seater Touring Car a $2,270163 words
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Article176 1924-04-01 10 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Kahiioa for Asalian. Tamba Mara for Colomlto, (taking mails for India) <v Bombay. Tokushima Maru for Rangoon (Mergui and Moulniein via Rangoon) and Calcutta. Pulau Jerĕjak. Kopah for Deli. Klang for Port Swettenham Singapore. II The s.s. Teesta, from Singapore and Port Swettenham, taking English Mails176 words
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Article349 1924-04-01 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 o> Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed daily (Sunday excepted) by the 7-30 p.m. train:349 words
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Article124 1924-04-01 10 PENANG. APRIL 1. 1924. (Bv Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 2/4 4 months* sight Bank 2/4 1/S 3 Credit 2/4 15/32 3 Documentary 2/4 1/2 Calcutta Demand Bank RnDi”}] 3 days’sight Private 170 j s Bombay Demand Bank 167] j g Madras Demand Bank 167]124 words
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Article512 1924-04-01 10 CHOWRASTA MARKET Penang, April 1. 1924 cts Government Mutton Mutton Indian per lb l( Mutton Head, sheep or goat each l .tjg Liver with heart lung do 1,39 Tripe do iwj Goat or Sheep per lb Sweet Bread pair > 39 Leg of Mutton lb 51) Lamb do512 words
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Advertisement462 1924-04-01 10 WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE For Coughs, Colds and Internal Troubles. c*:•: ===sx =-sxss* :•:xsxx xx s& xx "s 3*:x:■::•:x x>;sx: I I Assets over $5,000,060 S. C. Assurance in force over $17,000,000. I The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. Hm (Incorporated in Straits Settlements). HEAD OFFICE Winchester House, Singapore.462 words
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Article451 1924-04-01 11 London, March 22. The following are results of football matches played in the League to-day.— Division I. Arsenal 1, Nottingham 0. Birmingham 1, Chelsea 0. Blackburn 0, Liverpool 0. Bolton 2, Middlesborough 0. Everton 2, Westham 1. Huddersfield 1, Sheffield 0. Manchester City 2, Preston 2. Notts451 words
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Article157 1924-04-01 11 A Million Years to see it At what is more than twice the distance ever measured before by an astronomer, a star cluster has just been proved to be over 6.000,000,000,000,000,000 miles away from the earth. This cluster of what must be incredibly huge stars157 words
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Advertisement332 1924-04-01 11 R x"x x I 447 K IHK 1 Green Spot Men Is there a green spot on your neck where your collar button touches your skin? There wouldn’t be if you wore a Krementz. A Krementz is made of 14 kt. gold plate and the amount of 14 kt. gold332 words
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Advertisement21 1924-04-01 11 Penang Sea Frontage Rights and Titi-es, $2/50 per book or $2/80 poet free, stocked by the Pin&ng Gazette Press, Ltd., Penang21 words
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Advertisement392 1924-04-01 11 ONE HUNDRED YEARS’ HISTORY 0E THE CHINESEiN SINGAPORE A\\ (1819 to 1919-) W Being a chronological record of the contribution by the Chinese community >'■ '\Ys development, progress and prosperity <>T Singapore ;of event# and 1/1 ’vYx incidents concerning the whole or sections of that community and of the y/392 words
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Advertisement1242 1924-04-01 12 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE! INTENDED SAILINGS FROM PENANG. 4'? 8 WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. g| £|W |L I RHEXENOR ApL 4 London. Rotterdam and Hamburg. fc, Ml RIONES I" Havre. London, and Rotterdam. u TROILUS ft London, Hull, Rotterdam and Hamburg. m GLAUCUS 24 London. Rotterdam and Hamburg.1,242 words
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Advertisement680 1924-04-01 12 P. 0.-BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Companies Incorporated in England.) MAIL. PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co. (Under Contract with His Majesty’s Government.) P. O. SAILINGS. LONDON—FAR-EASTERN SERVICE. From London Due Penang. To Marseilles 8t London Leave Pen. n about about PLASSY Apr. 9 KHYBER Apr. KHIVA680 words
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