Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 3 April 1924

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 78. VOL LXXXII. THURSDAY, 3rd APRIL, 1924. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 495 1 pNIKKO” modern art j pf;() fOGRAPHIC STUDIO J No. 7, Nortaam Road, Penang. I Teleph» ne No. 579. E I ggfmMMMWBBBMiWffi ntift., i. i ~'.'SJOiR I H THE I THE TYRE with 1 MINIMAX I i BS, FIRE EXTINGUISHER I I tr-'iTSi > IB IW®C 0 R D I Cheap
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    • 41 1 x x sx X ESTD r 1171 II I PiTROniZED B* “Tun. j| SPLENDID SELECTION OF DIAMOND AND GEM ij SET JEWELLERY >■ X OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Si AT ALL PRICES. g g B. P. de SILVA, V 1, Bishop Street, Penang.
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 520 2 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”] Sir, —Referring to Waking Up’s article appearing in your valuable issue of the Ist inst., on the above subject, I should like to say a few words. Waking Up must clearly understand that Penang Hindu Advisory Board was only the outcome
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  • 300 2 65 YEARS A WITHOUT MISSING MEETING. Well wrapped up by the cosy fire in an upper room of a bleak house at Penkridgc, near Stafford, round which a cruel gale of sleet was sweeping, sat tho doyen of British direetors, Mr. Frank James, who, in his 103rd
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  • 589 2 GANG ROBBER KILLED. From Ngandjoek! comes the report that a gang of five or six robbers had broken into the house of a resident and wearing apparel and property to the value of f. 275, including f. 75 cash, were carried away. Dissatisfied with their booty, they visited
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  • 184 2 DR. LYTTELTON ON GOOD AND BAD ENGLISH. “The boys at our big public schools at the age of 16 have no belief in learning,” said Dr. Lyttelton (formerly headmaster of Haileybury and of Eton) in an address to the English Association on “Training through English”’ at the Central
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  • 477 2 WAYSIDE STATION MASTER’S EXPERIENCE. Deaf Burglar an Ex-Policeman. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, April 2. Presumably attracted by the possibility of a large haul of takings from the sale of tickets, a Malay broke into Lawin railway station, near Kuala Kangsar, on January 21 last. The noise caused
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  • 367 2 “S.F.P.” Sentence of five rigorous imprisonment was passed by Justice Acton in the Assize Court, Singapore, at the conclusion of the case in which a Chinese was charged on three counts of attempted murder in a house in Sago street recently. It was stated by the D.P.P. that
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  • 471 2 There are many unusual businesses followed by those in pursuit of daily bread. Perhaps the most extraordinary is the breeding of worms for anglers. There are several wormeries in Nottinghamshire, and the wriggly bait is reared with as much care and attention as is lavished on many
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  • 389 2 T. 0. M.” HON. RAJA CHULAN BANQUETTED. Selangor Malays’ Presentation. The Hon. Raja Chulan. Raja di Hilir of Perak, was the guest of honour at a banquet given by the Selangor Malays at the Reed Masonic Lodge, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday. March 29. The Hon. Raja
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  • 227 2 MAN CAPTURED AFTER LONG SIEGE TN A TREE. A man, aged about 36, believed to belong to Cardiff, gave the Swansea police some trouble before they succeeded in taking him to an infirmary for observation. He called at the house of a Mrs. Packer in Brynmill-park
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  • 225 2 Tokio, March 30.—The Fishmongers Guild of the Tokio central fish market has announced the closing ©f the market for three days, commencing on April 1, as the result of the negotiations with the city authority for a settlement of the rate of commission, which failed. The members
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  • 846 2 HIS EXCELLENCY As GUEST On Saturday evening, ‘h-. o]j vians in the Malay Peninsula asspmk; at the Empire Hotel, Kuala L unip and dined together. It was the purely O. H. dinner that, as far a J; known, had ever taken place in th"* country, and eleven
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 251 2 HAD VIOLENT HEADACHES Was Extremely Nervous and Weak. Is Now in the Very Best of Health Thanks to DR. WILLIAMS’ PINK PILLS. “About five years ago I was very much run-down and suffered from violent headaches,” says Mrs. A. B. Perera, Municipal Health Visitor, of Slave Island ward, Colombo, Ceylon.
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  • 1718 3 VALUE Ok ACQUIRED AREA. Although the proposals for the construction of a naval base at .Singapcgjt have been abandoned for the moment, matters in connection with the acquisition of various sites at Seletar and Sembawang are still proceeding. In the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice. Sir Walter
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  • 74 3 The Municipal Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade from 6 to 7 to m orrow night 1 March Castatdo Novacek 2 <>ld French Dance Fontainebleau 3 Waltz Forero Translateur 4 Selection Martha Fkuows 5 P<»lka Cornet Solo Lizzie Hartman'. God Save The
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    • 678 3 I j»Q kM AH j Nt I line free town delivery or 1 w g I postage. FA Throat Tablot. I L9 A !*l-E in advance. a year j J M 6 u s' Throats 1 k I'.M.S.' »12 I 1 c f s caused bv d:sease >iam. Sumatra, 3C
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    • 347 3 I WITEAWAY'S I 1 F 5 i SOLE AGENTS IN PENANG J i HIS zASs S 4 yr® MASTER’S i J VOICE” s I GRAMOPHONES RECORDS. X H. M. V, Records Embrace the whole world of Music from vxrand Opera to the Jazz Band. They are contri- 5 buted by
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  • 19 4 Shirazee.—At 4-1, Scott’s Road, on March 31. 1924. to Mr. and Mrs. S. A. H. Shirazee. a daughter.
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  • 563 4 We consider that the following article taken from the Investors’ Review is worthy of reproduction in our columns as throwing a new light on the aspects of rubber restriction. It is written from the inside and lends a new angle to the view point of the
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  • 306 4 The subject of re-ugion between the Church of England and of Rome is again under discussion among the various Church organisations of Europe. From the time when feelers were put out from Malines and received a favourable reception at the hands of a few dignitaries who incline towards
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  • 405 4 IS SUICIDE CRIMINAL Have we the right to commit selfdestruction In other words are we entitled, when we reach the depths of melancholia, to put an end to existence by means of the razor, the gas oven, the poison-bottle or the pistol The Scarborough coroner recently gave his views on
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  • 951 4 “If the law supposes that,” said Mr. Bumble, The La W a Am. the law is a ass—a idiot.” Mr. Bumble never imagined for one moment that his succinct description of the law would go down to posterity as a classic, or that its accuracy would be
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  • 206 4 MR. RUSSELL IN THE Box. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, April 3. Late yesterday afternoon the Peck v> Russell case entered an interesting stage, when Mr. Russell, the first defendant, started to give evidence. Replying to Mr. Carver, Mr. Russell said he had been throughout a
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  • 106 4 BARNES CUP POLO. (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore. April 3. The Royal Sussex polo team beat the Singapore Polo Club “B” team in the first round of the Barnes Cup by nine goals to one. Counterfeiting Case Stopped. At the Assizes, the prosecution of a Chinese on charges
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  • 49 4 The following is the result of yesten 1 day’s tennis tie Doubles Championship).—Oh I- 11 Leong and Lee Huan Cheang beat Lam Choon Kee and Wong Pak How s—4 6—2. Tie for Friday, April 4: Doubles Championship.—Oh and l<;e Huan Cheang */.->. •Sfjjeah Sun and Saw Sooi.
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  • 166 4 The Drawing of Ties, which took pl ;u e last night at the Selangor C.R C. B house, resulted in Malacca meeting langor and Singapore meeting in the first round. Negri Sembilan Penang each drew a bye. The form»*' will meet the winner of Malacca
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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    • 78 4 You Have HEARD the London Syncopating Orchestra, You are now to have an opportunity of DANCING to H 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 sale
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 99 4 THEATRE ROYAL, Lyric Theatres» Ltd. 130, Penang Road. For Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th April at 7.50 p.m. and Day Show on Sunday 6th at 2.30 p.m. 1-2. Leo Maloney in “HERE’S YOUR MEN” (Western) 2 Reels 3-6. Ruth Roland in 2 New Episodes, 3 and 4of the Great Pathe
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    • 148 4 TIDE TABLES. Penang P. Sw’ham Singapore Apr. H.W. L.W. H.W. L.W. H.W. LAV. 3 0.20 p 6.11 a 4.36 a 10.50 a W.osa 4.02 a 6.28 p 4.52p11.14p10.40p 4.22 p 4 0.17 a 6.40 a 5.11 a 11.27 a 10.45 a 4.37 a 0.46 p 6.59 p 5.24 p 11.50
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  • 42 4 DEATH. Anchant.—On April 1. 1924, at Singapore, Henrietta Anchant, beloved widow of the late Mr. Charles /Ynchant, in her 87th year. ACKNOWLEDGMENT I wish to thank all friends for their kind letters of sympathy in our sad bereavement. —W. Beckton. Kampong Kamunting.
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  • 742 5 Health Minister’s Vivid Speech. (Reuter s Telegrams.) London, April 2. I U t he House of Commons, Mr. J. Wh.-itley, Minister of Health, moved the ,n i ruling of the Evictions Bill. He ivi 41v depicted the destitution in lueto unemployment. Women and "children were starving, yet
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  • 95 5 Matter Well In Hand. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) London. April 2. A strong force of mounted and unmounted police have matters well in hand at the Empire Exhibition and forcibly. ejected the Chairman at a meeting which the strikers attempted to hold inside the grounds. Artists and others, who were
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  • 46 5 EIGHT-HOUR DAY BILL. London. April 2. In the House of Commons in answer to questions. Mr. T. Shaw said he hoped to introduce an eight-hour day Bill shortly, whether or not foreign countries took similar steps. The Bill would cover the textile workers.
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  • 119 5 USELESS REGULATIONS. London. April 2. In the House of Commons, Viscount Curzon called attention to what he described as the alarming increase of piracy in South China waters. He declared that merchant shipmasters and officers considered the piracy regulations of the Hongkong Government were useless. A
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  • 87 5 AUSTRALIAN PREMIER’S VIEWS. Melbourne, April 2. Asked in the House of Representatives, if in accordance with the defence resolutions of the Imperial Conference he would summon a Pacific Conference on further disarmament to be held in Australia, the Hon. S. M. Bruce, Premier of Australia, said that
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  • 178 5 STEAMER ABANDONED. London, April 2. There are 1,200 pilgrims for Jeddah on board the burning British steamer “Frangestan” from Bombay. She is making for Port Sudan, where she is due at daybreak on April 3, accompanied by the “Clan Maciver.” while the steamer “Pangistan” is proceeding
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  • 75 5 VICTIMS ELECTROCUTED. Mexico City, April 2. Twenty-five were killed and 56 injured as the result of a fire at a cinema theatre in a suburb of Tacubaya City. A panic followed the outbreak and the majority of the victims were electrocuted by wires hanging neckhigh in
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  • 135 5 Reply to Ambassadors’ Conference. (Router’s Telegrams.) Berlin, April 2. The German reply to the Ambassadors’ Conference on the question of military control was presented last night. It suggests that the proposed investigation of German armaments should be carried out by the Council of the League of
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  • 61 5 CHARGE WITHDRAWN. London. April 2. In letters exchanged between Mr. Ramsay Macdonald and the American Ambassador with regard to the Newcastle Consulate incident, the Prime Minister says, that after further consideration, the Government is not prepared to insist upon the charge against the Consuls of exceeding authority
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  • 69 5 MANY ACCIDENTS. New York, April 2. The heaviest snowstorm of the season fell in the entire eastern section of the country to-day. There were <> to 8 inches in New York and elsewhere, hampering the traffic and crippling the telegraphs and telephones. There were many
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  • 21 5 Washington, April 2. President Coolidge has selected a New York gentlemen, Mr. Harlan Stone, to succeed Mr. Daugherty.
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  • 26 5 New York, April 2. The Woolworth building of fifty storeys, the tallest office structure in the world, has been sold for $11,000,000.
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  • 34 5 RECUPERATING AT BIARRITZ. London, April 2. H. R. H. the Prince of Wales has gone to Biarritz on a ten days’ stay to recuperate from the effects of his recent accident.
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  • 21 5 PORTUGUESE PROJECT. Lisbon, April 2. The Portuguese airship will depart at dawn on the projected flight to Macao.
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  • 30 5 TWO PER CENT PREMIUM. London, April 2. In the Siamese loan large applicants receive 10 per cent and small applicants nil. Dealings commenced at 2 per cent premium.
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  • 42 5 Brussels, April 2. The Sixth International Rubber Exhibition has opened. The countries represented include the Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay States, Ceylon and the Dutch Indies. A series of international conferences are being held in connection with the exhibition.
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  • 55 5 BRITISH PLAYERS’ POOR GAME. Pine Hurst, April 2. Hagen won the North v South open golf championship, scoring 283 for 72 holes. Cyril Walker was second with 285. The Britishers, Havers and Ockenden played poorly, withdrawing at the end of the third round. The Australian. Kirkwool
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  • 612 5 MUNICIPAL DRIVER FINED. Gulab Khan, driver of Municipal motor lorry No. 149 was summoned before Mr. G. A. Smith in the District Court, Penang, this morning for (1) failing to sound his horn when approaching the junction of Kam pong Java Bahru Road and Dato Kramat Road and
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  • 240 5 Lee Fook pleaded guilty before Mr. H. A. Forrer, in the Police Court, Penang, to-day, to a charge of theft of a gold necklace and a coin pendant from the person of a Chinese girl in Kuala Kangsar Road last night, but sentence was deferred until the return
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  • 1387 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Miss Shaw, matron at St. Andrew’s House. Singapore goes home this month. Captain H. Berkeley, District Officer, Grit. Upper Perak, left for Home on leave by the s.s. Kitano Maru. Mr. L. J. B. Madden, a well known Taiping resident, was a passenger homeward bound by the N.
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  • 42 5 ACQUITTED OF MURDER. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, April 3. A Chinese charged with murder yesterday at the Perak Assizes was acquitted. Murder at Taiping. The murder of a Tamil is reported from Taiping, two compatriots concerned have been arrested.
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  • 897 6 In the generous old days when there was plenty of port and no undergraduates the Fellows of Oxford Colleges used to spend a go'od deal of their time round the Common-room table. I have just been turning over the pages of a worn manuscript book, a
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  • 130 6 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Pungah for Dindings. Nam Sang for Calcutta. Kedah for P. Langkawi Kantang (Trang). Sitiawan for Asahan. Kinta for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Owing to docking arrangements, the s.s. Pungah will replace the s.s. Kedah for the voyage from Penang to Pangkor, Dindings and Sitiawan, leaving Penang
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  • 36 6 Following are the numbers of arrivals from and departures to the Madras Presidency for the month of Mar., 1924. Adults. Minors. Arrivals 1,778 260 Departures 3.851 292 The arrivals relate to aided passengers only.
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  • 172 6 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). ST TRAIH. Federated Malay States, Malacca, Join re and Singapore. Registration and Parcel Post, except when otherwise stated, close half an-honr earliei than the Ordinary mail Resumption of Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed daily (Sunday excepted) by the 7-30
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  • 121 6 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 v Rovers, Esplanade. 12— Way Down East,” Theatre Royal. 15—Fontball League,
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  • 1372 6 A VITAL CHANGE. What has seemed inevitable for some considerable time past has been accomplished—the government of golf has been democratised, writes a correspondent of The Observer.” The Royal and Ancient Club, wielding a power as autocratic as that of the Jockey Club, has by an
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  • 406 6 SOME FACTS AND FIGURES. An island is defined as a piece of land entirely surrounded by water. The Stadium at Wembley, which will, this summer, be the scene of Empire pageantry and of many great athletic contests, miwht be defined as a football pitch entirely surrounded by
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • 853 7 Ts). M.” Sl'orKL I’o CLERICAL ERROR. Vn interesting case that has been filed ,[p. ]poh Supreme Court and will come q ior tly is an action in wllich the Chief .f.n-v to Government is the plaintiff* Secretaij o d Tan Kah Kee. trading under the name ami
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  • 858 7 AX UNCOMPROMISING ATTITUDE. Cardinal Bourne, in his Lenten pastoral letter, refers to the discussions which have recently taken place on the question of the union of Christendom,” While noting with thanksgiving the renewed and intensified longing for such union, he declares that all discussions “are useless
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  • 213 7 The DirectoM’ Report, for the year ended 31st, January 1924, states Profits.—The profits- for the year amount to $217,681.25 to which must be added the balance brought forward from last year of $142,811.38, making a total of $360,492.63, leaving, after deduction of $70,000 for Interim Dividends
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  • 144 7 We have pleasure in referring to the announcement of the declaration of a First Dividend of One Shilling (equal to 5 per cent, per share). The Company was formed in 1919 under the auspices of the Austral Malay Tin Ltd., to dredge old Chinese mines
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  • 40 7 The third annual general meeting of Kuntang Tin Dredging. Limited, convened for Friday, 28th March, 1924, at noon, was adjourned to Friday, 4th April, 1924. at the same time and place, for want of a quorum.
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  • 192 7 Benares Opium p. choßt $5,000.00 nom. 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 Sundried 10.95 sales Rattans 11.20 sellers Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shell* 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00 per baw do
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  • 71 7 The homeward mail, by the Teesta, closes at 10 a.m. to-morrow 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. to-morrow the 4th instant. Kai’s Hawaiians are due to appear at at
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  • 112 7 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day, Shares. J < co <2 ffl 02 sc. sc. sc. c. Mining, Batang P. 46 49 48 50 Jelantoh 10 12j Lingui 5.30 5.50 5.30 5.40 cum N. Taiping 1.15 1.1711.151.174 Pengkalen 13.50
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  • 57 7 3rd April, 1924. Local. cts. {Smoked Sheet 411 Fine Pale Crepe 41} Unsmoked Sheet 36 SiNGA- (Smoked Sheet 42 pore (Crepe 42 London and New York. Nrw York G22£ The following were the rubber quotations in London on April 2: Smoked Sheet Is. Ode Plantation Ist latex crepe
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  • 55 7 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 $55 to $55 j F.A.Q. do 53 54 Off quality and Low F.A.Q. Smoked diamond sheet 50 52 Plain Sheet 42 44| Loose
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  • 102 7 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following prices, on April 2 Spot £261.10s up £4 3 mos.buying 260.5 s 3.15 s 3 selling 260.10 s 3.15 s The Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd:— London, April 2, £261.10s spot, and £260.5$ three months buying, £260.10s selling. Local. April
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  • 17 7 Hitam Tin, Limited, for March, 182 piculs. Rahman Hydraulic Tin, Limited, for March, 1.000 piculs.
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  • 122 7 PENANG. APRIL 3. 1924. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/8 3 Credit 2/4 15/32 3 Documentary 2/4 1/2 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs 167]' 3 days’sight Private 170 J p Bombay Demand Bank 167] g Madras Demand Bank 167 j
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