Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 April 1924

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833 No. 82. VOL LXXXII. TUESDAY, Bth APRIL, 1924. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 28 1 g T. NAGATA, n I DENTIST. x 111 i’ V X NEXT DOOR TO j X H “THE DISPENSARY.” L s x x s x s x s >
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  • 463 2 IMPERIAL CONFERENCE RESULTS. The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth (Mr. S.M. Bruce) returned to Australia at the beginning of March. Speaking at a civic welcome given him at Perth, Mr. Bruce summarised the outstanding points upon which the Tn.perial and Economic Conferences were agreed as follows: “Firstly, maintenance
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  • 267 2 £lOO,OOO PROJECT. A remarkable competition for cowboys and cowgirls is the latest Empire exhibition attraction to be announced. Arrangements have been made by Mr. C. B. Cochran whereby what is called a rodeo or round-up will take place over a period of three weeks in June
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 854 2 POSITION VACANT.NOTICES. WANTED a good qualified Dresser, Ulu Yam Tin Dredging Ltd. for an Estate in Kedah, must thoroughly T v c a understand oiling and sanitation work. (Incorporated tn the F.M.S.) Apply with references and salary required to Box No. 103, c/o Pinang The first DIVIDEND of ONE SHILLING
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    • 21 2 Daily Mirror, Atlas of the World, $2/50 per book or $2/80 post free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., Penang.
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    • 1360 2 r 1 WE SUPPLY ITCHY PIMPLES Anything [and Everything NEDER maATSCHAPPIJ AX ,EL ON BAHTS FACE Requisite for Spread To Arms and Legs. Rubber Estates and c p aHPa a 80.000,000 abt. 6 666 luticura Healed. f i9,769,i80 abt n, 647 "Small pimples began to .ppnr CtC. f, P BC,al
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  • 1156 3 ”M.M.” ASSIZES HEARING OPENS Before Sir Lionel Woodward, Chief Ju dicial Commissioner, at the Assizes. Kuala Lumpur, the hearing was opened of the ease against R. A. Boardman, late secretary. Sanitary Board. Kuala Lumpur, who is charged with criminal breach of trust. The accused was provided with
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  • 216 3 POSSIBILITY OF STRIKE OF PILOT MECHANICS. London, March 31. —The possibility of a strike of pilot mechanics employed in civil aviation was mentioned at a meeting held at the Croydon Aerodrome with the object of forming an Aircraft Workers' Union. The position arises over the proposals of the
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  • 44 3 Paris. March 22. —The “Matin reports that Lasserre has been suspended for six months, for addressing an offensive com munication to the Council of the French Rugby Union. He consequently will not captain the French team against Males on Thursday.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 272 3 Confidence The increasingly heavy world-wide demand for Lodge plugs is a sure n j lC ation of the confidence that mot <rists everywhere place in the name LOQGE For easy starting, perfect zw firing at low speeds, maxi- >wer at high speedsand abie service under all conditions, it! 'ißl re
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    • 138 3 x 7 *T'H AT tickling soreness at the back of the mouth, hoarseness, painful swallowing and persistent dry cough are all evidence that you need Peps. Peps provide the handiest and safest of remedies, for thev contain no throat parching formalin or other harmful chemical. You simply dissolve a Peps
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    • 142 3 I Arrol-Johnston CARS I j /k I d k I I i EMPIRE MODEL I OPEN TOURING CAR j R. A. C. RATING 20 H. P. $4,350 Complete CAR MAY BE SEEN AT CHIN KOOI 1 b CO. GARAGE, Northam Road. PARTICULARS FROM g SOLEAGENTS R. T. REID CO., LTD.,
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS.
    • 89 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April 8. At the inquest on a Japanese woman, who was killed by a car driven by Mr. J. H, Mackrow on East Coast road, evidence was given by a Japanese woman with whom were deceased and other Japanese, that the said
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    • 258 4 CAPTAIN ROOKE-COWELL REPLIES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April 8. A six column report has been received from Captain Rooke-Cowell replying to the report by Mr. J. Grigg upon the Kelantan Gold property. It refers to the exceptional difficulties existing when he took over and details the work
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  • 154 4 MR. RUSSELL’S ADMISSIONS. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, April 8. In the Malayan Collieries case yesterday, Mr. Russell was subjected to a lengthy cross-examination by Mr. Braddell regarding the various statements made to shareholders in connection with the Goenoeng Batoe Besar transaction. Mr. Russell admitted the
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  • 96 4 CHINESE ACQUITTED. (From Our Owe Correspondent). Ipoh, April 8. At the Assizes, a Chinese, who was changed with housebreaking at Bruas, when a liquor store was extensively rifled, was acquitted for want of conclusive evidence. Sentenced to Death. A Tamil named Rengasamy, a water carrier at Telok Anson,
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  • 67 4 SUCCESSFUL APPEAL. Ipoh, April 8. (From Our Own Correspondent.) The appeal of three Chinese against a $5,000 fine on each in the Telok Anson rubber export swindle was allowed, the Judge holding that there was not enough evidence of the attempt to export. He also agreed
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  • 553 4 BENGKALIS (Translated.) Since the arrival of the minelayer “Serdang” and other fast motor-boats at Bengkalis, ten more pirates have been captured making a total of 20 up to the 24th March. These further captures were due to the activity of foui fast boats, fitted with searchlights, from the
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  • 173 4 NEW YORK COLLECTOR. PAYS £2,700 FOR A FEW LEAVES. London, April I.—Big prices were obtained at Sotheby’s at a sale of rare works of early English poetry, mostly mere pamphlets forming parts of the Britwell Court Library whose dispersion began in 1914. The New York Collector Mr. Rosenbach,
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  • 1231 4 u S.F.P.” ENGLISH EXPERT ON V. D. PROBLEM. At the annual meeting of the Malaya Branch of the British Medical Association held at the Medical College on Friday last, Professor Bostock Hill gave an interesting address. Commencing by saying that he had come out to Malaya
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  • 196 4 BILL INTRODUCED IN > PARLIAMENT. London, March 25. —In the House ol Commons, Mr. Briant (Liberal) asked leave to introduce a Bill to enable Peer esses in their own right to sit and vote in the House of Lords. Mr. Briant dwell on the
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  • 135 4 QUARTER OF A MILLION LEAVE IN 1923. London, March 27. —Although British emigration has not reiUhea pre-war figures the tide is beginningto fl<>"4" rapidly. ThisKact is revealed bf J f Board of Trade Journal” showing that 256,000 British permanently left Great Britain for non-European countries l
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 1146 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Kinta Tin Mines Ltd ■l'i.... 2- (Incorporated in England). POSITION VACANT. v u Telegraphic Advice have been received 7 that an Interim Dividend has been Wanted Experienced Shorthand d ec are( i o f ninepence per share (less Typist with general office knowledge. i ncome Tax) in respect
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    • 29 4 M If it’. y«r NERVES» M you mu<{. have Isanatogenl V&4 Dr. CIaODE WHEELBRsayi: B The debilitated nervoui 09 system absorbs Sanatogaa as the parched aarth drinks up H
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  • 649 5 nil WHITE HORSE LEGEND. Bril |ge took. 7 years S months ()avs to build; personally, (writes in the Evening News/’) 1 cannot until duly. 1931, to w lS h it many U turns on its hundredth birthday, h:M j preparing a little speech to say
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  • 208 5 Chappy Leap year girl is Miss Lilian nOW laying in the Revue “Lonno n a^in g. Twenty years old, she antt' 1 en gagement to Lieut. Leslie ,)f 't Blackburn, son of the Scottish ess *7' v a cous^n °f the Duchth o, k- Lady
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  • 921 5 Mr. Eugene Con i, writes Time works wondrous change: But who would have seriously thought there would come a day w hen Kid Lewis, whose non-appear-ance at Manchester at the beginning of the w eek was a great disappointment to promoter and public alike, would be in
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  • 768 5 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Kalruoa for Deli and Asahan. Awa Maru for Rangoon (Mergui and Moulmein via Rangoon), and Calcutta. Camphuijs for Singapore. Jerusalem for Ceylon, India, Suez, Port Said, Marseilles and Europe. Kopah for Deli. Klang for Port Swettenham and Singapore. The s. s. Manora, from Calcutta, with local
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  • 434 5 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday) BT num. 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 ot Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed daily (Sunday excepted) by the 7-30 p.m. train:
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  • 215 5 DOCTORS DOUBT IF THERE IS ANY CONNECTION. An interesting question for cigar smokers is raised by th? suggestion at a recent inquest- in Hammei smith that death was due to cancer of the throat caused by excessive smoking. The opinion of a cancer specialist is that as
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  • 63 5 Tokio. April 4.—The Russo-Japanese fishery negotiations, reported to have been broken off, are now announced to have resulted in a compromise. Mr. B. Suzuki, president of the Japanese I.a hour Federation, has been elected as the Japanese Labour representative for the International Labour Conference. The representatives for the
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 21 5 Pknang Sea Frontage Rights and Tttt.es, $2/50 per book or $2/80 post fr?e, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., Penang
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    • 64 5 I LADIES’W PLEASE I NOTE 1 Cx. s. “3^asdmir ,f A SMALL AND EXCLUSIVE SELECTION OF SMART TRIMMED MILLINERY IN THE LATEST STYLES, JUST UNPACKED. DIRECT FROM A LEADING PARISIAN HOUSE. INSPECTION CORDIALLY INVITED. NOTE: —This selection is not being displayed in our showrooms but can be seen on request.
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  • 560 6 RUSSIA Great Britain has signified her formal acceptance of Soviet Russia as a nation of the world. In so (Lung we have accorded her the normal standing and privileges due to any Power with whom we hold diplomatic relations in short. we have dispensed with prejudice and the normal racial
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  • 432 6 Instead of advocating tit 1 cause of woman in her demand for the right to vote at 21. we shall shortW be compelled to ask for legislation in order to regain our rights as parents or guardians. In these days of alleged emancipation, we have no say, nor
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  • 302 6 Why some people will persist in attempting feats which are out of the ordinary and in which their stamina plays, an important part, is a problem which we cannot profess to understand. A man with a really good cast-iron constitution, is akin to a ram arts, in these
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  • 1734 6 Doubt is being expressed as to whether Mdlle. Lenglen will play at Suzanne Wimbledon this year or not. Not long ago. the mercurial Suzanne, who was playing in a tournament in the south of France, refused to accept the decision of the linesman as to a foot
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 335 6 No man cats sand and dust! WVzz/ inhale either? s Cheap cigarettes manufactured by aL machinery at the rate of thousands *TS a minute contain sand and dust if which enters the system and sets up jSu a dangerous irritation. Avoid these i risks by smoking State Express 555 Sy
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    • 80 6 You Have HEARD the London Syncopating Orchestra, You are now to have an opportunity of DANCING to it TO-NIGHT, Bth April IN THE E. O. HOTEL BALL ROOM, Combined Dinner and Dance tickets, bookable in advance at the E. <t O. Hotel $5, Dance tickets only. Cash on sale at
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 162 6 TIDE TABLES. Penang P. Sw ham Singapore Apr. H.W. L.W. H.W. L.W. H.W. L.W. 8 2.20 a 8.13 a 6.49 a 1 17a 0.26 a 6.41 a 2.34 p 8.48 p 6.54 p 1.21 p 1.04 p 6.48 p 9 2.45 a 8.33 a 7.05 a 1.36 a 0.52 a
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  • 636 7 Urgency Precludes Postponement. G OVERNSIBNi i> EFEA I ED> Reuter s Telegrams.) London, April 7. The Eviction Bill was discussed in c binet for three hours to-day and special nteetins of the Liberal W ..ttpr cropped up at question Th House <>r Commons, when F" nn -st‘tl
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  • 317 7 Dissolution of Parliament. BY-ELECTION DEFEA I. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) Capetown, April 7. In the Assembly, General Smuts announced that in view 7 of the defeat of the Governmental candidate by the Nationalist at the by 7 -election at Wakkerstroom, Parliament will be dissolved in a few days. Effect
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  • 86 7 U.S. MIXED CLAIMS’ COMMISSION’S FINDING. Washington, April 7. The Mixed Claims Commission decided that Germany was not obliged to pay compensation for the destruction of United States ships in wartime used for purposes directly concerning surveillance of military operations against Germany, but she must pay for
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  • 75 7 GOVERNMENT’S DEEP REGRET. London, April 7. A telegram from Tirana gives the names of two murdered American merchants, who belong to Coroman. It says that the Albanian Government deeply regrets the crime, the first of this kind committed in Albania, and is convinced that a political
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  • 56 7 Prince Rupert, (B. C.) April 7. The world fl yers have arrived here. Two Broken Struts. Prince Rupert (B. C.), April 7. Pending repairs to two struts of his machine, which broke as he alighted here. Major Martin is at present unable to name the date of
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  • 28 7 DR. NANSEN TO JOIN. Moscow, April 7. Dr. Nansen has consented to join the Russian airman, Rossinsky, in his flight to the North Pole in July.
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  • 93 7 Conference at Birmingham. (Reuters Telegrams.) London. April 7. The International Conference on Christian politics, economics and citizenship, dubbed Copec,” opened at Birmingham to-day when messages from H. M. King George, the Premier and Mr. Stanley Baldwin were read, expressing sympathy with the objects of the conference. Several hundred
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  • 77 7 SIR F. FIELD’S ADVICE. Sydney. April 7. The Empire Naval Squadron arrived at Jervis Bay from Tasmania. Sir Frederick Field, interviewed, expressed the opinion it was not desirable as a consequence of the dropping of the Singapore Scheme that Australia should act hastily in establishing
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  • 101 7 INCREASE IN TONNAGE LAUNCHED. London. April 7. Lloyd’s returns show that a tonnage of 1.473.000 was under construction in the United Kingdom foi» the past quarter,an increase of 78.000 compared with the previous quarter and a decrease of 19JMX> compared with twelve months ago. The total includes 101.000
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  • 25 7 REFUSAL TO RESUME WORK. London. April 7. The Southampton shipyard strikers overwhelmingly* refused to resume work, hence the national lockout will be inevitable.
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  • 115 7 FASCISTS CAPTURE THE VOTE. Rome, April 7. The election results hitherto show 1,437,000 votes for the Government and 823,000 for the other parties, the Catholic Popular Party heading the latter with 242,000. The Unitarian Socialists have polled 158,000, the Maximalists 150,000, the Communists 87,(M)0, and the Republicans 39,000.
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  • 89 7 POPULARITY OF LUDENDORFF. Berlin, April 7. The elections for the new Bavarian Diet were held all over Bavaria yesterday. The results hitherto show that the Extreme Nationalists, Herr Hitler and General Ludendorff' and their supporters as well as the Communists, gained considerably at the expense of the
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  • 28 7 Washington. April 7. Senator Pepper introduced a resolution proposing a world peace conference, similar to the two held in past years at the Hague.
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  • 37 7 Paris, April 7. The newspapers understand that M. Sarraut, who recently dropped out of the Cabinet, will probably again be appointed Governor of Indo-China, replacing M. Merlin, who, it is stated, is shortly retiring.
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  • 116 7 Sikhs Committed for Trial. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) Lahore, April 7. Ninety-one Babar Akalis or Sikh fanatics were committed for trial at the Sessions. The Magistrate pointed out that the leaders conspired to murder Government officials and loyalists whom they accused of obstructing Sikh shrines and the Reform movement,
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  • 80 7 SIR ROBERT HO TUNGS’ OPTIMISM. London. April 7. Sir Robert Ho Tung, interviewed by Renter on his latest efforts in furtherance of his scheme for the regeneration and unification of China, expressed the hope that the idea would prove successful, but recognised that it would take time,
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  • 41 7 Helsingfors. Apiil 7. It is officially* announced that Trotsky his recovered from his illness. He returns to Moscow in the course of the next few days to resume duties as War Commissary ami President of the Revolutionary Council.
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  • 30 7 PROSPECTUS ISSUED. London, April 7. The Rank of England has issued a prospectus of the Queensland loan, mentioned on April 4. The lists will close on April 24.
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  • 82 7 FIFTEENTH ROUND RESULTS. New York, April 7. In the fifteenth round of the International Chess Tournament, Alekhine, Boguljubow and Capablanca beat Yates, Tartakower and. Janowski respectively. The match between Maroczy and Edward Lasker was adjourned. Capablanca Leading. London, April 7. The leading position at the end cf the
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  • 38 7 Portsmouth, April 7. The submarine L 25 went ashore after a mimic attack ou the incoming Atlantic fleet, but no fears are entertained for her safety. She is expected to come off at high tide-
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  • 210 7 STORY OF BOGUS COTTON DEAL. Bombay, March 27. —A fraud to the extent of Rs. 40,000 has been played on a local cotton company, Messrs. Gill and Co., whose senior partner, Mr. F. G. Travers, has reported to the police that on the 17th instant his firm
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  • 1114 7 SOCIAL PERSONAL. The Rev. Archibald Ewing left to-day per s. s. Kopah for Sumatra. General Miitcholl, of the United States army, and Mrs. Mitchel 1 arrrived here yesterdady by the s. s. Lai Sang. Mr. J. C. McMillan, of the Straits Settlettnentis Police Force, rig (expected back from Home leave
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  • 198 7 GERMAN PLOT THROUGH U. 8. PULPITS. New York, March 10. A German propagandist plot to “sell francs short and bring France to her knees” with the aid of the Lutheran Church is exposed to-day from scores of pulpits. By clergymen whose assistance has been stupidly invoked the plot
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  • 137 7 WREATHS FOR REMOVED PETROL PUMPS. Pavement petrol pumps at Louth, Lincolnshire, over which there has been discussion for a year, were removed by the order of the town council. At first the council gave permission for their erection, and then found it had no power to grant such
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  • 801 8 DIVIDEND OF 5 PER CENT. The eighteenth ordinary general meeting of the Indo-Malay Estates. Ltd., was held on Wednesday, March 12th, at 11 a.m. at the offices of Messrs Cumberbatch Co., Agents and Secretaries. Slave Island. There were present.—Messrs. C. C. Durrant (in the chair), N.
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  • 107 8 Little Jackie came down to breakfMl with a tired look in his eyes. “What’s the matter, sonny V' asked his mother, as he drooped in his chair. “Oh, mumsy,” sighed the kid, “I’d such a terrible dream last night! I dreamed I was having a fight with
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  • 431 8 DIVIDEND OF 20« PER CENT. FOR PAST YEAR. The eighteenth ordinary general meeting of the Langat River (Selangor) Rubber Co., Ltd., was held on March 17, at the offices of Messrs. Lewis Brown and Co., Ltd,, agents and secretaries, Prince Street, Fort Colombo. Mr. David Scott presided,
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  • 139 8 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association 649th auction 2nd April, catalogued 1,309,588 lbs. tons, 584.64 offered 858,178 lbs. tons; 383.12 sold 724,386 lbs. tons; 323.39 tons. Prices Realized. London Spot Is. Oid. New York Spot 22| cts. Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per lb. Singapore std. quality
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  • 596 8 THE DANGER OF DUTCH NATIVE IMPORTATIONS. The annual meeting of the Rubber Producers’ Association of Malaya was held at the registered offices of the company, French Bank Building, Singapore. Mr. J. M. Sime presided, and the others present included the Hon. Mr Lowther Kemp, Messrs. Koh San Hin,
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  • 218 8 LUXURIOUS SLEEPERS IN THE AIR. Luxurious sleeping cars are being planned for use on a projected great Eastern airway to link up Berlin with Japan. The intended route is via Moscow and by travelling by night as well as by dtn it is computed
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  • 400 8 Messrs Baker, Morgan and f I Kuala Lumpur, report for the ded April 5. as follows I Business has been a throughout the week, all section tribnting. A certain amount ofV’l has found its way on to the mark be eagerly taken up. Indust r i a
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  • 314 8 Messrs. William Jacks Co.’s report for the week ended March 12 is as follows Markets have been firm during the past week, and the fall in the franc h had little effect. Copper.—The restriction of productioi in the United States of at least 10.00; tons per month, the
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  • 54 8 The Burma Railway’s Traffic h ar ings :—For the week ending 15th arC 1924, Rs. 9,26,613: for the week of previous year, Rs. 9,00,669. crease for the Rs. 25,944: earnings for 50 weeks, Rs. 38,904.696. tai earnings for the cct responding P e of previous year,
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 267 8 JKellin's food z y* r Pi epared as directed Mellin s Food is the perfect substitute lor breast milk and sl|l |I contains nature’s essential constituents <jff for building sturdy limbs and solid flesh. ĕ|i |l Equally good for nursing or expectant J mothers as for babies. Mellin s Food
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    • 171 8 WHEN YOUR CHILD IS FEVERISH Baby’s Own Tablets ARE HIS FIRST NEED. Simple fever may be the beginning of more serious trouble therefore prompt measures are essential. Keep the child quiet in bed. Feed lightly, and give plenty of boiled or filtered wa f er to drink. Administer Baby’s Own
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    • 21 8 Pitman’s Shorthand Rapid (New Era Edition) Complete with supplementary Exercise' or $3/30 post free, stocked by Pinang Gazette Frees Ltd pn
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  • 175 9 IM ,i.xshih.e handicap Df script* 0 1 of the Race. I (Oxford), March 2d.- Ti e Handicap, the first Lig event Bat ''"/"S s''',s,,h<lf n iml resulted in the easy vicfl' j i(i i. r ench horse. Sir Galahad "s H -Galahad started a warm 1 Hid ’.ven
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  • 117 9 MASTER ROBERT'S WIN. London. March 28.—The i ace for the Grand National Steeplechase (about foui jiiles and <>6 yards) (handicap) of JOO goo. each, 50 sovs. ft., or 5 sovs only if dec. by Tuesday, Jan. 29. with 5,000 gois. add'd (including a tiophy value 200 sovs.), 700
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  • 54 9 London. March 27-The raee for the Liverpool Spring ('up (1 mile 6 furlongs) to-day insulted as follows: Silver Band 1 Ragout 2 Moabite 3 Fourteen ran. Mon by a short head, 1} lengths between second and third. Betting: 100 to 8 against Silver Band, int- to Ragout
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  • 52 9 The following will represent the omads against the Albion to-dav Goal. Lim Cheng Un Backs, Lim Khay and Chin Seng Kooi: Halfbacks, Moey Chong Wong, Teoh Cheng Hoe snd Ong Kim Leong; Forwards, Boey Jze Kiew, Ooi Phee Jin, Tan Keng leong. Ong Kim Chooi and Tan
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  • 283 9 m Ur a^ver tisement columns our T derB w jH observe that the «Lyric k e showing at the instm? al beginnin on the 12th East fi m entitled “Way Down Dictnro >, We ,lave not 'yet seen the from i 1 W<? re P r °duce
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  • 1140 9 DISTRIBUTION OF 12| PER CENT. The fourteenth annual ordinary general meeting of shareholders of Vai d’Or Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held on March 5 at the registered office of the company 45, Leadenhall-street, E. C„ Mr. V. R. Wickwar (the Chairman) presiding. The Chairman said: Ladies and
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  • 301 9 —“China Express.” There are two factors which may havo influenced the recent lack of buying interest in America, states a Mincing firm of rubber brokers. One is the introduction of the balloon tyre now so strongly advocated in American trade papers, where it is strongly contended
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  • 73 9 The following are the Malayan Rubber Restriction Statistics for February 1924. Total Exports Total Exports Total Import*/ British Malaya Restriction Area Foreign Rubber Tons Tons Tons 19.395 14.332 7.440 Dealers Stocks —Singapore Island 20.962; (Tons) Penang 2.777 Total 23.739 Rubber from restriction are* on which Export Duty
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  • 128 9 Peshawar, March 26. —A report, has reached here that certain administrative changes in Afghanistan led recently to an armed demonstration on the part, of the Mafmal tribr? in Kohat. This is an instance of the difficulties which the Amir s Government has to face in popularizing
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  • 174 9 A certificate of incorporation has been granted by the Registrar of Companies to |The Malaya Broadcasting Company Limited, dated April 2nd 1924. The Malaya Broadcasting Company, Ltd., is registered as a private company, the objects of which (in part) are as follows ‘To acquire and
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  • 209 9 Benares Opium p. chest f 5.000.00 nom. Cloves 105.00 sellers Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Pickings no stock Nutmegs 80s 102.00 sellers 110 s 95.00 Coconuts per 1,000 50.00 Copra Sundried 10.95 sales Rattans 11.20 sellers Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00
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  • 87 9 April B—Football League, Albion v Nomads, Esplanade. 10—Football League, Casuals v Rovers, Esplanade. 12—“ Way Down East,” Theatre Royal. 15—Football League, Casuals v Wanderers. Esplanade. 21—Agricultural Show, District Office, Balik Pulau, 8 a.m. 21—Municipal Sports. Esplanade, 3 p.m. 24 Football League, Rovers v Nomads, Esplanade. 25 St. George’s
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  • 104 9 The homeward mail, by the Khyber closes at 6 p.m. on Saturday, the 12th instant. The s.s. Plassy with European mails despatched on March 20 is due here at 9 a.m. to-morrow. The Engineeing Association of Malaya Is holding an ordinary general meeting at Kinta on May 3
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  • 126 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day. S 2 Shares. S? >* 02 SQ x Ic. tc. tc. t c. Mining. Johan 46 48 44 46 Kamunting 38/9 39/6 39/- 39/6 ex Nawng Pet 1.50 1.55 1.50 1.52 j ex
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  • 63 9 Bth April, *1924. Local. cts. (Smoked Sheet 41 Fine Pale Crepe 41 Unsmoked Sheet 35K Singa- (Smoked Sheet 42 pore (Crepe 12 London and New York. I nvDON Sheet London Crepe ls New York G 221 The following were the rubber quotations in London on April 4: Smoked
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  • 105 9 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following prices, on April 7 Spot £266.10 up 10s 3 mos. buying „265.15 15s 3 selling 266 15s The Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd:— London, April 8, spot, £266.10s and £265.15s three months buying, £266 three months selling. Local. April Bth
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  • 53 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 ss4to $55? F.A.Q. do 53 54 Off quality and Low F.A.Q. Smoked diamond sheet 49 52 Plain Sheet 42 444 Loose and Lump
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  • 32 9 The following are additional rubber outputs for March:— lbs. Ayer Kuning (F.M.5.).,, 46.500 Bradwall 35,259 Dennistowu 15,600 Highlandsand Lowlands 81,250 Klabang 25,100 Sungei Way 40,715 Bassett 3,147 United Patani 16.300
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  • 120 9 PENANG. APRIL 8, 1924. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/8 3 Credit 2/4 7/16 3 Documentary 2/4 15/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs 1661' 3 days* sight Private „170 Bombay Demand Bank 166< 2 Madras Demand Bank 166« g- 3
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  • 1121 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. s® s NAMES 8 3 J £1 RUBBER [Dollar.] S c 9 e Allenby Rubber Co 1 1° 1 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 00 1 10 Amalgamated Malay Estates 2 00 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate H 00 12 00 Ayer Kuning Rubber Estates 40 50
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  • 356 10 MR. GANDHI ON THE SUBJECT. Bombay, March 24.—Mr. Gandhi gave an interesting explanation of the South African Government’s decision to omit the Gape provinces from the operation of the Class Areas Bill. This, he said, was merely an instance of selfishness on the part principally of the
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  • 384 10 Messrs. James F. Hutton and Co.. Ltd Manchester, report under date March 12: The tone of the cotton markets has b -eu adversely affected by the possibility of a lockout in our cotton spinning mills which has fortunately been averted. Other labour disputes here have also
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  • 76 10 NO INCREASE IN FARES. Messrs,. Mackinm Ti, Mackenzie and Co, ha c .ci.-t ived t ''eyraphic intimatio’ from the Managing Directors of the P. And O. C-mpany in London that although the rai l and s' ep'.ng car fares across Fi. ice have been
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  • 743 10 THE CASE AT CAWNPORE. Oawnpore, March 27. —In the Bolshevik conspiracy case to-day a number of witnesses from Calcutta and one each from Madras and Bombay gave formal evidence. Mohamed Ismail, Sub-Inspector of Police, C. I. D., Calcutta in the course of his evidence said that he
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  • 471 11 FIRE PRECAUTIONS. A new circular containing instructions to surveyors with regard to oil fuel installations on passenger steamers has just been issued by the Marine Department of the Board of Trade. This circular which bears the number 1647, is mainly a reprint of one numbered
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  • 370 11 A CLERICAL PROTEST. Should the woman lucky enough to possess beautiful shoulders and arms and an artistically modelled back display or conceal them 1 'That is the point of the protest sent to the organisers of “Fashions Fair, the dress exhibition now being held at the White City,
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  • 548 11 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang. April 8, 1924. cte Government Mutton— Mutton India-i per lb 50 Mutton— Head, sheep or goat each 1.00 Liver with heart lung do 1.30 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 50 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Mutton lb 50 Lamb do 50
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    • 29 11 Millets, their Nutritive and Economic Value, Cultivation, etc., in Malaya, by L. M. Berecger, $l/- per book or $l/30 poet free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., Penang.
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    • 703 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 Doe Penang. To Marseilles A London about PLASSY Apr. 9 KHYBER KHIVA 24 NELLORE KASHGAR May 7
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