Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 11 April 1924

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 85. VOL LXXXII. FRIDAY, 11th APRIL, 1924. PRICE 15 GENTS.
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    SCOTTISH LETTER.
    2132 2 THE LORD HIGH COMMISSIONERSHIP. SOCIALIST APPOINTED. Rugger and Soccer Internationals. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Edinburgh, March 19. For some time it has been an open secret that the Government contemplated the nomination of Mr. James Brown, M.P., as Lord High Commissioner to the next General Assembly of the
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      992 2 ill RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. J’ji Including free town delivery or II TONIC X postage. iiH for all run-down conditions and 1 HI pavarif IN AHVANCF ever Y form of weakness. Its I J PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. x benefits are felt from the first dose I ii’l a year and it
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      261 2 IHORLICKSI MALTED I MILK 1 0W I I g I'/ jjr r r/ uui viimaic». LHIUK 7/ Yi HORLICKS MALTED h MILK, the tried, trusted and y, M true 1 00D- DRINK. Made W Fq in a moment by the addition I/ t 9) of hot or cold water, Of
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      582 2 BANKS CHARTERED AUSTRALIA AND e C JI (Incorporated in En p h l ‘1 Charter 18; y Paid-up Capital M Reserve Fund J Reserve Liability of Proprietors Head Office: 38, BISHOPSGATE LONDON Er l Agencies and Branches. I A lor Star, Amritsar, Bangkok p I Bombay, Calcutta, Canton, Cawi Colombo,
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    BOVRIL LIMITED.
    439 3 A RECORD YEAR. Presiding at the twenty-seventh Annual General Meeting of Bovril Ltd., held in London on 27th February, Sir George Lawson Johnston (chairman) congratulated the shareholders on having had a successful year. The profits of the Company again constituted a record. Continual Increase in Bovril Exports. Every
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    CHINESE JUSTICE.
    262 3 LEGATION DEMANDS REDRESS OF ENGLISHMAN’S WRONGS. Peking, March 15.—As a result of the pressure brought to bear upon the Chinese Government by the British Legation, the jChinese officer who recently assaulted Mr. Sessell, Traffic Inspector at Fengtai, on the PekingMukden Railway, has been condemned by summary court-ma r
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    104 3 TO-DAY DEPARTURE. Parigi for Langsa, Edi, T, Semawe, Segli, Olehleh and Sabang. Kopah for Deli. Manora for Singapore and Western Australia. Singapore Parcels. Knight Templar for Colombo, Suez and New York Suez (Parcels). United States of America (Parcels). Jeypore-for Colombo (taking mails for (India and Bombay. Colombo (Pacels.)
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    PENANG MAILS.
    434 3 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday) BT TRAIN. Federated Malay States, Malacca, Johor, and Singapore. Registration and Parcel Post, xcept when otherwise stated, close half an hour 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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    EXCHANGE.
    118 3 PENANG. APRIL 11, 1924 (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/3 31/32 „-4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/<S 3 Credit 2/4 7/16 3 Documentary 2/4 15/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rftl66|) 3 days’sight Private „170 3 Bombay Demand Bank 166| Madras Demand Bank 166 J g 3
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      404 3 From Mother to The wise practice ot using Wood- rQkrjr ward’s Gripe Water ”as a remedy for u?o rIAHT TO Mor«r D \W< the stomach disorders of babies and growing \\BA Holdren has been handed down since 1851. 'I his family faith in the 72-year-oldremedy is justified, for Woodward’s instantly
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      54 3 Millets, their Nutritive and Economic Value, Cultivation, etc., in Malaya, by L. M. Berenger, $l/- per book or $l/30 post free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., Penang. Pitman’s Shorthand Rapid Course, (New Era Edition) Complete Edition with supplementary Exercises $3/or $3/30 post free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette
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      111 3 LEARN TO PLAY THE I [UKULELE 1 IT’S EASY I AND NO MUSICAL I KNOWLEDGE IS REQUIRED. Price $l2 Each. S p Hawaiian Steel Hilo Guitars, t $54 Each. j ROBINSON PIANO (INCORPORATED IN HONGKONG). i E PENANG. I I Just Received: B i I Pickwick Nibs in ‘or 1
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    ROSS vs KEDAH.
    3165 4 Contractor's Unsuccessful Plaint AFTERNOON’S PROCEEDINGS. The following is a continuation of the proceedings in the High Court, Sungei Patani, Kedah, on Wednesday, before Mr. Justice M. D. Daly, Legal Adviser and Judge of the First Division, of the suit instituted by Mariasusay Durai Ross claimjng the sum
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    FORD FACTORY FOR LONDON?
    322 4 259 ACRES SITE ON THE THAMES. Negotiations are in progress for the erection of a large mass-production factory on a Thames-side site of 250 acres between Barking and Grays, Essex. Romford Rural District Council have been approached on behalf of an unnamed client. 'The proposal is
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    TOWKAY’S CURIOUS WILL.
    507 4 S.F.P. STRAITS-BORN WIFE TO LIX E in china. The position of a Straits-born secondary wife as a beneficiary under the will of a Chinese towkay who directed in his will that in order to benefit in his estate all his relatives must return and live at his
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    THE HAWAIIANS.
    165 4 Notwithstanding the deplorable weather conditions, the visit of Kaais Hawaiian Troubadours, brought a large audience to the Theatre Royal, Penang Road, last night. The versatile visitors from the sunny Pacific, were in their most entertaining mood—as they usually are when they visit Penang—and their island melodies, both plaintive
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    BIGAMY AFTER 12 YEARS.
    196 4 Yarmouth magistrates heard a bigamy charge against Arthur Duguid Bayne, a jeweller. Mrs. Nora Alexandra Bayne, of Wil-thorpe-avenue, Barnsley, said she was married to him at Middlesbrough on December 8, 1911. He took a cottage for her at Redcar, where she lived till the following March,
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    FIRE IN CHULIA STREET.
    133 4 NOVEL CAUSE. Shortly after 9.30 thi- mornin I broke out at No 233, CLulia street 1 corner of Cornarvon Street, but r i the prompt arrival of the Fire rM the outbreak was extinguished minutes. The building is a brick one with fl but wooden partition.
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    RESIGNATION OF ELLIS.
    168 4 WAS HE AFFECTED BY EXECUnI OF MRS. THOMPSON? I Has the resignation of Ellis, the. -I cutioner, been hastened by the fact J he was a little disturbed by the han l of Mrs. Edith Thompson Ellis will say nothing regarding J resignation, and gossip at Rochdale
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    SUNGEI PATANI CLUB
    69 4 Kaais’ Royal Hawaiian Troubadoc (Direct from Honolulu Hawaii) te been engaged to give a performanoi the Sungei Patani Club on April 16th at 9.15 p. m. The performance will be dance at which the Troubadours r supply the music. The admission will! $3/- cash to be paid
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    THE PICK ME UP.
    72 4 At Willesden, a 71-year-old Hots seller, who might have stepped straia out of popular caricature, was chaw with being drunk. She thus explains matters to the magistrate: “I’ve been in ’ospital, you see. sir. a: when I came out, who shot. I meet but my old
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    B. S. A. SUCCESS.
    52 4 At the recent Paris —Nice Trial following successes were won by machines of the B.S.A. Cycle Ltd.. whom the Cycle Carriage Company the local agents: —2j h.p. 1 Entry (i--tant) Gold Medal (no marks lost): h.p. 1 Entry (Berrenger) Gold Medalmarks lost); 6 h.p. and Sidecar
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    IDRIS HYDRAULIC TIN LIMITED.
    38 4 Messrs. Kennedy and Co. informthat they have received advice by fl from London that the Directors of Hydraulic Tin Limited ffive declared j Interim Dividend of for financial jTar ending 31st D eceDJ 1924.
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    C.R.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    23 4 Result of yesterday’s Tennis To ment tie:—Single Championship final), Lee Tiang Liat beat C heab Sun 6—4, 7—5, 6 —2.
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    ST. GEORGE’S BALL.
    87 4 Mr. 1. Sykes, the Hon. Secretary St. George’s Ball, will be pleased, i scribers will send the names of guests to him at the Chartered 40 soon as possible. The s.s van tlogendorp following passengers from j. (Deli): —Messrs. McMarray, J- ij! bel ts, O. H. Hendriks
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  • FEMINE REFLECTIONS
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      Mrs. Pepys' Diary.
      1046 5 lalc h 17th.—Mr. Pepys 5 ~u r lunch this day, and we but H |‘l meat to it. do add a very pleasant ows ._two small lettuces f", n.d'v but to save the centres of t(> decorate all. Mince 1 r b md cut up into little
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      Spring Renovations
      650 5  -  By “Rosamond.” So many people own their houses they live in nowadays, perforce or by choice as the case may be, and to them the question of repairs and renovations, which the spring brings so prominently to mind, is a very important one. No longer a case of
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      For the Housewife.
      47 5 This decorative apron is carried out in a cretonne, but the material need not necessarily be figured. It is designed particularly- to cover a light frock, and is made with shoulder straps. The fastenings are effected by a triangular piece, buttoned at the sides.
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      BOUDOIR—AND—BOULEVARD.
      499 5  -  By Penelope. Beads and Beads. I wonder just how many hundreds of beads are on the newest dance frocks. The shape of the frock is simple, and it is charming to see the beads glitter at every turn and swing of the dancer. Some beads are put on in
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      In Praise of Black
      536 5  -  By Rosamond. Never has so much black been worn by British women as now, and never to my mind have they looked so well. To the stout woman it is, in fact, almost the only wear that really becomes her, 'but she must keep to the
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      CHILDHOOD IN A PRISON.
      188 5 SUNSHINE NEVER SEEN. All her life till now a girl of 14 has been imprisoned by her parents, a prosperous farmer and his wife, in a damp and stuffy lumber-room in their house at BerndcTrf, near Graz, in the Austrian province of Styria. None of the
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      The Society Chaperon.
      649 5  -  By Jean Maclntyre. Some people may imagine that the chaperon, the elderly and careful lady who shepherds the young girl into society, has almost vanished. Perhaps in her more familiar guise she has for we cannot deny that the modern young lady is impatient of control, independent
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    Coming Events.
    101 5 April 12—“ Way Down East,” Theatre Royal. 15—Football League, Casuals v Wanderers- Esplanade. 20 “A Class, 100 yards Handicap, B Class, 75 yards Handicap. 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 c t.
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    BIRTH.
    19 6 PIERREPONT :—On 30th March, at 27 Hyde Gardens, Eastbourne, to Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Pierrepont, a son.
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    MARRIAGE
    34 6 Gudgeon—Hawtrey.—At St. Barnabas, Kensington, by Rev. H. H. Lowe, Wilfrid Gudgeon, of Beruntong Estate, to Valentine Hawtrey, daughter of W. Hawtrey, 0. B. E„ of Bandol, Var, S. France, on Wednesday 12th March.
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    PACIFIST POLITICS.
    536 6 The pacifist dement in the new Parliament has Shown its teeth. Fortunately, by the prompt action of a united House they have been effectually muzzled —we hope for all time. By the crushing majority of 334 —347 to 13 a resolution by a group of pacifists to abolish
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    GERMANY'S GREAT “TRY-ON."
    362 6 Another milestone along the road towards a settlement of the reparations problem has been passed. It is well to remember however, that the publication of the experts’ reports, does not necessarily indicate that the last obstacle has been successfully negotiated and that we are now on the
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    VICARS OF BRAY.
    230 6 There is still a large amount of human nature hidden beneath the most clerical of waistcoats. This is indicated by the fact that, at various conferences of churchmen, the tide has set strongly in favour of Labour. A generation ago. the Church of England was predominantly, if
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    HERE AND THERE.
    1284 6 Our postmen to-day are delivering the mails in all the glory of Postmen’s Hats, what we presume is now the official headgear. It was rather astonishing to be met by one of the minions of the Post Office disguised— indeed almost extinguisl|ed beneath the ample brim of
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    MALAYAN COLLIERIES CASE.
    274 6 CREATING A BAD IMPRESSION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. April 11. Cross-examined yesterday. Mr. Hasting wished to qualify various statements which he had made previously- drawing the remark from His Lordship, that the witness was creating a bad impression and that he was apparently unwilling to
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    46 6 INFORMAL DANCE. An informal dance will be held in th» Club House at 9.30 to-night. The concert previously arrangf'l the 7th instantSias now been fixed Tuesday, 22nd instant. Lady Members are reminded ihn'election of their Comifcittee will ,a place on Monday l4th instant.
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      230 6 fl y i i B Reduced B I Prices. I lSkfwSi&sJa a I Sole Importers: BOTTLED I p EXPRESSLY FOR EXPORT BY>swy lln I I INY CARLSBERG f G o s if T I j PENANG. 1 g Q TOWN HALL. PENANG. r MONDAY and TUESDAY? APRIL 14th and 15th.
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      19 6 “E>. O.” SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT OF THE S.S. “PRESIDENT ADAMS” JAZZ BAND On Saturday, 12th April. NO DANCING ON FRIDAY.
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      52 6 AT THE EMPIRE THEATRE Friday the 11th and Day Show on Sunday the 13th at the Theatre Royal at 2.30 p.m. Episode 5 and 6 of THE TIMBER QUEEN Hoot Gibson in Peter B. Kyne’s smash Bang Story RED COURAGE.” JOHNNIE WALKER in H. S. Witmer’s Famous Cosmopolitan story “THE
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      151 6 TIDE TABLES. Penang P. Sw’ham Singapore Apr H.W. L.W. H.W. L.W. H.W. L.W. 11 3.32 a 9.15 a 8.03 a 2.10 a 1.52 a 8.36 a 3.46p10.19p 8.20 p 2.21 p 3.1 Ip 8.26 p 12 4.15 a 9.45 a 8.56 a 2.42 a 2.32 a 9.29 a 4.22 a
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    REPARATIONS.
    269 7 Experts’ Reports. SOLID .SVEMENT. London, April 10. nprts’ reports were received in T s e the most prominent signboard Lond routed on the reparations road h itbert( in any way indicating that n the journey is near. Apart the e d nv s attitude, the newspapers from Ge m
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    BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.
    53 7 DEBTS TREATY CONFERENCE. London, April 10. The Russian delegates, accompanied by numerous secretaries and officials, including a number of women, have arrived in London to attend the AngloRussian Conference to discuss the Debts Treaty questions. M. Litvinoff is not present but expects to arrive in six or
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    FRANCO-RUMANIAN RELATIONS.
    75 7 ROYAL VISIT. Paris. April 10. The Rumanian sovereigns have arrived, primarily on an official visit after the coronation of 1922, but the presence of the Premier anil the Foreign Minister, M. Duca, lends a political significance to the visit. There is unofficial talk of a franco-Rumanian alliance, following
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    CHINA AND RUSSIA.
    129 7 pXOERANCE to agreement. London, April 10. The correspondent of the “Morning osl at Helsingfors says, that in the of an article in the “Isvestia” on the between China and Russia, l T*, r Hu S that Japan more than ot h«t Power, has hastened C P’ l
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    ARMS FOR THE EAST.
    67 7 London, April 10. .‘o Commons in answer that 1 onson by stated he was sb ’PfromF npls were being made to s i d |lf an £°untries large con- > PurposL S aiu munition for ’fthe East, and attempts s hippin<r J" 10 Persuade a British
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    LAUSANNE TREATY.
    26 7 Th e H- in T April 10. Passed tho th'. 1 1 ~ni unanimously ,Ou °f the 1 e"' "hng of the RatificaTreaty Bill.
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    AUSTRALIA AND THE BASE.
    135 7 Potentialities of Port Darwin. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) Sydney, April 10. The Hon. S. M. Bruce, speaking at a dinner to the Admirals and Senior officers of the special service squadron, declared that the Government’s decision to lay down two 10,000 ton cruisers was in the interests of
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    SOUTHAMPTON STRIKERS ADAMANT.
    16 7 London, April 10. The Southampton strikers overwhelmingly resolved not to return to work.
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    MINERS’ NEW SECRETARY.
    75 7 London, April 1(1. Mr. A. J. Cook, the miners’ agent in the Rhondda Valley, has been elected secretary of the Miners’ Federation. Formerly a Baptist preacher, he is a fluent speaker, a disciple of Karl Marx and an active participant in the so-called miners’ minority movement. Interviewed,
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    JAPAN AND FRANCE.
    102 7 IS THERE AN UNDERSTANDING? London, Apiil 11. Denying the reports that the conclusion of the .Japanese-Rumanian defensive alliance is directed against Russia, the “Daily’ Telegraph’s” diplomatic correspondent says that it is believed however, that a Franco-Japa-nese understanding now exists, covering the Pacific and Chinese questions. He refers
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    RESTORING THE CHURCH IN JAPAN.
    96 7 MEETING AT MANSION HOUSE. London, April 10. The Japanese Ambassador and other distinguished personages attended a meeting at the Mansion House presided over by the Lord Mayor in support of a movement to raise £30,000 for the English Church Tokyo and Yokohama Restoration Fund of
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    FREE RAILWAY FARES FOR M. P’s.
    63 7 London, April 10. On a free vote, the House of Commons, by 245 votes to 112, adopted the supplementary estimate of £70,000 to cover the cost of first-class railway vouchers for members between London and their constituencies. Amendments to shelve the project, to provide
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    HOLLAND AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA.
    21 7 COMMERCIAL TREATY APPROVED. The Hague, April 11. The Second Chamber approved the Commercial Treaty between Holland and Czecho-Slovakia.
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    INTERNATIONAL CHESS.
    63 7 DR. LASKER’S COMMANDING LEAD. New York, April 10. In the seventeenth round of the International Chess Tournament. Dr. Lasker, Janowski and Reti beat Yates, Maroczy and Tartakower. Marshall drew with Edward Lasker. New York, April 10. By defeating Yates, Dr. Lasker now holds the commanding lead of a
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    HUGO STINNES DEAD.
    760 7 An Unromantic Figure. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) Berlin, April 10. Herr Hugo Stinnes, the German industrial magnate, is dead. PEN PICTURE. Some millionaires have contrived to invest their careers with the veil of romance, whether because, as Cecil Rhodes showed, money making 7 was to them only a secondary
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    DUFF DEVELOPMENT APPEAL DISMISSED.
    31 7 London, April 10. The House ofi- Lords dismissed the appeal of the Duff Development Company in the claim to enforce the award against the Government of Kelantan.
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    PENANG SOCCER LEAGUE.
    398 7 ROVERS BEAT CASUALS. Owing to their inability to field their usual eleven, the Casuals were defeated by the Rovers on the Esplanade, Penang, yesterday evening, to the tune of two goals to one, although a draw would have been a fair reflex on the game, F. Reutens
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    CRICKET.
    70 7 The following will represent the P.C.C. in the match with the Rest of Penang on Saturday, April 12. 1. T. S. Anthony, 2. H. C. D. Davies, 3. J. D. Fettes, 4. A. Gilmour, 5. N. A. M. Griffin, 6. C. H. Mackay. 7. A. W. Mathews, 8. J.
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    EX-CROWN PRINCE FINDS WORK.
    172 7 SELLING MACHINERY FOR FARMS. Moved by his plea that his fortune had suffered just the same as everybody else’s through the depression of the mark, the German Government gave the ex-Crown Prince permission to bring his family to Berlin to seek some remunerative occupation. They are
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    GREEK KING FIRM.
    92 7 NO VOLUNTARY SURRENDER OF HIS RIGHTS. Athens, March 17.—The pourparlers between the Government and the Royalists with a view to bringing about the voluntary abdication of King George againsfr substantial material compensation are not making any headway and have led to a split in the Royalist party.
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    1523 7 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. R. *H. Kelsey of Sungei Choh Estate, has been elected Hon. Secretary of the Ulu Selangor D.P.A. Mr. P. A. Anthony, 0.M.G., General Manager, F.M.S. Railways, has been in Kelantan on official business. Mrs. 8. Bacon, a novelist and Mr. Ba con, a London artist, -visited Singapore
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    S. C. S. BENEFIT FUND.
    457 8 COMMITTEE’S REPOBfI}. The following is the Report of the Committee of the 8. C. S. Benefit Find to be presented to the members at the second annual general meeting to be held <>n the 26th of April, 1924: Your Committee has much pleasure to lay
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    TRAINING YOUR MIND.
    333 8 Psychology has been too long considered as an abstruse, “dry-as-dust” science, interesting only to the specialist, writes a psychologist; whereas it is a subject that affects the man in the street in countless ways every day of his life. The psychologist does not confine himself to the
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    NEW MORALS FOR NEW FICTION.
    612 8 A woman writer has been complaining lately of the lawlessness of current fiction. When she reads a-novel she finds the wives carrying on” with other women’s husbands, the husbands with other men’s wives, and the relevant commandment always broken with impunity. Human life, she adds,
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    MURDER MANIAC.
    251 8 YOUTH’S SERIAL STORY TO THE POLICE. In the story of his life which Emile Depret, the 18-years-old son of a barge owner, is relating in serial form to the Mons police authorities, every chapter contains at least one murder. Originally arrested after he had told his sweetheart that
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    ADVENTURES OF AN ANGLOMANIAC.
    620 8 An Englishman, despite all that can be alleged against him, may be quite a tolerable person. An Anglomaniac, whatever excuses may be advanced for him, is an intolerable creature. When on the third page of M. Paul Morand’s “Lewis et Irene’’ I read that Lewis was
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    GENTLEMAN BURGLAR.
    224 8 SHR H. F. DICKENS ON THE MODERN “BILL SIKES.” After retiring for 10 minutes the jury at the Old Bailey returned a verdict of Not Guilty against Samuel William Price, 53, gold and silver refiner, who was charged with his manager, Charles Gill, 60, with receiving stolen goods,
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    MENTAKAB RUBBER.
    1105 9 ANN UA L M EETI NG. The fifth ordinary general meeting of the Mentakab Rubber Company Limited was held in ('bartered Bank Building, Singapore. The Chairman, the hon’ble Mr. Lowther Kemp, presided, and there were also present Messrs J. Robertson (Director), C. E. Dunman, H. Butcher, and P.
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    SANDYCROFT RUBBER CO.
    254 9 The report of the directors of the Sandycroft Rubber Co., Ltd., for the twelve months ended January 31, 1924, states that the year’s working discloses a profit, after making due provision for depreciation and directors’ fees, of $25,671.87. From this there falls to be deducted the debit
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    MALAU TIN.
    147 9 The fourth annual report of the Directors of Malau Tin, Limited, states that after writing off $3,740.23 *for depreciation, the year’s working shows a profit of $13,107.07 which, when deducted from the debit balance brought forward from last year, viz, $32,435.41, leaves a balance at the debit of
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    Moonlight Band Performance.
    18 9 There will be Moonlight Band Performances at the Esplanade on 16th, 18th and 19th instant.
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    KUNTANG TIN DREDGING, LIMITED.
    353 9 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. r The Third Annual General Meeting of Kuntang Tin Dredging, Limited, was held at the Registered Office of the Company, No. 3, Weld Quay, Penang, on Friday, 4th April, 1924. at 12 o’clock noon, when there were present:—Messrs. E. V. C. Thomson (in
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    205 9 Benares Opium p. chunt $5,000.00 nem. 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 10.50 buyers Rattans 11.20 sellers Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00 per
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    PROVINCE WELLESLEY AND KEDAH CHURCH MISSION.
    112 9 April 13, Sunday next before Easter (Palm Sunday).—S. Mark’s Church, Butterworth, Holy Communion and Address 8.30 a,m. Holy Trinity Church, Nibong Tebal. —Evening Prayer and Sermon 7 p.m. Tuesday, before Easter, April 15. —S. Paul’s Chapel, Bukit Tengah, Holy Communion 7.30 a.m. Wednesday, before
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    LOCAL SHARE LIST.
    108 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day. 00 00 ID Shares. -S’© GQ 0Q sc. sc. sc. c. Mining. Hitam 1.47| 1.50 1.45 1.50 Idris Hyd. 20/- 20/6 20/- 20/6 cum Lahat 7.50 8.00 7.00 7.50 Malayan 49/- 51/6 47/6
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    66 9 11th April, 1924. Local. cts. (Smoked Sheet 41 Fine Pale Crepe 41 Unsmoked Sheet 35 SINGA- (Smoked Sheet 41| pore (Crepe 41 4 London and New York. T (Smoked Sheet... Is.Ojsd dull LONOON Crepe lsOW New York G 22 The following were the rubber quotations in London on
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    TIN PRICES.
    85 9 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following prices, on April 10 Spot 256.5 s up 1.15 s 3 mos. buying 255.10 s 1 3 selling 255.15 s 15s Local. April 11 Singapore sold 75 tons at $127.50. Penang buyers no sellers at $1262. Messrs. Boustead and
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    RUBBER CROPS.
    38 9 The following are additional rubber outputs for March: lbs. Anglo-Johore 25,348 Consolidated Malay 64,600 Chulsa (Selangor) 10,400 F.M.S. 44,000 Kong Sang 16,014 Mambau (F.M.S.) 25,000 Sungei Salak 27.000 Sepang Valley 17,000 Tangga Batu 14,500 Thirdmile 25,000
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    TIN OUTPUT.
    9 9 Tronoh Mines, Limited, for March, 1,640 piculs.
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    THE MAILS.
    17 9 The homeward mail, by the Khyber closes at 6 p.m. on to-morrow the 12th instant.
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    THE MODERN GIRL
    574 9 The girl of to-day is so favourite a butt of the moralists that she inuet- by this time have developed a skin thick enough to enable her to bear with cheerful iphilo&ophy the latest attack on her character. Her composure will be the greater because Lady Frances
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    MISER’S FORTUNE FOR THE POOR.
    236 9 £30,000 WILL. A Chatham recluse and miser, Alfred Mannerings, 74, has bequeathed a Mr tune to the poor of the town. The sum has not yet been definitely ascertained, but one estimate puts it at £30,000. Mannerings, who had lived alone in a small house
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    SYMINGTON AND SINCLAIR’S WEEKLY REPORT.
    648 10 rubber. London, March 13,-The declining tendency in our market has again continued this week, the recovery towards the close shewn in our last week s report not having been- maintained. Spot and March delivery have dropped n shade lower than last week, having touched 1/Og
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    LONDON METAL MARKETS.
    292 10 London, March in liam Jacks and <,> Markets have been affect, i realising, due it is said to arhitr dte 3 ness in connection with the F, ‘’l change,'and as the outside pu lbi been unduly optimistic for SOnie the downward reaction mav pa,» *1 Copper.—Suffered in
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    IS PLATINUM A PRECIOUS METAL?
    249 10 One would be inclined C. say right away “Yes.’' writes W. I. L. in ttie “Financier.*’ But there is a tag at the end of the question, because on the interpretation of the legal meaning of the Precious Metals Act of the I nion depend’
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    130 10 Financier.” The output of tin has gone d"Wii by p. c„ while the demand has advanced 4-> p. c With regard to tin. the wo ID visible supply at the beginning "t IL> totalled 22.281 tons, plus 17, tuns b'd“ up under the Bandoeng^agieemei.t. By the end
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    THE LEVEE AND A LOOK BACKWARD.
    630 11 PALACE AND COTTAGE. The romantic .novelist of a hundred years hence is beginning his new book, and this >s what he says of us: It was the morning of March 18, 1924, a bright and sunny morning with Spring hovering over .St. James’s Park,
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