Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 15 April 1924

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 88. VOL LXXXII. TUESDAY, 15th APRIL, 1924. PRICE 15 GENTS.
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    • 433 1 ■tokisatsuJ I PHOTOGRAPHIC art STUDIO. It 'Phone 772. j 6S bishop street I,_ I C. C. WAKEFIELD CO., LTD., I I BRITISH THROUGHOUT’ J SOLIGNUM I C YET ANOTHER CASTROL SUCCESSFUL RECORD. g *'HWol 1 WORLD'S RECORDS:—Since 1913 every existing motor car world’s record (65 in all) w 3 S
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    • 21 1 X X| g T. NAGATA, f I DENTIST. k I NEXT DOOR TO j X X •i “THE DISPENSARY.” I L
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  • 380 2 CHARGE OF SElft>ING LETTERS TO A GIRLA charge of P“ b obscene libel to Jessie B lackl (l6) d Clyde-place, Page’s-walk, Bermondsey was preferred at Tower Bndge -ou London, before Mr. Waddy, agamst Her bert Clifford Gosnell (67), 8, Bedfo P Detective-sergeant Cary stated that accompanied by
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  • 386 2 STATEMENT BY THE OWNERS. The following statement respecting the seizure by the Customs officials at Nev York of the Orduna, belonging tc the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, on a charge of an infringement of the liquors laws, is published on the authority of Mr.
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    • 963 2 N RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. HOT BUNS 111 Including free town delivery or FOR GOOD FRIDAY I x postage. jj 18-4-24 jj’l I I payable in advance. Please Book Orders Early. m a year II large assortment of Easter M Local M Eggs just unpacked. p U/ KI Country (S.S. F.M.S.)
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    • 1036 2 BANKS B HONGKONG BANKINC CORPORATE! 1 (Incorporated in Authorised Capital I Issued and fully paid up Reserve Funds Steriing Siiver Reserve Liability of Proprietors Head Office,—HONGKONQ I Branches and Agencies. H Amoy, Bangkok, Batavia, Bomk, r I Canton, Colombo, Chefoo, Hankow, Hongkew Harbin, Hainh' TI? A [poh Jobore Kobe Kuala
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  • 726 3 IM PRO?. El) RESULTS. w The fifteenth ordinary general meeting of the Remhia Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held at the offices of the company, 4, Lloyd’s-avenue, E. C., Mr. T. C. Owen (the Chairman) presiding. Air. W. H. Izod, representing Messrs. Rowe White and Co., Ltd.
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  • 111 3 33,716,000 TONS OF RICE. The summary of India’s crop forecast shows that up to February 28, 1924, tne outturn of rice available in India was estimated at 33,716,000 tons. The area under cultivation includes Indian native* States and of this area of 78,227,000 acres, 99 per cent,
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  • 369 3 THE ANNUAL MEETING. The fourteenth annual general meeting of shareholders of the New Serendah Rubber Co., Ltd., was held at the registered office, 1 Embankment, Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday, Mr. H. N. Ferrers presiding The representative of the secretaries, Messrs. Boustead and Co., Ltd., having read the
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  • 206 3 BenaiesOpium p. chns! $5.000.00 n<»m Cloves 105.00 sellers Gold leaf 72.00 seller Mace Picking’s no stock Nutmeg»-80s 102.00 sellers 110 s 95.00 Coconuts per 1,000 50.00 Copra Sundried 10.50 buyers Rattans 11.20 seller Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00 pwr ba do
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    • 223 3 I I i i 111 WMli 1 »L 4 Em I K. THROAT, CHEST LUNGS |||ll T'O ward off cou hs colds > and night chills, and to protect throat, chest and lungs against J t W climate and disease, everybody needs Peps. <2 As Peps tablets dissolve in the
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    • 15 3 Singapore Dollar Directory 1923-24 At $2 each. STOCKED BY The Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd» PENANG.
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    • 204 3 ■PRIICHARD'SI I CONFECTIONERY DEPARTMENT. 5 AN ASSORTMENT OF PASCALL’S I CHOCOLATES I Including some of their LATEST productions. FANCY BOXES. Versailles Chocolates per box $3.75 x Domino 2.50 x Princess 2.50 f Louis XV 2.50 S SPECIAL S 5 Maraschino Liqueur Cherries t 5 (Chocolate Cove, cd) 2.75 J Chocolate
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  • 1562 4 Answers to Questions. AMALGAMATION OF ADMINISTRATION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April 14. At the meeting of the Legislative Council, the Colonial Secretary, the Hon. Mr. E. S. Hose, replying to the Hon. Mr. Lowther Kemp, said that the Government nominated two representatives to form the Committee with
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 378 4 AMERICA WAKES UP [To the Editor of the “Pinang Gazette.”] The maudlin outburst appearing yesterday in the columns of your journal may well make the manufacturers of certain brands of low-grade beer and mixed stengahs proud of their alcoholic achievements. Aptly was the effusion signed Khayyam,”
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    • 217 4 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”] Sir, —In order to save a few coppers and to be in time for office, I rode in the Municipal Bus, (noted for keeping its schedule time), and plying for hire between Bagan Jermal and the Jetty. Upon disembarking from it
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  • 185 4 Apropos of the Penang Indian Association an Extraordinary General Meeting under the Chairmanship of Mr. H. H. Abdul Coder was held at 4.30 p.m.. yesterday, at the Nachiappa Chetty Theatre Hall, at King Street, for the purpose of changing the name of the Association to meet the
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  • 423 4 SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON’S REMINISCENCES. Field Marshal Sir William Robertson, speaking to a large, audience at the Working •Men’s College, Crowndale road, St. .Pancras, on March 8, gave a description of life in the ranks of the British Army 47 years ago. Sir William
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  • 334 4 An authoritative article dealing with the present position of cotton-growing in Australia and the possibility of the Dominion becoming an important source of supply, is published in the current issue of the “Bulletin of the Imperial Institute.” The author, Mr. W. H. Johnson, who was at one
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  • 45 4 London, April 9,—Sir Henry Walford Davies has been offered the Mastership of the King’s Music in succession to Sir Walter Parratt. It is noteworthy that Sir Walford Davies began his musical career as a choir boy in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor.
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  • 926 4 SIR O. LODGE ON ETHER HABITATIONS. “Arguments For and Against Survival was the subject of a discussion between Professor Charles Richet, of the University of Paris, and Sir Oliver Lodge at a’taeeting of the Society for Psychical Research. Professor Richet, in his paper, which was repd in
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  • 302 4 SELSEY BILL H. Q, Will the yachtsmen of the fut ure in the air instead of on the water r. question is suggested by plans for tablishment of a National Seaplane f' If ideas are realised we may thing as attractive as the Cowes w with
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  • 62 4 The homeward mail, by th* 3 h' closes at 6 p.m. on Thursday the Lu instant. The B. I. Packet Ellenga, with despatched from London on th? -d March, is expected to arrive here J 6 a.m. on Friday, the 18th inst. The mail despatched from on the
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  • 163 4 The Municipal Baud will play the programme of music at the Esplanaee 6 to 7 on Wednesday night: 1 March The Rifle Regiment Sow» 2 Intermezzo Cupid’s Garden n 3 Waltz Linga ur u 4 Selection As You Were 5 Tango Dance Ladybird God Save The King.
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    • 24 4 If it’s NERVES B you mutt have I sanatocen yjrii Dr. Clauds Whiiu’ "The debilitated ner»»" «y«tem absorb» Safl»tog«« as the parched earth driD»
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  • 606 5 <n<»N’ FOOTBALL. League Matches. j ,„don. April 1.-The (oil wing is the of football match played in the League to-day, First Division Ihnnley 1 Bolton W. London, April 7.-T,he following are eaul ts of football matches played in the League to-day: Division I. Cardiff 2. Tottenham 1.
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  • 181 5 REPRESENTATIVE ENGLAND TEAM. London, April 8.' —There appears to have been a disagreement between Lord Wimborne and Lord Wodehouse with regard to the polo team selected to practise in view of going to the United States to compete for the Cup, Lord Wimborne, in an interview to-day
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  • 236 5 THE NEW FLY-WEIGHT CHAMPION. London, April I.—At the National Sporting Club last night, in a twentyround contest for the British fly-weight championship, Elky Clark, of Glasgow, beat Kid Kelly, of Plymouth. The referee stopped the fight in the twentieth round. The fight was clean and fast. At
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  • 20 5 London, April I,—At Queen’s Club to-day, in the inter-’varsity racquets, Oxford beat Cambridge by three matches to nil.
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  • 45 5 London, April 7,—The first betting call over for the Derby at Beaufort Club tonight was 9 to 1 against Tom Pinch, 10 tc 1 against Bright Knight and Diaphon, 100 to 9 agains Donzelon and 100 to 8 against Salmon Trout.
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  • 221 5 DOCTOR’S SHARE IN ARAB ADVENTURE. Dr. Ernest H. Griffin, D. S. 0., M. C., writing to the “Evening Standard” from the Connaught Club, Marble Arch, describes some interesting personal experiences re-called by fighting in the Spanish Riff. “I was -present at a gallant attempt to
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  • 460 5 A RANGOON PROBLEM. A correspondent writes: Since it has been proved that the Rent Act is little or no protection to the tenant, why should there be this great desire to have it extended Despite the Rent Act there have been —it is common knowledge—cases where
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  • 393 5 The Technical Service Department of the French War Office has secured a wonderful new aeroplane which has neither propeller nor motor, and is said to be able to fly 375 miles an hour. The machine is the invention of a French engineer, M. Fabrice Mellot. Twelve
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  • 29 5 London, April B.—lt is announced in Army Orders that the King with great iegret has approved of the disbandment of King Edward’s Horse.
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  • 150 5 IMPERIAL AIRWAYS LTD. QUESTION OF PILOTS’ SALARIES. London. March 31. —Owing to grievances under the regime instituted by a state subsidised company amalgamating with separate air companies, which assumes control to-morrow, pilots and mechanics at Croydon aerodrome are virtually on strike, with the result that none
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  • 228 5 London, April 4. —“The English climate is too diabolical even for mosquitoes,” was the verdict of Sir Ronald Ross at a luncheon of the Overseas League at the Criterion Restaurant at which Sir Ronald discoursed on the subject of malaria and other diseases. He remarked that the
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  • 190 5 London, March 31. In the Commons to-day, Sir Philip Sassoon drew attention to the great anxiety among British officers of the Indian Army with regard to the future of their service and their future prospects in it and asked foi an assurance that no changes would be
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  • 125 5 London, April 3. —The India Colonies Committee sat for two hours at the India Office to-day and further discussed their instructions. Mr. Hope iSimpson was present and the only absentee was the Aga Khan, who is expected to-mor-row. The committee secretariat has acquired a permanent room
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  • 70 5 London, April B.—A Bukharest message says in an impassioned despatch to the Greek people, the exiled King George demands to be restored to the Monarchy. He declares that the violent suppression of the principles on which the State is founded impels him to protest against the iniquity
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  • 449 5 ACCUSED ACQUITTED AND FINES REMITTED. On Tuesday, the 9th inst.. before Mr. Justice David, at Ipoh. the appeal was heard of Lim Chang, Lee Tiang Zoon and Lim Pow from the conviction of tl.e magistrate at Teluk Anson, who on Jan. If» convicted the first and
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  • 192 5 MISTAKEN FOR WHITEHALL “TEMPORARY.” Mr. J. H. Thomas, the Secretary for the Colonies, presided at an Empire Parliamentary Association luncheon to Mr. E. G. Theodore, Premier of Queensland, at the House of Commons. Telling the story of how a few days ago he got lost in the
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    • 21 5 Daily Mirror, Atlas of the World, s2'so per book or $2/80 post free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd.. Penang.
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    • 163 5 Baby’s Own Tablets SAVE YOUR CHILD FROM SUFFERING. There is nothing more trying to a mother than to see her little one in pain, whilst she stands helplessly by not knowing wlhat to do, to relieve its sufferings. Mothers who- keep Baby’s Own Tablets in the house ready for such
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 119 5 OUR WEEKLY CARTOON. “IN THE PUBLIC EYE.” -J. I v/ I &K 1 -*r W HL l ft At fifty-seven years of age Mr. John Galsworthy finds himself acclaimed as our leading man of letters, and recognised on both sides of the Atlantic as a writer of exquisitely stylish English,
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  • 25 6 Oliver-Spinney.— At St. Andrew’s Cathedral. Singapore on the 12th April 1924. Arthur Oliver of Singapore to Kathleen Edwina Spinney of 1 unbridge Wells. England.
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  • 483 6 For the moment the Government has adopted an attitude of benign toleration with iegard to Air. Adamson’s Bill to amend the Representation of the People Act. There is nothing unusual in this attitude to refrain from promises of facilities, as it is not customary to afford facilities of
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  • 366 6 In the House of Commons recently, Mr. E. Brown, the Liberal member for Rugby, asked whether the chaplains’ department would be consulted as to the abolition of the compulsory church parade on Sundays. Abolition of the compulsory church parade has, we believe, been considered several times, but
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  • 224 6 Bournemouth is apparently in the throes of a mad craze for excitement. A resident, who claims to speak with authority, (having resided in Margate ;md Brighton) and who comes fresh from the West End of London, finds the town dull indeed.” He is evidently a staunch supporter of
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  • 1569 6 The entertainment presented by Mr. William Heughan and Mr Heughan. Miss Gladys Sayer at W g the Town Hall last night was novel in that it afforded to Penang an intimate insight into the lore of the Celt Rarely have we been privileged at least in Penang—to
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  • 73 6 CHINESE BEAT EUROPEAN' (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore. Apr' l In the opening game of the SinFootball League, tfie beat th C. C. by one goal to nil. Entries for the Trinity Music December. 1921, should be sent to tbe Inspector 0 Penang, on or before Bth •"*J
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    • 117 6 r Y' 1 1 --EJ7 < t \jr~~ 1 xj AW vk (555| Va VIRGINIA mXI! yMen tv/io care ST#£(XPRESS i VIRGINIA CIGARETTES l<B yjfrnu REWARE of Cheap C>ge re T > g I manufactured by B® c br* f I l ‘>qu e ra e of ’bouaaHds P er
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    • 21 6 11 E>. O.” St. GEORGE’S. SPECIAL DINNER DANCE, On St. George’s Day, Wednesday, 23rd April, 1924, Dancing Till 1-45 a. m.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 157 6 TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT THEATRE ROYAL Wednesday 16th Postively Last Night. RECORDS SMASHED TO ATOMS. Follow the Crowd to See THE GREATEST SENSATION “Way Down East” 11 Reels THE BEST FILM EVER MADE. A Great Play. Magnificent Acting. Wonderful Sceneries. AT THE EMPIRE Monday, 14th to Wednesday, 16th and Day Show at
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    • 148 6 TIDE TABLES. Penang P. Sw’ham Singapore Apr. H.W. L.W. H.W. L.W. H.W. L.W. 15 10.07 a 3.22 a 1.44 a 8.19 a 6.22 a 0.38 a 9.51t> 3.58 p 2.16 p 8.56 p 8.17 p 1.21 p 16 10.46 a 4.18 a 2.36 a 9.09 a 7.38 a 10.39 p
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  • 928 7 private Proceedings. BRITISH PREMIER’S FIRM BK attitude. Reuter's Telegrams.) London. April 14. f The Russian Mission of about' twenty, tl dine eleven delegates, besides exheaded by M. Rakowsky. arrived in p -ihq at the Foreign Office this mornfollowed by an escort of de- ing The weather was cold
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  • 129 7 AN EMACIATED FIGURE. Warsaw, April 14. Monsignor Cieplak, whom the Soviet have released from prison, has arrived from Riga. His emaciated features testified to privations and imprisonment. He was greeted by a number of ecclesiastical dignitaries, including Monsignor Lauri, the Papal Nuncio, representatives of many Polish societies and
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  • 48 7 THIRTY PER CENT DECREASE. Riga, April 14. A message from Moscow says that the figures of trade turnover for March decreased by 30 per cent compared with February. A section of the press regards the depression as temporary, but “Ekonomic Heskayajizn” considers it as lasting.
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  • 32 7 MAJORITY FOR REPUBLIC. Athens, April 14. A semi-official message says that the returns of the plebiscite up to the present are 75 per cent majority in favour of a Republic.
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  • 204 7 STIFF NOTE. London, April 14. The Morning Post’s Washington correspondent anent the Japanese Note, says rarely has a great power sent another such a stiff note. He points out that Mr. Hughes sympathises with the Japanese position, and previously urged the House to expunge the obnoxious provision. Many
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  • 21 7 Brussels, April 14. The Cabinet approved the commercial treaty with Japan based on the most favoured nation principle.
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  • 28 7 Berlin, April 1L Negotiations between the Ruhr mineowners and the M. I. C. U. M. resulted in the prolongation of agreements until June 15.
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  • 83 7 Question in the Commons. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) London, April 15. In the House of Commons, replying to Capt. the Hon. W. G. A. Ormsby-Gore, Mr. Macdonald said he had no information regarding any new defensive treaty between Japan and Rumania, mutually guaranteeing against Russian invasion of Bessarabia
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  • 72 7 BRITISH ATTITUDE. London, April 14. In the House* of Commons, replying to Mr. Sandeman with regard to M. Poincare’s request to Great Britain to make representations to the Soviet with regard to the intelligentsia tried at Kieff, Mr. Macdonald said that the Government did not feel it
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  • 76 7 MASS MEETING RESOLUTION. London, April 14. The mass meeting of the Southampton engineers this morning opened dramatically, the grand-daughter of the late General Booth singing Abide with me,” the audience'joining in the last verge. It subsequently passed a resolution calling upen the' Government to institute a Court of
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  • 24 7 RECEPTION AT BRISBANE. Brisbane, April 14. Brilliant weather is favouring the visit of the British Squadron, which was given an enthusiastic reception.
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  • 101 7 NEW ENGINE FOR AIR BOAT. London, April 14. A message from Corfu dated April 13 says that a new engine for the British World Flight Air boat is arriving tomorrow. The Air boat is lying on the beach between the lake and the sea. An attempt to
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  • 23 7 ARRIVAL AT SEWARD. Cordova (Alaska), April 14.' The American world fliers have arrived safely al Seward in Alaska from Sitka.
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  • 19 7 ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS NOT PUBLISHING. London, April 14. No newspapers are publishing in England on Good Friday.
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  • 101 7 NEARING THE END. New York, April 14. In the twentieth round of the International Chess Tournament, Edward Lasker and Dr. Lasker beat Reti and Maroczy. Capablanca drew with Yates and Alekhine*drew with Mashal 1. Dr. Lasker’s Certainty. New York, April 14, By defeating Maroczy, whilst Capablanca only drew
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  • 14 7 Paris, April 14. The death has occurred of Prince Roland Bonaparte.
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  • 293 7 MR. BRADDELL’S ADDRESS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, April 15. Mr. Braddell, continuing his address yesterday, pointed out the condition whereby a man became the agent of another. He laid stress on the fiduciary relationship existing both at the time of the purchase of the option
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  • 118 7 ACCUSED DISCHARGED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, April 15. Col. Christie, who was charged with cheating Mr. H. S. Scrivener, of Gopeng, by inducing him to advance money on the strength of representation that a draft was arriving from home, was discharged. The Hon. Mr. A. N.
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  • 85 7 BENGAL GOVERNOR’S ACTION. (Reuter's Telegrams.) Darjeeling, April 15, The Governor, Lord Lytton, has decided to certify a number of Budget demands rejected as a result of the Swarajist policy of throwing out portions of the Bengal Budget. The refusal to grant Ministers’ salaries however, will be re-submitted to
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  • 217 7 AUGUSTUS CAESAR’S EDICT. A document which archaeologists believe to be the Roman military order under which Jesus Christ was tried has just been discovered by the French Government’s ethnological mission in Southern Tunisia, says the “Sunday Express Christ was executed, it appears from this document, because He
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  • 311 7 MALAY WOMAN FINED. Jah binti Osman, an elderly Malay woman, was charged before Mr. H. A. Forrer in the Police Court, Penang, this morning, with obstructing Inspector T. B. Brown, of the Gambling Suppression Department, whilst in the execution of his duties at No. 381 c Dato
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  • 165 7 RUBBER EXPORT CASE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April 15. When Ng Hua was charged in the District Court with exporting Johore rubber in excess of his permit, Mr. Pryde suggested there was a possibility that the men who weighed the rubber at Johore were accomplices in a
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  • 321 7 The Marine Police, Singapore, have effected the arrest of two Chinese in connection with the theft of a shipload of sugar a few days ago. It is stated that the sugar, about 64 bags in all, was loaded on a lighter to be removed to the steamer
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  • 741 7 Inspector Neave, of Kuala Lumpur, and Mrs. Neave go Home on a holiday shortly. Mr. John Cameron, the well-known Taiping miner, is on a brief visit to Penang. Mrs. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Tollemache arrived here yesterday by the motorship Fionia. Rev. M. Dodsworth of Malacca has
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  • 1361 8 M.M.” In the Seremban police court, on Friday morning, before Mr. H. H. Banks, magistrate, with Mr. Magill, C. P. 0., for the prosecution, and Mr. Bostock Hill for the defence, the case came up in which Mrs. Wright, wife of Mr. E. T. Wright, an assistant
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  • 105 8 April 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 St. George’s Ball, Town Hall, 9.15 p.m. 26
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  • 124 8 Giving evidence against Frederick George Green, thirty-six, fish curer, of Ashmore-place, Clapham-road, who was charged at Tower Bridge Police Court with indecency, a police constable said that the defendant was standing in the Borough High-street at nine o’clock on Saturday morning with nothing on but his
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  • 55 8 In the House of Commons, the press gallery was the scene of a tragic incident, Mr. James Drysdale, Parliamentary correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, was working in the writing room when he collapsed. Several medical members were speedily on the spot and found that he
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 178 8 I“R E.T.” SABAMgI rubber chests! U 111 1 i flfehl 4 J J fe I I S is Illi fl X «u w f x The Most Economical Case in the Market I For Particulars Apply to: 1 DIETHELM CO., LTD, I PENANG. I t '.~i—uimi OBIHVMBMBaaav «n» DANIEL CRAWFORD’S
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  • 339 9 CAUSES FOR PRESENT SCARCITY. Colonel the Hon. M. A Wingfield (General Staff War Office) in a paper entitled “The Supply and Training of Officers for the Army.”' read at the Royal United Service Institution, said the British and Indian Armies required 650 new
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  • 197 9 WOMAN LISTENER IN STARTLED. Ether waves are being used by psychologists at the Edgewater Beach Radio Station, Chicago, in an effort to determine whether they can transmit thought. Professors Murphy, of Columbia University, Gault, of North-Western University, and English, of Antioch College, are collaborating in the experiment,
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  • 172 9 “SHOCKERS” THE ONLY FARE. That the modern schoolboy has lost none of the love for “shockers”’ that characterised a former generation is shown by the monthly magazine of the Rathfern road School, Catford, copies of which have recently been interesting and amusing L. C. C. education authorities.
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  • 137 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day, oq g tn Shares. =1 ,5 p DQ 0Q PQ OQ Sc. se. sc. Sc. Mining. Ipoh 22/- 23/- 21/- 22/- cum Johan 44 46 45 46 Kamuuting 39/- 39/6 38/- 38/6 Malayan
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  • 44 9 15th April. 1924. Local. cts. (Smoked Sheet 41 Fine Pale Crepe 41 Unsmoked Sheet 35 Singa- (Smoked Sheet 412 pore 1 Crepe 411 London and New York. t f Smoked Sheet Is.Ofd dull LONDON ICreps I S .OH New York G 22
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  • 51 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 $53l to $54 F.A.Q. do 52 53 Off quality and Low F.A.Q. 49 51 Plain Sheet 42 45 Loose and Lump Scrap 33
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  • 26 9 The following are additional rubber outputs for March:— lbs. Bedford 5,410 Bernam 18,180 Bruas 10,312 Glenealy 15,772 Hill Rise 7,700 Trolak 12,000 Ratanui 20,988
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  • 117 9 London. The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following prices, on April 14 Spot £245.10s up 4.10 s 3 mos. buying 244.10$ 5 3 selling 245 5 The Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd:— London, April 11, spot, £241.10s and £239.10s three months buying, £240 three months selling. London, April
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  • 1052 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. NAMES 3o ig 51 RUBBER [Dollar.] 8 of c o Allenby Rubber Co 1 10 1 15 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 Ayer Molek
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  • 544 9 CHOWRASTA MARKET Penang, April 15, 1924. chv Government Mutton Mutton Indian per lb 55 Mutton— Head, sheep or goat each 1.00 Liver with heart lung do 1.30 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Mutton lb 55 Lamb do 55
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    • 649 9 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. OROINiNCE (bahkbuptcd. CAI K ,H THE SUPREME COURT 0F THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. FOR sale. SETTLEMENT OF PENANG. GOOD FRIDAY O u In Bankruptcy. No. 9 of 1924. Bi|oi til TIVQ Re CHOP JOO KHENG. M(I 1 I -D VJ 1X O Notice is hereby given that on a
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    • 20 9 CARIBONUM RED BOX Typewriter Ribbon:: IN AIR-TIGHT TINS AND RED BOX Carbon Paper always in stock Pinang Gazette Press, LIMITED
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    • 23 9 Planters’ Medical Guidb, by Dr. E. Jf. Graham, $3/- per book or $3/30 poet free, stocked by tihe Pinang Gaeett* Press, Ltd., Penang.
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  • 467 10 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURE. Kalmoa for Asahan. Burma Maru for Colombo (taking mads for India) and Bombay. m/s Fionia for Belawan and Singapore. Kopah for Deli. Lake Gitano for Singapore Hongkong. Klang for Port Swettenham Singapore. The B. I. S. N. Go’s (A.pear Line.) Steamer Takada trom Calcutta via Rangoon
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  • 353 10 CLOSE OXII.Y (except Sim-tay) 8T TRAIN. Federated Malay Suites, Malacca, Johon and Singapore. Registration and Parcel Post, except wlierotherwise stated, close half an hour earlie than the Ordinary mail Resumption of Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed daify (Sunday excepted) by the 7-30 p.tn.
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