Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 29 May 1924

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 103. No. 124. VOL LXXXII. THURSDAY, 29th MAY, 1924. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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    • 631 1 ifOKISATSU, i CjtfTOGBAPHIC A RT studio. 'Phone 772. 6B bishop street j 1 11 tifliw MrTiiwiriy TwWniMT' -,j iir y nw—i «array-- **-<llll' -~'_i ..■.a—U'uij L c W.QW. I CT I ROSS’S I fiss i I THE t™: witb 1 I AUK’S HEAD I W j E_«™ i IIKL *RPp
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    • 22 1 Xaß fX| T. NAGATA, DENTIST. I r I I 1 II THE DISPENSARY.”! LJ i ««flex es se x s x i
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  • 2734 2 General Meeting. REGULAR WRANGLING. The adjourned first annual general meeting of the Lyric Theatres, Limited, was held in the Registered Office of the Company, 130 Penang Road, yesterday afternoon when there were present Messrs S. Fung, Ong Chai Tong, Gan Teong Oon, Gan Teong Eng, and Hon
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  • 182 2 As will be seen from an announcement appearing elsewhere in this issue, Pro fessor Eurich, Madam Edna, and Baby Banu (4 years old) make their bow to Penang on June at the Town Hall. Professor Eunich disposes of the fiction that it is rapidity of action which
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  • 78 2 PUBLICIST SAYS U. S. NATION IS BEING UNDERMINED. New York. Mr. Nicholas Mur-ray-Butler. the well-known publicist speaking at a Missouri society dinner appealed to all men and women of religious faith, moral principle and public spirit to work for the elimination of the demoralising Eighteenth (Prohibition) Amendment from
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  • 47 2 London, May 14.In the House of Commons, replying to Captain Tudor Rees, Mr. Walsh said the strength of the Territorials on April Ist was as follows Officerss,9ls Other rank 51,36,659. These were 1,8.33 and 35,676 respectively below peace establishment. County Associations periodically held recruiting campaigns.
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  • 475 2 Merchandise Marks Case. ISSUE OF WARRANT APPROVED. At the instance of Mr. S. A. Yell, of Messrs. Huttenbach, Lazarus &Som, summonses were issued a^ st manager and proprietor of Chop Ban Fng Hin, Market Street, for exposing for sale Pear Soap and undershirts with a counterfeit trade mark
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 340 2 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.’’) Sir,With reference to a letter written by Mr. Chew Chay Saye, headed British Malaya and its prospects,” published on the 28th inst., in your issue, there is certainly a volume of common sense in what Mr. Chew Chay Saye
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  • 500 2 Attention is called to B appearing elsewhere i n n "°W*-.B fifth annual general meeti? Pap?r B ang Subordinate Civil Servi f f B on June 1 at 378 Anson Roadt %B the report and accounts for and elect office-bearers for th period." 116 Other business
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  • 112 2 May 30-Cherok Petai Tin, General Meeting, 3 p.m. n P 31—Snngei Arak Rubber Co.,General Meeting noon. 31 -InnZ 31 _Po?o nd Club Gymkhana. Race Course. n rt 31 Ex-Service Association s Cone and Dance. June I—Penang Bisley. snapshooting anG p. A attack, 7 a.m. Chaplain C odr and
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  • 65 2 ROPE RAILWAY UP T HE TYROL. RUHt KAILWMI is t 0 be C° n A rope suspension-rail" a) 711g9nitzestructed up the Tyrol an Alps- highest peak in the a v;l ld tf (The railway will run f l olll p the frontier ridge, which is o\ above sea-level. 011 the
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  • 48 2 MORE BRITISH bu last Ottawa. British inning’ l pj per totalled 73,000 an increase cent. .tAes. e v U The total from other coun sive of the United States. fl(1I1 i There w r as a decrease of < l )f the United States.
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    • 322 2 malaria and its EFFECTS. During the Great War many soldiers who escaped gas, bullets and death returned home with health shattered by disease. To sufferers from malaria the experience of one of them, Mr. Ellis Jones, of 54 Grove Park, Colwyn Bay, will be of especial interest. It was in
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  • 1320 3 FURTHER PROCEEDINGS. The hearing was concluded yesterday afternoon by Mr. H. A. Forrer, H. M. Coroner, of the inquiry into the death of Ong Boon Pee, who died as the result of wounds received at an affray in Cintra Street on the 22nd of last month. The
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  • 93 3 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Pangkor for P. Langkawi Kantang (Trang). Stiawan for Asahan. Tajima Maru for Aden, Port Said, and Marseilles. Namsang for Calcutta. Kedah for Dindings. Kinta for Port Swettenham, Malacca and Singapore. The following ships are in communication with the Wireless Stations at PENANG Angers Baron pol Warth,
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  • 156 3 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). BI TRAIN. Federated Malay States, Malacca, Johort and Singapore. Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half-an-hour earlie» than the Ordinary mail Resumption of Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed daily (Sunday excepted) by the 7-30 p.m. train:Parit
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    • 1025 3 I >rt Classified CT,OHB I idveriisements. Penang Sales Room. I Wanted, For Sale, To Let &c„ To Bp ko inserted in the Pinang I U, PUBLIC AUCTION, I GazP tte 4 a Ki I T :-EE CENTS A WORD At No. 38, Beach Street, I ountmg the address to which
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    • 334 3 J I SEE YOU AT THE j j TOWN HALL I I ON SATURDAY j NIGHT I Everyone will be there. ECZEMA ON IN Jr!ckIt TE handwarms PENANi PERAK In White Blisters. Could Monday June 2nd. Not Sleep. Cuticura Heals. Tuesday 3rd I had eczema on my hands. It which
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 69 3 THEATRE ROYAL. From Thursday 29th May to Sunday Ist June, 1924, at 7-50 p.m. and Day Performance on Sunday Ist June, at 2-30 p.m. All Balled Up (Star Comedy). Mr. Hyppo (Paul Parrott). Harry Carey in a Universal Western Drama A 44 Calibre Mystery Reels 2 International News, 61. Cullen
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  • 55 4 Gossip. On May 29, at Penang, to Dr. and Mrs. J. Gossip, a son. Ahin. At No. 116 Owen Road, Singapore, on May 25, 1924. to Kathleen Frances, wife of Arthur Ahin, daughter. Kennedy At Batavia, on May, 26 to Lesley, wife of R. Kennedy of the Mercantile Bank
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  • 440 4 Since the opening of the British Empire Exhibition at M’embley, the exhibits of Canada, Australasia, South Africa and Burmah have all enjoyed their mead of publicity in the columns of the Home press. Malaya so far has only achieved casual mention. When the idea of the exhibition
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  • 1151 4 BY LISTENER-IN. V The old monkey awoke with a start and glared angrily at the chattel ing youngsters who had broken his slumbers. You noisy, flea-scratching, verminous. sons of tree-frogs, will you never learn to respect pious old age Out upon you for irreverent good-for-noth-ings
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  • 803 4 Lord Rothermere has expressed the opinion that there is Are The Liberals only room in Britain Doomed for two parties and that the Liberal Party will disappear. In doing so he has merely voiced a belief which many other people have entertained since the three-cornered result which
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  • 115 4 HIS EXCELLENCY MOVEMENTS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. May 29. j It is officially stated that H. E. the Governor leaves Singapore on June 5 for Labuan, Sandakan and Brunei, returning on 24th. Kinta Estates Report. The Kinta Estates report a profit of $56,631 and payment of a
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  • 236 4 The homeward mail by the Teesui. closes at 10 a.m. to-morrow. The homeward mail by theKasi closes at 6 p.m. on Saturday, the 31 instant. >, The B. I. Packet Tara, with niai despatched from London on t.v May, is expected to arrive nere 6 a.m. to-morrow. me
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    • 129 4 I i t EVAPORATED MILK g IS DOUBLE MILK j More than Twice as Rich V as Ordinary Milk. I I I r l— l I pure 1 SAFE and I ECONOMICAL. jj jjl Of all Provision Stores. I $12.50 per tTtinl 48 4 1> I i ~o)fe o <..x
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    • 39 4 EZ O.” THURSDAY, 29th May, 1924. Farewell Performance OF The Globe Trotters. DANCING 9.30 P.M. Mr. d J/rs. T. A. N. Laing, Scarboro Estate, p p c. Sungei Patani. Mr. <0 Mrs. L. Hoefeld. P P C, s.s."Atsuta Maru."
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 46 4 Town Hall. ON S N GHT TUESDAY 3rd JUNE. 9-15 p. m. The Mystic Two ERUCH and EDNA Magic of the Nile” Assisted by BABY BANU (age 4 years.) White Magic Illusions Ventriloquism and Marvels of the Sixth Sense.” Prices: $2 and $l. Booking at ROBINSONS.
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    • 111 4 TIDE TABLES. Penang P- Sw’ham Singapore May H.W. L.W. H.W. L.W. H.W. L.W. 29 10 27a 3.59 a 2.17 a 8.31 a 7.38 a 1.32 a 10.32 p 4.56 p 2.40 p 9.1 Ip B.oBp 1.45 p 30 10.58 a 4.36 a 3.07 p 9.18 a 8.38 a 2.26 a
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  • 201 5 Lcare-Macdonald Cor I responuence. Reuter s Telegrams.) I London. May 28. I vnreian Office has issued the I The *3ence exchanged between M r LiresP 0 11 d M. Poincare in the midF I) n the month with reference to the le ot vi sit of the
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  • 125 5 PiiMTION OF M. POINCARE AND M. MILLER AND. Paris. May 28. 1 problem of the first magnitude at L S ent transcending the personnel of the Law Ministry itself, is the fate of M. j'ilkrand. whose resignation is deinandf.jby the Left parties, who urge that the President's abdication
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  • 170 5 FURTHER ALLIED NOTE. Paris, May 28. An Allied Note has been handed to I:» German Ambassador re-affirming the Allied standpoint regarding the military control mentioned in the note cabled on May 3. [Theearlier Note was to the following effect:—The Conference of Ambassadors, st which Marshal Foch was
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  • 13 5 Berlin. May 28. Marx has agreed to form Cabinet.
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  • 104 5 v APJED INDIAN OPINION. Simla, May 28. Service circles and the AngloC OQ] n p res s are of opinion that the Lee solmif' lon s report °ff ers a satisfactory oftbe° n question of the position the ev rv Ces hut doubt the success of v
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  • 43 5 y Moscow, May 28. slli, zky, the head of the living bllo w las issued an appeal to his fikhou !a^y round the Patr arch 10 recognised the error of a tu^e towards the Soviet bie programme of the New
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  • 147 5 Explanation In Parliament. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) London, May 28. The question of the so-called death ray was raisedin the House of Commons, when replying to Commander Mr W. Leach emphasised that Air. Grindell Matthews was offered and refused the opportunity to demonstrate the invention under conditions which would
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  • 158 5 COMMITTEE PASSES SUPPLEMENTARY VOTE. London, May 28. In the House of Commons, Mr. W. Leach, moving in the Committee stage, the supplementary estimate for airship cont ruction of £350.000, said that the prospect of reaching India in five days and Australia in ten to twelve days justified them
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  • 159 5 TO BE CONCLUDED EARLY. London, May 26. Lord Mayo, in moving for the immediate discontinuance of the Anglo-Soviet Conference, considered that flirting with Bolshevism did not commend itself to the Empire. Lord Parmoor said that Government hoped the conference would continue until an arrangement satisfactory to both coufitries
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  • 44 5 FURTHER CONSTRUCTION APPROVEDWashington, May 29. The House of passed a bill to bring the Navy to the- a: o: 3 raw, authorising the construction ot eight scout cruisers, six river gunboats and extensive improvements to sixbattieships at a total cost of $111,000,000.
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  • 64 5 Washington, May 28. An attempt may be made in this session to secnre an affirmat.ve action.by either the Senate or the House of Re l’ r< senlatives on the bill prorating for future Philippine independence. Two s chains are pending, one introduced by Senator Johnson, granting independence twenly"
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  • 43 5 Bucharest, May 29. A fire broke out at an ammunition dump in the centre of the city. There were numerous explos ons and much damage was done to the vicinity. A large force of firemen are endeavounng to localise-the fires.
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  • 306 5 Derby Probables. TOM PINCH STILL FAVOURITE. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) London, May 28, The following are the probable starters and their jockeys for the Derby to be run at Epsom on June 4 Arausio (Mrs S. Whitburn’s) R. Jones. Bright Knight (Lord Astor’s) F. Bullock or Lane. Bucks Yeoman (Sir
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  • 131 5 ANOTHER BOTTOM-WEIGHT ROMPS HOME. London, May 14.The Chester Cup Stakes(about two miles and a quarter) handicap, of 5 sovs each, 10 sovs extra if not struck out by April 22, and 10 sovs extra for starters, with 2,560 sovs. added (including a Cup value 50 sovs.) 2nd rec.
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  • 264 5 London, May 27. At the St. Andrews Golf International, the weather was glorious. The features were Wethered’s brilliance at defeating the ex-Oxonian D. Cox by 7 and 6, and the splendid fight of the schoolboy champion, Mathieson, against the Cambridge Captain of the English International, Storey, the latter
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  • 108 5 Paris, May 28. 'ln the Olympic Association football tournament, in the first round Italy beat Spain by 1 goal to nil. United States beat Esthonia by 1 to nil. Switzerland beat Lithuania by 9 to nil. Czecho-Slovakia beat Turkey by 5 to 2. I ruguay beat Jugo Slavia
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  • 72 5 At Lords, the South Africans made 192 runs, Cominaille contributing 39 (not out). Douglas captured 6 wickets for 65 runs. Marylebone obtained 191 rims for the fall of 4 wickets and declared, Russell and Hearne being responsible for 45 runs each. Hendren was not out
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  • 445 5 At Swansea, Surrey beat Glamorgan by 298 runs. For Surrey, Sheppey made 88 runs in the first innings and 105 in the second. Jennings captured 5 w’ickets for 17 runs in the first innings and 5 for 22 j’n the second venture. Lancashire beat Derbyshire at Chesterfield by
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  • 30 5 The Hague, May 29. The Second Chamber by 48 votes to 28 passed the bill granting the Royal Dutch and Lloyd Steamship Company credit of 5,2’0,000 florins.'
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  • 54 5 The Hague. May 28. The Royal Dutch Company announce a final dividend of fifteen per cent for 1923 together with an exceptional payment in July of an interim dividend of ten percent for 1924, this being done, with the help of shareholde s>to pay for shares
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  • 1133 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. J. D. Dailey, A.C.P., who entered hospital last week, has now resumed duties. Mr. G. O. S. Rabjohn. of Messrs. Sime Darby and Co., Ltd.. Malacca, has joined the Board of Directors of Kuala Kangsar Plantations, Ltd. Lieutenant P. S. Laing, The Royal Sussex Regiment, has assumed
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  • 70 5 (Reuter’s Telegrams.) New York, May 28. The Western-Union and the French Cable Company are vigorously protesting to the authorities for the damage caused to cables by the rum fleets anchored off New-Jersey and Long-Island coasts. They estimate the damage at several hundred thousand dollars annually, alleged
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  • 76 5 Washington. .May 28. Senator Lafollette has announced his willingness to run independently for the Presidency, if neither of the two great parties at the coming conventions shows its abiliiy and willingness to purge itself -of the long domination of evil influences. At the same time he
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  • 37 5 A BIG DEFICIT. Ottawa, May 29. It was announced in the House of Commons that the Government Merchant Marine showed a deficit, during the past year, after meeting interest and other charges, of $9,368,000.
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  • 41 5 London, May 29. It is announced that the whole equipment for the reconstruction of the ftokyo telephone system will be manufactured in London and Liverpool. The first portion of tlm contract amounting to $750,000 has been placed in America.
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  • 14 5 DOISY FOR PEKING. Shanghai, May 29. Lieut. Doisy has proceeded to Peking.
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  • 3841 6 Annual General Meeting. THE RUBBER SELLING PROPOSAL. The annual general meeting of the Rubber Growers’ Association was held on April 29, at the Cannon-st. Hotel, London, E C., under the presidency of Mr. P- J Burgess, chairman of the Association. There was a large attendance, among those
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    • 542 6 Why Women Smile As they never did before Teeth are prettier todayMillions combat film Most pictures are now taken with A new-type paste a smile, showing pretty teeth. a new-type tooth paste has been Look about you. Note how many created, to comply with all modsmiles now show glistening teeth.
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  • 147 7 TENNIS TOURNAMENT. The following are the handicaps and drawings for the Men’s Single A” and ri e n S m B f the Penan F Golf l lub Tennis Tournament: Men’s Doubles B”. 4 Dunkerley and Ford Bye t 3 Souter and Parry g ye 15.4 Gibson
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  • 128 7 Members of the Penang Cricket Club are reminded that entries for the JuneJuly Tournament will open on Monday, 2nd June, and close on Saturday, 14th June, at 9 p.m. The entrance fee for each event is $l.OO, except the Championship and Championship Pairs, for which the fee
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  • 93 7 The attempt to discredit the Sze Hai Tong Bank, Singapore, by causing a run upon it by spreading ill-founded rumours, came to an end on Tuesday, when the Bank, having met all calls made upon it, found the excited business hours of Saturday and
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  • 91 7 The health statement for the Municipality of George Town for the week ending 24th May, 1924, shows a total of 84 deaths60 males and 24 femalesthe death-rate being 33.58 per mille per annum, compared with 25.98 in the preceding week and with 22.75 in the corresponding week of
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  • 275 7 The Municipal Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade from 6 to 7 to-morrow 1 March Ever Forward Dobson 2 Overture Carnival! Williams 3 Waltz The Whisper Emlyes 4 Selection The Golden Moth Novell» 5 One Step O—Hi—O Olmann God Save the King.
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  • 353 7 REPORT OF DIRECTORS. lhe Directors have pleasure in submitting their Fourteenth Annual Report and the Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1923, which was to have been presented at the annual meeting on May 9 at 149 Leadenhall Street, E. C. Estate Area.An
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  • 396 7 DIRECTORS’ REPORT The Directors have pleasure in submitting their Eleventh Annual Report and the Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1923, which was to have been presented at the eleventh annual general meeting of the Company in London 149 Leadenhall Street, E.
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  • 175 7 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day, 5° TK Shares. zi t>> p M CQ QQ c. Sc. S c. S c. Mining. Batang P. 40 42J 40 42 i Hitam 1.274 1.30 1.20 1.25 Idris Hyd. 17/3 17/9 17/3
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  • 107 7 May 29, 1924. Local. cts. (Smoked Sheet 334 dull Pen ang 1 Fine Pale Crepe 331 weak Unsmoked Sheet 23 Singa- (Smoked Sheet 34| pore 1 Crepe 35 Weak declining. London and New York. (Smoked Sheet... 104 d dull London Crepe i o d weak New York GlSf
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  • 50 7 The General Produce Agency, Ltd., Beach Street, Penang, report that the following prices were realised at their auction room to-day Good F.A.Q. Ribbed Smoked Sheet $44 to s44i F.A.Q. do 42 43 Pow F.A.Q. do 39 41 Llain Unsmoked Sheet 25 27 Loose and Lump Scrap 30 33
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  • 100 7 The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following prices, on May 28 London. Spot £213.5s Up £4.15s 3 mos. buying 211.10 s 4.10 s 3 selling 212 4.10 s Local. May 29 Singapore sold 100 tons at slo4s Penang nil. The Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd: London, May 28,
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  • 115 7 PENANG. MAY 29, 1924. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/3 7/8 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/16 3 Credit 2/411/32 t 3 Documentary 2/4 3/8 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs 164|' 3 days’sight Private 1674 5 Bombay Demand Bank 164| Madras Demand Bank 164| > g3
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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    • 273 7 I TAILORING. i FOUR WONDERFUL i I VALUES OFFERED. J SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. J I LI THE S r.- s£-^ IV>KIING Blackthorn. i vW Jacket Brown Mfaure S "’F' Tweed. 5 A machine made T F cloth resembling tine T F texture Donegal T F weave. Very hard T F wearing.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1418 8 banks I riuv East Asiatic Co., Ltd. sue blue FUNNEL LINE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI intended sailings from fenang. OUTWARD: BANKING CORPORATION WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. BELAWAN PORT SWETTENHAM, (Incorporated i.. Ho,. K k<, n g.) AUTO LYCUS June SINGAPORE AND BANGKOK. rnnUai $50,000,000 19 London, Rotterdam and Hamburg.
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    • 781 8 P. 0.-BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. B (Companies Incorporated in England MAIL, PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES I PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co K (Under Contract with His Majesty’s Government K P. O. SAILINGS. LONDON—FAR-EASTERN SERVICE. K From London Due Penang. To Marseille, 4 1-ondon about '’’'hn, KARMALA June 4 KASHMIR
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