Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 12 June 1924

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 186. VOL LXXXII. THURSDAY, 12th JUNE, 1924. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 779 1 TnIKKO” I MODERN art PHOTOGRAPHIC I STUDIO I 7 Nortbam Road, Peoißf. r ,i<ph«« N 57- I 3? THE TYRE with W THE reputation. I FOE Mfll CORD BeHaWHty I L P'~~K 1' AND hi I IL£ I g Economy a w' I JL -I BSrjBW I Obtainable in Straight
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    • 49 1 CMxasxsasxsßX sxaxfl x 1W 5 MTBMIZED ST WILD. ji ju SPLENDID SELECTION OF j; J! DIAMOND AND GEM HI SET JEWELLERY j| j OF EVERY DESCRIPTKW :< AT AU, PRICES. ill IB.P. de SIL V ,jj 2? z 1« Bishop Street, Penang. X W nil E x s x 7*?
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  • 1212 2 SOCIAL PERSONAL. The Rev. Dexter Allen, of Singapore, is homeward bound by the s. s. Kashima Maru. Mr. A. E. Bennett arrived here this morning from Malacca by the s. s. Kashima Maru. The London Gazette announces that the King is conferring a Viscountcy on Lord Willingdon. Sir Lionel Woodward,
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  • 227 2 MR. ANDREWS ON INDIAN LABOUR. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. June 12. Mr, C. F. Andrews, the well-known educationalist, who is proceeding tb join Doctor Tagore at Hongkong, interviewed by a Free Press representative, regarding labour conditions in the F. M. S. of Indians working on estates, said,
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  • 709 2 benevolent fund performance. The first of the series of events which have been arranged by the Committee of the Singapore branch of the Ex-Ser-vices Association this week, with the object of helping the Benevolent Fund of the Association, took place in the Victoria Theatre, when an audience whose
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  • 47 2 The Municipal Band will play the foliowing P|pgramme of music at the Esplanade from 6 to 7 p.m. to-morrow 1 March Preciose Devery 2 P<-ol The Wee Macgreegor Amers 3 Waltz tDorma Park 4 Selection Lee 5 Fox Trot Sneak Brown *God Save the King.
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  • 598 2 SHOULD GRASS GIVE WAY TO HARD SURFACES? Mr. Gordon Lowe’s plea for the abolition of grass courts in his book on lawn tennis, does not meet with the unqualified approval of great players of to-day and yesterday. Mr. A. W. Gore, the famous AIU England
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  • 211 2 Simla, May 23.—The Secretary of the All-India Lawn Tennis Association has issued an urgent appeal for funds for those taking part in the Olympic games. The funds of the Association are low at present and about Rs. 1,500 are urgently required to enable the Indian tennis team
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  • 554 2 BAD TIMES IN BORNEO. The tenth annual general meeting of the Jesselton Ice and Power Company, Limited, was held in the registered offices of the Company, Market Street, Singapore. Those present were:—Mr. Chee Swee Cheng, (Chairman), Messrs. A W. Cashin, J. A. Elias, D. M.
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  • 290 2 AMUNDSEN’S PLANS. Christiania, April 26.Captain Roald Amundsen’s plans for his Polar flight have been outlined as follows: First of all there will be trials in Pisa to determine the petrol consumption of the machines employed. For this purpose Lieutenant Riiser Larsen, Royal Norwegian Navy, the principal pilot
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  • 404 2 ONLY A MURDERER IfPr I ERUPTIcx f I A capital book, Ih-p.k- I full of information, u'plv»'* <J Admiral W. E. R. Martin-; I of a Naval Paymaster” zt ei S I The purple passages in it' enklns I admiral’s experiences as I the
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  • 36 2 June ll Cricket League, P. C C, v C. R. C. Victoria Green. 14, 18 21 -Selangor Turf Club Races. 18 Lincensing Justices Meeting. District Court. 21Cricket League. E. S. C. v P.S. Esplanade.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 257 2 MEAL-TIME (tJU MISERIES. WHAT TO DO WHEN THE STOMACH REBELS AGAINST FOOD. Almost everybody experiences tun when the organs of digestion s ou ful signs of weakness. Some slight turbanee of health starts t.it then the sufferer turns against toou. dull heavy pains in the a i om warning that
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  • 1154 3 Reminiscences of Old Days. (Contributed). This Malay State was, until about 1910, under the protection of the Siamese Government to which it was paying tribute, as she had borrowed a large sum of money from Siam and Mr. E. Hart, I. C. S., was sent down as
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  • 164 3 ADVERTISE SUCCEED. TRADER WHO FOUND 25,000 CUSTOMERS. There is no such thing as overlapsing in advertising,” declared 'Councillor J. Stanworth, of Blackburn, vice president of the National Chamber of Trade, and head of Messrs, J, Stanworth and Co., umbrella manufacturers, addressing the Lancashire and Cheshire FederaHon of Ironmongers at Blackburn.
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  • 160 3 PEASANTS AS LAND PROPRIETORS. A very important new step for the future policies of Russia has been taken by the members of the Russian National Progressive Party. Their leader, Prince Wiasemsky, has issued on their behalf a declaration that neither he nor the members of his party
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  • 196 3 HUDDERSFIELD GAIN championship. Seldom has the League programme provided a more thrilling finish. Until the final whistle sounded in the last game the question of the League championship was an open one; one promotion place in the Second Division hung in the balance; it was not known whether
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    • 970 3 OF SUBSCRIPTION. I [water blisters] I ON BODY I PAYABLE-IN advance. g Face and HandSi tching ye»r and Burning Severe. Lost I (S K F.M.s.y *l2 I Slee P- Cuticura Heals. ZQvjm Sumatra til M y child’s body, face and hands J Foreign (Siam, bua ra H were covered with
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    • 400 3 sL I I I naa K Fj I Columbia 1 Wk I 1 New Process RECORDS g I NEW DANCE HITS, f s* When It’s Night Time in Italy Fox Trot I Love You M Tell Me A Story S Son of A Gun S Linger Awhile S I Love
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  • 46 4 M ACGILCHRIST.At the Maternity Hospital. Singapore, on June 9, 1924, to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. C. Macgilchrist, a daughter. CURTLER. At the European Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, on the 10th instant to Madeline, wife of E. A. Curlier of the Department of Agriculture, a daughter.
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  • 96 4 LeeLee.At St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore, on June 9, 1924, Gladys E. Hembrow, fourth daughter of Mrs. Lee, of Gabalfa, Cardiff, and late Mr. C. J. Lee, to Charles Peter, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Lee, of Barry, South Wales. White Larway.At the Church of St. John
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  • 417 4 The Twentieth Century has still much to learn in the march of progress towards the perfection of civilization and the teachings of Christianity. A Reuter message received to-day from Calcutta clearly indicates that the practise of human sacrifice is not entirely extinct even in a country like India
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  • 221 4 We are not at all surprised to find that at least one of the Soviet delegates to the London Conference left the Metropolis with a curiously distorted idea of the British people. The gentleman in question is M. Katuzoff, who, presumably because he found the English press was
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  • 505 4 What is the reason which induces woman to shingle her hair, and adorn her arms with bangles Is it a reversion to the barbaric days of the Stone Age when a bit of fur here, and a leaf or two there served the purpose of cloaking Eve’s
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  • 1277 4 A copy of the Annual report for *****4 of the Planters’ Association P. A. M. of Malaya has been sent to us Report. for notice. The 192 pages of the volume makes interesting reading, serving as a handy reference to matters concerning the industry for the period
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  • 288 4 FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED. News has come through, via 0 the death of Mr. Ryan, a we no prospector and miner. It appears Mr. Ryan, who was prospecting m Kelantan, was away from his cainp > 50 days before his boy inform' headman of the district. A seareh
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    • 163 4 i EVAPORATED MILK I IS double MILK J M n More (han Twice as Rich N ffl :vV'--'J: as Ordinary Milk. Hj I PURE K ""A SAFE and /jfiJL ECONOMICAL, g W Of all Provision Stores. (|> I Ui CIO t A P er case °f 48 Zz jj JJLfcf.OU
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    • 21 4 E. O.” Guest Night and Dancing— Every Tuesday and Friday. Special Tiffin every Wednesday and SaturdayOrchestra. Orchestral Concert 15th June, 1924.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 58 4 THEATRE ROYAL. From Thursday, 12th to Sunday, 15th June, at 8 p,m. and Day Performance on Sunday, 15th June, at 2-30 p.m. International News No. 89. Gladys Walton in Second Hand Rose.” reels 5 Topical Budget No. 620. Tom Moore and Edith Roberts in Pawned.” reels 5 House Peters with
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    • 108 4 TIDE TABLES. Penang P. Sw’ham Singapore June H.W. L.W. H.W. L.W. H.W. L.W. 12 8.13 a 1.16 a 0.49 p 5.45 a 5.09 a 11.39 a 8.13 p 2.27 p 7.38 p 6.23 p 13 9.27 a 2.39 a 1.14 a 7.51 a 6.39 a 0.27 a 9.39 p 3.43
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  • 519 5 The Party’s Programme ,he Outlined. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Cleveland. June 11ne platform be submitted to the n Convention was virtually W ted early this morning. It is asa that it is entirely along the lines tby president Coolidge. It is retlwt in the executive session of the L
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  • 103 5 CHINESE RAILWAYS AS PLEDGE. London, June 11. The Morning Post suggests that M. yroofl, who has just arrived, will eavour to offer the Chinese Eastern ways at the Anglo-Soviet Conference 4 pledge for the much desired loan. paper surmises that the move is fina 11 nten d"d
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  • 67 5 Baghdad, June 11. jg. Iraq Constituent Assembly has to t. 11 n klo-Iraq treaty by 36 votes lhe majority have forwarded a »bi](. r,n to Gie President, stating that 4re Ljanv of the clauses in the treaty thep, hey relied on the honour of the j ove|
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  • 147 5 Indian Leader’s Memorandum. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, June 11. The Rt. Hon. Mr. Sreenivasa Sastri, Mrs. Besant, the Hon. Mr. Rangachariar and the other Indian leaders at present in London are presenting a memorantin m to the India Office, demanding the establishment of Dominion Home Rule, urging
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  • 90 5 Hankow, June 11, According to messages from Hangchow and Kweilin, the American missionary Mr. Cunningham is reported to have been killed. The other foreigners are safe. [Earlier wires reported that two British and two American missionaries were captured by bandits at Taiwan and were carried off to
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  • 53 5 The Hague, June 11. The death has occurred of Jonkheer Doctor A. F. Desavoriulohman, ex-mi-nister of the Interior and Judge of the Hague Permanent Arbitration Court. He was one of the arbitrators in the Anglo-American North Atlantic Fisheries’ dispute and a member of the Council of
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  • 60 5 NATIONALISTS CONTROL COUNTRY. London, June 11. The Albanian Legation states that the National army captured El Bassan and occupied Tirana without fighting. The ex-premier, who was defending the capital, escaped with all the members of the Government and their partisans to Italy. The whole country is in
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  • 40 5 RIOT IN CALCUTTA. Calcutta, June 11. Persistent rumours that Sikh workmen are kidnapping Mohammedan children for human sacrifice led to rioting, in which three Sikhs were killed and seven seriously injured. Three of the latter subsequently died.
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  • 18 5 Tokio, June 11. Viscount Kato, the leader of the Kenseikai party, has constituted the Cabinet.
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  • 67 5 CRICKET. London, June 11. The match between Oxford University and the South Africans was postponed, the ground being saturated. DAVIS CUP. London, June 11. In the third round of the Davis Cup competition Britain defeated South Africa by 4to 1 matches. Gilbert beat Spence 4-6. 6-1, 6-1. and
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  • 35 5 WARNING TO STRIKERS. London, June 11. The London Underground Railways have warned the strikers to return before lune 13. Otherwise they be dismissed and steps taken against them for striking without proper notice.
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  • 255 5 M. Herriot Preparing Cabinet. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Paris, June 11, M. Millerand has sent a letter to the Presidents of the Senate and the Chamber announcing his resignation. Moderate newspapers unanimously regret the departure of M. Millerand. Some of them consider yesterday’s proceedings a dangerous precedent. The Echo d’
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  • 39 5 New York, June 12. American bankers have completed negotiations for the grant of a credit of $25,000.000 to a new German gold bank, thus extending the initial advance of £5,C00,000 arranged on April 25 last.
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  • 40 5 London, June 11. The Siam se Prince Puracbatra visited Wembley to-day and closely studied the Canadian National Railways and remarked that there were many ideas there he would like to embody in the Siamese railway system.
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  • 174 5 TENNIS TOURNAMENT. The following are the results of Wednesday’s ties Mixed Doubles.—Mrs. Whitley and Everest (—15.4) beat Mrs. Hogan and Sykes (—1) 6-O, 6—l; Mr. and Mrs. Threlfall (—15.4) beat Mrs. Chambers and Whitlock (3) 62, 36, 62; Mrs. Welham and Mitchell (3) beat Miss Law and
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  • 168 5 Simla, May 30:—The Tariff Bill as it emerges from Select Committee varies from the original bill in respect of the alteration of the preamble, the dropping c.f protection to the tinplate industry and the imposition of a statutory obligation on Government to institute an inquiry before the
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  • 1228 5 SEVENTEEN NONIAS CHARGED. Mr. G. C. Dodd, Assistant Protector of Chinese, sat in the Third Court, Penang, yesteiday afternoon to hear the case against a Chinese and seventeen nonias, who are charged with playing at No. 3 Hongkong Street, which was kept as a common gaming house. One
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  • 147 5 ANOTHER FEATURE FILM. Pawned which is included in the Programme to be shown at the Theatre Royal for four nights commencing from to-night, is a story told against such a diversified background that the photoplay has much of the charm of a high class scenic reel. The early
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  • 114 5 THROUGH PASSENGERS TO PENANG AND F. M. S. Messrs. Boustead and Co, the local agents of the N. Y. K., advise that in the past, passengers for Penang, Kuala Lumpur, and Malacca booked by the N. Y. K. disembarked at Singapore, paying their own cost of transport to
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  • 98 5 The Quaints arrived in Penang to-day and will open to-night at the Town Hall when they will stage their latest Quaint’ production Underground to Anywhere.” We understand that this piece is one of their best and a particularly attractive part of the programme is
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  • 152 5 The largest active volcano of the world, Kilauea, on the Island of Hawaii, is again in angry mood, and the dust cloud from the burning mountain rises to p height of two miles, presenting an aweinspiring spectacle. Volcano House, the Government observing station, reports that it is the
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  • 948 5 Possession of Revolver. Before Mr. E. Pratt, District Judge, in the District Court, Penang, this morning, a Chinese named Teoh Boon Cheng was charged with being in possession or having under his control a revolver in Kampong Java Bahru on May 26 and going about armed with a
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  • NEWS FROM INDIA.
    • 308 6 Lahore, May 25.—The Muslim League concluded its session to-day after passing a number of resolutions. The amendment moved by Mr. Asaf Ali (Delhi) to the resolution regarding the fundamental principles of the Indian constitution to the effect that, if other communities of Lidia agree to reservation of
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    • 211 6 London, May 22.In the House of Commons Sir W. Joynson-Hicks asked whether steps had been taken in accordance with the Indian Government's original despatch on the Reforms to per mit officers at present in the provincial services who like their colleagues in the covenanted services
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    • 159 6 London, May 28.Lord Peel will formally move in the House of Lords on June 2 that papers will be laid on the table in order to draw attention to Lord Olivier’s letter to Mr. Satyamurthi, particularly the statement therein made that the maintenance of the communal system
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    • 56 6 Delhi, May 23.A confirmed report from Gurgaon states that Seth Pranlad ami five others, members of his family, were done to death while they were asleep in their house by some persons. Two< ther members of the family are reported to have been seriously injured. Details are®Ujcking.
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    • 392 6 DR. GOUR’S VIEWS ON THE ISSUE. Simla, May 23—Dr. Gour, in a Press interview, referring to the statements issued by Mr. Gandhi and the Swarajist leaders, Messrs. Das and Nehru, says that he discerns in them a distinct bieak between the two parties of the Congress. He particularly
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    • 354 6 London, May 26. The interest of Members of the House of Commons in Indian affairs is| indicated by the fact that not fewer than 25 questions relating to Indian matters were put in the House of Commons to-day. This is believed to be a record. Replying to
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 190 6 I Look! I Another Offer of Ladies Footwear. S Extraordinary Value, Here is your opportunity to 5 purchase smart and stylish S shoes at little more than the X I cost of repairing. x J- Bin— rrr 2 II— J pairs of superior quality J Ovv white poplin shoes in
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    • 25 6 Pitman’s Shorthand Rapid Coursk, (New Era Edition) Complete Edition with supplementary Exercises or $3/30 post free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Pres* L( d Penang
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    • 544 6 f' cleaning (TTI Z Send the coupon M True Beauty Is impossible to those who leave film on teeth Prettier teeth form one great Then a new-type tooth paste was beauty item. And millions now en- created to apply them daily. The joy them. Every day they are com- name
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  • 375 7 INTERNATIONAL WORK TO REMOVE THEM. The Conference of the Internationa] Council of Women, which has just taken place at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, was most instructive and inspiring,” said the Marchioness of Aberdeen and .Temair to the Sunday Times.” From many lands, including
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  • 374 7 A PASTEUR INSTITUTE FOR CALCUTTA Calcutta, May 23.—The insistent demand by the public for the provision of facilities for anti-rabic treatment in Ben gal has at last resulted in the establish ment of a new Pasteur Institute section at the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, which will be
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  • 1088 7 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Pungah for Asahan. Pangkor for P. Langkawi Kantang (Trang). Kedah for Dindings. Kinta for Port Swettenhain, and Singapore. Kashima Maru for Colombo, Suez, Marseilles and London. Talthybius for Port Swettenhain, Singapore and Japan. Dardanus for Colombo, Suez, and London. United Kingdom (Parcels). Garmula for Western Australia.
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  • 98 7 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday) BT TRAIN/ 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 o? Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed daily (Sunday excepted) by the 7-30
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  • 174 7 The homeward mail by the Tara, closes at 10 a.m. to-morrow. The B. I. Packet Teesta, with mails despatched from London on the 22nd May, is expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. to-morrow. The mail despatched from Penang on the’ 14th May, by the s.s. Goentoer was
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  • 162 7 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day. 2 5® 2 oq Shares. 5 J 2 CC CO CQ OQ Sc. Sc. S c. S c. Mining. Bataug P. 45 471 46 471 Idris Hyd. 17/6 18/- 17/9 18/3 ex Johan
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  • 116 7 June 12, 1924. Local. cts. Smoked Sheet 35| dull PenANG-j Fine Pale Crepe 35| LUnsmoked Shert 25 r Singa- (Smoked Sheet 36 pore 1 Crepe 37 Weak downward tendency. London and New York. New York Gl9|c The following were the rubber quotatons in London on June 11: Smoked
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  • 114 7 The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following prices, on June 11: London. Spot £216.10s Up 5/3 mos. buying 216.10 s 5/3 selling 216.12.6 2/6 Local. June 12: Singapore sold 125 tons at $lO6l Penang buyers no sellers at slo7|. The Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd: London, June 10,
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  • 21 7 Tronoh Mines, Limited, for May to be 1,920 piculs. Siamese Tin Syndicate, Limited, fer May, 1924 was 1,657 piculs.
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  • 48 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 $45 to s4si F.A.Q. do 43 44 Low F.A.Q. do 40 42 Plain Unsmoked Sheet 33 35 Loose Scrap 25 28
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  • 146 7 The following are additional rubber outputs for May: lbs. Anglo-Malay 76.335 Pataliug 40,300 London Asiatic 164,481 Golden Hope 28,443 Selaba 45,102 Bikam 18,600 Sungkai-Chumor 27,052 Seaport 22,000 R. E. of Johore 40,193 Sungei Dangar 23,000 North Labis 30,200 Victoria 20,900 Tebolang 25,144 Pernambang 51,205 Strathisla 27,189 Lanadron 78.993
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 546 7 S^ rsac»5BSBS\jftw MB BRITISH THROUGHOUT HAVE YOU TRIED ARCHIBALD ARROL AND SON’S BULL’S HEAD LAGER BEER AND STOUT BREWED TN SCOTLAND BY BRITISH LABOUR. Cases of 8 dozen Pints $22.50 Duty $7.20 extra 4 $16.50 Free Samples may be obtained from the Sole Distributors F. G. TAYLOR Co., Ltd., Penang.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 110 7 TOWN HALL PENANG. For 3 Nights Only. TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT!! B b. SALISBURY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEATRICAL ENTERPRISES PRESENTS R. B. SALISBURY’S CO., “THE QUAINTS” IN THE FOLLOWING LONDON MUSICAL SUCCESSES. The Quaints in n" nil Underground to Anywhere a t 9-30 p.m. The Latest Quaint Production Including A Fruity El-
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    • 596 8 P. 0.-BRITISH INDIA and apcar lines. 1 (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 Due Penang. To Marseilles A Ixmdon about x c, e P eni MATjWA June 19 KASHGAR
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