Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 13 June 1924

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 137. VOL LXXXII. FRIDAY, 13th JUNE, 1924. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 707 1 T OKISATSrtJ,i 9 photographic i A RT STUDIO. I I Phone 772. P bishop STREET J f < W W PEUGEOT CARS I IfSSI ,NB,STON lln Stock. Peugeot Doc” Model. S ORDERING nW® DOG’S head 5 H. P. (R. A. C. 11 H. P.) 4-Seater. Engine 4 cylinders, (66 x
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    • 37 1 fm. ,l 7 HTIOHiZED 8T W*in. ill SPLENDID SELECTION OF' J DIAMOND AND GEM jj SET JEWELLERY j OF EVERY DESCRIPTION AT ALL PRICES, I B. P. de SILVA, K 1, Bishop Street, Penang. xbb xbb xss
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  • 1012 2 PYRAMIDS AND GREAT CITIES. Science recently has become increasingly interested in the speculative possibility that the Western Hemisphere has for more than four centuries been miscalled the New World, and that it, rather than the Eastern Hemisphere, first cradled civilisation. The newly-found Wiins of a great
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  • 387 2 HOME PRESS OPINION. May 27.The recommendations of the Lee Commission have generally had sympathetic reception in the press. The Times” says it is already clear that Government and Unionist opposition cannot without grave risks reject the main conclusions or upset the broad balance of conflicting interests which
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  • 179 2 THE PERSIAN OILFIELDS. Considerable interest attaches to the movements of Japanese trade and other missions in Central Asia and the Middle East, writes the diplomatic correspondent of the Daily Telegraph.” Not since the late seventies had Japan sent commercial agents to Persia. But she now aspires
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1092 2 Short Classified 11,. In the Estate of WILLIAM VERNON Advertisements. LOGAN van SOMEREN deceased. Wanted, For Sale, To Let, pnrgnant to Ordinance No 144 (Trna can be inserted in the Pinang tees Notice is hereby given that all Gazette at creditors and other persons having any rrMTC A WORD claims
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    • 1014 2 Effijg* lIJ (IUI B <Bl k 411 |WBfia (Incorporated i n P B B H yfei wWB Authorised Capital B Ifc'SSSl HI 9 MB Subscribed Capital H J Paid up B RMerve '""'’.r 1 I Sir R. J. Black Bart fev W Qu,oh,y 6 Wlf Soothed Lord Carmichael Head V
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  • 726 3 I (TB E KIXO’S birthday. I (Translated.) I 3 r 4 instant, in honour of the I IID b f His Majesty King George V, I*“'.’ 3 held at theBox J ecel where His Britannic 1 of Batavia B^' :y hogt Resides the Consular k f the different
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  • 437 3 The "Daily Chronicle's” Areonautical correspondent writes. The biggest of all British air schemes is now to take actual shape. NV ith the reopening of our airways, following the settlement of the recent dispute, the technical staff of the new national company is now concentrating
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  • 149 3 Two Driffield (East Yorks) cattie dealers, George Baxter and Frank H. Sarnsworth, were summoned at Bridlington for interfering with the comfort of railway passengers. Sir Erik Ohlson, Bart., said he and two companions were playing cards in a train from Hull, when Baxter and Sains worth rushed
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  • 1231 3 IS IT INJURIOUS The unfortunate thing is that at present so much of the education which Western civilisat’on is imposing on the East is making a clean slate of everything in the past and in doing that it is doing a serious injury to life,”
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  • 186 3 BIRDS AND INSECTS THAT v CHANGE SEX. How in some forms of lifebird, insect, and amphibiana female has been transformed into a functional male and vice versa was explained by Dr. F. A. E. Crew, lecturing at the Royal Institution. Among insects the sex-glands, he said, play no
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  • 94 3 MORE HONEY. An electric” beehive, the invention of Mr. R. Borlase Matthews, which has been described to the Gloucestershire Chamber of Agriculture, is claimed to have resulted in an increased output of honey. A number of beehives were erected In an apiary, both lighted and heated by
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  • 106 3 Two incendiary bombs, which must have been dropped by Zeppelins during an air raid on January 31, 1916, in which 17 people were killed and 60 injured, were found at Burton-on-Trent. One was among some rubbish being burned in a bonfire in the yard of a cycle
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 35 3 HEALTH RVE POWER ly gained with lar WN irne Bjornson. th* wife ted .Norwegian poet and Bjornson use» ay and finds that the s admirable revitalising ding y beneficial t° him. of the same opinion.
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    • 44 3 Health in every drop of Hall’s Wine and the good Hall’s Wine does is lasting. &F supreme tonic restorative From a I Hrs‘- r ..'ss C emists and Wine Merchants and H. IRVING JONES Singapore. Sole Proprietors Stephen Smith > Co. Ltd. Bow, London fffTfl
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    • 287 3 POSTUMI The Army Grows TNSTANT POSTUM has an everX growing army of adherents among people who formerly were coffee drinkers. A train of ills insomnia, heart weakness, yjWj digestive troubles or nerve disturbance—often K BMGSMgyf follow the use of coffee. Once convinced of the harmful effects of coffee to the
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  • 3187 4 A NEW GOLF STAR(From Our Own Correspondents.) London. May 22. A new golfer has arisen in Charles A. Whitcombe, By his superb play in winning the £l,OOO tournament on the Deal Links, he established himself in the front rank of the new generation of professional golfers.
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  • 514 4 SECRETS OF THE SEA WAR. Der Krieg Zur See. 1913-1918. Der Krieg in der Nordsee. Bearbeitet von O. Groos, Korvettenkapitan. Vol. 4. (Mittler, Berlin, 135., just published.) The new volume of the official German naval history contains a very full account of the extremely circumspect
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  • 573 4  -  WHERE WOMEN ARE THE SUPERIOR SEX. BY John Blunt. I read two stories in a recent paper which, on the face of it, seem to contradict one another, but which really, I think, do not contradict one another at allIn the first story the secretary of the National
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  • 276 4 Sophie Lyons, the famous thief-refor-imer has died n tha Grace Hospital, Detroit, a victim, it is believed, of foul play by three criminals whom she had befriended. For 30 years the queen of the andeti world. Lyons, after she had served sentences in 50 gaols, decided
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  • 393 4 The following are the result drawings and handicaps f nr of b 9 Bowls Tournament:— Championshin T. E. Mason A. J. Plumb B j W. Hamilton B t J. G. Allan v. G. Milner A. R. Robb v. C. H. G. B. F. Southam v. J. M
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  • 89 4 The following are the results of Thursday’s tennis ties: Open Doubles.Bird and Everest beat Dickins and Frisby 6—2, 6—l. Men’s Singles A’.—Whitlock (-4) beat) Syer (3) 63. 62. Mixed Doubles.Mrs. Whitlock and Chambers (15.1) beat Mrs. Douglas and Austin (4) 6 4, 6 4; Mrs. J. IlBennett
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  • 59 4 The Golfing Members of the Penan? Branch of the Ex-Services Association j Malaya are playing foursomes the Members of the Kedah Branch o t e same Association on Sunday, 15th m stant. The Committee will be °bn? e if other intending players will exten w them the courtesy
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 170 4 Baby’s Own Tablets MAKE TEETHING PAINLE SS JAMAICA MERCHANT T E > Tlllf TO THEIR EFFICACY c else* In the British West Indies, as where, Baby's Own Tab es j or and prized by parents as a i un( j their children’s ailments. o[ (Il y Baby’s Own Tablets of
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  • INDIAN NEWS.
    • 195 5 Mr. Sastri's Views. r gS.—At a reception given "p r J- auxiliary of the National '7 India in London last eveny B nt. Mr. Sastri and Mr. ijr. Sastri said the unaniLee Report greatly added to and the recommendation with the immediate appointment of .ices Commission presthe Act
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    • 183 5 May 29.Mrs. Annie Besant. closing the Labour Parliamentary Inin the House of Commons. that political parties in India n.:ted *he desire to get full do--2 rtatm in the speediest time. S’- ,'ts were quite prepared to i th- British commonwealth but helming mass of Indian political ured
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    • 201 5 Ctdcn. May 29.In the House of Sir Frederick Hall (C., Dul-asKf-d whether Lord Olivier's -■'-■vmett. regards the desirability of -pvzal Government getting into ;e touch with the non-co-operation la India, was made with the apof the Cabinet and whether Govproposed to take action in the f extension
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    • 44 5 M AHARAJA OF BIKANER FOR LEAGUE OF NATIONS. 29 ~lt is understood that atv r a eSS T^e ailara J a of Bikaner M the T T^e me€t, tngs of the Assembly of Nations at Geneva as a r oin India in September next.
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    • 381 5 London, June 2,—Lord Olivier in a speech at an Oxford University debate to-day referring to Kenya said that he publicly expressed distaste for the situation created and it must be recognised that both the Labour and Liberal" Parties sympathised with Mr. Sastri and Sir lej
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    • 282 5 London. May 30:In a letter to the Manchester Guardian.” Lala Lajpat Rai says he does not agree with Mr. Gandhi J in regarding obstruction in the Councils as even a mild kind of violence”. Personally he does not favour wholesale obstruction. but quite fully supports the
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    • 48 5 Allahabad, May 29.—The Pioneer” says, although the situation in Khost has considerably improved, reports of sporadic fighting continue to emanate from Afghanistan. The activity of rebels near Matun is still marked and recently resulted in a sharp engagement in which Government troops beat off the attackers.
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    • 70 5 Calcutta, May 29.—The Corporation of Calcutta, of which Sir Asutosh Mukerjee was member from 1902-1904, paid a tribute to his memory at a special meeting held to-day with Mr. O. R. Das, Mayor, in the chair. After the Corporation had expressed profound sorrow at the death
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    • 190 5 FIGHTING IN KHGsT. Simla. May 30:As a result of a warning conveyed to certain hostile Mahsud I sections responsible for recent raids including the raid at Saean Nullah near Saggu on the Dera Ismail Khan-Dhaban-road on April 16 in which 17 persons were k dnapped and eight
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    • 199 5 Simla, May 29.Since the publication of the Home Department communique announcing the appointment of a committee of inquiry into the Reforms the Government of India have been arranging the personnel of the committee. Their efforts have advanced fairly well and the names of members will be announced
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    • 44 5 Naini Tai, May 30.In a letter to Mr. Mukund Lal, M.L.0., Colonel Wedgwood writes from London that things will improve soon and it may be possible to establish contact and get better feeling between India and England.
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    • 192 5 LIBERAL DISUNION. London, May 30:Perhaps the most striking feature of yesterday’s proceedings inside and outside Parliament was the revelation of Liberal disunion. Mr. Asquith's warning on the unwisdom of forcing an election and his appeal for unity at the party meeting in the afternoon failed to appease
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    • 60 5 London, May 31.A luncheon in the Holborn Restaurant to representativec of the Russian Republic and friends from India was attended by Sir Ali and Lady Imam, Lala Lajpat Rai, Mr. Sastri, Sir K. G. Gupta, Mr. Rangachariax, and Mr. and Mrs. Saklatvala. The members of the
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  • 846 5 SIR S. NAIR CROSS-EXAMINED. London, May 30:In the O'DwyerNair suit before Mr. Justice McCardie, Sir Sankaran Nair, cross-examined by Mr. Charles, said, that the firing in Lahore was unjustified. Questioned with regard to his statement that Sir Michael O’Dwyer was opposed to the reforms. Sir S. Nair
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    • 29 5 ir.tjeTß, their Nutritive and Economic Value, Cultivation, etc., in Malaya, by L. M. Berenger, $l/- per book or $l/30 f-oat free, stocked by the Pinang txazeUe Preaa, Ltd., Penang.
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    • 315 5 St ops Baby’s AH Mothers should know thk There is nothing so safe, so quick s V. re 33 Woodward’s Gripe ater for relieving wind and stomach-ache, for soothing inflamed and aching gums when teething and for eaabli?/ baby to enjoy sound natural sleep. Moreover, Woodward’s Gripe Water’’ strengthens the
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  • 54 6 Wilson.On the 12th June, 1924, to Mr. and Mrs. J. B. M. Wilson, a son. Jensen.On the 13th June, at the Maternity Hospital, Penang, the wife of Harold Drewett Jensen, of Bukit Toh Alang Estate, Province Wellesley, of a son. Dare To Major and Mrs. Dare, at Batu Gajah,
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  • 435 6 We desire to express our entire accord with the comments of our comtemporary the Straits Echo with regard to the grossly injudicious remarks of Mr. G. Nevill Stevens, Editor of the exServices Association’s Magazine. Well-written and entirely tolerant, our contemporary has administered a very just
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  • 379 6 As is usual with inventions or new ideas of any description, the publicity accorded to the so called Death Ray has brought to the front a host of inventois who make similar claims for the products of their genius. It is not to be wondered at that the
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  • 831 6 BY LISTENER-IN. There are many strangers about today.” mused the old monkey aloud. I suppose there must be a ship in. Where do ships come from Ido not know no one ever does know, all that anybody ever cares about is, where they are going to. They
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  • 1038 6 Squadrfin Leader Maclaren’s ill star has been in the ascendant British World ever since he crashed in Flight. India, and he must be chafing at the delay. According to Reuters’ wires to-day there is no news about his American colleagues after leaving Hongkong on Tuesday morning. We
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  • 207 6 C. C. C. AGAINST RESTRICTION. A public meeting of the Cbatu ber of Commerce adopted a ri l n considering it necessary to urge ment to abolish rubber restr>timi t.i immediate Dutch co-operation. tion to this effect will be preN ii. H. E. the Governor. The eet:n sh
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    • 198 6 wrap nuro I S I O I I «S/JswaaSg: j v i I s s2h> I I if RS"'ARt of Ch. ip £< t pS»2ZZjX\ 13« tUffnK B. """'X. >< Kk rif XJw IX B rdSS Zj£F’i 5/T ~Jri m i J,j I f^k^MO*'’ I Ix I X. X. Enjoy
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    • 21 6 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 6 Miscellaneous
    • 57 6 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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    • 110 6 TIDE TABLES. i Penang P. Sw’ham Singapore June H.W. L.W. H.W. L.W. H.W. LAV 13 9.27 a 2.39 a 1.14 a 7.51 a 6.39 a 0.27 a 9.39 p 3.43 p 1.55 p 8.39 p 7.20 p 0.49 p 14 10 15a 3.44 a 2.15 a 8.52 a 7.58 a
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  • 75 6 DEATHS. Baker.May 16, at Bournemouth, Piers Hay Baker, late P. 0. Co., Colombo, aged 57. LENDRUM. May 12, James, eldest son of G. C. Lendrnm, D.L., Cork Hill. Co. Tyrone, suddenly, at Wilton Hotel, Victoiia, S.W., on his arrival home from Malaya. Gilchrist.At a London nursing home, on the 18th
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  • 411 7 Rival Candidates. UIIIFRAND to lead 51 OPPOSITION. rRBUTER’S TELEGRAMS.] Paris, June 12. tfillerand’s letter of resignation to 1' Dient is strikingly laconic, but F lltane° usly il lengthily manife sted to repeating his views previous:3e' ce .U in an earlier message to the i express’-' 1 Hl rp
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  • 114 7 NO NEWS OF AMERICAN FLIERS. Shanghai, June 12. Some anxiety is felt at the failure of enquiries to elicit news of the American J'orld-fliers since they left Hongkong for Haiphong on Tuesday morning. New York, June 12. tireless stations throughout the Far s t are instructed to keep
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  • 100 7 Gleneagle, June 12. lea^nre the first day’s play for p 6 J lasgow Herald Thousand Guineas ssona l Tournament, with thirty-two thpTr St Professionals competing, was Brie k secon d round, of the ish open champion, Havers, by the k eri can Ji m Barnes by 2 and 1.
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  • 48 7 CRICKET. Pi London June 12. an Lhp I q tch I)PtwePn Oxford University cnvLf nt h Africans was not play d *as h ie wc ket being saturated. It Boh. to start a t four o’clock but p' 1 cansp d the day’s play to be
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  • 338 7 Prospects Far From Bright. PRESENT CRITICAL PHASE PASSED. [Reuter's Tbleorams.J London, June 12, The .services of the Underground Railways did not show any material change yesterday, and the public continue to experience much discomfort and over-crowding. There was half an hour of a break down during the busiest
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  • 218 7 PRESIDENT COOLIDGE NOMINATED. Cleveland, June 12. The Republican Convention has practically unanimously nominated President Coolidge as Presidential President Coolidge secured 1.065 votes, Mr. Lafollette 34, and Mr. Johnson 10. The prolonged demonstration in favour of President Coolidge was marked by a brief session of the Republic Convention
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  • 48 7 AGREEMENT FOR COMPENSATION REACHED. London, June 12. A message from Berlin says that tne Government reached an agreement with the German East Asiatic Association under which the losses of German Nationals in China will be compensated at an average rate of 20 per cent.
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  • 38 7 Paris, June 12. An extraordinary career ended m the suicide, due to an unknown reason, of M Deperdussin, the constructor of the famous Deperdussin aeroplane. He was once a multi-millionaire but died m penury.
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  • 524 7 A CAPITAL SHOW. Under the able direction of Mr. R. B. Salisbury, who is well-known out in the I 4 ar East, The Quaints opened their three nights season in Penang at the Town Hall, Penang, last night to a fairly large and enthusiastic audience. If there was
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  • 70 7 FORTY KILLED. [Reuter’s Telegrams.[ San Pedro, California, June 13. Forty sailors were killed and twenty injured by an explosion in the turret of the U. S. Battleship Mississippi off San Clemente Island during target practice. The Mississippi rushed into San Pedro and dropped anchor after which another
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  • 53 7 WORTH £lOO,OOO. London. June 13. Expert burglars stole the choicest pieces from a world-famed collection of antique jewellery and ornaments at the residence of Lady Ludlow in Piccadilly. Lady Ludlow was formerly the widow of the Rand magnate. Sir Julius Wernher. The stolen property is valued at
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  • 124 7 Paris, June 12. According to a message from Amsterdam the balance sheet of the Royal Dutch Company for 1923 shows a profit of 84.856,000 guilders. In the case against Suppiah who was charged with criminal breach of trust in respect of $1030.32, the property of Mr. M.
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  • 934 7 1 Alleged Assault. SINGHALESE CHARGED. The hearing was begun in the District Court, Penang, yesterday afternoon, before Mr. E. Pratt, of the case against two Singhalese named A. Hendri and Adrian Hamy. The former is charged with voluntarily causing hurt to Shegu and Krishnasamy, and the latter with
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 412 7 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”] Sir,Restriction, co-operative selling, co-operative production. agricultural banks, and other specifics are all but nostrums and not sovereign remedies. against that dire- di-ease the Rubber Industry is suffering from. Was ever another industry so latently potent, so actually futile A genus
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  • 229 7 An issue similar to many which come before the local courts occupied the attention of the Chief Justice, Sir Walter Shaw, in the Supreme Court, Singapore when he was asked by a Chinese woman named Kang Geok Lan, sueing in forma pauperis, to declare that she was
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  • 132 7 At about 1.30 p.m. to-day an accident occured at the junction of China Street and Pitt Street, in which a motor car ran on top of a cyclist, but fortunately no one was injured. It appears that the car (P. 1885) turned from Church Street, into Pitt Street
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  • 797 7 Mr. Justice Acton is at present sitting at the Muar Assizes. Sir Edward Maclagan, who succeeded Sir Michael O’Dwyer, as Governor of Punjab, has retired. Major-General Sir Theodore and Miss Fraser have sailed in the P. and 0. s.s. Malwa for Singapore. Lieut.-Col. C. W. C. Parr,
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  • 474 8 FARCICAL RUMOURS. AMERICAN OPERATORS ENGINEER A SLUMP. Renewed weakness developed in ihe crude rubber market recently, the price of first crepe plantation dropping to about 9§d, writes Mr. E. L. Killick in 'The Financier.” This weakness, in the face of a comparatively strong statistical position and an outlook
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  • 279 8 Messrs Willihm Jacks Co., report as follows for the week ended May 21 American reports are pessimistic, but there is no reason to anticipate a bad harvest there, and now that American Gold is to be used and invested outside of America, there is every reason to
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  • 32 8 7 une 14Cricket League, P. C C, v C. R. C. Victoria Green. 14, 18 21Selangor Turf Club Jlaces. 18Lincensing Justices Meeting, Court. 21Cricket League, E. S. C. P.S. i
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  • 398 8 Messrs James F. Hutton Co., Ltd., report for the week ended May 21 as follows: There has been a general absence ot actual trade interest in the cotton markets which have been quiet. The uncertainties as to the new American crop have Jbeen the only features
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  • 330 8 M.M.” Benares Opium r <.000.00 nom. Cloves IOO.ftO 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 10.90 sales Rattans 11.20 seller Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00 per
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 177 8 w» tcw m» mt tM «II A 1 I MASTCMerBMa MMMI If > i Wi i I I CblumbiawT" 1 New Process RECORDS. g NEW DANCE HITS. I When It’s Night Time in Italy Fox Trot I Love You Tell Me A Story Son of A Gun Linger Awhile =r
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    • 279 8 II I This Tropical Climate I everyone knows, this hot, humid H climate, combined with the method of *4 H living, keeps the liver in a more or less N sluggish condition. The result is that the H bowels do not act in a healthy manner. The blood becomes impure,
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  • 96 9 The following are the quotations in the share report of THE MALAYA COMPANY. LIMITED for to-day. Tin Shares. Buyers. Sellers. Batang Padang Dredging .45 .471 Hitam Tin Ltd 1.12$ 1.174 Kampong Kamunting Tin 47/6 48/6 cum Malau Tin Ltd .27$ .324 North Taiping Tin 1.10 1.12$ cum
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  • 1881 9 N. S. P. A. Supports Selling Agency. An extraordinary general meeting of the Negri Sembilan Planters Association took place at the Sungei Ujong Club, Seremban. The chairman Mr. R. D. Fenton at the outset, referred to the object of the meeting to consider a resolution. They
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  • 172 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day, E 8 Shares. PQ cn Sc. Sc. S c. S c. Rubber (Dollar.) Bassett 80 85 75 80 Parit Perak 1.50 1.65 1.50 1.60 Sungei B. 1.20 1.30 1.00 1.10 Sungei T 20
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  • 100 9 JUNE 13. 1924. Local. cts. Smoked Sheet 35| dull Penang Fine Pale Crepe 35| ,Unsmoked Sheet 25 Sing a- (Smoked Sheet 36 pore (Crepe 37 Weak downward tendency. London and New York. t (Smoked Sheet... 10|d dull London Crepe 10id New York Gl9|c The following were the rubber
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  • 81 9 The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following prices, on June 12: London. Spot £217 Up 10/3 mos. buying 217 10/3 selling 217.5 s 12/6 Local. June 13: Singapore sold 100 tons at $lO9 Penang buyers no sellers at sloBf. Messrs. Bonstead and Co., Ltd: To-day’s quotation for
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  • 30 9 The following are additional rubber outputs for May: lbs. Kedah 39.082 Parit Perak 17.308 Batu Lintang 15.400 Joug Landor 34,300 Bakap Plantations 13,100 Batu Matang 20,200 Patani 30.998
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  • 116 9 PENANG. JUNE 13, 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 3 Documentary 2/4 3/8 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs 164 1 3 days’sight Private 168 a Bombay Demand Bank 164 Madras Demand Bank 164 > 3
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  • 543 9 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, Junk 13, 1924. cts Government Mutton Mutton Indian per lb 50 Mutton Head, sheep or goat each 1.00 Liver with heart lung do 1.30 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 50 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Mutton lb 50 Lamb do 50
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 287 9 IĔW ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICES. The Tronoh Mines Limited. (Incorporated in England). DIVIDEND No. 67. A dividend of Is/- per share, (less Income Tax 4s/6d in the has been declared payable in London on the 30th inne. and will be paid locally on arrival 4 the list of Registered shareholders from the
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    • 32 9 THE UNDERSIGNED is prepared to undertake AUCTION SALES OF LANDED PROPERTIES OR VALUATIONS on same on moderate terms. OVER TWENTY YEARS EXPERIENCE. Apply to A. DENNYS, Office 22a, Beach Street. Telephone 308.
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    • 24 9 Planters’ Medical Guide, by Dr. E. N. Graham, #3/- per book or $3/30 post free, stocked by the Pinaug Gazette Press, Ltd., Penaog. j
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 76 9 'T. T~ ~~rTOWN HALL, PENANG. For 2 Nights Only. TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT 18, SALISBURY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEATRICAL ENTERPRISES PRESENTS R. B. SALISBURY’S CO., THE QUAINTS IN the FOLLOWING LONDON MUSICAL SUCCESSES. To-nighc u THE BEGGAR’S OPERA” JUNE 13th, a( 9-30 pm. Presented in its Entirety. FAREWELL PERFORMANCE To-morrow, THE 9
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  • 435 10 M«. CHAUNCEY DEPEW’S SECRET. America’s Grand Old Man. Mr. Chauncey Depew, who has just celebrated his 90th birthday, receiving thousands of congratulatory messages, is quite determined to be a centenarian. I intend to lead the last decade of my century,” he said to an interviewer with
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  • 232 10 RED” SAVAGERY FOR PRIVATE TRADING. Moscow, May 8.Sentence of death in two cases and of long terms of imprisonment in a number of others have been passed on sixteen industrialists whose trial here on charges of economic espionage, corruption, and unfair practices, has just concluded.
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  • 124 10 NARROW ESCAPE IN COLLISION WITH A FIRE ENGINE. The Bishop of London narrowly escaped a serious accident when returning by motorcar from St. Columbus Church, Haggerston, N.E. His car was coming along one of the side streets behind the Mansion House im! 1 V ll6 engine came
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  • 346 10 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Tara for Madras taking mails for Europe etc., via Bombay. Teesta for Port Swettenham, and Singapore. Kopah for Deli. With the object of stablizing the freight i market, the formation of a freight conference by 47 Japanese shipping companies is announced. The companies represent 2,500,000 tons
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  • 384 10 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). BT TRAIN. Federated Malay States, Malacca, Jobort and Singapore. Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half an hour earliei than the Ordinary mail Resumption op Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed daily (Sunday excepted) by the 7-30
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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