Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 22 July 1924

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1&33. No. 170. VOL. LXXXII. TUESDAY, 22nd JULY, 1924. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • 556 2 LOVERS OF EVERY COUNTRY BUT THEIR OWN. A friend of mine was recently asked to a tea party given by a representative of one of those strange peace and friendship societies which, for some inexplicable reason, appear to reserve all their peace and friendship for ex-enemies or.rebels or people
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  • 154 2 ROMANTIC RISE TO FORTUNE OF A LINCOLNSHIRE LABOURER. Alderman William Dennis, the Potato King,” died at Kirton House, near Boston. Lincolnshire, at the advanced age of 83. He had been ill for about three days and the end came suddenly. The life of the dead man was
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    • 936 2 I RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. FACE COVERED I .1 rn™ FAYABLE IN ADVANCE. J Tyear In Red, Burning, Itching J Local 136 Patches. Cuticura Heals. Country (S.S. 4 F.M.S.) 142 X I was troubled with eczema on X Foreign (Siam, Sumatra, my face. It broke out in small, red «Englund, the
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    • 25 2 Pitman’s Shorthand Rapid Cours», (New Era Edition) Complete Edition with supplementary Exercises $3 or $3/30 post free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press Ltd., Penang
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  • 1153 3 (By a Lady Corrrespondent.) Paris, Jane 18. The Paris season works up to the culminating point of the Great Week, which begins with the Auteuil Steeple Chase, and ends with the Grand Prix. It is a wonderful scene at any one of the great French races. The
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  • 304 3 Truth says —Two or three y the pressure of public opinion compelled the Colonial Office to take stens tor the abolition of Chinese child-slavery in Hongkong. Particulars have bee i sent sent to mi* of a case at Kuala Lumpur which suggsts that a similar
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  • 1135 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. F. c C. Peck ia visiting Kuala Lumpur. Captain H. T. All wright, the State Adjutant will visit Sungkai, to-day. Mr. Chan Phooi Hong, the wellknown miner of Kinta is on a visit fb Penang. Major the Hon. Date Daud bin Haji Suleiman, has been appointed to
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  • 249 4 Revolting Conduct.” At the Tower Bridge Police-court, James Ferriss, 15, Willow-street. Bermondsey, was summoned for cruelly illtreating a dog, thereby causing its death. Mr. J. Albert Davis, solicitor, said the charge was brought at the instance of the Animal Protection Corps, of which the Prince of
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  • 122 4 Lin Ah See was charged before Mr. H. A. Forrer this morning with voluntarily causing hurt to two of his compatriots in Carnarvon Street on Friday night last by means of an axe. Inspector Harwood said that the accused was alleged to have cut the two complainants with
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  • 1312 4 STORY OF ILLITERATE WOMAN’S DELUSIONS. Allegations that a Roman Catholic priest had used undue influence with regard to the will of a widow were made in an action in the Probate Court London. The woman concerned Mrs. Louisa Beard, a widow, of St. Leonards-on-Sea, who
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  • 48 4 Lady (Diana) Hamilton, who was remanded at the Marylebone Police-court on a charge of stealing jewellery from 154, Delaware-mansions, Maida-vale, has been released from Holloway Prison, a surety having been obtained in £2O for her attendance at the court at the remand hearing.
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  • 692 4 LORD’ BANBURY AND HIS GLASS OF WINE. A Liquor Control Bill submitted for second reading in the House of Lords by the Bishop of Oxford. Dr. Burge, came in for a hail of criticism. The measure proposed a system of local option. At a poll held every
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  • 119 4 mainly derived from the SKY. It is being found at the National Institute of Medical Research at Hampstead, that the ultra-violet light recorded there is derived for the most part from the sky, and only to a small extent from the sun. The ultra-violet rays of the sun,
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  • 221 4 PATHAN SENTENCED TO DEATH (From Our Own Con espondent.) Singapore, July 22. A Pathan police constable was sen. fenced to death at the Assizes for the murder of a Malay Constable in Or chard Road Police Station. It Was stated in evidence that in the course of a
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  • 96 4 e SEVERAL .ARRESTS MADE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July £2. It is understood that three arrests have already been made in the abduction case. The earlier reports were somewhat confusing but now it has been established that the outrage took place in Dainansara Road, the victim
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  • 63 4 The homeward mail .by the Teesta. closes at 10 a.m. on Friday. 25th instant. The B I. Packet Tara with mails despatched from London on the 3rd July, expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. on Friday, the 25th instant. The mail despatched from Penang on the 27th
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    • 213 4 HAS NO FEAR NOW FOR HIS LITTLE SON’S SAFETY. THANKFUL F. M. S. FATHER THANKS BABY’S OWN TABLETS. At Raub, in the Federated Malay Mr. G. M. Rajendrum is clerk to the Court. “Following a severe cold,” writes Mr. Rajendrum, “my child, aged 3 years had a «nigh at night
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  • AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    • 279 5 London, July 7.—That the Bolsheviks are preparing a revolutionary rising in the Balkans which will commence in Bulgaria, is the opinion of the Sofia correspondent of "The Times,” who says that whereas formerly the Bolsheviks’ agents in Bulgaria confined their activities mainly to members of the Agrarian
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    • 120 5 London, July 10. —Delegates from various Nationalist and Republican ties. who met in Berlin to-day under the presidency of Herr Jarres, Minister of the Interior, to discuss the programme tor celebrating the anniversary of the utbreak of the War on the 2nd August, decided, says the
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    • 68 5 London. July 9. —The tactics of the opposition Parties in the Italian Parliament have now been followed by the Opposition Parties* in the Municipal Councils, who Lave, according to the Milan correspondent of •The /Times,” decided to take no further part in Council meetings un til law and
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    • 90 5 London, July 9. —For the first time a wireless concert was heard in the depths of a South African gold mine, says the Johannesburg correspondent of ‘The Times.” A small party, in a dimly nt. rock hewn chamber listened-in to items broadcast from the Johannesburg Rad
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    • 73 5 London, July 9. —Mr. Howard Carter, who returned to London to-night from a lecturing tour in America, told a “Times” representative that he intends to return to Luxor. Mr. Carter said: “My work there is not nearly finished 5€ per cent of it is still
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    • 87 5 Nairobi, July 8. —Owing to difference of opinion among the elected members of the Legislative Council regarding a federation of East African territories, it is understood that Lord Delamere contemplates resigning the leadership in order to have free scope for his own views, which are
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    • 106 5 London, July 14. —In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. Lansbury, (Lab., Bromley), Mr. Richards said that the Legislative Assembly was not consulted before Lord Hardinge had been appointed to represent India at a jifeeting of the League of Nations in September. It was
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    • 219 5 Loudon, July 10.—Declaring that the main ground of British criticism with regard to Amritsar was that the local Civil and Military authorities had withheld information with regard to the serious character of the outbreak and the extent of the casualties, SiF Michael O’Dwyer, in a letter to
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    • 100 5 London. July 14. —The Indian Committee completed the Kenya discussions with Mr. J. H. Thomas to-day. The discussions on Tanganyika will be completed shortly. It is understood that a warrant appointing a Royal Commission pn the question of the federation of East African protectorates and dependencies is being
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    • 47 5 London, July 9. —The Indian Colonies Committee will hold a final meeting with Mr. Thomas with reference to the Kenya question on the 14th July, aftei which they will be free to proceed with the outstanding questions of the poll-tax and franchise affecting Fiji.
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    • 66 5 London, July 1. —Experiments at Kuala Lumpur connected with the distillation of oil fuel from rubber scrap are reported to be proving quite successful. A car was driven at 24 miles an hour on fuel distilled from rubber during these experiments. I nusual interest is aroused
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    • 147 5 London, July 11. —A telegram from Amsterdam states that replying to quest’ons in the Second Chamber, the Color ial Minister admitted that the United States expert who was sent to the Dutch East Indies to investigate the chances of foreign capital in the rubber industryhad sent home
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    • 411 5 Dr. Rabindranath Tagore interviewed in Rangoon by a representative of the Associated Press of India, said that his object in visiting the great Asiatic countries was to help Asia to find her own voice, the voice which gave utterance to the immortal words of Maitreyi, Wh-t shall I
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    • 119 5 DOCTOR WHO WOULD CERTIFY NOBODY. Belfast, July 13.—“1n your opinion, is any person sane “I should give no person a certificate of sanity.” This question and answer arose during the hearing of a case in the High Court, Belfast, when Mr. Justice Brown and a special jury resumed
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  • 113 5 GIRL ALLEGES ATTEMPT TO STEAL A KISS. Dr. Walter Turner, 72 years of age, practising at Nightingale-square, Bal ham, appeared at the South-Western Police Court answer a summons by Margaret Doyle (22), shop assistant, who alleged that he attempted to kias her when she called at his
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  • 91 5 THAT’S WHY SHE CROSSES FOUR TIMES A YEAR. That American women buy more hats than women of any other country is the opinion of Miss Grossman, the largest buyer of women’s hats in the United States, who arrived in London. “Not infrequently,” said Miss Grossman, “we
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  • 382 5 HINDU MOSLEM FRACAS. Delhi, July 11. —A Hindu-Moslem fracas, which would have developed into a free fight, was averted to-day in Chandni Chawk by the timely intervention of the police. At about midday a Mahomedan boy went to a well situated in the southwestern corner of the Queen’s
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  • 211 5 Banda, July 8. —A Mahomedan conference was held at Maudaha on the 4th and sth July in connection with the Convocation ceremony of the Madrasai Rahmanin of Maudaha. Mr. Masooduzzaman, M.L. C., of Banda presided, and representatives from parts of Bundelkhand and Fatehpur and Cawnpore districts were
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  • 66 5 Meshed, July 10. —In the Gumbad-i-Kabuz area of the Turcoman country, the Turcomans made a night attack on the Government troops. After severe fighting, the Government troops retired towards Bujnurd. The Government troops lost over 300 infantry killed. The majority of the cavalry succeeded in getting away.
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  • 62 5 Meshed, July 10. —The burial has taken place here of Colonel Prince Maho med Hussein Mirza, Chief of the Staff. Meshed Division, who died at Duzdnp Thousands of weeping spectators lining the route as the cortege passed through the city testified to the extent
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  • 285 5 Colombo, July 9. —The Customs authorities seized 19 cases containing rifles, Revolvers and ammunition on board the cargo vessel Schlesieh, which arrived in Colombo harbour*on Monday morning. The arms and ammunition*, which were found in cases marked “machinery” were stated to be bound for Kobe, but
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  • 240 5 Colombo, July 7. —An enterprise which may well bring back to the huge tracts in the North and Central Provinces of Ceylon at least some portion of the prosperity which was theirs thousands of years ago was officially inaugurated by the Governor of Ceylon on
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  • 95 5 Colombo, July 9. —H.M.S. Chatham, flagship of East Indies Squadron, arrived at Colombo yesterday under the command of Captain the Hon. Alexander Ramsay, D.S.O, It is rumoured that her service in her present capacity will be comparatively short, and that she will, before many months
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  • 167 5 WHY HE IS NOT HATED BY THE CRIMINAL CLASS. Sir Bernard Spilsbury holds a unique position in relation to the criminal world. Although he has been instrumental in bringing home to law breakers quite as many crimes as the police themselves he is not a hated man.
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    • 116 5 OUR WEEKLY CARTOON. “IN THE PUBLIC EYE.” illilW 4 1 f -i mlllHlXl ——l —Hr— I Ik MR JACK JONES. Tn this engaging cartoon Mr. David ilson sketches one of the best known members of the House of Commons, and a foremost heckler of the Labour benches, in the familiar
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  • 38 6 O’Gowa. —At Hurstville, Sydney. Australia July 20th, to Mr. and Mrs. A. K. O’Gowa, a son. Hatfield. At the European Hospital. Batu Gajah, on the 19th inst. to Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Hat held, a daughter.
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  • 362 6 The dastardly murder of Mr. Imbrie, the American Consul at Teheran, by a mob of infuriated maniacs actively controlled by soldiers of the State, merely serves to illustrate the spread of mob massacre in countries where law and order has its origin in name only. The brutal killing
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  • 476 6 From the news contained in to-day’s cables, it would appear that we have travelled a substantial distance along the road towards a solution of the Reparations problem. M. Theunis, in an interview, is reported to have expressed the opinion that the Allied Conference was now within sight of the
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  • 145 6 Mr. Ramsay Macdonald said recently that the Socialist Government had made the wheels go r«nd. While opinions are divided on that point there can be no doubt that the Socialists have established a record for Government defeats. Two reverses during the Committee stage of the Housing Bill
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  • 1755 6 The supply of free insulin to needy persons is made possible in Free England in three ways (1) Insulin. under the National Health Insurance Acts, where insurance practitioners prescribe it at the expense of the Insurance fund, Dy Boards of Guardians, acting nder the advice of their
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    • 49 6 “L. 0 O.” RACE WEEK. SPECIAL DINNER DANCE On Tuesday 29th. Thursday 31st and Saturday 2nd August. FANCY DRESS BALL Saturday 2nd August. Dancing till 1.45 a.m. Two Prizes for Ladies and Two for Gentlemen. SPECIAL TIFFIN EVERY DAY. E. O. ORCHESTRA. ORCHESTRAL CONCERT, Sunday, 27th July, 9.30 p.m.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 57 6 Lyric Theatres, Ltd., Theatre Royal. Penang Road. From Monday, 21st to Wednesday, 23rd July, 1924. The Social Buccaneer Episodes 5 and 6 5 Reels Counterfeit Love Reels 5 (Thrilling Story of Horse Races.) WASHED ASHORE. PATHE GAZETTE No. 1015-6. 6 Reels “Is Divorce a Failure Reels 6 A D ama
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    • 88 6 TIDE TABLES. Penang P. Sw’ham Singapore July H.W. L.W. H.W. LAV. H.W. L.W. 22 4.12 a 10.22 a 9.07 a 2.37 a 1.51 a 8.17 a 3.50 p 10.46 p 8 52p 3.02 p 2.43 p 8.39 p 23 4.50 a H.4a 9.49 a 3.04 a 2.44 a 9.01 a
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  • 53 6 DEATHS. Montgomery. —At 104, River Valley Road, Singapore, Hugh Montgomery, consulting engineer, of heart failure. Simmonds.—At S-30 p.m., July 20th, at Kampong Bahru Road, Singapore, Mrs. H. G. Simmonds (May Kathleen Souza). OBITUARY. London. July 21. The death is announced of Dr. Charles Kenvon. for a long time Wesleyan Medical
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  • 352 7 Reparations Problem Solved LINES OF AGREEMENT. [Reuter’s Telecrams.] London, July 21. The progress of the Allied Conference is officially revealed in an interview with M. Theunis in which h$ declared, I believe we are now in sight of the goal and the problem of reparations is about to
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  • 149 7 OFFICIAL WELCOME. July 21. There was a historic gathering at Westminster Hall on the occasion of the official welcome to the American Bar Association, mentioned on July 19. The ceremony was very impressive and began with a procession of 26 Law Lords and Judges headed by the
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  • 43 7 SECOND CHINESE MEMBER. London, July 21. In the House of Commons, Mr. J. H. Thomas informed Mr. C. W. Darbishire that the nomination of the second Chinese member of the Federal Council of the Federated Malay States will be made immediately.
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  • 78 7 RELEASED BY NEW GOVERNMENT. Capetown, July 21. The new Government has released the Boer ex-General Maritz. [On April 23 Reuter cabled: The Boer ex-General Maritz was charged with high treason in connection with the rebellion which occurred in 1914 and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. The Jud£e said
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  • 239 7 Murdered American Consul. DETAILS OF INCIDENT. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Teheran, July 21. The murder of Mr. Imbrie, the American Consul, occurred while he was driving with an American friend, Mr. Seymour, in the neighbourhood of the fountain, which was reverenced by masses of Persians daily and which was then
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  • 461 7 MACLAREN’S THRILLING EXPERIENCE. ijondon, June 30. —Squadron Leader MacLaren flew 1,200 miles from Bangkok to Hongkong in 15] hours, the actual flying time. He left Bangkok on Sunday/ The journey was uneventful till he passed Thakek where he climbed seven thousand feet in order to clear the mountains.
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  • 129 7 Two Government Defeats. lEN IN ALL. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, July 22. The Government’s score of defeats totals ten after the passage of two adverse votes during the committee stage of the Housing Bill in the House of Commons. At first the Liberal amendment was passed by 201 votes
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  • 192 7 DINNER BY THE PILGRIMS. London, July 22. Mr. C. E. Hughes, United States Secretary of State, was entertained at dinner by the Pilgrims to-night. H. R. H. the Duke of Connaught presided. 11. R. H. the Prince of Wales, the members of the Cabinet and many home
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  • 245 7 The polo team which had been selected to meet the Americans at Meadowbrook in September for the Westchester Cup did not make an exceptionally promising start with tw’o defeats to its discredit at the hands of Ranelagh and Hurlingham. respectively. It is not surprising, therefore, that the
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  • 193 7 Lack of Oxygen Fatal to Efficiency. Col. Norton, writing f>m Kyabrak on June 19, says:—“ The Everest expedition has shot its bolt and the Rongbuk Valley for us is already a thing of the past. The monsoon which for so long kept us on tenterhooks has definitely
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  • 137 7 Mutual Assistance Pact. DEFENCE OF BRITAIN. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Paris, July 21. The Left Organ, the Ere Nouvelle,” in defending Great Britain’s refusal to join the League Pact of Mutual Assistance, says that Frenchmen forget nowadays that Great Britain depends on her Dominions as much as and perhaps more
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  • 37 7 MATCH AT LORD’S ABANDONED. London. July 21. At Lord’s, owing to the rain, there was no play in the match between Middlesex and the South Africans. It was abandoned for the day at 3 o’clock.
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  • 56 7 A CORRECTION. London, July 21. At Stamford Bridge. London, in the Three Miles Team Race the British Empire beat America by 1G points to 20. [Reuter cabled on the 20th that America won this event by 15 yards with 16 points to the British Empire's 20. The time
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  • 190 7 VICTORY FOR AMERICANS. Paris, July 21. In the final of the Olympic Lawn Tennis, Hunter and Richards (America beat Brugnon and Cochet (France) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. The weather was close and overcast at the Olympic games. The game began listlessly with periods of base line play
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  • 183 7 Friday 25th July, 1924. Single Handicap Class “A.” —4 M. K. Whitlock v. —2 F. N. Syer (1) —l5 E. J. Bennett v. —3 J. R. Bennett (4). Single Handicap Class “B.” —5 L. M. Howlett v. —4 C. D. D. Hogan (5); —5 P. H. Hopkins
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  • 52 7 Dr. Letchmanasamy has scratched to Lee Tiang Liat in the Singles and Gurchurn Singh and Kee Hup Cheang in the Doubles to Lee Tiang Liat and C hung Chee Leng. Lee Tiang Liat will represent Penang in the singles and Lee Tiang Liat and Chung Chee Leng in
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  • 242 7 FIRST DAY’S HANDICAPS. The following are the handicaps for the first day of the Penang Autumn races HORSES. “A” Class (One Mile). Allan L 9.12 Radium 8. 2 ictrola 8.13 Son of Erin 7.13 Genzano 8.10 Red Tape 7.11 Highway 8. 6 Gin Sling 7. 8 “B” Class
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  • 508 7 FAST MORNING’S WORK. With just a week before them to prepare their charges for the forthcoming race meeting, the trainers, all of whom are here, are taking advantage of the time before them to get their candidates fit for the occasion, with the result that some very interesting
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  • 807 7 Representation on the Council. MR. BROWN’S ELECTION. A special general meeting of the members of the Penang Chamber of Com-mercel-was held in the Chamber this afternoon for the purpose of nominating a Representative to represent the Penang Chamber of Commerce on the Legislative Council in place of
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  • 951 8 CONFLICTING STATEMENTS. Amritsar, July 10.—During the past few weeks several Akali leaders have stated that the restoration of the Sikh Raj in the Punjab is not the objective of the Akali movement. These statements, however, differ considerably from recent speeches of other Sikhs leaders and newspapers.
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  • 258 8 The cruiser Sydney was built m Britain in little more than a year, and cost £385 000. The less efficient sistei ship, the Adelaide, was built at Cockatoo Island, in Sydney, and cost £1,272, <B2, and took nearly five years to construct. Something of the same
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  • 180 8 £BO,OOO SAID TO HAVE BEEN PAID FOR MAISON LYONS PREMISES. An interesting property deal is revealed in an announcement that Messrs. Lyons and Company have disposed of their Maison Lyons, a seven-storey building, at 211 and 213, Regent-street. It is stated that £BO,OOO has been paid by
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  • 124 8 CRIPPLE WHO RETURNED ITT TO ENGLAND*. Thirteen hundred pilgrims from Lourdes have returned to England, the majority crossing by special steamer to Folkestone. The pilgrimage is claimed to have been one of the most sue* essful on recoDd, theie being more than one remarkab’e cure. The principal case
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  • 79 8 The excuse of Kathe Brintzer, a welldressed young German woman, who landed from s.s. Mecklenberg, and was charged before the Folkestone Bench with concealing 473 feet of cinema film, was that it was for private use. Brintzer was also in possession of a cinema camera, which she
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  • 96 9 The following are the important changes in THE MALAYA COMPANY LIMITED’S share list for to-day. Tin Shares. Buyers. Sellers. Bataug Padang Dredging .571 .59 Hitam Tiu Ltd 1.471 1.52$ K-aiuunting Tin Dredging 3 3 36/6 ex Nawug Pet Tin Ltd 1.57 J 1.62$ North Taipiug Tin 1.10
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  • 341 9 •A summary of the Crop Report for the week ending the sth July 1924 says: During the week rain was general throughout the Province, except *in Meiktila and Yamethin, where no rain fell. The fall was good in the maritime districts and light to moderate elsewhere.
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  • 207 9 PREMATURE BURIAL SAFEGUARDS. The text of Lieut.-Colonel Fremantle’s Bill to amend the law relating to the certification of still-births and deaths and the disposal of the dead has been published. The object of the bill, as set out in the memorandum, is to render the law as
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  • 240 9 bocher or killer of goats.”—T. P.’s and Cassell’s Weekly. The stainless steel case, in which Messrs. A. W. Gamage Ltd., of Holborn, were summoned on a number of counts for selling cutlery under a false trade description, was concluded at ClerkenwcJJ Police-court, when Mr. Basil Gill found the
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  • 940 9 NEGRI SEMBILAN MEETING. At noon on Saturday last in the Miners’ Association Hall, Seremban, a meeting was held of Chinese proprietors of Rubber estates in Negri Sembilan, to discuss the scheme proposed by Dr. W. L. Braddon and Mr. V. A, Taylor for a a Central Co-operative
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  • 505 9 RUBBER RISING. Messrs. Baker Morgan and Co., Ltd., Kuala Lumpur, reported on Saturday as follows: There has been quite an active market in Malayan Collieries during the week, the shares having moved up a dollar as a result, but they close a shade easier with sellers at
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  • 182 9 Benares Opium p. oh*»st $5,000.00 nom. Cloves 100.00 sellers Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Pickings no stock Nutmeg* 80s 102.00 sellers 110 s 95.00 Coconuts per 1.000 50.00 Copra Sundried 10.40 buyers Rattans 11.15 sales Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shell* 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00 p-r
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  • 152 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy <t Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day, fi 2 Shares. c >» fS 55 CQ CZ2 PQ GO c. Sc. c. c. Mining. Batang P. 57 58 57$ 58$ Hitam 1.40 1.50 1.50 1.55 Idris Hyd. 21/- 21/3 21/3
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  • 66 9 July 22, 1924. Local. cts. {Smoked Sheet ...39. steady Fine Pale Crepe ...39. Unsmoked Sheet 28. Singa- (Smoked Sheet ...40j. pore (Crepe ...40|. London and New York. r z (Smoked Sheet... ll£d steady LONDON n j d New York G2K The following were the rubber quotatons in London
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  • 44 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. Ribbed Smoked Sheet $53 to 53| F.A.Q. do 51 52 Low F.A.Q. do 48 50 Plain Unsmoked Sheet Loose Scrap
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  • 135 9 The Straits 1 rading Co., Ltd., gives the following prices, on July 21: London. Spot £241.10s Up £9.17.6 3 mos. buying 242 9 3 selling 242.5 s 9 Local. July 22: Singapore sold 100 tons at sll9| Penang buyers no sellers $119.40. The Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd-. London,
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  • 1096 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. ci NAMES go OQ El 8 RUBBER [Dollar.] S c S o e Allenby Rubber Co 95 1 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 90 100 Amalgamated Malay Estates Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 10 5011*00 Ayer Kuning Rubber Estates 40 Ayer Molek Rubber Co Ayer Panas Rubber Estates
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    • 385 9 NEW ASVEHT’SEMEMTS. TO LET. Fully Furnished House. Good situation. Telephone. Two garages. Apply Box 177, c/o Pinang Gazette. FOR SALE. Blue Siamese (Korat) Kittens. Box No. IS4, c/o Pinang Gazette. c- NOTICES. NOTICE. It is hereby notified that the upper road in the Botanical Gardens, Penang, is now open for
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    • 85 9 East Asiatic Co., Ltd. OUTWARD: FOR BELAWAN, DELI, PORT SWETTENHAM, SINGAPORE BANGKOK* due Penang s/s ERLE about 2nd August m/s FIONIA about 31st August FOR SINGAPORE. CHINA AND JAPAN, m/s ASIA about 25th August HOMEWARD: FOR COLOMBO, PORT SAID, LONDON, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. due Penang m/s SELANDIA about 3rd August
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  • 845 10 CRIQUI RETIRES FROM THE RING. Eugene Criqui, the gallant little French war hero, and former f^ ath weight champion of the world has foftght his last fight m the ring, if the reports that come from Pans are true. He made this declaration shortly aftei he had been knocked
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  • 112 10 TO-DAY’S DEPART! i;. s Kalmoa for Deli and Asahan. Kopah for Deli. Klang for Port Swettenham and Si n pore. Nalgora for Western Australia. Nagoya for Porto Swettenham Singapore Chin and Japan. Laisang for Calcutta. The N. Y. K. s.s. “Fushimi Maru” win sail for Ep.rope on the
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  • 369 10 CLOSE DAILY (except Sun u BI TRAIN. Federated Malay States, Mala< a Johor* 4t)d Singapore. Registration and Parcel Post, ff lel9 otherwise stated, close half an .nr earlier than the Ordinary mail Resumption or Njo.ht Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed daily (Sunday excepted) by
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  • 64 10 July 23—Inter-School Sports. I -p' 3 p.m. 26—Malaya Cup Soccer. IVnanS Perak, Esplanade. 26—Malaya Cup Soccer. I l vs Singapore. 28—Federal Council Meeting’, Lumpur. 29 31—Penang Races. August 2—Penang Races. 2—Malaya Cup Soccer, Singapore Negri Sembilan. Cup Soccer, Johore Malacca. 8— Subordinate Ci ii Association, Annual sj>e' ■<
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    • 583 10 WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE For Coughs, Colds and Internal Troubles. x ss= =>: x >: ssss x==x =x xxe x e tx w x23>: s x 3 xxss- Assets over $5,000,000 S. C. Assurance in force over $17,000,000. I The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. g (Incorporated in Straits
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    • 29 10 tfiLUfrs, their Nutritive and Economic Value, Cultivation, etc., in Malaya by L. M. Berenger, fl/- per book or fl/30 post free, stocked by the Pin&ng Gazette Press, Ltd Penang
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  • 782 11 Si F. P. DR. BROOKE’S NARROW ESCAPE. Fire destroyed the house of Dr. Gilbert Brooke, the Port Health Officer, at Fort Canning Road, Singapore, late on Thursday night, the doctor himself losing his personal effects and considerable valuable property, uncovered by insurance, and being fortunate in escaping with
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  • 553 11 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, July 22, 1924. cts Government Mutton Mutton Indian per lb 47 Mutton Head, sheep or goat each 1.00 Liver with heart lung do 1.30 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 47 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Mutton lb 47 Lamb do 47
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    • 269 11 J I jp 1 D 1 D Lookdvrthejxed Hand A 1 Castile ft TOiLET SOAP To face the heat and dust of the dav with f'.-f ujjbCfTTy |r~ unimpaired complexion it is necessary to use UsSjSUM a soap of perfect purity. Frequent cleansing ll I inferior soaps will render the
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    • 41 11 —J IN REASE YOUR L-g VITAL ENERGY £3 by taking Hpß SANATOCEH I As Dr. Claude L.WbeHrr writes The user ot Sanatogen is ricbly warded in freedom from languor. > gam of strength and activity. gvrapi alertness of m nd and increased*
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    • 120 11 WHISKY? V Supplied to Hit Majesty*. Government. THE GRANT COAT OF ARMS. 0 5 Guarantees Excellence. J > t t 5 SOLE IMPORTERS: 4 R. T. REID CO., LTD., J PENANG. IPOH 1 |iiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiimniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiNiiiiiiiiiiHiuiiiiuiiiiiiiiiii| I for: Ye Chde Style g ffirewed finger Sdeer I 3B 1 $1.2(5 S)ozen. I Eraser
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    • 1291 12 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE I INTENDED SAILINGS FROM PENANG. IK >1 MBA j|j|l k 1 t WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. |K L 1 MM Sgg AwK |gjs| ggfgM: *ANCHISES Marseilles. London. Rotterdam Glasgow IBk ak gfjj| wHk wTtP HYSON 31 London, Rotterdam and Hamburg. RHEXENOR August 7 Marseilles,
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    • 569 12 P. 0.-BRITISH INDIA and apcar lines. (Companies Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co. (Under Contract with His Majesty’s Government.) p. 4 O. SAILINGS. LONDON—FAR-EASTERN SERVICE. D Penang. To Marseilles A London Leave Penan From London w about about KAT VAN J Q b’
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