Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 22 October 1924

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  • 21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. V3LSHED DAILY. EST ABLISHED 1&33. No. 244, VOL. LXXXII. WEDNESDAY, 22nd OCTOBER, 1924. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 491 1 I kodak p. VIS FOR SALE- > TIC LOCAL VIEWS i /iIV OS IN STOCK |MKKO studio 7, Northani Road. THE GOOD MAXWELL Sports Touring. 5 j I SHELL KEROSENE h< distinct individuality of the Good Maxwell Sport Touring Car makes an instant appeal. Bod\ x Min striking Chester Hunt
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    • 17 1 IF YOU NEED GLASSES PLEASE CALL AT SHANGHAI EASTERN TO HAVE YOUR EYES EXAMINED. 188, PENANG ROAD.
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  • 352 2 BIG BUILDING PROGRAMME. Riga, September 23.—1 n connection v ith the Soviet Baltic Fleet’s manoeuvres, which are now proceeding, the Russian newspaper Segodnia,” printed at Riga, has published a fouryear naval construction programme, which it says, has been drafted by the Soviet Government for the Baltic, Black
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  • 242 2 IRISH, BOUNDARY OFFICIAL WINS 11,000. The full list of winners of the £2,000 in prizes offered by Mr. Edward I’ilene, of Boston, United States, in the British Peace* Award Competition is announced. Essays in answer to the question. How can peace and prosperity be restored in Great Britain
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1258 2 <ssxss:-:s:-:s>:sExs5:<texs FOR SALE. rates of subscripts I READY MIXED PAINTS g i Red Hand Brand Dark Buff zlw jnM payable in abvawce. x Teak-Stone and Cream. To layeaj II clear at $23 per cwts. ex Local $36 K ,^^4--I Country (S.B. 4 F.M.S.) M 2 I Godown Singapore. BM| Foreign
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    • 67 2 A DANCE RECITAL WILL BE HELD AT THE TOWN HALL BY MISS McNAMEE and her dancing pupils October 30th and November Ist, AT 6 P. M. Reserved Seats $2 Unreserved Seats 1 Children 50 cents to Unreserved Seats Only. 10 per cent, of the profits in aid of St. DUNSTANS’.
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    • 1080 2 NOTICE OF SALE. N THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENT SETTLEMENT OF PENANG. SUIT 1923 No. 344. In Pursuance of an Order of Court dated the 29th day of October 1923. IMPORTANT SALE of valuable shophouse property forming part of the Residuary Estate of Mohamed Noordin Deceased. MR. MOHAMED
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  • 523 3 THE EVIDENCE OF FINGER PRINTS. His finger prints, found by police officers on a forced open cash box at the Rank of Communications, was the evidence upon which the Police Magistrate convicted a Chinese boy, named Loh Seng, employed at the Bank, on a charge of stealing $758,
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  • 288 3 N.Y.K.’s NEW PRESIDENT Tokio, October 18.It has been privately decided to appoint Mr. Shirani to the presidency of the N.Y.K. at the coming extraordinary general meeting. Baron Seinosuke Go and the laud staffs are expected to start a campaign against the foregoing decision. Intimidation of Consuls at Canton.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 338 3 Speed up your rifle! with RemJjigtcrL Hi-Speed Cartridges LOADED with progressive powders and a new copper jacketed bullet developing high velocity and Lufea power. A bullet which mushrooms effecswtion O f Buna tively after striking the game. New Loads for all standard rifles in the folloiving calibres .25/20 Win., Mar.
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  • 1682 4  -  Ayuthia. (BY J. C. PA SQUAD To visit Siam without doing Ayuthia would be as bad a- making a tour of Italy and leaving out Rome in the itinerary. This is why I have left Ayuthia to the last in order to be better able to
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  • 43 4 Wednesday 22nd October 192 L—Wa’ei fall Gardens 5.15-6.15 p.m. 1 March The Golden Stripe Cahill 2 Dances Henry VIII German 3 Waltz Santiago orbin 4 Selection Les Cloches de Cornville Rivieia 5 Fox Trot San Me Phail God Save The King.
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  • 863 4 SECOND ANNIVERSARY RE-UNION. Since the inauguration of the Old Frees’ Association two years ago, the first re-union of the Old Boys of the Penang Free School was held at the Club premises in Leith Street, Penang, last night, and took the form of a dinner at which
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  • 76 4 AT HOME” TO THE SUSSEX (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. October 22. The Selangor Club held an At Home” in honour of the officer, of the s asfft Regiment, with the band playing, on the Padang. I enni-- matches were plavod The mixed men’s Doubles resulted
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 234 4 The perfect cig’arelle i in the perfect packing f X Desire for novelty played no part m the decision h to pack Golden Specials m tins of twenty-five. B |r E Smokers East of Suez know, to their cost, the extreme rapidity with which cigarettes deteriorate 1 B once a
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  • 3928 5 HALF-YEARLY MEETING. INTERESTING FACTS AND FIGURES. p, 1( i. it early meeting of t.he niemrs of the Penang Chamber of Com was held at No. 1, Downing >treet. yesterday afternoon. Mr. F. A. -he Chairman, presided. and supported l) v F> ove the Vice- n The
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  • 122 5 BIRTHDAY PLANS NEXT YEAR.* Next year two of the best known means of transport celebrate notable birthdays. The passenger railway becomes a centenarian in the summer of 1925. The London motor-omnibus comes of age in February next. There is a movement on foot in the railway world
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  • 566 5 V Y FIN ES INFL I(TE D (>N CHINESE. An aged Chinese was brought up before Mr. Pry <le, in the District Court, Singapore, and charged with being ,n possession of several pistols and ammunition without having a licience for the same. Another Chinese was charged with
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  • 141 5 PREACHER SAYS IT IS A DANGER. TO RELIGION. Preaching at Westminster Abbey, the Rev. R. S. Swann-Mason, of St. John’s School, Lea herhead, Surrey, referring to the position of Christian Socialists, said he had heard it inferred in pulpits, that Christ preached a communistic doctrine, and that the
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  • 100 5 Any doctor will tell you that constqic tion aggravates Piles. M hen the intestines aro not working freely and regular ]y the Piles are torn and irritated afresh every time there is activity and so tho? cannot heal. This pain and discomfort, can be
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 26 5 Pitman’s Shorthand Rapid Coursi, (New Era Edition) Complete Edition with supplementary Exercises $3 or $3/30 post free, stocked by the p inang G>*zetM Press Lid.. P*n»ng
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  • 621 6 There are occasions when mere deli nition baffles adequate description. Were we required to define the height of human folly we should immediately resort to the plebeian. We should perhaps evolve an explanation more or less in accord with onr office dictionary. That, however, in face of the attitude
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  • 303 6 Zaglul Pasha’s outburst on his return to Egypt from Europe will do his cause (if it is a cause and not a mere impertinence) no good. The Labour Government, to its credit, handled the Egyptian question with firmness, but Zaglul will find that a Conservative Government, if returned,
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  • 130 6 MR. W. M. TODD KILLED. A shocking accident occurred in Penang Road about 11 o’clock this morning, resulting in the death of Mr. W. M. Todd, assistant engineer, Eastern Smelting Co.. Ltd., Dato Kramat Works. From what we can gather. 'Mr. Todd was riding along Penang Road,
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  • 21 6 BENGALI TEAM BEATEN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, October 22. Bandoeng Association beat the Bengalis by five goals to one.
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  • 708 6 Quoth our versatile contemporary (parading still its ill-fitting coat ol many hues) in its solitary leading article of yesterday It hardly seems necessary to say much in defence of restriction at present, except perhaps to point out that the policy was adopted, not to help the bazaar
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  • 84 6 LIBEL CASE. The hearing of the case in which a Chinese lady teacher named Teo Cheng Hoe is suing the Kwong Wah Jit Poh Press for damages for libel in connection with statements published in that paper which were damaging to herlcharacter in her profession was resumed in
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  • 50 6 Our readers are reminded of the performance of the Penang Amateurs in the Town Hall, on Thursday and Saturday at 9-15. A good evening’s entertainment will be provided and the proceeds will be devoted to assisting St. George’s Church, u hich is at present in need of funds,
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  • CORRESPONDENCE
    • 516 6 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette” Sir,—lt is not my object to belL one newspaper at the expense of an but simply to state a fact recognj,. all competent authorities on the pr?- The editorial as the name i tll S the one column in any
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    • 86 6 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.'. Sir When the litter ary people who run the Echo shew that they aK making some attempt to acquire elementary knowledge of English grain mar as will enable them to sort out t wills and their shalls, to
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  • 157 6 OFF HIS HEAP. Lee Weng Sang was pr Mr. N. K. Bain in the 1 obce C Penang, this morning charger a wandering lunatic. Inspector E. J. Brownl n L n ce in accused was creating a dis j Lorong Slamat yesterday attu' u report was made to
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 23 6 E. O.” Guest Night and Dancing Every Tuesday and Friday. Special Tiffing every Wednesday and Saturday—E. O. Orchestra. Orchestral Concert every other Sunday.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 28 6 TIDE TABLES. To-Day. High Water. Low Water. 5.9 a.m. 12.0 a.m. 8.39 p.m. 1.3 p.m. To-Morrow. High Water. Low Water. 8.22 a.m. 2.15 a.m. 9.46 p.m. 3.8 p.m.
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  • 57 6 FUNERAL NOTICE. The funeral of Khoo Joo Bee Neoh, wife of Capitan Chung Thye Phin, will take place on Sunday, the 26th October, from her residence No. 58 Northam Road, to the late Capitan Cheang Keng Kwi’s private burial ground at Mount Erskine for interment. Friends and relatives are requested
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  • 470 7 Some Pointed Speeches. i MBRA® 01 BOLSHEVISTS." Heti er’s Telegrams. London. October 21. lord Birke it ad speaking in London. be believed the heart of the nation uid and true and would repudiate X’ ma d economic philosophy derived writings of Karl L x He found everywhere a
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  • 144 7 EVACUATION OF THE RUHR. Berlin. October 21. lhe election- for the Reichstag are y d for December 7. I he last German elections were held vin May and the Marx Cabinet has n in office since November. The new oon will probably be held on Nov--23. It is
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  • 20 7 I hENCH TROOPS LEAVING. Dusseldorf. October 21. and \E° OP k have ev acuated Karls1 Mannheim without incident.
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  • 33 7 '■REACH of the treaty. Pari-. October 21. that tip ol n J. earns from Berlin Control h l: r A111 i Commission of G shells boimhlT 4 several th °Rsands
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  • 188 7 Independence of Egypt. QUESTION OF THE SUDAN. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Cairo, October 21. In a speech at Alexandria, where he had an enthusiastic reception on his return from Europe, Zaglul Pasha declared that he was ready to sacrifice his life for Egypt’s independence He pointed out that the Foreign
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  • 35 7 BONDS AT A PREMIUM. London. October 21. Stock Exchange dealings in the German Loan began on a basis of a 2{> premium and touche i four. They are now at 3£ premium.
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  • 48 7 PROOF OF IMPROVEMENT. Manchester. October 21. I’he decision of the spinners of American yarn to increase the working week to thirty-two hours from November 3 is regarded as convincing proof that trade is improving. Manufacturers of cotton goods complained that deliveries are delayed under existing conditions.
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  • 22 7 London, October 21. Lieut.-Colonel G. R. V. Steward of the Inniskilling Fusiliers has been appointed Military Attache at Peking.
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  • 200 7 DE LILE—VAN DEN DRIESEN. Despite the unfavourable weather. St. Mary’s Church. Kuala Lumpur, was crowded on Saturday, when the Rev. B. Q Roberts solemnized the marriage of Mr. J. A. de Lile, of Messrs. John Little and Co., Ltd., and Miss Maud Vivien Van den Driesen of the Methodist
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  • 109 7 A £79.000 INHERITANCE. At Brighton Bankruptcy Court, Lionel Gerard Ames, of Horsham, formerly captain in the Grenadier Guards, admitted liabilities of £4,154 and assets of £1,297. He said he obtained bis commission in the Grenadier Guards in 1909, and served through the war, losing an arm He
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  • 31 7 The meeting of the Scotia Lodge, which "was to .have been held to-morrow evening, has now been postponed on account of the siftldeu death of Mr. M. Todd
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  • 844 7 Mr. M. C. Corbett Ipoh, has gone to Singapore on a business visit. Mr. Franciscus, Postmaster, Kiang, is shortly to be transferred back to Kuala Lumpur. Mr. V. J. de Silva, of Ipoh, has been granted a licence as an auctioneer for the State of Perak for
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  • 1657 7 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. Mr. N. A. M. Griffin, President of the Penang Cricket Club, presided over an attendance of fifty members at the Penang Cricket Club last evening when the annual general meeting was held. The members of Committee present included Mr. C, D. D. Hogan (VicePresident),
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  • 265 7 Ou January 10th next Germany will be no longer bound under the Treats of Versailles to grant Most-Favoured-Nat-ion treatment to the Allied Powers. She will be in a position both to raise her tariff to any height that she may wish or to discriminate between country
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  • 155 7 The homeward mail by the Morea closes at 5 p.m. on Saturday. 25th instant. The P. O. Packet Karmala with mails despatched from London on the 2nd October is expected to arrive here now at 6 p.m. to-day. The mail despatched from Penang on the 24th September by
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 32 7 Ideal in Price and Power. The AUSTIN TWELVE I A car with the reputation for reliability for twenty years. NOW IN STOCK. Borneo Motors Lztd, PENANG, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. L
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  • 678 8 No very important change has occurred this week in financial markets, wrote the City Editor of the London Times" on September 20. but sentiment has not been improved by the news that orders for six large oil tankers have been lost to British shipbuilders. The passing of
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  • 115 8 PENANG. OCTOBER 22, 1924. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 3/32 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 5/32 3 Credit 2/4 5/8 3 Documentary 2/4 21/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs 154 3 days’sight Private 158 Bombay Demand Bank 154 c Madras Demand Bank 154 H 3
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 251 8 f H I i|l OUT TO-DAY I I ZZ g= EE Don’t Mind the Rain FoxlTrotl Savoy ESE SS What does the Pussycat j Havana Band ZZ Riviera Rose Waltz 1 Savoy |g ZZ Youre in Kentucky Fox Trot) Orpheums ZZ Tell Me in the Moonlight Fox Trot 1 Savoy
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    • 1044 8 AN ART EXHIBITION OF THE I (Incorporated in England TOSA ART STUDIO, Jg (YOKOHAMA, JAPAN) sir E T i i Ryrie, Esq., H. Melvill Simons, Eso P is D()V\ (Iptl) to the public for few a days only at the Chalmers, Esq.. Sir David Yule' D Lord Carmichael. Head Office,
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  • 246 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy <k Co.’s share list Yesterday. To-day. X «C X Shares. J >, J: 5 5 CD 72 20 30 Rubber (Dollar.) I e. c. c. Ic. Bassett 1.05 J.o7s 1.07$ 110 Broga 56 58 59 60 Bukit J.
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  • 45 9 October 22, 1924. Local. cts. (Smoked Sheet 57 market Fine Pale Crepe ...57 Unemoked Sheet 48 easier Stnga- (Smoked Sheet 57!> tendency PORE (Crepe 57J 1 ONDON AND NEW York. r (Smoked Sheet 1/4? market LONDON Crepe 1/4 5 steady New York ...G3l§
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  • 114 9 The Straits l eading Co., Ltd,, gives the following prices, on October 21: London. Spot £250.10s Down 15/3 mos. buying 252.5 s 15/3 selling 252.10 s 12/6 Lo<?a t October 22: Singapore sold 275 tons at $1244 Penang 25 tons at $1244. The Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd-. London.
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  • 27 9 Kamunting Tin Dredging, Ltd., for half month of October output (three dredges) 770 piculs, hours run (three dredges) 904, estimated realised value of ore $53,900/-.
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  • 169 9 Benares Op<'i-n p. ch <4 L<) > nun Cloves 100.00 sellers Gold leaf 72.00 seller Mace Pickings no stock Nutmegs 80s 102.00 nom 110 s 95.00 Coconuts per 1,00') 50.00 Copra Snndriod 13.35 sellers Rattans 11.15 sales Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1
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  • 141 9 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. K night Templar for Suez and Marseilles. (Suez Parcels.) Penang Maru for Rangoon (Mergui and Moulmein via Rangoon) and Calcutta. Hosang for Calcutta. Karmala for Singapore. China A Japan. Owing to s.s. Malaya” docking for survey, her service from Penang to Tongkah. Renong and Kopah will
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  • 570 9 CLOSE DAILY (except B<ii. fay BI TRIIN. Federated Malay States, Malacca, Johotand Singapore. Registration and Parcel Pest, except wheie otherwise stated, close half an hour earlur than the Ordinary mail Resumption oi Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed daily (Sunday excepted) by the 730
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  • 1095 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. Uu' C NAMES °.2 a X y i i RUBBER [Dollar.] S S e I e Allenby Rubber Co ...I I 25; 1 3c| Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 05 1 10 j Amalgamated Malay Estates I 60i 00 cum Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 11 0012 00
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  • 558 9 CHOWRASTA MARKET Penang. October 22. 1924 ns Government Mutton Mutton Indian per lb 55 Mutton Head, sheep or goat each 1.00 Liver with heart <% lung do 130 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Mutton lb 55 Lamb do
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 428 9 XBV ADVERTISEMENTS. AUCTION """""position vacant NOTICE OF SALE. Draftsman with some knowledge Bv Orde »he Supreme Court of the I Concrete Work required in Straits Settlements. only to the Assistant SUIT 1915 No. «9 g n ,i n I rli> stating salary expected. To BE sold by 7“ PUBLIC AUCTION
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    • 28 9 Millets, their Nutritive and Ecodoiuk, Value, Cultivation, etc J) Malaga., by L. M. Berenger, $1 ner book or $l/30 post free, stocked by PiDAD/j Garette Press. Ltd PwtSJiy.
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  • 1367 10 A REVIEW OF LAST YEA B’S TRADE. In the beginning of 1923 it became obvious that the chief trading organisation of the U.S.S.R. in Great Britain, Arcos, Ltd.which came into being in November. 1919, as the commercial branch of the Russian Trade Delegation, should re-arrange its
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  • 341 10 SHOWING UP WAR. Mr. D. W. Griffith is in London wondering whether the authorities are going to remove the ban on his new film, Love and Sacrifice.” Talking to a Star’ reporter he indicated that what hurt him most was not the banning of the
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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    • 222 10 'WifEm fUis6ottk is Ji without equal I V V see a bottle that ha« 1 brambles" anc U dimples lighting up its countenance with pride and pleasure, you may be sure that you and genuinely old whisky are at last face to p iter face. Dawson I The name of
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  • 3043 11 A in (.BY LEAGUE IN WALES. ~m ()ur Own Correspondents) London, September 25. ,p p IS to be a new and dangerous itimi ill Welsh Rugby this season. i;ts been offered and is to be comfor miLeague lines by the clubs Monmouthshire. I hat is a
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  • 142 11 Oct. 23 a 25A Triple Bill, Town Hall. 9 pan. 25 Rugby: Perak vs. Negri Sembilan. I poh. Inter-state Hockey: Perak vs. Selangor. K. Lumpur. Rugby: Penang and Kedah vs. Selangor. Sungei Patani. 26 Penang Swimming Club: Competitions for Gibbons and Simpson Cups. 27 Deepavali. Hindu Festival. 28
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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    • 616 12 P. 0.-BRITISH INI); i and apcar lines. (Companies Incorporarsn in Enola.xn. MAIL. PASSENGER CARGO SER\ PENINSULAR AND OKIENPA!. S. N. Co. (Under Contract with His Majesty s Government. P. O. SAILINGS. LONDON—FAR-EASTERN SERVICE. From London Due Penang. To Marseille» A !.<»>i.lnr. about KARMALA Oct 22 MOREA MANTUA Nov. 6 KASHGAR
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