Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 21 January 1925

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 17. VOL. LXXXIII. WEDNESDAY, 21st JANUARY, 1925. PRICE 15 GENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 591 1 KODAK films for sale. I artistic local views always in stock. NIKKO STUDIO 7, Northam Road, Penang. Hupmobile ENOUGH SAID. I YOU pay slightly mote for a Hupmobile E than for the average medium—priced car. E IT’S BURRELL’S 1 Experienced Hupmobile owners will tell you the E additional investment is
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    • 39 1 YOUR EYES If Optically Defective and Stramed can only be relieved if scientifically made Glasses are used OUR LONG EXPERIENCE Perfectly equipped testing rooms, aud accurately adapted Spectacles are AT YOUR SERVICE. SHANGHAI EASTERN MmicmwK «>ricu»i, tn. t— tut.
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  • 769 2 MACHINERY MARKET. While there haw been a regular business in supplies of various kinds of machinery, comparatively few large contracts were made. Most of the machineiy sold was required for extensions to existing plants and factories, rather than for new enterprises. Financial stringency has caused most of the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1239 2 Short Classified TENUERSINVITED |T a j e The Municipal Commissioners of luC *****1 W>lo KHOWS George Town, Penang, hereby invite I v CIUJCmDCIIKUia. tenders for the undermentioned work > the Climate, knows I Construction of Building for Disin- > 1 Wanted, For bale, io Let, ftc., fectant pjant at New
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    • 258 2 The Pen for all Climates The Self-tilling Swan has a safety screw cap K and a Ladder feed. When the cap is screwed Ink down, ink cannot evaporate and tbe Ladder 1 always ensures a sufficient supply for immediate use. which held the ink in readiness for instant ///Jj OF
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  • Feminine Reflections
    • 1303 3 Monday, December 22nd.Do write for e use of all who hav» need of it, and for -elf that T may forget nothing when the ::ne comes, the manner of roasting a Turt e v; and that is to prepare and dress our b rd and to fill
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    • 458 3  -  By Pauline Bouchier. Many bedrooms that are delightfully furnished, owe a lot to the colour and prettmeas of the eiderdowns. In the winter eiderdowns are the warmest of bedclothes. and in the summer they may be displayed entirely for the sake of their lovely colours. The snowy whiteness
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    • Article, Illustration
      74 3 These little novelties would make very acceptable gifts. By attaching a tiny doll’s head to some silk ribbon a quaint book marker is made. Black velvet garters are decorated with silk fruits. The most effective dance-bag is one secreted beneath a silk flower. A doll dressed in taffeta
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    • 321 3  -  By Joan Rossiter. Posies on everything possible seems to be the rule of Fashion at the moment. Undies and evening frocks adopt this mode quite naturally, but it is when they are worn on. severe tailor-made outfits that they look so right-up-to-the-minute. Our outdoor clothes look so
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    • 347 3  -  By Penelope. The quest for beauty can nearly always be satisfied in very’ simple w r ays. You just need to know how it is done, and then you find quite ordinary actions prove to be very good beauty recipes. Good general health, rest, and
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    • 748 3  -  By Helen Greig Souter. The uninitiated woman, whose serious domestic and professional problems save j her from a complete absorption in the affairs of dress, is tempted to exclaim on seeing some new or exaggerated fashion, Where on earth do these things come from, and who
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    • 854 3  -  By Dorothy Leyland. Sometimes it is the mod unlikely things that can be adapted to make really acceptable presents. Here are a few sug gestions. showing what can be done if one tries! An old secondhand mirror is precious. Perhaps it has been unearthed from the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements

  • 1122 4 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET. A special meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held in the Chamber yesterday afternoon. There were pre-sent Messrs. S. Codrington, (President) Khoo Sian Ewe, Yeoh Cheang Ann. Lim Cheng Ean. P. M. Robinson, A. R. Thornton, H. H. Abdool Cader, J. Crabb Watt, M. H. M.
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  • 389 4 EXAMPLES FROM THE FRENCH. There was a fairly good attendance at the Drill Hall, Penang, last evening to hear the lecture given by Major H. C. Harrison, D. S. 0., G. S’. O. 2, Malaya Command on the subject of "Fighting in Malaya Some points to be
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  • 58 4 The followin'? is the Band Pr-'eramme to be played at the Waterfall Gardens to-dav at 5.15 to fi.1.5 pm. [Weather pernnitting): 1 March Colonel J. W-<rl Cbeesetnan n Overture Poet and Peasant Suppe 3 Waltz Rork-a-bye my Baby Blues Yocll 4 Selection Reminiscences of Verdi Godfrey 5
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  • 547 4 Messrs. Baker Morgan and Co, Ltd* Kuala Lumpur reported as follovMi on January 20: I In the mere act of "fiddling while Rome burned" one cannot fail to per. ceive in the Emperor Nero quality possessed and displayed by our hero, Drake in his proverbial persistence at
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  • 256 4 With the increasing production an th* Dutch East Indies of palm oil, the demand for suitable machinery for extraction purposes must inevitably increase, and afford an excellent opportunity for* manufacturers, says "Eastern Engineering.” A happy indication that British makers of such machinery
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  • 245 4 NEW YORK WOMAN ON v "STUNT." The visit to the Un States vi Grand Duchess Victoria wife of the Grand Duke Cyril, the self proelaimted Ozar of Russia, is described as the most ambitious "stunt” i n history lof American advertising. This follows the admission of
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 242 4 I $l,OOO I GOLDEN SPECIALS” I Novel Prize Competition I NO ENTRANCE FEES. I 1 Prize of $5OO $5OO B I 2 Prizes of $lOO each 200 B I 4 Prizes of $25 each 100 B I 20 Prizes of $lO each 200 B I $l,OOO I I cDtr^[A i
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  • 950 5 THE DIRECTORS NOT FREE FROM RESPONSIBILITY. [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.’’J Sir,—Tho circular issued a few days ago to shareholders of Malayan Collieries, Ltd., and signed Malayan Oollieiaes, Ltd., Hy. D. Brown, Secretary” (which does not indicate very clearly who is responsible for it) is a
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  • 122 5 TO-DAY'S DEPARTURE’S Pungah for Asahan and Batu Bahra. Sri Muar for Kantang) Trang). Pangkor for Pangkor, Bindings and Sitiawan. Hakuaan Maru for Colombo, Snez, Port Said, Marseilles, London. Rotterterdam and Antwerp. Tamba Maru for Colombo Bombay. The following ships are in communication with the Wireless Stations at: PenangAmarapoora,
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  • 125 5 The new 8.1.5. N. Go’s (A pear Line) s.b. Talamba” is due to arrive here on Saturday the 24th instant. The 8,8. Talamba is a three funnel oil burning steamer and will leave Penang on Saturday afternoon for Singapore direct also Hongkong, Shanghai, Moji and Kobe. This
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  • 371 5 GI.OSE DAILY (except Hnuday) j BT IRAIN. Federated Malay States, Malacca, Johor 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 closer daily (Sunday excepted) by the
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 285 5 j.-^^ rre a.' > "A' TMg;>"\ a i >.' OBT X f > ~X jlMlgfewr < I v Cc rfifi ed F" Analysis r Every White Horse bottle has two labels. It is the Whisky that is twice Jgg guaranteed. Vattings are fflt regularly analysed by the W Public Analyst
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    • 313 5 Rern.in.gton, Repeating Shotguns 12 bore 6 shot? 11 /T OVE the sliding forearm xVX to eject, forward to load—simply and quickly operated. Hammerles^ well balanced with beautiful lines. Easily taken apart for cleaning and carrying. MODEL 17 20 bore 5 shots This latest Remington Repeater is buih ori similar lines.
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  • 34 6 PutleyField—On January 15, 1925, at Holt, Norfolk, England, Arthur Charles Putley. of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, to Joyce Mary Field, daughter of the Reverend and Mrs. Field The Old School House,
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  • 448 6 At the moment, it is somewhat difficult to guage the present political situation in Germany, Reuter to-day provides another intimate glimpse into Teuton mentality without fully satisfying our curiosity. We are left wondering. Yesterday’s debate in the Reichstag is symbolic of our own earlier troubles under Socialist administration, with
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  • 380 6 As we surmised, the prospect of the Second Opium Conference reaching a satisfactory conclusion is meagre, owing to the uncompromising attitude adopted by the United States. The American view of the opium traffic bears a striking resemblance to its visualisation of the liquor traffic. Uncle Sam, after much heated
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  • 34 6 Air Men O’War Boyd Cable. Golf Harry Vardon. Bridge E. Bergholt. London Letter I Our Own Scottish Letter Correspondents Women’s Page) London and Paris Fashions) Paris. In the Public Eye David Wilson.
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  • 136 6 SEQUEL TO SHOOTING AFFRAY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, January 21. The shooting affray which followed the arrest in November last of a Chinese washerman and the discovery in hi 8 possession of six Mauser pistols and ammu nition, which he purchased from a seaman from the German
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  • 1671 6 PREPARING SPEECHES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, 3rd December, 1924. Mr. Austen Chamberlain writes pleasantly in the the Empire Review of the manner in which great speakers prepare their speeches. His survey covers a good many great figures of Victorian times, but his account of how’
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 310 6 John Haig? 0 OTrt? Clubman's Whisku since 1627 9 JOHN HAIG A CO., IT»., DISTILLERS. MARKiNCH, HIE, AND KINNAIRD HOLS! PALI. MALL LAM S.W m v y\a/g» r ®a MMOft /SSTw/Jg aJ3 < <i rKTiutßs Z/T «WWi lk L. //Z3e> aR. wu.\ m m /x wkWy JeF?® f 1 flk3
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    • 27 6 E. O.” Guest Night and Dancing Every Tuesday and Friday. Special Tiffin every Wednesday and SaturdayE. O. Orchestra. Orchestral Concert every other Sunday. Next Concert 25th January.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
  • 22 6 DEATH. Watmough.On January 15, 1925, suddenly, at Chellow Dene, Bradford, England, Stuart Watmough, beloved father of Mrs. Arthur Dobson, Holland Park, Singapore.
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  • 481 7 Mild Incident. AMERICANS’ ATTITUDE. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Geneva, January 20. kn incident arose at the Opium Conference this morning from the remarks of the American delegate, Mr. jtephen Porter, vehemently denouncing the statement of Lord Robert Cecil that the use of opium in America was greater than in India
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  • 91 7 CONVENED FOR MARCH. London, January .20. Reuter learns that correspondence with the Governments of th£ Dominions and India as regards the possibility’ ol a Special Imperial Conference to be held in March to discuss the Geneva Protocol, indicates that he exigencies of Parliamentary and other business will render
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  • 28 7 THREE MEN RELEASED. London, January 20. I’hree of the uncharged men. who were detained in connection with the plot to blow up warships, were released to-day.
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  • 42 7 DANGER OF UNOCCUPATION. Perth, (W.A.), January 20. Mr. Collier, tie* Premi r of West Australia in a sp-ech before proceeding to London, said that there was a positive danger i! half of the great continent of Australia were to remain unoccupied.
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  • 184 7 Soviet Still Suffering. RIGHTS OF BONDHOLDERS. Reuter’s Telegrams.] Paris, January 20. According to the newspapers. M. Herriot, conversing with M. Krassin yesterday, characterised M. Rykoff’s statement, mentioned on January 18, as an interference with French internal affairs and a breach of the Soviet’s undertaking. M. Herriot received
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  • 75 7 AGREEMENT SIGNED. Peking, January 20. The Russo-Japanese negotiations, which are being conducted here culminated in the conclusion of a treaty, which is being signed to-night. The nature of the treaty has not yet transpired. The Chinese Foreign Office warned both parties that the agreement will not be
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  • 99 7 TRADE COMMISSAR’S STATEMENT. Moscow, January 21. The most important development in Russia’s oil exports in 1925 is foreshadowed by the Assistant Commissar of Foreign Trade in the course of an interview in which he declared that corn exports would not be lower than that of last year despite
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  • 22 7 Moscow, January 20. The Central Committee of the Communist Party passed the resolution concerning Trotzky by 50 votes to 2.
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  • 71 7 GOVERNMENT DEFEATED. Paris, January 20. The Governmental Bloc received a setback by losing the by-election for the first time since the general elections of last May. The Opposition candidate of the. Loir et Cher Department, who was heavily defeated in May turned the tables on his Radical opponent
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  • 80 7 (Vaio.) ABDEL KRIM’S STATEMENT. Paris. January 20. Abdel Krim. interviewed by a special correspondent of the Journal,” expressed the earnest desire to reach an agreement with France whom he considers to be the Queen of Islam, because she helps and does not oppress Moslems. Abdel Krim would
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  • 50 7 London, January 20 At a meeting of the Short Time Committee of the Federation of Master Cotton Spinners of Manchester. it was reported that business in American yarns had distinctlv declined tinting the last few weeks Failing an improvement, the question of reducing working hours must be considered.
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  • 204 7 Earl Reading’s Speech. INTERESTING RESUME. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Delhi, January 20. The Legislature opened in state. Earl Reading in a speech, welcomed the presence of prominent Afghan Officers at the recent arjpy manoeuvres which was a token of friendly relations between India and the Amir of Afghanistan, while the
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  • 197 7 UPROAR AND INTERRUPTIONS. Berlin. January 20. An uproar, in which the Right Party shouts of Traitor, have you paid France” predominated, greeted the Socialist Breitscheid who. in a statement in the course of the Reichstag debate on the Governm- nt’s policy, said that it appeared that the Allied
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  • 215 7 LLOYD’S FIGURES. London, January 20. Lloyd’s Register of the annual summary of shipbuilding shows that 924 mercantile vessels were launched throughout the world in 1924, with a tonnage of 2,247,000, of which the output of Great Britain and Ireland was 1,439,000, Germany 193,000, United States 139,000, Japan 72,000,
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  • 50 7 The following will represent Public Services” at hockey versus Penang Schoolmasters at 5 p.in. to-morrow on the Esplanade:Swee Eng, Khay Seng, Swe© Leng, Cheng Hoe, Bukta Singh, C. N. Woodford, O. Scharenguivel, J.H. Pedlow, J. V. Mills, J. C. Green and K. Coombs. Referee: Mr. N. A. M. Griffin.
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  • 401 7 Australia Leading. HOBBS’ CENTURY. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Adelaide, January 20. England were all out for 365, Hobbs contributing 119. Australia had scored 211 for three wickets when stumps were drawn. The weather was fine when play was resumed. There were 8,000 spectators. The wicket was wearing. England’s First
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  • 128 7 The following ties have been fixed for Thursday, January 22: Single Handicap.Scr. J. M. Chalmeis (C.S.) v. t 5 L. Flinter (4). Championship Pairs.J. Ford and L. R. Tofield v. J. G. Allan and W. Hamilton (2); J. G. Barrett and C. H. Hertz v. D. McLeod
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  • 215 7 The following ties have been fixed for Thursday, January 22: Single Handicap Class A”. 2 J. Wilkinson v. 4 J. T. R. Ryder (4). Single Handicap Class B”. 4 G. Johnstone v. l5 E. De La M. Stowell (2); 3O J. Schiess v. l5 R. Addison (5)
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  • 729 7 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Al. J. Descraques is on a visit to Kuala Lumpur from Kampar. Sir J. W. Murison, Attorney General S. S., will be going on leave probably in May. Che Haji Ismail, the lecturer in Malay on Malaria, is now touring the Lower Perak District. Che Wan Mohamed Ali
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  • 90 7 IMPROVING THEIR STATUS. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, January 20. Of the 21.000 Ex-Servicemen temporarily” employed in the Civil Service, 13,000 have henceforth been transferred to the permanent staff under an agreement with the Treasury, and the ExServicemen’s Association thus creating a new class of ex-service civil servants with security of
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  • 27 7 RATIFIED BY SENATE. Washington, January 20. By 40 votes to 38 the Senate ratified* the Senate Oil Committee’s report cabled on June 6, 1924.
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  • 97 7 ANOTHER ONE FORMED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, January 21. At the Town Hall, yesterday, there was a large attendance of employees of the mercantile firms. Mr. Egm out Hake presided, and the meeting passed a resolution unanimously agreeing to the formation of a Co-Operative Thrift Loan
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  • 38 7 The homeward ma’l by the Tara closes at 10 a.m. on Friday, the 23rd instant. The mail despatched from Penang on the 24th December by the s.s. Goentoer was delivered in London on the 19th January.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 47 7 The Most Popular Small Car in Penang. r a H 2 YOUB OLD CAR TAKEN 111 PABT A2"l H NYMENI DEFERRED u 2 PAYME’TS j ARRANGED. st J May we give you a Demonstration C! FULL PARTICULARS FROM BORNEO MOTORS LIMITED, PENANG. fl SINGAPORE. IPOH. KUALA LUMPUR.
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  • 792 8 ANNUAL MEETING. The annual general meeting of Glenealy Plantations, Limited, was held in the offices of the Company, Hongkong Bank Chambers, Singapore, on Saturday. Mr. W. P. Plummer presided and others present were Messrs Aitken-Berry, J. A. Duthie, C. J. Stephen, Captain Daly and Mr. W. E. Rayner,
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  • 1034 8 POSITION OF DEBENTURE HOLDERS. The seventh ordinary general meeting of Biutan Estates Ltd., was held at Chartered Bank Chambers, Singapore, on Saturday. The Chairman. Mr. John Bagnall, presided and there were also present the hon’ble Mr. J. Mitchell, Mr. L. C. Patterson, and Mr. P. N. Knight, for
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  • 249 8 Benares Opium o >»h am' $5,000.00 nom. Cloves 90.00 sellers Gold leaf 72.00 seller Mace Pickings no stock Nutmegf. 80s 110.00 noffi. 110 h 100.00 Coconuts per 1.00* 1 50.00 Copra Snndri-d 12.25 buyers Rattans J 11.15 sales Rattans Coarse 10.50 i Green Snail Shells 13.00 i Siam
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  • 122 8 PENANG. JANUARY 21, 1925 (By ConRTKSY OF THE CHARTERS) Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 1/8 4 months’ sight Rank 2/4 9/32 m 3 Credit 2/4 5/8 3 Documentary 2/4 21/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs 156-) 3 days’sight Privat» 160 Bombay Demand Bank 1564 j 5 Madras Demand Bank 1560
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  • 232 8 EXHAUST FUMES THAT Span THE SCENT. 4 Interference by moi., ists with t f hunting was criticised at the anna dinner of the Harrogate and Di s t r ie t i Automobile Club by the principal g U 4 I Viscount Lascelles, who is Master uf
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 147 8 Introduced 20 years ago Standard Cars have improved year by year and the standard is maintained by the most skilful workmanship to be found 1 in the Industry. Reliable, easy to control and drive, graceful in appearance, comfortable and roomy, with ample speed and climbing power suitable for every country
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    • 66 8 IF YOU WANT TO BE ONE of the happy and successful in Life’s battle your first care m.u-'t be your health. Constipation causes mental inefficiency and bodily sickness. Pinkettes dispel constipation, stimulate the liver, banish sick headaches and bilious attacks in a single might. Used whenever needed Pinkettes keop you
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    • 328 8 Strengthen the voice and sweeten the breath Protect throat and lung:- from infection. An occasional Evans’ Pastille will kill u/Z the g. ims of chiil, cold, influenza and catarrh at once. When buying, make sure of the name EVANS upon the bottleyour guarantee of the genuine. EV Ail 3 ANTISe»TIC
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  • 1426 9 Alleged Libel. PLAINTIFF’S EVIDENCE AND cross-examination. The Second Divisional Court was again crowded this fore-noon to attend the hearing of the suit brought by Mr. Wanchee Ariffin against Tuan Syed Salleh Alsagotf, and the Mercantile Press claiming damages for libel alleged to have been contained in circulars written
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  • 174 9 'This mau acted with a strength of mind which showed him to be a much more powerful personality than his years imply,” said Mr. McClure dn prosecuting Horace William Powell, 18, who pleaded guilty at London Sessions to obtaining money by false pretences. (It was stated that
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  • 71 9 The carved wooden model of a seagull in Hight that adorns the river float fire station at Blackfriars Bridge has reached its 21<st birthdav. It was made in the winter of 1903 by a man who has since dred, and the firemen believe that it keeps the
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  • 166 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.'s share list at 1 p.m. to-day Yesterday. I’n-day. Shares. >» 3 p 20 OQ CQ 00 Mining. Asam K. 49/ 50/- 49/- 50/Batang P. 64 65 621 65 Hitam 1.75 1.80 1.70 1.75 ex Idris Hyd. 27/6
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  • 103 9 January 21, 1925. Local. ct». (Smoked Sheet ...57’ all Fine Pale Crepe ...57J markets Unamoked Sheet 38 weak Sing A- (Smoked Sheet ...58 downward pore (Crepe ...88 tendency London and Ygrk. rz Trw (Smoked Sheet ...l/4| London I //«x (Crepe New Yore ..G35 Smoked Ribbed Sheet 55| to
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  • 80 9 The Straits Trading Co., Ltd,, gives the following prices, on January 20: London. Spot £259 Down 5/3mos. buying,. 263 5/3 selling,. 263.5 s 5/Local. January 21: Singapore sold 175 tons at $129 Penang buyers no sellers at $129. Messrs. Bousted and Co., Ltd: To-day’s quotation for Singapore refined
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  • 175 9 We have to acknowledge receipt of a copy of the prospectus for Rembian Tin Limited, an Ipoh flotation formed for the purpose of working theMln bearing properties situate at Gunong Rembian, Perak. The lands to be acquired by the company, approximately 477 acres, are situated in Mukim
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  • 66 9 A Chinese actress, Miss Rose Quong, is likely to be seen on the London stage shortly. Young, and with a remarkable fluency in Kngli&h, Miss Quong has had some experience of acting in Australia. She is an emotional dramatic actress, and a discovery of .Miss Hosina Filippi, the
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  • 1085 9 KENNEDY CO'S SHARE LIST. NAMES i h RUBBER [Dollar.] S >• S o Allenby Rubber Co I 3 13® at Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 1 W Amalgamated Malay Estate» 1 IO 2 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 11 OGII sO| Ayer Kuning Rubber Estates 3C 36 Ayer Molek Rubber Co
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    • 572 9 KEW ADVERTISEMENTS. notice. POSITION VACANT Eurasian Association, Penang Branch. a A Tea party, in order to meet the Hon. Accountant required for Straits Mr. E. Tessensohn. will be held at the Settlements, knowledge of costing de- Parish Hall to-morrow, Thursday, from girable. Apply stating age, whether sto 7 p.m. married
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  • 1044 10 PROVIDENT FUND SCHEME. Favoured by Directors. (Continued from yesterday's issue. > Mr. O’Hara Hickson said that the question of a provident scheme was the one thing the directors at home were after. They would lie quite willing to see a scheme put up by planters for the benefit of
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  • 203 10 CHARGES UNDER 300-YEARS OLD ACT DISMISSED. Charges brought under the 300-years-old Sunday Observance Act, which forbade people to c iigregate outside their own parishes on Sunday for sport, were heard against 27 people, including boxers and officials of the Horwich, near Bolton Boxing Club, at Bolton. Among the
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  • 198 10 CORONER’S WARNING. It was stated at an inquest at Kingston-on-Thames on George Edward Stott. 11, son of J. J. Stott, the steeplechase jockey, that the boy was given insulin injections for diabetes by a district nurse after being brought home from hospital. Nurse Woollaston said she had been
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  • 178 10 IMMUNITY OF EATERS OF WHOLEMEAL BREAD. The relation of diet to cancer is discussed by Lt.-Col H. Hallilay from the experience of twenty-two years’ medical service in India, largely among Indians, in his article Intestinal Stasis (constipation) and Cancer” in the December number of the Franco-British Medical
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 203 10 Jĕ s i (jolumbiafwv I I New Process RECORDS. I JUNE NIGHT.” is a peach of a Fox Trot and it’s played by Ted Lewis and his EE Band. We can’t say more. Hear it. Other New Dance Records. i4 U< I It had to be you Foxtrot fc 3494
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    • 1037 10 BANKS NEDERLANDSCHE HANDk? MAATSCHAPPIJ. ,EL r trading society f J/ A ESTABLISHED 1X24 XI Capital (Paid-Up) Statutory ReaerV *****00 f20,045,032 abt £,WI9 l f 22,660,000 abt. £1 8 88 3 Jl 1 Branches.—Bandoeng. Bandjermasin rX/ Uj via, Bombay, Calcutta, Cheribon. Di en < *I/ Djokjakarta, Hongkong, Kobe, Kota RajJ j
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 61 10 THEATRE ROYAL, Monday 19th to Wednesday 21st. Two Shows on Wednesdaylst Show 4 p.m. 2nd Show 8-30 p.m. Mariam Cooper in Is Money Everything Reels 6 Satiawan Savitri Reels 7 Indian PictureBeautifully Produced and acted by Indian Artistes. The Gipsy Trail ARTACORD Rustlers of the Redwood (Roy Stewart). Thursday, 22nd
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  • 1775 11 INAUGURATION OF A REGULAR SERVICE. Details o£ a service about to be inaugurated by a French company -through the north of Africa are given by W. F. Bradley in the Autocar.” He writes Those of us who are inclined to believe that the romance of
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 186 11 f f X-«***W /TOPNOTCH” 1 > ,-nr- K/ng George Scotch Whisky J 1 he Distillers Agency Limited, Edinburgh, SCOTLAND. y.« nl■nn i i r TRICHLOROPHENYLIODOMETHYLSALICYL in H 2 O T. C. P. f THE IDEAL ANTISEPTIC A with Pain Killing and Flesh Building Properties. h iffi L* T. C. P.
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    • 39 11 Pitman’s New Course in Typewriting, $l/50 per book, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd.. Penang. Pitman’s Shorthand Rapid Course. Key tor New Era. $l/50 per book or $l/80 post free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., Penang.
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    • 389 11 I O I Your Baby I needs this famous food I tanious, not only because the strong and sturdy. This sale, «teas F children of 4 Royal Houses have been food for Baby is free from the risk reared on Glaxo, but because in all of such dresd diseases as
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 1272 12 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE INTENDED RAILINGS FROM PENANG. klt Bk' 1 iiiWffilt WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Jjk ggß Kg|| |gj§ A ELPENOR January 22 London, Rotterdam and Hamburg. Mry J| J[| PYRRHUS January £9 London, Rotterdam and Hamburg. SARPEDON February 3 Marseilles, London, Rotterdam Hamburg. fr— M EURYBATES
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    • 534 12 P. 0.-BRITISH INDI A 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. O SAILINGS. LONDON-FAR.EABTERN service. For SinUPorc. Hongkong Shanghai, Moji, For Colombo, Aden, Port Said, M.r S# ii| os Yokohama and Kobe. London.
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