Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 22 January 1925

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  • 18 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE DAILY. ESTABLISHED No. 18. VOL. LXXXIII. THURSDAY, 22nd JANUARY, 1925. PRICE 15 0ENTS
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    • 509 1 TOKISATSU, PHOTOGRAPHIC ARI studio ’Phone 772. 68, BISHOP STREET. E “Oliver” Typewriter uummumumm /jk Jii IS THE POSSIBLE HIGHEST CLASS TO 1 1 MACHINE IT IS MANUFACTURE Write for descriptive booklet of models 9 10 to The Sole Importers: THE BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED, (iXCORPOn ATHD IN ENGLAND.) Singapore, Penang, [poh,
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    • 332 1 I T. NAGATA. I DENTIST. I I I NEXT DOOR TO I I THE DISPENSARY." I x x si x se >: c >■ S WHY RUN THE RISK OF LOSING j I $10,000 5 OR EVEN $50 WORTH OF YOUR PROPERTY TO BURGLARS J WHEN YOU CAN OBVIATE ALL
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  • 399 2 AMUSING ATTACK BY A CRITIC. Mr E. Wake Cook has always been the bugbear of the Post- Impressionists in art, and his new book, Retrogression in Art” (Hutchinson, 15s.), will not make him any more popular with them. It is slashing criticism, written with spirit and with
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  • 222 2 In his speech from the chair at the recent annual meeting of the British Merchants’ Morocco Association. Mr. R. S. Hunter, one of the vice-presidents, emphasized the following points The business throughout the year had been gravely complicated by the fluctuation in the exchange values of
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  • 124 2 The Postmaster-General (Sir William Mitchell-Thompson) received a deputation from the Telephone Development Association, which aims at an increase of 3.000.000 telephones. Sir Alexander Roger (chairman) considered that a great business department like the Post Office should be removed from political turmoil. Mr. Hugo Hirst said that the British
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    • 1151 2 MISCELLANEOUS. X r I RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. J Black Orpington Rooster wanted. There’S 8 Sure Waj H Modintlra. town d.h,.ry or I Apply to J. Downbs. Snngei Patani. t£> Lasting Relief X 112—20 22-1 X postage. I IN CASE OF Eoesis, Blotekea, PAYABLB IN ADVANCE. J till? Pimples, Boils, Eruptioas,
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    • 43 2 The Best Cough Medicine. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy i s the largest selling cough medicine in the world to day because it does exactly what a cough medicine i 8 supposed to do. It stops coughs and colds speedily and effectually. For sale everywhere.
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    • 293 2 Let Everyone in the Family uSgmH Know Instant Postum T T THOLE8OMB, refreshing, Poetum is for every memW her of the family, young and old alike. Give it to the children and watch them thrive. Poetum is the great food-drink made from whole wheat, bran and sugar cane. It comes
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  • 820 3 “IMPROVEMENT SINCE 1920.’’ 9 Cmiosity regarding the report which the Trades Union Congress delegates would make as to their visit to Russia was partly satisfied, when the following statement, signed by Mr. A. A. Purcell, chairman of the delegation, and Mr. Fred Bramley, their secretary, was
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  • 482 3 JUDGE S COMMENT IN A LIBEL SUIT. A settlement was announced of a libel action bj Messrs. Cohen and Cohen, solicitors, of Salisbury House, E. C'., against, the “Sphere and Tatler,” Ltd., the publishers and proprietors, and Messrs. Eyre and Spottiswoode. Ltd., the printers of the
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  • 79 3 The decision of the Court of Criminal Appeal that a man, arrested before 9. p. m. cannot be convicted on a charge of possessing houeebreaking implements at night draws attention to the fact that the expression “night” according to its most recent legal definition, means the interval
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  • 48 3 During a case at Shoreditch County Court Judge Cluer said that creditors were allowed to dun under-graduates at Cambridge, but not at Oxford adding with regard to the latter university, It is a much better and more civilised place creditors cannot get past the porter’s lodge.”
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 57 3 A'Germ Destroyer. There is no danger whatever from lock jaw or blood poison resulting from a wound when Chamberlain’s Pain Balm is promptly applied. It is an antiseptic and destroys the germs which cause these diseases. It also causes wounds to heal without maturation aid in one-third the time required
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    • 386 3 DON’T HAVE DINNER TO NIGHT Before you have made a note -to snap up some of these Never-to-be repeated Bargains. f «Sr In wwl nil //Ik W 'L i B W H W Twilfit Style 2217 Twilfit Style 1010. 50 Pairs Only. V 25 Pairs Only# ,As illustration for aver-
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  • 1466 4 FURTHER PROCEEDINGS. Settlement Arrived At. The hearing was resumed in the Supreme Court, Penang, yesterday afternoon, of the suit in which Mr. Wanchee Ariffin, of Hutton Lane, the son of the late Mr. Md. Ariff. a millionaire, is claiming damages from Tuan Syed Salleh Alsagoff and others
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  • 248 4 APPEAL COURT QUASHES A SENTENCE. In quashing a sentence or 12 months’ hard labour passed on Israel Hussey, a coloured man, for unlawful wounding, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Hewart, said at the Court of Criminal Appeal The law is that in defence of his house,
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  • 810 4 OUT OF COURT MISTOOK ASSIZES FOR CIVIL COURT. A curious explanation that the judgment was given against him by Mr. Justice Barrett-Lennard while he was waiting in the other Court, where the Assizes were being held, for his case to come on there, was put forward successfully by a Chinese
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  • 52 4 The homeward mail by the Tara closes at 10 a.m. to-morrow. The B. I. Packet Teesta with mails despatched from London on the 1st January is expected to arrive here at 6a.m. to-morrow. The mails*lespatched from Australasia by the s.s. Montero is expected to arrive at Singapore on
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  • 597 4 NEW YEAR GYMKHANA. The following are the entries and handicaps for the Penang Polo Club Gymkhana to be held on Monday next at the Race Course, beginning at 3-30 p m Lady Guillemard will present the prizes at the end of the Polo tournament. On Friday and
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  • 48 4 In connection with the Polo Tournament which is to be held to-morrow at the Polo Ground, we are informed that members of the visiting teams are to he entertained to dinner at the E. a- d 0. Hotel after play. A dance is to follow.
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  • 276 4 NOLAN—WEATHERSTONE. A quiet wedding was solemnised at the Church of the Assumption, Penang, yesterday afternoon, the contracting parties being Vincent Charles Nolan, Assistant, Messrs Evatt and Co, Penang, second son of Mr. and late Mrs. C. Nolan. Chatswood, Sydney, and Elizabeth Mary Weatherstone, only daughter of Mrs. and
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 127 4 (To the Editor of the “Pinang Gazette.”) Sir, —Several days ago the “Straits Echo” published a leading article in praise of Chinese servants and paid a tribute to their loyalty to their employers. As a Chinese lam both pleased and proud that European employers are served faithfully by
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  • 93 4 The health statement for the Municipality of George Town for the week ending 17th January, 1925, shows a total of 63 deaths 46 males and 17 females—the death-rate being 24.63 per mille per annum, compared with 23 46 in the preceding week and with 19.59 in the corresponding
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  • 73 4 Jan. 25—P.C.C. v. Medan, Medan. 31—C.R.C. v. P.R.C. Vic. Green. 31 —P.C.C. v. E.S.C. Esplanade. Feb. 7 —P.C.C. v. Kedah Penang, Mar. 22—P.C.C. v. Sungei Patani Sungei Patani. April 11 A 13—Inter-State Match Penang v. Perak Penang. May 2—P.C.C. v. Sungei Patani, Penang 30—Inter-State Match, Penang v. Selangor,
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  • 95 4 John Pressland, 35, the secret,ary and collector of the ‘‘Coach and Horses” a.nd the British Legion Loan Club, Beckenham, Kent. has been missing when he- failed to attend the annual share out of the “Coach and Horses’’ Club. All the books and club cards are missing, and
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  • 372 4 Tokio, January 16,— Mr. Yoshieawd, Minister at Peking and th* chief delegate for Japan at the Russ< Japanese parley fell while skating at Okitsu, a health re sort in Shizuoka prefecture and is reported to have been injured. Viscount T. Kato, the Premier, baid n, an address at
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  • 205 4 BRITAIN’S FAILING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES. Lord Eustace Percy, Minister of Educa tion, speaking at the Mansion House cd the occasion of the distribution of prize 1 and certificates in connection with thCity of London College—which is conduc ted in conjunction with the London Chan, ber of Commerce
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  • 216 4 PHILIPPINES MAKE A NEW DISCOVERY. The Philippine-' have discovered th durian. It is a wonderful fruit, says the M* nila Times,” and more rejuvenating than goat or monkey glands. Anyone may restore vigour merely by lunching on iare exotic tropical fruit whose potent physical effects haw
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  • 2926 5 LORD LYTTON’S APPEAL. Calcutta, January 7.—The Bengal Legislative Council this afternoon rejected the Criminal Law Amendment Bill by 66 votes to .>7. The proceedings lasted two hours only. The only business before the Council, which met this afternoon was the introduction of the Criminal Law Amendment Bill,
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  • 200 5 WHY THE WAITER RECOMMENDS CERTAIN WINES. So extensive has become the practice of paying “corkage” money, varying from 3d. to Is. or more a cork, to hotel and restaurant waiters who push certain brands of wines that a regular trade in corks is done by iniddlem.es who have had
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  • 207 5 MR. MACDONALD'S DEFINITION. Mr. Ramsax MacDonald. M. P., in a speech at the 48th annual supper of the Working Men s College, Camden Town, N. W., said the educated man xvas certainly not the learned, certainly not the University man, although he xvas not debarred by any
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  • 132 5 VISITOR ROBBED OF £600. Mr. Reuben Gordon, an Australian staying at the Imperial Hotel, Russellsquare, is the latest victim of confidence tricksters, who watch the movements of visitors to Australia House. At Bow-street Police Station Mr. Gordon told hoxv he,, unsuspecting handed over £600 to
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  • 144 5 A family of five, living in the first steel house to be occupied in Scotland, are well satisfied with their abode. It was designed by the Duke of Atholl. This one-flat dwelling comprises three, bedrooms, a living room, a kitchenette, and a bathroom. The inner sides of
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  • 350 5 HOW A CIVIL SERVANT WAS RUINED. are reaching ‘‘The Daily Mailj' urging that no effort shall be spared io secure an Act of Parliament which w ill once and for all prevent the vast majority of whom are aliens, from carrying on their extortionate trade. Lord Carson
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  • 214 5 STATE DEPARTURE FROM RUBBLA. Riga, December 8. —This morn mg the members of the British Trade Union d«>legation who have been the guerto of the Bolshevist’ Government arrived m Riga in a luxurious Soviet railway saloon from Petrograd. They stepped out of the train whistling and humming
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  • 116 5 EXPORTS TO PANAMA UP BY 43 PER CENT Ln the Republic of Panama there is a British trade “hero,” who, in face of fierce competition, has helped to increase the volume of exports by 43 7 per cent, over the previous year. Th s unnamed British agent
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    • 49 5 Unnecessary Words. MTit waste words and advertising space in describing the rranx’ points of merit ii. Chamberlain’s Couoh Remedy? The mosi. ‘astidious are when we 3 t;ite than it cures '■•olds and emodjj. from any cause, and that it contain® absolutely no narcotics or injurious srhotances. For salt» everywhere.
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    • 134 5 OUR WEEKLY CARTOON. "IN THE PUBLIC EYE." u j|f II II Il jWk rWRIU iJwaOji -Z—I LL-7T' T: VR X?‘ e?= I/ 't L. _1 LORD BURNHAM. Can it be that ‘‘Who’s Who” does not lie ip its small type, and that Lord Burnham, the brisk dark-haired personality who«e activities
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  • 42 6 DILLEY. —On 22nd inst. to Margaret, wife of F. F. Dilley, a daughter. Leyh—At the General Hospital Singapore. Monday, January 19th, 1925, Justine Patricia, daughter of Mrs. Leyh and Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant S. G. H. Le.vh, Royal Naval Reserve, (late Royal Navy).
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  • 45 6 Nolan—Weatherstone At the Church of the Assumption, Penang, on the 21st instant, Vincent Charles, 2nd son of Mr. and the late Mrs. Nolan of Sydney to Elizabeth Mary, only daughter of Mrs. and the late Mr. Weatherstone, formerly of Singapore. (Singapore papers please copy).
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  • 476 6 Apropos of our recent comments on traffic control in Malaya, we heard it remarked the other day that the problem could never be solved until we had wider thoroughfares. The speaker hastened to add that he was not attempting to consider the question in its relation to the
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  • 395 6 His Excellency the High Commissioner has been pleased to nominate Mr. Lim How Thoon, J. P.,to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Rubber Research. We understand that the Hon. Mr. Choo Kia Peng, M.F.C., is the other Chinese member of
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  • 311 6 We cannot but emphasi-e the futility surrounding the American discussions anent world-wide disarmament. Resolutions proposed and carried in the Senate at the behest of impractical idealists are incapable of effecting a lasting impression Armament of any description eliminates the factou-of peace anti reduction does not necessarily mean an end
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  • 1610 6 COLONEL WILLIAM LIGHT. BY BOOKWORM. (Continued.) At the unveiling of the memorial which bears the following inscription:— Erected by The Pioneers <5f Australia, In Memory Of 'olonel William Light, First Surveyor-General, And By Whom The Site Of Adelaide Was Hxed On The 29th December, 1836. Died
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  • 38 6 A certain provincial mayor was > n dined to be pompous indeed He paid fl visit to Wembley, and happened to he sahifod by a townsman Hollo. Mr. VayoH Hush I said b's worship. I 1D1 bore incop.”
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  • 52 6 We are asked to deny the alleeati "t* that a c* a lain Scot in Penant’. when invi fi < out tn dinner, a 1 consumes a quantity 7 of salt' d n»-'’ on innte to his destination, in order to raise a thirst, A true Sh ot
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 34 6 "E. O.” Guest Night and Dancing— Every Tuesday and Friday. Special Tiffin every Wednesday and Saturday--E. O. Orchestra. Orchestral Concert every other Sunday. Next Concert 25th January. Dr. <£' J//*'. J. Gossip. P. P. C.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • 306 7 Viscount Cecil’s Speech. A DEADLOCK. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Geneva. January 21. kt the Opium Conference, Viscount Cecil, in a statesmanlike, calm and dignified speech, which lasted an hour and which greatly impressed the Conference, declared in the most solemn and emphatic language the anxiety of the British Government to
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  • 111 7 CA BINET’S D EC I SION. London, January 21. L'li» Cabinet discussed the Geneva Protocol as it is proposed to be put lufore the Empire Conference in which connection it was abandoned. The Cabinet itself will deal with the matter by consulting the Dominions by telegraph. Is It
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  • 45 7 ACTIVITIES EUL()GTSED. Paris, January 21. in the French Chamber during the discussion on the budget of the Foreign Affairs Office, M. Ilerriot eulogised the activity of French religious missionnaries, particularly the Lazaristes. who in ea-tern c untries rendered great services to France. (Vale).
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  • 43 7 arbitration award accepted. Melbourne, January 21. Following the Management Committee <•1 the Seamen’s Union recommending various State branches to man ships affected by the strike, the Melbourne and Newcastle branches of the I nion accepted the award of the Arbitration Court.
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  • 42 7 INCONVENIENCE TO SHIPPING. New York, January 22. A message from Antofagaslen, Chile, s -»ys that the strike of Longshoreman has spread throughout the Province, causing disturbance to shipping. Most of the Foreign vessels were compelled toi proceed to other ports
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  • 31 7 latest achievement. Paris. January 21. I French caterpi’ilar autocars. which 'tarted fmni Algeria, have reached the border of the Belgian Congo, thus coverings distance of 7.000 kilometers. (Vai' 1
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  • 102 7 Further Arrests. ACTION IO SI AR I. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Bombay, January 21. Seven suspects were arrested at Indore in connection with the Bawla murder case, including a man said to be the aide-de-camp of the Maharaja of Indore, a Sub-Inspector of the Indore Police, two State motor car
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  • 79 7 PROVISIONS OF TREATY. Peking. January 21. The Russo-Japanese Treaty provides for the revision or abolition of various old treaties, the enactment of a treaty of commerce, based on the freedom of travel and residence, private ownership, and includes a most favoured nation treatment clause. It provides against
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  • 184 7 CHICHERIN’S STATEMENT. Moscow, January 21. M. Chicherin, interviewed by pressmen with regard to the retirement of Mr. Hughes, alleged that the refusal of the United States to resume relations with Russia was primarily the personal act of Mr. Hughes who is inspired by a blind
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  • 201 7 U. S. SENATE’S VIEWS. Washington. January 21. The Senate accepted the amendment to the Naval Appropriations Bill requesting the President to call another Arms Conference, notwithstanding President Coolidge’s recent intimation that the time is not ripe for such a conference. The supporters of the administration did not oppose
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  • 20 7 Washington, January 21. The Senate confirmed the nomination of Mr. Edgar Bancroft as Ambassador to Japan.
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  • 27 7 ondon. January 21. The British bnttb ship Monarch, one of the .vessels t<> I"’ scrapped under the Washington Treaty, was sunk at sea yesterday.
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  • 291 7 Australia’s Second Innings. SENSATIONAL COLLAPSE. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Adelaide, January 21. The Australians were all out for 250 in the second innings. When stumps were drawn England had scored 133 runs fur the loss of three wickets in their second innings. Rain fell from five in the morning
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  • 77 7 VICTORY OVER COUNTRY DISTRICTS. Worcester (Cape Province), January 21. Mr. Joel’s team beat the Country District’s Eleven by an innings and six runs The Districts scored 113, Geary capturing 6 wickets for 40. The Englishmen put up 251. Tyldesley contributing 92 and Jameson 64. Buys took 5
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  • 44 7 CUP REPLAY. London. January 21. In the Cup replay Arsenal and WestHam drew —two goals each after extra time. First League. London, January 21. In the First Division of the English Football League, Liverpool beat Aston Villa by 4 goals to 1.
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  • 209 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, January 20. A dance will be held at the Tampin Club on Saturday, the 14th February, at 9 p.m. Mr. R. M. Suppiah Pillay, Sanitary Inspector, Kuala Pilah, and Mrs. Suppiah Pillay and children, will be spending a short holiday’at the Sanitorium, Rort
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  • 166 7 Entertained To Luncheon. PRINCE’S SPEECH. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, January 21. The most representative body of British sportsmen on record gathered for luncheon at the Piccadilly Hotel in honour of the “All Blacks and New Zealand. Lord Desborcugh presided. H. R. H. the Prince of Wales was a
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  • 140 7 FREE GOLD MARKET. London, January 21. Mr. F. C. Goodenough, Chairman, addressing the shareholders at the annual meeting of Barclay’s Bank, said that the return to a free gold market in London was very important. Indications seemed to show that the return was not far distant. A free
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  • 267 7 DR. ALINGTON’S TRIBUTE IN VERSE. Two Eton masters, Mr. H. Brinton and Mr. A. M. Goodhart, are retiring and in the Eton College Chroniclo” the headmaster (Dr. C. A. Alington) pays a tribute to both in verse. Writing of Mr. Brinton, the headmaster says: Next, but
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  • 96 7 There will be no issue of the “Pinang Gazette” on Satnrdav. The telegrams will be nnblished earlv on Monday. The Penang Library will he closed on Saturday and Monday. 24th and 26th January. Saturday, 24th instant and Monday 26th instant. General Post Office closed at noon.
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  • 539 7 Mr. A. VcKenzie, of Pajam Estate. Malacca, is visiting Ipoh. Dr. McHutchison returned to Taiping from Kuala Lumpur on Monday morning. Mr. Tan Kheam Oon of Kuala Lumpur is now in Penang for the Chinese New Year. Sergeant-Major Elliot, the noted fencer and skill-at-arms champion, received a
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  • 201 7 OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, January 22. Preparations are proceeding satisfactorily for the Open Tennis Tournament. It is probable that the first round of the Gent’s Open Doubles in which local players are engaged will be played to-mofrow, the tournament proper opening at nine o’clock
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  • 162 7 15 INCHES OF BONE TAKEN FROM MAN’S SKULL. At an inquest at Westminster on Frederick Harry Hens worth, 52, -chartered accountant, of Ormany-road, New Cross, S. E., who died at Charing Cross Hospital. Dr. James Barnard, house surgeon, said an operation was undertaken to save the man’s sight.
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  • 190 7 RELATIVES’ VIEW OF WILL LEAVING ALL TO THE STATE T.o leave one’e fortune to- the State is not a proof or madness. is the ruling of the Paris Probate Court, which has just declared for the will of Mme. Sou bey ran, a wealthy woman
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • 824 8 CHAIRMAN ON RESTRICTION. Speaking at the twelfth annual general meeting of Riverview Estates Limited, held in Ipoh on January 15, the chairman, Mr. W. Paterson, had some interesting remarks to make on the subject of Restriction. He said —Restriction is still with us and there are just
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    • 241 8 z Radiates Vitality X. The man who gets oa is the X. man who can draw os big reserves of energy. If yoa BOVRIL3I wish to succeed in life in- II $ifl\ dC vRlLLIMH ED •*>- crease your strength and I X vitality by taking Bovril. v Bovril builds up
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    • 57 8 A Favourite Rub Down. The golfer, the football player and the all round athlete know the value of Chamberlain’s Pain Bahn. It is just the thing for a rub down after a hard game. All soreness disappears like magic and sprains and swellings are cured in onethird less time than
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    • 898 8 BANKS J THE MERCANTILE BANK OI mb W INDIA, LIMITED. (Incorporated in England.) Authorised Capital JLhnB Reserve Fund and Undivided Profits 1,407,811 8ir R j. x M English Gorgonzola 1-35 per lb. Ryrie, Esq., H. Melvill Simons, Esq., P. R 1 '1A Chalmers, Esq., Sir David Yule. Bart I GrUVCFC
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  • 936 9 PRISON FOR DIREC TOR. j As a result of a raid on Victor’s Club, j Leicester-square, by police officers evening dress, Luigi Achille Ribuffi, alias 1 Victor Basil Rex Breeching, Ernest Alfred Norman, and Social Clubs, Ltd, were summoned at Bow-street Police Court be t fore
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  • 320 9 ANNUAL MEETING. The twelfth ordinary general meeting of Simpan Valley Hydraulic Mines, Limited, was held at the offices of the Com pany, Chartered Bank Chambers, Singapore. Those present were Mr. Chew Woon Poh. Chairman, Mr. John Mitchell, Mr. H. L. Watkins, Mr. Cooke Yarborough, and Mr. P.
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  • 35 9 Messrs Thomson Co., Stock Brokers, Penang advise us that they are in receipt of telegraphic information stating that owing to the above flotation being heavily oversubscribed, the Directors closed the list yesterday.
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  • 246 9 BeiU'res Opimn p. <»ho«t $\000.00 mm;. Cloves 90.00 seller Gold leaf 72.00 seller Mace Pickings no stock Nntmegp 80s 110.00 nom. 110s 100.00 Coconuts per 1,000 50.00 'op»a Sundried 12.25 buyers Rattans 11.15 sales Rattans Coan-e 10.50 ’reen Snail Shells 13.00 <iam Rice No. I 15.00 per ba
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  • 159 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy J? Go's share list at p.m. to-day Yesterday. IVday. Sharks Jg cc m Rubber (Dollar.) K. Sidim 2.15 2.20 2.10 2.15 Lnnas 7.85 8.00 7.5<> 8.00 New Craigielea 55 571 50 55 fiungei G. 77* 80 80 821
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  • 70 9 J anuary 22, «1925. Local. cts. (Smoked Sheet 57} all Fine Pale Crepe ...572 markets Unsmoked Sheet 43 quiet S1NCA- (Smoked Sheet ...58} pore (Crepe 58} London and Naw York. London New York ...G34j Smoked Ribbed Sheet 55} to 56} per lb do. No. 254 54} Unsmoked Sheet
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  • 64 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 $75 to 78 F.A.Q. do 73 74 Low F.A.Q. do 70 72 The following were the rubber quotations in London on January 21;
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  • 115 9 The Straits Trading Co., Ltd,, gives the following prices, on January 21: London. Spot £255.15s Down £3.5s 3 mos. buying 259.12.6 „3.7.6 3 selling „259.17.6 3-7.6 Local. January 22: Singapore sold 250 tons at $129 Penang buyers no sellers at $129. The Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd:— London, January
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  • 125 9 PENANG, JANUARY 22, 1925 (By OonRTESv of the Charters;» Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 1/8 4 nmnihs’sight Bank 2/4 9/32 3 Credit 2/4 5/8 3 DocoHWmy 2/4 21/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rh 156} j 3 days’sight Privain 160 j Bombay Demand Bank 150] 5 Madras Demand Rank 156] H
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  • 596 9 CH0WRA8TA MARKET. Penang, January 22, 1925 <1UGovernment Mutton— Mutton Indian per lb 55 Mtton— Head, sheep or goat each I.O'." Liver with heart lung do 1.30 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 65 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Mutton lb 65 Lamb do 55 Kidney
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    • 485 9 A DELIGHTFUL BEVERAGE SSK FOR IT TRAMWAYS cashier. Applicants are informed that the above Bpost has now been tilled. (By Order) L. A. C0UT1ER BIGGS. Secy, to the Municipal Commissioners. Municipal Otlice, George Town, I Penang, 22nd January, 1925. LABOUR CODE 1923 F. M. S. LABOUR ORDINANCE 1923 S. S.
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  • 1028 10 TO-1) A Y \S DE PA RT 0 RFS Hindenburg for Sabang, Colombo. Suez, Antwerp. Rotterdam and Hamburg. Barrymore for Calcutta. Kinta for Port Swettenham, and Singapore. Elpenor for Colombo, Suez, Oran London, Rotterdam and Hamburg. A somewhat unique feat was accomplished at Southampton a fow weeks ago
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  • 393 10 Cl.oSE DAILY (except Sunday i 81 TRAIN. Federated Malay States. Malacca, Jol>..i and Singapore. Registration and Parcel Post, except wbnt otherwise stated, close half an hour earlier than the Ordinary mail Resimption oi Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will be close> daily (Bunday excepted) by the
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