Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 20 April 1925

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 89. VOL. LXXXIII. MONDAY, 20th APRIL, 1925. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 642 1 KODAK FILMS FOR SALE. artistic local views always in stock, NIKKO STUDIO 7, Northam Road, Penang. H u k u Utl J d,J iJ u□ n hi auuu *a «uh u muu w,n NOTICE TO SMOKERS MOTOR lINTON BRYANT AND MAY’S 'ITJ.V 1 Vl\. <J 11IV11 S famous I INSURANCE
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    • 40 1 YOUR EYES If Optically Defective and' Strained can only be relieved if scientifically made Glasses are used. OUR LONG EXPERIENCE Perfectly equipped testing rooms, and accurately adapted Spectacles are AT YOUR SERA ICE. SHANGHAI EASTERN MANUFACTURING OPTICIAhS, 111, Penang Road.
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  • 436 2 San Francisco has ever been a city with ban riaui wronedoer who is out compromise. A w longuo -framed” in the capital of the s f “framed indeed, for there they waste no time on sentiment. With so diveise a population such rigid just.ee .s
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  • 269 2 Seven new bills have been introduced in the Reichstag embodying a scheme under which every income starting from £3O per annum, will be taxed. The unfortunate man whose total means amount to one pound per week will pay four per cent., and thereafter he will pay
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  • 92 2 In the Supreme Oourt, Singapore, on Thursday morning Mn Justice Sproule delivered judgment in the action brought by S. Hamid, a landowner against Look Yan Kit, a well-known Chinese dentist, with regard to an option alleged to have been granted by the defendant to the plaintiff to
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  • 42 2 THREATS TO LYNCH THOMPSON. Manila, April 6.—lt is reported that 60 American soldiers were held i n barracks foi two hours on Sunday following threats to lynch Lieut. Thompson for shooting Miss Andrew Burleigh. Thompson has not made any statements.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1137 2 NOTICES- FOR CROSS-WORD I j t nTsll HALL SOLVERS. 11l Including free town delivery or II rts P° sta e 111 Cassell’s Cross Word Puzzle Book 1.20 HI PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. r ;|l aoonr/Unrf Hodder and Stoughton’s Cross Word X Lessons will be given according p uz/k Books n m
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    • 326 2 What lies beyond the turn cannot see around a corner. /4^ l Therefore you must /y be prepared for the A 2 unexpected When your motor car is //Z equipped with Weed Bumpers, front and rear, you are safe. Weed Bumpers, made of spring steel, absorb the shock in collisions,
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  • 1391 3 “M. M.” LARGE SCALE OPERATION FRUSTRATED. The latest information dealing with the activities of the preventive fleet and the Malacca land forces suggest that rubber smuggling is being carried out on a much larger scale than hitherto. The total quantity of rubber seized, according to this week’s figures,
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  • 267 3 —M. T. SAM FOXY va KID JACKSON. That there is still interest in the boxing* game in Singapore w. «B evident on Wednesday night wh»n a fairly large crowd turned out to the Singapore Boxing Stadium when Sam Foxy and Kid Jackson fought ten fast rounds to
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  • 60 3 April2l—Soccer League, Chinese vs. Municipality, Padang. 23—Soccer League. P.C.C. vs. P.R.C. Padang. 28—Soccer League. P.R.C. vs. Municipality, Padang. 30—Soccer League, P. C. C. vs. Chinese, Padang. May 2— Cricket. P.C.C. v. Sungei Patani, P&nang 30—Inter-State Cricket Match. Penang v. Selangor, Kuala Lumpur. June I—lnter-State Cricket Match, Penang v.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 490 3 Kidney Trouble Back Ache and Lumbago If you suffer from back acbe, it matters not whether the cause be npryes or your kidneys, Dr. Cassell’s i’ab'.eis -a ill remove the trouble. V. i eii pains in tha back make you suspect kidney trouble, take Dr. Cassell’s tablets In addition to
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    • 260 3 They know when 1 it’s time/rOvaltine' The little one's Ovaltine is ready and they are VyCw eagerly ready for it, too. They love its delicious flavour and much prefer it to any other beverage. ’j I Mother knows how good it is for children—how kee P s healthy and happy
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  • 837 4 CRIMINAL APPEALS. In the Supreme Court, Penang, to-day, the Hon. Mr. Justice M. H. Whitley was occupied in hearing two criminal appeals, one from Balik Pulau and the other a gambling case from the decision of Mr. N. K. Bain. A Missing Record. In the first appeal, one
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  • 258 4 Superb Handling. LESSONS LEARNED. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, April 18. The papers resound with unqualified satisfaction over the happy ending of R 33’s adventure and join in praising the superb airmanship, fine courage and endurance displayed by the crew. Many lessons have been drawn from the incident notably
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  • 65 4 COLLISION WITH MAURETANIA. New York, April 19. Near the Ambrose Lightship, three men in a fast motor boat came into collision with the Mauretania, which was anchored owing to fog. The men were thrown into the sea and were picked up by the Mauretania’s lifeboats. They described
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  • 83 4 RESULT OF FINALS. London. April 18 The finals of the British Covered Courts Championship at Torquay resulted as follow'd: Singles—Spence beat C. Kingslev 6-1, 6-4, 9-7. Doubles—Captain Barclays and C. Kingsley beat H. Lester and J. van Alan 1-6,5-7, 7-5. 6-2, 6-3. Mixed Doubles—Spence and Miss Colyer
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  • 25 4 GREB BEATS WILSON. Boston, April 18. Harry Greb decisively beat Johnny Wilson on points in a ten-round bout at catchweights.
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  • 150 4 SIR WILLIAM RYCROFT IN HOSPITAL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April- 20. Major-General Sir William Rycroft, Governor of British North Borneo, arrived in Singapore this morning aboard the “Kajang”. His Excellency was admitted to the General Hospital. Oil Twakow Explodes. A twakow, loaded with 30,000 gallons of Socony
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  • 46 4 TWO FATAL CASES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, April 20. A serious outbreak of small-pox has occurred at Raban, 22 miles from Kuala Kangsar. There were 9 cases, two of which proved fatal. There are 36 contacts. Strict precautionary measures have been taken.
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  • 168 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star, April 19. In my last letter, the printer’s devil has been evidently at work in representing that Mrs. Peel accompanied H.E. Sir Theodore Fraser to Langkawi, instead of Mr. Peel. Mr. E. V. G. Day. Secretary to the British Adviser, is acting
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  • 74 4 Messrs. Guthrie and Co., Kuala Lumpur agents of the Linggi Plantations, Limited, inform us that they have received a telegram from the secretaries of Linggi Plantations Ltd., that the Board have decided to recommend, subject to audit and usual adjustments, a dividend in respect of the financial year
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  • 1129 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. N. R. Jarrett is appointed an Assistant Controller of Labour. Lieut. Com. J. B. Newill, D. 5.0., R.N., is appointed a police magistrate for Singapore. Lieut. E. C. Martin, M. C. is promoted to be acting Captain while in command of A. Co., S. V. C. Mr.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 496 4 “P. G.” Cross-Words Competition. Solution of Puzzle No. 9. Over 900 Failures. NEXT WEEK S CONSOLATION PRIZES DOUBLED, In judging the solutions submitted increase in difficulty so their value as a last week in connection with the Pinang medium of education becomes more and Gazette Cross-Words Puzzle No. 9, not
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  • 1382 5 estates health commission. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. Saturday. April 18. A meeting of the Central Perak Planters’ Association was held on Saturday at the office of the secretaries Messrs. Payne and Stirling in Hale Street, Mr. G. E. Johnson the Chairman presided. The Chairman dealt with
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  • 308 5 DIRECTORS’ REPORT. The report of the directors of the Sandycroft Rubber Co., Ltd., for the twelve months ended 31st January, 1925, says:— The balance brought forward to the credit of the Profit and Loss Account stood at $1,239.62. The profit earned during the period amounted to $17,703.23
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 23 5 Pitman's Shorthand Rapid Course, Key for New Era. $l/50 per book or $l/80 post free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., Penang.
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    • 581 5 Qolden Qge j GReece 469-404 b.c. 11 111 i T Apf ’W/bRSt gjfc/ j~ PS -I When all the world was young IR ffl! 5/ I I Gods walked hand in I hand with men. I When Cupid, wanton imp, with z A" arrows to shoot at will, some I
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  • 51 6 Best.—)At the European Hospital, Kuala Lumpur on April 15th, to Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Best, a daughter. Visser. —On April 17, 1925, at the Clinic, Singapore, the wife of Mr. Dirk Visser, of Singkep, of a son. Miller.—On 19th inst to Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Miller, a
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  • 459 6 Few of us. engrossed in our own affairs, are apt to take a detached view of the lives of others. Life itself narrowed to the confines of our own circle, becomes too compelling and demands the most that is in us if (in our own consciousness) we
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  • 329 6 From one of our numerous correspondents comes a letter anathematising the noise made by the exhaust of the suction gas engine employed by the local Branch of the Singapore Cold Storage Company Limited. The complaint of our correspondent may, or may not. be justified. That a gas engine
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  • 438 6 Competitors found our cross-words puzzle, No. 9. of which the solution appears in this issue, extraordinarily difficult so much so that we have been inundated with letters filled with the complaints of those who fell by the wayside, and there was a tremendl ous falling off in the number
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  • 1193 6  -  CASE FOR DECISION. BY ERNEST BERGHOLT, (AUTHOR OF BERGHOLT’S MODERN AUCTION,” ETC.) An old hnd valued correspondent says that the following case has ted to him, with a request for a ruling, but that, since he does not feel competent to give a definite decision, he wishes to
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 151 6 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette). Sir.—lt must not be thought that the Government of Kelantan is incapable of generosity. When the Powers that he decided on Land Grants for returned Ex-service men. the terms to be offered naturally applied to all ex-soldiers who left what may
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    • 90 6 (To the Editor of the ‘‘Pinang Ga/e<.t J Sir, —Now that «electrical power is s cheap, cannot the Municipal authontie insist on the Singapore Cold Stoiag Company using it. j No private individual would be to make the night hideous with the c u chuff, chuff” of a
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  • 27 6 Golf Harry ar< 011. Bridge London Letter JOurOwn Scottish Letter JCorrespon Women’s Page) London an Paris Fashions) Paris. In the Public Eye. David Cross-Word Puzzle.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 237 6 is il i Nothing New Under the Sun j, i k I But THESE ARE FRESH ARRIVALS. j) MAW’S Reliable Vacuum Flasks, K 1 quart size, black enamelled iron body, aluminium lid and with Igj neSaSS Maw’s mark on each flask is a fl gfiBHB guarantee. SBH $3-50 each. s
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    • 23 6 “Ek O.” Guest Night and Dancing— Every Tuesday and Friday. Special Tiffin every Wednesday and Saturday—E. O. Orchestra. Orchestral Concert every other Sunday.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 41 6 THEATRE ROYAL, Monday-Wednesday, 20th-22nd (Matinee Saturday 3 p.m.) A Kiss in Time (Wander Hawley) THE Love Picker WITH Anita Stewart and William Morris HER Fatal Millions WITH' Huntly Gordon and Viola Dana. EMPIRE THEATRE, Tuesday —Thursday. “The Mysterious Pearl” Reels 30
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    • 25 6 TIDE TABLES. To-Day. High Water. Low Water. 11.16 p.m. 5.1 a.m. 11.8 p.m. 5.28 p.m. To-Morrow. 11.47 p.m. 5.41 a.m. 11 45 p.m. 6-6 p.m.
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  • 31 6 DEATH. Davis. —On April 18, 1925. at the General Hospital. Singapore. Edward Davis, of the Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ltd., Malacca, son of Aiderman 11. E. Davis, of Gravesend. Kent. Aged 33.
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  • 510 7 Dr. Marx’s Speech. UNION WITH AUSTRIA. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Berlin, April 18. Addressing an audience of 20,000, Dr. Marx, Presidential candidate of the Republican bloc, said that Germany must make sacrifices in order to maintain peace on, and secure, the western frontier. Nevertheless, an understanding between France and Germany
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  • 61 7 EX-CROWN PRINCE EXONERATED Berlin. April 19. l'he Supreme Court has concluded its investigation of the alleged war crimes of the Ex-Crown Prince. It found that the Crown Prince never ordered the burning and plundering of villages and townsand was not responsible for the executions ordered by the
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  • 87 7 s. S. CARNARVONSHIRE. London, April 18. A message from Port Said says that •‘her discharging 320 tons of cargo, the st»amer Carnarvonshire has got off and has left for Suez. Rhesus At Port Said. Port Said. April 19. Jbe steamer Rhesus, which collided tin- Swedish motor
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  • 374 7 Apostle of Peace. DENIES ALLEGED MILITARISM. [Reuter’s Telegrams]. Hanover, April 19. on Hindinburg, in pursuance of his presidential candidature, this evening received a number of German and foreign journalists and read out to them, in a vigorous clear voice, a statement, the theme of which was the need
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  • 42 7 CITY’S RECEPTION. Amsterdam, April 18. The whole city is en fete to welcome the return of the Dutch airmen, who flew to Java. The guard-of-honour was composed of students, who accompanied the fliers through crowded streets and cheering crowds.
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  • 50 7 HUNDRED THOUSAND INVOLVED. Copenhagen, April 18. The dispute in the textile, bootmaking, paper and other smaller industries, which has hitherto sent 50.000 men into idleness henceforth will involve 115,000 in consequence of the employers extending the lockout owing to the workers’ Unions rejecting the proposals of mediators.
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  • 50 7 V ale. FIRST QCAR PER’S RETURNS. Paris, April 19. For the first three months of 1925 the imports totalled approximately 9,826,000.000 francs and exports 10.920.000,000 francs. In March, the normal permanent revenue returns amounted to 1,980,000.000 francs compared with 1.961,000.000 francs for the same period last year.-
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  • 64 7 ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND. London, April 18. General Hsu is in charge of the Chinese Mission, which has arrived here in connection with a tour for the study of general, political and economic problems of Europe and America. The mission is recognised by the Government which is extending facilities
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  • 185 7 Attempted Revolution. NIPPED IN THE BUD. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Paris, April 19. A message from Lisbon says that a revolutionary movement has broken out under the leadership of Major Filomeno Camara, who is supported by several hundred cavalry, artillery and infantry. Major Camara has established a directory. He has had
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  • 424 7 CATHEDRAL DAMAGED. Sofia, April 18. One of the three domes of the Sveta Nadelia Cathedral, where the infernal machine was deposited, has collapsed completely and also the south porch, while there is grave danger of the central dome collapsing. The whole town is in mourning and all
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  • 23 7 The mail despatched from Penang on the 21st March by the s.s. Angkor was delivered in London on the 17th April.
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  • 673 7 Durbar At Kano. GORGEOUS SCENES. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Kano. April 17. i Crowds were swarming into Kano all night long, blowing horns and displaying sleep-destroying enthusiasm. The scenes in the morning were amazing, streams of plodding visitors being visible in all roads for miles, resembling converging armi ies of
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  • 51 7 (Vale). BOXER IXDEMNITY. Paris, April 18. It is learned authoritatively in Peking that the reported settlement of the French share of the Boxer Indemnity is premature in the form in which it is published, but an agreement equally satisfactory to the two countries is well within sight.
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  • 283 7 To Please The Senate. FINANCE THE MAIN FACTOR Reuter’s Telegrams.] Paris, April 18. With not a single member of M. Herriot’s Cabinet remaining in office and with five Senators appointed members of the Cabinet, M. Painleve has done his best to placate the Senate which brought down M.
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  • 158 7 FOUR DAY’S RESULTS. New York. April 18. The following are the baseball results Tuesday (National). Boston 5, New York 4. Brooklyn 3. Philadelphia 1. Chicago 8. Pittsburg 2. Cincinnati 4. St. Louis 0. American. New York 5. Washington 1. Philadelphia 9. Boston 8. Cleveland 21, St. Louis 14.
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  • 115 7 Wales vs Ireland. DRAWN MATCH. [Reuter’s Telegrams.} London. April 18. The International Association Football match between Wales and Ireland which was played at Wrexham, resulted in a draw, neither side scoring. The weather was fine but cloudy and there were 8.000 spectators. The ground was in perfect order.
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  • 332 7 HUDDERSFIELD "DRAWS WITH CARDIFF. London, April 18. The following are the results of the Football League matches played to day First Division. Arsenal 5, Burnley 0. Aston Villa 1. Preston N. E. 0. Blackburn 1, Sunderland 1. Bury 1. Birmingham 4. Huddersfield T. 0, Cardiff C. 0. Liverpool
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 72 7 A hut has four walls and a roof the same as a house, but who would be satisfied to live in a hut when he can live in a house As reason triumphs over primal instinct to buy as cheaply as possible, no one will be satisfied with less than
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  • 1100 8 Messrs. Kennedy and Co., Penang, reported on Saturday as follows With the intervention of the Easter Holidays the Share Market has been Quiet since our last report and business has been on-a limited scale. Tin has experienced a further set-back over the period, the lowest price touched
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  • 612 8 London, March 19.—During the past week the Rubber Market has been rather inactive, with an easier tendency at times. Fluctuations have, however, been slight, and after an advance on of id. above last Thursday’s quotations, a slight set-back on Tuesday carried values down to the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 190 8 DANCE TO THESE 23 NEW HITS Si wl I Patsy Fox Trot Dreary Weather /Tla iiSR i Drift wood jj fl THMMM» g Please Charley My Boy fey Dreamer of Dreams Waltz rfiZp I Sahara Fox Trot ggj Gonna Bring Watermelon Robinson Piano Co., Ltd., (Incorporated in Hongkong) PENANG. IK
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    • 288 8 I s I I Feel Young g then you will Look Young. Health means youth. It is absolutely necessary. Z especially in a hot climate, to look after your n health, if you do not want to lose your youth too M 4 soon By infusing into the cells of
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  • 797 9 P.R.C. vs. C.R.C. GAME OF INCIDENTS. The Cricket League fixture between the Chinese Recreation Club, and the Penang Recreation Club which was played on the Esplanade. Penang, on Saturday afternoon was brimful of little incidents and the result will probably be decided by the League Committee on
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  • 235 9 DIRECTORS- REPORT lhe report of the Directors, of the Ayer Kuning Rubber Estate, Limited, tor the year ended 31st December. 1924, states. The Balance of Profit and Loss brought forward from the previous year amounted to $5.494 24. .Alter deducting directors’ fees for 1923 amounting to $2,000,
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  • 239 9 Benares Opinrn p. eb.ss/100.1)0 ii -m. Clovpg 90.00 sellers Gold leaf 72.00 seller Mace Pickings no stock NntmegeSOa <llO.OO nom. 110 a 100.00 Coconuts per l.OfMi 50.00 Copra Sundrie.l 12.00 buyers Rattans 11.15 sales Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00 p-*r b< do
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  • 39 9 The following new books have been received at the Library:— The Loving Mystery, by Jeffery Farnol. The Monkey Puzzle, by J. D. Beresford (2 copies). Open Confession, by Marie Corelli. Watling’s for Worth, by H. A. Vacbell.
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  • 43 9 Chinese v. Municipality on the padang at 5.15 p. m. Tuesday 21st April. Municipality:—Pawan Teh; Lim Khay Seng, Tan Kean Soon Goh Teik Leong. Phung Swee Leng, Nadarajan; K. Coombs. Teoh Cheng Hoe. Cheah Phee Hm, Md. Hassan. Md. Khan
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  • 72 9 I thought you were preaching, Uncle Bob,’’ said the Colonel, to whom the elderly negro had applied for a job. Yessah, Ah wuz,” replied Uncle, but Ah guess Ah ain’t smaht enough to Expound the Scriptures. Ah almost stahved to deff tryin’ to explain de true meanin’ uv
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  • 28 9 Host (to departing guest): My life's mother nearly laughed herself to death at your funny stories I hope you’ll come otten and stay longer.
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  • 200 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.’s share list at p.m. to-day Saturday. To-day. to x no Sharks. >» £5 co do CQ Rubber (Dollar.) Amalgamated 2.05 2.15 2.10 2.20 Couuemara 1.00 1.05 .971 1.02} ex Jerani K. .45 .47} .42? 45 ex Kedah
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  • 100 9 April 20. 1925 Local. cts. all {Smoked Sheet ...73j. markets Fins Pale Crepe ...73| easier on Unsmoked Sheet 59 profit Singa- (Smoked Sheet ...75| taking pore (Crepe ...75| London and New York Losdos Bh New York 44| Smoked Ribbed Sheet 72| to 75£ per lb do. No. 2
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  • 114 9 The Straits Trading Co., Ltd. Local. April 20: Singapore sold 100 tons at sllBi Penang buyers no sellers at SIIBJ. The Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd:— London, April 17, spot, £233.10s and £236.5s three months buying £236.15s three months selling. Messrs. Boustead and Co.. Ltd:— Saturday’s quotation for Singapore
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  • 25 9 The output of Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co.. N. L. from 12th to to 18th April 1925 (being one week) was 13 tons.
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  • 145 9 PENANG. APRIL 20, 1925 (By Courtesy of the Chart ere Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 1/16 4 months’sight Bank 2/4 1/4 3 Credit 2/4 21/32 3 Documentary 2/4 11/16 Calcutta Demand Bank R«1561] 3 days’sight Private 159 c Bombay Demand Bank 156| c Madras Demand Bank 156| E 3
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  • 1162 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. NAMES. J I d I 1 RUBBER [Dollar.] cI c’s <, Allenby Rubber Co 1 46 I 50 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 05, 1 15 .7 Amalgamated Malay Estates 2 IC, 2 20 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 11 Will 25 Ayer Kuning Rubber Estate? 40
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 587 9 New Advertisements. The Ayer Kuning Rubber Estate, Limited. TENDERS INVITED. T f (incorporated in Straits Settlements). FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. REPORT AND ACCOUNTS for the year ended Ollers are invited for the sale of 31st December, 1924. F. M S RAILWAY FERRY BARGE No. 2 complete as the vessel now
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 136 9 f TOWN HALL, PENANG D Commencing Saturday 25th at 9.30 p.m. For a Short Season Only THEATRICAL announce the return of ENTERPRISES Madeline Rossiter and Her New London Company The Show that has broken all Records since Pavlova. Saturday, 25th at 9.30 p.m. i "SWISH"- A Farcical Fantasy of Fun
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  • 250 10 HAS IT A BROKEN SPINE Admiral Sims. commander of the American naval operation in European waters during the war, has revealed himsollf as a staunch champion of the militarv authorities who claim the superiontv of the aeroplane over the modern battle-ship. Giving evidence before the investigating Committee of
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  • 90 10 The performance of the best A. F. service aeroplanes is much inferior to that of the best machines of four or five other countries. It is only by a speeding up of research work that we may hope to regain a position among the first four air
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  • 126 10 10-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Egra for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Rawang for Pangkalan Brandan and Langkat. van Hogendorp for Belawan Deli. Edi, and Langsa. Rasa for Setul. Tanjong Star, and Sungei Opis. M/V Rompin for Pangkor, Dindings and Sitiawan. The following ships are in communication with the Wireless Stations at:
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  • 210 10 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday) 8T TMlft. Federated Malay States, Malacca, .I-.hor and Singapore. Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half an honr earUn» than the Ordinary mail Resumption o> Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will he clo-ed daily (Sunday excepted) by the 730
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 745 10 H IALBOI ĕ 1 i .~-Z/ X£ «■T 2= 1 Progress is Nature’s Way For smooth fluency With plenty in The growth and healthy development of the child shows r v i this in so many ways; at first he is so helpless sooni e hand for all eventualities the
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    • 23 10 Planters’ Medical Guide, by Dr. E. N. Graham, $3/- per book or $3/30 post free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., Penang.
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    • 640 10 BANKS HONGKONG AND BANKING CORPORATION (Incorporated in Hongkong.) Authorised Capital $5O,OOO(Kp Issued and fully paid up Reserve Funds sterling 4,500 lj. silver 126,500 fA’ Reserve Liability of Proprietors 20,000’%ti Head Office, —HONGKONG. Branches and Agencies. Amoy, Bangkok, Batavia, Bombay, Cak Ul! Canton, Colombo, Chefoc, Dairen, Fooch Hankow, Hongkew Harbin, Haiphong.
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  • 493 11 HOW THEY ARE FOUND. In a lecture on ‘‘Wounds and other Injuries in their Medico-Legal Aspect, Sir Bernard Spil'lsbury, the hen. pathologist to the Home Office, throws some light on the fascinating problem of crime detection from its medical aspect. On countless occasions in-murder trials —including the Brislington
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  • 171 11 LOVERS’ SUICIDE. Because their parents refused to aJlow them to marry, two young lovers, Gilberto Elairend and Pierre Pruriedre, of Paris, both 20, committed suicide. They were found suffocated by gas from a pipe, which they had cut deliberately, locked in each other’s arms, on a
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  • 152 11 Mir. Julius Fisher has compiled, edited and published a veritable edition de luxe of “Who’s Who” in Malaya in 1925. Elegantly bound, and beautifully printed by (T. Kolff a.nd Co., Batavia, the volume abounds in excellent portraits of the eminent men whose careen® are recorded, and
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  • 497 11 MAN’S HAPPINESS BORN OF DISCONTENT. A motion that “The present day is morally, mentally, and aesthetically, an improvement on the Victorian age,” was the subject of an Inter-University debate at the headquarters of the University of T-ondon Union Society, Malet Street, Ixnidon. W.C. Delegates from the Universities
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  • 276 11 Schoolmasters and others will read with interest proposals for a method of “objective examining" which has been mooted by a correspondent of “The Times.’ There are four variables —the child, the teacher, the examiner and the setter of lhe papers. Some examiners will be too indulgent, some too strict.
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  • 73 11 A London correspondent says:—Owen Nares is, 1 hear, the latest recruit into the great army of reminiscence writers. A man of many parts is Owen —idol of the matinee public, golfer, film actor, j and “good fellow.” It follows, therefore, that his book will be eagerly anticipated
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 409 11 XIE flilfel ky. f, V?' FOnj LAR < S«Zf *Jg£|g WHEN THE '‘GREYS'’ ijL jpsL Bab jW CARRIED LANCES. f? The “Greys” with lances? Yes, p-rcnioi^O^L 9a surprising as it may be. for a short ;...Zwhile the front rank carried lances in addition to the sword. Although the sword is
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    • 624 11 Backache A Lumbago as well as all forms of RHEUMATIC PAIN stopped k instantly with Sloan’s Liniment. V Why suffer Why make work a dreary task and pieasoM i impossible when a single application of Sloan’s Liniment V will kill the pain. Thousands of men and women through fl ou
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