Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 2 May 1925

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  • 21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 99. VOL. LXXXIII, SATURDAY, 2nd MAY, 1925. *~r PRIOR 15 GENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 847 1 KODAK FILMS FOR SALE. artistic local views always in stock. NIKKO STUDIO 7, Northam Road, Penang. Illlllllllll!illlitili!ihi‘!!i!il!illlllllllllllllllllll I Illillllinillllll II lIF YALE I j GRAND HOTEL BRASTAGI j /ZZ Z (rrai® ZZ Unique Health Resort in the Sumatra Highlands 4,800 feet above Sea level Z W SPUR-GEARED AND SCREW-GEARED s
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    • 8 1 T. NAGATA, DENTIST. NEXT DOOR TO ‘THE DISPENSARY."
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  • 1168 2 Tin utateetnen of Europe so dealt with the assfis&ination of one man that millions were killed and the fabric of human existence shattered. The truest monument to those who died is a Britain free from slavery, poverty, and despair for those who live. It is a
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    • 462 2 RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. PASSAGES STILL T liiclnding free town delivery or AVAILABLE i Per s.s. Gloucestershire sailing PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. x from Rangoon for Marseilles and a year London May 19th. Apply Paterson. X Local *3s Simons Co., Ltd., Agents. Bibby U Country (S.S. F.M.S.) M 2 K X Foreign
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    • 267 2 FOR CROSS-WORD SOLVERS. cts. Cassell’s Goss Word Puzzle Book 1.20 Hodder and Stoughton’s Cross Word Puzzle Books I, 11, 111, and IV’ each 2.00 The Shilling Cross Word Puzzle Books Books I and II each .60 A Dictionary of Mythology .75 Cassell’s New English Dictionary lor Cross Word Puzzles 4.50
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    • 335 2 BUTTON’S SEEDS. I Stocks Just Arrived at the GEORGETOWN.” I FLOWER SEEDS. H Cts Aster 50 I f Balsam 59 Carnation 85 Cosmea 85 Cockscomb 85 Candytuft 50 Coreopsis 50 Chrysanthemum 50 O Dianthus Dahlia $l-10 Gaillardia 50 Hollyhock Marigold Nasturtium Poppy 50 Phlox 85 Sunflower (Giant) 85 Sunflower (Dwarf)
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  • 1677 3 AN ACCEPTED PLATITUDE. (From Our Special Correspondent In Northern India.) Till a tew years ago it was an accepted platitude that India is a country inhabited by numerous antagonistic races that her peoples belong to many different ages of civilisation, and profess many different religions, most of
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  • 78 3 May 2—Cricket, P.C.C. v. Sungei Patani, Penang 16—Cricket League. P.S. v. P.C.C. Esplanade. 23—Cricket League, E.S.C. v. P.R.C. Esplanade. 30—Inter-State Cricket Match. Penang v. Selangor, Kuala Lumpur. June I—lnter-State Cricket Match, Penan« v. Selangor, Kuala Lumpur. 3—Cricket. P.C.C. v. A Ceylon XI Penang. 6—Cricket League. P.S. v. C.R.C.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 242 3 C LOCK S I AND WATCHES New Goods Just Unpacked fl RELIABLE OFFICE CLOCK Exact to illustration, full length 19| inches by 12| inches Walnut ca>e. 14 day strike. Guaranteed perfect IL I i V time-keeper. Price $lB 50. I A HANDSOME WALL CLOCK. AWjf Exact to sketch on right,
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    • 221 3 Scotch Whisky Aged in Wood The best advertisement is quality. First-class materials 1 and mellow age alone produce this in whisky. Therein lies the secret of White Horse. A \l Y' > f t tq fffs/***■' cp Hl f WHITE HORSE DISTILLERS LTD., GLASGOW LONDON. AGENTS: Messrs. Adamson, Gilfillan Co.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 62 3 THEATRE ROYAL, To-night until Sunday 3rd (Matinee 3rd May at 2-30 p.m.) JACK LONDON’S ABYSMAL BRUTE in 8 Reels Featuring Reginald Denny SIN FLOOD With Richard Dix, James Kikwood and Helene JC lad wick. NEW LEATHER PUSHERS Comedy and News. EMPIRE THEATRE, (Matinee 2nd May at 3 p. m.) The
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  • 1129 4 Death of a Malay. UNRELIABLE WITNESS. Mr. C. W. A. Sennett, H. M. Coroner, in the Police Court, Penang, to-day held an enquiry into the death of a Malay named Hamid, who died as the result of injuries received by being knocked down by the Post Office Royal
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  • 39 4 The following new books have been received at the Library An Affair of Honour, by Stephen McKenna (2 c«»pies). The House of Merierdue, by A. V. Benson. Just Like Aunt Bertha, by W. Lett Ridge (2 copies.)
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  • 31 4 The Cricket League Match between the Chinese Recreation Club and the Eastern Smelting Company will be played on ihe Esplanade Ground on 9th instant, instead of July 18.
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  • 14 4 The Club Tennis Courts will be closed every Wednesday in May.
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  • 17 4 There will be Moonlight Band Performances at the Esplanade on 4th, 6th and 7rh instant.
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  • 321 4 Messrs. Mm. Jacks Co., London, leported as follows on April 8: Dull conditions continue, and prices generallv arp. lower, owing to the ■weakness on Wall Street and uncertainty with regard to the trade position in America. The unsettled conditions in France have also had a disturbing effect
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    • 90 4 Bombay, April 17,—Nu| reply has yet been received from His Excellency the Viceroy to the petition of the accused in the Bawla murder case for the transfer of the case from the Bombay High Court or to the counter-representation made by Mumtaz Begum and by the Bombay
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    • 69 4 THE CRAVEN STAKES. London. April 17,—The Craven Stakes resulted as follows Mr A R. Cox’s Picaroon (F. Bullock) 1. Lord Astor’s Cross Bow (Brennan) 2. Solario (Beary) 3. Also ran: Elcacique (J. Leach), Ethnarch (Elliott), and The Wooden Horse (J. Elliss)'. Won by lengths 2 lengths between
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    • 114 4 A RANGOON PROSECUTION. Rangoon, April 18.—The case came up this morning before the District Magistrate in which seven of the crew of a German steamer, of different nationalities including one Indian, were charged by Captain Jepson, of the Martha Hemsorth, with disobedience and refusal
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    • 95 4 CAUSES OF PRESENT DEPRESSION. London. April 16.—The German toy industry is in the doldrums, according to “The Times’” Trade Supplement, whose Berlin correspondent says there is little hope of it ever regaining its former position in the world’s market. Many of the leading firms are discussing plans
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    • 134 4 TRIPOLITAN FRONTIER DISPUTE. Cairo. April 15. —The newspapers are giving prominence to what is described as the “Italian ultimatum to Egypt,” requesting the delimitation of EgyptoTripolitan Frontier according to the Mil-ner-Scioloja Agreement. It is stated that the Egyptian political leaders are astonished at the Italian demand in
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    • 67 4 MERCHANTS’ PROTEST AGAINST TAXATION. London. April 16. —Clinton is threatened with an economic crisis owing to increasing taxation. The Hongkong correspondent of “The Times” says that the merchants are adopting the strike, weapon. Five thousand shops are at present closed, including oil dealers, whom the oil
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    • 35 4 London, April 16. —The Riga correspondent of “The Times’’ says that the Soviet announces the discovery of a rich gold vein, six miles long, in the district around Lake Baikal.
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  • 189 4 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Menggala for Bela wan (Deli), Pangk a > Brandan, Pangkalan Soesoe unj Tandjong Poera. Edavana for Rangoon and Calcutta. Malaya for Bhuket, (TongkaM Renong and Kopah. Sutton Hall for Singapore, Manila an i Hongkong. na Van Overstraten for Singapore, Hof kong, Swatow and Amoy. Bulan for
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  • 379 4 S. GEORGE THE MARTYR (Church of England.) 3rd Sunday after Easter. 7.45 Litany. 8 a.m Matins, Hymn 7, 8.30 Holy Communion, 9-15 Holy Communion (Tamil). 10.30 Matins (Chinese), 6 p.m. Evensong. Hymn 197. Ps LXXII 183, Ps LXXXIV 'lB7. Magnificat 47. Nunc Dimittis 62, Hymns 176. 224, 271.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 693 4 New Advertisements. “M RR RVON s HIRE Consignees of cargo by the above steamer from Europe are hereby notified.that she is due POSITION WANTED. I here at daybreak on Tuesday, the sth instant. I x and will commence discharging on arrival in An Automobile Engineer and the <>K BOUSTEAD Co..
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    • 136 4 ACIDITY THE CAUSE OF DYSPEPSIA. Ouce get rid of acidity, and away go dyspepsia. gastritis, or whatever form yonr stomach trouble may take. To banish harmful stomach acidity it is only necessary to take a dose of Bisurated Magnesia. This preparation stops all trace of acid fermentation the instant it
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    • 53 4 Best Liniment. For cuts and bruises, there i s nothing equal to Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. It not only relieves the pain almost instantly, but it is an antiseptic liniment and when applied promptly causes the wound to heal without any danger of blood poison. You cannot afford to be without
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    • 91 4 ANt ESSENTIAL OF HEALTH is the regular daily elimination troin the .system of its waste materials. of this simple law is the commons cause of inefficiency, sickness an< 1111 taj depression. To dispel constip 1 nothing is bettee than Pinkettesgently as nature these dainty little restore regularity, banish bilious att
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  • 268 5 MR. UCHIDA’S CASE. Tokio, April 28. —The examination of \Jr. Ryohei Uchida by the public procurator, in connection with the attempted assassination of the Premier, is continuing to-day. Mr. Uchida was not allow•d to return home last night. Four persons who were arrested as conspirators in the iffair
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  • 272 5 INDIAN RUNS AMOK. A Tragic story was related recently when the Anjou, which had just left the port a few hours previously, turned to Hongkong, with “piracy lights show ing. It appears that at about 7 p.m. some two hours after leaving Hongkong,— when the vessel,
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  • 280 5 Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, M. P., leader of the Socialist Opposition, speaking at Bradford said the Liberal Party had two leaders—one a reputation, the other a memory. One of the most entertaining things was to hear Mr. Lloyd George, as the present leader of the Liberal Party,
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  • 604 5 MR. BALDWIN’S WELCOME TO COMMISSION. The International Commission for Aerial Navigation opened its eighth session on April 3, in London, at the Industrial Court. to consider a number of conclusions presented by the various sub-commissions, and representatives of some nine countries were present. A formal welcome was accorded
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  • 256 5 NORTHUMBERLAND JUSTICES CRITICIZED. Mr. Hay Halkett, hhe Marylebone’ magistrate, passed sente’ o? 12 months’ imprisonment with hard laboui on Norah Hogan, “alias’’ Mary Maghen and Beatlice Hunter, a nurse, aged 28, living at Victori a-street-. Paddington for st, Hag handbags in churches while their < haps
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  • 276 5 GOVERNMENT AND ANGLO-PERSIAN COMPANY. Bueno s Aires, April 3. —Sir ChaHes Greenway, chairman of the Anglo-Pei sian OH Company, when leaving Buenos A o*s on March 17 announced that he had been unsuccessful in inducing the Argent; fiie Government to consider its attitude towards his
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  • 255 5 In his public examination in the London Bankruptcy Court Mr. Lionel R-ojbett Frank Dawson, lately secretary of th'-* Victory’ Corps, said the name of Miss Walthall appeared on itfe stationery a» hon. secretary and that of Miss Sparshatt- as commandant and hon. treasurer. During the time that he
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 528 5 “P. G.” Cross-Words Puzzle Competition. PUZZLE No. 12. First Prize $5O. Second Prize $2O. Third Prize $lO. and Four Consolation Prizes of $5 Each. We publish below our twelfth puzzle, entries for which close at 11 a.m., on Saturday, Muy 9. <2 |3 |4 |5 |6 ■J ’MBS DOWNWARDS. io
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  • 90 6 Hoisington.—On 29th April, 1925, to Dr. and Mrs. G. W. L. Hoisington. Klang, a daughter. OSBORN. —On April 29th. at West Ealing. London, the wife of Mr. A. W. Osborn of Port Dickson, a son. Robert^. —On the 28th instant at 33, Yap Ah Shak Street. Kuala Lumpur, to
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  • 561 6 With the object of regulating the publication of the reports of judicial proceedings in such a manner as to prevent injury to public morals.” it is proposed to put before the House of Commons in the near future, a Bill, which will be known as the Judicial
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  • 421 6 Until the inauguration of the PenangBagan Luar Ferry service, which took place yesterday, motorists and owners of motor cars have had to submit—and. as it were, take a beating while lying down to the exhorbitant charge of the F.M.S. Railways of $5.25 for every motor car transported
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  • 105 6 LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT. Entries for the next June tennis tournament are now open. Events 1. Single Handicap. 2. Double Handicap. 3. Profession pairs. 4. Mixed Double Handicap. 5. Ladies Double Handicap. 6. Ladies Single Handicap. Entrance fees, $l.OO each player for each event. Ladies free. In event
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  • 1610 6 RAMSAY IN REMINISCENT MOOD. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Edinburgh, April 8. In the midst of the persiflage to which he treated a gathering of London Scots the other night, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald gave out at least one thought of much suggestiveness. There was more fun and life, he
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 149 6 I continuous I appreciation \W EfflSB pwy j|S\ ST 3p4&**i6 VIRGINIA a* CIGARETTES have enjoyed the confidence and appreciation of M discerning smokers for over 30 f *">* A\ years —a notable H I tribute to the sur- g <u I passing excellence 8 O j^^' e of these high-class
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    • 23 6 ID. 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
  • 14 6 DEATH. Rozells.—On April 30. 1925. at 32b, Burmah Road. Penang. Gertrude Rozells. aged 58.
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  • 161 7 Private Member’s Bill. REJECTED BY THE COMMONS. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, May 1. The House of Commons, by 223 votes to 128, rejected the motion of the Labourite, Mr. Buchanan, for a second leading of the private member’s bill based on the Washington Eight Hours Convention. providing that
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  • 29 7 GUARANTEE BILL PASSED. London. May 1, The House of Commons has passed the third reading of the British Empire Exhibition Guarantee Bill by 31 votes to 3.
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  • 145 7 APPEAL FOR CO-OPERATION. London, May 1. Mr. Churchill, in his speech at the Primrose League, referring to foreign policy, said that world peace depended on the faithful co-operation of the two groups of the greatest nations of to-day in the new world. The Washington Agreement had woven together
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  • 179 7 CELEBRATIONS IN MOSCOW. Moscow. May 1. May Day celebrations opened with a review of the Moscow Garrison by M. Frunze in which fifty aeroplanes participated. The members of the Government of the Diplomatic Corps were present. Later entertainments were given in the town which was brilliantly decorated and
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  • 85 7 SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED. Beilin, May 1. Between 30 and 40 people are reported I have been killed and many injured the result of the derailment of the ydthuhnen Express between the stations of Swaroschin and Preussisch Stargard. Later. *’o tar 21 persons are known to have n killed
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  • 372 7 Churchill Defends Silk Tax. TRADE OUTCRY. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London. May 1. Mr. Churchiir, in a speech at the Primrose League Meeting at the Albert Hall, said that the Budget consisted of a series of carefully adjusted balances. The tax on silk would produce exactly £4.000,000 this year and
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  • 57 7 FINAL ARRANGEMENTS. London, May 1. Si»- Robert Ho-Tung is busily engaged at Wembley in connection with the Hongkong pavilion. He met the Hongkong contingent, numbering about eighty, and also twelve women for the silkworm industry. at the docks. All are now comfortably housed at Wembley, where the
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  • 128 7 COMMERCIAL TREATY. Washington, May I. It is understool that a Commercial Treaty between America and Hungary, similar to the Americo-German Treaty will be signed shortly and will be submitted to the Senate for ratification in December. Treasury’s Reply. London, May 1. In reply to enquiries whether it
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  • 45 7 NOT ILLEGALLY IN AMERICA. Washington, May 1. The Immigration officials assert that there is noth'ng in their records showing that Miss MacSwiney is here illegally; and. unless investigation shows that she his violated the Immigration Law. they will not attempt to deport her.
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  • 36 7 ITALIAN AIRMAN AT CHARBAR. London, May 1. Major Pinedo, Chief of the Italian Air Staff, who is flying from Italy to Australia and Japan and back to Italy, has arrived at Charbar in Baluchistan.
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  • 307 7 Loyal Exuberance. DEAR OLD TED.” [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Capetown, May 1. After the dance at Government House last night which was attended by several hundred guests and at which the Prince of Wales danced untiringly, H. R. H. was out at 9.30 in the morning. His appearance occasioned
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  • 24 7 LEAVES MARSEILLES. Marseilles, May 1. H. R. H. Prince George has embarked on the P. and O. Malwa. which sails at midnight.
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  • 29 7 ROCHDALE’S VICTORY. London. May 1. In the Northern Section of the Third Division of the English Football League, Rochdale beat Grimsby Town by 2 goals to nil.
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  • 31 7 SUCCESSOR IN OFFICE. London. May 1. Sir William Tyrrell has been appointed to succeed the late Sir Eyre Crowe as Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
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  • 191 7 “FLEVO” ENQUIRY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. May 2. At the enquiry held in the Police Court into the fire aboard the steamer “Flevo on March 3, resulting in the death of a European male and eight members of the Chinese crew, the Court intimated that it would
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  • 221 7 Mr. Hoover’s Statement. general improvement. {Reuter’s Telegrams.] Washington. May 1. The Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Hoover, has made a statement to the effect that with the return of the pound to the gold basis the entire international trade will be calculated in terms of gold prices. He
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  • 142 7 SOVIET CONCESSION. Moscow, May 1. The representatives of the Soviets and the Lena Goldfields Company have signed a draft agreement for a concessionary exploitation by a company to be called the Lena Gold Enterprises, of 1.500,000 acres of gold, silver, copper and lead bearing areas in the
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  • 176 7 FAVOURITE’S EASY WIN. London, May 1. The One Thousand Guineas Stakes which was run to-day at Newmarket resulted as follows: The One Thousand Guineas Stakes of 100 sovs, each, h ft, if declared by the Tuesday in the week before running or 5 sovs. the only forfeit,
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  • 47 7 KEEL LAID. Portsmouth (New Hampshire) May 1. The keel of the first mine-laying submarine ever built in the United States has been laid at the Navy Yard at a cost of nearly $5,000,000. It will be completed in two years. Details have not been disclosed.
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  • 102 7 DRASTIC MEASURES. Indianapoli s May 2. Even, the smell of intoxicants wag admitted in the evidence of infraction in the so-called Wright Bone Dry Law. Very’ drastic prohibition measures have been enacted, the enforcement of which is causing consternation among the citizens of this State. A number
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  • 622 7 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. A. Hood Begg, of Messrs. Guthrie and Co., Singapore, is proceeding to England on May 14. Captain J. E. Barrs of the Taiping Rubber Plantations, Trong, is proceeding on leave to Englang on May 2. Mr. V. D. Knowles, the well-known Singapore lawyer, was in Ipoh on
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  • 17 7 LORD MILNER’S ILLNESS. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, May 2. Lord Milner is ill with sleepy sickness.
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  • 117 7 Kuala Lumpur, May 1. Mr. William M. Jardine, the new Secretary of Agriculture, to-day furnished the following statement to the National Council of Farmers’ Co-operative Marketing Associations “As a means of bringing about more orderly production and marketing I can not ever emphasize the need for, strong efficiently
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  • 131 7 The following programme of music will be presented at the Orchestral Concert to be given at the E. O. Hotel, to-morrow, the 3rd. May. at 9.30 p.m. 1 Overture Fidelio Beethoven 2 Two Intermezzi (Strings only) a. To Spring Grieg b. Serenata Toselli 3 Monseur
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • 671 8 WAR’S HUMOUROUS ASPECTS. The Story of the Faugh.A Ballaghs. The “Faughs” are one of the few Irish regiments to escape the retrenchment axe of 1922. Their story as told by Brigadier-General Burrowes, reads rather like a diary of the utmost interest to participants and the immediate friends of
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  • 638 8 Tho year 1900 is taken by Admiral Reginald Bacon to mark the turning-point between the histories of the “Old Navy and the “New.” The first volume of his reminiscences tells his life story fiom 1877 to that year, and describes the days of sailing warships.
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  • 545 8 CHOWRASTA MARKET Penang, May 2. 1925 Government Mutton— Mutton Indian p er Mutton Head, sheep or goat each ]qj Liver with heart A Inng do 130 Tripe do I’oo Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet Bread p a j r Leg of Mutton lb 55 Lamb do
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 63 8 MORE HUMOURS OF HISTORY By Arthur moreland No. 12. Hadrian’s Wall. IHAVE 7 (imino WHAT YOU'RE f 1 ET ILIULJI ;-iT7 IJIMIII j tw? prrf/E^zr «w I A. D. 120. To cheek the Scottish raids over the Border the Roman chief. Hadrian, built a fortified wall from the Tvne to
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  • 1825 9 increased dividend. Improving Outlook. The nineteenth annual general meeting ,1 the Highlands and Ijowlands Para Rubber Company, Ltd, was,held on April 7, in •he Council. Room of the Rubber Growers Association, 2-4, Idol-lane, Eastcheap, E. Sir Frank A. Swettenham, G.C.M.G., H. (the Chairman), presiding. Mr. .1. G.
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  • 753 9 Messrs. Kennedy and Co., Penang, reported on Saturday as follows The Share Market has shown considerable activity throughout the past week particularly in Mining shares which close in almost all instances in demand at improved prices. The metal has steadily advanced to £251-15-0 but closes £4-5-0 below
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  • 421 9 Singapore, April 29. —During the period under review, a further advance has to be noted in the price of both Tin and Rebber and London Rubber stocky are again quoted heavily down. Both sections of the share market have continued very active throughout the week and a
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  • 430 9 Ipoh, May 1. —Messrs. Chua Co., the Ipoh brokers, report as follows on the Share Market, there: The price of Tin after rising steadily during the week has dropped £4 ss. Od. at close. In spite of the decline in the price to-day, there has been considerable
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  • 508 9 SYMINGTON SINCLAIR’S WEEKLY REPORT. London, April 8. Since our last report the market for Rubber has become steadier. An easier tone on Friday carried prices about a half-penny lielow those we quoted last Thursday, but from that point a slow but steady recovery has taken place. At the moment values
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  • 190 9 Singapore, April 30. —Rubber. —A steady but quiet tone has prevailed since last reporting, and the price of Spot Sheet has varied between 73 and 73} per lb. The local auction on Wednesday opened quietly, but later there was a firmer tendency. Awarded Sheet was withdrawn from sale,
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  • 34 9 Golf Harry Vardon. Bridge E. Bergholt. London Letter .|Our Own Scottish Letter I Correspondents Women’s Page) London and Paris Fashions) Paris. Tn the Public Eye. David Wilsnn. Cross- Word Puzzle. P.G.” Own
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  • 170 9 Tte following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Ct>; 9 share list at I pjn. to-day Yesterday. To-day. '2 Sharks. t ”3 c 00 OQ Robber (Dollar.) A. Hitam 11.00 11.25 11.25 11.50 Kedah 2.40 2.50 2.50 2.60 ex Malaka P. 1.65 1.70 1.67} 1.72} Malakoff
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  • 69 9 May 2, 1925. Local. ct» (Smoked Sheet 72} Fine Pale Crepe ...72} markets Ungmoked Sheet 58} steady SINGA- (Smoked Sheet ...74 PORB (Crepe ...74 London and Nbw York She New York -.44« Smoked Ribbed Sheet 70 to 73 per lb do. No. 2 66 68 Unsmoked Sheet 63
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  • 189 9 The output of Nawng Pot Tin, Limited for April 1925 was: hours run 470, yardage treated 19,800, ore sold (including 86 carried over from March) 309 piculs, approximate revenue $23,500, approximate cost of mining $4,400. Rainfall 6.66 inches. The output of Ronpibon Extended N.L.. for the month of
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  • 121 9 PENANG. MAY 2, 1925. (By Courtesy of the Chartkri?'» Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 3/32 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 5/16 3 Credit 2/4 11/16 3 Documentary 2/4 23/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs 156} J 3 days’sight Priva»* 159 3 Bombay Demand Bank Ls6| 5 Madras Demand Bank 156}
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  • 32 9 We are officially informed that 1,757 coolies arrived by the s.s. Tarayesterday of whom 592 were sent to Pul in Jprejak and the balance to Port Swettenham for quarantine there.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • 1361 10 ‘STANDARD” PRODUCTION The fifteenth annual general meeting of the Ayer Kuning (F.M.S.) Rubber Com pany, Ltd., was held on April 7 in the Council Room of the Rubber Growers’ As sociation, 2-4, Idol-lane, Easteheap, E.C., Sir Frank A. Swettenham. G.C.M.G., C.H. (the Chairman), presiding. Mr. J.
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  • 377 10 Messrs James F. Hutton Ar Co., Ltd.. Manchester reported on April 18 as follows:—There has been a much improved undertone in the American cotton markets; fluctuations have been limited in extent and values at the close are barely changed from last week. The main tendency towards
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