Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 15 May 1925

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. liO. VOL. LXXXIII. FRIDAY, 15th MAY, 1925. PRIOR 15 OENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 482 1 tokisatsu, photographic art studio ’phone 772. 68. BISHOP STREET. —r——— gi —i gf < —iwei—ibwi —itgmwMii imsi —iw«i —i—i —ibmi —im jHUP M O BIL E j EauATOi? £E** REGIONS dog’s head a m ®H BRAND I $3150. y vl B y $BOO. j obtainable at all stores I jg
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    • 41 1 YOUR EYES If Optically Defective and Strained can only be relieved if scientifica y I made Glasses are used. OUR LONG EXPERIENCE Perfectly equipped testing rooms, and accurately adapted Spectacles are AT YOUR SERVICE. SHANGHAI EASTERN MANUFACTURING OPTICIANS, 188, Penang Road.
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  • 686 2 BRILLIANT AND HIDEOUS DENIZENS. The world to-day is just beginning to realise the mysterious life that dwells beneath the surface of the seven seas, writes F. A. Mitchell Hedges, the explorer, who, with Dr. Ihomas Gann and others, is visiting British Honduras to carry out deep-sea
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1304 2 NOTICES. RECENT FICTION. N RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION, “GLENBEG” Voy. 7. Mr. Pepper, Investigator, The exploits of X nu a Private Detective by Sir Basil M Including free town delivery or III! Consignees of cargo per the above vessel Thomson, Ex-chief of C. I. D. Scot•Su X from Europe are hereby
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    • 85 2 FOO CHEONG Co. No. 153 Hutton Lane and No. 101, Bishop Street, Penang. We offer our services as Buildini' Contractors, Painters, Polishers and Signboard and Furniture Makers. The materials used by ns are of the best quality and our workmanship is of the highest standard. Wooden furniture of every description
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    • 371 2 Can You Picture this Happy Baby r When Woodward’s Gripe Water enters the home baby’s tears of pain are turned to smiles JF] of comfort and content. Read this pleasing letter from Mrs. Facer, 41, Ben Jonson Road, London, E.l. —“Enclosed is a photograph of i baby, who has taken
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  • FEMININE REFLECTIONS
    • 1384 3 April 20th.—Up very betimes li n ing a mind to wash my Q uiit: ~ot y best wh i c h be x( .ry-handsome) I would con- ~x tr avagance to send same to i r L but. one covered with figurfair of its kind, but not
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    • 377 3  -  By Stella Dudley. There are some women who cannot bear to be w ithout numerous bracelets, rings, and brooches, thinking it a horrible hard ship if they should be deprived of the latest in bangles or choker pearls. Without a doubt, the fascination and allurement of a,dorning
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    • 366 3 By Penelope Arms are very conspicuous now that we have sleeveless frocks to wear in the afternoon as well as in the evening, and now even our negligees are sleeveless So, beautiful arms are a necessity, and not to Ire regarded as lucky possessions, which can
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    • 198 3 It is unnecessajy to say that at this time of the year we want our coats to be as delightful as possible in colour, material and style. The sketch here pictured will make many envious of its originality and elegance. Shrimp coloured covert rep is the mateiial used,
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    • 485 3  -  By Pauline Bouchier. I must acknowledge that if my new acquaintance has a beautiful voice. I shall forgive her a great deal I will just shut my eyes to any other glaring defects she may have, and listen. Yes. even though she may be wearing at least
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    • 647 3  -  By Dorothy Leyland. Every season clothes get prettier—or so it seems to me. Or is it perhaps that we iike a change, having become weary of what is constantly with us. Looking back on these same spring fashion s two or three years hence we shall
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    • 126 3 A wedding at the F’rench Church off Leicester-square recalls a scene in the same church twelve years ago, when the bride, who was then 13 years of age, waa seriously burned, her dress catching fire during a Communion service. The girl. Miss Ida Faqtoni, was attending her
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    • 58 3 A man charged at Tottenham with stealing a rug from a motorcar, said that m passing the car he dropped a cigarette. He thought if might be in the car. so be took up the rug. and was shaking it. when thr policeman charged him
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  • 1390 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL. H.R.H. Princ-s George will, we understand, be in Singapore on May 22nd. Mr. James Graham, of the Mines Department, has returned from leave. Mr. E. F. Britten, of the Temiang Rubber Estates, Ltd., is leaving to take charge of Regent estate, Batang. Mr. N. H. P. Whitley, the
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  • 178 4 BRILLIANT CHANG.” BOUND FOR HONGKONG. On board the s.s. Benalder, which arrived here from London via ports this morning, is Brilliant Chang, whose Chinese name is Chan Poh Loong, and who is bound for Hongkong after being deported from England and seen off on board by the C. I. D.
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  • 347 4 TALE OF THE SEA. Chief Detective Inspector J. Costello produced three Chinese before Mr. C. W. A. Sennett in the Police Court, Penang, this morning, charged with attempted murder on the high seas six miles from the shore of Perak. The story is that the three accused, one
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  • 240 4 NEW COMPANIES ALL OVER THE WORLD. The commercial penetration of Spain by Germany proceeds apace. Another company has been acquired by the German firm of Krupp’s—the DuroFelguera, Company, one of the principal coal and iron concerns. On its amalgamation with Krupp’s there will be a capital issue
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  • 74 4 At a Leytonstone inquest on Henry Arthur Pashley (50), manager of the Nag’s Head Public-house, Wood-street, Walthamstow, the widow said her husband used to take a little whisky for his asthma. On Saturday she 'foun,d him on the floor of the cellar in a state of
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  • 39 4 To-day at the Esplanade fi to p.m. 1 March The Winning Fight Holzmann 2 Overture Mirella Gounod 3 Fox Trot Mobile Blues Short 4 Selection The Gondoliers Sullivan 5 One Step Mandalay Gilbert God Save The King.
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  • 508 4 HOW MR. BROMLEY WAS GULLED. Mr. J. Bromley, M P., who was one of the trade union delegates who recently toured Russia, and after a stay of less than six weeks, had the foolish presumption to produce a bulky report of 250 pages on Russian conditions,
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  • 289 4 PEA GREEN THE FASHIONABLE COLOUR. Trousers are to be wider and wilder than ever. A size already attained is 24 inches round the ankle Colours on view include. Pea green. I Lavender. Saxe blue. I Chocolate. Biscuit. Lilac. Salmon-pink ties and chocolate eclair” jackets crown these
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 24 4 Pi anters’ 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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    • 585 4 New Advertisements. TENDERS INVITED. Temple Bar Pipe' GOVERNMENT OF SELANGOR. Made from /'m j R n chosen Tenders are invited to close on the 2nd Mia oruyere Root and fituu June 1925 for the installation of house by hand with the fin g drainage systems and sanitary fittings to nest
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  • 689 5 L. T. A. DENIES THAT REBATES ARE COMMON 1 To follow the ever-changing battle-tfront of the controversy between the Lawn 1 ennis Association and the leading players who participated in Mr. B. I). Belmore’s tennis trip to Paris last autumn one really needs a large scale map
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  • 183 5 WIRELESS, A THEATRE AND A FIRST-CLASS BARBER, “Sing-Sing is like a palace compared with Ellis Island,” said Mr. Nelson Keys, the well-known actor, who has returned to England after a fifteen months’ visit to America. His visit to Sing-Sing to entertain the convicts, he considers one of
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  • CHINA NEWS.
    • 81 5 Peking, April 26.—A mandate issued yesterday by the Chief Executive states —“The former statutes are things of the past. I hope the task of codification of the National Constitution will be carried out as soon as possible, and a National Parliament be convoked in conformity with the law.”
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    • 117 5 Mukden, April 25. —Marshal Chang Tsolin has the intention to issue a provincial loan amounting to $80,000,000 and has placed the proposal before the Financial Conference now in session at Mukden. A Difficult Task. Regarding the report of the proposed issue of a provincial loan for
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    • 49 5 Peking, April 25.—-Telegrams received in Canton and forwarded to Peking state that General Fan Hsi-shun’s troops have been d.nven out or Nanning after severe fighting. They are now retreating to Wuchow, with General Tang Chi-yao"s invaders in pursuit. All foreigners thare are reported to be sale.
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    • 120 5 Tsingtao, April 25. —The mill strike took a critical turji last night, when the employees of the Naigai and Hinlun Companies, numbering 7,000 operatives, went out on strike, bringing the total number of operatives idle up to 10,000. Representatives of the Shanghai Mill "Workers’ Association have
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    • 42 5 Tientsin, April 26.—The death is announced of Chang Pao-hang, the only jroliceman who was loyal to the British Municipal Council during the Boxer rising. As a reward the Council ordered that he should never be discharged.
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    • 77 5 Peking. April 26. —-It is understood that M. Karakhan, the Soviet Ambassador, is highly gratified at the Diplomatic Corps’ offer to become Doyen, of which Moscow has approved, but it is stated that M. Karakhan’s health is not very good, and he may leave China soon. In
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    • 65 5 STORMY WEATHER. AT TAKU. Tientsin, April 23.-Heavy seas rocked the Taku Lightship, dislocating the mechanism and extinguishing the light. The Lightship has been temporarily replaced by an icebreaker. Owing to the heavy seas during the week-end, the West Cayote (fragged her anchor, and she collided with the Kyodio
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  • 142 5 ‘ROPED’ CAR MISHAP. The once-common custom of roping’ returning wedding parties for coppers w as introduced in connection with a wedding at Sandbach. Cheshire, and resulted in injuries to the bride, a woman friend, and the driver. Four ropes had been fastened across the read to
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 296 5 'MT —TV C*i -.n TICTUr 7 It ls astonishing 1 How Cream can make 1 1 commonplace savoury and 1 1 what a big range of deli- 1 cacies it makes possible at very little cost, to say nothing of the extra nour- 1 ishment it affords. NESTLE'S PURE THICK
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    • 275 5 DANCE IO TO THESE NEW HITS Patey Fox Trot /IBel| I Dreary Weather Al. JllU I Driftwood g Please Charley My Boy I Dreamer of Dreams Waltz Sahara Fox Trot Robinson Piano Co., Ltd., (Incorporated in Hongkong) PENANG. h— J g——i ■—wr ii ißiT~~riM irii irr-- -iiii n~jHrrm'n' r ~iit
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  • 57 6 Chapman—Webster. —W. T. Chapman. Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Federated Malay States, to Mary Webster of 122. Wymering-mansions. W. 9. Farebrothfr—Smith. —Apr. 15, at St. John’s Church, Blackheath, Claude Andrews Farebrother, of Bukit Cloh Estate, F. M. S.. to Katharine Eunice, daughter of the late Edgar Smith, Ceylon and Malaya,
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  • 547 6 There is a shortage of fresh-killed meat in Penang and we are informed on good authority that local trades people are taking advantage of the quarantine restrictions, recently imposed on account of the prevalence of foot and mouth disease among cattle imported from Siam, Kedah, Province Wellesley
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  • 455 6 While some consolation may be found in the cabled news to-day, to the effect that the Blue Star Steamship Line has decided to place a building order worth £2,000,000 with British shipyards, there is little, if any, to be derived from the methods pursued in obtaining it. According
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  • 348 6 It is a coincidence that Reuter’s cable from Capetown announcing the publication of the preliminary draft of the Constitution for South-West Africa, now being administered under mandate as an integral part of the Union of South Africa, should reach us within a few hours of our notes on
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  • 960 6  -  THE NO-TRUMP MANIAC AGAIN By Ernest Bergholt (Author of “Bergholt’s Modern Auction, etc., etc.) I have pointed out. time and again, the danger of persisting in a No-trump call, when weakly guarded in a suit or suits that have been bid by the opponents. But it has remained
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  • 225 6 TWO DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. Teluk Anson had two distinguished visitors during the week, Mr. Nevins Selvadurai, M.8.E.. 8.A., J.P., Principal. Hindu College. Jaffna, Ceylon, and a well-known and highly respected educationalist in Ceylon, and Mr. J. V. C’helliah. M.A., Vice-Principal. Jaffna College, Ceylon. There was a social on
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  • 84 6 MURDER TRIAL SEQUEL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May I-’-. At the Assizes, the jury disagreed m the case against Erabek bin About an Masdawi bin Habid. two Boyanese syc e who were charged with the murder compatriot at a ronggeng in April- Justice SprouD, Acting Chief Jns
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  • 30 6 WEEKLY FEATURE S. Golf Harry VarionBridge E. BergholtLondon Letter .lOui Uv.n Scottish Letter U<»rresi" fl Women’s Page) Londe Paris Fashions) Paus. In the Public Eye. Pa'i' Crn SS Word Puzzle.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 308 6 John Haig? iH (THE ORIGINAL) w*— ZJhe Clubman's Whisky since 1621 JOHN HAIO CO, LTD. DISTILLERS. MARKINCH, FIFE. AND KINNAIRD HOUSE. FALL MALL EAST S.W f x \AA/G. A?' °A ■■■■TlB tlol A (t k 4* T,UMa •/4 v R l < l*‘?* //z |Uf Myß afes &u| ‘i 7
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    • 24 6 “E. Ol 1 Guest Niight and Dancing— Every Tuesday and Friday. Special Tiffin every Wednesday and Saturday— E. O Orchestra. Next Concert 17th May.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
  • 124 6 aa 3 SJ S W o 2 ■< O w td <— > t tn <** k v» 2 g r s a T> < 'X => S cc tj c-( X C" O HL* f *"-C a o 3 Mo &<i:r g n B K az c g p
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  • 169 7 In Full Retreat. DIFFERENT FOE THIS TIME. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] l—(Vale Rabat, May 14. \t dawn yesterday, French columns n j er Generals Colombat and Freydensupported by many aeroplanes j artillery, dislodged the Riffs, n a stubborn resistance from ?heir fortified positions on the Bi ban liange. While retreating
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  • 83 7 BRITAIN’S CONGRATULATIONS. London, May 14. It is noteworthy that among the messages of foreign Governments congratulating Marshal von Hindenburg on his accession to the Presidency, there were none from the Allies, but Great Britain is now sending the customary felicitations. following the receipt of an official notification of
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  • 99 7 NEW CONSTITUTION. Capetown, May 14. The preliminary draft of the new constitution for the South West Africa territory says that it will be governed by a council of eight, of which one will be an administrator, three nominated and four elected by the Legislative Assembly, though not necessarily
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  • 80 7 GOVERNMENT CUTTERS DEFEATED. San Pedro (California), May 14. Rum-runners during the last two days landed liquors on the Pacific coast conservatively valued at $lOO,OOO. Speedy motorboats directed by wifeless easily ran the blockade, of two Government cutters. Local quotations for bootleg liquor have dropped $lO a case during the
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  • 48 7 “A PROPAGANDA PARTY.” Washington. May 14. Ihe International Council of women concluded. Mrs. Oliphant, President 0 the American Legion Auxiliary, a statement charging the American ‘legates v r ith passively permitting oreign women to run a convention, uch she described as A propaganda party.” 1 1
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  • 52 7 HENRY FORD’S OFFER. o New York, May 14. t), ‘J v, ,r v Ford has offered to purchase A* s hipping Board’s 300 vessels, provid- 1 Government fixes a fair price. He in i? xv scrap the majority for n but might recondition some for UBein
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  • 30 7 y i-GQTIATWS INTERRUPTED. Moscow, May 14. a l<< v. President of the Supreme th.. Committee, announces that firiii 11 Harriman’s I '*-hiding the manganese concession !1 temporarily interrupted.
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  • 152 7 Object of Convention. PUBLICITY BY LICENCE. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, May 14. In the House of Commons, replying to a question concerning the British amendment at the Arms Conference, Mr. Chamberlain said that the object of the Draft Convention was to effect a general supervision of the armaments trade
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  • 45 7 CHURCHILL’S ANNOUNCEMENT. London, May 15. Mr. Winston Churchill, replying to Colonel Day in the House of Commons, stated that since the removal of the embargo on gold exports, the Bank of England has exported £1,039,000 worth of bar gold and 729,000 sovereigns.
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  • 109 7 MARRIAGE TO HEIRESS. New York, May 15. Seventy-five detectives guarded Mr. Abby Rockefeller’s residence on the occasion of to-day’s marriage. The ceremony attracted thousands of excited spectators. [On February 26 Reuter cabled: That he was briefed to defend one of America’s richest girls, who was arrested on two
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  • 99 7 Contract For British Yards. £2.000.000 ORDER. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, May 15. As a result of prolonged negotiations, a contract worth £2,000.000 to construct eight refrigerator vessels for the Blue Star Line has been awarded to British yards. The most influential Government personalities are reputed to have b en
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  • 45 7 AGREEMENT REACHED. Washington, May 15. It is understool tlhat an agreement for the use of universal cotton standards by the Liverpool Cotton Association is practically assured as the result of recent negotiations between the Liverpool Association and the United States Department of Agriculture.
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  • 448 7 London. May 14, The death of Sir Rider Haggard is announced. Sir Henry Rider Haggard, K.8.E., 6th son of William Rider Haggard of Brandenham Hall, Norfolk, was born there on the 22nd of June, 1856. In 1875, he went to South Africa as secretary to Sir
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  • 124 7 Mr. Murray will publish shortly the “Employment and Welfaie of Juveni’e?” Mr. O. Bolton King. The book deals with the problems relating to the right employment and welfare of young persons when they leave school and join the industrial ranks What is already’ being done at Home is
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  • 59 7 Daily Mail Prize. JOHNS’S VICTORY. [Revter’s Telegrams.] London, May 14. At Hollinwell, Notts, the Daily Mail £3OO Golf Tournament which was competed for by 100 of the best professionals of the British Isles, was won by Charles Johns (Purley Downs) with an aggregate score of 293 in four
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  • 25 7 EXIT RUMANIA. London, May 14. At Roehampton, in the first round of the Davis Cup, Denmark beat Rumania by 4 events to 1.
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  • 27 7 SOUTH AUSTRALIA BEATEN. Adelaide, May 14. The English soccer team, now on a tour of /Australasia, beat South Australia by 10 goals to 0.
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  • 245 7 COUNTY MATCH RESULTS. London, May 14. At Lord’s, Middlesex beat Somerset by nine wickets. Somerset made 123 and 119. Hearne took 4 wickets for 34 and 5 for 17 respectively. Middlesex replied with 138 in the first innings. White took 6 wickets for 43. In the second innings
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  • 13 7 ARRIVAL IN RANGOON. Rangoon, May 14. Major Depinedo has arrived here.
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  • 288 7 AL TRONO VS AUSTRALIAN JOCKEY. In view of the announcement made a few days ago, fight fans are looking forward to some real sport at th e Singapore Boxing Stadium to-night when a twelve-three-minute round contest between flyweights will top the bill and judging from the record
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  • 458 7 Swee Lee Cup. ANOTHER FAST GAME. The second game in the competition for the Swee Lee cup was played off on the Polo Ground, Penang, yesterday evening, when after a hard and fast contest between A and B teams the result was a draw of two goals
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  • 481 7 MUNICIPALITY vs. P. R. C. A good game of football was played on the Esplanade, Penang, yesterday afternoon between the Municipality and the Penang Recreation Club, which resulted in a victory for the former by three goals to one. The atmosphere, though cloudy, was cool and ideal
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 70 7 The Superb BEAN CARS A Triumph of Speed, Elegance and Reliability. Specifications of all models sent with pleasure. GROSVENOR MOTORS, 27 NEW MODEL ROLLS ROYCE We have pleasure in announcing that Messrs. Rolls Royce have produced a new model called the PHANTOM. The engine has overhead valves bore 4| in.
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  • 627 8 Don’t tuih up your nose at me because I’m only a bit of veal, writes W. Teignmouth Shore. If you do, your nose will have taken the wrong turning. I am not indigestible, if properly cooked. I am not dull; it was a foolish person who said that
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  • 113 8 HEALTH MINISTRY’S DECISION. The Ministry of Health has decided that lard is not meat under the Clean Meat regulations. These defined meat as the flesh of cattle, swine, sheep or goats, including bacon and ham and edible offal and fat, which is sold or intended for sale
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  • 157 8 Comparative statement of the total value of Foreign Merchandise, excluding Parcel Post, imported and exported to and from British Malaya during 1924 and 1925 Imports Increase or 1924 1925 Decrease (in thousands of dollars). January 55,712 65,347+ 9,635 February 45,451 59,180+13.729 March 55,768 68,485 12,717 April 49,695
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  • 283 8 A BET AND A BID. 1 pushed into the paddock to catch a glimpse <tf Hideaway while it was being paraded in front of the autioneer. It was a fearful struggle to get through the throng of holiday-makers, and when 1 was» in the thick of
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 635 8 BANKS. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION (Incorporated in Hongkong.) Authorised Capital $50,000,00' Issued and fnlly paid up $20,000,00' Reserve Funds sterling £4,500,001 Silver $26,500,001 Reserve Liability of Proprietors 20,000,00’ Head Office,——HONGKONG. Branches and Agencies. Amoy, Bangkok, Batavia, Bombay, Calcutta Canton, Colombo, Chefoc, Dairen, Foochow Hankow, Hongkew Harbin, Haiphong, Iloil 0
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    • 465 8 1 -’.are’s a Sure Wuy thr-ough the house with lotol* j to Lasting Relles >) i Hw| n a IN CASE OF Eczema. Blotches, If I d Pimples, Boils. EraptioM. Bad >) I i f Legs, Abscesses, deers. Piles, </ J J AZ fl Glandular SwsUlafs, VY I pT/ 3
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 118 8 MORE HUMOURS OF HISTORY. By Arthur morhand. No. 23. Tragic End of Beotric. flEYou WANT THEPRIMeKTiS WELL, PUT IHhIS BEeTVaS HAVE “Z""l ff POsTaPI MINISTER’S RESIGNATION ’IN THE. TOUGH AS LEATHER I EVER IL S F™) I <\ AS YOU CAN MUM,| The ILLHAVc IYASTED I TkE I (Kli 1
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  • 345 9 KAMPONG KAMUNTING TIN. •p eport of the directors of Karapong nting Tin Dredging, Ltd., for the nitd 31st December, 1924. states i th dredges worked well throughout lO d n ground of satisfactory grade t otal of 716 ton s of tin oxide was rej During the current
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  • 197 9 The directors state in their report for xear ended 31st December. 1924. that th- ett profit for the period, after malt .c due allowance for depreciation and r satibn of the mine, amounted to £4' and this, added to the bal >i £5,787-16-3 brought forward from the
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  • 247 9 their report for the year ended 31st December, 7*924. the directors say that be profit for the year after the allocation f the liberal amount of £7,799-19-2 to de- > cation and amortisation of the mine ounted°to £22.677-0-10. This added to the amount.£26-18-7 brought forward from previous
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  • 231 9 The directors, in their report for the *ar.®nded 31st December. 1924. state hat owing- to the very satisfactory prices unng fo r rin throughout the year dividends on. a liberal scale were received lu the company’s holdings in a ’npong Kamunting Tin Dredging. Ltd., u Asam Kumbang
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  • 241 9 The directors, in their report for the tear ended the 31st December. 1924. state that the result of the year’s working is a profit of £30,882-4-8, to which has to be added the net amount brought forward from 1923 £10,312-13-7. making an available balance of £41.194-18-3. The
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  • 314 9 Messrs. William Jacks and Co.. London, reported on April 22 as follows: •The depression in trade generally still continues, and there seems to be little chance of any i-eal improvement until a satisfactory settlement is arrived at with icgard to the political troubles on the Continent and
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  • 22 9 The P. C. C. Tennis Courts will be open on Wednesday. May 20, but closed on Friday. May 22.
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  • 210 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy Co.'s share list at I p.nt. to-day Yesterday. To-day. 5? Sharks. CQ X X 00 I c. t c. tc. tc. Rubber (Dollar.) Alor Gajah 1.40 1.50 1.50 1.60 Aver Panas 6.50 6.75 6.75 7.00 Balgownie 3.40 3.60
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  • 108 9 THE MAILAYA COMPANY LIMITED report the following changes in to-day’s share market. Shares. Buyers. Sellers. Bassett Rubber Co Ltd $l.lO $1.15 Broga Rubber Estates Ltd .85 .95 New Serendab Rubber Co 3 50 3.75 Katoyang Bahrus 1.00 1.05 Chenderiang Tin Dredging 22/9 23/Hitam Tin Ltd 1.60 1.65
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  • 95 9 May 15, 1925. I X>€AL. ctS. (Smoked Sheet ...92 Pbnang’ Fine Pale Crepe market >UnHmoked Sheet 78 steady SINGA- (Smoked Sheet PORK t Crepe ...94| London and New London New Yore ...511 Smoked Ribbed Sheet <S9f to 921 P er do. No. 2 84} 87j Unsmoked Sheet 76}
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  • 122 9 The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following prices, on May 14: London. Spot £244.5s Up £1 3 mos. buying 246.5 s 1 3 selling 246.10 s 1 Local. May 15: Singapore sold 150 tons at $122.87} Penang buyers no sellers at $122.87j. The Eastern Smelting Co.. Ltd:—
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  • 99 9 The output of Kampong Kamunting Tin Dredging Ltd., for the half month of May 1925 hours run (two dredges) 489. cubic yards treated 79.000. total piculs 412.14. nett value $30,375.46. No. 2 lost 73 hours boiler cleaning and general repairs. The output o f Asam Kumbang Tin Dredging
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  • 237 9 Benares Opin mp. eh «si* f r .000.00 n<»tn. Cloves 90.00 sellerGold leaf' 72.00 seller Mace Pickings no stock Nutmegs 80s 110.00 nom. 110 s 100.00 Coconuts per 1.000 50.00 Copra Sundried 12.10 sales Rattans 11.15 pales Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shell? 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1
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  • 188 9 PENANG. MAY 15, 1925 (By Courtesy of the Crkrterr > Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 1/8 4 months’ sight* Bank 2/4 H/32 3 Credit 2/4 3/4 3 Documentary 2/4 25/32 Calcutta Demand Bank R® 155} 3 days’ sight Private 159 s Bombay Demand Bank 155} o Madras Demand Bank
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 31 9 Builds up strength in a trying climate. Halls Wine THE SUPREME TONIC FRt E: A special crystal wineglass given Free with every large size bottle of Hall’s Wine. Of all Stern.
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  • 125 10 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES Ellenga for Madras, Pondicherry, Cuddalore, Porto Novo, Karikal and Negapatam, Helenas for Colombo, Suez, Boston, New York and Baltimore. Kopah for Belawan (Deli). Teesta for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Pbemius for Suez, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg. The following ships are in communication with the Wireless Stations
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  • 908 11 TEAMS FROM INDIA AND THE U. S. A. In mail week the Jodhpur team and their ponies arrived in England, and also the American Army side and their stud of 25 ponies. These visitors will contribute strongly to the interest of the coming season at the London
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  • 476 11 TOSS IN CRICKET TESTS. County cricket clubs have had under consideration the agenda for the Board of Control and Advisory County Cricket Committee which was held on Wednesday, April 29 at Lord’s. Questions arising include the arrangement of Test trial matches for 1926, charges of admission to
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