Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 21 May 1925

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 115. VOL. LXXXIII. THURSDAY, 21st MAY, 1925. PRICE 15 GENTS.
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  • 700 2 SIR A MOND ON PROFIT-SHARING SCHEMES. Sir Alfred Mpnd, M.P., addressing a Monmouthshire Liberal Conference at Newport, said that Socialism, as a political issue, was as ,dead as mutton. Those who advocated it no longer believed in it. They had only to read the reports of this
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  • 107 2 At Brighton, Jacques Lambion was summoned for selling intoxicating liquoi without holding a licence authorizing him to do so at Grand Junction-road on March 17 Horace Mann, club secretary, was summoned for aiding and abetting, and four people who were found on the premises when the
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    • 630 2 H RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. IWATERY PIMPLESI jfi| Including free town delivery or 111 All AAIPO TA AT s i ON SON SjALt R PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. 1 I a year ill Were Very Irritating. Local $36 Cuticura Healed. I Country (S.S. F.M.S.) $42 “My son suffered from a rasb of
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    • 51 2 Best Liniment. For cuts and bruises, there is 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 poiscli. You cannot afford to be without itSold
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    • 797 2 ALLEGRO JS STROPPERS Wr I FOR GILLETTE OR AUTO STROP BLADES Sore Throat! I STOCKS JUST ARRIVED You are constantly liable to catch M Sore Throat and infectious com- HTM plaints from people who are A f I Kg VJICOrHCtOWLI<” sickening for them, or convalescent. 9 ct Formamint conquers Sore
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  • 1673 3 IHE LOOKING GLASS OF LIFE. (Krom Oar Special Correspondent.) London, April 10. piie r eal trouble about King George is that he takes his duties too seriously much more so tl an his loyal subjects i m a<'ine. His health would be better if he could indulgejn
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  • 380 3 I SUGGESTIONS FOR THE MAN OF FORTY. A man should observe the following rules if, when he has reached the age j of forty, he desires to live, say, to ninety Visit the dentist every six months. Eat meat once a day only. Never take alcohol
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  • 63 3 NO SUNDAY SNAPSHOTS ON BRIGHTON BEACH. Brighton beach photographers are angry with the local corporation. At the recent auction they outbid icecream vendors for pitches on the foreshore, and now the Watch Committee have banned them pursuing their calling on Sundays—their harvest day. An indignation meeting has been held
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  • 553 3 BACK TO WORK.” SIR ALFRED MOND ON HIS SCHEME. Sir Alfred Mond, M. P., speaking at Llandovery, said that the old Socialist was dying out, but the Cummunist was getting more powerful. After the terrible outrages in Bulgaria, people could understand why he and others fought so hard at the
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  • 129 3 FARM LABOURER REFUSES NAME TO RESCUED MOTOR CYCLIST. A farm labourer, who refused to give his name, pluckily rescued Mr. A. Fall, an Eastern counties petrol agent, from drowning in the Norfolk Fens at feoutheiy. Mr. Fall and his motor-cycle pitched ever a bank into the water,
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    • 295 3 1 1 1 Motor in Safety EQUIP your motor car, front and rear, with Weed Bumpers and you can feel secure. In collision, Weed Bumpers, made of spring steel, absorb the shock protect the car and its occupants. They make motoring safer. Their handsome appearance adds distinction to your car.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 148 3 MORE HUMOURS OF HISTORY. By arthir moriland. No. 28. Rollo the Ganger. (Make some suggestion) /T~si~>ppnsr it YI L I (anyhow //7 YOU CHUMP WOULONTDOTo I I [SeXsick EVERY o N Jff Wa/VI INSTEAD OF SAW YOU OFF r A TIME. JUSTBECAUS&xX©C(S ST ANOIN \AT THE KNEES) L jtrJ BUT
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  • 1073 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mrs, Dunford-Wood arrived this morning by the Malwa. Mr. A. S. Mitchell, of the Forest Department, is being transferred to Ipoh from Kampar. Mr. S. C. Colomb, retired assistant accountant in the Posts and Telegraphs Department, has returned to Kuala Lmnpur after a long holiday. The Duchess of
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  • 220 4 INTER-HOUSE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, The Anglo-Chinese School, Teluk Anson, recently introduced the “House” System, and this has given a fillip to the pupils’ enthusiasm for Sports, in that each House vies with the other in securing the first place. The Houses are named, The “Raja Muda”
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  • 109 4 The homeward mail by the Sardinia closes at 2 p.m. on Saturday, the 23rd inst The mail despatched from Penang on the 22nd April by the s.s. K. der Nederlanden was delivered in London on the LS:h May. The mail despatched from Penang on the 25»h April By
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  • 290 4 ALLEGED breach of trust. In the Police Court, Penang, this morning, before Mr. C. W. A. Senuett, G. W. Dawson, an employee of the Borneo Motors, Ltd., was charged with criminal breach of trust in respect of the sum of $756, being the proceeds of the sale of
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  • 388 4 STORY OF STRANGE LOSS. A loss of jewellery to the value of Rs. 2,000, which occurred under peculiar and annoying circumstances, has been reported to the Police, in Ceylon. Mr. A. R. Linton, formerly Manager of the Mercantile Bank in Singapore and now Inspector of Branches
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  • 46 4 The following dates have been fixed for the remaining three days of the Singapore Races Second Day, Thursday, 21st May. Third Day, Saturday, 23rd May. Fourth Day. Tuesday, 26th May. Extra meeting dates remain the same as adveitised 30th May, June Ist and 6th.
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  • 1141 4 SUCCESSFUL OPENING. Large Attendance Witnesses Inspiring Spectacle. The opening performance of the much heralded and eagerly anticipated Military Pageant took place on the Stadium last night, says Wednesday’s Free Press,” when a large attendance witnessed a spectacle unique in the history of Malaya. Expectations that an event
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  • 631 4 The'smelt he is a fair fish and worthy more dainty and kindly treatment than usually he- is given, writes W. Teigninouth Shore. Doubtless if he was scarce and costly he would be more highly appreciated. He has been called by an authority “the most delicate and “spirituel” of all
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 405 4 [To the Editor, of the “p lllw P SIR,-The old Bagan Ferry w”*" 1 a paying concern although u u found necessary to resort to birr; 38 ev<t turnstiles. Why should all an 1 ed paraphernalia be necessary on \S ch Pier at Bagan Luar These things are
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    • 95 4 (To the Editor of the "Pinang Gazette.”) SIR, —It might appear from the evidence given by Mr. Peck yesterday in the Magistrate’s Court at Kuala Lumpur concerning the preparation of the copy record of the evidence in his recent suit against Mr. J. A. Russell that the
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  • 122 4 May 21—Football. Crescent v. P.R.C. 22 Sungei Arak Rubber Co.. General Meeting. 33. Beach Street, 12, noon. 24—Penang Swimming Club, Annual Meeting, Club house noen. 23 Cricket, P.C.C. v. The Rest. 23—Cricket League, E.S.C. v. P-KL Esplanade. 28—Football, P.R.C. v. 30—Inter-State Cricket, je ang v. Selangor, Lumpur. P
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  • 68 4 Un-lla I-”®' Messrs. Boustead and Co., b e j p [of pur, inform us that they are in > the following cable from the 8 of the undermentioned Com Pan the 19th instant Cheras Rubber Estates. 1- 1 report issued, profit £6,205. bn- 1 5 per cent recommended,
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    • 51 4 Supplied By All Chemists. Physicians prescribe Chamberlain's Co lie and Diarrhoea Remedy because it relieves cramps in the stomach and intestinal pains quicker than any preparation they can compound. It can be bought from any chemist. A bottle will keep for years and no home is complete without it. Sold
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    • 19 4 Pitman’s Junior Typist Book. Si/75 per book or S 2- post free, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd.
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  • 638 5 FOLLY OF A MASS ATTACK. Mr. J. H. Thomas, M. P., addressed a meeting of railwaymen at Hartlepool Referring to the position of the coal and shipbuilding industry, Mr. Thomas pointed out that while wages were scandalously low and while certain coollieries wtre making profits,
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  • 122 5 WOMAN TOO PROUD TO DRAM OLD-AGE PENSION. A doctor, giving evidence at the inquest on Mrs. Amy Hislop, aged seventy, a widow, who was found dead in her room at Star-street, Paddington, said she had died from exhaustion owing to lack of food and proper care. Neighbours
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  • 69 5 Mr. John Hodges, of Avonside, Henleyon Thames, Oxford, a landowner and phi lanthropist, who devoted practically the whole of his income to charitable puii)oses, died leaving estate valued at £168,291. He gave £20,000 each to the Trinity Hall, Henley, trust and the Harpsden Hall trust, £15.000 to
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  • 635 5 SIR JOHN GILMOUR ON STRIKE FOLLY.. Scottish members of the Federation of British Industries entertained in Edinburgh Sir John Gilmour, Secretaiy for Scotland. Mr. Alexander Johnston, chairman of the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, presided. Speaking on co-operation in industry Sir John Gilmour said he might claim for
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  • 94 5 A tragic story was related at Stratford when a lad of 16 was charged with house breaking. The father said that about six years ago he stopped a runaway horse ahd saved the lives of two children and a nurse. While he was in the
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  • 34 5 The Willesden magistrate, in recommending a Dutch prisoner for deportation, said that, unfortunately, the Home Secretary did not always act on magistrates’ recommendations, and undesirables were allowed to remain in England.
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    • 53 5 Why Stop a Cough Because of the chance you take in neglecting it. Your cough, unknown to yourself, may be a symptom of bronchitis, pleurisy or pneumonia. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy has certain healing and curative qualities that stop coughs and rid the system of the cause. This dependable medicine is
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  • 21 6 Fernandez. —To Mr. and Mrs. F. Fernandez, of Carey Island, on the 18th May, 1925, at Carey Island, a daughter.
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  • 25 6 Hallaway-Barlow.—At Mosman, N. S.W.. on April 15th, 1925. John Potter Hallaway to Hester Gertrude, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Hughes Barlow, of Mosman.
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  • 516 6 The annual report of the working of the S. S. and F. M. S. Co-operative Societies Department for the year 1924. signed by Mr. A. Cavendish, the officer in charge, reaches ns this morning, and shows that satisfactory progress is being made with this all-important movement to which we
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  • 356 6 We are always ready to give publicity to the gossip and grumbles of our correspondents, provided that their complaints are logical, well-founded and reasonable. In pursuance of this policy, we publish in another page, a letter from one of our readers, under the nom de plume Provincial,”
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  • 430 6 As was generally anticipated, Abdel Krim and his Riffian followers have struck a snag in French Morocco in the form of a well-organised French counteroffensive. His recent reverses at the hands of the French notwithstanding, the Moorish leader, according to the latest news, has not forsaken the idea that
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  • 977 6  -  SUGGESTED CHANGE OF ROUTINE. BY ERNEST BERGHOLT (Author of “Bergholt’s Modern Auction.” e t c My old correspondent, Mr. J. Russell Gubbins, writes to ask me what I think of the suggestion recently put forward by William Dalton that the cards of Dummy should be exposed on the
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  • 256 6 ALLEGED THEFT. In the District Court, Penang, before Mr. E. Pratt, this morning. Thor Hock Gee was charged that he on April 1 last dishonestly misappropriated the sum of $24.10, the property of a dead Chinese, who was unknown. He claimed to be tried and was represented by
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  • 105 6 MILITARY PAGEANT(From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Miff The first afternoon performance of Assault-at-Arms and the Military I$ was well attended. The Ib»n. M'- p n C. were Hose, Miss Hose and the G. »|.p wellpresent. The features were tne organised and excellently extent 1 I gramme of demonstration
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    • 23 6 “EZ O.” Guest Night and Dancing— Every -Tuesday and Friday. Special Tiffin every Wednesday and Saturday—E. O Orchestra. Orchestra] Concert every other Sunday.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • 103 7 Question of Costs. dfpends on development. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, May 20, In the House of Commons. Sir G. Strickland asked for the annual cost 01 the Imperial Naval establishment at Singapore and the estimated p o3 t on the completion of the proposed naval base. Mr. W. C.
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  • 202 7 modifications announced. London, May 20. The Chancellor of the Exchequer announces that, as the result of a series of conferences, he proposes to make modifications in the scale of duties on natural and artificial silk in agreement with the silk Association and the London Chamber of Commerce and
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  • 54 7 FINANCI AL RESOLUTION ADOPTED. London, May 20. The House of Commons by 277 votes to 112. adopted the financial resolution relating to the Pensions Bill authorising the contribution of £4,000,000 for the year ending 31st May. 1927, and each nine succeeding years and after that the sums will
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  • 112 7 APPOINTMENT CONFIRMED. London, May 20. In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. Ramsay Macdonald. Mr. Chamberlain stated that Lord Allenby had informed him last autumn that he desired to be relieved as soon as the public interest had made his retirement possible. He (Mr. Chamberlain) had
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  • 45 7 London, May 20. It is officially announced that His the King has approved the appointment of Lord Plumer, as High ''mmissioner and Commander-in-Chief Palestine, in place of Sir Herbert •iinuel. whose tenure of office will expire at the end of June.
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  • 51 7 Ci )MMITTEE API’O[ NTED. London, May 20. J? the Ho llS e of Lords, the Earl of pr r ann ,lnce< i that the Government t.- t,)Se up a committee, analogous to 1' ll,n ’ttee of Imperial Defence, Fm,- ea v t 1 the great problems of Empire
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  • 29 7 London, May 20. Earl'm -1 v Xj) c e 'l bulletin says that the to be°lioi l>r < eS 13 There appears tie h q>e of recovery.
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  • 42 7 s,l Reginald stubbs Tl ”\1 correspondent of the ’arife' s, r Guardian says that the fn r "lost frequentlv mentioned 1 1 wernorship of Nigeria in sue];„o i S Hugh Clifford is that of Sir Governor of H'ongkong.
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  • 285 7 General Mobilization. FRENCH REINFORCEMINIS. (Reuter’s Telegrams.] Paris, May 20. A message from Fez says that further French reinforcements have arrived. The enemy is actively continuing to arm and concentrate men, and a general mobilisation is said to have been ordered throughout Er-Rif and Djebala. The war is said
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  • 178 7 CONSIDERING THE DRAFT CONVENTION. Geneva, May 20. The General Committee of the Arms Conference has carried the amendments to the Draft Convention submitted by the American Delegation, including the elimination of Article 28 providing for the Council of the League of Nations to publish the annual report of
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  • 102 7 BOTTLING DEVICE. London, May 20. With reference to the statement of an official of the British Broadcasting Company that the best programmes in Europa and America will shortly be relayed by means of a bottling device now being perfected, it is stated that by the invention, which is German,
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  • 98 7 RUBBER ASSOCIATION’S PROTEST. London. May 20. The Secretary of the Rubber Association announces that a meeting of the Comm ttee at Manchester pissed a resolution expressing the opinion that the present price of raw rubber is unjustifiable and asserting that legislative restriction on the export of crude
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  • 186 7 Queen Mary’s Visit. MALAY PAVILION. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, May 20. Her Majesty Queen Mary paid a surprise visit to Wembley this morning and inspected the Malay Pavilion. She was received by the Commissioner and was keenly interested in the two new dioramas representing a high forest and a
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  • 48 7 FAREWELL DINNER. London, May 20. At a farewell dinner given by General Hsu. whose guests included the Chinese Minister, the Consul-General in London Sir John Jordan and Sir Robert Ro-tung General Hsu spoke of the valuable lessons of the tour. He will depart on May 22.
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  • 75 7 CHANGE OPPOSED. Washington, May 20, The Shipping Board passed a resolution requesting the American delegates at the meeting of the International Chamber of Commerce at Brussels in June, to oppose any change in the American navigation laws so as to admit foreign vessels to coastwise trade. The Board
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  • 46 7 DIRECT NEGOTIATION IN VIEW. Paris, May 20. According to the Excelsior,” M. Caillaux and M. Briand are studying the appointment of a financial committee, which will go to Washington in order to negotiate directly witlh the American Debt-funding Commission. —(Vale).
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  • 51 7 ANOTHER STEP FORWARD. Moscow, May 21. M. Trotzky has advanced a further step in his rehabilitation, being elected, together with M. Kameneff, M. Rykoff, M. Zinovieff and other prominent people, a member of the Executive Council of the Union of Soviets at the Soviet Congress just concluded in
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  • 41 7 CALLED THE “TUGURIK.” Moscow, May 20. It is stated that Mongolia will shortly have its own money unit to be called the Tugurik, which will be equal to the Soviet gold rouble, instead of the present Chinese silver dollar.
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  • 41 7 MISS WETHERED’S VICTORY. London, May 20. At Troon, in the third round of the British Ladies’ Golf Championship, Miss Joyce We there* I (holder) beat Miss Glenna Collett (American holder of the Canadian Championship by 4 and 3.
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  • 20 7 VIC TORIA. DEFEATED. Melbourne, May 20. The English Footbill team beat Victoria by 7 goals to 0.
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  • 32 7 Golf Harry Vardon. Bridge E. Bergholt. London Letter .)Our Own Scottish Letter Correspondents Women’s Page) London and Paris Fashions) Paris. In the Public Eye. David Wilson. Cross-Word Pu/zle. P.G.” Own
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  • 193 7 Among The Kaffirs. ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] King William’s Town, May 20. H. R. H. the Prince of Wales, wearing the Khaki uniform of a Colonel of the Welsh Guards was enthusiastically cheered by a great gathering of 10,000 Kafirs. Many addresses and a number of silvermounted
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  • 313 7 ARRIVAL IN PENANG. H.R.H. Prince George, the youngest son of 'His Majesty King George V and Queen Mary, who is proceeding to the China Station to continue his naval service and will be attached to H.M.S. Hawkins,” the flagship of the British Squadron on the
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  • 211 7 CELEBRATIONS IN PENANG. There will be short Empire Day functions to-morrow, attended by the Hon’ble the Resident Councillor and Mrs. Peel, as follows Anglo-Chinese Girls’ School, 9 a.m. Government Girls’ School, 9.35 a.m. Convent School, 10.05 a.m. Guards of Honour will Ire furnished by the Girl Guides. There
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  • 235 7 New Proposals. REASONS FOR INCREASES. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Berlin, May 20. Explaining the new tariff proposals for heavily increasing the duties on cotton and woollen goods, artificial silk and motor cars, the Minister of Economic Affairs said that they were merely transitory and were intended to serve as a
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  • 27 7 SOCIALIST MOTION REJECTED. Berlin, May 20. The Reichstag rejected the Socialist motion of no confidence by 214 votes to 129. Twenty-five members abstained from voting.
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  • 11 7 Berlin, May 20. The Reichsbank’s discount rate remains unchanged.
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  • 52 7 FATALITY AT SIALKOT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Allahabad, May 21. Captain G. Rich, of the Cantonments Department, and a Royal Air Force Officer, were killed yesterday at Sialkot in a flying accident, the machine stalling and nosediving into a Sialkot street from 100 feet. Both were
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  • 261 7 Increase in Wages. CONFERENCE’S DECISION. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, May 20. The Conference of Engineering Trade Unions in London, has unanimously decided to refuse to negotiate upon any modification of their application for an increase in wages on the basis suggested by the employers in the letter proposing the
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  • 144 7 The Admiralty recently announced that the King has approved the appointment of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Hubert George Brand, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.0., C. 8., to be a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, Second Sea Lord and Chief of Nar val Personnel, vice the late Admiral Culme-Seymour. The date
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  • 1221 8 TO-I)A Y’S DEPARTJJIIES. Sri Muar for P. Langkawi and Kantang (Trang). Koyei Maru for Colombo Bombay. Malwa for Singapore, China and Japan. M/V Rompin for Pangkor, Bindings and Sitiawan. Kinta for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Fooksang for Calcutta. Seistan for Singapore, Hongkong and China. Kutsang for Singapore, China
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  • 434 8 CLOSE DAILY (except > fl! IRIIN. Eederated Malay Staten, Malacca, and Singapore. RegiKtration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half an honr earlier than the Ordinary mail Resumption oi Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed daily (Sunday excepted) by the 7-30' p.m
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    • 234 8 The Good I i They Do! I I Dr. Morse’s Indian Root Pills:— I S Purify the Blood, I E Cleanse the Stomach, I g Put life into the Liver, thus correcting B g. Biliousness and Constipation, B E Stimulate the Kidneys to perform B their proper functions, B E
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  • 423 9 j.\» «.EASED USE OF WIRELESS. •'he military training season opened .I,'s month, and this year will be the first 1913 to provide a full pro.rumne of Army preparation for the field L Home. The centres at Aidershot, Tidworth. Shorncliffe, and other places begin to lay the foundation for
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  • 237 9 Benares Opium p. chest s*>.ooo.oo nom. Cloves 90.00 sellen Gold leaf 72.00 seller' Mace Pickings no stock Nutmegs 80s 110.00 nom. 110 b 100.00 Coconuts per 1,000 50.00 Copra Sundries! 12.25 sellers Rattans 11.15 sales Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00 per
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  • 488 9 —“C. E. T* The working of the restriction of output policy shows how the rubber position is being steadily strengthened. It has had the result that has been noticed previously when its effect has become apparent—that is, of making its oppon ents more than usually hostile in their
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  • 309 9 Messrs. William Jacks and Co., reported on April 29 as follows: There has been a much better tone in all Non-ferrous markets during the past day or two, in anticipation of a favourable Budget, but the result of the German Presidential Election caused slight setback, and it
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  • 55 9 NO QUESTION OF WITHDRAWAL. London. 26th April.—The “Times correspondent at Cairo says there is not the slightest trace of the rumoured proposals for the withdrawal of the army from Cairo, which is only possible after lengthy negotiations of which there is no sign of a beginning.
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  • 130 9 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy A Co.'s share list at 1 p.m. to-day Yesterday. To-day. g as Sharen, >• ss CO rn x cn to. c. sc. sc. Rubber (Dollar.) Indragiri 6.00 6.50 5.85 6.00 Kundong 1.70 1.80 1.70 1.80 ex N. Scudai
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  • 98 9 May 21, 1925. Local. cts. (Smoked Sheet ...92 Fine Pale Crepe ...92 market Unamoked Sheet 78 steady SINGA- (Smoked Sheet ...94} PORB (Crepe ...94} London and New York. Lohuos {o“°*“* She 2/9 New York ...51| Smoked Ribbed Sheet 92| to 954 per lb do. No. 2 87J 881
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  • 39 9 The General Produce Agency, Ltd., Beach Street, Penang, report that the following prices were realised at their auction room to-day Good F.A.Q. Ribbed Smoked Sheet sll9} to 120 F.A.Q. do 118 119 Low F.A.Q. do 114 117
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  • 89 9 The Straits Trading Co., Ltd,, gives the folloiving prices, on May 20: London. Spot £246.10s Up I.los 3 mos. buying 248.10 g I.los 3 seliing 248.15 s „1.12.6 Local. May 21: Singapore sold 150 tons at $124.25 Penang buyers no sellers at $124.25. Messrs. Boustead and Co.. Ltd:-
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  • 120 9 PENANG, MAY 21, 1925. (By Courtesy of the Chawmk Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 1/8 4 months'sight Banl< 2/4 11/32 3 Credit 2/4 3/4 3 Document ary 2/4 25/32 Cahuiita Demand Bank R«ls6'' 3 days’sight Private 159 Bombay Demand Bank 156 g Madras Demand IBank 156 E 3 days’slight
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  • 1212 9 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. f fl NAMES. J fl W I ao I RUBBER [Dollar.] 9 c 3 c 8 c Allenby Rubber Co 1 70 1 80 cum Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 t.O 1 63 Amalgamated Malay Estates 2 40 2 60 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 12 00
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    • 43 9 n man’s New Course in Typewriting, ♦l/50 per book, stocked by the Pinang '»azette Press. Ltd., Peneng. Pi anters’ Medical Guide, by Dr. E. N. Graham, $3/- per book or $3/30 post B" e e, stocked by the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., P
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    • 64 9 LABOUR CODE 1923 F. M. S. LABOUR ORDINANCE 1923 S. 3. EMPLOYERS OF INDIAN LABOUR are hereby reminded that assessment returns for the preceding quarter must he sent to the Office of the Deputy Con t-roller of Labour, Penang, during tb* months of April,, July, October and January. Forms for
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  • 584 10 WHERE AMATEURS BEAT PROFESSIONALS. The frequency—and, in most cases, the ease —with which professionals beat amateurs in the representative team matches held annually by county unions prompted me recently to raise the question as to whether there existed ainy instance of the amateurs having won on level terms. Derbyshire
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  • 591 10 CHOWRASTA MARKET Penang. May 21, 1925 ct* Government Mutton Mutton Indian per lb 55 Mutton Head, sheep or goat each 1.00 Liver with heart 4 Inng do 1.30 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Mutton lb 55 Lamb do
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