Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 31 December 1925

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 300. VOL. LXXXIII. THURSDAY, 31st DECEMBER, 1925. PRICE 15 OENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 666 1 TOKISATSU, photographic art studio ’Phone 772. 68. BISHOP STREET. wmbkbkwbbW □<III>linillllllllllllliHil!lllilllll]IIKII|||||IHIimilllUllllllllllHUIlllllUIII|||||||||||||||||||UI||||||||Q SUPPORT BRITISH INDUSTRIES. i CONTINENTAL I 1 g tyres I feJl (endurance.! t s 1 wafc IL ALL LEAP -1 j may I; R ing garages t > B ANT& MAY a g V SOLE AGENTS FOR MALAYA I
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    • 8 1 T. NAGATA, DENTIST. NEXT DOOR TO “THE DISPENSARY.”
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  • 999 2 CHELSEA DEPOSED. The positions in the English and Scottish Football League to date are as follow Division I. Goals. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. Arsenal (20) 23 13 6 4 52 36 30 Sunderland (7) 23 12 6 ***** 29 Huddersfield (1) 20 9 3 8
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  • 140 2 1926 New Year Meeting. OFFICIAL PROGRAMME. f|RST DAY, SATURDAY Bth JANUARY, 1926. SECOND DAY, TUESDiY 12th JANUAHY, 1926. THIRD DAY, THURSDAY 14th JANUARY, 1926. FOURTH DAY, SATURDAY 16th JANUARY, 1926. 9 Races for Horses— Stakes $1,750 phis Added Mouey. 9 Races for Ex-Griffin Horses— Q q \<
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 995 2 TENDERS INVITED. I bates of sworrm M nidpalily of Including free town delivery or 111 x postage. jj The Municipal Commissioners of Sin«PAYARI fIN ADVANCE a P’ re invit e and Sealed Tenders for the Reinforced Concrete Work re8 a year lit quired in the construction of the New i.
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    • 298 2 NOTICES. p p Q|, VIV >✓*»*** A Skye Meeting for Amateur Riders only w yi be he j d at tbe R ace Course on g aturc j a y t January 23rd, 1926. Three Races for all Ponies. Two Races for Penang 1926 Griffins that have not won a
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    • 50 2 Do You Dread the Night? Coughs and colds always seem, to grow worse at night-fall and croup comes without warning at midnight. Avoid an uneasy, feverish, sleepless night by keeping in the home a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It is soothing, healing and contains no narcotics. For sale everywhere.
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    • 307 2 J CONTESSA-NETTELi J CAMERAS I C FITTED WITH I Zeiss-Tessar 4.5 Lenses. p aPost Card Cocarette de Luxe with Solid Leitier Case $***** 3J x4| Cocarette de Luxe with Case B x2J Cocarette de Luxe with Case 'q 3j x2| Cocarette de Luxe with Case Tropical Adoro x2j (For Plates
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  • 1364 3 1 he League of Nations has accomplhhtd bat a fraction of what was hoped of it. 0 be the xtwess that is necessary to secure icorld pc we the hearts and minds oj the people mud he enlisted. As long as the history of mankind
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  • 248 3 GARAGE FITTED AS BAR. A somewhat humorous situation has developed in the State of Texas, with Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson, its governor, as the central figure. Her enemies, whom she identifies with the Ku Klux Klan, threatened to violate the rules of political chivalry by impeaching
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 275 3 C TIN NED MEATS ar^iver^^* I a truly appetizing flavour by LEA PERRINS’ i SAUCE J G. 421 you* 1 i rern ember ENO A S As a safeguard to health, ENO !V>Cvjj8fcLS@PM wil1 alwa ys be found in the kit i ApKX*) 1I <t W.B f ex P erienced
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    • 43 3 Helps Those Hard Coughs The danger of influenza is its tendency to develop into pleurisy and pneumonia. Stop your cold before it reaches this danger point and for the cough and painful, wheezy breathing, take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It is for sale everywhere.
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    • 167 3 1 i I Jfeiw 5 3 i I I I I mSiw 2; I Robinson Pianos I Better value than ever. SB..r Specially manufactured for the i < p»cg. S j/ s S 1 From $6OO Cash, or Deferredgp H Payments. J Robinson Piar Co., J PEN AN C. J
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  • 1484 4  -  A THOUGHTFUL MAN’S ADVENTURE. By Philip Guedalla. I always like to think that I am a thoughtful man. Some of my friends fly even higher and derive immense (if secret) satisfaction from the contemplation of themselves in still loftier characters. For these private impersonations colour
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  • 272 4 LORD DAWSON’S VIEWS. Lord Dawson of Penn has returned to England in the Cunard liner Bereng.iria after a considerable tour of Canadian and United States hospitals. Lord Dlawson expressed himself as full of admiration of the progress made in medical science and education in the hospitals
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 233 4 i i M “Capstan "-that’s a good cigarette [jj “Capstan” I Cigarettes. I !N W. D. &H. O. WILLS, I BRISTOL AND LONDON. 1 Your hair—it can. stay in place all day! MANY young men long ago gave morning—pnd your hair remains up all hope of controlling their smooth, in
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    • 221 4 and a little water coldortiarm-and Asarapidcnagiser 'J' HMtsiscswitwlto MHryJ, i i tip JU J npwf l/ie I nan oficHon as mH as the convalescent IS made I tfaKtaS a moment! JUST REPRINTED MALAYAN MONOCHROMES By Sir HUGH CLIFFORD. Price $2 Postage 30 cts. extra. IN THE PRESS IN A CORNER
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  • Feminine Reflections
    • 1449 5 Monday, December 7th: Awake early with great trouble of mind of how I shall best serve our cold mutton, (hot on the Lord’s Day), to our dinner, that the eating of it seem not too great a penance to be borne by Mr. Pepys. Do decide on
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    • 103 5 These cami-knickers provide the maximum of warmth, for the minimum of weight. They- should be made of a light-weight woollen material that is guaranteed to be unshrinkable. Pale pink is the colour recommended with bindings of mauve, though pink and pale green, blue and mauve, or
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    • 445 5  -  BY IDA DUNCAN. It is during the dance season that one’s gramophone is used most frequently, and often by strangers who, through carelessness or ignorance, do not give it the care and consideration it needs. The consequence is that your favourite records, at any- rate, are soon spoiled
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    • 597 5  -  BY MRS. GERALD STEWART I think it must be a common experience among parents of young children to imagine those; early years of dependence as the most difficult of all. When the high chair, the cot and the perambulator are no longer needed, when the children
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    • 442 5  -  BY POPPY BACON. Ultra-moderism is the cry of the smartest Parisienne, even to the extent of wearing two jarring colours together sand persuading herself that the effect is won derful, if doubtfully pleasing. Mademoiselle rises to the call and all that she admires and sets her seal
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    • 1371 5  -  BY li ELEN GREIG SOUTER. It is a source of great satisfaction to -.he woman of limited means to realize that good taste in dress has nothing whatever to do whh riches. It has, however, a very close connection with a wise selection of colours, and that
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 36 5 Pitman’s Junior Typist Book, fl/75 per book or f 2- post fres, stocked by the Pinang G*-«*++* I’tmi, Ltd. Pitman’s N»w Coursb in Typewriting, *1 'BO per bonk, stocked >rw the Pinung Qasette Preaa. Ltd., Panaa*.
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  • 1591 6 0 TEMPORA I 0 MORES Nurse- “Now, dear. I’m going to tell you a story all about the 'Garden of Eden.” Modern Child; “No. Nurse, please not that one. I don’t think the Adamses were at all nice people. More Water Required. When London newspapers can report
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  • 44 6 The output of Tin Bentong No Liability for the month of December was hours GG9, pikuls 885, yards 11.3,300. The output of Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging N. L., for the month of December was 705 piculs, 527 hours worked, 115,000 yards treated.
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  • 1831 6 The Vatican and Modest Dress. ST. ANDREW AND RABBIE BURNS. If there is any truth in the old saw about a prophet having no honour in his own country, then may some cynic point to the case of St. Andrew, for while exiled Scots in London, Canada. India,
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  • 1559 6 SOCIAL PERSONAL. There will be a Watch Night service at St. George’s Church at 11.30 p.m. to-day. Mrs. Searancke is visiting Kuala Lumpur this week from Taiping. Mr. E. Jeff is down with influenza and is in the Sere mb in hospital. Mr. William Duncan was a passenger to Penang
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  • 89 6 It has been definitely arranged the Wembley Rodeo show to during the forthcoming ra< n, l 3 The show which is at present in a g® has been telegraphed tn^ encb to leave there on the mail "Chantilly” "hich 1S y to arrive here on January,
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  • 67 6 MISSION CHAPEL, FARQUHAR S T REET. 1 q Qfi t hi. Obscr" English Services— Sunday Snn day vance of Lord s Sapper. g e rvice< School and Bible Class. 6 P m- <’ Preacher. Mr. A. Hardwire. yr ee tingWednesday, fi p.m.—Prayer ice ThuiWay. Special WatclW» 11—12 pm. 1() .3O
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • 24 8 Nelson. —Nov. 28, at 3. Watt’s avennp, Rochns er, to Dorothy, wife of George Geoffrey Nelson, H. M. Naval Base, Singapore, a son.
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  • 439 8 In other yars when excitement ran high on the Stock Exchange the contributory cinse was almost invariably the discovery and develop nent of goldbeating areas. To an older generation of market operators the boom of ’95 ami subsequent years are lively memories, but it is doubtful
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  • 365 8 “.4 duid New Year tae an? and a,' And mony may ye see; And during a' the years tae come, Happy may ye be". The smtim-mts contai io 1 in the above quotation mike it alm >st unnecessary for the Pinang G twite to wish its numerous
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  • 357 8 Min-lel feelings of sidmss and joy accompmy the pissing of the old year an 1 the a Ivent of th e ne.v. On the one handweare forc’d to r»-tl ct upon the flight of time an 1 our gradual approach to the inevitable goal in the race
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  • 1337 8  -  THE INITIAL BID OF ONE “NO TRUMPS” BY J. J. BREBNER. Nothing is so remirkibla in recent bridge-playing developments in London clubdom than the m>rkel favour shown to an initial bi I by the dealer of one ‘‘no trumps”. The ol 1 whist phrase “when in doubt
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  • 233 8 MINING INDUSTRY PROSPEROC?. (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore. December 31At the Straits Trading Company’s annual meeting Mr. Wilcoxson, v pr r sided, stated that conditions in the b.Mmining industry continued to ~e g 0 th’ exports of tin tending to reach tW volume of pre-war days in a
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 86 8 K lISIS f G 3 Tg ggO UWO< Bournville “BY TEST THE BEST” MnBBBHBgEBMMBBBBIMnaHHaKMBMHMnanMEaBMBMBMBaHM SEE THE NAME CADBURY ON EVERY PIECE OF CHOCOLATE j QU HMB □□<?!=[ SKE N SITAS H m As 75 Good n bWY 9 ?> A$ tents rer B gR:/WBi D Real,y a 5 Good CTIJMs
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    • 37 8 H. O. NEW YEAR’S EVE. Thursday 31st December. Special Dinner and Fancy Dress Ball. Supper. Parisian Novelties. Tickets $5. Booking for the above Programme Now Open SkRKIES’ BROTHERS, Proprietors. pĔARS'I I J GOLDEN SERIES. J I L
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 61 8 W7f/> fHearty greetings for a "Very fHappy fSew Wear. Theatre Royal. From Thurs. 31st Dec. 1925 to Sun. 3rd Jan. 1926. William S. Hart in Singer Jim McKee 7 parts William Desmond in u The Breathless Moment 6 Herbert Rawlinson in u A Million to Burn 5 Flying Eagle—Delivering the
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    • 15 8 TIDE TABLES. To-Day. High Water. I-ow Water. 12.44 a.m. 7.45 a.m. 12.23 p.m. 7.37 p.m.
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  • 35 8 DEATH. LlM.—Lina Gaik Khim Neoh, age 70 years, on 30th December. 1925, at her residence No. GT. Prangin Lane, Penang, btloved Mother of Messis Yeoh Cheang Ann, JP, Yeoh Cheang Eng and Yeoh Cheang Hoe.
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  • 185 9 —Reuter. Situation Improving. M. BRIANDS FXPI.ANITION. Paris, December 30. Implying in the Chamber to the 'Conitnnnist. M. Cachin, with regar 1 to the visit to Paris of the British Captain -Canning, who acted as envoy to Ab 1-el-Krim, the Riffiin leader, with whom M. Briand refused to treat.
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  • 170 9 EX-MINISTERS AGAIN CALLED. Cairo. December 31. Parquet has decided to send before the committing Magistrate. Ahmed Effendi Maher and Mahmoud Effendi Nokrashi, ex-Minister of E location and ex Under Secretary of the Interior, respectively, in the former Zighlul Cabinet in connection with the investigt'ion into the murder
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  • 143 9 —Reuter. “LITTLE HSU” ASSASSINATED P king, December 30. General ITsn Shu cheng, known as little ILu, was killed by a bomb at Langchang last night. General Hsu was an ardent supporter of President Tuan Chi jui and bad just concluded a European mission. The assassin is reported to
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  • 116 9 —Reuter RUGBY’S WIRELESS STATION. London, December 30. The world’s biggest radio station, erected by the Post Office at Hillmorton. near Rngbv. will be opened to traffic to-morrow (Friday, Ist January). Mork, which will be carried out on a Wavelength of eighteen thousand metres range, v\il] )e gnc
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  • 44 9 —Reuter. JAPANESE STEAMER’S PLIGHT. London, December 20. A cable from Perim states that the ■apanese steamer Baltimore Maru has J J ken her tail shaft. Her position at Yesterday was 17° 12’ north and east, an 1 she was drifting north- ward.-
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  • 208 9 —Reuter. U. S. A. An] Mexico. AGREEMENT APPROVED. Mexico City, December 30. The Senate has unanimously approved th-* agreement for. settling Mexico’s external debt.— Reuter. [ln connection with the above Reuter on November 12, cabLd The President and Cabinet have ratified the agreement between Mexico and the International
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  • 134 9 MR. IT. C. HOOVER’S VIEWS. New York, December 30. An Evening Post dispatch from Washington states that Mr. H.C. Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, declared that the administration would not sanction measures in any way savouring of trade reprisals against nations now accused of extorting excessive prices
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  • 84 9 Reuter. ENGLXND v. AUSTRALIA. Melbourne, December 30. The following is the team selected for the forthcoming tour in England Collins, Ponsford. Bardsley, Oldfield. Gregory. Taylor. Macartney, Andrews. Ryder. Mailey. Grimmett and Hendry. The final three will be selected not later than January 30. The Board of Control has appointed
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  • 27 9 Reuter. London, December 30. The match between Morton and Aberdeen in the Scottish League ended in a victory for Morion by 2 goals to nil.
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  • 50 9 —Reuter. TO VISIT AMERICA. Stockholm, December 30. It is rumoured that-an American trip i s being planned bv the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Sweden in the summer and that it will be extended to Japan and China, but hitherto no definite decision has been reached.
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  • 35 9 —Reuter. RECOVERY OF THE FRANC. London. December 30. Th° settlement of the French government’s financial proposals has resulted in a notable recovery of the French franc in London. This mornings quotation was 1275.-
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  • 18 9 The homeward mail by the ss. Kashgar closes at G p.m. on Saturday, the 2nd proximo.
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  • 134 9 —Reuter. Exchange of Authority. CEREMONY AT WIESBADE'.'. Wiesba len~, December 30. The official exchange of authority from the French to the British in the Wiesbaden zone was u.ale this morning, the only outward visible sign being the lowering of the Tricolour and the hoisting of the Union Jack in
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  • 41 9 —Reuter. U. S. PUBLISHER’S FORTUNE. New York, December 30. The late Mr. Frank Munsey, publisher, left $40,000,000. He bequeathed the bulk of his estate to the Metropolitan Art Museum. The trustees have five years in which realise the estate.
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  • 32 9 .—Reuter. FIVE PASSENGERS DROWNED. Amsterdam, December 30. A message from Tholen states that a motor bus fell into the Schellt as the result of which five passengers were drowned.-
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  • 333 9 SURRENDER OF “KID” LEWIS. At Belle Vue Gardens, Manchester, Len Johnson, the coloured Manchester middle-weight boxer, defeated Ted Kid Lewis, the ex-welter-weight champ on nf the world, in the ninth round of a 15-rounds contest, Lewis giving in at the end of the ninth round on account,
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  • 167 9 AN ADVERTISEMENT IN BOOKS OF STAMPS. Mr. J. Hud son, (Soc., Huddersfield) asked the Postmas'er-General. in the House of Commons, whether, in the interests of temperance and of personal economy, he would discontinue the advertisements for port wine appearing in the books of stamps. Major
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 805 9 fio the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”] sir,—Having cirefully followed all the proceedings of the Bus Accident at Pulau Tikus, its enquiry and decision by the Number One Committee of the Municipality, comprising the President and four oth r Municipal Commissioners, it can easily be surmised that
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    • 241 9 [To the Editor of the “Pinang Gazette”.] Sir—l regret to see that my letter in yesterday’s issue has given rise to a misconstruction. What I am really against is that some of the readers in the non subscribers’ free reading room, insteal of giving up the papers after
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  • 223 9 PL\IN LIVING AND HIGH THINKING.” i Speaking at the annn 1 dinner of the old charity, the R 'yal Scottish Corporation, 1 at the Holborn Restaurant, W. C., Mr. Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister said There is nothing, in considering the character of the Scot, that fills
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  • 453 9 Interesting Work. The early exercise of the Penang candidates for the forthcoming meeting is getting more and more interesting as the date of the meeting approaches, but a good many were given very useful exercise only over the No. 2 track, especially R. Billett’s string. Sir Hatan and
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 23 9 Our readers are informed that the Pinang Gazette will be published and on sale locallv at 1 p. m. on Saturday, January 2.
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    • 73 9 VALVE-IN-HEAP Test the NEW n y° ur quest for dIS value. MOTOR CAR» GROSVENOR MOTORS Penang. «■■nnaannnnnMßMMWßinrjannnnnnMww The New g Hupmobile Six n n r n 5 {Details sent on Application} 3 n n g EVERYONE KNOWS HUP QUALITY, g HUPMOBILE SUPERIORITY a $3,250. 5 n n n —n n
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  • 698 10 —Hongkong Tel eg:'aph. TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Ayuthia for Belawan, (Deli), and Asahan. Sri Muar for P. Langkawi and Kant an g (Trang.) Kudat for Bhuket, (Tongkah), Kopab. Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui, Tavoy and Moulmein. Ghirbi for Kantang, (Trang), Girbee Tongkah and Pang Nga. Malwa for Singapore, Uhina Japan. Ampang
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  • 445 10 CLOSE DAILY (except Suutfcv). BT TRAIH. Federateu Malay States, Malacca, Johore and Singapore. Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half-an-hour earlier than the Ordinary mail. Resumption of Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed d;Jly (Sunday excepted) by the 7-30 p.m. tT
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  • 66 10 Jan. 2—Rugger: Gopeng and Kam par v. Ipoh at Gopeng. 9, 12. 14 16 —Penang New Year Race Meeting. 12—Penang Assizes. 16—“ Malaya” Rugger Cup Final. 30—Ipoh New Year Race meeting. Feb. 2, 4 6—lpoh R ices. 9—Court of Appeal. Penang. 20, 23. 25 27—Selangor Turf Club New
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  • 244 10 Beuare» Opium p. eh«wrt 15,000.00 noiu. Cloves 100.00 buyers Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Pickings no stock Nutmegs 80s 125.00 nom. 110 s HO 0O Coconuts per 1.000 50.00 noiu. Copra Sundried $l2/- sales Rattani Hl5 sales Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shell* 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1
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  • 127 10 PENANG DECEMBER 31, 1925. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 5/32 4 months’sight Bank 2/1 1/2 3 Credit 2/4 3/4 3 Documentary 2/4 25/32 Calcutta Deman 1 Bank 3 day’s sight Private 156 I 3 Bombay Demand Bank I 2 Madras Demand Bank 154 i
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  • 91 10 The health statement for the Municipality of George Town for the week ending 26th December 1925, shows a total of 81 deaths—4s males and 36 females—the death-rate being 31.67 per mille per annum, compared with 29.32 in the preceding week and with 24.38 in the corresponding week of
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 175 10 s Zy We give this Whisky with 1 1 no hesitation the premier 1/ n n place among Scotch Whiskies.” 2 Vat 69 is, in our opinion, the finest Whisky sold at the s Estab; 1863 present time. S Extracts from the “War Office Times and Naval S Review.” 3
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    • 590 10 banks THE MERCANTILE BANK INDIA, LIMITED K (Incorporated i D England.) Authorised Capita) Subscribed Capital *”>000,0()( Paid-up *<800,00(i Reserve Fund and Undivided Profits Usg'S Board of Directors J M. Ryrie, Esq., (Chairman), H Simons, Esq., Bart., P. ft Chain,' n ll Sir l>.,id Y.L, Charles J. Hambro, Esq. W-chael, Head
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  • 180 11 DIRECTORS’ REPORT. The following is the report of the Directors of the above Company presented at the fourteenth ordinary general meeting held at Stafford House, King William Street, E. C. 4 at 12 noon, on Thursday, the 17th December, 1925: The directors submit the report and
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  • 166 11 foundation, says the message.^ —Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Sbimbunsha. OBITUARY. The. death is announced of Viscount C hoshoku Okabe, ex-Cabanet Minister. The Hontoh to help Government. It is learned that the reunification of the two Seiyu Parties has been proved to be a failure, while the possibility of collaboration of the
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  • 267 11 STUDYING WESTERN HOTELS. Wearing a fawn-coloured kimono, Mr. Tokuzhiro Fukuda, a handsome, athletic young man, who is said to be the richest bachelor in Japan, looked on London, from the windows of the Savoy Hotel. It was too cold to go out. “You see, I’ve been working
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  • 107 11 INVITATION TO VISIT AUSTRALIA. Prince Henry, it is reported in Sydney, will visit Australia next year to open the Federal Parliament at Canberra. It was originally suggested that the Duke of York should perform the ceremony, for which no actual date has yet been fixed, the progress of
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  • 219 11 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy <k Co.’t share list at I r>.m. to-day Yesterday. Tu-day. E E E SIHaRKH. is s 'S 2Q C 3 t c. t c. I c. c. Rubber (Dollar Allenby 3.70 3.80 3.80 4.00 A. Hitam 21.00 22.0
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  • 133 11 THE MALAYA COMPANY, LIMITED report the following changes in to day’s share prices. Rubber Shares. Bnyers. Sellers. Ayer Kuning Rubber $1.60 $1.70 Bassett Rubber Co 1.80 1.96 cum Batu Liutang Rubber 1.65 1.70 Broga Rubber Estates 2.00 2.10 Jeram Kuantan Rubber 1.85 1.95 cum Kundong Rubber Co
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  • 76 11 December 31, 1925. T/kj r. ct* t Smoked Sheet ...148 Market pB5ANG<F'ne Pale C-cp* ...148 quiet IrTnenioked She»t 115 easier Standard /Smoked Sheet...lsl t?nGrades I Crepe ...154 deucy London and Nbw York. (Smoked Sheet ...3 Losook Of pe 3/10i New York ...91 (By courtesy of Messrs. Alden Successors')'
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  • 40 11 The General Produce Agency Ltd. Beach Street, Penang, report that the following prices ivere realised at their auction room to day: Good F.A.Q. Ribbed Smoked Sheet $l9B to $2OO F.A.Q. do 195 197 Low F.A.Q. do 184 194
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  • 117 11 The Straits Trading Go., Ltd., gives the following prices, on December 30: London. Spot £287 15s Up 15/3 mis. buying 280 12.6 12/6 3 selling 280.15 b 12/6 Local. December 31: Singapore sold 125 tons at Penang bnyers no sellers at $142.37 j. 7he Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd:—
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 628 11 New Advertisements. notices. POSITION VACANT PEMBROKESHIRE ~VOYU e'xs ,ha b ”"> The Municipal Commissioners invite due here on ereby not lfied tha she applications for the post of Overseer of January, 1926, l*" 1 Works in the Municipal Engineer’s De- on arrival in the Roads. mmeuce dlBchar gn partment. BOUSTEAD
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    • 20 11 NEW DENTAL OFFICE, Latest Methods—Charges Moderate, Upstairs. EUROPEAN BAKERY. ’Phone 570. 33, Leith Street, Penang. K. BOON ENG, Surgical Dentist.
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    • 161 11 I DICK NORTON AND HIS NEW I I Globe Trotters An Entirely New Show and Change of Programme Nightly Wednesday and Thursday, 13th aad 14th January, 1926. I Prices $3, $2 and SI. Baokinj at RO3INSON PIANO CO. I RUNNYMEDE HOTEL, j J New Year’s Eve-December 31st g SPECIAL DINNER.
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 137 11 J Wishing our patrons a anb prosperous flew JJear. I GNANI STAR OPERA t COMPANY OF MALACCA t J “EMPIRE THEATRE” PENANG. Y I “We b a g to announce that we a*e closing our sea< >n Imre after the Ist week in January, 1926, as we are booked for
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  • 895 12 WORRIES OF PROMOTERS. The most unhappy man in Manchester on November was Mr. Albert Bird, the promoter of the very poor contest between Len Johnson and Ted Kid Lewis, writes Trevor C. Wignail. His experiences throughout the day, and particularly in the evening, were so very disheartening that it
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  • 592 12 CHOWRABTA MARKET. Penang. December 31, 1925 S ct» Government Mutton Matton Indian per lb 55 Mutton Head, sheep or goat each l.Of Liver with heart A Inng do 1.3( f ripe do 1 Of? Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet Bread pair 3b Leg of Mntton lb
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 238 12 I 1 "Smoking too much?” “In both acute and chronic a, pharyngitis (inflamed throat) induced by abuse of tobacco, Formamint Tablets have proved particularly efficacious writes— MEDICAL PRESS. Z Sucking these palatable, harmless tablets renders the whole 1 mouth and throat germicidal and scientifically clean. Get a bottle of Fonnamint
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