Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 January 1926

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 6. VOL. LXXXIV. FRIDAY, Bth JANUARY, 1926 PRIOR 15 OENTS.
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      856 1 I'OKISATSU, r’HOIOGRAPHIC ART studio ’Phone 772. 68, BISHOP STREET. ICHRYS IDO NOT e periment i I SIX FOOR I (gOlfflK® I <>s The F. M. S. Government test proves that Solignum—treated Timbers Jk 4 3 immune fi cm attacks of White Ants and general decay. I W*’ s Read the
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      13 1 THE Eastern Optical Co., (PENANG DIVISION) 188, PENANG ROAD, PENANG Head Office SINGAPORE.
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    HOW TO LIVE LONG.
    1309 2  -  BY H. H. THE AGA KHAN. All my life I have been keenly interest- j ed in the kindred subjects of exercise and diet, and their influence on the ge- neral health and fitness of the human body. As a child I did far too little
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    FILMS THAT SPEAK.
    509 2 Quite a stir has been created by the recent demonstration of the talking film. I suppose the time will be with Icng when* our broadcasting is of talking films instead of music, but at present they are not, in my opinion, all that could be desired. The
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      1491 2 NOTICES. NOTICES. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. r> G No. 1843 —ORDINANCE No. 8 of 1923 Owners of dogs ai** hereby reminded (PENAiNG WATERrALL GARDENS.) I that the registration of dogs for the year iending 31s? December. 1926 commenced The following By-laws made by the |on the Ist January, 1926. Committee <u ihe
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    LITERATURE AND LIFE.
    2667 3 IRELAND THROUGH GERMAN EYES A CENTURY AGO. Those writers who have left behind them contemi orary impressions and personal experiences of their travels in Ireland have mostly belonged to the one nation. Reading their records and judg rnents, one cannot help suspecting that these are often coloured
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    “LONG WEARY YEARS’” SERVICE.
    42 3 “Ln recognition of many long, weary years he helped me through,” Mr. Alan Lister-Kaye, of Grappenhall, Cheshire, a land agent, left £lO and his gun, cartridges, bags, etc., to his former clerk, Stephen Jenkins- Mr. Lister-Kaye left £8392.
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      185 3 Finn nrwnanannn anna nun innnnn 3 COME TRY THE CHEAPEST HOUSE, I BAGAMAL TIKAMDAS, g > BOMBAY MERCHANTS, U JUST NEWLY OPENED, 230-232, PENANG ROAD, q PENANG. U We can supply oriental Silks, of all kinds, Silk Sarongs, H 3 Placard Sarongs, Gold and Silver Watches at Rock Bottom Prices.
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    THE THING I HATE!
    1548 4  -  BY DR. F. W. NORWOOD (Minister cf the City Temple). I am a practical man though touched with idealism. To lack idealism is to surrender one’s claim to be lr>ily practical, for the man who does merely the jobs that come to his hand without some
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    CANADA’S FOREIGN TRADE.
    103 4 OCTOBER HEAVY IN EXPORTS. Canada’s foreign trade in October was one of the largest experienced this year, and was particularly heavy in exports. While imports showe I a mode ate gain, being $80,799,757. as compared with $78.662,591 for September, and with $68.183 615 for October last year,
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    CANADA’S DAIRY TRADE.
    117 4 FOREIGN MARKETS. With millions of acres still awaiting settlers, Canada is makirg very rapid headway in her foreign trade in dairy production. This is particularly in evidence in butter and cheese, in which classes increases are noted. For the twelve months ending with October but the exports
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      184 4 S E E s s i J «7?s good to-day as wljen you tried tfiem first J 5 I a E a 2 I “CAPSTAN” I I CIGARETTES. I i a n n n s W. D. H. O. WILLS, i n 5 BRISTOL LONDON. g u n d n
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      276 4 The Soap I suits I the Climate There is a strong demand r growing steadily here and in other Eastern Countries for I Calverts 2Q°lq Carbolic Medical The old resident knows, and I the newcomer soon learns I how often such a powerful L antiseptic Soap is wanted, I "CALVERTS”
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    TINHAHAN’S TOMB.
    829 5 FUNERARY ORNAMENTS. Con» t r<n d*» Pr« r >k, Direct r <f the .Aid r ran Ex<*tva»ions at Car.lug*, vt ho has xp'oie I li- gre it tomb k»owi> t euiulttf I'lih-han iu th- II <r. r region <f th- Sahara, has g ven a Times' c-rr-spoioiri.t an
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    BRITISH CRUSADER’S TOMB.
    95 5 Tire tombstone of the Brush Crusader D’Aubig iv, which stands outside the entrance t i the Church c t the Ho’y Sonulcl re at J»rosilem and was in larger of oblitetation, has teen tnectss'ally raised. D’Aubig >y was one f the sig t» the Magia Chart a.
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    COMING EVENTS.
    54 5 Jan. 9, 12. 14 16—Penang New Year Race Meeting. 12—P< nang Asriz s. 16—“ Malaya” Rugger Gup Firnd. 30—Ipoh New Year Ra.e meeting. Feb. 2, 4 6—lpoh Rac s. 9—Court of A ppeal, Penuug 20. 23. 25 27—Selangor Turf Club N*»w Year Meding Miy 8, 11. 13 4
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    PRUNING.
    795 5 TUNIS TO AMATEURS. Aga rule pruning of fl >w-ring shm’« and trees is s> much Gwk t» >ll tut l«r a t s*-d gir« e r-, or at l> ->t a t ••l*o.s op-raii<n not to te thought <f in spring, summer and an»u un when there is so
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    EXCHANGE.
    125 5 PEN\NG JANUARY 8, 1926. (By Cocrtksy of m Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 5/32 4 months’ B'gbt Bank 2/4 112 3 Credit 2/4 3 4 3 Documentary 2/4 25/32 Calcutta Deman I Bank Us 1 3 day’s sight Private 156 o Bombay Demand Bank ***** g Madras Demand
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      306 5 The George Town Dispensary Ltd., I THE LEADING CHEMISTS, I PENANG. I OUR REPUTATION —YOUR GUARANTEE. I the Cheapest House in the Trade I FOR I Estate Medical Supplies. I SAFETY FIRST. I I I You are absolutely safe when you deal with 8 “THE GEORGETOWN.” Each order is exe-
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    BY THE WAY.
    833 6 BAG AND BAGGAGEI i Kuala Lumpur is anxious to have a municipality. What offers for our little lot 4063 Years Ago. The earliest rocorle.l eclips? of the sun occurred in 2137 B. C. It was visible in •China and is recorded in the Chinese classic, the Shu
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    DEATH OF MR. H. T. WHITE.
    530 6 We regret tn announce, says the Singa gore Free Press, the death of Mr. H. T Whi’e, managing-director of Messrs Robinson and Company, Ltd., which occurre I on Wednesday, at the Gtner»l Hospital. Some little time ago Mr. White underwent an operation, from wh’ch
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    RESTRICTION IN S. AFRICA.
    213 6 {Times}. OSTRICH FEATHERS NEXT. It is 1? years since the creat ostrich fe it her “slump?’ from which the South African industry, exeunt for a brief spell of high prices in 1919, has nev*r recover’d. The Cape os’rich district of Ondlshoorn had long given no hone,
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    OLD BUILDINGS IN LONDON.
    991 6 .—“Times.” IMPROVEMENT SCHEMES. Reverence for the relics of the past, like reverence for the dead, is a general characteristic of the most highly civilized nations. It is true that London, in common with Paris, Rome, and other historic cities-, has to mourn much irretrievable vandalism, but
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    N. R. A. MEETING.
    77 6 Reut°r. ADDITIONAL COMPETITION. London, J it u try 7. A feiture of the sixty-t’nrl annual r»»ize ire tng < f the National Rifle Association, which is I e ’>L’ 1 e’d from July 5 t> Julv 17, will be a Junior Kolapo r e Cotni f>r
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    DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE.
    40 6 —R< ute-. HOLL AN D I’A RT ICI FAT ING. Higue. January 8. The Tr-mler sta’el that Holland had accepted the invitation < f tbe League to participate in tbe pieparatory conference in connection with the limitation ot armaments.-
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    DOMINIONS AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
    393 6 Quite one of the most interesting uf the series of meetings regularly organised by tha Royal Colonial Institute, at which matters of Imperial importance are discussed, was that at which recently the Rt. Hon. Sir Hamar Greenwood delivered an address on “The Overseas Empire and Foreign
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    KELANTAN RUBBER.
    114 6 Mr. M alter W. Blackie, chairman of directors, in moving the adoption of the report at the annual meeting held in Glasgow, said that one could foresee no circumstance which was likely to stay yet awhile the continuing increase in the consumption of rubber. It looked as if
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      1107 6 New Advertisements. tendei» inv .t. POSITIONS VACANT. ORDINANCE No. 61 (PAWNBROKERS.) Wanted Dresser and Conductor for estate in South Kedab. Salary $75 p. r month. Partly furnished quarters. Tenders are invite! f ■&gt;. Un- sole r fit Apply Box No. 379. c/o Pinang Gazette, to open one pawnshop tr im
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    POLITICAL POISONS.
    1102 7  -  Communism And Fascism. “JUSTICE” IN ITALY. (BY T. L. SCOTT.) When a man became» infected with some poison it is cu-t »in -ry f« r his medical attendant to inject him with an equ illy potent, but totally diflbr-mt poison, which, met iph- rically spetking, pounce* on the
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    IRAK REMEMBERED.
    611 7 Recent discussions, at Geneva and elsewhere. carry the mind back a decade to the days when Irak was “Mespot' and thousands of Britons enjoyed the dubious delight of warlike operations in a hot country. The bare experience of living under canvas with the thermometer at 120 deg. or
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      332 7 Alkali in Soap Bad for the Hair Soap should l&gt;e used very carefully, if you •want to keep y our hair looking its best. Many soaps, prepared shampoos and shampoo powders, contain too much free alkali. This dries the scalp, makes ,e a r brittle, and ruins it. The best
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      37 7 Pttmaw’b Nrw Courw im Typiwritiko, SI '5O per book, stock* 1 M the Pin an e Gasette Preae LW Penaiiff. Pitman’b Junior Typist Boor, fl/75 per book nr poet free, et-ocked by the Pir.arg Gazette F-exe. Ltd.
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      379 7 SPORTS REQUISITES AT WHITEAWAY’S. j The “Challenge” Tennis Racquet. Tff Pff Sk Wit J Strung best black u 1 L*; 7 "~-WtTTtW Price $6 50 W.--The u Improved ±ak Special Tennis '=s Ĕ=±§ Ĕ B 31 Racquet. The “Waterfall” Tennis A pplen.iid racquet Lawn Marker. al a reasonable figure. Simple
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    BIRTH.
    22 8 Deterdixg. —Dec. 13, at Sanninghil) Park, Ascot, to Lydia Pavlovna, wife of S r Henri W. A. Deterding, of a daughter.
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    BOOM EVILS.
    328 8 When the price of rubber goes up. and it has reached a level f»r beyond the modest expectali »ns of the promoters of the Stevenson Scheme, the prices of all other commodities in Mabya immediately exhibit a sharp upward trend. A student of economics would probably account for
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    Behind the Scenes.
    2177 8 T&lt; er- 1 are already many sinns of a new r-ier at Sandrombam, f«*r their Majest'es huxe been quvtly active. Meanwhile, the det-tils of Chr.btmas have occupiei much at entior. F r the fir.-t time, the Queen has allowe 1 herse f to delegate many &lt;«f the
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    MR. D. A. M. BROWN.
    138 8 A CORRECTION. The Pinang Gazette desires to tender an expression of ngiet to Mr. I). A. MBrown xxho, in company with ourselv&lt; s, is the victim of an unfortunate err&lt; r on the pa t of the member of the Editorial Staff responsible for the
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    CORONER’S COURT.
    43 8 Norwegian’s Death. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, January 7Further evidence xvas t«kei at the adjourned inquest on the Norwegian. Schroeder, but no further light xvas shed on the mystery of his deith in the Europe Hotel. The hearing was again adjourned.
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      61 8 E. O.” RACE WEEK. RACE DINNER DANCE ON Saturday Night 9th January Tuesday 12th January Thursday 14th January Fancy Dress Dinner and Ball Saturday 16th January Dinner and Dance $5 DANCING TILL 1-45 A. M. 4 Prizes —2 for L«dies and 2 for Gents Parisian Novelties. SPECIAL TIFFIN EVERY DAY
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    81 8 DEATH White. —At the General II spital. Singapt re, on January 6th. 1926. Henry Tanda Whit 1 managing-director of Messrs. Robinson and Co.. Ltd.. i»ge 1 59 years. ACKNOWLEDGMENT Mr. Yeoh Cheang Ann and fimily b&lt;g to thank all those who kindly attended the funtral of the late Mrs. Yeoh
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    CHINA’S INDEMNITY.
    470 9 Applying The Funds. BRI FISH REPRESENTATIVES (Rugby Radio Service.) London, January 7. Under the Ch na Indemnity Application Act, passe l last year, a Statutory Committee was to be s»-t up toadvise the K .reign Secretary to the best use of the Indemnity Funds for the mutual int,
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    QUEEN ALEXANDRA.
    257 9 PROPOSED NATIONAL MEMORIAL. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, Janu-ry 7. It is proposed that the National Metnmorial to the la e Queen Alexandra shall take the form of a farther endowment to the Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Institute for Nurses, which ministers to the sick poor in their own homes.
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    MISS MEGAN LLOYD GEORGE.
    33 9 SUCCESSFUL OPERATION. [Rugby Radio Service]. London, January 7. Miss Meg in Lloyd George underwent ’to-day a successful operation for appendicitis. The pat er.i’g condition is ent rely fcaiitfuCtui y.
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    SEEKING TRUTH.
    283 9 League Problems. VISCOUNT CECIL’S VIEWS. (Rugby Radio Service.) London. Janu iry 7. Viscount Cecil, delivering his Presidential address at the Conference of the Modern Language Association, in London, on National Characteristics and the League of Nations, said that every time 'he attended a League Assembly he was I
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    GERMAN DYES.
    134 9 BRITAIN INDEPENDENT OF THEM. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, January 7. Tne Committee on Industry and Trade, yesterday, hear 1 Doctor Armstrong, representing th»* Associaion of British Chemical Manufacturers, as a witness in rrg?rJ to the British dyestuffs industry. He showed that this count w was now substantially independent
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    70 9 (Rugby Radio Service.) Yesterday’s foreign exchange rates were Paris, 1261; New York, 4.85 Brussels, 106.95 ;G- neva. 25.11 Amsterdam, 12.06£; Mi an. 120« Berlin. 20.38 Stockho'm, 18.11 &lt;’op-nhagor. 19.61 Oslo 23.89; Vienna, “4.39; Prague. 1631 Helringf* r--. 19 *f; Madrid, 34.34 Lisbon, Ri p 7f; Buenos Aire®. 46i“„
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    CYCLE TRADE.
    79 9 —Reuter. IN J REASE IN PRICES. London. Januirf 7. As a result of the “continuous increases in the price of rubier” the British Cycle and Motorcycle Manufacturers and Traders Union. Limited, Coventry, announce that, from January 15, j rices of motorcycles ami sidecars will be advanced by 10
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    COMMERCIAL TREATY.
    58 9 —R»-ut r. CZECHO SLOVAKIA AND SIAM. Prague, January 7. A comm* vial treaty between Cz’choSlovakia and S am. which is abont to be concluded, will be signed in Paris. Negotiations with China are meeting with difficulties owing, partly, to the fact that some European governments will not accept
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    BRITISH SEAPLANE MISHAP.
    40 9 —Reuter. FORCED LANDING. Amsterdam. January 7. A message from Ymuiden stages that a British seaplane, carrying a quart r million st r'ii'g in g »W, was force 1 to land owir gto a mut r defect. Reuter.
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    FORGED FRANC NOTES.
    255 9 —Reuter. French Press Comments. CONSI'IR .CY AGAINST PEACE. P.iris. Janairy 7. While absolving the Hungarian Government &lt;»f responsibility in connection wi.h th»* fo g- 1 banknotes affair, Le Matin accuses it of trying to hush up the politic»! aspect of the matter. It points out that there
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    ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR.
    68 9 Mr. F. R. V«»d lon ha*» kindly offered t give an Orgm R**c t d at St. (Jeo»g»*s Church on Monday evening. Jan. 11. at 6 o’clock. Mrs. R. Nv H’ltn-s and Miss D. MitcbelUbave also kindly consented to contribute selections of sacred music. There wi
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    "UNSELFISH S’RVICE”
    129 9 DENIAL FROM BERLIN. r erlin, Jsnu »ry 7. Official circles denv that an offer in connection with tb° Wilgnn Foundation ever reached Heir nn—Renter [Y»*s'e r day R-nt. r wir*d from New York —Toe T.u t es of the President Wil-on Foundation has «ke'ded not to make the
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    GERMAN STOCK EXCHANGE.
    113 9 —Reut-r. RISE IN QUOTATION.?. Berlin. January 7. A boom in the Stock Exchange and considerable rise in all qnotatiors, especially minirg shares, ha? r-sult-*d in consequence of news that American banking firms are phowing gre;.t inbvst in the shares of G»rman companies and that a r-umber of
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    POLAR EXPEDIIION.
    88 9 —Reuter. AMUNDSEN—ELLSWORTH FLIGH F. Oslo, January 7. It is announced, that the American explorer. Lit coin Ellsworth, who participated in Amundsen’s last polar flight, will participate in the polar expedition, which is being organised for mxt Spring, in the dirigible Norg*, as j.4nt leader with Amundsen. The expedition
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    U. S. AND RUBBER.
    218 9 R» uter. Attack on Mr, Hoover. INFLATION OF PRIC S W ishi-.to-', J trairy 7. Oil the resum pt &lt;&gt;u of t~.e pr«’C«*e&lt;iing.s of tl.e Hous»* of R»-pr»gentatiies rubber Committe*. Mr. A. L. Viles, general manager of the Rubber Association of America, claimed that the S
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    FLOODS IN HOLLAND.
    118 9 Rent »r. ROYAL CONTRIBUTION. A aster I am, Januiry 7. Whi e the R iin°. the Weal ami the Meuse have fallen, the Rive/ Ys-I has reached a record heigbL Tuousands &lt; f p-&lt; ple have alrea«ly been ie&lt;cn*»l f om attics, roofs or djke?. but many
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    U. S. A. AND GREECE.
    90 9 Reuter. DEBT-FUNDING H.TCH. Washington. January J. The Treasury has rece’ved a rnemorandu u in regird t th- Greek debt to the Uni el ‘“t-t-s. It- rec ills that a credit of fifty million dollars was extended to Greece during the war but only the turn
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    TO-MORROW’S RACES.
    61 9 FIRST SELECTIONS. Race 1 :—Cleopatra 11, Sir II .tan. Queen f Clubs. Race 2 —Lady Sydi.ey, Kismet. Master Reggie. R ice 3 —Fir=woiks, Caps'cum, Nelson. Race 4 :—Tigabks. Omabdaun. Miiiiiette Race 5 :—Coleu Genzano, Bennie Friend. Race 6 :—Hamworthy. Sherekhan. Dreadnought. Race 7 :—Sanskrit, Chaicot, Queen Bee. Race
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    NEW PENSIONS ACT.
    68 9 Reuter. CLAIMS BY WIDOWS AND ORPHANS. London, January 7. It is letrned officially that 306,000 widows and children have now benefited by pensions under the new Widows and Orphans Pensions Act, which came into operation &lt;n January 1. The number of claims received was 163,000 and the
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    EARTHQUAKE IN GERMANY.
    39 9 —Reuter. SEVERE TREMORS FELT. Luxembourg, January 7. Rather severe earthquake tre j ora, lasting a few seconds, were felt here and tin various parts of ti e Grand Duchy on i the niglx of January 5.-
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    843 9 Mr. F. G. Finch, of Kuala Lumpur, is on a visit to Ipob. Mr. and Mr?. Arnold, of Taiping, have gone to Pahang whtre the f&lt; rmir is t iking up planting. Mr. C. B. Re 1 way, of Kennedy, Burkill ami Co has returned to Ipoh
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    CHINA.
    919 10 LUXURY AND CHAOS. The contrast between things in China as they are and things as they are coloured by the atmosphere of the Tariff Conference has no equal outside the pages of the higher imaginative works. The delegate from afar has reached Peking in a “wagon de luxe’’ and
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    WEARY FOOTBALL “HERO.”
    289 10 COULD NOT KEEP UP THE PACE. New York, December 8. —“Red Grange, the football hero who has earned £30,000, exclusive of a kinema contract for £60,000, in three weeks, sadly confessed to-day that ail is not gold that glitters. The comedy of his amazing get-lich-quick career is
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      493 10 9-15 TO-NIGHT 9-15 j and 5 more nights only. H THE WEMBLEY RODEO CHAMPIONS A Dynamatic Sensation S Pronounced by everyone in last night’s record-breaking audience, S The beat, Biggest and Most Sensational Show ever seen in Penang. S EE To-day, everyone, every where is talking these fearless riders. 1
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      151 10 THE WISE MOTHER and BABY’S OWN TABLETS. The ills of infants and small children come swiftly, and too often before a doctor can be called in or suitable medicine obtained the little one is beyond aid. The wise mother will always safeguard her home by keeping Baby’s Own Tablets, the
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      110 10 DICK NORTON AND HIS NEW I Globe Trotters An Entirely New Show and Change of Programme Nightly Wednesday and Thursday, 13th and 14th January, 1926. I Prices $3, $2 and $l. Booking at ROBINSON PIANO CO. □□nnnnnna□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ Wall’s SausagesJ n Pork Sausages. -j Oxford Sausages, g J It In lb.
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      201 10 Special Race Attraction at Theatre Royal. From Thursday 7th to Sunday 10th January 1926. By Arrangement with famous Lasky Film Service Ltd. Ramon Navarro Alice Terry in THE PRISONER OF ZENDA 10 Parts. From the Novel by Sir Anthony Hope Viola Dana in “ROUGED LIPS” 6 Parts. A Tale of
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    PENANG RURAL BOARD.
    651 11 Improving The Villages. brick or wood buildings The quarterly meeting of the Penang Rural Board was held in the Land Office &lt;1 iv Mr. E.T. Williams, presided, and .aao‘present were Mr. F.T. Kinder (Senior Ex&lt; utive Engineer) Dr. Say* rs (Senior H alth Officer) and Mr. Uheah
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    SINGAPORE PRICES.
    57 11 LONDON STANDARD (LOOSE) S. R. Sheet 1411 cts per pound per pl. SI92.GG No. 1 Crepe eta per pound per pl. $190.00 Steady. (By Courtesy. of Messrs. Allen Dennys.) Th* following zvere the ruhher quotations in London on January 7: Smoked Sheet 3/6} Plantation Ist latex crepe 3/6}
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    RUBBER OUTPUTS.
    64 11 The following are additional rubber outputs for December:— Ils Perak River 28,858 Semanggol 30,845 •Turn 25.204 Parit Perak 35 000 Henrietta 61,000 Suugei Matang 34,559 Laras (Sumatra) 55,687 llampah (Cocoanut) 160,000 nuts Benar (Selangor) 16,100 Kuala Pergau 30,000 Leuggang 36,960 I’he output of Punggor Rubber Estites, Limited for
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    RUBBER MATTERS.
    1557 11 -“C. E. T.” PROTEST BY MR. HOOVER. Mr. Hoover, the Secretary for Commerce, has addressed to Senator Arthur Capper a letter denouncing the rubber producers in the British East Indies for unfairly victimising American consumers by artificially raising the price of rubber. He points out that the Stevenson
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    TIN PRICES.
    104 11 The Straits Trading Co.. Ltd.. giw the following prices, on January 7: Londox. Spot £285.54 Down £2.15a 3 m/a. buying 278.5 a „2 10s 3 &gt; selling 27.8.10 s 2.10 s Local. January 8: Singapore sold 175 tons at $141.25 Penang buyers no sellers at $141.25. 7he Bastern
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    THE SHARE LIST.
    210 11 He tre rti- lated qu&gt; tti'uns in Kennedy de Co,*n tff'&lt;re list ai I p.m. to-day Yesterday T -day. BHARKh t b" x t fs i I 3 c. &lt;&gt; c. e. Ku hrr (Dollar.» Allenby 38« 3.90 3.70 385 Bassett 190 2."0 1.70 1.83 Broya 2.00
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
    160 11 THE MALAYA COMPANY. LIMITED report that the following are the changes in their share quotation for to-day. Rubber Shares Kuyers. Sellers. Allenby Rubber Co $3 70 $3.85 B 'tu Lintang Rubber Co 1.60 1.624 Mentakab Rubber &lt;’o .65 .70 Tetnerloh Coconut Rubber 1.50 1.55 Ulu Benut Rubber
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    86 11 The output of Kamunting Tin Dredg ing, Ltd. during the whole month of December was 2,1 15 piculs, hours run 1,853, yar i »ge 2G0.000. Estimated realised value of on $176,008. The output of Tronoh Mines. Limited for the month of D c*-mbT was Pls. 1.299. The output
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    BAGAN RIVER.
    359 11 ONE SHAREHOLDER HOLDS UP SCHEME. Three directors and two shareholders were present nt tb« meving of the Btuan River Rubber Co. held at the offices of the secretaries (Harri-on a Barker and Co.), in Chartere 1 Bank Chambers. Singapor*, to consider the scheme of amalgamation with the Sungei
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    DEMAND FOR BRUSH MARINE ENGINES.
    410 12 NEW WORKS AT READING. The establishment of new works at Reading, Berkshire, for the manufacture of Thornycroft Marine Engines is in itself a very satisfactory proof of the demand both at home and overseas. It marks the culmination of over 60 years’ marine engineering practice
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    DONOGHUE, FILM HERO.
    407 12 LIKE AN EPISODE IN HIS OWN LIFE. “After riding all my life on the Turf, coming into a film studio is not- quite such a thrill to me as it might have been’’ said “Steve” Dcngohue, the famous jockey, to an “Evening Standard” representative on December 8.
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    490 12 TO DAY’S DEPARTURES. Knight Companion for Port Swettenham Singapore. Manila and Japan. Yamagata Warn for Rangoon and Calcutta. Teesta for Port S Wet ten ham and Singapore. Kopah for Belawan (Deli). Elepbanta for Rangoon (Calcutta) and Madras. We have no sympathy, with the agitators who are always describing
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    PENANG MAILS.
    401 12 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday) bt num. Federatea 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 daily (Snnday excepted) by the 7-30 p. m
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    RELIGION IN THE STATE SCHOOLS.
    1718 13  -  BY THE BISHOP OF DURHAM. The Bishop of Gin no- ger, in a recent letter, directed attention to an old question which has become again nrgen\ and cannot much longer r&lt; main unanswered —namely. What is to be done with the Church schools That question
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    JOCKEY MARRIED.
    54 13 Mr. Henry Herbert Peasley, the wellknown Irish jockey, who rode Fvrseti to victory in the Cesarewitcb. wras married on Dec. 8 at the H*nrie*.ta-stre°t, Strand, Register Office to Mrs. Mary Margaret Peard, of 7, Park-plac*, St. James’s. She wore a just-coloured tweed skirt with a fur-trimmed sueie and
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    “WORST SHIPPING YEAR ON RECORD.”
    575 14 LCRD INCHCAPE ON STRIKE EFFECTS ‘‘The past year has been the worst which shipping has ever experienced,” said Viscount Inchcape, presiding at the annual meeting of the P. and O. Company. Results of most voyages, owing to high running costs, heavy dock and labour charges,
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    ENGLISH POLO TRIP.
    179 14 —Reuter. TEAM TO COMPETE IN AMERICA. The United Slates Poln Association have announced that an English team will compete in a winter season polo tournament in America for the first tim“. Lord Cromwell and the Marquiss of Waterford are in the line-up cf ihe invading English side,
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    LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.
    513 14 THE HISTORY OF THE EARTH. (“The Surface-History of the Earth.” By John Joly, F., T.C.D. Oxford: The University Press. 8/G net.) The continents on which man lives, builds his civilisations and fights his wars, are but floating agglomerations of geological scum. The surface of the earth is a
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    239 14 imn p. f 5.000.00 noi u HI. v-8 100.00 b nvers 72.00 sellers Vfare r icl«ingM no stock meg*. s 125 00 nom. 110.0, r ’oe&lt;‘» n’H prr 1.000 50.00 non. •'or.ra $12.00 sales Rattar■ 11.15 sales Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shell* 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1
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    MARKET PRICES.
    604 15 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Pknano, January 8, Ct* Goveknment Mutton— Mutton Indian per lb 55 Mutton— Head, sheep or goat each 1.00 Li ver with heart A lung do 1.30 Tripe M do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet Bread pair 3° I«eg of Mutton lb 08 Lamb
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