Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 19 January 1926

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 15. VOL. LXXXIV. TUESDAY, 19th JANUARY, 1926 PRICE 15 OENTS.
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      9 1 T. NAGATA, DENTIS t. IJSEXT DOOR TO “THE DISPENSARY.”
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    BANKRUPTCY COURT.
    828 2 CURIOUS POSITION IN SINGAPORE FIRM’S AFFAIRS. 4 curious position in connection with the affairs of Messrs Berii and Co. in Singapore and Messis Ber i and Co. Ltd. in Bangkok occupied the attention of Mr. Justice Deane in the Singapore Bankruptcy Court on Friday, when an application was
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    Penang Polo Club.
    203 2 A Skye Meeting for Amateur Riders only will bo held at the Race Course on Saturday. January 23rd, 1926. Three Races for all Ponies. Two Races for Penang 1926 Griffins that have not uon a Race. Two Races for all Polo Ponies—Catch weights 11 st. 7. and
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    COMING EVENTS.
    65 2 Jar. 39—Ipnh New Y*ar Race meeting. Feb. 2. 4 6 Tpoh R.«c-s. 9—Court of Appul. Penang. 20, 23. 25 t 27—Seiang >r i’urf Club New Year Meeting. April 2nd, 3rd, 4th sth—P. V. R. C. Annml Bisley R fie M»»t ig The R fie Ring- 1 Penang. May
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      876 2 x =s k a AUCTION. OF SUBSCRIPTION. p BUK|T MERTijaH R CE H| LL r: including free town delivery or X postage. COMPANY, LIMITED. ABI EIN ADVANCE. Incorporate d in the Straits Settlements). a year ||t Local $36 NOTICE is hereby given that the Country (S.S. F.M.S.) $l2 wbolexif the
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      366 2 NOTICES. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. DOGS. Owners of dogs are hereby reminded that the registration of dogs for the year ending 31st December, 1926 commenced on the Ist January, 1926. Any dog now found out of doors not wearing a collar to which is atlixed a registration number of the year 1926
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      20 2 Ten cents per tree is prescribed as the tax cn each tappable rubber tree under th Rural Board of Singapore.
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      290 2 The George Town Dispensary Ltf I THE LEADING CHEMISTS, PENANG. I—LM-- I m 1 "■■■—W-TF-.t '»l Mil OUR REPUTATION —YOUR GUARANTEE, j THE S Cheapest House in the Trad e H FOR I Estate Medical Supplies. I SAFETY FIRST. I I You are absolutely safe when you deal with “THE
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    THE POWER OF MOSCOW.
    890 3 MIL CHURCHILL’S VIGOROUS ATTACK. The Right. Hon. Winston Churchill, M.P., reviewing the Government’s record in a speech at Ba.ttersea-Town Hall reccnt’v said We are not a fortuitous collection cf individuals we are a team what is done by any is done by all. and in the
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    DRIVING LICENCE FORFEIT.
    604 3 NEW PENALTY ON DRUNKEN DRIVERS.. House of Commons Deceniber 23. Motorists convicted of drunkenness while driving will in future lose their driving licence for twelve months. The House of Lords recently inserted an amendment in the Criminal Justice Bill to this effect, and when the amendment came
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    BOXING IN THE DARK.
    188 3 LIGHTS GO OUT DURING A MATCH. During a 15-rounds contest between two boxers, Mack and Gibbons, at the Ring, Blackfriars-road, S.E., all the lights went out. The contest had reached the Kith round and in the darkness the sound of blows with gloves could be heard
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      291 3 I ESH itfuiTE Horse I IBMI JlP* scotch I I 1 1 P Whisky I W* S From the ORIGINAL RECIPE 1746 I AGENTS: Messrs. Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Ltd Penang, Malay Peninsula. Proper feeding in infancy is absolutely fvX £-z "K r essential to future health and develop- I i
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      245 3 J First 1 I Quality MJ 1 I Then- If' rJ I Price. J I j j The New Columbia Grafonola gives you that 3= rare combination-quality and cheapness. From the portable model at $75 to the cabinet at s S $250, all combine exclusive Grafonola features -tone-finish-quality. See and
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    LOWER PERAK WAR MEMORIAL
    878 4 UNVEILED BY G.O.C. An impressive ceremony was enacted in Teluk Anson on Friday before a representative gathering of the population when H. E. Str Theodore Fraser, General Officer Commanding the Troops, Malaya, unveiled a Memorial to those members of the Lower lerak District who fell in
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    NEWS FROM MEDAN.
    700 4 RUBBER FACTORY FOR DJAMBI (From Our Own Correspondent.) January, 15. A company has b a en formed in Holland having for its object the erection of a large factory in Djambi f »r working off the Native rubber originating from Djambi. At present all this rubber finds
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      82 4 Fifty Years of Service Over fifty years of useful and invaluable service stands to the credit of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and in all that time we have never heard of a single dissatisfied user, nor a dealer who is not glad to recommend it in the highest terms to his
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    ANETA RADIO SERVICE.
    911 5 Resources of Sumatra. petroleum and tin. n adumbration of the rich natnral nrPPB of the Island of Sumatra was C b y the 110n ble Mr J Van n Vershiys. who is on a visit insnection in the Dutch Indies as re- «mtative of the Netherlands Indies
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    COMMERCIAL WIRELESS.
    265 5 •SHORTWAVE BEAM SYSTEM. Leafield (Oxford), January 7. The present year promises.* to be important in the history of commercial wireless telegraphy as affecting Great Britain and the Empire. Before many months have passed the first of the new Marconi-type beam stations will be in operation, and in the
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    INDIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
    77 5 ATTITUDE OF DUTCH NEWSPAPERS. Bombay. January 7. Mr. C. F. Andrews in a special cable from Kimberley Cape, South Africa, to the Indian Daily Mail” says: “Dutch newspapers are uniformly hostile. Mr. Boydell. Labour Minister, speaks as follows officially: The South African Indian question is to
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    BISHOP ACQUITTED.
    57 5 JUDGMENT IN RANGOON CASE. Rangoon, January 7. At the High Court. sessions, Mr. Justice Cunliffe, agreeing with the jurors’ unanimous verdict of not guilty,” «acquitted Bishop Fyffe and (Sergeant Preston this evening. Charges had been made against the two accused in connection with a fracas which took place
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    E. AND 0. HOTEL.
    628 5 LIST OF GUESTS. List of guasts at the E. and O. Hotel during the New Year Race Meeting: Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Connolly, Mr. G. E. Pow, Mr. James Kellar, Capt: W. Brown. Mr. G. J. Kingsnorth, Mr. H. Henley. Mr. R. P. Phillips, Capt:
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    THE LURE OF THE EAST.
    318 5 The remarkable film “The Lure of the East,” which Major Forbes-Leith took on his journey by car from England to India, was released for exhibition at the Philharmonic Hall in London a few weeks ago. It is. without exception, one of the best travel films
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      175 5 “THEY ARE SPLENDID.” Yet Another Enthusiastic Mother's Tribute To Baby’s Own Tablets. Any mother who has a little one suffering from attacks of feverishness or from stomach or intestinal troubles will bo interested to read the experience of Mrs. Frank Archer, an American lady living at 13 Webster avenue, Barre,
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      334 5 0 His Food W I decide his Future ‘W Every baby has a future of great possibilities. The infant V/ n y° ur arms may make a name that will ring round the world, and everything may depend upon the foundation laid in infancy. A baby who is not breast
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    RAJA CHULAN, C. M. G.
    1036 6 Ceremany At Kuala Kangsar. PICTURESQUE SCENES. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Kangsar, January 18. The Istana Nag.ra, the official residence of His Highness the Sultan of Perak, was the venue, to-day of a picturesque and impressive ceremony, the occasion being the inve-titure of Raja Chulan,
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    RACE WEEK SUCCESSES.
    582 6 HOW THE OWNERS FARED. The following is a list of successful owners G S 3 O S SB 3 O qq S o < a V—l Oi co .2 o S Owner. Wins. Mr. F. H. Simpson 3 2 0 $5,050 Mrs. A. R. Morgan 111 3,800
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    GIRL GUIDES’ RALLY.
    487 6 Penang Company’s Growth. PRESENTATION OF CUPS. It is not st rainy yeirs ago since a cynical world was laughing at the beginning of the B?y S3out movement in Britain. To-day Bay Sjaut Associations are helping to train the young idea in pricticilly every country in the world.
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    THE MAILS.
    46 6 The homeward mail bv the ss. Edavana closes at 6 p.m. on Friday, the 22nd instant. The B. I. Packet Tara with mails despatched from London on December 31 is expected to arrive here at 6 a m. on Friday, the 22n 1 instant.
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      Children’s Bus Fares.
      790 6 RATES AND REVENUE. (To The E litor of the “Pinang Gazette.”) Sir, —It is gratifying to note that after all I have not bien wrongly informed. From th« c irresp »n lence it is obvious that the present system does not work smoothly. It is by no
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    DENTAL DISCIPLINE.
    678 6 Tamil’s Novel Court Plea. AND WHY IT FAILED. I went in the early morning there to clean my teeth; there was a drain there,” said Mar.ithamuihoo,‘a Tamil, when asked why be was found in the compound at the Runnymede Hotel this morning. He was charged to-day before Mr.
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    MOTOR CYCLIST INJURED.
    121 6 A light weight BS.A. Motor Cycl» P, 2388 ridden by a Chinese named Lim Lee S ang came into a collision with Mot r Car P. 1178. belonging to Mr. Russell and occupied by a lady and the syce, at the junction of Pitt Street and Light
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    461 6 Dr. G. J. Castellain, Medical Officer Klang, has retired from the Service. Mr. Western Walsh, who will be remembered by the older residents i n Malaya, is on a visit to Batavia. Mrs. A. S. Mackie and Mrs. Mailer have gone to Port Dickson for a short
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    HOTEL DEATH.
    292 6 i DOCTORS POINT TO OPIUM. Further Evidence. 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, January 19. > At the resumed inquest on Mr. j Schroeder, deserib -d as a N r vigiai). whose death occurred in nivst'-rious 'circumstances in the Eur »f e Hotel .recently, the nght boy at
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      82 6 111 fflL7 MM M U)l nimiiiiiijiiiuii tul iiiiiiiiiiiii| l[ low Dainty She Is! Thanks to Veet Cream, the fascinatini? anneal nf feminine daintiness is never r a A of r growths of sup<-rtluous hair. Like nearlv twr from the tube wait a few minutes, rinse it off and?h« hair is
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    SECONDARY WIVES.
    1644 7 RIGHTS OF MAINTENANCE-. Appeal Court Judgment. I appeal court judgments in the ui which Tan Kim Hoe, a British 1 ii Chinese, appealed against an order If by the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. P. 1 >1 <>ule, holding that Then Kang Che, 1 b nese woman bom at
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    BIRTHS.
    93 8 GOH.—To Mr. and Mr?. G. H. Goh at 6. Doming on Park Road nursing home. West Hampstead. London, a daughter. Frodsham. —On 4th Januarv, to Jean, the wife of F. 11. Frodsham, Temerloh. Pahang, a son. Van Rooyen. —On January 15. 1926, at Orchard Road, 92-1. to Mr. and
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    STATESMANLIKE AND WISE.
    838 8 Months must elapse before Sir Laurence Guillemard can collect, compare» and work out, the details of what will go down to history as a great administrative reform but the Singapore Pi ess cannot wait for this. It pours forth a stream of abuse, for which it is
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    LETTER FROM LONDON.
    1511 8 THE SPEAKER’S HEALTH. HINT OF RESIGNATION. London, December 24, 1925. Mr. Whitley has been in rather low health and spirits lately, and to some of his friends he has dropped a hint that he may soon be compelled to seek relief from his duties. He has been
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    124 8 DEATH. The fnneral of Lim Seng Kin Ne >h wife of the late H. E. Ph ya Raeada Nupradit Mahisrapakde. the former H. C. of Monthar Puket. Siam, will take place on Sunday January 31st at 10.30 a.m., the remains of deceased will be removed from her residence No. 46A,
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    ELECTRICITY BILL.
    254 9 Already Drafted. OPPOSITION LIKELY. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, January 18. The Electricity Bill, to give legisiative sanction to the scheme which was outlii ed on Friday by the Prime Ministe”. is reported to be a! re id y drafted. The measure will almost certainly receive prominence in the
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    ITALIAN DEBT.
    117 9 EXPERTS AT WORK. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, January IS. British and Lilian experts are in agreement to-day on the technicalities of the Italian Debt Funding negotiations. TH Long mtmeranda have been exchanged, the study of which has not at present been complete!, and consequently no further meeting has
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    BRITISH FILMS.
    108 9 NEW STUDIO AT BRIGHTON. (Rugby’ Radio Service.) London. January 18. Studios for the production an important scale of British films are to be erected shortly near Brighton. The Corporation of Brighton is supporting th?- scheme enthusiastically and is prepare I to supply electrical power. Brighton, according to the
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    SPECIAL WIRELESS TESIS
    116 9 TRAN S- A T LAN TIC B ROAD CASTING. (Rugby’ Radio Service.) London, January 18. For one we *k, beginning January 25, special tests in Trans-Atlantic broadcasting are to be made. Eich day from three t > four in the morning, Greenwich time, selected America! stations willsen
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    STILL COLD.
    58 9 WINTER SPORTS AT HOME. (Rugby’ R dio Service.) London, January 18. Although a rise of temperature with ia n was forecaste 1 for to-day, the cold "rather shows no signs of abating. During the week-end Britain enjojel °tte ol the rare opport mities f r winter the conditions
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    ADRIFT IN LIFEBOAT.
    194 9 Terrible Experience. off scot run cowr. (Rugby Radio Service). London, January 18. Six men of the crew’ of the British fishing steamer Cormorant, which was wrecked off the rocky coast of the Island of Islay on the west of Scotland, have had a terrible experience. When the
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    FLOATING DOCK.
    65 9 DEVONPORT’S LATEST. (Rugby’ Radio Service.) London, January 18. A floating dock, which has been added to the equipment at Devonport Dockyard, is 11 be place 1 to-morrow in a working berth which has been dredged for it. The dock is capable of accommodating the largest ships in the
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    63 9 (Rugby Radio Service.) Yesterday’s foreign exchange rates were Paris 128 j New York, 4.86 Brussels. 107 Geneva. 25.15|: Amsterdam. 12.081 Milan. 120.4 Berlin. 20.42 Stockholm. 18.15 Copenhagen. 19.52 Oflo, 23.84 Vienna.34.s2 Prague, 164; Helsingfors, 193; Madrid. 34.33 Lisbon, 2i Rio 7f Buenos Aires, 46i% Bombay, Is.Gfk L; Shanghai,
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    GOODS BY AIR.
    47 9 STOREHOUSES AT CROYDON. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, January 18. New etorehonses have been built at Croydon Air S ation in order to cope with the increase in traffic. Continent d air lines now carry as much as f< rty tons of goods per week.
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    GERMANY AND ALLIES.
    78 9 .—Reuter. CONTROL COMMISSION’S REPORT. Berlin, January 18. Interest attaches to the periodical report by the Inter-Allied Milit ry Control Commission which has just b» en forwarded to Paris record it g satisfactory progress in the carryiig out of the Allied demands concerning disarmament. Fair progress has been
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    AIRCRAFT SCIENCE.
    44 9 Reuter. FINANCIER’S OFFER. New York, January 18. The financier, Mr. Dmiel Guggenheim, has notified Mr. II rover that he has already set aside half a million dollars and is prepared to supply a further two millions to foster sc’ence in aircraft. Reuter.
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    TRAMCAR IN RIVER.
    46 9 —Reuter. 3 KILLED: 24 INJURED. Pittsburg, January 18. Three persons were killed and 24 injured, while three are missing, as a result of a tramcar plunging into a river. The car lies half-submerged in the river, one end resting on the bank. —Reuter.
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    SQUASH RACKETS.
    25 9 —Renter. FINAL RESULT. London, January 18. In the Bath Club final Squash Racquets Championship. Captain Captain Tomkinsou by la/8, 13/1.) and 17/16. —Renter.
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    WELSH MINERS BUSY.
    99 9 U. S. Strike Brings Orders. RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, January 18. The miners’ s'rike in the United States has proved of benefit to South Wales, which has suffered so much from unemployment in the coal industry. He ivy demands are coming from America for anthracite
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    GREEK DEBT.
    190 9 I.—Reuter. DEADLOCK WITH AMERICA. Washington, January 18. A temporary deadlock has arisen in the Greek debt n< gotiations. The Greeks informed the American Commission that they were not authorised to negotiate the funding of the $15,000,000 war deb*, unless the United States was prepared to extend a further
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    RHINELAND TROOPS.
    121 9 ALLIES AND GERMANY. London. January 18. Reuter learns that the British Government is at present considering Germany’s representitions regarding the number of Allied troops in the Rhineland with a view to suitably replying to yie request after consultation with the French and Belgian governments.—Reuter. [On January 16, Reuter
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    MAKWAR DAM.
    67 9 —Reuter. FORMAL OPENING. Khartum, January 18. Tne street! were befl.ggel and large crowds assemble I to greet Lor i Lloyd, High Commissioner of Fgypt, and Lady Lloyd for the formal opening of the Mak war dam a gigantic engine ering feat, des’gned to f< rtilise sev< ral million
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    GOLF IN U. S. A.
    94 9 Reuter. AMERICAN VICTORY. Winterhaven, (Florida), January 18 In the thirty-six holes go f match Cyril Walker and Eddie Loos (America) beat Archie Compston and Arnaud Massy by three ho’ei. Walker is the Englishman who won the American Open Championship in 1924. —Reuter. ARCHIE COMPSTON. St.
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    36 9 —Reuter. London, January 18. The replay in the English Association Cup b» tween Derby County and Portsmouth, which took place at Le cester, ended in a victory for Derby by two goals to nil.
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    BERLIN TRAGEDY.
    152 9 .—Reuter. Building Collapses. MANY BURIED IN DEBR'S Berlin, J.mu <ry 18. A shattering detonation, due’to an explosion of gas and petro’, aroused the residents of the Moabit district of Berlin earlv this morning. A four-st cried house collapse 1 like a pack of cards, burying the occupants in
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    STORM HAVOC.
    106 9 TERRIF.C DELUGE WRECKS TOWN Madrid, January 19. Several persons were seriously injured, and 100 are homeless as a result of a hurricane breaking over the Canary Islands. Accor ling to messages from Las Palmas a delug» of rain swelled mountain torrents and bridges and roads and tramways were
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    COARSER COTTON.
    105 9 .—Reuter. ADVICE TO LANCASHIRE. London, January 18. Urging Lancashire to start extensive production of catton cloth of coars r grades, S r William Clare Lee?, ex President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, in a speech, said that the growth of cotton in India and China wail a
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    BRITAIN’S WARSHIPS.
    86 9 —Reuter. ONLY ELEVEN SINCE WAR. London, January 19. In a spe- ch at Lu How, in which he reviewed the Government’s record, Mr. W. C. Bridgeman, First Lord of the admiralty said it was not generally known that other great maritime power-», namely, the United States, Japan, France
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    “RED’S" SUGGESTION.
    80 9 —Reutar. TO SECURE CREDITS IN PARIS. Moscow, January 18. In an article in the Pravda, M. Trotzky offers a concrete suggestion for satisfying French creditors and for simultaneously securing credits in Paris. He says that Russia is willing to pay a high interest on loan?, hence, if the
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    N. Y. K. AND T. K. K.
    80 9 —Reuter. JAPANESE SHIPPING COMBINE. Tokio, January 18. The directors of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha and the Toya Kisen Kabushiki are separately discussing plans for a merger and a definite announcement is expected shortly. It is. understood that the N. Y. K. will take
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    U. S. AND RUBBER.
    144 9 —Reuter. Mr. Hoover’s Proposals. FINDIN'; A SOLUTION Washington, January 19. Mr. Hoover, giving evidence Wore the Rubber Invest gition Com mi Dee of Congress, expressed the opinion that Americans were well on the way towards a solution of the rubber problem without government aid. He thought
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    MONEY FOR RESEARCH.
    45 9 Reuter. GIFT TO NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT. Oslo, January 19. The Norwegian government has (gratefully accepted the Rockefeller Foundation’s offer of a sum exceeding 1,085,000 kroner, for the completion of work projected at the new Government Ins itute for serum vaccine research work— Reuter.
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    MOROCCO.
    56 9 .—Vale IMPORTANT SURRENDER REPORTED. Rabat, January 18. Accor ling to the p»per 3 the Andjeras, a powerful tribe living in the Spanish zone, whose territories occupy an important strategic position in respect of Ceuta and Tel win, have submitted to the Spanish authorities. Should this be confirmed the event
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    BRITAIN AND IRAK.
    87 9 NEW TREATY RATIFIED. Baghdad, January 19. The Irak Parliament has ratified the new Anglo-Irak Treaty.—Reuter. [On the 14th January the Colonial Office announced that following upon ti e d cision adopted by the Council of the league of Nations in regard to the Turco-Irak frontier, on 16th
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    “REDS” IN AMERICA.
    79 9 $1,000,000 FOR PROPAGANDA. New York, January 19. Nearly a million dollars were raised in the United States in the past year for the purpose of spieiding Soviet propaganda, it is claimed by officia's» f the Communist Patty in America, who assert that the sum is to be
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    BANK NOTE SCANDAL.
    185 9 The Bishop’s Case. PROSECUTION ABANDONED. Budapest, January 18. The Public Prosecutor aske 1 the exattaining M gistr te t> arre t Bishop Ztdravecs. Chaplain-General in the Hungarian army, in connection with the banknote ec indal. The Magistrate refuted and the Chamber also declined to prosecute the Bishop
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    POLAR EXPEDITION.
    170 9 IN SPECIAL AIRSHIP. Oslo, January 18. During a conference in the past few days a contract was agreed to under which lhe Italian Air Force Offic r, Colonel Nobile, will command the airshin, Norge, on the a Polar expeditinn. The rnu'e tn he taken will he from Rome
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    SOVIET AMBASSADOR.
    157 9 RESUMING DUTIES. Pari?, January 18. M. Krassin has arrived here from Mn?. cow and will leave short!v to resume his duties at the Embassy at London, though, owing to the state of his health, h? intends to take a fairly prolonged holiday in the near future. —Renter. Mr.
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      30 9 The Hupmobile Eight (Eight cylinders in line) PERFECTION IN BALANCE CALL AND INSPECT ONE Complete $4,200 20 Miles Per Gallon Borneo Motors, Limited, Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Malacca Palembang,
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    THE ROAD TO THE RIVIERA.
    970 10 Few of the ever-increasing manner of people of moderate means who journey southwards through France during the winter months take the opportunity to see anything of the life of the people, says a ‘‘Times” correspondent. The view of the motorist, speeding along the great high-roads,
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    THE SHADY SIDE OF FORTY.
    398 10 BY ONE IN THE SHADE. When one has arrived at the shady side of forty it comes as a shock to discover that an acquaintance whom one has looked upon as an antiquity qualifying for a bathchair is several! years younger than one’s self. Only
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    ‘LEICESTER LOUNGE ’ TO GO.
    94 10 ‘LEICESTER LOUNGE TO GO. Mr. C. P. Russell, a member of the firm of Messrs. H. C. Ruscell, Ltd., of M ardour-street and New Coventry-street. V... who acquired some years ago the lease of the Leicester Lounge, which adjoins their own premises, stated that their intention was to pull the
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    RUBBER OUTLOOK.
    425 10 CAPTION NECESSARY DURING 1926. Questions are put to us, says The Stratts Tinies, about the future and we answer them as best we can. but no man can answer for a thousand rubber producers great and small. What we wish to point out now is that, in 1926,
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    237 10 Benares Opium p. «5.000.00 noiu. Cloves 100.00 buyers Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Pickings no stock Nutmegs 80s 125.00 nom. 11(8 HO.Ou Coconuts per 1,000 50.00 nom Copra Pundried $11.90 buyers Rattans 11.15 sale Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shell* 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00 p r
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    121 10 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Rimba for P. Langkawi and Alor Star, van Hogendorp for Belawan, (Deli), Paneh and Agahan. Kopah for Belawan (Deli). Rengam for Bernam River, Kuala Selangor, Port Dickson, Malacca and Singapore. Klang for Port Swettenham, and Singapore. The following ships are in communication with the Wireless Stations
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    PENANG MAILS.
    303 10 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). BY TRAIN. 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 (Sunday excepted) by the 7-30 p.m. t'ain:
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    EXCHANGE.
    127 10 PENANG JANUARY 19, 1926. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 5/32 4 months’sight Bank 2/4 1/2 3 Credit 2/4 3/4 3 Documentary 2/4 25/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rsls4|') 3 day’s sight Private 156 I o Bombay Demand Bank 154| 2 Madras Demand Bank 154| S
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      279 10 Be Careful What You Wash Your Hair With Many soaps, prepared shampoos and shampoo powders, contain too much free alkali, which is very injurious, as it dries the scalp and makes the hair brittle. T) ie hest thing to use is Mulsified cocoanut oil shampoo, for this is pure and
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      38 10 CALOPOGONIUM MUCUNOIDES 77/e ?rrZ/ known corer plant. LARGE REDUCTION IN PRICE EFFECTIVE FROM Ist. JANUARY, 1926. FRESH SUPPLIES RECEIVED WEEKLY FROM SUMATRA. BOOK EARLY FROM: A. DENNYS, 22b, l each, Street, Penang CROSS WORD J- V 4* PUZZLE.
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      40 10 Lingering Coughs Bronchitis leaves a bad cough. So d es influenza and la grippe, but these hard, lingering coughs yield easily to the healing and curative qualities of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. Good for troublesome night coughs too. For sale everywhere.
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      305 10 Teeth and Appetite. Bad teeth spoil the appetite; good teeth promote it, and at the same time are directly helpful to digeition. It does not need a doctor to tell y Ou that. One of the first thoughts in the morning, therefore, should be the teeth and you will do
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    THE SHARE LIST.
    250 11 The follotving are the latent quotations in Messrs. Kennedy <k Co.’* share list at 1 p.m. to-day Yesterday. To-day. x Shark». x; S>» s co »5 X cc c. t c. Ic. c. Rubber (Dollar.) Aver Panas 15.50 16.00 15.00 15.50 Bassett 160 1.70 1.40 1.60 Bata
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
    125 11 THE MALAYA COMPANY’, LIMITED report the following changes in to-day’s share market. Rubber Shares. Bayers. Sellers Ayer Kaning Rubber 1.47) 1.52} Batu Lintang Rubber 1.45 1.50 Mentakab Rubber Co .50 .57) Semanegol Rubber Co 2.50 2.75 Temerloh Coconut and Rubber 1.37} 1.42} Ulu Benut Rubber .70 .75
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    SINGAPORE PRICES.
    32 11 LONDON STANDARD (LOOSE) S. R. Sheet 113 cts per pound per pl. $150.66 No. 1 Crepe 111 cts per pound per pl. $llB Weak. (By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen Dennys.)
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    RUBBER SALES.
    66 11 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 $142 to $146 F;A.Q. do 135 141 Low F.A.Q. do 124 134 The following 'were the rubber quotations in London on January
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    TIN PRICES.
    83 11 The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., give* the following prices, on January 18: London. Spot £2Bl Down £2.10j 3 m/s. buying 274.10 s 1.154 3 selling 274.15 a 1.15 s Local. January 19: Singapore sold 50 tons at $139 Penang buyers no sellers at $l3B. Messrs. Boustead, and Co.,
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    119 11 The output of Tai ping Tin Dredging Co. Ltd., (2 dredges) for the first half of January was hours 621, yards 82,000 piculs 288. The output of North Taiping Tin Dredging Co., Ltd., for the first half of January was hours 323, yards 40,000, piculs 114. The output
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    KENNEDY A CO’S SHARE LIST.
    1284 11 name®. 5 s 3g s* g g tr RUBBHR [Dollar.) J c c <Dent>y Robber Co 3 6? 3 '5 Vior Qajah Robber Batate 3 2 3 CC Vmalfpun.ted Malay Rotate. 4 2 4 60 'yer Hitam Planting Byndki.tr JI 5 »22 OG 'yer Kaning
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      516 11 New Advertisements. Teja Malaya Tin Dredging Co., Ltd. POSITIONS VACANT. The lln ra Kne() wj) anthorievl t 0 “accept calls (due Ist February, 1926) on Wanted Immediately competent the shares of the above name 1 Company Office Clerk for Estate in South Kedah. Further particulars will be advertised at sloo
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      371 11 IiHAXJOTEDj i ROOMS IISwtS-» I k< I -a Xrr~ i I l J I << 17 VERY room in your house is haunted Danger (2 (< lurks in every corner, under the beds, in the ?Z Z' bathroom, in the dark cupboard under the stairs. ’Z> Invisible but deadly microbes
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      1221 12 A COPY OF THE FULL PROSPECTUS HAS BEEN FILES WIIH THE REG IJR AR OF COMPANIES F. M. S. Ihe Subscription List will open on Tuesday the 19th day of January, 1926, and will close on or before Monday, the 25th day of January, 1926, at 3 o’clock p. m.
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      876 12 Distribution of Capital.— The proceeds of the present issue will realise the sum of $865,000.00 Dbduct: Cash portion of Purchase Price Estimated Cost of Installation required Estimated Cost of reconditioning Road nn Estimated Cost of transfer of titles 2,a00.00 Underwriting Commission $21,625.00 Preliminary Expenses and Brokerage 18,875.00 40,a00.00 777,000.00 Leaving
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      102 12 GRAND OPENING OF FREE “REGULAR” CAMPAIGN AT Theatre Royal. Programme from Monday 18th —Wednesday 20th January. Show Starts At 7-30 P.M. 1. The Ghost City, Episodes 5 6 4 Parts 2. William Desmond in “BIG TIMBER 5 Parts 3. Kenneth Harlan Edith Roberts in “Thorns Orange Blossoms” 7 Parts 4.
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    PULAU BULANG.
    482 13 EXTRAORDINARY MEETING. The following minutes of an extraordinary general meeting of members of the Pulau Bulang Rubber and Produce Company, Limited, held at the Offices of the Company, Chartered Bank Chambers, Singapore, on Tuesday, 12th January, have been forwarded to us, says the Singapore Free Press. Present: Messrs
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    A WORLD UNIVERSITY.
    170 13 STUDENTS FROM MANY LANDS. At Montreal. With students in attendance from six continents. North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Europe and Australia, this year, McGill University (Montreal) surpasses its former reputation of cosmopolitanism. The t-otal registration is about two thousand five hundred students and they come from
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    PENANG LIBRARY.
    53 13 The following new books have been received at the Library: Anthony Wilding, by R-afail Sabatini. Coombe St. Mary’s, by Maud Diver. A History of the Reformation, by T.M. Lindsay, 2 vols. Mr. Bottleby Does Something, by E.T. Thurston. (2 copies). The Polyglots, by William Gerhardi. Whitaker’s Almanack, 1926.
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      909 13 9 BANKS. BANK OF fl’" INDlA .limited. 1 ll .vyu.l England.) W— •< I "s JOnft naiq {Ku .and Undivided Profits 1,458,221 hRII k l,-'. I, Bart., Lord Carmichael, llanibn’, EeqRanches and Agencies; p f Bangkok. Batavia, Calcutta tOntinUOUSIV X?.. Jr'li. H99I Distilled s an6bl Sim 1999 since 1627 ■n
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      41 13 Try This For Your Cough A nervous hacking cough cannot be cured by a glass of water, but it will disappear under the healing and soothing effect of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. Every user is a friend. It is for sale everywhere.
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      367 13 Every tooth as clean as (i Calverfs ,f can t" make it 1 That means every tooth is looking its best, doing its share in adding to the brightness and charm of your smile. And, besides, you want your teeth to last, you want every hidden corner and crevice between
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    DEANS OF WESTMINSTER.
    1111 14 Times.” A FAMOUS LINE. In Westminster Abbey on December 21, Dr. William Foxley Norris, lately Dean of lork, was installed Dean of Westminster. It may take people some time to get used to addressing letters to The Very Rev. the L)ean of Westminster,” instead of to The
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    PENANG THIEF’S POSE.
    163 14 BOGUS “P. W. D. EMPLOYEE.’’ Stolen Money Not Recovered. How a Tamil named Govindasamy posed as a Municipal Employee in order to effect a theft was told in Penang Police Court, before Mr. C. W. A. Sennett yesterday. The man apparently went to the house of Mr.
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    WORLD’S BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP.
    76 14 DEMPSEY READY TO DEFEND TITLE. Jack Dempsey, the heavy-weight boxing champion of the world, now states that he is prepared to put up £200.000 guarantee fcr a fight with Harry Wills, th© negro heavy-weight, in Chicago. Dempsely says “I want the world to know I am ready
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      48 14 Chamberlain’s Pain Balm A touch of rheumatism or a twinge of neuritis, whatever the trouble is, Chamberlain’s Pain Balm relieves the pain. Burns and scalds are promptly relieved, cuts and bruises quickly healed and swellings promptly reduced. In fact no household should be without it. For sale everywhere.
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    MARKET PRICES.
    588 15 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang. January 19. ’9-6 S Cl Government Mutton Mutton Indian per lb 55 Mutton— Head, sheep or goat each 1' Liver with heart 4 lung do 1.3* Tripe do I.o= Goat or Sheep j*er lb 5? S'veet Brrad pair Leg of Mutton lb f 8 [.arab
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      1424 16 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE. INTENDED SAILINGS FROM PENANG |H k W F lil fIH WEEKLY SERVICE. LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. k' HK I 1' j «JRB ANTENOR 20 Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and Glasgow, I I Ek a KLPENOR Jan. London, Rotterdam and Hamburg. DARDANUS Feb. 4 Marseilles. London, Rotterdam, and
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      550 16 P. 0.-BRITISH INDI AND APCAR LINES (Companies Incorporated in Esc. k MAIL, PASSENGER GARo* S Vh PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. (Under Contract with His Majesty P. eft O. SAILINGS. LONDON—FAR-EASTERN SERVICE For Singapore. Hongkong, Shanghai, Moji, For Colombo, Aden, Port Said. M ar Yokohama and Kobe. «nd London. MANTUA
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