Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 22 June 1926

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 189. VOL. LXXXIV. TUESDAY, 22nd JUNE, 1926 PRICE 15 CENTS.
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    THE BETTING TAX.
    416 2 HOW THE SCHEME WILL BE WORKED. The text of the Finance Bill, which was issued recently contains a full explanation of how the Betting Duty is to be levied. The definition lof a bet according to the Bill, is a bet on any event of any kind.”
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    CHOCOLATE KING SELLS HIS ISLAND KINGDOM.
    299 2 £1.150.000 DEAL. M Menier. the French. chocolate king.’’ has just sold Anticosti Island, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, for 180 million francs (nearly £1.150,000), and insisted on being paid in cash, in order to make a substantial gift to the French Save the
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      1322 2 AUCTIONS. NOTICES. I Kates of subscription. pqjjce AUCTION. PATTANI tin, limited. X Including free town delivery or lii (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements). x f> postage. m 1 r.Y.BLE IN ADVANCE. PENANG SALES ROOM. NOTICE is hereby given that an Extrav x ordinary General Meeting of the Share2 a year
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    A PRINCE OF POACHERS.
    1222 3  -  BY A. G. GARDINER. The Pud yet has shown Mr. Church HVs niter incapacity as Chancellor. All his 1 bomhast and bluff cannot alter the jact.' His record is one of blunder tpon blun der, and the Empire's trade is being irreparably ruined. Churchill must go
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    SAILOR AND HIS BOOT.
    223 3 WHICH HE HURLED THROUGH A £lO PLATE-GLASS WINDOW. There was a scene at the National Sailors’and Firemen’s Union Avonmouth office as the result of which John Kenealy (56) of no fixed abode, was charged at Bristol Police Court with doing wilful damage to a window, and
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    COMING EVENTS.
    125 3 June 23Prince of Wales Birthdav. 24—Full Moon. 24Midsummer Day. July 3Cricket League Match. P.C.C. v. P.R.C. Esplanade. 2-15 p.m. 6lpoh Gymkhana Club Races. Blp >h Gymkhana Club Races. 10Ipoh Gymkhana Club Races. 10 New Moon. 10Cricket League Match, E.S.C. v. P.C.C. Esplanade, 2 15 n.m. 12 Ipoh Gymkhana
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    ORDEAL AFTER USING HAIR DYE.
    490 4 APPALLING RESULTS” TO A STATIONMASTER’S WIFE. A woman whose health was said to have been ruined by the use of hair dye, sued the dye manufacturers before Mr. Justice Horridge and a special jury. She was Mrs. Esme Elizabeth Gozney, wife of the stationmaster at
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    CAR FALLS 30ft. INTO RIVER.
    204 4 NARROW ESCAPE OF MOTHER AND SON. A mother and son had a narrow escape fiom death when the motor-car in which they were travelling plunged 30 ft. over the famous "Waterloo Bridge, Bettws-y-Coed, Carnarvonshire, into the boulderstrewn river bed beneath. Mrs. Parry and her 20-year-old
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    CRICKET.
    266 5 Selangor v. Perak. (From Our Own Coriespondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 21. Day was delayed owing to the nonarrival of Sturziker, the Selangor player. Speldewinde and Ezechiel saved a follow-on, the Perak innings closing for 170. Ezechiel made 26 not out and Speldewinde 15, extras totalling 15. Gill was most
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    HOME RESULTS.
    97 5 Reuter. HAMPSHIRE V. LEICESTER. London, June, 21. Hampshire beat Leicester by 3 wickets. Leicester scored 89 (Newman 6 for 33) and 105 (Kennedy 4 for 26). Hampshire made 93 (Geary 7 for 42) and 103 for 7 wickets (Geary 7 for 44.) AUSTRALIANS v. LANCASHIRE. The Australians made
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    KING’S GOLD CUP.
    55 5 Reuter. WON BY AN AMERICAN LIEUTENANT. London, June 21. At the International Horse Show at Olympia, King George’s Gold Trophy for jumping was won by an American competitor. Lieutenant Boutecon. There were 63 competitors, representing Britain, France, the United States, Belgium, Sweden. Holland and Switzerland. Captain F.
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    MAGISTRATES’ RIGHTS.
    252 5 IMPORTANT LOCAL DECISION IN HOUSE OF LORDS. In the House of Lords the Lord Chancellor and Lords Atkinson, Shaw. Sumner, and Carson unanimously allowed the appeal of the Frome United Breweries Co, Ltd., and Abel Cornelius Ashman v. the Justices of the City of Bath, which raised the
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    595 5 Mr. Meadows-Frost, who hag recently been stationed in Johore Bahru, has been appointed Resi'-ent Councißo;-of Malacca. He is dre to arrive there on Saturday next. J Mr. > 1 Mrs. A. E. Mullaly have returned to Devon Estates from furlough in Europe, part of which was spent
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    NELSON’S WILL.
    179 5 SOLD BY AUCTION FOR £l2O. An autograph copy of Nelson’s will, signed by Nelson himself and witnessed by Captain Hardy, with codi i s att ch >d bequeathing to Lady Hamilton £2j,276 and certain gold boxes set with diamonds, fetched £l2O at Sotheby’s recently. A letter from Lady
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    JAPANESE HEWS.
    357 5 NO WH-SAGH ALIEN OIL CO. Tokio, June 17. The North-Saghali. ii Oil Company’ have carried out all preparations Io opening their business. Crew of the City of Naples Safe. All the crew, 73 in number, of the City of Naples have been taken on board the Kasuga and
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    VICAR ATTACKS THE MODERN GIRL
    157 5 A TERRIBLE TEMPTATION TO MEN.’’ The Vicar of Enfield, the Rev: R. Howel Brown, has joined the critics of the modern girl. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Enfield and Tottenham Ruridecanal Association, he said the looseness of the manners of many’ of the
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    LIFE RISKED FOR DROWNING DOG.
    162 5 MAN’S DIVE INTO HEAVY SEA. Bob, an Airedale, belonging to Mr. Wilmot Fowler, the musical director of the pier at Clacton-on-Sea, was saved from drowning by heroic rescuers when he was swept from the sea wall by big waves at which he was barking. A
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    By the Way.
    1610 6 Y is the sixteenth anniversai*y of the coronation of His Majesty King George V. May be live long to reign over us. ALB.XN is commemorated in the Roman martyrology on Jone 22; but whether he existed in the tiesb. or was invented to point a moral or
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    I.S.P. DINNER.
    2022 6 Memorable Function. INTERESTING SPEECHES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 21. The third annual 1. S. P. conference, which began at Kuala Lumpur on Thursday last, was brought to a successful termination on Saturday night by the dinner which was held at the Station Hotel. Mr. J.
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    138 6 LEAGUE FOOTBALL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, June 22. The biggest surprise in the Singapore Football League was provided by the S C C., who defeated the Wellington Regimental team by 2 goals to one. The winning goal wa s scored in the last minute of the game.
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    SOCCER.
    110 6 PENANG BUSINESS HOUSES LEAGUE. (For the Milkmaid Cup.) Table to June 19th, 1926. 1= J’ I C "a eS u sS > o J? o 6 Cm I—l Q <2 PU Pritchard Co. Ltd. 7 6 1 0 28 10 12 Eastern Smelting Ltd. Co. 5 4 0 1
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    MOONLIGHT BAND PROGRAMME.
    69 6 The fallowing i« the programme for to night at the Esplanade from 8.30 to 10-30. 1 March The Middy Alford 2 Overture Poet and Peasant Suppe 3 Waltz Rock-A-Bye My Baby Baker 4 Fox Trot Brown Eye-» Meyer 5 Selection Mikado Sullivan 6 Intermezzo Malinda's Fairy Hume
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    INDIAN LABOUR.
    45 6 We are officially informed that 1,670 labourers arrived per s.s. Talamba yesterday. 713 were sent to Pulau Jerajak and the balance direct to Port Swettenham for quarantine there. Reuter cables news of the death in New Jersey of Kate Jordan, authoress and play-wright.
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      508 6 New Advertisements. POSITIONS VACANT. Wanted Amah must be experienced and competent, with good testimonial Apply Box No. 205, c/o Pinang Gazette Wanted Dresser. Indian Ist or 2nd grade Estate in Kedah. Salary according to experience. Box No. 206, c/o Pinnap Gazette. MISCELLANEOUS. Young European working at Pagan Luar requires board
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    SEPANG VALLEY ESTATE, LIMITED.
    984 7 TWELFTH ANNUAL MEETING. The twelfth annual general meeting of Sepang V alley Estate Limited was held on 25th May, 1926, at the Registered Office, Bank Chambers, Jalan Tunku Hassan, Seremban, Mr. V. A. Tayler presiding. The Chairman addressing the Shareholders said Gentlemen, the Report of the
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    BLAKE AND CO.’S SHARE REPORT.
    593 7 Singapore, June 19. Markets are much brighter and it is pleasing to report brisk trading at improving prices. Rubber having firmed to 70 cts. most all shares havei advanced in price, some quite considerably, and, particularly, the Malacca group.’’ j Tin is very firm£4.15.0- up
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      274 7 Every tooth as clean as Calvert’s” can fmake it! 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 them kept just as
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      86 7 When Women Declare War, Then Follows The Turmoil.” SEE IT AT Theatre Royal. Programme from Monday, the 21stWednesday 23rd June, 1926, MATINEE SAT. 26TH AT 2.30 P. M. 1. NEWS 2. Jack Hoxie in BUSTIN THRU in 5 Parts 3. SECRETS OF THE NIGHT in 7 Parts 4. THE TURMOIL
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    THE FLYING SERVICES.
    528 8 Those of us who recall the anxious days of the rump -tty,” the mor«assured existence with the quirk’’ and the Re 8 and th? exuberance of outlook engendered by the comfort of a 240Rolls Bristol Fighter at 17,000 feet will welcome the suggestion contained in a letter
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    CHELLIAH : A COMPARISON.
    476 8 CHELLIAH A COMPARISON. Chan Say Mooi, the principal actor in the Ipoh tragedy, who was sentenced to death for the murder of her betrayer. Ng Seh Tay, must not be made a heroine of. She is not likely to suffer the extreme penalty of the law; although the mitigating circumstances
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    CAPITAL AND LABOUR
    388 8 Relations between capital and labour at Home are in an unholy muddle. S?me optimists incline to the belief that the General Strike had the effect of clearing up the differences between top dog and bottom dog. That is a fatuous and dangerous opinion. The collapse of the
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    Letter from London.
    1185 8 liberal WELSH WIZARD AND LABOUR. London, May 27, The political sensation of the week has been the quarrel between Lord Oxford and Mr. Lloyd George, and everyone is speculating now as to what the future of the little Welsh Wizard is likely to be. For some time
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    RUBBER SALES.
    39 8 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 $93 to $94 F.A.Q. do $9O $92 Low F.A.Q. do $B4 $B9
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    SINGAPORE PRICES.
    58 8 LONDON STANDARD (LOOSE) S. R. Sheet 69 cts per pound per pl. $92 No. 1 Crepe 69 cts per pound per pl. $92 Steady. (By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen Dennys)* The following ivere the ruhher quotations in London on June 21: Smoked Sheet ]/8| Plantation Ist latex crepe
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    TIN PRICES.
    98 8 The Straits Trading Co.. Ltd., give* the following prices, on June 21: London. Spot £270.15s Down 15/3 mos. buying 270.5 s 15/3 selling 270.10 s 15/Local. June 21: Singapore sold 100 tons at $l3B Penang buyers no sellers at sl36|. l.he Eastern Smelting Co. Ltd: London. June 21.
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      42 8 EL Sr* O.” Autumn Race Meeting. Saturday, 24th July Tuesday, 27th July Thursday, 29th July Special Race Tiffins Dinners. Saturday. 31st July. Gala Night and Fancy Dress Ball Four Prizes. Two Ladies and Two Gents. OrchestraEveryday during Tiffin. LIPTOi’S PURE CEYLON TEA
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    14,000 MILES BY AIR.
    443 9 feat By Royal Air Force. A WORLD EXAMPLE. AIRCRAFT AND ENGINES IN PERFECT CONDITION. (Rugbv Radio Service.) London. Jane 21. The four Royal Air Force seaplanes, which have flown to Cape Town and back, arrived at Lee-on-Solent this afternoon. When the six officers and the two
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    ANGLO-TURKISH TREATY.
    88 9 QUESTION IN COMMONS. (Rugby Radio Service,) London, June 21. Rejlying in the House of Commons to Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, Labour leader, Sir Aisten Chamberlain said that both the Turkish National Assembly and Iraq had authorised the ratification of the Turkish Treaty regarding Mosul forthwith, and it was eminently
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    ITALIAN PROTEST.
    89 9 REMOVAL OF LEAGUE FROM GENEVA URGED. London, June 22. As in Russia, an outcry for the removal of the League from Geneva has broken out in a il newspapers in Italy, which have been angered by the hostile demonstrations against Fascist delegates and officials at Geneva. Popolo d'lalia
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    FRENCH CRISIS.
    23 9 Rector. fOI NCARE ACCEPTS PORTFOLIO. Paris, June 21. Rriand announced that M. Poincare has sgreed to enter the new Cabinet. Rector.
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    REDS BANNED.
    137 9 u Marked” Trades Unionists. HOME SECKE I ARY’S ACTION. London, June 21. Mr. Henderson, Labour, asked, in the House of Commons, for an explanation of the refusal to admit Mr. Ondegeest, Secretary of the International Federation of Trades Unions, and Mr. Fimmen, Secretary of the International Transport Workers’
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    CHINA’S OBLIGATIONS.
    126 9 FOREIGN SECRETARY URGED TO TAKE ACTION. London, June 21. In the House of Commons, Mr. W. Foot Mitchell, Conservative, asked the Government to consider the desirability of taking farther action to enforce observance by China of her <>l ligations and undertakings. Sir Austen Chamberlain replied that he was
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    MARKETING BOARD.
    89 9 EMPIRE REPRESENTATIVES. London, Jane 21. The official composition of the Empire Marketing Board is as follows Chairman, Mr. Amery, Mr. Ormsby Gore. Mr. Ronald McNeill; Lord Bledisloe, Major W. E. Elliot, Sir William Clerk, Sir Thomas Allen, Mr. W. S. Crawford, representating Britain; Mr. W. A. Wilson, for
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    MISSIONARY HONOURED.
    59 9 AMBULANCE CAR TO HELP HIS WORK. London, June 21, Dr. Gordon Thompson, in accepting the Royal Geographical Society’s Gill Memorial for his journey to the Tibetan and Mongolian borders of China with Dr. George Pereira, said he would devote it toward the purchase of an ambulance car to
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    MARITIME CONFERENCE.
    58 9 REPATRIATION OF SEAMEN. Geneva, June 22. The Maritime Conference adopted the draft convention for the repatriation of seamen, providing that' the seamen who landed during or on termination of their contract be given the right to be taken back to their own country or port where they signed
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    MINES BILLS.
    47 9 Renter. INTRODUCED IN COMMONS. London, June 21. The Mining Industry Bill to facilitate better organisation in the coal-mining industry and the Coal-Mines Bill to amend, temporarily, the Coal-Mines Act with regard to hours of employment underground, were formally introduced, to-day, in the House of Commons
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    68 9 (Rugby Radio Service.) Saturday’s foreign exchange rates were Paris, 170 New York, 4.86 s’, Brussels, 168 s Geneva, 25.131; Amsterdam, 12.111 Milan, 134 i Berlin, 20.43| Stockholm, 18.13| Copenhagen, 18.35 Oslo, 21.99 Vienna, 34.45; Prague, 164; Helsingfors, 193 Madrid, 29.70; Lisbon, 2g 7 j Rio, 71« Buenos Aires,
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    WIMBLEDON.
    153 9 Championship Meeting and Jubilee Celebration. royal pageant. KING PRESENTS COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS. London, June 21. The Championship meeting at Wimbledon opened in fine weather. There was a crowded attendance. With the Jubilee celebration it took the form of a Royal Pageant in which the King presented Commemorative Medals to the
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    SOUTH AFRICA.
    129 9 NATIONAL FLAG BILL. Johannesburg, June 21. The question as to whether a pact between the Nationalist and Labour parties will continue was virtually decided in the affirmative at a secret meeting of the National Council of the Labour Party yesterday, which endorsed the attitude of Colonel Creswell, Minister
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    EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS.
    117 9 .Reuter. BRITISHERS DETAINED AT ELLIS ISLAND. New York, June 21. Three British and 7 Croatian delegates to the Eucharistic Congress have been sent to Ellis Island. The Britishers are being detained because no Canadian officials met them at the dock. POPE’S MESSAGE. Chicago, June 21. The Pope has
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    BRAZIL AND THE LEAGUE.
    120 9 OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION OF WITHDRAWAL. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, June 21. Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, stated in the House of Commons in reply to questions that he had now received confirmation of notification of Brazil’s withdrawal from the League of Nations. He could only express his
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    THE MAILS.
    66 9 The homeward mail by the s. s. Ekma closes at 6 pan. on Friday, the 25th instant. The B. I. Packet Teesta with mails despatched from London on June 3, s expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. on Friday, the 25th instant. The mail despatched from Penang
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    BORROWED PLUMES.
    271 9 Wedding Excuse For Loan. LITTLE LADY IN IHE DOCK. Neither a borrower nor a lender be,’’ says Shakespeare, for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.” M hen a pale slight-faced Chinese woman faced the Magistrate in the Second Court, Penang,
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    TAIPING INDIAN ASSOCIATION.
    239 9 AT HOME’ TO DR. AND MRS MENON. A very pleasant function was held af the premises of thg Taiping Indian Association on Sunday afternoon, June 20, when an At Home’’ was given to Dr. and Mrs. N. K. Menon, of Penang, by Mr. M. Rethinasamy Pillay, a
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    93 9 TENNIS TOURNAMENT. The following were the results of the ties played yesterday: Mens Doubles:Scott and Terdre beat Donaldson and Byatt 36, 64, 7—5. Mixed Doubles:Mrs. Sedwick and Boyd beat Mrs. Brooke, and Roland 11—9, 6—3. Ladies’ Singles:Mrs. Pedlow beat Mrs. Scott 6<l, 6o. Ladies’ Doubles:Mrs. Gregory Jones
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    PENANG MOTOR FATALITY.
    91 9 We have to record another motor fatality in Penang, It occurred about tiffin time to-day in Transfer Road, some distance from the scene where the St. Xavier’s Cadet was run over by a motor car a few weeks ago. According to the information received, it appears that
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    THE HAPPY WARRIOR.
    962 10 AN IRISH TRIBUTE In his hours of wealth and ease the Englishman is not always a lovable character. He is bluff of speech and does not readily accommodate himself to other people’s circumstances as a traveller in foreign parts he is more popular, indeed, than the American,
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    EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TELEGRAPH LINES.
    207 10 RESULT OF CYCLONE. The Cyclone which struck the Arakan coast on May 23 has caused very extensive damage to the Indo-Burma telegraph lines north of Akyab. Information so far received shows that several high masts carrying the wires across rivers and creeks between Kuridy and
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    STRANGE CREATURE OF THE SEA.
    188 10 CORNISH FISHERMEN’S ADVENTURE. Two fishermen while trawling in thrir motor-boat three miles out of Falmouth caught a strange monster of the sea. On hauling up the trawl, which took them over an hour owing to the weight of the catch,” they found in the net
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    HOW CHINA GOT ITS NAME.
    70 10 The Chinese never cal] their country China, but use words of various meanings for the vast territories which make up their empire. Olir old word for the country was Cathay, buf. nowadays the name hina is used universally by Englishspeaking peoples. The word may have
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      661 10 ultimate engine! WML A -v ==a M ?'W®ik I 1 EESIMMMMjftSSBSMjWSMTOB^MIffi^w^M^^r^^ VjjJfegU f' f A < jOßjanf Zsffiijj“S|jwMl\ vffipfeltfMfa»; lajSSSariMsSl 3 V&3&»gfy/ y THE one-cylinder car ran, and that ically scraped away even as all, save for the spark-plugs, I’ll increase comwas all. The two-cylinder car was the elect,” do
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      241 10 DONT’S FOR YOUNG MOTHERS Don’t give baby a sleeping draught, soqthing mixture or opiate of any kind except by order of a doctor who has seen the child. All mese things’ are dangerous. Don’t give medicine to check the movement of baby’s bowels in diarrhoea except upon the advice of
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      WHAT IS A EURASIAN ?
      249 11 WHAT IS A EURASIAN (T the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”) No great degree of courage is ssary to make an admission of what is an incontestable factnamely, that thp Eurasians are a very mixed race. Th- word Eurasian” implies the off'i ring of a EuropeanAsiatic union, am* by common
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      A SPIRITED PROTEST.
      195 11 Sir,My attention has been called to a letter h-ade I A Spirited Protest and signed Believer in your issue of the 17th instant. After reading it, it seemed that the only thing Believer had to protest against was that the words he thought I used seemed to
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      TAIPING MOTOR CAR TROUBLES.
      365 11 Str, Kindly allow m« through the medium of the Pinang Gazette to draw attention to this unsatisfactory state of affairs concerning the hire car which has been existing for some time past owing to the muddling in the regulations. At present no hire cars coming from
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      OLD PENANG.
      521 11 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”) Sir,—With regard to the ancient cannon excavated from the site behind the Central Police Station until recently pulled down, I believe that I can throw some light in respect of their rightful ownership. In the year 1821 A. D. the State
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    218 11 PENANG, JUNE 22, 1926. Benares Op»n m p. $5,000.00 notu Cloves 100.00 buyers Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Picking» 160.00 sellers Nutmegs 80s 100.00 nom 110 s 95.00 Coconuts per I.o'l° 50.00 nniu. Copra Sundri-ni $12.10 sales Rattans 11.15 sales Rattans Coars* 10.50 Green Snail She P... 13.00
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    THE SHARE LIST.
    178 11 The following are the latest quotations in Messrs, Kennedy <k C.o’* share list at 1 p.m. to-day Yesterday. T<-dny. f 00 E Sharks. S e» e o c x w CQ uB t c. S c. Sc. c. Rubber (Dollar.) Ratu L. 1.55 1.65 1.60 165 Broca
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
    111 11 The following are the changes in the report of THE MALAYA COMPANY, LIMITED for to-day Rubber Shares. Buyers. Sellers. B- Liutangs $1.571 $1.621 Bukit Jelutongs 1.321 1.371 Mentakabs .671 .70 New Scudais 3.55 3.60 Perak River 2.90 3.00 Snngei Tukangs .721 .75 Temerlohs 1.65 1.70 Ulu Benuts
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    UNITED TRADERS, LIMITED.
    101 11 The following are our latest quotations Rubbers. Buyers. Sellers. Allenbys 3.40 3.50 A. Hitams 24.50 25.00 B. Lintangs 1.55 1.60 B. Kepongs 5.10 5.25 Colinsburgh 4.50 470 Haytors 14.10 14.35 Jerams 2.05 2.12} Kedahs 4.55 4.65 M. Pindas 3.25 3.35 Nyalas 15.00 15.25 Semanggols 2.30 2.35 U.
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    EXCHANGE.
    126 11 PENANG JUNE 22, 1926. (By Courtesy Of The Chartered Bank.) Lcr-don Demand Bank 2/3 11/16 4 months* sight Bantf 2/4 3/32 l 5 6 Credit 2/4 15/32 3 Documentary 2/4 1/2 Calcutta Demand Bank ftsls3|i 3 day’s sight Private 155| Bombay Demand Bank w I o Madras Demand Bank
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    KENNEDY & CO’S SHARE LIST.
    1237 11 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. NAMES. g rS S CO 3t? RUBBER [Dohw..„ g o o o Allenoy Rubber Oo 8 4C 3 5C| A)or G*J&h Rubber astute 3 10 3 25 Amalgamated Malay Estate» 5 GO 6 20 Ayer FI I tarn Planting Syndicate 24 10 25 CO JJ. *yer
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      316 11 IX a Your children should be full of the J energy of good health. To ensure g should form part of their daily diet. Ordinary milk, however, is un- /y-uyt suitable, for it is always exposed to the dangers of dust, flies and germs. famous Milk-Food, Glaxo, is clean, pure
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    TAVOY TIN DREDGING CORPORATION, LTD.
    681 12 A POLICY OF INCREASING PRODUCTION. The second annual general meeting of the Tavoy Tin Dredging Corporation, Limited, was held at Winchester House, old Broad-street, London, E. C. Sir William D. Henry, C. I. E., the Chairman of the Company, presided, and in moving the adoption
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    BURGLARS STEAL V. C.
    51 12 CANADIAN HERO LOSES WAR DECORATIONS. Thieves broke into the residence of Michael O’Rourke, who during the war served with the 7th Battalion of Canadians, and stole his Victoria Cross, won at the battl a of the Somme, as well as his Distinguished Conduct Medal and 1914
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    298 12 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Pungah for Asahan, and Batu Babra. Kopah for Bela wan (Deli). Rengam for Bernam River, Kuala Selangor, Port Dickson, Malacca and Singapore. Klang for Port Swettenham and Singapore. With the termination of the voyage at Antwerp, March 29, of the Red Star liner Pittsburgh, the name
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    PENANG MAILS.
    445 12 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). BT TKiIF. Federateu Malay States, Malacca, Jobort and Singapore. Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half-an-hour earlier than the Ordinary mail. Rfsumption of Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed daily (Sunday excepted) by the 7-30 p.m, train:Parit
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      34 12 1/Ajpnivs M" PILLS ADIOL STEEL Sureandcertain for all Female n complaints.Everyladyshould keep a box in the house. S Chemists and Stores sell jg them throughout the world. Proprietor: nmMiiiii Ch *"7 t Sw^ pt
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      133 12 BEAR BRAND MILK. s s T T J R R I I It t I BEAR” BRAND I HYGIENIC SWISS m |LK itsm/' rvedini,snalural P u f^| l aa>’ lr E 5 D D <l«Sj| e i rfei:r security, this milh ,L|ie? I lofI of, lleinh S k ValUilble for
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    LORD OXFORD AND MR. LL. GEORGE.
    850 13 SALIENT PASSAGES FROM THE CORRESPONDENCE. Salient passages from the letters which have passed between the Earl of Oxford and Asquith and Mr. Lloyd George are as follows Lord Oxford (to Mr. Lloyd George) I should not be doing iny duty as leader of the
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      403 13 MgW. k illions of men eac morning look to their Gillette < w|7® razors for clean, 1I w I snao °di,cool shaves. ML JO-Jl\ principal reason for this shaving comfort lies in the S enu^ne Gillette blade. Here, k without doubt, is the keenest shaving edge in all the world.
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      318 13 British Doctors strongly Recommend M z ITT 11» -B-WT* |HI TajHfelraHw 4 Halls Wine J®. /t quickly builds up your strength Wine. 11 11/' J (A k Hall’s Wine' has great value where I t'■ l s yy p,ii:h; smith I cf. lt y I climatic conditions L 5 *J;
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    TALES TOLD TO THE MAGISTRATE.
    907 14 GAOUERIS SOLILOQUY. Queer thing, crime,” said- the gaoler at Bow-street Police Court, as he lingered lovingly over a list of old offenders. During the strike,” he continued, it took us all our time to fill the dock, and we are slowly recovering from the slump.
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    AIR FREEDOM FOR GERMANY.
    394 14 EFFECT OF NEW RULES. The most important aeronautical event during the strike was the relaxation by the Allied Governments of the nine rules which were set up in April, 1922, in order to prevent the development of military aviation in Germany. By the new regulations Germany
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    GENERAL STRIKE HONOURS.
    41 14 In connection with th© delayed Honours List, which is to be issued shortly, a number of honours are to be conferred for public service during the strike. Several well-known person® in the Government service are to be included.
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      322 14 K' i ALL BRITISH CARS fT Don’t buy a New Car until you have seen Uk new 10 h.p. and 12/35 h.p. Swifts. k Ha Sturdiness and performance are the outstanding qualities of Q these two excellent cars. With either of them you do not have «j# to consider whether
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      42 14 Lumbago. This is rheumatism of the muscles of the back. It comes on suddenly and is very painful. Every movement aggravates the disease. Go to bed, keep quiet and apply Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and a quick recovery may be expected. Sold everywhere.
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      246 14 b Watch bahy grow J Evidence of the proper feeding is clearly sho n in baby’s rap'd progress when put on Mellin’s Food. Mixed -a 1 as directed it provides a perfect substitute for mother’s milk and contains every substance necessary to build 1 body, bone and brain. The most
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    MARKET PRICES.
    630 15 CHOWRABTA MARKET. Penang, June 22. 1926 n I Ota Government Mutton— Matton Indian per lb 55 Mutton Head, sheep or goat M each 1.00 Liver with heart A lung do 1.30 JnP® do LOO Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet pair 30 Leg of Mutton ifo 55
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      99 15 PATZENHOFER LAGER BEER Elephant and Cock Brand. I m IPIIM ijM/y/ze/z/jo/pfna Obtainable from all Dealers and Paterson, Simons Co., Ltd., Penang. Good Health is Our Greatest Asset There’s Good Health in every foaming bottle of MILK STOUT. It is a fine creamy delicious drink. It’s a nutritious, invigorating tonic. Brewers—
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      506 15 v Assets over $6,500,000. S. C. Assurance in force over $22,000,0011. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (lncorporated in Straits Settlements). fl HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, E. C, n The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with
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      1331 16 B"^OggMMmMggMBgMMgggMgMIIIMM^IIWBBM MMMnBMMMM*MMWMNR«I«HnMnBMgaMMMB THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE. W|WSIiWllhiS INTENDED SAILINGS FROM PENANG- b||| k V SSL fe^ l I k 1 I WEEKLY SERVICE. LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. j»|jg L BVi' I I MEMNON June 23 London, Rotterdam and Hamburg. jllsS Irk IB jm Krill wtigk Mfr k NJNGCHOW July 3
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      464 16 P. 0.-BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Companies Incorporated in England.! MAIL, PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. rKNINSULAR AND ORIENTAL 8. N. Co. (Under Contract with His Majesty’s Government.) P. a O. SAILINGS. LONDON—FAR-EASTERN SERVICE. Far Singapore, Bongkong, Shanghai Moji For Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Mar«eilf« Yokohama and Kobe. and London. RANPURA July
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