Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 3 September 1926

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 201. VOL. LXXXIV. FRIDAY, 3rd SEPTEMBER, 1926. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 805 1 TOKISATSU, PHOTOGRAPHIC ART STUDIO ’Phone 772. 68, BISHOP STREET. i PRAI TO SINGAPORE I S ASBESTOS-CEMENT BUILDING MATERIAL 5 II! CONVINCING DEMONSTRATION OF 15 BELLS standard EVERITE CORRUGATED SHEETS j uhKIS, e vJ —ill nII I nummu H" *3 30” Wide. Stocked in ell HaJf Foot and Foot sizes, from
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    • 37 1 THE Eastern Optical Co., (PENANG) (MANUFACTURING OPTICIANS) 188, PENANG RO/D, PENANG. F F ye tested by our Optometrist. I Lenses ground to prescriptions. L Fiames A Mountings fitted properly. Office hours: —8.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. g
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  • 612 2 A CITY OF QUEENS. The Tombs Police Court is something between Bow-street and a section, of the Zoological Gardens. One side of the court is taken up by a large- wire cage in which a score of prisoners dozed in the sweltering heat, writes R-
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  • 144 2 USING PETROL TO LIGHT A FIRE. In trying to revive a fire by using petrol, Alice. Gaymer, 16, a servant at a house in Amherst-gardens, Hastings, set her clothing on fire. Screams for help were heard by Mrs. Lugg, of Priory-road, who saw the ’girl running in
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    • 1284 2 ->->i my-man-mj i- .i.—»^—- AUCTION. EUROPE HOTEL, c^ ;fe BANGKOK, SIAM. The Estate of Abdullah bin ze Climate I lsahak (Deceased) of Kulim. til New Building—Just Completed. By order of tho First Division There is a strong cemand Every Modern Convenience High Court Kedah growing steadily here and in I
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    • 281 2 Children who take Cod Liver Oil with Extract healthy and happy It builds up the constitution. No persuasion is needed —the taste is delicious. w Bottles of two sizes Vz I All Chemists and Stores jr BURROUGHS g Wellcome Co. V/ 'F rO London A/z xx 4544 All Rights Reserved
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  • 1530 3 /1 retrospect. How many people, among the hundreds who daily watch the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace or St. James’s, realize that when the Cold stream Regiment relieves the Grenadiers, the victorious army of the Civil War relieve s the defeated? writes Sir John Fortescue
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  • 233 3 ITALY DEALS WITH PEST. Wherever war has been waged scientifically against the mosquito malaria has very largely, if, indeed, not entirely, disappeared. Italy, ravaged by the- disease from very early times, has faced the problem boldly and has not only taken active steps to stamp out the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 177 3 f TAKE A NEW INTEREST in your meals by creating new and I tempting dishes with the help of I LEA PERRINS* 1 SAUCE J To resist sickness gain added figga |>B lliiafcrer feffig A heaping dish every day MMMMOaXI 5O«Ul1Ei«O □namMBBDFOTXnwwTJ Jcheesel U r 34 Si u Australian Swiss
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    • 156 3 PIANOS i In Stock at the Following Low Prices $275, $350, $4OO. Fl I.- Rll UU_!l. I -.jg qfi I Illi A I JIIM JiC. 2~i >ll Used instruments that have been re-conditioned in our workshop and furthermore, the external Finish is; all that can be desired. A small cash
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    • 285 4 pffhmng ©ajrttcH i *7J DVERTISING expenditure is not expenditure when 5 I Jl judiciously applied. It is an investment which is I proof against the anxiety of fluctuation as the following I unsolicited testimonial from one of the leading mercantile firms in the Far East testifies: lll- I ■■III ■llj
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  • 712 5 SEASONABLE CONDITIONS. (From a '"Times” correspondent-) In a moist season like the present, only expert eye s detect the division b tween the irises which grow Rurally in marshy places or by the waterside and other s which are found in dry P 38 are all the bearded
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  • 120 5 LORD HAWKE S CURE FOR DRAWN GAMES. Lord Ilav. ke, president of the Yorkshire County C.C., speaking at the open irig of a new pavilion, on the Thornaby on-Tees cricket ground, said that he hoped there would be no hasty legislation about the Test matches ia view of
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  • 578 5 CONTRAST BETWEEN SLUM AND COUNTRY. The Report (Special Report, Series No. 101) of the Medical Research Council c«n "Poverty, Nutrition and Growth Studies of Child Life in Cities and Rural Districts in, Scotland,” is well worth reading. It is the work of Professors Noel Paton and Leonard
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    • 40 5 PRITCHARD CO., LTD., Announce I A SPECIAL Sale? OF THEIR i Surplus Stock I OF I Afternoon and; (Evening Frocks and Hats; Woollen Frocks and Coats, I I Underclothing, I ETC., as from Friday September 3rd All at Bargain Prices.
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    • 132 5 7 INFANTS IN THE FAR EAST need especially careful watching, for native servants are often careless, and inattention to one small detail or another may result in serious consequences. Most of the ailments of babies and little children arise from disordered stomach or bowels, and it is to speedily set
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    • 332 5 Serve your With cream that has the delidoow C fr*g rancc an d flavour of the pure rkb Zr C/ O famous Devonshire and which is SAFE. Locally proV duced cream is generally served unboiled, and because of the impurities it contains it is UNSAFE. NESTLE’S CRE A M depends
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  • 1044 6 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. and Mr?. L. A. Allen are at Fraser’s Hill for a few days. Mrs. Kennedy, wife of Chief Inspector Kennedy, F.M.S. Police, returned from Home on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Flowerdew are expected back in Kuala Lumpur towards the end of October. Mr. A, L.
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  • 149 6 READ’S LIGHT LAGER: DOG’S HEAD BRAND. The finest beer that has ever come to Penang,” chortled our cellarman, as he smacked his lips and wiped his mouth and commanded a printer’s devil to bring him another bottle of Read’s light lager beer, bottled by themselves, and bearing the
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  • 150 6 DIRECTORS WHO EVADE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES. Among the Bills which the Government are preparing for submission tc Parliament in the near future is one by the Board of Trade to give effect to the recommendations cif the Committee which recently reported on the need for reform cf the
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  • 156 6 WIDOW* DECLINES OFFER OF 18s- 6d. A WEEK. A widow, aged GB, living in a thickly populated part of Southwark, S.E., has just refused a. pension (provided by a St. Saviour s charity) of 18s. 6d. a week, with free residence in Dulwich Old Cob lege, medical attendance,
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 355 6 BLESSING OR EVIL. (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”) Sir, —Having followed your leading articles and the correspondence in the Pinang Gazette, since July last, and upon seeing the Orders of the Day of the Legislative Council to be held on the 6th inst, I am surprised to
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    • 154 6 SIR, Knowing, who writes under th above heading in your issue of Tuesday fails to understand why it should be painful to see the labourer starving and suffering. It is natural for people born with silver spoons in their mouth to fail to appreciate the horrors of
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  • 88 6 YPRES. Last night saw the screening of what has been described as the film of all time —YPRES (Wipers) for the first| time in Penang. The exhibition was honoured by the presence of the Hon’ble the Resident Councillor and party and the Empire Theatre was packed to overcrowding
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  • 47 6 MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE. Despite the inclemency of the weather and counter attractions, there was a record attendance at the initial screening last night of Monsieur Beaucaire at the Theatre Royal Penang. Valentino, whose sensational obsequies have been filling the papers lately appears in the title r6le.
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  • 1004 6 VITAL QUESTION OF THE WOMAN’S AGE. In the Chinese widow’s case, which has been occupying the attention of the Acting Chief Justice during the last two days in the Sopieme Court, Kuala Lumpur, Chian He Wan, the father of the plaintiff, giving evidence, said that he had
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  • 151 6 BONDS TO VALUE OF RS. 400,000 RECOVERED. Bombay, August 29. The case against Llewellyn Evans, exChief Accountant, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, on a charge of criminal breach of trust in respect of Government Securities valued at over Rs. lakhs came on. for hearing on August 26.
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  • 135 6 S.M.R-’S HALL IN TOKIO. Tckio, August 31. To commemorate the 20th anniversary of its establishment, the South Manchuria Railway has decided to establish a memorial in Tokio, at a cost of Y. 1,500,000. The memorial building i s to be used for the exhibition of Manchurian products. Viscount
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  • 446 6 Heaven forbid that any of the country cousins about to descend on us for the annual fortnight in “town’’ should get a glimpse of Mr. H. V. Morton's new book, “A London Year’’ (Methuen, 7s. 6d.). To anyone with a never-ending supply of country cousins, always
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  • 331 6 NIGHT PROWLERS CONVICTED. A police constable who was on duty at the junction of Mac A lister and Anson Roads at about 11.40 p.m. yesterday taw a Chinese climbing up an electric lamp post in Anson Road and extinguish the light. He went up to the place and
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  • 107 6 COLOURS V. WHITES. The following hav e been selected to plr.y, on Monday, September 6, at 5 p.mon the Esplanade: Colours: —Cheah Swee Eng; H. L. Marshall and L. Grebby J. L. Potter, J. A. McEvoy and E. J- Bennett C. AScott, A. Williams, J. H. Pedlow,
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  • 34 6 The following are the results of bowls tournament ties played yesterday: Championship:—J- G. Allan beat A. Ferguson 21 —4. Single Handicap:— —5 E. Reimann beat +4 F. P. Montgomerie 21 —20.
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  • 126 6 At th© moment of announcing hir, text “In the midst of life we are death,” the Rev. A.M. Moss, an evangelist, was shot dead in the pulpit by “moonshiners’’ (whisky smugglers) durI ing a revival service in Kentucky. Mrs. I Jerome Robinson one of the choir
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  • 94 6 A guard of honour of dogs was a feature at the marriage of Councillor Laurence Napier Ledingham, of Ecclesall, to Miss Lilian Kathleen Brookes, at the Wocdbourn-road Wesleyan Reform -Chapel, Sheffield. Mr. Ledingham is the proprietor of the Napier Steel Works, Sheffield, a member of the
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  • 69 6 Sept. sth—l4th Sunday after Trinity, 8 am. Holy Communion at A lor Star Church and 10 am. Morning Prayer and Address, 6 p m. Evensong and Address at the Freemason's Hall, Sungei Patani. Monday, Sept. 6—B a.m. Holy Communion at Sungei Patani. Wednesday, Sept.
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  • 848 7 COMMERCIAL CONDITIONS. (From Oar Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Augast 28. I L ive had the pleasure of perusing in the columns of oar local Press a copy of a letter written by Mr. G. Dawson from Patau i to the Straits Times on the above subject, and I may
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  • 1713 7 CALIFORNIA CONQUE2RS SARDINE TRADE. Fishing Methods. The current annual report on the Fisheries Department is not so interesting as it may reasonably be hoped that the next will be because it does not include the results of the Tongkoi trawling scheme, but there is much that will repay
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    • 85 7 I MOBMS I GREAT PRICE REDUCTIONS I AS FROM Ist SEPTEMBER, 1926. BiiO'miHf'miiinasß— gmw 111 iiii" i fwvmwbkbb T V iff MX 1 J I Morris Cowley 2 seater $1,740 Morris Oxford 2 seater $2,450 I 4 1,835 4 5 2,650 I 0 I 3 i«——*■- nil' wuwa IM misii
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  • 420 8 Of all the essentials of government, the protection of property comes first; for unless the right of individuals to hold that which belong» to them is secured they have no incentive to work. The good old rule Snfficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take who
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  • 414 8 Mr. E. A. Brown, of the Municipal Commission, Singapore, worthily deserves the support of all humanely disposed people for his effort to improve the lot of our beasts of burden. His remarks were trite and to the point. Unfortunately they appear to have been acceptel in a
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  • 438 8 Malaya, to the Straits Chinese is their permanent domicile they live and die here and pass on their inheritance to their children. To Europeans, Malaya is a temporary abode. They work here for a certain period of time and then go home to enjoy in retirement the
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  • 1380 8 MANSFIELD and Co. Limited inform us that, owing to certain passengers objecting to the publication of their names in the papers, they regret that they will in future be unable to furn’sh us with the customary passenger lists. This will be bad news for the majority of
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  • 32 8 LONDON STANDARD (LOOSE) S. R. Sheet 66f cts per pound** per pl. ?89 No. 1 Crepe 664 cts per pound** per pl. £B9 Steady. (By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen Dennys.)
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  • 128 8 The Straits Trading Co.. Ltd., gives the following prices, on September 2: London. Spot £293 10-0 Down £2-0-0 3 m/s. buying 289-15-0 2-10-0 3 selling 290-0-0 2-10-0 Local. September 3: Singapore sold 125 tons at sl47f Penang buyers no sellers at sl47f 7he Eastern Smelting Co. Ltd:— London,
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    • 289 8 -w :sgn.3aMwnir——WPMßMa——i I £Ra lh\ fof S *ou'. 1 4 M' f I6 M Salad OiL I I LLJ c I ITdschS S brieken I; CZAZZ, £Z (joLcL LabaL- GoLcLCapsuLe I Use it S y Z B ~”11l CJnclso& waif I J|4 selL ctured by C! i QDf)LJ. tIOLAC Tf
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    • 37 8 “ID. O.” Guest Night and Dancing— Every Tuesday and Friday. Special Tiffin Every Wednesday and Saturday—E. &O. Orchestra. Orchestral Concert every other Sunday. Next Concert, sth September, 9-30 p m. DRINK Apollinaris THE QUEEN fOF TABLE WATERS.
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 47 8 Here s your chance to see the Idolised screen star who died on the 24th August in New York. RUDOLPH VALENTINO IN “MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE” h B e: sf r THEATRE royal Booki„I hUr day 2od Sunda >’ sth September. Book.»,, now on at RoWn on p ano C(>
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    • 26 8 TIDE TABLES. To-Day. H’tzh Water. Low Water. 10.36 a.m. 4.32 a.m. 11 26 pan. 5.27 p.m. To- Morrow. 11.12 a.m. 5.19 a.m. 11.52 p.m. 5.58 p.m.
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  • 428 9 Miners To Re-Open Negotiations. DIVIDED OPINIONS. EXECUTIVE RECEIVES OPEN MANDATE. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, Spptember 3. The Miners’ National Delegate Conference to-day decided by 557,000 votes to 225,000 to empower the Executive to negotiate a national agreement for the settlement of the coal dispute. The Conference was in
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  • 67 9 TEAR GAS BOMBS FAIL. Manville (Rhode Island), September 2.! f Fierce rioting occurred, arising out of a strike of textile operatives and culminating in a battle between the police and 1800 strikers. The State troops were summoned and used tear gas bombs, but owing to the msh
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  • 62 9 LATEST REPORTS. Lisbon, September 3. The latest reports from the Azores indicate that 12 were killed and 200 injured, and GOO houses were destroyed as a result of the earthquake at Fayal. Providence (Rhodes Island,) September 3. The steamer Canada is proceeding to Horta at full speed with
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  • 37 9 EIGHT KILLED. Monroe (Michigan), September 3. Eight were killed and 26 injured in a collision between two trams which were proceeding at full speed. The vehicles were telescoped for three quarters of their length.
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  • 59 9 Vale. Paris, August 31. All the papers are in praise of the nonstop reconi established by the French airmen, Charles and Weizer, who reached Bundar Abbas in a direct flight from Paris, (more than 5,000 kilometres) thus breaking the former record of the French Captain Girier who flew
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  • 194 9 Work Well In Hand. ALL S’ R\ i Y> i'OMl’l ETED. (.u.’GBY Radio Service.) London, September 2. Good progress is bung made in prepiration for the inauguration of a fortnightly air service which will be operated by Imperial Airways Ltd., between Cairo and Karachi in January. Surveys of
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  • 21 9 ARRIVAL AT PORT DARWIN. Port Darwin. September 2. Mr. Alan Cobham has arrived. He left Melbourne on August 29.
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  • 40 9 TWO PERSONS INCINERATED. London, September 3. A civil aeroplane crashed near Latherhead this evening, caught fire and was burned to a cinder. A roan and a woman were incinerated. Another man was taken to hospital seriously injured.
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  • 135 9 BARRED FROM T. U. C. CONGRESS. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, September 2. A letter has been despatched to Officials of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress, which will hold its annual Conference at Bournemouth next week, informing them of the decision of the Home Secretary
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  • 59 9 (Rugby Radio Service.) London, September 2. Paris, 162| New York, 4.85 g Brussels, 173 j Geneva, Amsterdam. 12.1| Milan. 131 J Berlin, 20.39 Stockholm, Copenhagen, 18.26|; Oslo, 22.14| Vienna, Prague, 163 f Helsingfors, 1921 Madrid, 31.87 A Lisbon, 252 Rio, 7H' Buenos Aires. 45f; Bombay, l/6Ud Shanghai, Hongkong.
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  • 593 9 Sir Austen Chamberlain’s Hint To Laggard States. SPAIN NOT REPRESENTED. AMERICA AN THE WuKLD COURT. Geneva, September 2. The forty-first session of the League of Nations Council opened to day. Soain was nor represented- Toe report of the Council Reorganisation Committee will not be ready until the end
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  • 83 9 Land Laws Controversy. CALLE’S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. Mexico Citv, September 2. In a message to the new Congress, Presi<lent Calles alluded to the land and petroleum laws controversy with the United States and said if the Government finds that the application of the laws doei not conform to the
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  • 27 9 AUSTRALIANS v. ENGLAND XI. London, September 2. At Folkestone owing to rain, only twenty minutes’ plav was possible. The England XI. made 57 for 1 wicket.
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  • 19 9 London, September 2. In an English League (Second Division) fixture, Clapton Orient drew with Bradford City I—l.
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  • 27 9 NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS. Brooklyn, September 2. Tn the finals of the National Doubles Championship, Tilden and Chapin b°at Johnston and Chandler 6-3 0-6 2—6 6-3 6-4.
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  • 14 9 Chicago, September 3. Tn the National Chess Tournament Frank Marshall retained his title.
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  • 41 9 London, September 2. The following entrants are left in the St. Leger Booklet, Hercules. Lex, Steel Point, Hilika, Comedy King, Wangratta, Caissot, Piazetta, Norman Duke, Glen Albyn, Louvale, Masked Ruler, Little Jack 11, Darial, Southbourne, Foliation and Coronach.
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  • 95 9 SWIMMING CLUB CARNIVAL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 3. At the Swimming Club Carnival, A. P. Goldman won the Governor’s Cup in the 90 yards race by a touch from R. F. W. Leonard. Tenrice was a good third. Miss L. Salmond was first and Miss P.
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  • 108 9 AN ORGANISED HUNT. Parit Buntar, September 2. Since the tragic death of Malim Besar there has been a crocodile hunt near the scene of the tragedy, and so far three, measuring about 7 ft each, have been baited—one by a pawang from Kedah and two by
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  • 52 9 Amount previously acknowledged $665 Mr. Khoo Sian Ewe 20 Chew Seah Seng 10 R. Manaeseh 25 $720 The sum of $720 equivalent to G. 1006.20 has been remitted to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Padang. Khoo Sian Ewe, Hon. Treasurer, Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Penang,
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    • 44 9 |-se». ynwJM nW nwr. *****1X1 iffliMM»■ Ml I o IMMEDIATE DELIVERY MODEL 503 (BABY) FIAT I The small car with a GREAT j I Reputation. j j. Distributors f(-r Penang, P. W, Kedah, South Siam and Perak: GROSVENOR MOTORS, Penang Ipoh. 5 L— M/--®
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    • 212 9 I SMART AND UP-TO-DATE J I TIES; HANDKERCHIEFS J < A NEW SELECTION OF O. E. Ties, Bow Ties and g Handkerchiefs, IN ALL THK LITEST DESIGNS AND COLOURINGS. J y U. Ties from $l-50 'v a fwk Bow Ties from 95 cts. J Handkerchiefs from $2.00. T Osa Fancy
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  • 1191 10  -  BY A. G. GARDINER. The unequal distribution of wealth is a fruitful theme for Socialist agitators but there are millionaires. Here is a concrete proposal for eliminating that useless drond who inherits millions for which he I did not work. I It was said long ago that
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  • 307 10 SCHOOLMASTERS AND THE BEST DIETWhile admitting the value of the recent experiments made with the object o" finding the best diet for schoolboys many schoolmasters to-day are apparently satisfied w‘ "<h the old-fashioned idea of “giv.ng boys plenty of good wholesome food.” This was the iirpress'on gathered
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  • 171 10 THREE BUILDINGS RAZED. A fire causing damage to the extent of STO,OCO occurred recently cn Cromlix Rubber estate situated at the Cl mile, Puchong-road, when a smoke-house and two rubber stores were burnt to the ground, says the “Malay Mail.” The Kuala Lumpur Fire Brigade
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  • 87 10 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Hong Hwa for Rangoon. Kopah for Relawan (Deli). Ekma for Rangoon and Calcutta. The following whips are in coinninnicaßon with the Wireless Stations at PENANG.—Akita Marn, Asia M. 8.. Bandoeng, Dartagnan, Fulda M. S., Hamburg. Hangsang, Honolulu Marn* Tala de Panay, Kamakura Marn, Pembrokeshire, Perlak, Petricola
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  • 436 10 CLOSE‘DAILY (except Sunday). BT TRAIN. Federaieu Malay States, Malacca, Johore and Singapore. Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half-an-honr earlier than the Ordinary mail. Resumption of Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will he closed daily (Sunday excepted) at 6 p.m. Parit Buntar, Taipine,
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  • 95 10 September 11, 12 and 13—Annual Teevali Tennis Tournament Kampong Kuantan Club, Kuala Selangor. September 9. Penang Hockey League P. S. A. A v. P. F. S. Penang Free School ground. September IB. —P. C. C. v. P. S„ Esplanade. October 23—Hockey Match, Penang v. Perak at Ipoh, November
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    • 394 10 RIVALS THE BEAUTY OF THE SCARLET TANA G B B Parker Doroid’s Point SI StiSS slSg After 3 "Years Writing English and Chinese U No Style of Writing Can Distort It—Guaranteed, /7/F 818 if not misused, for 25 Years 9 WEAR! B/kgU WHAT other fountain pen could one lend B
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    • 40 10 To build up strength in a trying climate take Halls Wie THE SUPREME TONIC Fromfirst-cla*» Chemists and Wine Merchants, or from the Agents: AFRICAN AND EASTERN TRADE CORPORATION. I.TD.. Singapore. Sols Proprietors Stiphkn Smith Co.. Ltd., Bow. London, England. 162
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  • 591 11 Singapore, September 1. Dr ting the past seven days reviewed in 1’ s ieport, markets have been fairly acti and a moderate volume of business put through. R her has remained steady round 1/7: :nd more interest is displayed in this 'ection. M ntakabs improved
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  • 124 11 PENANG SEPTEMBER 3, 1926. (By Courtesy Of The Chartered Bank.) Demand Bank 2/3 13/16 4 months’sight Bank 2/4 7/32 3 Credit 2/4 17/32 *3 Documentary 2/4 9/16 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs 153,11 H 3 day's sight Private ***** Bombay Demand Bank ***** g Madras Demand Bank 1531 P days’
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  • 562 11 The pric3 of tin has registered a, further appreciation of £3 per ton during th© week, but the share market has been distinctly erratic and quotations generally shew a small decline, particularly in Sterlings, owing possibly to the heavy arrival of scrip from London and Australia- Rubber
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  • 256 11 CLAIMS TO FORETELL THE FUTURE. A Preacher Visitor. Believing that he is the chosen instrument of God for conveying warning of disasters to come, the Rev. Francis James Highett has arrived in HongkongMr. Highett, who claims to have foretold many events of world-wide import nrior to their happening
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  • 320 11 The following were the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy and Co.'s share list at 11 a.m. to-day Yesterday. To-day. P E E Shares. t A X a ca onsc. Sc. c. c. Rubber (Dollar). Batu L. 1.50 1-55 152} 1.57* Broca 1.60 1.65 1.621 19’7} Bukit.T. 1071
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  • 106 11 The following are the changes in the report of THE MALAYA COMPANY, LIMITED for to-day Rubber Shares Buyers Sellers Batu Lintangs $1.50 $1.55 B. Jelotongs 1.12} 1.17} New Scudais 2.87} 2.97} Perak River 2.65 2.80 Temerlohs 1.50 1.55 cum Ulu Benuts .72 .74 ex Tin Mining Shares
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  • 79 11 The following were our opening quotations for to-day Rubbers. Buyers. Fellers. Allenbvs 3.20 3.30 B. Katils 1.20 $1.25 Colinsburgh 4.10 430 M. Pindas 2.80 2.90 Semanggols 2.20 2.30 U. Benuts .71 .73 Tins. B. Padangs .82| .85 Johans .43 .46 Kamuntings 77/- 78/6 K. L. Tins 37/3
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  • 125 11 The Singap re Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association, held its 775th. auction on Wednesday when there were Catalogued 1.516,842 lbs.; 677.15 tons. Offered 1,012,894 lbs 452.18 tons. Sold 847,606 lbs.; 378.39 tons. Spot. London Is. New York 40} cents. Prices Realized. Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per Lb.
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  • 188 11 The report of the directors of the above company to be presented at the annual general meeting to be held on September 15, states The net profit for the year after deducting Directors’ fees Depreciation on buildings etc. amounted to $68,728.68 Balance brought forward from last year
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  • 252 11 The output of Tai ping Tin Dredging Co. Ltd. (2 dredges) for the month of August was piculs 522, hours 893, yards 110,000. The (No. 2 Dredge lost 18 days putting in new ladder and cantilever, strengthening fore-head gantry and altering position of winches). The output of North
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  • 214 11 PENANG, SEPTEMBER 3, 1926. Benares Opium p. «host $5,000.00 nom. Cloves 100.00 Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Picking» 160.00 sellers Nutmegs 80s 100.00 nom. 110 w 95.00 Ooconuts per 1,000 50.00 nom Copra Sundried $11.75 saks Rattans 11.15 sales Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice
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    • 518 11 New Advertisements. NoncEs. POSITION WANTED.”" IF IT S YOUR EYES Which are giving your headeaches, “Tin-Miner” seeks employment, ,ears weariness, trembling and other wide-experience in running and erecting troubles. Now is the opportunity to mining machinery. Open to any em- advice. ployment. Good references. Please Consultations daily at the E.
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  • 1453 12 “China Weekly Review.” V HAT WOULD TRIE POWERS. ACCOMPLISH. Another World War. At least thiee recent books written by foreigners dealing v.ith the China situation have advocated intervention in one form or another as a solution for the China puzzle. One writer backed his argument by proving,
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  • 205 12 Ng Tng, a former partner in a partnership which carried on a fruit business, was plaintiff before' the Chief Justice, Sir William Murison on Tuesday morning. He brought an action against one of his fermer partners claiming an account. The defence was that the partnership had been
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