Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 September 1926

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 205. VOL. LXXXIV WEDNESDAY, Bth SEPTEMBER, 1926. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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    BRIGHTER BLUE BOOKS.
    666 2 IMPORTANCE “FULLY REALISED.’ Ministers’ Notepaper. Too expensive writing paper. Unattractive make-up of Stationery Office publications. Too much printing. Excessive free distribution of House of Commons papers to Government Department. These word criticisms levied during a Parliamentary debate on a Supplementary Vote last February, and they are dealt
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      50 2 INDIAN STUDENTS’ HOME IN PENANG. FOR CHRISTIIK AN3 HINDU BOYS. Run on the same lines as Christian Boarding Schools will open in SEPTEM BER next, if sufficient entries forthcoming before 15th August, 1926. Maharatta and Semi European diets. Apply to Mr. I. Ratnam Pillay, (Church Compound,) 52c, Penang Road. 4.
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    LATEST PARIS FASHION MOTES.
    1032 3 BY AN EXPERT. Deauville, August 11. The season at Deanville is at it’s height. Deauville, like Monte Carlo, lives arQiind the Casino where, during the Grande Semaine, the fiercest gambling in the world takes place. During these hectic weeks, money simply counts for nothing. All the
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    MALARIA MOSQUITOES IN ALDERSHOT AREA.
    213 3 WORK OF ARMY SCHOOL OF HYGIENE. The woik which is being done at the Army School of Hygiene at Aldershot in the collection and classification of mosquitoes in the area of the Aldershot Command was commented upon in a report which Dr- Fowler, Medical Officer
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    THE INDIAN DANSEUSE.
    1558 4  -  PART Ob' AN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION. By Muhartr. The danseuse, or the dancing-girl as she is contemptuously called in India, is at once an index of the degradation t< which the arts of music and dance have fallen and also of the estimation in which they are held
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    876 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL. We are asked to state that there is no justification for the statement that Mr. (J. IL («oh, the Penang lawyer, who is due back from England towards the end of the year, is to sever his connection with the firm of Messrs. Wreford and Thornton and is
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    WAR OF THE FUTURE.
    217 5 A NEW TERROR. London, August 26- —The “Daily News” Naval correspondent states that a new and most formidable weapon, which wid be a menace to battleships, shipping, dockyards, ammunition depots and oil tanks, will have been discovered if expei iments with pilot-less aeroplanes are successful. Machines
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    RANGOON FATALITY.
    169 5 ABNORMAL TIDES CAUSE MANY ACCIDENTS. i Rangoon, August 23. —Many accidents i took place in the Rangoon river resultling in tho death of one person whilst six others are missing. For several days past the tides have been abnormal and J special attention is being paid to the
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    COMING EVENTS.
    107 5 September 9.—Penang Hockey Leagne P. S. A. A. v. P. F. S. Penang Free School ground. 9 Badminton Open. Open. 10— Badminton, C.S.C. v. U.I.A. Referee S. Chong Kean. September 11, 12 and 13—Annual Teevali Tennis Tournament Kampong Kuantan Club, Kuala Selangor. 25—Rugby Match, Penang v. Negri Sembilan
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    GUESSWORK-OR SCIENCE?
    853 5 LOCATING DISTANT EARTHQUAKES. Seismograph Described. Tho more r,'liable < f chronologists have computed is as piobable that man has tenanted this isolated globe of ours for well nigh nine thousand years, writes Mr. Francis A- Tondorf, Director, Georgetown University Seismological Observatory, in the “Scientific American”. Yet no steel
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    POLITICS IN THE SCHOOL.
    509 5 (Cheers.) MIL MACDONALD DEFENDS THE TEACHERS. False Ideas In Education. A striking tribute to the teaching profession was paid by Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, M. P., in his address to teachers attending the City of London Vacation Course, in Education, at a luncheon at the Hlolborn Restaurant.
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    RETURNED EMIGRANTS.
    239 5 ANXIOUS TO GO BACK TO COLONIES. Calcutta, August 26. —The problem of dealing with Indian emigrants who returned to Calcutta from British colonies and who eailier in the year made a demonstration on Chowringhee, outside the Y. M. C. A. building, is again engaging attention, and recently the
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    A LOST PROVINCE.
    1075 5 On my first acquaintance with the Devil, says Austin Clarke in “The New Statesman,” I had not attained that age of reason which comes, in normal cases (according to many themojians) about the seventh winter of life, mid b kig ss yet ii.capable of mortal sin, 1
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    SOUTH AFRICAN FLAG BILL.
    515 5 DR. MALAN’S DEFENCE. Speaking at a Nationalist gathering at Germiston, Dr. Malaa, Mini ter of tho Interior, who introduced the Mag Bill into the L’nion Parliament, stated < niphatically that the Bill would be passed in its present form next year, says The Johannesburg correspondent of
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    OCTOGENARIAN’S FIFTH WEDDING.
    65 5 London, August 29.—Mr. Richard Harrison, 89, a former Blackbuin coal dealer, has returned from his fifth honeymoon, his bride Mrs. Ann Duxbury, who is nearly 70, making her third venture in matrimony. The recent w’edding of the bridegroom’s son. and the bride’s daughter has complicated the family
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      52 5 PENANG PAST BY BOOKWORM. This little book contains more information respecting the infancy of this Settlement than hat hitherto been known to have been published in handy book form, NOW READY FOR SALE •t 80 Cts. per copy. Post free $l/- to S.S. and F.M.S OBTAINA Bl E FROM The
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    By the Way.
    1390 6 O©HE Health Officer's Department of O the Penang Mnnicipality might take a hint from the activities of their brethren in Ireland. The following is a morning’s work with the milk in one of the Courts. Fines were imposed on dairy proprietors forexposing for sale milk deficient in
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    LOTTERY CASE.
    200 6 CHINESE CHARGED. Heavy Fine Imposed. Before Mr. C. W. A. Sennett in the Police Court, Penang, this morning, Khoo Bok Seong. a Chinese, was charged with assisting in carrying on a public lott< ry in Penang and fined $2OOO or six mon hs. The accused pleaded guilty. Inspector
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    UNDELIVERED TELEGRAMS.
    16 6 The following are undeliveied teh giams:— 1. Atmaram Medical Officer Tenkal Estate. 2. Qual.chrngchuan.
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    SINGAPORE RACES.
    297 6 Second Day’s Results. HEAVY GOING. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 7. The weather was wet and the going was heavy. Race I. MELISSA Davies 1 BUSHELS Glennon 2 THE MAHDI Bowden 3 Won by a neck a length between 2nd and 3rd. Time 1 min. 18 1/5
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    THIRD DAY'S HANDICAPS.
    290 6 The following are the handicaps for the third day of the Singapore Races Race I.—About 6 Furlongs. Koh Dhulu 9.3, Metina 9.1, Dorinda 8.9, Panglima 8.7, Seven Oaks 8.5, Cow Boy 8.5, Good wood 84, Shantung 8, Whiskers 7.8, Damansara 7.6. Race 2.—Race Course. Merry Maiden 10.
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      INDIAN REPRESENTATION ON FEDERAL COUNCIL.
      407 6 (To the E litor of the Pinang Gazette.”) Sir,—I t ike the liberty of sending to you a copy of the representation that the Nagarathar (the Ch«*ty) Community here, is sending to His Excellency the High Commissioner, through the Honourable The Chief Secretary, putting forth
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    "NELL GWYN"
    207 6 As previously announced, “Nell Gwyn” -the picture which took London and New York by storm-and unquestionably destined to prove THE leading British picture of the year, is the chief feature of attraction in the complete cl ange of programme at Theatre Royal to-night. Nell Gwyn played by Dorothy
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    THE GLOBE TROTTERS.
    134 6 ANOTHER SUCCESS AT THE TOWN HALL. Mr. Dick Norton, the well known comedian gave th« first of his two performances in Penang at the Town Hill last night. Ttie programme, which was an ent’rely new onp, went with a swing. Mr. Dick Norton, to whose skill the
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    POLITICS AND GOSSIP.
    1366 6 COBHAM’S FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA. THE LOSS OF H. M. S. HAMPSHIRE. (From Our Own Correspoadent.) London, August 42, 1926. The Pkince Among the Scouts. The Fii. c? of Wales :os es no opportunity of indulging his love of an out of 1 door life, and this we
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 6 (FNANG SEPTEMBER 8. 1926. (By Courtesy Of The Chartered Bank.) Lendos Demand Bank 2/3 13/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 3/16 3 Credit 2/4 17/32 3 Documentary 2/4 9/16 Calcutta Demand Bank R» 154 3 day’s sight Private „1561 Bombay Demand Bank 154 Madras Demand Bank 154 B days’
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    FUTURE OF TANCIER.
    483 7 GREAT BRITAIN’S STRATEGIC INTEREST. Views on Spanish Claim. Rugby, August 27. T! Spanish claim for a change in the stai s of Tangier has been set forth in a tec! ical memorandum, copies of which hav been communicated to the Governmei s in Paris, Rome, and London.
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    CONSTABLES SENTENCED.
    217 7 ATTEMPT TO EXTORT A CONFESSION. Bombay, August 27. A sensational case in which a railway police inspector and his subordinates are charged with culpable homicide and causing grievous hurt to extort a- confession came up before Justice Sir Lallubihai Shah and Mr. Justice Percival at the High Court.
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    SALUTE TO THE KING.
    866 7 CHRISTIAN IV OF DENMARK. After I had been less than a week on Danish soil 1 found myself adopting a formula, writes J- M. N. Jeffries in the Daily Mail.’’ You ought to see the great Prehistoric Collection in the National Museum,’’ someone would say with
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    STAMFORD RAFFLES.
    822 7 A PIONEER OF EMPIRE. Raffles. 1781-1826- By R. Coupland. (Oxford University Press. London Milford. 6s. net.) Mr. Coupland tells the story cf Sir Stamford Raffles In some hundred and thirty pages. There is an artistic appropriateness in such brevity, for the wellpacked paragraphs, the unresting forced march of
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      154 7 H by gg M R ALAN COBHAM’S FLIGHTS FROM BRITAIN TO RANGOON SOUTH AFRICA AUSTRALIA ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY ENGINES PROVED I 1. The Technical Excellence of their Design. 2. The Accuracy of the Workmanship Employed. g 3. The Magnificent Quality of the Material used. 4. The Utmost Reliability, Speed, Power and
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    DEPOTISM IN CHINA.
    405 8 To-day’s news regarding the situation in China appears to indicate that concerted action on the part of the Powers concerned in the affairs of that unhappy country is not only necessary but imperative. A Chinese General who answers to the name of Yang-sen and who, in all
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    INDIAN REPRESENTATION.
    273 8 His Excellency the High Commissioner. has at last recognised the long established claim of the Indian Community of the Federated Malay States, to unofficial representation in the Federal Council, and will dt übtless nominate an independent Indian gentleman of unblemished reputation, high status, courage and ability. The Indian
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    155 8 THE “TAT. AM BA” MUTINY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, August 8. A Hongkong message says that the Talamba arrived safely. The police took ov-r from 11.M.5. Carlisle the protection of 1,100 deck and eleven European passengers. The trouble originated among the deportees, one of whom was stabbed
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    COBHAM’S FLIGHT.
    137 8 ARRIVAL AT PENANG. Mr. Alan Cobham, the famous airman arrived in Penang at 5.43 p.m. yesterday on his return flight to England and at hi« own request was not publicly entertained. He was met by Mr. G. A. Hereford and Lieut.-Commander and Mrs. Peal. Mr. D. A. Parrot
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    Letter from London.
    1139 8 Jsord LOinterton for Jndia. THE KITCHNER RUMOURS. London, August 12. I In recent years there has been a distinct tendency to tighten up the liaison between }the Indian Office and the Great Dependency. Mr. Montagu visited India when 7 he was Secretary of State, and Lord I
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    SINGAPORE PRICES.
    33 8 LONDJN STANDARD (LOOSE) S, R. Sheet 68 2 rts prr pound per pl. $9l-33 No. 1 Crepe 68V cts per pound per pl. $9l-33 Steadier. (By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen Dennys.)
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    TIN PRICES.
    174 8 The Straits Trading Co.. Ltd., gives the following prices, on September 7: London. Spot £3OO 5 0 Up £l-15-0 3 m/s. buying 296-0-0 1-15-0 3 selling 296-5 0 1-15-0 Locai. September 8: Singapore sold 150 tons at $l5l Penang buyers no sellers at $l5l. 7he Eastern Smelting Co.
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      41 8 EVERY BRITON SHOULD SEE IT DOROTHY GISH in “NELL GWYN” The Very Champagne of Screen Entertainment A T TH E. A 'T R. ID ROYAL From Thursday 9th, till Sunday 12th, September 1926. Bookings now on at Robinson Piano Co., Ltd.
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    FIGHTING IN CHINA.
    803 9 British Nava! Forces Suffer Casualties. DESPOTISM RUN RIFE. SEQUEL TO SEIZURE OF TWO MERCIIXNT SHIPS. (Rugby Radio Service). London, September 7. On ihe informati >n at preseat available, the following may be regarded as an authoritative account of an incident at Man-bsien on the Lpper Yargtse, in
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    "ONE BIG UNION."
    182 9 Lively T. U. C. Discussion. E\srON I/» >GE SCHEME London, September 7. A lively discussion at the Trade Union Congress centred round a resolution by the General Workers’ Union demanding the discouragement of the formation of new organisations with one big union” as the ultimate goal. The
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    SPANISH MUTINY ENDED.
    142 9 —Renter. j COURTS-MXRTTAL FOR ringleaders. Madrid, September 7. An official communique confirms the news that the artillery mutiny has ended. All the disaffected units have surrendered. The communique adds that the ringleaders will be court, mart’alled. The mov-ment did not necessarily imply a plot for military or
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    UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES.
    65 9 (Rugby Radio Service.) London, September 7. The Ministry of Labour announces that on August 30 the total numb’er of persons recorded as unemployed in Great Britain was 1.549,800. This was 9,138 less than a week ago but 195,498 more than a year ago. The figures are exclusive of
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    TOWARDS COAL PEACE.
    193 9 Owners Defer To Mr. Churchill's Wishes. MINISTERIAL SATISFACTION. POSSIBILITY OF NATIONAL SETTLEMENT. (Rugby Radio Service.) London JSepiemb-r 7. The Central Committee of the coal owners met to-day. Afterwards, it was announc'd th it the Committee endorsed every word that Mr. Evan Williams, President of the Coal Owners’
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    LIVING BY THE SWORD.
    140 9 SOVIET TRIAL OF COUNTERREVOLUTIONARIES. Riga, September 7. The Soviet press is giving great prominence to the trial of 27 members of the White Guard, which began at Sevastopol yesterday. The accused are charged with attempted counter-revolution. Three officers, Bezmnkow, Ra pallsky and Detilot with others of
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    CRICKET.
    112 9 YORKS v. M. C. C. London, September 7. The Yorkshire M. C. C. match was drawn. Yorkshire made 349 —Sutcliffe 107, and 226 for 2 wickets (declared) —Holmes 72, Sutcliffe 109 not out. The M. C. C. made 357—Stevens made 100. Macaulay took 6 wickets for 82. In the
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    ST. LEGER PROBABLES.
    28 9 I. on don, September 7. Caissot will be ridden by Carslake, and Glen Albyn by J. Taylor and Piazzetta by Weston. Scratchings. Norman Duke, Wangratta.
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    BANK ACCOUNTANT COMMITTED.
    26 9 —Renter. Bombay, September 7. Evans, the bank accountant, was committed for trial. The prosecution stated that all the missing securities had been recovered.
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    67 9 (Rugby Radio Service.) London, September 7. Paris, 163 a New York, 4.85| Brussels, 175 f Geneva, 25 11| Amsterdam. 12.11 Milan, 130 A Berlin, 20.39 Stockholm, 18 15* Copenhagen, 18.282 Oslo. 22 Vienna, Prague, 163} Helsingfors, 192} Madrid, Lisbon, 2H Rio. 7 U Buenos Aires 45J4 Bombay, l/thud
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    RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
    169 9 Strange Mishap At Leeds, ROOF FALLS ON ENGINE. London, September 7. An express proceeding to London from Glasgow, over-ran the buffers at Leeds station in the early morning. The engine crashed through two walls and demolished the end of the s ation, stopping within a few feet of
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    GERMAN TRAIN SMASH SEQUEL.
    114 9 MECH INIC’S REMARKABLE CONFESSION. Berlin, September 7. Arrested in a casual ward, a musician, Otto Sle'singer (21) and a mechanic, Willy Weber (22) confessed to responsibility for the railway smash at Lehrte on August 19. They said they were unemployed, bad been penniLss for months and
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    FOREIGN OFFICE CHANGES.
    37 9 .—Reuter. London, September 8. Tim Daily Telegraph understands that Mr. Miles Wedderburn Lampson, the he d of the Central European Department Of the Foreign Office, will succeed Sir Ronald Macleay as Minister at Peking.
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    PENANG POLO CLUB.
    412 9 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. The annual general meeting of the Penang Polo Club was held yesterlay evening at the Polo G’ound at 6.30. Mr. G. A. Hereford, the President, was in the chair and those present included Messrs. T. W. Wright (Hon. Secretary), Danson, Arthur, de Buriatte, Stowell,
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    LEASES CEYLON PLASTERS IN K.L.
    373 10 MISSIONARIES OF BUD-GRAFFING. Two interesting visitors to Kuala Lumpur this week are Mr. H. W. R. Bertrand, chairman of the Kalutara Planters* Association, Ceylon. and Mr. C. E. A. Dias. .T.P., U.P.M., who owns extensive rubber properties in the same district, says the Malay Mail.
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    R.A. REUNION DINNER.
    499 10 ENJOYABLE FUNCTION. Blakan Mat: w:.s practically denuded of its garrison on Mon lay night, the bulk r of the Gnnn-rs normally on duty there participating in th a very enjoyable proceedings at the Raffles Hotel, where the second Reunion Dinner of the Royal I' Artillery Association was
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    SWARAJISTS AT SOCIAL FUNCTIONS.
    753 10 PANDIT NEHRU’S VIEWS. Simla, August 28.—As the presence of Pandit Motilal Nehru and six other Swarajists at a private dinner given at his residence by Sir Bhupendra Nath Mitra, at which Lord and Lady Irwin were guests, is being discussed in some social and political circles
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    SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE.
    1071 10 THE STRENUOUS LIFE. Your friends wire to you from golf courses or fashionable bathing resorts and ask what on earth you can find to do in such a place and yet, when you are in the thick of it, you wonder, especially at first, whether the overwhelming
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    113 10 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Rensiena for Asahan, Paneh, Bagan Si-Api-Api and Batu Bahra. Dalgoma for Madras. Steel Traveller for Aden, Suez, New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Glenfidloch for Port Swettenham, Singapore and China. Patroclus for Port Swettenham, Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai. The following ships are in communication with the
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    PENANG MAILS.
    485 10 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). IT TBAIM. Federated 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) at 6 p.m. Parit Bnntar,
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      99 10 WHAT PINKETTES CAN DO FOR YOU. If you are young rinkettes —taken when necessary —will help you keep in perfect physical condition by ensuring daily functional regularity. If middleaged, Pinkettes will keep your liver active, your complexion fresh, your brain clear. To remedy that bane of the elderly, chronic constipation,
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      100 10 •XXXXXXXXJCXXXXXXXCXWmOCXXXXJCJCXiOOCXJCCXJI 5 f,REEN ISLAND f.EMENT I COMPANY, LIMITED. 5 (Incorporated in Hongkong.) fi EMERALD BRAND. 2 PORTLAND CEMENT. 8 In Casks of 375 lbs. Nett. X i R. T. REID Co., Ltd., S I ■kiJKXXJCXXXXKKXXXXXKKXKISXXXXXSaCCCaCCOCXJC Q(r* J S)(?, I'l Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., |6) We Print: l Estate Forms, Etc.,
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      237 10 “ON THE BANKS OF THE WABASH” The photoplay based on the immortal song by Paul Dresser A T Theatre Royal. From Monday 6th, till Wednesday Bth, September 1926. Matinee on Saturday 11th at 2-30 p. m. First Show Starts at 7-30 p.m. Time 5 Reels to the hour. 1. News.
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    THE SHARE LIST.
    173 11 The following were the latest quo Cations in Messrs. Kennedy and Co.'s share list at 11 a.m. to-day Yesterday. To-day. E 8 E Shares. a m x c. c. c. c. Minicg. Chenderiang 25/- 26/- 25/6 27/Gopeng C. 49/- 51/- 50/- 52/6 Idris Hyd. 59/- 60/- 59/6
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    UNITED TRADERS, LIMITED.
    61 11 The following are our latest quotations Rubbers. Buyers. Sellers. Bassetts 51.40 Brogas 1.65 1.70 Glenealys 2.75 2.85 K. Sidims 3.85 4.00 M. Tekongs .92| ,97| U. Benuts .72| .75 Tins. Bangrins (01d)... 35/6 36/6 Chenderiangs 25/3 26/Gopengs 49/- 51/Idris 59/- 61/Kamuntings 79/6 81/6 Lahats 23/9 24/6 Pahangs
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    215 11 PENANG, SEPTEMBER 8, 1926. Bt-nares Opinm p. chest >5,000.00 non.. Gloves 100.00 sellers Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Picking» 160.00 S’ utmegs B(’s 100.00 nom. IBs 95.00 nnconnt«pe- 1,000 50.00 nom. Copra Sundried $11.60 transactions Rattans 11.15 sales Rattans Coart e 10.50 Snail Stulls 13.00 ■4»am Rice No.
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    PENANG HARBOUR BOARD’S FINANCES.
    130 11 Council approved a special vote of $201,384.69 to write off past interest due by Penang Harbour Board. The Acting Colonial Treasurer stated that during the last few years the Penang Harbour Board had been obliged to borrow about $200,000 to enable it to pay interest and
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    KENNEDY & CO'S SHARE LIST.
    1233 11 KENNEDY CO'S SHARE LIST. NAMES. c B RUBBER [Dohte.j 0 J o J o Allenoy Rubber Oo 3 20 3 30 Alor Gejah Rubber Estate 2 85 ’t O"i Amalgamated Malay S.tatea 4 50 4 75 Ayer Ritarj Pbntlog 4 5- 5 CO Ayer Runlng Rubber Kataate- 1 05 1
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      510 11 New Advertisements. RUBBER. Planters requiring Selling Agents POSITIONS VACANT. in Penang or to ship Rubber to iny destination are requested to A Contractor for charcoal burning write to the undersigned. Wo>k n>r years assured. Apply Genera* Terms moderate; prompt sales or Ma. ager, Jendarata Estate, Teluk Anson. shipments effected. Conductor
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    RUBBER POSITION.
    790 12 BATTLE OF THE “CUT” AND ITS RESULTS. A. W. S., writing from London under date August 11, to the Straits lunes says: A few weeks ago, when the struggle was raging between those who desired ine exportable percentage to remain at 100,.and those who wished to see a
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    ROUND THE MARKETS.
    769 12 Messrs. Baker, Morgan Co. Ltd., Kuala Lun.pur, reported on Monday as foil ws Sr'c? we last reported our market has again been active and while Rubbers and Industrials have been firm, the Tin market has been a strong and rising one, the volume of business passing being
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    THE MAILS.
    40 12 The homeward mail by the s.s. Macedonia closes at 5-30 p.m. on Saturday, the 11th instant. The P. &O. Packet Morea with mails despatched from London on August 19 is expected to arrive here at Midnight to day.
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      102 12 I 1 I THE PERFECT ANTI-CORROSIVE PAINT I READY FOR USE C j Il' gg SI II ROOFING PAINT E II gl B S CO2RQSJVS DURABLE 1 1 RED 1; li In j Bl!l?X£LL CoLin. Hl JJnnw® aww® ONE GALLON COVERS AT LEAST 900 sq. feet I FOR USE ON
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    SLAVERY ABOLISHED IN NEPAL.
    1298 13 COMPLETE SUCCESS OF PRIME MINISTER’S SCHEME. An official communique issued by the Anti-Slavery office at Katmandu an- i nources that the last trace of slavery has been v.iped (it of Nepal. Details are given of the measures far manumission which were started in 1920 and have
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    MAN-EATING SHARK.
    239 13 BATHER. DEVOURED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. Man-eating sharks are extremely rare in the Meditei ranean, but one has appear cd recently and succeeded in uarrAing off a victim. This distressing occurrence took place at Varazze, above Genoa, a pleasant little place were the bathers find the sea warin and
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      85 13 SHIP BRAND COFFEE POWDER. Always take only ‘"Ship Brand” Coffee Powder. Why Because it is the only C< ffee Powder on the market that has been tested and recommended by Dr. R. Dowden, Principal Medical Officer, F. M. S., of its best quality. '1 he Ship Brand” Coffee Powder is
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    BRITISH ENGINEERING NOTES.
    1478 14 the advance of wireless. (By A Special Correspondent.) •The Great War was responsible to a very large extent for expediting in a remarkable manner the conquest of the a>r, and>in a somewhat similar manner, the General Strike of May last can be said to have increased the
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    JAPANESE NEWS.
    210 14 strict economy policy.— Nttnya Nic/ti Nichi Shimbnnsh». TIN AND RUBBER QUOTATIONS. Tokio, Sept. 3.—Tin Banka, was maintained at Yl9O in to-day’s market, whil* 1 rubber f. a. q. spot was transacted at Y 0.83. Polish Flight To Japan. The Polish aeroplane which is visiting Japan arrived at Phyongyan,
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      390 14 "TTOU brush your teeth, but do you clean all of them? Not j|w X unless you use the Pro-phy-lac-tic —the tooth brush that MF reaches every part of every tooth, every time. rs‘oQ flB The Pro-phy-lac-tic Tooth Brush has a curved surface that GV exactly fits your mouth. It has
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    MARKET PRICES.
    641 15 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Pbnanq, September 8 1926. S cts Government Mdtton— Mutton Indian w. per lb 55 Mutton— Head, sheep or goat w each 1.00 Liver with heart A lung do 1.30 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Mutton M
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      278 15 1 V- N 5 K t! (c i LAXO builds firm flesh, i JC I plenty of strong bone, C And a sound constitution. It contains nothing whatever to harm baby or cause him pain. That is why if Baby is fed Q on Glaxo he will progress steadily day
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      1312 16 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINEINTENDED SAILINGS FROM PENANG Z k S WEEKLY SERVICE. LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Kg |||gg| ggs. B jA a TEIRESIAS Sept. 9 London. Rotterdam and Hamburg. SARPEDON Sept. 15 M »r*eille3, London, Rotterdam and Glasgow. J ASON Sept. 23 Lon lon, Rotterdam and Hamburg. ;wmmm»«! mi i
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      597 16 P. 0.-BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Companies Incorporated in Enoland.i MAIL. PASSENGER ft CARGO SERVIC FENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL f*. N. Co. (Under Contract with His Majestj’s Government.) P. A O. SAILINGS. LONDON—FAK.KABTE&N SERVICE. For Singapore, Hongkong, Shan£h«?, Bloji For Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Yokohama and Kobe. and London. Morea Sep.
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