Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 December 1926

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No 282. VOL. LXXXIV. FRIDAY, 10th DECEMBER, 1926. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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    BELGIAN-CHINESE TREATY.
    538 2 A QUESTION FOR THE POWERS. Tbe que tion of the Belgian-Chinese Treaty is regarded in Peking as of particular importance in that commitments by the Belgim Government may add to the difficulties of the other Powers, says the Times correspondent there. The B Lian Treaty having been denounced
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    STRAITS TRADING CO.’S CAPITAL.
    107 2 The extraordinary general meeting called for the pu rpose of confirming the resolution passed on November 22ndeffecting an alteration of the Articles of Association of the Straits Trading Company as a. preliminary step to the reduction of the capital of the Company was held at Ocean
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    COMING EVENTS.
    65 2 December 11—Rugg' r Match, Penang v. S-langor at Kn da Lnmpnr. 11— Muth hibol Ahzan vs. C. S. Spor’s Club. 12— Darul-Aihsan vs. Crescent Football Club. 15 —Hockey Ma'ch, Penang v. Sdaneor at Per ang, 17 and 18— P» r.»k Gymkhana Club (Trfiperg) Skye Meeting. 18—Hockey Match, Penang
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      1690 2 POSITIONS VACANT. NOTICES. NOTICES. Wanted: Clerk with knowledge of Incorporated Society of Planters. Taiping Tin Dredging Co., Ltd. Shorthand and Type-writing. Apply North Kedah Branch. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) Box No. 414, c/o Pinang Gazette. 2423 —11-12 The first o f a geries of monthly NOTICE OF DIVIDEND. 1
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      982 2 NOTICES. Pattani Tin, Limited. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) wilder 60 of Ordinance No n In Voluntary Liquidation. (Municipal) NOTICE is hereby, given that at an Notice is 1 early date to be subsequently notified the containing t giv n tb Transfer Register of the above Company imposed on ■dl
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    CRICKET IN INDIA.
    1579 3 M.C.C. MATCHES AT LAHORE IN REVIEW. ARMY’S POOrTxHIBITION. (I'rom Our Own Correspondent.) Colombo, November 22. Notwithstanding the remark of Gilligan, at the conclusion of the Lahore matches, that three-day m itches were too strenuous owing to the heat in India, it will be admitted on all sides,
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      336 3 NOTICE OF SALE. IN THE SUPREME COURf OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, SETTLEMENT OF PENANG. SUIT 1924. No. 20. RE-SALE. By Order of the Trustees under Two Deeds of Settlement of Mohamed Noordin, deceased, in pursuance of Order of Court, dated 29th July, 1926, the following property in the Central District,
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    NEW HORATIO BOTTOMLEY.
    1030 4 WILL PEOPLE KNOW HIM WHEN HE AGAIN APPEARS Big Financial Offer For “Life.” In May, 1922, Horatio Bottomley vanished from public life, sentenced to seven years’ penal servitude. At first he drooped beneath the blow. The gaol seemed but the grave, and he himself did not expect
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    HOCKEY.
    480 4 QUESTION OF OBSTRUCTION. While the rare ocurrence of a penalty bully being given against a hockey goalkeeper, as was the case in the Oxford University and Southgate match, may be assumed to reflect creditably on players generally, 1 feel, writes "The Scribe m The Daily News,” that the infrequency
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      199 4 DISHES I can be made delicious, and appetizing I I by the addition of I LEA PERRINS' I SAUCE For the Evening Toilet //Xzvfe nazeline MZftt c m MB onouu r" ZZ22- Soothes the skin, making it cool Vanishes completely, leaving a perfect in glass pots surface for powder. at
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    PENANG DISTRICT COURT.
    1890 5 LLIANT EAR-RINGS CASK. it re ford, the District Judge, Jfr. ,;A beat part of the morning iftemoonof yester- the case in winch a small woman named Tan Yan d eWg ed»fo l» w8: the charge. q. n Yan, on or about the 1926, at the Police Mr
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    BOUSTEAD & CO: LTD:
    317 5 BOUSTEAD CO: LTD: RU3 IER SALES DEPARTMENT. The market has fluctuated considerably •luring the week under review, rising from 62 to 66 cts per lb and falling again to 62 cts per lb. The sudden rise in the market was due to a rumour of a combine being formed in
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    FORWARD POSITIONS.
    49 5 Delivery Buyer’s Godown. In as Recaived. Jan./ Vlarch R. S. S.—63 cts. per lb. Crepe —Nominal. April/Jnne. R. S. S.—64 eta. per lb. Crepe —Nominal. Jan./Dec. R. S. S. —66} cts. per lb. Crepe. —Nominal. London quiet. New York 36} cts. gold Easier. Singapore 63 cts. quiet.
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    SIMPAM VALLEY HYDRAULIC MINES, LTD.
    222 5 DIREC TORS’ REPORT. Th° following are extracts from tho report of the Directors to be submitted at the meeting on December 15 Your Directors have pleasure in submitting herewith their report and duly an lite 1 st »t of Accounts for the year ended 31st
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    CHARGED TIMES.
    675 5 WESTMINSTER IN THE OLDEN DAYS. I have often wondered in my glimpses of Westminster what Parliamentary life to-day, with the invasion of women members to the Chamber and the advent of the Labour Party, must seem to a man who knew Parliament in the seventies. How many times,
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    EXCHANGE
    129 5 PINING, DECEMBER 10, 1926. (By Courtesy Of The Chartered Bank.) Lendos Demand Bank 2/3 23/32 4 months* sight Bank 2/4 3/32 3 Credit 2/4 3'8 v 5 m Documentary 2/4 13/32 Calcutta Demand Bank 155.' 3 day’s sight Private M 157: d Bombay Demand Bank 155 g Madras Demand
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    755 5 ORDERS OF THE DAY. I The following are the orders of the Day for the meeting of the Legislative Council on Monday I- Questions by fllr. Mohamed Unus bin Abdullah: “In view of the statement made by His Excellency the Governor that a sum of $10C€ i 0,CO0
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    SIR RONALD ROSS.
    560 5 ANTI-MALARIA WORK IN MALAYA* Interview Prior To Departure. The visit of Colonel Sir Ronald Ross, the distinguished malaniologist, to Singapore concluded on Wednesday afternoon when, accompanied by Sir Malcolm "Watson, he left on the Ipoh for Port Swettenham. I During his brief stay Sir Ronald has inspected
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      202 5 CHILDREN EVERYWHERE Find Help In BABY’S OWN TABLETS. A MERIC 4 Mrs. C. R. Lee, of 40 Foster street, Barre, Vt., writes :—“My little one was troubled with obstinate constipation. I gave him Baby’s Own Tablets they relieved him at once and he has not been bothered since.” BURMA Ma
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    By the Way.
    1633 6 /TJLDERLY people often complain that the beef and mutton of to-day are not so good as they were in their younger days. Their sons and daughters laugh and tell them it is not the meat that is wrong, but their appetites. Yet the old folk are quite
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    MR. W. HAMILTON.
    74 6 FAREWELL BY SCHOOL CADETS. Mr. W. Hamilton, the retiring headmaster of the Penang Free School was yesterday entertained by the Officers and the N. C. O's of the School Cadets. Lieutenant S. M. Tsabak who presided said a few words on the sterling qualities of Mr. Hamilton
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    PENANG POLICE COURT.
    443 6 ALLEGED THEFT OF JEWELLERY. Before Mr. C. W. A. Sennett the Police Magistrate, Inspector MacQuarrie of the Pitt Street Police Station charged a Malay, Bidin bin Sultan Amin with theft of a gold chain valued $13., a gold locket set with green stones valued $10 and a
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    LOST HIS TEMPER—AND DIGNITY.
    99 6 SPANISH DIPLOMAT STRIKES POLICEMAN. Mexico City, December 9. A representative of a foreign power was involved in a street brawl as a result of failure to observe the signals of a policeman who was directing traffic. Pedro Gual. the Spanish Charge d’ Affaires, the motor- ist
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    FRENCH BUDGET PASSED.
    38 6 Paris, December 9. The Chamber passed the budget by 410 votes to 135 and adjourned to December 17. The expenditure amounts to 39,634. 408,139 and receipts 40,099,101,036 francs. Only the Socialists and Communists voted against.
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    WORLD’S BIGGEST BANK.
    52 6 New York, December 9. The National City Bank will become the largest banking institution in the world, as a result of the directors’ decision to recommend an increase in the bank’s capital by $25,000,000 to $140,000,000. The M dland Bank of England comes next with a capital
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    MONEY IN OIL.
    21 6 The Hague, December 9. The Royal Dutch Petroleum Company has declared an interim dividend of 10 per cent.
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    61 6 (Rugby Radio Service) London, December 9. Paris, 123| New York, 4.85f Brussels, 34.86 Geneva, 25.09| Amsterdam, 12.12§ Milan, lllf; Berlin, 20.38 Stockholm, 18.14| Copenhagen, 1821}; Oslo, 19.111; Vienna, 34.40; Prague, 1631 5 Helsingfors, 192.50 Madrid, 31.92 Lisbon, 2JJ Rio. 5fi Buenos Aires. 450 Bombay, l/5ffd Shanghai, 2/5} f
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    CHINESE WEDDING.
    763 6 LIM—YEOH. THIRD DAY’S CEREMONY. The dinner which was given last night by Mr. and Mrs. Lim Eow Thoon, at their residence 278, Penang Road, in honour of the rnariiage of their eldest son Mr. Lim Seong Wah and Miss Yeoh Cheng Ee, the only daughter of the late
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    ITALO-GERMAN TREATY.
    66 6 Geneva, December 9. There is no surprise here at the reports of the imminence of the signature of an Italo-German treaty of arbitration and friendship as it has been known for some time that negotiations in that connection have been pending. The treaty is in the spirit of
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    GOVERNMENT GIRL’S SCHOOL.
    623 6 ANNUAL REPORT, 1926. The following is the Annual Report for 1926, of the Government Girls’ School from the Headmistress, Miss H. Waugh. Enrolment. During the year the average enrolment has been just under 300 and the average attendance about 270, a percentage of over 90. All the
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    PENANG CONVENT X’MAS FUND.
    117 6 Mr. S. Wood-Hill begs to acknowledge the following subscriptions Previously acknowledged 86’22.00 Mr. Lira Cheng Kung 10.00 Mr. “M. K.” 5 00 Mr. J. R. Tvte 10 00 Mr. J. M. Whyte 10.00 Mr. A. H. Malet 10.00 Mr. C. R. Samuel 10.00 Mrs. Joan Wright
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    554 6 Mrs. Martin Wright i European Hospiui’ Lu "-pUr. n H Sha-rpiu, of Bank, returned to C H °n?ko n? Malwa. ln Bapore Mr. B W Ell oaltfre, F.M.S., h«'be ,w fall during the last Skv-Xi had sustained severe injuries' u Meetln g M this morning. 8 Crated
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      A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
      61 6 A i'l oi."' (To the Edit Sir,—Permit we through of your paper to in charge of the habit of coolie Pier) mal calculated to enhance of this place. The e are to be scci patched J crimson sah which turns the covered witnesses let alone the a.
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      50 6 PROVINCE WELLESLEY AND KEDAH CHURCH NOTICES. December 12—3rd Sunday in Advent Ember Week *8 a.m. Holy Communion and address at S. Paul’s Chapel, Bukit Tengah. 5.30 p.m. Evensong and address at S, Mark's Church, Butterworth. Thursday, December 16—0. Sapientia, 7.30 a.m. H ly Communion at S. Paul's Chapel Bukit Tengah.
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    MALAYA AND FLIGHT.
    491 8 In an interesting article in “British Malaya,” the magazine of the Association of British Malaya, received to-day, Sir Alan Cobham discusses our country from the point of view of air possibilities and makes a very definite statement to the effect that the essential fact about it is
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    COUNTING THE COST.
    279 8 Now that the disastrous coal strike, which has lasted since the beginning of May, has petered out. we may well consider its effec 1 not only upon industry in general but upon the whole nation. The power of the Miners’ Federation is broken with the passing of
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    IMPERIAL CONFERENCE AND FILMS.
    311 8 The Federation of British Industries prepared a memorandum for submission to the Imperial. Conference, containing proposals for a scheme for the co-opera-tive marketing of British films. A handicap for British films in the Dominions at present is that the few British pictures prepared are offered to
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    Improving at Golf.
    889 8 Winning Sfjots. By Harry Vardon. (Six Times Open Champion). Which is the most valuable shot in golf This question has been brought to mind by a talk I had not long ago with Alexander Herd, that energetic veteran who, at the age of 58, has established himself
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    Much Handier.
    71 8 There was a Mad of llrich football 0rnn.,,1 football ground in antici! Pation of gome reconstruction plarg. piarg. An aged supporter of the club came up and studied the bricks said to the secretary, “whr.lid,,’ J half bricks? They’d be much handier.’’ Handier said the secretary Whv we
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    A Disagreement
    38 8 Black—“ Hallo, White, I hear you’ve got the eack.” White—" Yea that's right.” Black—“ What for White “Oh, there wag a disagreement Black—" Between you and the boss White—“No, between the cash book and the till.”
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    72 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, December 10. The Governor’s visit to Siam has been postponed on the advice of his medical advisers. The Ranee of Sarawak has arrived from Kuala Lumpur and will sail on Saturday for Kuching. Two Indian members of th* 1 crew of the Egra
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    DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
    77 8 VILLAGE REDUCED TO ASHES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, December 10. Originating in the kitchen at the end of a row of buildings, a fire destroyed the entire village of Ampang, seven miles out of Ipoh. The village consisted of sixty shophonses with timber and nttap roofing. The
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    TIN PRICES.
    114 8 The Straits Trading Co.. the following prices, on 1 Member London Spot £307 0 0 down •>’ 3 m/s. buying 29.-5s ■J Belling „297 10.1 i'll» Local. December 10; Singapore sold 100 tons at Penang buyers no sellers at 7he Eastern Smelting Co. A; London. December 9., spot.
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    RUBBER OUTPUTS.
    87 8 The following are additional outputs for November: )bs Taipine Sungei Batu 40.000 Vai D’or gp.r.oO Malakoff 1(58.000 Bertam C. Bertam Extended 37.11OO Windsor (F.M.S.) 6 g joO Mayfield 21.-' 00 Foothills (Malaya) fi2 ,000 Kuala Sidim 2 l-0"0 Bassett 143.89-* United Patani J4P.067 Kuala Muda TTnermn R nbber
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      88 8 “E. O.” Christmas New Year Festivities. XMAS EVE 24th December. Xmas dinner and Cinderella Dance. Xmas Crackers $4. BOXING DAY—27th December. (instead of Sun. 26th.) Carnival Dinner and Dancing till 1-45 a. m. $5. Latest French Novelties NEW YEAR EVE-31st DEC. Gala Night. Special Dinner. Pierrot and Pierrette Costume Ball.
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    15 8 DEATH. Beaumont.—On Thursday, December 9, at Taiping, Robert Somerville Beau mont, Manager Trong Rubber Estate.
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    IN CHINA NOW.
    442 9 h Question Of British Intervention. not to be G° VE rI'SHEB. 0JUGBY R ADI SKRVICB London, December 9. was a<ked to-day, in A pronouncement of Mr. British Minister in p co nld be no question of i* tb8 1 b7 Great Britain in the e0 S na
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    INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE.
    78 9 t Landon, December 9. ■Bates r Rdfd [i m eighteen countries Seo In, ernational Credit h*bf orm j 111 London with a ri»<‘xnew P 7 8Ona1 *****8(51 between different countries PtefcorZ reaching a uniform t| 1P 0 concerning advice J'*n«g f, r, 1,1 88 of firms and also
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    ANOTHER SHIPPING DEAL PENDING.
    56 9 J 11* tr-dw W December 9. iu"' ton» is ve8ap ls, aggregating Man i? V0,ve< in an offer by L 'debase n f ar IH,1 ’P Company for C fr e Loy land and Red t./, rf te Afar;.'," V* 6 International ’'L‘ff.-r f 'Ciose directors
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    SUGAR SLUMP.
    199 9 Beet Competition. SIR E. LYLE’S OPINE MN. London, December 9. The sugar refiners, Messrs. Tate and Lyle, have decided to abandon the project of building a sugar beet factory in Yorkshire on account of the experience gained through working the existing factory in Suffolk. Sir Ernest Lyle, at
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    FIRESTONE AND LIBERIA.
    158 9 RUBBER AGREEMENTS COMPLETED. London. December 9. It is announced that the Firestone Rubber group agreement and also the American loan contract has be a n signed and ratified by the Liberian Government and Legislature. Mr. Harvey Firestone has left Monrovia for Accra en route to America. [On
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    HER POUND OF FLESH.
    174 9 AMERICA—THE MODERN SHYLOCK. Washington, December 8. The outstanding fea’ure of the Secretary to the Treasnrv, Mr. Mellon’s rennrt, is the impression it gives of the United States reluctance at present to re-consider any war debt settlements. It states that 97 per cent of the total of
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    EMERGENCY REGULATIONS.
    43 9 London, December 9. The House of Commons agreed to the motion repealing the majority of the emergency regulations, apart from those required for the control of the export of coal supplies, gas, water and electricity, pending a return to normal work.
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    THE LEAGUE.
    425 9 Coming Disarmament Conference. M. BENIS’S REPORT ADOPTED. CAREFUL PREPARATORY WORK ESSENTIAL. Geneva, December 9, The League Council adopted the report submitted by M. Benes, the rapporteur dealing with arbitration, security and the reduction of armaments, and passed a resolution recommending the member states to conclude agreements tending to
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    SAFETY FIRST.
    44 9 NEW ROAD RULES, (Rugby Radio Service.) London, December 9. As a preventive against night driving accidents, the new road vehicles bill introduced into Parliament provides for the compulsory use of four front lights on automobiles and limits the range of their beam.
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    THE ICE BROKEN.
    43 9 GRAIN SHIPS RELEASED. Fort William, December 9. The ice jam between Lakes Superior and Huron has been broken, thus liberating the fleet of grain carriers laden with several million bushels of wheat which were frozen in during the recent blizzard.
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    OSMAN DIGNA DEAD.
    236 9 Passing Of A Great Leader. EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN RECALLED London, December 9. One of the most rugged and most picturesque characters in the history of North Africa has disappeared by the death, at Wady Haifa, after a short illness, of Osman Digna, whose name figured in most of
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    WIRELESS ANNIVERSARY.
    89 9 MARCONI’S EXPERIMENTS. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, December 9. Next Sunday will be the twenty-fifth anniversary of wireless experiments conducted by Signor Marconi,» which resulted in the transmission and reception, for the first tim°, of wireless signals between the old and new worlds. It was on December 12. 1901
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    MARCONI’S MARRIAGE.
    124 9 MARCONI’ S MARRIAGE. DECISION ON ANNULMENT. Rome, December 10 At the request of interested parties, the Sacred Rota decided that all proceedings in the application for tho annulment of Marconi’s marriage, shall be conducted in secrecy in order to avoid unpleasant discussion. [On November 24, Reuter cabled as follows 'It
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    LONDON’S BRIDGES.
    169 9 EXTENSIVE EXPANSION SCHEME. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, December 9. The report on the London Cross River traffic presented by the Royal Commission recommends improvements, including the construction of four more Thames bridges costing altogether £27,500,000. Much public satisfaction is expressed that the commission propose tie preservation of Waterloo
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    MINE EXPLOSION.
    60 9 MANA’ KILLED. Princeton (Indiana), December 9. Over thirty miners are believed to have been killed a few minutes after starting work as the result of an explosion in the Francisco mine southwest of Indiana. The explosion was due to gas which blew off the top of the airshaft
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    CONTEMPORARY ASTERISKS.
    1459 10 HORSES AS ANTIQUITIES. A Lancashire Venture. The weather played a sad trick on London on the Lord Mayor’s Show Day. 7he morning was sunny and cloudless., Ail was well till the Lord Mayor halted at th e Law Courts. Then big spots of i uin fell, and befui
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    “IF LEAGUE FAILS——”
    112 10 “IF LEAGUE FAILS HEADMASTER AND CANON ON MAN’S ALTERNATIVES. “If the League of Nations fails,” Dr. Norwood, headmaster of Harrow, declared at a Wembley meeting, “there is nothnig before the nations of Europe but disintegration and decay. “It js said the development of war material will eventually l<ing something so
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    LABELLED AS “GOODS.”
    94 10 ACTRESS WEIGHED AND SENT IN GUARD’S VAN. Porteis at Victoria Station, London, recently received a surprise when they opened the guard’s biake of the midday train from Brighton. Securely wrapped up in brown paper, labelled with the address “Comedy Theatre,’’ they found Phyllis Black, who had been
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    WHAT AVIATION COULD DO FOR MALAYA.
    1255 11 SINGAPORE AS AN AIR BASE. By Sir Alan J. Cobham, K.B.E., A.F.C. (In “British Malaya.’’) The essential fact about MaJaya is that it is a country made for seaplanes. When one flies along the jagged coast, all bays and inlets and estuaries, with th
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    VOICE FROM THE SEA?
    69 11 A 40-year-old mystery of the sea is revived by the discovery in the Baltic of a bottle containing the message “May 17, 1887. Tell mother I died fighting. John Lee master mariner, Halifax.” John Lee sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, 40 years ago, and was never
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    232 11 HORSES IN TRAINING. The following is a full list of horses in training for the coming Penang Race, Meeting. While under training they will, be given numbers as below by which th°v can be realily distinguished. 1. Gunner, 2. Conundrum, 3. Bella. 4. K. L. Pmy (Griffin,
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    SNOWSTORMS IN JAPAN.
    22 11 SIXTY FISHING BOATS MISSING. Tokyo December 9. Heavy snowstorms are raging throughout Northern Japan. Sixty fishing boats are missing.
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    The Penang Maruthuva Kula Sangam Argyll Road,
    32 11 Penang was opened by the H n. Mr. P. K. Nambyar yesterday, at which there was a large and representative gathering from all over Malaya.
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    THE SHARE LIST.
    173 11 following were the latest quo' fattens in Messrs. Kennedy and Co.'s share list at 11 a.m. to-day Yesterday. To-day. <3 2 E E Shares. g £3* T GD ffl oo cq x c. c. c. c. Mining. Bangrin Tin 33/6 35/- 33/- 3 r cum Idris Hyd.
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    UNITED TRADERS, LIMITED.
    77 11 The following are our latest quotations Rubbers. Buyers. Sellers. Alor Gajahs $2.85 $2.95 Balgownies 4.50 4.70 B. Jelutongs 105 1.10 Colinsburghs 4.00 410 Katoyangs 2.45 2 55 Lunas 4.00 4.20 Mentakabs .55 .57 S. Tukangs 1.35 1.40 Tins. Bangrins (New) 28/6 30/Chenderiargs 28/- 29/Idris 58/- 59/6 Ipehs
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    53 11 The output of Pahang Consolidated Ltd., for the month of November was 3,847 pels. The output of Ipoh Tin Dredging Ltd., for the month of November was 730 pels.The output of Menglembu Lode Mining Company, Ltd., for the month of November was Mill 175 piculs, Tributers 11 piculs.
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    BLAKE AND CO.’S SHARE REPORT.
    348 11 Singapore, December 8. Pontianak Gold Concessions. —All interest during the past week has been centred in this counter. The early return of the independent engineer—engaged by the Company to check the bores put down by its managing director—caused uneasiness, and rumours soon spread that his
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    BRITISH EMPIRE PRODUCERS.—V.
    1034 12 (7) COCOA. The following is the conclusion of the memorandum made to the Imperial Economic Conference by British Empire Producers The Cocoa Section of the Organisation, after considering various methods for the maintenance of the industry, has decided that for the present, conditions of production and the
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    94 12 TO- DAY’S D t Pa RL' U R F-S Carmarthenshire for Colombo, Port Said, Oran, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg. Kopah for Belawan (Deli). Teesta for Port Swetteuham and Singapore. Formosa for Singapore, China and Japan Ellenga for Rangoon and Calcutta. The following ships are in commuti cation with
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    PENANG MAILS.
    346 12 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday) BT TW Federated Malay States, Malacca, Johore and Singapore. Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half-an-fcoar earliei than the Ordinary mail. Resumption or Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed daily (Sunday excepted) at 6 p.m. Parit Buntar,
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      191 12 UNITED CINEMA From Thursday, 9th to Sunday*1 2l l, I) cecml Matinee Sunday, 12th at 2-30 p m Hoot Gibson and Francis Ford in “Taming The We A two-mile-a-minnte romanc», wiihoat a s low Jown T 6 feels its footage. n In the Second Show at 9-15 p,m. Georges Carpentier
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    WOMEN BARRISTERS.
    507 13 THE DESIRE TO BE INDEPENDENT. A Burmese lady has just been-called to the bar. Some surprise has been caused by the falling off in the entries by women for the hazards of the Bar. Clearly, it foes not mean that young women fresh from the schor ls are
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    MUSICIANS AT LAW.
    302 13 VIOLINIST SUES PIANIST. A violinist and a pianist were the central figures in an action before the Chief Justice, Sir William Murison, in the Supreme Court, Singapore on Tuesday. The former, M. F. Pereira, sought to recover $2,490 from A. F. Menezes, this sum. being the alleged
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    FILMS WHICH INSULT THE BRITISH.
    1185 14 WHO WON THE WAR The American cinema industry has exploded the adage that the camera cannot lie it has proved conclusively that the camera is the biggest force for the dissemination of lies the world has ever seen. Falsification of emotions, habits of life, national
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    U. S. PRESIDENT’S PIOUS PANEGYRIC.
    65 14 Washington. A fundamentabst New England Coolidge is manifest in every line of the Presidential proclamation fixing 25 November as a thanksgiving date. One passage reads. "The Almighty has smiled on our fields. They have brought forth plentifully. We are dossed among the nations of the
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    177 14 PENANG, DECEMBER 10, 1926. Seivir*»» Ochhit. p. «h* 65,000.00 notu. Cloves 75.30sAlbr« lold lea* 72.00 seller! Mac** Picking# 160.00 seller! *Jn‘.niege 80s 100.00 nom. 110* 95.00 GocnnuU per 1Of 0 5° M noru. Conra Snndrhd Rattan, Rattans Coare J" .-hi Snai’ Bhtlta «io. No. 1 ’f.""'” rjo do
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    MARKET PRICES.
    610 15 CH0WRA8TA MARKET. Pbnang, December 9, 1926 Mutton— Mutton Indian per lb 40 Head, sheep or coat M each l.UO Liver with heart A lung do 1.30 rri P e do 1.00 Goat or Sheep p er II 47 &55 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Muttoa |b 47
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      236 15 REFLECT I I ON WHAT THE Sunday Gazette Offers to you as A d vertisers. I 1 11 ftOlIK SUNDAY GAZETTE gives you i ihe entree into considerably over three thousand homes. Its readers comprise I t practically the whole of the class with money to spare and to spend.
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