Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 29 December 1926

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 295. VOL. LXXXIV. WEDNESDAY. 29th DECEMBER• 1926. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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      14 1 T. NAGATA BROTHERS DENTISTS. Head Office: Next to the Dispensary Branch Office Leith Street, <
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    EX-ASCHDUKE’S ROMANCE.
    869 2 A VARIED CAREER. In a remote suburb of Vienna beyond the Danube, one of the new houses erected by the Municipality of Vienna is occupied by Leopold Wolfing, a former Archduke of Austria, who twenty-four years voluntarily surrendered his connections with the Imperial house to live his own
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      1213 2 MnTirvq NOTICES. UNHEARD OF BARGAINS penang turf club. &0. Hotel, Room 36. IN a nrb a Trn tiTiTCDC Applications for the use of Private Arriving December 30. AERATED WAltKb Boxes during the forthcoming meeting will be received up to Monday. 3rd con9 j gllineilt of DresseB CROWN CORKED January, 1927.
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    THE BRUMMAGEM TOUCH.
    1179 3 “JOE'S” HOLD ON ENGLAND’S HEART. Com. Locker-Ldmpaon, M. P, Tlmdgworth Division of Birmingham, writes in the Daily Mail.— Young people can do worse than make a god of some meteoric public contemporary and my sisters, my brother, and I were assuredly wise when as maidens and youths
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    SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS OF TANGANYIKA.
    367 3 WHITE SETTLEMENT BEGINNING Although the south rn highlands of Tanganyika T» rritf ry are remote from a railway, the settlement of the more accessib'e portions by Eurnp i ans has already been begun says a “Times’’correspondent. The Iringi area, lying 140 miles to the south of
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      66 3 The South Kedah Timber Tiles Pottery Works. TELEGRAMS V.-IJ-y. TELEPHONE JEYASEKERA Aulllll NO. 48. RAILWAY STATION BVKIT MERTAJAM. OFFICE 113, Hospital Road. WORKS 4tb, 6h, Bth and 10th, Mile S. Uiar Road. GENERAL MERCHANTS CONTRACTORS TIMBER CUTTERS MANUFACTURERS OF Bricks, Tiles, Latex Caps, Jars, Flower vases etc. WILLIAM’S Acid saving
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      168 3 ——M—gi u Never Such a Gramophone Before I B S i N i i I < S 11 M m Hi i M K \4-4-33* 19 20 TO M. M M W E M U 1927 U M fl JTwice the Musical Range I s 11 M The greatest advance
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    Shrines of Britain's Glory
    901 4  -  CHARLES'TObAVAY (Pegisterod in Accordance teith rhi Copyright Act) WHITEHALL. Whitehall is one of the widest and handsomest streets in modern London, and derives its name from the great palace of the Tndor and Stuart monarchs which formerly stood on the site. When Cardinal Wolsey became Archbishop
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    CONTEMPORARY ASTERISKS.
    778 4 TO REPLACE TOST SLOOP. In place of H.M.S. Valerian, which was overwhelmed and sunk in the Bermuda hurricane on October 22nd, when 84 officers and men lost their lives, another of the herbaceous border sloops is to be sent from England to join the squadron under Vice Admiral
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      549 4 The WHIPPET sets a new pace H Compare other cars by these standards <4Jrfe 7 n» 35 miles on an Imperial gallon of petrol. 55 miles an hour—s to 30 miles in 13 seconds. Four-wheel brakes—stops in 51 feet from a speed of 40 miles an hour. gf raggiagg-—Qi Turns
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    WILL 0’ THE WISP 0’ THE WAVES.
    699 5 eTjLURE OF THE LOST ATLANTIS. The legend of the Flood has come to us from the East, where every nation has it in some form or other, but in the West what may be the same legend takes the form of submerged cities,
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    NEW DESERT “SHIPS.”
    124 5 MOTOR TRANSPORT TAKING THE PLACE OF CAMELS. A tribute to the value of motor transport to the explorer and pioneer was paid by Dr. Roy Chapman Andrews, leader of the Central Asia Expedition to Mongolia, in an interview before be left for America on a lecture tour.
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    By the Way.
    1679 6 CK/f R. K. S. CHAN, whose letter /y/ appears in another column of this issue, comments on the danger created by motorists who fail to sound their horns on turning corners, and calls attention to the need of police supervision at the Pitt Street-Chulia Street crossing. So
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    BRITISH WIRELESS.
    318 6 Success Of Rugby Station. TRANS-ATLANTIC TELEPHONY. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, December 28. Warm praise for ihe Post Office wireless eng’neers for their work at Rugby High Power Rtdio Station appears in the second report of the Wireless Telegraphy Commission. Among reports of testings from all over the world,
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    INDIAN NATIONALISTS.
    126 6 CONFERENCE APPROVES SWARAJIST PROGRAMME. Gauhati, December 28. The Conftrmce endorsed the Swarajist programme by a large majority. [Reuter cabled on December 26 as follows 2,500 delegates and 8,000 visitors present at the opening of the Nationalist Congress, which is for the first time being held in Assam. Mr.
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    DISASTROUS PETROLEUM FIRE.
    89 6 DEATH IN MINIATURE INFERNO. Venture (California), December 28. Trapped in a ring of fire 400 f-»et across the Humber, manv employees of the General Petroleum Company rerished in a desperate fight far life. When they found that their escape had been cut off by a wall of
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    LATE EMPEROR OF JAPAN.
    54 6 BRITISH COURT TO GO INTO MOURNING. (Rugby Radio Service.) London December 28. The newspapers are publishing long and appreciative memorial notices of the late Emperor of Japan. The King has commanded that the English Court shall wear mourning for three week*, and ha’f mourning from January
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    INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.
    43 6 AMERICA PARTICIPATING, Washington, December 28. White Hou’e has decided that the United States should participate in the International Conference on double taxation in international business opening at Geneva on January* 5. Professor Adame, of Yale University, will represent the United States.
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    AVIATION.
    253 6 New Empire Air Route. AIR MINISTER’S FLIGHT. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, December 28. The Air Minister, Sir Samuel Hoare, accompanied by Lady Hoare and Sir Geoffrey S»lmond, who was recently appointed Officer Commanding the Royal Air Force in India, left London for India yesterday in a De Havilland Hercules
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    80 6 LEAGUE RESULTS. London, December 25. The following were the results of the ties played to-day FIRST DIVISION. Arsenal 1, Manchester 0. Aston Villa 5, Leeds United 1. Derby C. 3, West Ham U. 0. Liverpool 3, Bolton W. 2. Wedn-sJay 3, Tottenham H. 1, [SECOND DIVISION. Barnsley 5,
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    M. C. C. TOUR.
    314 6 MATCH AGAINST EASTERN EUROPEANS. Sandham’s Seventh Century. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta. December 28. The second day’s play in the match between the M. C. C. tourists and Europeans in the East leaves the game in an interesting position, and it is possible that the result
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    PENANG POLICE COURT.
    1045 6 DISORDERLY CONDUCT. Before Mr. C. W. A. Sen nett, the Police Magistrate, yesterday morning, Palani and Muthn Valu stood charged with disorlerly conduct by fighting at the P.W.D. cooly lines at BaHi Ferringhi at 4 p.m., on the 26th inst. His Worship cautioned and discharged them. Kandasamy
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    NOTICE.
    43 6 FLOODS IN KUALA LUMPUR. ataTeV-— 3tal n tiCe isBne lth ’’3 morning The Kuala Lumpur Pogt Office advises that owing to severe floods, there is heavy delay in the delivery of telegrams and the delivery of all postal matter has been suspended.
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    INTERRUPTION OF THE RAILWAY SERVICE.
    81 6 Outgoing Mails. Mails for Parit Buntar, B man Sera? Taiping, Si’iawan, Lumut, Kuala Ka igSir, Ipob, Batu Gajab, Tapah Road and Teluk Anson are being despatched gg usual. Mails for other places in he F. M. S. Singtpore, Malacca and Johore went forward by the
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    INCOMING MAILS.
    82 6 No news has been received regarling the mails which shou’d have arrived at 6 43 a.m. and 6 25 p.m. ye-terday. Mails from Ipoh, Taiping, Sitiawan, Lumut, Kaala Kangsar and Parit Buntar ver*» received this morning. Ma’ls from Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, etc., are die to arrive by the
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    SECOND POSTAL NOTICE.
    53 6 INTERRUPTION OF THE RAILWAY SERVICE. Incoming Mails. Mails from th« followin’ places were received at 11.30 a.m. to-day ex “Kinta”: —Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, Seremban, Port Swettenham, Johore, Klang. Kuala Kubu, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, San Francisc’, H ngkong, Colombo, and Dhamvkodi. Correspondence will be sent for delivery
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    OUTGOING MAILS.
    66 6 Mails for Singapore, Kuala Lnmpnr, Malacca, Port Swettenham. Kian?» Seremban, Johore and Kuala wil, be forwarded to-day by the s 9. Edavana. Parcels and registered corr?spondencc may be posted at the General Post Office up to 2.30 p.m. ordinary correspondence up to 3 p.m. A further mail for
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    PENNY POST PUT OFF.
    176 6 ONE EFFECT OF BIG SLUMP IN REVENUE"The vision of pennUpostage, has mocked at us for so a j to take some substantial orm > seemed very nearly within our gra. in common with many other des.rab e forms, it has now receded mto the tain background
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    THE R. G. A.
    2613 7 New and Practical Uses. RUBBER HOUSES. BREWERS’ AND ALLIED TRADERS’ EXHIBITION. Rubber is to-day almost indispensable m hotel and restaurant furnishing, a fact "hich was amply demonstrated to visitors to the Brewers’ and Allied Traders’ Exhibition, which was held at the Royal Xgricultural Hall, October 30th
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      136 7 m. v. “GLENIFFER” Voy. 23. Consignees of cargo per the above vessel from Europe are hereby notified that she is due here on Thursday afternoon, the 30th instant, and will comm-nee discharging on arrival in the Road*?. BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd., (Incorporated in F. M S.) Agents, THE GLEN LINE LTD.
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      303 7 .mu I M 1 > i o )iy c< g >< ft I x I I n o- K JJ >3 c K LAXO builds firm flesh, JI g I plenty of strong bone, ifc -X and a sound constitution. M It contains nothing what- ji ever to harm baby
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    BIRTH.
    19 8 SMITH.—On 26th December, 1926, at 13, Dnnn Read. Penang, to Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Smith, a daughter.
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    NATURE AND MAN.
    537 8 The floods which devastate Perak from time to time, inflict considerable injary upon Penang by delaying the mails and other transport and interfering with the routine of business at considerable cost to commercial men and annoyance to the public. If any further proof of the wisdom of
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    CHINA AND THE POWERS.
    512 8 Much comment, the burden of which is favourable, has been passed on the British Government’s memorandum on China, which was submitted recently to the eight other Powers signatory to the Washington Treaty. The combined press of Britain, France and America is practically unanimous in applauding, the
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    DROPPING THE PILOT.
    300 8 The resignation of Sir Herbert Blain of the post of Principal Agent to the Conservative party, which he tendered some time ago, will take effect at the turn of the year, by which time the new Chairman of the Party Organisation, Mr. J. C. C. Davidson, M.
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    Preak Golf Clubs.
    921 8  -  Wry-fteeks and Otfjer Effects. BY HARRY VARDON. (Six Times Open Champion). A lady golfer asks whether I recommend wry-necked clubs. Her question seems to have been inspired by the information whifti has received from a friend that Miss D. R. Fowler who won last year’s English championship
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    176 8 BIG CHANDU SEIZURES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, December 29. Chandu worth $30,000 was seiz din a Chinese house and more, worth M 6,000, was found on five Chinese who were arrested by the Harbour Board police during Christmas. Alleged Wrongful Confinement. When two Coinese wom?n and a
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    PENANG RACES.
    168 8 HORSES EXPECTED. In addition to the list already published yesterday the following horses are also expected from Kuala Lumpur—Lady Eaton, Florrie’s Pet, Amrita, and Griffins 12 and 23. From Ipoh.—Kcnildor, Faugh-a-P>al-lagh, Lum Reek, Malim Nawar, Menhu, Shere Khan, Chandan, Druid, Noisy Oyster, Sunny Days, Penarth, Damansara, Jane, Kismet,
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    TIN PRICES.
    83 8 The Straits Trading Co.. p td gw(S the following prices, on December London. Spot £297 15-0 3;’.° 3 m/s. buying 294-0 0 Down 3 selling 294-5-0 Local. December 29: Singapore sold 125 Penang buyers no sellers $l4. 2Messrs. Boustead and Co.. Ltd. Yesterday’s quotation for S 'S" r
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    GENERAL PRODUCE AGENCY LTD.
    31 8 RUBBER PRICES. We beg to re P ort S 'Smoked prices for Standard Sheet for to-day are as follows Spot 6( c January Jan/March -q c April/June
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      41 8 “E. O.” New Year Festival. NEW YEAR EVE—3lst DEC Gala Night. Special Dinner. Pierrot and Pierrette Costume Ball. Illuminations —Carnival Novelties $5. Hem and Eggs Supper—7s cts a plate. Dancing till 1-45 a. m. Booking now open. LIPTON’S PURE CEYLON TEA.
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    IN CHINA NOW.
    1912 9 Press Approval of British Memorandum. A Frank Document. Japan Alone Disapproves the Scheme. The news from China is not, as yet, wholly reassuring. There is still considerable anti-foreign—really anti-British—feeling and the danger of an outbreak, carefully engineered, of course by Moscow, is not so remote that it
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    E. & O. HOTEL.
    26 9 E. O. HOTEL. On the occasion of the visit of the s.s. Sarpedon, dancing will take place at the hotel this evening at the usual time.
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    U. S. AND MEXICO.
    54 9 PRESIDENT CALLES* HOPE. Mexico City, December 28. Major D’Argue, commander of the five American army aeroplanes, who is making an 18,500 mile pan-American *flight, presented a letter from President Coolidge to President Calles, who wished the flyers success and hoped that the friendly relations between America
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    NICARAGUA.
    380 9 Four Days Of Fierce Fighting. TRUCE CALLED. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT'S ACTION SEVERELY CRITICISED. Managua, Decamber 28. A truce has been agreed the rival Nicaraguan factions, in order to bury the dead killed in four days fighting with heavy losses to both sides. It is stated that the Liberals, aided by
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    "S. G.” $l,000 CROSS-WORDS.
    54 9 In consequence of the upset in mail deliveries to Penang on account of the floo Is, judging in connection with the Sunday Gazette $l,OOO Cross-Words Competition has been unavoidably postponed and will take place to-morrow when it is hoped that the name of the successful competitor
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    PENANG LIBRARY.
    16 9 The Library will be closed on Saturday, January, 1, 1927, being a Public Holiday.
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      54 9 THEATRE ROYAL Commencing Thursday, 6th January. Under the distinguished patronage of The Hon’ble Mr. R. Scott,, Resident Councillor, Penang. “THE RETREAT FROM MONS” The Most Glorious Page of Our History. A percentage of the receipts of this performance will be devoted to the EXSERVICE ASSO: FUNO. Bookings now on at
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    LINKING MARSEILLES WITH INTERIOR.
    623 10 CANAL TUNNEL UNDER HILLS. H. G. Cardozo writes in the “Daily. Mail” The longest canal tunnel in the world —that which connects Marseilles with the Rhone canal, passing under the Rove hills—has just been opened for navigation. It measures just under five miles in. length and
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    EXCHANGE.
    132 10 PENANG, DECEMBER 29, 1926. (By Courtesy Of The Chartered Bawk.) Lesion Demand Bank 2/3 23/32 4 months* eight Bank 2/4 3/32 „3 Credit 2/4 11/32 3 h Documentary 2/4 3/8 Calcutta Demand Bank 153 3 day*a sight Private M 155 a Bombay Demand Bank M 153 2 Madras Demand
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    THE DOWSER’S ADVOCATE.
    834 10 Reviewing in the “Observer”, “The Divining Rod-’' by Sir William Barrett, F.R.S., and Theodore Besterman. Methuen. 18s.) ’Sdr William Beach Thomas says.— iDowaing is a w'ord without a known derivatioin, and the dowser works by influences that no one can trace. But our country people like the
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    COMING EVENTS.
    16 10 January I—Hockey Matih, Penang v, Perak at Penang. 8, 11, 13, 15, 18—Penang Races.
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    691 11 Mr. and Mrs. F. Searancke have left Taiping for Fraser’s Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Gird'ner and Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Cooks are away at Taiping Hill for the holidays. Dr. W. A. Taylor, who was in Penang during the Christmas holidays, left for Singapore by the
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    BRITISH CARS OVERSEAS.
    66 11 Facts are rapidly discounting the supposition that British cars are not suitable overseas. During October the Morris car was third in the list of total sales in the whole of New South Wales, while in the metropolitan area of Sydney alone Morris sales were second. The Morris
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      TRAFFIC DANGERS.
      243 11 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”) Sir. —While I was returning to office after tiffin on Friday last through Pitt Street by the Sub-Post-Office side, a motor car bearing a Kedah nnmbVr coming from the direction of Stewart Lane, suddenly turned into Pitt Street without sounding its
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    DEFENCE OF LONDON.
    141 11 FIGHTING AEROPLANES THE FIRST LINE. Major-General E. B. Ashmore, General Officer Commanding the Territorial Air Defence F<'rma‘ions, who was in command of the Defences of London during the war. lecturing to the Royal United Services Institution, sail the fighting aeroplane was the first defence against an invader.
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    FROM SINGAPORE TO LONDON BY CAR.
    192 11 A solid-tired light car arrived at Westminster at noon on D-*c. 1 on the completion of a journey of 12,000 miles through 14 different countries. Its occupants were three natives of Singapore, who set out from their home town 15 months ago from London
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    WOOD ALCOHOL POISONING.
    81 11 —Reuter. MEDICAL OFFICERS’ ALLEGATIONS. Washington, December 28. New York City medical officers recently alleged that the poisoning of nearly a hundred persons, of whom sixteen have hitherto died, was mostly due to the Federal Government’s use of wood alcohol in denaturing grain alcohol for industrial purposes. The
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    CLOTHES HORSE SENSE.
    786 11 BY A PHYSICIAN; I have no reverence whatever for great names uttering judgments for the multitude from exalted positions. Especially when, following the prevailing fashion, they speak on subjects a little outside their own kingdoms. Give them the respectful hea.ring they merit, but reserve your criticism and
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    THE SHARE LIST.
    349 11 The following were the latest quo’ titu.ns in Messrs. Kennedy and Co.'s share list at 11 a.m. to day Yesterday. To-day. t! g E F Shares. J? 3 X r, oq sc. Sc. S c. S e. Rubber (DoDar). Allenby 270 2.80 280 2.90 A Molek 2.70
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    UNITED TRADERS, LIMITED.
    87 11 The folkwing are our latest quotations Rubber?. Buyers. Seller?. Amalgamated $4.40 $4.65 B. Lintangs 1.45 1.55 B. Jelutongs 1.10 1.15 M. Pindas 2.55 2 65 M. Tekongs .75 .80 Mentakabs .56 .58} I Pa jams 2.47} 2.57} U. Pandans 1.45 1.55 Tin?. Cbenderiangs 28/6 29/6 cum Johans
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    61 11 (Rugby Radio Service.) London, December 28. Pari?, 122}; New York, 4.85 k; Brussels, 34.89 Geneva, 25.09 Amsterdam, 12.121; Milan, 107}; Berlin, 20.37; Stockholm, 18.15 Copenhagen, 18 19 Oslo, 19.18} Vienna. 34.40; Prague. 164 Helsingfors, 192} Madrid, 31.77 Lisbon 2}}; Rio, 5j Buenos Aireg, 46}} Bombay. 1/6red; Shanghai, 2/4|d;
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    THE MAILS.
    159 11 The homeward mail by the s.s. Khiva closes at noon on Saturday, the Ist proximo. The P. &O. Packet with mails despatched from London on December 9 is expected to arrive here at 5 p.m. t '-morrow. The P. O. Nellore, from Japan, China and Singapore, is now
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    KENNEDY & CO’S SHARE LIST.
    1249 11 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. NAMES. S 31 S I *1 RUBBER [Dolmw.j I o e s <llent>y Rubber Oo 2 SO 2 93 Alor Gejab Rubber Rotate 270 2 90l cum Amalgamated Malay Eatatea 4 50 4 S 5 Ayer Hltam Planting Syndicate 4 60 4 70 ex Ayer Knn<ng
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      475 11 New Advertisements. POSITIONS VACANT. Wanted Chinese Audit Cleric with previous experience. Apply Box No. 439, c/o 1’ nang Gazette. V nted: Engine Driver for Diesel Ent >e on healthy Estate in Kedah. First das certificate essential. Tamil preferred. Ap: l.v Box No. 429, c/o Pinang Gazette. Q «lified Mining Engineer
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      21 11 NEW YEAR HOLIDAY. The Exchange Banks will be closed on Saturday, Ist January, 1927, which has been proclaimed a Public Holiday.
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    EDWARD ALLEYN.
    755 12 EHLWIOH SCHOOLS AND ITS BEGINNINGS. 18 has been the fate, very far from an unhappy one, of Edward Alleyn, who died on November 25. 1626, to be associated wholly with his school, which celebrated its tercentenary a few years ago, says an article in the "Observer.’' But Alleyn
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    111 12 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. van Linschoten for Singapore. Donggala for Singapore. Sampit for Asahan, Paneh, Bagan Si-Api-Api and Batn Bahra. Edavana for Port Swettenham.and Singapore. The following ships are in communi cation with the Wireless Stations at: Penang.—Ankesseler J. B„ Alynbank. Andes Maru, Astyanax, I Akita Maru, Bordeaux Maru, City
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    PENANG MAILS.
    456 12 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). IT TWIN 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
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    MEN AND INTIMACIES.
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    LIFE IN A SUBMARINE.
    937 14 A CONTINUOUS ROUND 01? HARDSHIPS. Those who have made a v «yage in a submarine often ask whit it f*eig like to go down below the sea. This question may be answered by saying that diving quickly in a submarine feels much like descending in a
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    MALARIA IN CEYLON.
    214 14 Campaign Begun Against The Disease. Tie recent announcement of the Ceylon Estate Proprietors’ Association that tea and rubber estates comprising 150.000 acres have agreed to subscribe to the scheme for appointing a mdarialogist, indicates that a definite step forward has been taken for the control of malaria
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    216 14 PENANG, DECEMBER 29, 1926. Senareg Opium p. 15,000.00 notu Iloveg 75.00 seller? loid leaf 72.00 sellers uaoe Picking* 160.00 seller’’Jutmeg*» 30s 100.00 nom. 110« 95.00 Coconuts per I.OCO 50.00 noui. Copra Sun-dried C 10.30 sales Rattans 11.15 sales Rattans Ouarse 10.50 Ireen Snail Shel’e 13.00 'tiam Rice No.
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    MARKET PRICES.
    608 15 CHOWRABTA MARKET. Pbhako, Decembkb 29, 1926. Me™Matton Indian M par lb 55 Head, sheep or goat M each I.UO Liver with heart loag do 1.30 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet Bread pair 80 Leg of Mnttoa m lb 55 Lamb do 55 Suet
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