Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 April 1927

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 95. VOL LXXXV, THURSDAY, 28th APRIL, 1927. PRICE IO CENTS.
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    TIES.
    514 2 THE GLADNECK MOVEMENT. A tie, scarf, cravat, stock —call it what you will—is surely one of the most uncomfortable and unnecessary articles of attire ever endured by mankind. It has developed, says a correspondent of the Cape Times, from the lace tie of mediaeval times, through the manifold stiffnesses
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    LAST OF THE WAR STORES.
    191 2 SALES WHICH HAVE LASTED 9 YEARS. The saJe of the surplus war stores has now been completed. When the Disposal aaid Liquidation Commission ceased its work in 1923 the remaining task of disposing of t-he huge mas s of coinmodi ties still unsold was handed
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    TALES TOLD TO THE SHERIFF.
    946 3 IX THE COURT OF MANY CHANCES. Imagine a large and lofty room, capable of holding 250 people packed to the door with mtn, women, and children, writes R. E. Corder. The scene suggests a public meeting except for the dominating presence of Sheriff MacDermott, looking
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    HIPPOS AT THE ZOO.
    443 3 MR. COTTS ZAMBESI EXPEDITION. I There are hopes, says “The Times,’ that t the birth of a pygmy hippopotamus may take place at the Zoo early in May. The Pygn-F hippopotamus is a native only of Liberia, and the first living example to reach Europe was
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    THE GRASFONTEIN "RUSH."
    1090 4 DIAMOND DIGGERS’ GREAT RACE. Grasfontein, the scene on March 4 of what was probably the last great scramble for alluvial d amond claims in South Africa, is a farm of over 6,000 acres situated in the Lichtenburg district. Western Transvaal, siys T'ke Times's Transvaal correspondent. As agricultural
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    210 4 PEXANG, APRIL 28, 1927. B «nares Opium o «h*wt \?T).OO nom 'loves 70.00 nom lold leaf 72.00 seller» ‘«faee P’ckirge 125.00 nom. Bos 100.00 nom lin* 95.00 Ooconuls per 1,000 50.00 nom. lod’-s S’ undried $11.15 sales Rattans 11.15 sales Rattans Cbarss 10.50 G.-een Snail Shell» 13.00 S
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    COMING EVENTS.
    122 4 April .30—Cricket League Match, C.R.C v. P.S., Viet. Green. 3O—Cricket League Match, E.S.C. v P.R.C., Esplanade. May 7—Cricket League Match, P.C.C. v. P S Esplanade. 14—Esplanade Ground allotted to P.R.C. 21—Cricket League Match. E S.C. v. P.C.C.. Esplanade, 28—Inter School Drill and Games Competition. June 4—Cricket Match, Penang
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    HOME TURF.
    145 5 2,000 Guineas Result. «ARROW VICTORY FOR ADAM’S APPLE. London, April 27. The following is th® result of the 2.000 guinea*, first c ass^c r ce of the Beason for three year olds which was run t to-<4 ay 2,300 Gns. Stakes of 100 sov. each h. ft. if
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    SPANISH HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPION SUSPENDED,
    81 5 A REFUSAL. New York, April 27. At the r a queat of the Massachusetts Boxing Board, Paolino Uzcudun, the Spanish Heavyweght Champion and aspirant for the World’s Championship Title, was suspended by the New York Boxing Commission on the ground of Lis refusal to meet
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    BILLIARDS EXTRAORDINARY.
    165 5 PENDULUM CANNON. London, April 27. The new pendulum cannon, invented by Reece, was exploited by him in the recent prelinrnarv heat for the Professional Championship against Inman. It consists in getting the balls jammed in the pocket and scoring direct cannons until the 25 allowed by the laws
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    ENGLISH LEAGUE RESULTS.
    48 5 CUP HOLDERS BEAT BIRMINGHAM. London, April 27. The following are the results of ties r’ayed to day THE LEAGUE-DIV. I. Birmingham 1. Cardiff City 2. DIV. IL Reading 3. Preston N. E. 0. DIV. III—NORTHERN. v Brighton 7. Nelson 2. Wrexham 1. Lincoln City 1-
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    MEXICAN TROUBLES.
    45 5 AMICABLE SETTLEMENT POSSIBLE. Mexico City, April 27. on references to Mexico ’p I resid«nt Coolidge’s speech, President P <1 ‘f. s declared that he believed with wag on y possible, n w 'thin easy reach, for an amicable Be d!ernent of all difficulties.
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    DUTY ON TOBACCO.
    43 5 AMENDMENT FOR REDUCTION DEFEATED. London, April 27. re p e Commons, by 256 votes to 154:, nd C 41)0 Labour Amendment to tk o nce .C 1P duty on tobacco and carried mam. Budget Tobacco resolution by votes to 158.
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    FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN.
    20 5 Tokyo, April 28. Th Rin e L nPW French Ambassador M. de Bll ’y has arrived.
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    IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
    162 5 New Zealand’s £1,000,000 Contribution. PREMIER’S MESSAGE. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, April 27. Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, has sent the following telegram to the Prime Minister of New Zealand. Your announcement of the intention of His Majesty’s Government in New Zealand to submit to the New Zealand Parliament
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    INDIANS IN KENYA.
    96 5 SIR EDWARD GRIGG’S EXPLANATION. London, April 27. Sir E. Grigg interviewed by Reuter, referring to the statement which was reported to have caused indignation in India, that he declined to receive the Kenya Colony Indian Delegation in London, said that he had received Mr. Jivanji, the head
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    COLONIAL OFFICE.
    60 5 FORTHCOMING CONFERENCE. London, April 27. Officials of 24 self-governing Colonies Protectorates and M «dated Territories, including eight Governors, will attend the Colonial Office Conference which Mr. Amery opens on May 10. It is expected to last for three weeks. The Agenda covers questions upon general admininistration, and economic
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    NICARAGUAN REVOLT.
    54 5 INVITATION TO DISCUSS THE AFFAIR. Managua, April 27. Mr. Stimson. United Statesex Secretary for War, whom I resident Coolidge sent to report on affairs in Nicaragua, has invited the Liberal leader, Sicasa. to meet him and discuss the situation, offering to place a destroyer at his disposal and
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    PERSIAN POLITICS.
    27 5 EXTRA TERRITORIAL PRIVILEGES. Teheran, April 27. The Shah, opening the Supreme Court of Justice, said that he hoped that extraterritorial privileges would eventually be abolished.
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    U.S. MINISTIER FOR IRISH FREE STATE.
    29 5 London, April 27. Mr. Frederick A. Sterling. Counsellor to the American Embassy in London, has b°en appointed Minister to the Irish Free State.
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    AMERICAN LABOUR CONVENTION.
    27 5 SUPPORT FROM HOLLAND. The Hague, April 27. The First Chamber has passed a Bill authorising adherence to the Washington Labour Convention, subject to reservations.
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    SUMMER SONG-BIRDS.
    1159 5 SWALLOWS AND CAVE MEN. M<»st of our summer birds are songbirds and impress their coming more on ear than eye. Few of us see the cuckoo before we hear it, and many who hear the nightinga’e will not see it at all, says The Times. Of all the
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    64 5 (Rugby Radio Service.) London, April 27. Paris, 124 New York, 4.85 H; Brussels, 34.93 Geneva, 25.25 Amsteriam, 12.131; Milan, 82i’ e Berlin, 20.49 Stockholm, 18.15 Copenhagen. 18.21 Oslo, 18.80? Vienna, 34.52 Prague, 163 g Helsingfors, 192« Madrid, 27.61? Lisbon, 2}}; Athens, 365; Buchirest, 750; Rio, ssj Buenos Aires,
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    EXCHANGE.
    130 5 PENANG. APRIL 28, 1927. (By Courtksv of the Chartered BsNK.J Lcactoa Douianci Bank 2/3 11/16 4 months’ sight Ban* 2/4 1/16 o 3 Credit 2/4 3/16 v 3 Documentary 2/4 7/32 Catuutu Demand bank 154}j d day's sight Private 156 Bombay Demand Bank 154} Madras Demand Bank H 154}
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    RUBBER FO ITION.
    1360 5 FEATURES OF a HUMDRUM YEAR. A- W. S. writing from Loudon, to the Straits Times, under date March £O, says:— What is expected is discounted, and rise in London stocks, therefore, has had little effect. The landings for the past week, 3,193 tons, were exceptionally heavy, the
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    JAPANESE NEWS.
    182 5 NEW VICE-MINISTER FOR EDUCATION. Mr. K. Awaya has been appointed ViceMinister of Education. Government Measures on Bank Crisis. The Government’s measure s which are to be laid before the forthcoming speicial session of the Diet will be, firstly-: The Government will guarantee a loss of five hundred million
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    By the Way.
    1686 6 ZjftN April 28,1789, the famous mutiny, the subject of Lord Byron’s T’Ae Island, headed by Fletcher Chris tian the master’s mate of H.M.S. Bounty commanded by Captain (afterwards Ad iniral) Bligh broke out aboard that vessel in the Pacific Ocean between Otaheite and the Friendly Islands. The
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    971 6 Half-Yearly General Meeting. BIG INCREASE IN INCOME. The half yearly general meeting of the members of the Penang Turf Club was held at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon. Mr. G. A. Hereford was in the chair and the others present were Messrs. J. D. Kemp, E.
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    PRELIMINARY ENQUIRY.
    718 6 Northam Toad Collision. MALAY DRIVER CHARGED. The preliminary enquiry into the case in which Syed Mohamed Ismail bin Syed Abdul Majeed, driver of a Hudson motor car is chanted with rash and negligent driving on March 12, and colliding with another car driven by Mr. A. Schmidt, causing
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    THE KHATTACK DANCE.
    835 6 AN INDIAN NIGHT’S ENTERTAIN MENT. The moon is in her last quarter, the starlit Indian night at its darkest and that is the time chosen by the Khattack Company of the Regiment to give a display of their tribal dance. The Khattacks, are a subdivision of the
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    823 6 The marriage of Mr. M. p TT of Kuaia Lumpur, to Mas Danker will take place at Kn,i< I on May 7. KUIIIL Wa r Mr. A. Sundaram. who hal been in Penang for a week returned to Kn i Lumpur this morning. Qa a M-. A.
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    CHESTER.
    914 7 mystery of the rows. The American hotel-keepers who visited England a year ago will probably remember Chester by the one thing that makes Chester unique, her Rows, says a Times's correspondent. Other towns have cathedrals, ancient walls (though Chester is hard to beat at walls), Tudor houses, Roman remains,
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    PRESERVATIVES IN FOOD.
    880 7 EFFECT OF REGULATIONS IN SUMMER. r Considerable anxiety is being shown by smail shopkeepers at Home, says the ‘Times about the probable effect of l the Public Health (Preservatives in Food) Regulations when the hot weather arrives. These regulations, which prohibit the use of certain preservatives which
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    BIRTH.
    16 8 MULLEN —To Capt. and Mrs. Ffrench Mullen, at Penang, on the 23rd April, a daughter.
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    TOWARDS SELF-GOVERNMENT.
    685 8 TOWARDS SELF-GOVERN-MENT. Sir Hugh Clifford’s bombshell does not appear to have shaken Ceylon to an 5 alarming extent. The colonists may be stunned for the moment by the shock of the explosion but we are inclined to think that the explosive is rather detonative than dis.ructive. The constitution of Ceylon
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    OUR MEDICAL SYSTEM.
    591 8 The reputation of surgeons and physicians with the public is based to some extent on their known capacity but to a still greater extent on their good fortune. The result is that a doctor with luck on his side achieves vogue out of all proportion to his
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    Letter from London.
    1603 8 Britain’s in tfie ffir. GERMANY’S BID FOR AIR SUPREMACY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, March 31. If one might venture to parody the ex-Kaiser’s famous phrase relating to “Germany’s place in the sun,” it w-ould be in the terms of the inquirv:— “vVhat is Britain’s place in
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    28 8 DEATH. Lange —At Prai suddenly on the 26’L inst., May the wife of Mr C. E. Lange, of Prai River Dock. (Singapore, F. M. S. papers please copy.)
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    CHINA IMBROGLIO.
    871 9 Dealings with the Ignorant Coolie. muzzling the press. nfIAOTIC CONDITIONS IN POSTAL AND telegraph services. Shanghai, April 27. A special from Hankow dated April 20 says that the inculcation of the masses with hatred towards foreigners is noW reduced to something approaching ar t. Miss meetings being held
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    U.S. CHINESE POLICY.
    345 9 Terse Comment in London. IRISS OPINIONS. London, April 27. The Times in a leader, referring to President Coolidge’s speech, thinks that he is not very enlightening as regards the American policy in China, and says that Washington is piling up reasons for hesitation.’’ The President most earnestly
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    OVERSEAS SETTLEMENT.
    77 9 FIGURES FOR 1926. (Rugby Radio Service.) London. April 27. The report of the Overseas Settlement Committee shows that the net emigration from Great Britain to all countries during 1926. that is. the balance nf emigration over immigration, was 115.5.38, compared with 84,259 in 1925. 66,103 settlers received assistance
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    73 9 INTER-COMMERCIAL FOOTBALL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April 2< McAlister’s won the inter-Commercial Cup defeating Robinson’s by 1 goal to nil. Ground for Flying Club. The Flying Club has been granted 10,000 square feet of land adj fining the yacht club with a frontage of 500 feet. Farewell
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    AIR CONFERENCE.
    419 9 International Commission’s Recommendations. NEW DISTRESS SIGNAL. CERTIFICATES IN AVIATION FOR WOMEN. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, April 27. A new distress sign for the world’s code of air signals was considered and adopted by the International Commission for Air Navigation, which ended its sittings in London to-day. In future
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    YORK’S TRIUMPHAL TOUR.
    255 9 MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY RAG. Melbourne, April 27. After the serious business of presenting the Speaker of the House of Representatives with a replica of the disnatch bnx p s used in London in the House of Commons, »s a token of His Majesty’s imprest in the New Parliament
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    P. & O.
    32 9 P. O. TEN PER CENT. INTERIM DIVIDEND. London, April 27. The P. O. S. N. Comnany has declared an interim dividend at the rate of 10 per cent per annum, tax free.
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    MISSISSIPPI FLOODS.
    340 9 New Orleans Endangered. DRASTIC MEASURES PROPOSED. Memphis, April 27. The crest of the Mississippi flood is still near here, but within a day or two it will be endangering lives and property in the beautiful city of New Orleans, unless drastic steps are taken. Consequently the Governor of
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    INDIAN CURRENCY.
    40 9 TENDERS REJECTED. Bombay, April 28. The Deputy Controller of Currency has announced that all tenders for sterling received on April 27 were rejected. Tenders up £.300,000 will be received until May 4on the same conditions as previously announced.
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    AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.
    162 9 TO V ISIT M ALAYA IN JUNE. With the consent of the Australian Cricket Board of Control a team of Australian cricketers, including eight International players, will tour Malaya during June. The team will arrive at Singapore about May 2.3 by the p. s. Malabar and will leave
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    32 9 ANNUAL TENNIS TOURNAMENT. Entries for the Annual Tennis Tournament are now open at the Clab House and will close at 6 .30 p.m. on Wednesday the 18th of May.
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    P.C.C. BOWLS TOURNAMENT.
    104 9 The following is the result of a bowls tournament tie played yesterday:— Mixed Double Handicap (Final) 4 6 Mrs. Dawson &J. G. Birret beat+ 7 Miss Krafft D. McL°oiCraik 21—14. Messrs. Guthrie and Co. Ltd.. Kuala Lumpur, have received a telegram from the Secretaries of Kimanis Rubber,
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      235 9 I THE UNAPPROACHABLE “NORTON” j u WORLD’S RECORD BROKEN. i i R We have just received advice by special cable that Denly. Riding Norton Broke Worlds Record at Brooklands on April 25th. FLYING KILO 109.22 miles per hour. FLYING MILE 107 69 miles per hour. I 1 ,1 SOLE AGENTS
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    TRINQUET.
    1113 10 FIVES AS THE BASQUES PLAY IT. We could not gee pelote, so clearly the next best thing to do was to see trinquet, a form of five?, which, though only a kind of poor relation of pelote, is yet a very fine game on its own account, says a
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    116 10 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Sri Muar for P. Langkawi and Kantang (Trang). Reteh for Belawan (Deli), Paneh and Asaban. Pungah for Asaban and Batu Bahra. Am pang for Pangkor, Dindings and Sitiawan. Kinta for Port Swettenbam and Singapore. Rhexenor for Colombo, Port Said, Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg. Kutsang for
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    PENANG MAILS.
    472 10 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). BT TIUUI 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 onily (Sunday excepted) at 6 p.m. Pant Buntar,
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    THE MAILS.
    38 10 The homeward mail by the s. 8. Ellora closes at 6 p.m. to morrow. The B. I. Rohna with mails despatched from London on April 7 is expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. to morrow.
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    SRINAGAR.
    873 11 THE VENICE OF TEIE EAST.” To call Srimagiir (which th© Viceroy of India ha s just visited) “the Venice of the East" is to conjure visions that melt when one sees the reality, says a “Times” correspondent. Srinagar, the native city, i s an immense village in Swiss style
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    THE DESIRE OF FAME.
    681 11 a matter of human nature. The desire of fame has its roots deep in human nature. Times have no doubt chanted greatly since Tennyson’s King Arthur ranked it, with courtliness and love of truth, as an essential part of “ail that makes a man.” In those
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    TIN PRICES.
    121 11 The Straits Trading Co. Ltd., ffines the fallowing prices. rn April 27: l ondon cpof £296 Up £MS 0 ;3m/s. buving ..291-17 6., selling 292 1-10 s Local. sold 100 tons at $l5O-50 Penang 100 tons at $l5O 50. Messrs. Boustead and Co.. Ltd-To-day’s quotation for Singapore 1
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    RUBBER OUTPUTS.
    26 11 The out put of The Ayer Molek Rubber Company, Limited for the month of March was 16,929 lbs. Total for 5 months 93,455 lbs.
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    THE SHARE LIST.
    230 11 The following were the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy and Co's, share list at 11 a.m. to day Yesterday. To-day. X £j P 5 Shares. t ffl fiQ Ic. $O. c. c. Rubber (Dollar). Allenby 3.05 3.12 J 2.95 305 Bata L 1.55 L6O 1.50 155 ex
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    UNITED TRADERS, LIMITED.
    88 11 The following are our latest quotations Rubbers Buyers. Sellers. A. Panas $13.50 $14.00 Bassetts 1.30 1.35 B. Lintangs 1.55 1.60 cum Changkats 10.25 10.50 M. Pindas 2 80 2.90 cum Ns alas 12.00 12.50 S. Tukangs 1.274 1.32| Tapahs 3.25 3.50 Tins B. Padangs .65 Hitams .92|
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    OVERSEA BROKERS LTD.
    125 11 Yesterday. To-day. Buyers. Sellers. Buyers. Sellers. Mining. Hong Fatts $l.OO 1.05 .98 1.02| Kents 2/- p. 2/6 p. 2/3 p. 2/6 p. Kuchais 2.00 2.05 200 Kuyohs 1.25 1.30 1.27| 1.32 Laruts 22/9 23/3 23/- 23/6 M. Consols 110 1.15 1.124 1.15 Menglembue .40 .42| .41 .43|
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    SINGAPORE PRICES.
    40 11 LONDON STANDARD (LOOSE'. 3 R. Sheet 691 cts per per pL $92 33 No. 1 Crepe 69} cts per pound per pl. $92-33 Easier. London 19j L New York 404 cts. (gold.) {By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen Dennys.,
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    GENERAL PRODUCE AGENCY LTD.
    35 11 RUBBER PRICES. We beg to report that th” Singapore prices for Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet for to-day are as follows Spot 69fc May/June 71c July/September 734 c Oct./December 754 c Dull.
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    RUBBER SALES.
    39 11 The General Produce Agency Ltd., Beach Street, Penang, report that the following prices were realised at their auction room to-day: Good F.A.Q. Ribbed Smoked Sheet $92 to s92| F.A.Q. do 90 91 Low F.AQ. do 86 89
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    LYRIC THEATRE.
    209 11 “CHARLEY’S AUNT.” The screen version of the internationally famous force, “Charley’s Aunt,’’ will be the feature attraction at the Lyric Theatre to-night. A private screening was given yesterday afternoon and we are of opinion that it would certainly meet the approval of cinema-goers. We doubt if any comedian,
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    BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.—II.
    847 12 THE PRICE SHE PAID. Mary Falls In Love. It is clear that Mary had fallen in love with this “glorious rash and hazardous young man,’’ as Sir Nicholas Throgmorton, English Ambassador in Scotland, described him in One °f bis despatches. She was sick and tired of
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    TSETSE FLIES—I.
    558 13 FIGHTING A PEST OF AFRICA. Three Methods of Control. “The Times’s’’ Lagos correspondent in the article which follows, describes the experiments which are being made in Northern Nigeria to control the tsetse fly. If a line is drawn obliquely across Northern Nigeria from west to east so as
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    172 13 JURIES’ INCONSISTENCY. With regard t> the decision of the Lord Chief Justice (Lord liewart), who at Leeds assessed the value of a faithless wife at ha’f a crown although the husband claimed £2OO, a legal correspondent writes The circumstances have a great deal to do with
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    SECRET TOMB OF GIZA.
    813 14 lII—REBURIAL. Dr. George A, Reisner, Director of the Boston Harvard Expedition, continues in The New York Times his description of the secret tomb oj Queen HetepJieres. Ever since the reopening of the tomb on January 21, 1926, we have worked without interruption down to the present,
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    DECAY OF INVECTIVE IN PARLIAMENT.
    512 14 SIR W. JOYNSON-HICKS ON MODERN INSOLENCE. Sir W. Joynson Hicks and Lady Joyn-son-Hicks were the principal guests at the annual dinner of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, last month at the House of Commons. Mr. V. W. A. Harvey, chief of Reuter’s Parliamentary staff and chairman
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    AIR ATTACK ON INSECT PESTS.
    195 14 SIR S. BRANCKER’S PLAN. Air Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker, Director of Civil Aviation, returned on March 25 from Dar es Salaam to Nairobi. He is very satisfied with the reception of his suKgestion that Tanganyika should share in the extension and the financing of the
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    MARKET PRICES.
    634 15 CHOWRABTA MARKET. Pbnahq, April 28, 1927 Mutton— eta Mutton Indian psr lb 55 Head, sheep or goat each l.do Liver with heart 4 lung do 130 Tripe do 100 Goat or Sheep M per lb 55 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Mutton lb 55 Lamb M do
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