Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 7 July 1927

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. Ng. 153. VOL. LXXXV. THURSDAY, 7th JULY, 1927. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    LORD IDDESLEIGH.
    797 2 Lord Iddesleigh died at his seat, Pyne», near Exeter, on May 27 at th» age of 8 The Northcotes, says The Times, are a very ancient family of Devon much older then their baronetcy of 1641, but the most eminent of them was the late peer’s father, the
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      1446 2 POSITIONS VACANT. NOTICES. 5 Wanted competent Chinese Book- Examination of Dressers, Etc. keeper for engineers < ffice Perak. Apply Box No. 294, c.'o Pinang Gazette. An examination of dressers etc. by the r i 1411—117 Medical Department of the F.MA will I be held at the Town Hall. Taipin*. <>«
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      24 2 SRTnrs PILLS. STEEL Jrtain for all Female s.Every lady should x in the house. and Stores sell Jughout the world. Proprietor list, SoathuptM, F.rt.U
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      264 2 j BABY’S Birthright. I Si Everything depends upon the start in life you give your A q Baby. Now is the time to lay the foundation of Baby’s future health. J If you cannot feed Baby yourself give him the next best >' 1,1 thing, Cow and Gate Miik Food.
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    TRAVANCORE NEWS.
    724 3 THE IONDON “TIMES” AND TRAVANCORE. (From Oar Own Correspondent.) Thackalay, .lune 15. The assiduous endeavours of certain c iacontented persons to blackmail the present administration of Travancore, have, fortunately for the State, so far produced but little (fleet. Thanks to the discriminating power of the public, the regime
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    CONSTITUTION OF THE EMPIRE.
    869 3 SIR R. -ORDEN ON TRdkTY PROBLEMS. Sir Robert Borden, delivering the last of histhrt-e Rhodes lectures on the British Commonwealth at the University Examination Schools, Oxford, gave an account of the Washington Disarmament Conference and dealt with certain actual conditions of Commonwealth development. The lecturer said
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    142 3 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Kabinga for Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe and Yokohama. Pungah for Asahan and B*tu Bihra. Mahidol for Bhuket (Tongkah), Renong and Kopah.. de Kock for Belaw’an (Deli), Paneh and Asahan. Ampang for Pangkor, Dindings and Sitiawan. Kinta for Port Swettenham ft Singapore. Santhia for Port Swettenham, Singapore,
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    PENANG MAILS.
    520 3 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). BY TRAIN. 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 1 Sunday excepted• at 6 pm
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    THE MAILS.
    37 3 The homeward mail by the s. s. Ekma closes at 6 p.m. tc-morrow. The B. I. Raj ala with mails despatched from London on June 16 is expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. to-morrow.
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      207 3 A GENERAL MOTORS PRODUCT OAKLAND 'V-.-a 5 'I I -A r| jgt cl T'~ THE thrill of driving a new Oakland six is largely due to its quick acceleration an I deceleration, its ability to drive at extremely slow speed in traffic and, at the same time take immediate advantage
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      215 3 A *l* 1,000 HEARIY LAUGHS! AN UPROARIOUS KNOCKOUT! -’ST' with (HABLES MURRAY 4» a H >i s v-r>r-> if s jC bL J aiMversal H I JEWEL PICTURE I UNITED CINEMA EMPIRE THEATRE. ’Phone No. 264. J From Thursday, 7th to Sunday, 10th July. ’J 4 Matinee on Sunday, at
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    MALAYAN FISHERIES.
    1817 5 The Work of the Tongkoi. POSSIBILITIES OF COMMERCIAL I BAWLING. V report on the operations of the Fisk' i'-s Department experimental vessel T i :kol during last year is contained in the annual report of the Department for which has just been published. Th' 1 Tongkoi arrived in
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    793 5 ORDERS OF THE DAY. The following are the orders of the day for the Legislative Council which meets on Monday, July 11, at 10 a.m. 1. Questions by Mr. P. K. Nambyar:— Has the attention of the Government been drawn to the fact that low paid Government servants
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    SIAMESE MAIL ROBBERY.
    718 5 WHERE WAS THE CRIME COMMITTED It would be idle to deny that the loss of Tcs. 100,000, following upon the disappearance of Tee. 6,000 from the train, has caused a great deal of uneasiness in local business circles. Circumstances are such that fairly considerable sums of money
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    EXCHANGE.
    124 5 PENANG, JULY 7, 1927. (By Courtesy Of The Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/3 11/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/16 3 Credit 2/4 1/4 3 Documentary 2/4 9/32 Calcutta Demand Bank ***** 3 days’sight Private 156 I s Bombay Demand Bank 154} I Madras Demand Bank 154} z
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    KENNEDY & CO'S SHARE LIST.
    1212 5 KENNEDY CO'S SHARE LIST. NAHM. S 1 j b =5 A? flO 80 RUBBHB [Doliu.j e <? enoy Rubber Oo 2 50 2 70 r Gajah Rubber Hatate 2 3C 2 JO At alfamatM Malay Satatea 4 0C 4 25 A<er Hftam Planting Syndicate 4 CO 4 25 er Kuntag
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      158 5 THE TRUTH ABOUT PHYLLOSAN See Announcement To-morrow. 1 I Y face Cream 'a* ff if A Jor- 4 If 1 w. w 1;. J. AU chemist» and >F. M That Aged look due —to Harsh Soaps Harsh soaps—the scented kinds as well as the coarse kinds— ruin the finest skin.
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    By the Way.
    1692 6 IKE draws .to like, the whole JGj world over, and when it rains heavens hard in Penang the municipal water carts rush out, as they did yesterday, and compete with the efforts of immortal Jove whose watery surname is so dear to the unfledged reporter. When the
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    EVENING GAIETY OF THE ETERNAL CITY.
    1007 6 “DANCINGS” WHICH EVADE THE FASCIST CURFEW. Rome is not at all a city of somnambulists, says “The Daily Express.” Foreigners go to Paris in order to be up and doing all night, but in Rome duty urges every good tourist to spend his day
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    SPA KILLED BY A SHEEP.
    286 6 MISFORTUNE OF AN ESSEX TOWN. A square of railings round a well in an empty field and a deserted avenue of trees are all that remain to-day of the bid made 200 years ago by the little country town of Witham to rival Bath and
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    GENERAL PRODUCE AGENCY LTD.
    34 6 RUBBER prices. We beg to report that the Singapore prices for Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet for to-day are as follows Spot 58ic Ang/September 59c Oct./December 60c Jan/March 1928 61c Easier.
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    TIN PRICES.
    41 6 The Straits Trading Co. Ltd., an*B the following prices, on July 6: London Spot £291-10s Up 10/3 m/s. buying „282 15s 15/- selling 283 15/Lccal. July 7: Singapore sold 275 tons at sl4si Penang buyers no sellers at $145-37|.
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    279 6 (Rugby Radio Service.) London, July 6. Paris, 124; New York, 4.85] 2; Brussels, 34.13; Geneva. 25.23 Amsterdam, 12.12|; Milan, 89.25 Berlin, 20.49 Stockholm. 18.13; Copenhagen, 18.16 i; Oslo, 18.78 Vienna, 34.52 Prague, 16.3 J Helsingfors, 192| Madrid, 28.515; Lisbon, 2iV; Athens, 363 Bucharest, 785 Rin, 5] j Buenos
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    POLICE COURT.
    994 6 Alleged Assault on Police Constable. RESPECTABLE CHINESE YOUTHS BOUND OVER. As the result of an alleged assault on a Sikh police constable at the Esplanade during the Cricket match on June 17, two respectable Chinese youths named Cheah Kim Ho and Choong Cheng Hye were charged before Me.
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    SINGLE HANDED EXPLOITS.
    530 6 SUPER II UM AN FEATs. It would seem, after the m, /nific e lt achievement of America's “Flyin-.- Fool,'’ that there are no limits to hum m endurance and courage, says ‘Th D a j| v News.” The experts scoffed this a t_ tempt to control an
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      38 6 Good Health is Our Greatest Asset There’s Good Health in every foaming bottle of Ml LLC STOUT. It is fine creamy d< licioui drink It’s a nutritions, invigorating tonic, B r rwers H- > C SIMONDS L»4., READING. ENGLAND
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    WHEN ROME RULED IN NORTH AMERICA.
    1053 7  -  TIMGAD. A Rediscovered City. By Alaa .Sullivan. jki.iitHis Plotius Faustus Genius, io him his lull and resounding name, wai a prominent citizen of Thamagudi in Numidia, a Homan colonial city of Northern Africa, founded in A. D. lou. He was, moreover, a man of
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    THE WAR OF THE FUTURE.
    323 7 PROF. SOMBART’S ORIGINAL VIEW. Some original view’s on the future of war are expressed by Professor M erner Sombart, the well-known economist, in an interview in the “Pesti Hirlap, of Budapest.” We are, he said, faced with a strange paradox. War has always existed, and,
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    MEDICINE OF LIFE.
    334 7 ANCIENT TRADITION ABOUT THE PEARL At a meeting of ttic Manchester Egyptian and Oriental Society, Professor Maurice Carney gave an address on “The Pearl as the Medicine of Life.” Among ancient peoples, he said, it was believed that pearls were formed from raindrops, or dewdrops, or rays
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    COTTON GROWING IN THE EMPIRE.
    1050 7 Hit Titibll GE AD\ ERSITI. Aue bixin annum general meeting oi Hie Kinpitc Uutiou uruwmg vorporauon was lieiu on juax 26, ai me unices of tne v orporation, Aiillbauk House* oodsireet, S, W Sir L’hilip Cunliffe-Lister, 1 lesideut of the Board of Trude, was in
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    THORNYCROFT (SINGAPORE), LIMITED.
    486 7 STATUTORY MEETING OF •SHAREHOLDERS. The statutory meeting of shareholders of Thornycroft (Singapore), Limited, was held on Monday, July 4, at the offices of Messrs. Evatt and Company. French Bank Building, Singapore. Mr. H. R. L- Dyne presided, and the others present were: Messrs. M. H. Brown, C.
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    HAUNTED CAGE IN THE ZOO.
    196 7 MONKEYS NIGHT OF TERROR. There is a cage in the London Zoo, the occupants of which are haunted by two staring eyes. The trouble began when a visitor presented the Indian monkeys with a red rag doll. The monkeys, with visions of a novel meal,
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    FISH AND POLLUTED WATERS.
    979 7 RECENT EXPERIMENTS. Dr. Hem .Singh Pruthi, Assistant Superintendent of the Zoological Survey of India, has been studying the factors hostile to fish life in the Plymouth Laboratory, and has published the Results of his observations in the “Journal” of the Marine Biological Association. He divides polluting
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    WHERE WORK IS A CRIME.
    433 7 AN EXAMPLE FROM QUEENSLAND. Many of us are tempted at times t© regard work or at any rate what we look upon as excess of work as something in the nature of a crime against ourselves. We feel perfiaps that the job which calls us
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      229 7 HER DAUGHTER S PALLID FACE Is a Source of Anxiety to Many a Fond Mother. The Cause Almost Invariably Is Anaemia —The Remedy Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. So stealthily does anaemia work evil in young women that it is rightly regarded as one of the greatest enemies of the. weaker
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    BATU FERINGHI RESERVOIR.
    657 8 The construction of the Bata Feringhi reservoir, which is to place P<-nang out of danger of water famine for fifty years to come, is proceeding slowly but steadily and, if we have to discard the optimistic estimate of time, which raised our hop c sa couple of
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    INCONSISTENT.
    469 8 Following our remarks of yesterday on Mr. Eric Miller’s attempt at the annual meeting of the Sialang Rubber Estates, to draw a parallel between restriction of oil production in Am°rica and rubber restriction in Malaya, it is interesting to record that restriction circles in Singapore are disposed to agree
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    PRACTICAL GOLF.
    436 8  -  No. 29—The Art of Practice. by George Gadd. As in all games, patient practice is essential if one would become a really proficient golfer. Players go out with half a-doz Q n balls and knock them about for an hour, returning to the ciub house not only feeling
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      CRIME AND PUNISHMENT.
      157 8 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”) Sir —Tn your leading article in the Sunday Gazette of the 3rd instant, re ‘‘Bnrglars in Penang you say that people who are alarmed and annoyed by the depredations of such desperadoes, do not trouble to report to the police.
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    212 8 BATAVIA TEAM’S SOCCER VICTORY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, July 7. At football, Bitavia beat the Chinese by I—o. The goal was scored midway in the first half. The Chinese rarely looked like scoring but the visitors were frequently dangerous with their short passing. It was a delightful
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    TAIPING TOPICS.
    201 8 SRI KRISHNA TEMPLE. The Sri Krishna Temple which had been located in an attap building the F. M. S. Railway quarters at Taiping, for over 35 years, has now been converted into one of the finest structures in the whole of Malaya, by the untiring efforts of Mr.
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    DISTRICT COURT.
    59 8 POSSESSION OF FIREARM. Charged before Mr. G. A, Hereford in the District Court, Penang, this morning with being in posses ion of a Snider r;fle without a licence at Telok Kurnbar, at 7.30 a.m. on July 1, a Cantonese named Chook Lim, who pleaded gnilty to the charge,
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    SINGAPORE PRICES.
    38 8 LONDON STANDARD (LOOSE) S. R. Sheet 58 cis per pound*per pl. $77-33 No. 1 Crepe 58 cts per pound per pl. $7l Weak. London 16|d New York 34& cfs. (gold’. {By Courteey of Messrs. Allen Dennys.)
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    RUBBER SALES.
    57 8 The General Produce Agency Ltd.. Beach Street, Penang, report that th following prices tcere realised at thei r auction room to-day: Good F.A.Q. Ribbed Smoked Sheet $77 to </- F.A.Q. do 75 7b Low F.AQ. do 72 1 The Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd: London, July 6, spot three
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    CHINA.
    560 9 Soviet Consul-General Departs. MR. WU’S EXPLANATION. fAPANESE GOVERNMENT TAKES FURTHER PRECAUTIONS. Shanghai, July 6. Prior to the departure of the Soviet (’maul General, M. Linde, to Russia, the Nationalist Foreign Minister, Mr. Wu, «rball.v explained that the recent movernent“for purification” of the Kuomintang wis necessitated by the fact that
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    QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT.
    472 9 RECOGNITION OF CHANG TSOLIN’S GOVERNMENT. London, July 6. Recognition as the government of dna has not been -accorded to it; it is ‘R with as a local administration,” r'Tlied Sir Austen Chamberlain in the use of Commons, questioned with rd to the British government’s titude to Chang
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    BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.
    179 9 Geneva Conversations. FOREIGN SECRETARY EXPLAINS. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, July 6. Questions were addressed to Sir Austen Chamberlain in the House of Commons as to the conversations in which he participated at Geneva respecting Russia. He said th it at a meeting of six powers, he gave
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    DIFFICULTIES OF PORTRAIT PAINTERS.
    107 9 LADY SITTER COMPLAINS OF “COW PASTURE BACKGROUND.” New York, July 7. The jury of the Supreme Court has decided that George De Forest Brush, the well-known American artist is entitled to $4,500 for retouching the portrait of a woman f>r which he had already been paid
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    THE RHINELAND.
    68 9 Process of Evacuation. ACCORDING TO VERSAILLES. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, July 6. In reply to a question, Sir Austen Chamberlain said that the quest on of fixing a date for the termination of the occupation of the Rhineland by Allied troops was not discussed at Geneva. The circumstances
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    JAPANESE DOCKYARD CO.’S FAILURE.
    83 9 SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS. Tokyo, July 7. The Government’s decision to give up the proposals to assist the Kawasaki Dockyard Co., though approved by the prepp, is likely to bring the Premier into disfavour with important political influences, as the Fifteenth Bank whose depositors include most of the
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    AMERICAN PRESIDENT’S HOLIDAY.
    88 9 WILD WEST ENTERTAINMENT. Bellefourche (South Dakota) July 6. President and Mrs. Coolidge, enjoyed a wild west show in its natural setting and applauded continually the cowboys and cowgirls who, picturesquely dressed, lassoed and threw wild steers and tamed unridden ponies. The programme included a dance by Indians,
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    AMERICA’S WEALTH.
    76 9 HUGE TOTAL OF PRIVATE INVESTMENTS ABROAD. Washington, Jaly 6. The Department of Commerce estimates that Americans invested abroad altogether $12,000,300,000, 00 of which $789,000,000 was invested in the first six months of 1927. This is what remains after allowing for repayments of maturing deb's and includes loans during
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    U. S. PROSPERITY.
    80 9 WIPING our NATIONAL DEBT. Washington, July 6. The United States Treasury officials are congratulating themselves on the probability that by the end of the current fiscal year which began on July 1, one third of the huge national debt which reached high water mark in August 1919
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    MURDER OF SOVIET REPRESENTATIVE.
    73 9 ASSAILANTS ARRESTED. Moscow, July 7. It is officially announced that the two murderers of Turoff, acting trade representative of the Soviet in Berlin, who was killed near Moscow on June 10, have been arrested after a fight in which one of the arrested persons was wounded.
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    LORDS REFORM.
    623 9 Labour Vote of Censure Defeated. ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES. FULL DRESS DEBATE IN CROWDED HOUSE. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, July 6. The Hou’e of Commons was crowded when Mr. Ramsay MacDonald on behalf of the Labour party, moved a vote of censure on the government in order to raise a
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      25 9 SOLID SILVER PRESENTATION CASKETS AND PRIZE CUPS. A Comprehensive Display is open for your inspection AT FRANKEL BROS. “THE STORE BEAUTIFUL” 16, Bishop Street, Penang.
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    292 10 Mrs. a J. Van Buren is leaving Kuala Lumpur shortly on a holiday. Mr. and Mrs. A. E- Mullaly, of Malacca estate, have gone to Bukit Fraser for a short holiday. Mr. Cecil Pearse, General Manager, Rahman Hydraulic Mines, Upper Perak, has gone Home on leave. Mr.
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    ELIXIRS OF LIFE.
    514 10 POPULARITY of CHARMS IN ALL AGES. How the ancient processes of mummifying the body, or making an image of a king, conferred upon him a new existence and a divine personality which enhanced his powers of ensuring safety and prosperity for his subject, was described at a
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    MR. DENNIS ROOKE.
    405 10 DISASTER. NIAJLROWLY AVBBTFn AT,KARACHI. Flight Abandoned. Kaiachi, Jung Further deUiis of Mr. Deuuib arrival last night show that he escaped disaster. The cricket pitch which he made- a landing measures oU jv 60 yards by 40 yards and is surrounded b banks and a deep nullah. On
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      219 10 OLE jHni I L&ij. 'tyj CTaxT. /2» fjw Wjgi -WI W «*< Yf4 WliiiOl Qr A. 1 cJrKi Supreme, General v v Despite the legends of past heroes or the —achievements of living commanders, Napoleon stands out, the supreme general. In victory or defeat his personality dominated the world —his
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      139 10 —Uco— FROM PARIS Phone No. 795. HEAD SHOWROOM SINGAPORE. Brings Paris nearer to Penang. Dress Making, Millinery Lingerie Stockings AND All Novelties for Ladies. COME AND SEE Great Reduction in Prices. New Stock arriving 4th July. Give Your Orders Now. THE PINANG GAZETTE List of Places where the Gazette can
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    Perak Turf Club.
    236 11 1927, Summer Meeting. OFFICIAL PROGRAMME. First Day: Sat., 9ih July, 1927. Second Day: Tues 12th July, 1927. Third Day: 1 burs., 14th July, 1927. Fourth Day: Sat., 16th July, 1927. Fifth Day: Mon., 18th July, 1927. FIRST RACE: FIR J AND FOURTH DAYS, 2-30 P.M. SECOND, THIRD
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    RUBBER RESTRICTION.
    105 11 London R. G. A.’s Opinion. BENEFIT TO THE INDUSTRY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lu r pur, July 7. The local office of the R. (4. A. today received a cable from the R.G.A. in 1 London, stating that in view of press stateI ments discrediting restriction, the
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    OPIUM CONVENTION.
    52 11 FURTHER RATIFICATIONS. London, July 6. In the House of Commons at question time. Sir George Hennessy said that the most recent signatories to the 1925 International Opium Convention to deposit ratifications were the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Cz<-cho-Slovakia and Poland. The British Government has done its best to urge ratification
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    SACCO-VANZETTI CASE.
    51 11 RED LABOUR UNION’S SYMPATHY. Mexico City, July 6. A body of motorcycle police armed with r fl s surrounded the United States Consulate General and dispersed 2000 members of the so-called Red Labour Unions who were attempting to hold a demonstration of sympathy with Sacco and Var z
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    PRAYER BOOK REVISION.
    72 11 MEASURE FINALLY PASSTD. (Rugby Radio Sbrvice.) London, July 6. The Church Assembly to-day gave its final approval to the revised form of Prayer Book for the Church of England. The motion in support of the Prayer Book aneasure was carried in the House of Bishops by 34
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    THEIR MAJESTIES INSPECT RAILWAY WORKS.
    47 11 (Rugby Radio Service.) London. Jnly 6. The King and Queen r<c»ived a great popular ovation this afternoon when they drove through the densely crowded streets of the East End of London to inspect the London and North Eastern Railway works at Stratford.
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    INTER-VARSITY CRICKET.
    86 11 CAMBRIDGE v. OXFORf) At Lords —L’anil ridge n by 116 mn«, peering 178 in the first innings (Mclntosh five wickets f< r 60) and 349 for nine wickets (declared') in the second— Lon grig 57, Judd 124. McCanlis took four wickeds for 47 and Mclntosh three for 95.
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    INTERNATIONAL AIRMEN’S LEAGUE.
    56 11 Paris, July 6. At a meeting of the International Airmen’s League, at which M ssrs. Chamberlin ar d Levine were received, the President of the League announced that Mr. Levine had handed over Frs. 100,000 to es’ablish an avia'ors’ club at Le Bourget aerodrome for the use
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    BYRD HONOURED
    25 11 Paris, July 7. M. Poincare received Con mander Byrd and his companions and appointed Commander Byrd an Officer of the Legion of Honour.
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    BIG HOTEL FIRE.
    71 11 Atlantic City, July 6. Six wooden beach hotels were burned down. The hotels were crowded with guests who escaped to the famous Boardwalk along the waterfront. A large section of the Boardwalk caught fire and was consumed. A large ctowd of bathers gathered to watch the cor
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    THE SHARE LIST.
    159 11 fblloiving were the latest quo tations in Messrs. Kennedy and Co.'s share list at 11 a.m. to day Yesterday. To day. 2 rn rr> Shares. Js 55 s’® CQ GO M OT c. c. c. c. Minin*!. Bangriu Tin —3- 31/Batane P. .74 .76 .72| .75 Batu
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    OVERSEA BROKERS LTD.
    131 11 Yesterday. To-day. Buyer?. Sellers. Buyers. Sellesrs. Mining. Batu Caves 1.24 1.26 1.24 1.26 Bangring New 31/3 31/9 31/3 31/9 B Padangs .74 .75 .74 .75| Haad Yais 28/9 29/6 28/9 29/3 Hitams .98 1.00 .95 1.00 Hong Fatts 1.12 i 1.14 1.13 1.14 Johans .20 .22 .20
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    UNITED TRADERS, LIMITED.
    93 11 The following are our latest quotations Rubbers. Buyers. Sellers. Allenbys t 2.40 2.60 Bassette 1.05 1.15 B. Katile .85 .95 ConnMnaras 200 2.20 Jimahe 00 2.20 Mentakabs .51 .54 N. Scudais 2.50 2.65 Tambalaks 1.20 1.30 Tins. B. Padange .74 Hong Fatts 1.10 1.15 Johans .20 .224
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    RUBBER OUTPUTS.
    81 11 The following are additional rubber outputs for June lbs. Benta 31,738 United Serdang (Sumatra) 41 (*,614 Sialang 17t>,260 Tandjong Rubber 170.659 Anglo-Sumatra 60,347 Sungei Kari 24,680 Tanah Datar 23,914 Asahau 65,500 Investment Trust 470,065 Sumatra tea 64,443 Bah Lias 162,558 Toerangie (Sumatra) 86,747 Mendaria (Sumatra) 1 149,559 Bila
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    41 11 ’l’ 1 r The output of Hitam Tin. Limited for the month of June was piculs 174. The oulpu’ of tin ore from the Property of the Tui Dredging Co., Ltd., for the month of June was piculs 589.
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    LIBEL ACTION AGAINST NEWSPAPER.
    523 12 1*1,200 DAALLGEb. An mleresting libel action, in which a newspaper figured as defendant, was tried by the Chief Justice m the bupiei Cou, l .Singapore. The plaintiffs ere lay Kah Tong, a schoolmaster, of 0 Joo> Chta Koad and a widow named lay Chai, oi ■M2
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    P. C. C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    237 12 The following ties have been fixed for Wednesday, July 13: Profession Pairs:—W. H. Lee Warner and X. A. Sedwick v. C. B. Terdre and A. J- L. Donaldson. Single Handic p Class “C” —l5 J. Ford v. —2 <l. T. Church: Ser. P. G. Boyd
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    EARLY SHIPS OF THE PORT OF LONDON.
    987 13 London has been the centre of com j merce for long ages, but in early times must of the shipping cime from sources outside the River. During the Roman occupation the activities of London in commerce appear to have started little before the
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    THE NEW EMDEN.
    469 13 The German cruiser Emden, which is on a visit to Japan, is a cruiser of 6.000 tons, built in 1926 in memory and in place of the famous Emden which did such heroic work for the Germ ans during the war and was finally destroyed off 'he
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    211 13 PENAN 1 JULY I, 1927. Benares Opium p. chest $5,000.00 nom. Cloves 70.00 nom. Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Pickings 125.()0 nom. Nutmegs 80s 100.00 nom. 110 s 95.00 Coconuts per 1,000 50.00 nom. Copra Sundried $11.0?2 sales Rattans 11.15 sales Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00
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    FUTURE OF BRITISH MUSIC.
    1203 14 SIR THOMAS BEECHAM’S CHALLENGE. The annu 1 dinner of the Critics’ Circle was held at the May Fair Hotel on the 22nd May, Mr. J. M, Bulloch, the President, in the chair. Sir Johnston Forbes-Roberts>n proposed the toast of Tue Critics’ Circle and Criticism.’’ He said
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    ITAY’S FASHION CRUSADE.
    445 14 OUTWITTING THE CENSORS. I Both Church and State in Italy enCoUrage a vigorous campaign in their respective press organs against the modern fashion of short skirls and sleeveless bl- uses. Verona is at present leading the way a has been formed to study the whole question, and
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    COMING EVENTS.
    56 14 July 9,10 —P.V.R.C. Bigley 1927. 9—Cricket League Match, P.C.C. v. P.R.C., Esplanade. 16—Glugor Shield Inter-School Athletic Sports, Esplanade. 20—Penang Turf Club Entries close 2 p.m. 28, 30—Penang Turf Club Summer Meeting. 30 Ist Aug.—Cricket Match Colony v. F.M.S., Singapore. August 1,4, 6—Penang Turf Club Summer Meeting. 6—Cricket League
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    MARKET PRICES.
    651 15 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, July 7, 1927 Mutton— c g Mutton Indian per lb 55 Head heep or goat each 1.00 Liver with heart lung do 1.30 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Mutton lb 55 Lamb do 55 Suet
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