Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 12 July 1927

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 157. VOL. LXXXV. TUESDAY 12th JULY, 1927. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      10 1 TOKISATSU, PHOTOGRAPHIC ART STUDIO ’Phone 772. 63. BISHOP STREET. I
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    OUR BANGKOK LETTER.
    1157 2 TONKIN LOTTERY RESULTS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, July 4. One of the five big prizes in the Tonkin lottery organised to provide support for the cultivators affected by the abnormal floods in that country, has come to Bangkok, where a good many tickets were sold. The
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    134 2 AUTUMN MEETING, 1927. Thursday July 28th Saturday July 30 th Monday August Ist Thursday August 4th Saturday August 6th 30 Races for Horses. 12 Races for Ponies. STAKES Bedding and Stabling Free. Travelling Allowance to Visiting Horses $25. Unlimited Cash Sweep each day.) r Cash Sweeps each
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      1025 2 POSITIONS VACANT. NOTICES. Wanted immediately, 3rd Grade Indian Tin Bcntong No Liability, Dresser. Apply to Manager, Bakap Estate, Sungei Bakap. Notice of Dividend. 1440—13 7 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT Wanted Junior Clerk who can take A DIVIDEND (the 14th) of one shilling up duties immediately; must have know- and
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      133 2 The new 1927 model TRA MA«R 1000 ft. focusing searchlight in 4 cell type is now available. Fitted with aa extra bulb holder and a rectangular ring hanger it is the last word in the most powerful and economical extra long range searchlight. Price of the ***** nickel plated is
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      207 2 BABY’S I Birthright. 11 Everything depends upon the start in life you give your 1 Baby. Now is the time to lay the foundation of Baby’s future health. J Ji If you cannot feed Baby yourself give him the next best thing, Cow and Gate Milk Food. Cow and Gate
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      92 2 ’Phone Ko 254. UNITED CINEMA, Penang Road. EMPIRE THEATRE To-Night till Wednesday, 13th July. Day Show Saturday at 2-30 p m. Show Starts at 7-30 p.m. “Shoot ’Em Up Kid” (Western Drama) 2 parts “Tony Runs Wild” (Tom Mix) 6 parts Second Show at 9 p.m. “Champion of Lost Causes”
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    CONTEMPORARY ASTERISKS.
    1576 3 THE LARGEST FILM STUDIO. L ’lirty-five acres of freehold property in the o’d British Empire Exhibition at W embley have been bought for £147,506 for the establishment of film studiosThe property includes the Palace of Engineering, half the lake and its grounds, half Kingsway the colonnade and its
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      273 3 A Ersss I MW' 6 W a" d S iv:S < X 4 v* z bon cS e 7g A b^'^ S^ar $C sal® »A Samples booklet on application to V can have* c KATZ BROS. LTD. f r oi» l^e ttr PENANG AND SINGAPORE. I Mellin’s Food, TKE FOOD
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      171 3 Every User is a Friend. The personal recommendations of people who have been cured by Cfiamberlain’s Cough Remedy, have done more than all else to increase the sale and use of this preparation, until there are now more bottles of it sold each year than of any other cough medicine.
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      211 3 iUB4 J I /1 I 1 V y ER r ISr i= advantage E °f genuine H Aspirin I Tablets B im m ediat e disin-egrdfion 111 in water. They give instanf relief ft n Neuralgia, Headache, Toothache, 3 Influenza, Colds and Fever. Do not 9 F-j swallow the tablets
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    PARIS FASHION NOTES.
    999 4 (By A Woman Correspondent.) Paris. Jane 15. A noted couturier of the rae de la Paix, said to m»*, recently, Every woman loves the picturesque and decorative in dress It has been a seen t love of late years, for pictnresqmness has been the missing ingredi. nt
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    211 4 PENANG JULY 12, 1927. Renares Opium p. chest $5,000.00 nom. Cloves 70.00 nom. Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Packings 125.00 nom. Nutmegs 80s 100.00 nom. 110 s 95.00 Coconuts per 1,000 50.00 nom. Copra Sundried $10.95 sales Rattans 11.15 sales Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam
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      284 4 Fully Powered Fully Equipped Fully Pledged to set the World’s Standard in Luxury Motoring at Moderate Cost A. The Morris Oxford 2-Seater. This year’s World Morris still further exemplifies the startling value offered by Morris to motorists the world over. Important advances in chassis and body design now make Morris
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      71 4 Too Late Then to Hunt. No time to hunt tor a doctor or drug store when suddenly seized with agoiizing intestinal cramps, deadly nausea and prostrating diarrhoea. Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy gives instant warmth, comfort and ease from pain. For sale everywhere. The Borneo Co., Ltd., Wholesale Agents. 1
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      194 4 JliffT a 1 m I; “capital" 1 H r whisky'kTI o vt AP»<XMTKt"T JOHN HAIC&C9CP ZZ4/GT DISTILLERS MARK! NCR, SCOT LAND xapagggy 4-54- I 7 •fin ill Start the Day With Instant Postum IMAGINE a man about to run a race first purposely getting himself out of breath! Yet the
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    SIGNE RINTALA.
    384 5 INFANT PRODIGY. Signe Rintala, a tbirteen-years-old Finnish girl, and her father who are on a tour in Malaya will be leaving Penang in the next few days fcr the Federated Malay States. Prior to this tour Signor Rintala was a school teacher in a Finnish Colony in Siberia.
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    “IF ONLY WE GOT CANCER CASES EARLY.”
    331 5 LONDON SURGEON SAYS DISEASE WOULD BE ROBBED OF ITS TERRORS. Dr. Arthur Evans, a surgeon at Westminster Hospital, lecturing on cancer at Caxton Hal), Westminster, said:— Cancer is responsible for a large num her of deaths that need not occur. Cancer is not
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    COMING EVENTS.
    44 5 'ly l Glugor Shield Inter-School Athletic Sports, Esplanade. 9n n •—I enang Turf Club Entries close 2 pan. .kl— Penang Turf Club Summe Meeting. Ist Aug.—Cricket Match Colon> F.M.S., Singapore. l Lf. G—Penang Turf Club, bummer Meeting. picket League Match. P.R.C. v.
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    PENANG BISLEY 1927.
    370 5 Event No. 1, Cadets Competition: Penang Free School, Score 330. Highest Individual Score;—Cadet E. Aetts, St. X. Cadets. Score 54. Event No. 2. Colonial Chaplain Competition —Sgt- S. Tbolseram. Score 33. Event No. 3, Renfrew’ Shield :—Eurasian Coy., Score 106. Event No. 4, Machine Gun Cup M-G.
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    CAPTAIN LINDBERGHS MONOPLANE.
    457 5 PECULIARITIES OF DESIGN. Writing of Captain Lindbergh’s monoplane the aeronautical correspondent of “The Times’’ says: So far interest has centred on the man and not the machine, hut I was able to make a leisurely inspection of the monoplane, which is under close guard in one of
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      421 5 TH E gift OF A SON I *HE gift of a frail little being —nor is it an ordinary dried milk -L whose whole future in the powder. It is pure cows’ milk J world depends upon your care, n such a way g means a great responsibility resembles as
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    By the Way.
    1369 6 ONE of the pleasantest ways, and by no means an expensive one, of spending a holiday at Home is to tour the country in a motor caravan. The charm of such a holiday is its almost oLsolute freedom, Within wide limits, the caravanner may come and go
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    INDIAN LABOUR.
    172 6 We are officially informed that recruiting has been generally resumed in Madras Presidency but the following taluks are clcsed to recruiting owing to the prevalence of disease. Kistna District—Bezwala, Bandar. Tiruvnr, Bhimavaram, Kaikalur and Gannavaram Taluks. Godaveri District —Narsapur Taluk. Guntur District —Bapatla, Guntur. Narsaraopet, Ongole, Palnad, Repalle,
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1034 6 Adjournment Speeches. PENANG’S OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. July 12. At the Legislative Council meeting yesterday, speaking on the motion for adjournment the Hon. Mr. P. M. Robinson said that the Penang Chamber of Commerce had asked him to draw the attention of the government to
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      BOREA PERFORMANCES. IN PENANG.
      174 6 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”) Sir, —For the last four or five years, our Malay youths have entertained the public of Penang with Borea performances. The Borea was formerly a religious procession with mourning songs in memory of the Martyr. But, this has been
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      CRIME AND PUNISHMENT.
      90 6 Sir, —I have read Citizen's letter in yi ur widely read journal of the 7th in stant and am of opinion that all be has said is the right and proper way to deter criminals from continuously carrying on the same old game. Burgl-ry is a paying
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    ONE TOUCH OF NATURE.
    98 6 MAKES PENANG AND K. L. KIN. A Chinese correspondent writes to the Mail that when he took over his house in Kuala Lumpur last year the rent was $33 a month. It was in bad condition, and he carried out repairs at his own expense, whereupon
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    Ipoh Cyclist’s Narrow Escape.
    192 6 (M. M.) A serious motor cir accident occurred on Sunday afternoon at about 1.30 at the Junction of Belfield Street and Hill Street Ipoh. A Chinese cyclist who was coming into town on his push bike from the direction of the lower end of Belfield Street
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    PENANG ASSIZES.
    967 6 Causing Grievous Hurt. CHINESE SENTENCED TO JOUR YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT. Before Mr. Justice Spronlei at. the Penang Assizes, this morning Lim Chom Tong, a Teochew, was charged with voluntarily causing grievous hurt with In axe to Lim Swee Nam. a fellowclansman, at Kuala Sungei Pinang on M Mr 3
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    THE SHARE LIST.
    161 6 The following tvere the latest q UQ tations in Messrs. Kennedy and Co’4 share list at 11 a.m. to-day Yesterday. Today. Shares. J? ZS eX <D 3 TT ffl m a Sc. sc. sc. sc. Mining. Batang P. .72 .74 .70 .72} Batu Caves 1.30 1 32}
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
    77 6 The following are the latest quotations in THE MALAYA COMPANY LIMITED S share list Mining Shares. Buyers. Sellers. Bangrin New 30/6 31/ Jelapang 44/3 44/9 Kuyoh 1.50 1.55 Larut Tin 24/- 24/6 Malaya Consolidated 1.20 1.22} Mamban 1.52} 1.55 Nai Hoot .42 .43 North Taiping 1.14 1.15
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    UNITED TRADERS, LIMITED.
    89 6 The following are our latest quotations Rubbers. Buyers. Sellers. Amalgamated 13.90 $4.20 B. Lintangs 1.40 1.45 Brogas 1.35 1.45 Kedahs 3.90 4.10 K. Sidims 3.60 3.80 N. Scudais 2.57 s 2.62 j S. Tukangs 1.02 j 1.07| U. Benuts .60 .62| Tine. B. Padangs .70 .72| Hong
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    OVERSEA BROKERS LTD.
    158 6 To-day. Mining. Buyers. Seller?. Batu Caves sl.32j B. Padangs .70 .71 Hitams .92j Johans .22 .23 Jelapangs 44/6 45/K. Lumpurs 37/3 37/9 Kuchais 2 04 Kamuntings 19/9 20/K. Kamuntings... 42/- -4 /3 Laruts 24/- 24/6 M. Consols 1.19 1-22 Menglembus .55 Nai Hoots .41 «43 Norths 1.12
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    CEYLON NOTES.
    2418 7 plumbago depressed. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Colombo. July 3. The extreme depression to which the Indus ry is at present subjected was the main theme in the address of the chairman at the Annual Meeting of the Plumbago Merchants* Union which took place this week. Plumbago is perhaps
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    EXCHANGE.
    125 7 PENANG, JULY 12, 1927. (By Courtesy Of The Chartkrhd 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/.‘J2 Calcutta Demand Bank 154 j 'i 3 days’sight Private 156 1 3 Bombay Demand Bank 154] I g Madras Demand
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      411 7 r— WlSfl W J Edit WJW Vt/jyl CADILLAC VAUXHALL general motors EVERYONE CAN BUY THE CAR THEY WISH TO OWN General Motors is not content with ottering to the motoring In addition, the General Motors Acceptance Corporation—public values which surpass any heretofore presented. Norisit which is a direct General Motors
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    BIRTH.
    30 8 Bruce.— At the Homestead,” Kuantan Road, on 11th July, 1927, to Mrs. Bruce, wife of Mr. W. R. Bruce, of the Electricity and Tramway Dept., Penang Municipality, a son.
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    THE RICH AND THE POOR.
    564 8 Enemies of the Conservative party in England say that it is the party of the rich against the poor. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The typictl Conservative is a poor man who straggles to I keep up appearances in a black coat. The
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    TRANSPORT OF MOTORCARS.
    368 8 A recent issue of the Irish Times contains details of a new device for loading and unloading cars on board ship, which has been greeted as the best system yet devised for this delicate operation. It consists of grabs that catch under the wheels of the car,
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    THE GOVERNOR’S RETURN.
    73 8 ARAB COMMUNITY’S WELCOME. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, July 12. Replying to a speech of welcome at a function arranged by the Arab community at the Memorial Hall yesterday afternoon, Sir Hugh Clifford, with whom was Lady Clifford, said that the Arabs were the first to bring
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    Working the Gold Standard
    1270 8  -  e7?n International (Surrency. The Need for Co-operation. BY HARTLEY WITHERS. In Professor Lehfeldt’s very interesting pamphlet on Controlling The Output of Gold” he began by saying that the world has now expressed itself unequivo cally in favour of the gold standard, but even before the war
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    GENERAL PRODUCE AGENCY. LTD.
    69 8 rubber prices. We beg to report that the prices for Standard R>h Sheet for to-day are as f°h° wB,^| e Spot Aug/September Oct./December gy. Jan/March 192 S London Stock increased 1 Market Quiet. n Chi° ,J The e.B. Khiva from hipl rive Singapore is expected tG
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      100 8 E. O.” autumn race meeting. Race Dinner and Dance—on the 28th and 30th July. l»t, 4th and 6th August. Black and White Fancy Dress Ball on 6th August. 2 Prizes Ladies—2 Prizes Gents. Orchestra During Tiffin Every Day. No Dancing on Friday, sth August. Orchestral Concert on Su >day. 7th
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    PARLIAMENT.
    1072 9 League of Nations as a World Force. DISARMAMENT. OUTLAWING WAR BETWEEN BRITAIN AND U. S. (Rugby Radio Service). London, July 11. Tho Foreign policy was reviewed in the House of Commons to day by Sir Austen Chamberlain during a debate raised on the motion of the Rt. Hon. Arthur
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    IRISH MURDER.
    203 9 Nine Arrests Made. FULLER DETAILS. London, July 11. The civic guards have made nine arrests in Dublin in connection with the assassination of Mr. O'H'ggins. OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE CRIME. The Irish Free State is horrorstricken at the assassination of Kevin O’Higgins in Dublin. An official account of
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    COLONIAL OFFICE APPOINTMENTS.
    160 9 OVERSEAS VISITS. London, July 11. In the House of Commons Mr. Herbert Williams asked whether it was the practice for Colonial Office officials to serve for a period in an administrative post overseas and periodically visit parts of the Empire with which the work was concerned. The
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    CHINA.
    581 9 New Note Issue. treaty violation. Shanghai. July 11. The Salt Inspectorate notifies the banks and the public of the contemplated flotation of a $60,000,000 worth of Treasury notes by the Nanking Government on the security of the salt revenue in Kiangsu and Che Kiang provinces. This constitutes a flagrant
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    BANDIT OUTRAGE.
    93 9 TWO PRISONERS ESCAPE. Shanghai, July 11. Samurl Fisher of San Francisco and the Master of the Chtcheun. who were captured by bandits while the steamer was aground in the Upper Yangtse, escaped from the bandits and refloated the Chichun. After repiiring the ship, they safely reached Ichang. The
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      Open Golf Championship At St. Andrews.
      81 9 QUALIFYING ROUNDS. FRENCH PLAYER WITH THE TOP SCORE. London, July 11. At St. Andrews, the leader of the first round of 36 holes for qualifying for competition in the Open Golf Champion ship was Golias of F urquex, France, with a scare of 71.
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      DAVIS CUP TENNIS.
      42 9 FRANCE VICTORIOUS. London, July 11. At Eastbourne in the remaining singles for the Davis Cup, Lacosts beat Condon by 7 5; 6 3 6-1 and Brugnon beat Spence by 6-2 63; 6-4. France won by 5 matches to nil.
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      P. C. C.
      166 9 TENNIS TOURNAMENT. The following are the results of tennis tournament ties played yesterday Profession Pairs.—A. G. A. Mosley and D. V. Rawlins in beat G. A. M iler and W. McQuarrie 7—9, 6—2, 6—2; M. T. P. Rule and C. E. Wilkins m beat 11. R. Oldham
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      BISLEY MEETING.
      20 9 MALAYA RUNNER-UP. London, July 11. In the Bigley Junior competition Kolapore won. Malaya scored 545 and Rhodesia 543.
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    NAVAL CONFERENCE.
    68 9 PLENARY SESSION POSTPONED. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, July 11. Owing to the tragic death of Kevin O’Higgins, who was a former delegate to Geneva, the plenary session of the Naval Limitation Conference fixed for this afternoon was indefinitely postponed. NEGOTIATIONS RESUMED. Geneva. July 11. The heads of the
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    KIDNAPPED COOLIES.
    74 9 FALSE CHARGE. Townsville, July 11. Following the Customs Collector’s enquiry it is stated that nothing is revealed to indicate that the coolies have not been voluntarily indentured. [Renter cabled on July 10 A Customs collector, on behalf of the Federal Government, is investigating the allegations that between four
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    EXTRAORDINARY FLYING ACCIDENT.
    62 9 THREE’ SURVEYORS KI LLED. Winnipeg, July 13. Three members of the Dominion Topograhical survey were killed near Fairford, Manitoba, in extraordinary circumstance. Eye-witnesses state their aeroplane was observed flying erratically in the clouds and suddenly, while the machine was out of sight, three bodies hurtled downwards from
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      225 9 w i .j- i I 1927 j Motor Cycles ErTpi r Model H. 3 3.49 H.P. Standard Touring Price $485 tjA 99 H. 4 2.49 H.P. De Luxe Sporting 485 99 H. 5 3.49 HP. Standard Sporting 440 r* H. 6 3.49 H,P. O. H, V, 525 Above models in
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    25 9 OBITUARY. PROFES SOR CHARLTON BLACK. New York, July 12. The death has occurrei of Professor E. Charlton B:ack, Professor of English Literature at Boston University.
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    EARTHQUAKE SHOCK.
    141 10 Jerusalem Affected. THREE TOURISTS KILLED. Jerusalem, July 11. An earthquake took place which lasted for four seconds. The city escaped I'ghtly; the small dome of the Holy Sepulchre was cracked and some buildings in the Old City collapsed and several were wounded, but there is loss of life
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    STORMS IN SAXONY.
    48 10 GREAT DISTRESS. Berlin, July 11. An official message says that there have been 145 deaths from the Saxony storms. Troops, police and volunteers are scouring the devastated districts, where receding waters have left thick layers of mud. Several cases are reported of people going mad.
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    BAD WEATHER IN RUSSIA.
    35 10 RIVER TESHA IN FLOOD. Moscow, July 11. Scores of people, houses, bridges and cattle were carried away in the floods of :he river Tosha at Lukoyanow, in the province of Nijni-Novgorod.
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    COLONIAL SECRETARY’S TOUR.
    109 10 TO VISIT THE DOMINIONS. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, July 11. The Secretary for Dominion Affairs the Rt. Hon. L. A. C. Amery, accompanied by Mrs. Amery, will leave England for a tour of the Dominions on July 22. In South Africa he will visit the High Commission
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    FRENCH FINANCES.
    109 10 REDUCING THE PUBLIC DEBT. Paris, July 11. The Senate, by 272 votes to 18, passed the Bill to reorganise the army. The Chamber had already passed the Bill. In the pr< sence of a delegation of the Administrative Council of the Sinking Fund and delegates from the National
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    EXITING EXPERIENCE FOR TRAVELLERS.
    85 10 TRAIN MEETS A HERD OF ELEPHANTS. Aurora, (Illinois), July 11. An exciting diversion was provided for railroad passengers when a train ploughed it way through a herd elephants leaving the local circus. One elephant and its rider were instantly killed and another carrying a rider and
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    MEXICAN POLITICS.
    58 10 A BOYCOTT CONTEMPLATED. Mexico City, .July U. The Mexican Fore gn Office is circularising Mexican Consuls abroad, instructing them to report the names of foreign Arms dealing with the enemies of the Calles Government. The information is sought in order to place an embargo on tie pr<.parties of
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    145 10 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Nanking for Port Swettenham, Singapore, China Japan. Rimba for P. Langkawi and Alor Star. Pungah for Asahan and Batu Bahra. van Neck for Singapore. Fioksang for Singapore, China and Japan. Perak for Port Swettenham Singapore. Kuala for Bela wan (Deli). Silveray for Bela wan (Deli) and
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    THE MAILS.
    44 10 The homeward mail by the s. s. Khiva closes at 5.30 p.m. on Saturday, the 16th instant. The P. &O. Rawalpindi with mails despatched from London on June 23 is expected to arrive here at 10 a.m. on Thursday, the 14th instant.
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    RUBBER OUTPUTS.
    281 10 The following are additional rubber outputs for June lbs. Bedford 14,542 Glenealv 23,377 Hill Rise 18,000 Reyland 12.300 Ratanui 2K,566 Trolak 20.120 Kuala Muda 160,849 Sungei Batu 28.000 Vai Dor 21.100 Malakoff 50,300 Bertain C. 130,000 Bertani Extended 2;>.O00 Windsor (F.M.S.) 32.200 Mayfield «6.300 Foothills (Malaya) 13.200 Kuala
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    KENNEDY & CO'S SHARE LIST.
    1175 10 KENNEDY CO'S SHARE LIST. NAMM. S g 9e I i ji RUBBER [Dollar.j 9 «I 9 Allenoy Rubber Oo 2 €0 2 75 Aior Gajah Rubber Batata 2 SO 2 CO Amalgamated Malay Bstatea 4 00 4 25 Ayer Httam Planting Syndicate 4 00 4 25 Ayer Kunlng Rubber Bstatea
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      249 10 CUTICDKA i Helps Business Girls f Vj[ iSn i/ < To look their best. The regular use of Cuticura Soap, assisted by touches of Cuticura Ointment when > required, keeps the complexion j fresh and free from eruptions, the hair live and glossy and the hands soft and smooth. Cuticura
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    821 11 SOCIAL PERSONAL. The Tagore Reception Committee, Negri Sembilan, of which the Hon’ble Mr. Wong Yick Tong is President, met at Seremban on Saturday. Mrs. E. Buxton, of Kuala Lumpur, accompanied by Mr. H. Buxton, left yesterday for Singapore, where she is to undergo an operation, says “M M.’’ Mr. L.
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    HINDU WEDDING IN PENANG.
    239 11 VELOO PILLAY—UNN AM ALA I AMMAL A fashionable Hindu wedding was solemnized according to the Hindu religious rites», the Brahmin priest officiating, at the residence of the bridegroom, No. 35, Half-way Road, Penang, between Mr. S. Veloo Pillay, clerk to Messrs. Sime, Darby Co., Penang, and
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    BRICK-FACED BULLDOGS.
    194 11 LONGER HEADS AND LIVES. Bulldogs of the future may have brickshaped heads. A theory has been put forward that if they had longer heads they would live longer, and the Bulldog Club propose to breed them with longer heads—but not longer faces, for that would spoil their looks.
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    TAIPING TOPICS.
    127 11 SRI KRISHNA TEMPLE. The Crowning Ceremonies of Sri Krishna Temple at Taiping, were celebrated yesterday between 10.30 a.m. and 12 noon, when over 10,000 people from all over Malaya attended. Thousands of poor people were fed, and a Tamil drama, “Sri Krishna- Leela”, was staged last night and
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    SINGAPORE PRICES.
    39 11 LONDON STANDARD (LOOSE) R. Sheet 57| cts per pound"* per pl. $76-66 No. 1 Crepe cts per pound per pl. $76 66 Quiet. London 16|d New York 341 c's. (gold). (By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen Dennys J
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    TIN PRICES.
    112 11 The Straits Trading Co. Ltd., givts the following prices, on July 11: Londok. Spot £282 10s down £3-15s 3 m/s. buying „278 10s 2 selling 278-15 s 2 Local. July 12: Singapore sold 200 tons at $144 Penang buyers no sellers at $144. Messrs. Boustead and Co. Ltd:—
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    19 11 The output of Tronoh Minep, Limited from all sources for the month of June was pls. 1,341.
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    RUBBER SALES.
    39 11 The General Produce Agency Ltd., Beach Street, Penang, report that th* following prices were realised at their auction room to-day: Good F.A.Q. Ribbed Smoked Sheet $77 to 77i F.A.Q. do 75 76 Low F.AQ. do 72 74
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    62 11 (Rcgby Radio Service) London, July 11. Paris, 124; New York. 4.851 U Brussels, 34.11 Geneva, 25.221 Amsterdam, 12.111; Milan, 89?« Berlin. 20.49 Stockholm. 18.131; Copenhagen, 18.161 Oslo, 18.781 Vienna, 34.491; Prague, 163 J Helsingfors, 1924 Madrid, 28.311 Lisbon, 2i 7 Athens, 366; Buenos Aires, 49j Bombay, l/si<d Shanghai,
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    60 11 Tuesday, 12th July.—Moonlight Esplanade 8.30 p.m.to 10.30 p.m. 1. March High School Cadets Sousa 2. Waltz Le Ingenue Franck 3. Overture Juanita Williams 4. Incidental The Merchant of Venice Rosse No. 1 Intermezzo Portia. No. 2 Doges March. 5. Selection Melodious Memories Fianck 6. Fox Trot Idolizing West
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    INHUMANITY IN PRISONS.
    443 12 THEORY THAT IT LEADS TO INSANITY. The prison system, as it is known in England and America, is doomed by its inherent faults, according to Professor John Lewis Gillin, professor of sociology in the University of Wisconsin. “In the light of the hopes of the early prison
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    A MYSTERIOUS TARTAN.
    376 12 What is the tartan in which Raeburn depicts Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster in the famous full-length portrait showing the encyclopaedic baronet in military uniform, with “truis" and sporran? The biographers of Raeburn, writes a correspondent of "The Glasgow Weekly Herald," usually describe the tartan which belongs
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    UNITED TRADERS, LTD.
    554 12 WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. Penang, July 11. The Share Market, during the week under review, had another spell of inactivity, both the prices of Rubber and Tin showing losses on balance. The month of June, usually a bad one, had come and gone and. as yet there is
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    THE MONKEY AND THE FILM.
    197 12 AN EXPERIMENT THAT FAILED. Fatima, a year old chimpanzee from South America, was the subject recently of an experiment carried out by a professor of psychology at Columbia University. Some portions of a film made in the jungle of Siam were run off in front
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    LOST VILLAGES.
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    110 13 BERLIN COLLECTION OF FILM LITERATURE. A “Fi'm Library” was opened recently in Berlin, which is claimed by its founders—proprietors of a German cinema periodical —to be the biggest enterprise of the kind in the world. There aie already 1,367 volumes in this film library, in all languages.
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    THE ETYMOLOGY OF “SCOT.”
    525 14 PRE-NOILSE ORIGIX. Several correspondents of the “Weekly Scotsman” have suggested that the name “Scot” was first given to the Irish Gaels by the Norsemen. Upon linguistic and historical grounds, I venture to disagree with this theory, writes another correspondent of the same paper- He continues Let
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    MARKET PRICES.
    633 15 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, July 12, 1927. Mutton— cts Mutton Indian per lb 55 Head heep or goat each 1.00 Liver with heart A lung do 1.30 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet Bread w pair 30 Leg of Mutton lb 55 Lamb do 55
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