Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 13 July 1927
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section20 1927-07-13 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 158. VOL. LXXXV. WEDNESDAY, 13th JULY, 1927. PRICE IO CENTS.20 words
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Advertisement561 1927-07-13 1 iOSAKA 233, Penang Road. j! J t < Wholesale Merchants of Empty Bottles of various s s izes and kinds. < For different uses. > > (Especially for |I «WIB—IUMI ————4* J ►J<*J<>2<»J«»2oJ<»2«4*4*4*4* 4*4*4*4*4*44*4*4*4*4*4* 4*4*4‘4*4*4 < 4’4*4 < 4 < 4* »£<4*4 < 4*4*4 < 4*4*4*4*4*4*4«4*4*4*4' i a 4* Presenting561 words
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Advertisement16 1927-07-13 1 i 1 T. NAGATA BROTHERS DENTISTS. Head Office: Hext to,the Dispensary ■ranch Office 52« Leith Stat,16 words
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Article911 1927-07-13 2 RIDDING LONDON OF A HORNET’S NEST. Thieves’ Kitchen in Mayfair. The thanks of the public are due to you for having nd London of tins nest of hornets.’ ‘T hope that socially and commercially London will be better for their enforced absence.” The Recorder of Londen (Sir Ernest911 words
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Advertisement870 1927-07-13 2 HOVIS BREAD.- ti In Hovis alone can you enjoy the full nutritive By Order of the High Court, qualities of the Wheat Alor s,ar No in a form which will i l J PUBLIC AUCTION make no heavy demand j. On Thursday, 28th July, 1927,fat 11 a.m. upon the digestion.870 words
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Advertisement293 1927-07-13 2 y', Everi|bodi| under 1 Ike Sun drinks i MONTSERRWT Z LIM€ JUIC€ COR CH AL P After the heat and turmoil V. of the day. after a game of Y-* golf or tennis drink a 3 V- long, glistening glass of cooling ‘Montserrat.’ ‘4 El Always refreshing J and healthful293 words
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Advertisement707 1927-07-13 2 notices. The North Taiping Tin Dredging Company, Ltd. [lncorporated in the Straits Settlements.] i NOTICE is hereby given that an i Extraordinary General Meeting of The North Taiping Tin Dredging Co., Ltd., < will be held at the registered office of < the Company, No. 33, Beach Street, i Penang,707 words
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Advertisement353 1927-07-13 2 NOTICES. MUNICIPAL All persons claiming refund of R, f in respect of houses vacant durino»? half year ending 30th June, 1997 reminded that claims must be ’aenf tbe Municipal Secretary on or 31st July, 1927 on the prescribed copies of which may be obtained application. 0Q Claims must be accompanied353 words
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Miscellaneous91 1927-07-13 2 ’Rhone No 2tl. UNITED Cl OA, PeMtijßiii 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 parti “Tony Runs Wild” (Tom Mix) 6 parti Second Show at 9 p.m “Champion of Lost Causes’91 words
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Article507 1927-07-13 3 SUPREME AUTHORITY ON BRIDGE. “The Portland Club, where the first rubber of bridge was played when the game was introduced into this country in lbU4, is the supreme authority for its laws. It is now considering some important odifications of the existing rules.” 'The Portland Club is507 words
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Article119 1927-07-13 3 The only person in the business world who is completely free from fear is the office-boy. It is not the trifling, if necessary, services he performs, but the sense of undipped freedom he conveys that makes him the darling of every business house (writes “Harper’s Monthly”). Still trailing119 words
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Advertisement203 1927-07-13 3 ROBINSON CO., LTD., SINGAPORE. Have Pleasure in Announcing that they will be Holding A DISPLAY of THE LATEST CREATIONS in GOWNS and U/j MILLINERY at the t E. O. HOTEL from JULY 16th to 22nd (both dates inclusive). Jr 1 _T //iWwV ,dl '-41 JfWHX 11 if i <l. a203 words
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Advertisement93 1927-07-13 3 Contentment comes, not through the acquisition of worldly possessions, but from the harmonious working of the physical functions. To ensure this harmony the first essential is daily evacuation of the body’s waste, and when regularity in this has ceased, there is nothing that will more speedily and effectively restore it93 words
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Advertisement139 1927-07-13 3 n n H mr- ii "iiiWi The Wonderful New COLUMBIA PORTABLE GRAFONOLA It does not matter what you pay, you cannot get a portable gramophone to equal this new Columbia. In tone, in volume, and in value it is the biggest success yet. Hear it. Shaped like an attache case,139 words
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Article136 1927-07-13 4 AUTUMN MEETING, 1927. Thursday July 28th Saturday July 30th Monday August Ist Thursday August 4th Saturday August 6th 30 Races for Horses. 12 Races for Ponies. STAKES $122,200. Bedding and Stabling Free. Travelling Allowance to Visiting Horses $25. Unlimited Cash Sweep each day.) x-. i o i136 words
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Article795 1927-07-13 4 THE PARENT’S PART. An English public school master, writing recently in “The National Review” under the n ine “Senectusa,” gives a series of interesting impressions on education in the United States. He took a position for a time in a Ir.rge preparatory school for the sons of795 words
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Advertisement166 1927-07-13 4 J** ti |^*»al>“’*'«>»*** <t J fl/ vi V The Swan is the finest pen a man can have. It is so reliable. Never a skip, blot or break in the middle of a word, but just an easy glide. There is a tc Swan for every hand an d every166 words
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Advertisement38 1927-07-13 4 WANTED. Everyone, v hen in need of Electrical Goods, New Installations, Temporary Lighting, Rewiring, etc., to please consult first with LIANG Co., 438, Penang Road and 239, Magazine Road, Delco Lighting Plant for Hire. Phone 1045 for Repairs.38 words
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Advertisement230 1927-07-13 4 ?Mm I I The Liquid Enjoyment of a Genial Tĕte-a-tĕte WHEN you seek the shady cool of the verandah and chattily hold that “post-mortem”, when you lazily lounge in your chair and your mouth thirstily cries for a long cool drink, then think of the soothing coolness of Canada Dry—The230 words
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Article526 1927-07-13 5 f; VJE w OF the progress. Tj Rice Course premises at Kuala j ie rapidly assuming Exhibition I, r i ;i c In all directions an army j reeling buildings for •01 1 iug ol the many branches which the Exhibition. The import1 sections and the value526 words
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Article159 1927-07-13 5 BLFXDERs HE ATTRIBUTES TO TI.E GOVERNMENT. Hie Government have no grip on anyexcept the taxpayers’ throats, and ‘r' B Iding them tight enough. "'1 Lloyd George in a speech at the u 1 re Stoke Newington. N. owing were some of the blun- s Uributed to the159 words
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Article73 1927-07-13 5 N IPPON YUSEN KAISHA. I Tl report of the N Y.K. shows F l )r "tit, after providing for f Jl( u II the fleet, for insurB ips’ structural reft t(l ’’’<089,523.70 y including f ""’it •j’. forward from the last I Actors now propose that I appropriated as follows:73 words
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Article308 1927-07-13 5 FOURTEEN IX GANG ROBBERY. The following trial began on Wednesday last before Mr. Justice McCabe Reax. and was concluded on Thursday. The D.P.P., Mr. R. Moor, prosecuted, says the “S.F.P.” Four Teocbews were accused of gangrobbery. The evidence for the prosecution was th the effect that on308 words
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Article373 1927-07-13 5 BEAUTY OF ANCIENT TREASURES. Few visitors to the British Museum suspect that an expert scientific staff is employed solely on research work which has for its object the preservation of the books and specimens from the ravages of time and the revelation of hidden beauties which the373 words
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Article67 1927-07-13 5 Wednesday 13th July 1927. Moonlight 8.30 to 10.30 p.m. (weather permittv g). 1. March Ever Forward Dobson Waltz Rock A Bye My Baby Blues Bill 3 Overture William Tell Rossini 4. Cornet Solo Fnire Nous Smith 5. Fox Trot Idolizing West 6. Selection La Bobcme Puccini 7. Serenade67 words
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Article366 1927-07-13 5 depraved superstition. “The bottle of medicine” habit is nothing but a persistence of a depraved superstition or a form of mediaeval fetish worship. So declared Professor F. E. Wynne in his lecture recently on “Sunlight and the return to nature” to the members of the People’s366 words
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Article334 1927-07-13 5 Oalv a few weeks ago it was reported that Angelica Balamanoff, ex-secretary of the Third International, had died in exile. Now she is proving the rumour pre mature by publishing her memoirs. She has been called “the Grand-mother of the Revolution,” but is still only fifty334 words
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Article134 1927-07-13 5 “Of the three great equatorial oceans —the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific —the Indian is probably the* loneliest,’’ says a writer in “Wide World Magazine. “Take a map and draw a line from Fremantle to Colombo; draw another from Fremantle to Durban. These represent the ‘lanes’ of ocean134 words
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Article593 1927-07-13 5 Messrs. Baker Morgan and Co., Kuala Lumpur, reported on Monday as follows Although the prices of Tin Rubber have during the past week continued to give way, there have been a few spells of avti- ity in the share market. lor weeks past we have been basing593 words
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Article229 1927-07-13 5 WEIRD TALES OF THE JUNGLE. All the romance, the adventure and the sportsmanship or big game hunting in the most obscure corner» of the world are concentrated in the annual dinner of the Shikar Club, which is held every year on Oaks night. The club—the229 words
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Advertisement103 1927-07-13 5 (JUST A SUGGESTION When making a salad dressing remember to add a dash of I LEA PERRINS' SAUCE -v— y» NEW SHIPMENTS Dover Soles Russian Chickens [j! Singapore Cold Storage hi* 1 Company, Limited, I PENANG. 8 a.-..,. c ay»9C»«, -i. .4 WHY 4 PENCILS'IF 1 WILL DO U fc103 words
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Miscellaneous103 1927-07-13 5 gjMMMMBMTT——■ —IT 1 T—TTTI M TH—■! IT I'Bain .r I. r T~ i>r —iHW »i»T—.rmnrT-W-' “THE KINT ON MAIN STREET” AT THEATRE ROYAL. Commencing Monday, 11 th Till WedisesJay, 13th July. Day Show on Saturday at 2-30 p.m. In the Second Show at 9 p.m. 1 Richard Dix in The103 words
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Article, Illustration1519 1927-07-13 6 OOHIS d y, 1712, died Richard Cromwell, eldest son of Oliver, who, for a short time after his father (b°tween September 3, 1658, and May 25, 1659), was acknowledged Pro tector of the Commonwealth of England. He had lived in peaceful obscurity for fifty-three years after giving1,519 words
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Article43 1927-07-13 6 ELEVEN KILLED. Toledo, Ohio, July 13. Eleven fatalities have occurred as the result of a collision between a passenger and a goods trains here. One of the coaches of the passenger train was completely buried beneath cement laden goods trucks.43 words
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Article44 1927-07-13 6 A RELAPSE. Paris, July 12. M. Clemenceau, who has recently been ailing, had a relapse yesterday and his family was summoned to his bedside. Subsequently there was a slight improve ment but his son remained at the bedside all night long.44 words
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Article259 1927-07-13 6 Exciting Chase in Burma Road. ARMED ROBBERS IN BEACH STREET. Another audacious burglary was attempted at five o’clock this morning within a few yards of the scene of the operations against Mr. Cheah Kee Ee’s house on Monday night. At about 4 a.m. residents at Morningside,259 words
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Article456 1927-07-13 6 MYSTERY STORY OF THE WAR. A mysterious profess r, who became a leading British spy during the war. is mentioned by Mr. Henry de Halsalle in “Who Goes There?” a new book describ ed as “an account of the Secret Service adventures of ‘Ex-InteP’gence,’ published456 words
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Article71 1927-07-13 6 The Manila Shows are revisiting Penang and will probably stay for about three weeks on their usual pitch at Magazine Road. The usual features will be in evidence, including the seaplanes, the whip, merry-go-rounds and other amusements and several new and entertaining side shows. The management is71 words
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Article788 1927-07-13 6 Possession of Forged Notes. CHINESE CONVICTED. The hearing of the case in which Choo Chang Siew, a Chinese shop keeper at Bedong was yesterday charged before Mr. Justice Spronle in the-fiupreme Court with using as genuine one forged note on May 20, and one forged $5O note on788 words
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Article55 1927-07-13 6 THEFT. For theft of $1 from Mohamed Rouse, a Malay, in Chowrasta Market, Penang,’ at 8.25 a.m. on July 9, a Chinese named’ Lye Heng who pleaded guiltv, was sentenced by Mr. S. N. King, in the Penang Police Court this morning, to three months’ imprisonment and ten55 words
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Article399 1927-07-13 6 We regret to hear that Mrs. F.E. Byron is in the Kuala Lumpur hospital seriously ill. H. H. The Sultan of Pahang will celebrate his 50th birthday at Pekan on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. M.J. Kennaway with their family are staying at Maxwell’s Hill, Tai ping. Str399 words
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Article250 1927-07-13 6 THE ARMANESTAN. The arrived in Singapore on Monday and was placed in quarantine. During the voyage from Jeddah twenty deaths are reported to havoccurred on board, and although it he been stated in some quarters that the steamer, which is a vessel of 3,329 tons n t,250 words
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Article129 1927-07-13 6 The ever-welcome Straits Produce has made another appearance, and is now on sale at all bookstalls. The present issue is well up to the standard from which th» periodical lapsed a short time ago, and contains some excellent work by Denis Santry and 0. P.” each of whom129 words
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Article300 1927-07-13 6 RAIN MARS SECOND DAY. (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, July 12. Rain before the start, followed by a continuous drizz’e, and finishing up a storm, marred the second day of the meeting of the Perak Turf Club. The attendance was large and included H. H The Sultan.300 words
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Article160 1927-07-13 6 “THE MARRIAGE CLAUSE/’ An unalloyed treat is in store for patrons of the Empire Theatre, when "The Marriage Clause” a Universal Jewel Picture makes its long-heralded appearance commencing from to-morrow night. For sheer interest- and story value, we believe that this picture makes one of the current cinema160 words
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Article194 1927-07-13 6 The following ties have been t< Monday, July 18: Mixed Doubles Handicap: r and Mrs. C. D. D. Hogan v. -30 Douglas and R. H. Swinchatt; —I S Reimann and J. H. Pedfow v. —3 16 c K. M. Young and W. J. A. Grant. Double Handicap:194 words
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Article366 1927-07-13 7 A Japanese Invitation. FRACAS AT BORODIN’S OFFICE. Tokyo, July 12. For the purpose of eradicating the suppicion of the Southerners that Japan is interfering with the movements of belligerents, the Japanese government has invited Chiang Kai-shek to send representatives to act as observers with the Japanese troops at Shantum.366 words
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Article112 1927-07-13 7 DOMINION FOREST SCHEMES. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, July 12. The Rt. Hon. W. G. Ormsby Gore, Parliamentary Secretary to the Dominions, stated in the Commons to-day that the percentage of timber imported into Great Britain from Empire sources was, on a basis of valu p 28.6 per(Rugby Radio Service.) - 112 words
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Article99 1927-07-13 7 CONVERSATIONS REACH A DEADLOCK. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, July 12. It is understood that the conversations between France and Spain upon the uioiiitication of the Tangier regime, which have been proceeding for some time in Paris, have reached an impasee. It had been arranged that if any agree(Rugby Radio Service.) - 99 words
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Article31 1927-07-13 7 LIEUTENANT DUFFIELD’S SENTENCE COMMUTED. Gibraltar, July 12. Th*» sentence of death passed on June on Lieutenant Duffield, who shot his Officer, has been commuted 0 penal servitude for life.31 words
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Article1127 1927-07-13 7 MENACE OF UGLY BUILDINGS. Is the beauty of the Thames Valley being destroyed Two recent incidents give point to this question. At Twickenham. says The Observer,” there is indignation at the proposed extension of the Convent School in the grounds of Pope’s Villa, which adjoins the1,127 words
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Article374 1927-07-13 7 THE BEAUTIES OF THE VARSITY TOWN. Oxford is so beautiful under the blue skies of early summer that it is even possible to forgive the February floods. It is a city of green and gold; all the trees are in full leaf the river meadows are ablaze with374 words
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Article266 1927-07-13 7 WORST ROADS IN THE WORLD. There are still a few adventurous occupations left in the world for those who care to seek them. Carrying the Persian mail is one, for Persia, says “The Daily Mail, has no railways and only one or two open ports. Teheran, the266 words
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Advertisement128 1927-07-13 7 I WHITEAWAYS I THREE PART IRON BEDSTEADS ARE THE I BEST VALUE OBTAINABLE I i OVER 6,000 SOLD DURING THE YEAR 1926. I mTI n I I- IUI Br r —i I li —t i AsL r A A i W Solid- Rigid—Durable The Cheapest Reliable Bed in the East.128 words
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Article19 1927-07-13 8 To Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Goh at 422 Penang Road, on the 12th July 1927, a daughter.19 words
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Article488 1927-07-13 8 Of all the problems our Legislative 0. uncil has to s dve. that of housing is the most important’and the most urgent. As we have pointed out before, a w’ellhcused people is a contented people, yet that’home' truth does not appear to have been grasped by the unofficial members488 words
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Article550 1927-07-13 8 We have no wish to pose as alarmists but there is obvious’ y a well-organized gang of burglars working systematically in Penang, district by district and house by house. That it is a particularly daring band is obvious from the persistency with which it has attempted550 words
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Article, Illustration353 1927-07-13 8 George Gadd - No. 30-The Mashie. by George Gadd. It D a pi f y. but the mashie is f losing its popularity. The reason is, of course, that the mashie niblick has been introduced to take its plac’, and, und*r certain conditions, it may give better results. We are told353 words
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Article156 1927-07-13 8 [To the E litor of the Pinang Gazette.”] Sir, —Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council might add to their efforts on behalf of the public a demand for a change in cur censorship system. The new Governor with his sound knowledge of local e mditions cuild settle once156 words
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Article70 1927-07-13 8 LIST OF ENTRIES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 13. The draws made for the Malayan Tennis Championships are not yet available for publication. The entries are roughly singles, 24, which will be reduced to 16 doubles, 12 ladies’ singles, 7 ladies’ doubles, 5 mixed doublet,,70 words
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Article132 1927-07-13 8 (Rcgby Radio Service.) London, July 12. Paris, 124; New York, Brussels, 34.91 J Geneva, 25.22; Amsterdam, 12.11$; Milan, 89.25 Berlin, 20.46 Stockholm, 18.13 Copenhagen, 18.16 A Osin, 18.78 Vienna, 34.50; Prague’ 163$ Helsingfors, 192$ Madrid, 28.32| Lisbon, 2f a Athens, 3675; Bucharest, 805 Rio, Buenos Aires, 47H Bombav,(Rcgby Radio Service.) - 132 words
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Article35 1927-07-13 8 RUBBER PRICES. We beg to report that the Singapore prices for. Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet for to-day are as follows Spot 57|c Ang/September Oct./December 59 c Jan/March 1928 60e Market Quiet.35 words
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Article39 1927-07-13 8 LONDON STANDARD (LOOSE) S. R. Sheet 57} cts per pounds per pl. 31 No. 1 Crepe 57} cts per poundper pl. »’tj 33 Easier. London 16$d New York 34} c‘s. (gold). (By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen Dennys.)39 words
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Article83 1927-07-13 8 T/ie Eastern Smelting Co., London, July 11, spot £*****» three months’ buying £278.10s and three months’ selling £27<15-. Messrs. Bousteacl and Co. Lto-. To-day’s quotation for Singapore refined tin $144 62$ per picul, business done 225 tons, Penang relined -r, $145 25 per picul, bnvers no sellers, unrefined83 words
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Article18 1927-07-13 8 The output of Talam Mines under tribute arrangements I r month of June was piucls 1'18 words
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Article171 1927-07-13 8 The health statement for th' 11 pality of George Town for the ending July 9, 1927, shows a total--81 deaths—s 3 males an J 28 death-rate b«ing 30.46 per w t pared with 33.47 in flie preceding and with 31.06 in the c S rPSP pg of week171 words
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Advertisement154 1927-07-13 8 STfITE (xpress CIGARETTES fj: H: q H:: :H::: t•:i4 b ,r K r 7 -r z< Jte w iw J ISC?;.:'. gjr x. EM® V «7 Vi>- i-r < Ifin 1» Ai***»? Chtap Made by hand £*^s*»/^ ne a tlTne £^oW L\. Bf J, f d 4 *<>2? 2 ■t/154 words
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Advertisement65 1927-07-13 8 u E. O.” autumn race meeting. Race Dinner and Dance-on the 28th and 30th July. Ist, 4th and 6th August. Black ard 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.65 words
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Miscellaneous26 1927-07-13 8 TIDE lABLES. TO DAY, High Water. Low Water 11.28 am. 5.21 a.m. 11.59 p.m. 6.2 G p.m. To MORROW Noon. 6.9 a m. Midnight. 9.4 p.m.26 words
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Article474 1927-07-13 9 More Hopeful Atmosphere Prevails. CRUISER QUESTION. BRITAIN’S PROPOSALS LIKELY TO BE ADOPTED. Gonev.i, July 12. Th*-re is a mire hopeful atmosphere at the N ival Conference. Experts for two days have b-en ex-mining the British cruiser pr pcsils, which have sufficiently pr< g '*?sed to allow a full474 words
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Article189 1927-07-13 9 INCREASED MOTOR SHIP CONSTRUCTION. London, July 11. The gradual improvement in tonnage under construction throughout the world, and the leaps and bounds of motorship construction, are the outstanding features recorded in Lloyd’s register. The latest shipbuilding returns show that for the three months ended June 30, 1.390,3xS tons189 words
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Article27 1927-07-13 9 FORTHCOMING VISIT TO NORWAY. The Hague, July 12. Qi-en Wilhelmina and the Princess 1114 'ia are going to Norway in August or three weeks.27 words
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Article154 1927-07-13 9 Ten Men Charged. “TO FILL UP IHE GAP.” London, July 12. Ten men have been charged in the Dublin police court in connection with the assassination of Kevin O’Higg ns including J. Reynolds, General Secretary of the Fianna Eireann Organisation of the Nationalist Boy Scouts. All denied complicity154 words
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Article248 1927-07-13 9 MORE DEATH SENTENCES. Moscow, July 12. Druzhilovsky has been sentenced to death and his property has been confiscated. [Reuter cibled on July 10 An official message from the “Ta=s” agency states that over 25 persons, including a number of ex Naval officers and officials of military and248 words
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Article174 1927-07-13 9 A HUMANE WORK. Geneva, July 12. The League of Nations conference to create an International Relief Union in the case of disasters, which opened on July 4, has been concluded. It adopted a draft convention statute providing for the establishment of such a Union and fixing its174 words
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Article36 1927-07-13 9 SATISFACTORY INCREASE. London, July 12. The Board of Trade Report for June is as follows Imports —£99,000/00. Exports —£56,000.000. The respective increases, as compare 1 with June 1926 are £1,800.000 and £5,900,000.36 words
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Article34 1927-07-13 9 FINALLY PASSED. Paris, July 12. The Chamber has finally pissed the Electoral Reform Bill by 320 votes to 234. The debates were very critical and there were several all-night sitting?.34 words
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Article107 1927-07-13 9 Many Casualties. EYE-WITNESS’S STORY. Jerusalem, July 12. The latest earthquake casualty list is 109 dead and 346 injured. There are no British casualties. 85 persons are reported to have been killed in the town of Es Silt. OUTER DISTRICTS AFFECTED. Cairo, July 12. An eye-witness who has fl>wn107 words
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Article148 1927-07-13 9 THE MIDLANDS SERIOUSLY AFFECTED. London, July 12. The violence of the storm which broke out last night in London and the Midlands, following splendid suns ine, is shown by incidents reported from various parts. Underground traffic in several places in London was held up for hours,148 words
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Article68 1927-07-13 9 INCENDIARISM SUSPECTED. Sawtelle, California, July 13A fire broke out this afternoon at the barracks of the Soldiers H >me, in which were some 3,000 war veterans, some of whom are bedridden and crippled. A mysterious fire, believe! to be due to incendiarism, recently destroyed the main dining-hall68 words
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Article73 1927-07-13 9 COLLIDES WITH A TREE. Boulogne, July 13. An air liner belonging to the Royal Dutch Aerial Navigation Company from London to Amsterdam with seven passengers strayed in the fog while firing over the northern part of the Department Pas de Calais and collided w th a73 words
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Article60 1927-07-13 9 —(Vale). PROPOSAL FOR INCREASE OF SALARIES. Paris, July 12. By 14 votes to 8. with six abstentions, the Chamber Finance Committee has decided to exceed tie figures propos-d by the government for increasing the salaries of State employees. M. P -incare will propose the question of confidence—(Vale). - 60 words
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Article106 1927-07-13 9 Tolley’s Brilliant Play in Open Championship. ROUND IN 71. DUNCAN AND WETHERED FAIL TO QUALIFY. St. Andrew, July 12. Cyril Tolley, by brilliantly equalling the few minutes’old r--c ’rd of 71 for the New Course a-t by Bobby Jones, heads the list of qualifi-rs for the op-m championship proper,106 words
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Article303 1927-07-13 9 HOBBS CREATES NEW RECORD. London, July 12. During the night, there was rain all over the country, but the weather did not prevent Hobbs from scoring his hundredth century for Surrey, and his one hundred and forty second in first class cricket. Incidentally this is a new record,303 words
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Article28 1927-07-13 9 PENANG TEAM TO VISIT BANGKOK, (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, July 12. It is announced that a Penang Rugby team will be visiting Bangkok in November.28 words
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Article149 1927-07-13 9 “SOUVENIRS” RECOVERED. Paris, July 12. Commander Byrd and balchen paid a farewell visit to Ver-sur-mer before sailing for home. He was rousingly welcomed by the inhabitants and took tea with the family which sheltered him, and revisited the room where he elept. which is the bedroom149 words
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Advertisement24 1927-07-13 9 FoamiteTirc Protection THE MOST UP-TO-DATE f APPLIANCES. -r i i EFFECTIVE ON ALL FIRES. i ALL SIZES. Sole Agents DUREGE AND THOMAS, LTD. PENANG.24 words
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Advertisement154 1927-07-13 9 .y tfjf 1927 j Motor Cycles I Model H. 3 3.49 H.P, Standard Touring Price $485 H. 4 2.49 H.P. De Luxe Sporting 485 LL H. 5 3.49 H.P. Standard Sporting 440 H. 63 49 H,P. O. H, V, 525 Above models in stock. All fitted with twist V grib154 words
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Article387 1927-07-13 10 ACQUISITION OF NEW LAND. The ehareholderg of the North Taiping Tin Dredging Company, Limited, are informed that the directors have acquired an Option over an area of approximately 250 acres of Mining land gituated near Broga Village, Negri Sembilan, on the main Broga-Seremban Road, stated by the387 words
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Article206 1927-07-13 10 MOTORING KAN ON A YOUNG BANKER. Pleading guilty at London S-ssions to having been drunk while in charge ef a motor-car, Richard Francis Kindersley, 22, described as a banker, was fined the maximum amount of £5O and directed to pay the costs of the206 words
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Article209 1927-07-13 10 DRAMATIC SEQUEL TO RISING OF COMMONS. A dramat c scene on Westminst -r Bridge about 11 <»’cb ck on the night of June 15, was wit nested by dozens of pedestrians. For some time a youngish man dressed in a grey suit, soft bat, and carrying209 words
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Article191 1927-07-13 10 The following were the latest qiiotations in Messrs. Kennedy and Co.s share list at 11 a.m. to day Yesterday. To-day. j Ĕ Ĕ Shares. e 5 'o cq cn oQ c. C. c. C. Mining. Bating P. -70 .72} .H7} .70 Eastern Siam Tin 22/3 22/9 21/9191 words
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Article86 1927-07-13 10 Tbe following are our latest quotations Rubbers. Buyer?. Sellers. AUenbys 2.40 2.60 Bassetts 1.05 1.15 B. Katiis .85 .90 Changkats 7.75 8 25 Mentakabs .50 .55 Pajams 2.25 2.40 Sandycrofts 2.30 2.50 U. Malaccas 1.95 2.05 Tins. Bangrins 29/- 30/East Siams 20/6 21/6 Idris 60/- 62/Ip«hs 44/-86 words
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Article69 1927-07-13 10 To-day. Mining. Buyers. Sellers. Bangrins New 30/3 31/3 B. Padangs .68 .70 Hitams .92} .97} Jelapangs 43/9 44/6 K. Lumpurs 37/- 37/6 Kuchais 2.00 2.05 Laruts 24/- 24/6 M. Consols 1.20 1.22} Nai Hoots .42 .44 N. Taipings 1.12} 1.15 Puchongs 6/6p. 7/-p. Rahmans 2.57} 2.60 Ratruts69 words
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Article253 1927-07-13 10 MOSCOW PLAINT. Moscow is greatly dissatisfied with the results of its efforts to scir up revolutionary feelings in Great Britain and other countries. A report recently published in the official journal of the Communist International states: In examining the statistics of the party membership according to districts,253 words
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Article1315 1927-07-13 10 A BASE FOR INTRIGUE. The Franco-Spanish conversations about Tangier which are in progress in Paris, says the Tangier correspondent of The Times,” have brought so many side issues to the front that there is s me risk that the most. important motive of the whole negotiations may1,315 words
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Article210 1927-07-13 10 PENANG JULY 13, 1927. Benares Opium p. chest $5,000.00 nom. Cloves 70.00 nom. Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Pickings 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 Siam210 words
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Advertisement242 1927-07-13 10 Metropolitan-Vickers, Electrical Export Co., Ltd. (LONDON and MANCHESTER). T T T »F 4< We Invite'Enquiries For AU Your Requirements in Electrical Plant g t J A. C. and D. C. Motors for All Sevices. Generators, Switch and Control Gear, 5 Complete Electrical' Installations for J Tin Mines and Industrial Purposes.242 words
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Advertisement42 1927-07-13 10 The Latest Models of the World-Famous MEAD CYCLES Can now be Cash or on W op4o ment Terms. g t date s ments are >n clai oci A-coebsorien ke|B 111 HMM 22» Penang. W/J Sole As en s c W A. DENNYS’42 words
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Article1323 1927-07-13 11 TWO RESIGNATIONS. An ordinary meeting of the Penang Municipal Commission was held at the Municipal Offices yesterday afternoon. Mr. G. L. Ham, presided and the others present were Messrs. J. H. Ped low, J. D. Kemp, Khoo Sian Ewe, C. D. D. Hogan, M. H. M. Yeoh Cheang1,323 words
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Article23 1927-07-13 11 The folio.ving are unlelivered cables. Pethapernrnal,ss, Pilantotain Estate. Thomas Cook. Chankuanbeng, 86, Knantanroad. Moszkoveki. Leeahtong c/o Hocktaihin 16. First St. Gheecheang.23 words
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Article275 1927-07-13 11 Two cheques for more than a quarter of a million pounds each were involved in proceedings in the Chancery Division the other day. Counsel for a litigant, mentioning two liquidators' cheques, for £258,408 and £261,072, payable to a couple of brothers, declared that he held several of this275 words
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Advertisement994 1927-07-13 11 flew Advertisements. auction. VACANT. NOTICE OF SALE. Junior Book-keeper required for PENANG SALES ROOM vLantil? firm. Apply with references *Bo*x No- 310, c/o Pinang Gazette. an auction sale Wanted: Experienced Ledger Clerk. Q n S atur( a y j 1927 Anrlv in writing with copies of testi- y, lonidf, stating994 words
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Advertisement200 1927-07-13 11 i > MOTHER’S JOY What greater joy for a mother then to watch her beloved baby growing in health and strength day by day To all mothers unable to feed their babies the choice of a suLjtitute food is of the greatest importance. “Lactogen” makes the choice easier, and happy200 words
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Article575 1927-07-13 12 PRINCE AND EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM. In 1924 the National Association for the Employment of Regular Soldiers had extended its scope to include men of the Navy and the Air Force, and the success of this development was dwelt upon recently by the Prince of Wales at the575 words
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Article220 1927-07-13 12 PENANG, JULY 13, 1927. (By Courtesy Of The Chartered Bank.) T endon Demand Ba> k 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 154}') 3 days’sight Private 156 s Bombay Demand Bank 154} I 2 Madras Demand220 words
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Article1112 1927-07-13 12 KENNEDY CO'S SHARE LIST. nawks. I I U J J| BURFSR 9 1 e 0 Allenby EaVoer Oo 2 60 2 75 Alor G*j«h Rnbbe» 2 30 2 50 j Ratate* 4 00 4 25 1 Ayer Httxi- FlanMns 4 00 4 25 Ayer Kun!? g Rubber RsteW 65 751,112 words
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Advertisement296 1927-07-13 12 I MANILA CARNIVAL SHOWS I I.; J Grand Opening J hursday 14th July, Location Magazine Road. spm to 12 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Mau’nea at 3-30 pm 4 GIANT RIDES 4 1 Ride The Whip j Rida The Giant Sea Planes Thrilling and Sensational. Through the Clouds. Ride The Ferris296 words
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Advertisement680 1927-07-13 12 BANKS. THE MERCANTILE BANkT?" INDIA, LIMITED (Incorporated in Engla B( Authorised Capital Subscribed Capital J 1 W.OOC Paid-up LOOO.OOO Reserve Fund and Undivided Profits J 006 o 5 1 ’145,(J0t Board of Directors J. M. Ryrie, Esq., (Chairman) p p mens, Esq., Sir David Yule, Bart i 1 Hambro, Esq.,680 words
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Article725 1927-07-13 13 PRIME MINISTER’S VISION. U ithin four miles of his home at Bewdley, and on a spot where as a boy h? pl ’yed cricket and football, the Prime Minister on the 2nd June, on the blanks of the Severn at Stourport, inaugurated the new super power-station of725 words
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Article45 1927-07-13 13 July 16—Glugor Shield Inter-School Athletic Sports, Esplanade. 20—Penang Turf Club Entries close 2 p.m. <3o—Penang Turf Club Summe Meeting. 30 Ist Aug.—Cricket Match Colony v. F.M.8., Singapore. August 1, 4 6—Penang Turf Club, Summer Meeting. 6—Cricket League Match, P.R.C. v, E.S C., Esplanade.45 words
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Advertisement542 1927-07-13 13 gp—", .Mj.awi i— bi b A G ENERAL MOTORS PRODUCT ,<gi A'<vT?;Tk,U:A A-T CHEVROLET SETS NEW AND HIGHER STANDARDS A casual inspection, only is sufficient to satisfy anyone Prices at Singapore: that the standard of motor car values* attained by the new Chevrolet is a new and higher one. Five-passenger542 words
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Advertisement38 1927-07-13 13 IN EXCHANGE For 200 used Stamps of Strarta Settle, merits, Malay States, Siam, Hone Kong, Java, and the surrounding countries, will give PICTURE POST CARDS or TH» CREAT EUROPEAN WAR, &c. MISS TEE, “KIA ORA,” Stockwell. London, England38 words
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Advertisement292 1927-07-13 13 s’®®®» Remington, «mw» I Cartridges of every 8 I Kind and Calibre I I QUICK FIRING cartridges—each one in the box g accurate and uniform—are indispensable to the K sportsman. He cannot afford to shoot any other kind! I 109 years of experience is behind I w Remington UMC cartridges.292 words
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Article85 1927-07-13 14 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Antenor for Port Swet’enham, Singapore, Hongkong ami Shanghai. Sampit for Asahm, Paneh, Bagan Si Api-Apiand Batu Bahra. for Singapore, China and Japan. The following ships are in commu nication with the Wirekss Stations at Penan g.— Bondowoso, Ceylon The, Genoa Maru, Indra Poer», Oostkerk, Rawal Pimli,85 words
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Article576 1927-07-13 14 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 (Sunday excepted! at 6 pm Parit576 words
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Article40 1927-07-13 14 The homeward mail by the s. s. Khiva closes at 5.30 p.m. on Saturday, the 16th instant. The P. &0. Rawalpindi with mails despatched from London on June 23 is expected to arrive here at 10 a.m. tomorrow.40 words
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Advertisement588 1927-07-13 14 BOOKS FOR SALE. BARGAINS FOR LIBRARIES, CLUBS, COMMERCIAL MEN, JOURNALISTS AND OTHERS. THE FOLLOWING BOUND VOLUMES OF A MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION OF PERIODICALS AND NEWSPAPERS ARE FOR SALE PERIODICALS. The Academy a ion 1091 Agricultural Bulletin of the F. M. S. A 01. 1 to 9 1918 1921 Agricultural Bulletin S.588 words
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Advertisement95 1927-07-13 14 r o H wOW x /wk Wk W/M W M A /J/ {\Jtl px ESIGNED to solve the special needs of the Q low-pressure flexible sidewall tyre, SUPERTWIST does this in a remarkable j degree for Goodyear Balloon Tyres. r T- r Il I I |Ez| t S! —-6 R.95 words
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Article659 1927-07-13 15 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, July 13, 1927 Mutton— cta Mutton Indian per lb 55 Head heep or goat each 1.00 Liver with heart lung do 1.30 Tri Pe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Mutton w lb 55 Lamb j o659 words
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Advertisement281 1927-07-13 15 WHO SMOKE PIPES < WIJC J >U/u i cxl// <iy \y jf V, -V V Tliey 4 fill th® bill** \spl| You tike a pipe and you don’t like cigarettes! That’s simply because you X* L haven’t tried "Varsity"—the Pipe J 1 Smoker’s Mixture Cigarettes. They are 1 I expressly281 words
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Advertisement231 1927-07-13 15 ■5 Jr GLAXO is the only food that he® been used in 5 Royal Nurseries. Surely if there was a better it would have been given to these Royal Babies. Your Baby is as precious as a Royal Baby, and must have the best food Glaxo, made from the purest231 words
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Advertisement1317 1927-07-13 16 r„„vr, i IMF HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. ITOIC LINE* (incorporated in Germany.) INTENDED RATLINGS FROM PENANG For Singapore, Hongkong Shanghai and Japan Ports. WEEKLY SERVICE, LONDON AND N. CONTINENT- o l<lenbur 20th August PHEMTUS July 15 London. Rotterdam and Hamburg. 8S aar an AUTOMEDON July 20 Marseilles, London. Rotterdam and Hamburg. For1,317 words
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Advertisement575 1927-07-13 16 P. 0.-BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Companies Incorpobated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co. under Sailings of steamers of the Br contract with His Majesty’s Govern- lndi a S. N. Co., Ltd. ment, London and Far East Mail Service. (Incorporated in England.) Outwards575 words
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