Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 19 July 1927

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 163. VOL. LXXXV. TUESDAY, 19th JULY, 1927. PRICE IO CENTS.
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  • 778 2 STATUTE TO RESTRICT NUMBERS. By 229 votes to 164, Congregation have approved the promulgation of the Statute imposing definite limits on the number of women at Oxford for the present. So large was the attendance that the Sheldonian Theatre was used for the debate, and the
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    • 1557 2 POSITIONS VACANT. NOTICES. ||AlimnM<* Hll Wanted Clerk with knowledge of MADAME GALARDI RINGWORMo UN Shipping and Outstation Despatch. Ap /mi fmA rirtT ply John Little Co.. Ltd., Bishop WILL HAVE ON VIEW FROM >ll 111 I LAI 1 Street. Penang. 25th JULY Uli LU 0 I HUL LL— Lovely Paris
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    • 24 2 BEAUFOY FOR EXCELLENCE IN PICKLES and SAUCES. TRY CUBAN YOU WILL USE NO OTHER. WHOLESALE SUPPLY TRADING SOCIETY “DELI-AT J EH” Incorporated n Holland.)
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    • 328 2 ♦’•X Xfe. ft 8 j BABY’S i Birthright. 1 r I Everything depends upon the start in life you give V 1 Baby. Now is the time to lay the foundation of I future health. a [I Jf you cannot feed Baby yourself give him the next hei thing, Cow
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  • 744 3 A CORNER OF AMERICA IN LONDON. It is an odd thing, when one considers the clamorous characteristics for which baseball is famous that the game should have been making remarkably steady progress in the United Kingdom during the last few years without making any noise in the
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  • 119 3 SWEDEN'S UNIQUE MUSEUM. A giant grave-mound from early Viking times, turned into a museum with electric light probably unique of its kind in the world, has just been formally opened by Sweden’s prominent royal archaeologist, Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf. The monnd, which is considered to
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  • 671 3 WOMEN SURVEYORS’ STRONG REPORT. A report on the housing conditions in the Victoria Ward area of Westminster, issued on behalf of the Westminster Survey Group, gives details of overcrowding, the consecfhent occupation of unfit basements, insanitary conditions, and the prevalence of disease. Or. Andrew J. Shinnie, Med’cal Officer
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  • 83 3 SIX MEN ASPHYXIATED. S'x men’s were placed in jeopardy recently by the bursting of an ammonia tap in a refrigerator at a a butcher’s shop in London. The fumes were so powerful and spread with such alarming rapidity that a shopman named BeddL s, who tried to stop
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    • 373 3 f s' \> I ■X. l~ y mJ***’»! M r Lgr w\’ fl i&Sr */X «X W V FS gSr v< w\\ g|gig |i For Strength II in every case b of Weakness You can soon prove that Hall’s Wine is a wonderful strength- \T giving tonic. Buy a bottle
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    • 53 3 Too Late Then to Hunt. No time to hunt tor a doctor or drug store y. l.en suddenly seized with ng »nzing intestinal cramps, deadly nausea and prostrating diarrhoea. Chamberlain s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy gives instant warmth, comfort and ease from pain, tor sale everywhere. The Borneo Co., 1
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    • 186 3 -~V° painfull as JL_ Yet how often athletes and sportsmen must endure this intense suffering. In such accidents, or if the hot sun or overexercise cause prostration and headache Aspirin Tablets proves most useful. That is what makes it the Sportsman’s Analgesic. It quickly relieves pain, renews strength, 5? quiets
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  • 427 4 A WONDERFL L EXHIBITION. A portion of the treasures of the Sultans is now on view in lop Kapou Seiai, the oid palace on Seraglio Point, Conbtantinople. lhe collection fully confirms all that has been fabled of tile magniticence of Oriental monarchs. Jewels seem to be
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  • 434 4 WESTMINSTER BRIDGE AND BRITISH MUSEUM. How many of the thousands who visit the British Museum daily realise to what extent that nationa’ institution owes its existence to the now illegal lottery A reminder that this and other famous buildings in London owe their existence to
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  • 810 4 RIGOROUS LITERARY CENSORSHIP. From his base of operations in California Mr. Upton Sinclair has crossed the United States in order to fight the literary censorship of B»wton, which during the past two or three months has produced an increasing agitation among American men and women of letters.
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    • 330 4 Removes Hair J t Like Magic I More pleasant than g JH depilatories. Better than ■Hr &r\ a Until the discovery of Veet > Cream, women have haa to g resort to shaving and objec- K H flMkr tionable depilatories to w remove superfluous hair. WZ Both razors and ordinary
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    • 460 4 FTRSTwincarnis Dispels Depression lik y 17,000 Doctor x k* Try this pleasant way to Health and Vigour. ’I /ibi If you are run-down, liable v’ J.: s l to headaches, or recovering X—|j fever—try the pleasant /4?! Wincarnis way to restored T'’ health and strength. n Wincarnis is the tonic
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  • 366 5 RACING ON LAST DAY. Er -n Our Own Correspondent.) Ipob, July 18. Brit.'! co< 1 weather favoured the lae I ;i Perak Turf Club’s sumtnei I t i- The going was good and then excellent attendance, including j| [I tl e uitan of Perak, the Hon v’
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  • 189 5 SF.UOUS TRAINING STARTS TO-MORROW. s tr fining in connection with the Till .mini» Amumn Meeting will begin 0:1 Hie i'enmig rac'-course to-murriw i’oe course was officially open r inp \,ork on Monday morning 1 o’ •> of horses were given light Work i I 'rgo contingent was
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  • 466 5 LEAFLETS DISTRIBUTED TO FRENCH SAILORS. in onr P° sse ssion, writes t t he u M l orninK PoaL copy Of a leaflet r which has been distributed among the e sailors of the French war ships recently y on a visit to English waters. This leaflet bears
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  • 374 5 RUSSIAN PRINCE’S PROPERTY. In the dispersal at Christie’s recently of a further collect! m of armour belonging to a Russian prince there was an echo of the sale last year realising £20,000. Although the name cf the prince was not openly disclosed, states The Daily Telegraph, there
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    • 57 5 Few Children Escape It j,., J l s so inseparable from the i iood, can become serious f 1...,, i 11 r if not promptly quieted. Up,; •n s Colic and Diarrhoea Re•iil(|r,7 dependable for both ly S rOw n people. It immediateB’, jls severe intestinal pain and f-0,, T(
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    • 523 5 -T-T TK-. THE GIFT OF A SON a frail little being —nor is it an ordinary dried milk whose whole future in the powder. It is pure cows’ milk jEf world depends upon your care, dri<id and modified in such a way means a great responsibility tha: ,t csen ble
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  • 2014 6 Malay Sentenced For Causing Death of A Chinese. 18 Months’ Rigorous Imprisonment. Mohamed bin Mydin, a Malay, was sentenced to 18 months' i igorous imprisonment at the Penang Assizes, to-day, by the Hon Mr. Justice Sproule, on a charge of causing the death of Wong Ah
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  • 195 6 SETTLEMENT ARRIVED AT IN COURT. A Tamil named Kaliappen was yesterday afternoon charged before Mr. S. N. King in the Penang Police Court, with having wrongfully confined his wife in his house in Dato Kramat Road on March 8, and with using criminal force. Mr.
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  • 96 6 The following are our latest quotations Rubbers. Buyers. Sellers. A. Panas $10.25 $10.75 B. Lin tangs 1.40 1.45 Colinsburghs 3.60 3.80 Glenealys 2.50 2.75 Kedahs 4 00 4.25 M. Pmdas 2 124 2 174 1.90 2.00 U. Malaccas 1.95 2.05 Tins. Batu Caves 1.374 1.40 Eastern Siams
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  • 43 6 The following telegram has been received from the Mine, by the agen‘s. Messrs. Bous'ead and Co., Ltd. All superstructure machinery d smantUd including part pontoon. Shipping 400 tons dredge material for S chon tw nty- eventh instant.
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  • 372 6 Prosecution on A Point of Low. SLENDER EVIDENCE. Before the Hon. Mr. Justice Sproule and a common jury, at the Assize this morning, Ooi Sing Ghee, a Chinese, was charged with causing the death of Vella Sammv, a Tamil, in Ayer Icam Road, on Jone 2nd last, by
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  • 269 6 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. The annuil general meeting of the Penang Catholic Benevolent Association which was to have been held on Sunday the 10 h instant and was postponed to Sunday the 17th July, was held at th» Penang Recrearion Ciub premises. Dr. J. E. Smith presided.
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  • 140 6 NEW MINING LAND ACQUIRED. In a circular letter to the shareholders, the directo s of Sungei Way Dredging Limited, announce that as a result of boring operations carried out on land adjoining the present property a further area of 122 acres, held under Agricultural Title, has been
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  • 1695 6 WITH the a'd of the strong breez which is blowing this morning, Weld Quay is the scene of a miniature sands’orm which may appeal to lovers of the picturesque but annoys the plain man and chokes his utterance. Meantime, the municipal appear to have b en misplaced.
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    • 561 7 I 7-:., vr ~i WHITEAWAYS SPECIAL DISPLAY j FOR LADIES FOR MEN j Sh. gh hg. X Wr-.4. St I I Saxone Golf Shoe. L 'a ptf In Tan Grain Leather strong sole ;?ib 7 -.V/ rj_ 7 I Price $l7-50 fIDRI Saxone patent Shoes of Quality S A 'V
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  • 565 8 RUBBER SOME FACTS AND FIGURES. Having failed, so far, to fulfil tl.e hopes of its protagonists, the Stevenson R‘>s- triction Scheme is once more the subject of keen discussion in the rubber world. Restrictionists, anxious to make allowances for the waywardness of their pet, are putting f irwar 1 different
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  • 468 8 Shipping and Engineering for July 1 has a pungent paragraph in its editorial columns, which provides a significant commentary on the vexed question of armaments. Whatever may be thought, it sa s, “of the race for naval armaments by those who fondly imagined that the strife of 1914-1919 was
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  • 276 8 One finds difficulty in attempting to understand Mussolini--that great leader of the Italian people, who inspires and amazes in turn, and has now, unhappily, launched an attack on women. He affects to regard them as inferior creatures and denies their creative power. He alleges, among other things,
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  • 320 8  -  No. 31-Standing Below the Ball. by George Gadd. I do not think there is a shot more difficult to play or control than one when you are compelled to stand below the ball. When faced with a problem of this sort, the first thing the player should make
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  • 216 8 AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS INTERVIEWED. Delighted With the Tour. (From Oar 0 .vn Correspondent.) Singapore, July 19. The Australian cricketers hav« arrived at Sydney. Interviewed for the Free Press they were loud in their praises of the tour and were surprised at the s andard of cricket in the Straits.
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  • 121 8 SIAMESE IMMIGRATION ACT. Finally Promulgated. Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, July 18. The long talkea.pf Immigration Act was promulgated to-day. Five classes are excluded from entry :—Th<a?e who do not possess passports, diseased ai. i unvaccinated persons, those undble to earn a living and bad characters. Twenty-four firms tendered
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  • 132 8 Catholics in various parts of Malaya will be interested to know that the feast of St. Anne will be solemnised at Bukit Mf-rtajam on Sunday the 31st July 192”. It is understood that Monsignor P. L. Perrichon, Titular Bishop of (Xrsonaand Co adjutor
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  • 39 8 LONDON STANDARD (LOOSE) R. Sheet 58} cts per pounds per pl. $7B-33 No. 1 Crepe 58} cts per pound per pl. $7B-33 Steady London 16$ I New York 34* cis. (gold). (By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen Dennytd
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  • 37 8 RUBBER PRICES. We beg to report that the Singapore prices for Standard Ribbed SmokeSheet for to-day are as follows Spot {’9c Aug/September •’'.He Oct./December Jan/March 1928 Steady Quiet. London Stock decreased 674 tons.
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  • 38 8 The General Produce Agency Ltd, Beach Street, Penang, report that tM follouring prices were realised at t auction room to-day: Good F.A.Q. Ribbed Smoked Sheet s.7j to J F.A.Q. do 76 A Low F.AQ. do 73
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  • 108 8 The Straits Trading Co. Ltd, triv*B the following prices, (r July 18: London. Spot £2915s Up 3 m/s. buying 282 d ?T V '\ansed selling 282.5 s Unchanged Local. Jn r 19: ami. Sit gapore sold 12d tons at Penang buyers noeellersat 1445. Messrs. Boustead and Co. Ltd\~Yesterday’s
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    • 103 8 Smooth cool and mellow. STftTE (XPgESS More popular than ewer! VBFZ c>W caJi^A MaJe m w W— V~'&%kA Ard at h j I Tobacco J/iwA W &w V ■Bwat?rw--35»..x- .«..ew»c «■mesas-~ c-r-.; ---V a' B»m«w ii—»— <-3~ i I I Peter F. Heering ESTABLISHED 1818. THE ORIGINAL COPENHAGEN J Cherry
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    • 94 8 E. O.” autumn race meeting. DINNER DANCE on the 28th, 29th July. Ist, 4th and 6th August. BLACK A WHITE FANCY DRESS BALL on the 6th August. 2 Prizes for Ladies -2 Prizes for Gents. Orchestra During Tiffin Every Day. No Dancing on Saturday, 30th July or Friday, sth August.
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  • 21 8 DEATH. WARDLE. At the General Hospital, Penany, on >he 18 h inst Thomas Wardle, Bertam Estate, P. W. R. T. P.
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  • 442 9 Proposed Anglo-Japanese Agreement. MR w. c. BRIDGEMAN AWAITS AUTHORITY TO SIGN. LORD JELLICOE IN LONDON. di, dions suggest very strongly the proposed Anglo Japanese a g rec me nt in respect of 10,000 ton cruisers, will shortly be definitely accept'd by Mr. Bridgeman, who
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  • 79 9 MERGER WITH AUSTRALIAN COMPANY. Melbourne, July 18. Thp Dunlop Rubber Company of Aus’ralasia has announced that it has entered ’To a provisional agreement with the hnnlop Rnbber Company of England, raiding a financial association, and the c s-8t technical and commercial alliance Ee two companies. The arrangement
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  • 68 9 Wettes called upon to surrender. Paris, July 18. iat Parliament has gone into er; Parliamentary immunity y Communist Deputies, tj e i- ln and Doriot has automap/J 13p8f 'l nd the Deputies have been J.° surrender and undergo wp Tt rrn3 l tn P r Honment to
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  • 64 9 ,p 'KRAI.S clash with u. s. marines. n Managua, July 18. arirj.P’ 1 '1 marine was killed v, 'b tbJY 70 11 1 J w h p n the marines, r guan constabulary, rei s r U n nn Ocotal by General \i, r °PlaneB bombed the fift
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  • 95 9 Trans-Atiantic Filers Arrive at New York. I.MHUSIASIIC WELCOME. New York, July 18. Although the official welcome was only due this afternoon, large crowds gathered in the morning to see the anchoring of the Leviathan with Commander Byrd and his companionsand Lieutenant Chamberlin aboard, whom the Municipality elaborately welcomed. Dense
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  • 134 9 GENERAL STRIKE CALLED OFF. Vienna, July 19. The Trade Unions have called off the railway and postal strikes, following a categorical refusal by Dr. Seipel to consider the Socialist dema-ids to reconstruct the government until the strike had terminated, when the demands must b* submitted constitutionally to Parliament.
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  • 62 9 (Rugby Radio Service.) London. July 18. Paris, 124; New York, 4.85. U; Brussels, 34.93; Geneva, 25. Amsterdam, L2.11i«; Milan, 89.55; Berlin, 20.44; Stockholm, 18.12| Copenhagen. Oslo, 18.80 Vienna, 34.50|; Prague, 163| Helsingfors, 192| Madrid, 28.43| Lisbon, 2’-a Athens, Bucharest, 810 Rin, 5fJ Buenos Aires, 47ff Bombav, l/5j Shanghai,
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 359 9 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”) Sir, —The following facts will be useful to those who travel to India via Madras or Negapatam. On the 14th of July, ten friends and I, bound for Madras, travelled from Ipoh to Penang to catch the
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  • 41 9 We are officially informed that the following are the numbers of arrivals from and departures to Madras Presidency for the month of June 1927. Adults Minors Arrivals ***** 3,754 Departures 5,7 /g The arrivals relate to aided passengers only.
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  • 574 9 Maintenance of British Trade In The Yangtse. RETURN OF BRITISH RESIDENTS. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, July 18. IN the House of Commons, Sir Austen Chamberlain was asked about the policy of the British Government in regard to the ma ntenanceof British trade in the Yangtse region und r
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  • 55 9 PRISONERS HUNGER STRIKING. Boston, July 18. Despite the denials of officials, there is evidence that the condemned Sacco and Vanzetti are hunger striking. Vanzetti to-day refused anything but coffee and Sacco declined everything. Both started their fast on Saturday and Vanzetti declared that they would rather starve than
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  • 717 9 Del Bank Raid. NO IMPORTANT RESULTS. Shanghai, July 19. Yesterday afternoon the Dal Bank was sealed by order of Yang Hu, Chinese Defence Commissioner of the Shanghai district, at whose rrquest the French municipal police raided the bank manager’s residence and also the room at the Plaza Hotel
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    • 190 9 I SPECIAL DISPLAY I T f nW/ SMART I L GOWNS i i /trm and i i i liW MILLINERY I I L I •5* 3? for 4* »s* I JD f THE RACES. t JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd., (Incorporated in England.) *s* Bishop Street, PENANG, And at Singapore and
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  • 501 10 VALUABLE DISCOVERIES IX UR EXCAVATIONS. The Season's work at Ur has produced a mass of material, much of it entirely novel, whose importance for the early history of Mesopotamia it would be difficult to exaggerate. lam glad to say that there is every reason to believe
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  • 311 10 POPI LARLSING THE CAT CULT IN BERLIN. j Ihe spectacle of a cat, two squirrels, .three rats, and a sprinkling of chickens Jiving in harmony together in a cage at jthe first show ever held in Berlin, has a writer in one of the more acridly
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  • 603 10 ITS VALUE IN INDUSTRY. Compulsion is an obnoxious word to the Briton, says “Public Opinion.” He is rightly jealous of interference with the freedom of the individual. Yet, in a complicated civilisation, such as our own, when it is to the interest of the community, compulsion has been
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  • 441 10 CELEBRATION OF NINETY-FIRST BIRTHDAY. Sir Edmund R. Fremantle, Great Britain's oldest Admiral, who sailed the seas for half a century in frigate and iron-clad dreadnought, began his 92nd year on the 15th June. He spent the day at his home in Lower Sloane-street, surrounded by friends
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  • 400 10 WOMEN GRADUATES’ HOSTEL. M ork has been completed on Crosby Hall, the new hostel for women graduates. The hall itself, which was once Sir Thomas More s town house and was removed some years ago to the site of his country house at Chelsea, states “The Times, was
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  • 589 10 d Wt Fri. Mr. F E. de Paula, of I poh turned from Home. 5 r Mr. Leong Yew Kow, Barri st e r at i Ipoh, has gone to Pangkor Island f l change. 1 a Mr H. E- Trennery, of S ing apore well-known race-horse
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    • 46 10 I JAMS I For quality and Excel- lence You cannot do better than insist upon having 1 Duerr’s Jams j Made from English I g .Grown Fruits H AND H Marmalade Obtainable at all Retail Stores. g SOLE AGENTS: j KATZ BROS., LTD., I I PENANG.
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    • 162 10 SUMMER and THE CHILO. Now is the cherished season of holidays and the great- out-of-doors. But do vou realize that this also is too often a season of torture and suffering for the very young ehild Summer complaints are frequently fatal to the very young. Avert them in nine by
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    • 105 10 Every User is a Friend. The personal recommendations of pie who have been cured by Cough Remedy, have done n!< ie 1 t bis else to increase the sale and preparation, until there are n bottles of it sold each year than other cough medicine. It everywhere. The Borneo Wholesale
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 315 10 A SPECIAL THREE FEATURE BILL AT Theatre Royal From Monday, 18th till Wednesday, 20th Dayshow on Sat., 23rd at 2-30 p. m. In the second show at 10 p m. Pat O’Malley—Harrison Ford in “Proud Flesh” 8 parts In the first show from 7-30 p. m. Elaine Hammerstein T. Roy
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  • 673 11 Nine Balls In One Over! GOOD TALES BY A YORKSHIRE CRICKETER. I have just been j >tting down a few true recollections as to what the umpire can do when he tries. May every umpire forgive me and forget these tales I am telling
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  • 145 11 following were the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy and Co.'s share list at 11 a.m. to day Yesterday. To day. *2 Shares. 5 >» 5 72 M 02 c. c. c. c. Mining. Batang P. .69 71 .70 .72J Batu Caves 1331 1.374 135 1.371 Chenderiang 21/-
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  • 78 11 The following are the latest quotations in THE MkLAYA COMPANY LIMITED’S share list Mining Shares. Buyers. Sellers. Bataug P.idang .71 .72 Bangrin New 30/- 30/6 Johan .22 .24 Jelapang 44/6 44/6 Kuyoh 1.5 2} 1.55 Kuala Lumpur Tin 36/9 37/9 Larut 24/- 24/6 Malaya Consolidated 1.20 1.22}
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  • 99 11 To-day. Mining. Buvers. Selters. Ban grins New 30/- 30/6 B. Padangs .70 .71 Hitams .95 Johans .22 .23 Kuchais 2.02 2.04 Kuyohs 1.52 1 54 K. Lumpurs 37/- 37/3 Laruts 23/9 24/3 Menglembus .50 M. Consols 1.19 1.21 Nai Hoots .41 .43 Norths 1.15 117 Ratfuts 25/9
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  • 288 11 The on 1 put of Ronpibon Extended No Liability for the first half m mth of Ju’v was piculs 65. The output of Tongkah Hirb'urTin Dredging Co., N. L from 10th to 16th July (be ng one week) wrs 3 tons. Dredge No. 6 stopped 5 days repairing.
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  • 360 11 ENTRIES AND DRAWS. The following is the result of the draws for the Malayan Lawn Tennis Championships, which are to be played on the Kuala Lumpur Padang during the August Bank Holiday week-end: Men’s SinglesKhoo ITooi Hye v. G. Pinckney; S. Abed v. J. R. H. Scovell
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  • 118 11 The following ties have been fixed for Friday, July 22: Mixed Doubles Handicap :—Scr. MrsIrwin and M- J. Thorpe v. —3 Miss Mitchell and C. B. Terdre. Singles Handicap Class B” 2 A. Ferguson v. —l5 J. H. Pedlow; —5 C. EBowers v- —l5 T. Stansfield. Singles
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  • 61 11 P.C.C. v. CHINESE. The following will represent the P.C.C. against the Chinese to-day, on the Esplanade ground, at 5.15 p.m. J. Wilkinson; W. T. Francis and P. Paxton Harding W- F. Fletcher, G. P. Noakes and A. Ferguson A. D. M. Polson- E. A. Dunham. 11. W. Sanders, A.RB.
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  • 228 11 SALVATION ARMY’S EMPIRE SCHEME. The Salvation Army, with the aid of the British Government and the Federal and State Governments of Australia, has undertaken a new Empire migration and settlement scheme in the Commonwealth. The Vedic, of the White Star line, a ship of 9.180 tons, has
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  • 411 11 DIPLOMACY AND THE PRESS. Baron Moncheur, the retiring Belgian Ambassador, was the guest ot honour recently at a luncheon at the Cafe Royal in connection with the Foreign Press Association m London. His Exc» llency was accompanied by the Baroness. The chair was occupied by the President
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  • 126 11 BOSTON HOUSE CENTENARY. s Boston House, Eastbourne, which celebrated its centenary recently claims the distinction of being the school described by Thackeray in-“ Vanity Fair,” under the title of “Miss Pinkerton’s Academy for Young Ladies.” The original school was at Chiswick Mall in a shooting lodge belonging to
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    • 398 11 >ew Advertisements. notices, rTinN’Q VACANT The funeral of the Reverend A. PernaPOSITIONS VALAINI. ratha H ead Prießt of tfae Cannter HdU Buddhist Temple will take place on TVinted A Book-keeper for an Sunday 24th instant at 1 p.m.,, when his •tp in Province Wellesley. Apply will be conveyed from Cannter
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    • 109 11 The Perak River Valley Rubber Company, Limited. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Second Interim Dividend of 10 per cent, in rtsnect of the year ending 30th September, 1927, will be paid on 10th August, 1927, to shareholders whose names appear on the Company s
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    • 57 11 A Soothing Balm. For soreness of the muscles after violent exercise and for rheumatic pains, much relief is afforded by massaging the affected parts thoroughly with Pl in Balm. Try it when you have need cf such a preparation and see for yourself what an excellent liniment it is. Sold
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    • 216 11 Cured of BACKACHE after 5 Years Agony A remarkable instance of the efficacy of De Witt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills in cases of Backache is reported by Mrs. Goddard, 25, Albion Gardens, Hammersmith, London, N.AV., who writes “I l:el ILi kache f-r over 5 years. The pain was lerrible, and
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  • 1354 12 I.—Rio De_Janeiro. MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY IN THE WORLD. i At about rhe 23rd parallel the long coastline of Brazil takes a wide sweep westward, an i in an opening of this shore, a blue bay dotted with jade-green islands. 1 whose Indian name of Guanabara
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  • 108 12 PROBATE GRANTED. Calcutta, July 5. An application for probate of the will of the late Mr. A. Stephen, the Calcutta millionaire, who died on the 14th May, was heard before Mr. Justice Costello in the Calcutta High Court. It was stated on behalf of the executor of
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  • 129 12 PENANG, JULY 19, 1927. (By Courtesy Of The Chartered Bank London Demand Bank 2/3 11/1- 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/16 3 Credit 2/4 1/4 3 Documentary 2/4 9/32 Calcutta Demand Bank 1541'1 3 days* sight Private 156 1 b Bombay Demand Bank 1541 I g Madras Demand Bank
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  • 45 12 Wednesday. 20th July 1927. —Esplanade G p.m. to 7 p.m. 1. March Pestal Jones 2. Waltz Nights of Gladness Ancliffe 3 Selection Round the Map Finck 4. Fox Trot Flapper Wife Rapp 5. One Step Hendin' for I.ou’sville Meyer God save the King.
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  • 126 12 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Pronto for Singapore. Trang for Kantang (Trang) Girbee, Tongkah and Pang Nga. Rahman for Bernam River, Kuala Selang >r. Port Dickson, Malacca ar.d Singapore. Perak for Port Swettenham Singapore. Kuala for Belawan (Deli). Sam pit for As than, Paneh, Bagan Si-Api-Api and Batu Bahra. Ramses for
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  • 514 12 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 Oe Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed daily (Sunday excepted) at 6 pm. Parit
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  • 45 12 The homewar 1 mail b/ the?, s. Ekn a doses at 6 p.m. on Saturday, the 22- d instant. The B. I. Robna with mail? despatched from London on June 30 is expected to arrive h-re at daylight on Friday, the 22nd instant.
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  • 1199 12 KENNEDY CO'S SHARE LIST EYAJMBB. J g <8 RUBBMB CDeIMWo oII« Allenoy Rubber Oo 2 fC 2 75 Aler G»?»h Rubber fetete a a £2 Amalgamated r 1 S 1 5 Ayer Httam Synds »»e 4 00 4 25 Aver Kuning Bubbe» -I 65 <5 Ayer Molek Rubber Go 2
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    • 56 12 Hot Weather Diseases. Disorders of the bowels ar© extremely dangerous, particularly during the hot 1 weather of the summer months and in order to protect yourself and family against a sudden attack, get a battle of Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. It can be depended upon. For salp everywhere. The
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    • 238 12 i Ip 11’ b Ye wU h /P’S MB SI Ii si wT JR) II v wk wk listen Yvlien you open a tin of 44 BLACK WHITE Cigarette* you will hear a loud hiss. That’s the sound made by the air rushing into the tin to fill the vacuum.
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  • 554 13 RECORDING ATMOSPHERICS. Every atmospheric within the range of many thousands of mibs have been recorded night and day at the laboratories of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in Ditton Park. Slough. The work was carried out on the recommendation of the Radio Research Board,
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  • 162 13 THE CARNEGIE ROLL OF HONOUR. In addition to the Carnegie United Kingd m Trust of £2,(XK),000 which has set apart £200,000 for National Playing Fields scheme, Mr. Andrew Carnegie divided £3,000/ 00 upon the miowment of three other trusts in Great Britain. Scottish Universities Trust, £2,000,000
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  • 46 13 July 20— P-nang Polo Club At Home S°poy Lines. 20—Penang Turf Club Entries close 2 p.m. 30—Penang Turf Club Sammer Meeting. 30 Ist Aug.—Cricket Match Colony v. F.M.S., Singapore. August 1, 4 6—Penang Turf Club, Summer Meeting. 6—Cricket League Match, P.R.C. v. E.S.C., Esplanade.
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  • 311 13 A CITY TRADITION AND A CHALLENGE. The Lord Mayor of I ondon. Sir Rowland Blades. M. P., paid a ceremonial visit on June 9 to the Royal Albert Dock as Admiral of the Port of London, a t aditional title associated with the office
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  • 454 13 PENANG JULY 19, 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 Shefcto 13.00 Siam
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    • 369 13 ft. Only a mother can know the joy k gives to see her little onedail y developing into a sturdy, healthy Mellin’s is the Food that enV <k! wOSwO sures t > s ccrtain progress, because w^en mixed as directed it is all nourishment the right food for A every
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    • 196 13 Ever j V since 1627- ■I is i m Haig I I f™* rATHTR Of ALL SCOTCH I fW Bi JOHN HAIG C<? lIP i If 1 HI I cmNinc E Kt HA/Ci i rfA/C, IXS fef Bl distuxers LMi MARKINCH. SCOTLAND hawkinch ?i')D" 455 g;. j 4*4 < 4*4*4
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  • 917 14 BOWLING CLT’B SECRETARY BOUND OVER. club inlamĕ alone; ?t the Otley Police Court recently Archibald Britton, hon. secretary of the Ct ev Bowling Supporters’ Club, was charged under the Gaming Act, 1802, and there were eight summonses aj’eging that he sold lottery, tickets and
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  • 576 14 ANGLO GATHOLICS AND THE NEW PRAYER BOOK. Prebendary Thicknesse, a recognised leader of Anglo-Catholic thought, threw down a thinly-veiled challenge to the Bishops on the subject of adherence to the rules set forth in the proposed revision of the Prayer Book at the opening session of
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    • 112 14 ROBINSON CO., LTD., SINGAPORE. J Have Pleasure in Announcing that they will be Holding A DISPLAY of THE LATEST CREATIONS «»< 1 GOWNS and \vz J MILLINERY B //y at the |i E. O. HOTEL from I JULY 16th to 22nd I (both dates inclusive). V -1 n_TZZL_ l' I
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    • 361 14 Hid Grade 'piier Tcunlain Iw PW PATENTED Nos. A > 1235 X 8632 fS 27G8 g f I 1 WUY THE BILOT pen B ls best The nib is the nioBt i m port»r.t gLS Part of any pei The Pilot Nib ii ma^e B Kt. Jg/gSgy solid gold, heavily
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  • 629 15 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, July 19, 1927 Mutton— ctB 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 40
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    • 661 15 BANKS. HEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL maatschappij. NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY. (Established 1824.) pp Capital Fl. 80.000.000 (abt. £6,887.000' Statutory Deserve F 1.21,117,340 (abt. £1.759,778) Ixtraordinary Eeeerve Fl. 22.860.000 (abt. £1,888,3») HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM.* TTiti Agbhcibb im Rotterdam* 4 'b-Gravimhagb* Head Aobnct in Batavia. Branches.— Bandjermasin, Bandoeng,* Bom Calcutta. Cheribon. Djember, Djokja* Hongkong.
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    • 526 15 I Assets over $7,000,000. S. C. Assurance in force over $23,000,000. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements). HEAD OFFICE Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 32, Old Jewry, E. C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the British
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    • 1348 16 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE. TfcfWXIML INTENDED SAILINGS FROM PENANG i Igjfe*SSS!!nfc WEEKLY SERVICE, LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. *AUTOMEDON July 20 Mars nil*”. Ln I >n, Rotterdam and Hamburg. AM n ORESTES July i 8 London, Rotter Um and Hamburg. AINU PATROCLUS Aug. 4 UarseiHea. Lmdon, Rotterdam and Glasgow. MACHToN Aug.
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    • 565 16 P. 0.-BRITISH INDIA and afgar lines. (Companies Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co. under Sailings of steamers of the British contract with His Majesty’s Govern- India S. N. Co Ltd. ment, London and Far East Mail Service. (Incorporated in England.) Outwards from
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