Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 26 July 1927

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 168. VOL. LXXXV, TUESDAY, 26th JULY, 1927. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    LESS MONEY FOR FILM "STARS."
    487 2 SALARIES TO BE REDUCED. Over-Spending by American Cinema Combines. ANEW York message states that consternation has been caused in cinema circles by the announcement of a 10 per cent, cut in all salaries over £loa week of those working for the Paramount Cvrporati< n (Famous
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    ARMED BULLION AIRMEN.
    199 2 ’PLANES’ £200,000 CARGOES. Armed pilots and mechanics now act as a flying guard to the consignments of bullion carried by the Imperial Airways 'rom England to the Continent. In view of the fact that consignments of gold worth up to £200.000 (weighing nearly two tons) are taken
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    128 2 AUTUMN MEETING, 1927. Thursday July 28th Saturday July ‘3oth Monday August Ist Thursday August 4th Saturday August 6th 30 Races for Horses. 12 Races for Ponies. STAKES 22.200. Bedding and Stabling Free. Travelling Allowance to Visiting Horses $25. Unlimited Cash Sweep each day.) Cash Sweeps each race.
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      1396 2 POSITIONS VACANT. NOTICES. FvS? e J W Rubber fim requires the Fervicea in. V. GLENAMOY Voy. 17. of an intelligent ai d capable Chinese Consignees of cargo per the above vessel U(C with long <xp*ri<nce in grading of f rom Europe are hereby notified that the N >; v g
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      61 2 Every User Is a Friend. The personal recommendations of people who have been cured by Chamberlain’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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    GUESTS WHO RUIN THE FURNITURE.
    475 3 Cannot Be Trained. CARE-FREE WAY OF PRESENT DAY VISITORS. INQUIRIES by an ‘‘Evening Standard’’ representative among hostesses in London support the indictment by Lady Oxford, in her latest book, of guests who are by no means as careful in other people’s -houses as they ought
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    WHEN A TOWN IS A CITY.
    309 3 “NO CONNECTION WITH SEE.’’ hen the Royal Commission on Local Government met at the House of Lords recently, the Earl of Onslow, chairman, stated that owing to the multiplication of dioceses, the question had been raised as to which towns had the status of
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    LONDON TYPES STILL WITH US.
    587 3 Plenty of Queer Characters. MOURNFUL NOTES OF TUDOR LON DON. THE returned Londoner who wrote recently in The Daily Mail” of the disappearance of London street characters should spend a week or two in Bloomsbury. Here—especially in those squares where Street Cries are Prohibited—many of
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    GERMAN TO FLY ATLANTIC.
    239 3 BERLIN TO NEW YORK VIA THE AZORESIt is now almost certain that the pilot Konnecke, of the Deutsche Luft Hansa, will attempt a non-stop flight from Berlin to New York and San Francisco via the Azores in July. He expects to do the whole trip in
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      163 3 Cl 11 <% /5 a draught!" This is the cry of dread which everyone makes when struck by a draught of cold air. The common result is a "chill". Just think that neuralgic and rheumatic pains may follow this and prevent this unto* ward result with the unrivalled remedy ASPIRIN
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    FUTURE OF DOG RAGING.
    436 4 OWNERS NO CONTROL. Lord Lonsdale Gives It Two Years. Lord Lonsdale, a steward of the Jockey Club and a member of the National Hunt Club Committee and National Coursing Club in a statement, to The Daily Mail, raises in an acute form the question of the
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    THE TRIUMPH OF LUNCH.
    390 4 NO HISTORY BEHIND IT. Ancestors Who Dined Early and Sat Late. If I were asked what h;-s been the key note of the se«s>n of 1927 I should replj without hesitation “Lunch.’’ Unlike other English meals, lunch has no long history behind it. Our ancestors dined
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    OUR CHANCING IDEAS.
    481 4 A LAW OF NATURE. Where Ignorance Is Bliss ’TisIN giving reasons for the sale of the Grand Hotel in Northumberlandavenue, Sir Frai cis Towle sdd that, though 40 years ago it was considered a de luxe hotel, it c uld no longer be considered as a first-class
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    BIG OFFER FOR MISS "BETTY."
    227 4 .£>0,090 TO Bg REFUSED. Betty Nuthall, the 16 years-old lawn tennis champion, ha-», through her mother, been »fT red over £20.000 to b ceme a professional lawn tennis p ayer. The efftr was made by Mr. C. B. 0 >chr n at their h -im
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    WORLD’S FASTEST MOTORIST.
    153 4 POLICEMAN CALLS HIM “A SIOW COACH.” Maj >r H. O. D. S grave, holder of the world’s motoring sp -ed record has failed to live up to his reputation—at least in the eyes <jf a West-End policeman. “I was driving with him in the neighbourhood of Piccadilly.”
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      178 4 United Cinema. From Monday, 25th to Wednesday, 27th. ALL FIRST RUN PICTURES. Show Starts at 7-30 p. m. FOUR SQUARE STEVE” (Western) 2 reels “FLAY BALL” (Palhe Serial) Eps. 4-6. 6 teeJs INTERVAL. Hoot Gib son in “THE SILENT RIDER” (Universal-Jewel) 6 reels The story of a resourceful cowboy hopelessly
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    £1,940 LOST IN A NIGHT.
    701 5 EARL CADOGAN’S GAMBLING. Money-Lenders’ 700 Per Cent Interest. EARL Cadogan appeared in the London Bankruptcy Court for public examination before Mr. Registrar Warmirgton. In hi« s atement of aflairs the Earl returned £-18,458 liabilities and no assets. Examined by the official Receiver, the Earl said
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    65 5 (Rcc.by Radio Service) London, July 25. Faris. 124.05 New York, 4.85$ Brussels, 34.931; Geneva, 25.20$ Amsterdam. 12.1 Ih; Milan, 89.315; Berlin, 20.40|; Stockholm, 18.12$ Copenhagen. 18.15$ Oslo, 18.89 Vienna, 34.50; Prague, 163| Helsingfors, 192.70 Madrid, 28.48 Lisbon, 2/s Athens. 371 Bucharest. 805 Rio, s}s Buenos, Aires. 47|; Bombay.
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    CASE OF BARONET AND GIRL.
    494 5 COVERED WITH BLACKING. Judge Warns Sir G. Maxwell Willshire. AFTER a long consultation w’ith his counsel. Sir Gerard Arthur Maxwell Willshire, Bart, pleaded guilty at Maidstone Assizes to the charge of assaulting Miss Jean Ohls at Thurnbam, near Maidstone, on May 10, and was sentenced
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    ELECTROCUTED WHEN IRONING.
    182 5 CORONER’S INQUEST. The coroner’s inquest on the death of a Chinese amah who collapsed while she was using an electric iron, in 7 Leoiiie Road, Singapore, was concluded on Saturday. It was found by an electrical engineer of the Public Works Department, who examined the electric fittings
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      324 5 f “CASTLES IN *»K THE AIR”. I Ip I RECORDINGS BY ORIGINAL ARTISTS. |l II V (Castles In The Air Sei Theatre Orch 9190 s M I Lantern Of Love Helen Gilliland and Chorus 9191 (Latavia John Steele «V f Lantern Of Love Fox Trot Debroy Somers Band g 4301
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      59 5 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 Chamberlain s Pam Balm. Try it when you have need cf such a preparation and see for yourself what an excellent liniment it is.
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      294 5 OFTEN WHIPPED I For fruit, salads, sweets, JS soup and all manner of s I dishes. Indispensable to I everyone concerned with the cooking of food. I NESTLE’S I 1 Il TH ,Ch JI *i c. I ft ANCVO-SWtSS 5 VftVBY CREAM Get Nestle’s Pure Thick J Cream to*day and
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  • Motoring Notes.
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      First Impressions of Penang.
      1570 6 Round The Island In An Austin And A Nash. H By “The Pilot” (Motoring Editor of the G (I'ettei) HE princij al feeling of 11 r h“*“s relief which I experih J enced on setting foot L on 8 B an d for the < a
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    "INGRAM’S" SURGICAL INDIARUBBER GOODS.
    257 6 CLAIM FOR IN JUN PT lON SETTLED. A satisfactory termination has been arrived at in the legal action taken by J. G. Ingram and Sm, Ltd., of the London India Rubber W> rke, Hackney Wick, against W. G. Ingram, a firm in Old Ford, before Mr.
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    UNITED TRADERS, LIMITED.
    91 6 The following are our latest quotations Rubbers. Buyer?. Sellers. A. Moleks 2.20 2.40 B. Lintangs 1.40 1.45 B. Katils .90 1.00 Glenealys 2.50 2.75 Jerams 1.60 1.70 N. Scudais 2.60 2.70 Semanggols 1.90 2.00 U. Pandans 1.20 1.30 Tins. Ayer Wengs 1.074 1.124 cum Batu Caves 1.374
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    OVERSEA BROKERS LTD.
    95 6 To-day. Mining. Buyers. Seller?. B. Padangs .72 .74 Bangrins New 30/3 31 Hong Fatts 1.00 1.024 Hitams .924 .974 Johans .24 .26 Jelapangs 43/9 44/6 K. L. Tins 37/3 38/3 Kampongs K. 42/9 43/3 Kuchais 2 00 2.05 Laruts 24/3 24/9 Menglembus .52 .54 M. Consols 1.19
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  • To-Day's Sporting News.
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      PENANG RACES.
      548 6 “EARLY BIRDS” CANTER IN THE DARK. Selections To-morrow. There was quite a crowd at the racecourse this morning to see the horses at their last teal work before the races. It is doubtful if they gleamd much that will help them to spot the winner?. At 5 30
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      200 YEARS OLD CLUB.
      263 6 A F AVERSE AM INSTITUTION. The Faversharn Farmers’ Club, in Ke; t celeberated its bicentenary recently. Month by month through these two centuries its meet’m s have been held with unfailing regularity on a day in the week (the day itself has been occasionally changed) nearest
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      INTER-STATE SPORTS.
      79 6 COLONY v. F. M. S. MATCH. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, July 26. The following will represe. t the ’Colony in a cricket ma'ch against the F. M. o over the holidays mi Braddell. (Capiain), Congdon, Taylor, Frankis, Hansell, Murphy, Macfarlane (Singapore), Orr, Reutens, (Penang), Davie s. (Malacca),
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      P.C.C TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
      103 6 Th° following ties have been fixed Friday, July 29. Do bles Handicap— Scr I J. P r °ul> and A. Ferguson v—s A. J. L. Donal son and B. H. Carson. Singles Handicap Class A DK. H. Swinchatt v—4 R. D. Hoblyn —•> A. V. Pt-rrin v
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      CLAY COURT TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
      58 6 TILDEN’S SIXTH CONSECUTIVE WIN. Detroit, July 25. Tilden won the sixth consecutive National Clav Court Championship by defeating by 3 sets to nil, the Indianapolis player Hennessey, who had previously elimina’ed Oh a, the Japanese champion. In the final of the doubles Hennessey and Williams beat
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      RIFLE SHOOTING.
      166 6 PENANG VETERANS’ SHIELD. On Saturday, six additional teams fired on the Bukit Timih Rmge Singapore, in the Penang Veterans’ Shield. At the 500 yards range, the Eurasian No. 3 team made the excellent score of 58, which is the highest score of any team at this range in
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    GOVERNOR’S K.L. VISIT.
    55 6 LARGELY ATTENDED GARDEN PARTY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Ju’y 26. Over 500 were present at a’ garden party at Carcosa yesterday to meet His Excellency Sir Hugh Clifford and Lady Clifford, including the Sultan of S-langor. In an exhibition tennis match Oliver and Scovell beat
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    SINGAPORE PRICES.
    36 6 LONDON STANDARD (LOOSE) R. Sheet 591 per pounds per pl. $79/No. 1 Crepe 591 cts per pound per pl. $79/Quiet. London 16 jd New York 34| c’.s. (gold). {By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen Dennye.
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      222 6 Cured of SCIATICA after many months agony A remarkable instance of the efficacy of De Witt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills in cases of Sciatica, is reported by r Mrs. Faulkner, 61, Gardenia Road. Bush Hill Park, Enfield, who w rites “De Witt’s Pills are really wonderful. They have completely cured
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      424 6 New Advertisements. NOTICES. The Temerloh Coconut Rubber Estate, Limited. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) REPORT and ACCOUNTS for the year ended 30th Ap'il, 1927 NOTICE OF MEETING. NOTICE is hereby given that the Seventeenth Annual General Meeting 0 the Shareholders of the above Company will be he’d at the Registered
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    By the Way.
    1403 7 /7U' P. F. Ruesell the director of the v/J Straits Settlements Rural Sanitary Campaign has hit upon a splendid scheme for hammering a little very useful learning in the science of hygiene into the heads of the rising generation of Penang. He has organized a Health Poster
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    TIN PRICES.
    110 7 The Straits Trading Go. Ltd., the following fuzes. vn July 25: Lon nor Spot £2BB 10 Up £1 3m/s. buying 282-17-6 12-6 selling 283 2 6 1-5 Local. July 26: Singapore sold 125 tons at $145.87i Penang buyers no se’lers at $145.87i. July 25: Messrs. Boiistead and Go.
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    RUBBER SALES.
    40 7 lhe General Produce Agency Ltd. Beach Street, Penang, report that tlv following prices were realised at thnr auction room to-day: Good F.A.Q. Ribbed Smoked Sheet $77 to /♦i F.A.Q. off do 75 1? Low F.AQ. do 71 m
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    UGLY HEROES OF THE FILMS.
    503 7 AN UNUSUAL HANDICAP, Struggling to Overcome His Profile. IT begins to look as if too much beauty might be a handicap for the most permanent kind of film fame. It is on longer sufficient that the player should photograph decoratively and nothing more nowadays to
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    NEW LUXURY LINER.
    212 7 NOTHING SPARED FOR COMFORT. A new sup r liner, the Ile-de France, described as the world’s largest pos r Wir designed and buiit liner, was due to sail from Plymouth on the 22nd instant, on her maiden voyage to New York. She is owned by the French
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    COMING EVENTS.
    28 7 July 30 Ist \ug.—Cricket Match Colon v. F M.S.. Singapore August 1. 4 6—Penang Turf Club, Summer Meeting. 6—Cricket League Match, P.R.C. v. F.S.^ 1 Esplanade.
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      49 7 Too Late Then to Hunt. No time to hunt tor a doctor or drug store when suddenly seized with agomzing intestinal cramps, deadly nausea and prostrating diarrhoea. Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy gives instantwarmth, comfort and ease from pain. For sale everywhere. The Borneo Co., I td., Wholesale Agents.
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      96 7 1 J- i Sj-- f 1 ■fl 1 rry.fi F ANOTHER j SHIPMENT OF LADIES’HATS j at WHITEAWAY’S In view of our new shipment of Ladies’ Hats we are having another special display for I TWO DAYS j I ONLY Wednesday, 27th and Thursday, 28th. f I Also a Special
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    LOCAL VETO IN ENGLAND.
    489 8 Hitherto, the man in the street has regarded the House of Lords as an assembly of Peers more ornamental than useful so far as the government of the country is concerned. He will have to change his opinion, because the Assembly has shaken off its lethargy
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    THE EARL OF BALFOUR.
    670 8 The Right Honour ible Sir Arthur James Balfour, K. G O. M., etc. etc., first Earl of Balfour and Viscount Trapraine of Whittingham* 3 who completed the e gbtieth year of his age yesterday, is perhaps the most distinguished of British subjects living to day. As
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    PRACTICAL GOLF.
    313 8  -  No. 32—Standing Above the Ball. by George Gadd. I have already dealt with the snot when one is standing below the ba'l. The position when the ball is below you is just as awkward and trying. When it occurs after a good shot, as it is liable to
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    ALTERNATIVE DEFENCE SUCCEEDS.
    326 8 Coolies Who Started Money Lending Business. SUIT BARRED BY LIMITATION. The judgment of Mr. Justice Acton in the suit between Koona Muthusamy Pillay and the executors of the will of Koona Karuppauna Pillay, alias Koona Muthusamy Pillay who died in Penang before the case was concluded, was
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    GENERAL PRODUCE AGENCY LTD.
    39 8 RUBBER PRICES. We beg to report that the Singapore prices for Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet for to-day are as follows Spot 59c Aug/September 59|c Oct./December 60|c Jan/March 61fc Market Dull London stocks decreased 692 tons.
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    PENANG LIBRARY.
    21 8 The Library will be closed on Saturday and Monday, 30 h July and Ist August, 1927, being Public Holidays.
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    PENANG POLICE COURT.
    189 8 Chinese Ex-Detective Fined. In the Penang Police Court, thi morning, Mr. S. N. King imposed a £k of $75 or two months’ rigorous imprisonment on a Chinese ex-detective named Wong Nian Hin, alias Husain, and sentenced him to one day’s simple imprisonment for the theft of a
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    CHINESE ICE-WATER SELLER ACQUITTED.
    206 8 Lim Eng Chin, a Chinee ice seller, was charged with crinnna appropriation of twenty gml ieu. Mr. Ong Hack prosecution anl M-. L |m for the defence. The case for the P^°r CU f Libia that a sister of the complainant sea a registered letter containm
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      70 8 E. O.” autumn race meeting. DINNER DANCE on the 23th, 29th July. Ist, 4th and 6th August BLACK 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. Orchestral Concert
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    CARAVAN ATTACKED IN ABYSSINIA.
    318 9 British Somalis Killed. SIR GEOFFREY ARCHER’S EXPERIENCE. CARAVAN LOOTED. ,4n amazing story of an attack on a British caravan travelling in Abyssinia was related by Sir Austen Chamberlain in the House of Commons yesterday. The caravan was taking supplies to the Maharao cf Kutch, who was
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    CABINET AND GENEVA.
    164 9 DELEG ATES PREPARED FOR ANY CONTINGENCY. GOOD PROSPECTS. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, July 25. Sir Austen Chamberlain (Foreign Secretary), who is acting Prime Minister in the absence of Mr. Stanley Baldwin, presi led at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee this morning, when points of detail arising
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    ESPIONAGE IN FRANCE.
    101 9 COMMUNISTS SENTENCED. Paris, July 25. he six communists charged with Oage as the result of a police raid on i Q iqnarters of the Communist Party have been sentenced to imprisonmonu,ing from five years to sixteen One g nesJ o f 5,000 to 1,000 francs. uitted. and
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    FRENCH POLITICS.
    241 9 .—(Vale). A SIGNIFICANT SPEECH BY M. POINCARE. THE CAUSE OF PEACE. Paris, July 25, M. Poincare, presiding at the ceremony of restoration of the little town of Orchies, which was destroyed and burnt by the Germans on September 25, 1914 declared, that as abominable as was the conduct
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    "CHEQUELETS" TEST CASE.
    160 9 BILLS OF EXCHANGE. JUDGE FINDS FOR INLAND REVENUE. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, July 25. Judgment was given to-day by Mr. Justice Rowiatt in the test case regarding “cbequelets”, recently issued by the Midland Bank. These ‘cbequelets” did not bear the two penny stamp required for cheques, and
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    CRISIS IN REICHS BANNER.
    95 9 MARX RESIGNS MEMBERSHIP. Berlin, July 25, The crisis in the Republican Organisation of the Reicbs Banner has reached a climax owing to Chancellor Marx resigning membership as a protest against the recent behavior of the leaders, especially in connection with th“ Vienna riots, which he described
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    NOTORIOUS GANGSTER SENTENCED
    40 9 Benton, Illinois. July 25. Charles Burger, the leader of a notorious Southern Illinois gang, has been condemned to death and two companions sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Mayor Adams of West City last December.
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    MINERS’ FEDERATION CONFERENCE.
    231 9 Mr. Smith’s Pessimism. APPEAL TO RETRIEVE LAST YEAR’S SET-BACK. NO BRIGHT OUTLOOK. At the annual conference of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, which opened at Southport yesterday Mr. Herbert Smith (President) made an appeal to miners to rally round the Federation, He emphasised the distress among
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    CAPTAIN COURTNEY’S FLIGHT TO AMERICA.
    59 9 WAITING FOR GOOD WEATHER. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, July 25. Captain Courtney, who hopes to fly to America and back, made further trial flights to-day, and tested the wireless apparatus. He found the variation in the receiving set had been successfully overcome, and said there
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    TO INSPECT ARMY OF OCCUPATION.
    46 9 (Rugby Radio Service.) London, July 25. Sir Laming Worthington-Evans (Secretary for War) will visit the Army of the Rhine at Wiesbaden from August 4th to August 7th. He will be accompanied by General Sir Walter Braithwaite (Adjutant General to the Forces),
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    KING FUAD VISITS THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
    34 9 (Rugby Radio Service.) London, July 25. King Fuad of visited the Steck Exchange to-day. He was given a cordial reception, and business was practically suspended during his stay.
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    TRADES UNION BILL.
    31 9 PASSES THIRD READING IN THE LORDS. London, July 25. Tae Trades Union Bill passed the third reading in the H >use of Lords by 86 votes to 17.
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    LORD SWAYTHLING'S ESTATE.
    15 9 London, July 25. Lord Swaythling kft unsettled personal estate amounting to £400,000.
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    CHINA.
    171 9 SAFEGUARDING THE NEW CUSTOMS INCREASES. OFFICIAL ASSURANCE. Shanghai, July 26. Communicating with the Diplomatic body at Peking on the customs increases, the Nanking Foreign Minister has given his assurance that adequate safeguards are being made to meet all liabilities of the foreign loan service should the cu-toms revenue prove
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    RUSSO AMERICAN TRADE.
    86 9 DECISION BY U.S. CHAMBER OF COM MERGE. Washington, July 25. The executive commit ee of tbe United States Chamber of Commerce has rejected the suggestion to establish a bureau at Moscow to develop Russo-American trade In the course of a letter to the member who broached the
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    FRANCO-AMERICAN DEBTS.
    95 9 AN OUTSPOKEN OPINION. Washington, July 26. Tbe Mellon-Berenger Debt Agreement between France and America is as good as a deed, is the opinion of the French Minister, Andre Tardieu, in an outspoken interview, declaring that France regards the debt as part of the United States contribution to the
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    DUTCH CIVIL FLIGHT.
    89 9 ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME. Amsterdam, July 25. The arrival of the monoplane carrying Mr. Van Learblack as the first passenger between Holland and the D itch East Indies in under forty days, i.e. out and home, is regarded as a remarkable Dutch achievement, establishing a new landmark in commerc’al
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    ECHO OF IRISH MURDER.
    50 9 TEN ACCUSED DISCHARGED. London, July 25. The ten men charged with conspiracy in connection with the murder of Mr. Kevin O’Higgins have been discharged as no evidence was offered. No demonstration took place inside the court but a small crowd outside cheered the magistrate s decision.
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    FIRST U.S. MINISTER TO IRELAND.
    32 9 London, July 25. Mr. F. A. Sterling has gone to Dublin to assume his duties as the first American Minister to the Irish Free Sta f e.
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    VANZETTI’S HUNGER STRIKE BROKEN.
    26 9 Boston, July 25. Vanzetti has interrupted his hungerstrike with a substantial breakfast of oatmeal, milk, bread and coffee. Sacco maintains his fast.
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    LABOUR LEADER'S ATTACK.
    558 10 Charges Against British Cabinet. MR. Arthur Henderson, addressing a meeting at Pendleton, Lancashire, recently concerned himself with three matters: the Government s position and record; the rupture with Russia and the Trade Unions Bill. The Government, he said having regard to its lavish promises, to its great
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    782 10 Mr. and Mrs. W- F. Zehnder, of Malacca, have gone to Fraser’s Hill and expect to be away for a week. Mr. Lim Kong Eng, of Ipoh, has purchased Silkette from Mr. I. Ellison and this pony will run at the Penang race meeting under the former’s
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    TRADE WITHIN THE EMPIRE.
    447 11 Mr. Amery’s Review. The Right Hon- L. S. Amery, M.P. (Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs and the Colonies), was the principal guest of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire at the annual luncheon and, in reviewing the policy of the Government
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    THEATRE ROYAL.
    181 11 THE NIGHT OF LOVE.” Framed in a seductive and exciting background of o'd Spain, Vilma Banky and Ronald Colman, the popular ptrfr, are again featured in a thrilling romance of intrigue and adventure The Night Of Love” which opens at the Theatre Royal commencing Thursday, the 28th inst.
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    COBRA IN MOTOR BUS.
    102 11 TWO PASSENGERS FATALLY BITTEN. Madras, July 14. A Mvsore. correspom lent of ‘The Pioneer reports an attack on passengers in a motor bus by a cobra, resulting in two fatalities. The reptile apparently crawled into the bus at night, and lay hidden behind the petrol tins
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    THE SHARE LIST.
    172 12 The following were the latest quo tations in Messrs. Kennedy and Co.'s share list at 11 a.m. to day Yesterday. To-day. 2 tn qd Shares. Je C 3 "3 CQ QQ 02 Sc. Sc. c. c. Mining. Ayer Weng R. 1.05 1.15 1.15 1.25 cum Batu Caves
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
    92 12 The following are the latest quotations in THE MALAYA COMPANY LIMITED’S share list Mining Shares. Buyers. Sellers. Batang Padang .70 .72} Hitam .95 .97} Kuchai Ord. 2.00 2.05 Kuyoh 1.52} 1.55 Larut 24/- 24/6 Malaya Consolidated 1.20 1.22} Menglembu .50 .52} Malay Siamese 90/- 95/Nai Hoot .42
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    208 12 PENANG JULY 26. 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 $lO.BO buyers Rattans 11.15 sale* Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 12 PENANG, JULY 26, 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 154| 'i 3 days’sight Private 156 d Bombay Demand Bank 154} Madras Demand Bank 154} q- 3
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    KENNEDY & CO'S SHARE LIST.
    1209 12 KENNEDY CO'S SHARE LIST. NAMtM. 5 5 M I X aO RUBHEB rDGli».| 0 f 0 c A)l«ncv Enbtw O') 2 60! 2 75 Aior Kubbrr 2 30 2 CO AmAlg&mateS Kstetes 4 00 4 25 Ayet Flantfnf Byu I 4 CO 4 25 Ayeu Euning RnbV-cv Mstatc' 65 75
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    STRAITS SETTLEMENTS ASSOCIATION (PENANG).
    385 13 Tbe following is a brief resume of matters which have theatten’i n of the New Committee since the Annual General meeting at the end of Marc u OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. Mr. J. Crabb Waff was elected Pres d ent and the Hon. Mr. Qi th
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    ECCENTRIC OLD MAN’S FATE.
    208 13 the “yard” called in. Murdered and His Money Missing. An Exeter message states that the local police are sti 1 b fl] d by the murder of an ecc*-n‘r c 60-yoars old gardener who was found shot in the back at Sjuth W nfor l. Having
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    101 14 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Rimba for P. Langkawi and Alor Sta JMito Maru for Colombo, Suez, Port Said, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg. Pungah for Asaban and Batu Bahra. Klang for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Kuala for Bela wan (Deli). The following ships are in commu nication with the Wireless Stations
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    PENANG MAILS.
    508 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 Pant
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    THE MAILS.
    39 14 The homeward mail by the p. s. Macedonia closes at noon on Saturday, the 30th inst. The P. O. Devanba with mails despatched from London on July 7 is expected to arrive here at 2 p.m. tomorrow.
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    MARKET PRICES.
    625 15 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, July 26, 1927 Mutton— cts 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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      704 15 BANKS._ bank OF INDIA, AND CH'NA. a te<l in England by Royal ln Charter 1853.) £3.000.00« F id £4,000.000 proprietors £3,000,00« K Head Office: S 8 BISIIOrSGATE, LONDON, E.C. \gencies and Branches: c- ,r Amritsar, Bangkok, Batavia r utta, Canton, Cawnpore, Cebu P‘7' j > .‘ihi Haiphong, Hankow, Hong Iloilo,
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      597 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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      1329 16 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE. «m I.BH INTENDED SAILINGS FROM PENANG WEEKLY SERVICE, LONDON AND N. CONTINENT ZjJJTiP TJTOI ORESTES July 29 London, Rotterdam and Hamburg. jMWtefi&ra PATROCLUS Aug. 4 Marseille. London, Rotterdam and Glasgow. CYCLOPS Ang. II L >nd «n. Ro*terdTm an i Hamburg. AND MACH AON Ang. 18 Marseilles,
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      544 16 P. 0.-BRITISH INDi A AND APCAR LINES, (Companies Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co. under Sailings of steamers of th ine British contract with His Majesty s Govern- India S. N. Co Ltd ment, London and Far East Mail Service. (Incorporated in
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