Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 April 1928

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY, Mo 93. VOL. LXXXVI. TUESDAY, 24th APRIL, 1928 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    WHERE STOLEN ART TREASURES GO.
    772 2 Collectors Who Buy Them From Clever Gangs. The arrest by the Berlin police of a wellknown art dealer,, following the dis appearance of a valuable altar piece from a Bavarian castle, indicates that there is still a lucrative market for stolen antiqceg. The thieves who
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      1180 2 POSITIONS VACANT. AUCTION. Wanted—Six first grade Charge By Order of the Straits Settle- RARn IAIIRFI] men. Good salaries to good men. Apply »VI I VI IUvLU Box No. 146 c/o Pinang Gazette. ments Government DISFIGUREMENT Travelling Amah wanted, proceed Preliminary NOtICC. Ofi Both Arms, Lasted TWO Enrope 24 b May
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      272 2 Xia 1 j V Au. I Ji nWH wBWB W i “Now you have nothing more to worry about.” But I did so want to feed Baby Cow Gate in all cases where myself.” breast feeding is imp m-s ble <> r “Yes, yes, that is a very proper insufficient,
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    FUN AND FASHION IN OLD LONDON.
    1146 3 GOOD STORIES OF THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES. Cynical Definition Of Bond Street. The late Marquis of Queensbgrry once offered a bet that he would walk naked from Brook’s to the Bachelors’ Club in Hamilton-place. The bet having been taken, Lord Queensberry got hold of
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    THE ARSENAL’S LOSS.
    171 3 CHARLES BUCHAN TO TAKE UP “JOURNALISM.” Retiring From Soccer. Charles Buchan, the Arsenal’s famous Captain, is retiring from football at the end of the season and will join the sporting staff of the Daily News. Charlie Buchan, who plays insideright, is the mainspring of the Arsenal team
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    YEAR’S BRAVEST ACT.
    76 3 WORKMAN WHO SAVED COMRADE FROM QUICKSANDS. The. Prince of Wales, as president of the Royal Humane Society, has presented at St.-James’s Palace the Stanhope gold modal to Ernest P. Johnson, of Ritsonstreet, Gorton-lane, near Gorton, Manchester, for the bravest deed of the year. Johnson saved a comrade
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    RUSSIA’S CAT HUNTERS.
    94 3 200 TRAPS SET DAILY IN PARTS OF LENINGRAD. According to a message from Riga, cat dealers have so reduced the feline population in Leningrad that the authorities have had to take action. The Pravda says six men and three women are living in luxury on the proceeds
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      277 3 LI A'-.-> man wants j e fi nes °f Scotch 1 BSI Whisky he calls for I ■jj N.J. Club-to be sure I IMw napier Johnstone's IUOW Z. WHISKY CALDBECK, MACGREGOR Co. Ltd. Sole Agents for Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States. ——»}J Incorporated under the. Companies oidinances of Huns
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    Brochures And—A Brochure.
    1320 4 Brochures And —A Brochure. Rapacity Of The Mob. Psychological Aspect Of Pamphleteering. On the occasions of my frequent visits to Exhibitions, Trade fairs and the like, much opportunity has come my way to study what learned scribee —md some who are in nowise learned, 1 fancy —denominate crowd psychology.” By
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      360 4 Assurance in force ever $30,000,000. Assets over $8,000,000. S. C. TT I i The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements). LONDON OFFICE 32, Cid Jewry, E. C. HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. rt of England and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies Acts in every
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    POLICE LOCK UP AS GAMBLING DEN.
    343 5 Head Constables Conduct Condemned. Strong condemnation of the conduct of a Head Constable of the Government Railway Police, Lucknow, was expressed by Khan Saheb Saiyed Ain-ud-din, City Magistrate of Lucknow, in disposing of t gambling case in which fight persons Mohammed Ahmad, a Head
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    STUCK TO THE GUN.
    131 5 WHEN STR OLIVER LODGE FELT LIKE BOY ON BURNING DECK. Boyhood memories were recalled by Sir Oliver Lodge when the freedom of Stoke-on-Trent, where he was born, was conferred on him. “On one occasion, just after the Crimea,” he said “a Russian gun was brought to
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      654 5 New Advertisements. notices. Chinese Benevolent Association. POSITION VACANT. The funeral of Mrs. Theah Khye Choe tv u c\cc' r'»! ir n e Tan Kim Lean will take place from Wanted an Office Clerk for a well i ,-n R„„ mQ u j situated healthy Estate. Thorough know- A 2 g
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    FRENCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION.
    110 6 —Reuter. First Ballot Result INCREASE IN COMMUNIST VOTE. Paris, April 23. In the French Parliamentary Election the returns have tpchvM from all the constituencies except Corsica and nine colonial constituencies. On the first ballot 175 members have been returned. A second ballot will bo taken for 427
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    ACTIVITIES OF NICARAGUAN REBEL.
    198 6 —Reuter. GOLD MINE RAIDED.’ New York, April 23. The proprietors of the American goldmine Laluz in Nicaragua have cabled that the rebel leader, Sandino, on April 12 jaided Laluz, taking away all the gold, merchandise and animals. They also took prisoner the assistant mine Superintendent, Mr.
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    NEWS IN BRIEF.
    97 6 ITEMS FROM ALL PARTS. Brussels, April 23. Zoubkoff has been arrested at Arion owing to a passport irregularity.— Rent er. Berlin, April 23. The Labour Minister has declared the award of the Ruhr Coal Mining dispute to be binding.— Renter. Shanghai, April 23. The Cycle Race Committee
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    OXFORD'S RIVER MEN.
    197 6 WHY THIS PRESTIGE Discussing the advantages of a proposal to transfer the beginning of the univer sity year from the autumn term to the summer term The Isis declares that it is a very good idea indeed.” It meets “the obvious objection to the whole scheme that
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    71 6 —Reuter. SURPRISING DEFEAT OF CELTIC. LEAGUE MATCHES. London, April 23. The following are the results of League matches played yesterday DIVISION 1. Sheffield U. 1 Newcastle Utd. 1 DIVISION 3. (Southern Section.) Brentford 2 Utd. 2 Bristol Rov. 1 Brighton H.A. 0 Walsall 4 Luton Tn. 1 DIVISION
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    PENANG SOCCER LEAGUE.
    48 6 MATCH POSTPONED. The Soccer League Match between the P. C. C. and Darul Aihsan Football Club fixed for Thursday next has been postponed and a match between the Darul Aihsan Football Club and the Shanghai Team will be played on that day on the Esplanade.
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    BOWLS TOURNAMENT.
    24 6 The final of the lawn bowls Championship will be played on Wednesday between Mr. J. G. Allan and Dr. C. H. Hertz.
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    PENANG CRICKET LEAGUE.
    81 6 P. C. C. V. P. R. C. The following will represent the P.C.C. on Saturday at 2 p.m. prompt on the Esplanade T. S. Anthony, R. C. Bishop, A. R. B Davenport, W. P. Day Dewdney, A. J. L Donaldson, G. F. G. Edlin, P. N. Knight
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    A WOMAN’S “TITLE.”
    250 6 “HUSBAND” OF BOGUS PRINCESS SENT TO PRISON. Charles Morris Wandesford Prior, 25, was sentenced to six months’ imprison, ment in the second division at the Old Bailey for bigamously marrying Marcelle Langlands, daughter of an East Anglian chauffeur. Prior, it was stated, went through the bigamous marriage
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    KING CARNIVAL.
    120 6 CHANGE OF PROGRAMME ON SATURDAY. King Carnival the big show now performing at Dato Kramat gardens opened with tremendous success last Friday and Saturday. The show is a varied one and comprises The Carnival, a menagerie, a Circus and Wild-West show which performs at 10 p.m. nightly. The
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    ALLEGED NEGLIGENT ADVICE.
    861 6 Gaim For $247,574. PENANG SOLICITOR IN WITNESS BOX. The case in which Lira Cheng Ean, a Penang solicitor, was sued for damages amounting to $247,574.50 by Khoo Saw Ee for wrongfully and negligently advising her in respect of the purchase of some land from Quah Beng Kee
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    361 6 Miss G. Bruce has now succeeded Mr. L. Francke as Secretary of the Kuala Lumpur Book Club. Mr. Gompertz, youngest son of .Sir Henry and Lady Gompertz, is visiting Kuala Lumpur on bis way Home on leave from Hankow. The death took place on Sunday at Taiping
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    DEATH OF HON. MR. P. K. NAMBYAR.
    320 6 SUPREME COURT TRIBUTE. We have to record the death of the Hon. Mr. Pattinarapat Kelumni Nambyar, who died in his sleep, last night, at his residence in Anson-road, Penang. A touching tribute to his memory was paid in the Penang Supreme Court this
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    TAIPING APPEAL.
    101 6 IPOH JUDGE INCREASES SENTENCE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, April 24. In an appeal from Tai ping against a sentence of seven days’ imprisonment passed on a Malay convicted of theft from a dwelling house and who had seven previous convictions the judge altered the sentence to twelve
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      211 6 Nature gave them that thin outer coating of enamel to protect them. To keep this intact you must keep it clean and polished. Use powder to polish, of course, just as you would for polishing anything else. But it must be the right powder,, one specially prepared for the purpose—
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    The Film In Japan.
    626 7 Ousting Pictures From America. New Technique. It ia a matter for diflappointment in Japan that none of the new Japanese national films has been shown to the general public of the Western world. Two or three of the first films made by Japanese, mere copies of
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    WHEN ACTRESSES DAZZLE.
    364 7 WHAT IT COSTS. What does it cost to be a leading actress? The late Miss Nora Bayes, the American comedienne, once referred to £3OO a week as “a living wage.” Some leading British actresses are inclined to agree. Asked his opinion as to what weight of expenses
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    WOMAN HEAD OF 3 NEWSPAPERS.
    373 7 CONTROL FROM SICK BED. From a convalescent couch in her flat near the Bois de Boulogne a woman is conducting personally one of the greatest newspaper enterprises in the world. She is Mme. Paul Dupuy, widow of Senator Paul Dupuy, the man who made the
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    GAMBLING IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
    524 7 Financing An Army. POPULARITY OF STATE LOT I ERIES. Having in view the prospects of the installation of the Tote on English Racecourses, for the better control of the national gambling instincts, it is interesting to note how other States manage it. In France and Belgium,
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    FATAL DRIED PEAS.
    156 7 CHILDREN DIE AFTER EATING FROM UNSOAKED SUPPLY. Two children have died at Plymouth after eating packet peas that had been cooked without being soaked overnight. At the inquest the father, Ernest Robert Davies, a labourer, said he told his wife that the packet peas were not properly
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    67 7 (Rugby Radio Service.) London, April 23. Paris, 124 New York, 4.88 3 7 2 Brussels, 34.96 Geneva, 25.33 Amsterdam, 12.111; Milan, 92.60 Berlin, 20.41; Stockholm, 18.18; Copenhagen, 18.20; Oslo, 18.25; Vienna, 34.85 Prague, 164|; Helsingfors, 194 Madrid. 29.12 Lisbon, 2| Athene, 372| Bucharest, 780| Rio, 5« I Buenos
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      58 7 I WHITEAWAYS I I MONSTER DEMONSTRATION I OF I DOLLAR I BARGAINS I POSITIVELY ENDS I MONDAY 30th APRIL HUNDREDS OF NEW MONSTER BARGAINS HAVE BEEN ADDED I FOR THESE LAST I FEW DAYS j I THE DOLLAR WILL i DO EXTRA DUTY I I BY SHOPPING AT I WHITEAWAYS]
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    A COMMON LOSS.
    577 8 Penang, to-day, mourns the loss of a man whom it will be difficult to replace. The death of the Hon’ble Mr. P. K. Nambyar M. L. C. comes as a grievous shock, not only to the Indian community which he served so faithfully and well, but to
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    86 8 SHIP’S ENGINEER DIES ABOARD. Injunction Against Chinese. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April 24. Mr. Cyril Webb, th ll chief engineer thes.s. Hong Peng, died on board yester day afternoon. He was the son of the original engineer connected with Keppel Harbour and who is now retired and
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    45 8 NEW MEMBER APPOINTED. Mr. J. M. Milne was unanimously elected as the Penang Chamber of Commerce Representative on the Legislative Council, in place of Mr. P. M. Robinson, who has gone on leave, at a special meeting of the Chamber held this afternoon.
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    SINGAPORE PRICES.
    93 8 London Standard Loose. S. R. Sheet 28 cts per pound per pl.=$37/33 No. 1 Crepe 28f cts per pound per pl.=$37/66 Dull. London 7jd New York 16icts. (gold). (By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen Dennys.) RUBBER SALES. The General Produce Agency Ltd., Beach Street, Penang, reports that the following
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    THE MAILS.
    42 8 The homeward mail by the s.s. Elephanta closes at 6 p.m. on Friday, the 27th instant. The B. I. Rohna with mails despatched from London on April 5 is expected to arrive here at daylight on Friday, the 27th instant.
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    By the Way.
    1364 8 fiYT is said that Nibong Tibal bridge inspired the composer of that beautiful song of our youth. For Ever and for Ever. It was sang with pathetic emphasis by the occupants of one hundred cars which, on Saturday last, were held up for three hours by an
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      BRITISH SCHEME AND SWEDISH ENGINEERS.
      254 8 (To the Editor of the Pinang Sir, —I read with great inters article published in your newspap^ 0 the 10th inst., describing Mr. OrnM Gore’s visit to the site of the Perak > Hydro Electric Power Co’s worW Chenderoh, Perak. I note with particular pleasure
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  • Mass Attack On World Speed Records.
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      Motor-car And Seaplane.
      150 9 British Motorists Determined To Recapture Record. R. A. F. Experts In Training. The World Speed Records in the air and on the land are to he attacked within the next few months and in each case it is expected that the existing records will be broken. The
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      HUNDREDS OF PILOTS VOLUNTEER.
      481 9 .—Reuter. 350 MILES AN HOUR. London, April 23. Flight-Lieutenant David Greig Fas been officially appointed to command the Air Speed Experimental Section of the Royal Air Force at Felixstowe. He will go into training to fly a SuperMarine S 5 Monoplane in an attempt to break
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      CAMPBELL’S EFFORT IN DENMARK.
      229 9 —Reuter. SANDS SUITABLE. London, April 23. A World’s Motor Speed contest threatens to develop as the result of Ray Keech’s record at Daytona. Captain Malcolm Campbell, the previous holder of the record, announced his intention to make an early effort, possibly on the Sands in Denmark,
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    BOMBAY STRIKE.
    66 9 .—Reuter. POLICE FIRING REPORTED. Bombay, April 23. There are now 65,000 strikers in the mill area and only five mills are working. Police firing is reported in the Parel Mill district. Reuter. Later thousands of strikers started stonethrowing in front of the mills. The Police were unable to
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    HANLEY BY-ELECTION.
    48 9 —Reuter. LABOUR CANDIDATE’S INCREASED MAJORITY. London, April 23. The by-election at Hanley caused by the death of Mr. S. Clowes (Labour) resulted as follows Hollins (Labour) 15,136 Denville (Conservative) 6,604 Meakin (Liberal) 3,390 Majority 8,532 (No Change). The Labour majority at the General Election was 1,554.
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    WOMEN’S FRANCHISE BILL.
    282 9 Rugby Radio Service. LABOUR AMENDMENT CARRIED. SLOTS MEMBERS SPEND LEAST. FREE VOTE OF HOUSE. Left to the free vote of the House of Commons the Labour Amendment adding a clause to the Women’s Franchise Bill to reduce the maximum scale of candidates, election expenses per head of
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    COLLAPSE OF SHANTUNG GOVERNMENT.
    58 9 —Reuter. WARSHIP FOR CHEFOO. Washington, April 23. A cablegram to the State Department, by Mr. Webber, the United States Consul at Chefoo, recommends the immediate despatch of an American warship there on the ground of the fear of the seizure of Chefoo by bandits in view
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    PLATINUM IN SIERRA LEONE.
    52 9 —Rugby Radio Service. APPLICATIONS FOR LICENCES. London, April 23. The Rt. Hon. L. M. S. Amery, Colonial Secretary, stated that according to the Government of Sierra Leone seventeeen applications had been received in January for exclusive prospecting licences in connection with the discovery of platinum in
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    DANISH LOAN FROM AMERICA.
    55 9 .—Reuter. BANK LENDS *12,000,000. Copenhagen, April 23. For the purpose of converting the city’s 54 per cent loan of 1919 the city has contracted a loan of $12,000,000 from the Kubn Loeb and International Acceptance Bank of New York for twenty-five years at 4| per cent
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    EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS IN THE BALKANS.
    322 9 —Reuter. Corinth In Ruins. early warning prevents CASUALTIES. THOUSANDS HOMELESS. Thousands of persons are homeless, destitute and half clad as the result of the violent earthquake shocks which have reduced the city of Corinth to ruins. A preliminary weak shock warned the inhabitants and they
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    LEAGUE AND OPIUM MANUFACTURE.
    176 9 Reuter. LIMITATION THE ONLY SOLUTION. Geneva, April 23. At a public sitting of the League of Nations Opium Committee Sir Malcolm Delevingne said there was no change in the illicit traffic in raw Opium since the last session of the committee. The export of opium from
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    ROUND THE MARKETS.
    741 10 QUESTION OF DUTCH COOPERATION. Bulls And Bears Subdued. Messrs. Baker, Morgan Co., Ltd., Kuala Lumpur, reported as follows on Monday ZZiZ I At present we hear very little of Bulls and Bears in the rubber world. The former may be excused if they retire to lick their
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    PAROI TIN DREDGING.
    771 10 CHAIRMAN’S OPTIMISTIC ADDRESS. Statutory Meeting. The statutory meeting of Paroi Tin Dredging, Limited, was held at Laidlaw Buildings, Kuala Lumpur, on Monday, April 23. The Chairman said Gentlemen,—The statutory report has be»*n in your hands for the prescribed period and with your consent I will take it
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    GENERAL PRODUCE AGENCY Ltd.
    38 10 Rubber Prices. We beg to report that the Singapore oriceg for Standard Ribbed. Smoked Sheet for to-day are as follow Spot 28ic May/June 28jc July/Sept. 28ic 28c Remarks—Market Quiet. London Stocks decreased 2,125 tons.
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    THE SHARE LIST.
    180 10 The following were the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co’s share list at 11 a.m. to-day Yesterlay. To-day. Shares. C P 5 OQ PQ 0Q c. c. c. c. Rubber (Dollar). Mentakab -21 -24 .22! .4.5 Mining. Bangrin Tin 39/9 41/- 40/3 41/3 Hitam .971 1.03 .96
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
    60 10 The following are the latest quotations in THE MALAYA COMPANY LIMITED’S share list:— Mining Shares. Buyers. Sellers. B. Padang .53 .55 Batu Caves 1.32| 1.35 Haad Yai 19/- 19/6 Kinta 1.47| ex Kuala Lumpur Tin 32/- 32/9 Kuchai Ord. Kuyoh .84 .86 Mambau 1.25 1.30 North 1
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    UNITED TRADERS, Ltd.
    64 10 The following are our latest quotations for to-day Rubbers. Buyers. Sellers. Batu Caves 1.30 1.35 Hitams .97| 1.00 Johans .20 Kintas 1.42| 1.47 i ex K. Lumpurs 32/9 33/9 Laruts 17/3 17/9 M. Consols. 1.02| 1.05 Penawats .70 .72| Petalings 4.45 4.50 Rantau (Prefs)... 1.90 1.95 Souths
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    EASTERN TRADERS. Ltd.
    76 10 The following are our latest quotation 8 for to-day:— Tins. Buyers. Sellers. Norths 1.11 1.13 Rahmans 1.60 1.65 Kamuntings 18/- 18/6 B. Padangs .52i .54| Kintas 1.42| ex ex Hong Fatts .62j .65 Laruts 17/- 17/6 Nai Hoots .17 .19 Taipings l.lli 1.13 Hitams .98 1.00 M.
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    OVERSEA BROKERS, Ltd.
    83 10 The following are our latest quotations for to-day:— Mining. Buyers. Sellers. Bangrins 40/- 40/9 Hong Fatts .60 .62| Hitams .97| 1.00 Haad Yais 20/- 20,6 Huey Yots Prefs. 31/- 32/Harbours 8.50 9.00 Kents 4/3 4/9 Kampongs 23/ 24/Kuchais 1.72| 1.77| Kinta Dredges 1.45 1.47| ex Norths 1.10
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    KENNEDY & Co’s SHARE LIST.
    1107 10 KENNEDY Co’s SHARE LIST. SS o NAMES. Jg So I CO OQ H a RUBBER [Dollar.] J o S c 8 e Allenby Rubber Co on 1 25 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 00 1 Amalgamated Malay Estates 1 i 0 2 00 Aver Hitam Planting Syndicate 1 75 2 00
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      42 10 To-night and till Wednesday, 25th. DOROTHY DEVORE AND MATT MOORE in Warner Bros, comedy surprise The Narrow Street 7 reels Hilarious Throughout! Supported by “GAUMONT GRAPHIC” and “FIGHTING HEARTS.” Thursday 26th “THE PATENT LEATHER K ,D Plans open on Tuesday, at ROBINSON'S.
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    CEYLON AND MALAYA NEGOTIATING.
    717 11 R. G. A. Warning. gradual im rfase of OUTPUT. rSUANAGEABLE STOCKS. p. oin Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, April 23. r<sllK local Secretary of the J K. G. A. has received the A following cable from the London The Coun~f the K C A. wish to
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    CO-OPERATION.
    1661 11 A CANDID CHAIRMAN. Jaffnese Society’s Affairs. The half-yearly general meeting of the Jaffnese Co-operative Society was held at the Town Hall, Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday, with Mr. R. N. Thamby-Thurai, president, in the chair. Others present were Mr. A. Cavendish (Registrar of Cooperative Societies, S.S. and F.M.S.), Mr. L.
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    166 11 The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following prices on April 23: London Spot £232.10s down £2-2-6 3 mos. buying 232.10 a l-15a 3 selling 232.15 s 1-12-6 April 24: Local. Singapore sold 150 tona $llBl Penang buyers no sellers at sllB|. Messrs. Eastern Smelting Co Ltd.— London
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    RUBBER OUTPUTS.
    35 11 The following are additional rubber outputs for March lbs. Bedford Nil. Glenealy 5,908 Hill Rise Nil. Ratanui 21,150 Reyland Nil. Trolak Nil. Perak River Valley 12.R36 Juru Estates, Limited Nil Semanggol Rubber Nil
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    122 11 Penang, April 24, 1928. (By Courtesy of The Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/3 2V32 4 months’ sight Bank 2/3 7/8 3 Credit 2/4 1/4 3 Documentary 2/4 5/16 Calcutta Demand Bank 153 3 days’ sight Private 156 p Bombay Demand Bank 153 I Madras Demand Bank 153 3
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    212 11 Penang, April 24, 1928. Benarea Opium p. chest $5,000.00 nom’ Clovee 70.00 nom Gold leaf 72.00 seller Mace Pickings 125.00 nom. Nutmegs 80s 00.00 nom. 110 s 95.00 Coconuts per 1,000 50.00 nom as on Copra Snndried $11.55 sales 21/4/28 Rattans 11.15 sale Rattans Coarse 10.60 Green Snail
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    591 12 WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. Rubb e r Shares Neglected. Penang, April 23. Since our last report, a dull tone was again in evidence in the Share Market a condition naturally due to the low price a condition naturally due to the low prices ruling for both Rubber and
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    198 12 The following are excerpts from the fifteenth report of the Directors to the shareholders of the Jeram Kuantan Rubber Estate, Ltd., to be presented at the annual meeting on April 30: The profit and loss account for the year after making due provision for depreciation and deducting
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    CHILD HIT WITH BELT.
    78 12 FATHER SENTENCED FOR “VERY BRUTAL” ATTACK. For beating his child, under four years of age, with a leather belt, causing several severe bruises, including one eight inches ong, Michael Joseph O’Shaughnessy, of Council Cottages, Ash, Surrey, was sent to prison for two months with hard labour
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    66 12 “STILL A GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR A HAT.” While Mr. Lloyd George was speaking at an open-air meeting at Peninaenmawr, North Wales, recently, a vzoman celled out: “Wie are concerned about your health. Won’t you put your hat on?” Mr. Lloyd George shook his head and smiled.
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    99 13 To-day’s Departures. Oanfa for Port Bwettenham, Singapore, Moji, Kobe, Yokohama, Hakodate and Chara. R«ngam for Asahan and Batu Bahra. Ghirbi for P. Lan«kawi and AlorStar. Klang for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Koala for Belawan (Deli). Sr-ang Bee for Port Swettenham, Singapore, Hongkong, Amoy and Swatow. The following ships
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    PENANG MAILS.
    593 13 CLOSE DAILY except (Sunday). BY TRAIN. Federated Malay States. Malacca, Johore and Singapore. Registration and Parce' 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 p.m 1
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    205 14 major segrave sets a new FASHION IN THRILLS. Hydroplane Racer. ‘•'Marine motoring” may soon be the latest fashion in thrills in England. Major Segrave, who held the world’s speed record on land until Captain Campbell secured it, has placed an order for a sixty-mile-an-hour super-hydroplane, and his example
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    “PADDER” TENNIS.
    149 14 NEW GAME FOR LONDONERS. “Padder’’ tennis adopted from America, will shortlv be added to the games, for which facilities are provided by the- London County Council. As the result of a trial game between Colonel 11. G. Mayes, the Davis Cup player, and Brigadier-General P. Maud, head of
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    THE ADMIRAL’S DOUBT.
    124 14 WHEN SIR EDMUNDi FREMANTLE SAVED A MANf—AND THE SEQUEL. Admiral Sir Edmund Fremantle, who, at the age of ninety-one, attended the Veterans’ Club dinner in London recently gave as his secrets of health and strength Drinking in moderation. Smoking in moderation. Plenty of outdoor exercise. “My most
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    BEYOND THE LIMIT.
    125 14 “TAX-PAYER HAS A PERFECT RIGHT TO MOVE.” When an order was made at the Mansion House, London, for a defendant to pay an amount due for income tax, the collector, Mr. Wlilcock, asked for “extra costs.” Sir Vansittart Bowater asked, “what for The collector said the first
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    POLITICS WITH MUSIC.
    71 14 CONSERVATIVE ENTERTAINMENTS CORPS TO ASSIST WOMEN. Music is to play an important part in the next General Election in England. Community singing has already become a popular feature of Conservative and Liberal meetings, and now a-Con-servative Entertainment Corps is being organised under the chairmanship of Lady Rodd,
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    MARKET PRICES.
    603 15 CHOWRABTA MARKET. Penang, April 24, 1928. Mutton— ct» 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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