Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 22 May 1928

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 117. /VOL. LXXXVI. TUESDAY, 22nd MAY, 1928. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    PARIS IN THE MELTING-POT.
    464 2 MANY CHANGES. Remodelled Champs Elysees. People who love Paris ought to watch *t with keen eyes, for it i« melting like a sand-castle, and although new piles will appear, the Parisian should salt down now his impressions for future sentimental reference, writes the Paris correspondent of
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    A PIPE AT CHEQUERS.
    249 2 M. HERRTOT TELLS THE STORY OF HIS VISIT. In the course of a speech he delivered at Lyons, M. Herriot referred to his visit to London in June, 1924. and said It was stated that I went to London to smoke my pipe, just as it
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    LEFT THE ARMY AT TEN.
    71 2 James Roach, who died on Burton-on-Trent recently aged 77, joined the Bengal Artillery as a bugler at ten and owned a discharge certificate showing th»t he left the army at the age of ten years three months, height 4ft. 2in., hair red, complexion fresh. Later
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      1248 2 POSITIONS VACANT. NOTICES. m. u Wanted Temporary Surveyors for It is proposed to hold an Old Wellingwork in Brieh, apply with recent testi- tonian dinner at Raffles Hotel, Sipgamonials, stating salary required. pore, on Saturday, 16th June. In order Executive Engineer, Krian. hat h dinI >« r £>' U i8
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      279 2 fl BL I? ■!> I v !*&?■> 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 impossible or Yes, yes, that is a very proper insufficient, and I can assure you desire but
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    LORD BIRKENHEAD.
    499 3 TO FORSAKE POLITICS FOR BUSINESS Never A Constructive Statesman. The Pioneer writes in the course of a leading article: Lord Birkenhead may have, if the report is true, cast envious eyes on the bank balances of other politicians who have gone to the City. Mr. Reginald McKenna and
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    CODE PUZZLES THE P.O.
    201 3 PHONETIC SPELLING IN 22 WORDS TELEGRAM. A young London man is lOd. up on the Post Office. He succeeded in sending a twenty-two-word telegram for a shilling by adopting a simple code which needed no key to be deciphered. This is the telegram he handed in
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    CAFES OF OLD PARIS.
    703 3 ABODE OF THE MUSES. Mothers Of The Night Clubs We Know. The historian who cnce declared that an almost complete history of Paris was to be obtained from that of the city’s cafes and cabarets would have found an interesting chapter in M. de Wissand’s recently
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      96 3 HOW DOCTORS CURE URINARY TROUBLE Hot, scalding urine, a too-frequent desire to pass urine, which leaves a feeling of discomfort. Dark, cloudy, evil-smelling urine these are signs which wise doctors do not ignore. Experience has taught them that De Witt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills is the one medicine which is
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    123 4 To-day’s Departures. Rengam for Aeahan and Batu Bahra. Klang for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Kuala for Belawan (Deli). Rheinland for Ger o«, Marseilles, Rotterdam and Hamburg. van der Hagen for Belawan (Deli), Sabarg, Oh-bleb, West Sun a‘ra and Padang. The following ships are in communication with the Wireless
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    PENANG MAILS.
    585 4 CLOSE DAILY except (Sunday). BY TRAIN. Federated Malay States. Malacca, Johor and Singapore. Registration and Parce’ Post, except where otherwise stated, close half-an hour earlier than the Ordinary mail. ResumptxON Of Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed daily (Sunday excepted) at 6 p.m Parit
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      453 4 I Bl Iif I I I Protect Innocent Lives! I Tolies sow the seeds of disease, and Death gathers the appalling g I JL harvest. From the squalid refuse heaps and cesspools of K every community, the disease-laden fly tracks into your home it the germs of infantile paralysis, typhoid,
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    519 5 Mr. W. Wekb, of the Singapore Prison Staff, has left for Home on furlough. Mr. F. Cunningham, the well-known Port Dickson planter, is proceeding Home next month. Mr. W. Aucutt is now on Ribn estate, Rantau, vice Mr. Donald Farquhars m, who has gone on furlough. Mr.
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    AMERICAN WOMAN’S SWIMMING RECORD.
    72 5 TWO DAYS IN WATER. Chicago, May 21. Mrs. Myrtle Huddleston (lm*-rca) established a world’s endurance rec rl in a swimming pool at Chicago, remaining in the water 50 hours 10 minutes 15t seconds. The previous record for women was 32 hours 20 minutes made only last
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    DAVIS CUP TENNIS.
    28 5 HUNGARY DEFEATED B\ HOLLAND. Hague, May 21. In the second round of the Davis Cup competition Holland beat Hungary by three matches to two. Reuter.
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    MENTAKAB RUBBER.
    109 5 The eighth report of the Mentakab Rubber Co., Ltd., to be submitted at the annual meeting on May 25, states: After making due provision for depreciation, directors’ fees, manager’s commission, etc., the accounts show a net profit for the period of $65,965.31. The balance brought forward from last
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    It is stated
    36 5 that, as a reenlt of the slump in the price of rubber, about 150 young Europe in planters are shortly (going to be out of employmen», they •being now under notice to leave.
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      382 5 SLAZENGERS’ LAWN TENNIS RACKETS f Constructed from the Best Quality Materials, and by the finest Craftsmen in the Trade, I the /71 ~TT7 pf;r,'thry 1 I SLAZENGER QUEEN’S” racket represents the very last word T -T---T-Wa in Racket Production. bp----17'LpT" ITj < The rounded frame is made lr~ f '—T
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      305 5 THE GIFT OF A SON r I 'HE gift of a frail little being —nor is it an ordinary dried milk whose whole future in the P° w der. It is pure cows* milk world depends upon your care, dried and modified m such a way f m™. p..< responsMi.y
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    Parliament And Arms For China.
    805 6 Question Of Insurance. Imperial Cable And Wireless Conference. Labour Member’s Allegation. I The Labour Member for Bristol, Mr. Walter Baker, speaking during the debate cm the question of Imperial communications by cable and wireless, described the Marconi Eastern merger as a calculated attempt to force
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    EARTHQUAKES IN JAPAN AND S. AMERICA.
    107 6 TERRIFIED INHABITANTS. Lima, May 21. Several places have felt severe earthquake shocks and Jane village in the Cajamarca department has been destroyed. A number of the inhabitants have been buried among the ruins. Pimpiutco8 has been raz«d to the ground and there are at
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    POLITICAL SITUATION IN GREECE.
    60 6 CABINET RESIGNS. Athens, May 22. The political situation has clarified to the extent that the Cabinet is resigning. Mr. Venizelos will be summoned to form a Government. He will dissolve Parliament and arrange for the elections to take p’ace in two months’ time. In the meantime
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    POISON GAS DISASTER AT HAMBURG.
    379 6 EIGHT PEOPLE KILLED. DEADLY EFFECTS OF PHOSGENE: A WAR GAS. PROHIBITED IN GERMANY. Hundreds of people were suddenly taken ill while awaiting the election results in the Wilhelmsburg district of Hamburg, owing to the escape of phosgene gas from some barrels stored in a chemical
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    MATHER MINE DISASTER CASUALTIES.
    57 6 46 DEAD 152 ENTOMBED. Brownsville (Pen.) May 21. Up to the present 36 bodies, mostly terribly mutilated, have been recovered from the Mather Mine disaster. Hope of rescuing the others has almost been given up. Later. The death roll is 46 and there is little hope
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    WRECK OF THE “BREMEN.”
    54 6 ATTEMPTED FLIGHT FROM GREENLY ISLAND. New York, May 21. The trans Atlantic plane Bremen was damaged in attempting to take off from the shore opposite Greenly Lland. The junkers mechanic Fred Meicluor, who made the attempt, reports that the plane is 40 per cent, demolishe l.
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    DUTCH FLIGHT TO CAPE TOWN ABANDONED.
    48 6 ENGINE TROUBLE. Amsterdam, May 21. It is reported from Khartum that Mr. Van Learblack’s flight to Capetown and Tokyo has been abandoned for the present in consequence of engine trouble and the difficulties arising from a lack of suitable landing grounds.— Reuter.
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    NICARAGUAN REVOLUTIONARY ASSASSINATED.
    26 6 EX MINISTER OF WAR. Granada, May 22. General Luis Mena, the revolutionary leader and former War Minister, has been assassinated near Granada.— Reuter.
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    OUTRAGE ON COLOMBO-KANDY ROAD.
    239 6 MOTORISTS STONED. STRIKERS INJURE AUSTRALIAN VISITORS. WOMANS EYE PUT OUT. A party of Australians, including Mrs. Gibson, the wife of the Mayor of Newcastle (New v outh Wales), were motoring along the Colombo Kandy road yesterday when a number of strikers commenced to throw stones at
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    SHORTER FROCKS AND TRADE DFRPESSION.
    166 6 INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE’S REPORT. London, May 22. That shorter frocks is one of the main causes of the depression in the wool and textile trade is cit. d in the report of the committee on industry and trade. There is also a growing preference for cotton,
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    U. S. PROPOSAL TO OUTLAW WAR.
    83 6 BRITISH REPLY REGARDED AS FAVOURABLE. Washington, May 21. British quarters here are of the opinion that Sir Austen Chamberlain’s reply to Mr. Kellogg’s note is regarded io American official circles as highly favourable. The inclusion of the British Dominions and India in the Anti-War
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    SIAM’S TIME.
    67 6 KING COMMANDS 24 HOUR DAY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, May 21. The Government Gazette announc s that the King commands a 24 hour day to be ust-d in all Government offices. Up to the present this reckoning of time has only been used in the army, navy,
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    Suggested New Penang Motor Club.
    1367 6 Enthusiastic Correspondents. Pilot’s Trenchant Article Criticised. Sporting Club Needed. Judging by the correspondence received by the EdPor of the Pina on the subject of the Penang Automobile Club it would appear that Pilot's criticism of the deadly inactivity of th it organisation was ivell founded.
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    JEWELS AND THEIR USES.
    365 7 AN AID TO DRESS DESIGNING. This Year’s Many Novelties. Jewels need not to be expensive to be charming and to look smart both with a simple tailor-made and with an elegant evening gown. Paris dressmakers have proved this very effectively. Gold or silver ornaments and necklaces,
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    SOLDIER’S EFFORT TO SAVE CHILD.
    358 7 JUMPED FROM LINER AND WAS DROWNED. Corporal Thomas Flaherty, of the Royal Army Service Corps, lost his life on April 13 in a gallant effort to save a child who had fallen overboard. The little one was recued by another man. The Kaisar-I-Kitid, bound for
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    63 7 (Rugby Radio Service.) London, May 21. Paris, 124 New York. 4.88’ Brussels, 34.98 Geneva, 25 32 Amsterdam, 12.09? Milan, 92.70 Berlin, 20.40; Stockholm. 18.19; Copenhagen. 18.20; Oslo, 18.22; Vienna, 34.69$ Prague, 164f Helsingfors, 194 Madrid. 29-16$ Lisbon, Athens, 374; Bucharest, 790 Rio, 5H Buenos Aires. 47j| Bombay, l/oU
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    CHINA, JAPAN AND MANCHURIA.
    725 8 If Chang Tso-lin wishes to disappoint his followers and upset the calculations of the politicians by retiring into Manchuria he will hud lions in his path in the shape of the Japanese who according to the latest intelligence are about to prevent him from doing so.
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    SINGAPORE INSPECTOR’S NARROW ESCAPE.
    105 8 ARRESTING A GUNMAN. (From Oar Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 22. Inspector Scott, of the Weights and Measures Office, had a narrow escape when arresting two gunmen. He saw a ganman following a crowd of Chinese. The ganman fired his revolver and the inspector ducked an I
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    PENANG POLICE COURT.
    94 8 THEFT OF A BICYCLE. A Chinese named Kam Ah Kuan was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment by Mr. S. N. King in the Pinang Police Court morning for theft of a bicycle in a lane off Chulia-street about a fortnight ago. Lt.-Col. Prior was on Sunday the
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    THE MAILS.
    43 8 The homeward mail by the s.s. Egra closes at 6 p.m. on Friday, the 25th instant. The B. I. Rohna with mails despatched from London on May 3 is expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. on Friday, the 25th instant
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    By the Way.
    1666 8 F. M. S. time tab’e is out of (Q print. Not a copy is to be had at the Penang railway offices nor at the Federal Rubber Stamp Company’s store. It is about time that a n< w edition made its appearance; but the railway management should
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      116 8 j: Planters! YOUR FIRST IMPERATIVE- 0 NOW is to overhaul your pre- sent resources, and in doing I: so, make your first thought to Economise. ui ECONOMY and BOON syn- H chronise. i: ASSURE Yourselves of more per and greater service, no matter how big or small your i: order
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  • America Warns Chinese Government.
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      Acts Of Violence Against Foreigners Must Cease.
      141 9 Situation At Tsinan. Chinese Alarm At Suggested Japanese Protectorate. Gun-Running At Amoy. The news from China to-day is of a somewhat less sensational nature, but it is clear that China will exert every effort to prevent Japan establishing a Protectorate in Manchuria. The
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      NATIONALIST OFFICIALS RETICENT.
      307 9 INFORMATION REFUSED. Shanghai, May 21. The steamer Vale, which is already reported to have unloaded 1,500 lifles, twenty machine guns and a million rounds of ammunition, successfully evaded the Hair hi which was waiting for her outside Amoy. She arrived at her rendezvous with seven Nationalist warships
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      JAPANESE STRENGTHENING TSINAN DEFENCES.
      208 9 CHAN TSO LIN’S CIRCULAR. Peking, May 21. A foreign message from Tsinan says the number of Chinese killed and wounded is altogether 3,000 of whom 80 are civilians. The Japanese are strengthening the Tsinan defences in case of trouble. It is rumoured that the Nationalists intend
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    GAMBLING IN JUTE.
    97 9 numerous arrests in CALCUTTA. Calcutta, May 21. Calcutta 116 Marwaris (bankers and der8 inclad i°8 som0 of the jj, d members of the community B? e een arrested on the premises of the ciati J° te erc bants and Brokers AssoThf- 10n and c^ ar^ed with gambling
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    FORMER FRENCH MINISIER AT BANGKOK.
    29 9 DEATH OF GUSTAVE KAHN, Faris, May 22. M. Gustave Kahn ex-consul at Shanghai and ex-minister at Bangkok has died following a motor accident. Vale.
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    DEATH OF FAMOUS ENGLISH SCULPTOR.
    447 9 SIR GEORGE FRAMPTON. DESIGNED NURSE CAVELL MEMORIAL VERSATILE ARTIST. Sir George Frampton, the famous sculptor, died in London yesterday. He made the Nurse Cavell Memorial in Trafalgar Square anl the Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens. Much of his early repute was for the statues
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    GERMAN ELECTION RESULTS.
    446 9 Gain For Socialists. NATIONALIST PaRIY LOSES 39 SEATS. 31 MILLION VOTERS. The majority of the German election results have been announced, and there appear to be no startling alterations in the strength oj the various Parties. The Socialists and the Communists gained 19 and 6 seats respectively.
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    ROUND THE MARKETS.
    877 10 RUBBER STAGNANT AND FEATURELESS. Growth of the “Suicide Society.” Messrs. Baker, Morgan and Co., Ltd., Kuala Lumpur, state io their weekly dated May 21: The rubber commodity market is reported aa stagnant and "featureleas. A moderate amount of business has been done for 1929 but the demand
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    UNITED TRADERS, LIMITED.
    611 10 WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. Penang, May 21. What promised to be a somewhat quiet week was relieved by a sudden demand setting in-for tin shares led by steady and persistent enquiries from London. Australia also came in to the market as a buyer of the better class shares
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  • LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
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      The following are the latest quotations in THE MALAYA COMPANY LIMITED’S share list:—
      88 10 Mining Shares. Buyers. Sellers. Bangrin 43/6 44/6 Haad Yai 20/- 20/6 Hitam .95 .971 Idris Hydraulic 17/6 18/- ex Kinta Tin Dredging 1.471 1.521 Kuala Lumpur Tin 34/3 34/9 Kuchai Ord. 1.75 1.771 M. Consolidated 1.021 1.05
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      UNITED TRADERS, Ltd.
      62 10 The following are bur latest quotations for to day Rubbers. Buyers. Sellers. Batu Caves 1.371 1.40 Haad Yais 20/- 20/6 Johans 120 .221 K. Kamuntings... 27/6 28/6 Katus 24/- 25/K. Lumpurs 34/6 35/Nai Hoots .171 .20 Penawats ,67b .70 Rantau (Prefs) 1.85 1.90 Souths .49 .511 Talams
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      OVERSEA BROKERS, Ltd.
      76 10 The following are our latest quotations for to-day Mining. Buyers. Sellers. Batu Caves 1.35 1.39 B. Padangs .50 .52 Hong Fatts .70 .721 K. Lumpurs 34/6 35/Katus 24/9 25/6 Kents 4/9 5/3 Kuyohs .72| .75 Kuchais 1.72b 1-75 M. Consols 1.021 1.05 Norths 1.021 1.05 ex Putehs
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      EASTERN TRADERS, Ltd.
      90 10 The following are our latest quotations for to-day Tins. Buyers. Sellers. Norths 1.04 1.05 Rahmans 1.571 1.621 Kamuntings 18/6 19/6 B. Padangs .51 .521 Kintas 1.471_ 1.521 Taipings 1.15 c. 1.17 c. Hitams .94 .97 M. Consols. 1.021 1.05 Bangrins 44/3 44/9 Talams 1.02 1.04 Ratruts 26/9
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    EXCHANGE.
    120 10 Penang, May 22, 1928. (By Courtesy of The Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/3 21/32 4 months’ sight Bank 2/3 27/32 3 Credit 2/4 3/16 3 Documentary 2/4 1/4 Calcutta Demand Bank 153 3 days’sight Private 156 Bombay Demand Bank 153 Madras Demand Bank 153 3 days’ sight Private
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    KENNEDY & Co’s SHARE LIST.
    1118 10 KENNEDY Co’s SHARE LIST. NAMES. 3 3 E >» ZS S® h 0 M 03 8 RUBBER [Dollar.] S o c g Allenby Rubber Co 1 10 1 2C Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 OC 1 -5 Amalgamated Malay Estates 1 7C 2 OC Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 1 75
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      223 10 fine There’s no finer finish to a well-contested game or spell of hard work than the superb BLACK and WHITE CIGARETTE. Always fresh and in perfect condition (the vacuum tin ensures it) —there’s nothing more soothing and satisfying than a cool, sweet smoking BLACK and WHITE Cimrette. B lih K
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
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      THE BOYCOTT.
      175 11 t„ the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.} —The hue and cry raised by r and the boycott of Japanese goods CHn pritisb colony will serve no useful i0 o They attain no end here. P 0 pC t g.born Chinese Din81 bear in m nd it v are
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      MINIMUM WAGE OF INDIAN LABOUR.
      371 11 gir —Indian labour plays the predominant part in the planting induntry of Va'aya. I‘ is quiet, contented, obedient at d hard-working and much liked by rfl »e managers. Though there are in,Dnierable voluntary Chinese immigrants io Malaya, hundreds of Kanganies are nt every week to
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    PENANG’S TEAM TO MEET SELANGOR.
    92 11 holiday match. following team have been chosen Penang against Selangor on UR n nn d a V T.S. Antbonv, n .7 Davenpr rt, A J.L. Donaldson, J.W. p <n. P. N. Knight, M. Orr, F. G. F’A- R p utens, C G. Rodrig Tuif.L ewart
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    INTER-PORT RIFLE SHOOT.
    39 11 SINGAPORE’S TEAM. (P ,u Our Own Correspondent.) Forth*»; i Singapore, May 22. h?? rpnrt shoot Singapore’s r Jp, n elected as follows de Souza, Kirwan, Ken Nghee, Abdul Kadir, > <ic ,b 3 Wilson and de Silva.
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    SINGAPORE FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
    33 11 lRST DIVISION match. (F Ij f,l >’ O wn Correspondent.) thss p Sln a «’°re. May 22. u A k aKue (thirst Division) ail, J d R. A. by three goals
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    PELARIT TIN LIMITED.
    1093 11 FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. Progress Of The Company. The F urth Annual Gene-al Maetine was held at Penang on the 17 h insait in the RegMered Offices of the Company N 21, Beach Street, Mr. A. K. a B. Ter rell presiding. Others present were Messrs EJ.
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    THE SHARE LIST.
    172 11 The following were the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co’s share list at 11 a.m. to-day Yesterday. To-day. 2 SHARB4. Z2 S* 1 zj 0 0 P? OQ 0Q OQ c. c. c. c. Mining. Batu Caves 1.37$ 1-42$ 1.35 1.37$ Hi tarn .95 .971 .94 .96
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    GENERAL PRODUCE AGENCY Ltd.
    37 11 Rubber Prices. We beg to report that the Singapore prices for Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet for to-day are as follow Spot 30}c June July/Sept. Oct/Dec. 3(’lc Remarks—Market Steady. London Stocks decreased 2,125 tons.
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    SINGAPORE PRICES.
    38 11 London Standard Loose. S. R. Sheet 291 cts per pound per pl. —$39-66 No. 1 Crepe 301 cts per pound per pl. $40-33 Steady. London 811 New York cts. (gold). {By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen Dennys}.
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    52 11 The General Agency Ltd., Beach Street, Penang, reports that the following prices were realised al lheir auction room to-day Good F. A. Q. Ribbed Smoked Sheet $39 to FAQ. do 38 38| Low F.A.Q. do 37 37| Plain Unsmoked Sheet 24 28 Lump Scrap 15 21 Loose Scrap
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    142 11 The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following prices on May 21: London Spot £229.10d Down £2 5s 3 mos. buying 228 15s 2.2.6 3 selling 229 2.2.6 Local. May 22 Singapore sold 200 tons at $116 50 Penang buyers-no sellers at $116.25. Messrs. Boustead Co.— 19th May:
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    EMPIRE DAY.
    93 11 PENANG SCHOOLS’ CELEBRATING On Thursday at 8.30 a.m. the School Cadets and Scouts will parade on the Esplanade ground and march past the Hon’ble Resident Councillor who will afterwards give them a short address on the meaning of Empire Day. The Hon’ble Resident Councillor and Mrs. Meadows Frost
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    34 11 ARRIVAL AT BATAVIA. Batavia, Maj 21. The four R. A. F. flying boats which left Singapore this morning have arrived at Banka Island en route for Australia. Reuter.
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    75 11 The output of Renong Tin Dredging Company, Limited for the first halt month of May was No. 2 Dredge piculs 274, No. 3 Dredge piculs 250. The output of Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co., N L. from 13th to 19th May (being one week) was 15 tons. The
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    78 11 Four men were playing golf when one of them lost his ball. They searched for it a long time, and as it was getting dark and they were tired, one of them dropped a ball and called out Here it is, Sandy Sandy picked up the ball and
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    87 11 The car had broken down and the pair of legs protruding from underneath seemed to indicate that repairs were in progress. “Hal a breakdown inquired a passerby- “Oh, no, only playing hide-and-seek with the works,” cune a mufflid voice from underneath the car. But the questioner was
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    RUBBER RESTRICTION DECISION.
    238 12 SIR ERIC GEDDES’S COMMENT AT DUNLOP MEETING. The Rt. Hon. Sir Eric Geddes, G.C.B., G.B.E., presiding at the twenty-ninth ordinary general meeting of thg Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., at the Hotel Cecil, made the following reference to tne rubber. Restriction decision: “The views of your board on
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    PENAWAT (MALAYA) TIN DREDGING.
    130 12 TWO NEW DREDGES. The two Pontoons recently completed for the Penawat Dredges AY the L lilted SngiReers, Limited, are now being despatched to the site, and will be delivered at the rate of about 100 tons per week. All the necessary clearing has been completed and
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    PFNANG RUBBER EXCHANGE.
    95 12 At the ninth annual general meeting of the Penang Rubber Exchange held at No. 14, China Street, on Saturday, the following were elected officebearers for the year 1928: Chairman, Heah Joo Seang; Vice-Chairman, Lint Leong Boon Hon. Secretary, Lim Pek Young; Asst. Hon. Secretary, Cheah Phee Ee;
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    368 14 “VOICE OF AN AMIABLE OLD GENTLEMAN.” “Sham Shaws.” “Let me intioJuce myself: Bernard Shaw.” So begins a remarkable set of gramophone records, made by the Linguaphone Institute, and eutithd “Spoken English and Broken Eng ish, by G. Bernard Shaw.” The set is nominally
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    208 14 ICEBERG FOURTEEN MILES LONG. The motor vessel Alyribank arrived in Table Bay recently after a remarkable encounter with icebergs. When rounding Cape Horn on a voyage from America, and in an area charted ice-free the vessel met vast bergs, one of which was fourteen or fiftem
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    230 14 CURE WITHOUT THE SURGEON’S KNIFE. A method of curing ulceration of the stomach and duodenum (that part of the intestine which comes in mediately after the stomach) without recourse to the surgeon’s knife is described in the Ji ritis Ji JJedi ca I Journ a I. The
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    610 15 CH0WRA8TA MARKET. Penang, May 22, 1928. Mutton— S cte Mutton Indian M 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 m. lb 55 Lamb m.
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