Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 4 October 1928

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    21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY t No. 229. VOL. LXXXVI. THURSDAY, 4th OCTOBER, 1928. PRICE 10 CENTS,
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    The Truth About The Great War.
    1413 3 Irrefutable Arguments. Canadian Journal’s Retort To United States. (Continued From Yesterday.) General Ludendorff, who was not unfavourable to the Americans, tells us concerning the part thoy played up to the let of August 1918. The six American divisions that had taken part in the
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    MAKE THE PUNISHMENT FIT THE CRIME.
    539 4 In passing sentence of two years’ rigor" ous imprisonment and fifteen strokes of the rattan on a Chinese at the Perak Criminal Assize Court this week, for attempted armed robbery and voluntarily causing hurt, Mr. Justice Thorne took a step which will meet with
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    ANTI-JAPANFSE DEMONSTRATIONS.
    148 4 AUTHORITIES TAKE PRECAUTIONS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 3. Further Anti-Japanese demonstrations were attempted by Hylams at Singapore yesterday. The disorders were not of a serious nature the authorities having taken precautions to deal with the situation. European officers and a detachment of men patrolled the streets
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    GRUESOME DISCOVERY BY POLICE.
    105 4 MAN STABBED TO DEATH. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 3. A gruesome discovery was made in a house off Colemau-street yesterday when the police found the body of a Chinese who must have been dead a week or more. The body was examined and it
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    POSSESSION OF UNLICENSED ARMS.
    82 4 SAILOR FINED $5OO. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 3. A Malay quartermaster aboard the p.s. Gascoyne was arrested in Arab-street on Tuesday afternoon with an unlicensed automatic pistol and a box of ammunition in his possession. When proiucei in the Didtrict C )urt yesterday the
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    SINGAPORE SEAPLANE SINKS.
    69 4 LEAKING FLOAT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 4. Owing to a leaking float one of the two Singapore Flying Club seaplanes sank at its moorngs at the Yacht Club Basin during a Sumitra” on Tuesday night. The damage is stated to be negligible and it is
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    Our London Letter.
    1480 4 Cabinet Ministers, Opposition And Their Salaries. A CHOICE OF CAREERS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, September 6. The question of Ministerial salaries has again come to the fore on account of Lord Birkenhead’s reported intention to resign and enter commercial life. It was raised at the end
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      80 4 PRELIMINARY NOTICE. POPPY DAY DINNER CARNIVAL DANCE Will be held at the E. O. HOTEL. On Friday, November 9, 1928, The “NONENTITIES” have consented to play for th’B function. Full details will be published later. < SgE X S®S X Sts >; SSS X SOtt X X AXi; X Zf
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      194 4 THEATRE ROYAL 10-MGHT AND TILL SUNDAY, 7 TH. THE BIG BOX'NG FILM TEX RICKARD presents The Official Motion Picture of the Thrilling Fight for the Heavy Weight Championship of the World «GENE TUNNEY (AMERICA) VS. TOM HEENEY (NEW ZEALAND) BOUND BY ROUND—PUNCH BY PUNCH. >1 n THREE JEWEL PICTURES. UNITED
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      24 4 TIDE TABLES. High Water. Low Water. To-day. 3.0 a.m. 9.30 a.m. 3.16 p.m. 9.29 p.m. To-MORROW. 8.86 a.m. 10.08 a.m. 3.15 p.m. 10.02 p.m.
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      17 4 I ji SI 4 Is your mistress receiving to day No. Only the master.” Buell tlumor, Madrid.
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    LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE.
    290 5 Reuter. Election Programme. MINES ANI) TRANSPORT I’L’BI ICLY OWNED. MR. MAXTON’S OUTBURST. Speaking at the Labour Party Conference Mr. Ramsay MacDonald declared that there could be no equality between capital and labour, while the owners' capital formed one <liss and the suppliers oj labour another. London, October
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    NEW RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE.
    126 5 Rugby Radio Service. TO BURN OIL AND COAL. London. October 3. A kcomotive designed to burn oil and co;,I, built by the firm of Messrs. Kitsoo of Leede, is being subjected to tests on the London and North Eastern Railway at Darlington. The engine is staled to
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    GERMAN ZEPPELIN'S SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT.
    114 5 —Reuter. GREAT RECEPTION AT BERLIN. Berlin, October 3. Tbe Zeppelin manoeuvred ov< r the North So i after reaching England and passed B'>rl%um at midnight and ciuised over Piemen, Schleswig and Hamburg and api eared at Berlin at 9 o’clock in the morning. Its apprarar ce
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    GENE TUNNEY MARRIED.
    32 5 Reuter, GREAT NIECE OF ANDREW CARNEGIE. Rome, October 3. Gene Tunney has been married to Miss <J“f»ephine Lauder, the American 1 50,000,« 00 heiress, a great-niece of Andiew Carnegie.
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    THE SOVIET AND OIL INTERESTS.
    154 5 .—Reuter. NEGOTIATIONS BREAK DOWN. SUGGESTED PURCHASE BY COMPANIES. QUESTION OF DISCOUNT. THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT AND VARIOUS OIL INTERESTS HAVE BROKEN DOWN. London, October 3. The negotiations which have been proceeding for some time between the Soviet Government and various oil interests, and
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    RUBBER MERCHANTS BANKRUPTCY.
    78 5 Reuter. RESTRICTION ANNOUNCEMENT. London, October 3. At a meeting of creditors of E. Jones and Colegate, the City Rubber Merchants the Official Receiver reported that the estimated liabilities were £128,000 and the assets £3,500. The firm’s turnover in 1926 reached £3,000,000 but the violent drop in prices
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    LORD ALLENBY AT NEW YORK.
    91 5 Rugby Radio Service. GREETED BY GENERAL PERSHING. Lond r. October 3. Field Marshal Lord Allenbv, accompanied by Lady Allenby is making a short slay in New York before proceeding to San Antonio (Texas) to attend the American Legion’s Aui.u »1 Convention. Upon arrival in New
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    CONTRABAND OPIUM ON DOLLAR LINER.
    83 5 WORTH £300,000. New Y >rk, October 3. What Government agents declare to be the largest seizure of contraband opium on record was taken from the Dollar Liner President Harrison which arrived here yesterday from a world tour. Over 30 metal cays full of opium were
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    LONDON-AUSTRALIA WIRELESS SERVICE.
    49 5 Rugby Radio Service. NEGOTIATIONS PENDING. London, October 3. The General Post Office is discussing the establishment of a wireless telephony service between this country and Australia with the Australian authorities. It is learned that it is probable that experiments will be made at a later date.
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    NEWS IN BRIEF.
    23 5 Reuter. Battle Creek, October 3. The death has taken place of Clarenec Barron, the editor of the Wall Street Journal.'
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    CHINESE NAVAL MANOEUVRES.
    253 5 British-Trained Admiral. SIANGSHAN AS PRINCIPAL NAVAL BASE. MIMIC BATTLE. The Chinese Fleet has commenced manoeuvres under the Bntish trained Admiral, Chen Shao-kwan. The Government is planning to make Siangshan China's biggest naval base. Shanghai, October 3. A message from Renter’s correspondent on board the flagship “Chuyu,” off
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    POOR BUSINESS OUTLOOK FOR GERMANY.
    276 5 —British United Press. CUT-THROAT COMPETITION. heavy financial deficits PROBABI E. REPARATIONS PAYMENTS. UNLESS THE LONG-HERALDED COAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY MATERIALISES SOON, THE GERMAN COAL EXPORTS WILL SUFFER CONSIDERABLY THIS WINTER. Berlin, October 3. A bus ness au hority, interviewed to day, referred
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    VOLUNTEER NEWS.
    53 5 P. P. W. V. CORPS. The G. O. C. Malaya Command will inspect the 3rd Battalion, S.S.V.F. (P and P. W. V. Corps) on Sunday morning November 4. The inspection will take place on Penang Island and will commence about 7-30 a.m. Details will be issued to all
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    "Lighthouse of the Mediteeranean."
    12 5 —A striking picture of Stromboli i n eruption.
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      176 5 W II Fl" sQsar 'IM CALIFORNIAN j Chilled Strawberries I available in 1 pint and i pint bottles I a delicious combination WITH COLD STORAGE CREAM. h Singapore Cold Storage f Co., Ltd., PENANG. MARIA CRISTINIA FINEST QUALITY MANILA CIGARS. RETAIL PRICES. Nuevo Cortado 14.35 per box of 100 Cigars.
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    POLO CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE AMERICAS.
    215 6 —Venter. ARGENT NE SUCCESSFUL. NUMEROUS PENALTIES AGAINST AMERICANS. REFEREE BUSY. Westbury, October 3 In the second match in the Poi< Championship of th« A nericas th» Argentina beat the U .ited States by ter. goals to seven. Play opened with the Argentine driving towards goal
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    M.C.C TEAM TO PLAY CEYLON.
    85 6 SATURDAY’S MATCH. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Colombo, October 3. The M.C.C. team which tranships at Colombo on its way to Australia will play its first match there under tropic d skies on Saturday when an All-Ceylon team will be met. The following side has been
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    THE MAILS.
    20 6 The homewa i mail by the s.s. Kashgar closes at 5.30 p ro. on Saturday, the 6th instant.
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    London's "Mystery" Ship.
    32 6 —The deck of the schooner Sophie which has been ancho ed u Stub. VfM India Do»k for nine years, and for several yeirs has been without a c ew
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    ANTI-PIRACY MEASURES.
    288 6 S. V. C. TO FURNISH ARMED GUARDS Tentative inquiries have been made <mong European members of the Singapore Volunteer Corps to discover whether, f the necessity should arise, it would be possible for members to provide armed guards on steamers proceeding from Singapore to China p< rtp. reports
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    230 6 REPE kL OF RUBBER RESTRICTION. At the meeting of the Legislative Council on Monday Mr. Tan Cheng Lock will ask Government to put up a table showing the comparative salary and pension rates of Civil Servants and public Officers of the large professional Departments in Malaya, Ceylon, Nigeriar
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    442 6 Mr. R. H. Legge has returned to Kuala Lumpur from Siam. Mr. Roland Braddell is going to Java for a three weeks’ holiday by the Planciui on Friday. Dr. and Mrs. D.C. Macaskill left Kuala Lumpur for a brief holiday at Bukit Kutu on Monday. Mr. G.
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    YACHT, MOTOR BOAT AND AERO CLUB.
    91 6 INAUGURAL MEETING. The first meeting of the proposed Yacht. Motor Boat and Aero Club was called for yesterday afternoon but, owing to the inability of several persons interested to attend, no business was trans acted and the meeting was postponed until Tuesday, October 16
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    SIAMESE POSTAGE STAMPS.
    234 6 The first few values of the new postage stamps of Siam, made in England, are now in circulation, and bear a profile of the King in military uniform, within a design, and with the denomination boldly denoted in Siamese and English. The values to date are, in
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    THE SHARE LIST.
    201 6 The following were the latest MESSRS.” KENNEDY Co’» share list at 11 a.m. to-day Yesterday. To-day. g g 2 e Share*. tn CQ oQ c. I c. c. c. Mining. Bxngrin Tin 46/- 47/- 45/6 46/6 Kent (F.M.S.) k/io! Tin Dredg 5/7} 6/- 5/6 5/1 KinU 1-55
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKETS.
    83 6 The following are the latest quotations in THE MALAYA COMPANY LIMITED’S share list: Mining Shares. Buyers. Sellers. Bangrin 45/6 46/6 Chenderiang 17/6 18/6 Katu Tin 28/- 28/6 Kinta Tin Dredging 1.55 1.60 Kua’a Lumpur Tin 33/- 33/6 Kuchais Ord. 1.60 1.65 Larut Tin Fields 15/- 15/6 Renong
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    UNITED TRADERS, Ltd.
    73 6 The following are our latest quotations for to day Tins. Bayers. Sellers. B. Padangs .48 .50 Hong Fatts .44 .46 Johans .32 .34 Kampongs 26/- 28/6 ex Katus 28/- 29/Kuyohs .22} .27} M. Consols. .66 -68} Norths .85 .87} Penawats .69 .71} Petalings 4.95 5.05 Pungahs 7/3
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    OVERSEA BROKERS, Ltd.
    88 6 The following are our latest quotations for to-day Mining. Buyers. Sellers. B. Padangs .48 .50 Hitams .77 .80 Hong Fatts .44 .40 Johans .33 .35 Kinta Dredges 1.55 1.571 Kuyohs .25 .27} North Taipings— .85} .87} Petalings 5.00 5.05 Penawats .70 .721 i Ratruts 27/6 28/South Tai
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    64 6 (Rugby Radio Service.) Ixrndon, October 3. Paris. 124 New York, 4.84 j Brussels, 34.89 Geneva, 25 19 Amsterdam, 12.09| Milan, 92.75 Berlin, 20.36 Stockholm, 18.13 Copenhagen, 18.19; Oslo, 18.19 Vienna, 34.44} Pravne, 163} Helsingfors, 192} M’ ri l, 29.75} Lisbon 1071; Athens, 374} Bucharest, 799} Rio, 5.1 a
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    199 6 Penang, October 4, 1928. Benare. Opium p.ehert »5.000.00 nom Mace Pickings noD Nutmegs 80s nom 110 s 70.00 nom. per 1,000 50 00 nom Copra Sundried 110.40 sales Rattans Rattans Coarse Green Snail Shell* 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00 pe b. do do do 2 15.50 .<
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    EXCHANGE
    127 6 Penang, October 4, 1928, (By Courtesy of The Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/3 29 32 4 months’ sight Bank 2 4 1/16 3 Credit 2/4 5/8 3 Documentary 2/4 11/16 Calcutta Demand Bank 154 'I 3 days’ sight Private 156 0 Bombay Demand Bank 154 2 Madras Demand
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    GENERAL PRODUCE AGENCY Ltd.
    34 6 Rubber Prices. We beg to report that the Singapore prices for Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet for to-day are as follow Spot 30c Nov/Dec. 29jc Jan/March 29}c April/June 29}c Remarks :—Quiet.
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    SINGAPORE PRICES.
    38 6 London Standard Loose. S. R. Sheet 30 cts per pound per p1.— 140/No. 1 Crepe 31 cts per pound per pl.=s4l 33 Quiet. London B}d New York 18} cts. (gold). (By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen Dennys.
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    RUBBER SALES.
    56 6 The General Produce Agency Ltd., Beach Street, Penang, reports that the following prices were realised at their auction room to-day Good F.A. Q. Ribbed Smoked Sheet $39 to 39} F.A.Q. do 38 38} Low F.A.Q. do 36 37} Plain Unsmoked Sheet do 28 ,31 Lump Scrap do 19
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    21 6 The output of Ronpibon Tin, No Liability for the month ended September was piculs 502, yardage 77,000, hours 572.
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    67 6 To-day’s Departures. City of Khartoum for Colombo, Hme, London, Rotterdam Hamburg and Glasgow. Tacoma Maru for Rangoon and Calcutta. Tungsong for Pulau Langkawi and [Kantang] Trang. Am pang for Pangkor, Dindinga aid Sitiawan. Kinta for Port Swettenham Singapore. Tairea for Port Swettenham. Negapatam and Madras. Castle for Boston
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    PROFESSIONAL RUGBY IN WALES.
    302 6 CARDIFF AND THE LEAGUE (From Our Own Correspon lent? SingYpore October 4 The special sports corresron4 Singapore Free Press cables from-Lon 1 n as follows: It is anticipated that the inetalhtioß of the totalisator will probably lead tn an increase in the number of racn m»e
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