Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 4 December 1928

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No, 280. VOL. LXXXVI. TUESDAY. 4th DECEMBER, 1928. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 730 1 Ft NAGATA I brothers I DENTISTS. I M Ww: fcitMteltawn I irvtdi St' U® Ibtii I Black and WMte”Whisky, j Gslv- Water Pipes Has A World-Wide Reputation <■ n i it AJI Sizes m Stock. Based on Unvarying ff High Quality. j Cheapest Prices. ‘i i New Shipment Borneo Company,
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    • 18 1 |H. tokisatsul STUDIO, I with up-to-date Photo* graphy by electric light. ’Phone 772, 68, 70, Bishop Street, PENANG.
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  • 526 2 New Year jyiee tin 1929. I First Day, Saturday* January 12th Second Day, Tuesday» January 15th Third Day, Thursday January 17th Fourth Day, Saturday, January 19th Fifth Day, Tuesday, January 22nd CONDITIONS. Entrance Fees. Horses $3O/- per Race. Penang 1929 Griffins Free. Penang Cup $4O/There will be
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 935 2 POSITION WANTED.NOTICES General dom«Ftic Leip. Chinese Rubber, Copra and General Widow, 33 years of ape. Salary required Storage. $2O/* per mensem. Passape required if •‘T Paeed outside Penang. Apply Box No. .376 c/o Pinang Gaz tie. Licensed Godov ns near Railway Jetty off Weld Quay and in Penang Road 203
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    • 183 2 A. Mohamed Rawther NANKING HOTEL, e e North Beach, Kelawei Road, Landing and Transhipping Agent. I 'Phone No. 686. PENANG. Shipments promptly cleared The most suitable Rendezvous for and despatched. in want of Fresh Air after day’s Moderate charge. The above Hotel is now under new management. For particulars apply:
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    • 295 2 Cow C ip andwehh A*" X Prepared fr< m rich I Englbh Milk; made and packed in the West Country «nd sent direct to PENANG. Cow&Gatt. MBfeßwd '-'I STOCKS JUST ARRIVED. Through the Difficult Months. Doctors advise breast feeding because its methods and resnlta are perfect. When, however, it is
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  • 1072 3 DEMAND FOR PEARLS. INCREASING. (By a Woman Correspondent.) Paris, November 7. The shops in Paris are very tempting. One wanders along the rue de la Paix, shopping with one’s eyes, if not with one’s purse, from the rue de la Paix along the rue St. Honorĕ, and
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  • 276 3 XNGOSTURA LEADS TO TROUBLE. i "he British Navy, according to the Admiralty’s yearly statistical repert, which was published by the Stationery Office in mail week, is growing healthier. Comparing the returns for 1926 with those of the preceding year, the incidence of disease shows a decrease. The
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 477 3 r-Tl ZOTAL F 3 wviomm n«MB RBGIBTBRBDt M —r" the H Sx HR MOST POWERFUL i~ u disinfectant M IN THE WORLD. —~^7,i- Germicide of the highest efficiency, possessing r JHR many deJded advantages over numerous similar so-called Disinfectants, particularly for H3USEH3LD PURPOSES. “ZOTAL” purifies the atmos; here, removing all
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    • 250 3 I I Rheumatism! Sciatica! Why do you want to be racket with pain if actual help is at hand? Take immediately Tablets of C-iihp aspirin Jfl which are known all over the world, and rub at the I same time the painful parts with I Spirossil-Solulioii which penetrates deeply into
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  • 1104 4 Tremendous Enthusiasm. Instant Public Response To Appeal For Officials. To-day we are able to publish the preliminary rules and regulations governing the Pinang Gazette $2,000 Reliability Trial, which is open to all motorists in Malaya, and which will be held in the island oj
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 148 4 Second pinang oasette Motor Reliability Trial. 'J AWARDS OF prize 52,000 THE NEW CAR I Speed with Safety A ■~r~ rr7 r |l J/! I 111 If I i* /Ct I I *T| )il(a&ti«B FV WSO WSw 65-70 miles an hour with comfort and sifety. The perfectly balanced motor and
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    • 91 4 V A 1929. i *NorlcMil AND MOTOR CYCLES T You will court disappointment if you pLc-* an A •I* or er for your 1929 MOTOR CYCLE befoie you have bJn examined the modified smarter •g NORTON AND A. J. S. •{< New features. Welded steel saddle tank, and separate jT
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    • 300 4 I ACHIEVEMENTS OF 1928 ON 1 WAKEFIELD g CASTROL MOTOR OIL C R SUCCESSES rORCY LE SUCCESSES Highest speed ever attained by Highest speed ever attained by S a'"ar—2o7.ss M.P.H. a Motor-Cyc1e—124.62 M.P.H. S R.A.C. International Tourist Senior, Junior and Light Trophy Race weight British Tourist Trophy S Races Le
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 95 5 Second IPlnang ©ajette Motor Reliability Trial. P '<T J? /<V 3 AWARDS $2,000 YOU Cannot afford to run the risk of damaging your car by using INFERIOR OK INCORRECT Lubricating Oil THE ONLY SURE WAY 01 OBTAINING CARE FREE BONING IS BY INSISTING ON YOUR GARAGE SUPPLYING YOU WITH CLIfT
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    • 77 5 “P.G.” $2OOO MOTOR TRIAL. THE AWARDS. Motor-Car Class. Ist $5OO 2nd $l5O 3rd 75 Motor-Cycle Class. Ist $5OO 2nd $l5O 3rd 75 In additition there will be a largI number of trophies. TRIUMPH 1 Lv- y J g as g <,X-. McDowell Cup Premier Award IRISH ENDTO-IND TRIAL Triumph Super
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    • 142 5 As AND AS BRITISH SAFE AS THE W ::o:: FLAG \WJ/ N< NQt ANO "•jfi z Zi'l Distributors K. LEE SAN Co., 81, Beach Street, PENANG. renowned flattery I SSffIWS all Types of .Automobiles The “VARTA” Battery is: A reliable accumulator at a reasonable Price. Specially made for the Tropics
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  • 890 6 Mead 72. Chapman Declares At 342 For 8. Hopeless Task. England 521 and 342 for 8 (Dec) Australia 122. Brisbane, December 4. IT was certain when play closed yesterday that Australia would be faced with a tremendous task in the fourth innings if the M.
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  • 81 6 CHINESE CHARGED AT KUALA LUMPUR. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, December 4. In the Kuala Lumpur police court yesterday Ng Yeap Foo was charged before Mr. T. S. Adams with kidnapping a Cbirese girl, 12 years of age, from Petal ing-street on November 20. U is alleged
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  • 57 6 —Reuter. VOLGA OVERFLOWS. Moscow, December 4. As a result of a storm in the Caspian Sea, the River Volga, ovei flowed in the neighbourhood < f Astrakl an and 25 villages were inundated. People took r< fuge in boats and on the roofs of house?, many
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  • 45 6 I. Reuter. PIONEER FLYER’S TRAGIC WELCOME. R o de J*ne December 3. A seaplane carrying 14 passengers flew ut to meet an inc* ming liner on which the pioneer flyer, Santos Dumont, was travelling. The seaplane crashed and the pas- sengers were drowned
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  • 322 6 Friday’s Handicaps. FIRST DAY OF AMATEUR RACES. TH following are the handicaps for the first day of the Selangor Turf Club Amateu’- Meetii g to be run at Kuala Lumpur on Friday, the 7th instant: Race 1. (Ponies —Class II —Fourth Division—4 Furlongs):—Untnrg 1113, Coquette 11.09,
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  • 640 6 Uneducated Few. INTERVIEW WITH NATIONALIST GOVERNMLNI REPRESENTATIVE. UNIVFD CHINA. (Special to Pinang Gazette.) It has always been the case that the many suffer for the faults of the frw and although the Pinang Gazette pointed out that it was intensely human, but extremely uuwhe, to come to
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  • 26 6 A STRIKING PICTURE of the largest hot water spring in the world, which was bored reeentlyat Bad Neynhausen, the German health resort.
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  • 495 6 Alleged Corruption. Ex-Police Sergeant Charged £12,000 In Safe Deposit Amazing Story. Mrs. Meyrick, po ulirly known in London as the "Night Chit Queen", who wis only released from prison a few days ago charged under the Prevention of Corruption Act. She appeared at
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  • 108 6 CLAIM FOR $5OO. The case in connection with the acquisition of land by the Collector of Laa4 Revei ue, Mr. A. L. Birs“, for the purpose of building a Malay Girls’ School at J ay an Lepjs, was mentioned bef< re Mr. Just c® Prichard in
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  • 56 6 The funeral of the late MrThem Chin, Heal master of the street branch of the Hatchings c whose death was announced a ago, took place at the Mount hr. cemetery this morning and was attended. As a mark of respect, the School and the
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  • 114 6 Mohamed S.llah Malimniar, was charged before Mr. -I- Oa 1 Peuang Police Court to da s' gtra j lB fication of the accounts Cattle Trading Company, p n ng f ‘>1 aqQ Tbe case was postponed, bail of being allowed. The dea‘h of J. P» elder
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  • 696 7 German Plea For RhineLand Evacaution. British Opinion. Government Would Welcome Early Allied Withdrawal. In the House of Commons yesterday ini eply to a number of questions Sir Austen Chamberlain said the Government were advised that there was no legal justification for the contention that Germany had complied with all the
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  • 1012 7 UR recent reference to the late Mr. y Cartis, well-known in Penang as Curator of the Botanical Gardens, has drawn from a correspondent at Teluk Anson some interesting reminiscences. Mr. Cartis was a familiar figure to Penang when our reader was still a youth and his remarks
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  • 70 7 A new boy for Malayan racing arrived by the Malabar in the person of K. Daniels brother of B. Daniels who will be remembered here. Young Daniels, who is eighteen of age can get 7.4 easily, and has had a number of successes in good races
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  • 36 7 A-HUNTING WE Wl! L GO Wciuen riders moving off to th first covert at tho opening me-t of the Old Berkeley Hunt at Amer him, Buck-, when there was a record field?
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  • 158 7 —Reuter. HUGE BRITISH ORDER. SOUTHERN RAILWAY MAKES AN EXPERIMENT. London, December 3, AN initial order for 70,000 steel sleepers equalling 5,000 tons of steel has been placed with a British firm by the Southern Railway which is the first British company to adopt steel sleepers
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  • 135 7 i. Reuter. CHARGES OF ESPIONAGE. Cologne, December 3. It is reported that the three Germans who were arrested on a charge of espionage have been released. Those still in custody include ex Mayor Kartz, Inspector Mainz of the German State Property Bureau and several German workmen
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  • 72 7 JUDGE CRAWFORD ASKS WHAT A TICK-TACK IS. Debtor (at Edmonton County Court): I am a tick tacker. Judge Crawford: What! Assistant Registrar: He goes tick-tack-ing on a racecourse. Judge Crawford; lam afraid I am not up to these technical terms. Debtor: I go to the racecourse and work
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  • 264 7 Annual Ball. BRILLIANT FUNCTION LARGELY ATTENDED. (From Onr Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Saturday. A large gathering was present at the Town Hal’, Ipoh, on Saturday night, at the B a l| given by the Perak St. Andrew Society to celebrate St. Andrew’s Day. The ballroom was brilliantly
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  • 223 7 WELL KNOWN PENANG CHINESE. As was stated in the Pinang Gazette yesterday the death occurred of Mr. Koh Cheng Sian, son of the late Mr. Koh Seang Tat. J. P.. M C., at his residence, 76. Bishop-street. The deceased was 66 years of age
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  • 472 8 The annual appeal for subscriptions wherewith to provide a Christmas treat for the orphans in the Penang Convent was issued recently and it is to be hoped that the public response to it will be equally as good as it has been in previous years. Certain
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  • 341 8 In expressing the opinion that Malaya has not advertised itself nearly enough,” the Malayan Saturday Post hits the nail on the head. At Home, despite ithe activities of Malaya House, a good deal of ignorance exists regarding ithis country and what it stands for. Most people have a
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  • 43 8 The homeward mail by the s.s. Takliwa closes at 6 p.m. on Friday, the 7th instant. The B. I. Rohna with mails despatched from London on November 15 is expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. on Friday, the 7ih instant.
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  • 1392 8 Princess Mary Jnspects fH. M. 31. S. (Canberra. Opening Of Parliament. (From Our Own Correspondent). London, November 8. The King delivered his Speech before a brilliant assembly of peers and peeresses, members of Parliament and diplomats, and representatives of all the eading interests in British life. The
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 92 8 I I I IA I 1 I H H 1 I wmUi the best of each kind I gives pleasure in buy- ing and Satisfaction iu using. I Particular People I are Best Suited I Here Drop in I I To-day. I «1 KSS3L ■■■UE9MIHBBK B 9 Open Daily 8-30
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    • 165 8 “E. O.”, Christinas and New Year t Festivities. < X’MAS EVE. Monday, 24th December, < X’mas Dinner and Dance $5. X’mas Crackers. X’MAS NIGHT. Tuesday, 25th December Orchestral Concert 9-30 D.m. < BOXING DAY. Wednesday, 26th December. Carnival Dinner and Dancing till 1-45 a. m. $5. Latest Novelties from Paris
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 35 8 ft A Ik Do you never bathe I can’t-» moth has eaten cost a me A— TIDE TABLES. WaterHigh Water. To-day Midday. 4.52 a.m. dnigbt. 7.46 p.m. TomobßO« |)2 am 6.54 a.m. p.ni. 8.57 p.m-
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  • 49 8 DEATH. Koh.—On Sunday, December 2, 1928, at 76, Bishop Street, Penang, Mr. Koh Cheng Sian, son of the late Mr. Koh Seang Tat, J. P., M. C. and father of Mr. Koh Leok Hup, aged 66 years. S. S., F. M. S., Hong Kong and Rangoon papers please copy.
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  • 115 9 Yesterday’s Bulletins. Anxiety Concerning The Heart Still Persists. Oxygen As A Tonic. It is now understood, that a small quantity of oxygen was ad' ministered to the King, as a tonic, during Sunday night. It is authoritatively pointed out at the Palace that this is
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  • 411 9 nine ui p infection” had not then passed.— Rugby Radio Service. LOWER TEMPERATURE. London, December 3, Noon, The following bulletin was issued from Buckingham Palace at eleven o’clock this morning,— 4 ‘The King has had three hours of quieter sleep since the issuing of the
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  • 106 9 —Xieuter. VISiT TO PERU. Washington, December 3. Mr. Hoover’s goodwill v sit to South America will be closely followed by 'visits of large sections of the American fleet to Peruvian and Colombian ports. The four months’ programme of winter Manoeuvres includes the scouting fleet Usually stationed in
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  • 282 9 —Reuter. PUBLIC SYMPATHY. London, Dec. 3,7 p.m. The publication of this morning’s bulletin, recording a slight improvement in the King’s condition after the disquieting bulletins of yesterday, brought an immense relief inside and outside the walls of Buckingham Palace to-day. It is understood that a
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  • 339 9 —Reuter. THOUSANDS HOMELESS. TERRIBLE SITUATION AT lALCA. TOTTERING BUILDINGS. The deaths in the Chilean earthquake are now 218, while 257 people are lying seriously injured over 2,000 are slightly injured and 22,00 J rendered homeless. The situation at Talca is said to be too terrible to
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  • 91 9 —Reuter, REBELLION IN AFGHANISTAN. Peshawar, December 4. Reports from Eastern Afghanistan indicate that the rebellion against King Amanullah’s westernising reforms is gaining ground. The tribes of the Khugianis and the Mohmands have joined the Shinwaris anl the roads are rep rted to ba cut both sides of Jellalabad.
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  • 66 9 I. Rugby Radio Service. DRESS GOODS. London, December 3. A meeting of the Executive Committees of Trade Unions in the Wool and Textile Trade, held at Bradford, decided to support another application by the employers under the Safeguarding of Industries Act for the safeguarding of dress
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  • 574 9 i.— Reuter. Great Britain Represented. COUNTY CLASS CRUISERS ADMIRED. ENTHRONEMENT CELEBRATED. Stirring scenes marked the Grand Naval Review held off Yokohama this morning in celebration of the Enthronement Ceremonies recently concluded in Kyoto. Tokyo, December 4. More than 180 warships, of all type and s’z
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 14 9 TEST CRICKET. Brisbane, December 4 Close of Play. I Australia 17 for 1 wkt.
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    • 24 9 DREAMLAND AT FRANKELS TOYS J 1 FOR YOUNG AND OLD Zlc* I I Reduced Prices LARGE ASSORTMENT FRANKEL BROS. jgr 16. BISHOP STREET, PENANG.
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    • 150 9 I “Better be sure I than sorry’ JPT J Better make certain 1 J J of securing whisky of t absolute reliability by H insisting on than run the risk t of getting immature J spirit by merely saying J < Whisky.’ t Born 1820 Still going < V J
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  • 449 10 PAINFUL POLICE COURT STORY. Employer Who Fell In Love With Her. A pretty and refined-looking woman wbo stole finery in order to make herself more attractive to her employer’ who had fallen in live with her, appeared in the dock at the Marylebone Police
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  • 104 10 COMMITTAL FOR NON-PAYMENT OF RATES. The Rev. Gilbert Watling, vicar of Sc. John's, Edmonton, London, was summoned at Tottenham Police Court for non-payment of poor aad district rates, amounting to £l6 15a. 4d. The caae had been adjourned for a month to enable the vicar to pay.
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  • 108 10 THE PROMISE OF A BARONET IRONMASTER OF 85. Addressing a meeting at Bingley, near Bradford, Sir Hugh Bell, the ironmaster md conliwry owner, said, I want to live to be 90 because I have promised to go o to op b n the Sydney bridge <h?r,
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 485 10 (To the Editor of the Pinanq Gazette.) Sir, —Having read with interest the report appearing in your journal relative to the decision of the Municipality to alter the regulations respecting the destruction of dogs and badges to be worn by dogs next year, I write to ask you to
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    • 99 10 Sir, —Regarding the Orphans’ X’mas Fund I notice that during the last two or three years the Asiatics, who should de facto be most concerned, seem content to let the Europeans provide the major portion of the funds subscribed. Many very wealthy Chinese and Indians* names are notably
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  • 360 10 SIR J. C. BOSE EXPLAINS HIS DISCOVERY. Mysteries Of Devotional Palm Tree. Sir J. C. Bese communicated the message to the Young University s‘udents of Allahabad that the progress of science along the lines of his experiment would so ve the problems of life and death
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  • 216 10 Penang, December 4, 1928. Bensrw Opium p. chest 55.000.00 nom Cloves 90.00 nom. Gold leaf 72.00 seller Mace Pickings 145.00 nom Nutmegs 80s 80.00 nom M 110 s 70.00 nom. Coconuts per 1,000 50.00 nom Copra Sundried SIO 30 buyers Rattans 11.15 sale Rattans Coarse 10.60 Green Snail
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 277 10 I W-y- .’VSEF-"*" V. “HARD COURT” tO TENNIS BALLS. Q Complying in every way with the regulations of the International Lawn Tennis Federation, the STITCHLESS type is, without doubt, unrivalled for playing and lasting properties. Con- structed from the best materials, with the BEST BRITISH LABOUR, covered with a super
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    • 90 10 C OLIC B fWW I I 1 fj [fl QUICK RELIEE Not only children but adults constantly suffer severe pains from over eating, change of food or drinking water. As a well known remedy for many years CHAMBERLAIN'S COLIC REMEDY has been relied on the world over to give quick
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    • 64 10 X. 3. ORDINANCE NO. 197 (LABOUR) AND THE LABOUR CODE, 192 X EMPLOYERS OF INDIAN LABOUR are hereby reminded that assessment returns for the preceding quarter must be sent to the Office of the Deputy Controller of Labour, Malaya, Penang, during the month of April, July, October and January. Forms
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    • 354 10 i i Careless Washing Spoils the Hair The simple hair styles of lods beautiful hair a necessity. Luckily beautiful hair i 8 Ilow tamed. It is sunply a matter of Proper shampooing makes the haiT!* siiky. It brings out all the real lif e I? M all the natural wave
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 75 10 hTTbsITi JL IS» JTwK-r -<£■>.. MUT-tais ii«si «V» i”^ l 2 s To-Night Till Wednesday, sth WALLACE BEERY IN HIS LATEST COMEDY “CASEY t a h t e BAT” A SPARKLING COMEDY OF THE BASEBALL DIAMOND WITH BEERY AT HIS FUNNIEST. SUPPORTED BY RICHARD DIX in WOMANHANDLED and ADOLPHE MENJOU
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  • 311 11 ~r o H WALPOLE A DEJECTED PETER PAN. farewell to Brett Young. v r Pugh Walpolft presided at a cheon given by Messrs. Heinemann r nitpfD. a the Savoy Hote1 Lor don, to {‘■'"farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Francis p i Young, who are going to America.
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  • 58 11 UU V/ Reuter. FREE OF TAX. London, December 3. The P. and 0. Directors recommend a 5 p-r cent, dividend on the preferred rto kand 12 per cent, on the deferred stock fre>' of tax. This is compared with 2| pt r cent, and
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  • 55 11 Rtuler. Perlin, December 3. Seme of the Ruhr metal works are rwmirg to-day and the remainder as won as possible.— Reuter. Hong Kong, December 4. The Casswm, the former Woodlark arrived last night after 27 days most of *Lich were spent sheltering along the f bira coast
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  • 59 11 PENANG TEAM TO MEET SE: ANGOR. ‘he following have been selected to present Penang on Saturday, December Knala Lumpur Adams; R. C. Bishop and A. V. T. S. Anthony, G. A. M. Hyde p d T R W. Scarlett; D. D. B. Cook, Tn i C. G. Rodrigo,
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  • 88 11 Th* following are additional rubber 1 i uts for November:— t t Ibe. n, lg Landor 82,300 «akan Plantations yti Karangan 31,150 H a an i, Para 101,939 ata Matang Arras 36,0(0 Kit'V lalay 19 000 S® eng 22.258 T P ;ira 58,521 Ta? 11 t 17,661 9
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  • 43 11 T Olli() 5 iY B'Planade at 6 p.m. b -J 11 1 Scotia’h Store Hewitt J Princees Cuvillier r 111 !i UB a Sirrnay v Lx Trot Ri I ,iaware s Lincke on t anna Ager God Sa *e The King,
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  • 504 11 COURT STORY OF VISIT TO COSTUMIERS. Alleged Assault And Slander. An action for damages for a’leged assault, slan er, and falsa imprisonment, brought by a customer of a firm of London costunreTg, came before the Lord Chief Justice (Lord Hewart) and a special jury in
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  • 39 11 London Standard Loose. S. R. Sheet 281 ds per pound per pl. $3B/33 No. 1 Crepe 29} cts per pound per pl.=s39/steady. London 8 7/16 1 New York 17f cts. (gold) (By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen Dennys)
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  • 178 11 The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following prices on December 3: London Spot £241.10a up £1.12.6 3 mog. buying 239.10 j l-5a 3 gelling 239.151 l-5a Local, D< cumber 4: Singapore 2CO tons at $l2O Penang buyers no sellers at $l2O. December 3: Singapore 125 tons at
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  • 39 11 Rubber Price*. We beg to report that the Singapore prices for Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet for to-day are as follows Spot 281 c lb. Dec. 28|c Jan/March 29}c April/June 29}c Dull. London Stocks lB7O tons.
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  • 52 11 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 s37} to37fp.pl FA Q. do 36} 37 Low F.A.Q. Off do 35 36 PiainUnsmoked Sheet 25 28 Lump Scrap 18 20 Loose Scrap
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  • 309 11 The output of Rmtau T n Dredging Co,, Ltd., (2 dred.es) for the month of November was piculs 678, hours 1072 yards 188,000. The output of Malaya Consolidated Tin Dredging Co. Ltd., for the month of November was 1,235 piculs* 395,300 cubic yards, 2,406 hours. The output of
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 228 11 TO LET. Furnished House, conveniently situated, 2} mih s from town, good locality, rent $lOO/- per month. Tenant to take over furniture (recently purchased, John Little Co.), $750/ cash. Suit married ccuple or bachekrs mess. Write Box No. 385, c/o Pinarg Gazette. “THEY DID HIM A WORLD OF GOOD’’. Grateful
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    • 281 11 g 1 Number one of a series r I nrtiJl °f advertisements shetoIng the popularity of CASTROL—the Motor Oil that has iftofT 'records and achievements X i° ts credit than all x other oils combined! C MAIL bags stowed away—passengers aboard —controls tested—the pilot gives a last glance around. Comes
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  • 415 12 Mrs. G, E. Greig arrived in Kuala Lumpur from Home last week. Mr. D. M- Seth has assumed his duties as additional Settlement Officer, Malacca. Mrs- Jumeaux, wife of Dr. C. Jumeaux of Sitiawan, is lying seriously ill at Sitiawan. Mr. Cooper, Assistant Superintendent of Revenue Survey,
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  • 338 12 A SUGGESTION FROM THE EAST. Captain C. T. Eades, Master of the Straits Steamship Company’s steamer Krian, writes to Lloyd’s Weekly Summary:— “As a British shipmaster of some years standing, I have had to handle all types of vessels, in all types of ports. I have had to
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  • 676 12 Attempt To Control Tin Output. RUBBER QUIET. Messrs. Baker, Morgan and Co., Ltd., Kuala Lumpur, reported on Monday as follows Tin has again continued to rise, the London market closing “steady” at £238 5 for three months delivery and £240 for “spot.” The nett improvement over the
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  • 61 12 (Rugby Radio Service.) London, December 3. Paris, 124.10; New York. 4.85/a Brussels, 34.89; Geneva, 25.18; Amsterdam, 12.07 f Milan, 92.65 Berlin, 20.35* Stockholm, 18.14 Copenhagen. 18.19; Oslo, 18.19 Vienna. 34.49* Prague. 1631; Helsingfors, 1921; Madrid. Lisbon, 1084 Athens, 375 Bucharest, 807*; Rio. siß Buenos Aires, 47tb > Bombay.
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  • 1104 12 KENNEDY Co's SHARE LIST. names. i ig f -JL rubber [Dollar.] Sc c Allenby Rubber Oo I 45 1 50 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 1C 1 -o AmalXmated Malay Estates 2 40 2 75 l“ er Hitam Planting Syndicate 2 1 2 40 Ayer Kuning Rubber Estates 35 40
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  • 158 12 The following were the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY fit Co’s share list at 11 a.m. to-day:— Yester lay. To-day. 2 Sharks g, 2Q OQ 0Q 0Q 0. c. c. c. Mining. Batang P .50 .524 .50 .52| Eastern Siam Tin 12/9 13/6 12/6 13/3 Jelapang 26/-
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  • 111 12 The following are our latest quotations for to-day Mining. Buyers. Sellers. Batu Caves 1.63 1.67 Haad Yais 8/3 91Hong Fatts .35 .37 Johans .32 .34 Jelapangs 24/6 25/6 Kuehais 1.70 1.72| Kuyohs .30| .32| M. Consols. .76 .78 Nawng Pets 1.17 1-20 Penawats .93 .95 Putehs 1.62
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  • 80 12 The following are the latest quotations in THE MALAYA COMPANY LIML TED’S share list:— Mining Shares. Bayers. Sellers. Bangrin 41/6 42/6 Johan .32| .35 Kent (F.M.S.) Tin 5/6 6/Kuchais Ord. 1.70 1.721 Kuyoh .32/} .35 Larut Tin Fields 16/- 16/6 M. Consolidated .75 .77j Mambau I.l' 1.20
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  • 63 12 The following are our latest quotations. for to-day Buyers. Sellers. Rubbers. Batu Caves I*6o 1-6-a Johans -32 Klang Rivers 3.50 3.00 ex K. Lumpurs 31/- 32/Knyoha -32 Laruts 16/M. Console. -75 Norths -621 Paroie i Postage 4.974 5-021 p’nngah? I V’ Rahmans j Ratruts 216 22Katruts 2?b
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  • 107 12 Penang, December 4, 1938. (By Courtesy of The Chartered London Demand Bank 4 months’ sight Bank 24 fj/16 3 Credit J ok 3 Documentary Calcutta Demand Bank i 3 days’eight Pnrat. g Bombay Demand Bank y Madras Demand Bank »> Iv, 3 days’eight Private. r Rangoon Demand Bank ir/l
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 665 12 BANKS. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter 1853.) Paid-up-Capital Reserve Fund £4,000,00® Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,00« Head Office: 38, BISHOPSGATE, LONDON, E. C. Agencies and Branches: A lor Star, Amritsar, Bangkok, Batavia, Boinbav Calcutta, Canton, Cawnpore, Cebu, Colombo. Delhi, Haiphong, Hankow Honglong,
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    • 79 12 J 9 IK As XX 9 F S fine Theew*» m ftner finish to a well-contests fßaaa ar spell of hard work than the superb BLACK and WHITE CIGARETTE. Always firaah aad in perfect romfitlan (the vacuo» An imaru k) there’to anrhhi< more sooth h|g and satisfying than a cool,
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  • 404 13 WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY BARRED IN U. S. A. Freak Legislation. Webster’s international dictionary, the Encyclopedia Britannica and many ether strajidard works have been barred from ail schools in Arkansas under provision of the newly passed law which prohibits the teaching of the theory of evolution. This announcement was made
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  • 276 13 £70,00C ORDER GIVEN TO AMERICAN FIRM. An American company has been selected to suppiy a particular type of excavating machine required by Sir John Jackson, Ltd., who hold the contract for the construction of the Singapore naval base. The order amounts, it is understood, to £70.000 for
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  • 73 13 REGISTRATION TO BE ENFORCED IN MALAYA. Ancther move towards the complete control of opium smoking in Malaya will be taken on January 1 of next year, when the Straits and F. M. S. Governments will require all opium smokers to obtain a permit for buying chandu from tho
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  • 357 13 A QUEER NEWSPAPER. Hades Corner now has its newspaper, writes the Paris correspondent of Truth. It is a weekly, and is called Ac MontParnasse. It is mostly in French, and some is in what the printers have left of an article in English of American. But it
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    • 155 13 Uy —always. A great thing with f whisky—especially in this blistering climate. N. J. Club maintains jP| at all times the same excellent an d delicious mellow z Url flavour—unaffected by climatic conditions. n/qpiER JOHMSTONES ffl W JCLUB' \p s a WHISKY CALDBECK, MACGREGOR Co. Ltd. Sole Agents for Straits
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    • 177 13 Penang War Memorial Fund. The public is again reminded that a Subscription Litt in con* nection with the above Fund has been opened. Donations should be addressed to the Secretary, the Municipality, and cheques made payable to War Memorial.’* um.ui I'nyTnii:-?-I (Death •Dealer si I Bud in the pest hole*
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    • 201 13 t i The P/ea«etre« o/ Sporting /ean r oniy' be enjoyed by him who e;< joy s good hcaUh^The^requlrein Gevery day-life call for a healthy and well-working Therefore,’TtiG E not wait till you arc compelled to walk with the assistance of*crul treat in good time any rheumatic or gouty coinplicalions"that*
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  • 100 14 To-day’s Departures. Klang for Port Swettenbam S ngapore. Arabia for Port Swettfoibarp, S ngapore, Srmaraug, Sonrabaya at d Batavia. Kuala for B^lawan (Deli). The following ship® are in Gooinaunication with the Wireietw Stations at: Pksanq—Atlas Maru, Aeneas, Arabia Canada Maru. City of Lincoln, C. *-opez Y. Empress of
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  • 556 14 CLOSE DAILY except (Sunday). BY TRAIN. Federated arid Non-Federated Malay States Malacca Johore and Singapore. Registration and Parcel Poet, exrer where otherwise stated, close half-an bom earlier than the Ordinary mail. Resumption 0» Night Mail Service. The following additional mails w I be cksed daily (Sunday excepted I
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    • 498 14 J fe>< wWT <!SBb REMOVES SUPERFLUOUS HAIR Whereas razors and oriinary depi atorles merely removes hai <»/><>rrthe kin surface, Veet melts the hair away 6 ninth it. Veet s a i>erfumed, velvety cream which >' n apply just as it comes from the tube, in a lew mi (ties rinse
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    • 192 14 Assets over $8.000,000. S. C. Assurance in force uv-r The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd U (Incorporated in Straits Settlements). H HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old J ewry F( H The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supremo Court of England and complies with the
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  • 575 15 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, December 4, 1928. driTON— S ct Matton Indian per lb 55 Head heep or goat M each 9 J Liver with heart A lang do 1.30 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet Bread M pair 30 Suet 40 Kidney pair 30
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    • 211 15 ENGLISH GAME. Pheasants Teal J Grouse Wild Duck i -I Partridges Pigeons I I Singapore Cold Storage I I Company, Limited, 1; PENANG. Hi Jj£=s&- e“MARIA CRISTINIA” FINEST QUALITY MANILA CIGARS. RETAIL PRICES. Nut vo Corlado $4.35 per box of 100 CfcarA Nn< vo Cortado 2.50 n 50 I Londrcs
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    • 258 15 Kf -***** II Ml I TANGYE HEAVY-OIL ENGINE SOLID INJECTION COLD STARTING TA 7 PE. Fuel and gR 6 1° 500 7 BHP Lubricating Oil Single and Consumption Multi-Cylinder Guaranteed. ~Units. AGENTS FOR MALAYA AND SIAM. HUTTENBACH, LAZARUS SONS, LTD., (iNCOKPORA ED IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.) Singapore. Engineers and Contractors.
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    • 1377 16 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE. —i 'INTENDED SAILINGS FROM PENANG. WEEKLY SERVICE, LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. ANPENOR Dec. 6 Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and Glasgow. BjjfegMSgKr OANFA' Dec. 15 London, Rotterdam and Hamburg. Hggnßv wK£aßg DIOMED Dec. 20 Marseilles, London. Rotterdam and Hamburg. ■RSEHBw CYCLOPS Dec. 27 London, Rotterdam and Htmhurg. HECTOR
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    • 547 16 P 0.-BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES IOOMFAra» ItTOOBFOBATID LM Exolamd.) 4KAIE PAMEWCER AND CARGO BERVICUI PemvwuiM MM urlente» W. k undel Sailingr of contract with Hit Majesty’• Govam» India S. N.^n ft 0, ment, London and Fan East Mall Service. zT Ltd < Outwards from London tor China nc <>n>orated
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