Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 23 October 1929

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 245. VOL. LXXXVII. WEDN cSuA Y, 23rd OCTOBER, 1929. PRICE IO CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 515 1 H. TOKISATSU STUDIO, with up-to-date Photow fraphy by electric light. ’Phone 772, 68, 70, Bishop Street) PENANG. m t 1 GRAMS “KYJPA” 'PHOftE 1373. I LW H CO Mo I m v\i I 3'l I J fl 1 i\® ill Asbestos Packing t— I I and Jointing for I 3
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    • 15 1 T. NAGATA BROTHERS. DEMISTS. Head Office eext to the ftspeasar. Branch Office 52, LeUh Street
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  • 966 2 PEG WOFFINGTON S CAREER. 0 SOME REFLECTIONS. Greatest of Irish Actresses, Thursday last was the anniversary of “Peg” Woffington’s birthday. Wbat memories the nad e brings to me of Charles Reade’s famous play of that name and the various players I have seen in it!
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  • 485 2 FALLING BIRTH-RATE DANGER Warning To Roman Catholics. EUKOPE’S falling birth-rate steiilisation of the mentally defective,’ and the attitude of Koman Catholic actors and actresses to objectionable plays were among tne many subjects discussed at recent meetings of the Roman Catholic Congress. Speaking at a meeting of
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1640 2 POSITION WANTED. NOTICES- MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Open for Engagement The Girl Guides Association waterfall unds, TT j t The Municipal CommiMioners of George let Grade Hydro-klpctric Engineer A general Meeting of the above Agaocia- Town, Penang, hereby invite offers for many yearn experience Power Station, tion -will be held in the
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    • 10 2 IME& ssage Howse. 2, ARKATOON ROAD. MISS YUffl. MISS MATSQKO.
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    • 708 2 BANKS. HONGKONG AND SHANghTn” BANKING CORPORATION. Authorised Capital §3O nnn r Issued aud fully p„i I up Reserve Funds: S^ rling £6.000.000 er ,p Sfl>« 000 ■Reserve Liability of Proprietors §2''.'>ou oog Head Office :—H NGKONG. bran bes and Agencies. Amov, Bangkok, Batavia, Bombay, C a l cutt Canton, Colombo,
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  • 589 3 STEER LEFT. Views Of Master Mariners. A statement in the following terms was made by the Court of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners at the conclusion of their meeting at I the Mansion House on September 24. The general public is sublimely unaware of a
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  • 132 3 Oct. 23—Perak Tur a f Club—Autumn 26—Meeting. Second Day. Perak Turf Club, Autumn Meeting. Third Day. Rugby—Penang vs Kedah (Malaya Cup) Sungei Patani. 23, 24 and 25, Penang Impressionisms Exhibition, Peel Avenue. 10 a. m. to 6.30 p. m. 28—Iskandar Polo Club Meeting at Kuala Kangsar. 31—Public Holidav—Deepavali.
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  • 449 3 MUSICIAN’S PLEA. Effect of Reading Poe’s Tales. The defence was put forward at the Old Bailey in an alleged shop attack case that a young man’s mind had been affected by seeing modern films and reading the tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Alfred Barce t, 19,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 170 3 Cut Hands are painful Va\ and often give rise to bloodpoisoning or ulceration. Take care to always clean them immediately and treat them further with PUROL Tins 30 and 55 cts. Tubes 75 cts. Obtainable everywhere l ra P or t, s Borneo Sumatra tit Trading Co Ltd. Agents for
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    • 383 3 SPECIALLY RECOMMENDED. (Cradle of Love, Fox-Trot* Paul Whiteman and His 5411 Orchestra I (Nob, Fox-trot [*With Vocal Chorus] PERCY GRAINGER Pianoforte 10-inch Light Blue Label 3 D IGG4 J Shepherd’s Hey Percy Grainger] 5 (Country Gardens [Percy Grainger] LAYION i JOHNS fo\E American Duemsls j (Sing A Little Love Song
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  • 228 4 MISS HENRIETTA FULLER MAKES Her Prison Ordeal. An order for the release nf Miss Henrietta Faller, the dancir, was made by Mr. Justice M cN gbiou in the Vacation Court. Miss Fuller was arrested f>r contempt of Court in failing to obey an injunction restraining her from using
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  • 113 4 MR. LANSBURT INUNDATED WITH LETTERS. How he had been inundated with applicatior s for jobs since he became F.rst Commissioner for Works was related by M r George Lansbnrv in addressing a meetirg of women a. Bromley-by-Bow. “People peem to think.” said Mr. Lansbury, “that I
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  • 52 4 DEATH DUTIES OF £422,301 TO BE PAID. Mr. James Fhming Fvfe-J <mieson, of Ruthven, near Mrigle. Perthshire, left £1.308,791. Death duties on this amount total £422,301. He left £5,000 to charity and a number cf small legacies were left to servants. The remainder goes to members cf
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  • 71 4 SIR BEN GREET AND PRACTICE THAT MAY I EAD TO DETERIORATION. Disbelief in the practice of staging plays in churches was expressed by Sir B«n Greet at the first meeting cf the R-ligious Drama Council in London. In olden days, when a church was a meeting house,
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  • 138 4 The following are undelivered cable grams: Tanbong’bye, Commander Dessau, care Gueutzel and Schnm°ch&r, Morrison, Chartered Bank, Adani Armenia-i Street No, 110, Hockbohur, Cnimanlal Mehra Passenger s.s. Rhirala, Pagnier, Sark it 8. Thngbokseng, 37 Aitamroad, We are informed that the following taluks in Madras Presidency are now closed to
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 79 4 rfWW Mbt ..w-. uJiCSEX£MKS®SK3^-‘>■ k gZ ca o* a *<* X WHEN DISCERNING I ADVERTISERS RELY ON I THE K SUNDAY GAZETTE BECAUSE *•*ls ■w f e JPIWI S~IB®7I SiH’yH H M' 'J fimwl tsr vSM 1 s o 1® wßi 'i £3 S Sfe toa (4|gj iBW^ 1 .11
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    • 238 4 LEAS' I c-r.O I PE&RINS’ F 0R r. sauce i I Jo"”a« OU 1 FURNITURE To be or not to be v w A SUCCESS IN LIFE 1 fS |N T g s :xt S i V O N 1 You must have j fi 1 11 JL i A
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  • FEMININE REFLECTIONS.
    • 726 5 Monday. September 16th Although I have writ before in my oiaev of this good way of ridding a room of fl ea. I do so again lest some should have mused it. who would yet be glad to know of a sure remedy against so dangerous a
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    • 414 5 By ROSAMUND. There is a tendency among amateur cooks as they gain a certain amount of confidence to grow somewhat carelf ss about consulting the recognised cookery books, so that sometimes, instead of improving, their later efforts are less enjoyable. To prevent this it is a good
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    • 479 5  -  BY POPPY BACON. Manufacturers are to be congratulated on producing such wonderful new materials. Tuere are j j rseys difficult to distinguish from tweeds, and tweeds which are difficult tn tell from jerte rp, and from this bewildering similarity to many delightful soon’s suits a r
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    • 71 5 Drk red crep^-Ip-chine wm chosen for this afternoon frock. It is cut quite simply, but with t'ght-sleev s and a bodice slightly pouched over a narrow sash. S’x citcular frill», tapering at eich end are eewn down one side of the frock, the hem being adorned with
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    • 359 5  -  BY VERA RADCLIFFE. A paper buk«t is becoming quite a feature of the wel.'-furnisaed room, besides serving a useful purpose in almost every room in the house. Plain wicker baskets are rather too much like office furniture, but small ones look charming if they are gilded. Should
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    • 521 5  -  BY OLGA WRIGHT. For years now women have been grumbling at the amount of unnecessary work caused dy badly-planned houses. Damp and gloomy cellar kitchens beloved of cock-roacher, long passages de manding yards of cu-pet and hours of sweeping, dark cupboards under the stairs forever wrapped in stygian
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    • 488 5  -  EY JO kN ROSSITER. The woman who is tall will have few drees problems tbin season, for all the new modes seem designed especially for her. The silhouettes of the smartest frocks and coats are longer, and there are points and strange dippings where evening frocks
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • 23 6 —Eugene Boy, a Great Dane, with Beauty and Diana, St. Bernards, out for exercise with their young mistress in Epping Forest.
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  • 175 6 > —Reuter. JAPANES E DELEGATION. Leaving Yokohama In November. Tokio, October 22. The Japanese delegation to the Arms Conference is scheduled to sail from Yokohama on November 30 for Seattle. Baron AVakatsuki and Admiral Takarabi will proceed to Washington and visit Mr. Hoover and Mr. Stimson. They
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  • 68 6 Reuter. GENERALS EXECUTED. Moscow’, October 22. It is announced that five ex-Tsarist generals have been sentenced to death and executed on a charge of being concerned in a counter-revolutionary organisation in the Soviet munitions industry with the object of weakening the country’s defensive capacity by acts of sabotage
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  • 42 6 —Reuter. PREMIER BOWS TO PUBLIC OPINION. Tokio, October 22. I nder the Premier’s name the Government has issued a statement that the decision to abandon the project to reduce the salaries of officials was in consideration foi public opinion.
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  • 67 6 ROUSING SEND OFF. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, October 23. Mr. C. K. Smith who was formerly the popular manager of the Grand Hotel, ipoh, left Ipoh by last night’s mail for Singapore, on the termination of his agreement with the hotel. He was given
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  • 201 6 JI: liter. The Nev. Trust. MONOPOLY MAY LAST 50 YEARS. Berlin, October 'l'2. THE match monopoly will last a minimum of 32 to a maximum of 50 years, according to the progress of the loan redemption. Half of the shares of the new syndicate will be
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  • 52 6 —Reuter. COMMITTEE REJECTS EMPLOYERS’ CONFERENCE. Geneva, October 22. The Committee of the Maritime Conference by 33 votes to 30 votes rejected the proposal of the employers to exclude officers and all persons occupying positions of supervision and management or confidence aboard merchantmen from the proposed regulation of hours
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  • 266 6 EMBASSY STAFF RE-CALLED. Berlin, October 12. Signor Mussolini has re-called the Italian Ambassador at Berlin Count Aldrovandi Marescotti and the whole of the Embassy fetaff owing to the mysterious disappearance of the secret diplomatic code from the Italian Embassy.— Reuter. Members of the Forest Department staff
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  • 184 6 —Reuter. Co-Operation Of France. “Old Allies And Old Friends.” AIM OF DEMOCRACY. At Montreal, the Prime Minister, referring to the co operation of France in connection with wcrld peace, said, I feel certain that in the keeping of M. Briand the future of international peace is
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  • 111 6 Reuter. FI FT lETH AN NIV ER SAR Y. Dearbon, (Michigan). October 22. President Hoover, dedicated the Edison Institute of Technology, established in honour of the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of electric light by Mr. Edison. This evening, the inventor reconstructed in the old laboratary
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  • 84 6 Reuter. DUE TO WEATHER. Washington, October 22. The Federal Farm Board believes that the present unsatisfactory price of cotton is due to the mild autumn weather leading to rapid marketing of the products. The Board explains that the Cotton Co-operative Associations are now borrowing certain sums
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  • 50 6 —Reuter. TROOPS CALLED OUT. Karachi, October 22. Troops were called out to deal with disturbances to-day in connection with the strike of 700 dockers, who are demanding shorter hours. The troops ejected the strikers from premises near the wharf where they were threatening the loyal workers.
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  • 54 6 —Reuter. AVIATOR’S LONE EFFORT. Harbour Grace, (Newfoundland) October 22. Without disclosing his plans to anybody beforehand, an aviator named Diteman, of Billings, ontana, set out to-day on a flight. A letter, addressed to the airport officials, since opened, intimates that he is crossing the Atlantic,
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  • 54 6 —Reuter. RESULT OF BALLOT. London, October 22. The prospect of a stoppage affecting 200,000 people is created by the result of the ballot of the wool and textile workers showing a percentage of over 79 against the acceptance of a wage reduction of 8.3 per cent,
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  • 982 6 Yesterday's Meeting.’ HILL DEVELOPMENT RETARDED. BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS. AS already reported the halfyearly general meeting of the Penang Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday at the Chamber of Commerce Rooms in Downing Street. The Hon Mr. J. M. Milne, Chairman (Messrs Guthrie Co. LtdJ presided, and the
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  • 174 6 Reuter. DOWNFALL OF GOVERNMENT. MOTION ON DEBATE ON FOREIGN POLICY. Paris, October 22. M. Briand and the Cabinet have resigned. The resignation followed the adoption of the Opposition motion, by 288 votes to 277, fixing November 15 as the day for the debate on the foreign policy.
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  • 70 6 —Reuter. MOSCOW MEETING AND OCCUPATION. London, October 27. The Morning Post Riga correspondent learns that at a meeting at Moscow under the chairmanship of M. Stalin it wi.s decided to occupy the Chinese* Eastern Railway. Harbin will be occupied in a month. Harbin. October 22. According to
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  • 85 6 —Reuter. VOLUME OF SELLING. New York, October 22. The Stock Exchange yesterday experienceel one of the wildest days ever witnessed. There was an enormous volume of selling in the morning when stock broke from 5 to 45 points and about 21 billion dollars of paper
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  • 60 6 Reuter. LONG-TER I CREDIT NEEDED. London, October 22. The report of the Anglo-Russian Committee on the British trade delegation to Russia last March and April, says it is satisfied that a great volume of business is available to Great Britain if diplomatic recognition is afforded and
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  • 61 6 (From Our Own Correspndĕnt.) Ipoh, October 23. Rajah Sir Semma Annamalai Chettiar arrived at Ipoh yesterday from Penang. He was received by representatives of the Indian community at the Railway Station. K.P.P. Letchumanan Chettiar garlanded him on behalf of the Chettiar community and Dorairaj on
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  • 781 6 Di. Lye ?syen Soon has succeeded l) r Tara Singh at the Seremban Gon 1 Hospital. Uenera l Mr. Dunichund, Hindustani Internet Magistrate’s Court, Ipoh, who was India on long leave, has arrived b-.m Ipoh. lCtl ,n Six members of the staff of Messrs. man Long have
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  • 981 7 Open To-day. Beautiful Sketches And Paintings. High Standard Of Work. Toe Penarg ImpreFs’.onists annual Exhibition opened to-day at the Malay Volunteer Drill Hall at Peel Avenue and will be open until Friday. A visit to the Exhibition Hal! revealed splendid talent. Altogether there are just under 200
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  • 284 7 FAVOURITES DEFEATED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kang, October 22. The fifth match of the season in the Klang District Football Aesociation League, was played off on the Klarg Padang between the Klang Government Service team and the Angle-Chinese School. The favourites were defeated by the Anglo
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 325 7 (To the Editor cf the Pinang Gazetted Sir, —From the R p >rt published in the Pinang Gazette of the 2%d inst. under the above heading, it word 1 appear that Mr. H- M. Rogers dt scribed himself a«the ‘‘Pabl'city Agent for Messrs. Kyle
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    • 87 7 RAID ON REACH STREET OFFICE. The Detective Dep*rtment t>-day carried out a raid on an office situated in Beach Street, whiffi place it is alleged is used for receiving illegal bets. The lusp ctor was seen to leave the premis-s wi h a Chinese who, it is
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  • 78 7 RE lURN JOURNEY. The Aeroplane which brought the firs l Dutch Air-mail tt> Batavia, nassed over Penang this morning about 7.45, on its return j mrney. The plane did n>t stop but soon dieapi e ire.l towards the north. There is no tru h in
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  • 867 7 TWO NEW SHIPS. Designed Speed 01 25 Knots. INTEREST in the electric passenger and mail liner, which has been aroused ever since the announcement by Lord Kylsant that the new White Star liner will be electrically propelled, has been intensified by the rumour that a large British
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 95 7 Banvard Company Coming to Penang. OPENING NOV. 4 WITH Rose Marie Booking now open at Robinsons- Wedding Wedding r resents Ladies Girls Hats. H.B. WOODFORD, 15, Light btreet, Penang. Gramophones, Records—English 50 cents sach. Sterling Silver Cigarette and Cigar Cases, Prayer Books, Rare Colls, Statues and Rosaries. Emulsion and Pulmo-Baily
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    • 534 7 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx H CUT YOUR I I X TH4N YOU NEED 5c x jF X X FOR YOUR g 1 I Milk, Butter, Ice, 1 I Brastagi Vegetables, I and Meat I 8 Best Quality-Lowest Prices. I I Singapore Cold Storage 1 Co., Ltd. I x x PENANG. PHONE 602
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  • 587 8 Hitherto we have regarded the Penang Chamber of Commerce as a business organisation, fully alive to its responsibilities an 1 possessed of the ability to deal with them in a business like manner. The atmosphere prevailing at the half yearly meeting yesterday almost succeeded—we have some
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  • 106 8 CHINESE CLAIM AGAINST CHETTIES. The case in which Cheah Tatto and Cheah Tat jin claimed $lO,OOO on a pro missory note from the firms of P.K. A.C T. and P-L-M. was commnced before Mr. Justice Sproule in the Supreme Cour< to-day. They claimed in addition inbr s
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  • 1103 8  -  A. H. U Penang, Wednesday. ROM Taiping to-day comes a story so pitiful in detail as thoroughly to nauseate all animal lovers. In cases of the type we shall cite, however, it is so difficult to trace the offenders and one feels powerless without the active co-operation
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  • 44 8 The homeward mail by the s.e. 2 closes at 6 p.m. on Friday, t pa f C !.<d The B.L Dajula with mails de P }tQ from London on October 3’B exp ai rive here at 6 a.m. cn r r irs'ant.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 265 8 Our display of Evening §owns in our new Sfjowrmoos IN Union Street represents tfie latest London Paris autumn fashions. This .Department of oar Dasipess is pow rap on ffe ipost up-to-date lipcs apd fas its owp well-equipped J'ittinjf Doo n.s. Quans skilfully alt< red apd fitted to suit individual tastes
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    • 55 8 E. O. watch for OPENING DATE OF NEW WING GRAND BAL MASQUE. OUR SLO AN,— SERVICE CIVILITY. White label t p ft n I RUNNYMEDE HOTEL, PENANG. *’A really Delightful situation... MODERN THROUGHOUT. Special attention given to Cuisine and service. Dinner Dance every Wednesday and Saturday. ’Phone 543. ’Grams. Runnvmeds
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 177 9 rides on horse back. Rugby Radio Service. At Sandringham. First Occasion Since His Illness. PROOF OF PROGRESS. I'or the first tint'! since I tsf. Norember His Majesty the King was out shooting at Sandringham. This is regarded as further proof of the progress he has made
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  • 70 9 —Rcu'.er. M. CLEMENCEAU’S CONDITION IMPROVED. Paris, October 22. The doctors this morning pronounced M. Clemenceau’s condition as no longer disquieting. He is not confined to be I. Reuter. Moscow, October 22. A medical bulletin says that M. Chicherin contracted diabetes in 1925 and several infectious diseases in
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  • 68 9 Ul Jieuter SAILING FROM QUEBEC. Montreal, October 22. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald will sail from Quebec next Friday evening and will probably reach Liverpool on November 1. Yesterday at Montreal he addressed 1,200 members of the Canadian Club who entertained him at luncheon. Quebec, October 23. Mr.
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  • 81 9 —Rugby Radio Sere ice. SIR PHILIP CHETWODE. London, October 22. I King has approved the appointment •f Gvncral Sir Philip Chetwode to be Com-der-in-k'hief in India, in succession to I‘ield Marshal Sir William I’irdwood. M ith His Majesty’s approval the Secretary for bhiia .ias invited Sir
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  • 164 9 Reuter. PROPOSED SELLING POOL. Ams'erdam, October 22 At a meeting of the Dutch Rubber Producers a large majority of members declared their readiness to accept, in principle, the committee’s proposals for the creation of a 45,000 tons reserve, to be controlled by a Central Selling Organisation. It
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  • 130 9 —Rugby Radio Service. AUTHORITIES ATTEMPT TO REDUCE THEM. London, October 22. The efforts of the authorities to reduce 1 street noises in the London area are re1 ceiving the full supp >rt of the omnibus I owners; who are experi nenting with new designs. j Two hundred
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  • 86 9 WONG FOOK HONG CUP FINAL. The final in the competition for the championship of the various district football leagues in Perak for the Mong looi< Hong Cup; between the Perak Chinese Recreation Club. Ipoh, and the Perak Club, Taiping, will be played in Ipoh in January 1930. The
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  • 62 9 EVEN GAME. (From Our Own Correspondent). Taiping, October 23. In the North Perak hockey trial on the Esplanade, Taiping, yesterday the Probables drew with the Rest after an even game at three goals all Spectator selects the following team for North Perak; Noor; Mathieson and Carrier;
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  • 41 9 Already acknowleged $17,811.22 Malay Teachers’ Association, N. 5.... 100.00 Malacca Japanese Association 50.00 Tay Koon Seh Oh Kongsi, Penang... 50.00 Lim Peng Siang Esq. ...200.00 Dr. and Mrs. Lim Boon Keng 100.00 General Electric Co., Ltd. ...1,500.00 $19, «11.22
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  • 229 9 between the tAvo native territories. Rugby Radio Service. Antagonistic Tribes. TROOPS DRAFTED INTO LUMBWA. PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES. Trouble is feared between the traditionally antagonistic tribes of Masai and Lumbwa in Kenya Colony. The Governor told the Legislative Council yesterday that extra police and soldiers had been drafted
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  • 75 9 —Rugby Radio Service. BY SIR ALEXANDER LYLE. London, October 22. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has received from Sir Alexander Lyle a grant of £lO,OOO to be added to the National Fund for the redemption of the National Debt. Sir Alexan ler Lyle, who is
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  • 168 9 VIA KARACHI. COMMENCING IN PENANG ON FRIDAY. ACCELERATING COMMUNICATION. Commencing on October 25, a direct mail will be made up by the Penang Post Office for Basle in Switzerland to contain Air Mail correspondence posted in Malaya and addressed to Switzerland, France, Italy, Germany and
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  • 234 9 SMOKING IN FAR EAST. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 19. The Opium Commission arrived at Singapore to-day on board the s.s. Kedah. The commission is composed of M. E. K. Strand, the Swedish Minister at Buenos Aires; M. Gerard, the Belgian banker and well-known financial
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  • 71 9 SCRATCHINGS FOR TO-DAY. The folloAA ing are the scratchings for to-day’s races at Ipoh Race 1. Carrbridge. Race 2. Bendigo. Race 4. Dame Fashion and Taroc. Race 5. Syke Lane and Onward. Race 7. Southern Cross, Gozard and Moon Minstrel. Race 8. Monte Carlo, Craigentinny and
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  • 152 9 —Rwjtry Radio Service. HIIP CANAL. London, October 22. A project for linking Firth of the Forth with the Clyde by means of a ship canal has been reviewed and the inister of Transport has appointed a committee to consider the scheme which is one of
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 45 9 POPPY DAY 1929. Messrs. Brown, Phillips Stewart, No. la, Penang Street, Penang, are the Honorary Treasurers of the above fund to whom dona to ns should be sent. “FIRE” frowst Drager Unforetera (j/IP i i I—. < M/Y Pretoe 4 Property. iK'Wv. D r,,ea Pc wag.
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    • 150 9 NEW H.M.V. /racons TO-DAY (Mid-October Supplement.) S.MOUTRIE8 3 C° L! D 16, Bishop Street. AGENTS MORSE’S CALCARTUM A British Distemper. o A Sanitary and tvashable Distemper. For interior and exterior work Durable and artistic. Over 50 years’ reputation. OBTAINABLE FHOM ALL IMPORTANT DEALERS. SOLE AGENTS: LINDETEVESSTOKVIS PEHANG ncjn D .E.Q
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  • 873 10 ANNUAL MEETING. Chairman on Year’s Working. The aDntul genera! meeting of the I Taiping Branch of the Incorporated Sccicty of Planters was held in the New Club, Taiping, on Friday Mr. H G. Dalton, Chairman of the branch presided, and others present included Mr. 8. B. Palmer
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  • LATEST COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 543 10 SUSPENSION OF OPERATIONS. Proposed Reconstruction Scheme. In their report for the year ended September 30, 1928, the directors of the Am pang (Perak) Tin Dredging, Limited, announce that operatiom were suspended in June, the company having come to the end of its finance. The i eport
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    • 66 10 (Rugby Radio Service.) London, October 22. Paris, 123.86 New York, 4.8711; Brussels, 34.885 Geneva, 25.18 Ams terdam, 12.108 Milan, 93 125 Berlin, Stockholm, 18.155 Copenhagen, 18.205 O»1o, 18 205 Vienna, 34.695 P.ag'ie, 164<; Helsingfors. 194 Madrid, 33.825 L’sbon, 108.25 Athens, 375; Bucharest, 817 Rio, s|; Buenos Aires, 46|;
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    • 72 10 Penang, October 23, 1929. By Courtesy of The Chartered Bank. On London Bank Demand 2/3 15/16 4 m/et 2/4 3/32 Private 3 m/st Credit 2/4 5/8 3 M Documentary 2/4 11/16 On New York Bank Demand 56 1/8 France T.T. 1,425 India T.T. 155} Bangkok T.T. 80| Batavia T.T.
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    • 500 10 SHARE REPORT. Kuala Lumpur, October 19. London 3 months:—£lB9.o.od. -de- Spot” £*****.0d. Singapore:—s94.6?} The feature of the past week has been the heavy decline in Tin with its attendant reactions. The Metal closed at £189.0.0 for 3 months delivery, a fall of £9.10,0 over the period.
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    • 162 10 Penang, October 23,1929. C‘ 8. Benares Opium p. chest nom 5,0 "0.00 C oves h 90.00 Gold leaf sellers 72.00 Mace Pickings nom 170,00 Nutmegs 80s M 70.00 w 110 s 60.00 Oocoanuts per 1,000 50.00 Copra Sundried buyers 9.30 Rattans sales 11.15 Rattars Coarse 10.60 Green Snail
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    • 41 10 TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS. Buyers. Sellers. Tin. Haad Yais 7/6 8/6 Hong Fatts »72| Kintas 1-45 1.47$ Kuchais Ord 1.35 1.40 Lahats 12/ 12/6 M. Consolidateds .41 .434 Penawats .85 .87$ Rahmans 1.40 1.45 Takuapas 29/ 30/ Talams 1.3) 1.32fc
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    • 72 10 TO DAY’S QUOTATIONS. Buyers. Sellers. Tin. Ayer Hitams 12/ 12/6 Chenderiangs 7/3 8/ Hongkongs 16/6 17/ Idris 10/9 11/6 Ipehs 21/9 22/6 Kamuntings 12/6 13/6 Kepongs 24/6 25/6 Kinta Kellas 33/ 34/6 K. Pulais 24/6 25/6 Pahangs 9/ 9 6 Rambutans 14/6 15/ Renongs 29/6 30/6 Siones
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    • 42 10 TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS. Buyers. Sellers. Mining. Haad Yais 8/ 8/6 Hoogkongs 16/6 17/3 Kinta Dredges 1.45 1.474 Penawats .85 .87$ Pangnga Rivers 5/6 6/ Souths .29 .32 Talams 1.32 1.35 Taipings tB5 .87 ex Tejas. 7/9 8/3 Tronohs 18/9 19/3
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    • 271 10 The f ollowing is a Census of stocks of rubber held by dealers and on estates of over 100 acres on September 30 h. 1929, together with the declared production of the same estates and certain export figures. The stocks are compiled from returns by estates and dealers.
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    • 190 10 Th« following were the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co’s share list at 11 a.m to*day:— Yesterday. To day. 2 j E Shares. 0 s ao tn co uo to. to. I c. 10. Mininf. Ayer Hitam Tin. 11/9 12/6 12/- 12 6 Batans F. .27J .30
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    • 50 10 LONBON STANDARD (LOOSE.) S.R. Sheet 33$ cfs. per pound per pl=s44/33 Quiet. London 9 11/16 1 New York 19$ c’s.Xgold). (By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen Lennys General Produce Agency Ltd. Spot 33e per lb. Nov./Dec. 1929 331 c Jan./March 1930 34 je Apr./June 1930 26 j Market dull.
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    • 63 10 Messrs. Boustead de Co. Ltd—23rd October quotation for Singapore refined tin $95 37$ per picul, business done 175 torr, Penang refined tin $95-12$ per picul, buyers no seller?, unrefined tin $94.37$ per picul, tin ore $94 37$ per picul. The following were the rubber quotations in London on
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  • 1091 10 KENNEDY Co's SHARE LIST. NAME 3. L I x 1 I S 3 SOKBBR c ailenby Rubbei Oe 2 27* 2 rm <lor Gejah Rubber Rstete 65 1 a i Amalgamated Malay Betate* b 0:1 3 q-Y Ayer Hitam Planting Ryndlc.L 3 j- g J Ayer Kuntng Rubber Eatates ex
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    • 169 10 <.P OR L E Ledgers i&o, 200, 30 j, iw &nd sou rage with double Cash Columns Ledgers of nc, 242, 314 pages single Cash Column Book, 100, 150 and 200 folios y OURNALS pages Books of 2 3 and 5 quire MINUTE Books of 2 and 4 quires witl
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  • 782 11 FAST BACKS. Only Seven Forwards Selected. SOME COMMENTS BY "ATHLETE”. IT was unfortunate that the hick of rain made it impossible to play hard rugger on the Esplanade yesterday in view of the Malaya Cop match on Saturday. After, the game the following side was selected
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  • 377 11 f NEXT MONTH. Short Runs For Pony Class, The TaipingTurf Club will ccneludeits racing programme for the year with an Amateur Meeting to be held on Thursday. November 28 and Saturday, November 30- The official Programme has just teen issued. The Meeting is catering for
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    • 146 11 Pritchard C” L PENANG. Have pleasure in announcing that all Business is now transacted at their New Premises UNION STREET with the exception of the Refreshment Room AND Ladies Hairdressing Dept. Which Departments, it is hoped, will be removed in the course of a fortnight. Pritchard C° L td PENANG.
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    • 354 11 llllllllllllllllllllllllllll!l!lllllll!lli:illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllw 1 FOR EVERY caSE OF s CHOP KEPALA BEER H DELIVERED ANYWHERE IN MALAYA S I To CLUBS, HO I LLS, DEALERS or j INDIVIDUALS s From now till NOVEMBER 30 I IWO DOLLARS $2 will be pud into the J POPPY DAY FUND 1 Chop Kepala 1 3
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  • 494 12 Health Hints. By A Doctor ONE of the Host common mistaken ideas of the laity concerns pain in the bick. It is so gene al th t it has become almost a joke amongst medical men. What happens is this* A patient enters the consulting
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  • 691 12 LUCRATIVE BUSINESS. Saving By Local Authorities. THE part played by local authorities in the reclamation of valuable substances from scrap and waste is incteasing as these bodies realise what a source of income such scavenging represents. Perhaps the most valuable of all scrap a r
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  • 258 12 OIL REPLACES STEAM. New Tugs For Canal Under London. THE march of progress has reached the strangest waterway in the world that which rims underground from City-road, Islington, to Murielstreet, Caledonian-road. To meet the demands of increasing traffic along the R-gt-n ta Canal, an oil driven tug
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  • 92 12 TWO TEE SHOT* 4 HOLED IN THE SAME ROUND. Mr. E V. Hutton and Miss Halsay have, b-en responsible for a golfing feat a* Siinchcombe Hill which would appear to b« wichcut parallel. In a mixed founomet competition Mr. Hutton holed his tee shot at the tenth, which
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    • 37 12 IN EXCHANGE. For *M> aaed Stamp* of Btraita Battlamaata, ICalay States. Siam, Hung kong. Jar*, and the surroundin< countries, will <fra PICTURE POST CARDS ov Tn GREAT EUROPEAN WAR, Ac MISS TEE, ‘*KIA OBA»'' Stockwell, LoncioiXj England.
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    • 298 12 WHO 111 rate State Express 555 Cigarettes j (k /iulMlfei 1 perfect the pleasure of those > z leisure moments between games» Supreme in quality «flWlmmßer jjmwMp and flavour, they appeal to those discriminating smokers who will have only the exclusive best. wHfe ,r Ty JSMrc /nJ State VIRGINIA CIGARETTES
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    • 134 12 Humour As Others See It. fl IB W?) -Y I Y VaJtT x) Do you know what the people said at Cana when the water was turned to wine at the marriage?” They asked for an invitation to the first baptism.” Lustigc Kolner Zeitung, Cologne. Übb u a _'j_ ZZa”
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  • 469 13 BANIU’S INTELLECTUAL AHLITY. High Level Of Education Attained. THE education of the aboriginal people of South Africa in the professions began with the two professions of teaching and the ministry as a result of the advent of European missionaries, D.D. Jabavu told the members of
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  • 282 13 FRENCHMAN DISCI OSES SECRET OF BRITISH CHARACTER. Sausage Cause Of War? Writing in the Figaro, Dr C. Fiessinger, a member of the French Academy of Medicine, condemns the project for a United States of Europe as ‘‘an empty formula.” His comments in support of the assertion make amusing
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    • 375 13 «if n 1E #T>fe 1 i 4 ,A > 4 OgNEak 4 BsSffistk 4 4 SMr 4 < 4 > fl *X\ HF 1 > 4 wß\ ««w k 4 l 1 k 4 w\ WtE 4 4 4 k 4 Jgj I 4 J J How Quickly Baby Grows!
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    • 73 13 1 IsOiMlmk ——w«n——aw—.—w——rwl Tobacco Njuiil llllllllllllllwjz ii ■unr "rramwiiniii—■ i mi i ibii i««3»ggw— mu ihhhh—mßl gzssaxaßftW'XArJiißr R. YOUNG CO., LTD. Civil Constructional and Sanitary Engineers and Contractors Reinforced Concrete Specialists Estimates Free Dealers in all Classes of Building Materials Corrugated Asbestos. Flat Asbestos. Ridges. Galv. Steam W ater Tubing
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  • 532 14  -  Homely Wisdom by the Rec. R. J. CAMPBELL, D.D. generations will fee better Jr than we do what marvellous things have been happening in our time. Never since history began have euch portentous changes taken place in so short a period. For thousands of years men talked of
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  • 272 14 The Human Machine AMAN'S worst enemy is always himself. Whatever obstacles other people may put in his wav, they will rarely be so troublesome as the difficulties he creates for himie f. Before ever a man can start to do a job of work be has always
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    • 266 14 (FREE! FREE! FREE! i BEAUTIFUL MEDALLION MIRROR i APPLY Posograph Comp any < (opp. Lyric Theatre.) < Specialize in AMATEUR DEVELOPING PRINTING Highest Quality Work. J Books. Blue Jungle by David Calder Wilson $3 00 A gripping tale of adventure and intrigue in Siam. The Golden Beast by E. Phillips
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    • 316 14 The Desire for Honest Value and Reliability Is Leading More and More Motorists hwL to Oakland z I BfcA lli 1 "fr ll Decause it offers of value ®"and unobtainable in any o ther automobile of comparable f price, more and more motorists are turning to Oakland every day. They
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  • 585 15 CHOWRASTA MARKET Penang, October 23, 1929. M 7TTON— ci Mutton Indian per lb 55 Head Sheep or goat each 1-30 Liver with heart A lung do 1-30 —1.5 f Tripe do 100 Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet Bread pair 40 Snet 40 Kidney M pair 3)
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    • 233 15 GOLD LEAF BRANDY. hoTT&j r r> The Product FjR of France ine rronuct lull n M |ii|lO-® "xiv.r.sjx 8 0 i *•<««»«« purveyors +£,&.mt<O 8V SPECIAL APPOINTMENT *—T -i < ro K. KA KING GEORGE V < likwi e v no Guaranteed 15 Years Old. HENRY WAUGH CO., LTD. (Formerly
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    • 103 15 I I I M'r a ,7, -ai i I 1 I SOLE agents THE EASTERN AGENCIES, LTD. I SINGAPORE PENANG KUALA LUMPUR BANGKO ißinr J x !b. II! ANNOUNCING j. THE NEW f Superior Whippet WITH THE 8 FINGER-TIP CONTROL The most notable advance in driving convenience since the self-starter.
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    • 1317 16 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE I[hZcJ|| HAMBURG-AMERIKALTNIE IKTEOro SAILINGS ROM Q Pf- PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES. WEEKLY SERVICE. LONDON ANO N. CONTINENT. WJ MENELAUS Oct. 24 Marseilles. London, Rotterdam and'Hamburg, MERIONES Nov. I Havre, London, Roit-rdam and Hamburg. OUTWA RDS AENEAS Nov, 6 Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and Glasgow. p Swettmham. Manila,
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    • 679 16 P. 0.-BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Companies Incorporated in England.) MAIL PASSEI/QER Mrt'* CAHGo Peninsular and Oriental S. H. Co., under con* Bombay Chma Service to Sinuaim™ m, traet wHb His Majesty’s Goverrnnent, tendon aRd and Far East Mail Service. J par Outwards from London for China and Japan. *L>hore
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