Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 26 November 1925

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 272. VOL. LXXXIII. THURSDAY, 26th NOVEMBER, 1925. PRIOR 15 CENTS
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      419 1 I'OKISAISU, PHOTOGRAPHIC A RT STUDIO ’Phone 772. bishop street. Cocktails Ready to Serve. I I CONTINENTAL gy GORDONS: > I TYRES I ENDURANCE.’ 1 Dry Martini 5 J J Perfect 3 Piccadilly r H > y L r-L 1 9 01 1 ®HR f I Obtainable from Chnlmcr s Shanghai:
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      8 1 T. NAGATA, DENTIST. NEXT DOOR TO “THE DISPENSARY.”
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    1007 2 MINUTES OF LAST MEETING. Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners of George Town, Penang, held on Tuesday, the 10th November, 1925: Present:— Mr. B. Nunn (President), Dr. J. E Smith, Messrs. M. H. M. Noordin, Khoo Sian Ewe, P. M. Robinson, Yeoh Cheang Ann, Lim
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      1090 2 gggsae M X see :< x NOTICES. >* Ifh ■■!'■;-J—L n RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. SEREMBAN LIMITED. I| Including free town delivery or «I (Incorporated in England H X pc. -e- ||j Advice has been received by cable that PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. x a o f per share (less Income m
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      266 2 FOR SALE, RUBBER ESTATES FOR SALE. 1. (fl) 355 relongs, Chee Wor Cheong Estate, Bukit Selarong Road. 2 miles distance from Padang Serai. (6) 130 relongs, just adjacent to the above. The two make up 485 relongs. 2. 113 relongs at Padang Serai. 3. 331 relongs. Wing Foong Estate, roads
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      384 2 The George Town Dispensary, Lt( I THE LEADING CHEMISTS PENANG. OUR reputation 3our guarantee THE I CHEAPEST HOUSE IN THE TRADE I FOR I ESTATE MEDICAL SUPPLIES. I SAFETY FIRST. You are absolutely safe when you deal with I “THE GEORGE TOWN.” Each order isexeR cuted by a QUALIFIED ENGLISH
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    MEMORIES.
    1625 3 edition quickly exhausted.—" Sunday Times.” BY T. P. O’CONNOR. London is getting to be quite delightful already; for people are coming back from the Continent and the country and on the whole we have had very delightful weather. When I returned from the Continent this year, 1 almost made
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    NICE FOR S. A.
    32 3 Mr. C. F. Andrews sailed from India on November 11 for South Africa aboard the Karoa with the object of advising Indians there on the i resent situation.
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      3 3 CROSS WORD PUZZLE.
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    CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT.
    1552 4  -  IN THE LION’S DEN. By W. B. Maxwell. Why is it that there is such a fascination in crime to all you people who lead virtuous, blameless lives 1” said b>n Lionel Abbott. “I can assure you that we who deal with it every day find
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    CASTLES FOR THE NATION.
    63 4 The National Trust has accepted the bequest of two historic ruins. Bodiam Castle, Sussex, and Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire, made by the late Marquis Curzon of Kedleston ton the nation. The trust has intimated to the Marchioness Curzon that it will do everything in its power to
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      343 4 r'f\ VfGW 'S«O 'ZSS ft nHI £jaf I Csejl; -I r Ww /W i Wife L>* v \5 ~i\>/ ~~~i v?7 *v ArT^^O wmri v x /<& /ft ft 7■•< |(enew your <energies wfwn you Jeef Jatiguea Just about 11 o’clock your energy flags. You feel limp and fatigued. Your
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      69 4 When Dreaded Croup Conies A thing of dread, that comes in the night without warning. Just a hoarse, metallic cough, a choking, gasping for breath, a threat of suffocation. Oh! the idief of knowing that there is a Imttle of hamberlain’s Cough Remedy in the house- See how it clears
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      565 4 NERVE, ENERGY AND STAMINA. Depend Largely Upon The Condition of The Blood Football Player Tells How When Nervous and Run-down He Quickly Recovered Strength and Form Through a Short Course of the World’s Most Famous Blood and Nerve Tonic. The athlete who over-trains, or who exhausts himself by too st
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    EIGHTEENTH CENTURY RECOLLECTIONS.
    889 5 THE DL'CHESS OF GORDON. A Leader of Fashion. the second daughter of Sir u-illiain axwell of Monreith in Ltonshire, "as at counted a great Lut\ judging from her portrait by v and she was commonly known the Flower of Galloway.” In 1769, the e of eighteen, she
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    SMOKING.
    593 5 It is a peculiarity of the habit of smok. ing that it exercises a disastrous effect lon those who do not indulge in it. The non-smoker is never, or very seldom, merely a non-smoker. His abstinence i from this social pleasure either depresses him or puffs him up. Compelled
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    THE CURZON TOUCH.
    573 5 LADY CYNTHIA MOSLEY ON STUNTS. Lady Cynthia Mosley, daughter of the late Marquis Cnrzon of Kedleston, the most recent convert in the political worla to the Labour-Socialist movement, and Miss Clemence Dane, described by the Chairman as London’s leading dramatist.” were the guests of honour at Ladies’
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    FUNERAL OF CAPT. CLEWES.
    54 5 Captain Arthur Heywood Clewes, who was shot on the Melita, was buried at Bebington Cemetery, Birkenhead. Captain F. C. Gibbons, commander of the liner Montcalm, and five of the ship’s officers were the chief bearers. The coffin was draped with the Red Ensign and covered with
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    CIVIL BURIAL FOR MURDERER.
    43 5 The body of Frederick Arthur A oung, who died in Dorchester Prison Hospital while under sentence of death for the murder of a nurse named Flossie Olivia •Davies, at Poole, was taken from the prison by relatives for burial.
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    POSTAGE STAMPS.
    637 5  -  scarce provisionals of 190 G. Fred J. Melville, in Daily Telegraph. PROSPECTIVE LOC\L CHANGES. With the postage-due stamps newly introduced in the F.M.S. and Hongkong comes a hint of a change in the details of manufacturing stamps for those Colonies and protected States where the currencies are on
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      172 5 BOVRIL broadcasts j GROWN ialcm powder u 7 One of the Q j CROWN r Toilet Dainties «Mggg r. Protects the skin from the results of exposure to the r.»: w eather, absorbs excessive G perspiration, and leaves L l behind a delicate refreshing re fragrance. Use'’in the Nursery it
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    NIBONG TEBAL TEMPLE.
    544 6 Extraordinary General Meeting. A PLEA FOR UNITY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Nibong Tebal, Nov. 25. An extraordinary general public meeting of the Hindus of this district was held on Sunday last at the theatre hall. The Hon. Secretary. Mr. K. Mnrugasam Pillai, opened the meeting and Mr.
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    SINGAPORE SENSATION.
    196 6 Ahe case is proceeding.—“ Straits ALLEGED DEFALCATIONS. Allegations of defalcations amounting to about $lOO,OOO were made against Shaik Abdullah, a cashier employed by Syed Omar AJsagoff, in a preliminary enquiry commenced in the Second Police Court at Singapore on Wednesday into charges of criminal breach of trust against
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    PRESS AND AMBASSADORS.
    44 6 Among the guests at the “AmbasPress S Chl ght V diUner f the L ndon ss Club on November 14 were the 4m bassadors of France, Germany, Belgium, Novak? 5 a, d T> th i e M,nisters for Czechoslovakia and Poland
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    SMOKE HOUSE FIRE.
    570 6 NO CRIMINAL TRESPASS. The hearing of the summons against Cheah Phee Ee and Chan Boon Kar, charged with criminal trespass by entering the rubber store of one Lee Lian Chin at Jelutong Road with intent to commit an offence on October 13 at 9.45 a. m. was
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    GRAMOPHONE PACT.
    175 6 BRUTISH CONTROL WORLDCOMBINATION Negotiations have been concluded whereby some of the- gramophone interests in eleven European and American countries have now been united under the direct controlling interest of the Columbia Graphophone Company in London. This world combination,” said a director of the London company, “should have a
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    GRAVE OF ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL.
    88 6 BODIES UNDER. ALTAR AT ROME. The Rev. Professor Sayce, who lectured t<> the Scottish Fcclesiological Society at Edinburgh, described the excavations at the Church of San Sebastiano, Rome, and said it was archaeologically certain that the bodies of St. Peter and St. Paul
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    BANISHMENT CASE.
    199 6 NOVEL POINTS INVOLVED. At the Criminal Assizes in May. 1923, Lim Cheng Teik alias Chow Tow Pee was charged with residing in the Colony after having been ordered to quit by an order under Ordinance 37 of 1922. Mr. Justice Sproule reserved certain points of law for the
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    PLAGUE IN SINGAPORE.
    127 6 There have been five cases of bubonic plague in Singapore so far this month, says The Malaya Tribune. The first was discovered in Alexandra-road the victim having been dumped in the road-way on the 4th instant. The second was found near by. on the 7th instant at
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    POLAR FLIGHT BAN.
    87 6 GERMAN OPPOSITION According to a Berlin rejiort to the Oslo “Aftenposten,” Lieut. Riiser Larsen has suddenly broken off his Polar flight lecture tour in Germany in consequence of Nationalist propaganda against Amundsen. It is stated that at Frankfurt-on theMain, Leipzig, and Magdeburg the Nationalists urged that it
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    THE MAILS.
    296 6 The homeward mail by the b.s. Edavana closes at 6 p.m. to-morrow. The B. I. Packet Tara with mails despatched from London on November 5 is expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. to-morrow. Mr. M. L. Gacgino has passed his examination for First Mate. Mercantile Marine, Board
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    SIGNING ON.
    639 6 ping Master’s office on shore.—F. C. Bowler in “Daily News.” UNDER MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT. The trouble with the seamen in London draws attention to the ceremony of signing on, one of the most important rituals of the voyage, but very little known outside shipping circles. In the old
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    STORY OF A "STRAD.”
    88 6 MAN’S CHEQUE TO WOMAN OWNER. The Correctional Court of Versailles has sentenced a Mr. Nelson Miles, born in Singapore, and now* living in France, to six months’ imprisonment, with benefit of the First Offenders’ Act [which means that he is bound over] and a fine of
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    SINGAPORE PRICES.
    27 6 LONDON (LOOSE) S. R. Sheet 177 cts per pound= per pl. $236/No. 1 Crepe 174 cts per pound per pl. $232/Courtesy of Vexsr.s. Allen Dennys.)
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      878 6 New Advertisements. Penang St. POSITIONS VACANT. TbeA nnoal be held at the E. n nl > 1 will no» 4th December, 1925 it 6 On Frith. Wanted—for Alor Star Chinese served at 8-15 n m Ull »ner W j|j Amah and Chinese or Madrassee Cook. It will greatly assist Ist
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      45 7 FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27th AND SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28th LAST TWO DAYS WHITEAWAY’S BIG DOLLAR WEEK Do not fail to visit our Store and take advantage of the wonderful Dollar Bargains during these last Two Days. Whi tea way, Laidlaw Co., Ltd., PENANG, IPOH, TAIPENG TELLJK ANSON.
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    DIGNITY AND IMPUDENCE.
    615 8 Evil communications corrupt good manners, as the old copy books used to tell us. It do*s not therefore surprise us, in view of the bad example set by a Singapore newspaper which ought to know better, to see in yesterday’s edition of The Malaya Tribune, at the
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    LITTLE SCENES FROM THIS DEATHLESS LIFE.
    568 8 COLD COMFORT. Scene Any club lounge. Time :JPahit time. Characters: —(discovered) Watt A. Pitie who hasn’t the courage of a convict. A. P. Cocke, author of the song, (How We Apples Swim who bought rubber when it was as low as a tyre maker’s
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    BLACK POWER.
    829 8  -  FRANCE’S COLONIAL FORCE. ITS MENACE. By Comdr. William C. Castle, R.N. The successful employment of French colonial troops has again shewn the value of this growing branch of France's military strength. Tn the following article. Commander Castle declares that a time may come when, to the beating of
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    NON-GOVERNMENT CHANDU.
    289 8 SMUGGLER FINED. In the District C nirt. Penang, to-day His Honour. Mr. G. A. Hereford fined a Chinese named Ooi In $l,OOO or i» default to undergo six months’ imprisonment for being in possession of nonGovernment chandn on board the s.s. Seang Bee on Octob r 30. According
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    KUALA LUMPUR IN FLOOD.
    60 8 BUSINESS AT A STAND STILL (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur. November 2b. Low lying areas in Kuala Lumpur ai? flooded, owing to the overflowing 1 Klang and Gombak rivers. It is iia 1 ble to transact business in nun’' o ces. The Malay Mail premises
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    NIGHT MAIL DELAYED.
    38 8 DUE TO WASHAWAY. (From Our Own Ipoh. November 2u. A washaway is reported t > L occurred between Kalumpang an I L ling last night, delaying the night ma' which arrived at Ipoh six hours latt.
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    QUEEN ALEXANDRA FUND.
    45 8 PENANG’S TRIBUTE. Amount previously acknow ied»t< Mr. Mrs. Lee Tian Siew U Mr. H. A. Cader, J-P- W Mr. H. H. Abdool Cader Mr. Lim Eow Thoon United Indian Association M. Cumarasami Co. 5 Mr. C. R. Samuel The Rev. G. Dexter-Allen
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      75 8 E. <£ O. CHRISTMAS EVE. Thursday 24th December. X’ma« Dianer and Cinderella Dance. X'm&s Crackers. Tickets $3. BOXING NIGHT. Saturday 26th December. Dinner and Dance. Carnival Novelties. Tickets $4. NEW YEAR’S EVE. Thursday 31st December. Special Dinner and Fancy]Dress Ball. Supper. Parisienne Novelties. Tickets $5. Booking for the above Programme
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      65 8 FOLLOW THE CROWD to Theatre_Royal. MAX LINDER Is there in a 6 Reel Comedy. “CUSCUSMANIA” Richard Dix, Lois Wilson and Marjorie Daw ANSWER “The Call of the Canyon” 7 parts See Jack Hoxie in Ridgeway of Montana 5 parts Will iam Desmond and Eileen Sedgewick FACE Beasts of Paradise 4
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    SUBMARINE M. I.
    133 9 Reuter. question in commons. London. November 25. 4 series of questions in the jj pnsP of Commons in regard to Snbmarine M 1 elicited the inforX that from 1902-1903 to March 31 last £46,800,000 was «pent on the building of submarines. L'JnO.UOO for repairs and £1,308,000 annoally
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    SYRIAN REVOLT.
    91 9 —Reuter. MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED. Paris. November 25. A cable from Beirut states that martial law has been proclaimed in the town of Damascus, and the sand yaks of Damascus and Hauran, owing to continued brigandage. It is officially explained that martial law in no way denotes aggravation of
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    SITUATION IN CHINA.
    94 9 Renter. CHANG’S SUPPORTERS REVOLT. Peking. November 25. A serious revolt has broken out among the supporters of Chang-Tso-lin. They art fighting each other along the Peking— Mukden railway. The Mukdenite General, Kuo-Sung-Ling. revolted against Chang-Tso-lin and defeated the troops sent to suppress the revolt. Be is marching
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    BRITISH COMMUNISTS.
    61 9 .—Reuter. VERDICT AND SENTENCE. London, November 25. The trial of the twelve Communist «aders at the Old Bailey resulted in all the accus<d being found guilty. Five of namely. Inkpin, Rust, Pollitt, "dlacherand Hanning ton. were sentenced otwelve months in the second division, the others, who refused to
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    FOOTBALL IN U.S.A.
    57 9 —Renter. CLASSIC MATCH TICKETS. New’ York. November 25. Disgusted at the high prices speculators were demanding for tickets for the Bn ’iual football classic match between m 7 and Navy Cadets, fourteen enusiasts chartered a plane and watched match circling in the air. The cost as a
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    FOOTBALL AT HOME.
    26 9 •—Reuter. THE POSTPONED MATCHES. London, Noveml>er 25. fo'hovring were the results of the matches:— Huddeisfield 0. .I ’>; Motherweii 1, Rangers 3 Hearts 0.-Reuter,
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    HOUSE OF LORDS.
    59 9 Renter. MEMORIAL SERVICE. A memorial service to Her late Majesty, Alexandra the Queen Mother, will be held in St. Mark’s Church, Butterworth, on Friday morning at 1130. The Acting Colonial Chaplain, Rev. G. Dexter-Allen M.A., will officiate. The service, as at St. George’s, will consist of the
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    HOUSE OF COMMONS.
    65 9 —Reuter. MEMORIAL SERVICE. A memorial service to Her late Majesty, Alexandra the Queen Mother, will be held in St. Mark’s Church, Butterworth, on Friday morning at 1130. The Acting Colonial Chaplain, Rev. G. Dexter-Allen M.A., will officiate. The service, as at St. George’s, will consist of the
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    FRENCH FINANCE.
    194 9 .—Reuter. CABINET PROSPECTS. Paris. November 25. Besides the Socialists, a section of the Radicals are opposing M. Doumer, whose prospects for forming a cabinet are Jess rosy to-day. It is impossible to say how the riddle will be solved. The alternatives include —firstly, a government of the Left
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    EUROPEAN RECONCILIATION.
    124 9 .—Vale. FRANCE AND RUSSIA. Paris, November 25. Le Journal states that M. Chicherin has asked for a passport for Paris, where he is due shortly, and assumes that the aim of his visit to M. Briand consists of an intention to include Russia in the policy of European
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    OPIUM SEIZURE.
    57 9 .—Reuter. ON S. S. EASTERN PRINCE. New York, November 25. Customs officials seized 440 tins of opium secreted in the refrigerating room of the Eastern Prince on her arrival from the Far East. The tins are marked in the name of a Chinese merchant at Macao. The English
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    STOCK EXCHANGE.
    41 9 i. —Renter. RUBBER SHARE MARKET. London, November 25. The Stock Exchange rubber share market opened with a burst of activity. Subsequently profit-taking developed and values eased in some places, but the undertone of the market is still very firm.
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    THE NETHERLANDS.
    35 9 —Reuter. NEW CABINET TO BE FORMED. Hague, November 25. The Queen has asked Doctor Marchant, the leader of the Liberal Democrat Party, to form a cabinet. Dr. Marchant is con- sidering the matter.-
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    IRISH BOUNDARY CRISIS.
    24 9 .—Reuter. PRESIDENT GOES TO LONDON. London, November 26. President Cosgrave has left Dublin for London in connection with the boundary crisis.-
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    KING OF SIAM DEAD.
    59 9 MEMORIAL SERVICE. A memorial service to Her late Majesty, Alexandra the Queen Mother, will be held in St. Mark’s Church, Butterworth, on Friday morning at 1130. The Acting Colonial Chaplain, Rev. G. Dexter-Allen M.A., will officiate. The service, as at St. George’s, will consist of the
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      MEMORIAL SERVICE.
      1054 9 After the dinner the Prime Minister will hold a reception at St. James’s Palace which the delegates and their ladies will attend. During their stay, w’hich will begin on Wednesday, the distinguished visitors from abroad will be the guests of the British Government. Berlin, November 20. The Locarno
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      INSULINDE NEWS.
      103 9 THE DROUGHT IN JAVA. Weltevreden, November 21. Some rain has fallen in Weltevreden, while near Bandoeng cloudbursts frequently occur. In Eastern Java the rice crop is a total failure and 123,050 bouws less than in 1924 were planted chiefly on account of the lack of water. MOTOR ACCIDENTS
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      TENNIS AT THE RIVIERA.
      41 9 —Reuter. MISS WILLS PARTICIPATING. London, November 25. Miss Helen Wills, the American champion, is proceeding to Europe to take part in the tournaments at the Riviera, competing in the Beaulieu tournment for which Mlle Lenglen has entered.
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    SIAM.
    140 9 Admixistration of Bhuket Circle. The following represents the Government Staff of Bhuket Circle, to date. H. E. Phya Surindra Raja, Lord Lieutenant. Phra Agama Gutikara, Chief of the Administrative Section. Phra Sri Vojakij, Health Officer. Nai Sumrit Buasri, Assistant in Foreign Affai rs. M. R. W. Xhababboon, Private Secretary.
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    INTERNATIONAL CHESS.
    78 9 Reuter. FAILURE OF CAPABLANCA. London, Nojjpmber 25. Twenty-one chess masters are competing in the International Tournament now proceeding in Moscow. The results of the eleven rounds hitherto are —Boguljubow leads with 8l points, followed by by Lasker w’itb 8 points. The feature of the tournament has been the
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    55 9 MEMORIAL SERVICE. A memorial service to Her late Majesty, Alexandra the Queen Mother, will be held in St. Mark’s Church, Butterworth, on Friday morning at 1130. The Acting Colonial Chaplain, Rev. G. Dexter-Allen M.A., will officiate. The service, as at St. George’s, will consist of the Burial Service (omitting the
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    MR. A. S. JELF IN JAMAICA.
    963 10 MAYOR OF THE MALAY STATES.” Newspapers received by The Straits Times from Jamaica «ontain lengthy accounts of the welcome given to Mr. A. S. Jelf, formerly of the Malayan Civil Service, on his arrival at Kingston to take up the Colonial Secretaryship of the
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    £54,000,000 TO THE BAD.
    158 10 WHY MR. CHURUJHILL HINTED. Mr. Churchill’s hint that he may’ have to increase the income-tax next year is not, it is stated to-day, to be taken literally, and only in case the improvement in the financial outlook does not come up to the expectations still held
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    234 10 Benares Opium p. obM«» 15,000.00 nom. Cloves 100.00 buyers Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Pickings no stock Nutmegs 80s 125.00 nom. 110 s 110.00 Coconuts per I.(MW 50.00 nom. Copra Sundried 12.30 sales Rattans 11.15 sales Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shell» 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00
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    EXCHANGE.
    129 10 PENANG NOVEMBER 26, 1925. (By Courtesy of the Chxrtered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 5/32 4 months’sight Bank 2/4 1/2 3 Credit 2/4 5/8 3 Documentary 2/4 21/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs 154 s') 3 day’s sight Private 156 B Bombay Demand Bank 154 i 2 Madras Demand Bank
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      59 10 LABOUR CODE 1923 F.M.S. LABOUR ORDINANCE 1923 S.S. 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, Penang, during the months of April, July, October and January. Forms for the return will be
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      112 10 g I CHEESE J Australian Cheddar New Zealand Stilton i Dutch Edam Italian Gorgonzola Gouda Swiss Gruyere I j Singapore Cold Storage Co.. Ltd., I PENANG. flllllllllllllllllHlllllllllllllllllillllllHllllllllllll|||||||||||||||||||||| i I THE BEST BELTING I IN THE WORLD i FOR ALL GENERAL POWER TRANSMISSION. STOCKS OF SIZES Two to Ten Inches. Kept
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    THE SHARE MARKET.
    446 11 TA* following are the latest quo tatioi>s in Messrs. Kennedy <t Co.'* <dtfire Het at 1 p.m. to-day Yesterday. T'-day. X K X X Shares. Je 5 S "c 5 "c X T =0 53 < c. f c. i -1. c. Rubber (Dollar.) A lor Gajah
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    SOUTH TAIPING TIN.
    281 11 DIRECTORS’ REPORT. The report of the directors of South Taiping Tin Dredging Co. (1922), Ltd., for the year ended August 31 states The dredge ran for 6,881 hours, treating 1,424,000 cubic yards for a recovery of Piculs 4,509.09 tin ore, which realised 4337.553.61. The average ground value
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    KENNEDY & CO’S SHARE LIST.
    1255 11 KENNEDY CO’S SHARE LIST. NAME». I g b oo oo RUBBER [Dollar.] 4 c 9 c 8 Allenoy Rubber Co 4 00 4 20 ex Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 4 CO 4 20 Amalgamated Malay Estate* 5 CO 5 25 Ayer Hitem Planting Syndicate 22 0C 23 CO Ayer Ktitling
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      372 11 WMB [HAUNTEDj ROOMS I << za ■■■■BHiWMHHHKSBHmiI ijM z X B <<4 2 I >] rr BML I Al >) BA ?<8 C B F w<\ B XW n I ft I B Al S> B A I XH ft B a 1 ft ??<■ ft ?Z4 p VERY room
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      316 11 Serve I your With craun that has the delkfouß f I j Q frsgrinceand flavourof the pure rich vjr V J I J milk of world famous Devonshire and which is SAFE. Locally pro duced cream is generaDy served unboiled, and because of the impurities it contains it is UNSAFE.
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    FIGHTING IN SINGAPORE.
    570 12 VOLUNTEERS INTACT AND STEADY. On Sunday, says The Straits Tinies, the Singapore Volunteer forces were again on active service, following operations fought on November 1. On November 1 the enemy, known as the blue forces, succeeded in landing a brigade at Pasir Ris and two battalions at
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    CINEMA AND FASHIONS.
    168 12 If it be true that the Scottish fishereirls at Yarmouth are for the most part shingled, then, a tremendous revolution has taken place, which may, I fancy, be connected with the further statement that nearly all of them seem to prefer the cinema to knitting. It is,
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    130 12 TO DAY’S DEPARTURES. Sri Muar for P. Langkawi and Kantang (Trang). Ayuthia for Belawan, (Deli). Asahan and Paneh. Ampang for Pangkor, Dindings and Sitiawan. Trang for Kantang, (Trang), Girbee Tongkah and Pang Nga. Fooksang for Calcutta. Kinta for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Forresbank for Colombo, Port Said, Boston
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    PENANG MAILS.
    478 12 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). BT TRAIN. Federated Malay States, Malacca, Johore and Singapore. Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half-an hour earlier than the Ordinary mail. Resumption of Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will he closed daily (Sunday excepted) by the 7-30 p.m
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    MOON'S PHASES.
    34 12 November Full Moon, 30th, at 3.11 p.m. December. Last Quarter, Bth. at 7.10 p.m. New Moon. 16th at 2.04 a.m. First Quarter, 22m1. at 6.0,8 p.m. Full Moon, 30th, at 9.01 a.m.
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      57 12 Eases Rheumatic Pains A stiff neck is soon eased and rheumatic pains in arms and shoulders disappear v. hen Chamberlain’s Pain Balm is rubbed on the aching spot. It feels good to the skin, penetrates quickly to the very seat of pain, scattering the congestion, relieving the pressure and the
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    THE TOWN.
    1085 13 .—(Auto!yens in Sunday Times.) ONE OF THE OLD SCHOOL. Aptly christened by King Edward I'he Ancestor,” Lord Ribblesdale achieved by pure picturesqueness a degree of fame th t is denied to many of the world’s greatest doers, and was one of the few notables invariably recognised by the
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    TWO YEARS ADRIFT
    207 13 Anietrican papers just to hand report that the world’s record derelict has turned up again. This is the Governor Parr, a- four-masted lumber-laden schooner which has been playing hide-and-seek about the waters of the world for rather more than two years. She left a Nova Scotian port
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    COMING EVENTS.
    194 13 Nov. 28 —Sungei Gettah Rubber Co. R. T. Reid Co.. 11 a.m. 28—Y. W. C. A. Jumble Sale 10.30 a m. 30—Hockey League, P. S. A. A. v. P. C. C. Penang Free School Ground. 30 —Hockey League, P. H. C. L. v. P. S. Esplanade. T).»c 7—Hockey
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      426 13 WV, JOT* He Keeps Young. He is 60 years old but he feels less salts of Nature which your body then 20. Brimful of health and needs. It clears your blood, gives vitality and the sheer joy of being you a good appetite, takes away a jive. That’s the Kruschen
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      72 13 For Coughs and Colds. When changeable weather or exposure to cold and wet results in bronchitis, start at once taking Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. Standard for over fifty years, and strongly recommended for stubborn, weakening coughs. For sale everywhere. WEEKLY FEAPIRES. Golf Harry Vardon. Bridge E. Bergholt. Behind The Scenes. (Mrs.
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      183 13 ,L 8 ft MKm I wWO I wig F i i ft Ulfc// Ijst it be m 1 IVhiteHorse LctyourToast be in “White Horse” The age and quality of this old blend are maintained by rigid adherence to the original recipe of 1746. 1S S uriia nlccd by the largest
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    SUNS THAT HAVE SET.
    659 14 theirs be the fault. (Major Noyesy in The Times) RETIRED PROCONSULS. A staccato order from the SubadharMajor —which sounded like “Garterrout!” a rattle of rifles and accoutrements as the Pathans lounging in the guardroom verandah sprang to the summons, a ring of steel, a flash of
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    LATE MR. G. R. OSWALD.
    153 14 The Straits Ti mes gives further particulars of the career of the late Mr. Oswald who was well-known and highly respected in the mining world of Penang for many years. Mr. G. R. Oswald, a mining engineer whose death we have recorded, had been prospecting
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      82 14 ESTATE MANAGERS USE ‘PREMIER’ CASES. > WHY? Because you keep down F. 0.8. costs by reducing— Number of cases used to despatch your crop. Transport charges from estate to steamer. Cost of packing making up cases. YOU ALSO REDUCE—PORT OF LONDON CHARGES, OCEAN FREIGHT, GODOWN RENT IN LONDON. THAT IS
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    MARKET PRICES.
    594 15 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, November 26. 1925. cto Government Mutton Mutton Indian per lb 55 Mutton— Head, sheep or goat each 1.00 Liver with heart A lung do 1.30 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Mntton lb 55 Lamb do
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      18 15 Pitman’s Junior Typist Book, $l/75 per book or $2/- post free, stocked by the Pin&ng Gasette Preu, Ltd.
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      117 15 iff? I i J I S z Lii#;';: "==*=^=^Jill jr- -~J jAi W I' fflL- tirrd /JlKyteiTgW 8 O iHa jf v I I 5 S Your Home is worthy J of a good Piano. The J J renowned J ‘RACHALS’ J (New Model) can truly J j be called
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      1385 16 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE. WEEKLY SERVICE. LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. IB B RHEXENOR Deo. 3 London, Rotterdam, and Hamburg. f TROILUS Dec. 10 Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg. fi\nppni\i viTQFM KAISHA 1 ADRASTUS Dee. 18 London. Rotterdam and Hamburg. iNIrrON I (jS»LN ILAI •PATROCLUS Dec. 24 Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and
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      651 16 P. 0.-BRITISH INDIT’ AND APCAR LINES. X (Companies Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co (Under Contract with His Majesty’s Government.) P. c£ O. SAILINGS. LONDON-FAR.EA6TERN SERVICE For Singapore. HoogkoNt. Shanghai. Moji For Colombo, Aden P o Yokohama a.d Kobe. ~d S. (d MACEDONIA
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